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GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

William  Sidell 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

William  Konyha 

101   Constitution   Ave.,  N.W.. 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

R.  E.  Livingston 

101   Constitution   Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 
Charles  E.  Nichols 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  PRESIDENT  EMERITUS 

M.    A.    HUTCHESON 

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Washington,   D.  C.  20001 


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editor. 


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130  Mountain  Avenue 
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Third  District,  Anthony  Ochocki 

14001  West  McNichols  Road 
Detroit,  Michigan  48235 

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2970  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.W.,  Suite  300 
Atlanta,  Ga.  30305 

Fifth  District,  Leon  W.  Greene 

2800  Selkirk  Drive 
Burnsville,  Minn.  55378 


Sixth  District,  Frederick  N.  Bull 

Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
Room  722,  Oregon  Nat'l  Bldg. 
610  S.W.  Alder  Street 
Portland,  Oregon  97205 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District, William  Stefanovich 

2300  Howard  Avenue 

Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada  N8X  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Eldon  T.  Staley 
4706  W.  Saanich  Rd. 
Victoria,  B.  C. 


William  Sidell,  Chairman 
R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

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VOLUME  XCVII 


NO.   1 


JANUARY,   1977 


UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS   AND  JOINERS  OF   AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 


ifi  THIS  issue 


NEWS  AND   FEATURES 

Show  Down  at  Las  Vegas  for  '76  Contestants  

Union  Carpenters  Build   Inaugural  Stands  

Who  Says  the  Unemployed  Are  Taking  a  Free  Ride? 


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New  Year  Promises  Leadership Press  Associates  7 

Business  Agents,  Local  Officers  Prepare  for  Problems  of  '77  8 

George  Meany  Awards 15 

The  Carpenter's  Ideal  27 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup  4 

Local   Union   News 10 

Canadian   Report  Marden   Lazarus  12 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood   14,  23 

Apprenticeship  and  Training   16 

Plane  Gossip    18 

In  Retrospect  R.  E.  Livingston  21 

In  AAemoriam   29 

What's   New?   31 

In  Conclusion  William  Sidell  32 


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Snowcapped  Mt.  Adams  gleams  in 
the  winter  sunlight  through  the  frame 
of  a  weathered  farm  fence  in  western 
Washington  State.  The  spectacular 
peak  is  ere  of  a  string  of  e.xtinct  vol- 
canos  which  run  from  Mt.  Rainier  in 
the  north  to  Mt.  Stuart,  south  toward 
Oregon. 

Mt.  Adams  rises  12.307  feet  along 
the  western  slopes  of  the  Cascades. 
It  is  second  only  to  Mt.  Rainier  in 
altitude. 

The  landscape  in  this  part  of  the 
Northwest  is  as  spectacular  as  the 
terrain,  with  giant  Douglas  fir.  spruce, 
and  cedar  thriving  almost  to  the  sum- 
mits of  the  mountain  peaks.  Mountain 
streams,  onen  filled  with  trout,  rush 
downward  to  the  Pacific. 

The  weathered  wood  of  the  old 
fence,  speckled  with  mosses,  will  bring 
a  thrill  to  the  craftsmen  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  deal  with  such  wood  in 
their  trade.  Trimmed  and  treated,  such 
wood  adds  teMure  and  durability  to 
many  home  studies  and  recreation 
rooms. 


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The  top  winners  with  First  General  Vice  President  William  Konyha,  left,  and 
General  President  William  Sidell,  right.  The  winners  from  left,  are  Michael  Alt 
of  Maryland,  first  place  cabinetmaker;  Thomas  Ricci  of  D.C.,  first  place  mill- 
wright; and  John  Resac  of  Michigan,  first  place  carpenter. 


The  written  test,  held  in  a  meeting  room  of  the  convention  center,  tested 
the  knowledge  of  contestants  in  a  four-honr  examination.  The  written  test 
counted  for  approximately  40%  of  the  total  scores. 


Showdown 

At 

Las  Vegas 

For  '76 

Apprentice 

Contestants 


Contestants  from  Maryland  and 
the  District  of  Columbia  broke  into 
the  winners  circle  for  the  first  time 
at  the  1976  International  Carpentry 
Apprenticeship  Contest,  held  No- 
vember 30  and  December  1  at  Las 
Vegas,  Nev. 

In  an  annual  competition  usually 
dominated  by  Cahfornia,  Michigan, 
Pennsylvania,  and  Canadian  entries, 
a  2 1 -year-old  cabinetmaker  appren- 
tice from  Baltimore,  Michael  Alt. 
took  top  honors  in  his  division,  and 
a  29-year-old  apprentice  named 
Thomas  J.  Ricci  of  Towson,  Md., 
the  District  of  Columbia  entry,  be- 
came the  first  place  millwright  ap- 
prentice. 

Of  the  usual  front  runners,  only 
Michigan  returned  to  the  winners 
circle  this  time.  A  25-year-old  car- 
penter apprentice  from  Carpenters 
Local  19,  Detroit,  was  the  prize- 
winning  carpenter.  Heretofore, 
Michigan  has  fielded  only  millwright 
winners :  In  ten  years  of  competition 
Michigan  has  had  five  first-place 
millwrights,  but  no  carpenters  among 
its  winners. 

The  competition  was  close  at  the 
Las  Vegas  Convention  Center,  as 
84  contestants  from  40  states,  five 
Canadian  provinces,  and  the  District 
of  Columbia  underwent  four-hour 
written  tests  and  all-day  manipula- 
tive tests.  There  were  three  cate- 
gories of  contestants — carpenters, 
millwrights,  and  mill-cabinetmakers. 
Each  contestant  is  completing  his 
fourth  and  final  year  of  apprentice- 


THE   CARPENTER 


ship  training  before  becoming  a 
journeyman  and  each  is  a  member 
of  the  Brotherhood. 

Labor  and  management  sponsors 
of  the  contest  are  the  United  Broth- 
erhood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of 
America,  the  Associated  General 
Contractors,  and  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Home  Builders. 

The  1976  contest  was  one  of  the 
largest  in  the  decade  of  competition, 
matched  only  by  a  contest  in  Mil- 
waukee, Wise,  last  year.  A  total  of 
46  carpenter  state  and  provincial 
champions,  15  cabinetmakers,  and 
23  millwrights  jumped  into  the  fray 
for  the  $9,500  in  cash  prizes,  plus 


gifts  and  trophies. 

This  was  the  second  time  the  con- 
test was  held  in  Las  Vegas.  The  6th 
annual  competition  was  held  there 
in  1972.  The  1977  contest  will  be 
held  in  Anaheim,  Calif. 

There  are  1 1  winners  in  all.  The 
1976  all-star  eleven,  announced  at 
an  awards  banquet,  December  2, 
was  as  follows: 

CARPENTERS— John  Resac, 
Local  19,  Detroit,  Mich.,  first  place; 
James  Bresnahan,  Local  771,  Wat- 
sonville,  Calif.,  second;  Allen  Re- 
yen,  Local  210,  Stamford,  Conn., 
third;   Roger  Hamel,    Local    1998, 


Prince  George.  B.C.,  fourth;  and 
Steve  Dale  Dorman,  Local  1273, 
Eugene,  Ore.,  fifth. 

CABINET  MAKERS— Michael 
Alt,  Local  974.  Baltimore,  Md.,  first 
place;  Harry  Chase,  Local  1694, 
District  of  Columbia,  second;  and 
Philip  Addeo.  Local  1164,  New 
York,  N.Y.,  third. 

MILLWRIGHTS— Thomas  Ric- 
ci.  Local  1831,  District  of  Columbia, 
first  place;  Thomas  Roth,  Local 
2235,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  second;  and 
Michael  Heemsbergen,  Local  2834, 
Denver,  Colo.,  third. 


iVIillH'right  and  cabinetmakers  look  over  the  blue  prints  and  specifications  for  their 
manipulative  test  soon  after  an  early  morning  breakfast  and  just  before  going  into 
the  arena  for  eight-hours  of  work  on  their  projects. 


I.ibhy  Howard  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia was  the  first  woman  ever  to  com- 
pete in  the  annual  apprenticeship  contest. 


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John  Resac  of  Local  19,  Detroit.  Mich.,  Thomas  Ricci  of  local  1831.  Washing- 

carpentry  winner,  at  work  on  his  project.      ton,  D.C.,  was  the  tup  millwright. 


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JANUARY,    1977 


WASHIMGTOM    roundup 


HOME-COOKING  COSTS— A  home-cooked  meal  that  cost  an  American  family  $10  four 
years  ago  now  costs  about  $14. 65,  according  to  the  Agriculture  Department.    "*/ 

And  the  cost  probably  will  rise  to  between  $15.09  and  $15.24  a  year  from 
now,  the  Department  predicted. 

The  food  costs  were  discussed  by  Secretary  of  Agriculture  John  A.  Knebel 
during  his  department's  annual  four-day  conference  of  food  and  farming  in 
the  coming  year.   Knebel  added  that  projected  1977  increases  in  retail  food 
prices  of  3  to  4%   will  be  "well  below  the  overall  rate  of  inflation." 

CARTER -CONGRESS  HARMONY— "I  believe  he's  going  to  be  a  tremendous  President" 
and  "I  think  we're  going  to  get  along  with  Jimmy  Carter  beautifully,"  the  next 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  told  a  railroad  union  gathering  in 
Washington. 

Rep.  Thomas  P.  "Tip"  O'Neill,  Jr.  (D-Mass.),  the  House  majority  leader  who 
is  slated  to  succeed  Rep.  Carl  Albert  as  Speaker,  suggested  that  with  Carter 
as  President  there  will  be  cooperation  rather  than  frustration  between  the  White 
House  and  the  leaders  of  the  big  Democratic  majorities  in  the  House  and  Senate. 
"There'll  be  no  vetoes,  because  we'll  be  able  to  work  it  out  ahead  of  time," 
he  said. 

WAGE  SETTLEMENTS  DOWN— Wage  settlements  negotiated  during  the  first  nine 
months  of  1976  provided  for  smaller  pay  increases  than  those  won  during  1975, 
according  to  a  Labor  Department  report. 

Increases  through  September  averaged  8.9^  for  the  first  contract  year  and 
7.0^  annually  over  the  remainder  of  multi-year  agreements.   These  increases 
compare  with  1975 's  first-year  boosts  of  10.2%  and  7.8%  for  the  later  years. 

All  figures  exclude  possible  gains  under  cost-of-living  escalator  costs, 

HAZARDOUS  WASTE— The  Environmental  Protection  Agency  now  has  new  authority 
to  regulate  the  transportation  and  disposal  of  hazardous  waste  materials. 
The  authority  came  in  late  action  by  the  94th  Congress,  signed  into  law  by 
President  Ford.   The  law  provides  $200  million  to  states  and  local  governments 
for  the  planning  and  implementation  of  solid  waste  disposal. 

The  legislation,  introduced  by  Rep.  Fred  Rooney  (D-Pa.),  chairman  of  the 
subcommittee  on  transportation  and  commerce,  is  of  concern  to  railroad,  airline 
and  trucking  workers  as  well  as  the  public. 

SOCIAL  SECURITY  PORTION— Social  Security  payments  account  for  about  one-third 
of  the  total  income  of  the  nation's  23  million  older  Americans,  the  Social 
Security  Administration  reports. 

A  study  indicated  that  Social  Security  payments  account  for  32%  of  the 
total  income  of  older  Americans.   Visages  and  salaries  account  for  another  32%. 

Social  Security  pays  about  $3.7  billion  a  month  to  retired  workers  and 
their  wives  or  husbands  and  about  $737  million  a  month  to  older  widows,  widowers 
and  dependent  parents  of  deceased  workers. 

Workers  can  start  getting  their  full  Social  Security  retirement  benefits 
at  65  or  reduced  benefits  as  early  as  age  62.   Widows  and  dependent  widowers  can 
start  getting  reduced  benefits  at  60  or  as  early  as  50  if  they  are  disabled. 

Assets  account  for  17%  of  the  income  of  older  Americans  and  other  income 
comes  from  pensions,  public  assistance  and  contributions  from  friends  and 
relatives. 


THE  CARPENTER 


Below:  Two  members  from  the  Wash- 
ington, D.C.,  Council  create  raised  plat- 
forms between  the  big  marble  columns 
of  the  Capitol. 


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Above:  Scaffolding  surrounds  the  portico  set  up  for  the 
swearing  in  of  the  new  President  at  the  East  Front  of  the 
Capitol. 

The  pictures  at  right,  from  the  top:  A  DC  Carpenter  applies 
finishing  touches  to  the  "Peanut  Galler>"  where  television 
cameras  will  focus  on  the  ceremonies.  Second,  another  view 
of  the  press  and  broadcasters  box  from  the  steps  of  the  Capitol. 
Third  down,  a  job  foreman  goes  over  the  plans  with  District 
Council  Business  Agent  Paul  Wedding,  center,  and  DC  Secretary 
Lewis  Pugh. 


UKION  CARPENTERS 

BUILD  THE 
INAUGURAL  STANDS 


The  swearing  in  of  America's  39tli  President  on 
January  20  will  be  performed  on  a  union-built  platform. 
The  worldwide  audience  which  will  witness  the  cere- 
monies via  television  will  receive  its  picture  from 
cameras  mounted  in  a  sturdy,  union-made  press  box, 
which  workmen  have  nicknamed  "The  Peanut  Gallery." 
And  the  new  President  and  his  entourage  vsiil  witness 
the  big  inaugural  parade  from  a  special  union-made 
reviewing  stand  on  Pennsylvania  Avenue  in  front  of  the 
White  House. 

It  will  be  the  skilled  workmanship  of  members  of 
locals  of  the  Washington,  D.C.,  District  Council  of 
Carpenters,  working  for  the  contracting  firm  of  Skinker 
&  Garrett. 


JANUARY,    1977 


Who  Says  the  Unemployed 
Are  Taking  a  Free  Ride? 


Two  new  studies — one  by  the 
government,  one  by  a  private  firm — 
should  dispel  the  myth  that  the 
long-term  unemployed  are  taking  a 
free  ride  on  jobless  pay  and  could 
find  work  if  they  really  wanted  to. 

In  fact,  one  of  the  studies  shows, 
two  of  every  three  workers  were 
still  unemployed  and  looking  for 
work  a  year  after  their  jobless  bene- 
fits ran  out. 

One  of  the  studies  was  conducted 
by  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor 
and  the  other  by  the  Mathematica 
Pohcy  Research  firm  of  Princeton, 
N.J.  While  the  studies  differed  in 
some  respects,  both  reached  con- 
clusions that  refute  the  claims  of 
conservative  economists  and  some 
politicians  that  unemployment  com- 
pensation ^s  a  "work  disincentive." 

The  Labor  Department  study, 
conducted  during  1975,  showed  that 
most  workers  who  had  exhausted 
their  unemployment  benefits  were 
still  out  looking  for  jobs  two  months 
later. 

Only  16  percent  of  the  workers 
found  jobs  during  that  two-month 
period,  while  15  percent  withdrew 
from  the  labor  force  altogether. 
Thirty  percent  of  those  who  with- 
drew gave  retirement  as  the  reason, 
but  "discouragement  due  to  con- 
tinued poor  job  prospects  may  have 
been  one  underlying  factor,"  the 
study  said. 

The  Mathematica  study  said  "the 
timing  of  .  .  .  reemployment  did  not 
show  any  significant  support  for  the 
work  disincentive  hypothesis:  reem- 
ployment rates  rose  uniformly  over 
the  first  four  months  after  (unem- 
ployment benefit)  exhaustion." 

The  Mathematica  study  involved 
over  2,000  unemployed  workers  in 
Atlanta,  Baltimore,  Chicago  and 
Seattle.  The  research  firm  concen- 
trated on  workers  whose  regular  un- 
employment insurance  benefits  were 
exhausted  in  1974  and  followed 
their  progress  for  more  than  a  year. 


Unemployment  Compensation  Isn't 
'Work  Disincentive/  Studies  Show 


The  Labor  Department  study 
looked  at  workers  in  California, 
Missouri,  Nevada,  New  York,  and 
Wisconsin  who  had  exhausted  their 
entitlement  to  Federal  Supplemen- 
tal Benefits  during  1975. 

The  Mathematica  study  was  the 
most  telling  of  the  two  in  terms  of 
the  human  and  financial  costs  of 
joblessness. 

For  example,  the  Mathematica 
study  noted  that  the  older  a  worker, 
the  less  chance  he  or  she  has  of 
finding  a  new  job.  Also,  women  had 
more  trouble  finding  jobs  than  men 
and  blacks  and  other  minorities  had 
more  trouble  than  whites. 

In  addition,  joblessness  reduced 
the  average  study  family's  income 
from  $271  per  week  to  $178.  When 
unemployment     benefits     ran     out, 


average  family  income  dropped  by 
a  third  more. 

Many  families  had  to  cut  deeply 
into  their  savings  to  keep  going, 
Mathematica  said.  For  blacks  and 
other  minorities,  the  first  four 
months  after  unemployment  benefits 
had  run  out  cost  them  78  percent  of 
all  liquid  assets.  In  addition.  31 
percent  of  whites  and  52  percent  of 
minorities  got  behind  on  regular 
bills  such  as  rent  and  utilities. 

Of  those  workers  who  had  em- 
ployment-related health  insurance 
before  becoming  unemployed,  more 
than  half  were  left  without  any 
insurance  at  aU  for  some  period 
after  loss  of  their  job — most  for 
more  than  40  weeks.  One-third  had 
no  coverage  at  all  one  year  after 
benefit  exhaustion.  (PAI) 


CLIC  Election  Report:  75%  Winners 


In  addition  to  its  successful  support  of 
President-Elect  Jimmy  Carter,  the  Car- 
penters Legislative  Improvement  Com- 
mittee— the  Brotherhood's  political  action 
organization — was  involved  in  251  Sen- 
ate and  House  races  during  the  1976 
General  Elections  campaigns. 

Out  of  this  total  of  251  races,  CLIC 
supported  189  winners  for  a  success  rate 
of  75%. 

The  critical  key  to  this  success  was 
protecting  incumbent  friends  in  the  Con- 


PLACARDS  FOR 
MATTOX — Members  of 
Local  198,  Dallas,  Tex., 
were  "CLICing"  for  Jim 
Mattox,  local  labor- 
supported  Democrat,  in 
his  recent  successful  bid 
for  a  Congressional  seat. 
They  produced  50,000 
signs  for  the  candidate  in 
production-line  style,  as 
the  picture  indicates. 


gress.  From  a  total  of  178  incumbent 
proven  friends  that  CLIC  supported  for 
re-election  only  16  lost.  This  is  a  winning 
percentage  among  incumbent  candidates 
of  91%.  In  addition,  CLIC  supported  27 
non-incumbent  winners  who  will  join  the 
95th  Congress  as  new  Members. 

"We  thank  each  CLIC  contributor. 
Their  participation  made  this  victory  pos- 
sible," says  Charles  E.  Nichols,  CLIC 
director. 


THE    CARPENTER 


Carter  pledges  action: 


New  Year  Promises  Leadership 
In  Reviving  National  Economy 


By  Press  Associates 

When  the  American  people  voted 
for  Jimmy  Carter  and  a  heavily 
Democratic  Congress,  they  were 
asking  for  several  things:  change, 
action,  leadership,  unified  govern- 
ment. 

Come  January  20,  they  are  going 
to  get  it. 

By  Inauguration  Day,  declared 
President-elect  Carter  after  meeting 
with  Congressional  leaders,  he  will 
have  in  hand  "a  comprehensive  pro- 
gram for  the  stimulation  of  the 
economy  and  the  reduction  of  un- 
employment." 

Carter  said  his  Administration 
would  aim  for  an  economic  growth 
rate  of  6'~f  and  a  reduction  of  1.5% 
in  the  unemployment  rate  in  1977. 
The  Gross  National  Product,  the 
total  output  of  goods  and  services, 
slumped  to  3.8%  in  the  third 
quarter  of  1976.  The  jobless  rate 
was  7.9%  in  October. 

The  jobless  rate  cut  envisaged  by 
Carter  would  mean  the  creation  of 
approximately  1.5  million  jobs. 

This  implies  that  Carter  and  the 
Congress  would  act  promptly  to 
enact  a  number  of  the  job-creation 
programs  vetoed  by  President  Ford 
or  held  back  out  of  fear  of  vetoes. 
These  would  include  public  works 
projects,  public  employment  pro- 
grams, housing  and  other  labor- 
intensive  approaches. 

Unemployment  is  by  far  the 
overriding  problem  facing  the  new 
Administration.  Organized  labor 
puts  the  jobless  rate  at  10.7  per- 
cent, with  more  than  10  million  out 
of  work.  The  building  trades  esti- 
mates its  own  jobless  rate  at  27% 
nationally.  Black  teenage  unemploy- 
ment is  about  40%. 

Carter  said  he  would  wait  until 
the  latest  economic  data  are  avail- 
able before  he  makes  a  decision  on 
whether  and  what  kind  of  tax  cut 
to  seek.   But  he   and   his   advisers 


have  made  it  clear  that  economic 
recover\^  and  the  federal  re\enue 
that  this  will  produce  is  the  key  to 
other  Carter  campaign  pledges. 

The  problems  neglected  over  the 
past  decade  have  been  building  up, 
with  the  nation  diverted  by  Viet- 
nam and  Watergate  and  the  econ- 
omy stagnating  under  conservative 
policies. 

Carter  and  organized  labor  agree 
on  most  of  the  issues  which  should 
get  high  priorit)  attention,  with  de- 
tails to  be  worked  out  in  the  legis- 
lative process. 

The  issues  cover  tax  reform,  wel- 
fare reform,  national  health  insur- 
ance, situs  picketing  and  construc- 


tion stabilization,  universal  voter 
registration.  Hatch  Act  liberaliza- 
tion, Taft-Hartley  amendments,  and 
repeal  of  Section  14(b),  control  over 
nuclear  arms  proliferation,  aid  to 
the  cities,  day-care  centers,  social 
security  financing  and  government 
reorganization. 

What  America  has  been  lacking. 
Carter  said  during  the  campaign,  is 
a  sense  of  purpose  and  leadership 
from  the  White  House. 

.%  Carter  and  Congress  and  or- 
ganized labor  grapple  with  the  log- 
jam of  problems  so  long  neglected, 
the  results  should  help  restore  those 
things  the  American  people  were 
votins  for  on  Nov.  2. 


Jobs  Seen  Early  Focus  of 
Congress-Carter  Cooperation 


The  Carter  White  House  and  the 
95th  Congress  will  form  a  strong 
working  relationship  that  will  make  it 
possible  to  ""hammer  out""  a  program 
that  meets  "many  of  the  needs  of  the 
American  people,"  AFL-CIO  Legis- 
lative Director  Andrew  J.  Biemiiler 
predicted. 

That  thrust  of  cooperation  will 
focus  early  on  the  area  of  jobs  that 
both  the  President-elect  and  the  lead- 
ership of  the  Congress  have  labelled 
"the  priority"  issue,  he  said.  Much  of 
the  urgent  agenda  facing  the  new 
Congress  and  Administration,  Biemii- 
ler noted,  is  old  business  left  over 
from  the  last  Congress — "in  large  part 
because  of  Ford  vetoes." 

Questioned  by  reporters  on  the  net- 
work radio  interview  Labor  News 
Conference.  Biemiiler  said  that  the 
program  Carter  has  outlined  has  the 
general  agreement  of  the  AFL-CIO — 
"the  kind  of  things  that  we  need  and 
need  badly."  He  stressed  that  jobs  to 
cut  back  a  current  unemployment  rate 
that  in  reality,  if  not  in  ofikial  statis- 
tics, tops  10  percent,  is  the  first  thing 
'"we  are  going  after." 


The  new  working  relationship  ""is 
going  to  last  until  we  get  that  unem- 
ployment problem  straightened  out," 
he  declared,  adding  that  ""the  honey- 
moon, if  you  want  to  call  it  that," 
will  extend  beyond  the  jobs  issue — 
"continue  as  it  did  in  the  days  of 
Kennedy  and  Johnson. "" 

Biemiiler  said  that  the  question  of 
a  "quickie  tax  cut""  to  stimulate  the 
economy  is  still  open,  and  will  be 
conditioned  entirely  by  the  figures  on 
the  gross  national  product  for  the  last 
quarter  of  the  year.  He  said  that  until 
that  is  determined,  "we  are  holding 
our  fire,  waiting  to  find  out  exactly 
what  the  White  House  proposal  will 
he."'  He  stressed  that  tax  justice  is  a 
higher  priority  for  the  .AFL-CIO  than 
a  tax  cut.  '"We  arc  determined  that 
taxes  be  equally  applied  to  all  seg- 
ments of  the  population — that  the 
rich  be  taxed  and  those  taxes  col- 
lected." he  asserted. 

Biemiiler  was  questioned  by  Tom 
Joyce  of  Newsweek  magazine  and 
Michael  Posner  of  Reuters  News 
Agency.  Labor  News  Conference  is 
broadcast  Tuesdays  on  Mutual  radio. 


JVM  ARY.    197  7 


Five  Training  Seminars  Held  in  1976 

BUSINESS  AGENTS  AND  LOCAL  OFFICERS 
PREPARE  FOR  THE  PROBLEMS  OF  1977 


Participants  in  tiie  fifth  1976  training  seminar,  shown  above,  included:  Leonard  Adams,  FS,  Local  1822,  Fort  Worth,  Tx.;  W.  H. 
Adams.  FS  &  BR.  Local  526.  Galveston.  Tx.;  Raymond  F.  Baker.  BR,  Portland  District  Council.  Milwaukie,  Ore.;  Robert  Boggs. 
Asst.  BR,  Local  1089.  Phoenix,  Az.;  James  P.  Bohlen,  BR,  Local  1043,  Gary,  Ind.;  Oscar  H.  Bond.  FS  &  BR,  Local  1994,  Natchez. 
Ms.;  Charles  M.  Byers,  Asst.  BR,  Local  1089.  Phoenix.  Az.;  Joseph  Cardita,  BR.  Local  366.  Bronx,  N.Y.;  Harry  L.  Carlson,  FS, 
Local  583,  Portland,  Ore.;  Cooie  Choate.  BR.  Local  1072,  Muskogee,  Okla.;  Anthony  J.  Ciiccbero,  Sr.,  FS  &  BR,  Local  1931.  New 
Orleans,  La.;  Charles  D.  Dennis.  FS.  Local  12.  Syracuse,  N.Y.;  Ray  Drisdellc.  BR.  Local  1460,  Edmonton,  Albt.,  Can.;  Eugene 
Dzialo.  FS  &  BR,  Local  643,  Oak  Lawn.  III.;  Donald  G.  Gerstcnecker,  BR,  Local  633.  Granite  City,  III.;  Carl  G.  Green,  FS  &  BR. 
Local  1263,  Atlanta,  Ga.;  Virgil  W.  Heckathorn,  BR,  Kansas  City  District  Council.  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Kenneth  Huemmer,  Organiz- 
er, Hudson  Valley  District  Council,  Oneonta,  N.Y.;  Bob  B.  Kessler,  BR.  Kansas  City  District  Council,  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Edward 
King,  BR,  Local  343,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  Can.;  Carl  Edmund  Krahn,  BR.  Portland  District  Council,  Portland,  Ore.;  Leo  E. 
Larsen,  FS.  Local  226.  Portland,  Ore.;  Peter  MacKenzie,  BR,  Local  1178,  Ne«  Glasgow.  N.S.,  Can.;  George  E.  McDonald.  BR. 
Local  1388,  Portland,  Ore.;  Dominick  Mandaglio,  BR,  Local  385,  New  York.  N.Y.:  Erwin  Martin.  BR,  Local  2252,  Grand  Rap- 
ids, Mich.;  James  Moore,  BR,  Fox  River  Valley  D.C.,  Appleton,  Wise;  Joseph  R.  Narkiewicz,  BR,  Local  1275,  Clearwater,  Fla.: 
Allie  E.  Nunberg,  BR,  Central  Montana  District  Council,  Glendive,  Mont.;  Harry  W.  Parker,  FS,  Local  297,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.; 
Thomas  Pinney.  BR,  Local  1160,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Peter  R.  J.  Pittman.  BR.  Local  1975.  Calgary.  Albt.,  Can.;  James  E.  Reynolds. 
FS  &  BR,  I^cal  144,  Macon.  Ga.;  David  G.  Rhode.  BR.  Detroit  District  Council.  Detroit.  Mich.;  William  G.  Roy,  Asst.  BR.  Lo- 
cal 494,  Windsor,  Ont..  Can.;  John  Schrull.  BR.  Hudson  Valley  District  Council.  Oneonta.  N.Y.;  Ernest  R.  Sowards,  BR,  Local 
1765,  Orlando,  Fla.;  George  M.  Stephenson,  BR.  Local  81,  Rochester,  N.Y.;  Ruben  Howard  Thomas,  FS  &  BR,  Local  3240.  Live 
Oak,  Fla.;  David  G.  Wick.  Asst.  BR.  Local  906.  Glendale.  Az.;  John  E.  Wolcoll.  BR.  Local  81,  Perry,  N.Y.;  Danny  L.  Workman. 
BR,  Kaw  Valley  District  Council.  Topeka.  Kn. 


There  is  no  substitute  for  on-the-job 
training  for  today's  union  business 
agent.  The  so-called  "school  of  hard 
knocks'"  eventually  prepares  him  to 
cope  with  most  problems  and  emer- 
gencies in  his  local  union. 

But  there  is  also  a  vital  role  to  be 
played  by  formal  training  in  preparing 
today's  business  agent  for  his  uncertain 
future.  Errors  in  information  and  er- 
rors in  thinking  can,  and  must,  be  cor- 
rected in  a  classroom  of  fellow  busi- 
ness agents  studying  the  same  subject. 


And  the  subjects  today  are  complex: 
Davis  Bacon  [.aw  and  Processes.  Col- 
lective Bargaining  in  the  Construction 
Industry,  the  Law  of  Labor-Manage- 
ment Relations  in  the  Construction  In- 
dustry, and  Trends  in  Collective  Bar- 
gaining. 

To  offer  special,  post-graduate  train- 
ing in  such  subjects  to  as  many  of  its 
full-time  local  officers  as  possible,  the 
United  Brotherhood,  several  years  ago. 
began  participating  in  the  work  of  the 
AFI.-CIO  Tabor  Studies  Center  in  Sil- 


ver Spring.  Md..  now  known  as  the 
George  Meany  Center  for  Labor  Stud- 
ies. 

Groups  of  approximately  20  to  30 
business  agents  and  other  full-time  of- 
ficers are  assembled  on  the  campus  of 
the  studies  center,  and  they  spend  live 
days  in  intensive  study  of  their  jobs 
and  all  subjects  related  to  it. 

Though  some  of  the  costs  are  borne 
by  the  Brotherhood,  local  unions  and 
district  councils  financially  support  the 
training,  as  well. 


8 


THE    CARPENTER 


While  formal  training  is  the  main  pur- 
pose of  the  week-long  seminars,  an  added 
dividend  for  all  participants  is  the  oppor- 
tunity to  discuss  issues  and  compare  ex- 
periences with  fellow  trainees.  These  can- 
did views  of  the  November  7-13  sessions 
show  business  representatives  and  full- 
time  officers  doing  just  that. 


TODAY'S  BUSINESS  AGENT 


More  than  100  local  union  busi- 
ness agents  and  full-time  officers  of 
the  Brotherhood  attended  a  scries 
of  five  training  seminars  at  the 
George  Meany  Labor  Studies  Cen- 
ter near  Washington,  D.C.,  durinu 
1976. 

They  came  from  small  local  un- 
ions in  the  West  Coast,  from  Kan- 
sas, Michigan,  California.  Alaska, 
and  all  over  North  America.  Al- 
most  every   state   was   represented. 

They  ranged  in  age  from  29  to 
64.  and  they  were  alert,  informed. 


and  a  dedicated  group. 

We  asked  each  participant  in  the 
seminars  to  fill  out  a  brief  ques- 
tionnaire and  evaluation  form.  This 
is  what  we  discovered  in  their  re- 
plies: 

•  The  average  age  of  today's 
business  agent  is  46  years. 

•  The  average  length  of  mem- 
bership in  the  Brotherhood  is  19 
years.  Only  I  1  of  the  agents  had 
less  than  ten  years  of  membership. 

•  The  average  education  of  the 
Brotherhood's  business  agent  is  12 


years,  although  ne.uiy  a  quarter  of 
the  agents  had  less  than  a  twelfth 
grade  edue.ition.  ( F.leven  years  was 
once  equivalent  to  a  high  school  ed- 
ucation.) This  was  balanced  by  a 
high  percentage  of  full-time  officers 
with  some  college  training.  One  of 
the  seminar  groups  contained  42Cr 
with  some  college  training,  and  an- 
other had  as  high  as  42'  :  '~r. 

•  Most  of  ihc  men  had  been 
th'-ough  a  Brotherhood  apprentice- 
ship and  training  program.  Some 
were  from  industrial  unions. 


JANUARY,    1977 


Local 
Unon 

Newa 


Sidell  Lauds  Maritas  for  Stand 
Against  UN  Israel-Racist  Resolution 


>-^' 


ISRAEL 
.ilEiDSH 


SCORES  PREJUDICE— Carpenters  President  William  Sidell,  at  the  rostrum,  tells 
1500  guests  at  the  New  York  Hilton  Hotel  that  the  Brotherhood  will  not  tolerate 
bigotry  on  any  level  as  Labor  Secretary  W.  J.  Usery,  left;  Carpenters  Local  2947 
Secretary-Treasurer  Theodore  Maritas;  West  Point  Chaplain  Abraham  Soltes;  and 
His  Excellency  Abba  Eban,  right,  listen. 


Brotherhood  President  William  Sidell 
told  an  international  gathering  at  The 
New  York  Hilton  recently  that  the  Car- 
penters "will  not  tolerate  racism  or  sex- 
ism on  any  level,  nor  will  it  remain 
silent  when  a  country  such  as  Israel  is 
persecuted  because  of  its  religious  con- 
victions." 

Sidell  made  his  remarks  before  a  star- 
studded  audience  which  included  Labor 
Secretary  W.  J.  Usery.  U.S.  Senator  Birch 
Bayh,  Senator-Elect  Patrick  Moynihan, 
Mayor  Abe  Beame,  Former  Labor  Secre- 
tary Peter  J.  Brennan.  president  of  the 
New  York  City  and  State  Building  & 
Construction  Trades  Council,  His  Excel- 
lency Abba  Eban.  and  First  District 
Board  Member  John  Rogers. 

Sidell   said  he   was   particularly   proud 


that  Carpenters  Local  2947  Secretary- 
Treasurer  Theodore  Maritas  had  been 
chosen  to  receive  the  highly  coveted 
America-Israel  Friendship  League  Award. 

"Those  of  you  who  have  known  Ted 
Maritas,  as  I  have,  are  grateful  that  this 
young  progressive  trade  imionist,  out  of 
a  fine  local,  chartered  by  the  Brother- 
hood, had  the  fortitude  to  give  authority 
and  say  what  he  thought  was  right  as 
far  as  freedom  and  democracy  through- 
out this  world  is  concerned."  Sidell  said. 
"I  want  to  say  to  Ted  and  his  family, 
that  in  all  sincerity  and  on  behalf  of  the 
officers  of  our  organization  and  the 
membership,  we  salute  you  and  thank 
you  for  representing  the  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  in  such  a  fine  manner." 

Maritas    was    chosen    to    receive    the 


Brooklyn  Local 
Honors  Gordon 


Elias  Gordon,  left,  accepts  a  gavel 
from  First  District  Board  Member  Rogers 
and  Vice  President  Pat  Campbell. 

A  testimonial  dinner  was  held  on 
Saturday,  October  16,  at  the  Sands  of 
Atlantic  Beach,  New  York,  honoring 
Elias  Gordon  for  his  30  years  of  dedi- 
cated service  on  the  executive  board  of 
Local   1204,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

During  his  three  decades  of  service, 
Gordon  served  as  recording  secretary, 
financial  secretary,  president,  district 
council  delegate,  and  business  representa- 
tive. 

At  present  he  is  business  representa- 
tive and  president  emeritus  of  Local  1204. 

There  were  450  people  who  paid  trib- 
ute to  Brother  Gordon,  along  with  such 
labor  leaders  as  Vice  Pres.  Patrick  J. 
Campbell,  First  District  Executive  Board 
Member  John  S.  Rogers,  Building  Trades 
President  of  Greater  New  York  and 
former  Secretary  of  Labor  Peter  J.  Bren- 
nan, New  York  District  Council  Presi- 
dent Conrad  F.  Olsen,  and  Abe  Saul, 
General   Organizer. 


Award,  because  he  was  the  first  metro- 
politan labor  leader  who  opposed  the 
United  Nations  resolution  which  equated 
Zionism  with  racism.  A  letter  he  wrote, 
which  was  picked  up  by  the  newspapers 
proved  a  rallying  point  for  pro-Israel 
sentiment. 


Parade  Float  at  Fort  Wayne 

Members  of  Local  232,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind..  recently  built  and 
displayed  a  float  for  local  parades.  The  float  appeared  in  a 
Labor  Day  celebration  in  Fort  Wayne.  The  sign  shows  that 
the  world  depends  on  Carpenters  "from  alpha  to  omega," 
the  beginning  (depicted  as  a  cradle  on  the  front  of  the  float), 
to  the  end  (depicted  by  a  coffin  on  the  rear  of  the  float). 

From  left  to  right,  the  builders  of  the  float  are:  Aldeu 
Swenson,  Earl  Hamrick.  Allen  Swenson  and  Doug  Haupt. 

The  builders  distributed  12-inch  plastic  rulers  bearing  the 
Brotherhood  label  along  the  parade  route. 


10 


THE    CARPENTER 


Death  Takes  Two 
Centenarians 

Two  members  of  the  Brotherhood  who 
each  Hved  a  full  century  of  life  died 
recently. 

Forrest  M.  Hughes,  who  retired  from 
active  service  at  age  98  after  serving 
Local  198  in  Dallas,  Texas,  as  treasurer 
for  more  than  30  years,  died  last  Sep- 
tember 29  at  the  age  of  103. 

Hughes  was  born  on  October  22,  1872 
in  Ozark,  Ala.,  and  his  family  moved  by 
wagon  train  to  Texarkana,  Tex.,  shortly 
thereafter.  He  joined  Local  198  in  1902 
and,  the  following  year,  married  Etta 
Bradley  and  settled  into  "Big  D"  for  a 
lifetime  of  residency.  He  was  his  local 
union's  first  apprentice  instructor  and 
maintained  membership  in  the  Brother- 
hood until  his  death. 

Charles  Edmond  Murphy  of  Local  169, 
East  St.  Louis,  111.,  celebrated  his  100th 
birthday  in  November.  He  retired  from 
the  trade  at  the  age  of  75  after  40  years 
of  craft  work  and  lived  for  a  time  with 
a  daughter  at  nearby  West  Plains.  At 
his  death,  November  30,  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  the  West  Vue  Nursing  Home. 

Murphy  was  bom  May  5,  1876,  at 
Dearfield,  Mo.  Married  in  1895  to 
Sophronia  Underwood  at  Alton,  111.,  he 
is  survived  by  five  children,  31  grand- 
children, and  a  host  of  great  grandchil- 
dren and  great-great  grandchildren. 

Diver  Organizing 
In  New  Orleans 


Divers  Local  1012  of  New  Orleans, 
La.,  is  pu.shiOK  its  organizinf;  proKram 
anionf>  Gulf  Coast  divers,  with  llrothcr- 
hood  Representative  Eamic  Curtis,  richt. 
ussiKuecl  to  assist  local  leaders  in  their 
work.  Shown  with  Curtis,  from  left,  arc 
Local  1012  Vice  President  Paul  Owen 
and  President  Paul  Woodhall.  Photo  by 
Browning. 


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Not  Enough  Heed 
To  Unemployment 

The  problem  with  the  federal  govern- 
inent's  policies  for  over  a  year  now  has 
been  that  it  has  concentrated  its  attention 
on  fighting  inflation  and  paid  little  heed 
to  the  continuing  high  levels  of  unem- 
ployment. 

At  year's  end  more  voices  were  joining 
those  of  organized  labor  in  urging  that 
more  balance  in  economic  policies  is  not 
only  necessary  but  long  overdue. 

Inflation  has  been  reduced  consider- 
ably in  the  past  year  but  not  without 
cost.  Unemployment  insurance  payments 
have  run  over  the  three-billion-dollar 
mark,  while  lost  production  due  to  unem- 
ployment has'  amounted  to  $18  million 
a  day. 

The  government  has  conceded  that  un- 
enrployment  could  reach  8%  this  winter, 
but  some  provinces  are  already  suffering 
10%  unemployed.  And  in  some  indus- 
tries unemployment  is  worse  than  in 
others.  In  Ontario  joblessness  in  the  con- 
struction industry  was  already  about  30% 
before  winter  set  in. 

The  Canadian  Labor  Congress  believes 
that  the  federal  anti-inflation  program 
is  directly  responsible  for  the  growing 
rate  of  unemployment  as  it  has  discour- 
aged employers  from  hiring  additional 
workers  and  from  making  capital  invest- 
ments that  create  jobs. 

The  Congress  also  says  that  the  easing 
of  consumer  prices  would  have  occurred 
without  the  anti-inflation  program  as  it 
has  in  other  countries.  So  the  program 
was  the  result  of  political  expediency 
rather  than  sound  economic  policies. 

Ed  Broadbent.  leader  of  the  New 
Democratic  Party,  has  been  saying  in  the 
House  of  Coinmons  and  in  public  ad- 
dresses that  unemployment  is  more  costly 
and  more  serious  than  inflation.  In  hu- 
man terms,  the  cost  is  incalculable.  He 
has  called  for  a  government  commitment 
to  full  employment,  to  policies  that  will 
result  in  at  least  six  billion  dollars  in 
additional  national  production  which  is 
now   being   lost   through   joblessness. 

To  increase  purchasing  power  of  lower 
income  families,  he  urged  an  immediate 
program  of  tax  credits  of  $400  for  those 
with  incomes  of  $5,000,   $300  credit  at 


the   $10,000   level,   $200  at   the   $15,000 
level. 

The  average  Canadian  family  is  over- 
ta.xed,  while  hundreds  of  wealthy  people 
use  tax  loopholes  to  pay  little  or  no 
taxes. 


New  Quebec  Rule 
Is  No  Surprise 

When  the  people  of  Quebec  threw  oul 
their  Liberal  government  and  elected  the 
Parti  Quebecois  with  a  substantial  ma- 
jority, it  came  as  a  surprise  only  to  those 
who  had  not  been  following  the  political, 
economic  and  social  scene  in  recent  years. 

Provinciaily  Quebec  has  alternated  be- 
tween Liberal  and  Conservative  (Union 
Nationale)  governments.  When  Quebec 
had  a  Union  Nationale  government  under 
Premier  Duplessis  during  and  after 
World  War  II.  labor  suffered  under  a 
stiff-necked,  highhanded  and  corrupt  dic- 
tatorship. When  the  Liberals  were  re- 
turned to  power  under  Premier  Bourassa 
in  the  1960s,  a  change  was  badly  needed. 
But  the  change  was  more  in  name  than 
in  substance. 

The  Parti  Quebecois  was  running  only 
in  its  third  election.  It  had  obtained  30% 
of  the  votes  but  only  six  seats  in  the 
provincial  election  less  than  three  years 
ago.  The  Liberals  won  over  a  hundred 
seats.  They  could  have  held  power  for 
another  two  years,  but  with  fast  mount- 
ing debts  and  over  10%  unemployment. 
Premier  Bourassa  thought  he  could  be 
returned  to  power  for  another  five  years 
by  again  raising  the  fears  of  the  PQ's 
separatist  policies. 

But  the  PQs.  openly  a  separatist  party 
(separation  from  the  rest  of  Canada  as 
a  sovereign  French-speaking  nation), 
changed  its  political  stance.  It  promised 
not  to  separate  from  Canada  without  a 
successful  referendum  vote  two  to  four 
years  from  now.  but  to  concentrate  on 
the  economic  and  social  problems  which 
are  sorely  pressing. 

This  and  its  vigorous  attack  on  the 
ineptness  and  corruption  of  the  Bourassa 
administration  won  the  support  of  over 
41%  of  Quebec  people,  enough  to  give 
it  69  seats,  an  overall  majority.  The 
trade  union  movement,  both  the  Quebec 


Federation  of  Labor  (CLC)  and  the 
Confederation  of  National  Trade  Unions 
(CNTU)  backed  the  PQ  under  Rene 
Levesque.  So  did  the  strong  Quebec 
Teachers'  Federation. 

The  QFL  welcomed  the  defeat  of  "the 
most  anti-worker  government  Quebec  has 
ever  had."  an  exaggeration  probably  in 
view  of  the  record  of  past  governments. 

The  new  Quebec  Premier  Levesque  is 
pro-labor.  The  mess  that  the  previous 
government  left  behind  will  keep  him 
busy.  His  supporters  want  honest  gov- 
ernment, better  housing  and  sanitation 
measures  and  jobs.  Just  a  small  percent- 
age have  any  leanings  toward  separatism. 


Federal  Liberals 
Make  Late  Moves 

ITie  decisive  defeat  of  the  Liberals  in 
Quebec  added  to  the  present  unpopular- 
ity of  the  Trudeau  Liberals  nationally  is 
causing  the  federal  government  to  stir. 
The  prime  interest  rate  has  been  lowered 
to  9%  from  9'/2,  unemployment  insur- 
ance premiums  paid  by  employers  and 
employees  were  cut  by  9%  on  January  1, 
and  $150  million  has  been  put  into  winter 
works  programs.  In  addition  the  Local 
Initiatives  program  has  been  doubled  to 
$200  million. 

This  must  be  only  a  beginning  if  the 
federal  Liberals  hope  to  avoid  the  fate 
of  their  Quebec  colleagues. 

Pilkey  Succeeds 
Archer  in  OFL 

A  day  after  he  told  the  20th  annual 
convention  of  the  Ontario  Federation  of 
Labor  that  Bourassa's  defeat  is  just  one 
indication  of  the  revulsion  of  the  Cana- 
dian public  to  the  "greed,  mismanage- 
ment and  corrup- 
tion" of  the  Liberals 
at  Ottawa  and  the 
Conservatives  in  On- 
tario, David  Archer, 
OFL  president  for  18 
years,  was  himself 
defeated  as  head  of 
the  largest  Federa- 
tion in  Canada. 

Archer,  64,  who 
started  as  a  textile 
worker  in  the  1930s, 
was  philosophical  in 
defeat.  He  is  one  of  the  best-informed 
labor  relations  counsellors  in  Canada  and 
may  make  this  his  fulltime  job  henceforth 
with  the  Ontario  Labor  Relations  Board. 

His  successor.  Cliff  Pilkey,  54,  of  the 
UAW  General  Motors  local  in  Oshawa 
east  of  Toronto,  was  the  union's  political 
education  director,  a  member  of  city 
council  and  a  former  member  of  the 
Ontario  Legislature  for  the  NDP.  He  is 
an  aggressive  political  activist. 


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OFL  Would  Add 
Power  To  Board 

Apart  from  changing  the  president,  the 
1,500  delegates  to  the  OFL  convention  in 
Toronto  used  their  time  to  good  advan- 
tage in  adopting  dozens  of  hard-hitting 
policy  resolutions. 

One  of  the  more  interesting  ones  de- 
clared that  the  Ontario  Labor  Relations 
Board  should  have  the  power  to  settle 
first  collective  agreements  when  a  com- 
pany and  a  union  can't  reach  a  settlement 
themselves.  As  an  OFL  vice-president  put 
it,  "We  have  to  establish  that  workers 
have  a  right  to  unionism  and  that  once 
they  join  and  are  certified,  they'll  get  a 
contract." 

This  procedure  is  already  included  in 
the  labor  legislation  in  British  Columbia. 
It  was  originally  opposed  by  the  B.C. 
Federation  of  Labor  as  being  unnecessary 
government  intervention  in  the  bargain- 
ing process.  But  events  proved  the  NDP 
government  which  passed  it  to  be  right. 
Small  groups  of  workers  who  sign  un- 
ion cards  find  it  hard  to  reach  settlements 
with  employers.  Intimidation  and  other 
forms  of  anti-labor  action  are  more  effec- 
tive in  small  plants.  The  legislation,  al- 
though not  often  needed  because  the 
very  fact  that  it  is  on  the  books  helps 
unions  to  get  first  contracts,  proved  bene- 
ficial in  B.C.  Ontario  labor  likes  the 
idea. 


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HUNTINGTON,  N.Y. 

Local  1292,  Huntington, 
N.Y.,  presented  Edwin 
Hollowell,  age  85,  with  a 
service  pin.  Brother 
Hollowell  was  presented 
the  pinby  Bus.  Rep. 
William  Fuchs  at  an 
executive  board  meeting  in 
May,  1976. 


STOCKTON,  CALIF. 

At  the  installation  meeting  of 
Local  3088,  Lumber  Production  and 
Industrial  Workers,  July  10,  Retired 
Representative  Clarence  Briggs 
installed  the  officers  of  the  union 
and  presented  plaques  to  Joe  Hazard 
and  Harold  Davis. 

In  appreciation  of  the  foresight 
in  the  planning  of  the  health,  welfare, 
and  pension  plan  (Hazard  Trust), 
a  plaque  was  presented  to  Hazard. 
Hazard  was  the  recipient  of  the  1974  Bent  Nail  Award. 

Harold  Davis  is  a  charter  member  of  the  local  and  still  has  his  first  union 
book.  He  served  several  terms  as  president  and  vice  president  and  was 
chairman  of  the  sick  committee  from  July  1937  until  his  retirement  in  1970. 
He  also  served  several  years  as  recording  secretary,  the  last  time  under  special 
dispensation  until  our  change  of  officers  this  year. 

Shown  in  the  picture,  from  left,  are  William  Long,  business  representative 
and  financial  secretary;  Harold  Davis,  President  Ralph  Cree,  and  retired 
Int'l  Rep.  Clarence  Briggs. 


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AUGUSTA,  GA. 

Members  of  Carpenters  Local  283  who  received  25-year 
membership  pin  in  December,  1975,  were  as  follows: 

Front  row,  left  to  right,  Clarence  W.  Axton,  Robert  L.  Johns, 
Russell  Tankersley,  and  Ralph  J.  Patton. 

Back  row,  left  to  right,  Charlie  T.  Renfrew,  Ralph  E. 
Stanley,  Charlie  Marvin  Turner,  and  J.  L.  Murray. 

Carl  D.  Martin  and  Charles  Crawford  could  not  attend,  but 
their  pins  were  mailed  to  them. 


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EUGENE,  ORE. 

The  members  of  Local  1273,  shown 
above  were  recently  presented  25-year 
service  pins  at  a  regular  union  meeting. 
They  are,  from  left:  Greg  Gibney,  Berge 
Jorgensen,  Claude  Roseberry,  and  Jim 
Stephens.  Also  receiving  a  25-year  pin 
but  not  present  was  Glenn  Hiestand. 


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Albert  H.  Goucher,  center,  was  first  re- 
cipient of  the  George  Meany  Scout 
Award  in  the  Moraine  Trails  Council  of 
Pennsylvania.  Goucher,  of  Middlesex 
Township,  is  a  long-time  scouter  and 
member  of  Carpenters  Local  500.  With 
Goucher  are  Charles  Trgovac,  left,  busi- 
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Leroy  Webster  of  Orange,  N.J.,  left, 
above,  was  also  a  recent  recipient  of  the 
George  Meany  BSA  Award.  Webster  has 
been  a  member  and  leader  of  Local  821 
in  New  Jersey  for  18  years,  in  addition 
to  serving  his  community.  He  has  served 
Boy  Scout  groups  in  his  local  area  for 
more  than  a  decade,  as  scoutmaster, 
board  member,  and  as  executive  officer. 
He  is  the  father  of  six  children,  and  his 
sons  have  served  in  Scouting  as  well. 


Dennis  K.  Zimmerman,  a  member  of 
Carpenters  Local  945,  JeB'erson  City, 
Mo.,  was  recently  presented  the  George 
Meany  Award,  which  recognizes  union 
members  who  perform  outstanding  serv- 
ice to  youth  as  a  volunteer  Scout  leader. 
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Great  Rivers  Council.  Scouting/U.S.A.; 
Dennis  Zimmerman,  Scoutmaster,  Troop 
105;  presenting  the  award  to  Zimmer- 
man, Vincent  J.  Van  Camp,  president, 
Missouri  Stale  Labor  Council,  AFL-CIO; 
and  Maurice  SchuKe,  business  manager. 
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The  skilled  manpower  was  impressive  as  the  young  men  at 
right  assembled  on  the  evening  of  October  8  in  Chicago  for 
this  official  graduation  picture.  They  formed  one  of  the 
largest  groups  of  apprentices  ever  to  complete  their  four  years 
of  craft  education  under  the  Chicago  District  Council  of 
Carpenters'  Apprentice  and  Trainee  Program.  A  total  of  236 
graduates  received  their  journeyman  certificates  at  this  Fifth 
Annual  Apprentice  Graduation  Dinner-Dance. 


^  Training  Conference 
At  Las  Vegas 
Attracts  Large  Group 


First  General  Vice  President 

William  Konyha  addresses  the  opening 

session  of  the  conference. 


The  1976  carpentry  training  conference,  held  in 
Las  Vegas,  Nevada  prior  to  and  in  conjunction  with 
the  International  Carpentry  Apprenticeship  Contest, 
has  been  declared  highly  successful  by  First  General 
Vice  President  William  Konyha,  the  Brotherhood's 
apprenticeship  and  training  director. 

An  overflow  crowd  assembled  at  the  general  ses- 
sions held  in  the  Hilton  Convention  Center  on  No- 
vember 29,  and  there  was  full  participation  by  Cana- 
dian delegates  at  a  special  Canadian  gathering  during 
the  same  afternoon. 

A  highlight  of  the  1976  conference  was  the  display 
of  new  training  materials,  including  many  visual  aids. 

There  was  a  presentation  of  instructural  material 
prepared  by  affiliated  programs  on  the  second  day  of 


the  conference.  This  demonstration  was  held  in  a 
room  near  the  manipulative  tests  at  the  Las  Vegas 
Convention  Center. 

On  Wednesday,  December  1,  also  at  the  Las  Vegas 
Convention  Center  there  was  a  presentation  of  films 
submitted  for  review  and  selected  for  showings  by  the 
Brotherhood's  apprenticeship  and  training  department. 

Among  the  topics  discussed  at  the  general  sessions 
were  these:  Career  Education  and  Vocational  Educa- 
tion, the  intake  into  apprenticeship  of  members  or- 
ganized by  CHOP,  unilateral  nonunion  apprentice- 
ship programs,  the  status  of  "improvers"  and  other 
such  training  processes,  the  written  test  valence  in 
state  and  international  contest  for  carpentry,  the  de- 
termination of  the  establishment  of  Veterans  Adminis- 


16 


THE    CARPENTER 


tration  benefits,  apprenticeship  in  correctional  institu- 
tions, presentation  of  the  United  Brotherhood  instruc- 
tional material,  methods  of  making  long  range 
projections  for  apprenticeship  program  expansion, 
employer  utilization  of  apprentices  as  the  basis  for 
intake  criteria,  and  criteria  for  the  selection  of  ap- 
prenticeship instructors. 

Participants  in  the  conference  were  particularly  in- 
terested in  new  floor-covering  training  material,  in- 
cluding visual  aids.  This  material  was  developed  fol- 
lowing meetings  with  12  floor-covering  instructors  at 
the  General  Offices,  early  in  1975,  and  reflects  the 
discussions  and  the  suggestions  which  grew  out  of  floor 
covering  conferences  held  in  Washington  in  1975 
and  1976. 

There  was  also  a  display  of  new  training  material  on 
the  use  of  metal  studs,  as  well  as  new  millwright 
material  on  turbine  installation  and  shaft  alignment. 

The  Brotherhood's  Apprenticeship  and  Training 
Department  has  a  "task  analysis"  program  underway, 
in  which  staff"  technicians  are  inventorying  current  craft 
processes  through  a  series  of  on-site  photo  studies. 
This  task  analysis  work  will  be  the  basis  for  improve- 
ments in  future  training  material,  the  Las  Vegas  Con- 
ference was  told. 


Recent  Graduates  in  Tampa 


James  Tinkcom,  technical  director  of  the  Apprenticeship 
and  Training  Department,  addresses  the  Training  Conference 
at  Las  Vegas.  Shown  with  him  at  the  rostrum  are  Vice  Presi- 
dent Konyha,  to  his  immediate  right,  and  Hans  VVachsmiith, 
Jr.,  of  Williams  &  Burrows,  Inc.,  general  contractors,  who 
serves  as  a  management  representative  on  the  International 
Apprenticeship  and  Training  Committee. 


These  apprentices  of  Local  696,  Tampa,  Fla.,  received 
journeyman  certificates  last  year.  Front  row,  D.  J.  Asbury, 
T.  E.  Farmer,  B.  M.  Todriguez,  Q.  E.  Ziske,  Ken  Pittman.  M. 
Evanoff.  Back  row:  T.  L.  Carlton,  F.  A.  Aniel,  Geo.  D.  Wail, 
T.  J.  Huey. 


Florida  Welding  Training 


^.^^C^i*-,  L. 


Participants  in  a  recent  St.  Petersburg  and  Clearwater,  Fla.. 
welding  training  course  were:  Front  row,  Fred  Thomas.  >'ictor 
Gardner,  William  Hart,  Joseph  Narkicwicz,  George  Roberts. 
Back  row,  Joe  L'rban.  Lcn  Hcndershot.  Zeno  Michaels  (in- 
structors), .\lcxander  .\uches,  Ron  Schuster,  L)lc  French, 
Harvey  Slinson,  Clarence  Hess,  Peter  Dorzuk,  Jr. 


JANUARY,    1977 


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SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


The  Wrong  Answer 

Little  Nellie,  a  6-year-old,  com- 
plained, "Mother,  I've  got  a  stomach 
ache." 

"That's  because  your  stomach  is 
empty,"  the  mother  replied.  "You 
would  feel  better  if  you  had  some- 
thing in  it." 

That  afternoon  the  minister  called, 
and  in  conversation  remarked  that 
he  had  been  suffering  all  day  with 
a  severe  headache. 

Little  Nellie  was  alert.  "That's  be- 
cause it's  empty,"  she  said.  "You'd 
feel  better  If  you  had  something  In 
it" 

FLICK  FOR  CLIC  IN  '77 

It  Works 

Mrs.  Smith:  "I  always  feel  lots  bet- 
ter after  a  good  cry." 

Mrs.  Jones:  "So  do  I.  It  sort  of 
gets  things  out  of  my  system." 

Mrs.  Smith:  "No,  it  doesn't  get  any- 
thing out  of  my  system,  but  it  does 
get  things  out  of  my  husband." 


The  Way  Wars  Start 

This  younger  generation  of  ours  is 
plenty  smart.  Take  the  boy  who  asked 
his  father  how  wars  got  started. 

"Well,"  said  Dad,  "suppose  Amer- 
ica persisted  in  quarreling  with  Eng- 
land, and — " 

"But,"  interrupted  the  mother, 
"America  must  never  quarrel  with 
England." 

"I  know,"  said  the  father,  "but  1 
am  only  taking  a  hypothetical  in- 
stance." 

"But  you  are  misleading  the  child," 
protested  the  mother. 

"No,  I  am  not,"  shouted  the  father 
angrily. 

"Never  mind,  Dad,"  put  in  the  boy; 
"I  think  I  know  how  wars  start." 

VOC— VOLUNTEER  ORGANIZING 

Unusual  Case 

Gossip:  "What  does  your  husband 
do  for  a  living?" 

Wife:  'Well,  he  has  his  own  busi- 
ness and  actually  spends  all  his  time 
minding   It." 

BEEN  TO  A  UNION  MEETING? 

Nailing  It  Down 

".  .  .  and  there  was  the  apprentice 
who  was  so  dumb  he  thought  finish 
nails  came  from  Finland." 

—Carl  A.  Osborn 
Rifle,  Colo. 

BE  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER 


Labor  Problems 

Impatient  customer:  "Look,  Miss, 
I  only  get  an  hour  for  lunch!" 

Waitress,  hurrying  by:  "I  can't  dis- 
cuss  labor  problems  with   you   now." 


This  Month's  Limertek 

There  was  a  young  man  at  the  War 

Office, 
Whose   brain   was   an   absolute  store 

office, 

Each  warning  severe 

Went  in  at  one  ear, 
And  out  at  the  opposite  orifice. 


The  Boss  at  Home 

Two  carpenters  were  discussing 
their  status  at  home.    Said  one: 

"I  am  the  boss  In  my  house.  Last 
night,  for  example,  there  was  no  hot 
water  when  I  wanted  some,  so  I  raised 
the  roof.  And,  believe  me,  I  got  lots 
of  hot  water  In  a  hurry." 

Then,  after  a  pause,  he  added:  "I 
hate  to  wash  dishes  In  cold  water." 

UBC  NEEDS  YOU! 

Hear!  Hear! 

The  customer  settled  himself  and 
let  the  barber  put  the  towel  around 
him.  Then  he  told  the  barber,  "Be- 
fore we  start,  I  know  the  weather's 
awful.  I  don't  care  who  wins  the  next 
big  fight,  and  I  don't  bet  on  the 
horse  races.  I  know  I'm  getting  thin 
on  top,  but  I  don't  mind.  Now  get 
on  with  It!" 

"Well,  sir,  if  you  don'f  mind,"  said 
the  barber,  "I'll  be  able  to  concen- 
trate better  if  you  don't  talk  so 
much." 

CHOP,  CHOP,  CHOP! 

Tom-Tom  Talk 

What  did  the  Indian  say  when  his 
dog  fell  over  the  cliff? 
Doggone! 

—Tim  Albert 
Cuyahoga  Falls,  O. 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

How's  That 

"hiello,  Sam,"  exclaimed  Jim, 
meeting  a  buddy  for  the  first  time 
since  the  war's  end.  "Did  you  marry 
that  girl  you  used  to  go  with,  or  are 
you  still  doing  your  own  cooking  and 
ironing?" 

"Yes,"  replied  Sam. 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

Diplomat 

"Two!"  shouted  the  pint-sized  um- 
pire. 

"Two  what?"  snarled  the  big 
catcher. 

"Yeah,  2  what?"  echoed  the  equal-, 
ly  large  batter. 

"Too  close  to  tell,"  said  the  umpire. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


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THE    CARPENTER 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.   E.  LlVINCSrON 

General  Secretary 
and  Edhor 


'  'y-5aatgnfce>ka<^Ey?^;gg'>  - 


75  YEARS  AGO-JANUARY,  1902 

Oklahoma  Land  Rush 

The  Oklahoma  Territor)',  once  the 
exclusive  domain  of  Plains  Indians, 
was  opened  to  settlers  in  1901.  W^ien 
the  gun  was  fired  opening  the  Terri- 
tory, thousands  of  people  streamed  in 
seeking  land,  and  carpenters  were  soon 
busy  erecting  buildings  in  new  towns 
and  cities. 

Local  902  reported  from  Lawton, 
Oklahoma  Territory,  that  in  the  three 
months  of  Lawton's  existence  more 
than  2500  buildings  of  all  shapes  and 
sizes  had  been  erected  in  that  town 
alone. 

In  three  months  Lawton  had 
achieved  a  population  of  10,000,  which 
was  expected  to  double  in  18  months. 

The  local  union  secretary  reported 
that  wages  ranged  from  $2.50  to  $3.00 
for  a  nine-hour  work  day. 

"Good  carpenters  are  in  demand," 
the  local  reported.  "No  first  class  man 
need  to  be  idle,  nor  will  he  be." 

First  Pacific  Coast  Hall 

Local  131  of  Seattle,  Wash.,  com- 
pleted the  construction  of  its  own 
union  hall  in  the  winter  of  1901.  Lo- 
cated at  1520-  tth  Ave.,  the  hall  was 
reported  to  be  the  first  carpenter's  un- 
ion hall  on  the  Pacific  Coasr  and  "the 


equal  of  any  labor  hall 
States." 


in  the  United 


Battle  for  44  Hours 

Cabinetmakers  and  machine  workers 
belonging  to  the  Brotherhood  in  the 
New  York  City  area  finally  accom- 
plished a  44-hour  week  in  early  1902. 
That  also  fixed  a  scale  of  wages  based 
lipon  an  S18  a  week  minimum. 

Some  members  were  forced  out  on 
strike  for  about  a  week  until  their  em- 
ployers accepted  their  demands.  Ap- 
proximately 1500  men  were  covered 
by  the  new  wages  and  other  gains. 

New  Local  Unions 

As  the  Brotherhood  continued  its 
efforts  to  achieve  the  eight-hour  work 
day  throughout  North  America,  its  or- 
ganizers enlisted  more  and  more  car- 
penters into  the  ranks.  In  januar)-, 
1901,  the  General  Office  reported  that 
21  local  unions  had  been  organized 
during  the  previous  month. 


50  YEARS  AGO-JANUARY,  1926 

Carpenter's  Worries 

R.  M.  Stender,  a  member  of  Local 
1062,  Santa  Barbara,  Calif.,  wrote  a 
humorous  article  for  the  January.  1926. 
Cjrpentcr  in  which  he  described  some 
of  the  hazards  of  his  trade. 


TRADE  UNIONS  ARE  NECESSARY 

The  January,  1927,  Cjipciilcv  reprinted  a  portion  of  an  editorial  by  Walter 
Lippmann,  the  late,  respected  columnist  and  onetime  editor  of  the  old  New 
York'  W'nrJil.  Lippmann  emphatic.illy  stated  the  need  for  trade  unions  in  Ameri- 
ca, and  we  reprint  his  words,  in  part,  here: 


"The  lad  Ihal  nolhing  is  as  stiibbonily 
resisted  as  Ihe  aitempt  lo  oryani/e  ell'ec- 
tive  unions.  Yet  it  is  a  labor  organi/cJ 
that  alone  can  slant!  between  America 
and  the  creation  of  a  permanent  service 
class.  Unless  labor  is  powerful  enough  lo 
be  respected  it  is  doomed  lo  a  degrading 
servitude.  Without  unions  no  such  power 
is  possible.  Without  iniions  industrial  de- 
mocracy is  unthinkable.  Without  democ- 
racy in  indiislr\' — Ihal  is  uhcre  it  counts 


most — there  is  no  such   ihiiv,;  as  dennic- 
raey  in  .America. 

"For  only  through  Ihe  union  can  Ihe 
wage-earner  participate  in  the  coiilrol  of 
indusir\'.  and  onh  through  Ihe  union  can 
he  obtain  Ihe  discipline  needed  for  self- 
government.  Those  who  hght  unions  ma> 
think  the\  are  lighting  its  obvious  errors, 
but  what  lhe\  are  really  against  is  jusi 
this  encroachment  of  democracy  upon 
business." 


He  particularl)-  disliked  the  grow  ing 
number  of  "concrete  buildings"  which 
were  taking  the  place  of  all-wood 
strucrures  on  the  West  Coast.  He  also 
deplored  the  fact  that  laborers  were 
constructing  concrete  forms  instead  of 
carpenters. 

"The  glamour  that  has  always  in- 
vested wood  working  still  lures  a  large 
nuniber  of  boys  into  the  trade,"  Sten- 
der said.  "I  would  as  soon  counsel  a 
boy  to  learn  horseshoeing  or  candle- 
making  as  carpentry.  His  future  would 
be  about  as  promising." 

If  Brother  Stender  were  around  to- 
day, he  would  be  amazed  at  the  way 
in  which  the  craft  has  survi\ed  all  the 
techiiical  innovations  of  the  pa.st. 

Happy  New  Year 

The  wages  of  building  mechanics 
and  especially  carpenters,  have  been 
raised  the  highest  point  in  the  history 
of  our  organization.  C.jrpcnitr  Editor 
Frank  Duffy  reported  to  the  member- 
ship. The  average  wage  scale  had  ad- 
vanced steadily  since  1913  and  was  by 
1M2"'  double  the  .scale  paid  14  years 
before. 

During  the  past  )ear  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor  resolved  to  work 
for  a  five-day  work  week.  It  was  clear- 
ly shown  that  this  could  be  accom- 
plished without  curtailing  the  nation's 
high  industrial  rate  of  production. 

"The  year  past  was  seen  the  genera! 
tendency  of  working  men  ro  become 
members  of  liona  fiile  l.dior  unions  in 
preference  to  company  unions  aiiil  sim- 
ilar screens  originating  with  employ- 
ers," DulTy  stated. 

WDrking  Population 

In  l')2^  the  United  States  Census 
Bureau  reporteii  that  the  working  pop- 
ulation of  the  I'nited  States  numbered 
approximately  56,900.000  men  and 
women.  (This  compares  with  a  work- 
ing population  today  of  95,899,000.) 

The  Census  Bureau  e.stimatcd  that 
the  number  of  workers  was  increasing 
i-ach  year  by  about  700,000  person.s. 


JANUARY.    1977 


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THE    CARPENTER 


Service 
Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  tlie  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


Tampa,  Fla. 

TAMPA,  FLA. 

The  jotlowing  25-Yeur  ineinheis 
of  Local  696,  were  lecenlly  honoretl: 

Front  row:  V.  E.  Powell.  Frank 
Macia.i,  R.  C.  Bnmilafic.  G.  P.  Small. 
Don  Peiulino.  Philip  Provcnzaiio. 
Martin  Lien  (50  yc.vj,  W.  B. 
Livinft-^lon,  M.  R.  Burr.  F.  A. 
Rohinson.  V.  C.  Capulo.  W.  V. 
Claritly.  D.  .1.  A.shnry. 

.Second  row:  D.  ./.  Harrison.  H .  K. 
Pufih.  W.  W.  Spell.  D.  E.  Packer. 
Henry  Me.sser.  P.  L.  Marsh.  M.  M. 
Cooper.  H.  O.  WilUiuns.  M.  Toiiiihion. 
J.  Z.  Tlii>inpson.  Dominick  Ficarrolla. 
A.  V.  Smith.  L.  C.  Phillips. 

Third  row:  T.  L.  Carllon.  Hugh 
Long.  John  Dearden.  Torres  Tofle. 
Alfonso  Garcia.  J.  H'.  Williams. 
Wilmer  Thompson.  C.  H.  Winters. 
C.  E.  Styers.  E.  M'.  Connally.  loe 
Ittthininan.  Kiii  Piltnuin. 

SANDPOINT,  IDA. 

Local  1745.  Sandpoint.  held 
a     hanqiiet    May     15.     honoriiifi 
senior   members   with   20   or   more 
yvari   membership. 

Those   receiving   pins   were 
L.  C.  Hamilton.  35  yrs.;  E.  M. 
Hauler.  .10  yrs.:  Merle  Ames.  30  yrs.; 
Cecil     McCracken,     30     yr\.: 
Ralph  S.  Moore.  30  yrs.:  Frank 


Schiilze,  30  yrs.:  Ralph   Whilniore. 
30  yrs.;  Glenn   A  by.  25  yrs.: 
Rolland  C.  Ames.  25  yrs.:  Kermit 
C.  Bergman.  25  yrs.:  Win.  M. 
Loiifiheiy.  25  yrs.:  Orville  C.  Sands. 
25  yrs.:  Irvin  Streeter.  25  yrs.:  .Alfred 
Burroughs.  20  yrs.:  Eli  Statin.  25  yrs.: 
Kenneth  Colin.  20  yrs.:  Elbert 
Giinler.  20  yrs.:  Leslie  H.  Levig.  20 
yrs.:  and  Frank  Martens.  20  yrs. 

Members    paid    tribute    to 
Frank  Scliiiize,  financial  secretary 
and   treasurer,    who   retired  from 
oljice  July  I.  after  16  years  of 
service.  Brother  Scliiihe  received 
(I    certificate    of   Appreciation 


Sandpoint,    Ida. 


from  the  Spokane  District  Council 
of  Carpenters  and  al.so  one  from 
Carpenters    Local    J  745. 

In  the  picture  are  members 
of  Local  1745  who  were  present 
at    the    bani/iiet     and     who     were 
presented  with  pins. 

Seated,  left  to  right:  Eli  Stuart. 
Cecil  .\fcCraken.  Rolland  C.  Ames 
Merle  .-Imes.  and  Frank  Schi/lze. 
Standing  from  left  to  right  are 
Ralph  S.  Moore.  Orville  C.  Sands. 
Irvin    Streeter.    Glenn    A  by. 
Kermit  C.  Bergman.  Elbert  Ganter, 
Kenneth   Colin,   and  Alfred  S. 
Biirnniglis. 


JANUARY.    1977 


23 


Barberfon,  O. 

Pictures  1 

Through  4, 

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BARBERTON,   O. 

Local    1935    recently    awarded 
pins  to  members  for  long  service 
with  tile  Brotlierliood.  Sliown 
in  the  pictures  are: 

Picture    No.     1.     left     to    riglit, 
David    Freiberg,    president    of 
Local  1935;  Carl  Siek,  35  yrs.; 
and  Steve  Malonick.  financial 
secretary.   Members   also    receiving 
35  year  pins  but  were  not  present 
were;    Lloyd    Fovaker.    Paid 
Handshere,    William   Rader,   and 
Harvey    Stiltner.    Also   not   present 
was  R.   L.   Bowden,   a '40-year 
member. 

Picture  No.  2,  30-year  members, 
left  to  right,  Frank  Dean,  Elmer 
Buchanan,  Stanley  Jones,  John 
Guenther,    and    Carl    Rumpf.    Not 
present   were   Orel   Geiser   and 
John  Conner. 

Picture  No.  3,  25-year  members 
left    to    right,    Thomas    Hahn, 
Pearl  Bodkin,  Joseph  Mekins, 
Peter  Mesko,   Leon  Nelv,    William 
James,    James    Wagner,     Dale 
Bergdorf  and  Charles  Everwine.  Not 
present    were    Joseph    Geffert, 
Ernest  Heckett,  Frank  Imhoff, 
Warren    Carter,   Lloyd  Echelberry, 
Lewis  Emrick,   Jon  Ncumeyer, 
Lloyd   Nuckles,    Rudy   Puster, 


Clarence  Pemaklus  and  John  Spied. 
Picture  No.  4,  20-year  members, 
first   row,    left   to   right,   Stefan 
Flock,   David  Maag,   George  Frey, 
Elmer  Frey,  Mike  Postak,  Richard 
Barsos,  Earl  Shumaker,  and  Nicholas 
Lopdakis.  Back  row,  Raymond 
Leistikow,    Daniel   Kornick,    James 
Krizoy,    David    Senn,     Ralph 
Bowman,  John  Cole,  Joseph 
Bengi    and    Frank    Mikina.    Not 
present  were  Arthur  J.  Cissinger, 
Sr.,   Anthony    Greene,   J  arret 
Hall,  Robert  Jones,  Luke  Jursik, 
John  Balesek,  Nicholas  Neiler, 
Clyde    Sandy,    Wilton    Burns, 
James    Crawford,     Ernest    Darlsh, 
Hobert  Davis,  Peter  Kosanovich, 
Richard  Kramer,  David  Maag, 
Harold  Mattice,  Albert  Puster,  and 
Elmer  Serese. 

BIRMINGHAM,   ALA. 

Picture  No.  1 — A  ceremony  was 
held  recently  by  Millwright  Local 
1192   to   honor  20  to  55 -year  mem- 
bers. Those  present  to  receive  pins 
were:  Seated,  left  to  right:  Dewey 
Tackett,  Paul  Copeland,  R.  F. 
Carmichael.  Second  row,  left  to  right: 
Amos  Burton,  O.  D.  Adams,  Calvin 
Nation,  Alfred  McCaffrey,   W.  D. 
Wilson.  Back  row,  left  to  right: 


W.  H.  Jarvis,  A.  E.  Kendrick,  G.  M. 
Jones,    Elton    McCrary,    Alfred 
McCaffrey,  W.  D.  Wilson. 

Picture    No.    2- — Congratidating 
Paul  Copeland  for  55  years  service 
to  the  Brotherhood  is  Horace  O. 
Moore,  business  representative  and 
president  of  the  Jefferson  County 
Carpenters  District  Council  and 
R.    D.   Rogers,    secretary    of    the 
Jefferson  County  Carpenters  District 
Council  and  business  representative 
of  Millwright  Local  1192. 

HOLLYWOOD,   FLA. 

Charles  W.  Jordan,  has  attained  50 
years  service 
M       with  the 
*;       Brotherhood 
and  is  the  oldest 
member  of  local 
1947.  He  was 
95  years  old  on 
June  22. 

Brother  Jor- 
dan was  initi- 
ated on  May  20, 
1926,  in  Local 
13,  Chicago,  III., 
and  cleared  into 
Local  1947.  Jordan  and  his  wife  now 
live  with  his  wife's  sister. 


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Birmingham, 

Ala. 

Pictures 

No.  1  and  2 


24 


THE    CARPENTER 


Roslyn,   N.Y. 


ROSLYN,    N.Y. 

A I  (I  .'.pccial  ctilli-cl  iiifclini;.  Iichi 
at  Carpenters  Hall.  Roslyn.  A'cn 
York.  Local  1397  lioiiorcJ  its 
inemhers  with  service  pins  for  25 
and  35  years  of  service  to  the 
lirolherhood.  Shown  in  the  pit  liire\ 
arc- 
First  row.  left  to  rivht.  John 
Smith.  Norman  Smith.   Louis 
Troiano.  Joseph  Krnmhol:.  Hillimn 
Peilersen  (Deputy  Commissioner. 
Nassau  County  Dept.  of  Lahon. 
John    Howard.    President.    .-I  I 
Lamherli.    liiisiness    Represeniative. 
Jo.seph  J.   Wisniewski.  I'ininuicd 
Secretary.  Peter  Andon.  Ktdph 
Osborne.  These  nicmhers  lime  35 
years  of  service. 

Secoiul    row.    left    lo    rivht.    with 
25    years    of    service.     Ridden 
Osborne.  Alfred  Mnscarella.  Sergio 
Peiizi,   Cteortje  Simpson.   Louis 
Menne,  Clem  Ahhonandolo.  Janis 
Bultins.  Norman  Zwillinii.  Jidiii 
Diimser  Sr. 

Third   row.    left    lo    ri\;hl.    with 


25    years   of   .service,    Sit-miind 
Borny.  Leonard  Costanzo.  Jacques 
De  Vcuii.  Eldiir  Jtihuiisoo. 
iVilli(un  Liiminc.  Delmar  Wilkin. 
Ill  nry    Ronianowski. 

ATLANTA.   GA. 

Local    225    honored    members 
with  25  and  50  years  of  service 
at  their  annual  dinner. 
Fifty-five    members    were    honored 
for  25  years  of  membership  in 
the  Brotherhood  and  one  member. 
A.  Hilmer  Peterson,  received  his 
50-year  membership  pin. 

Carpenters   Local   225    President 
Herbert    Mabry   noted  that   the 
.service  aw((rds  represented  a 
"token    of   appreciation    from    all 
the    members   of    the    local    lo 
tho.se    who    have    made   life    easier 
for  IIS  by  .serviiii;  the  labor 
inoveiiieni  for  the   last  25   or  50 
year.s." 

Pictured    at    the    dinner    were: 
front  row.  left  to  rif:ht.  Local 
225  E.xeciilive  Board  nieiiibcrs 


L.  J.  Dennis,  coiuliictor:  J.  F.  Cro.ss. 
trustee:   W.   L.    Worley,  financial 
secretary:   Herbert    Stabry, 
president:  Robert  G.  Price,  business 
representative.  .Aaron  A.  Callahan, 
business  representative:  James  T. 
Duke,  vice-president;  and  J.  V. 
Edmonson,    recordint;    secretary. 
Second  row,  25-year  members. 
Fred  R.   Huflman,  S.   Paul  Joiu-s. 
Curl  L.  Colston.  Leiand  E.  Brown: 
50-year    member.    A.    Hilmer 
Peterson:  25-year  members.  Simmie 
A.    Hood.   R.   A/.    Blankenship. 
H'.  C.  \furray.  Jelp  Ridnnson 
and  .Anthony  L.  Hodsies.  Back  row, 
25-year    members,    Joseph    L. 
Wriit't'.     William    J.    Reeves, 
Hoyi   D.  Cross,   Kermit  O.   Felldl, 
Harold  B,   Piper,   Charles.   B. 
Patterson,  Carrol  F.  Bailey.  Henry 
.\tobley.  Damon  C.  \foss.  E.  //. 
Yearwood,  David  Henry,  Henry 
V.  Hilson,  John  E.  Roach.  Paul 
(>.  Roach,  and  H.  C.  .McGahee. 


JANl'ARY.    1977 


25 


Pittsburgh,   Pa.— 25   years. 

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Pittsburgh,    Pa.— 40  years. 

PITTSBURGH,   PA. 

On  May  23,  when  Local  2274 
celebrated  its  37lh  anniversary, 
awards  were  made  to  those  wlio  were 
eligible. 

James  Reed  MeUot,  shown  in  the 
small  picture,  was  honored  for  40 
years  of  membership. 

Six  men  were  honored  for  35 
years  of  service.  They  included,  from 
left  in  the  picture:  Hamilton  Maiik, 
Robert  Jeffries,  Eugene  Porterfield, 
Mike  Mills,  William  K.  Sparks, 
and  Thomas  Carter. 

Business  Representative  Paid  F. 
Snyder  presented  a  pin  to  Alex  Becze 


Pittsburgh,  Pa.— 35  years. 

for  25  years  of  service. 

The  fidl  group  of  25-year  members 
are  shown  in  the  large  group 
picture.  They  include: 

Kneeling,  left  to  right:  Anthony 
DelSignore,  Albert  Pellish,  Robert 
Griger,  Lester  Snyder,  and  Elwood 
Pratt. 

Seated,  left  to  right:  Alonzo  Kalp, 
Ed  Cyphers,  Geo.  Malaski,  Joe. 
Canale,  Ralph  Gigliotti,  Ed  Oliver, 
Alex  Becze. 

Standing,  left  to  right:  Frank  King, 
Al  Rose,  Chas.  Johnson,  David 
Bovard,  John  Gulisek,  Francis 
Johnson,  Robert  McCartney,  Wm. 


Johnson,  Paid  Samuelson,  John 
Brudowsky,  Wm.  Gary,  and  Milford 
Ward. 

Not  present:  John  Blose,  Donald 
Corle,  Arnold  Cyphers,  Robert 
Cyphers,  Harry  Dillinger,  Thomas 
Evans,  Alois  Gaston,  Allen  Geary, 
Lawrence  Glenn,  B.  B.   Greenawalt, 
Joseph  Griska.  Walter  Gross,  Wm. 
Hineman.  Albert  Latona,  Robert 
Manga,  Rich.  Martin,  Earl  McKen- 
drick,  John  Meyer,  Orten  Miller, 
Sherman  Miller,  Ernest  Newill, 
Joseph  Overly,  Frank  Fletcher, 
William  Silvis,  Ed  Vidic,  and  Peter 
Yurtin. 


CHICAGO,   ILL. 

As  is  the  annual  custom  of 
Carpenters  Local  181,  there  was 
a  special  called  meeting  on  July  14, 
1976,  for  an  evening  of  fellowship 
with  members  and  for  the  purpose 
of  presenting  50-year  pins   to 
those  members  who  achieved  50 
consecutive  years  membership  in 
the   Brotherhood  in   1976. 

This  year,  five  brothers  received 
gold  pins:  Thorleif  Gronwold; 
Tanning  E.  Norman;  Holger  Munk: 
Albert  F.  Jones,  and  Oscar  Wika. 

In  addition  to  the  officers  of 
various  local  unions  in  the  Chicago 
area  being  present,  the  Chicago 
District  Council  of  Carpenters  was 
represented  by:  George  Vest,  Jr., 


Chicago,  III.— 50  years. 


president,  who  made  the  presentation 
of  the  pins,   Wesley  Isaacson, 
secretary-treasurer;    William    Cook 
and  Charles  M.  Christiansen,  business 
representatives. 

In  the  picture:  standing,  left  to 
right,  Charles  M.  Christiansen, 
president  of  Local  181  and  business 
representative  of  the   Chicago 
District   Council;    William    Cook,  . 
business  representative  of  the 
District  Council;  George   Vest,  Jr., 
president  of  the  Chicago  District 
Council;  and  Wesley  Isaacson, 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Chicago 
District  Council. 

Seated,  left  to  right,  Oscar  Wika, 
Tinning  Norman,  and  Holger  Munk. 


26 


THE    CARPENTER 


At  the  40th  Anniversary  celebration  of  Local  70  of  the 
Swedish  Wood  Industry  Workers  Union.  Uppsala.  Sweden, 
a  carpenter  known  to  us  only  as  "E.  R."  presented  a  poetic 
description  of  his  ideal  woman  to  the  tune  of  a  composi- 
tion called  "The  Poor  Repast."  A  translation  of  the  Swed- 
ish poem  has  been  freely  rendered  for  iis  below  by  David 
Mel  and  Mart^areta  Paid. 


The  Carpenter's  Ideal 


(Freely  rendered  alter  the  Suedish  puem  h^  "E.R.'Jj 
hy  Dai  id  Mel  Pcnd 

The  wife  who'll  give  pride  as  a  carpenter's  bride 
should  be  made  out  of  lumber,  Grade-A; 
and  warm  should  she  be  as  the  glue-kettle's  lid 
and  glued  to  her  man  she  should  stay. 

She  should  never  be  cross-grained,  like  curly  birch, 
or  like  knott)'  pine  stubborn  or  rough, 
nor  be  gnarled  or  uneven  in  pattern  or  form 
but  be  shaped  of  the  clearest-grain  stuff. 

If  her  family  tree  is  no  high  one,  o.k., 

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and  perfectly  polished  appear. 

Let  her  style  but  aspire  to  stately  Empire 

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Be  she  sharp  as  a  chisel,  have  teeth  on  the  bevel, 
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THE    CARPENTER 


L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Miller,  Lucien  E.,  Ill 

LX.  NO.  18 
HAMILTON,  ONT. 

Smith.  Sidney 
Tremblay,  Benrand 
Voa,  Abe 

L.L.  NO.  22 
SAN  FR.4NCISCO, 
CALIF. 

Kenisno.  John 
Larson.  Emil 
Malbasa.  Milan 
Revander.  Kenneth 
Sletwail,  Ole 
Sperisen,  John  F. 

L.U.  NO.  24 
MERIDEN,  CON'N. 

Adamek.  Joseph 
Benoit.  Lionel 
Cipi  iano,  Joseph 
Harris,  Donald 
Johnson,  Frederick 
Labienic.  John  S. 
Lucas,  John 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLAND,  CALIF. 

Cole,  George  E. 
Reddell,  Joseph  M. 

I..V.  NO.  50 
KNOXMLI.E,  TENN. 

Bieeden.  W.  D. 
Harris.  Joseph  B. 
Pate,  James 

L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 
Roland,  G.  E. 

L.U.  NO.  93 
OTTAWA,  ONT. 

Benoit,  Leo  Paul 
Felix.  Armando 
Hamelin.  Joseph 
Laker.  Ernest 
Lapointc.  Henri 
Rochon.  Jean  Paul 
Rollins,  Ernest 

L.U.  NO.  103 
BIRMINGHAM,  ALA. 

Culhrell,  tnos  P. 
Domingo,  Joseph  A. 
Pair.  Edward  C. 
Reach.  S.  A. 
Wilcutl,  Earl  S. 

L.I'.  NO.  141 
EVERGREEN  PARK, 
ILL. 

Bengsion,  I'heodore 
Coyle.  Joseph 
Guimoni.  Nelson 
Heaiherly.  Burton 
Hillblooni.  Eric 
Panky.  Roy 
Soderlind.  Daniel 
Westin,  Ole 


L.U.  NO.  181 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

Kowall,  Robert 
Smedberg,  Erick 

L.U.  NO.  191 
YORK,  PA. 

Myers.  Harry  M. 

L.U.  NO.  198 
DALLAS,  TEX. 

Beville,  O.  L. 
Cain.  Warren 
Guyton.  F.  N. 
Hughes.  F.  C. 
W'ooten.  Frank  A. 

L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Drennan.  John  P. 
Lambert.  Carl 
Norrell.  O.  T. 

L.U.  NO.  255 
BLOOMINGBURG,  N.Y. 

Pieszak.  Joseph 
Stevens.  Edward  E. 

L.U.  NO.  331 
NORFOLK,  VA. 

Collins,  James  M. 
Key.  Paul  C,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  337 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

O'Neill,  Frank  J. 
Stewart,  Sanford 

L.U.  NO.  403 
ALEXANDRIA,  LA. 

Buchanan,  Robert  M. 
Velverton,  Wallace  L. 

L.U.  NO.  416 
MAYWOOD,  ILL. 

Bocan,  Frank 

L.U.  NO.  440 
BUFFALO.  N.Y. 

Myers,  Francis  E. 
Nailor.  Jesse 
Schullz.  Elmer  B. 

L.U.  NO.  470 
TACOMA,  WASH. 

Parker.  O.  D. 

L.U.  NO.  507 
NASHVILLE,  TENN. 

Allen.  Hcbert  H..  Jr. 
Bollon.  Jesse  H. 
Btiggs.  Ernest  C. 
Harris,  Robert  R. 
Sharp.  Thomas  J. 
Stone,  Green  B. 

I.l  .  NO.  531 
PINELLAS  PARK.  FLA. 

Andersen.  Abraham 
Galloway.  Charles 
Henderson.  Francis  S. 
I.und.  William 
Thurlow.  Robert 


L.U.  NO.  563 
GLENDALE,  CALIF. 

Angillillo.  Frank  R. 
Butler.  William  R. 
Farmer.  Richard 
lodice.  Frank 
Jenson.  Clarence  E. 
McCracken,  Harold  G. 
McMillan.  E.  G. 
Nelson.  James  N. 
Ridenour.  Lester  H. 
Sorenson.  Otto 
Thibodeau.  Edward  J. 
Wilkin.  William  H. 

L.U.  NO.  579 
ST.  JOHN'S,  N.F. 

Brandt.  Berhard 
Hearn.  Peter 
Moores.  James  J. 
Tulk.  James  S. 
Wall.  Patrick 

L.U.  NO.  606 
VIRGINIA.  MINN. 

Byrd.  William  J. 
Nelson.  Carl  B. 

L.U.  NO.  745 
HONOLULl'.  HA. 

Aliconar.  Castor 
Arakaki.  George  T. 
Asada.  Henry 
Bautista.  Telesforo 
Brown.  Harold.  Sr. 
Cablayan.  Inocencio 
Chinen,  Shigeyoshi 
Duzon.  Tranquilino  T. 
Fernandez.  Stephen 
Francis.  Mark 
Fujii.  Robert 
Hashimoto.  Katsuto 
Hirata.  Hisaka 
Kai.  Yoshinori 
Kawamoto.  Sakai 
Kishida.  Shigeichi 
Kishimolo.  Susum 
Komatsu.  Satoru 
Makaawaawa.  Robert 
Mamiya.  Shigco 
Malsuaka.  John 
Matsuda.  Raymond 
Muraoka.  Buster 
Ota.  Herbert 
Pasamic.  Dionisio 
Pinuntcl,  Rogelio 
Ryan.  Donald.  Jr. 
Sasaoka.  Mitsuji 
Shigeura.  Lawrence 
Shinno.  George 
Siisada.  Charles 
Susano.  Ta.notsu 
Takaki.  Romarico 
Wilkes,  Leonard 
Yago.  Alfred 

L.U.  NO.  819 

W.  PALM  BEACH.  FLA. 

l.amison.  Allen  A. 
Smith,  George 

L.U.  NO.  899 

P\Rkl  Rsni  K<;.  \N.\  A. 

Roberts,  Allic  E. 


L.U.  NO.  951 
BRAINERD.  MIN"N. 

Hansel.  Roy 
Steckman.  George  B. 

L.U.  NO.  973 
TEXAS  CITY,  TEX. 

Kinney,  Thomas  T. 
Samuelson,  Carl  O. 

L.U.  NO.  977 
WICHITA  FALLS,  TEX. 

Harris.  James  M. 
Mevers,  H.  A. 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT.  MICH. 

Bossorj.  Louis 

L.U.  NO.  1095 
SALLNA,  K.\N. 

Reever,  Raymond 

L.U.  NO.  1102 
WARREN.  MICH. 

Bertin.  Jack 
Bleshenski,  Edward 
Brand.  Lov 
Bush.  W  ill'iam  H. 
Cox.  John 
Currier.  Charles 
Fowaz.  Michael 
Hamnien.iieister,  Adolph 
Hood.  \\  illiam 
Horn.  George,  Sr. 
Jones.  George 
Kennedy.  John 
Marx.  .Arthur 
Norwood.  John 
Perry.  Kenneth  P. 
Sheperd.  Oscar 
Siecin^ki.  Ben 
Spade.  Bernard 
Staub.  Bernard 
Slipo.  Ralph 
Sucr,  Edwin 
Tredway.  Paul 
Webb.  Elbert 
WcIK.  George 

I.l.  NO.  1138 
TOI.KDO.  OHIO 

Hagedorn.  Noah 
Longberry.  R. 
RcifT.  Harry 

I.l  .  NO.  1142 
LAMKLNCLBl  RG.  I.ND. 

Morris.  David 

I  .1  .  NO.  1273 

LI  (;lnl,  ore. 

Korie.  Elmer  R. 

L.U.  NO.  1289 
SEAT11  L.  W  AMI. 

•Asplund.  Bengt  R. 
Bakke.  Halvor 
Barnetl.  T.  B. 
Cain.  John  B. 
Erickson.  Wall'ried 
Gressei.  Clarence  L. 
Grinde.  Olaf 
Harrington.  Edward  J. 
Heniing.  Harold  J. 
Hess,  Fred  G. 


JANUARY,    1977 


Janda.  James  R. 
Johnson.  Oscar  G. 
McNuhy.  Weldon  W. 
Murphy.  John  P. 
Peterson.  Kermit  W. 
Rensch.  Paul  F. 
Sabin.  Louis  V. 
Taggart.  A.  W. 
Thomas.  Paul  E. 
Tucker.  Maurice  B. 
\'oie.  John  N. 
Weise.  Harold  H. 
■^  ocum.  Jack  G. 

L.U.  NO.  1342 
BLOOMFIELD.  N.J. 

Bisscli.  George 
Craighead.  Albert 
Rolfsen.  Albert 
Suchanek,  Louis 

L.U.  NO.  1407 
WILMINGTON,  CALIF. 

Mvers.  Lester  C. 
WTiitley.  Floyd  E. 

UU.  NO.  1453 
HUNTINGTON 
BEACH.  CALIF. 

Bailey.  Burnie 
Fryer.  Leo 
Khula,  Emery 
Lindland,  Edwin 
Lopez.  Henry 
Olsen.  Kennard 
Richard.  Carl 
Seeley.  T.  Hord 
Van  .Aniersfoort.  John 
Wilcox.  Morris 

L.U.  NO.  1461 
TRA\ ERSE  CITY, 
MICH. 

Stevens,  John  F. 

I  .L.  NO.  1478 
REDONDO  BEACH, 
CALIF. 

Atkinson,  Tom  K. 
Bridges.  Joseph  A. 
Castillo.  Chris 
Goldring.  George  V. 
Greene.  Louis  S. 
Kettle.  Walter  .\I. 
Krug.  Joseph 
Miller.  Louis  G. 
Murra>.  Wlllia.11  C 
Reese.  Jessie  L. 
Sanders.  Jack  C. 
Slewan.  John  Q. 

L.U.  NO.  1598 
VICTORIA.  B.C. 

Boylan.  Ldw.ird  John,  Jr. 
Nelson.  John  W. 

i.l  .  .NO.  1667 
Bll  OXI.  MISS. 

Manuel.  Leo 
Williams,  Mack  J. 

L.I .  .NO.  1749 
ANNISTON,  ALA. 

Manin,  T.  L. 

Continued  on  page  30 
29 


3  easy  ways  to 
bore  holes  faster 

1.  Irwin  Speedbor®  "88"  for  all  electric  drills. 
Spade-type  head,  exclusive  hollow  ground  point. 
Starts  fast,  cuts  fast  in  any  wood.  17  sizes,  Va" 
to  ^V2".  and  4,  6  and  13  piece  sets. 

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35  standard  holes,  '/a"  to  3".  Fits  ah  hand  braces. 
And  you  just  dial  the  size  you  want.  No.  21  bores 
19  standard  holes.  W  to  1%". 

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livers clean,  fast  double-cutter  boring  action. 
Balanced  cutting  head.  Medium  fast  screw  pitch. 
Heat  treated  full  length  for  long  life.  18  sizes, 
Va"  to  11/3",  and  sets. 

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Neoprene  pad  spaces  them  automatically 

for  5  inch  exposure. 

Will    accept   2x4,   2x6,   or   2x8  staging 

planks  of  random  length,  which  can  be 

spliced  securely  without  lapping. 

These    brackets    can't    be    equaled    on 

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Lines  can  be  snapped  over  brackets. 

Keyhole  design  makes  them  quick  and 

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MEMORIAM    Her-anf^A 


Continued  from 
page  29 


L.U.  NO.  1770 

CAPE  GIRARDEAU,  MO. 

Thomas,  Lenard 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Granier,  Joseph  L. 
Mallette,  Clarence 
Simmons,  Edwin  L. 


L.U.  NO.  1884 
LUBBOCK,  TEX. 

Jones,  Clyde  Craven 
Sanderson,  C.  H. 

L.U.  NO.  1889 
WESTMONT,  ILL. 

Martin,  John  F. 

L.U.  NO.  1971 
TEMPLE,  TEX. 

Copeland,  F.  H. 
Lapin,  Fred 


L.U.  NO.  2018 
LAKEHURST,  N.J. 
Broome,  Harry 
Reed,  Al 

L.U.  NO.  2235 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Klotzbaugh,  John 

L.U.  NO.  2241 
BAYSIDE,  N.Y. 
DeLiica,  Gene 

L.U.  NO.  2340 
BRADENTON,  FLA. 

Stiles,  Morel  L. 

L.U.  NO.  2411 
JACKSONVILLE,  FLA. 

Lowery,  Forest  B. 


More  Men  Moved 
From  Lakeland 

As  of  October  31,  ttiere  were  still  67 
members  on  tfie  roll  of  the  Carpenters 
Home  at  Lakeland,  Fla.  Many  of  them 
are  now  being  cared  for  in  several  nursing 
homes,  many  of  which  are  located  in 
Florida.  Some  of  the  retirees,  however, 
were  placed  in  nursing  homes  near  their 
own  home  cities. 

The  arrangements  for  those  transferred 
were  as  follows: 

Gunval  Tragde  of  Local  1456,  New 
York,  N.Y.;  K.  E.  Dahlquist  of  Local 
1590,  Washington,  D.C.;  Anton  Johnson 
of  Local  58,  Chicago,  111.;  and  Milton  H. 
Trappe  of  Local  1126,  Annapolis,  Md., 
were  transferred  to  Grovement  Nursing 
Home,  Winter  Haven,  Fla.  in  August, 
1976. 

As  of  August  31.  1976  there  were  23 
men  in  the  Home,  and  48  men  in  nursing 
homes,  making  a  total  of  7 1  men  on  roll. 

Anton  Cult  of  Local  55,  Denver,  Colo., 
was  transferred  to  Ritz  Retirement  Home, 
St.  Petersburg,  Fla.  on  September  10, 
1976. 

Milton  H.  Trappe  of  Local  1126,  An- 
napolis, Md.,  died  September  12,  1976. 
He  was  buried  in  the  Home  Cemetery. 

Fred  W.  Coppard  of  Local  2159, 
Cleveland,  C,  was  transferred  to  Grove- 
mont  Nursing  Home,  Winter  Haven,  Fla., 
on  September  14,  1976. 

Henry  Haapala  of  Local  13,  Chicago, 
111.,  was  transferred  to  Lake  Morton  Re- 
tirement Home,  Lakeland,  Fla..  on  Sep- 
tember 14. 

Charles  P.  Fritz  of  Local  1128,  La- 
Grange.  111.,  was  transferred  to  the  Hunt- 
ington Beach  Retirement  Home.  Hunting- 
ton Beach,  Calif.,  on  September  17. 

Mike  Pederson  of  Local  80.  Chicago, 
111.,  was  transferred  to  Ritz  Retirement 
Home.  St.  Petersburg.  Fla.,  on  Septem- 
ber 17. 

Evard  M.  Gentry  of  Local  64,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  and  Helmar  Jensen  of  Local 
993.  Miami,  Fla.,  were  transferred  to 
Grovemont  Nursing  Home.  Winter 
Haven.  Fla. 

Also  moved  to  Grovemont  were  Roy 


J.  Kline  of  Local  12,  Syracuse,  N.Y.; 
Benjamin  Huizinga  of  Local  80,  Chicago, 
111.,  and  Thomas  F.  Kubiseski  of  Local 
2466,  Pembroke.  Ont.,  Can. 

Kazimierz  Glowacki  of  Local  199,  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  was  transferred  to  New  Florida 
Hotel,  Lakeland,  Fla.,  on  September  27. 

William  J.  Struthers  of  Local  2217, 
Lakeland,  Fla.,  died  September  30,  1976. 
He  was  buried  in  Lakeland. 

As  of  September  30,  1976,  there  were 
12  men  in  the  Home,  and  57  men  in 
nursing  homes,  making  a  total  of  69  men 
on  roll. 

George  Adams  of  Local  993,  Miami, 
Fla.,  died  October  22,  1976.  He  was 
buried  in  the  Home  Cemetery. 

William  A.  Walker  of  Local  764, 
Shreveport,  La.,  was  transferred  to  New 
Florida,  Lakeland,  on  October  26. 

Walter  T.  Giesecke  of  Local  200,  Co- 
lumbus, O,  was  transferred  to  Grove- 
mont Nursing  Home  on  October  27. 

George  Weidman  of  Local  1473,  Oak- 
land, Calif.,  and  George  R.  White  of 
Local  1207.  Charleston,  West  Va.,  were 
transferred  to  New  Florida  Hotel,  Lake- 
land. Fla..  in  October. 

Ernest  W.  Spies  of  Local  12,  Syracuse, 
N.Y.,  was  transferred  to  Ritz  Retirement 
Hotel,  St.  Petersburg,  Fla.,  on  October  1. 
George  W.  Wood,  of  Local  1596,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.;  Bert  R.  Wheeler  of  Local 
100,  Muskegon,  Mich.:  and  Carl  P.  Nel- 
son of  Local  58,  Chicago,  111.,  were  trans- 
ferred to  Grovemont  Nursing  Home, 
Winter  Haven,  in  October. 

Andrew  Palecko  of  Local  972,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  was  transferred  to  Forrest 
Park  Nursing  Home.  Plant  City,  Fla.,  on 
October  8. 

William  George  Stader  of  Local  1138, 
Toledo,  Ohio,  died  October  16,  1976.  He 
was  buried  in  Sylvania.  Ohio. 

Willis  Newman  Smith  of  Local  144, 
Macon,  Ga.,  was  transferred  to  Trtintlen 
Nursing  Home,  Soperton,  Ga.,  on  Octo- 
ber 18. 


Labor  disgraces  no  man;  unfortu- 
nately you  occasionally  find  men  who 
disgrace  labor. 

— Ulysses  S.  Grant 


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IN   CONCLUSION 


President-Elect  Jimmy  Carter 
Rolls  Up  His  Sleeves 


The  word  "transition"  has  taken  on  new  and 
significant  meaning  in  the  United  States,  this  win- 
ter, as  President-elect  Jimmy  Carter  prepares  to 
take  over  the  reins  of  the  Executive  Brancli  of  the 
U.S.  government. 

Never  before,  in  my  m'^mory,  has  an  incoming 
President  prepared  so  thoroughly  for  a  change 
of  Administrations. 

It  brings  to  mind  the  brief  months  between  the 
election  of  John  Kennedy  in  1959  and  his  inaugu- 
ration the  following  January — when  Cabinet  pos- 
sibilities were  trouping  in  and  out  of  the  President- 
elect's home  in  Georgetown,  and  Robert  Kennedy 
and  others  were  assembling  briefing  papers  and 
doing  the  famous  Kennedy  "homework". 

But  the  Carter  transition  goes  even  beyond 
that.  It  is  quite  evident  from  all  reports  from  Plains, 
Ga.,  and  from  all  information  here  in  Washington 
that  the  former  Southern  governor,  in  his  uniquely 
confident  manner,  was  preparing  to  become  Presi- 
dent when  most  of  the  voters  of  the  United  States 
were  still  asking:  "Who's  Jimmy  Carter?" 

While  recognizing  his  obligation  to  remain  low 
key  in  policy  statements  in  the  three  months  be- 
tween his  election  and  his  inauguration,  Carter 
has,  nevertheless,  shown  evidence  of  being  fully 
prepared  on  January  20  to  take  on  all  problems 
facing  the  nation  in  the  crucial  year  ahead. 

His  confidence  in  the  ability  of  his  Administra- 
tion to  set  the  nation  back  on  the  road  to  eco- 
nomic recovery  harks  back  to  the  first  inauguration 
of  Franklin  D.  Roosevelt,  when  "one  third  of  the 
nation  was  ill  housed,  ill  clothed  .  .  ."  and  the 
President  assured  us  that  all  we  had  to  fear  was 
fear  itself. 

If  Mr.  Carter  had  not  by  circumstance  and 
heritage  become  a  peanut  farmer  and  Southern 
legislator,  there  is  little  doubt  in  my  mind  that  he 
would  probably  have  made  an  excellent  labor  or- 
ganizer. Not  only  would  he  have  brought  to  his 
job  a  sincere  concern  for  his  fellow  man  and  a 
firm  conviction  in  his  purpose,  but  he  would  also 
have  brought  the  capabilities  of  an  outstanding 
administrator.  He  would  have  launched  a  union 
organizing  drive  with  a  wealth  of  facts  at  hand. 
He  would  undoubtedly  have  had  complete  lists  of 


all  potential  candidates  for  union  membership, 
would  have  known  their  ages,  and  political  per- 
suasions, their  job  descriptions,  etc.,  and  would 
have  worked  out  a  time  table  for  organizing. 

Political  analysts  are  still  marveling  at  his 
primary  campaign  for  the  Presidency.  With  a  team 
which  was  relatively  inexperienced  in  national 
politics,  Mr.  Carter  was  able  to  overcome  stop- 
Carter  efforts  and  eventually  wind  up  with  the 
Democratic  nomination  on  the  first  ballot. 

It  lent  substance  to  the  old  American  aphorism 
that  any  American  youngster  may  some  day  be 
President,  and  it  was  a  clear  demonstration  to  the 
other  nations  of  the  world  that  the  American  sys- 
tem of  government  is  stable  and  secure,  no  matter 
what  the  political  changes. 

A  leading  Southern  editor  and  author,  Harry 
Ashmore,  recently  described  in  a  magazine  article 
how  a  relatively  unknown  Jimmy  Carter  had 
turned  up  at  the  Center  for  the  Study  of  Demo- 
cratic Institutions  in  March,  1975,  "largely  on  his 
own  motion,"  to  present  his  credentials  for  be- 
coming President  of  the  United  States.  This  was 
almost  a  year  and  a  half  before  the  Democratic 
National  Convention  and  at  a  time  when  Mr. 
Carter  was  preparing  to  pursue  his  bold,  un- 
precedented strategy  of  entering  all  the  Democratic 
primaries. 

"I  was  away  at  the  time,"  writes  Ashmore,  "but 
more  than  a  year  later,  safely  shielded  from  the 
blinding  smile  that  seems  to  have  turned  off  so 
many  of  my  colleagues,  I  listened  to  the  taped 
transcription  of  the  self-appointed  candidate's  ex- 
change with  the  skeptical  intellectuals  assembled 
around  the  Center's  conference  table. 

"What  I  heard  was  a  cogent  analysis  of  the  need 
for  structural  reform  in  the  federal  government 
and  a  quite  precise  delineation  of  the  changes  of 
direction  in  policy,  program  and  administration 
Carter  believes  are  necessary  to  achieve  his  objec- 
tives." 

Ashmore  commented  later  that  Carter  was  as 
well  qualified  to  master  the  intricacies  of  the 
Presidential  office  as  any  man  in  public  life. 

Another  person  well  qualified  to  judge  the  man 
is  a  political  scientist  from  the  University  of  Illinois, 
Betty  Glad,  who  followed  the  Carter  campaign, 


32 


THE    CARPENTER 


last  year,  and  was  recently  interviewed  by  U.S. 
News  and  World  Report.  Ms.  Glad  predicts  that 
Mr.  Carter  will  "take  his  cue  from  what  will  work, 
rather  than  from  some  inner  guidance  .  .  .'"  She. 
and  others,  assure  us  that  the  President-elect  will 
not,  for  example,  fall  back  on  impractical  quota 
methods  of  bringing  blacks  and  other  minorities 
into  government  but  will  institute  practical  pro- 
cedures for  opening  up  employment  opportunity 
for  all  elements  of  the  population. 

All  in  all.  the  Carter  Presidency  holds  much 
promise  for  the  nation.  We  have  no  suggestions 
for  its  label — like  New  Deal,  New  Frontier,  or 
New  Society — but  we  do  believe  that  there  will 
definitely  be  a  newness  to  it. 

Unfortunatly,  some  of  the  problems  it  faces  are 
old  ones,  left  over  from  the  inaction  or  confusion 
which  exists  in  many  parts  of  the  federal  estab- 
lishment: 

•  As  far  as  unemployment  is  concerned,  it  is 
possible  that  Mr.  Carter  will  not  attempt  to  salvage 
the  Humphrey-Hawkins  Bill  of  the  last  session  of 
Congress  but  will  come  up  with  his  own  proposals. 

•  There  has  been  a  suggestion,  among  many 
others,  that  there  be  a  one-year  moratorium  on 
Social  Security  taxes  paid  by  lower-income  work- 
ers. The  purpose  of  such  a  proposal  would  be  to 
put  money  and  purchasing  power  into  the  pockets 
of  people  who  could  spend  it  right  away  instead  of 
waiting  another  year  for  tax  rebates. 

•  In  the  area  of  government  reorganization,  he 
will  get  strong  labor  support  if  he  comes  up  with 
sound  proposals  for  speeding  up  the  decision-mak- 
ing processes  of  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  and  recommends  legislation  which  would 
impose  sanctions  on  employers  who  deliberately 
attempt  to  weaken  union  organizing  drives  and 
negotiations  by  tactical  delays. 

•  As  1976  ended,  there  were  indications  that 
prime  interest  rates  established  by  our  major  lend- 
ing institutions  would  come  down  a  bit  in  1977. 
Hopefully,  this  drop  in  prime  interest  rates  will 
trigger  better  interest  rates  for  home  mortgages, 
and  housing  will  become  a  major  concern  of  the 
Carter  Administration.  The  United  Brotherhood, 
working  with  the  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades,  has  gone  up  to  Capitol  Hill  on 
many  occasions  in  search  for  ways  to  revive  hous- 
ing and  general  construction.  We  will  renew  our 
efforts  this  year. 

•  Labor  and  management  in  the  construction 
industry  should  be  able  to  submerge  some  of  their 
differences  and  work  together  for  the  common 
good  in  the  year  ahead.  Both  labor  and  manage- 
ment have  been  outspoken  in  their  opposition 
to  wage  and  price  controls  as  they  have  been  ap- 
plied in  the  past.  Guidelines,  perhaps,  but  labor 
has  traditionally  relied  on   the  free  interplay  of 


labor-management  negotiations,  and  it  begins  the 
Year  1977  with  this  approach  in  mind. 

•  Former  Secretary  of  Labor  John  Dunlop  had 
prepared  and  presented  to  the  Congress  a  package 
of  proposals  for  bringing  some  measure  of  har- 
mony to  the  construction  industry.  It  is  hoped  that 
industry  will  work  with  labor  in  1977  to  achieve 
this  harmony. 

•  Mr.  Carter  has  indicated  that  he  will  tackle 
the  energy  problems  facing  the  nation  as  soon  as 
he  begins  his  work  in  the  Oval  Office.  He  has  la- 
bor's strong  support  in  this  area,  too.  AFL-CIO 
Secretary-Treasurer  Lane  Kirkland  said  recently 
that  "it  is  very  hard  to  see  how  this  country  can 
look  forward  to  long-term  expansion  and  a  healthy 
economy"  without  coming  to  grips  with  the  energy 
problem  and  starting  a  genuine  movement  toward 
energy  independence.  Kirkland  commented  that 
the  nation  can't  continue  with  the  notion  that  a 
program  of  higher  prices  and  no  ceilings  on  fuel 
costs  is  equivalent  to  an  energy  program. 

We  cannot  expect  the  new  President  to  be  a 
wonder  man  and  turn  the  economy  around  in  the 
opening  months  of  1977.  There  are  too  many 
problems  before  him  and  the  incoming  Adminis- 
tration. 

But  we  supported  his  election  in  November,  and 
we  pledge  our  continued  support  in  1977.  as  he 
tackles  one  of  the  world's  toughest  jobs. 


...AMD  SEE  "WAT 
THOSE  NON-UNION  WORKERS 
WISE  UP  AND  JOIN  THE 
BROTMERMOOP  THRU  ITS 


^==><..-;^e  CARPElSitBR. 


CHOP  (Coordinated  Housing  Organizing  Program) 
is  a  program  for  every  state  and  provincial  council, 
every  construction  district  council,  and  every  con- 
struction local  union  in  the  Brotherhood!  It  is  manda- 
tory ...  a  must  ...  a  duty  ...  an  obligation  .  .  . 
a  necessity  for  leadership  in  the  home  building  in- 
dustry. We  cannot  ignore  the  threat  which  non-union 
residential  carpenters  create  for  union  carpenters  by 
lowering  standards,  pay,  and  working  conditions. 
Support  CHOP  all  the  way! 


VOC  (Volunteer  Organizing  Committees)  is  a 
program  for  every  local  union  and  council  of  the 
Brotherhood,  too.  It's  purpose  is  to  enlist  every  non- 
union industrial  worker  in  our  allied  industries.  VOC 
groups  are  now  at  work  in  almost  every  state  and 
province,  but  much,  much  more  must  be  done.  If 
your  local  union  has  not  established  a  Voluntary 
Organizing  Committee,  it  should  do  so  now.  This  is 
a  permanent  committee  with  much  work  to  do.  Give 
it  all  the  support  you  can  in  the  months  ahead. 


I 


FEBRUARY   1977 


Official  ft>lLation  ofthe  UNITED  BROTHERHOODO^F  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA'.  FOUNDED  1881 


REPORT  ON  THE  INTERNATIONAL 
CARPENTRY  APPRENTICESHIP  CONTEST 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

William  Sidell 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

William  Konyha 

101   Constitution   Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 
Patrick  J.  Campbell 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

R.  E.  Livingston 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,   D.   C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 
Charles  E.  Nichols 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  PRESIDENT  EMERITUS 

M.    A.    HUTCHESON 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  John  S.  Rogers 
Islip-MacArthur  Airport 
Main  Terminal  Building,  Suite  206 
Ronkonkoma,  New  York  11779 

Second  District,  Raleigh  Rajoppi 

130  Mountain  Avenue 
Springfield,  New  Jersey  07081 

Third  District,  Anthony  Ochocki 

14001  West  McNichols  Road 
Detroit,  Michigan  48235 

Fourth  District,  Harold  E.  Lewis 

2970  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.W.,  Suite  300 
Atlanta,  Ga.  30305 

Fifth  District,  Leon  W.  Greene 
2800  Selkirk  Drive 
Burnsville,  Minn.  55378 


Sixth  District,  Frederick  N.  Bull 
Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
Room  722,  Oregon  Nat'l  Bldg. 
610  S.W.  Alder  Street 
Portland,  Oregon  97205 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District, Willum  Stefanovich 

2300  Howard  Avenue 

Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada  N8X  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Eldon  T.  Staley 
4706  W.  Saanich  Rd. 
Victoria,  B.  C. 


William  Sidell,  Chairman 
R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

If  your  local  union  wishes  to  list  de- 
;eased  members  in  the  "In  Memoriam" 
3age  of  The  Carpenter,  it  is  necessary 
that  a  specific  request  be  directed  to  the 
iditor. 


In  processing  complaints,  the  only 
names  which  the  financial  secretary  needs 
to  send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are  NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 
In  sending  in  the  names  of  members  who 
jre  not  getting  the  magazine,  the  new  ad- 
dress forms  mailed  out  with  each  monthly 
)ill  should  be  used.  Please  see  that  the 
!ip  Code  of  the  member  is  included.  When 
i  member  clears  out  of  one  Local  Union 
nto  another,  his  name  is  automatically 
Iropped  from  the  mail  list  of  the  Local 
Union  he  cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the 
;ecretary  of  the  Union  into  which  he 
:leared  should  forward  his  name  to  the 
General  Secretary  for  inclusion  on  the 
nail  list.  Do  not  forget  the  Zip  Code 
number.  Members  who  die  or  are  sus- 
pended are  automatically  dropped  from 
the   mailing   list  of   The   Carpenter. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPEISTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


PLEASE  NOTE:  Filling  out  this  coupon  and  mailing  it  to  the  CARPENTER 
only  corrects  your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine,  which  requires  six  to 
eight  weeks.  However  this  does  not  advise  your  own  local  union  of  your 
address  change.  You  must  notify  your  local  union  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  he  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


NAME. 


Local  No 

Number  of  your  Local  Union  must 
be  given.  Otherwise,  no  action  can 
be  taken  on  your  change  of  address. 


NEW  ADDRESS 


City 


State  or  Province 


ZIP  Code 


THE 


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VOLUME  XCVII 


NO.   2 


FEBRUARY,   1977 


UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 


IN   THIS    ISSUE 


NEWS  AND   FEATURES 

Detroit's  Renaissance  Center 2 

Photo  Album  of  the  Apprenticeship  Contest 5 

Carpenter  Contesfants 6 

The  Written  Test  10 

Mill-Cabinet  Contestants  - 12 

Millwright  Contestants  14 

The  Hard-Working  Contest  Judges  18 

The  National  Joint  Committee  -. 19 

US  Allocates  $35  Million  for  Jobs 26 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington    Roundup   4 

Canadian    Report   Morden    Lazarus  20 

In  Retrospect  R.   E.  Livingston  22 

Plane  Gossip  _ 24 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood  27 

In  Memoriam  29 

What's   New?  31 

In  Conclusion  Williom  Sidell  32 


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P 


THE 
COVER 

The  North  Exhibition  Hall  of  the 
Las  Vegas  Convention  Center  was 
the  setting,  last  December,  of  tlie 
1976  International  Carpentry  Ap- 
prenticeship Contest.  From  his  van- 
tage point  high  above  the  vast  arena, 
the  official  photographer  pictured  the 
manipulative  test  of  46  carpentry  con- 
testants on  December  1.  On  the  pre- 
ceding day  he  photographed  all  of 
the  millwright  and  millcabinet  con- 
testants, in  the  first  day  of  the  annual 
competition. 

The  Las  'Vagas  Convention  Center 
is  located  on  Paradise  Road  not  far 
from  Las  Vagas's  famous  "Strip".  It 
is  large  enough  to  house  two  or  three 
conventions  and  several  sporting 
events  all  at  one  time. 

The  insert  picture  on  our  front 
cover  shows  the  1976  winners.  They 
included  from  left.  Michael  Alt  of 
Maryland,  first  place  cabinetmaker; 
Thomas  Ricci  of  Washington.  D.C, 
first  place  millwright:  and  John  Resac 
of  Michigan,  first  place  carpenter.  The 
trophies  which  they  display  in  the  pic- 
ture were  presented  in  addition  to 
cash  awards  and  other  prizes. 


XOTE:  Readers  who  would  like  copies 
of  this  cover  unmarred  by  a  mailing 
label  may  obtain  them  by  sending  25( 
in  coin  to  cover  mailing  costs  to  the 
Editor.  The  CARPENTER.  101  Con- 
siiliiiion  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington, 
DC.  20001. 


Printed  in  U.  S.  A. 


One  third  larger 
than 

Rockefetter  Center 
and  three  times 
the  size  of 
Atlanta's 
Peachtree  Center, 
that's... 


Detroit's  new  $337-inil)ion  revitalization  project  as  seen  from  the  Canadian  sliore. 


DETROIT'S 


.  .  .  bringing  new  vigor  to  the  Motor  City^s  construction  industry 


There  are  many  superlatives  to  de- 
scribe the  Renaissance  Center,  rising 
beside  the  river  in  Michigan's  largest 
city.  The  big  project,  when  completed, 
will  change  some  of  the  construction 
record  books. 

•  It  will  have  the  tallest  hotel  in  the 
Midwest,  the  70-story  Detroit  Plaza. 
(This  is  the  same  number  of  stories, 
incidentally,  as  the  towering  Peachtree 
Center  Plaza  Hotel  in  Atlanta,  Ga., 
which  a  year  ago  became  the  world's 
tallest  hotel.  According  to  data  sup- 
plied to  us,  the  Detroit  hotel  is  four 
feet  short  of  this  record — 719  feet 
compared  to  723  feet  in  Atlanta.) 

•  The  Center  has  the  tallest  building 
in  Michigan — 71 '/2  stories  above  Jef- 
ferson Avenue  and  73  stories  from 
basement  slab  to  the  mechanical  level 
at  the  top  of  the  tower. 

•  There  are  four  39-story  office 
towers  in  the  complex,  which  are  al- 
ready topped  off. 

•  The  center  is  one  third  larger  than 
Rockefeller  Center  in  New  York  City 
and  three  times  the  size  of  Atlanta's 
Peachtree  Center. 

It  is  truly  a  landmark  of  downtown 
revitalization  for  the  Motor  City  .  .  . 


and  it's  built  by  union  labor  from  the 
Detroit  Building  Trades. 

As  many  as  500  Carpenters  have 
been  employed  on  the  project  at  one 
time  in  form  work,  drywall,  etc.  Ap- 
proximately 300  Carpenters  worked  in 
the  concrete  pour  with  Mayfair  Con- 
struction. Most  of  the  construction  is 
of  reinforced  concrete.  Approximately 
180  men  have  been  on  drywall  and 
ceilings  with  Berti  and  other  contrac- 


Brotherhood  leaders  of 
tlie  Detroit  area  recently 
toured  the  center  with  Third 
District  Board  Member 
Anthony  Ochocki,  shown 
at  left  in  the  picture.  With 
him  are:  Anthony  Michael, 
Local  337  business  repre- 
sentative; Ralph  Wood, 
Detroit  District  Council 
business  representative; 
James  Kelly,  chief  carpenter 
steward  for  Mayfair  Con- 
struction; and  Herbert 
Schultz,  Local  337  business 
representative. 


tors  in  a  combine.  Millwrights  have 
been  employed  in  the  installation  of 
three  revolving  floors — for  two  rotating 
restaurants  and  a  rotating  lobby  area. 
One  of  the  three  hotels  is  completed 
and  is  accepting  occupants.  Though 
additional  units  of  the  Center  are 
opening  next  month,  there  may  be  as 
much  as  two  more  years  of  work  for 
some  Brotherhood  members  at  the  big 
center. 


Members  of  the  Brotherhood  at  work  on  the  elaborate  concrete 
forms  needed  to  complete  the  walkways  and  malls  of  the  32- 
acre  riverfront  development.  Architect-Developer  John  Port- 
man  is  noted  for  his  modern  design  work.  As  many  as  500 
Carpenters  have  been  employed  at  one  time  on  the  Center. 
One  hotel,  designated  io  the  plans  as  T-1,  is  completed. 


The  Old  County  Conrthouse  on  Detroit's  Randolph  Street 
stands  in  historic  contrast  to  the  new  multi-million-dollar  office 
and  hotel  complex  beside  the  river.  Photo  courtesy  of  the 
Building  Tradesman  of  Detroit.  The  tallest  structure  in  the 
picture — the  Detroit  Plaza  will  be  a  Western  International 
Hotel,  one  of  50  hotels  in  a  chain  operating  in  14  countries 
around  the  world.  It  will  be  owned  by  the  Rennaissance  Cen- 
ter Partnership,  a  private  group. 


One  of  the  famous  longboats  which  ply  the  Detroit  River  with 
their  cargoes  of  iron  ore  moves  past  the  towers  of  Rennaissance 
Center.  Tlic  tallest  tov»cr  in  the  center  rises  719  feet  above  the 
street.  Tlie  center  is  constructed  mostly  of  reinforced  concrete, 
and  carpenters  have  completed  as  many  as  two  floors  a  week 
on  some  of  the  buildings  in  the  complex. 


Big  concrete  pods  and  tall  columns  add  a  touch  of  the  future 
to  the  interior  of  the  center.  An  8-stor>  atrium  will  feature 
a  half-acre  lake,  sculptures,  trees  and  hanging  gardens.  The 
Detroit  Plaza  will  feature  a  CotTee  Garden,  Cafe  Express, 
Cocktail  Pods,  a  Sky  Lobby,  and  other  facilities.  According  to 
reports,  the  hotel  has  already  booked  more  than  120  conven- 
tions  through    1981    and    close    to   400,000    room    nights. 


FEBRUARY,    1977 


TON 


ROUNDUP 


CONSTRUCTION  FORECASTING— A  computer-based  system  which  will  forecast  energy-related 

and  industry-wide  construction  activity  and  skilled  labor  needs  in  local  areas  is 
being  developed  by  four  federal  agencies  in  Washington.  Outgoing  Secretary  of  Labor 
W.  J.  Usery,  Jr.  ,  announced  recently  that  the  four  agencies  expected  to  have  the 
system  in  operation  late  this  year.  It  is  hoped  that  the  system  will  provied  forecasts 
in  local  areas  across  the  nation  and  help  to  alleviate  the  unemployment  situation  to 
some  extent.  In  addition  to  the  Department  of  Labor,  the  agencies  involved  include 
the  Federal  Energy  Administration,  the  Energy  Research  and  Development 
Administration,  and  the  Tennessee  Valley  Authority. 

ALIEN  HIRING  RULES — Under  proposed  rule  changes  of  the  Department  of  Labor  employers 
would  be  required  to  offer  proof  that  they  made  attempts  to  hire  American  citizens 
for  jobs  before  hiring  aliens  for  permanent  employment.  The  proposed  rule  changes 
would  govern  the  admission  of  certain  aliens  into  the  United  States. 

CONTRACT  EXPIRATIONS — Many  construction  contracts  are  due  to  expire  in  1977. 
According  to  a  recent  survey  made  in  Washington,  45,000  construction  workers  are 
due  for  contract  expirations  in  March.  An  additional  181,000  contruction  workers 
will  find  their  contracts  expiring  in  April.  In  May,  139,000  building  tradesmen  will 
be  effected.  In  June  315,000  more,  and  in  July  33,000  more.  It  will  be  a  busy  year 
for  contract  negotiators,  indeed  1 

WARNING  TO  CB  USERS — The  Consumer  Product  Safety  Commission  reports  that  there  have 
been  92  deaths  and  156  injuries  over  the  past  year  associated  with  CB  radio  antennas 
mounted  alongside  private  dwellings  on  masts  or  towers.  Most  of  the  accidents 
occurred  when  the  antennae,  while  being  installed  or  taken  down,  came  in  contact  with 
power  lines.  So  all  of  you  Carpenters  who  are  also  "good  buddies"  in  the  CB  circuits 
are  urged  to  be  careful. 

ALASKA  PIPELINE  REVENUE — ^Experts  on  tax  revenue  report  that,  once  the  Prudhoe  Bay 
oil  field  hits  full  production  on  Alaska's  North  Slope,  royalties  and  taxes  will 
earn  for  the  State  of  Alaska  approximately  $1  billion  a  year,  more  than  the  state's 
present  annual  budget. 

PENSION  REGULATION — Organized  Labor  will  seek  to  remedy  malfunctioning  of  the  new 
Pension  Reform  Law,  but  it  remains  firmly  committed  to  the  principle  of  federal 
regulation  of  pension  plans.  That  commitment  was  stressed  by  the  AFL-CIO's  Social 
Security  director  Bert  Seidman  at  a  recent  AFL-CIO  Pension  Conference  in 
Washington.  The  conference  brought  together  government  administrators  of  the 
Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act  (ERISA)  and  the  union  people  who  have  to 
comply  with  the  often  complex  regulations. 

CANADIAN  HEALTH  COMPARED — A  comparison  of  the  cost  of  delivering  health  care  in 
North  America  shows  that  Canada  is  able  to  provide  its  citizens  with  quality  care  for 
far  less  than  the  United  States. 

In  Canada,  where  a  national  medical  insurance  plan  was  introduced  in  1968, 
health  expenditures  constitute  7%  of  the  nation's  gross  national  product  in  fiscal 
year  1975,  as  against  8.3%  in  the  United  States. 

Even  more  significant,  however,  is  the  low  cost  of  administering  health  care 
in  Canada.  In  an  exchange  of  correspondence  with  Dr.  R.  A.  Armstrong,  director  of 
Canada's  Health  &  Welfare  Dept.,  the  AFL-CIO  Dept.  of  Social  Security  learned  that 
the  cost  of  administration  in  Canada  is  2.3%  of  total  benefits,  as  against 
12.8%  under  the  largely  private  U.S.  system. 


THE  CARPENTER 


General  President  William  Sidell  addresses  the  1976  Awards  Banquet  at  the  Las  Vegas  Hilton,  December  2,  before  the  presen- 
tation of  awards. 


PHOTO  ALBUM 


of  the  1976  INTERNATIONAL  CARPENTRY  APPRENTICESHIP  CONTEST 
Las  Vegas,  Nevada 


Carpentry  apprenticeship  champions  from  40  states, 
five  Canadian  provinces,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
converged  on  the  Convention  Center  at  Las  Vegas, 
Nev.,  November  30  and  December  1  for  the  10th 
International  Carpentry  Apprenticeship  Contest. 

The  annual  competition,  sponsored  by  the  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America, 
the  Associated  General  Contractors  of  America,  and 
the  National  Association  of  Home  Builders,  picked 
11  winners  from  84  finalists  in  two  days  of  written 
and  manipulative  tests. 

The  manipulative  test  was  an  all-day  project  in 
which  contestants  worked  with  hand  and  power  tools 
to  create  test  projects  from  blueprints  and  specifica- 
tions supplied  to  them  by  their  monitors  just  before 
the  work  whistle  blew  for  the  contest  day. 

The  competition — which  was  open  and  free  to  the 
general  public  from  8  a.m.  to  5  p.m.  each  day — 
attracted  many  vocational  training  groups,  school 
children,  craftsmen,  and  general  visitors.  Contest  visi- 
tors watched  the  apprentices  from  roped-off  aisles. 

There  were  three  categories  of  contestants — car- 
penters, mill-cabinet,  and  millwright.  Each  was  cur- 
rently completing  his  fourth  and  final  year  of  appren- 
ticeship training. 

The  1976  contest  was  one  of  the  largest  in  the 
decade  of  competition,  matched  only  by  the  contest 
in  Milwaukee,  Wise,  last  year. 

This  was  the  second  time  that  the  contest  has  beer\ 
held  in  Las  Vegas.  The  6th  Annual  Contest  was  held 
therein  1972. 


The  Winning  Eleven 

CARPENTER   WINNERS 

First  Place — John  Resac,  Michigan 
Second  Place — James  Bresnahan,  California 
Third  Place — Allen  Reyen,  Connecticut 
Fourth  Place — Roger  Hamel,  British  Columbia 
Fifth  Place — Steven  Dale  Dorman,  Oregon 

MILL-CABINET   WINNERS 

First  Place — Michael  Alt,  Maryland 

Second  Place — Harry  Chase,  District  of 
Columbia 

Third  Place — Philip  Addeo,  New  York 

MILLWRIGHT   WINNERS 

First  Place — Thomas  Ricci,  District  of 
Columbia 

Second  Place — Thomas  Roth,  Pennsylvania 

Third  Place — Michael  Heemsbergen,  Colorado 


FEBRUARY,    1977 


Carpenter 
Contestants 

ALLEN  THRASHER,  26,  of  Birm- 
ingham, a  member  of  Local  103,  was 
his  state's  champion  carpenter.  He 
became  interested  in  the  trade  in  high 
school,  attended  the  Birmingham  ap- 
prenticeship training  school  and  be- 
gan work  with  Adkins  Construction 
Company.  His  wife  is  Debora  Jane 
Thrasher. 

ALBERTA 

JOHN  CHIKIE,  24,  underwent  craft 
training  at  the  Northern  Alberta  In- 
stitute of  Technology.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Local  1325,  Edmonton,  as  was 
his  father,  who  is  now  retired.  Chikie 
and  his  wife  Marilyn  have  two  chil- 
dren. 

ARIZONA 

CURTIS  CAMPBELL  of  Phoenix, 
age  23,  and  married  to  Dale  Ann, 
became  interested  in  carpentry  while 
taking  industrial  arts  in  high  school. 
His  brother-in-law,  a  member  of  the 
Brotherhood,  encouraged  him  to  go 
into  the  trade,  and  he  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  Local  906  of  Glendale,  Ari- 
zona. 

ARKANSAS 

DOUGLAS  PRICE  of  North  Little 
Rock  is  employed  by  May  Construc- 
tion Company  and  is  a  member  of 
Local  690.  The  26-year-old  state 
champion  is  the  father  of  two  chil- 
dren, and  he  and  his  wife  Beverly 
live  in  North  Little  Rock.  He  became 
interested  in  carpentry  in  1971  and 
began  apprenticeship  training  in  his 
home  city. 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

ROGER  HAMEL,  23,  has  built  three 
houses  on  his  own  and  completed 
one  stone  fireplace  as  a  project.  He 
works  for  F.  Hodges  Construction 
and  Adria  Construction.  He  lives 
north  of  Vancouver  at  Prince  George 
with  his  wife.  Donna,  and  two  chil- 
dren. A  member  of  Local  1998  of 
Prince  George,  he  got  his  start  in 
the  craft  while  in  high  school. 


CALIFORNIA 

JAMES  BRESNAHAN,  24,  became 
interested  in  carpentry  at  Cabrillo 
College  where  a  DuPont  Construc- 
tion architect  was  teaching.  He  is  a 
member  of  Local  771  of  Watsonville 
and  lives  in  Capitola  with  his  wife, 
Diane,  and  two  children. 

COLORADO 

ROBERT  J.  BISHOP,  29,  began 
working  for  a  contractor,  Burl  Starr, 
in  1971  and  quickly  joined  the  ap- 
prenticeship training  program.  He  has 
also  worked  for  Bill  Huff  Construc- 
tion Company  and  he  is  a  member 
of  Local  244  of  Grand  Junction.  He 
and  his  wife  Nan  have  two  children, 
age  three  years  and  15  months. 


CONNECTICUT 


ALLEN  REYEN,  27,  became  inter- 
ested in  carpentry  while  working  dur- 
ing a  summer  vacation  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Connecticut.  He  now  works 
for  John  J.  Sniffen,  Inc.  He  belongs 
to  Local  210  of  Stamford  and  lives 
in  Stamford  with  his  wife,  Cindy. 


DELAWARE 


LAWRENCE  VENARCHICK,  28,  of 

Wilmington  joined  the  trade  after 
separation  from  the  U.S.  Army  in 
1968,  following  in  the  footsteps  of  his 
father,  Lawrence  M.  Venarchick.  He 
is  a  member  of  Local  626  and  ob- 
tained his  training  at  Del  Castle  Vo- 
cational High  School.  He  has  been 
employed  by  D'SaBatino  &  Raniere, 
Inc.  and  J.  E.  Brenneman,  Inc. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

ELIZABETH     HOWARD,     28     and 

married,  is  the  first  woman  to  ever  be 
a  contestant  in  the  International  com- 
petition. She  is  the  mother  of  a  six- 
year-old  son.  She  first  became  inter- 
ested in  carpentry  while  building 
theatre  sets  at  St.  Michaels  Playhouse 
in  Burlington,  Vermont.  She  studied 
construction  technology  at  Portland, 
Oregon,  Community  College  and  at 
the  Washington,  D.C.  Technology 
Institute.  She  also  underwent  appren- 
ticeship training  in  both  cities.  She  is 
a  member  of  Local  132. 


ALABAMA 

Allen  Fred  Thrasher 


CALIFORNIA 
James  D.  Bresnahan 
Second  Place  Winner 


ALBERTA 
John  Chikie 


COLORADO 
Robert  J.  Bishop 


ARIZONA 

Curtis  Campbell 


CONNECTICUT 

Allen  Reyen 

Third  Place  Winner 


ARKANSAS 
Douglas  Price 


DELAWARE 
Lawrence  J.  Venarchick 


BRITISH  COLUMBIA 
Roger  Hamel 
Fourth  Place  Winner 


DISTRICT  OF 
COLUMBIA 
Elizabeth  M.  Howard 


FXORTOA 
Bruce  R.  Peck 


EVDIANA 
Kurt  D.  Darr 


GEORGIA 

William  Ted  Hammond 


IOWA 

Patrick  E.  Boeshart 


HAWAn 

Gary  Tsutomu 
Nakamura 


KANSAS 

R.  Bently  Stomp 


IDAHO 

William  L.  Radcliffe 


LOUISIANA 
David  K.  North,  Jr. 


Carpenter 
Contestants 

FLORIDA 

R.  BRUCE  PECK,  23,  of  Orlando, 
married  to  Gail  and  the  father  of 
a  five-month-old  son,  is  a  member  of 
Local  1765.  He  was  encouraged  to 
join  the  trade  by  his  father  and  ob- 
tained his  training  under  the  joint 
apprenticeship  training  program  in  his 
home  city. 

GEORGIA 

WILLIAM    TED    HAMMOND,    22, 

was  one  of  the  few  bachelors  in  the 
contest  at  Las  Vegas.  He  began 
working  with  his  father,  Grover 
Hammond,  at  an  early  age.  The  elder 
Hammond  is  a  member  of  the 
Brotherhood  also.  The  Georgia  con- 
testant belongs  to  Local  283  of 
Augusta  and  obtained  his  apprentice- 
ship training  in  that  city. 

HAWAII 

GARY    NAKAMURA,    32,    was   one 

of  the  oldest  contestants  in  the  1976 
contest.  He  is  a  member  of  Local 
745  and  obtained  his  training  at 
Honolulu  Community  College.  He  is 
employed  by  Robert  M.  Kaya  Build- 
ers Inc.  He  and  his  wife  Kathleen 
have  two  children,  Wendi  7,  and 
Jason  5. 

IDAHO 

WILLIAM  RADCLIFFE,  28,  of  Sun 

Valley  was  a  student  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  at  one  lime. 
During  summer  vacations  he  worked 
in  construction  and  liJced  it  so  much 
that  he  entered  in  the  apprenticeship 
training  at  the  Ketchum  Apprentice- 
ship School  at  Hailey,  Idaho.  He  is 
a  member  of  Local  2166  and  he  and 
his  wife  Laurie  live  in  Hailey. 

ILLINOIS 

STEPHEN    F.    JELLEN,    28,    is    the 

son  of  a  general  contractor  in  Ed- 
wardsville,  and  he  learned  about 
carpentry  at  an  early  age.  His  training 


has  been  in  the  apprenticeship  school 
and  in  the  employ  of  union  contrac- 
tors in  the  Belleville,  111.  area.  He  and 
his  wife  Rebecca  have  a  two-year-old 
daughter,  Jennifer.  He  is  a  member 
of  Local  378. 


INDIANA 


KURT  DARR  is  24,  single  and  a 
member  of  Local  565  of  Elkhart.  His 
father  is  a  carpentry  contractor,  and 
Kurt  has  been  employed  by  Verkler 
Construction,  Fawcett  Sale  and  Engi- 
neer, C  &  D  Builders,  and  Forcey- 
Lipps  Construction.  He  lives  in 
Osceola. 


IOWA 


PATRICK  BOESHART  began  work 
in  construction  more  than  a  decade 
ago  after  completing  high  school.  He 
is  29,  married  to  Sandra  and  the 
father  of  a  son  and  daughter.  Boes- 
hart lives  in  Sioux  City  and  belongs 
to  Local  948  where  he  received  his 
apprenticeship  training.  He  is  em- 
ployed by  Larry  Book  Contracting. 


KANSAS 


R.  BENTLY  STOMP,  32,  a  member 

of  Local  714  of  Olathe  and  is  em- 
ployed by  Commercial  Construction 
of  Kansas  City.  He  obtained  his 
training  in  the  Kansas  City  Appren- 
ticeship program  and  lives  in  Olathe 
with  his  wife  Connie,  son  David,  5, 
and  dauehter  Kristin.   18  months. 


LOUISIANA 


DAVID    K.    NORTH,    Jr.,    26,    has 

"been  around  construction  all  his 
life".  His  grandfather  was  a  home 
builder,  and  his  father  was  active  in 
the  trade.  North  and  his  wife,  Sig, 
have  two  children  and  live  in  Bossier 
City.  He  is  a  member  of  Local  764 
of  Shreveport. 

MANITOBA 

ROBERT  L.  SW ANSON,  became  in- 
terested in  carpentry  shortly  after  he 
completed  high  school  in  Winnipeg. 
He  attended  Red  River  Community 
College  and  was  employed  by  Nor- 
land Construction  Company.  He  is  a 
member  of  Local  343  and  lives  in 
Selkirk  with  his  wife  Stacey. 


ILLINOIS 
Stephen  F.  Jellen 


MANITOBA 
Robert  L.  Svtanson 


Herbert   Nakuniiira,  one  of  the  five  carpenir}'  judges,  inspects  work 
in  progress. 


Carpenter 
Contestants 


MARYLAND 

ROY  JORDAN  of  Glen  Burnie 
comes  from  a  family  of  construction 
workers.  His  father,  six  uncles,  and  a 
cousin  belong  to  the  Brotherhood.  He 
obtained  training  in  the  Baltimore 
Joint  Apprenticeship  program  and  has 
been  employed  by  Consolitated  En- 
gineering Co.  and  E.  C.  Ernst.  A 
member  of  Local  101,  Baltimore, 
Jordan  lives  with  his  wife  Brenda  and 
nine-month-old  daughter  Heather  in 
Glen  Burnie. 

MASSACHUSETTS 

NEIL  DUGGAN'S  younger  brother, 
who  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood, 
urged  him  to  join  the  trade  following 
military  service  in  Boston.  Age  30 
and  married,  Duggan  is  the  father  of 
a  three-month-old  son  and  a  member 
of  Local  535  of  Norwood.  He  re- 
ceived his  training  in  the  Norfolk 
Apprenticeship  School  and  has  worked 
for  Volpe  Construction  and  John  B. 
Deary. 

MICHIGAN 

JOHN  RESAC,  25,  is  currently  at- 
tending Henry  r'ord  Community  Col- 
lege  at  Dearborn  in  addition  to  his 


A  judge  works,  while  wives  observe 
the  progress  of  their  husbands' 
projects. 


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work  and  studies  in  apprenticeship. 
He  has  worked  for  Lawrence  Haffey 
and  Brain  &  Gregory  Concrete  and 
Excavation.  A  member  of  Local  19, 
Detroit,  he  lives  in  Melvindale  with 
his  wife  Susan  and  an  infant  son. 

MINNESOTA 

GERALD  GEISINGER,  28,  began 
his  training  at  Ft,  Hood,  Tex.  and 
completed  his  training  at  the  St.  Paul 
Vocational  School  in  Anoka,  Minn. 
He  is  a  member  of  Local  851  and  has 
been  employed  by  the  Rauenhorst 
Corporation.  He  and  his  wife  Jackie 
live  in  New  Brighton. 


MISSISSIPPI 


DONALD  E.  JONES  of  Florence  is 
a  member  of  Local  1471,  Jackson, 
and  received  his  training  in  the  Jack- 
son Apprenticeship  Training  School. 
Jones  has  an  uncle  who  belongs  to 
the  Brotherhood  and  encouraged  him 
to  join.  He  is  26,  married  to  Wanda 
and  has  two  children. 

MISSOURI 

GLEN  E.  WILLIAMS  received  his 
apprenticeship  training  at  the  K.C. 
Builders  training  center.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Local  1329,  Independence, 
Missouri,  He  is  26  and  lives  in  the 
small  community  of  Lone  Jack  with 
his  wife,  Dorothy,  and  15-month-old 
son,  Wade  Travis. 

MONTANA 

MERRILL  A.  NOREEN  is  a  member 
of  Local  28,  Missoula,  Montana.  He 
is  32,  lives  in  Stevensville  with  his 
wife  Rona  Ann  and  two  young 
daughters.  He  has  been  employed  in 
various  construction  jobs  in  the 
Missoula  area. 


NEBRASKA 


MICK  MOORE  of  Omaha  is  26, 
married  and  the  father  of  a  four-year- 
old  daughter  Jennifer.  He  began 
working  in  construction  in  1969  and 
later  joined  Local  1606  in  the  joint 
apprenticeship  program  in  Omaha. 


NEVADA 


DANIEL  BEAN  is  25  and  lives  in 
Reno  with  wife  Carol.  While  attend- 
ing the  University  of  Nevada  in 
Reno,  he  decided  that  construction 
was  his  trade  and  joined  the  appren- 
ticeship training  program  of  Local 
971.  He  is  now  employed  by  VanDyke 
Construction  Company  of  Reno  and 
worked  at  one  time  for  Barker  Con- 
struction Company. 

NEW  JERSEY 

BRUCE  COLLINS,  24,  was  attending 
college  in  his  home  state  when  he 
decided  to  switch  to  vocational  train- 
ing. He  applied  for  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Middlesex  County  Apprentice- 
ship Training  School.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Local  2250,  Red  Bank,  and 
lives  in  Long  Branch  with  wife, 
Debby,  and  daughter,  Alyson. 


MARYLAND 
Roy  Jordan 


MISSOURI 
Glen  E.  Williams 


MASSACHUSETTS 

Neil  Duggan 


MONTANA 
Merrill  A.  Noreen 


MICHIGAN 
John  M.  Resac 
First  Place  Winner 


NEBRASKA 
Curtis  M.  Moore 


MINNESOTA 
Gerald  Geisinger 


NEVADA 
Daniel  R.  Bean 


MISSISSIPPI 
Donald  E.  Jones 


NEW  JERSEY 
Bruce  C.  Collins 


NEW  MEXICO 
Timothy  Conlon 


OREGON 

Steve  Dale  Dorman 

Fifth  Place  Winner 


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NEW  YORK 

Anthony  Bums 


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PENNSYLVANIA 
Paul  Ottinger 


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OHIO 
Larry  Pauli 


RHODE  ISLAND 
Robert  Bowman 


Carpenter 
Contestants 

NEW  MEXICO 

TIMOTHY  CONLON,  28,  first  be- 
came interested  in  carpentry  while 
living  in  Dubuque,  la.  He  and  a 
brother,  Frederick,  are  now  appren- 
tices, and  he  belongs  to  Local  1353 
of  Santa  Fe.  Married  and  the  father 
of  two.  he  has  worked  for  Conlon 
Construction,  Iowa,  and  for  Lamo- 
reaux  and  Kam  Ltd  in  Santa  Fe, 
NM. 

NEW  YORK 

ANTHONY  BURNS,  23,  lives  on 
Staten  Island  and  works  for  Key  Pac 
Collaborative  there.  He  is  completing 
his  training  at  the  New  York  District 
Council  Labor  Technical  College  and 
belongs  to  Local  20  of  New  York 
City.  He  and  his  wife,  Marie,  have 
a   14-month-old  son,  Jason. 

OHIO 

LARRY  PAULL  25,  developed  an 
interest  in  construction  through  his 
father  and  grandfather  and  by  work- 
ing summers  in  house  constmction. 
He  is  a  member  of  Local  69,  Canton, 
and  lives  in  Dalton  with  his  wife, 
Jacquie.  He  works  for  Schumacher 
Construction  of  Massillon. 

OKLAHOMA 

DANIEL  HOOS  is  a  member  of 
Local  943,  Tulsa,  as  is  a  brother. 
He  is  27,  married,  and  the  father  of 
two  children.  Hoos  underwent  appren- 
ticeship training  in  Tulsa,  and  he 
lives  in  Broken  Arrow,  Okla. 


TAISTO  KORTE,  25,  lives  in  Thun- 
der Bay  with  his  wife,  Kirsi,  and  two 
children.  He  is  a  member  of  Local 
1669,  Fort  William,  and  has  worked 


for  three  construction  firms  in  his 
area.  He  also  attended  Confederation 
College. 

OREGON 

STEVE  DORMAN  of  Eugene,  a 
member  of  Local  1273,  is  the  son  of 
a  Brotherhood  member.  He  has 
worked  for  Vik  Construction  Co., 
and  he  and  his  wife,  Janet,  live  in 
Eugene.  He  is  23. 


PENNSYLVANIA 


PAUL  OTTINGER,  31  of  Trappe, 
Pa.,  is  the  son  of  Brotherhood  mem- 
ber, I.  Russell  Ottinger.  Trained  by 
the  Philadelphia  Joint  Apprenticeship 
Committee,  Ottinger  has  worked  for 
Kaufman  Construction  of  Philadel- 
phia and  for  Bechtel  Power  Corp. 
at  its  Limerick  Generating  Station. 
He  is  married  and  has  one  daughter. 


RHODE  ISLAND 


ROBERT  BOWMAN,  27,  is  married, 
and  he  and  his  wife,  Marsha,  live  in 
Saunderston.  He  likes  to  work  out- 
doors and  is  a  member  of  Local  94 
of  Providence.  He  took  an  ICS  cor- 
respondence course  to  supplement  his 
training,  and  he  has  worked  for  Tur- 
ner Construction,  Hart  Engineering, 
Olive  Construction,  and  the  North- 
east Association. 


SASKATCHEWAN 


BARRIE  ASH,  29,  of  Rcgina  comes 
from  a  carpentry  family.  He  learned 
something  of  the  trade  from  his 
father,  and  two  brothers  are  members 
of  the  Brotherhood.  A  member  of 
Local  1867,  Ash  works  for  Bird  Con- 
struction in  Moose  Jaw.  He  lives  in 
Rcgina  with  his  wife,  Joanne,  and 
two  daughters. 


SOUTH  DAKOTA 


LOWELL  TOEWS,  27,  is  completing 
training  at  the  Lincoln  Vocational 
School  and  working  for  Hcgg  Bohler 
Developers.  He  and  his  wife  Judy  live 
in  Sioux  Falls  with  two  children. 


ONTARIO 
Taisto  Korle 


SOUIH  DAKOTA 
Lowell  D.  Tocws 


Gcncrtil  Rep.  Ronald  Dancer  and  Ms.  Kalh.>   Wachsmuth  at  the  contest 
registration  desk. 


Carpenter 
Contestants 

TENNESSEE 

RANDALL  SOULES,  27,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Local  74,  Chattanooga.  He 
obtained  his  training  at  Kirchman 
Technical  School,  and  he  lives  with 
his  wife  Virginia  and  two-year-old 
son,  Jason,  in  Chattanooga. 

TEXAS 

JAMES   EDWARD   JOHNSON,   23, 

turned  to  carpentry  after  experience 
in  a  high  school  industrial  shop  and 
encouragement  from  relatives.  He 
underwent  training  at  Glen  Vista, 
near  Houston.  He  is  a  member  of 
Local  1334,  Baytown,  and  lives  with 
his  wife,  Rosemary,  at  Bacliff. 

UTAH 

KEVIN  RAY  ADAMS,  24,  has  been 
working  with  his  father  since  age  14. 
He  planned  to  go  into  architectural 
training  at  one  time  but  switched  to 


carpentry.  A  member  of  Local  184, 
Salt  Lake  City,  he  lives  in  Payson 
with  his  wife  and  two  young  sons. 

WASHINGTON 

COREY  BERG,  23,  developed  a 
strong  appetite  for  food  and  carpen- 
try while  working  on  Kodiak  Island 
in  Alaska.  He  is  a  member  of  Local 
1849,  Pasco,  and  lives  in  Kennewick 
with  his  wife,  arm,  and  an  infant 
daughter.   Charity. 


WISCONSIN 


JOSEPH  WELCH,  24,  is  a  member 
of  Local  1573  West  Allis,  and  lives 
in  Milwaukee  with  his  wife,  Janet, 
and  an  infant  son.  Training  was  with 
the  Milwaukee  JATC,  and  he  has 
worked  for  H.  E.  Dochow  Builders 
and  JFK  Builders  in  the  Milwaukee 
area. 


WYOMING 


PAUL  PARKER  belongs  to  Local 
1620,  Rock  Springs,  and  lives  there 
with  his  wife,  Charlotte,  and  a  four- 
year-old  daughter.  He  has  a  brother 
in  the  union  and  works  for  Superior 
Lumber  Co. 


The  Written  Test 

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Contestants 
have  four  hours 
in  which  to  com- 
plete the  written 
portion  of  the  con- 
test. 


The  score  on  the  writ- 
ten test  accounts  for 
approximately  40%  of 
the  overall  score  in  the 
competition. 


TENNESSEE 
Randall  S.  Soules 


WASHINGTON 
Corey  C.  Berg 


TEXAS 

James  Edward  Johnson 


WISCONSIN 
Joseph  Welch 


UTAH 

Kevin  Ray  Adams 


WYOMING 
Paul  J.  Parker 


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THE    CARPENTER 


96%  OF  ALL  CHEVY 
TRUCKS  REGISTERED 
IN  THE  LAST  10  YEARS 
ARE  STILL  ON 
THE  JOB. 


gs.n 


99.7%  OVER  OVER 

99.9%     99.9% 


OVER 

99.9% 


PERCENTAGE 
NOT RECORDED 


Chevy  has  an  impressive 
record  for  building 
trucks  that  last.  The  chart 
shows  the  percentages 
still  in  use  in  each  of  the 
most  recent  model  years 
recorded.  96%  of  all 
Chevy  trucks  registered 
during  those  model 
years  were  still  in  use  on 
July  1,  1975,  as  reported 
by  R.  L.  Polk  &  Co. 


Chevy  pickups  are  tough  in 
the  right  places.  With  two 
steel  walls  in  the  Fleetside 
tailgate,  body  sides,  doors, 
front  fenders  and  hood.  With 
extensive  rust  and  corrosion 
protection  that  includes  a 
7-step  process  for  cabs, 
immersion  in  electrically 


charged  primer  tor  pickup 
box  steel  floor,  sidcwalls, 
front  panel  and  tailgate. 
With  brake  systems  that 
are  computer-matched  to 
the  gross  vehicle  weight  of 
the  truck  you  order. 
For  a  lot  more  on  what  goes 
into  Chevy  toughness,  see 


your  Chevy  dealer.  And 
while  you're  there,  take  a 
test-drive. 


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Contestants 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA 

BRIAN  TIMOTHY  is  a  24  year-old 
bachelor  who  lives  in  Victoria  and 
belongs  to  Local  1598.  He  became 
interested  in  carpentry  at  Mt.  View 
Senior  Secondary  High  School  and 
went  from  there  to  Somersby  Wood- 
worker British  Columbia  Vocational 
School. 

CALIFORNIA 

MICHAEL  LAVELLE,  27,  first  be- 
came interested  in  carpentry  at 
Northridge,  Calif.,  in  1969.  He  at- 
tended a  union-sponsored  training 
school  at  Huntington  Park  and  has 
worked  in  various  union  shops  in  the 
Los  Angeles  area.  A  member  of  Local 
721,  he  lives  with  his  wife,  Paulette, 
in  Palms. 

COLORADO 

MICHAEL  GORES  is  30  and  lives 
in  Arvada  with  his  wife,  Carol,  and 
infant  son,  Devon.  He  belongs  to 
Local  1583,  Engelwood,  and  works 
for  the  Modern  Fixtures  Co.  of 
Denver. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

HARRY  CHASE,  31,  became  inter- 
ested in  cabinetwork  while  serving  in 
the  US  Army.  He  has  been  employed 
by  the  Lank  Woodworking  Co.  of 
Washington  and  the  Washington 
Woodworking  Co.  of  Landover,  Md. 
He  and  his  wife,  Patty,  live  in  South- 
east Washington,  D.C. 

GEORGIA 

RICHARD  MOLTZ  is  31,  married, 
and  the  father  of  two  young  daugh- 
ters. He  is  a  member  of  Local  225 
of  Atlanta  and  lives  in  Roswell.  While 
undergoing  training  in  Atlanta,  he  has 


worked  for  Sears,  Roebuck,  and  Co., 
Selic  Enterprises,  Beers  Construction, 
and  other  firms. 


IDAHO 


ARTHUR  MIKE  DAVIS,  29,  de- 
cided in  1970,  while  hving  in  Hills- 
boro.  Ore.,  that  he  wanted  to  become 
a  cabinetmaker.  He  began  training  in 
Idaho  and  joined  Local  609  of  Idaho 
Falls.  He  and  his  wife,  Rosemary,  live 
with  their  two  children  in  Idaho  Falls. 


ILLINOIS 


FRANK  SCHOTT,  24,  of  Chicago 
was  his  state's  cabinetmaker  entry. 
He,  his  brother  Paul,  and  his  father, 
James,  are  all  members  of  the 
Brotherhood.  He  was  trained  at 
Washburne  Trade  School  and  works 
for  Bernhard  Store  Fixtures.  He  and 
his  wife  Pam  have  a  son  and  daugh- 
ter. 


MARYLAND 


MICHAEL  ALT,  21,  became  inter- 
ested in  cabinet  work  while  working 
with  his  father,  Michael.  Sr.  He  be- 
longs to  Local  974  of  Baltimore,  and 
he  is  employed  by  Knipp  &  Co.  of 
Baltimore.  He  and  his  wife,  LaVerne 
have  one  child,  Michele,  age  2. 


MASSACHUSETTS 


NORMAN  DUPONT,  21,  lives  with 
his  wife,  Linda,  in  Lowell.  He  is  a 
member  of  Local  49  and  follows  in 
the  footsteps  of  his  father,  Roger, 
who  is  also  a  member  of  the  Brother- 
hood. Dupont  went  to  Lowell  Trade 
High  School,  works  for  James  A. 
Glass  Co.  of  Chelmsford. 

NEW  JERSEY 

THOMAS  LOIZEAUX,  24,  began 
working  with  his  dad  at  Loizeaux 
Lumber  Company  in  Plainfield  while 
just  a  youngster.  He  took  his  appren- 
ticeship training  at  Middlesex  County 
Vocational  School  and  joined  Local 
155.  He  and  his  wife  Virginia  hve  in 
Westfield. 


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Wives,  sponsors,  and  the  general  public  watched  as  the  contestants 
undertook  their  manipulative  tests.  Admission  to  the  North  Exhibit 
Hall  was  free. 


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BRITISH  COLUMBIA  IDAHO 

Brian  Timothy  Arthur  Mike  Davis 


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CALIFORNIA 
Michael  M.  Lavelle 


ILLINOIS 
Frank  Schott 


COLORADO 

Michael  J.  Gores 


MARYLAND 

Michael  Alt 

First  Place  Winner 


DISTRICT  OF 
COLUMBIA 
Harry  J.  Chase 
Second  Place  Winner 


MASSACHUSETTS 
Norman  Dupont 


GEORGIA 
Richard  A.  Moltz 


NEW  JERSEY 
Thomas  J.  Loizeaux 


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Contestants 


NEW  YORK 

PHILIP  ADDED,  25,  picked  up  a 
knack  for  carpentry  in  the  military 
service.  He  joined  the  New  York 
District  Council  Labor  Technical  Col- 
lege for  apprenticeship  training  and 
went  to  work  for  Yuenger  Wood- 
working Co.  A  member  of  Local 
1164  of  New  York,  he  lives  in  Rose- 
dale  with  his  wife,  Camille,  and  an 
infant  son,  Christopher. 


The  written  test  had  some  tough 
ones. 


OKLAHOMA 


RONALD  WEIDMAN  is  the  son  of 

a  carpenter  and  a  member  of  Local 
943,  Tulsa.  He  is  33,  married  to 
Roberta  and  the  father  of  three  chil- 
dren. He  was  trained  in  mill-cabinet 
work  by  the  Tulsa  JAC. 


OREGON 


DAVID  SWANN,  Oregon's  entry,  is 
26  and  single.  He  has  undergone 
training  at  Portland  Community  Col- 
lege and  is  employed  by  Deluxe  Cabi- 
net Works.  He  is  a  member  of  Local 
1120  of  Portland. 


PENNSYLVANIA 


JAMES  X.  SH.\RP,  27,  decided 
while  attending  college  that  a  blue 
collar  occupation  was  best  for  him. 
He  joined  Local  359  and  its  training 
program  in  Philadelphia  and  went  to 
work  for  S.  S.  Keely  &  Sons,  Inc.  He 
and  his  wife,  Christine  Devine,  live 
in  Philadelphia. 


RHODE  ISLAND 


BRIAN  SWEET,  25,  made  cabinet- 
making  his  choice  of  a  vocation 
while  attending  Ponnaganset  High 
School  in  Glocester,  R.l.  He  joined 
the  training  program  of  Local  94, 
Providence,  and  went  to  work  for 
William  Bloom  &  Son.  He  and  his 
wife,  Cynthia,  live  in  Esmond. 


NEW  YORK 
Philip  Addeo 
Third  Place  Winner 


OREGON 
David  S.  Swann 


OKLAHOMA 

Ronald   D.   Weidman 


PENNSYLVANIA 
James  X.  Sharp 


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ARIZONA 

JAMES  Mcknight,  23,  was  attend- 
ing the  University  of  Arizona  at 
Tucson  in  1972  wiien  he  decided 
that  academic  studies  were  not  for 
him.  He  switched  to  the  millwright 
trade  and  joined  Local  1182  of 
Tucson  for  apprenticeship  training. 
He  and  his  wife,  Rebecca,  live  in 
the  sunny,  Southwest  city. 

CALIFORNIA 

PEISTA  HIRVONEN,  26  and  single, 
lives  in  Santa  Rosa.  Hirvonen  has 
studied  psychology  and  music  at  the 
University  of  California  at  Davis 
and  at  Sonoma  State  College,  but 
he  always  returns  to  the  joys  of 
working  with  his  hands  in  the  mill- 
wright trade.  The  California  contest- 
ant is  the  son  of  Pentti  Hirvonen; 
both  are  members  of  Local  102  of 
Oakland.  He  was  trained  at  the  Hay- 
wood Skills  Center. 

COLORADO 

MICHAEL  HEEMSBERGEN,  23,  is 

the  son  of  Jack  Heemsbergen,  a 
member  of  Local  2834,  Denver.  He 
has  had  some  college  training,  but 
his  apprenticeship  training  was  under 
the  direction  of  Local  2834.  He  is 
single  and  lives  in  an  apartment  in 
the  Mile  High  City. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA 

THOMAS  J.  RICCI,  29,  lives  with 
his  wife,  Leslie  Ann,  and  two  chil- 
dren in  Towson,  Md.,  near  Baltimore, 
but  he  belongs  to  Local  1831  of 
Washington,  D.C.,  where  he  obtained 
his  apprenticeship  training.  This  in- 
ternational champ  has  worked  with 
various  employers  in  the  DC  area. 

FLORIDA 

MICHAEL  FERGUSON,  21,  comes 
from  Plant  City,  Florida,  and  he  is 


a  member  of  Local  1504,  Tampa.  His 
father,  George  Ferguson,  is  also  a 
member  of  this  local  union.  Ferguson 
and  his  wife,  Sandra,  have  a  15- 
month-old   son,   Michael. 

ILLINOIS 

FRED  OSTAPOWICZ,  27  and  sin- 
gle, attended  Washburn  Trade  School 
and  its  apprenticeship  training  pro- 
gram following  graduation  from  high 
school  in  Chicago.  He  is  a  member 
of  Local  1693  in  the  Windy  City. 

KANSAS 

STEVEN  BAIN,  was  employed  with 
the  Millwright  Service,  Inc.  of  To- 
peka.  He  and  his  father,  Larry,  are 
both  members  of  Local  1445  in  To- 
peka.  Bain  and  his  wife  Jeannie  have 
an  infant  son,  Matthew. 

KENTUCKY 

LARRY  TRYON,  30,  became  inter- 
ested in  the  millwright  trade  while 
serving  in  a  maintenance  trainee  job 
with  a  government  contractor.  He 
joined  the  apprenticeship  training 
school  sponsored  by  Local  2209  of 
Louisville  and  went  to  work  for 
Seamco-Rapid-Ziniz,  contractors.  He 
and  his  wife,  Bonnie,  have  three 
children. 


LOUISIANA 


ALVIN  WAYNE  SHARP,  22,  fol- 
lows in  the  footsteps  of  his  father 
and  two  brothers,  all  of  whom  be- 
long to  Millwrights  Local  720  in 
Baton  Rouge.  Sharp  attended  Baton 
Rouge  Vocational  School  and  works 
for  Tero  Technology  of  the  same 
city.  He  and  his  wife,  Virginia,  live 
with  a  four-year-old  son  in  Spring- 
field. 

MARYLAND 

RICHARD  SMITH,  23,  became  in- 
terested in  the  millwright  trade  while 
working  in  the  machine  shop  at 
Kenwood  Senior  High  School  in 
Baltimore.  He  joined  the  appren- 
ticeship training  program  in  Balti- 
more and  Local  1548.  His  father, 
Rex  Sharp,  and  brother.  Rex,  Jr., 
are  also  members  of  the  Brotherhood. 


It  wasn't  yet  daylight  when  the  millwrifihts  and  mill-cabinet  men 
started  their  trek  to  the  Las  Vegas  Convention  Center  for  their  manipu- 
lative tests.  Tools  were  transported  to  the  work  site  by  trucks. 


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ARIZONA 
James  McKnight 


ILLINOIS 

Fred  A.  Ostapowicz 


CALIFORNIA 
Peitsa  Hirvonen 


KANSAS 
Stephen  M.  Bain 


COLORADO  KENTUCKY 

Michael  J.  Heemsbergen      Larry  A.  Tryon 
Third  Place  Winner 


DISTRICT  OF 
COLUMBIA 
Thomas  J.  Ricci 
First  Place  Winner 


LOUISIANA 
Alvin  Wayne  Sharp 


FLORIDA 
Michael  Ferguson 


MARYLAND 

Richard  Smith 


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MASSACHUSETTS 
Paul  M.  Reichert 


NEW  YORK 
Harold  Huggins 


MICHIGAN 
Daniel  Caruso 


OHIO 

Thomas  B.  Harrah 


MINNESOTA 
Mark  Magler 


ONTARIO 
Noel  C.  Fox 


MISSOURI 

Mike  Montgomery 


OREGON 
Donald  A.  Cash 


NEW  JERSEY 
Richard  Kaminski 


PENNSYLVANIA 
Thomas  M.  RoJh 
Second   Place   Winner 


Contestants 


MASSACHUSETTS 

PAUL    REICHERT,    24,    decided    to 

specialize  in  the  millwright  trade 
while  undergoing  a  machinists'  train- 
ing program  in  1971.  He  joined  Local 
1121  of  Boston  and  attended  Boston 
trade  schools.  His  father  is  a  car- 
penter member  of  the  Brotherhood 
from  Brockton.  He  and  his  wife. 
Nancy,  live  in  North  Quincy  with 
three  children. 

MICHIGAN 

DANIEL    CARUSO,   23,    was   to   be 

married  a  week  after  participating 
in  the  1976  contest,  so  he  found  the 
Bicentennial  Year  to  be  a  significant 
one  in  his  life.  He  belongs  to  Local 
1102  of  Detroit  and  lives  in  Roseville. 
His  father,  Ralph  Caruso,  is  also  a 
member  of  the   Brotherhood. 

MINNESOTA 

MARK  MAGLER,  25,  obtained  his 
training  at  the  St.  Paul  Technical 
and  Vocational  Institute.  He  is  a 
member  of  Local  548  of  St.  Paul 
and  lives  in  the  Twin  City  with  his 
wife,  Patricia,  and  four-month-old 
son,   Christopher. 

MISSOURI 

MIKE  MONTGOMERY,  23.  com- 
pletes his  fourth  year  of  apprentice- 
ship as  a  younger  brother  completes 
his  first  year  of  training.  Montgom- 
ery's father  is  vice  president  of  Local 
1792  of  Sedalia.  a  local  union  of  which 
Mike  is  also  a  member.  He  has 
attended  State  Fair  Community  Col- 
lege and  worked  at  Truman  Power- 
house, with  Guy  F.  Atkinson  Com- 
pany, contractors.  He  lives  in  Sedalia 
with  his  wife,   Darice. 

NEW  JERSEY 

RICHARD  KAMINSKL  23.  obtained 
his  training  at  Somerset  County  Vo- 
cational and  Technology  School  un- 
der the  apprenticeship  training  pro- 
gram   of    Local    455    of    Sonierville. 


He  and  his  wife,  Kathryn,  live  in 
Pluckemin.  Mrs.  Kaminski's  father, 
Ed  Coddington,  is  a  member  of  the 
Brotherhood. 


NEW  YORK 


HAROLD  HUGGINS,  32,  is  married 
to  Margaret!  and  lives  with  her  and 
one  child  at  Bayshore.  He  belongs 
to  Local  740  of  New  York  City  and 
obtained  his  training  in  the  District 
Council  Technical  College.  He  be- 
came interested  in  the  millwright 
trade  through  the  encouragement  of 
his   wife's  cousin,   Charles  Patterson. 


OHIO 


THOMAS  HARRAH,  32  and  single, 
was  referred  to  apprenticeship  train- 
ing by  the  Ohio  State  Employment 
Service.  He  joined  Local  1311  in 
Dayton  and  began  training  in  the 
local  apprenticeship  training  school. 
He  lives  in  Dayton. 


ONTARIO 


NOEL  C.  FOX  was  the  oldest  con- 
testant in  the  1976  contest  at  age  34. 
A  quiet,  methodical  worker.  Fox  at- 
tended George  Brown  College  in 
Toronto  and  works  for  Comstock 
International,  contractors.  He  first 
became  interested  in  the  millwright 
trade  while  in  a  training  program  of 
the  Aluminium  Company  of  Canada. 
He  is  a  member  of  Local  1410  of 
Kingston  and  lives  with  his  wife 
Sharon    and    two    children    at    Selby. 


OREGON 


DONALD  CASH,  28,  attended  El 
Camino  College  in  California  before 
going  into  apprenticeship  training  in 
that  state  and  completed  his  train- 
ing in  Oregon.  He  is  a  member  of 
Local  1857  of  Portland  and  lives  in 
Springfield  with  his  wife,  Linda,  and 
five-year-old  son,  James.  His  wife's 
cousin,  another  millwright,  is  also  a 
member  of  the   Brotherhood. 


PENNSYLVANIA 


THOMAS  ROTH,  28.  took  a  friend's 
suggestion  and  joined  the  apprentice- 
ship training  program  of  Local  2235 
of  Pittsburgh.  He  is  completing  his 
fourth  year  of  training  with  B  &  W 
Con.siruction   Company   of   thai   city. 


TSitM 


On  Monday  morning,  November  29,  (he  1976  contcslant.s  and  Uieir 
wives  were  guests  al  a  Get-.\c(|ualnled  Breakfast  at  the  Hilton  Conven- 
tion Center  at  I.ils  ^'cgas.  Above,  .some  of  the  group  along  the  serving 
line  for  a  sumptuous  breakfast. 


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Millwright 
Contestants 

RHODE  ISLAND 

JOHN  OLSON,  33,  served  time  in 
the  Navy  before  joining  millwright 
training  with  Local  94  of  Providence. 
He  follows  his  father  into  Brother- 
hood membership.  His  employer  is 
Oliver  Barrette  Millwrights,  Inc.  He 
and  his  wife  Claudette  have  two  sons 
and  live  in  Fiskville. 

TENNESSEE 

MICHAEL    STEVEN    CHASTAIN, 

is  the  fourth  member  of  his  family 


to  join  the  Brotherhood.  He  follows 
his  father  and  two  brothers  into 
Local  654  of  Chattanooga.  At  age 
23,  Chastain  lives  with  his  wife, 
Deanna,  and  young  son,  Dustin,  in 
Cleveland,  Tenn.  He  has  obtained  on- 
the-job  training  with  the  Tennessee 
Valley  Authority  and  classroom  in- 
struction at  Kirkman  Tech. 


TEXAS 


STEPHEN      URSPRUNG,      22,      of 

Houston  went  directly  into  appren- 
ticeship training  after  completing 
high  school.  He  is  a  member  of  Local 
2232  of  Houston  and  has  worked 
for  employers  in  the  general  area  of 
South  Texas. 


A  part  of  the  written  test  for  millwrights  was  a  group  of  questions 
about  a  machined  metal  unit,  shown  above  in  the  hands  of  two  contest- 
ants. The  millwrights  were  supplied  with  measuring  instruments  for  de- 
termining their  answers. 


RHODE  ISLAND 
John  Olson 


TEXAS 

Stephen  Earl  Ursprung 


TENNESSEE 

Michael  Steven  Chastain 


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Brotherhood;  Cal  McNeely, 
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Brotherhood;  Mike  Teaque,  Cata- 
lytic, Inc.  Second  table,  James 
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Economic  Future  Looks  Good,  But  Only 
If  Canada  Resolves  Quebec  Problems 


The  Canadian  economy  during  the 
next  year  or  two  is  going  to  get  worse, 
if  it  doesn't  get  better.  That  may  sound 
like  nonsense,  but  it  is  no  more  non- 
sensical than  the  stuff  which  is  pouring 
out  of  the  various  economic  think-tanks 
whose   every   spouting   makes   headlines. 

As  early  as  last  November,  1976,  the 
Organization  for  Economic  Co-operation 
and  Development  (to  which  most  of  the 
developed  nations  belong)  predicted  in 
a  statement  leaked  to  the  press  that 
Canada  was  facing  a  "mini-recession" 
unless  measures  were  taken  to  stimulate 
the  economy.  The  growth  rates  of  4.75% 
in  1976  would  fall  to  only  3. .5%  in  1977 
and  boded  disaster  or  close  to  it,  espe- 
cially since  unemployment  was  already 
at  the  7.6%  mark. 

About  the  same  time,  two  University 
of  Toronto  professors  warned  that  we 
were  heading  for  8%  unemployment  un- 
less the  federal  government  takes  such 
measures  as  income  tax  reductions  to 
stimulate  economic  growth.  (Doesn't  it 
depend  on  who  gets  the  reductions?) 
But  they  also  predict  economic  growth 
of  4.5%  this  year  and  5.2%  in  1978 
without  increasing  inflation  which  was 
last  year  at  a  "markedly  reduced  rate". 

In  line  with  their  free  advice,  the 
federal  government  dropped  the  surtax 
on  high  personal  incomes! 

A  MONTH  LATER 

Having  had  two  predictions,  one  of 
3.5%  growth  this  year,  and  the  other  of 
4.5%  growth,  a  third  and  fourth  fol- 
lowed just  one  month  later.  The  Con- 
ference Board  in  Canada,  a  private  in- 
stitution, warned  that  business  in  1977 
will  slow  down  so  that  a  growth  rate  of 
only  3%  is  what  we  are  facing,  and  un- 
employment up  to  7.9%. 

The  problem  is  threefold:  our  main 
trading  partners,  particularly  the  United 
States  and  Japan,  are  showing  weak  eco- 
nomic recovery;  our  capital  spending  is 
down  sharply  and  is  unlikely  to  improve 
due  to  the  excess  of  unused  capacity 
(every  week  there  is  more  news  of  fac- 
tory shutdowns  or  layoffs);  the  third 
factor  is  the  lower  rate  of  government 
spending.  If  another  reason  is  needed,  it 


is  that  the  business  community  is  pessi- 
mistic. 

So  the  big  headline  was.  Economic 
Forecast:  Substantial  Slowdown. 

ONE  DAY  LATER 

But  wait.  Next  day,  the  Economic 
Council  of  Canada  reported.  This  is  a 
government-appointed  agency  of  business, 
labor  and  officialdom  which  was  very 
highly  regarded — until  March,  1976 
when  organized  labor  withdrew  its  rep- 
resentation in  protest  against  the  con- 
troversial inflation  controls. 

The  headline  next  day  in  the  same 
paper  was  Economic  View  Rosy  for  Can- 
ada if  Inflation  Held.  The  ECC  forecast 
was  for  5.7%  growth  averaged  over  the 
five-year  period  from  1975  to  1979.  In- 
flation will  be  down  to  6%  (It  was  down 
to  about  8%  last  year). 

The  Economic  Council  wants  inflation 
held  in  check.  It  expects  export  markets 
to  improve  (meaning  recovery  in  the 
United  States  will  spill  over  into  Canada 
and  so  business  investment  will  take 
over  as  the  main  economic  stimulant. 
When  this  occurs,  unemployment  will 
drop   from   its   present   level   to   4.5%). 

With  this  rosy  forecast  to  dispel  the 
gloom,  let  us  look  at  what  one  senior 
federal  cabinet  minister  had  to  say. 

CHEER  UP! 

The  fact  is  that  the  basic  outlook  is 
a  pessimistic  one,  especially  in  the  prov- 
inces from  Quebec  east  where  unemploy- 
ment this  winter  is  10%   and  more. 

But  Robert  Andras,  President  of  the 
Treasury  Board,  made  public  a  carefully 
prepared  speech  to  answer  the  "dismal 
prophecies  and  dire  predictions"  which 
have  worsened  since  the  Parti  Quebecois 
was  elected  in  Canada's  second  largest 
province. 

Canada's  economic  performance  in 
the  last  four  years  has  been  nothing 
short  of  remarkable,  he  said,  as  he  dealt 
with  the  three  basic  economic  indica- 
tors— growth  of  real  gross  national  prod- 
uct, inflation  and  unemployment. 

Taking  GNP  in  real  terms  (excluding 
inflation),  the  figures  show  that  in  1972, 


Canada's  real  GNP  was  about  $99.7  bil- 
lion. In  the  following  three  years,  it  rose 
to  $111  billion,  and  with  a  1976  growth 
rate  of  4.6%,  should  rise  to  $116.5  bil- 
lion. Therefore  from  the  four  years, 
1973  to  1976,  our  real  GNP  gain  was 
about  $16.8  billion. 

This  compares  very  well  with  every 
other  major  industrialized  country.  For 
example,  "if  our  economic  policies  had 
been  more  or  less  along  the  lines  of 
those  of  the  United  States  and  the  Fed- 
eral Republic  of  Germany,  the  two  na- 
tions with  lower  inflation  than  Canada, 
we  would  have  lost  eight  billion  dollars 
or  more  in  goods  and  services." 

As  for  inflation,  it  is  true  that  our 
four-year  increase  in  inflation  has  been 
an  unsustainable  41.4%.  But  in  Novem- 
ber, 1976,  the  price  increase  over  No- 
vember, 1975,  was  only  5.6%,  the  lowest 
recorded  since  1972.  So  our  controls 
program  is  "unquestionably  successful". 
Only  two  countries  bettered  this  per- 
formance. West  Germany  with  a  four- 
year  price  increase  of  33%  and  the  U.S., 
with  an  increase  of  about  35%. 

Inflation  in  Sweden  was  41.7  in  four 
years,  in  France  49.3,  in  Japan  69.9,  in 
the  U.K.  82.1  and  in  Italy  113.5. 

It  is  more  difficult  to  make  unemploy- 
ment comparisons  among  nations  since 
even  OECD  countries  do  not  measure 
unemployment  on  the  same  basis.  But 
trends  in  unemployment  can  be  compared. 

The  average  rate  of  unemployment  in 
Canada  from  1962  to  1973  was  5.1%. 
By  1975  and  early  1976,  the  rate  was  up 
to  7.1%,  an  increase  of  39%  on  the 
10-year  average. 

Sweden  has  done  better  than  Canada 
in  the  10-year  period.  So  did  Italy,  but 
at  considerable  cost  in  inflation.  But 
other  OECD  countries  fared  worse  than 
Canada.  For  example,  in  West  Germany, 
unemployment  in  1976  was  about  250% 
higher  than  the  10-year  average  (but 
Andras  fails  to  point  out  that  the  rate 
was  still  only  4.6%)  and  unemployment 
doubled  in  Britain,  France  and  Belgium 
(at  just  5.3,  4.2  and  5.5%  though). 

Andras  is  going  across  Canada  to  put 
across  his  arguments  to  show  that,  far 
from  suffering  from  the  "British  disease" 
as  some  business  wits  call  it,  we  are 
really  a  solidly  prosperous  nation  by 
international  standards  with  a  glowing 
future — if  only  we  can  resolve  our  Que- 
bec troubles! 

Non-Residential 
Building  Down 

However  glowing  the  future  might  be, 
the  construction  industry  is  worrying 
about  the  depressed  situation  right  now. 

Last  year  was  a  good  year  for  resi- 
dential construction  with  250,000  housing 
units  built  across  Canada.  Quebec  had 
a  record  year  of  60,000  new  units.  But 
non-residential  construction  lagged  be- 
hind and  this  area  usually  amounts  to 
75%  of  total  construction. 

This  year  residential  construction  will 


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likely  be  down  to  225,000  units  while 
non-residential  construction  is  headed 
for  another  poor  year.  In  some  major 
areas  like  Ottawa,  Montreal  and  Toronto, 
the  building  of  office  space  has  far  out- 
paced demand.  In  most  major  cities,  ho- 
tels have  been  overbuilt  while  all  levels 
of  government  are  trying  to  restrain 
spending  to  keep  tax  bills  down  as  well 
as  inflation. 


Manitoba  Moves 
In  Private  Housing 

The  NDP  government  in  Manitoba  has 
decided  to  become  more  directly  involved 
in  the  homebuilding  business  because  pri- 
vate builders  are  not  paying  enough  at- 
tention to  building  homes  at  prices  people 
can  afford  to  pay. 

Even  though  builders  have  had  massive 
financial  assistance  from  governments, 
they  have  succeeded  only  in  creating  a 
glut  of  housing  which  only  higher  in- 
come families  can  support. 

Since  the  present  government  took 
power  under  Premier  Ed  Schreyer  in 
1969,  the  province's  housing  corporation 
has  built  10,000  housing  units  for  low 
income  and  elderly  people. 

The  Manitoba  Housing  and  Renewal 
Corporation  will  now  get  involved  in 
building  multi-family  units.  The  prov- 
ince's record  in  caring  for  senior  citi- 
zens and  low  income  people  is  about  the 
best  in  Canada.  Now  the  provincial  au- 
thorities intend  to  fill  in  the  gaps  where 
private  builders  have  failed. 

The  province  has  also  started  a  one- 
man  Commission  of  Inquiry  into  Winni- 
peg's residential  land  market. 


Teron  Discusses 
Housing  Needs 

William  Teron,  self-made  millionaire 
who  is  now  head  of  Central  Mortgage 
and  Housing  Corporation  and  deputy 
minister  of  housing,  has  publicly  stated 
that  two-thirds  of  Canadians  who  need 
housing  cannot  afford  it.  Even  though 
the  government  is  subsidizing  many  of 
these  people,  the  problem  ts  far  from 
solved. 

He  said  that  280,000  families  are  pay- 
ing more  than  50"^  of  their  family  in- 
come for  housing,  500.000  families  pay 
more  than  35%,  and  820,000  pay  more 
than  25%. 

Teron  who  made  his  money  in  the 
construction  industry,  mainly  home- 
building,  said  that  the  government  would 
be  spending  $170  million  of  taxpayers' 
money  to  subsidize  100,000  of  the 
250,000  new  housing  units  built  last  year. 

He  blamed  the  high  price  of  land  for 
the  problem  of  housing  costs.  He  said 
that  land  development  is  a  game,  and 
society  is  subsidizing  the  losers.  "The 
winners  go  to  Florida  and  the  losers 
come  to  the  government." 


Agreement  For 
Quebec  Trades 

It  took  a  long  time,  but  Quebec's 
180.000  building  trades  workers  orga- 
nized by  unions  affiliated  with  the  Quebec 
Federation  of  Labor  finally  reached 
agreement  with  the  14.500-member  Asso- 
ciation of  Building  Contractors. 

The  settlement,  amounting  to  12%  in 
the  first  year,  10%  in  the  second,  and 
8%  in  the  third  year,  must  be  ratified  by 
the  Anti-Inflation  Board.  The  settlement 
was  announced  just  as  500  construction 
workers  in  Saskatoon  voted  to  strike  in 
a  dispute  involving  an  Anti-Inflation 
Board  rollback.  The  rollback  after  three 
appeals  was  from   16.6%   to  11.5. 

Approval  of  the  Quebec  agreement 
came  two  months  after  a  six-week  strike 
last  fall.  One  of  the  main  points  of  con- 


tention was  the  threat  that  hiring  Ijalls 
would  be  eliminated.  This  was  one  of  the 
recommendations  of  the  Cliche  report 
last  year,  but  the  total  removal  of  union 
control  over  hiring  halls  is  unlikely  to  be 
implemented  by  the  new  PQ  govern- 
ment. Labor  support  was  a  significant 
factor  in  its  election  last  November. 

There  were  other  serious  points  in 
dispute  about  which  nothing  new  has 
been  made  public  such  as  the  appoint- 
ment of  union  stewards  on  construction 
sites.  This  was  a  problem  area  in  Quebec 
also  mentioned  in  the  Cliche  report.  The 
legislation  passed  by  the  former  Bourassa 
government  decreed  that  stewards  were 
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21 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


75  YEARS  AGO-FEBRUARY,  1902 

Conspiracy  Charge 

Steven  Charters  of  Ansonia,  Conn., 
was  president  of  Carpenters  Local  127 
and  mayor  of  his  home  city  in  1902. 
In  an  effort  to  protect  the  workers  of 
Ansonia,  who  were  primarily  respon- 
sible for  his  election  to  the  city's  top 
office,  Charters  was  indicted  by  the 
Superior  Court  of  New  Haven  County 
for  conspiracy,  growing  out  of  his  sup- 
port of  a  strike  of  machinists. 

Charters'  "crime"  was  that  he  went 
to  New  York  City's  Grand  Central 
Station  and  "Maliciously  and  with 
malice  pretense"  tried  to  institute  a 
boycott  of  the  machinists-struck  com- 
pany, persuading  persons  planning  to 
apply  for  jobs  at  the  struck  factory  not 
to  go  to  Ansonia. 

Although  Charters'  so-called  crime 
was  committed  in  another  state,  the 
court  was  told  that  he  was  in  league 
with  fellow  trade  unionists  in  Ansonia 
to  prevent  the  firm  from  securing 
"scabs",  and  he  was  charged  with  being 
a  co-conspirator.  The  company  claimed 
$20,000  in  damages,  and  all  organized 
labor  in  Connecticut  went  to  Charters 
defense. 


Foothold  in  Nevada 

In  early  1902  Harry  Sanders  of  Local 
22,  San  Francisco,  succeeded  in  or- 
ganizing Local  971  at  Reno,  Nevada. 
It  was  the  first  charter  to  be  issued  to 
a  local  union  of  carpenters  in  the  State 
of  Nevada,  and  it  covered  the  activities 
of  99  carpenters. 

Saw  for  New  Members 

Brotherhood  members  in  Atlantic 
City,  N.J.,  held  a  mass  meeting  in 
early  1902,  which  was  attended  by 
Brotherhood  General  President  Wil- 
liam Huber  and  was  foUowed  by  en- 
tertainment and  refreshments.  A  high- 
light of  the  meeting  was  the  accept- 
ance of  a  new  hand  saw  presented  to 


the  union  by  the  Atkins  Saw  Company 
of  Indianapolis,  Ind.  The  saw  was  then 
presented  to  the  member  who  brought 
in  the  largest  number  of  new  mem- 
bers to  the  meeting.  A  total  of  20 
carpenters  made  application  for  mem- 
bership that  night. 

Jacksonville  Hall 

Local  unions  in  the  Jacksonville, 
Fla.,  area  began  erecting  their  own 
union  hall  in  early  1902.  It  was  to  be 
a  three-story  wooden  building,  45  feet 
by  60  feet,  and  estimated  to  cost  about 
$3,000. 

The  unions  held  their  first  meeting 
in  a  section  of  the  building  already 
completed,  two  days  after  Christmas, 
1901. 


50  YEARS  AGO-FEBRUARY,  1927 

Work  in  Canada 

A  member  of  the  Brotherhood  from 
Canada,  Richard  Lynch,  was  fraternal 
delegate  to  the  convention  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor  in  1925. 
He  reported  to  the  AFL  that  organized 
labor  in  many  parts  of  his  country  was 
working  under  poor  conditions. 

"The  conditions  that  prevail  in 
Canada  are  very  demoralizing,"  he 
said.  "Wages  run  from  28^  an  hour 
to  35ii.  If  a  person  can  live  or  exist  on 
that,  I  am  at  a  loss  to  know  why  the 
birds  of  passage  don't  stay  in  Canada 
all  their  time  during  the  winter 
months." 

Lynch  reported  that  Canadian  trade 
unionists  were  having  troubles  with 
pickets  and  injunctions. 

"An  injunction  taken  out  in  the 
City  of  Montreal  costs  $4.00,  and  the 
individual  who  breaks  it  goes  to  jail 
without  option  of  paying  a  fine.  It  is 
an  impossibility  once  you  are  within 
the  grasp  of  the  law  to  get  extricated — 
you  have  to  do  time." 

Lynch  described  the  problems  of 
cheap  labor,  brought  on  by  immigra- 


tion: "We  people  of  the  North  have 
only  a  little  over  nine  million  per- 
sons. Our  population  is  low.  The  gov- 
ernment of  Canada  wants  to  increase 
it  through  immigration  and  by  allow- 
ing the  riff-raff  and  rag-tag  of  all  ele- 
ments to  come  and  take  the  places  of 
those  who  now  have  no  work  and 
cannot  find  food  during  the  winter 
months.  They  are  charitable  to  others 
but  forget  the  home  men." 

Low  Wages  and  Deaths 

A  report  issued  by  the  US  Childrens 
Bureau  in  1926  stated  that  poverty  was 
an  important  factor  in  the  annual 
death  toll  of  100,000  infants  under 
one  year  of  age  in  the  United  States 
that  year. 

The  report  also  stated  that  the  an- 
nual maternal  mortality  rate  of  20,000 
was  largely  caused  by  infection  due  to 
lack  of  surgical  cleanliness. 

The  report  commented:  "As  with  in- 
fant mortality,  poverty  is  found  to  be 
an  important  factor  in  maternal  death 
rates,  these  increasing  as  the  husband's 
earnings  fall,  probably  because  of  lack 
of  proper  facilities  and  adequate  care 
for  the  poor  mother." 

Construction  Outlook 

The  total  construction  volume  in 
the  United  States  in  1926  was  esti- 
mated to  be  $6,800,000,000,  which 
was  a  record  figure,  being  $400,000,- 
000  in  excess  of  the  total  for  1925, 
which  was  the  best  previous  year  in 
the  history  of  the  nation's  construction 
industry.  America  was  building  to  a 
boom. 

The  Carpenter  magazine,  two  years 
before  the  black  days  of  1929,  re- 
ported that  "from  all  indications,  the 
building  industry  promises  to  continue 
prosperous." 

During  this  period  Carpenters  were 
beginning  to  work  with  many  new 
types  of  building  materials  and  tools, 
as  North  America  moved  from  the 
wartime  economy  of  World  War  I  into 
the  boom  period  of  "The  Roaring 
Twenties." 


22 


THE    CARPENTER 


Longest  Union 
Name  on  Record 

In  New  York  City,  the  new  Guin- 
ness Book  of  World  Records  recently 
reported  that  the  trade  union  with  the 
longest  name  was  the  National  Federa- 
tion of  Officers,  Machinists,  Motormen, 
Drivers,  Firemen  and  Electricians  in  Sea 
and  River  Transportation  of  Brazil. 
John  Leslie,  alert  director  of  publications 
for  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor, 
quickly  blew  the  whistle  on  that  one. 
The  union  with  the  longest  name — in 
fact  30  percent  longer — is  an  American 
labor  organization,  Leslie  pointed  out. 
Here  it  is  (and  take  a  deep  breath):  the 
International  Association  of  Marble, 
Slate  and  Stone  Polishers,  Rubbers  and 
Sawyers,  Tile  and  Marble  Setters'  Help- 
ers and  Marble  Mosaic  and  Terrazzo 
Workers'  Helpers,   AFL-CIO. 

Typical  New  House 
Costs  $42,702 

The  typical  family  buying  a  new  house 
in  America  today  pays  between  $40,000 
and  $45,000  for  a  home. 

Average  monthly  mortgage  payments 
— including  principal,  interest,  taxes  and 
insurance — are  $352.  Add  to  that  the  av- 
erage cost  of  utilities — electricity,  gas, 
oil,  water  and  trash  collection — of  $73 
a  month  and  you  end  up  with  monthly 
house  payments  of  about  $425  a  month. 

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If   Yer   Gofta    Go 

The  little  boy  watched  the  carpen- 
ter add  a  room  to  a  neighbor's  house. 

"What're  you  building,  mister?" 
he  asked. 

"A  bathroom,  sonny,"  was  the  re- 
ply. 

There  was  a  brief  silence  and  then 
the  boy  walked  over  to  the  carpen- 
ter and  whispered,  "You  can  use  ours 
if  you're  in  a  hurry." 

— Les  Finnegan 

FLICK  FOR  CLIC  IN  '77 

Driver   Education 

A  romantic  pair  were  in  the  throes 
of  silence  as  the  car  rolled  smoothly 
along  an  enchanting  woodland  path, 
when  the  lady  broke  the  spell: 

"John,  dear,"  she  asked  softly,  "can 
you  drive  with  one  hand?" 

"Yes,  my  sweet,"  he  cooed  in  ec- 
stasy of  anticipation. 

"Then,"  said  the  lovely  one,  "you'd 
better  wipe  your  nose;  it's  running." 


>lfn'f  ft  A  Sin 

Three  women  were  having  tea  to- 
gether. One  said,  "I  would  hate  to 
think  of  trying  to  get  to  heaven  with- 
out first  confessing  my  cardinal  sin.  In 
this  nuclear  age  we  can  all  be  de- 
stroyed without  having  a  chance  to 
clear  our  consciences." 

They  agreed. 

"Now,  here  is  my  sin.  You  know  all 
that  money  I've  been  collecting  for 
charity.  I've  stolen  all  of  it,  and  I  play 
cards  with  it.  That  is  my  sin." 

The  second  woman  said,  "You  know 
that  red-headed  butcher  down  the 
block?  He  has  been  my  lover  for  years, 
and  my  husband  doesn't  know  about 
it.  That  is  my  sin." 

The  third  one  said,  "My  sin  is  gos- 
sip— and  I  can  hardly  wait  to  get  out 
of  here  and  talk  about  this." 

VOC— VOLUNTEER  ORGANIZING 

Instant  Inflation 

"You  rang  up  that  salmon  wrong," 
said  the  shopper  to  the  supermarket 
checker.  "It  was  78  cents  a  can." 

"Yes  ma'am,  It  was,"  replied  the 
checker.  "But  that  was  better  than 
an  hour  ago." 

BEEN  TO  A  UNION  MEETING? 


Tip    of   His    Tongue 

The  doctor  was  peeved  at  the 
young  man  in  the  examination  room. 
"Wait  a  minute.  I  didn't  tell  you  to 
open  your  mouth  and  say  'Ah.'  " 

"I  know  you  didn't.  Doc,  but  your 
nurse  just  walked  in." 

This   Month's   Limerick 

There  was  a  young  lady  named  Carol 
Who  gambled  for  all  her  apparel 
But,  her  opponents  straight  flush 
Once  made  her  blush 
By  sending  Carol  home  in  a  barrel. 
— Joe  Warda 

San  Francisco,  Calif. 


Fantastic   Voyage 

A  young  lady  had  a  dream  in  which 
a  handsome  male  angel  flew  into  her 
bedroom  and  scooped  her  up  into  his 
arms.  They  flew  out  the  window  to- 
gether and  traveled  through  the  air 
for  some  time.  Finally,  they  reached 
the  castle  in  fhe  sky  and  soared  in 
through  an  open  window,  hie  gently 
tossed  her  on  a  luxurious  bed. 

"What  are  you  going  to  do  now?" 
she  asked  in  a  frightened  voice. 

"That's  up  to  you,"  he  said.  "It's  not 
my  dream." 

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License   Tags 

Cab  driver:  Where  2 
Astrologer:   I4C4U 
Veterinarian:  K9  DOC 
Navy  Seaman:  l-l,  Sir 

— Paula  Grabsfock 
Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

UBC  NEEDS  YOU! 

Guided   Tour 

Spieler  on  Detroit  Rubberneck 
Wagon:  "Now  on  the  left,  ladies  and 
gentlemen,  you  see  the  sumptious 
Dodge   Mansion." 

Lady  Passenger:  "John?" 

Spieler:  "No,  hlorace." 

Spieler:  "And  now  on  the  right  you 
see  the  famous  Ford  mansion." 

Lady:  Henry?" 

Spieler:  "No,  Edsel." 

Spieler:  "And  here  on  this  corner  is 
the  beautiful  Christ  Church." 

Passenger  in  the  rear:  "Go  ahead, 
Lady,  guess  again!  You  can't  be  wrong 
every  time." 

CHOP,  CHOP,  CHOPI 

Room    and   Bath 

Did  you  hear  about  the  lady  who 
was  overcome  by  gas  while  taking  a 
bath?  She  owes  her  life  to  the  watch- 
fulness of  the  building  superintendent. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


This  point 
lets  you  bore 
holes  up  to  IV2' 

with  small  electric  drill 


IT'S  HOLLOW  GROUND  to  bore 
cleaner,  faster  at  any  angle 

Now  step-up  the  boring  range  of 
your  small  electric  drill  or  drill 
press  to  1/2"  witl'  Irwin  Speed- 
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exclusive  hollow  ground  point 
start  holes  faster,  let  spade  type 
cutters  bore  up  to  5  times  faster. 
You  get  clean,  accurate  holes  in 
any  wood  at  any  cutting  angle. 
Each  Irwin  Speedbor  "88" 
forged  from  single  bar  of  finest 
tool  steel.  Each  machine-sharp- 
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length  for  long  life.  17  sizes,  (4" 
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and  Jack  rafters  completely  worked 
out  for  you.  The  flattest  pitch  is  % 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease %  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 
width  is  Vi  Inch  and  they  increase 
Vi"  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'-9%"  wide.  Pitch 
is  IVs"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
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Getting  tiie  lengths  of  rafters  by  tiie  span  anJ 
the  method  of  setting  up  the  tables  is  fatty  pro- 
tetted  by  the  1917  &  19-14  Copyrights. 


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We  also  have  a  very  fine  Stair 
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The  1976  Winter  Carpentry  Training  Conference  at  Las 
Vegas,  Nev.,  at  the  end  of  November,  continued  during  the 
two  days  of  the  1976  International  Carpentry  Apprenticeship 
Contest.  The  group  shown  above  was  discussing  instructional 
material  in  a  meeting  room  of  the  Las  Vegas  Convention 
Center. 

U.S.  Allocates  $35  Million 
For  Public  Service  Jobs 

The  U.S.  Department  of  Labor  has  allocated  an  additional 
$35.6  million  to  446  state  and  local  governments,  making  $320 
million  available  so  far  in  fiscal  year  1977  funds  for  public 
service  jobs. 

Secretary  of  Labor  W.  J.  Usery,  Jr.  announced  that  the 
latest  funds  are  in  addition  to  the  $284.4  million  provided 
last  September  in  the  form  of  planning  estimates  to  the  gov- 
ernmental units,  prime  sponsors  under  the  Comprehensive 
Employment  and  Training  Act  (CETA). 

The  $320  million  is  80  percent  of  the  $400  million  appro- 
priated under  Title  11  of  the  Act  for  the  year  ending  Sep- 
tember 30,  1977.  The  remaining  $80  million  is  discretionary 
money  and  will  be  allocated  later. 

The  following  23  states  will  receive  the  latest  funds: 
Alaska,  Arkansas,  Arizona,  Colorado,  Delaware,  Hawaii, 
Idaho.  Iowa,  Kansas,  Maine,  Mississippi,  Montana,  Nebraska, 
New  Hampshire,  New  Mexico,  Nevada,  North  Dakota,  Rhode 
Island,  South  Dakota,  Utah,  Vermont,  West  Virginia  and 
Wyoming. 

Persons  eligible  for  these  jobs  must  be  residents  of  an  area 
of  substantial  unemployment  and  have  been  jobless  for  at 
least  30  days  before  applying  or  be  underemployed.  Special 
consideration  will  be  given  to  persons  most  severely  disadvan- 
taged in  terms  of  the  length  of  time  unemployed  and  in  their 
prospects  for  finding  employment  without  Title  IPs  assistance. 
Special  consideration  also  will  be  given  veterans,  welfare 
recipients  and  former  manpower  trainees.  (PAI) 

Coordinating  Judges 


The  'straw  bosses",  or  coordinating  judges,  of  the  1976 
International  Carpentry  Apprenticeship  Contest  at  Las  Vegas, 
Nev.,  November  30  and  December  1,  were  Brotherhood  Gen- 
eral Representative  Ben  Collins,  at  left  above,  and  Richard 
Hutchinson,  apprenticeship  coordinator  for  the  Seattle,  Wash., 
CJiapter  of  the  Associated  General  Contractors,  standing  at 
right.  Shown  with  them  are  four  members  of  the  staff  who 
worked  with  the  contest  committee. 

THE    CARPENTER 


Service  to  the  Brotherhood 


BRIDGEPORT,   CONN. 

Local  115  awarded  members  their 
25  and  50-year  pins  at  a  recent  Old 
Timers  Night.  They  are,  front  row, 
left  to  right:  Nick  DeSarli,  25  years; 
Joseph  Menegus,  50  years;  Ralph 
Graham,  50  years;  George  Crichton, 
50  years;  H.  O.  Ludlowe,  50  years; 
George  Flake,  50  years;  William 
Hardy,  40  years. 

Back  row,  standing:  Robert  Mc- 


Levy,  business  representative;  Louis 
Deilamarggio,  25  years;  Milton 
Scliarn,  25  years;  Angelo  Guerrero, 
25  years;  Wilfred  LeBlanc,  25  years; 
Emilio  Masi.  25  years:  John 
Errichetti,  25  years;  Kenneth  Costello, 
25  years;  Harvey  Paris,   25  years; 
Merton  Ventidett,  25  years;  Carmine 
Donofrio,  25  years:  and  Thomas 
Newman,  president  of  the  local. 

Not  in  the  picture:  Michael 
Mursko,  50  years. 


ALBANY,    N.Y. 

The  15  Annual  Clambake  of  Car- 
penters Local  117,  honored  many 
members  with  25  years  of  service  to 
the  Brotherhood. 

In  picture  No.  1,  front  row,  left  to 
right.  Otto  Lake,  40  years;  Ed  Flash- 
over,  40  years;  Sal  D'Agostine,  55 
years;  A I  Zeller,  60  years;  Steve 
Tanski,  45  years;  Chas.  Willey,  39 
years.  Second  row,  Jim  Neeley,  50 
years;  Harry  Yakel,  59  years:  Jack 
Gillette,  51  years.  Standing,  Cliff 
Larkin,  president,  and  Jim  Hicks, 
business  agent. 

In  the  second  picture,  front  row, 
left  to  right,  Albert  Zeller,  60-year 
member  and  retiring  as  president 
after  17  years  and  vice  president  for 
13  years;  Harry  Yakel,  59-year 
member  and  retiring  recording  secre- 
tary, 33  years;  Clifford  Larkin, 


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ALBANY,  N.Y.— PICTURE  NO.  2 


28-year  member  and  new  president 
elect;  and,  James  J.  Hicks,  29-year 
member  and  business  agent. 


ALBANY, 

N.Y. 

PICTURE  NO.  I 


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Kraus,  Karl 
Krueger,  Arthur  J. 
LaBoube,  Harry 
Laughlin,  Rolla  V. 
Leeker,  Harold  L. 
McCawley,  John  C. 
Moegle,  Wm.  Elmer 
Rhodus,  Everett 
Roth,  Walter 
Schierhoff,  John  H. 
Schuetz,  Walter  F. 
Schuh,  Henry  J. 
Uhlinger,  Robt.  J.,  Sr. 
Weber,  Chas. 
Zimmerman,  Joe 

L.U.  NO.  7 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 

Adieman,  Elmer 
Anderson,  R.  L. 
Benson,  Theodore 
Bruneau,  Dale  R. 
Dill,  Richard 
Michaud,  Harvey 
Nelson,  Carl  S. 
Okerman,  Herman 
Oltman,  R.  J. 
Swenson,  John  V. 

L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Cole,  Wilford 
Leinen,  Joseph  E. 
Morcott,  Howard  J. 

L.U.  NO.  15 
HACKENSACK,  NJ. 

Larson,  Conrad 

L.U.  NO.  18 
HAMILTON,  ONT. 

Gilmour,  William 

L.U.  NO.  22 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Batha,  George 
Guillory,  Mederick 
Hill,  Ralph 

L.U.  NO.  35 

SAN  RAFAEL,  CALIF. 

Rynders,  Dick 

L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 

Bergsten,  Lee  C. 
Felder,  August  E. 
Ousley,  Robert  B. 
Starr,  Oscar  P. 
Weddle,  Benjamin  F. 
Zumwall,  James  W. 

L.U.  NO.  62 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

Bruce,  Clarence 
Camerano,  Salvador 

FEBRUARY,    1977 


Carlson.  Carl  H. 
Graves,  John  D. 
Johnson,  Gunnard 
Johnson,  Raymond 
Lea,  Earl  J. 
Nelson,  Andrew 
Peterson,  Gust 

L.U.  NO.  64 
LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

Baker,  Eldon 
Cunningham,  Clifton  L. 
Day,  E.  M. 
Figuccion,  James 
Goffinett,  Sylvan 
Lynch.  Vincent 
Pitts,  T.  A. 
Weyler,  Edward 

L.U.  NO.  65 

PERTH  AMBOY,  NJ. 

Christensen,  John 
DeSepio,  Nicholas 
Lamp,  Harry 
Montani.  John 
Pinkewitz,  Joseph 
Selin,  Jonas 

L.U.  NO.  66 
OLEAN,  N.Y. 

Butler,  Richard  M. 

L.U.  NO.  67 
JAMAICA  PLAIN, 
MASS. 

DiCampli,  Joseph 
Jones,  Ernest 
O'Hara,  Joseph 
Sullivan,  Joseph 

L.U.  NO.  69 
CANTON,  OHIO 

Altenhof,  Edward 
Beno.  John 
Errington,  Jack 
Fisher,  Oscar 
Wilson,  Landon 

L.U.  NO.  94 
WARWICK,  R.I. 

Bonn,  James 
Boscia,  Joseph 
St.  Germain.  Hector 
Kellchen,  Daniel  W. 
Mastrangelo,  Nicola 

L.U.  NO.  103 
BIRMINGHAM,  ALA. 

Howse.  A.  F. 
Robbins,  Hiram  W. 

L.U.  NO.  129 
HAZLETON,  PA. 

Jadush,  Joseph 
Mikula,  Michael 
Smurla.  John 

L.U.  NO.  132 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Wingo,  Clyde  F. 

L.U.  NO.  133 

TERRE  HAUTE,  IND. 

Andherg.  Allen  L. 
Eldrcd.  Orin 
Godfrey.   Bacil 
Hadley.  Hcrshal 
Holdefa,  Carl 


Layman,  Ersie 
Turpen,  Delmas 

L.U.  NO.  144 
MACON,  GA. 

Cordry,  Colon  C. 
Crusenberry.  W.  D. 
Hammock,  S.  T. 
Tripp,  Jim  Pete 

L.U.  NO.  155 
PLAINFIELD,  NJ. 

Dietrich,  George 

L.U.  NO.  169 

E.  ST.  LOUIS,  ILL. 

Laws,  Martin 
McDaniel,  Carl 
Murphy,  Charles  E. 

L.U.  NO.  180 
VALLEJO,  CALIF. 

Slavens,  D.  D. 

L.U.  NO.  181 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

Berger,  Klaus 
Boehm.  Glenn 
Knutsen,  Thomas  G. 
Munch,  Andrew 
Schirmer,  David 

L.U.  NO.  184 
SALT  LAKE  CITY, 
UTAH 

Askee,  James  W. 
Buttars,  Arvyl 
Clements,  Harold  E. 
Godnick,  Edward 
Green.  William  B. 
Howells,  Richard  S. 
Jack.  R.  W. 
Jensen.  Hans 
Kleinlein,  Konrad 
Kuikahi.  Robert 
Lloyd,  Thomas 
McDonald,  Ralph 
Merrill,  Clarence 
Neilson.  Gordon 
Perry.   Edward 
Ray.   Alfred 
Schmidt.   Ludwig 
Schneider.   Edwin 
Spcrry.   Paul 
Swan.   Howard 
Wilson,  Selh 
Young,  Royal  D. 

L.U.  NO.  188 
YONKERS,  N.Y. 

Scanlon.  Dennis 

L.U.  NO.  191 
YORK.  PA. 

Byer,  David  S. 
Ferree,  Edward  D. 
Shade,  Leslie 
Spiker,  Harley  G. 

L.l'.  NO.  198 
DALLAS,  TX. 

Scely,  Marvin  E. 
Walker.  Emmell  R. 

L.l'.  NO.  200 
COLUMBl'S.  OHIO 

Boldman.  John  M. 
Brown.  Fred  L. 
Carney,  Ralph 


Clarvance.  Chas. 
Danielson,  Leon  H. 
Davidson,  Roy,  Sr. 
Gerardi.  John 
Gibboney,  Steward 
Gray,  Carl 
Grieves,  Ralph  T. 
Hitch,  James 
Hunter.  Floyd 
Kimmel.  Thomas 
Leinbaugh.  Dudley 
Lewis,  Eskel 
Morris.  Francis 
Mullins,  Richard 
Roby,  Wilbur.  Sr. 
Shirey.  Lewis 
Stiers.  Charles 
Strawser,  Clyde 
Thomas,  Ben  F. 
Vogel,  Carl  M. 

L.U.  NO.  210 
STAMFORD,  CONN. 

Friend.  Harold  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  218 
BOSTON,  MASS. 

McCombs,  Russell  W. 
Zuben,  John 

L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Cline.  Albert  Glen 
Evans.  Billie  Robt. 
Henson.  J.  E. 
Housley.  G.  M. 
Lagerglade,  Ron  Sieve 
McDaniel.  Elisha 

L.U.  NO.  226 
PORTLAND,  ORE. 

Beckelhymer.  A. 
Dewar.  Robert  E. 
LaCroix.  Henry 
Nelson.  Leonard 
Townley,  Ronald  E. 

L.U.  NO.  228 
POTTSVILLE,  PA. 

Moyer,  Theodore  R. 

L.U.  NO.  255 
BLOOMINGBURG,  N.Y. 

Gadbois.  Claude 
Harrop,  James 
Sardclla,  Anionic 
Staples,  F.  S. 
VanDcrmark,  Myron,  Sr. 
Weber,  Lcslcr 

L.U.  NO.  257 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 
Gustafson,  Svcn 
Lubrano.  Anthony 
Shodin.  James 
Strang,  David 
Ward.  John 

L.l'.  NO.  266 
STOCKTON,  CALIF. 

Amcquita,  C. 
Currier.  Albert  E. 
Ghiotto.   Mike 
Hewitt.  Wm.  W. 
Mcath,   Everett 

L.U.  NO.  345 
MEMPHIS,  TENN. 

Adams,  J.  C. 
Borden,  L.  R. 


Buchanan.  E.  N. 
Clement,  V.  A. 
Grisham.  L.  C. 
Poe,  W.  A. 
Powell,  N.  E. 
Sutton,  Garland  P. 

L.U.  NO.  359 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Marquart,  Victor  E. 
Ruffin,  Wm.  H. 

L.U.  NO.  363 
ELGIN,  ILL. 

Bolger,  James 
Freise.  William 
Howard,  Albert 
Sparano,  Angelo 

L.U.  NO.  366 
BRONX,  N.Y. 

Montello.  Fausto 
Valvik.  Thomas 

L.U.  NO.  368 
ALLENTOWN,  PA. 

Feinour,  Alton  R. 
Hedish,  Steve 

L.U.  NO.  377 
GODFREY,  ILL. 

Zerwas,  Alex 

L.U.  NO.  386 
ANGELS  CAMP, 
CALIF. 

Glasser,  William  H. 

L.U.  NO.  422 

NEW  BRIGHTON,  PA. 

Kane.  Owen  H..  Jr. 
Raybuck,  Alvin  C. 
Roehn,  Clifford  L. 

L.U.  NO.  425 
EL  PASO,  TX. 

Hall,  Tom 
Jacquin.  Jules 
McClure.  NL  M. 
Parks.  Eddie 
Perez,  Jose 

L.l'.  NO.  433 
BELLEVILLE,  ILL. 

Engcl.  Fred  G. 

L.U.  NO.  438 
MOBILE,  ALA. 

Rigsby.  Hcrschel  L. 
Walker,  Jodie  L 

L.U.  NO.  468 
INWOOn,  N.Y. 

Dahlen.  Ralph  A. 

L.ll.  NO.  532 
ELMIRA,  N.Y. 

Dickinson,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  586 
SACRAMENTO,  CALIF. 

Manchester.  W.  E. 
Marshman.  Harold  J. 
Ogar.   Bon 
Rinck.  Charles  A. 
Tcgrundc.  Fred  E. 
Wright.  Frank  J. 

Continued  on 
page  30 

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IN  MEMORIAM 

Continued  from  page  29 


L.U.  NO.  595 
LYNN,  MASS. 
Ellis,  Sherman 

L.U.  NO.  606 
VIRGINIA,  MINN. 

LeMier,  Napoleon  J. 

L.U.  NO.  620 
MADISON,  NJ. 

Grzybowski,  Joseph 
Menagh,  William 
Patterson,  Harold 
Smith,  Wellington 

L.U.  NO.  621 
BREWER,  MAINE 

Dionne,  Donald  V. 
Elms,  Lawrence  W. 
Kinney,  Aaron 
LaRochelle,  Leo  J. 
Loud,  Randall 
Mowatt,  Ross 
Rogers,  Milton 

L.U.  NO.  625 
MANCHESTER,  N.H. 

Dorais,  William  A. 
Martel,  Lucien-Israel 
Palmer,  Charlie  H. 

L.U.  NO.  627 
JACKSONVILLE,  FLA. 

Davis,  Reid 
Frier,  Hilry  L. 
White,  John  P. 

L.U.  NO.  691 
WILLIAMSPORT,  PA. 

Gulp,  Alvin 

L.U.  NO.  696 
TAMPA,  FLA. 

Grieshop,  Louis  H. 
Harney,  Allen  C. 
Jerkins,  J.  M. 
Sanders,  Willie  R. 

L.U.  NO.  698 
COVINGTON,  KY. 

Kahl,  Charles 
Spella,  Harry 

L.U.  NO.  715 
ELIZABETH,  N.J. 

Ballinger,  Charles 
Chinitz,  Joseph 
Cook,  Claude 
Daugherty,  William 
Gilchrist,  Harry 
Hentz,  John 
Kloby,  John 
Nesboyle,  William 
Plotkin,  Louis 
Weeden,  W.  H. 

L.U.  NO.  743 
BAKERSFIELD,  CALIF. 

Friesen,  Henry 
Gains,  W.  B. 
Graves,  Wm.  K. 
Miller,  James 
Moore,  Jack 
Smith,  Wm.  H. 

L.U.  NO.  785 
CAMBRIDGE,  ONT. 

Damjanov,  John 
Ramey,  Howard  E. 


L.U.  NO.  792 
ROCKFORD,  ILL. 

Carlson,  John  A. 
Crane,  Dexter 
Hagaman,  A.  L. 
Herramann,  L.  C,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  808 
BROOKLYN,  N.Y. 

Baldessare,  C. 
Castle,  D. 
Dagrosa,  A. 
Grimm,  T. 
Jorgensen,  H. 
Kohut,  F. 
Meditz,  J. 
Milici,  S. 
Prazanowski,  B. 
Rose,  P. 
Strand,  S. 
Zeni,  E. 

L.U.  NO.  865 
BRUNSWICK,  GA. 

Bennett,  L.  W. 

L.U.  NO.  906 
GLENDALE,  AZ. 

Carothers,  L.  C. 

L.U.  NO.  953 

LAKE  CHARLES,  LA. 

Ellender,  Glenn 
Hebert,  John  C. 
Lopez,  Louis 

L.U.  NO.  977 
WICHITA  FALLS,  TX. 

Rector,  Odell 
Stansell,  James  D. 

L.U.  NO.  978 
SPRINGFIELD,  MO. 

Watts,  Hugh 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  MICH. 

Goethe,  Ernest 
Hahn,  Gene 
Helm,  Timothy  C. 
Swanson,  Edwin  J. 
Tuomisto,  Helmer 

L.U.  NO.  1006 
NEW  BRUNSWICK, 
N.J. 

Bennett,  David 
Marisano,  Mario 
Molica,  Vincent 
Pietuska,  Peter 
Smith,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1095 
SALINA,  KN. 

Reever,  Raymond 

L.U.  NO.  1098 
BATON  ROUGE,  LA. 

Armand,  H.  B. 
Bazle,  Lawrence 
Beauchamp,  A.  Ray 
Bennett,  Glynn  Robert 
Bergerson,  Harold 
Bywater,  Roscoe  J. 
Cook,  John  F. 
Cummings,  A.  D. 
Farmer,  Rex 
McCoy,  Lawrence 
Peevy,  David 


Singleton,  Aubrey 
Stafford,  Chuck 
Summers,  A.  B. 
Talley,  Arland  J. 

L.U.  NO.  1140 
HARBOR  CITY,  CALIF. 

Bourdelais,  Alfred 
Dobbins,  Hubert 
Mitchell,  Howard 
Shelton,  John 
Stephenson,  Carl 
Ware,  Olaf 
Wise,  George 

L.U.  NO.  1275 
CLEARWATER,  FLA. 

Johnson,  Russell 
Strange,  Thomas 

L.U.  NO.  1308 

LAKE  WORTH,  FLA. 

Griffin,  Fred 
Joukema,  Henry 
Newman,  John 
Saarinen,  Guss 
Simula,  Waino 
Witmer,  Warren 

L.U.  NO.  1318 
FARMINGDALE,  N.Y. 

Reese,  Raymond 
Sayevich,  Paul 
Staniewicz,  Vincent 

L.U.  NO.  1329 
INDEPENDENCE,  MO. 

Bollinger,  George 
Bruder,  Charles 
George,  Jack 
McGraw,  Lawrence 
Webbink,  Eugene 

L.U.  NO.  1342 
BLOOMFIELD,  NJ. 

Froisland,  Hjalmar 
Ross,  Ambrose 
Sassone.  Arthur 
Taube,  Arno  B. 

L.U.  NO.  1367 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 

Granlund,  Arthur 
Maegli,  Oscar  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1397 
ROSLYN,  N.Y. 

Stepanek,  Charles  C. 
Thorsen,  Tom 

L.U.  NO.  1407 
WILMINGTON,  CALIF. 

Gomez,  E.  M. 

L.U.  NO.  1453 
HUNTINGTON  BEACH, 
CALIF. 

Hayward,  Sidney 

L.U.  NO.  1469 
CHARLOTTE,  N.C. 

Walker,  Joseph  G. 

L.U.  NO.  1590 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Allen,  Wilbur  J. 
Dallalio,  Emil  E. 
Dumont,  Lloyd  R. 
Ness,  Chester  O. 
Sefrit,  Harvey  Z. 
Scott,  Thomas  E. 
Smallwood.  Paul  Z. 
Tyman,  Frank 


L.U.  NO.  1598 
VICTORIA,  B.C.,  CAN 

Lee,  Edward 

L.U.  NO.  1599 
REDDING,  CALIF. 

Melton,  Edward 
Peterson,  Eugene 
Sipes,  Walter 

L.U.  NO.  1609 
HIBBING,  MN. 
Maki,  Genhart 

L.U.  NO.  1631 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Adcox,  Clyde  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1683 

EL  DORADO,  ARK. 

Roark,  M.  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1749 
ANNISTON,  ALA. 

Allen,  Otis  V. 

L.U.  NO.  1770 
CAPE  GIRARDEAU, 
MO. 

Jones,  Elbert 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Bijou,  Fred  J. 

L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WASH. 

Liddell,  Paul  R. 
Wilkins,  William  G. 

L.U.  NO.  1861 
MILPITAS,  CALIF. 

Friedrichs,  George 
Jackson,  Leroy 
Vernon,  Ernest 

L.U.  NO.  1906 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Brown,  William 
Glattle,  John  Jr. 
Hooven,  Robert  Sr. 
Wicker,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  1947 
HOLLYWOOD,  FLA. 

O'Malley,  Joseph  M. 

L.U.  NO.  1947 
ELLENSBURG,  WASH. 

Yelland,  Robert 


L.U.  NO.  2046 
MARTINEZ,  CALIF. 

Antrim,  Ralph  E. 
Auspelunf,  Orrin  M. 
Bell,  Clarence  T. 
Brewer,  Elza  B. 
Brinkerhoff,  John 
Davidson,  Leonard  W. 
Forbes,  Robert  L. 
Odegard,  G.  J. 
Russo,  Horace  J. 
Zieger,  Ralph  B. 

L.U.  NO.  2073 
MILWAUKEE,  WISC. 

Christiansen,  Adolph 
Hammernik,  Charles 
McCurdy,  Gordon 
Slaski,  Frank 
Stollenwerk,  Aloys 

L.U.  NO.  2074 

SAN  DIEGO,  CALIF. 

Mumy,  Gilbert  O. 
Stettler,  Robert  O. 

L.U.  NO.  2250 
RED  BANK,  N.J. 

England,  Russell  E. 
Hiltbrunner,  Frank  L. 
Lane,  Weldon  V. 

L.U.  NO.  2274 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Earhart,  John  R. 
Ohler,  Frank  R. 

L.U.  NO.  2308 
FULLERTON,  CALIF. 

Beeson,  Phillip 
Brewster.  William  H.,  Sr. 
Littau,  Harry  D.,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  2311 
FORESTVILLE,  MD. 

Cox,  Leslie  E. 
Dealph,  Roscoe  E. 
Gray,  Russell  L. 
Sliger,  Robert 

L.U.  NO.  2398 

EL  CAJON,  CALIF. 

Landis,  Arthur  E. 
Mitchell,  A.  F. 

L.U.  NO.  2576 
ABERDEEN,  WASH. 

McDrugall,  Walter  K. 

L.U.  NO.  3127 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Villada,  Raul 


LOCAL  SECRETARIES,  PLEASE 
NOTE:  Many  members  report  that 
they  are  not  receiving  The  Carpen- 
ter regularly.  This  is  particularly 
true  among  apprentices  just  enter- 
ing the  Brotherhood  and  among  sen- 
ior members  who  have  moved  to  new 
residences.  Please  send  us  the  names 
and  addresses  of  any  members  of 
your  local  union  not  receiving  The 
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30 


THE    CARPENTER 


10-FT.    PLUMB    RULE 


A  new,  6-ft.  plumb  rule  which  extends 
and  measures  to  10-feet  in  length,  and 
includes  an  angle  indicator,  and  bubble 
level  and  plumb  vials,  may  prove  to  be 
one  of  the  most  useful  measuring  and 
leveling  devices  designed  for  wood,  con- 


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Belsaw  Sharp-All    25 

Chevrolet   Motor   Div II 

Chicago  Tech  College    16 

Craftsman  Book  28 

Eliason  Slair  Gauge   31 

Estwing     26 

Foley  Mfg.  Co.,  Chain  Saw   2.1 

Foley  Mfg.  Co.  "F-arn  $8"   19 

Foley  Mfg.  Co.  "Need  More"  .  .  17 

Full   Length   Roof  Framer   25 

Hydrolcvcl   2.1 

Irwin   Auger   Bit    25 

ITT  Publishing  21 

Locksmithing   Institute    1.1 

Mason  &  Sullivan   Clocks    .11 


Crete  and  steel  construction.  Fabricated 
entirely  of  highly  rigid,  extruded  alumi- 
num, the  "Big  6"  plumb  rule  incorpo- 
rates toe  hold  and  top  locating  plates 
which  help  one  man  to  measure  floor  to 
ceiling  and  other  extensive  lengths  by 
himself.  It  is  said  the  "Big  6"  not  only 
saves  time  but  increases  accuracy  on 
long  measurements,  mainly  through  use 
of  its  unusual,  extended  length  and  slid- 
ing readout  tape;  many  shifts  of  the 
measuring  instrument  are  thus  elimi- 
nated. In  addition  to  the  obvious  use  in 
door  framing,  wall  stud,  concrete  block, 
dry  wall,  and  wood  panel  installation, 
the  new  plumb  rule  can  be  used  effec- 
tively on  roofs,  stairways  and  other 
grades  due  to  the  angle  indicator  which 
is  accurate  to  V2  of  1°.  As  an  aid  to 
measurement  of  steel  and  other  metal 
surfaces,  optional  magnets  are  available 
for  attachment  of  the  plumb  rule.  A 
shorter  version  of  the  "Big  6",  called  the 
"Big  3",  comes  in  a  3-ft.  length  and 
extends  to  SVi  ft.  overall.  Additional 
information  on  these  new,  highly  versa- 
the  plumb  rules  can  be  obtained  from 
Ag-Man,  Inc.,  P.O.  Box  434  Kewaskum, 
Wise.  53040. 


SPECIALTY  TIMBERS 

Simpson  Timber  Company  of  Seattle, 
Wash.,  supplies  custom  timbers  in  many 
areas  —  high  appearance  architectural 
posts  and  beams,  industrial  members, 
marine  lattices,  playground  equipment, 
guard  rail  posts. 

A  new  brochure  from  Simpson  details 
a  continued  supply  of  timber  through  the 
practice  of  sustained-yield  forestry  man- 
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end  use  photos.  Full  specifications,  in- 
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yield  stands  of  Douglas  fir  or  western 
hemlock,  two  of  the  finest  species  avail- 
able for  production  of  timbers.  Widths  as 
small  as  3"  or  as  large  as  24",  and  in 
any  length  up  to  28',  are  available.  Spe- 
cial orders  are  welcome. 

For  a  copy  of  the  Specialty  Timbers 
brochure,  or  other  timber  information, 
send  inquiries  to:  Simpson  Timber  Com- 
pany. 900  Fourth  Ave.,  Seattle,  WA 
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panel  moulding,  crown  and  other  ceiling 
mouldings  are  included.  American  Co- 
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Moulding  and  Millwork  Producers.  P.  O. 
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31 


IN  CONCLUSION 


Union  Contractors 

and 
Collective  Bargaining 


The  construction  contractors  of  North  America  who 
employ  union  craftsmen,  pay  union  wages  and  benefits, 
and  operate  under  union  contracts  are  facing  a  tre- 
mendous propaganda  campaign  from  organizations 
which  have  long  been  trying  to  wreck  labor  unions. 

Union  contractors  are  urged  to  take  their  grievances 
to  court.  They  are  assured  that  they  can  collect  dam- 
ages for  work  stoppages,  and  they  are  being  given 
false  notions  on  how  they  can  "break  the  power"  of 
Building  Trades  unions. 

If  a  union  contractor  is  considering  a  "double 
breasted"  operation  as  a  way  of  meeting  his  competi- 
tion— operating  union  work  crews  and  non-union 
crews  at  the  same  time,  bidding  for  non-union  work 
and  also  bidding  for  union-work — there  are  anti-union 
people  and  clever  lawyers  who  are  ready  to  offer  sug- 
gestions in  how  to  accomplish  this. 

In  a  period  when  right-to-work  laws  are  on  the 
books  in  20  states  and  when  the  grievance  processes 
of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  are  slow  and 
court  injunctions  are  sometimes  easy  to  obtain,  the 
union  contractor  and  the  union  negotiators  some- 
times throw  up  their  hands  in  frustration. 

I  have  always  contended — and  I  am  not  the  first 
to  state  it — that  free  collective  bargaining  is  the  only 
way  that  skilled  union  craftsmen  can  better  themselves 
and  it  is  also  the  only  way  that  building  and  construc- 
tion buyers  and  contractors  can  assure  themselves  of 
a  good  job  being  done  on  their  work  projects. 

At  a  labor-management  seminar  held  in  Chicago 
two  years  ago  I  stated  my  firm  belief  that  it  is  the 
collective  bargaining  process  which  makes  our  eco- 
nomic system  work.  The  American  economic  system 
is  a  profit  motivated  system,  the  object  of  which  is  to 
maximize  profits.  The  process  of  maximizing  profits 
left  unmitigated  and  unbridled  would  result  in  the 
rich  getting  richer  and  the  poor  getting  poorer. 

Trade  unions  play  an  important  role  in  the  con- 
struction industry.  They  have  helped  to  make  the 
American  construction  industry  the  most  progressive 
and  advanced  of  any  such  industry  in  the  world. 

It  is  tremendously  important  that  those  of  us  in 
labor's  ranks  do  what  we  can  to  shore  up  the  union 
aspects  of  our  industry  on  both  sides  of  the  bargain- 
ing table.  In  order  for  the  collective  bargaining  process 


to  work  and  to  make  its  contribution  to  the  American 
way  of  life,  there  must  be  strong  and  effective  parties 
on  both  sides  of  the  table. 

Labor  and  management  have  to  understand  the 
real  problems  of  each  other,  and  contractors  who 
listen  to  the  siren  songs  of  the  union  busters  must 
recognize  their  alternatives  and  be  prepared  for  the 
uncertainties  which  come  in  dealing  with  unskilled, 
non-union  labor. 

Unfortunately  there  are  contractors  with  whom  we 
negotiate  contracts  and  project  agreements  who  seem 
to  wear  blinders  when  it  comes  to  dealing  with  their 
own  employees.  They  are  quick  to  believe  the  worst 
about  unions — that  we  are  taking  over  management 
responsibilities,  that  we  are  preventing  the  use  of 
time-saving  materials  and  building  techniques,  and 
that  we  have  made  collective  bargaining  so  complex 
that  work  projects  come  to  a  standstill.  These  are 
not  new  accusations.  They  have  been  thrown  at 
organized  labor-  since  this  Brotherhood  began,  and 
they'll  probably  be  with  us  in  the  21st  Century. 

In  our  negotiations  during  1977  and  the  years  ahead 
we  must  meet  such  accusations  head  on.  We  need 
not  be  ashamed  of  our  positions  on  any  of  these 
matters,  for  there  are  sound  reasons  why  we  do  what 
we  do,  why  we  hold  firm  where  we  hold  firm. 

Let's  look  at  some  of  the  fears  facing  contractors: 

The  so-called  erosion  of  management  rights — It 
has  been  suggested  by  one  anti-labor  group  that  con- 
tractors get  a  clause  into  their  contracts  which  goes 
something  like  this:  "The  contractor  shall  exercise 
its  management  rights  either  specifically  detailed  in 
or  not  expressly  limited  by  appHcable  collective  bar- 
gaining pacts.  Such  management  rights  shall  be 
deemed  to  include  but  shall  not  be  limited  to,  the 
right  to  hire,  discharge,  promote  and  transfer  em- 
ployees, to  select  and  remove  foremen  or  other  levels 
of  supervision,  to  establish  and  enforce  reasonable 
standards  of  production,  to  introduce — to  the  extent 
feasible — labor-saving  equipment  and  materials,  to  de- 
termine the  number  of  craftsmen  necessary  to  perform 
a  task,  job  or  project,  and  to  establish,  maintain  and 
enforce  rules  and  regulations  conducive  to  effective 
and  productive  operations." 

Such  a  clause  is  filled  with  argvmientative  interpre- 


32 


THE    CARPENTER 


tations,  with  so-called  Catch  22s,  which  could  tie  up 
both  union  and  management  to  such  an  extent  that 
nothing  could  be  accomplished  on  either  side  until 
litigation  over  each  issue  is  settled. 

There  is  such  a  thing  as  good-faith  bargaining, 
and,  if  this  is  practiced  by  both  union  negotiators 
and  union  contractor,  we  can  remove  many  of  the 
stumbhng  blocks  which  help  non-union  contractors  to 
take  jobs  away  from  our  employers. 

The  need  for  available  manpower — Union  busters 
want  contractors  to  use  non-union  "job  banks"  and 
labor  pools  to  meet  manpower  needs,  instead  of  call- 
ing for  journeymen  and  apprentices  from  the  local 
unions  and  councils.  They  urge  contractors  to  insert 
clauses  in  their  contracts  which  set  limits  on  the  time 
a  union  has  to  supply  manpower. 

Unfortunately,  the  building  and  construction  indus- 
try is  at  its  lowest  ebb  in  decades.  Thousands  of 
skilled  building  tradesmen  have  had  to  switch  to  other 
occupations  to  feed  and  clothe  their  families  until 
work  picks  up  again.  It  is  becoming  increasingly  diffi- 
cult for  many  unions  to  call  up  members  for  work  on 
short  notice  and  with  assurances  that  the  work  will 
actually  be  there  when  they  arrive. 

To  meet  the  challenges  of  these  "labor  shortages", 
our  local  and  district  council  officers  must  keep  their 
ranks  as  intact  as  possible  in  this  period  of  recession. 
The  federal  government  is  attempting  to  put  data  on 
manpower  on  computers  to  help  meet  industry  re- 
quirements, and  there  are  measures  being  taken  by 
management  groups,  as  well.  Meanwhile,  if  we  are 
to  remain  strong  in  the  industry,  and  if  our  employers 
are  to  remain  strong,  we  must  be  prepared  to  offer 
our  greatest  resource — manpower. 

The  introduction  of  labor-saving  tools  and  tech- 
niques— A  newsletter  for  construction  industry  execu- 
tives recendy  stated,  "It  has  been  a  long-standing, 
costly  practice  for  contractors  to  use  materials 
stamped  with  the  union  bug,  even  when  not  required 
by  contract." 

Let's  examine  this  statement:  First  of  all,  it  is  true 
that  union  people  have  a  policy  of  using  union  prod- 
ucts and  services.  The  sound  reason  for  this  is  that 
union  products  and  services  are  good  products  and 
services.  Scab-made  building  materials  don't  always 
meet  building  codes  and  standards  and  can  delay  a 
job  as  quickly  as  anything  else.  Second,  union  prod- 
ucts come  from  union  shops  where  workers  are  em- 
ployed under  fair-working  conditions.  We  support 
such  shops  on  basic  principles.  Any  employer  should 
be  able  to  understand  that. 

Every  employer  should  also  understand  that  our 
primary  concern  is  a  day's  work  for  every  member. 
In  return,  an  employer  must  expect  a  fair  day's  work 
for  a  fair  day's  pay.  If  union-made  products  are  not 
available,  we  must  work  with  what  is  available. 

As  far  as  labor-saving  tools  and  techniques  are 
concerned,  our  long  history  of  work  has  shown  a 
careful  evolution  of  work  processes  over  the  past 
century  to  the  extent  that  our  people  are  still  the 
most  skilled  all-around  craftsmen  in  the  industry  .  .  . 
and  they  didn't  get  that  way  by  holding  back   the 


inevitable.  We  do  not  rush  into  work  with  untested 
tools  and  techniques,  because  we  have  learned  that 
basic  tools  of  the  trade  are  more  long  lasting  than 
most  of  the  gimmicks  introduced.  But  when  a  tool 
or  technique  has  stood  the  test,  then  we  are  prepared 
to  work  with  it. 

Our  skilled  work  in  ceiling  systems,  drywall,  floor 
covering,  modular  fabrications,  millwrighting,  pile- 
driving,  mill-cabinet  work  etc.,  all  attest  to  these 
statements. 

Local  bargaining  and  national  bargaining — The 
building  and  construction  industry  is  the  largest  in 
North  America,  and  it  has  some  big  national  and 
international  contractors.  Dealing  with  such  organiza- 
tions is  not  like  dealing  with  small  local  contractors. 
I  hardly  have  to  state  that  fact. 

Certain  unauthorized  strike  tactics  might  destroy 
a  small  local  contractor  but  only  slow  down  a  big 
nationwide  organization. 

Your  international  union,  operating  from  the  Gen- 
eral Office  in  Washington,  is  concerned  with  national 
contractors  and  national  construction  organizations. 
We  are  dealing  with  many  of  these  management 
groups  on  almost  a  day-to-day  basis.  It  is  of  prime 
importance  that  our  local  unions  and  district  coun- 
cils work  closely  with  our  skilled  professionals  at  the 
General  Office  on  all  major  disputes  or  issues  which 
can  become  major  disputes.  In  this  way  we  preserve 
the  work  and  we  help  union  contractors  to  meet  the 
cut-throat  competition  of  their  non-union  and  their 
double-breasted  competitors. 


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CHOP  (Coordinated  Housing  Organizing  Program) 
is  a  program  for  every  state  and  provincial  council, 
every  construction  district  council,  and  every  con- 
struction local  union  in  the  Brotherhood!  It  is  manda- 
tory ...  a  must  ...  a  duty  ...  an  obligation  .  .  . 
a  necessity  for  leadership  in  the  home  building  in- 
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residential  carpenters  create  for  union  carpenters  by 
lowering  standards,  pay,  and  working  conditions. 
Support  CHOP  all  the  way! 


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union industrial  worker  in  our  allied  industries.  VOC 
groups  are  now  at  work  in  almost  every  state  and 
province,  but  much,  much  more  must  be  done.  If 
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Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

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Union  he  cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the 
secretary  of  the  Union  into  which  he 
cleared  should  forward  his  name  to  the 
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130  Mountain  Avenue 
Springfield,  New  Jersey  07081 

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14001  West  McNichols  Road 
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Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
Room  722,  Oregon  Nat'l  Bldg. 
610  S.W.  Alder  Street 
Portland,  Oregon  97205 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District, William  Stefanovich 

2300  Howard  Avenue 

Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada  N8X  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Eldon  T.  Staley 
4706  W.  Saanich  Rd. 
Victoria,  B.  C. 


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R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

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VOLUME  XCVII 


NO.   3 


AAARCH,   1977 


UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF  CARPENTERS   AND  JOINERS   OF  AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 


IN    THIS    ISSUE 


NEWS  AND   FEATURES 

Piledrivers  Work  On  Washington's  Metro  System 2 

Regional  Conferences  Begin  This  Month  5 

New  US  Labor  Secretary  Begins  Work  7 

Permanent  Diver  Standards  Expected  Next  Month  8 

Reciprocal  Agreements  of  Brotherhood  Pension  Plans  10 

CHOP  Activity  in    Indiana   16 

VOC  Awards  Presented,  More  Awards  Planned 17 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup 4 

Canadian  Report  12 

Local  Union  News  14 

Apprenticeship   and   Training   18 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood  20 

In  Retrospect  R.  E.  Livingston  24 

Plane  Gossip  26 

In  Memorlam  29 

What's  New?  31 

In   Conclusion  William   Sidell  32 


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THE 
COVER 


Thick  rain  forests  cover  the  western 
slopes  of  the  Olympic  Peninsula  at  the 
northwest  tip  of  Washington  State.  Moist 
winds  off  the  Pacific  create  a  lush  wilder- 
ness of  spruce,  fir.  and  cedar.  There  are 
alpine  flower  meadows  high  in  the  moun- 
tains, and  65  species  of  wildlife  range 
through  Olympic  National  Park  and  into 
the  woods  along  the  many  lakes,  streams, 
and  glaciers. 

Yearly  rainfall  on  the  western  slopes 
of  the  park  exceeds  140  inches.  Cen- 
turies of  such  precipitation  have  pro- 
moted the  growth  of  towering  trees, 
many  of  them  more  than  200  feet  high 
and  more  than   10  feet  in  diameter. 

The  park  visitor  on  our  cover  is  in 
the  Hall  of  Mosses  near  the  Hoh  River, 
a  scenic  area  accessible  to  tourists  from 
Coastal  Highway  101. 

Olympic's  rain  forests  may  be  entered 
in  several  places — from  the  little  com- 
munity of  Forks,  1 1  miles  south  to 
the  Hoh  River  and  then  east  18  miles 
along  a  small  winding  road:  from  the 
Indian  village  of  Queets.  farther  south, 
14  miles  off  the  highway  and  north  into 
a  small  valley:  and  also  from  Lake 
Quinault.  25  miles  east  of  Queets. 
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Pile  Drivers  Help 
Washington's  Metro 
Cross  the  Potomac 


A  crew  of  skilled  Pile  Drivers  from  Local  23 11,  Wash- 
ington, D.C.,  are  completing  preliminary  work  for  the 
Washington  Channel  Tube  Project— a  llA-year  under- 
taking which  will  connect  Northern  Virginia  to  the  rapid 
transit  system  of  the  nation's  capital. 

Twin  concrete  subway  tubes  will  eventually  carry 
Metro  trains  beneath  the  Washington  Channel,  a  tidal 
basin  beside  the  Potomac  River,  and  connect  up  with  a 
bridge  over  the  river  itself. 

The  Metro  project  is  a  first  class  engineering  spectac- 
ular, but  much  of  the  activity  will  take  place  beneath 
the  surface  of  the  20-foot  deep  channel. 

The  contractor  must  use  professional  divers  to  do 
some  of  the  underwater  work  and  to  inspect  the  project 
at  various  stages  of  construction. 

The  channel  crossing  will  have  an  east-west  alignment, 
beginning  at  the  east  bank  between  Hogate's  Spectacular 
Seafood  Restaurant  and  Flagship  Restaurant  and  ex- 
tending to  East  Potomac  Park  on  the  west  bank  near 
Case  Bridge.  The  twin  rail  line  will  continue  in  subway 
under  East  Potomac  Park,  turning  southwest  just  as  it 
emerges  onto  a  Metro  bridge  across  the  Potomac  River. 
The  new  Metro  bridge  will  be  parallel  to  and  just  south 
of  the  Rochambeau  (14th  Street)  Bridge. 

The  Pile  Drivers  are  working  on  the  approaches  to 
the  channel  crossing  .  .  .  although  winter  weather  has 
slowed  operations  during  recent  months,  as  these  pic- 
tures indicate. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


MARCH,    1977 


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ROUNDUP 


TO  TRAIN  AUTO  MECHANICS — A  $1.3  million  nationwide  program  to  recruit  and  train 
13,000  persons  a  year  as  apprentice  automotive  mechanics  has  been  launched  by  the 
National  Automobile  Dealers  Association  (NADA)  and  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor. 

Also  approved  were  national  apprenticeship  standards  that  the  21,000  dealers 
affiiated  with  the  NADA  will  use  in  setting  up  local  auto  mechanic  apprenticeship 
programs. 

The  auto  mechanic  apprenticeship  lasts  three  years.  It  consists  of  on-the-job 
training  at  auto  dealerships  and  classroom  instruction  in  a  community  college. 
Beginning  apprentices  are  paid  about  half  the  journeyman  rate. 

LABOR  PRESS  POSTAGE — The  International  Labor  Press  Association  and  the  AFL-CIO 
joined  in  urging  Congress  to  impose  a  ceiling  on  postal  rates  for  non-profit 
publications,  declaring  that  rising  postal  charges  threaten  the  very  existence  of 
such  publications. 

ILPA  Sec.-Treas.  Allen  Y.  Zack,  testifying  before  the  federal  Commission  on 
Postal  Service,  called  for  a  statutory  limit  on  the  preferred  rate  for  qualified 
non-profit  publications  of  not  more  than  50%  of  the  charge  for  comparable  commercial 
publications. 

EDUCATION  GETS  JOBS — It  still  holds  true  that  the  more  education  a  worker  has  the 
better  are  his  chances  of  finding  and  keeping  a  job,  the  Labor  Department  affirms. 
A  special  Labor  Department  study  correlating  workers'  educational  attainment  with 
labor  force  participation  concludes  that  those  who  have  not  completed  high  school 
are  more  likely  to  be  unemployed  or  to  drop  out  of  the  labor  force  altogether  than 
workers  who  have  finished  a  secondary  education. 

The  median  education  level  of  the  labor  force  in  March,  1976  was  12.6  years,  up 
from  12.2  year  a  decade  earlier.  Also,  about  75%  of  the  labor  force  had  high  school 
diplomas  in  March,  1976,  while  about  one-third  had  completed  at  least  one  year  of 
college. 

UNION  CANDIDACY — A  local  union  may  not  require  a  candidate  for  union  office  to 
have  attended  at  least  half  of  all  regular  union  meetings  in  the  past  three  years 
in  order  to  run  for  office,  the  U.S.  Supreme  Court  has  ruled. 

In  a  6  to  3  decision,  the  Court  said  such  a  requirement  had  "a  substantial 
undemocratic  effect"  on  local  union  elections  and  thus  violated  federal  labor 
law.  The  federal  law  requires  that  such  election  rules  be  "reasonable." 

COLOR  TV  GOING — The  American  color  TV  industry  "will  be  gone  within  three  years" 
unless  the  government  puts  a  lid  on  imports,  the  International  Trade  Commission  has 
been  warned. 

The  prediction  came  from  I.  W.  Abel,  president  of  the  Steelworkers  and  the 
AFL-CIO  Industrial  Union  Department  (lUD).  Nine  unions  have  joined  with  the  lUD  and 
several  American  TV  and  components  parts  manufacturers  in  asking  the  ITC  to  protect 
American  jobs  threatened  by  the  imports. 

Abel  said  the  survival  of  the  American  color  TV  industry  "is  in  serious  jeopardy 
...  In  one  short  y6ar,  imports  have  managed  to  take  over  more  than  40%  of  the 
United  States  market.  If  you  do  not  find  in  our  favor  and  recommend  to  the  president 
an  effective  remedy,  this  industry  will  be  gone  within  three  years,"  Abel  said. 

LABOR  FORCE  TO  SLOW  DOWN — The  U.S.  workforce,  which  has  been  expanding  at 
unprecedented  rates  since  World  War  II,  is  expected  to  slow  down  its  growth  rate 
during  the  next  15  years,  according  to  a  study  by  the  Labor  Department's  Bureau  of 
Labor  Statistics.  This  will  be  due  largely  to  the  fact  that  there  will  be  a  smaller 
number  of  youths  reaching  working  age  between  1975  and  1990. 


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REGIONAL  CONFERENCES 
BEGIN  THIS  MONTH 


Special  Sessions  for  Construction  and  Industrial  Leaders  Scheduled 


A  series  of  five  regional  leadership 
conferences  begins  at  the  end  of  this 
month  and  continues  through  the  end 
of  September,  bringing  together  full- 
time  officers  and  representatives  of 
local  unions  and  district,  state,  and 
provincial  councils  throughout  North 
America.  (The  map  above  indicates 
where  and  when  the  conferences  will 
be  held.) 

Each  gathering  brings  together  the 
leadership  of  two  Brotherhood  dis- 
tricts for  three  days  of  intensive  train- 
ing and  discussion  on  current  prob- 
lems. Separate  sessions  for  construc- 
tion and  industrial  leaders  will  follow 
an  opening  joint  session  in  each 
instance. 

On  January  31.  General  President 
William  SidcU  sent  an  announcement 
to  all  local  unions,  district  and  state 
councils  of  the  Fourth  and  Sixth  Dis- 
tricts notifying  them  of  plans  for  the 


first  conference.  In  the  letter  the  Gen- 
eral President  said: 

■'In  1975  and  197(i  we  experienced 
the  greatest  economic  depression 
since  the  Thirties.  This  period  of  de- 
pression, with  its  attendant  drastic 
unemploymeni,  resulted  in  personal 
tragedy  for  mans  of  our  members.  It 
has  taken  its  toll  in  decreased  mem- 
bership; taken  lis  loll  on  the  financial 
operation  of  our  local  unions  and 
councils,  and  has  taken  its  toll  on  the 
entire  collective  bargaining  process. 

"Many  of  our  construction  con- 
tractors have  gone  out  of  business. 
Some  have  decided  to  go  open  shop, 
and  some  have  gone  double-breasted. 
Some  of  our  industrial  employers  have 
gone  out  of  business.  Other  plants  lie 
dormant,  and  most  of  those  operating 
are  working  at  a  reduced  scale  of 
operation. 

"We  expect  that  this  period  of  eco- 


nomic depression  has  bottomed  out 
and  that  we  will  now  experience  a 
period  of  recovery.  The  needs  of  our 
society  are  greater  than  ever:  there- 
fore, there  is  potential  for  full  eco- 
nomic recovery  provided  all  segments 
of  our  society  address  themselves  to 
the  problems  at  hand  and  conduct 
themselves  in  a  manner  which  will 
yield  their  full  potential.  To  make 
this  potential  a  reality  will  require  ef- 
fective leadership  at  all  levels  of  re- 
sponsibility. EtTective  leadership  re- 
quires that  we  recognize  where  we  are 
and  that  we  chart  our  future  based  on 
actions,  not  reactions. 

"To  meet  these  leadership  needs.  I 
am  calling  five  regional  leadership 
conferences.  These  conferences  will 
cover  in  joint  session  subject  matter 
which  is  pertinent  to  our  entire  Broth- 
erhood. The  conferences  will  also  have 
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MARCH,    1977 


separate  sessions  for  full-time  repre- 
sentatives and  officers  of  our  construc- 
tion membership  and  separate  sessions 
for  the  leadership  of  our  local  unions 
and  councils  whose  members  are  em- 
ployed in  shops,  mills  and  factories. 

"These  regional  leadership  confer- 
ences are  being  conducted  in  accord- 
ance with  the  requirements  of  Sec- 
tion 31-C  of  the  Constitution  and 
Laws.  Because  of  the  business  of  these 
conferences,  participation  will  be  con- 
fined to  business  representatives, 
CHOP  Organizers,  financial  secre- 
taries and  council  representatives  and 
officers  who  are  serving  the  member- 
ship on  a  full  time  basis  in  accord- 
ance with  Section  3 1  -C.  Our  Constitu- 
tion and  Laws  does  not  require  our 
industrial  local  unions  to  have  full- 
time  executive  officers  or  representa- 
tives. We  strongly  encourage  all  of 
our  industrial  local  unions  to  partici- 
pate in  these  regional  leadership  con- 
ferences. Industrial  local  unions  who 
do  not  have  full  time  representatives 
should  send  those  officers  or  stewards 
who  have  the  prime  responsibility  for 
servicing  their  membership." 

The  Brotherhood  held  a  series  of 
regional  seminars  four  years  ago  to 
acquaint  all  fulltime  officers  and  repre- 
sentatives with  plans  and  problems 
facing  our  organization  in  the  mid- 
70s.  Sessions  were  held  in  Boston,  At- 
lanta, Kansas  City,  Los  Angeles,  De- 
troit, and  Spokane.  Although  the  1977 
Regional  Leadership  Conferences  will 
cover  some  of  the  same  general  sub- 
ject matter  as  those  in  1973,  the  Gen- 
eral Officers  and  staff  are  planning  a 
much  more  comprehensive  and  up- 
dated coverage  of  all  issues.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  oral  presentations,  there 
will  be  many  charts  and  slides  describ- 
ing membership  growth,  bargaining 
procedures,  and  other  matters. 


Environmental  Extremists,  Past 
Administrations  Blamed  for  Crisis 


Activities  of  extreme  environmen- 
tal groups  and  inactivity  by  the  Nixon 
and  Ford  Administrations  and  Con- 
gress are  mainly  responsible  for  the 
present  energy  crisis.  President  Rob- 
ert A.  Georgine  of  the  AFL-CIO 
building  and  Construction  Trades  De- 
partment charged. 

"If  we  had  had  some  kind  of  an 
energy  policy  in  the  last  four  years 
and  had  done  something  to  eliminate 
many  environmental  restraints  and  re- 
strictions, we  now  would  have  alternate 
sources  of  energy,"  Georgine  said. 
"We  would  not  be  almost  totally  re- 
liant on  natural  gas  and  oil,  both  of 
which  we  have  little  of." 

"The  crisis  we  now  are  experiencing 
brings  into  sharp  focus  the  fact  that 
the  time  is  here  to  establish  a  sound 
energy  program  and  to  develop  a 
sensible  and  reasonable  environmental 
policy  that  would  allow  us  to  use  the 
abundant  resources  we  do  have,  not- 
ably coal  and  uranium." 

Georgine,  head  of  a  department  that 
has  over  4-million  building  and  con- 
struction worker  members  and  17 
union  affiliates,  called  "the  small,  vocal 
and  extreme  environmental  groups  the 
chief  culprits  in  the  current  fuel  emer- 
gency and  energy  crisis". 

He  said  that  "their  obstructionist 
tactics  in  the  courts,  in  Congress  and 
among  federal  government  depart- 
ments have  bound  the  people  of  this 
nation  to  single-tract  energy  develop- 
ment— reliance  on  dwindling  oil  and 
natural  gas  supplies". 

According    to    Georgine,     180,000 


megawatts  of  nuclear-produced  power 
was  lost  in  18  months  during  1974-75 
due  to  delays  caused  by  environmen- 
talists. 

"Only  recently,  the  Sixth  U.  S. 
Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  halted  con- 
struction on  the  $100-million  Tellico 
Dam  Project  because  a  three-inch 
perch  which  feeds  on  snails  at  the 
bottom  of  the  Little  Tennessee  River 
has  been  placed  by  Congress  on  the 
Endangered  Species  list,"  he  said.  "No 
one  even  had  heard  of  the  'Snail 
Darter'  when  the  dam  was  proposed. 
This  is  the  third  time  in  five  years  the 
Appellate  Court  has  been  called  upon 
to  resolve  a  dispute  between  the  Ten- 
nessee Valley  Authority  and  environ- 
mentalists." 

"Environmentalist  lobbies  assume 
that  they  have  a  monopoly  on  pride 
in  the  environment",  he  asserted. 

"Building  and  construction  workers 
have  as  much  pride  in  their  country,  as 
much  love  of  the  beauty  of  this  land 
and  the  purity  of  its  air  and  water  as 
the  most  ardent  environmentalist." 

"But  it  is  not  a  myopic  pride.  We 
are  committed  to  growth." 

"Obviously,  we  must  eliminate 
waste.  But  there  is  no  justification  for 
practices  which  increase  unemploy- 
ment, economic  adversity  and  human 
hardship." 

Georgine  suggested  that  President 
Carter  and  his  administration,  work- 
ing closely  with  Congress,  immediately 
start  developing  an  energy  program 
that  would  give  the  United  States  "al- 
ternative courses"  and  "allow  us  to 
use  the  resources  we  do  have". 


Vice  Pres.  Campbell 
Named  Gael  of  Year 

On  Friday  evening,  January  28,  at 
the  Statler  Hilton  Hotel  in  New  York 
City,  some  1500  people  honored  Sec- 
ond General  Vice  President  Patrick  J. 
Campbell  at  the  United  Irish  Counties 
Association  Ball. 

Campbell  was  named  "Gael  of  the 
Year." 

Joining  the  Brotherhood  tribute  to 
Vice  President  Campbell  on  this  occa- 
sion were  General  Secretary  R.  E.  Liv- 
ingston and  General  Executive  Board 
Member  John  Rogers,  as  well  as  busi- 
ness agents  and  officers  of  the  various 
local  unions  of  New  York  City  and  the 
surrounding  area. 


Guest-of-Honor  Pat 
Campbell,  third  from 
left,  with  Mrs.  Campbell, 
Martin  J.  Kearns,  presi- 
dent of  the  United  Irish 
Counties  Assn.,  and 
Stephen  Caslin. 


The  naming  of  a  "Gael  of  the  Year"  is 
a  recent  tradition  of  the  United  Irish 
Counties  Assn.  It  honors  a  Celtic  Irish- 
American  who  has  served  his  people 
well  and  "brought  credit  to  his  race." 
Campbell   was  described   as   a  man   "of 


Irish  spirit  and  old-country  warmth." 
Campbell  was  recently  appointed  by 
former  Gov.  Nelson  Rockefeller  as  a 
director  of  the  board  of  the  Urban  De- 
velopment Corporation  of  the  State  of 
New  York. 


THE    CARPENTER 


The  new  Secretary  of 
Labor  was  the  guest  of 
the  AFL-CIO  Executive 
Council  at  a  luncheon  in 
Washington.  At  the 
Informal  day-before- 
inauguration  get- 
together,  he  chats  with 
General  President  Sidell. 


The  energy  crisis  and  its  impact  on  the  economy  Is  discussed  by  new  Labor 
Secretary  Ray  Marshall  and  AFL-CIO  officers,  members  of  the  Energj'  Committee, 
and  heads  of  federation  constitutional  departments  as  severe  vtinter  weather  caused 
widespread  closings,  shutdowns  and  layoffs. 


New  US  Labor  Secretary 
Begins  Work 


If  the  man  President  Carter  chose  to 
be  his  Secretary  of  Labor  is  as  good  as 
his  word,  worl<ing  people  have  a  lot  to 
look  forward  to  over  the  next  four  years. 

Testifying  at  his  confirmation  hearings 
in  January,  Secretary  of  Labor  Ray  Mar- 
shall announced  that  he: 

•  considers  unemployment  the  Labor 
Department's  "highest  priority  .  .  .  the 
nation's  most  important  problem;" 

•  wants  to  see  the  minimum  wage 
raised  to  at  least  $2.70  (it's  now  $2.30) 
and  possibly  to  $3.00  an  hour; 

•  favors  the  repeal  of  Section  14(b) 
of  the  Taft-Hartley  Act,  the  section  that 
permits  states  to  outlaw  the  union  shop; 

•  prefers  job-creating  programs  rather 
than  tax  cuts  as  a  way  of  stimulating  the 
economy; 

•  supports  situs  picketing  legislation; 

•  believes  most  public  employees 
should  have  the  right  to  organize  and 
strike; 

•  thinks  labor  should  have  an  input 
in  foreign  trade  decisions  that  could  af- 
fect American  jobs; 

•  is  opposed  to  a  "sub-minimum" 
wage  for  young  people. 

The  list  could  go  on,  but  the  former 
University  of  Texas  economist  made  it 
clear  that  his  views  more  often  than  not 
coincide  with  those  of  organized  labor 
on  most  key  issues  affecting  American 
workers. 

Marshall  testified  before  a  mostly 
friendly  Senate  Committee  on  Labor  and 
Public  Welfare,  the  legislative  body 
charged  with  the  responsibility  of  ap- 
proving or  disapproving  Carter's  nominee 
to  run  the  Labor  Department. 

Marshall's  straightforward,  often  bUmt 
answers  to  questions  posed  by  the  com- 
mittee   members    appeared    to    catch    al 


least  a  couple  of  the  more  conservative 
senators  by  surprise. 

Conservative  Republican  Paul  Laxalt 
of  Nevada  seemed  at  a  loss  for  words 
when,  after  a  rather  lengthy,  rationalized 
argument  against  repeal  of  14(b),  Mar- 
shall simply  responded:  "I  favor  the  re- 
peal of  Section  14(b)."  No  half-answer, 
no  attempt  to  couch  the  response  in  "ac- 
ceptable" language. 

When  one  of  the  senators  read  Mar- 
shall an  editorial  by  newspaper  owner 
William  Randolph  Hearst  in  which  Hearst 
questioned  "the  unemployment  myth," 
declaring  that  only  three  percent  of  the 
workforce  are  truly  hardcore  unemployed 
and  that  unemployment  "is  not  serious." 
Marshall   responded  with  fervor: 

"I've  heard  this  argument  that  unem- 
ployment is  not  much  of  a  problem.  For 
some  reason,  that  (argument)  escapes 
me." 

Marshall  said  unemployment  "has 
caused  increases  in  infant  mortality,  in 
suicides,  in  crime,  in  commitments  to 
mental  institutions.  I  have  difficulty  find- 
ing that  'no  problem.'  1  find  that  a  seri- 
ous problem."  Marshall  said. 

In  answer  to  a  series  of  questions. 
Marshall  said  he  thought  all  public  em- 
ployees with  the  exception  of  fire  and 
police  personnel  should  have  a  right  to 
strike,  and  those  two  categories  of  work- 
ers should  have  contracts  allowing  bind- 
ing arbitration.  "If  you  won't  give  binding 
arbitration."  Marshall  said.  "1  prefer  the 
strike." 

Marshall  said  he  wanted  to  see  better 
reporting  of  joblessness  and  other  statis- 
tics; a  doubling  of  the  Job  Corps  pro- 
gram; special  efforts  to  help  the  Viet 
Nam    era    unemployed    and    America's 


older  citizens,  and  better  help  for  migrant 
workers. 

On  affirmative  action,  Marshall  said, 
"you've  got  to  do  more  than  simply  have 
a  law."  He  also  called  for  closer  coor- 
dination with  other  government  depart- 
ments to  improve  health,  education  and 
other  needs  of  migrant  workers. 

In  response  to  a  question  from  Sena- 
tor Laxalt  about  waiving  the  minimum 
wage  law  "so  more  young  people  could 
get  jobs,"  Marshall  responded: 

"1  support  the  minimum  wage.  If  you 
had  a  lower  minimum  wage  for  young 
people  you'd  get  a  substitution  of  old 
unemployed  for  the  young  unemployed 
— -1  don't  see  how  that  would  be  better," 
Marshall  said. 

Marshall  said  he  supported  minimum 
wage  and  hour  protection  for  all  work- 
ers, including  employees  of  state  and 
local  governments.  'The  government 
should  at  least  set  the  floor"  for  bene- 
fits, he  said.  He  indicated  he  favored 
coverage  of  state  and  local  government 
employees  under  the  National  Labor  Re- 
lations Act.  but  said  he  hadn't  studied 
the  issue  fully. 

He  also  said  he  could  see  supporting 
legislation  that  would  allow  full-blown 
collective  bargaining  for  federal  employ- 
ees and  he  "might  be  amenable"  to 
limited  collective  bargaining  for  mem- 
bers of  the  military.  "I  wouldn't  permit 
strikes,  obviously."  Marshall  said  of  the 
armed  forces. 

He  also  said  "we  probably  ought  not 
to  have"  inflationary  impact  statements 
required  before  job  health  and  safety 
standards  could  be  set.  "You  can  get  de- 
lays forever  in  enacting  laws  with  those 
things  attached  to  them."  he  said. 


MARCH,    1977 


Representatives  of  marine  divers  locals  and  pile 

drivers  locals  with  commercial  divers  in  their 

membership  gathered  at  the  General  Offices  in 

Washington  in  recent  months  to  assemble  testimony 

for  the  OSHA  hearings.  In  the  pictures  at  right 

and  below,  clockwise,  are  Second  General  Vice 

President  Pat  Campbell,  who  coordinates  the  work; 

a  group  in  conference;  John  Gilbert  of  Pile  Drivers 

Local  2311,  Washington,  D.C.,  a  veteran  diver  and 

holder  of  a  Navy  Cross  for  his  work;  Assistant 

General  Counsel  Bob  Pleasure;  and  clockwise 

around  the  table  below — S.  L.  Miller,  Local  438, 

back  to  camera;  Paul  Woodhall,  Local  1012; 

Joseph  J.  Carroll,  Local  2079;  Harry  Dunn,  Local 

56;  Stan  Like,  Local  2396;  Glenn  Barnes,  Local 

2375;  Paul  Gordon,  Local  1386;  and  Paul  Owen, 

Local  1012. 


Permanent  Diver  Standards 
Expected  Next  Month, 
Enforcement  to  Follow 


OSHA — the  US  government's  Oc- 
cupational Health  and  Safety  Ad- 
ministration— is  expected  to  issue 
permanent  health  and  safety  stand- 
ards for  commercial  underwater 
divers  next  month,  approximately 
nine  months  after  emergency  stand- 
ards were  issued  last  summer. 

Such  action  by  OSHA  would  cul- 
minate almost  two  years  of  work  by 
the  Brotherhood's  professional  di- 
ver, marine  and  pile  driver  locals 
to  overcome  many  of  the  hazards 
of  underwater  diving  through  fed- 
eral enforcement  and  inspections. 

Word  of  the  impending  OSHA 
action  came  in  a  speech  which  As- 
sistant Labor  Secretary  for  OSHA 


Morton  Corn  made  to  an  Interna- 
tional Diving  Symposium  at  New 
Orleans,  following  hearings  on  the 
proposed  standards  in  the  same 
city.  Corn  predicted  that  the  per- 
manent standards  would  be  issued 
in  April  and  that  they  would  be  en- 
forced within  30  days  thereafter. 

This  will  be  none  too  soon  for 
the  Brotherhood's  professional  div- 
ing members  for  whom  the  Brother- 
hood filed  the  initial  petition  in 
1975,  asking  OSHA  to  develop 
emergency  temporary  standards  and 
bring  order  to  the  chaos  then  exist- 
ing in  the  industry.  Divers  have 
been  faced  with  increased  health 
and  safety  hazards  in  offshore  oil 


exploration  and  development  and 
continue  to  be  exposed  to  unneces- 
sary hazards  in  construction,  sal- 
vage, ship  maintenance  and  inspec- 
tion work. 

Among  the  Brotherhood  divers 
who  testified  at  the  hearings  in  New 
Orleans  were  Timothy  Alsop  and 
John  Gilbert  of  Pile  Drivers  Local 
2311,  Washington,  D.C.;  Stan  Eike 
of  Seattle  Pile  Drivers;  Charles  Hane 
of  Wilmington,  Calif.;  Tim  Coughlin 
of  Baltimore,  Md.;  and  several  mem- 
bers of  Local  1012,  New  Orleans — 
President  Paul  Woodhall,  Herbert 
Martin,  John  Schuler,  Robert  Ayers, 
Dale  Fackler,  Len  Andrew,  and  Don 
Berglund. 


8 


THE    CARPENTER 


OUR  TOUGH 
CHEVY  PICKUP 
IS  ATRUCK 
¥nTHIN  ATRUCK. 


A  Chevy  pickup  is  tough  in           , 
the  right  places.  With  two         M 

rir-p. 

steel  walls  in  the       -^^^^^_^ 

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ifF*"^^!^^^ 

Fleetside  tailgate,     £^§^^SE 
body  sides,  doors,     .^B^BSlP 
front  fenders  and     ^^^^^^^5^ 

>f^^ 

hood.  Plus  extensive    ^Hai^^ 

3|K!*^B^^^^ 

^ir 

rust  protection               ^^^ 
throughout. 

Cargo  box  has  a  full  inner  wall  of 
steel  extending  all  the  way  up  the 
body  side  on  Fleetside  pickups.  It 
protects  the  outer  wall  from  dents. 

Front  fenders  have  an  embossed 
inner  wall  of  steel  under  the 
exterior  sheet  metal.  Plus  a  self- 
washing  inner  fender  skirt  to  help 
protect  engine  compartment  from 
salt  spray  and  flying  stones. 

Hood  is  fabricated  from  two 
pieces  of  steel  welded  together 
for  rigidity.  You  also  get  two 
walls  of  steel  in  the  doors, 
upper  cab  panel,  wind- 
shield pillars  and 
front  cowl. 


For  protection  against  rust, 

inner  surfaces  of  both  inner  and 
outer  front  fenders  are  sprayed 
with  a  zinc-rich  primer  before 
assembly  and  final  priming.  And 
pickup  box  steel  floor,  sidewalls, 
front  panel  and  tailgate  are 
totally  immersed  in  an  electri- 
cally charged  primer,  drawing 
paint  into  seams  and  crevices 
for  corrosion  protection. 


85.1% 
88.1% 
89.3% 
95.3% 
e  96.0% 
96.9% 

99.7% 

SSm  OVER 
e  99.9% 

.)■   OVER 

99.9% 

iSllH  OVER 

99.9% 

Chevy  has  an  impressive  record 
for  building  trucks  that  last.  The 
chart  above  shows  the  percent- 
age still  in  use  in  each  of  the  10 
most  recent  model  years 
recorded.  96%  of  all  Chevy 
trucks  registered  during  those 
model  years  were  still  in  use  on 
July  1,  1975  as  reported  by  R.  L. 
Polk  &  Co. 


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BUILT  TO  STAY  TOUGH 


MARCH,    1977 


General  President  Sidell  Discusses  Unmet  Needs  of  Handicapped 


Some  200  representatives  of  labor 
and  management  from  Western 
states  gathered  in  Menlo  Park, 
Calif.,  February  2,  to  discuss  mat- 
ters related  to  the  recruitment,  train- 
ing, and  advancement  of  handi- 
capped workers. 

The  day-long  workshop  at  Stan- 
ford Research  Institute  was  the  sec- 
ond of  four  regional  meetings  to  be 
held  nationally  by  the  Industry- 
Labor  Council  of  the  White  House 
Conference  on  Handicapped  Indi- 
viduals. 

Dr.  Henry  Viscardi  Jr.,  chairman 
of  the  White  House  Conference,  told 
the  group  that  "with  management 
and  labor  deciding  to  change  things 
for  people,  for  handicapped  people, 
we  can  build  a  better  world  for  all 
of  us.  This  conference  seeks  no  spe- 


cial privilege  for  the  retarded,  the 
mentally  restored  nor  the  physically 
handicapped.  It  does  seek  equality, 
fairness  and  mutual  working  to- 
gether." 

William  Sidell,  the  Brotherhood's 
General  President,  and  A.  Dean 
Swift,  president  of  Sears,  Roebuck 
and  Co.  and  co-vice  chairman  of  the 
Industry-Labor  Council,  were  key- 
note speakers  at  the  event. 

Sidell  told  the  group,  "On  the  one 
side  of  our  ledger,  we  have  five 
simple  words:  'All  men  are  created 
equal.'  On  the  other  side,  we  have 
handicapped  men  and  women  of  our 
country,  some  working,  some  not 
working.  Have  they  achieved  the 
promise  of  America?  Do  they  really 
have  equality? 

"We   add   up   all   the    advances 


made  in  behalf  of  handicapped  peo- 
ple— advances  in  rehabilitation,  in 
employment,  in  medical  care,  in  ac- 
ceptance on  and  off  the  job.  And 
then  we  add  up  all  the  needs  still 
unmet — high  unemployment,  under- 
employment, prejudice,  lack  of  ac- 
cessibility, lack  of  transportation, 
lack  of  training. 

"And  finally  we  arrive  at  our  own 
'bottom  line,' "  Sidell  said.  "How 
does  it  look?  It  looks  better  than  it 
used  to,  but  not  good  enough." 

Labor  and  industry  are  here  today 
"on  the  same  side  of  the  table,"  he 
added,  "and  the  stakes  of  this  dis- 
cussion are  high.  They  are  human 
happiness  and  human  usefulness. 
And  they  are  a  better  bottom  line 
for  America,  which  means  nothing 
less  than  a  stronger  democracy." 


Reciprocal  Agreements  of  Brotherhooi 


ARIZONA 

Arizona  State  Carpenters  Pension 

Trust  Fund 
3220  North  Third  Street 
Phoenix,  Arizona  85012 

ARKANSAS 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund  of  Arkansas 

504  Victory  Street 

Little  Rock,  Arkansas  72201 

CALIFORNIA 

Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund  for 

Northern  California 
995  Market  Street 
San  Francisco,  California  94103 
Carpenters  Pension  Trust  for 

Southern  California 
520  South  Virgil  Avenue 
Los  Angeles,  California  90020 
Mill  Cabinet  Pension  Fund  for 

Northern  California 
995  Market  Street 
San  Francisco,  California  94103 
San  Diego  County  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund 
3659  India  Street,  Room  100 
San  Diego,  Cahfornia  92103 

COLORADO 

Centennial  State  Carpenters  Pension 

Trust  Fund 
333   Logan  Street 
Denver,  Colorado  80203 

CONNECTICUT 

Connecticut  State  Council  of  Carpenters 
State-Wide  Pension  Plan 
860  Silas  Deane  Highway 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut  06109 

FLORIDA 

Broward  County  Carpenters  Pension 
Trust  Fund 


10 


Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
7300  North  Kendall  Drive— 

P.  O.  Box  695 
Miami  (Kendall),  Florida  33156 
Local  Union  1685  Pension  Fund 
P.  O.  Box  956 
Melbourne,  Florida  32901 
Mid-Florida  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
3203  Lawton  Road~P.  O.  Box  20173 
Orlando,  Florida  32814 
Palm  Beach  County  Carpenters  District 

Council  Pension  Fund 
Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
931'/2   Belvedere  Road 
West  Palm  Beach,  Florida  33405 
South  Florida  Carpenters  Pension 

Trust  Fund 
Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
7300  North  Kendall  Drive— 

P.  O.  Box  695 
Miami  (Kendall),  Florida  33156 

Carpenters  District  Council  of  Jacksonville 

and  Vicinity  Pension  Fund 
c/o  Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
P.  O.  Box  16845 

1851  Executive  Center  Drive,  Suite  111 
Jacksonville,  Florida  32216 

ILLINOIS 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund  of  Illinois 

P.O.  Box  470 

28  North  First  Street 

Geneva,  Illinois  60134 

Chicago  District  Council  of  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund 
12  East  Erie  Street 
Chicago,  Illinois  60611 

KANSAS 

Kansas  Construction  Trades  Open  End 
Pension  Trust  Fund 


c/o  Fringe  Benefit  Funds 
202  West  Thirty-Third  Street 
P.  O.  Box  5096 
Topeka,  Kansas  66605 

LOUISIANA 

Local  Union  1098  Pension  Trust 
6755  Airline  Highway 
Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana  70805 
District  Council  of  New  Orleans  and 

Vicinity  Pension  Trust 
315  Broad  Street 
New  Orleans,  Louisiana  70119 
Northeast  Louisiana  District  Council  of 

Carpenters  Pension  Plan 
c/o  Southwest  Administrators 
P.  O.  Box  4617 
Monroe,  Louisiana  70805 

MARYLAND 

Cumberland  Maryland  and  Vicinity  Building 

and  Construction  Employees'  Trust  Fund 
125  South  Liberty  Street 
Cumberland,  Maryland  21502 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Western  Massachusetts  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund 
26  Willow  Street,  Room  24 
Springfield,  Massachusetts  01103 

MICHIGAN 

Michigan  Carpenters'  Council 

Pension  Fund 
241  East  Saginaw  Street 
East  Lansing,  Michigan  48823 

MISSOURI 

Carpenters  District  Council  of 

Kansas  City 
3114  Paseo 
Kansas  City,  Missouri  64109 


THE    CARPENTER 


California  Conference 

Swift  told  participants  that  of 
some  50  million  disabled  Americans, 
there  are  nearly  12  million  individ- 
uals between  the  ages  of  16  and  64 
who  have  a  partial  or  total  work 
disability. 

He  said  that  "the  1970  census  re- 
ported that  59  per  cent  of  the  gen- 
eral population  was  regularly  em- 
ployed while  only  42  per  cent  of  the 
group  which  classified  themselves  as 
handicapped  were  regularly  em- 
ployed— a  17  per  cent  disparity." 

He  urged  the  participants  to  join 
together  in  eliminating  this  disparity 
and  added  that  the  "disabled  alone 
should  not  shoulder  the  burden  of 
attempting  to  erase  discriminatory 
practices." 

"Those  of  us  here  today — repre- 
Continued  on  Page  27 


Leading  participants  in  the  Menio  Park  gathering  were:  left  to  right.  Dr.  Henry 
Viscardi,  chairman,  White  House  Conference  on  Handicapped  Individuals;  A.  Dean 
Swift,  president,  Sears,  Roebuck  and  Co.;  General  President  William  Sidell;  and 
Charles  A.  Anderson,  president,  Stanford  Research  Institute. 


The  Carpenter  publishes  the  following,  periodically,  so  that 
pension  plan  participants  and  administrators  may  have  the  most 
recent  list  of  plans  which  offer  reciprocity. 


NEVADA 

Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund  for 

Northern  Nevada 
33  St.  Lawrence  Avenue 
Reno,  Nevada  89501 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Northern  New  England  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund 
472  Chestnut  Street 
Manchester,  New  Hampshire  0310! 

NEW  JERSEY 

Carpenters  &  Millwrights  Local  No.  31 

Pension  Fund 
41  Ryan  Avenue 
Trenton,  New  Jersey  08610 
E.  C.  Carpenters'  Fund 
76  South  Orange  Avenue 
South  Orange,  New  Jersey  07079 

NEW  MEXICO 

New  Mexico  District  Council  of 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund 

Trust  Fund  Administrator  of  Compu- 

Sys.  Inc. 
P.  O.  Box  11104 
Albuquerque,  New  Mexico  87112 

NEW  YORK 

Nassau  County  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 

1065  Old  Country  Road 

Wcstbury,  New  York  11590 

New  York  City  District  Council  of 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
204-8  East  Twcntv-Third  Street 
New  York,  New  York  10010 
Suffolk  County  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
Box  "F" 

Medford,  New  York  11763 
Westchester  County  New  York 

Carpenters'  Pension  Fund 


Box  5,  North  Station 

White  Plains,  New  York  10603 

Carpenters  Local  Union  964 

Pension  Fund  "B" 
130  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

OHIO 

Miami  Valley  Carpenters'  District 

Pension  Fund 
Far  Oaks  Building 
2801  Far  Hills  Avenue 
Dayton,  Ohio  45419 
Ohio  Valley  Carpenters  District 

Council  Benefit  Funds 
CO  Pension  and  Group  Consultants,  Inc. 

Administrator 
Room  902 — 6  East  Fourth  Street 
Cincinnati,  Ohio  45202 

OREGON 

Oregon-Washington  Carpenters 

Employers  Trust  Fund 
321  S.  W.  Sixth  Avenue 
Portland,  Oregon  97208 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Carpenters'  Pension  Fund  of 

Western  Pennsylvania 
One  Allegheny  Square — Suite  310 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania  15212 

RHODE  ISLAND 

Rhode  Island  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 

945  Eddy  Street 

Providence,  Rhode  Island  02905 

TENNESSEE 

Tri  State  Carpenters  and  Joiner  District 
Council  of  Chattanooga.  Tennessee 
and  Vicinity  Pension  "Trust  Fund 

P.  O.  Box  6035 

Chattanooga,  Tennessee  37401 


UTAH 

Utah  Carpenters',  Cement  Masons'  and 

Laborers'  Trust  Funds 
849  East  Fourth  South 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  84102 

WASHINGTON 

Carpenters  Retirement  Trust 

of  Western  Washington 
P.  O.  Box  1929 
Seattle.  Washington  98111 
Millmen's  Retirement  Trust  of 

Washington 
c/o  Local  Union  338 
2512  Second  Avenue.  Room  206 
Seattle,  Washington  98121 
Washington-Idaho-Montana  Carpcnters- 

Emplovcrs  Retirement  Trust  Fund 
East  123  Indiana— P.  O.  Box  5434 
Spokane,  W.ishington  99205 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Chemical  Valley  Pension  Fund  of 

West  Virginia 
Raymond  Hagc  and  Company.  Inc. 

Employee  Benefit  Plan  Consultants 
1050  Fifth  Avenue 
Huntington,  West  Virginia  25701 

WYOMING 

Wyoming  Carpenters  Pension  Plan 
141  South  Center— Suite  505 
Casper,  Wyoming  82601 

NATIONWIDE 

Carpenters  Labor-Management  Pension 

Fund 
John  J.  Pearce  Administrators,  Inc. 
3906  Concord  Pike.  P.  O.  Box  7018 
Wilmington,  Delaware  19803 


MARCH,    1977 


11 


ANADIAN 


Report  on  Trade  Union  Membership 


Degree  of  Union  Organization  by  Industry,  1974 

Number  of  Paid  Workers  Unionized  (Thousands) 


Agriculture 
Finance 


0.6% 

1 .8% 


Fishing  and  Trapping    1  43.3% 

Forestry   ^  45.0% 
Mines,  Quarries  and  Oil  Wells  ^^  44.6% 

Trade  ^^^^  7.6% 
Construction 


Transportation,  Communication 
and  Other  Utilities 

Public  Administration 

Service  Industries 

Manufacturing 


T 


T 


Total  All  Industries 

2,682,832  132,6%! 


49.5% 
I  70  4% 


22  1% 


I 


I  43  8% 
I 


0  100  200  300  400  500  GOO  700  800  900 

Source    Corporations  and  Ldbour  Unions  Returns  Act  171  202) 


The  Canadian  construction  trades  were  approximately  63%  organized  throughout 
their  industry  during  1974,  according  to  the  recently  published  1974  Report  of  the 
Corporations  and  Labour  Unions  Returns  Act  (71-202).  Construction  was  second 
only  to  Public  Administration  in  the  percentage  of  union  organization  among  its 
worliers. 

In  the  total  tabulation  of  Canadian  union  members  during  1974,  the  building  and 
construction  trades  accounting  for  10.7%  of  the  entire  unionized  work  force. 


Percentage  Distribution  of  Union  Membership,  1974 


0,3% 
Fishitig  and  Trappmg 


1.9% 
Mines,  Quarries,  Oil  Wells 

18.0% 
Service  Industries 


15.5% 
Public  Administration 


Source:  Coiporatiuns  and  Labour  Unions  Returns  Act  171-202) 


X^ 

^<:-: 

^- 

1 

0.3% 
Finance  and  Agriculture 


14.7% 
fransportation 


Quebec  Building 
Wages  Unfrozen 

Quebec  public  employees  and  construc- 
tion workers  have  become  the  first  group 
of  workers  to  be  freed  of  wage  controls 
as  a  result  of  a  decision  by  the  newly- 
elected  Parti-Quebecois  government. 

Finance  Minister  Jacques  Parizeau  an- 
nounced at  a  press  conference  that  Que- 
bec's anti-inflation  board,  set  up  in  the 
fall  of  1975  to  apply  federal  wage  re- 
straints to  public  employees  in  the  prov- 
ince, would  be  stripped  of  its  enforce- 
ment powers. 

From  now  on,  the  board  will  be  purely 
advisory  and  will  play  a  monitoring  role 
over  settlements,  but  will  not  have  the 
power  to  enforce  its  recommendations. 
Parizeau  accepted  the  resignation  of  Que- 
bec's AIB  administrator  Camille  Blier, 
who  said  he  had  been  put  in  an  "unten- 
able situation." 

Saskatchewan 
Renews  Fight 

Following  a  meeting  of  its  full-time 
union  staff,  the  Saskatchewan  Federation 
of  Labor  has  announced  it  intends  to  re- 
activate its  political  fight  against  wage 
controls  this  year. 

A  statement  released  by  the  SFL  notes 
that  after  October  14  "activities  slowed 
down  temporarily  as  the  previous  months 
were  evaluated  and  plans  laid  for  the 
future. 

"The  result  of  these  deliberations  was 
a  renewed  determination  to  engage  in 
militant  action  until  wage  control  is  de- 
feated" the  statement  said. 

Canadian  Banks 
Show  High  Assets 

Assets  and  profits  growth  of  the  five 
largest  Canadian  Banks  significantly  ex- 
ceeded that  of  the  23  largest  U.S.  banks 
in  the  1970  to  1975  period,  according  to 
a  study  done  by  a  Canadian  financial 
analyst. 

Assets  for  the  five  grew  at  a  com- 
pound rate  of  18.6%  a  year  for  the  five- 
year  period,  compared  with  15.7%  for 
the  23  U.  S.  banks. 

On  the  profit  side,  the  major  Canadian 
banks  saw  their  operating  profit  per 
share  increase  at  18%  a  year,  compared 
to  8.9%  a  year  for  the  top  U.  S.  banks. 

New  Bruns  Fed 
On  Unemployment 

The  New  Brunswick  Federation  of 
Labor  has  sharply  criticized  the  provin- 
cial government  for  what  it  terms  "in- 
tolerable" unemployment  levels,  and  has 


12 


THE    CARPENTER 


called  for  immediate  adoption  of  a  full- 
employment  program  to  create  jobs  and 
effectively  reduce  unemployment. 

Devoting  the  major  part  of  its  annual 
legislative  submission  to  the  unemploy- 
ment situation,  the  45,000-member  fed- 
eration attacked  Premier  Richard  Hat- 
field for  failing  to  effectively  tackle  the 
jobless  problem,  claiming  the  govern- 
ment "has  yet  to  reveal  a  comprehensive 
program  for  combatting  unemployment 
but  instead  has  resigned  itself  to  the  ac- 
ceptance of  permanent  high  unemploy- 
ment." 

Over  $30,000 
Surtax  To  Go 

The  10%  surtax  on  incomes  over 
$30,000  a  year,  introduced  last  year  to 
enforce  some  restraint  among  high  in- 
come earners,  will  be  eliminated  next 
year,  according  to  Finance  Minister  Don- 
ald Macdonald. 

Speaking  in  the  House  of  Commons 
during  debate  on  proposed  changes  to 
the  tax  laws,  Macdonald  also  announced 
that,  to  offset  the  tax  concession  to  the 
rich,  family  allowance  payments  would 
be  indexed  next  year  for  inflation,  a 
move  which  favors  those  of  moderate 
means. 

More  OFL-QFL 
Exchange  Needed 

There  is  a  need  for  closer  cooperation 
and  a  continuing  exchange  of  views  be- 
tween the  Quebec  and  Ontario  Federa- 
tions of  Labor,  according  to  OFL  presi- 
dent Cliff  Pilkey. 

Returning  from  two  days  of  meetings 
with  Louis  Laberge  and  QFL  executive 
board  members  in  Quebec,  Pilkey  said  a 
start  would  be  made  by  arranging  for  a 
closer  working  relationship  between  the 
research  and  legislative  departments  of 
the  federations. 

The  OFL  has  also  invited  Laberge  to 
attend  the  next  executive  meeting  of  the 
OFL  in  Toronto,  this  month. 

Pilkey  said  his  trip  to  Quebec  was  to 
discuss  mutual  problems  and  concerns 
and  to  gain  a  better  understanding  of 
the  Quebec  labor  scene.  Much  of  the 
discussion  centered  on  the  economic  situ- 
ation and  the  growing  problem  of  un- 
employment, as  well  as  pressuring  the 
federal  government  to  dismantle  the  AIB. 

Pilkey  congratulated  the  QFL  for  its 
support  of  the  Parti  Quebecois  in  the 
November  provincial  election,  and  said 
the  PQ  government  has  already  taken 
initiatives  in  bringing  about  reforms  in 
labor  relations,  employment  standards, 
and  social  service  legislation. 

As  for  the  possible  separation  of  Que- 
bec from  the  rest  of  Canada,  Pilkt-y  said 
that  the  ultimate  decision  will  depend  as 
much  on  the  attitudes  and  reactions  of 
the  federal  government  and  the  other 
provinces  as  it  docs  on  the  aspirations 
of  the  people  of  Quebec  itself. 


A  large  group  of  Canadian  leaders  and  contest  sponsors  assembled  at  Las  Vegas. 
Nev.,  November  30,  for  the  1976  International  Carpentry  Apprenticeship  Contest 
and  Training  Conference.  They  met  in  session  at  the  headquarters  hotel,  as  shovin 
above,  to  discuss  apprenticeship  training  problems  unique  to  the  provinces  of  Districts 
9  and  10  of  the  Brotherhood. 


Satisfy  America's  Growing  Market 


In  the  last  few  years  chain  saws  have 
become  one  of  the  most  popular  cut- 
ting tools  in  America.  They're  used  by 
loggers,  tree  trimmers,  park  mainte- 
nance departments,  fire  and  rescue 
departments  and  tool  rental  com- 
panies. And  thousands  of  homeowners 
own  chain  saws  for  their  own  use. 
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13 


LOCAL  UNION  NEWS 


Bancroft  Workers 
Out  on  Strike, 
Boycott  Planned 

After  six  years  of  fruitless  attempts  to 
negotiate  a  contract  with  their  employer, 
approximately  500  workers  of  Bancroft 
Manufacturing  Co.  Inc.,  McComb  and 
Magnolia,  Miss.,  went  out  on  strike  Jan- 
uary 16. 

The  strikers — all  members  of  the 
Brotherhood's  Southern  Council  of  In- 
dustrial Workers — are  still  on  strike  this 
month  despite  the  employer's  threats  to 
replace  them  and  to  terminate  their 
health  insurance.  With  the  continued 
support  of  the  Brotherhood  and  substan- 
tial assistance  from  civil  rights  organiza- 
tions, the  Bancroft  workers  are  well  or- 
ganized and  determined  to  win  a  con- 
tract. 

The  Southern  Council  was  certified  as 
bargaining  agent  for  the  Bancroft  pro- 
duction and  maintenance  workers  in  July, 
1971.  The  employer  commenced  a  series 
of  meetings  with  the  workers  last  year, 
but  only  after  the  General  Counsel  of 
the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  ad- 
vised representatives  of  the  employer, 
Joseph  Bancroft,  that  the  NLRB  would 
consider  instituting  contempt  proceedings 
unless  he  bargained  in  good  faith  under 
a  mandate  of  the  US  Court  of  Appeals 
for  the  5th  Circuit.  Bancroft  has  since 
refused  to  bargain  over  wages  at  all. 

The  Brotherhood  presently  has  under 
consideration  a  nationwide  consumer  boy- 
cott of  Bancroft  products,  and,  if  the  plan 
is  instituted.  General  President  Sidell  will 
seek  the  full  support  of  the  AFL-CIO. 
The  United  Brotherhood  has  already  re- 
ceived assistance  from  the  AFL-CIO's 
Organizing  Department  and  the  Union 
Label  and  Service  Trades  Department. 

Bancroft  manufactures  aluminum  doors, 
sashes  and  other  extruded  aluminum 
home  building  products  which  are  sold 
retail  and  wholesale  throughout  the 
United  States. 

The  difficulties  of  Bancroft  employees 
in  attempting  to  bargain  with  manage- 
ment were  described  last  year  to  the  Sub- 
committee on  Labor-Management  Rela- 
tions of  the  US  House  of  Representa- 
tives in  Washington,  D.C.  That  body  is 
currently  considering  weaknesses  in  the 
National  Labor  Relations  Act  which 
should  be  corrected.  Among  those  testify- 
ing on  behalf  of  the  Bancroft  employees 
was  a  major  civil  rights  leader  of  the 
South,  the  Rev.  Harry  J.  Bowie,  and  two 
employees   of  the  company. 


Indiana  State  Council  in  Session 


The  Indiana  State  Council  of  Carpenters  meets  monthly  to  review  statewide  prob- 
lems and  to  coordinate  CHOP  activities.  Here  is  a  recent  picture  of  the  council  in 
session  in  Indianapolis.  Participants  shown  include,  from  left,  beginning  at  the  rear 
of  the  table:  Roy  Houchins,  Howard  Williams,  George  Eirod,  Paul  Turling,  Ron 
Liggett,  John  Lampkins,  Harry  Williams,  and  George  Tichac,  secretary.  Not  shown 
in  the  picture  are:  Phil  Walley,  Dave  Booth,  Walter  McMahan,  Bill  Reese,  Kenneth 
Stodgill,  Henry  Rodenbeck  and  Paul  Juiling. 

Rally  for  Unemployed,  Philadelphia 


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VOUR  VOTE...  1MOV.  2nd. 


In  support  of  the  General  President's  Program,  "Put  America  Back  to  Work," 
Robert  H.  Gray,  center,  arms  folded,  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Metropolitan 
District  Council  of  Philadelphia,  organized  over  2,000  unemployed  Carpenters 
outside  the  District  Council  Office  before  their  march  to  Philadelphia's  Town  Hall 
for  a  "We  Want  Jobs  Rally." 


14 


THE    CARPENTER 


The  Building  Trades  on  Parade 


The  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construction  Trades  Department  sponsored  the  Hoat 
shown  above  in  President  Jimmy  Carter's  Inaugural  Parade,  January  20  .  .  .  and 
that's  about  ail  we'd  say  about  tliis  picture,  except  for  the  comments  of  ABC-TV's 
anchorwoman,  Barbara  Walters. 

As  the  float  passed  before  her.  Miss  Walters  caustically  noted  for  network  view- 
ers that  building  tradesmen  earn  what  she  obviously  considers  an  outrageous  $8  an 
hour.  Labor  listeners  took  note  of  this  and  compared  this  $8  with  her  reported 
salary.  It  was  found  that  Miss  Walters  gets  by  on  a  mere  $490  an  hour! 

Members  of  the  Brotherhood's  Washington,  D.C.,  Council  participated  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  float. 


Woman  Trainee 

Gloria  Garcia,  17,  center,  right,  was 
indentured  by  Local  1648,  Dana  Point. 
Cal.,  last  September.  Helping  to  launch 
her  in  her  training  program  were  William 
Molnar,  business  representative,  and 
George  Quinn,  financial  secretary. 

Ms.  Garcia  is  one  of  a  half  dozen 
young  women  who  have  joined  the 
Brotherhood  and  the  apprenticeship 
training  program   in  recent  months. 


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15 


CHOP  Activity 

In  State  of  Indiana 

CHOP  organizers  in  the  State  of  Indiana  have  set  the  pace 
in  the  Midde  West  in  enHsting  new  members  in  residential 
housing.  According  to  recent  reports  to  the  General  Office, 
518  housing  contractors  in  the  state  have  become  acquainted 
with  and  agreed  to  the  CHOP  program.  A  total  of  678  residen- 
tial carpenters  filed  application  for  membership,  as  of  the  end 
of  1976,  and  419  have  been  initiated. 

The  Indiana  CHOP  Advisory  Committee  is  shown  in  the 
picture  above.  Front  row,  left  to  right,  Walter  McMahan,  Bill 
Reese,  Ken  Stodgill,  Henry  Robenbeck,  Harold  Bathe,  Ralph 
Weber,  Kenny  Runkle,  and  Noble  Hand.  Back  row,  left  to 
right,  George  Elrod,  Ron  Ligett,  John  Lampkins,  George 
Tichac,  Roy  Houchins,  Dave  Booth  and  Howard  Williams. 
Absent  at  the  time  were  James  Donnella  and  James  Patterson. 


The  active  CHOP  organizers  are  shown  at  right.  Front  row, 
left  to  right,  Sam  Spitale,  Fred  Schancke.  Bud  Tinch  and  Dick 
Heflin.  Back  row,  left  to  right.  Norm  Smith,  Maurice  Pierce, 
Stephen  Myers  and  Jim  Principe.  Among  those  absent  were 
Roy  Klern,  Phil  Walker,  J.  C.  Stanley,  and  Otto  Holman. 


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16 


THE    CARPENTER 


voc 

More 


Awards  Planned 


In  recent  weeks.  General  Executive  Board  Members  have  made  formal 
presentations  of  VOC  plaques  to  nine  Brotherhood  locals  which  were  outstand- 
ing in  their  volunteer  organizing  programs  during  1974  and  1975.  Here  are 
pictures  of  four  of  these  presentations. 

The  Department  of  Organization  is  now  tallying  the  results  of  volunteer 
organizing  drives  during  1976  and  anticipates  making  similar  awards  during 
the  coming  year. 


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NEW  JERSEY— Above,  GEB  Member 
Raleigh  Rajoppi,  second  from  right,  pre- 
sents a  VOC  Award  to  the  officers  of 
Local  821  in  recognition  of  outstanding 
volunteer  organizing  by  local  members. 
From  left,  those  shown  in  the  picture 
are  Fernando  Jimenez,  Russell  D.  Mc- 
Nair,  Rajoppi,  and  Stanley  Roll.  Jr. 


OREGON— The  officers  and  VOC  lead- 
ers of  Local  2942.  .Albany.  Ore.,  accept 
a  \  OC  Plaque  from  GEB  Member  Hal 
Morton,  third  from  right.  Those  shown 
include  Regional  Director  Peter  Hager; 
John  Brunson,  vice  president,  Local  2942; 
.Marvin  Trefethen;  Ralph  McKechnie, 
business  rcprescniativc  and  VOC  com- 
mittee chairman;  Morton;  Charles  Dunn; 
and  Roy  Wickersham,  president  of  the 
local  union. 


NEW  JERSEY- A  second  New  Jersey 
local  honored  was  Local  2327S  Passaic. 
With  GEB  Member  Rajoppi  are  Peter 
Palatini.  George  Collura.  Tony  Bariso. 
Joe  Hall.  John  Radits.  and  Jack  Newton. 
The  \OC  awards  are  presented  to  the 
local  union  volunteer  organizing  com- 
mittees in  each  district  which  signed  up 
the  most  new  members  during  each  cal- 
endar year.  General  President  William 
.Sidell  sent  letters  of  congratulations  Ias1 
October  to  each  of  the  local  unions  re- 
ceiving  awards. 


IOWA— At  Mason  Citj,  GEB  Member 
Leon  Greene  presented  a  ^'OC  Plaque 
to  volunteer  organizers  and  leaders  nf 
local  2602  for  signing  up  (lie  largest 
number  of  members  during  1975  in 
(he  riflh  Dislricl.  Slu«%n,  front  row,  arc 
I.>nn  Peterson,  Lucille  OeBocr,  Donna 
Hauge,  and  Emma  Moslroni.  Rack  rnn. 
Business  .\gent  Frank  Garcia,  Thomas 
Patrick,  Mike  Nicholson,  Melvin  Wilson. 
Dennis  Nolan,  and  GKB  Member  Greene. 
Not  present  were  Roger  Workman. 
Judy  Welterling,  Ruby  Hclgeson,  Monica 
Nitchcr,  and  Gary  Beaver. 


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Chuck  Sanford  Presented 
Memento  of  Long  Service 

Charles  Sanford  of  Los  Angeles,  Calif.,  who  served  on  the 
National  Joint  Apprenticeship  and  Training  Committee  as  a 
Brotherhood  representative  from  1967  to  1975,  was  given  recogni- 
tion for  his  long  and  dedicated  work  at  the  recent  1976  Appren- 
ticeship Contest  at  Las  Vegas,  Nev.  First  Vice  President  William 
Konyba  is  shown  at  right  presenting  to  Sanford  a  special  plaque 
prepared  by  the  Brotherhood. 

The  Los  Angeles  leader  has  been  a  member  of  Local  929,  Los 
Angeles,  since  1937,  and  he  served  for  many  years  as  director 
of  the  Carpenters  Joint  Apprenticeship  Committee  of  Southern 
California.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  International  Contest 
Committee  from  its  inception  until  his  retirement  two  years  ago. 


Job  Corps 
Builds 
Black  Hills 
Center 


Job  Corpsmen  trained  by  the  Brotherhood  at  the  Boxelder  Job  Corps  Center  in 
South  Dakota  recently  erected  a  new  visitors  information  and  service  center  on  the 
shore  of  Lake  Pactola  in  the  Black  Hills  National  Forest.  They  built  and  set  forms 
for  about  300  yards  of  concrete,  installed  rebar,  50-foot  lam  glue  beams,  4-inch 
wood  decking,  handsplit  shakes,  window  and  door  jambs,  wood  fence,  B/B  siding, 
sheetrock,  toilet  partitions,  plastic  lam,  and  necessary  signs  for  the  center  located  on 
the  site  of  a  Civilian  Conservation  Corps  Center  of  the  1930s. 


New  Journeymen 

Local  1273,  Eugene,  Ore.,  recently 
presented  journeyman  certificates.  Left 
to  right:  Don  Cash  (millwright  state 
winner),  Dave  Harrington,  Steve  Dorman 
(carpenter  state  winner),  and  Bill  Slaugh- 
ter. 

Also  receiving  certificates,  but  not 
present  at  the  meeting:  Mike  McCready, 
Byron  Miller  and  Alan  Spence. 


Contest  Pictures 

Following  the  awards  banquet  for 
the  1976  International  Carpentry 
Apprenticeship  Contest  at  Las  Vegas, 
Nev.,  the  official  photographer  was 
asked  to  take  several  state,  provincial 
group  pictures  with  the  winners.  Per- 
sons who  want  8"  x  10"  black  and 
white  prints  of  these  pictures  may 
order  them  by  code  number  and  title 
from  the  list  below  at  $3.50  each. 
Orders  should  be  sent  to:  Contest 
Photos,  c/o  Carpenter  Magazine,  101 
Constitution  Ave,  N.W.,  Washington, 
D.C.  20001. 

The  list  is  as  follows: 

34-26A — All  11  winners  with  General 
Officers. 

33-3  — Arizona  group  with  contest- 
ants. 

33-9  — Arizona  contestant,  wife, 
General  Officers. 

34-34A — Pennsylvania  group  with  con- 
testants. 

33-6  — District  of  Columbia  group 
with  Contestants. 

34-31 A — Cahfornia  group  with  con- 
testants. 

34-29A — Michigan  group  with  con- 
testants. 

34-13A — California  Contestant  Bres- 
nahan.  General  Officers, 
sponsor. 

34-32A — Colorado  group  with  con- 
testants. 

33-12  — Maryland  group  with  con- 
testants. 


18 


THE    CARPENTER 


Contest  Committee  Meeting 


The  International  Carpentry  Apprenticeship  Contest  Committee,  which  directed 
the  recent  1976  competition  at  Las  Vegas,  Nev.,  in  session.  From  left,  they  include: 
Raymond  Fair;  Ben  Collins;  Joseph  Pinto;  James  E.  Tinkcom,  chairman;  Hans 
Wachsmuth,  A.G.C.;  Jim  Rushton,  an  advisor  to  the  committee;  Richard  Hutchison, 
secretary;  and  James  Sawyer.  Not  present  for  the  picture  were  Bruce  Campbell; 
Marlin  Grant,  N.A.H.B.;  and  Dean  Weaver,  A.G.C. 

Training  Conference  Panelists 


The  men  who  served  as  panelists  at  the  1976  Apprenticeship  Training  Confer- 
ence in  Las  Vegas  included,  from  left,  James  Sawyer,  Jack  Tarhett,  Gaylord  Allen, 
Joseph  Felker,  James  Tinkcom,  A.  D.  McKenna,  Keith  Humphrey,  Robert  Hayes, 
and  Gerald  Sutterholm. 

Northern  California  Exhibit 


The  joint  labor-management  program  of  the  North  California  Counlics  was 
described  in  detail  by  a  (hree-panel  exhibit  set  up  a(  the  1976  Inlcniational  Car- 
pentry Apprenticeship  Contest  at  Las  Vegas,  Nev.  >\  i(h  pictures  of  activities  and 
samples  of  promotional  material  and  training  items,  the  display  offered  a  well 
rounded   picture   of  the   Northern   California   apprenticeship  and  training  program. 


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Service 
Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


Minneapolis,  Minn,  ' 

MINNEAPOLIS,   MINN. 

Shown  in  the  pictures  are  the 
members  in  attendance  at  Car- 
penters Local  1644's  annual 
25-year  membership  banquet. 

Front  row,  left  to  right, 
Donald  Jackman,  Stanley  Beall, 
Heino  Wanha. 

Second  row,  Russell  Nordeen, 
Lloyd  Nehring,  Silas  Clift,  Richard 
A.  Nelson,  Raymond  Brown,  Tony 
Zilka,  Ronald  E.  Jones,  Howard 
Jordahl,  Sigurd  Kyllo  and  Walter 
Hajder. 

Third  row,  Darrell  Ray,  B.  R., 
Wm.  Lukawski,  Jr.,  Bus.  Rep., 
Herbert  Kortz,  President,  Richard 
Sagstetter,  Waldo  Wilson,  Norton 
Wallin,  John  Ostrowski,  Reinhold 
Huether,  Evert  Carlson,  Herman 
Hinseth,  Bethel  Weekley,  Steve 
Gabrick,  William  Tonco,  Robert 
Doheny,  Lloyd  Haroldson. 

Shown  in  the 
small  picture  is 
Carl  Lombard, 
who  was  not 
present  for  the 
group  picture. 


STEUBENVILLE,   O. 

The  following  members  of  Local  186 
received  pins  recently  in  recognition 
of  their  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 
They  are  shown  in  the  accompanying 
picture,  left  to  right,  with  years  of 
service  indicated:  George  Smith,  33; 
Carl  Gilchrist,  42;  Charles  Schnelle, 
54;  Donald  Davis,  53;  Russell  Fisher, 
62;  Arthur  Kunkle,  52;  Denver  Gil- 
christ, 39;  Gilbert  Birch,  30;  George 
Rowan,  41;  Frank  Tluchowski,  22; 

Steubenviile,  O. 


Billie  McWilliams,  23;  Charles  Micle, 
23;  William  Ekstrom,  30;  Floyd 
Wells,  19;  John  Kundrat,  31;  Robert 
Burns,  31;  Nick  Kundrat,  30;  Floyd 
Merryman,  36;  William  Degenkolb, 
33;  Charles  Smith,  30;  Herbert  Myler, 
30;  Clyde  Russell,  36;  Joseph  Giusto, 
33;  Jesse  Niday,  25;  Jerry  Klecka,  29; 
James  Mizzell,  30;  Howard  McClel- 
land, 30;  Frank  Fleahman,  31;  Alfred 
Cicone,  26;  Charles  Huscroft,  24; 
Dale  LaRue,  30;  Earl  Peterson,  26; 
Walter  Sierawski,  30. 


LOMBARD 


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Chicogo,   III, — Picture   No 


CHtCAGO,   III. 

Local  No.  One  held  a  special 
meeting  last  November  10  to  honor 
members  who  completed  50  and  25 
years  of  membership  during  the  year 
)976. 

Picture  No.  1,  seated,  left  to  right, 
25-year  members — H.  S.  Barrettsmits, 
Peter  Bleeker,  George  E.  Gaydos, 
John  Knowles,  Walter  Matys,  Jake 
McKenny,  Henry  L.  Mueller,  V.  B. 
Palella,  Richard  Resner,  Ernest  R. 
Rizzo,  Vat  Sodeika.  and  August 
Vollmer.  Standing,  top  row — Casimir 
Vrasic  and  Joseph  Ziebrzynski,  25-year 
members.  The  next  figures  are  John 
Coughlin,  conductor,  Local  No.  1; 
Anthony  (Pete)  Ochocki,  3rd  Dis- 
trict Board  Member:  Richard 
Garnett;  financial  secretary-treasurer. 
Local  No.  1;  George  Vest,  Jr., 


president,  Chicago  District  Council; 
Norman  M.  Erickson,  25-year 
member:  John  P.  Mancini,  vice 
president  Local  I:  James  J.  Garnett, 
trustee.  Local  No.  1 :  Donald  Gorman, 
president,  Illinois  State  Council: 
Kenneth  J.  Kinney,  business 
representative,  Local  /;  Wesley 
Isaacson,  Secretary-treasurer,  Chicago 
District  Council:  Jack  Zeilenga. 
secretary-treasurer,  Illinois  State 
Council:  Milton  Holzman,  business 
representative.  Local  1539:  Michael 
Jercich:  Wilbur  A.  Johnson,  business 
representative.  Local  62:  and  Leo 
Beaulicu,  president.  Local  21 . 

Honored  members  unable  to 
attend  included: 

50  years — Jack  H.  Blanton,  Adam 
Lorenz,  S.  J.  Martin,  Axel  Nielson. 
Sebastian  Urban. 


2 5 -years — Edward  T.  Anderson, 
Grover  Dykes,  Leo  Frost,  Ralph  B. 
Jacobson.  Alexander  Klaud,  Francis 
Marucic,  Milan  I.  Ristich,  Louis 
Rogich,  Raymond  M.  Saiger,  Edward 
J.  Schultz.  Charles  E.  Mason, 
Marsin  Maynor.  John  Mikelaitis. 
Edward  R.  Mossman.  James  L. 
Name.  Albert  Paiilin,  N.  J.  Rizzo. 
Frank  J.  Rozich.  Charles  J. 
Schneider.  Joseph  W.  Sullivan,  and 
William  Ward. 

Picture  No.  2.  seated,  left  to  right, 
August  Vollmer,  president.  Local  I. 
25-year  members — H.  S.  liarrettsmith, 
president,  Chicago  District  Council; 
Charles  Cilti.  a  50-ycar  member; 
Andrew  Anetsbcrger,  a  50-year 
member:  Pete  Ochocki,  3rd  District 
Board  Member,  and  Donald  Gorman, 
president,  Illinois  Slate  Council  of 
Carpenters. 


Chicago,   III. — Picture    No. 


Lincoln,   Neb. 


LINCOLN,    NEB. 

Local  1055  recently  honored  its 
senior  members  at  an  awards  ban- 
ijuet. 

In  the  small  picture,  Joseph  Mock, 
center,  was  presented  a  50-year 
pin.  Shown  with  Mock  are:  R.  D. 
Dittenhcr,   bus.   rep.,  and  Eugene 
Shoehigh.  International  Representa- 
tive. 

In  the  large  group  picture  are  the 
25-ycar  honorees:  from  row,  left 
to  right,  NeitI  Bourne,  Richard  King, 
Ed  Itzen,  and  Syrias  Cuerin.  Back 
row,  left  to  right,  Eugene  Shoehigh. 
International  Representative,   Henry 
Liters,  Louis  Vavrina,  and  Harold 
Huey. 


MARCH,    1977 


21 


Jackson,  Miss.,  Picture  No.   1 

JACKSON,   MISS. 

Carpenters  Local  1471,  recently 
held  an  awards  banquet  at  the 
Holiday  Inn  North,  Interstate  55,  for 
the  purpose  of  presenting  service  pins 
and  also  to  present  a  service  plaque 
to  W.  H.  Wood  for  many  years  of 
leadership  as  business  representative. 

There  were  approximately  250 
members  and  guests  in  attendance. 

In  Picture  No.  1:  W.  H.  Wood 
receives  a  service  award  plaque  from 
Recording  Secretary  A.  L.  Blocker 
for  his  many  years  of  leadership  as 
business  representative. 

In  Picture  No.  2  is  the  40-year  pin 
group.  Seated  from  left:  Selmer  L. 
Hammond,  W.  A.  Harrison,  B.  R. 
Upton,  Leslie  Gardner.  Standing: 
Harold  E.  Lewis,  General  Executive 
Board,  4th  District. 

In  Picture  No.  3  is  the  35-year  pin 
group. 

Front  row,  left  to  right,  A.  L. 
Blocker,  recording  secretary,  Leland 
Benton,  W.  B.  Bates,  W.  T.  Bassett, 
and  R.  L.  Allen. 

Second  row,  Alfred  L.  Day,  J.  E. 
Graig,  H.  W.  Cosby,  Wallice  F. 
Collins,  Robert  F.  Bush,  Patrick 
Buckley,  and  Coleman  Bradley. 

Third  row,  Carl  Mancil,  Frank 
McCain,  E.  T.  McCain,  S.  A.  Kimble, 
Donald  Hughes,  W.  W.  Henley, 
Hollis  F.  Henley,  L.  C.  Hammond, 
F.S.;  and  A .  E.  Hammack. 

Back  row,  W.  H.  Wood,  business 
representative,  Leslie  Williams,  L.  M. 
Truitt,  A.  S.  Porter.  W.  R.  Oglesby, 
W.  Irwin  Nobles,  Elwood  Musgrove, 
and  Harold  E.  Lewis,  General 
Executive  Board,  4th  District. 

In  Picture  No.  4,  is  the  30-year 
group. 

First  row,  left  to  right,  Samuel  O. 
Duncan,  George  Dean,  lesse  R. 
Cronin,  J.  C.  Craig,  Thurman  Cook, 
Carl  H.  Farnsley. 

Second  row,  Clyde  Pitts,  Benny 
Z.  Newton,  H.  L.  Morron,  Harman 
Lewis,  Guy  R.  Leach,  William  F. 
Gardner. 

Third  row,  A.  W.  Whatley,  O.  E. 
Walker,  Jodie  T.  Vaughn,  L.  H. 
Thomas,  George  Sudbeck,  E.  E. 


Stewart,  O.  L.  Rankin,  and  Harold 
E.  Lewis,  General  Executive  Board, 
4th  District. 

In  Picture  No.  5,  is  the  25-year 
group  which  received  pins. 

First  row,  left  to  right,  Milton 
McNamee,  Homer  J.  Ingram,  Grady 
Gilbert,  William  R.  George,  and 
Samuel  F.  Beasley. 

Second  row,  Jimmy  Withers,  T.  L. 
Vaughn,  W.  E.  Thomas,  Jack  Shows, 
and  Irvin  L.  Perry. 


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Jackson,  Miss. — Picture  No.  3 


Jackson,  Miss. — Picture  No.  4 


Jackson, 
Miss. 
Picture 
No.  5, 

25-Year 
Members 


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In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


75  YEARS  AGO-MARCH,  1902 

Carpenter's  Pay 

An  article  in  the  March,  1902,  Car- 
penter asked  the  qusetion  "Why  are 
carpenters  so  poorly  paid?"  The  article 
said: 

"It  is  a  deplorable  and  ever  bewilder- 
ing fact  that  the  carpenter,  who  must 
be  possessed  of  a  great  amount  of 
knowledge  and  furnish  nearly  all  work- 
ing plans  and  technical  instructions  to 
the  other  tradesmen  engaged  in  the 
construction  of  a  building,  never  re- 
ceives a  rate  of  wages  at  all  in  propor- 
tion to  the  value  to  his  service.  He  is 
only  a  little  better  paid  than  the  un- 
skilled laborer,  who  has  not  been  re- 
quired to  school  himself  constantly  for 
years  in  his  calling  and  who  is  free 
from  worry  over  plans  and  the  need 
of  more  tools  as  soon  as  the  whistle 
blows. 

There  are  a  number  of  reasons  for 
this  state  of  affairs.  There  are  no  ef- 
fects without  a  cause,  and  the  first  rea- 
son that  presents  itself  is  the  fact  that 
we  do  not  protect  ourselves  thoroughly 
with  apprenticeship  rules;  but  we  are 
hardly  to  be  condemned  for  that.  We 
are  a  conscientious  and  good  hearted 
class  of  men  by  nature,  because  a  pre- 
requisite to  adopting  the  trade  is  a 
high  order  of  intelligence,  a  sense  of 
honor,  and  a  love  of  justice  which 
prevents  us  from  resorting  to  bulldoz- 
ing methods  of  looking  for  the  advan- 
tage and  taking  it." 


Waterbury  Fire 

The  City  of  Waterbury,  Conn.,  suf- 
fered a  great  fire  in  the  year  1902,  as 
flames  swept  through  almost  40  down- 
town buildings,  nearly  all  of  which 
was  built  of  brick,  stone,  or  iron  and 
erected  in  compliance  with  local  rules 
and  regulations. 

The  building  trades  of  the  city  was 
prepared  to  rebuild  the  devastated  area 
as  soon  as  all  debris  was  cleared  away. 

The  secretary  of  Local  260  warned 


outside  carpenters  not  to  come  to  the 
city  looking  for  work,  since  25  of  their 
own  men  were  idle  and  awaiting  the 
rebuilding  program. 

German  Section 

At  the  turn  of  the  century,  many 
immigrants  from  Germany  were  enter- 
ing the  American  building  trades,  and 
The  Carpenter  Magazine  began  pub- 
lishing special  sections  in  the  German 
language. 

The  editor  informed  the  readers  that 
the  foreign  language  section  was  not 
a  translation  of  material  published  in 
English  but  was  a  separate  department 
entirely  independent  of  the  rest  of  the 
newspaper.  The  official  journal  also 
carried  occasional  articles  in  French. 


Eight-Hour  Day  Progress 

The  Brotherhood  continued  to  lead 
organized  labor's  campaign  to  achieve 
the  eight-hour  day  throughout  North 
America.  The  March,  1902,  Carpen- 
ter reported  that  contracts  calling  for 
an  eight-hour  day  had  been  achieved 
in  such  communities  as  Jersey  City, 
N.J.,  Dayton,  O,  and  Auburn,  N.Y. 

Meanwhile,  the  Brotherhood's  orga- 
nizing program  moved  ahead  at  a 
steady  pace,  with  36  local  unions  char- 
tered in  the  previous  month. 


50  YEARS  AGO-MARCH,  1927 

Dyeing  Trees? 

In  1926  two  Maine  college  students 
experimented  with  the  findings  of  a 
German  scientist,  who  was  trying  to 
change  the  colors  of  lumber. 

Their  operation  was  simple.  (We  do 
not  have  a  report  of  their  results). 
They  hung  a  can  of  dye  near  the  base 
of  each  tree,  and  from  each  can  they 
ran  two  rubber  hoses  into  holes  bored 
into  the  base  of  the  tree.  The  sap  then 
distributed  the  dye  through  the  tree 


in  two  to  four  days,  according  to  the 
story. 

The  editor  of  The  Carpenter,  Gen- 
eral Secretary  Frank  Duffy,  made  this 
comment:  "Should  this  scheme  become 
popular,  boys,  it  looks  as  through  one 
of  these  days  you'll  be  working  with 
baby  blue  lumber.  And,  by  the  way, 
what  do  you  suppose  will  happen  to 
the  boss  who  asks  the  Irish  carpenter 
to  nail  some  orange  siding  on  St.  Pat- 
ricks Day?" 

Good  Driver  of  Men 

"Carpenter  foreman  (union)  :  Good 
driver  of  men,  for  large  job  of  con- 
crete forms,  etc.  Address  box  424J, 
Star  Office." 

This  advertisement  which  appeared 
in  the  help-wanted  columns  of  a  1926 
newspaper  published  in  Washington, 
D.C.,  so  incensed  the  editor  of  The 
Carpenter  that  he  wrote  a  lengthy  edi- 
torial about  it. 

He  told  his  readers:  "That  any  con- 
tractor in  these  enlightened  times 
should  have  the  nerve  to  advertise 
for  such  a  foreman  or  boss  seems  un- 
believable. A  good  driver  of  men ! 
Where  does  this  ruffian  think  he  is 
living?  in  Russia,  Africa,  or  some  other 
benighted  country?  How  could  he  have 
the  effrontery  to  put  such  an  ad  in  a 
newspaper  published  anywhere  in  this 
land  of  freedom,  especially  in  one 
published  in  the  capital  of  the  nation? 
Such  an  ad  would  not  have  aroused 
much  attention  a  hundred  or  even  fifty 
years  ago,  but  appearing  now,  in  1926, 
it  denotes  that  the  advertiser  belongs 
to  a  past  age,  an  age  when  good  drivers 
of  men  were  very  common,  when  hu- 
man slavery  existed,  and  when  a  Simon 
Legree  was  found  in  nearly  every  in- 
dustrial plant." 

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continue  its  charitable  work,  members 
of  Local  1581  set  about  constructing 
the  cottage  free  of  charge,  and  the  job 
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Who's  On  First? 

Two  old  carpenters  got  into  a  seri- 
ous argument  one  day,  and  when  they 
could  not  think  of  anything  else  to 
say  to  each  other  one  of  them  said, 
"And,  furthermore,  when  I  die,  I  don't 
want  to  see  you  at  my  funeral." 

The  other  replied,  "that  is  okay  by 
me,  because  I  don't  want  to  see  you 
at  my  funeral  either." 

— Jim  Ginocchio 
Madison,  N.J. 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

Planning  Ahead 

Much  perplexed,  the  wife  asked  her 
husband,  "Why  did  you  spank 
Junior?" 

"hie  gets  his  report  card  tomor- 
row," Dad  explained,  "and  I'm  going 
to  be  out  of  town." 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

On  Skid  Row 

We  just  heard  about  a  Texan  who  is 
so  poor  that  the  telephone  in  his 
Mercedes  is  on  a  party  line. 


Don't  Exaggerate 

One  fellow  managed  to  get  out  of 
Northern  Ireland  in  good  health. 
When  he  landed  at  Kennedy  Airport, 
he  was  surrounded  by  scores  of  news- 
men who  fired  a  hundred  questions  at 
him. 

"Look,"  the  tired  Irishman  said, 
"you  fellas  take  the  littlest  incidents 
and  blow  them  all  out  of  proportion, 
just  to  sell  your  bloody  newspapers. 
It's  about  time  you  printed  the  truth. 
Northern  Ireland  is  a  peaceful  place. 
The  Cath'lics  and  Protestants  get 
along  beautifully,  we  all  get  along 
with  the  British  Army,  and  the  IRA 
is  a  non-violent  organization." 

The  reporters  thanked  the  visitor 
for  correcting  the  misapprehension, 
and  one  of  them  asked,  "By  the  way. 
Sir,  what  do  you  do  for  a  living?" 

"Me?"  says  the  Irishman,  "I'm  a 
tail   gunner  on   a    bakery  truck!" 

— The  International  Teamster 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

Decisive 

Psychiatrist:  "Do  you  have  trouble 
making   up  your  mind?" 

Patient:  "Well,  yes  and  no." 


Crash   Diet 

A  wife  rushed  into  the  police  station 
with  this  complaint: 

"My  husband  beats  me  up  every 
day.  am  such  a  nervous  wreck  that 
I've  lost  I  5  pounds." 

The  police  captain  said,  "Do  you 
want  him  arrested?" 

"No,  not  yet.  I  want  to  lose  15 
pounds  more  first." 


This  Month's  Limerick 

There  was  a  young  lady  named 

hiannah 
Who  slipped  on  a  peel  of  a  banana. 
Then   a   gentle   man   sprang  to  assist 

her. 
"Did  you  fall  m'am?"  he  cried. 
"Did   you  think,"   she   replied, 
"I  sat  down  for  the  fun  of  it,  mister?" 
Joe  Warda 
San  Francisco,  Calif. 


Nailed   Down 

Mrs.  Baxter  was  jubilant.  "I've  finally 
cured  my  husband  of  biting  his  nails," 
she  declared. 

"Land  sakes,"  said  her  neighbor. 
"How?" 

"I  hide  his  teeth." 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

Watch   Out! 

A  man  bought  a  grandfather  clock 
at  an  auction,  and  since  it  was  only 
a  short  distance  back  to  his  house, 
he  was  carrying   it  on   his  back. 

Suddenly,  a  drunk  staggered  out 
of  a  bar  and  bumped  into  the  man, 
and  the  two  of  them  went  down  in 
a  heap.  Enraged,  the  man  with  the 
clock  shouted,  "Why  don't  you  watch 
where  you're  going!?" 

The  drunk  replied,  "Well,  why  don't 
you  wear  a  wristwatch  like  everybody 
else?" 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 

Checking   In 

An  American  couple  on  a  tour  of 
rural  France  had  their  baggage  sent 
to  a  small  inn  ahead  of  them.  When 
they  arrived,  they  were  cordially 
greeted  by  the  manager,  who  assured 
them  with  the  few  English  words  he 
knew  that  he  had  made  every  arrange- 
ment for  their  comfort.  He  had  even 
registered  them,  taking  their  names 
from  their  luggage:  "Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Genuine  Cowhide!" 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

Counterrevolutionary 

The  teacher  in  a  school  in  Commu- 
nist Czechoslovakia  asked  little  Jan 
to  define  Communism. 

"Well,  it's  five  feet  tall,"  said  Jan. 

"How  do  you  know  that?"  asked 
the  surprised  teacher. 

"Because,"  said  the  boy,  holding 
his  hand  at  neck  level,  "my  father  is 
six  feet  tall  and  he  says  he's  had  it  up 
to  here." 


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Sidell  Discusses 

Continued  From  Page  11 

senting  both  business  and  labor — - 
have  an  opportunity  to  address  our 
social  responsibility,"  Swift  said. 
"And  ...  we  have  an  opportunity 
to  begin  building  the  framework  of 
an  economic  program  that  can  bene- 
fit labor,  business  and  society  in 
general." 

The  Menlo  Park  meeting  con- 
sisted of  four  workshop  sessions. 
They  were:  recruitment  of  qualified 
handicapped  individuals;  accommo- 
dations necessary  to  permit  the 
handicapped  to  work;  the  effect  on 
established  benefit  plans  of  the  em- 
ployment of  greater  numbers  of 
handicapped  persons,  and  affirma- 
tive action  plans  to  employ  and  ad- 
vance the  handicapped. 

An  in-depth  report  reflecting  the 
industry-labor  consensus  from  the 
regional  meetings  will  be  presented 
to  the  White  House  Conference  on 
Handicapped  Individuals  which  will 
convene  in  May  1977.  It  will  also 
be  shared  with  the  Congress,  the 
President  and  other  government  of- 
ficials. 

George  Meany,  president  of  the 
AFL-CIO,  and  John  R.  Opel,  presi- 
dent of  the  IBM  Corporation,  are 
co-chairmen  of  the  Industry-Labor 
Council. 

Hard  Hats  Are 
Now  In  Style 

Construction  workers  may  be  the  next 
folk  heroes.  Bloomingdale's  in  New 
York  City  a  style-setting  department 
store,  is  selling  to  the  public  what  it 
calls  genuine  construction  hardhats  in 
five  brilliant  colors.  Price:  $9.  The  store 
says  blue  is  favored  by  bricklayers,  green 
by  carpenters,  yellow  by  electricians, 
orange  by  laborers  and  white  by  heavy 
construction  workers.    (PAI) 

Contractor  Fined 
In  Worker's  Death 

A  municipal  court  judge  in  Petaluma, 
Calif.,  has  sentenced  the  owner  of  a  con- 
struction company  to  three  years  formal 
probation,  90  days  (suspended)  in  the 
county  jail  and  a  $5,000  fine  for  viola- 
tion of  a  California  job  safety  and  health 
law.  The  criminal  charge  resulted  from 
a  worker's  death  on  a  construction  site. 


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HOUSE  CONSTRUCnON 


CARPENTRY 


National  Construction  Estimator 

Accurate  building  costs  in  dollars  and  cents  for 
residential,  commercial  and  industrial  construction. 
Material  prices  for  every  commonly  used  building 
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National  Repair  and  Remodeling  Estimator 

If  you  estimate  the  cost  of  remodeling  dwellings  or 
repairing  damaged  structures,  this  up-to-date  guide 
will  be  your  most  valuable  reference:  accurate, 
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procedures,  helpful  examples  of  complete  installa- 
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information  based  on  the  figures  of  hundreds  of 
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Wood-Frame  House  Construction 

The  popular  guide  to  modern  home  building.  From 
the  layout  of  the  outer  walls,  excavation  and 
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painting  ~  every  step  of  construction  Is  covered  in 
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Carpentry 

Written  by  H.  H.  Siegele,  the  most  widely  recog- 
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and  flooring,  rough  framing,  sheathing,  cornices, 
columns,  lattice,  building  paper,  siding,  doors  and 
windows,  roofing,  joints  and  more.  The  essential 
knowledge  skilled  professional  carpenters  need. 
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Stair  Builders  Handbook 

Modern,  step-by-step  instruction,  big,  clear  illus- 
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The  journeyman  roofer's  guide  to  applying  all  shin- 
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192  pages  8V2XII  $7.25 


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L.U.  NO.  7 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 
Hill,  James  J. 
Legare,  Orville  W. 
Rosengren,  Erick 
Sternberg,  Emil 
Whalen,  George  T. 

L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Cole,  Wilford,  Sr. 
Edwards,  Charles 
Leinen,  Joseph 
Marcott,  Howard  J. 
Reagan,  Walter 

L.U.  NO.  15 
HACKENSACK,  NJ. 

Schweikart,  Edwin  M. 

L.U.  NO.  35 

SAN  RAFAEL,  CA. 

Boe,  Carl 
Crabb,  Buddy 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLAND,  CA. 

Evans,  Willard 

L.U.  NO.  37 
SHAMOKIN,  PA. 

Shaffer,  Wilford 

L.U.  NO.  42 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Catena,  Antonio 
Edwards,  Dave 
De  Camp,  Raymond 
Ferretti,  Eugene 
Gastori,  Primo 
Gruhn,  Richard 
Hinchley,  Leonard 
Keller,  Henry 
Link,  Fred 
Ratto,  Mario 
Reeves,  Paul 
Simon,  Carl 
Schoene.  August 
Streeter,  Stanley 
Tyschtschenko,  Ivan 
Ulsfeldt,  Benny 
Watchers,  Jerry 
Wierdsma,  Cornelias 

L.U.  NO.  SO 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Cook,  Paul 

L.U.  NO.  54 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Chalupa,  Frank 
Keslik.  James 
Kotyza,  Robert 
Vavrina,  James 

L.U.  NO.  64 
LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

Brandenburg,  Amos 
Brumitt,  Lee  Roy 
Farris,  Lee 
Maloney,  John 
Phelps,  Forrest 
Sawyer,  Joel 
Schafllcin,  Nick 

L.U.  NO.  66 
OLEAN,  N.Y. 

Anderson,  Edwin 


Littlewood,  Charles 
Zink,  Joel 

L.U.  NO.  94 
WARWICK,  R.I. 

Antoch.  Samuel 
Beattie,  John  E. 
Houle,  Roy  T. 
Suprenant,  Roland 

L.U.  NO.  95 
DETROIT,  ML 

Coleman,  John 
Davis,  Auzy 
Glasman,  Louis 
Hebert,  Leo 
Jones,  Tom 
Lahti,  John 
Marsa,  Roy 
McMahan,  Harley 
Sariund,  Oliver 
Small,  Wm.  A. 
Wallach,  Josef 

L.U.  NO.  103 
BIRMINGHAM,  AL. 

Howell,  Robert  K. 
Howse,  A.  F. 
Robbins,  Hiram 
Roberts,  Pink 

L.U.  NO.  117 
ALBANY,  N.Y. 

Ciaccia,  Joseph  A. 
Frees,  William  H. 
La  Rosa,  Joseph 
Levine,  Benjamin  S. 

L.U.  NO.  132 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Bennington,  E.  S. 
Burner,  Daniel  E. 
Howell,  Otey  M. 
Pattison,  Eugene  T. 
Sydnor,  Jerome  T. 

L.U.  NO.  141 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Edstrom,  Oscar 
Nordquist,  John  R. 
Wickstrom,  Andrew 

L.U.  NO.  194 
ALAMEDA,  CA. 

Baughman,  Harry 
Garner,  Earl 
Hopper,  Herbert 
Lyall,  Thomas 
Matthews,  C.  J. 
Simpson,  W.  B. 
Swanson,  Nels,  Sr. 
Ungaretti,  Adolpho 
Ward,  Jesse 

L.U.  NO.  195 
PERU,  IL. 

Hrovat,  John 
Wisgowski,  Stanley 

L.U.  NO.  198 
DALLAS,  TX. 

Akin,  R.  O. 
Baker,  H.  H. 
Gore,  H.  A.  (Red) 

L.U.  NO.  218 
ALLSTON,  MA. 

Earlc,  George  H. 


L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Bonner,  George  W. 
Coley,  Dana  A. 
Sims,  Robert  C. 

L.U.  NO.  226 
PORTLAND,  OR. 

Burdick,  Francis  J. 
Davis,  Arthur 
Funk,  Marvin  H. 
Hopkins.  Ernest  A. 
McCormick,  Hugh  T. 
O'Dell,  Gordon 
Palmer,  B.  L. 
Wittkop,  Jack  A. 
Zimmerman,  Oscar 

L.U.  NO.  255 
BLOOMLNGBURG,  N.Y 
Green,  Ralph 

L.U.  NO.  266 
STOCKTON,  CA. 

Kemper,  Harold  C. 

L.U.  NO.  269 
DANVILLE,  IL. 

Baker,  Daniel 
Barnes,  Louis 
Daily,  Lawrence 
Davis,  Leslie 
Perkins,  Harold 
Stephenson,  L.  B. 
Virostik,  Steve 

L.U.  NO.  278 
WATERTOWN,  N.Y. 

Edus,  Peter  L. 

L.U.  NO.  280 
LOCKPORT,  N.Y. 

Firth,  William,  Sr. 
Juzwiak,  John  R. 
McArdle.  Edward 
Maura,  Angelo 
Minnick,  Glenn 
Pettinato,  James 
Russell,  Clifford 

L.U.  NO.  299 
FAIRVIEW,  NJ. 

Danielson,  Daniel 
Kuenzler,  John 
Miller,  Phil,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  314 
MADISON,  WL 

Jennerman,  Paul 
Laufenberg,  J.  F. 
Phillips,  Harold  C. 

L.U.  NO.  316 
SAN  JOSE,  CA. 

Barkuloo,  Henry 
Basta.  Thomas  R. 
Berg,  Guy 
Betiencourt,  George 
Blank,  Christie 
Chacon,  Charles 
Cupps.  Arthur  L. 
Dcnnisson,  John 
Douglass,  A.  A. 
Douglass.  R.  C. 
Frcund.  Nick 
Gruba.  Roy 
Guillory.  A.  J. 
Holquin,  Juan 


Huatala,  Onni 
Imloes,  Glen  H. 
Jonnson,  Paul 
Marotte,  Francis 
Mears,  Horace 
Mieske,  Elmer 
Pardun,  Harry 
Reed,  Edgar  G. 
Snyder.  George 
Slern,  E.  C. 
Swanson,  S.  O.  J. 

L.U.  NO.  359 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Fryer,  Calvin 
Marquart,  Victor  E. 

L.U.  NO.  366 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Andersons,  Arvids 
Ciacco,  Angelo  R. 
Komisar,  Sam 

L.U.  NO.  368 
ALLENTOWN,  PA. 

Feinour,  Alton  R. 

L.U.  NO.  372 
LIMA,  OH. 

Hume,  Andrew 
Price,  Glenn  C. 

L.U.  NO.  406 
BETHLEHEM,  PA. 

Koplin,  George 
Miller,  Jerome 

L.U.  NO.  433 
BELLEVILLE,  IL. 

Voland,  Kenneth 

L.U.  NO.  488 
BRONX,  N.Y. 

Akerman,  Sigel 
Cotumaccio,  George 
Dietz,  Walter 
Henry,  Arthur 
Jacobson,  Karl 
Kokko,  Arthur 
Stefanowicz,  Stanley 
Teodorine,  Lisle 

L.U.  NO.  512 
ANN  ARBOR,  MI. 

Collins,  George 
Farley,  Harold 
Greenwood.  Harold 
Heilman,  Edward 
Kollcwehr,  Oscar  J. 
Stollsleimer,  Walter 
Schwartz,  Jack  D. 

L.U.  NO.  606 
VIRGINIA,  MN. 

Joki,  William 

L.U.  NO.  621 
BREWER,  ME. 

Footc,  Stanley  M. 

L.U.  NO.  625 

MANCHESTER,  NH. 

Martineau.  Paul  R, 

L.U.  NO.  665 
AMARILLO,  TX. 

Anderson,  Willis 
Maxwell,  Greg 
Posey,  Travis  L. 
Seth,  A.  D. 
Thorne,  Henry 
Wells,  E.  F. 
Winterrowd,  J.  F. 


L.U.  NO.  668 
PALO  ALTO,  CA. 

De  Berry,  James  K. 

L.U.  NO.  700 
CORNING,  N.Y. 

Murphy,  Earl 
Tinker,  William  S.,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  727 
HIALEAH,  FL. 

Johnson,  Harold  W. 

L.U.  NO.  751 
SANTA  ROSA,  CA. 

Baker,  John 
Cia,  Harold 
Dodge,  David 
Eslinger,  Al 
Lawrence,  Wm. 
Montedeoca,  Manual 
Moore,  John 
Moratto,  Major 
Quaglia,  Jack 
Smith,  Von 

L.U.  NO.  763 
ENID,  OK. 

Arnold,  Frank 
Bundy,  Clifford 

L.U.  NO.  783 
SIOUX  FALLS,  S.D. 

Mason,  John 
Williams,  L.  E. 

L.U.  NO.  791 
BROOKLYN,  N.Y. 

Egland,  Alfred 
Walsh,  Felix 

L.U.  NO.  836 
JANESVILLE.  WI. 

Dunning,  Lester 

L.U.  NO.  849 
MANITOWOC,  WI. 

Soukup,  Edwin  J. 

L.U.  NO.  906 
GLENDALE,  AZ. 

Baker,  Kenneth  R. 

L.U.  NO.  973 
TEXAS  CITY,  TX. 

Crumley,  Francis  W. 
Ford,  R.  A. 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  Ml. 

Babcock,  Walter 
Fetlerhoff,  Kenneth  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1068 
VALI.EJO,  CA. 

Wood.  Delmcr  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1158 
BERKELEY,  CA. 

Barham,  Charles 
Davis,  Walter,  Jr. 
Dicenso.  Joseph 
Hince,  Carl 
Johnson,  Esse 
Ruse,  Rail 
Snderson,  Carl 

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29 


IN  MEMORIAM 


Continued  from  page  29 


L.U.  NO.  1185 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Bauer,  John,  Sr. 
Lamaster,  Leonard 
Westbrook,  Frank  C. 
Yangas,  George  P. 

L.U.  NO.  1216 
MESA,  AZ. 

Agerter,  Robert  L. 
Dunn,  C.  T. 
McClellan,  Jess  B. 

L.U.  NO.  1323 
MONTEREY,  CA. 

Campbell,  E.  R. 
Kouba,  Emil 
Lang,  Frank 
Sickafoose,  R.  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1342 
BLOOMFIELD,  NJ. 

Albano,  Joseph 
Purcell,  William 
Salvo,  Joseph,  Sr. 
Thyren,  Ivar 

L.U.  NO.  1400 
SANTA  MONICA,  CA. 

Diggs,  Jackson 
Dixon,  Elmer 
Lenell,  Ernest 


Quattlebaum,  Robert 
Samp,  Lloyd 
Thomas,  Andrew  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1407 
WILMINGTON,  CA. 

McAllister,  William  A. 
Jordan,  J.  M. 


L.U.  NO.  1453 
HUNTINGTON  BEACH, 
CA. 

Hayward,  Sidney 
Le  Page,  Chester 
Wright,  Claude 


L.U.  NO.  1471 
JACKSON,  MS. 

Spence,  James  William,  Jr. 


L.U.  NO.  1473 

OAKLAND-FRUITVALE, 

CA. 

Aro,  Ray 
Kester,  Clarence 
Krug,  Clarence 
Smith,  Waller 
Trippy,  Howard 
Young,  Robert 


L.U.  NO.  1487 
BURLINGTON,  VT. 

Grey,  Henry 
Hutchins,  Dale 

L.U.  NO.  1506 

LOS  ANGELES,  CA. 

Abbott,  Ancil  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1507 
EL  MONTE,  CA. 

Pearce,  W.  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1545 
NEW  CASTLE,  DE. 

Holston,  Mark 
Wright,  Harold 

L.U.  NO.  1583 
ENGLEWOOD,  CO. 

Becker,  Alfred 

L.U.  NO.  1609 
HIBBING,  MN. 

Degnan,  Patrick 
Maki,  Genhart 

L.U.  NO.  1723 
COLUMBUS,  GA. 

Johnson,  Robert  H. 
Strickland,  H.  K. 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Ardoin,  Nelson 
Dauzat,  Pavy  J. 


Gunn,  George 
Stevens,  H.  C. 
Upton,  Clay 

L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WA. 

Beauchamp,  Cecil  R. 
Brown,  Burl  L. 

L.U.  NO.  1971 
TEMPLE,  TX. 

Straley,  H.  B. 

L.U.  NO.  2049 
BENTON,  KY. 

Keeling,  Terrell  W. 
Mason,  Doyle 
Phelps,  WilMam  H. 

L.U.  NO.  2250 
RED  BANK,  N.J. 

Bennett,  Crawford 
Dressier,  Harold  D. 
Moscetti,  Paul  N. 

L.U.  NO.  2274 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Delsignore,  Anthony 
Lemke,  Richard 

L.U.  NO.  2310 
MADISON  VILLE,  KY. 

Porter,  Clay 


L.U.  NO.  2361 
ORANGE,  CA. 

Kirk,  Howard  N. 
Woodall,  Henry  T. 

L.U.  NO.  2375 
WILMINGTON,  CA. 

Castor,  J.  L. 

Dimmit,  Charles  F. 

Finster,  Joe 

Lamoureux,  C.  E.  (Lammy) 

Langdon,  Clifford 

Rich,  Ed 

Rucker,  J.  R. 

L.U.  NO.  2398 
EL  CAJON,  CA. 

Gilbeault,  Victor 
Grossman,  John  D. 
Robertson,  Dillard  J. 

L.U.  NO.  2461 
CLEVELAND,  TN. 

Kirk,  Jack  A. 

L.U.  NO.  2762 
NORTH  FORK,  CA. 

Barboza,  Ruben  R. 

L.U.  NO.  3127 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Glovach,  John  M. 


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Belsaw    Sharp-All    27 

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Chicago  Technical  College 30 

Craftsman  Book  Company   ....  28 

Eliason  Stair  Gauge   15 

Estwing  Mfg.  Co 27 

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Foley  Mfg.  Co.  ($8  An  Hour)    .  25 

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The  Black  and  Decker  Manufacturing 
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Group  will  adopt  international  standard 
metric  units  of  measure  for  all  new 
products  and  accessory  designs  started 
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now.  To  facilitate  the  transition,  the 
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IN  CONCLUSION 


The  Warnings  of  Winter  '77: 
Energy  Shortages  and  U.S.  Jobs 


For  reasons  which  are  not  completely  understood 
by  the  world's  scientists,  the  prevailing  winds  and 
weather  fronts  of  the  Northern  Hemisphere  took 
crazy  paths  across  North  America  this  winter,  remind- 
ing each  of  us  how  small  we  are  in  the  infinite  work- 
ings of  the  Almighty. 

While  parts  of  Alaska  basked  in  mild  weather, 
Florida  had  snow  and  freezing  desolation.  The  pro- 
longed, frigid  colds  of  January  brought  tragedy  and 
hardship  to  the  Northeast  and  the  Middle  West,  clos- 
ing factories,  bringing  out  the  National  Guard,  leaving 
millions  shivering  in  sub-zero  temperatures. 

Suddenly  energy  and/or  the  lack  of  it  became,  once 
more,  a  major  factor  in  the  health  of  America's 
economy,  overshadowing  for  a  time  such  factors  as 
tax  injustices,  inflation,  and  cheap  imported  goods. 

The  construction  industry,  already  devastated  by 
the  general  recession,  found  itself  blanketed  in  snow 
and  ice,  short  of  fuel  for  its  heavy  equipment,  lacking 
materials  with  which  to  work,  and  unable  to  perform 
in  sub-zero  weather  for  weeks. 

The  crisis  came  just  as  the  Carter  Administration 
sat  down  to  business,  and  after  the  new  President  had 
selected  an  experienced  and  dedicated  administrator — 
James  Schlesinger — as  energy  czar. 

The  politics  of  1976,  which  may  have  caused  the 
Ford  Administration  to  play  down  impending  energy 
dangers,  was  behind  them,  and  President  Carter  and 
Schlesinger  acted  quickly  and  decisively  to  see  that 
we  survived  this  crucial  winter  and  early  spring  as 
warmly  as  possible  under  critical  circumstances.  But, 
they  know,  as  we  know,  that  the  actions  already  taken 
are  stop-gap  actions,  and  a  complete  overhaul  of  our 
energy  system  is  needed. 

Now  that  the  month  of  March  is  with  us,  and  the 
worst  is  over  for  1977,  it  is  time  that  federal  and 
state  officials  move  steadily  toward  a  national  energy 
policy  which  will  help  us  to  avoid  future  winters  like 
the  one  just  ending. 

The  United  States  is  the  world's  greatest  consumer 
of  energy.  It  has  6%  of  the  world's  population,  but 
it  uses  35%  of  the  world's  energy.  Americans  con- 
sume more  than  double  the  amount  of  energy  used 
by  the  Soviets.  We  use  25  times  as  much  as  the  teem- 
ing minions  of  India. 

Not  only  that:  The  growth  of  US  energy  consump- 
tion is  faster  than  the  growth  of  our  own  population — 
nearly  four  times  the  growth  of  our  population,  in  fact. 
Every  wall  receptacle  in  the  average  American  home 
has  some  gadget  or  lamp  plugged  into  it.  Once  the 
average  American  family  considered  itself  fortunate 
with  one  automobile;  now  two  and  three  are  lined 
up  in  each  driveway.  A  researcher  at  Stanford  Uni- 


versity recently  reported  that  "every  baby  born  in 
America  will  generate  almost  1,000  times  the  demand 
for  global  supplies  of  basic  energy  as  an  infant  born 
in  the  African  nation  of  Burundi." 

Advancing  the  machine  age  and  relieving  man  of 
more  and  more  of  his  manual  tasks  seems  to  be  the 
steady  direction  of  our  society  and  the  driving  force 
behind  our  improved  standard  of  living.  .  .  . 

It  has  made  the  life  of  the  average  American  the 
envy  of  every  other  citizen  of  the  world,  but  we  have 
achieved  this  high  standard  at  great  expense  to  our 
native  resources  and  the  moral  fibre  of  our  citizenry. 

It  is  now  time  for  a  reappraisal  of  our  entire  system 
of  energy  consumption.  We  must  all  provide  "feed- 
back" so  that  proper  solutions  will  be  found  for  the 
countless  questions  facing  us. 

The  Congressman  from  my  resident  district  of  Mary- 
land recently  sent  to  all  of  his  constituents  a  question- 
naire which  contained  the  following  questions: 

1 .  Do  you  favor  legislation  to  keep  petroleum  com- 
panies from  developing,  selling,  and  marketing  coal, 
uranium,  solar  and  other  non-petroleum  energy 
sources? 

2.  Should  the  federal  government  provide  tax 
breaks  and  low  interest  loans  in  the  production  and 
marketing  of  solar  energy  for  residential  and  com- 
mercial use? 

3.  Stricter  auto  emission  controls  may  require  the 
use  of  more  gasoline.  Should  stricter  emission  con- 
trols be  postponed  as  a  means  of  saving  energy? 

4.  Do  you  favor  development  of  offshore  drilling 
sites  along  the  Atlantic  Coast? 

5.  Should  a  special  tax  be  imposed  on  the  pur- 
chase of  new  cars  with  large  gas-consuming  engines? 

Those  are  only  five  of  hundreds  of  questions  before 
the  Congress  and  the  Carter  Administration  this  year, 
and  both  branches  of  government  gave  early  evidence 
of  being  ready  to  move  ahead  with  them. 

The  White  House  quickly  set  about  carrying  out 
one  campaign  promise  in  this  respect.  Last  year.  Presi- 
dent Carter  called  for  the  consolidation  of  several  en- 
ergy functions  into  one  new  Energy  Department.  For 
years  responsibilities  in  the  energy  area  have  been 
divided  among  so  many  different  government  agencies 
that  consolidation  became  an  absolute  necessity.  Only 
the  lobbyists  for  the  big  energy  companies  and  their 
trade  associations  seem  to  know  their  way  through 
the  maze  of  Washington's  energy  substructure.  Now 
we  hope  to  have  a  central  agency,  headed  by  a  tough 
administrator. 

Also  expected  soon  is  a  complete  energy  and  en- 
vironmental package  from  the  White  House,  to  the 
Congress,   which   will   include   recommendations   on 


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strip-mining,  the  outer  continental  shelf,  oil  spills  and 
wildlife  preservation.  The  tentative  deadline  set  for 
this  package  to  be  presented  to  Congress  is  April  20. 

We  trust  that  this  package  will  incorporate  the 
suggestions  which  organized  labor  has  been  making 
over  the  years  in  this  crucial  area. 

As  long  ago  as  1959  the  AFL-CIO  warned  of  a 
future  energy  crisis  and  pointed  to  "the  pressing  need 
to  plan  ahead  for  land,  water,  and  energy  develop- 
ment on  a  scale  commensurate  with  the  dimensions 
and  urgency  of  the  problem." 

For  the  past  two  decades  the  AFL-CIO  has  called 
for  a  comprehensive  natural  resources  and  energy 
policy  which  is  integrated  with  a  full-employment 
economy  policy.  It  is  vital  to  any  national  energy  pro- 
gram that  it  take  into  consideration  the  needs  of  fac- 
tories and  work  places  as  well  as  homes. 

Five  years  ago,  organized  labor  made  presentations 
on  energy  to  both  the  Democratic  and  Republican 
platform  committees.  The  statement  made  to  both 
committees,  said  in  part: 

"A  long-range  national  energy  policy  is  needed  that 
will  influence  the  proportion  of  America's  future  en- 
ergy requirement  supplied  by  oil,  natural  gas,  coal 
and  uranium.  Such  a  policy  should  develop  a  national 
pattern  of  research,  development  and  conservation 
of  energy  resources,  resolution  of  problems  of  costs, 
supply  monopolization,  pollution,  and  the  necessary 
restructuring  of  the  federal  agencies  engaged  in  these 
fields  .  .  . 

"We  urge  the  establishment  by  Congress  of  long- 
range  programs  to  develop  the  potentially  enormous 
oil  shale  resources  and  to  utilize  domestic  coal  re- 
serves by  converting  them  into  supplies  of  low  pollu- 
tion natural  gas. 

"The  creation  of  TVA-type  development  agencies 
are  needed  in  order  to  most  effectively  achieve  the 
national  objectives  of  abundant  low-cost  supply  of 
such  new  energy  fuels,  guard  against  monopoly,  pro- 
vide a  federal  cost  yardstick  to  protect  consumers  and 
conserve  the  environment. 

"We  have  long  urged  high  priority  to  development 
of  a  feasible  breeder  reactor  technology.  We  support 
Congressional  authorization  of  a  demonstration 
breeder  reactor  to  be  constructed  and  operated  by 
the  Atomic  Energy  Commission,  with  the  most  metic- 
ulous protection  against  the  terrible  hazards  of 
plutonium,  one  of  the  most  dangerous  materials.  This 
should  be  done  with  full  participation  by  the  nation's 
scientific  community  and  protection  against  breeder 
reactors  close  to  population  centers  . .  . 

"The  continuation  of  major  and  minor  power 
brownouts  and  blackouts,  in  the  past  six  years,  un- 
derlies the  need  for  legislation  of  the  kind  that  the 
AFL-CIO  has  urged  since  1959.  Such  a  program 
would  create  a  low-cost,  reliable  bulk  power  supply 
system  for  the  United  States,  open  to  participation  by 
all  electric  systems.  The  Federal  Government  should 
regulate  the  creation  and  operation  of  regional  power 
supply  systems.  If  such  agencies  fail  to  carry  out  the 
aims  of  the  program,  the  Federal  Government  should 
build  and  operate  them. 

"Once  again,  we  urge  an  investigation  of  the  in- 
creasing control  over  major  energy  sources  by  giant 
integrated  corporations,  the  accompanying  decline  in 
competition   and   the  failure   of   the   Federal   Power 


Commission  and  the  Department  of  Interior  to  pro- 
vide adequate  protection  of  the  public  against  energy 
monopolies." 

The  basic  proposals  made  in  these  presentations 
are  still  sound.  We  urge  their  continued  consideration. 

Suggesting  that  these  proposals  be  studied  does  not 
mean,  however,  that  the  labor  movement  of  America 
was  far  wiser  about  energy  than  the  rest  of  the  popu- 
lation. This  is  certainly  not  a  we-told-you-so  state- 
ment on  my  part. 

There  are  shortsighted  people  inside  and  outside 
the  labor  movement  .  .  .  people  who  will  take  what 
they  can  get  in  money  and  resources  anytime  they 
are  available  and  care  nothing  about  what  is  left  for 
future  generations. 

The  energy  situation  calls  for  statemanship  of  the 
highest  order,  for  we  have  vital  decisions  to  make. 
Working  within  our  free  enterprise  system,  we  must 
regulate  here  and  deregulate  there,  making  sure  that 
measures  to  conserve  fuel  and  create  new  fuel  sources 
take  into  consideration  the  needs  and  responsibilities 
of  both  labor  and  management.  Workers  must  not 
bear  the  brunt  of  energy  cutbacks,  while  employers 
and  utility  companies  are  allowed  to  amass  huge 
profits. 

Let  us  hope  that  the  ill  winter  winds  of  1977  will 
have  blown  us  all  some  long-range  good  and  will  have 
revised  the  thinking  of  all  Americans  on  energy  mat- 
ters. You  remember  the  statement  by  Mark  Twain 
that  everybody  talks  about  the  weather  but  nobody 
does  anything  about  it.  Maybe  this  time  the  great  in- 
dustrial giant  called  the  United  States  will  take  steps 
to  prove  Mark  Twain  wrong. 


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Cari^nter^  MokmI  Klleir  b  hjDw  it 
asappearsoii#  finished  fob. 


X>D  HLLEC  i      . 


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"Beautiful!  You  practically  need  a  magnify- 
ing glass  to  spot  where  I  used  Carpenter's 
Wood  Filler,"  Dom  De  Filippo  reports. 

Professional  carpenters  agree  this  new 
product  is  a  major  improvement.  It  goes  on 
so  smoothly  you  can't  believe  it.  It  has  excel- 
lent shrink  resistance,  so  there  are  no  tell- 
tale depressions  to  spoil  a  finished  job.  And 
it's  formulated  to  hold  the  natural  stain. 


without  over-darkening. 

It's  a  pleasure  to  use,  too.  Just  clean  up 
with  water  before  it  dries— then  you  can 
nail,  drill,  paint,  shellac  or  varnish  it.  It's 
non-toxic,  non-flammablef  practically 
odorless. 

Take  a  tip  from  the  pros. Try 
new  Elmer's® Professional 
Carpenter's  Wood  Filler. 


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the  river. 


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They're  building  character.  De- 
termination. Learning  to  co-operate 
and  to  work  together. 

Today,  more  than  ever,  isn't  it 
great  to  know  Scouting  is  still  going 
strong?  Still  helping  our  kids  grow 
up  to  become  good  Americans.  To 
be  prepared. 

Yes,  thanks  to  the  United  Way 
and  people  everywhere,  Scouting  is 
still  teaching  honesty,  self-reliance, 
respect.  All  the  ideals  worth  believ- 
ing in.  Ideals  worth  supporting. 

Get  behind  Scouting.  Become  a 
Sustaining  Member.  Make  a  con- 
tribution to  your  local  Scout  Coun- 
cil. 

Scouting 

Let's  keep  Scouting 
going  stronger  than  ever. 

Call  Boy  Scouts  of  America  or  write: 
Scouting,  North  Brunswick,  New  Jeisey 
08902. 


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APRIL   1977 


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Official  Publication  of  the  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA  •  FOUNDED  1881 


GY'S  COVE,  NOVA  SCOTI 


A  harbor,  even  if  it  is  a  little  harbor,  is  a  good  thing, 

since  adventures  come  into  it  as  well  as  go  out, 

and  the  life  in  it  grows  strong,  because  it  takes 

something  from  the  world  and  has  something  to  give  in  return^ 

From  Country  Byways,  River  Driftwood  by  Sarah  Orne  Jewett 


General  President  William  Sidell,  third  from  left,  joined  with  other  trade  union 
leaders  in  seeking  changes  in  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act.  He  is  shown  during 
the  recent  winter  meeting  of  the  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council  with  other  Building 
Trades  leaders.  With  him,  from  left,  are  Electrical  Workers'  President  Charles  Pol- 
lard, Plumbers'  President  Martin  J.  Ward,  Iron  Workers'  President  John  Lyons, 
and  Laborers'  President  Angelo  Fosco. 


Labor  Launches 
Drive  to  Overhaul 
Federal  Labor  Law 


GOOD  DOGGIE" 


Trade  unions  have  launched  a 
major  campaign  to  overhaul  the  Na- 
tional Labor  Relations  Act  so  that 
workers  once  again  can  have  a  "fair 
chance"  to  organize  and  bargain  col- 
lectively. 

The  drive  to  update  the  42-year- 
old  Wagner  Act  to  restore  "equity 
to  labor-management  relations"  was 
spelled  out  in  a  statement  on  labor 
law  reform  unanimously  adopted  by 
the  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council  and 
in  a  resolution  calling  for  a  special 
assessment  to  set  up  an  AFL-CIO  task 
force  to  help  revision  and  reform. 

Five  areas  of  concern  were  listed 
by  the  council  that  are  in  need  of  cor- 
rection— areas  of  "glaring  procedural 
and  remedial  deficiencies" — to  assure 
that  the  original  promise  of  the  Wag- 
ner Act  will  live  again. 

The  council  pointed  out  that  twice 
since  1935  Congress  has  placed  strict 
limits  on  the  ability  of  workers  to 
organize  free  from  employer  coer- 
cion— the  Taft-Hartley  and  Landrum- 
Griffin  Acts.  The  result  has  been  "to 
create  a  gross  imbalance  in  favor  of 
those  employers  bent  on  frustrating 
the  right  of  workers  to  organize." 
They  now  hold  the  upper  hand,  the 
council  declared,  "just  as  surely  as 
they  held  it  prior  to  the  Wagner  Act." 

Employers  have  substituted  union 
busters  in  business  suits  with  attache 
cases  for  goon  squads  of  the  Thirties 
and  sharp  lawyers  and  Madison  Ave- 
nue propagandists  for  brass  knuckles, 
but  the  "constant  fact  is  that  the  em- 
ployer has  the  resources  and  he  uses 
them  to  buy  experts  to  get  the  job 
done." 

Citing  the  violation  of  workers 
rights  with  "virtual  impunity"  through 
involved  procedural  delays  in  the 
NLRB  and  the  courts,  the  council 
said  "there  is  no  excuse  for  a  con- 
tinuation of  the  present  situation. 
There  are  no  complex  legal  mysteries 
to  be  solved.  .  .  .  TTie  act  can  and 
will  work"  if  the  most  glaring  de- 
ficiencies are  corrected. 

The  council  noted  legislation  intro- 
duced by  Rep.  Frank  Thompson  (D- 
N.J.),  chairman  of  the  House  Subcom- 
mittee on  Labor-Management  Rela- 
tions (HR  77),  and  said  "this  measure 
addresses  itself  to  some,  but  not  all, 
of  the  concerns  we  have  with  the  cur- 
rent imbalance  in  the  NLRA."  It 
said  the  federation  will  itemize  the 
problems  and  propose  workable  and 
equitable  solutions.  The  statement 
called  for  speedy  hearings  and  fast 
action  to  reach  the  goal  of  "equity 
and  prompt  justice." 

The  special  assessment  calls  for  one 
cent    a   member   per   month   for   six 


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months  to  finance  the  campaign  task 
force  and  its  special  activities  on  be- 
half of  corrective  legislation. 

The  council  said  it  would  offer 
recommendations  in  the  following 
areas  of  NLRA  revision: 

•  A  fair  chance  for  workers  fo 
organize — Expedited  NLRB  elections, 
preliminary  injunctions  for  employers 
discriminating  against  workers  exer- 
cising tiieir  riglit  to  organize  and  for 
illegal  refusals  to  bargain  after  such 
elections. 

•  Repeal  of  Section  14(b) — This 
section  which  permits  states  and  em- 
ployers to  combine  to  deprive  workers 
of  their  rights  to  make  their  own 
choice  as  to  whether  they  will  seek  a 
union  security  provision  through  bar- 
gaining, should  be  removed. 

•  Streamlining  procedures  and  re- 
ducing delays — Increase  the  member- 
ship of  the  NLRB  from  five  to  nine 
members  so  it  can  streamline  its  pro- 
cedures and  reduce  the  time  for  a 
final  decision  in  unfair  labor  practice 
cases. 

•  Effective  remedies — Comparable 
remedies  for  employe  violations  sim- 
ilar to  the  injunction  and  damage  suit 
procedures  now  available  to  them  and 
banning  government  contracts  to  firms 
that  violate  employe  rights. 

•  Definitional  changes — The  NLRB 
and  courts  have  insufficient  guidelines 
to  Congressional  intent  resulting  in 
erroneous  decisions,  especially  in  suc- 
cessor cases  when  a  business  changes 
hands. 

The  council  said  its  recommenda- 
tions to  Congress  "will  correct  the 
current  imbalance  and  restore  equity 
to  labor-management  relations.  And, 
most  importantly,  they  will  assure  that 
the  promise  of  the  Wagner  Act — to 
give  workers  a  fair  chance  to  orga- 
nize— will  live  again." 

Questioned  by  reporters,  AFL-CIO 
President  George  Meany  said:  "I'm 
for  these  changes  whether  we  organize 
workers  or  not."  Labor  always  will 
try  to  organize  workers  but  whether 
these  changes  will  induce  workers  to 
join  unions  to  a  greater  degree  than 
they  did  before  remains  to  be  seen,  he 
added. 

In  addition  to  labor  law  reform,  the 
council  reiterated  its  strong  support  of 
four  pieces  of  legislation  which  were 
vetoed  by  President  Ford. 

These  included  situs  picketing, 
Hatch  Act  reform,  the  Energy  Trans- 
portation Security  Act  and  stripmin- 
ing  protection. 


Maritime  Trades  Fight  Runaways 


The  AFL-CIO  Maritime  Trades  Department,  meeting  in  Bal  Harbour,  Fla.  in 
February,  called  for  a  national  maritime  policy  keyed  to  the  requirement  that  30% 
of  US  oil  imports  be  carried  in  American  ships  and  that  effective  controls  be  placed 
on  runaway  foreign-flag  vessels.  The  department's  executive  board  adopted  a  series  of 
statements  at  the  two-day  meeting  which  spelled  out  the  problems  facing  the  mari- 
time industry  and  proposed  a  series  of  legislative  solutions.  General  Secretary  R.  E. 
Livingston,  shown  near  the  center  of  the  picture  above,  as  the  meeting  was  in  ses- 
sion, took  part  in  the  discussions,  as  the  head  of  the  Brotherhood  delegation  to  the 
Maritime  Trades. 


Steelworkers, 
Crafts  Agreement 

An  agreement  has  been  reached  be- 
tween the  United  Steelworkers  and  the 
AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construction 
Trades  Department  setting  up  a  method 
for  resolving  disputes  which  may  arise 
because  of  the  merger  of  the  former 
Allied  &  Technical  Workers  Union,  Dis- 
trict 50,  and  the  Steelworkers. 

The  Agreement  was  announced  jointly 
by  Steelworkers  President  I.  W.  Abel 
and  Building  Trades  President  Robert  A. 
Georgine.  They  said  they  wanted  to 
"emphasize  the  fact  that  organizations 
in  the  trade  union  movement  can  sucess- 
fully  work  out  problems  internally  with- 
out external  pressures." 

Under  the  agreement,  the  USW  will 
not  organize  the  construction  employees 
of  contractors  engaged  in  construction 
within  the  United  States  unless  such  con- 
tractors are  now  under  contract  with 
USWA. 

Other  sections  of  the  agreement  pro- 
vide that  it  will  be  the  policy  of  USWA, 
in  renewing  agreements  it  already  has,  to 
seek  wages  and  benefits  comparable  to 
those  received  by  building  tradesmen. 

Also  in  areas  where  association  bar- 
g,iining  exists,  the  USW  has  a  condi- 
tional right  to  organize  non-union  con- 
traclors  subject  to  prior  discussion  with 
the  Building  Trades  Department. 

The  parties  will  establish  joint  com- 
mittees at  the  national  level  and  will 
meet  at  regular  intervals  at  the  request 
of  either  party  to  resolve  differences. 
(PAD 


Cold  Winter  Cuts 
Housing  Starts 

The  nation's  cold  weather  crisis  will 
result  in  an  estimated  reduction  of  16% 
in  new  housing  starts  in  the  first  quarter 
of  this  year,  Robert  Arquilla,  president 
of  the  National  Association  of  Home 
Builders,  said  last  month. 

This  would  mean  the  loss  of  60,000 
housing  units  and  cause  a  reduction, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  of  120,000 
many  years  of  employment  in  the  con- 
struction industry.  The  1.82  million  starts 
projected  for  this  year  will  not  be  attained 
unless  the  rate  of  production  can  be  ac- 
celerated in  the  next  three  quarters, 
Arquilla  said. 

In  the  Northeast  and  North  Central 
regions,  the  areas  most  affected,  starts 
are  estimated  to  drop  by  45%.  In 
the  South,  which  typically  accounts  for 
40-45%  of  all  production  in  the  first 
part  of  the  year,  the  drop  is  estimated 
to  be  13%.  In  the  West,  where  more 
favorable  weather  conditions  prevail, 
starts  are  expected  to  go  up  by  5%. 

Arquilla  said  that  builders  reporting 
from  the  colder  regions  said  that  little 
or  no  work  was  being  done  because  of 
the  weather.  They  also  said  that  the 
weather  had  made  delivery  of  building 
materials  impossible  or  very  late. 


EDITOR'S  NOTE:  Home  construction  is 
expected  to  begin  moving  this  month  in 
spite  of  the  setbacks,  and  construction  locals 
are  urged  to  launch  CHOP  organizing  drives 
wherever  non-union  workers  are  building 
homes. 


APRIL,    1977 


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JOBS  FOR  VIETNAM  VETERANS-As  he  began  his  administration  in  January,  President 
Carter  promised  to  make  a  strong  federal  effort  to  put  jobless  Vietnam-era  veterans 
back  to  work.   Secretary  of  Labor  Ray  Marshall  has  since  announced  a  three-point 
program  to  make  almost  200,000  jobs  available  to  the  former  servicemen:  1.  A  "HIRE" 
campaign  to  encourage  large  corporations  to  make  50,000  additional  jobs  available  to 
Vietnam  veterans,  2.  a  request  to  Congress  for  290,000  additional  public  service 
jobs  this  year  and  125,000  more  next  year  under  the  Comprehensive  Employment  and 
Training  Act  (CETA),  with  35%  of  these  jobs  going  to  veterans  and,  3.  an  outreach 
effort  to  develop  jobs  for  250,000  disabled  veterans. 

DIRECT  ELECTION  OF  PRESIDENT-The  outmoded  electoral  college  system  which  has  elected 
the  US  President  for  200  years  should  be  abolished,  the  AFL-CIO  recently  told  a 
Senate  Judiciary  subcommittee.  The  Federation  has  called  for  a  Constitutional 
Amendment  to  allow  direct  election  of  the  President  as  the  only  sure  way  that  the 
candidate  who  gets  the  most  votes  will  be  elected  to  the  nation's  highest  office. 

PRODUCTIVITY  UP-Anti-labor  interests  often  suggest  to  the  public  that  the  economic 
recession  is  due  to  a  drop  in  worker  productivity.   Recent  data  supplied  by  the 
Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  refutes  such  statements.  The  Bureau  reports  that 
productivity  in  the  nation's  private  business  sector  grew  faster  in  1976  than  in  any 
year  since  1962.   Output  per  hour  worked  by  all  persons  grew  4.5%  last  year,  more 
than  double  the  rate  of  increase  in  1975,  BLS  said.   (The  harsh  winter  freeze  of 
January,  1977,  which  shut  down  many  factories  in  the  Northeast  is  expected  to  cause  a 
drop  in  productivity  statistics  this  year.) 

WINDFALL  FUEL  PROFITS-Natural  gas  and  fuel  companies  should  be  taxed  a  full  100%  of 
the  "windfall  profits"  achieved  during  the  recent  energy  crisis,  which  they  helped 
to  create,  labor  unions  told  the  House  Ways  and  Means  Committee  recently.   The 
AFL-CIO  Legislative  Director  Andrew  J.  Biemiller  and  Research  Director  Rudy  Oswald 
sharply  challenged  the  tax  incentives  for  corporations  sought  by  the  Carter 
Administration. 

SAFETY-AND-HEALTH  CLAUSES — Ninety-three  percent  of  major  collective  bargaining 
agreements  in  the  United  States,  (those  covering  1,000  workers  or  more)  contain 
provisions  for  the  safety  and  health  of  employees,  according  to  a  study  just 
published  by  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  of  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor. 

About  one-third  of  the  agreements  established  safety  committees.  Although 
usually  advisory,  these  committees  occasionally  are  empowered  to  establish  or  amend 
safety  rules. 

About  22%  of  the  contracts  provide  for  safety  inspections,  a  third  for 
company-paid  physical  examinations,  and  nearly  half  for  safety  equipment. 

DUE-PROCESS  HEARINGS  URGED — The  AFL-CIO  has  called  on  Congress  and  the  Carter 
Administration  to  assure  jobless  workers  the  right  to  a  due-process  hearing  prior 
to  any  termination  of  their  unemployment  insurance  benefits. 

Millions  of  jobless  workers  are  denied  unemployment  compensation  protection 
each  year  when  weekly  benefits  are  cut  off  pending  the  appeal  of  a  disqualifi- 
cation decision,  the  federation's  Executive  Council  observed  in  a  statement. 

"This  disqualification  is  imposed  without  any  attempt  at  a  due-process  hear- 
ing," the  council  said.  "We  believe  this  due-process  right  is  guaranteed  by  the 
Constitution  and  should  not  be  denied  to  people  just  because  they  are  unemployed." 

ONE  MILLION  SUMMER  JOBS  FOR  YOUTH — Secretary  of  Labor  Ray  Marshall  has  announced 
that  more  than  a  million  disadvantaged  youth,  14  through  21,  will  be  hired  this 
summer  under  an  expanded  summer  jobs  program.  Marshall  said  that  $618  million  was 
allocated  in  February  to  445  state  and  local  governments  serving  as  prime  sponsors 
under  the  Comprehensive  Employment  and  Training  Act.  (CETA). 

4  THE  CARPENTER 


1^ . 


AFL-CIO  Council 
Endorses 
Bancroft  Boycott 

Union  Label   Trades,   Labor  Press 
Move   into   Action 


The  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council 
has  endorsed  the  Brotherhood's  boy- 
cott of  Bancroft  Manufacturing  Co. 
products — aluminum  doors,  sashes 
and  other  extruded  aluminum  home 
building  items — because  of  the  firm's 
refusal  to  negotiate  a  fair  agreement 
with  its  workers. 

Bancroft  employees  at  plants  in 
McComb  and  MagnoHa,  Miss.,  who 
chose  our  Southern  Council  of  In- 
dustrial Workers  as  bargaining  agent 
in  a  1971  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  election,  have  sought  for 
more  than  five  years  to  work  out  a 
settlement  with  the  company.  After 
years  of  attempting  to  get  the  com- 
pany to  negotiate  and  the  NLRB 
to  enforce  the  law,  500  Bancroft 
production  and  maintenance  work- 
ers at  the  Magnolia  plant  walked 
off  the  job  on  January  16. 

The  council  noted  that  Bancroft's 
mistreatment  of  its  workers  and  its 
flagrant  violation  of  labor  law  were 
documented  in  congressional  hear- 
ings last  year.  The  abuses  had  such 
an  impact  on  workers,  the  council 
observed,  that  only  one-third  of 
those  who  voted  in  the  representa- 
tion election  were  still  working  when 
the  strike  started  in  January. 

Bancroft  refused  even  to  come 
to  the  bargaining  table  until  1976, 
when  the  NLRB  general  counsel 
threatened  the  company  with  con- 
tempt proceedings,  the  council 
noted. 

In  expressing  support  for  our 
striking  members,  the  council  called 
on  all  AFL-CIO  union  members  to 
observe  the  Bancroft  boycott  and 
urged  the  labor  press  and  Union 
Label  &  Services  Trades  Dept.  to 
further  promote  labor's  effort. 

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products  In  an  effort  lo  force  improved 
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'.ecreiar>*  of  tho  Southern  Coun<ril  of 
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■.inkf  began  nt  10  30  p  m  Sunday  and 
will  continue  "until  such  lime  a\  ur  can 
L  get  a  Junl  Helllemrni  from  Ihe  com 
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Picketii  were  reportedly  out  all  ni^ht, 
:\to  at  each  entrance  to  the  plant  on 
llitihwu)  31.  and  Smith  Mtid  fA  per  cent 
111  ihi-  normal  work  forc^  *n«  par 
iinpating  m  Ihe  strike 

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nnlf  \S  per  crni  of  Ihr  witrker^  were  not 

on  ihp  yb  and  some  of  ihjil  could  l>e 

attributed  to  the  cold  weather    Some 

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lprf*lem«     »aid    Jfan    Kuyrkrndall    of 

I  rofl,  adding    'We  don't  feel  Ihe  picket* 

c,iii<ird  I''  per  cent  to  «tai   nt  home  ' 

He  confirmed  thai  there  were  picket* 
■It  Ihe  plant  adding  We  don't 
necesMrlly  know  why  There  an*  «omr 
pe^'ple  out    but  moil  cnme  to  work 


Mr  ■•;iid  Ihe  pliini  is  operjiing  -ai 
"aimoKl  100  per  cent  capacity  '  and  ihal 
everything  wjis  penreful  at  the  plant 
Plon.1  arc  to  continue  production  as 
normal,  he  said 

Only  Ihe  Magnolia  planl  la  being 
picketed 

The  strike  foI[ow^  several  years  of 
acttvKy  involving  ('roll  in  which  legal 
battles  were  fought  between  the  com- 
pany and  union  represent nlives  before 
the  National  luibor  Kelations  Board  and 
the  Kifth  fircuil  Courl  of  Appeals.  Smith 
and  Covington  said 

Our  position  \>  that  we  ve  made  all 
Ihe  proposals  ami  the  company  hat 
laken     no     nction,       Covington     said 


Bulletin 


\\  ysMIM.ri'N  '  \I'|  ■  Throdorr 
(  .  sorriurn  tiunnrd  ihe  Senate 
Intelligence  (  am m liter  ludav  by 
ill«>rlo«lnx  that  he  had  asked 
I 'resident -elect  ilmmt  I  arter  la 
ullhdrdw  hi*  nomination  to  be 
itlTrrlor  al  Ihr  I  |  \ 

Sorrntrn  <ltd  not  tav  »hjl  I  arler's 
respomr  had  brrn  tnit  rommlltee 
(-halrnan  llaniel  K  Inouyr.  O- 
llawail.  Indicated  Ihal  Ihr  cam- 
mlllee  itnuld  arredr  lo  Snrenten's 
iiil«h  In  ttep  aside 

Thr  (armrr  rounirl  and  elate 
BiiiH-latr  to  I'rnidenl  John  ¥ 
Krnnfsly  dmpprd  hi*  h<imb*hell  at 
Ihe  elmr  of  »  Irnglhy  «Ulemeni  la 
which  he  a*«erted  he  u««  qualitted 
for  the  (M«l 


■'Thai  s  where  the  bad  faith  bargaining 
charges  come  in    ' 

"We've  been  doing  evervthmg  we 
could  to  reach  an  agreement  with  this 
company  Federal  mediators  have 
lielped  and  wt  still  weren't  able  lo 
resolve  anything.  '  Smith  noted  "We've 
been  working  since  1970  lr>mg  to  gel  a 
vtage  here  that's  comparable  lo  other 
wages  for  similar  jobs  throughout  the 
country  ' 

Smith  said  information  provided  In 
Croft  Ihii  fall  indicated  that  9M  pe«p!e  in 
production  ]obs  at  Ihe  plant  were  [taid  .in 
average  of  $3  S6  an  hour  "We  fe**!  Ihal 
people  in  Ihts  area  are  entitled  lo  al  lca« 
M  10  an  hour  " 

.■■mith  and  Covington  said  lhe>  Imvi 
made  "as  many  as  tour  proposals  to  'hr 
company  without  them  lakmg  any  a*: 
lion.  '  A  bargaining  deadline  was  set  for 
-tan  U.  tbev  continued,  and  when  nc 
•cttoo  wa*  taken  h>  the  company  'the 
workers  began  the  strike  like  Ihey  voled 
to  do  in  t>ecetnber   " 

"We  djd  not  break  oft  negoltahons.' 
Smith  said  "We  umply  submitted  our 
last  proposal  The  deadline  came  and 
iKe  iiirike  began  ' 

Smilh  sa»d  a  national  hoycoti  wilt  he 
initialed  against  the  company's 
products  and  spearheaded  by  the  AFL- 

no 

A)  luue  in  the  U  bargaining  sesaions 
thai  hav  e  been  held  during  Ihe  la*i  yvar. 
Smith  said,  were  wage  increases,  coti  of 
living  iticreases  and  propmals  involving 
the  company's  pension  amj  iRwirance 
plans  for  thr  employr* 


The  front  page  of  the  Enterprise-Journal,  a  daily  newspaper  in  McComb,  Miss., 
carried  the  storj'  above  when  the  Bancroft  strike  began  in  Januar}'.  Two  members  of 
Local  2280  arc  shown  on  the  picket  line. 


Soon  Conprois  Mill  Be  Voting  On. 


EQUAL  TREATMENT 

For  Craft  and  Industrial  Workers 

The  Building  Trades' 

Bill  of  Rights 


WRITE  YOUR  CONGRESSMAN  *  SENATOR 
TO  VOTE  YES  ON  EQUAL  TREATMENT 


Leaders  of  Building  Trades  unions 
hailed  the  introduction  of  a  new  con- 
struction site  picketing  bill  in  the  cur- 
rent session  of  Congress  and  opened 
a  drive  for  its  enactment. 

Its  sponsor  is  Rep.  Frank  Thomp- 
son, Jr.  (D-N.J.),  whose  House  Labor- 
Management  Relations  subcommittee 
began  hearings  last  month. 

Robert  A.  Georgine,  president  of 
the  Building  &  Construction  Trades 
Dept.,  AFL-CIO,  expressed  the  hope 
that  the  news  media  and  commenta- 
tors will  take  the  trouble  to  find  out 
for  themselves  what  the  issues  are  and 
what  the  Thompson  bill  provides  in- 
stead of  accepting  uncritically  the 
descriptions  given  out  by  anti-union 
and  right-wing  groups. 

The  attacks  on  the  bill,  he  said, 
have  come  largely  from  anti-union 
organizations  that  use  scare  tactics  to 
raise  funds.  The  situs  picketing  legis- 
lation, Georgine  suggested,  "has  been 
a  financial  windfall  for  many  of 
them." 

It  was  conservative  pressure  that 
caused  President  Ford  to  break  the 
promise  he  had  publicly  given  that  he 
would  sign  a  situs  picketing  bill  after 
it  was  amended  to  meet  his  specifica- 
tions. 

Ford's  reversal  made  inevitable  the 
resignation  of  Secretary  of  Labor  John 
T.  Dunlop,  who  had  a  leading  role  in 
shaping  the  bill  that  was  sent  to  the 
President  and  who  said  he  testified  for 
it  at  the  President's  direction. 

Georgine  stressed  to  reporters  that 
the  bill  does  not  permit  strikes  for 
any  illegal  purpose.  He  said  present 
restrictions  on  picketing  force  building 
trades  unions  to  "stand  by  idly  while 
they  are  being  destroyed"  through 
subcontracts  given  to  non-union  firms. 


Labor  Mounts 
Drive  for 
Common  Site 
Picketing 


"All  this  legislation  permits  is  the 
legal  right  for  construction  workers  to 
advertise  a  legitimate  grievance  at  a 
construction  site,"  he  said.  "It  is  a 
right  that  every  other  organized 
worker  in  America  has." 

The  bill  Ford  had  vetoed  included 
provisions  dealing  with  collective  bar- 


gaining procedures  in  the  construction 
industry  that  the  Administration  con- 
tended would  lessen  the  number  of 
strikes. 

Thompson  told  the  House  that  his 
bill  doesn't  include  that  portion  of  the 
vetoed  bill,  noting  that  it  had  been 
added  in  the  last  Congress  "as  the 
price  of  support  by  the  then  Repub- 
lican Administration,  support  which 
ultimately  turned  out  to  be  illusory 
anyway." 

But  Thompson  stressed  that  "there 
are  numerous  safeguards  against  abuse 
in  the  bill"  and  that  the  situations 
under  which  picketing  is  permitted  are 
carefully  confined  to  labor  disputes  at 
a  single  construction  site  for  clearly 
lawful  purposes. 

The  bill  is  so  construed,  he  said, 
that  picketing  cannot  extend  beyond 
"the  economic  allies  of  the  employer 
with  whom  they  have  a  primary  dis- 
pute." 

He  noted  also  that  a  local  union 
planning  to  picket  a  job  site  must  give 
a  10-day  advance  notice  to  all  the 
contractors  and  local  unions  at  the 
common  construction  site,  and  obtain 
the  authorization  of  the  national 
union  with  which  the  local  is  affiliated. 


Marshall  Calls  for  Quick  Passage  of 
Building  Trades  Equal  Treatment  Bill 


Labor  Secretary  Ray  Marshall  has 
called  for  quick  passage  of  a  construc- 
tion site  picketing  bill,  reiterated  his 
belief  that  the  "right-to-work"  Section 
14(b)  of  the  Taft-Hartley  Act  should 
be  repealed,  and 
spoke  up  strongly 
for  collective  bar- 
gaining rights  for 
farm  workers  and 
public  employees. 

Marshall's  re- 
marks were  made 
to  a  conference  on 
public  sector  labor 
relations  that  in- 
cluded both  union  and  management 
participants. 

He  made  clear  that  he  didn't  con- 
sider any  group  of  workers  second- 
class  citizens  in  terms  of  the  right  to 
union  organization  and  collective  bar- 
gaining. 

Collective  bargaining  in  the  public 
sector  is  "as  essential  as  in  the  private 
legislation.  But  there  is  "no  question" 
that  federal,  state  and  local  workers 


MARSHALL 


should  have  collective  bargaining  rights, 
Marshall  declared. 

He  noted  that  farm  workers  were 
originally  excluded  from  the  National 
Labor  Relations  Act  "for  purely 
political  reasons."  There's  "no  legiti- 
mate reason"  for  their  exclusion,  he 
said,  and  he  sees  "no  insurmountable 
obstacles"  to  their  inclusion,  either 
under  NLRB  jurisdiction  or  through  a 
separate  mechanism. 

Marshall  said  passage  of  a  common 
site  picketing  bill  "undoubtedly"  will 
be  an  issue  in  Congress  this  year, 
adding:  "I  hope  we  can  do  it  in  a 
hurry  and  I  favor  it." 

He  expressed  the  belief  that  some  of 
the  critics  of  collective  bargaining  who 
surfaced  during  his  Senate  confirma- 
tion hearings  really  didn't  understand 
how  bargaining  works. 

Overall,  he  suggested,  there  is  a 
general  need  to  educate  the  public  on 
the  value  of  collective  bargaining  and 
on  its  necessity  as  an  important  in- 
gredient of  "a  democratic  society." 


THE    CARPENTER 


•!*f    ¥ 


Walt  Disney  Productions'  snow  survey 
teams  lived  at  Mineral  King  throughout 
each  winter  season  for  more  than  four 
years,  collecting  data  on  snow  and  wind 
conditions,  temperatures,  stream  flow, 
snowfall,  and  other  environmental  data. 


Brotherhood  Legislative  Director 
Charles  Nichols  and  Legislative  Advo- 
cate Jay  Power  with  petitions  endorsing 
the  Mineral  King  development,  which 
they  are  sending  along  to  Congress. 


MINERAL  KING 

Final  Environmental  Statement  Awaits 
Action  by  Secretary  Ber gland 


The  alpine  terrain  of  Mineral  King  is  located  in  the  northern  portion  of  Sequoia 
National  Forest,  California.  It  is  at  the  same  altitude  as  Aspen,  Colorado,  and  twice 
as  high  as  Yosemite  Valley.  The  surrounding  mountain  peaks  reach  as  high  as 
12,405  feet.  In  summer  the  area  is  transformed  into  a  natural  playground  of  moun- 
tain glades,  lakes,  caverns,  waterfalls,  and  pine  forests. 


Mineral  King  is  a  16,000-acre  arm 
of  the  Sequoia  National  Forest, 
nestled  in  the  high  mountains  of  the 
California  Sierras  and  surrounded  on 
three  sides  by  Sequoia  National  Park. 

It  has  been  proposed  as  the  loca- 
tion for  a  major  year-round  recrea- 
tional complex  for  skiing,  hiking, 
camping,  and  other  outdoor  activities. 
Walt  Disney  Productions  of  Burbank, 
Calif.,  has  been  wanting  to  develop  a 
winter  wonderland  there  for  almost  a 
decade. 

And  for  just  about  that  long,  vari- 
ous environmentalist  groups  of  Cali- 
fornia have  been  fighting  Disney  and 
other  interests  to  keep  the  area  a 
wilderness. 

This  year,  Congressman  John  Krebs 
of  Fresno,  Calif.,  has  introduced 
House  Resolution  1772  to  add  the 
Mineral  King  Valley  area  to  Sequoia 
National  Park  and  thereby  kill  all 
plans  for  recreational  development 
there.  He  and  the  environmentalists 
have  prevailed  upon  Sen,  Alan  Cran- 
ston to  enter  a  companion  bill  into 
the  US  Senate. 

Meanwhile,  Walt  Disney  Produc- 
tions, in  an  effort  to  come   to  terms 


with  the  extremists  of  the  environ- 
mental movement,  scaled  down  its 
original  plans  for  the  proposed  moun- 
tain resort,  and  a  final  environmental 
impact  statement  was  prepared  by  the 
US  Forest  Service.  As  The  Carpenter 
goes  to  press,  that  environmental 
statement  awaits  a  yea  or  nay  from 
US  Agriculture  Secretary  Robert 
Bergland.  It  is  up  to  him.  the  Carter 
Administration,  and  the  Congress,  as 
things  now  stand. 

Organized  labor  of  California,  with 
local  unions  of  the  Brotherhood  in  the 
forefront,  have  jumped  into  the  battle 
to  create  Mineral  King.  Meetings  have 
been  held  in  many  parts  of  Central  and 
Southern  California,  petitions  have 
been  circulated,  and  thousands  of  sig- 
natures on  these  petitions  are  intended 
to  show  Washington  officials  that  Min- 
eral King  development  is  long  over- 
due .  .  .  and  thai  it  will  not  harm  the 
surrounding  environment. 

It  will,  instead,  offer  winter  sports 
to  thousands  of  Westerners  crowded 
into  the  few  winter  resorts  which  now 
exist  along  the  lower  Pacific  Coast.  It 
will  open  up  a  natural,  year-round 
wonderland   to  general   public   enjoy- 


ment, instead  of  only  to  mountain 
climbers  and  backpackers.  It  will  also 
create  jobs  for  hundreds  of  unem- 
ployed building  tradesmen,  and,  when 
it  is  completed,  ii  will  produce  jobs 
for  500  additional  people. 

A  petition  supporting  Mineral  King 
development,  now  in  the  hands  of  key 
Congressmen  and  Senators,  points  out 
that  "the  proposal  for  Mineral  King 
by  the  Disney  Corporation  has  been 
carefully  planned  so  as  to  minimize 
the  impact  of  the  development  on  the 
fragile  mountain  environment"  and 
that  "all  environmental  impact  studies 
have  been  completed  in  compliance 
with  presently  existing  state  and  fed- 
eral  environmental    impact  laws." 

Therefore,  say  ski  clubs,  senior 
citizen  groups,  public  officials,  com- 
munity organizations,  and  trade 
unions,  "be  it  resolved  that  the  Fed- 
eral government  do  nothing  to  im- 
pede, delay  and  in  any  way  further 
restrict  the  proposed,  planned  develop- 
ment of  Mineral  King  for  recreational 
purposes." 

The  Brotherhood  supports  this  posi- 
tion. 


APRIL,    1977 


C/\J  Tower 


Since  it  was  dedicated  last  October  in 
a  ceremony  led  by  Prime  Minister  Pierre 
Trudeau,  the  CN  Tower  has  become  a 
major  tourist  attraction  in  Toronto,  On- 
tario, and  has  been  added  to  The  Guin- 
ness Book  of  Records. 

The  CN  Tower  (the  CN  stands  for 
Canadian  National  Railway)  is  an  engi- 
neering marvel  which  rises  1,815  feet,  5 
inches  into  the  sky,  making  it  the  tallest 
free-standing,  man-made  structure  in  the 
world.  Built  at  a  cost  of  $57  million  over 
a  period  of  almost  four  years,  it  em- 
ployed hundreds  of  carpenters  and  mill- 
wrights in  its  erection. 

The  slipform  concrete  work  was  fin- 
ished in  February,  1974,  and  the  antenna 
mast  atop  the  tower  was  put  in  place  in 
April,  1975.  The  building  was  finally 
opened  to  the  public  on  June  26,  last 
year,  and  was  officially  dedicated  last 
October  1. 

Before  the  structure  was  completed,  it 
had  already  made  news  headlines,  when 
one  of  the  Iron  Workers  on  the  job,  who 
was  also  a  paratrooper  in  the  Canadian 
Armed  Forces,  parachuted  from  the 
boom  of  the  hammerhead  tower  crane 
to  the  railroad  yards  below.  (After  his 
safe  landing,  he  was  dismissed  from 
work  for  committing  an  unsafe  act  and 
fined  $100  under  the  Construction  Safety 
Act  of  Ontario). 

A  total  of  53,000  cubic  yards  of  con- 
crete went  into  the  tower,  and  carpenters 
were  busy  for  more  than  three  years  in 


form  work.  They  all  came  from  locals 
of  the  Toronto  District  Council. 

When  construction  reached  the  top, 
members  of  Millwrights  Local  2309 
were  employed  to  install  the  rotating  ob- 
servation decks  for  the  tower's  mag- 
nificent restaurant-in-the-sky — the  highest 


revolving  dining  room  in  the  world.  They 
did  their  jobs  so  well,  installing  two  I'/i 
horse  power  motors,  which  provided  the 
operation,  with  so  little  friction,  that  the 
155-ton  structure  could  readily  be  pushed 
by  two  men.  The  variable  operating 
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THE    CARPENTER 


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height.  Four  elevators  in  glass-faced  shafts 
were  installed  in  grooves  of  tower. 


The  tower  at  approximately  200-foot  level, 
showing  the  three-story  steel  form,  which  is 
approximatey  35  feet  high  on  the  outside. 


Aerial  photo  taken  in  April,  1973,  as  the 
footing  was  begun.  Footing  had  a  radius  of 
102  feet. 


AI  Carbonc,  left,  and  Bill  Westbrooke  at 
work  on  installation  of  revolving  restaurant 
deck.  Keith  Bonning,  center,  supervised  the 
rotating  deck  installation. 


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THE  MEASURE  OF  A  TRUE'  BUILDING 

7.1  Inches  within  Plumb 

Construction  men  who  have  been  around  say  a  good  test  of  a  structure's 
trueness  comes  when  the  jacking  rods  are  removed  from  fresh  concrete. 

If  they  come  out  relatively  clean  and  without  effort,  they  say,  then 
you've  got  yourself  a  true  building. 

If  you  look  at  it  that  way,  the  CN  Tower  is  a  "true  building."  The 
jacking  rods  came  out  of  the  Tower  concrete  like  a  hot  knife  coining  out 
of  butter,  we  are  told. 

And,  as  to  trueness,  the  1815-foot  high  structure  is  within  1.1  inch  of 
true  plumb,  according  to  the  most  modern  measuring  devices  used  in  the 
tower's  erection. 

As  members  of  the  Brotherhood  completed  each  adjustment  of  the 
forms,  the  concrete  was  poured.  It  was  poured  24  hours  a  day,  five  days 
a  week.  On  some  days,  the  tower  grew  by  more  than  20  feet.  The  mix 
was  poured  from  the  top  of  the  slipform,  which  was  supported  by  a  ring 
of  climbing  jacks  and  moved  upward  under  hydraulic  pressure.  As  it 
climbed  skyward,  the  slipform  was  reduced  in  size  to  produce  the 
tapered  three-legged  contour  of  the  architects'  design. 

Concrete  used  in  the  tower  project  was  mixed  on  the  site,  continuously 
checked  and  tested  for  quality,  and  was  reinforced  by  a  unique  system 
of  post-tensioning  that  produced  a  strength  of  more  than  6,000  pounds  per 
square  inch. 

To  ensure  a  truly  perpendicular  tower,  an  assortment  of  precision-made 
optical  instruments  was  used,  backed  by  the  traditional  plumb  bob.  As 
the  structure  inched  up,  every  reading  was  checked  and  cross-checked. 

The  mainstay  of  the  control  system  for  the  tower  was  three 
German-made  optical  plumbs  or  "bombsights",  seldom  used  on  Canadian 
projects.  Every  two  hours,  one  was  fixed  to  a  permanent  mount  on  the 
main  deck  of  the  slipform  and  sighted  against  a  permanent  target  on  the 
foundation  at  the  base  of  the  tower. 

At  the  same  time,  a  reading  was  taken  from  Canada's  longest  plumb 
bob — a  250-pound  steel  cylinder,  attached  to  a  steel  aviation  cable 
suspended  from  the  deck  through  the  hexagonal  core  of  the  tower.  As 
the  tower  rose,  a  winch  released  more  cable  to  give  the  plumb  bob  the 
required  length. 

Further  control  existed  at  permanent  survey  stations  up  to  1.000  feet 
away,  along  the  axis  of  the  tower  legs.  At  least  once  a  day,  instrument 
men  set  up  a  surveyor's  transit  at  these  points  and  aimed  it  at  two-foot- 
square  red  and  white  targets  on  the  slipform  deck. 

Because  the  targets  were  positioned  on  the  centre  lines  of  the  legs,  the 
instrument  men's  readings  produced  reliable  data  indicating  any  tendency 
of  the  slipform  deck  to  rotate. 

While  the  monitoring  and  control  system  made  sure  the  tower  would 
not  incline  during  construction,  it  also  kept  a  check  on  "torsional 
oscillation" — the  tendency  of  tall,  slender  structures  to  begin  to  twist 
slightly  counter-clockwise  when  built  in  the  northern  hemisphere. 

The  result  of  the  checks  and  compensating  adjustments  is  a  tower.  1.815 
feet  and  five  inches  high,  within  1.1  inches  of  plumb. 

The  seven-story  sky  pod  was  built  from  the  1.100  foot  level  and 
houses  public  observation  areas,  the  revolving  restaurant  and  broadcast 
transmission  equipment. 

At  the  1 , 464-foot  level,  another  1  6  feet  of  special  concrete  work  serves 
as  the  base  for  the  .^35-foot  steel  transmission  mast. 

The  sway  and  vibration  of  the  mast,  caused  by  winds  of  varying 
intensities,  is  controlled  by  two  dampers  or  absorbers,  one  at  the  1,600-foot 
level  and  the  other  50  feet  higher.  Designed  by  a  team  of  young  Canadians, 
the  dampers  are  finely  tuned  to  two  dilTercnt  frequencies  and  operate  in 
the  opposite  direction  to  the  motion  of  (he  tower  and  mast. 

A  giant  Sikorsky  helicopter  took  down  the  crane  used  in  constructing 
the  tower  and  erected  the  mast  in  three  and  one-half  weeks — compared 
with  six  months  by  conventional  methods. 

Fifty-five  lifts  were  involved — an  operation  which  carried  the  CN 
Tower  above  Moscow's  Ostankino  Tower  to  Canada's  first  world  record 
height. 


APRIL,    1977 


ANADIAN 


Wage  Controls  May  Not  End  Soon, 
CLC  President  Warns  Affiliates 


There  is  no  reason  to  believe  recent 
meetings  between  the  Canadian  Labor 
Congress  and  the  federal  cabinet  will 
lead  to  an  early  end  to  controls,  CLC 
president  Joe  Morris  has  warned. 

"We  have  reached  a  crucial  phase  in 
our  campaign  and  now  that  the  govern- 
ment appears  to  be  wavering  more  and 
more,  Canadians  in  both  public  and 
private  life  have  joined  with  us  in  con- 
demning Bill  C-73  and  the  effects  it  is 
having  on  the  social  and  economic  life  of 
Canada,"  Morris  said. 

Labor  has  also  warned  the  government 
against  selective  lifting  of  controls,  which 
would  leave  public  sector  wages  re- 
strained. 

Morris  said  the  CLC  had  explained  to 
the  government  that  organized  labor  is 
against  "all  forms  of  controls,"  not  just 
those  in  the  private  sector.  The  CLC 
would  be  abandoning  "a  principle  of  jus- 
tice as  old  as  the  trade  union  movement 
itself"  if  it  accepted  controls  in  the 
public  sector,  Morris  said. 

The  CLC  will  "never  consent  to  dis- 
cuss such  an  eventuality,"  Morris  said. 

United  Auto  Workers  Vice  President 
Dennis  McDermott  said  he  was  disturbed 
by  the  "divide  and  conquer"  attitude  that 
favors  keeping  controls  on  public  sector 
wages. 

"We're  not  going  to  sit  by  and  watch 
them  get  picked  off,"  he  warned 

Meanwhile,  the  CLC's  Ontario  re- 
gional director  of  organization,  Ralph 
Ortlieb,  said  the  battle  against  controls 
is  entering  its  third  phase. 

Labor  councils  will  be  asked  to  present 
"statistical  evidence  of  the  damage  wage 
controls  are  doing"  to  their  MP's  and 
MPP's,  he  said. 


Laberge  Explains 
Labor  PQ  Stand 

Quebec  labor  backed  the  Parti  Que- 
becois  in  the  recent  election  because  of 
the  party's  proposed  social  and  labor 
legislation  program,  not  because  of  its 
separatist  policies,  Quebec  Federation  of 
Labor  president  Louis  Laberge  told  dele- 


gates to  the  Metropolitan  Toronto  Labor 
Council  recently. 

The  QFL  leader  said  that  labor  will 
continue  to  support  the  PQ  "as  long  as  it 
legislates  in  the  best  interest  of  work- 
ers." The  PQ,  he  said,  has  promised  laws 
that  will  provide  labor  with  things  it  has 
been  asking  for  in  Quebec  for  the  past 
25  years,  such  as  safety  on  the  job,  anti- 
scab  laws  and  so  on. 

On  the  question  of  separatism  itself, 
he  urged  the  trade  union  movement  to 
persuade  its  friends  to  "cool  it"  until  the 
Quebeckers  have  had  an  opportunity  to 
debate  the  issue  among  themselves. 

As  for  labor's  position  on  the  separa- 
tism question,  he  said,  "we  in  labor 
haven't  decided  ourselves  on  that  issue." 
No  doubt  labor  will  have  to  closely  ex- 
amine the  issue,  he  added.  But  we  don't 
think  the  election  of  the  PQ  was  a 
tragedy  .  .  .  we're  rejoicing  (because  of 
its  program  for  new  labor  legislation)." 


Job-Site  Stewards 
On  Quebec  Work 

Substantial  amendments  were  made  to 
the  Construction  Industry  Labor  Rela- 
tions Act  in  Quebec  as  a  result  of  the 
recent  Cliche  commission  inquiry  into 
the  Quebec  construction  industry. 

Bill  30,  which  received  Royal  Assent 
May  22,  1975,  provided,  among  other 
things,  for  election  by  secret  ballot  of 
every  job-site  steward.  These  provisions 
became  law  September  15,  1976  Every 
job  steward  must  be  elected  by  a  ma- 
jority of  union  members  on  the  job  site. 
An  increase  of  50  job-site  employees  who 
are  members  of  the  union  entitles  the 
employees  to  elect  one  additional  stew- 
ard. The  time  allocated  for  union 
activities  may  not  exceed  three  hours  per 
working  day.  Where  a  longer  period  of 
time  is  necessary,  the  job-site  steward 
must  account  for  his  prolonged  absence 
to  his  employer. 

The  amendment  provides  that  the  job- 
site  steward  may  enjoy  a  preference  of 
employment  if  he  represents  seven  em- 
ployees who  are  members  of  his  union 


and  if  there  is  work  to  be  done  in  his 
trade.  The  steward  may  also  benefit  from 
leave  without  pay  for  the  purpose  of 
vocational  training,  under  the  provisions 
of  the  new  bill. 

Fewer  Jobless 
Receive  Benefits 

Despite  the  fact  that  unemployment  is 
higher  than  it  was  a  year  ago,  fewer 
people  are  receiving  unemployment  insur- 
ance benefits. 

Recently  released  Statistics  Canada 
figures  for  November,  1976,  indicate  6% 
fewer  people  received  unemployment  in- 
surance benefits  in  that  month  than  in 
the  same  month  a  year  earlier. 

There  were  639,072  unemployment  in- 
surance beneficiaries  in  November,  1975, 
but  only  601,956  in  November,  1976, 
preliminary  estimates  show. 

But  22,000  more  people  were  without 
jobs  in  November  1976  compared  to  the 
same  month  a  year  earlier.  In  Novem- 
ber 1975,  there  were  686,000  unem- 
ployed, against  708,000  for  November 
1976.  The  seasonally-adjusted  unemploy- 
ment rates  for  the  two  months  were 
7.0%  and  7.3%  respectively. 

The  lower  number  of  claimants  for 
November  1976  does  not  mean  fewer 
people  were  trying  to  collect  benefits, 
either.  Over  33,000  more  claims  were 
received  in  November  1976  than  in  the 
same  month  a  year  earlier.  The  total  of 
claims  received  for  the  two  months  were 
292,194  and  258,703  respectively. 

New  Brunswick 
Budworm  Spraying 

Environmental  research,  class  action 
and  demonstrations  were  raised  as  possi- 
ble tactics  to  protest  the  spraying  of 
New  Brunswick  air  for  the  spruce  bud- 
worm  at  a  recent  meeting  in  Fredericton. 

New  Democratic  Party  President  Jim 
Aucoin  told  about  25  people  at  the  meet- 
ing sponsored  by  the  University  of  New 
Brunswick  NDP  that  there  are  too  many 
unanswered  questions  about  the  effect 
of  the  chemicals  on  people  and  wildlife. 

Noting  that  Reyes  syndrome,  a  chil- 
dren's disease  linked  to  the  spraying,  is 
often  diagnosed  as  encephalitis,  Aucoin 
discussed  the  deaths  of  two  Hampton, 
N.B.,  children  of  encephalitis  after  a 
spray  plane  flew  over  their  school  yard 
last  spring. 

Aucoin  said  the  spraying  should  be 
suspended  and  research  done  into  other 
methods  of  controlling  the  budworm.  He 
said  it  could  be  controlled  if  forests  were 
under  a  silviculture  program,  but  that  it 
is  not  profitable  for  the  companies  in- 
volved. 

A  summary  of  concerns  was  to  be  pre- 
sented to  the  provincial  government  be- 
fore the  spraying  starts  this  spring.  NDP 
leader  John  Labosiere  has  said  he  is 
willing  to  go  to  jail  in  order  to  stop  the 
spraying. 


10 


THE    CARPENTER 


One- Year  Pacts 
Preferred  in  BC 

British  Columbia  Premier  Bill  Bennett's 
plea  that  labor  and  management  should 
negotiate  contracts  for  longer  than  one- 
year  periods,  has  been  rejected  by  labor. 
The  BC  Federation  of  Labor  has  decided 
to  ask  all  its  affiliates  to  negotiate  one- 
year  agreements. 

Roy  Gautier,  secretary-treasurer  of  the 
BC  and  Yukon  Building  Trades  Council, 
said  that  the  Federation  has  generally 
supported  one-year  agreements,  but  has 
never  stated  its  position  so  clearly  before. 
He  said  that  one-year  agreements  are  es- 
sential, because  the  federal  anti-inflation 
program  may  soon  be  terminated.  With 
the  cost  of  living  going  up,  it  is  difficult 
to  project  what  labor  conditions  would 
be  like,  two  or  more  years  from  the 
present  time. 

On  January  26,  Premier  Bennett  told 
a  Social  Credit  fund-raising  dinner,  that 
he  hopes  there  will  be  no  more  one-year 
contracts,  saying  that  for  the  good  of 
the  province,  contracts  should  be  for  two 
years  or  more. 

But  Syd  Thompson,  president  of  the 
Vancouver  and  District  Labor  Council, 
says  it  is  quite  possible  that  some  of  the 
BC  trade  unions  will  hold  back  in  bar- 
gaining this  summer  in  the  hope  that 
wage  controls  will  be  lifted  before  nego- 
tiations are  ended  and  agreements  are 
reached. 

He  said  that  the  federal  government 
has  caused  "untold  damage"  with  rumors 
that  wage  controls  may  be  ended  before 
the  end  of  the  year.  "I  strongly  suspect 
that  the  bigger  unions  will  drag  their  feet 
with  the  expectation  that  controls  are 
going  out"  said  Mr.  Thompson. 

He  said  that  Labor  Minister  Allan  Wil- 
liams was  right  in  criticizing  Ottawa  for 
"loose  talk"  about  the  expiration  of  the 
controls  program.  He  had  said  that  state- 
ments by  federal  officials  about  an  early 
end  to  the  controls  will  have  a  serious 
effect  on  labor  negotiations  in  BC  this 
year. 

Mr.  Thompson  said  the  damage  has 
already  been  done.  "As  long  as  the  con- 
trols are  on,  anyone  with  an  ounce  of 
sense  will  hold  back  .  .  .  You're  not 
going  to  negotiate  a  six-per-cent  increase, 
when,  in  a  few  months  controls  will  be 
out  the  window,"  he  said. 


Real  Jobless 
Rate  at  11%? 

The  total  number  of  jobless  last  year 
exceeded  one  million,  and  the  real  un- 
employment rate  was  at  least  11 'r.  ac- 
cording to  NDP  leader  Ed  Broadbent. 
And  the  NDP  leader  has  called  for  a 
complete  investigation  into  the  reliability 
of  the  labor  force  estimates  released  b\' 
Statistics  Canada. 


CN  Tower 

continued  from  page  8 

speed  for  the  rotating  deck  is  from  one 
to  eight  feet  a  minute. 

The  structure  was  initially  planned  as 
a  communications  tower  for  the  Cana- 
dian National  Railway.  More  than  300 
feet  of  the  overall  tower  height  includes 
the  needle-shaped,  290-ton  transmission 
mast,  which  accommodates  six  TV  chan- 
nels and  antenna  for  six  FM  stations, 
plus  microwave  for  CN. 


Completion  of  the  CN  Tower  marks 
the  second  time  in  less  than  a  decade 
that  Ontario  members  have  helped  to 
build  "tallest"  structures.  In  1970,  the 
International  Nickel  Co.  in  Sudbury  had 
the  highest  chimney  stack  in  the  world 
built  at  a  cost  of  $4Vi  million.  That 
chimney  is  1.250  feet  high,  and  it  em- 
ployed 18  carpenters  from  Sudbury 
Local  2486,  working  a  three-shift  opera- 
tion, five  days  per  week  to  complete  the 
slip-form  work. 

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BROOKLYN,   N.Y. 

Benjamin  Seaver  received 
a  plaque  and  gold  pin  from 
the  officers  and  members 
of  Local  787  for  having 
been  a  member  of  the 
United  Brotherhood  for  76 
continuous  years.  Brother 
Seaver  joined  the  Brother- 
hood on  May  16,  1900. 


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MANHATTAN,    KAN. 

Local  918  was  honored  to  present  52  members  with  pins  for  achieving  25, 
30  and  35  years  of  service  to  the  Brotherhood. 

In  the  picture,  front  row,  left  to  right:  Wayne  Schurle,  35  yrs;  Imon  Jones, 
25  yrs:  and  Glenn  Allen,  25  yrs.  Second  row:  Howard  Clark,  president:  Elvin 
Frazier,  30  yrs;  Everette  Vol  pert,  25  yrs;  Adam  Schoendaller,  25  yrs;  Warren 
Cameron,  25  yrs;  Charles  Day,  25  yrs;  Loyd  Jenkins,  president,  Kaw  Valley 
District  Council;  and  Lyle  Kahrs,  business  representative. 

Those  eligible  for  pins  but  not  in  attendance  were:  35  years — Henry  Peters, 
Jack  Newman,  William  Hungerford  and  Walter  Miller;  30  years — /.  H. 
Beerhalter,  D.  F.  Thompson,  Fred  Childers,  and  Blaine  Erickson;  25  years — 
Glenn  Cain,  Wesley  Flinn,  Earl  Torrey,  Delmus  Willie,  A.  J.  Weisbender, 
Foy  Cody,  Clifford  Mahin  and  Quentin  Witt. 


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RED   BANK,   N.J. 

At  the  Annual  Ladies  Night  Dinner  Dance  of  Monmouth 
County  Carpenters  Local  2250  50-year  service  pins  were 
presented. 

Pictured  left  to  right  are  James  A.  Kirk,  business  repre- 
sentative, Local  2250;  Raleigh  Rajoppi,  General  Executive 
Board  Member,  2nd  District;  William  F.  Buchanan,  50-year 
member;  Lawrence  Greenwood,  50-year  member;  and  Charles 
E.  Gorhan,  financial  secretary,  Local  2250. 


PUEBLO,  COLO. 

A  Ibert  Bassett  and  Edward  Pettit 
of  Local  362  recently  received  50- 
year  pins.  In  the  picture,  left  to  right: 
Robert  Bassett,  nephew  of  Brother 
Bassett  and  a  member  of  the  local; 
Albert  Bassett,  Edward  Pettit,  and 
Brother  Pettit's  son,  Thomas  Pettit. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


NLRB  Rules  for  Craft  Unions 
On  Exclusive  Hiring  Halls 


The  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
has  ruled  that  construction  industry 
unions  may  legally  maintain  and  en- 
force exclusive  hiring  hall  contracts 
which  grant  priority  in  job  referrals 
based  on  applicants'  length  of  service 
with  employers  under  contract. 

The  NLRB's  actions,  on  a  three  to 
one  vote,  overruled  a  1974  decision 
which  held  such  a  seniority  provision 
was  inherently  in  violation  of  the  Na- 
tional Labor  Relations  Act. 

The  Board's  new  decision  was  based 
on  two  cases  in  Colorado  and  Utah 
involving  the  International  Brother- 
hood of  Electrical  Workers. 

Under  collective  bargaining  agree- 
ments with  two  associations  of  elec- 
trical contractors,  the  IBEW  locals 
gave  preference  to  applicants  for  re- 
ferral who  worked  one  or  two  of  the 
last  four  years  for  signatory  employ- 
ers. They  were  preferred  over  those 


applicants  who  chose  to  work  for 
employers  who  had  not  signed  con- 
tracts with  the  locals. 

NLRB  Chairman  Betty  Southard 
Murphy  and  members  John  H.  Fan- 
ning and  Peter  D.  Walther  formed 
the  majority  which  dismissed  unfair 
labor  practice  cases  brought  by  indi- 
vidual electricians  against  the  local 
unions  and,  in  Utah,  the  Interstate 
Electric  Co.  Member  Howard  Jenkins, 
Jr.  dissented,  while  John  A.  Pennello 
did  not  participate. 

A  key  to  the  Board's  decision  was 
interpretation  of  a  provision  of  the 
Act  limited  to  employers  and  unions 
in  the  construction  industry.  That  sec- 
tion permits  qualified  employers  and 
unions  to  establish,  by  contract,  ex- 
clusive hiring  halls  which  give  prefer- 
ence to  applicants  for  referral  based 
upon  "length  of  service  with  such 
employer."  (pai) 


Programs  Urged 
For  Handicapped 

The  White  House  Conference  on 
Handicapped  Individuals,  next  month, 
needs  to  deal  effectively  with  the  prob- 
lems of  disabled  persons  on  and  off  the 
job,  the  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council 
has  declared. 

The  May  conference,  which  has  the 
support  of  both  labor  and  management, 
"must  come  to  grips  with  such  basic 
problems  as  discrimination  based  on  dis- 
abilities, the  need  for  improved  social  in- 
surance and  health  care  protection  for 
the  handicapped,  as  well  as  widening 
their  employment  opportunities,"  the 
council  said  in  a  statement. 

Instead  of  dealing  in  generalities,  it 
continued,  conference  participants  should 
help  "spark  immediate  action  programs 
aimed  at  correcting  the  present  ills  that 
beset  handicapped  citizens." 

The  council  said  that  organized  labor 
is  well  aware  that  good  health  and  the 
ability  to  work  are  essential  to  every 
wage  earner.  It  pointed  out  that  illness, 
accidents  and  disabilities  reduce  earning 
power,  threaten  economic  security  and 
limit  opportunities  for  advancement. 

"Wage  earners  suffer  the  direct  effect 
of  disability  and  their  families  suffer  the 
consequences,"  the  council  stressed. 

"Organized  labor's  goal  is  clear;  a  job 
for  every  American  who  is  able  and  will- 
ing to  work.  This  must  include  millions 
of  the  handicapped  who  could  be  gain- 
fully employed  at  decent  wages." 

The  council  said  labor's  leadership  is 
essential  in  meeting  the  needs  of  all 
handicapped  union  members  and  all  dis- 
abled citizens.  It  urged  the  full  support 

APRIL,    1977 


of  AFL-CIO  unions  and  state  and  local 
central  bodies  in  the  efforts  of  the  In- 
dustry-Labor Council  for  the  White 
House  Conference. 

AFL-CIO  President  George  Meany  is 
co-chairman  of  the  council  and  Federa- 
tion Vice  President  Charles  H.  Pillard  is 
co-vice  chairman. 

The  labor-industry  panel  has  held  re- 
gional meetings  to  record  the  views  of 
unions,  management  and  the  handi- 
capped, which  will  be  presented  at  the 
conference  sessions.  The  panel's  report 
will  be  made  to  Congress  and  President 
Carter   following   the   conference. 

Ag  Secretary 
Once  Carpenter 

Former  Congressman  Robert  Bergland 
of  Minnesota,  now  Secrelary  of  Agricul- 
ture in  President  Carter's  Cabinet,  was 
an  unofficial  organizer  for  the  Brother- 
hood a  quarter  century  ago. 

Secretary  Bergland  told  reporters  re- 
cently that  in  1951  and  1952  he  was 
living  modestly  in  a  trailer  park  near 
Naples,  Fla.,  trying  lo  pursue  a  career 
in  farming,  like  his  father.  In  order  to 
pay  off  a  mortgage  on  a  farm  he  began 
working  as  a  carpenter  around  Naples 
and  discovered  quickly  that  working 
without  union  protection  was  a  handi- 
cap. He  began  efforts  to  unionize  his 
fellow  carpenters  and  was  prompth 
fired  by  the  contractor  who  employed 
him. 

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fields  of  work,  and  he  never  was  able 
to  return  to  the  craft,  but  he  still  has 
a  basic  realization  of  the  need  for  trade 
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VOC  Plaques 
To  Ontario  Local 

Two  VOC  Awards — ^for  outstanding 
organizing  work  during  1974  and  1975 — 
were  presented  to  Local  3054,  London, 
Ont.,  at  the  recent  1976  Industrial  Semi- 
nar conducted  by  the  Ontario  Provincial 
Council  in  Toronto. 

Other  highlights  of  the  seminar  were: 
a  presentation  by  General  Representative 
Tom  Harkness  on  VOC  Organizing,  a 
presentation  by  Andre  Foucault,  repre- 
sentative from  the  Ontario  Federation 
of  Labor  on  the  duties  and  responsibilities 
of  an  in-plant  shop  steward,  and  Ed 
Wadell,  another  representative  from  the 
Ontario  Federation  of  Labor,  spoke  to 
the  delegates  about  workmens'  compen- 
sation. Also  on  hand  was  Derrick  Man- 
son,  the  Brotherhood's  research  director 
for  Canada,  who  spoke  on  matters  relat- 
ing to  the  Anti-Inflation  Board.  Another 
Industrial  Seminar  is  planned  for  April 
or  early  May,  1977. 

First  Reciprocal 
Plan  In  Ontario 

Two  pension  funds  for  carpenters  in 
the  Province  of  Ontario  have  signed  a 
reciprocal  agreement,  becoming  the  first 
to  do  so  in  Eastern  Canada.  The  trustees 
of  the  Ontario  Provincial  Council  Pen- 
sion Fund  signed  the  agreement  with 
the  trustees  of  the  Toronto  District  Coun- 
cil Pension  Plan  after  the  pact  was  cir- 
culated among  the  local  unions  and  dis- 
trict councils  of  the  province. 

The  advantages  of  the  document  are 
similar  to  those  in  the  Health  and  Wel- 
fare Reciprocal  Agreement  that  previ- 
ously existed  in  Ontario,  wherein  mem- 
bers have  continuity  of  health  and  welfare 
coverage  when  they  are  employed  in  the 
different  areas  of  the  province  and  are 
working  under  the  terms  and  conditions 
of  the  local  agreement.  The  main  points 
this  pension  reciprocal  agreement  pro- 
vides for  are: 

If  a  local  has  a  pension  fund  and 
has  signed  the  pension  reciprocal  agree- 
ment, then  pension  contributions  earned 
by  a  member  will  be  transferred  back  to 
that  member's  own  local  pension  plan. 

It  is  expected  that  the  Millwright  Dis- 
trict Council  of  Ontario  will  also  sign  a 
reciprocal  agreement  with  the  trustees  of 
the  Provincial  Pension  Plan. 

If  all  pension  funds  in  the  province 
sign  a  reciprocal  agreement,  it  would 
mean  that  a  member  who  moves  to  an- 
other location  on  a  temporary  basis 
would  not  lose  pension  contributions  to 
his  credit.  The  trustees  of  the  Ontario 
Provincial  Council  Plan  are  prepared  to 
discuss  and  sign  a  reciprocal  agreement 
with  other  Brotherhood  pension  funds  in 
Ontario  .  .  .  any  local  unions  or  dis- 
trict councils  which  are  interested  should 
contact  the  Ontario  Provincial  Council. 


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The  VOC  plaque  awards  are  of  ceramic  tile,  with  a  walnut  frame  and  are  engraved 
with  the  names  of  the  VOC  Committee  members.  From  left  to  right:  Adam  Salvona, 
business  rep  for  Local  3054,  London;  General  Rep  Tom  Harluiess;  9th  District 
Board  Member  Wm.  Stefanovich;  Archie  Brown,  Charlie  Sofalvi,  committee  mem- 
bers, Rene  Brixhe,  director  of  organizing  for  Canada,  and  Werner  Hertlein,  com- 
mittee member. 

VOC  Plaques  Presented  in  Mississippi 


Two  local  unions  in  Mississippi  made  outstanding  gains  in  membership  in  1974 
and  1975,  thanks  to  the  work  of  their  local  Volunteer  Organizing  Committees.  In 
recognition  of  their  work,  both  unions  were  recently  presented  VOC  Award 
plaques  by  Fourth  District  General  Executive  Board  Member  Harold  Lewis.  In  the 
picture  at  upper  left,  Lewis  recognizes  the  work  of  Local  2086,  Taylorsville,  making 
the  presentation  to  Elvon  Magee,  president  and  VOC  chairman.  In  the  picture  at 
right,  three  members  of  the  VOC  Committee  of  Local  2462,  Columbus,  Clara 
Gregory,  vice  president;  Annie  Spann,  recording  secretary;  and  Mary  Alice  Marshall, 
financial  secretary — with  Lewis.  Accompanying  Lewis  for  the  presentations  were 
Southern  Regional  Director  Adrian  McKinney,  Executive  Secretary  Floyd  Doolittle, 
and  Organizers  Marvin  Covington  and  Grover  Seales. 

50th  Anniversary  For  Auxiliary  170 


Members  of  Carpenters  Ladies  Aux- 
iliary 170,  San  Diego,  Calif.,  celebrated 
their  organization's  50th  anniversary  re- 
cently. Members  and  guests  filled  Local 
157rs  union  hall  at  an  open  house 
commemorating  the  event. 

A  booklet  reviewing  the  long  history 
of  the   auxiliary  was  prepared  and  dis- 


tributed at  the  gathering.  Floyd  Cain, 
president  of  Local  1571,  assisted  Lydia 
Lindeman,  auxiliary  president,  in  cutting 
the  anniversary  cake. 

The  festivities  were  attended  by  the 
president  of  the  state  council,  Les  Parker, 
and  Mrs.  Parker,  and  by  many  distin- 
guished visitors  from  Southern  California. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


New  Woman 
Member 


Barbara  Kain,  center  above,  is  "North- 
west Indiana's  only  female  union  car- 
penter working  on  outside  construction 
jobs,"  the  Gary,  Ind.,  Post-Tribune  re- 
ported to  its  readers  recently.  The  news- 
paper carried  a  front-page  story  about 
Ms.  Kain.  The  young  lady  carpenter  is 
27,  the  daughter  of  a  carpenter,  and  she 
went  into  the  trade  to  help  support  her 
three  children.  She  is  also  a  member  of 
Local  1005,  Merrillville. 


Avid  Gardener 


Wes  Riise  of  Local  1235,  Modesto, 
Calif.,  turned  to  gardening  as  a  way  to 
pass  the  time  following  his  recent  retire- 
ment. He  soon  became  one  of  the  most 
skilled  gardeners  in  his  area.  He  studied 
at  a  private  gardening  school  at  nearby 
Hollister  under  a  agricultural  consultant 
from  Loma  Linda  University  and  began 
producing  superior  honeydew  melons  and 
vegetables  for  the  family  table.  "I'm 
using  three  combinations  of  growing 
systems — hydroponic,  organic,  and  com- 
mercial nutrients,"  explained  Riise. 


In  Memory  Of 
George  McDougall 

George  Alexander  McDougall  passsed 
away  in  1976,  shortly  after  a  testimonial 
dinner  was  held  in  his  honor  in  the 
Province  of  Alberta.  The  late  Brother 
McDougall  served  in 
I  y  every  oflfice  of  local 
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^^  '■  ,     .^^1    berta,  and  he  was  for 

I  ■.  ■m^    many  years  president 

y^  -ffl^    °^  ^^^  Alberta  Fed- 

^^^  ^^1    ^''st'OQ  oi  Labor. 

^^^  ^^H  The  testimonial 
^^^^  '^iH  dinner  held  at  Mac- 
^^^  VXj  ^^^"  ^^"'  Univer- 
^^^^^  ^WM  sity  of  Calgary,  was 
McDougall  attended  by  not  only 
family  and  friends  but  many  leaders  of 
Calgary  and  the  government  of  Alberta. 


Generation  Change 


Pat  Griffin  of  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  the 
son  of  a  General  Representative,  bad 
his  picture  taken  with  former  General 
President  M.  A.  Hutcheson  on  the  plat- 
form of  the  General  Convention  in  San 
Francisco  in  1970,  as  shown  in  the  pic- 
ture above.  Pat  is  now  a  cadet  at  Vir- 
ginia Military  Institute,  Lexington,  Va., 
and  he  expects  to  become  a  naval  offi- 
cer following  graduation  in  1980.  In 
the  picture  below  he  is  shown  with  his 
father  on  the  Institute  grounds.  Young 
Griffin  was  the  1976  winner  of  a  $2,000 
statewide  labor  scholarship  sponsored 
by  the  Massachusetts  State  Council  of 
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New  Lawton  Hall 


Carpenters  Local  1585,  Lawton,  Okla., 
dedicated  a  new  hail  during  tlie  Ok\a- 
homa  State  Council  Convention  in  Sep- 
tember, 1976.  The  area  of  the  old  hall 
of  Local  1585  was  taken  over  for  urban 
renewal,  and  the  local  was  forced  to 
build  a  new  building  elsewhere. 

General  Executive  Board  Member  Fred 
Bull,  center,  joined  local  officers  and 
members  in  cutting  the  dedication  cake. 


Cox  Honored 


Richard  Cox,  assistant  to  the  General 
President,  was  recently  honored  by  his 
home  local.  Millwrights  Local  1529, 
Kansas  City,  Kans.,  for  his  special  Broth- 
erhood work.  A  plaque  created  by  the 
local  apprenticeship  class,  under  the 
supervision  of  Dale  Shore,  director  of 
jurisdiction,  was  presented  to  Cox  by 
former  6th  District  General  Executive 
Board  Member  J.  O.  Mack,  left. 


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shelves,  etc.  Lasts  a  lifetime. 

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and  Jack  rafters  completely  worked 
out  for  you.  The  flattest  pitch  is  % 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease ^2  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 
width  is  %  inch  and  they  increase 
'^"  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'-9%"  wide.  Pitch 
is  IVi"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  tiie  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
Let  us  prove  it,  or  return  your  money. 


Getting  the  lengths  of  rafters  by  the  span  and 
the  method  of  setting  up  the  tables  Is  folly  pro- 
tected by  the  1917  &  1944  Copyrights. 


in  the  U.S.A.  send  $4.00.  We  pay  the 
postage.  California  residents  add  240 
tax.  C.O.D.  orders  O.K.  See  your 
Post  Office  for  a  Money  Order. 

We  also  have  a  very  fine  Stair 
book  9"  X  12".  It  sells  for  $2.50.  We 
pay  the  Postage.  California  residents 
add  15<  tax. 


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16 


THE    CARPENTER 


Mid- Year  Meeting,    26  New  Journeymen  at  Shreveport 
Set  for  Anaheim 


A  Mid- Year  Carpentry  Training  Con- 
ference is  to  be  held  at  the  Inn  at  the 
Park,  Anaheim,  CaUf.,  April  21  and  22, 
First  General  Vice  President  William 
Konyha  has  announced.  Notices  about 
the  conference  have  gone  out  to  all  train- 
ing groups  of  the  Brotherhood. 

The  National  Joint  Apprenticeship 
Committee  will  meet  at  the  same  loca- 
tion on  April  23. 


1977  Contest 

The  1977  International  Car- 
pentry Apprenticeship  Contest  and 
Training  Conference  will  be  held 
in  Anaheim,  Calif.,  next  fall.  The 
dates  for  the  conference  are  No- 
vember 28  and  29  and  for  the 
contest  November  30  and  Decem- 
ber 1.  The  awards  banquet  will  be 
December  2.  Contest  headquarters 
is  the  Inn  at  the  Park  in  Anaheim, 
and  the  contest  will  be  held  at  the 
Convention  Center. 


At  the  recent  annual  apprentice  banquet  given  by  the  Shreveport,  La.,  J.A.C. 
Committee  26  apprentices  were  promoted  to  journeyman.  Of  this  total,  12 
attended  the  banquet  and  assembled  for  this  group  picture.  Left  to  right,  front  row, 
David  North,  Larry  Madz,  Thomas  Lupo,  Ricky  Rains  and  Woodrow  Lee.  Second 
row:  Steven  Eakin,  Steve  Langford,  Thomas  Thompson,  Randal  Hagan,  George 
Harville  and  Randy  Mills.  Third  row:  Richard  Speaks. 

New  Journeymen  in  Elyria,  Ohio 


The  members  of  Local  1426,  Elyria,  O.,  shown  above,  completed  apprenticeship 
training  last  year.  From  left  to  right  they  Include  William  E.  Robbins,  Gary  L. 
Laughlin,  Luther  F.  Davis,  and  Frank  P.  Porrelli,  Jr. 

Apprentice  Graduation  in  Delaware 


Apprentice  Graduation  ceremonies  were  held  recently  by  Local  626.  New  Castle, 
Del.,  and  the  Delaware  Contractors  Assn.  Shown  in  the  picture:  Albert  E.  Burke, 
president,  l^ocal  626;  Alfred  W.  Howard,  Jr.,  business  agent  and  chairman.  Joint 
Apprentice  Committee,  Albert  W.  Wind.sor,  Jr.,  Robert  L.  Ciociola,  James  A.  Gunter, 
graduating  apprentices,  Siguard  Lucassen,  general  representative,  Robert  A.  McCul- 
lough,  Sr.,  member,  apprenticeship  committee,  and  Thomas  E.  Biggs,  coordinator. 

At  center,  foreground:  Laurence  J.  >enarchick,  winner  of  the  state  Apprenticeship 
Contest,  and  Raleigh  Rajoppi,  General  Executive  Board. 


APRIL.    1977 


17 


GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO: 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001. 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


Active   Member 

One  of  the  women  in  the  plant 
took  off  the  afternoon  preceding  her 
wedding.  On  her  time  card — in  the 
space  for  "Reason  for  Absence" — 
her  boss  said  that  she  should  use  one 
of  the  company's  form  excuses;  sick- 
ness, funerals,  etc.  She  chose,  "en- 
gaged in  union  activities." 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

Times   Marches   On 

A  well-known  hlollywood  actor  con- 
fided to  a  friend:  "I  will  soon  be  65. 
I  have  saved  up  half  a  million  dollars 
and  am  crazy  about  a  beautiful 
blonde  of  19.  Do  you  think  my 
chances  of  getting  her  to  marry  me 
would  be  better  if  1  told  her  I  was 
only  50?" 

"I  believe  your  chances  of  getting 
her  would  be  better  if  you  tell  her 
you  are  80,"  replied  the  friend. 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

financial   Note 

A  nickel  goes  a  long  way  today  .  .  . 
in  fact,  you  can  carry  it  around  for 
weeks  before  you  find  something  to 
buy  with  it. 


Vehicle   For  Sale 

Here's  a  recent  classified  ad:  Teen- 
age boy  wanted  new  4-wheel-drive 
pickup.  Father  agreed.  Bank  wanted 
co-signer.  Father  agreed.  Boy  wanted 
to  park.  Girlfriend  agreed.  Boy  wanted 
to.  Girlfriend  agreed.  Bank  wants 
payments.  Prospective  father  can't 
agree.  Bank  called  co-signer.  Co- 
signer had  to  agree.  Co-signer  wants 
to  sell  pickup.  Boy  has  to  agree.  1975 
Dodge  WIOO,  clean,  low  mileage, 
mostly  parked.  Best  offer.  Cash  or 
trade.  208-877-3091. 

— Geo.  E.  Baieham 
Coeur  d'Alene,  Id. 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

Stitch   In   Time 

Sign  outside  a  tailor  shop  in  Las 
Vegas: 

"While  you're  here,  why  don't  you 
have  your  clothes  cleaned,  too?" 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

Ups    and   Downs 

Did  you  hear  about  the  fellow  who 
takes  both  tranquilizers  and  pep 
pills? 

hie  doesn't  know  if  he  is  calming 
or-golng. 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 


Trash    Time 


Lone 


Queston:    Where    does    the 
Ranger  take  his  trash? 

Answer:  To  the  dump,  to  the  dump, 
to  the  dump  dump  dump. 

Joanne  Martinez 
Valinda,  Calif. 


This   Month's    Limerick 

The  Reverend  Henry  Ward  Beecher 
Called  a  hen  a  most  elegant  creature. 
The  hen,  pleased  with  that. 
Laid  an  egg  in  his  hat — 
And  thus  did  the  hen  reward  Beecher 
— Oliver  Wendell  Holmes 


Advice  to  Tourists 

A  tourist  in  Switzerland  was  taken 
by  a  local  guide  on  a  mountain  climb. 
At  one  point  the  guide  disturbed  his 
client  by  urging:  "Be  careful  not  to 
fall  here  because  it  is  very  dangerous. 
But  if  you  do  fall,  remember  to  look 
to  the  right.  The  view  is  the  best  for 
miles  around." 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

Tax  Problem 

The  following  letter  was  received 
at  a  District  Tax  Office  "Dear  Tax 
Collector:  I  don't  know  why  you 
should  be  interested  in  the  length  of 
my  residence  in  White  Plains.  I  have 
nothing  to  hide.  It  is  82  feet  long,  and 
there  is  an  attached  garage." 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

Down  Under 

A  little  grandson  was  helping  his 
grandfather  dig  potatoes  in  the  gar- 
den. After  a  bit,  the  little  fellow  be- 
gan to  get  tired. 

"Grandpa,"  he  asked  wearily, 
"what  ever  made  you  bury  these 
things,  anyway?" 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

Matter   of   Degree 

A  man  mistook  the  local  insane 
asylum  for  a  college.  When  his  error 
was  pointed  out  to  him,  he  said  to 
the  guard:  "Well,  I  don't  suppose 
that  there  is  much  difference." 

"There  is  a  big  difference.  Mister," 
said  the  guard.  "Here  you  have  to 
show  improvement  before  you  get 
out." 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

Telltale   Sign 

If  your  wife  is  no  longer  suspicious 
when  you  come  home  late,  it's  later 
than  you  think. 


18 


THE    CARPENTER 


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.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


FAIR   OFFICIAL 

Earl  Honerlah  of  Carpenter's  Local 
162,  San  Mateo,  Calif.,  has  been  elected 
president  of  the  San  Mateo  County  Fair 
&  Exposition  Center. 

Honerlah  retired  last  month  as  business 
representative  of  his 
local  after  30  years 
of  continuous  serv- 
ice. 

Following  the  war, 
Honerlah  in  1945, 
took  over  his  job 
"on  a  temporary 
basis"  following  the 
resignation  of  the 
then  business  agent 
U.  S.  Simonds  who 
left  to  go  into  con- 
tracting. Honerlah  became  the  permanent 
business  representative  when  he  was 
elected  to  the  post  in  1947. 

Today  he  is  also  trustee  of  the  North- 
ern California  Carpentry  Apprenticeship 
and  Pension  Committees.  Born  and 
raised  in  San  Mateo  County  where  he 
still  lives  he  is  a  former  foreman  of  the 
San  Mateo  County  Grand  Jury. 


TOLAND  AWARD 


Louis-Israel  Marfel  of  Manchester, 
N.H.,  left,  above,  longtime  Brotherhood 
leader  in  New  England,  was  recently 
presented  the  Benjamin  Rush  Toland 
Award,  highest  honor  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire State  Labor  Council.  The  award 
was  made  in  recognition  of  Martel's 
long  service  to  organized  labor.  Present- 
ing the  plaque  is  State  Council  President 
Thomas  J.  Pitarys. 


SCOUTING    SERVICE 


Francis  3.  Marshall,  a  member  of 
Local  176,  Newport,  R.  I.,  for  36  years 
was  awarded  the  George  Meany  Award 
on  January  27,  1977,  by  the  Narragan- 
sett  Council  Boy  Scouts  of  America  in 
recognition  of  over  40  years  of  service 
to  area  youth. 

In  the  picture,  from  left,  are  George 
B.  Roorbach,  president,  Narragansett 
Council,  B.S.A.;  Rodney  P.  Bowley, 
business  representative  local  176;  Francis 
Marshall,  recipient  of  the  award,  and 
Thomas  Policastro,  president  R.  I. 
Branch,  AFL-CIO. 


TO    PENSION    POST 

H.  Stan  Sibert,  business  manager  and 
secretary  of  the  Central  Arizona  District 
Council  of  Carpenters.  Phoenix,  has  been 
elected  to  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
International  Foundation  of  Employee 
Benefit  Plans,  the  largest  educational 
organization  in  the  employee  benefits 
field. 

Sibert  is  a  member  of  the  trustee 
boards  of  six  Arizona  carpenter  pension 
and  health  and  welfare  benefit  funds. 
He  is  also  secretary  of  the  Arizona  State 
Council  of  Carpenters,  president  of  the 
Phoenix  Building  Trades  Council,  and 
president  of  the  Arizona  State  Carpenters 
Apprenticeship  Committee. 

The  International  Foundation  of  Em- 
ployee Benefit  Plans  is  a  22-year  old 
membership  organization  dedicated  to 
the  education  of  trustees  and  others  who 
serve  joint  labor-management  employee 
benefit  plans. 


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APRIL,    1977 


19 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


75  YEARS  AGO-APRIL,  1902 

Troubles  in  St.  Louis 

A  Worlds  Fair  was  to  be  built  in  St. 
Louis  in  1904,  and  the  possibility  of 
construction  jobs  lured  many  workers 
to  that  city  two  years  before  the  big 
event.  Unfortunately,  by  April  the  con- 
tracts for  only  two  buildings  had  been 
let. 

Hundreds  of  construction  workers 
who  had  flocked  to  the  city  were  un- 
able to  find  immediate  jobs,  and  the 
Reverend  Taylor  Bernard,  a  local  church 
leader,  appealed  to  fellow  churchmen 
to  assist  the  unemployed.  He  said  that 
the  sight  of  "the  crowds  of  homeless 
men  trying  to  find  a  vacant  spot  on  the 
floor  of  the  old  church  at  11th  and 
Locust  Streets  for  a  night's  rest"  af- 
fected him  so  that  he  was  unable  to 
sleep.  These  men,  he  said,  are  not 
tramps.  Many  of  them  are  educated 
and  skilled,  yet  could  find  nothing  to 
do. 

Job  Agency  Fraud 

Meanwhile,  across  the  river  in  East 
St.  Louis,  an  organization  which  called 
itself  the  Union  Mechanics  Soliciting 
Office  was  sending  circulars  all  over 
the  country,  promising  to  find  jobs  at 
the  Worlds  Fair  for  a  fee. 

The  Carpenter  Magazine  told  Bro- 
therhood members:  "Pay  no  attention 
to  this  circular.  Do  not  allow  yourselves 
to  be  fleeced  of  your  hard-earned 
money,  and,  until  you  learn  through 
our  own  reliable  sources  of  a  change 
for  the  better  in  trade  conditions,  stay 
away  from  St.  Louis." 

Eight-Hour  Law  Test 

Trade  unionists  in  the  state  of  New 
York  were  upset  by  a  court  decision 
rendered  by  Judge  Beattie  of  New- 
burgh,  N.Y.,  who  declared  the  eight- 
hour  law  unconstitutional  on  the 
grounds  that  the  limitation  of  working 
hours  was  beyond  the  province  of  the 
state  government. 


In  April,  1902,  there  was  a  move- 
ment afoot  to  test  this  decision,  and 
steps  were  being  taken  to  obtain  a  re- 
versal in  the  state  court  of  appeals. 

Good  Work  in  a  Year 

In  1901,  Local  590  was  chartered  in 
Rutland,  Vt.,  and  in  one  year  the  local 
union  had  obtained  a  membership  of 
116.  The  nine-hour  day  had  been  estab- 
lished, and  the  local  union  had  affili- 
ated with  other  building  trades  in  the 
area. 

Additional  work  for  carpenters  was 
expected  in  the  city  when  city  officials 
agreed  ot  grant  $25,000  to  the  Rutland 
Railroad  Company  to  immediately  pro- 
ceed with  the  erection  of  a  new  depot 
and  railroad  work  shops. 

(There  is  on  longer  a  local  union  in 
Rutland,  and  Vermont  members  belong 
either  to  Local  1484  or  2857,  both  in 
Burlington.) 


Several  readers  have  written  us  asking 
for  reproductions  of  the  1915  Carpenter 
cover,  like  the  one  shown  above  and 
suitable  for  framing.  Readers  may  ob- 
tain such  reproductions  at  8Vi"  x  llVi" 
dimensions  by  sending  35^  in  coin  to: 
General  Secretary  R.  E.  Livingston, 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America,  101  Constitution 
Ave.,  N.W.,  Washmgton,  D.C.  20001. 


Amagalmated  Scabs 

New  York  City  members  were  fight- 
ing a  coalition  of  employer  and  rival 
unions  in  the  city.  The  company  of 
Brunswick,  Balke  and  Collender  had 
arranged  for  a  company  shop  with 
members  of  the  Amagalmated  Wood 
Workers  International  Union,  "a  scab 
organization,  whose  label  or  card  we  do 
not  recognize." 

Boss  of  the  company,  a  Mr.  Braun- 
schweig, was  out  to  break  the  Brother- 
hood locals  by  actively  organizing 
Amagalmated  units  in  other  shops  of 
the  city.  To  combat  this  efi^ort.  Brother- 
hood members  went  out  on  strike  in 
many  places  until  the  Amagalmated 
and  Mr.  Braunschweig  were  defeated. 


50  YEARS  AGO-APRIL,  1927 

Action  Against  Reds 

Trade  unions  of  the  1920's  were  so 
concerned  about  the  infiltration  of  hard- 
line communists  that  150  unions  and 
17  federal  bodies  formed  a  Committee 
for  the  Preservation  of  Trade  Unions. 

The  committee  was  mainly  concerned 
with  the  activities  of  the  Trade  Union 
Educational  League,  which  was  the 
auxiliary  of  the  American  Communist 
Party. 

Organizations  affiliated  with  the 
Committee  for  the  Preservation  of 
Trade  Unions  were  urged  to  hold  pub- 
lic meetings  and  to  distribute  literature 
which  would  combat  the  communist 
propaganda.  The  committee  planned  to 
make  a  survey  of  the  "innocents' 
clubs"  and  such  camouflage  organiza- 
tions formed  by  communists. 

Pension  Responsibility 

In  the  light  of  actions  taken  by  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States  in  recent 
months  to  protect  workers  covered  by 
private  pension  plans,  it  is  interesting 
to  note  that  in  1926  an  appellate  court 
in  Chicago  ruled  that  a  corporation  is 
not  responsible  for  payment  of  old  age 


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pensions  when  its  pension  funds  are 
exhausted.  The  decision  grew  out  of 
the  fact  that  the  employees  of  the 
Morris  Packing  Company  of  Chicago 
paid  a  certain  percentage  of  their  wages 
into  the  company's  pension  fund  for 
many  years,  and  when  the  company  was 
absorbed  by  Swift  and  Company,  the 
new  owners  repudiated  the  pension  ar- 
rangement. Labor  obser^'ers  noted  that 
the  Morris  employees  had  no  union  to 
fight  their  cause  for  them. 

Apprenticeship  Praised 

The  late  William  McSorley,  one- 
time leader  of  the  American  Federation 
of  Labor,  had  high  praise  for  the 
Brotherhood's  apprenticeship  training 
activit)'  at  commencement  exercises  for 
the  Cleveland,  O.,  Trade  School.  Mc- 
Sorley stressed  the  fact  that  from  1907 
to  1917,  when  the  Smith-Hughes  Law 
was  signed  by  President  Woodrow 
Wilson,  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor  was  not  only  in  favor  of  a  fed- 
eral Law  for  vocational  education,  but 
consistantly  through  its  legislative  com- 
mittee, advocated  passage  by  Congress 
of  such  a  law.  (It  was  not  until  20 
years  later,  however,  that  the  Congress 
passed  a  comprehensive  federal  appren- 
ticeship program). 


70  IVoys 

To  KUI  Your  Union 

1.  Don't  come  to  the  meetings. 

2.  If  you  do  come,  come  late. 

3.  If  the  weather  doesn't  suit  you, 
Don't  think  of  coming. 

4.  If  you  attend  a  meeting,  find 
fault  with  the  work  or  the  officers 
and  other  members. 

5.  Never  accept  an  office,  as  it  is 
easier  to  criticize  than  to  do 
things. 

6.  Nevertheless,  feel  hurt  if  you  are 
not  appointed  on  the  commillee, 
but  if  you  are,  do  not  attend 
committee  meetings, 

7.  If  asked  by  a  chairman  to  give 
your  opinion  on  some  matter,  tell 
him  you  have  nothing  to  say. 
After  the  meeting  tell  everyone 
how  things  ought  to  have  been 
done. 

8.  Do  nothing  more  than  is  abso- 
lutely necessary,  but,  when  mem- 
bers roll  up  their  sleeves  and 
willingly,  unselfishly  use  their 
ability  to  help  matters  along,  say 
that  the  union  is  run  by  a  clique. 

9.  Hold  back  your  dues  as  long  as 
possible — or,  don't  pay  at  all. 

10.  Don't  bother  about  getting  new 
members.  Let  somebody  else  do 
it. 


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Service 

A.  .  . 

Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


35-year  members 


25-year  members 


TACOMA,   WASH. 

The  tnembers  of  Local  470,  held 
their  fiftli  annual  35-year  pin  presen- 
tation and  their  12th  annual  25-year 
pin  presentation,  honoring  their 
members  with  a  party  and  smorgas- 
bord. Roy  Parent,  international  rep- 
resentative was  among  those  present. 

25-year  members — front  row,  left 
to  right:  Palmer  Steiro,  Lowell 
Ahrens,  Adolph  Johnson,  Magnus 
Sortland,  Jack  Skanes,  William  Bolieu 
and  Richard  Clause.  Back  row: 
William  Mazzoncini,  E.  W.  Mac- 


Officers 

Farlane,  Elwin  Goodwater,  Donald 
Hankel,  Ralph  Goods,  Duane  Sanders 
and  Richard  Taylor. 

35-year  members — front  row,  left 
to  right:  Willie  Nino,  Michael  Bury, 
Harold  Cosgrove,  D.  C.  Ray,  Edward 
Smith,  Frank  Peterson  and  R.  W. 
Muncaster.  Second  row:  O:  C.  Fir- 
gens,  Philip  Filer,  Harold  Strauss, 
Harold  Hanson,  Frank  Pulito,  Harold 
Collier,  Ole  Souli,  Lee  Williams  and 
Olaf  Pernela.  Back  row:  Frank 
Stojack,  John  Frai,  Edwin  Viren, 
Chauncey  West,  Walter  Jacobson, 
Milton  Rivard,  George  Warter, 


Knute  Riveness,  Henry  Asmussen, 
Carl  O.  Johnson  and  Orval  Lacke. 
Officers — front  row,  left  to  right: 
John  Ansberry,  recording  secretary, 
Carl  H.  Peterson,  President,  Roy 
Parent,  international  representative, 
Howard  Quinn,  B.A.  Percy  B. 
Watkins,  past  Fin.  Sec;  and  Arlie 
Stebbins,  trustee.  Back  row:  Thorn 
Sheridan,  B.A.,  Seattle  Di.slrict  Coun- 
cil; Lynn  Danaker,  B.A.,  Local  317, 
Aberdeen,  Wa.;  Harold  Cosgrove, 
past  B.A.;  Milton  Patterson,  conduc- 
tor, John  Paul  Jones,  trustee,  and 
Norman  Nagel,  B.A. 


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There  were  pin  presentations  last  year  for  Local  1884. 

Picture  No.  1:  Front  row,  right  to  left:  Robert  C.  Robinson, 
20  years:  Walter  J.  Allison.  30  years:  A.  C.  Shirley.  Second 
row:  James  E.  Smith.  30  years:  W.  E.  Ward.  25  years:  James  I. 
Jenkins.  30  years:  N.  A.  Hefner,  30  years:  J.  H.  Mabry.  30 
years:  and  C.  H.  Hubbard,  30  years. 

Picture  No.  2:  Paul  A .  Thomas,  25  years;  T.  C.  Patterson, 
25  years;  and  V.  A.  Gryder,  25  years;  with  A.  C.  Shirley. 

Picture  No.  3:  Mayor  Roy  Bass  and  C.  W.  Benson,  50 
year  pin. 

Tho.se  receiving  pins  but  not  present  were:  A.  H.  Stoddard, 
and  Elbert  Thomas,  25  years.  D.  C.  Bradshaw,  H.  G.  Brink. 
B.  B.  Davis.  C.  H.  Irwin,  O.  R.  Jobe.  Floyd  W.  Jones,  Jack  T. 
Phillips.  T.  P.  Ra.'ico.  Dail  H.  Sanders.  C.  C.  Stringer,  Jr.  and 
J.  D.  Woodward,  30  years  Dewey  O.  Davis,  S.  T.  Hollings- 
worlh.  J.  O.  Turner  and  A.  L.  Hawley,  35  years,  and  H.  D. 
Allen  and  R.  H.  Edier,  40  years. 


HICKSVILLE,  N.Y. 

.4  long  and  humorous  poem 
written  by  his  children  and 
entitled  "Tribute  to  Pop"  was 
read  at  the  dinner  held  by 
Local  1772,  last  year,  to 
honor  Richard  Eisemann 
upon  his  retirement  for  many 
years  with  his  local  union. 
Brother  Eisemann  is  shown 
in  the  picture  receiving  a 
35-year  pin  from  business 
representative  Glenn  Kerbs. 
Brother  Eisemann  served  his  local  union  as  a  recording 
secretary  for  36  years  and  financial  secretary  for  27  years. 


APRIL,    1977 


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Pittsburgh,   Pa. 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Twenty-five  year  pins  were  presented 
to  members  of  Local  2235  at  an 
annual  picnic  at  West  View  Park. 
The  names  of  the  members  in  the 
picture  are  as  follows: 

Kneeling,  left  to  right:  W.  Novay, 
M.  Schuster,  J.  R.  Ciletti,  R.  P. 
Argentine  and  L.  F.  Vallone. 

Standing,  left  to  right:  M.  D. 


Banko,  J.  Mergen,  R.  Surman,  R.  M. 
Stone,  L.  Ciletti,  G.  Lyon,  C.  Sulli- 
van, F.  Linkenheimer,  R.  Musi,  R.  J. 
Mitchell,  W.  Grady. 

Not  shown  in  the  picture:  W. 
Cotliery,  R.  G.  Graves,  L.  Gujski, 
V.  Marino,  C.  Svitko,  H.  Swords,  L. 
Thomas,  S.  Thompson,  E.  VanVlack 
and  R.  Waechter. 


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Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
TERRE   HAUTE,   IND. 

At  a  regularly  scheduled  meeting 
during  1976,  Local  133  held  an 
awards  ceremony  for  members  with 
25  and  30  years  service. 

The  picture  shows  19  members 
who  were  present  for  their  25  and 
30-year  award  buttons.  Pictures,  left 
to  right,  first  row:  Louis  A.  Livvix, 
Fenton  R.  Hunt  and  Charles  L.  Miles. 
Second  row:  President  Andrew  J. 
Kosco,  Donnie  G.  Hamblen,  Harold 
R.  Herrington,  Jr.,  Joseph  E.  Ofsan- 
sky.  Freeman  Stewart,  Manford  G. 
Rusidel,  Ralph  Tevlin,  John  "Pat" 
O'Rourke  and  Charles  E.  Uselman. 
Third  row,  left  to  right:  Arthur  "Bill" 
DeMougin,  Jr.,  William  "Henry" 
Santus,  Jerry  W.  Moss,  business  rep- 
resentative, Cleo  F.  Harden,  Robert 


G.  Flinn,  Edward  E.  My  a,  Orvil 
Quilliam,  Charles  R.  "Chic"  Beltz, 
Walter  McMahan,  business  manager 
and  Leo  L.  Davis. 

Members  who  were  not  present  at 
the  awards  ceremony  but  who  were 
eligible  to  receive  service  pins  were: 
Forrest  Allen,  Allan  L.  Anderberg, 
Albert  A.  Bosworth,  James  E. 
Broady,  Jr.,  Lewis  E.  Chickadaunce, 
William  R.  Cochran,  Lloyd  H.  Cork, 
Omer  B.  Fields,  Charles  F.  Garaffa, 
Max  O.  Hartman,  Edward  Hodson, 
Jr.,  Charles  D.  Lee,  William 
McCarty,  Clixord  M.  Pickens, 
Edward  T.  Ramsey,  James  P.  Rogers, 
Virgil  H.  Royer,  Joseph  A.  Thomp- 
son, Don  L.  Thurman,  Keith  C. 
Wilson  and  William  F.  Wilson. 


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Twenty-five-year  members  received 
their  pins  at  a  recent  meeting  of 
Carpenters  Local  891.  Honored  were, 
left  to  right,  Hollis  Traywick, 
Clarence  O.  Rowe,  and  Henry  W. 
Beasley.  Those  not  present  were 
Claud  S.  Bain  and  Houston  J.  Fikes. 


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Local  #674,  recently  honored 
members  with  25  or  more  years  of 
service. 

In  the  picture  are  the  members 
who  were  present  and  received  pins: 

Front  Row  from  left:  Roy  Bade, 
35  yrs.;  Sheldton  Smiley,  25  yrs.; 
Kenneth  Quandt,  25  yrs.;  Walter 
Weier,  30  yrs.;  Jack  Wood  {pre- 
sented pins);  Ross  Focht  Sr.,  25  yrs.; 
Melvin  Redlawsk,  25  yrs.;  Leonard 
Reiter,  25  yrs. 

Second  Row:  Laurence  Carlos, 
25  yrs.;  Alex  Dziedzic,  25  yrs.; 
August  Liebenow,  25  yrs.;  Joseph 


Walker,  25  yrs.;  Ralph  Plichta,  25 
yrs.;  Kenneth  Kinyon,  25  yrs.;  Herbert 
Smith,  30  yrs.;  George  Bock,  25  yrs.; 
Richard  Thibodeau,  30  yrs.;  Robert 
McMichael  Sr.,  25  yrs.;  William 
Reader,  25  yrs. 

Back  Row:  Arthur  Campbell,  25 
yrs.;  Sylvester  Hellner,  35  yrs.; 
Francis  Trombley,  30  yrs.;  James 
Collin  Sr.,  30  yrs.;  Matthew  Snay, 
30  yrs.;  Edwin  Lanko,  25  yrs.; 
Marvin  Stadler,  25  yrs.;  Russell 
Blumerick,  25  yrs.;  Alvin  Trombly, 
30  yrs.;  Joseph  Petras  (president) 

Pin  recipients  who  were  not 
present  at  the  meeting  are  as  follows: 


30  YEARS:  Bernard  Lassaline, 
Frank  Pastor,  William  Stoll,  Louis 
Denison,  Arnold  Hellner,  Richard 
Napolateno,  Joseph  Trombley,  Sr., 
Gordon  Trombley,  Sr.,  Sidney  Wein- 
berger, Frank  Wroblewski,  and 
Phillip  Moran. 

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Arthur  Wellhausen,  Herbert  Arft, 
Donald  Bliemaster,  Jerry  Boulier, 
Norman  Kraft,  Robert  McGlynn, 
Owen  Miller,  Leonard  Skotzke, 
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MOUNTAIN  VIEW,  CALIF. 

Last  year.  Local  1280  held  Us 
17th  Annual  25-Year  Pin  Presentation 
Party  at  Carpenters  Hall,  Mountain 
View.  Forty-five  members  received 
25-year  pins.  Approximately  four 
hundred  and  fifty  members  and 
guests  attended  the  ceremonies. 
General  Representative  Wayne  Pierce 
made  the  presentations. 
Ladies  Auxiliary  #554  prepared 
and  served  a  buffet  dinner.  Each  pin 
recipient  received  an  8  x  10  colored 
picture  of  himself  being  presented  his 
pin  and  also  a  group  picture. 

Picture  No.  1 — Front  row,  left  to 
right,  Mollis  Higgins,  Edwin  Clark, 
Charles  Wood,  William  Campbell, 
George  Matsuba,  Dennis  Rawson, 
Samuel  Scribner.  Back  row,  Andrew 
Matoske,  Delbert  Wells,  Robert 
Basye,  Ray  Martinez,  Tom  Crawford, 
Frank  Marquez,  Frederick  Warren 
and  Wayne  Pierce,  General 
Representative. 

Receiving  pins  but  not  shown  were 
Howard  Hewitt  and  Martin  Messick. 

Picture  No.  2 — Front  row, 
Raymond  Hardie,  Lloyd  Standridge, 
Ed  Sharon,  Andrew  Mattus,  Al 
Rodriguez,  Akira  Nakano,  Ruben 
Castorena,  lames  Siler.  Back  row, 
George  Ozdinski,  Richard  Ellas, 
loseph  Garcia,  Frank  Bilbao,  Obed 
Mitchum,  lulius  Shirley,  Joseph 
Esway. 

Picture  No.  3 — Front  row,  Tony 
Giminez,  Glenn  Wallace,  Vinko 
Mariani,  lames  Honda,  Arthur 
Gunderson,  Harild  Austin.  Back  row, 
Tom  Ingram,  Sal  Perino,  Fred 
Thackeray,  C.  H.  Neilson,  Boyd 
Rogers,  Chris  Lambrecht,  Ray 
Lawrence. 


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Local  171  commemorated  its 
90th  anniversary  in  June  with  the 
presentation  of  service  pins  to  147 
members.    Those  honored  included: 

Members  who  received  service 
pins  on  lune  5  included: 

65  Years — Loren  W.  Orr. 

60  Years — Roy  Wylam,  Erhard 
lohnson. 

50   Years — Edgar  O.   Beaver. 

40  Years — Edwin  Burkhart,  Ralph 
Lee  Cairey,  Ray  deal,  Edward 
Gradski,  Elmer  M.  Mathcny,  Alfred 
Notman,    Andy   Petras.    Andy 
Schulz. 

35  Years — Harvey  M.  Anderson, 
Kenneth   J.    Banks,   Howard   Brohst, 
Cecil  A.  Crothers,  George  Dickson, 
Charles  N.  Flick,  Leonard  R. 
Gamble,  Carl  A.  lohnson,  loseph 
Kayati,  William  Kcllgrci.  Howard 
Linscrbiglcr,  Charles  MacDonald. 
Charles  Marsh,  Pete  Marsh.  Russell 
Marshall,  Ford  Mershimcr,  Thomas 
Moran,  John  Norton.  Herman 
Roch,    Harry   L.    Sharp,    Dorman 


Swan,  Clarence  Thompson,  Clifford 
Way,  Herb  J.  Way,  Jr.,  Harvey  J. 
Weber,  Eric  Westin,  Stanley 
Young,  Jr. 

30  Years — Mike  Andello,  Donald 
F.  Beach,   Walter  Burelz,   Vincent 
Butch,   Wilhert  G.  Cessna,  Clayton 
S.   Coler,  Paul  Cupan,   Richard 
Ciirran,  Charles  Dchrosky,  Nick 
Dclmark,  Peter  T.  Dcnucci,  Guy 
Deramo,  William  C.  Eger,  Don  R. 
Fagnan,  Elmer  Frcehurg,  Micltael 
E.  Gary,  Arthur  Green.  Paul  Hotz, 
Charles  J.  Ivan,  Sr.,  Oliver 
Juillcral,   Jr.,    Waller   L.    Lederle, 
Myron   Linkoff.  Joseph  J.   Lucas, 
Donald  I.  McLane,   Frank  Metzger, 
Clyde  M.  Metzler,  Lcland  A. 
Miller,   George   W.   Nannah,  Joseph 
Napolilan.  Roht.  J.  Pcmberton.  Sr., 
Chris  Perri,  Peter  Pirko,  Rudy  J. 
Pishkur,  Edmund  Plecha,  Elio 
Posterli,    Charles   Prcislcr,    Harry 
Ramhoff,   Frank   A.   Bella.  John   W. 
Rittnour,   James   Schullz,    Chancellor 
I.  Shood.  Arthur  Shorlhousc. 
\'alerio  Sinesio,   Daniel  R.  Smith. 
Percy  Stevens  .-iiidv  Suh\,  Robert 


Sundin,  lack  Tavolario,  loseph 
Tolone.  lohn   W.   Tusinac,  Lloyd 
1.  Walker. 

25  Years — Ferdinand  Anderson, 
Andrew  J.   Bako,   Thomas  A. 
Banner.  William  P.  Bean,  Edward 
Bernard.  Glenn  K.  Budd,  Robert 
Carney,  Samuel  L.  Coniglio.  Harry 
Cupan,  Anthony  J.  Danta.  Anthony 
D'Orio.  James  L.  Divers,  Ralph 
C.  Donofrio,  Lawson  Dripps,  Donald 
Ellis,   Kenneth   Elser,  Frank  P. 
Gagliano.  Isaac  Gordon,  Clyde  Hilt, 
Paul  J.  Kolcun,  George  E. 
Koniowsky.  Charles  H.  Mansell, 
Willis  R.  Mansell,  John  J.  Martina, 
Leo  C.  Napolilan.  Richard  M. 
Noble.  John  Novak,  Daniel  O'Patich, 
Mike  Pacak,   Michael  R.   Pavelic, 
Stephen  Pavliga.  George  A.  Peplow, 
Raymond  R.  Piaski,  Alex  J.  Pink, 
Elsworlli  Rardin,  Omar  G.  Raub, 
Jr.,  Robert  J.  Ruman,  Louis  G. 
Seenna.  Edwin  A.  Shogrcn,  Charles 
Sittig.  Michael  Slahura,  Ralph 
Swan.   Guy   Troggio.   Richard 
Wallace.  Howard  Wiff,  George 
Williams,  Walter  Zxsk. 


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MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 
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L.U.  NO.  22 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Bourland,  Edward 
Camp,  Joseph 
Prease,  T.  L. 
Schaadt,  Francis 
Stich,  Charles 
Sylvester,  E. 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLAND,  CA. 

Carlson,  Emil 
Wagner,  Ralph  O. 

L.U.  NO.  40 
BOSTON,  MA. 

Catalucci,  Emil 
Fernandez,  Oscar 
Gingras,  Leo 
Hojman,  Karl 
Tetrault,  Emile 

L.U.  NO.  SO 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Franklin,  Henry  S. 
Heavener,  C.  H. 
Hodge,  Joseph  E. 
Jones,  Robert  T. 
Mink,  Millard 

L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 

Kuchinski,  George  W. 
Marshall,  John  A. 
Pfeit'er,  Joseph  D. 

L.U.  NO.  67 
JAMAICA  PLAIN,  MA. 

Connaughton,  Patrick 
Darey,  Hormisdas 
Larkin,  Malcolm  E. 
Lewis,  Frederick  O. 

L.U.  NO.  74 
CHATTANOOGA,  TN. 
Adams,  Bobby  G. 
Cordell,  L.  L. 
Chambers,  Sherrill 
Davis,  Eldridge  D. 
Dyer,  Jess  \V. 
Fritis,  Charlie  E. 
Hall,  Woodrow  W. 
Humphrey,  Monroe  D. 
Johnston,  Joe  E. 
Russell,  Dexter  A. 
Rymer,  John  G. 
Tankersley,  Jack 

L.U.  NO.  80 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Anderson,  Carl  H. 
Bjorkman,  John 
Cabo,  Cvitko 
Janczewski,  Raymond 
Jones,  Bobby 
Kalal,  James  J. 
Klajda,  Edmund  F,,  Jr. 
Meyer,  George  C. 
Nonneman,  Oscar 
Olscn,  Otto  B. 
Romanovich,  Richard 
Schweiger,  Albert  L. 
Talmadge,  Jack 
Thomas,  Alex 

APRIL,    1977 


Wendell,  Bernard 
Widen,  Fabian 

L.U.  NO.  94 
WARWICK,  R.I. 

Coe,  Alfred 
Orson,  Vinal  E. 

L.U.  NO.  101 
BALTIMORE,  MD. 

Boesser,  A.  G. 
Brenner,  Joseph 
Brooks,  Roland  Ellwood 
Brown,  Lewis  M. 
Citrano,  Joseph  A. 
Gamble,  John  T. 
Harold,  Carl  O. 
Huncher,  Michael 
Peacock,  John  H. 
Proctor,  James  E. 
ReithmuUer,  Louis  E. 
Sellner,  John  M. 
Thatcher,  Wesley  R. 
Towell,  Clifford  B. 
Weatherstine,  William  E. 

L.U.  NO.  109 
SHEFFIELD,  AL. 

Bryant,  E.  O. 
Hefiin,  Clyde 

L.U.  NO.  144 
MACON,  GA. 

Byrd,  Sylvester 
Eldridge,  J.  B. 
Fambro,  George 
Harper,  Silas  L. 
Smith,  Theron  C. 

L.U.  NO.  169 

E.  ST.  LOUIS,  IL. 

Deddle,  Dudley 
Guetterman,  Virgil 
Laws,  Martin 
McDaniel,  Carl 
Oechsle,  Floyd 

L.U.  NO.  176 
NEWPORT,  R.I. 

Chamberlin,  George  A. 

L.U.  NO.  180 
VALLEJO,  CA. 

Saucke,  William  A. 
Slavens,  D,  D. 
Vig,  Orville 

L.U.  NO.  181 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Anderson,   Arvid 
Pederson,  Elias  "B" 

L.U.  NO.  198 
DALLAS,  TX. 

Dickson,  Walter  H. 

L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Morris,  James  R. 
Pierce,  Carl  Wm. 
Prince,  L.  C. 
Puckett,  Billy  T. 

L.U.  NO.  257 

NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 
Richman,  Sam 
Skoler.   Abraham 
Smith,  Oscar 
Ward,  John 


L.U.  NO.  261 
SCRANTON,  PA. 

Dikeman,  Ernest 
Frantz,   Fred 
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Stefanides,  Alex 
Waterman,  Clare 

L.U.  NO.  262 
SAN  JOSE,  CA. 

Glaze,  Floyd 
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Marshall,  R.  W. 
Messner,  John 
Moreland,  W.  H. 
Sermone,  Joseph 
Silva,  Herculano 
Spuehler,  Adolph 
Ward,  Percy 

L.U.  NO.  264 
MILWAUKEE,  WL 

Ballistreri,  Phil 
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Borchardt,  Walter 
Couse,  Joe 
Groh,  John 
Hafner,  Albert 
Hellwig,  Herman 
Johnson,   Melvin 
Kiedrowski,  Edward 
Lumme,  Robert 
Maas,  William,  Sr. 
Peterson,  William 
Schouldice,  F.  C. 
Sherwood,  Raymond 
Watzl,  Joseph 
Weiss,  John 
Winchell,  Ira 

L.U.  NO.  266 

Stockton,  ca. 

Purinton,  Tom 
Roth,  F.  M. 

L.U.  NO.  281 
JOHNSON  CITY,  N.Y. 

Dancho,  Michael 

L.U.  NO.  331 
NORFOLK,  VA. 

Ellis,  Gordon  L. 
Warren,  Howard  A. 

L.U.  .NO.  337 
DETROIT,  ML 

Karrle,  Ernest 
Kinnunen,  Matt 
Priestaf,  Henry 
Weber,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  344 
WAUKESHA.  WL 

Blasco.  Jerry 
Bowc,  Leon 
Brown,  Lloyd  F. 
Burric,  George 
Clark,  Sidney 
Cole,  Les  V. 
Ditburner,  William 
Golcmgeski,  Lester 
Hennibury,  Francis 
Kolaskie.  Paul 
Leonhardt,  Ed. 
Neidercorn,  John 


Pace,  Emil 
Poos,  Peter 
Roso,  Victor 
Schutz,  Adam 
Tim,  John 

L.U.  NO.  468 
INWOOD,  N.Y. 

Zalenski,  Frank 

L.U.  NO.  470 
TACOMA,  WA. 

Burt,  Albert  L. 
Eriandson,  H.  H. 
Forsyth,  Loren 
Gimse,  Adolph 
Johnson,  Carl  H. 
Metcalf,  Leo 
Roshau,  Jacob  J. 
Zeller,  Chester 

L.U.  NO.  486 
BAYONNE,  NJ. 

Sullivan,  Arthur 

L.U.  NO.  500 
BUTLER,  PA. 

Ekis,  Walter  L. 
Forsythe,  Grant  L. 
Wolfgang,  Howard  W. 

L.U.  NO.  538 
CONCORD,  N.H. 

Dupray,  Frederick  H. 

L.U.  NO.  543 
MAMARONECK,  N.Y. 

Bisordi,  Ermani 
Froysan,  Olav 
Marchione,  Carlo 

L.U.  NO.  603 
ITHACA,  N.Y. 

Ahola,  Arthur 
Kniuetilla,  Emil 
Krizek,   Robert 
Snyder,  Albert 

L.U.  NO.  665 
AMARILLO,  TX. 

Cannon,  Ben  F. 
Hinton,  Claude 
Wheat,  Sam 

L.U.  NO.  668 
PALO  ALTO,  CA. 

DesPerry,  James  K. 
Parmeter,  Donald  L. 

L.U.  NO.  726 
DAVENPORT,  lA. 

Bloomfield,   Evelyn 
Mueller,  Theodore 

L.U.  NO.  740 
BROOKLYN,  N.Y. 

Hood,  Silas 
Kurtzo,  Emil 
Wallers.  George 
Welsch,  Olto 

L.U.  NO.  753 
BEAUMONT,  TX. 

Decuir,  Otto 
Miller.  S.  D. 
Roberts,  David  V. 
Stillwcll.  William 
Tillolson,  Leroy,  Sr. 
Work,  Alex 


L.U.  NO.  756 
BELLINGHAM,  WA. 

Evans,  Monty 
Johnson,  George 
Kentch,  Sylvester 

L.U.  NO.  783 
SIOUX  FALLS,  S.D. 

Hildebrandt,  William 

L.U.  NO.  820 
WISCONSIN  RAPIDS, 
WL 

Krueger,  Robert  J. 
VanAsten,  Chris  J. 
VerVoort,  Fred 

L.U.  NO.  836 
JANESVILLE,  WI. 

Johnson,  John  A. 

L.U.  NO.  838 
SUNBURY,  PA. 

Nichols,  Walter  A. 
Wheary,  George  C. 
Wolfe,  Truman  E. 

L.U.  NO.  918 
MANHATTAN,  KS 

Hungerford,  William 

L.U.  NO.  929 
SOUTH  GATE,  CA. 

Broock,  Wilkie  1. 
Burnett,  Clentell 
Gault,  Floyd  S. 
Hunter,  Robert  L. 
Quarles,  Willie 
Wellington,  Clovis  A. 

L.U.  NO.  951 
BRAINERD,  MN. 

Mudgett,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1062 
SANTA  BARBARA, 
CA. 

Gray,  L.  B. 

L.U.  NO.  1098 
BATON  ROUGE,  LA. 

Golman,  Homer 
Jones,  A.  J.,  Sr. 
WiUiford,  Willie  R. 

L.U.  NO.  1185 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Vandermay,  William 

L.U.  NO.  1194 
PENSACOLA,  FL. 

Britton,  C.  A. 

L.l'.  NO.  1266 
AUSTIN,  TX. 

Buck,  Albert 
Guyon.  Roy 
James,  Millard 
Lcntz.  Jesse 
Mills,  Sam  D. 
Moore,  Ollie  G. 

L.U.  NO.  1289 
SEATTLE,  WA. 

Jegcrscn,  Magnus  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1342 
BLOOMFIELD,  NJ. 

Cicconi,  Vincent 
Matthews,  Adolphus 

Contiiiued  on  page  30 
29 


IN  MEMORIAM 

Continued  from  page  29 


Mohns,  Alfred 
Nekon,  Ctto  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1397 
ROSLYN,  N.Y. 

Goss,  Francis 

L.U.  NO.  1408 
REDWOOD  CITY,  CA. 

Conn,  Dewitt 
DeCristoferi,  Pete 
Egner,  Lewis  W. 
Gyorfi,  Frank 
Jacobsen,  John  C. 
Lovell,  M.  J. 
MiUer,  Hugh 
Peregrina,  Madeo 
Oberg,  John 
Swart,  Claude 
Trantow,  Albert 
Wolfe,  Ernest 

L.U.  NO.  1423 
CORPUS  CHRISTI,  TX. 

Custer,  R.  J,,  Sr. 
Davenport,  W.  B. 
Harris,  Warren  A. 
Mendez,  Pete  C. 
Perdue,  Zerl 
Potter,  H.  H. 
Robinson,  G.  H. 
Sales,  George,  Sr. 
Stech,  Melvin 
Taylor,  Arthur  D. 


L.U.  NO.  1478 
REDONDO  BEACH, 
CA. 

Blom,  Richard  Frank 
Limbaugh,  William 

L.U.  NO.  1485 
LA  PORTE,  IN. 

Koran,  Donald 
Kessler,  Herbert 
Lidke,  Eugene 
Petrzebowski,  John 
Pliske,  Clem 

L.U.  NO.  1490 
SAN  DIEGO,  CA. 

Finch,  Ben 
Wyckoff,  George 

L.U.  NO.  1583 
ENGLEWOOD,  CO. 

DiTuUio,  Eden 

L.U.  NO.  1598 
VICTORIA,  B.C. 

McKenzie,  W.  J. 
Marton,  Joseph 

L.U.  NO.  1607 

LOS  ANGELES,  CA. 

Cantrell,  Albert  V. 
Corfee,  Robert  W. 
Dinger,  D. 


Doyle,  Dellow 
Hess,  Willis  C. 
Marrs,  Wilson  G. 
Munis,  Joe  A. 
Roberts,  Don  S. 
Rose,  James  O. 
Rosenbluth,  Julius 
Steele,  William  C. 
Sundquist,  John 
Webster,  Thomas  F. 

L.U.  NO.  1683 
EL  DORADO,  AR. 

Lowery,  John  H. 

L.U.  NO.  1693 
CICERO,  IL. 

Hawkinson,  Frank 
Kitchen,  Charles  W. 
Larson,  Albert  V. 
Long,  Dale 
Meyers,  James  F. 
Neary,  John  F. 
Olofson,  Axel 

L.U.  NO.  1707 
LONGVIEW,  WA. 

Feist,  Timothy  P. 
McGinley,  Edward  F.  Jr. 
Peltola,  Toivo  W. 
Vanderpool,  M.  C. 
Westerlund,  Charles  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1749 
ANNISTON,  AL. 

Sims,  W.  L. 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Biehler,  John  Jr. 


L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WA. 

Clinebell,  Gerald 
Tucker,  Ike  W. 
Veatch,  Robert  R. 

L.U.  NO.  1857 
PORTLAND,  OR. 

Martyniuk,  Michael 

L.U.  NO.  1861 
MILPITAS,  CA. 

Anderson,  Sture 
Josephson,  Ed.  Wm. 

L.U.  NO.  1884 
LUBBOCK,  TX. 

Foster,  Carl  D. 

L.U.  NO.  1889 
WESTMONT,  IL. 

Rayner,  Harry 

L.U.  NO.  1939 
CLIFTON,  N.J. 

Belli,  Alfonso 


L.U.  NO.  1947 
HOLLYWOOD,  FL. 

Richardson,  Charles  C. 
Stephen,  Francis 

L.U.  NO.  2014 
BARRINGTON,  IL. 

Wolfenbarger,  Orlando 

L.U.  NO.  2241 
BAYSIDE,  N.Y. 

Feigenbaum,  Alex 
Flavin,  Thomas 

L.U.  NO.  2274 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Townley,  Clay 

L.U.  NO.  2332 
FERGUS  FALLS,  MN. 

Marr,  Harold 

L.U.  NO.  2436 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Snyder,  Arthur  R. 


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IN  CONCLUSION 


The  National  Labor  Relations  Act 
Needs  Strengthening  Now 


When  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act  was  passed 
by  Congress  in  1935,  at  the  height  of  the  New  Deal 
legislative  reform  movement,  it  was  hailed  as  labor's 
Magna  Carta,  labor's  Bill  of  Rights. 

The  Wagner  Act,  as  it  was  called,  guaranteed  to 
workers  the  right  to  organize  and  bargain  through 
unions  of  their  choice.  It  forbade  employers  to  dis- 
criminate against  any  member  of  a  union.  It  set  up  a 
National  Labor  Relations  Board  to  adjudicate  all 
labor  disputes. 

When  the  law  was  passed,  it  aroused  violent  con- 
troversy in  the  public  press  and  the  business  world, 
but  it  gave  organized  labor  a  better  and  fairer  deal 
then  it  had  ever  had  before. 

Under  its  protections,  the  old  American  Federation 
of  Labor  was  revitalized,  and  a  Congress  for  Indus- 
trial Organizations  was  formed  to  spread  labor  orga- 
nizing into  the  mass  production  industries. 

Although  the  Taft-Hartley  Act  of  1947  and  the 
Landrum-Grifhn  Act  of  the  1950's  trimmed  back 
some  of  the  rights  guaranteed  by  the  original  Wagner 
Act,  the  labor  laws  established  in  1935  remained  the 
basic  structure  for  maintaining  labor-management 
harmony  in  the  United  States. 

Unfortunately,  time  and  the  slings  and  arrows  of 
anti-union  organizations  have  taken  their  toll.  The 
NLRA  of  1977  has  little  of  the  clear-cut  meanings 
written  into  it  42  years  ago. 

Today,  abuses  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act 
are  commonplace,  blatant,  and  well-documented. 
Many  employers  thwart  the  law  because  they  find  it 
cheap  and  expeditious  to  do  so.  They  find  it  cheaper 
to  pay  a  few  thousand  dollars  in  fines  and  legal  ex- 
penses while  they  engage  in  unfair  labor  practices 
than  it  would  be  to  allow  their  employees  to  organize 
and  bargain  without  illegal  interference,  in  the  first 
place. 

Union  organizers,  time  and  again,  are  completely 
frustrated  by  the  bureaucratic  and  technical  delays 
which  prevent  newly-organized  workers  from  quickly 
achieving  union  representation  and  security. 

An  employer  of  more  than  500  members  of  the 
Brotherhood  in  the  state  of  Mississippi  has  been  able 
to  hold  up  legitimate  collective  bargaining  among  his 
workers  for  more  than  five  years  .  .  .  partly  because 
the  National  Labor  Relations  Act  cannot  force  him 
to  immediate  action.  There's  a  story  about  it  on  Page 
5  of  this  issue  of  The  Carpenter. 


A  textile  manufacturer  in  South  Carolina — J.  P. 
Stevens  &  Co. — has  flaunted  the  act  for  years.  Re- 
cendy,  an  official  of  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  directed  Stevens  to  refrain  from  further  unfair 
labor  practices  and  to  end  its  interference  in  its  em- 
ployees' rights  to  join  or  form  labor  organizations. 
The  ruling  was  the  latest  in  a  string  of  decisions 
against  Stevens,  viewed  by  the  AFL-CIO  as  the  na- 
tion's number  one  labor  law  violator.  It  is  not  likely 
that  Stevens  will  be  moved  to  improve  its  labor  rela- 
tions by  this  latest  NLRB  proposal. 

In  spite  of  a  growing  number  of  such  employer 
roadblocks,  however,  there  is  hope,  this  year,  that  the 
old  NLRA  will  be  reworked  and  a  changed  document 
will  result. 

Two  developments  give  hope  to  trade  unionists  that 
the  NLRA  and  the  NLRB  may  yet  become  what  they 
were  supposed  to  be — a  law  and  an  agency  to  protect 
workers  who  choose  to  work  together  for  better 
wages,  hours,  and  working  condidons. 

The  first  development  is  the  move  by  Rep.  Frank 
Thompson  of  New  Jersey,  chairman  of  the  House 
Education  and  Labor  Subcommittee,  and  others  to 
bring  about  changes  in  the  law  through  hearings  and 
enactment  of  House  Resolution  77 — "a  bill  to 
strengthen  NLRB  remedial  power  and  expedite  NLRB 
proceedings." 

The  Brotherhood  presented  witnesses  to  the 
Thompson  subcommittee,  who  testified  that  present 
NLRA  procedures  are  unwieldy  and  subject  to  count- 
less legal  blocks  in  the  courts. 

A  second  development  which  we  must  note  is  an 
action  by  the  Board  itself.  It  established  a  Chairman's 
Task  Force,  which  is  already  in  the  process  of  study- 
ing Board  procedures  in  an  effort  to  speed  up  the 
Board's  work. 

The  interim  report  of  the  task  force,  issued  last 
November,  contained  69  recommendations  to  Board 
Chairman  Betty  Southard  Murphy  on  how  to  speed 
the  Board's  case-handling  procedures. 

Most  of  the  task  force's  recommendations  were  ap- 
proved by  the  full  panel  of  union,  business  and  gov- 
ernment labor  lawyers.  This  holds  out  promise  that 
the  group's  final  report,  due  next  year,  will  be  adopted 
without  a  fight. 

Last  month,  at  a  special  commemorative  dinner  in 
Washington,   D.C.,   the  NLRB  marked  the  30  mil- 


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THE    CARPENTER 


lionth  vote  cast  in  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
representation  elections. 

Though  AFL-CIO  President  George  Meany  offered 
his  congratulations  to  the  Board  on  this  milestone  in 
its  42-year  history,  he  did  not  find  solace  in  the  gen- 
eral statistics  before  him.  He  noted  that  there  are 
about  twice  as  many  NLRB  elections  on  record 
(300,000)  as  there  are  labor  management  agree- 
ments. 

"Doesn't  it  strike  you  that  there  is  something  odd 
about  those  figures?"  he  asked. 

"Considering  all  the  younger  workers  working  in 
shops  and  factories  where  the  representation  rights 
were  won  by  earlier  generations,  considering  all  the 
workshops  where  representation  rights  were  won 
through  other  channels  than  NLRB  elections,  ought 
not  there  be  a  great  many  more  active  bargaining 
units? 

"Aren't  those  very  figures  evidence  that  something 
is  amiss?  Isn't  this  evidence  that  victories  won  in  elec- 
tions are  often  destroyed  without  honest  collective 
bargaining  ever  having  taken  place?" 

As  the  AFL-CIO  President  states,  "unfair  em- 
ployers have  spent  42  years  evading  the  law,  defying 
the  law  and  destroying  the  law — all  with  virtual  im- 
punity. They  are  past  masters  of  procedural  delay, 
avoiding  enforcement  for  years.  They  know  that  if  the 
day  of  reckoning  ever  comes,  the  penalty  will  be 
cheap.  They  figure — usually  rightly — that  if  that  time 
comes,  the  organizing  effort  will  be  down  the  drain, 
and  workers  will  have  lost  all  faith  in  the  law  as  a 
protector  of  rights. 

"What  can  union  supporters  do  to  defend  them- 
selves while  the  processes  of  the  law  drag  on  for  one 
year,  or  two  or  more?  The  promise  of  eventual  justice 
does  not  feed  their  kids.  They  have  seen  brave  men 
and  women  stand  up  for  their  rights,  trust  in  the  laws 
and  policies  of  the  United  States  and  wind  up  alone, 
jobless  and  blacklisted. 

"The  law  says,  an  employer  who  fires  workers  sus- 
pected of  union  sympathies,  may  have  to  hire  them 
back  after  a  year  or  two  or  three.  He  may  even  have 
to  pay  some  back  wages,  if  they  are  still  alive  and 
can  be  found.  Where's  the  penalty  for  this  kind  of  law 
breaking?  The  back  wages  are  tax-deductible  as  a 
normal  cost  of  doing  business.  The  fee  of  the  union- 
busting  lawyer  and  the  so-called  labor  relations  con- 
sultant is  a  tax  deduction.  It  is  the  cheapest  insurance 
against  unionization  on  the  market.  A  couple  of  years' 
wages  for  a  few  people  adds  up  to  much  less  than 
raising  the  wages  of  many  by  a  few  cents  an  hour." 

Here  are  some  elements  of  HR  77  which  bear 
serious  consideration: 

•  The  bill  would  require  that  union  representation 
elections  be  held  within  45  days  of  petitioning.  Union- 
ists have  charged  that  delays — sometimes  more  than  a 
year — make  it  nearly  impossible  for  a  union  to  main- 
tain support. 

•  The  bill  also  would  mandate  the  NLRB  to  cer- 
tify a  union  as  the  workers'  collective  bargaining 
agent  if  it  could  show  clear  support  by  at  least  55% 
of  the  workers  involved. 


•  Another  key  element  of  Thompson's  bill  would 
authorize  the  NLRB  to  delegate  more  of  its  power  to 
its  administrative  law  judges,  with  the  full  Board  re- 
taining review  authority  if  it  wishes  to  exercise  it. 

•  NLRB  members  could  continue  in  office  until  a 
replacement  is  confirmed.  This  would  avoid  delays 
where  the  Board  is  split  2-2  for  many  months  in  the 
absence  of  a  fifth  member. 

•  It  would  speed-up  the  Board's  internal  processes 
by  making  Administrative  Law  Judges'  decisions  final 
in  all  but  unusual  cases. 

•  It  would  authorize  the  Board  to  certify  an  em- 
ployer as  a  "flagrant  violator"  of  the  Act  and  thereby 
deny  the  employer  Federal  contracts  when  so  certified. 

•  HR77  would  authorize  any  individual  or  repre- 
sentative to  sue  in  Federal  Court  for  three  times 
backpay  lost  as  a  result  of  union  or  employer  dis- 
crimination. 

•  It  would  authorize  the  NLRB  to  award  backpay 
when  an  employer  improperly  denies  recognition  after 
an  election. 

•  It  would  specify  those  cases  where  the  NLRB 
should  seek  immediate  injunctive  relief  in  the  case  of 
unfair  labor  practices. 

In  any  case,  an  extensive  revision  of  the  NLRA  is 
needed,  whether  it  be  HR77  or  some  other  bill.  The 
vehicle  for  the  revision  will,  hopefully,  be  drafted  by 
this  Congress.  When  such  legislation  is  presented,  the 
United  Brotherhood  will  give  it  full  support. 


JPEIMG  PLANTIMG  IM  1977 


The  1977  membership  campaign  of  fhe  Car- 
penters Legislative  Improvement  Committee  is 
now  underv/ay.  Each  year  you  are  called  upon 
to  renew  your  support  of  the  Brotherhood' s  vital 
legislative  and  political  programs.  Don't  let  this 
year  be  an  exception.  Your  membership  con- 
tribution fights  your  causes  for  you  in  the  nation's 
capital  every  day  of  the  year.  Join  CUC 
today.  .  .  . 

.  .  .  And  once  you  join,  wear  your  CUC  lapel 
emblem  proudly. 

Carpenters  Legislative  Improvement  Committee 


A  copy  of  our  report  filed  with  the  appropriate  supervisory  office  is 
(or  will  be)  available  for  purchase  from  the  Superintendent  of  Docu- 
ments, United  States  Government  Printing  Office,  Washington,  D.C 
20402. 


"Making  cabinets  For  my  clocks  is  a  lot 
easier  now  Maybe  its  tne  new  Elmers 

^Carpenters  W>od  Glue." 

Edward  J.  Cooper,  Clockmaker 

"Elmer's"  Carpenter's  Wood  Glue  grabs  instantly,  that's  why 
it's  a  lot  easier  for  me  to  make  my  clocks  now  than  it's  been  for 
the  past  twenty  years. 

I've  used  just  about  every  kind  of  wood  you  could  think  of. 
Walnut.  Cherry.  Maple.  Birch.  Even  Butternut.  But  |9 

sometimes  when  I  glue  two  pieces  of  wood  together, 
1  still  don't  get  them  exactly  even.  Carpenter's  Wood 
Glue  lets  me  realign.  And  that's  easier  for  me,  too. 

In  other  words,  thank  goodness  for  Carpenter's  "  n 

Wood  Glue.  It  has  everything  anybody  could  ever 
need  from  a  glue.  It's  superstrong.  It  seems  to 
penetrate  far  deeper.  And  it  cleans  up  with  plain 
warm  water  while  it's  still  wet. 

It  glues  up  wood  like  nothing  I've 
ever  used  before!" 


SMHPBnHTS 


Elmers.  When  results  count. 


Borden 


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FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

William  Konyha 

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Patrick  J.  Campbell 

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R.  E.  Livingston 

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Charles  E.  Nichols 
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Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

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M.    A.   HUTCHESON 

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14001  West  McNichols  Road 
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2970  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.W.,  Suite  300 
Atlanta,  Ga.  30305 

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Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
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Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District, William  Stefanovich 

2300  Howard  Avenue 

Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada  N8X  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Eldon  T.  Staley 
4706  W.  Saanich  Rd. 
Victoria,  B.  C. 


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R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

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VOLUME  XCVII 


NO.  5 


MAY,  1977 


UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS   OF  AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 


IN    THIS    ISSUE 


NEWS  AND   FEATURES 

First  Leadership  Conference,  New  Orleans  2 

Do  Not  Buy,  Do  Not  Install  Croft  Metals ..._ 5 

Continued   Flood  of  Illegal  Aliens  6 

What  Is  It?  Many  Readers  Tell  Us _. 11 

Right-to-Work  Drives  Blocked  in  Two  States  13 

Hummingbirds  No  Longer  See  Red  at  Garage  Doors  ..- 13 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup  .-. 4 

Canadian  Report 8 

In  Retrospect  R.  E.  Livingston  9 

Plane  Gossip  — 1 0 

Local  Union   News  12 

We  Congratulate  14 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 16 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood  18 

In  Memoriom  28 

What's  New?  31 

In  Conclusion  William  Sideil  32 


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THE 

COVER 


It's  garden  planting  time  in  many 
parts  of  North  America,  this  month. 
It's  estimated  that  more  than  26  mil- 
lion Americans  will  be  tending  their 
flowers  and  vegetables  in  the  month 
of  May. 

For  those  among  us  with  green 
thumbs,  we  offer  an  array  of  pictures 
of  gardens  in  full  bloom: 

Starting  at  the  upper  left  of  our 
front  cover  and  running  clockwise  are: 
the  Annual  Library,  maintained  by 
the  National  Park  Service  beside  the 
Tidal  Basin  in  Washington,  D.C;  The 
Once  and  Future  Garden  of  William 
Paca,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence, at  Annapolis,  Md.;  tulips 
growing  in  a  commercial  garden  at 
Brentwood  Bay,  Vancouver  Island, 
B.C.;  a  watering  can  said  to  have  been 
used  at  Mt.  Vernon;  a  view  of  George 
Washington's  Green  House;  another 
garden  at  Mt.  Vernon  with  the  small 
children's  schoolhouse  in  the  corner; 
and,  finally,  an  array  of  flowers  and 
greenery  from  Hawaii. 

Picture  Credits,  also  clockwise,  are 
as  follows:  Staff  photograph;  M.  E.  War- 
ren of  Annapolis,  Md.;  Alice  Kiinoff  of 
Vancouver,  B.C.;  the  Mt.  Vernon  Ladies 
Association  of  Ml.  Vernon,  Va.;  and 
Paul  Sheldon,   Maui,   Hawaii. 


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of  this  cover  unmarred  by  a  mailing 
label  may  obtain  litem  by  sending  35i 
in  coin  to  cover  mailint;  costs  to  the 
Editor,  The  CARPENTER,  101  Con- 
stitution Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington, 
D.C.  20001. 


First  1977 

LEADERSHIP  CONFERENCE 

Held  in  New  Orleans 


More  than  300  fulltime  offi- 
cers and  representatives  of  Dis- 
tricts 4  and  6  assembled  in  New 
Orleans,  La.,  March  31,  for 
three  days  of  intensive  leader- 
ship training. 

It  was  the  first  in  a  series  of 
five  regional  leadership  confer- 
ences to  be  held  by  the  Brother- 
hood this  year  in  various  cities 
across  North  America,  and  it 
brought  together  men  and  women 
from  13  Southern  and  South- 
western States. 

First  General  Vice  President 
William  Konyha,  who  served  as 
chairman  of  the  New  Orleans 
conference  in  the  absence  of 
General  President  William  Si- 
dell,  praised  the  close  participa- 
tion of  delegates  in  the  sessions. 
The  conference  ran  steadily 
from  9  a.m.  till  5  p.m.  on  each 
of  the  first  two  days  and  did 
not  conclude  until  3:30  on  the 
closing  Saturday  afternoon. 

After  an  opening  joint  ses- 
sion on  March  31,  there  were 
separate  training  sessions  for 
construction  and  industrial  union 
representatives,  and  on  the  final 
day  there  was  a  joint  session 
covering  such  topics  as  pensions, 
financial  reporting  and  record 
keeping,  constitutional  problems, 
and  legislative  matters. 

Second  General  Vice  Presi- 
dent Pat  Campbell  led  a  discus- 
sion of  international  agreements 
and  maintenance  agreements. 
General  Secretary  R.  E.  Living- 
ston indicated  membership  gains 
and  losses  in  the  two  districts 
and  discussed  record  keeping 
and  administrative  problems. 
General  Treasurer  Charles  Nich- 
ols covered  legislative  matters 
and  the  responsibilities  of  his 
office.  There  was  a  lively  dem- 
onstration of  jurisdiction  prob- 
lems as  Assistants  to  the  Gen- 
eral President  Richard  Cox  and 
Jimmy  Jones  simulated  tele- 
phone discussions  between  con- 
tractors and  business  agents.  Di- 
rector of  Organization  Jim  Par- 
ker conducted  the  industrial  ses- 
sions. General  Executive  Board 
Members  Harold  Lewis  and 
Fred  Bull  of  the  two  districts 
were  among  the  speakers. 


Each  participant  received  a 
thick,  clasp  -  bound  reference 
book  containing  an  array  of  up- 
to-date  data  on  all  phases  of 
Brotherhood  activity. 

General  President  Sidell  indi- 
cated the  basic  purpose  of  the 
1977  Leadership  Conferences  on 
an  introductory  page  of  this 
book: 

"In  1975  and  1976  we  experi- 
enced the  greatest  economic  de- 
pression since  tlie  Thirties,"  he 
said.  "Tliis  period  of  depression, 
with  its  attendant  drastic  unem- 
ployment, resulted  in  personal 
tragedy  for  many  of  our  members. 
It  has  taken  its  toll  in  decreased 
membership;  taken  its  toll  in  the 
financial  operation  of  our  local 
unions  and  councils;  and  has  taken 
its  toll  on  the  entire  collective  bar- 
gaining process.  Many  of  our  con- 
struction contractors  have  gone 
out  of  business;  some  have  de- 
cided to  go  open  shop;  and  some 
have  gone  double-breasted.  Some 
of  our  industrial  employers  have 
gone  out  of  business;  other  plants 
lie  dormant,  and  most  of  those 
operating  are  working  at  a  reduced 
scale  of  operation. 

"We  believe  that  this  period  of 
economic  depression  has  bottomed 
out,  and  that  we  will  now  experi- 
ence a  period  of  recovery.  The 
needs  of  our  society  are  greater 
than  ever.  Therefore,  there  is  po- 
tential for  full  economic  recovery, 
provided  all  segtnents  of  our  so- 
ciety address  themselves  to  the 
problems  at  hand  and  conduct 
themselves  in  a  manner  which  will 
yield  their  full  potential.  To  make 
this  potential  a  reality  will  require 
effective  leadership  at  all  levels  of 
responsibility.  Effective  leadership 
requires  that  we  recognize  where 
we  are  and  that  we  chart  our  fu- 
ture based  on  actions,  not  reac- 
tions. 

"To  meet  these  leadership  needs, 
I  have  called  five  regional  leader- 
ship conferences.  The  material  con- 
tained in  this  book,  as  well  as  the 
additional  material  you  receive  at 
these  conferences  will  clearly  point 
out  where  we  are;  what  some  of 
our  problems  are;  and  what  we 
can  effectively  do  to  meet  and  cor- 
rect these  problems." 

The  next  leadership  conference 
will  be  held  July  12,  13,  and  14 
at  Cherry  Hill,  N.J.,  and  it  will 
bring  together  leaders  from  Dis- 
tricts 1  and  2. 


Mi 


ROUNDUP 


INSPECTOR  FOR  A  DAY — US  Labor  Secretary  Ray  Marshall  recently  spent  a  day  as  an 
inspector  with  the  Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Administration  ...  to  see 
what  working  conditions  are  like  in  some  industries.   With  the  help  of  Dr.  Eula 
Bingham  new  OSHA  assistant  secretary  he  hopes  to  draw  attention  to  deadly  health 
hazards  on  the  job. 


CALL  FOR  SHOE  QUOTAS — The  AFL- 
controls  on  job-destroying  shoe 
half  of  the  US  market.  So  many 
Italy,  Yugoslavia,  and  elsewher 
shoe  industry. 

The  US  International  Trade 
mended  a  quota  system  based  on 
proposal.  The  AFL-CIO,  meanwhil 
effective  and  "a  less  expensive 
taxpayers. " 


CIO  has  urged  President  Carter  to  impose  effective 
imports,  which  have  already  taken  over  nearly 
cheap-labor  shoes  are  coming  in  from  Spain, 

e  that  they  threaten  the  survival  of  the  American 

Commission  took  note  of  the  situation  and  recom- 
tariff  rates.  The  President  turned  down  this 
e  has  stated  that  direct  quotas  would  be  more 
remedy,  for  workers,  employers,  consumers,  and 


SAFETY  CAPS  SAVE — Every  time  you  stop  and  cuss  the  safety  cap  on  your  aspirin 
bottle,  consider  these  facts,  reported  to  us  by  the  Consumer  Product  Safety 
Commission:  In  1972  a  total  of  46  children  in  the  United  States  died  from  aspirin 
poisoning.   Three  years  later,  1975,  that  figure  had  dropped  to  17,  thanks  to  a 
1973  Federal  law  requiring  safety  caps  on  aspirin.   Other  harmful  products  have 
been  added  to  the  packaging  law  since  ,1973,  and  overall  poisonings  of  children 
by  such  substances  have  declined  47%. 

WORKING  ON  THE  RAILROAD — If  you've  ever  wondered  why  US  railroads  go  bankrupt 
faster  and  more  often  than  railways  in  other  countries  of  the  world,  the  US 
Treasury  Department  can  explain  it  to  you.   A  Treasury  audit  of  the  government- 
subsidized  US  Railway  Association  disclosed  that  rail  executives  treat  themselves 
to  |35,000  expenses  for  "entertainment"  in  nine  months,  for  example;  also  set  up 
dinner  parties  in  fancy  restaurants  costing  up  to  |800,  enjoy  paid  country-club 
memberships,  and  hand  out  $5,000-a-day  "consulting  jobs"  to  former  railroad 
officials. 

SENIORS  BACK  CURB  ON  HOSPITAL  COSTS — The  Carter  Administration's  proposed 
legislation  to  hold  down  the  rising  cost  of  hospital  care  has  won  the  support  of 
the  National  Council  of  Senior  Citizens. 

Nelson  H.  Cruikshank,  council  president,  said  hospital  price  increases,  plus 
the  rise  in  premium  costs  and  deductible  amounts  for  Medicare,  have  seriously 
eroded  the  intent  of  Congress  in  providing  Medicare  for  the  eldferly. 

Cruikshank  said  the  Carter  freeze  on  Medicare's  supplemental  medical 
insurance  premiums  could  save  elderly  Americans  |37  million  this  year  and  $182 
million  in  1978. 

MARRIED  WORKERS  DECLINE — Married  persons  still  make  up  the  largest  share  of  the 
nation's  workforce  but  their  proportion  is  gradually  declining  while  that  of 
unmarried  persons  is  increasing,  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  reports. 

In  a  new  study  of  the  marital  composition  of  the  labor  force,  BLS  said  that 
married  persons  in  the  workforce  dropped  from  69.2%  in  March  1970  to  64.7%  in 
March  1976. 

Over  the  same  period,  the  proportion  of  persons  who  have  never  been  married 
grew  from  20.1  to  23.2%  and  that  of  divorced  and  separated  persons  rose  from  6.8 
to  9.2%. 

TIME  OUT  FOR  REPAIRS— Unions  of  government  workers  are  the  most  recent  labor 
organizations  on  the  scene,  but,  ever  so  often,  they  pioneer  with  an  astonishing 
contract  innovation.   Recently,  for  example,  the  National  Treasury  Employees 
Union  set  a  precedent  for  all  other  unions  by  winning  a  contract  clause  that 
gives  them  paid  time  off  to  make  emergency  repairs  on  their  personal  cars. 


THE  CARPENTER 


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March  19T7 


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<-<-i,.-inllT  sanctioned 

the  boycott  oaiJ.eQ  "'   ^  products  of  Eiii"^""  ,  ^^^   "he 
Joiners  °l^^^^^mi^-     ^^  =°"P^ 
name  of 

CROFT  METALS,  INC. 

HI  THE  COMPANY .  lUyv^u^" 

" 


The  "Do  Not  Buy"  circular  distributed  by  the  AFL-CIO  Union  Label  and 
Service  Trades  Department  to  trade  unionists  throughout  North  America. 

Brotherhood  Moves  Ahead  on  Boycott  of  Croft  Metals 


Efforts  by  members  of  Local  2280, 
Magnolia,  Miss.,  to  secure  a  contract 
with  Croft  Metals,  Inc.,  were  reinforced 
recently  when  Region  5  of  the  NAACP, 
meeting  in  convention  in  Montgomery. 
Ala.,  voted  unanimous  support  for  the 
local    union's    five-month    strike. 

Local  2280  of  the  Brotherhood's 
Southern  Council  of  Industrial  Workers 
has  been  attempting  to  secure  a  con- 
tract with  Croft  Metals,  Inc.,  of  Mc- 
Comb,  Miss.,  for  more  'ban  five  years. 
Finally,  on  January  16,  this  year,  more 
than  500  members  went  out  on  strike. 
They  are  still   walking  picket   lines. 

Nancy  Scott,  president  of  the  local 
union,  told  NAACP  leaders  of  the  dis- 
criminatory practices  of  Croft  against 
minority  and  women  workers,  and  she 
expressed  thanks  for  the  assistance  al- 
ready given  to  the  strikers  by  C.  C. 
Bryant.  Mississippi  state  chairman  of  the 
Labor  and  Industrial  Committee  of 
NAACP. 

The  executive  secretary  of  the  Broth- 


erhood's Southern  Council  of  Industrial 
Workers,  Floyd  Doolittle,  also  attended 
the  NAACP  sessions  at  Montgomery, 
and  he  told  the  delegates  that  the  only 
difference  betsveen  the  strike  and  boycott 
at  Croft  and  the  strike  and  boycott  of 
the  notorious  J.  P.  Stevens  Co.,  now- 
being  waged  by  organized  labor,  was 
one  of  degree.  The  Croft  situation  has 
not  yet  received  the  publicity  of  the 
Stevens  boycott,  he  pointed  out.  Doolittle 
stated  that  Croft  Metals  is  just  as  de- 
termined to  avoid  a  union  contract  as  is 
the  J.  P.  Stevens  Company. 

Present  at  the  Montgomery  conven- 
tion of  the  N.AACP  and  adding  their 
support  to  the  strike  endorsement  were 
the  Rev.  M.  D.  McCollom,  chairman 
of  NA.ACP's  Region  5;  Dr.  .Aaron  Henry, 
president.  Mississippi  State  Conference 
Branch.  NAACP;  William  Pollard,  Civil 
Rights  Director.  AFL-CIO;  Grover  Smith, 
a  member  of  the  staff  of  Herbert  Hill, 
Labor  Secretary.  NAACP;  and  C.  C. 
Bryant. 


A  nationwide  boycott  of  Bancroft 
products,  endorsed  by  the  AFL-CIO's 
Executive  Council  at  its  midwinter  meet- 
ing, is  underway,  with  all  union  mem- 
bers urged  to  refuse  to  buy  or  install 
the  firm's  goods — aluminum  doors, 
sashes,  and  other  aluminum  home-build- 
ing items. 

Croft  Metal  Products,  Inc.  has  the 
following  subsidiaries:  Croft  Aluminum 
Co.,  McComb.  MiNS.;  Lemco  Metal 
Products.  Inc..  McComb;  Lemco  Truck- 
ing Corp..  McComb;  Croft  Metals  Inc. 
of  North  Carolina.  Lumber  Bridge.  N.C.: 
Bancroft  Manufacturing  Co..  McComb; 
and  branch  offices  in  .Atlanta.  Ga..  Mag- 
nolia and  Oskya,  Miss.,  and  Jamestown. 
N.Y.  Top  executive  in  each  of  these 
operations  is  Joseph  C.  Bancroft,  who 
refused  to  even  come  to  the  bargaining 
table  until  1975,  more  than  four  years 
after  the  Southern  Council  was  certified 
by  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
as  bargaining  agent. 


MAY,    1977 


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left  trad 

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pma,  said  25,000, 
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payments. 

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by  Texas  and  ine  ^.^^ 

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o«  -  about    1    "'^^°"man  area  has 
[in     Chicago  melro^hla" 
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,'^Ma"   0   ^"»''"«^°"    '" 

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Stop  The  FIODd 


lllEoal  Miens 


More  than  6  million  illegal  aliens?  7  million?  Labor  Secretary  Marshall 
says  it  exactly  equals  the  number  of  unemployed  in  the  United  States. 


THE    CARPENTER 


The  exploitation  of  illegal  aliens 
creates  serious  economic  and  social 
strains  on  a  society  that  prides  itself 
on  humanitarianism,  the  AFL-CIO 
recently  declared. 

It  said  in  a  statement  adopted  by 
the  Executive  Council  that  "Con- 
gress must  come  to  grips"  with  the 
problem  by  enacting  legislation  to: 

•  Make  it  a  crime  for  an  em- 
ployer to  hire  illegal  aliens. 

•  Adjust  the  status  of  those 
aliens  with  "a  demonstrated  attach- 
ment to  the  community"  to  allow 
them  to  become  legal  residents. 

•  Provide  the  immigration  serv- 
ice with  sufficient  funds  and  person- 
nel to  prevent  new  illegal  entries. 

•  Reject  efforts  led  by  Sen. 
James  O.  Eastland  (D-Miss.)  to 
reinstitute  a  "bracero  program"  that 
would  permit  exploitation  of  cheap 
labor  for  farms. 

The  council  said  the  number  of 
illegal  aliens  in  the  United  States, 
subject  of  varying  estimates,  is  in 
line  with  the  statement  of  Labor 
Sec.  Ray  Marshall  that  it  "exactly 
equals  the  number  of  unemployed 
in  this  country." 

The  status  of  illegal  aliens  places 
them  "at  the  mercy  of  unscrupulous 
employers  who  rely  on  fear  to  keep 
them  from  protesting  low  wages  and 
intolerable  working  conditions,"  the 
council  said. 

For  government  at  all  levels,  it 
added,  the  presence  of  illegal  aliens 
"places  an  extra  burden  on  govern- 
ment services,  drains  tax  revenue, 
distorts  census  figures"  and  creates 
law  enforcement  problems. 

In  terms  of  adjusting  the  status 
of  illegal  aliens  in  the  country,  the 
council  said  that  one  criterion  would 
be  the  number  of  years  in  the  United 
States  but  said  "we  also  believe  any 
legal  formula  must  take  into  account 
subjective  criteria,  such  as  compas- 
sion for  families  involved." 

The  council  specifically  called  for 
action  on  legislation  sponsored  by 
Rep.  Peter  W.  Rodino  (D-N.J.), 
chairman  of  the  House  Judiciary 
Committee,  to  punish  employers  hir- 
ing illegal  aliens. 


Stepping  from  the  brush  along  the  north  bank  of  the  Rio  Grande,  border  patrolmen 
seize  illegal  entrants  from  Mexico.  Such  border  guards  are  thinly  spread  along  the 
long  and  winding  border  which  extends  from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  the  Pacific.  The 
job  has  been  made  worse  by  the  increased  traffic  in  illegal  drugs. 


Aliens  temporarily  incarcerated  in  a  border  station  in  New  Mexico,  awaiting  action 
by  US  authorities.  Many  aliens  avoid  such  detention  with  "green  cards"  and  other 
temporary  visas,  many  of  which  are  forged. 


Mexican  farm  workers  waiting  to  be  taken  back  to  their  native  land.  Attempts  are 
being  made  to  reinstate  the  bracero  program,  which  exploits  alien  labor. 


MAY,    1977 


CANADIAN 


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NDP,  CLC  Decry      Productivity  Low, 
Record  Jobless  Claims  CCA  Head 


Both  the  Canadian  Labor  Congress 
and  the  federal  New  Democratic  Party 
reacted  strongly  to  record  levels  of  un- 
employment reported  by  Statistics  Can- 
ada early  this  year. 

The  seasonally-adjusted  unemployment 
rate  jumped  .4%  to  7.9%  in  February, 
equaling  the  highest  recorded  level  of 
jobless,  set  in  June,  1958. 

There  were  932,000  Canadians  out  of 
work  in  February,  the  first  month  on 
record  where  the  number  of  jobless 
passed  the  900,000  mark.  (The  govern- 
ment began  recording  job  statistics  in 
1953.) 

CLC  President  Joe  Morris  said  the 
country  "needs  drastic  changes  in  gov- 
ernment economic  thinking  to  prevent  it 
from  plunging  even  further  into  the 
depths  of  recession." 

NDP  Leader  Ed  Broadbent  called  for 
an  emergency  debate  in  the  House  of 
Commons  after  the  "scandalous"  unem- 
ployment figures  were  released. 


Law  Group  Fights 
Use  of  Union  Label 

The  Law  Society  of  Upper  Canada 
noticed  recently  that  the  Toronto  law 
firm  of  Copeland  and  King  was  repro- 
ducing the  union  label  of  the  Office  Em- 
ployees International  Union  at  the  bot- 
tom of  its  letterhead,  and  the  law  group 
immediately  asked  the  barristers  to  re- 
move the  label. 

The  Law  Society  Handbook  of  Pro- 
fessional Conduct  allows  only  the  name 
of  the  firm  and  a  list  of  the  firm's  mem- 
bers on  the  letterhead. 

The  action  by  the  Law  Society  drew 
the  immediate  ire  of  Canadian  Labor 
Congress  officers.  Henry  Rhodes,  secre- 
tary-treasurer of  the  CLC's  union  label 
trades  department,  said  that  he  was  "sur- 
prised and  shocked."  Rhodes  said  he 
found  it  hard  to  believe  that  the  Law 
Society,  "one  of  the  oldest  unions  in 
Canada  with  the  tightest  closed-shop 
clause  ever  written,"  should  find  it  im- 
proper for  its  members  to  carry  the  unio.i 
label  on  its  letterhead. 


Canadian  construction  contractors  may 
be  forced  to  shift  to  non-union  workers 
because  of  poor  productivity  among 
union  members  in 
the  construction  in- 
dustry, claims 
Henry  dePuyjalon, 
president  of  the 
Canadian  Con- 
struction Associa- 
tion. 

i|HS(Jr~** ,,/  dePuyjalon 

Ull^^fcj,    X,  -  ;,^^       warned      Canadian 
*^^  ^^*^  t5Lv;.»,:j       unions    they    must 
dePuyjalon  realize    that    "pro- 

ductivity is  still  the 
name  of  the  game,"  and  that  they  should 
take  a  lesson  from  the  U.S.  There,  he 
said,  low  productivity  by  organized  work- 
ers in  recent  years  has  forced  customers 
away  from  union  workers  in  favor  of 
non-union  contractors. 


Quebec  Toughens 
Asbestos  Stand 

The  Parti  Quebecois  government  in 
Quebec  City  has  warned  the  asbestos  in- 
dustry it  will  have  to  improve  health  and 
safety  conditions  for  workers  or  face 
nationalizaton. 

"For  too  long,  more  attention  has 
been  placed  on  profit  and  the  machine 
than  on  the  human,"  social  development 
minister  Pierre  Marois  said  recently. 
"That  is  unacceptable  to  us  and  has  to 
stop.  We  will  do  everything  we  can  to 
correct  it." 

Within  the  near  future,  the  government 
will  be  introducing  emergency  legislation 
to  "remedy  the  most  urgent  and  unfair 
things  that  are  happening  to  the  asbestos 
workers,"  Marois  said. 

The  measures  will  be  in  the  form  of 
amendments  to  Quebec's  Bill  52.  which 
sets  indemnities  for  victims  of  asbestosis 
and  silicosis  in  mines  and  quarries.  The 
law  was  passed  by  the  Bourassa  govern- 
ment last  year,  but  Marois  said  it  is  "too 
weak." 

"There  have  been  several  studies  over 
the    last    year    in    Quebec,    the    United 


States,  and  Europe  that  have  changed  the 
situation  since  (the  law)  was  introduced," 
Marois  said. 

Amendments  will  take  the  form  of 
stricter  exposure  standards  to  asbestos 
dust,  and  provisions  allowing  workers  to 
appeal  Compensation  Board  decisions. 

New  legislation  will  also  give  workers 
the  right  to  have  their  own  doctors  ex- 
amine personal  medical  records  held  by 
the  Compensation  Board. 

And  Marois  said  he  will  introduce  "a 
complete  new  program  on  the  health, 
security  and  welfare  of  workers"  to  the 
cabinet  this  fall. 

The  asbestos  industry,  which  recently 
said  it  could  not  afford  to  upgrade 
standards,  has  done  an  abrupt  about-face 
after  the  nationalization  threat.  A  spokes- 
man for  the  Quebec  Asbestos  Mining  As- 
sociation said  industry  has  recently  spent 
$30  million  to  upgrade  the  work  envir- 
onment, and  will  spend  another  $34  mil- 
lion in  the  near  future. 

200-Mile  Limit 
Is  Patrolled 

Three  west-coast  federal  fisheries  pa- 
trol vessels,  The  Tanu,  Laurier,  and 
Howay.  are  now  at  sea,  patrolling  the 
new  200-mile  oflishore  limit  which  went 
into  effect  January  1. 

Captain  Mitchell  Gay,  manager  of 
regional  marine  services,  says  that  a  rota- 
tion system  will  be  set  up.  with  one  of 
the  three  vessels  remaining  in  port.  Con- 
trary to  those  who  claim  that  three  ves- 
sels are  not  enough,  Capt.  Gay  says  he 
doesn't  foresee  any  great  problems. 

Ian  Todd,  operations  manager  of  the 
regional  marine  service,  says  that  foreign 
vessels  will  be  licensed  by  Canadian 
authorities  and  will  be  subject  to  regular 
inspection  at  sea  by  the  fisheries  patrols. 
Vessels  operating  illegally  in  the  new 
200-mile  zone  will  be  subject  to  heavy 
fines  and  the  loss  of  their  licenses  to  fish 
in  the  Canadian  zone. 


BC  Government 
Warned  by  Labor 

The  British  Columbia  Federation  of 
Labor,  in  a  meeting  with  Minister  of 
Labor  Allan  Williams,  has  warned  the 
government  to  stay  away  from  anti-labor 
legislation. 

"We  are  seriously  concerned  that  the 
submissions  of  employers'  groups,  and 
the  'kite-flying'  in  speeches  by  the  premier 
and  other  cabinet  members,  may  lead  to 
rash  and  ill-conditioned  changes  in  labor 
legislation  which  could  cause  massive 
disruption  to  industrial  relations  in  Brit- 
ish Columbia,"  the  BC  Fed  warned. 

In  a  13-page  brief,  the  Federation  sug- 
gests some  changes  in  the  BC  Labor 
Code,  although  it  admits  that  the  present 
Code  is  a  great  improvement  over  prev- 
ious labor  legislation. 


THE    CARPENTER 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


75  YEARS  AGO-MAY,  1902 
Policemen  Join  Ball 

On  April  5,  1902,  our  local  union 
in  Long  Island  City,  N.Y.  held  a  ball 
to  raise  money  for  a  sickness  benefit 
fund.  By  midnight  the  party  must  have 
got  out  of  hand.  Four  policemen  of 
the  74th  Precinct  appeared  at  the  doors 
and  ordered  the  hall  closed. 

Members  were  so  incensed  by  the 
police  action  that  more  than  a  hundred 
of  them  assembled  in  the  early  hours 
of  the  morning  to  pass  resolutions 
unanimously  condemning  the  police  de- 
partment. Copies  of  the  resolutions 
were  sent  to  the  local  newspapers  for 
publication. 

Baseball  Club  Fair 

Members  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  were 
disturbed  by  newspaper  articles  pub- 
lished throughout  the  country  in  1902 
which  stated  that  Brotherhood  mem- 
bers had  placed  a  Milwaukee  baseball 
club  of  the  American  Association  on  an 
unfair  list  because  the  club  managers 
were  supposedly  constructing  their 
buildings  with  scab  labor.  Our  local  in 
Milwaukee  assured  the  press  that  this 
was  not  true  and  that  Milwaukee  ball 
club  buildings  were  union  made. 

Our  Union  Label 

Until  passage  of  Federal  legislation 
many  years  later,  trade  unions  could 
not  register  their  labels  as  trademarks 
with  the  US  government.  Registration 
had  to  be  established  in  each  state,  and 
the  Brotherhood  set  about  registering 
its  union  label  in  this  way. 


The  Brotherhood's  union  label  as  it 
appeared  in  1902,  when  it  was  being 
registered  state  by  state. 


By  May,  1902,  the  label  was  official 
only  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvaia,  but 
registration  proceedings  had  begun  in 
New  York,  Missouri,  Illinois,  and  New 
Jersey. 

Oklahoma  Rush 

Since  the  Oklahoma  Territory  was 
opened  up  for  the  "Land  Rush"  a  few 
months  before,  thousands  of  citizens 
were  streaming  to  the  area  to  establish 
towns  and  farms.  Carpenters  and  other 
building  tradesmen  were  finding  work 
in  constructing  town  sites.  Local  92  at 
Shawnee  had  gained  130  members 
since  its  founding  in  December  1901, 
just  six  months  before. 

Continued  Growth 

General  President  William  Huber 
reported  to  the  membership  that  in  the 
first  quarter  of  1902  a  total  of  114 
charters  had  been  granted  to  new  local 
unions  in  the  Brotherhood,  bringing 
the  total  membership  of  the  Brother- 
hood at  that  time  to  101,560. 

"We  have  every  reason  to  feel  proud 
of  our  standing,  as  our  organization  far 
outnumbers  any  other  class  of  mechan- 
ics, and  ever)'thing  points  to  greater 
success  in  the  futule,"  said  the  General 
President. 


50  YEARS  AGO-MAY,  1927 


Timber  Waste 

In  1902  the  North  American  lumber 
industry  had  not  yet  developed  a  strong 
conservation  program.  The  United 
States  Forest  Service  estimated  that 
over  300  million  acres  of  cut-over  land 
in  the  United  States  were  unsuitable  for 
farming  and  were  not  producing  healthy 
second  growth  of  timber  "because  of 
the  reckless  methods  used  in  the  orig- 
inal exploitation."  Our  official  maga- 
zine estimated  that  there  were  81  mil- 
lion acres — or  10%  of  the  original 
stand — so  devastated  by  fire  or  soil 
erosion  "that  nothing  of  value  is  grow- 


ing upon  them  or  is  ever  likely  to 
grow." 

In  the  Southern  States  it  was  esti- 
mated that  65%  of  the  yellow  pine 
timber  was  wasted  in  the  production  of 
resin,  turpentine,  alcohol,  and  other 
by-products. 

"Enough  yellow  pine  is  lost  in  mill- 
ing methods  or  left  to  rot  on  the 
ground  to  make  double  the  paper  ton- 
nage in  the  United  States." 

Sand-Blasted  Fir 

A  mill  worker  operating  a  sand 
blasting  machine  in  a  Seattle,  Wash., 
plant  at  the  turn  of  the  century  dis- 
covered by  accident  that  sand  blasts  on 
Douglas  Fir  created  unusual  eching 
effects  which  could  be  used  for  interior 
decorating.  He  had  been  cutting  pat- 


i 


An  example  of  the  stencil 
designs  used  on  sand-blasted 
fir  during  the  1920's. 

terns  in  art  glass  with  a  spray  of  fine 
sand  when  he  noticed  that  the  rough 
side  of  the  Douglas  Fir  on  the  wall  be- 
hind the  glass  was  being  etched  by  the 
stream  of  sand  which  passed  over  the 
edge  of  the  ghiss.  He  took  stencils  and 
began  creating  images  like  the  panel  in 
the  accompanying  illustration.  This  be- 
gan a  popular  method  of  creating  deco- 
rative panels  in  the  early  1900's. 


MAY,    197  7 


^-*l''*Vy^^;^; 


GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO: 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001. 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


On    fhe    Wild    Side 

The  foreman  watched  one  of  his 
carpenters  working  on  a  new  house 
and  he  was  puzzled  by  what  he  saw. 
Finally  he  asked  the  carpenter  why 
he  was  throwing  away  so  many  nails. 

"The  heads  are  on  the  wrong  end," 
said  the  carpenter. 

"What?"  yelled  the  foreman, 
"Don't  you  know  those  nails  are  for 
the  other  side  of  the  house?" 

E.  P.  Kendig 
Marysville,    Ca. 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

Don'f   Take    Book    On    That 

hie:  "If  you'll  give  me  your  tele- 
phone number,  I'll  call  you  up  some- 
time." 

She:  "It's  in  the  book." 

He:   "Fine.  What's  your   name?" 

She:   "That's  in  the   book,  too." 

AHE  YOU  READY  TO  VOTE? 

Just   Among    Us    Girls 

"Don't  you  agree  that  time  is  the 
greatest  healer?" 

"He  may  be — but  he's  certainly 
no  beauty  specialist." 


Wrong   Half,   Part  I 

Wife  to  husband:  "I  don't  mind 
your  half-truths.  Bob,  but  you  keep 
telling   me  the  wrong   half". 

Wrong    Half,    Part   II 

The  Carpenter  asked  his  nephew 
visiting  from  college  if  he  was  in  the 
top  half  of  his  class.  "Not  exactly,"  he 
answered,  "but  I'm  one  of  those  who 
makes  the  top  half  possible." 

Lost    At    Sea 

We  met  a  woman  on  a  ship.  She  said 
she  had  lost  her  husband  at  sea.  We 
said:  "My  God,  it  must  have  been  a 
terrible  storm."  "No,"  she  replied, 
"he    met    a    blonde    on    a    Caribbean 


Serves    'Em    Right 

Wife  says  to  her  husband:  "Honey, 
wake  up,  there  are  burglars  in  the 
kitchen.  I  think  they're  eating  the  bis- 
cuits I  baked  this  morning.  "  And  the 
husband  says:  "What  do  we  care?  As 
long  as  they  don't  die  in  the  house." 


Calling,    Dr.    Video 

There  are  so  many  doctor  shows  on 
TV,  in  order  to  get  our  set  repaired 
we  had  to  call  Blue  Cross. 


Generation    Gap 

A  father  was  berating  his  daughter 
for  her  sloppy  appearance. 

"You  modern  kids  are  so  messy 
and  unkempt.  It  boggles  the  mind 
to  even  think  about  your  numerous 
other  deficiencies.  Why,  just  look 
at  your  hair,   it  looks  like  a   mop!" 

"See  daddy,"  said  the  girl  inno- 
cently,   "what's   a   mop?" 


This    Month's    Limerick 

An  aerial  artist  named  Tracht 
Is  faced  with  a  very  sad  fact. 
Imagine  his  pain 
When,  again  and  again. 
He  catches  his  wife  in  the  act! 


All    Washed    Up 

Did  you  hear  about  the  burglar 
who  took  a  shower  before  leaving 
the  premises  because  he  wanted  to 
make  a  clean  getaway? 

— Mrs.  L.  B.  Johnson 
Oakland,    Calif. 

STRIKE  A  LICK— GIVE  TO  CLIC 

PG    Dictionary 

Gold  Digger:  A  girl  who  is  fund- 
loving. 

Pants  with  a  Stuck  Zipper:  Swear- 
ing apparel. 

Smart  Politician:  One  who  finds  out 
which  way  public  opinion  is  going, 
then  takes  a  short  cut  across  the  field 
to  get  out  in  front  so  that  he  can 
make  the  people  think  he's  leading 
them. 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

Heap'Smart   Papoose 

The  teacher  asked  a  class  discuss- 
ing the  North  American  Indians  if 
anyone  could  tell  what  the  leaders 
of  the   tribes   were    called. 

"Chiefs,"   said   a    little  girl. 

"Correct,"  said  the  teacher.  "And 
what  were  the  women  called?" 

A  sharp  little  lad  answered  prompt- 
ly, "Mischiefs." 

— Tresfleboard 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

Instant   Inflation 

"You  rang  up  that  salmon  wrong," 
said  the  shopper  to  the  supermarket 
checker."  "It  was  78  cents  a  can." 

"Yes  ma'am,  it  was,"  replied  the 
checker.  "But  that  was  better  than 
an  hour  ago." 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

A    Cape    Pun 

It  was  so  cold  last  winter  that  I 
saw  a  chicken  walking  down  the. 
road    with    a    capon. 

— Mrs.    Frank    Deegan 
Little     Compton,     R.I. 


10 


THE    CARPENTER 


Our  Readers  Identified  It: 

It's  a  Wood  Turners'  Sizing  Tool 


Last  November  we  presented  our  read- 
ers with  a  picture  of  an  unidentified 
antique  tool,  turned  up  by  Earl  Pearson 
of  Warwick,  R.I.,  in  a  friend's  barn,  and 
we  asked,  "What  is  this?" 

The  tool  experts  of  the  Brotherhood 
were  so  intrigued  that  71  of  them  wrote 
us  with  answers,  and  most  of  them 
agreed:  It's  a  wood  turners'  sizing  tool. 

Louis  Hahn  of  Schooleys  Mountain, 
N.J.  wrote:  "It's  a  wood  turners'  chisel 
with  a  caliper  arm  which  adjusts  to  size 
by  sliding  on  the  shank  of  the  chisel  and 
locks  in  place  by  securing  a  set  screw. 

"The  tool  is  used  to  get  the  diameter 
of  the  work  to  the  specified  measure- 
ment. I  prefer  using  it  rather  than  regu- 
lar calipers,  especially  when  I  have  many 
pieces  of  work  of  the  same  design  to  do, 
such  as  a  set  of  stair  balusters." 

Carl  Schlosser  of  Tulsa,  Okla.,  tells  us 
that  such  calipers  were  used  in  the  18th 
Century  here  in  America  and  that  there 
are  many  such  wood  turning  tools  at 
the  Smithsonian  Institution  in  Washing- 
ton, D.C.  Schlosser  also  tells  us  that 
about  the  Year  1850  the  Stanley  Tool 
Division  of  the  Stanley  Works  in  Con- 
necticut made  wood  turning  lathes  oper- 
ated by  foot  power  and  that  Stanley  once 
produced  a  double  caliper  which  per- 
mitted a  wood  turner  to  take  two  differ- 
ent readings  of  two  different  diameters 
of  work  without  having  to  readjust  the 
tool. 

Our  whatzit  was  also  identified  by 
another  senior  member  who  should  know: 
George  Williams  of  Mill  Cabinet  Local 
2172,  Santa  Ana.  Calif.,  who  was  fore- 
man of  the  wood  mill  at  Disneyland  in 
Anaheim  for  seven  years  before  his  re- 
tirement in  1975.  Williams  was  hired  by 
Disney  back  in  1955.  when  it  was  hard 
to  find  skilled  wood  turners  for  all  the 
fancy  gingerbread  at  Disneyland.  He 
learned  his  skills  in  furniture  shops 
around  Los  Angeles,  and  he  put  sizing 
calipers  to  good  use  in  creating  the  magic 
of  Disneyland. 

Another  Californian,  TTieo  Schirle  of 


fHw- 


>■> 


The  three  caliper  tiirninic;  chisels  above 
are  from  (he  collection  of  Lester  Grant 
Kent,  retired  member  of  Local  1622, 
Hayward,  Calif. 


Local  1280,  Mountain  View,  says  such 
tools  are  not  antiques  in  his  shop.  He 
uses  a  Buck  Bros,  caliper.  Bob  Thomp- 
son of  Salem,  Ore.,  a  charter  member 
of  Millmens  Local  1411,  has  one  in  his 
tool  box.  too,  his  wife  tells  us. 

Chris  Hovey  of  Saint  John,  New 
Brunswick,  was  visiting  his  brother-in- 
law  in  Boston  when  he  saw  our  Novem- 
ber magazine.  He's  not  a  member,  but 
he  says  he  has  four  such  calipers  in  his 
shop. 

George  Pothier,  75,  a  retired  member 
of  Local  40.  Boston,  Mass..  says  he  saw 
one  of  these  calipers  in  use  in  Wedge- 
port,  Nova  Scotia,  before  World  War  I. 
An  old  carpenter  used  one  with  a  wood 
turning  lathe  powered  by  a  windmill. 
Pothier  joined  the  Brotherhood  as  a 
member  of  Local  83.  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  in  1920. 

Carl  Hedlund  of  Vancouver,  Wash., 
tells  Us  his  father  used  a  wood  turners' 
sizing  tool  back  in  1905  when  he  was 
producing  spinning  wheels.  The  tool  was 
used  to  turn  the  wheel  spokes. 

George  Slie,  84,  of  Stamford,  Conn., 
a  member  of  Local  196,  Greenwich,  tells 
us  that  when  he  entered  the  trade  in 
1908  all  turners  had  one  of  these  tools 
in  his  chest. 

Thomas  L.  Kent,  84.  of  Fullerton, 
Calif.,  says  his  grandfather  was  once 
employed  at  the  Studebaker  Wagon 
Works,  back  east,  and  that  company  also 
used  these  sizing  tools  to  make  spokes. 

We  discovered  from  the  letters  re- 
ceived that  many  members  are  using 
modern  versions  of  the  tool  in  their 
shops.  James  Boelling  of  Des  Moines. 
la.,  says  his  is  manufactured  by  Marples 
of  Shefl^eld.  England. 

Joseph  DeVilo  of  Local  839,  Des- 
Plaines.  III.,  found  one  listed  in  a  1938 
catalog  of  Lusky.  White  and  Coolidge. 
Inc.  David  Fritz  of  Local  181.  Chicago, 
found  a  similar  tool,  called  a  Hustler 
and  Sizer.  listed  in  an  1896  catalog  of 
.\.  Slrelinger  &  Co. 

Two  readers  were  able  to  identify 
the  stamping  on  Earl  Pearson's  mysteri- 
ous tool — "W.  Jcssup  Casleel — War- 
ranted." Edward  McGaughey.  a  member 
of  Local  321.  Connellsville.  Pa.,  wrote 
Ihal  his  great  grandfather  was  a  black- 
smith and  wheelwright  in  Armagh.  Pa., 
in  the  I800's.  that  he  has  some  of  his 
great  grandfather's  tools  which  have  the 
same  stamping  ...  so  the  tooK  must 
go  back  to  the  early  I9lh  Century.  Ed 
Jessup  of  Monroe.  N.'V.  and  Local  964. 
tells  us  that  W.  Jessup  developed  the 
best  tool  steel  many  years  ago  in  Eng- 
land and  the  Jessup  formula  for  making 
tool  steel  is  still  being  used  today. 


Here's  a  modern  version  of  our  mys- 
tery tool — a  No.  25  wood  turners'  sizing 
tool,  as  listed  in  a  1968  catalog  by  Buck 
Bros.  Inc.  of  Millbury,  Mass. 

Only  one  reader  among  all  those  who 
wrote  in  suggested  another  use  for  the 
"mystery  tool".  R.  L.  Dodd  of  Portland. 
Ore.,  suggested  that  the  tool  might  be 
an  awl  used  in  the  manufacture  of  sad- 
dles and  harness. 

"The  adjustment  feature  allowed  for 
the  varying  thickness  of  the  combined 
leather  parts  to  be  hand-sewn  together," 
he  suggested.  The  springsteel  backer 
aided  in  the  retraction  of  the  awl  from 
the  leather,  freeing  it  for  the  next  hole 
to  be  made.  ' 

He  suggests  that  a  marginal  gauge 
which  could  be  clamped  onto  the  backer 
at  varying  points  is  missing.  It's  an  in- 
teresting response. 

Continued  on  page  15 


What  Is  This? 


Here's  another  tool  our  readers 
might  puzzle  over.  It's  sliowu  in 
an  open  position  above  and  closed 
below. 

Dean  Tliie  of  Los  Angeles,  its 
owner,  says  that  he  has  asked  an- 
tique shop  proprietors  to  identify 
it.  and  lie  has  browsed  through 
old  eatalogs.   without  success. 

It  is  made  of  cast  iron  and  fin- 
ished in  black  enamel.  Is  it  a 
printer's  tool?  Would  a  shoemaker 
use  it?  If  you  have  the  answer. 
write:  Editor.  The  Carpenter.  101 
Constitution  Ave..  NW,  Washing- 
ton. D.C.  22001. 


MAY,    19  77 


11 


MTD  Charter 

To  Oakland  Group 

The  Federal  Employees  Metal  Trades 
Council  of  Oakland,  Calif.,  recently  was 
presented  with  a  certificate  of  charter  by 
AFL-CIO  Metal  Trades  Department  Pres- 
ident Paul  J.  Burnsky.  Robert  L.  Abreu, 
president  of  the  Oakland  Council,  is 
shown  accepting  the  certificate  of  charter 
from  President  Burnsky. 

Affiliated  local  unions  of  the  FEMTC 
of  Oakland,  which  was  chartered  by  the 
MTD  in  early  1975,  are  the  International 
Association  of  Machinists  and  Aerospace 
Workers;  the  International  Brotherhood 
of  Electrical  Workers;  the  United  Brother- 
hood of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  Amer- 
ica; the  United  Association  of  Journey- 
men and  Apprentices  of  the  Plumbing 
and  Pipefitting  Industry  of  the  U.  S.  and 
Canada;  the  Laborers'  International  Un- 
ion of  North  America;  the  International 
Union  of  Operating  Engineers;  the  Inter- 
national Brotherhood  of  Painters  and  Al- 
lied Trades  of  the  U.  S.  and  Canada;  the 
Sheet  Metal  Workers  International  Asso- 
ciation; and  the  Office  and  Professional 
Employees  International  Union. 

The  FEMTC  of  Oakland  and  affiliated 
unions  is  the  exclusive  labor  organization 
representing  approximately  1000  federal 
workers  employed  at  the  Navy  Public 
Works  Center,  San  Francisco  Bay  Area, 
Calif. 


Unon 

Nowo 


Participating  in  the  Oakland  charter  certificate  presentation  were,  from  left,  MTD 
General  Rep.  Allen  Coats;  Ed  Hansen  and  Ted  Knudson  of  Carpenters  Local  1149; 
Retired  General  Rep.  Clarence  Briggs;  MTD  President  Paul  Burnsky;  and  Robert 
Abreu,  president  of  the  Federal  Employees  Metal  Trades  Council  at  Oakland. 


Jefferson  City 
Marks  75  Years 

Carpenter's  Local  945  was  organized 
November  29,  1901,  in  the  Cole  County 
Court  House  at  Jefferson  City,  Mo.  Its 
charter  was  issued  on  November  18, 
1901. 

Approximately  325  members  and  their 
guests  gathered  at  Rip's  Mor-E-O  Lodge 
recently  to  celebrate  the  diamond  anni- 
versary. 

Invocation  was  given  by  John  Carter. 
Maurice  Schulte,  financial  secretary  and 
business  representative,  was  master  of 
ceremonies. 

Guests  included,  Fred  Bull,  6th  Dis- 
trict General  Exec.  Board  Member;  Dean 
Sooter  and  his  wife,  Dorothy;  Keith 
Humphrey  and  wife,  Thelma.  (Hum- 
phrey is  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Mis- 
souri State  Council).  Marshall  Blackwell 
and  wife,  Mary.  (Blackwell  is  secretary 
of  the  Central  Missouri  District  Coun- 
cil). Ernest  Linhardt  and  wife,  Alice. 
(Linhardt  is  the  instructor  for  the  ap- 
prenticeship program  and  president  of 
Local  945.  Brother  Linhardt  also  pre- 
sented membership  pins  to  92  members 
with  years  of  membership  ranging  from 
20  years  to  55  years.) 

Richard  Cox,  Assistant  to  the  General 
President,    Cox    was    the    main    speaker 


Presidential  Bust 


Nicholas  D'Alessio,  a  retired  member 
of  Local  1093,  Glen  Cove,  N.Y.,  was 
inspired  by  the  election  victory  of  Presi- 
dent Jimmy  Carter  to  such  an  extent 
that  he  took  out  his  wood-carving  tools 
and  created  a  lifesize  bust  of  the  new 
chief  executive.  His  finished  creation  is 
shown  above. 


St.  Louis  Credit 
Union  Marks  25  th 

The  St.  Louis  Carpenters  Credit  Union 
has  been  honored  by  the  Credit  Union 
National  Association  on  its  25th  anni- 
versary. The  managing  director  of  CUNA 
told  the  St.  Louis  credit  union,  "You 
should  take  great  pride  in  your  accom- 
plishment in  helping  people  help  them- 
selves and  in  influencing  their  economic 
destiny." 

The  St.  Louis  Credit  Union  was  char- 
tered in  1951  to  serve  members  of  Car- 
penters Local  5,  and  it  expanded  its 
membership  in  1970  to  include  all  mem- 
bers of  Carpenters  local  unions  affiliated 
with  the  Carpenters  St.  Louis  District 
Council.  The  credit  union  now  serves 
1300  members  and  has  assets  of  approxi- 
mately $600,000.  It  is  one  of  almost 
23,000  credit  unions  serving  more  than 
32  million  Americans  across  the  United 
States. 


for    the   evening.    Brother   Cox    gave    a 
short   history   of  the   local  and   brought 
greetings    from    General    President   Wil- 
liam Sidell  and  other  General  Officers. 
After  dinner  a  total  of  92  pins  were 


presented  to  local  members.  Fred  Kesler 
received  a  pin  for  55  years  of  con- 
tinuous membership.  Louis  Burbach  and 
Richard  Patterson  were  each  awarded 
50-year  pins. 


12 


THE    CARPENTER 


'Right-to-Work'  Drive  Blocked 
In  Idaho  and  New  Mexico 


In  Idaho  and  New  Mexico  TTie  Na- 
tional Right  to  Work  Committee  ended 
up  with  a  double  loss  in  its  efforts  to 
pressure  the  Idaho  and  New  Mexico  leg- 
islatures into  enacting  so-called  right-to- 
work  laws,  despite  spending  more  than 
$200,000  on  a  media  and  advertising 
blitz. 

In  full-page  advertisements  in  news- 
papers across  the  country,  the  R-T-W 
Committee  predicted  passage  of  open 
shop  laws  in  one  or  both  states  and 
solicited  funds  for  the  blitz.  The  national 
committee  directed  the  efforts  in  both 
states,  sending  in  out-of-state  "public  rela- 
tions professionals  and  pollsters."  But  its 
efforts  went  for  naught. 

The  stumbling  block  in  Idaho  was  the 
state  senate's  insistence  on  an  amendment 
extending  the  "right-to-work"  principle  to 
state  agricultural  commissions  which  as- 
sess farmers  for  promotional  and  re- 
search activities  for  specific  commodities. 

The  Senate  amendment,  which  the 
House  refused  to  accept,  would  have  pre- 
vented the  commodity  commissions  from 
making  the  assessments  on  any  farmer 
or  ranches  who  didn't  want  to  make  pay- 
ments to  a  commission. 

"In  essence,  what  the  State  Senate  said 
was  if  the  State  of  Idaho  was  going  to 
permit  free  riders  in  unions  that  farmers 
should  also  have  the  opportunity  to  be 
free  riders,"  commented  Robert  W.  Mac- 
farlane,  president  of  the  Idaho  AFL-CIO. 

The  agriculture-oriented  Idaho  House 
had  passed  a  "right-to-work"  bill  by  a 
41-29  margin,  and  the  Senate  passed  its 
version   of  the  bill   by   a  narrow    18-17 


vote.  The  conference  committee  dead- 
locked, 3-3,  and  the  session  adjourned 
without  taking  final  action. 

In  New  Mexico,  the  House  voted  36- 
31  against  the  open  shop  bill,  which 
earlier  had  passed  the  State  Senate,  21-19. 

In  both  states,  the  National  R-T-W 
Committee  relied  on  a  heavily  financed 
advertising  program,  telegrams  and  pre- 
printed postcards  to  legislators.  The  labor 
movements  in  the  two  states  responded 
by  having  hundreds  of  trade  unionists 
come  to  the  state  capitals  in  person  to 
lobby  against  the  bill. 

The  high-pressure  tactics  of  the  right- 
to-workers  and  their  reliance  on  out-of- 
state  money  made  the  issue  clear,  said 
Neal  Gonzales,  executive  secretary-treas- 
urer of  the  New  Mexico  AFL-CIO. 

The  National  Right  to  Work  Commit- 
tee stated  in  newspaper  advertisements 
that  passage  of  "right-to-work"  bills  in 
either  state  was  a  key  factor  in  its  efforts 
to  prevent  repeal  of  Section  14(b)  of  the 
Taft-Hartley  Act,  one  of  the  reforms  of 
the  labor  law  sought  be  the  AFL-CIO. 

Macfarlane  suggested  that  the  tactics 
of  the  open  shop  forces  may  have  back- 
fired. As  he  put  it: 

"They  insulted  our  legislators  and  the 
governor.  They  attacked  the  working 
people  of  Idaho.  They  maligned  Idaho's 
unions  and  its  state  government.  In  short, 
they  let  nothing  stand  in  their  way,  and 
still  they  could  not  bulldoze  passage  of 
their  bill  as  they  had  been  ordered  to  do 
by  the  National  Right  to  Work  Com- 
mittee." 


Hummingbirds  No  Longer  See  Red 
When  Looking  At  Garage  Doors 


A  company  that  found  its  product 
might  be  hazardous  to  the  health  of  hum- 
mingbirds has  done  something  about  it. 
Now  the  little  winged  wayfarers  can  once 
again  sing  a  happy  tune. 

A  major  manufacturer  of  garage  door 
hardware,  Holmes-Hally  In- 
dustries of  Los  Angeles,  has 
changed  the  color  of  all  its 
knobs  from  red  to  white  when 
it  discovered  that  humming- 
birds were  killing  themselves 
because  of  their  irresistible 
attraction  to  the  color  red.  It  seems  that 
the  red  knobs  were  traditionally  used  on 
the  end  of  pull  ropes  for  garage  doors. 
When  the  door  was  opened  and  the  knob 
visible  the  hummingbirds  would  be  at- 
tracted inside.  Once  in.  the  birds  had 
trouble  finding  their  way  out  and  would 
often  crash  into  glass  door  windows  and 
kill  themselves. 

MAY,    1977 


Once  the  problem  was  called  to  its  at- 
tention, the  company  did  some  checking. 
They  found  that  red  acts  almost  like  a 
magnet  for  hummingbirds.  In  fact,  hum- 
mingbird feeders  use  a  red  colored  liquid 
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how  many  innocent  hummingbirds  have 
been  saved  by  this  change-over,  but  it  has 
been  authoritatively  reported  that  many 
prominent  members  of  the  winged  world 
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.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


CARPENTER'S    DREAM 


Arthur  Delamarter  beside  stained-glass 
windows  in  the  Auhum  church. 

As  a  local  newspaper  described  it, 
Arthur  Delamarter  of  Local  187,  Ge- 
neva, N.Y.,  recently  ended  his  long 
career  as  a  carpenter  "with  a  bang,  not 
a  whimper  ...  the  bang  of  hammer  and 
nails." 

Delamarter,  who  retired  May  1,  won 
a  Craftsmanship  Award  from  the  New 
York  Chapter  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Architects  for  his  work  on  his  last 
big  job  before  retirement. 

His  finish  carpentry  in  the  construction 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Au- 
burn, N.Y.,  was  judged  best  in  the  1976 
AIA  competition. 

The  church  project  was  "a  carpenter's 
dream,"  says  Delamarter.  "It  was  all 
wood,  and  milling  work  was  done  right 
on  the  premises." 

Delamarter  reveled  in  the  liberal  use 
of  redwood  for  the  church  sanctuary, 
in  the  mahogany  for  the  other  rooms, 
and  the  cedar  for  the  exterior  and  roofs. 

"The  only  masonry  in  the  building 
was  the  foundation,"  he  said.  "It  was  a 
real  challenge." 

Delamarter  was  foreman  on  the  church 
job,  supervising  four  journeymen  carpen- 
ters and  an  apprentice  in  the  removal 
of   24    stained-glass    windows    from    the 


former  church  building  and  installing 
them  in  the  new  building.  The  sanctuary 
has  a  250-seat  capacity. 

Delamarter  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Brotherhood  since  1940.  He  was  last 
employed  by  Foster-Staples,  Inc.,  con- 
tractors for  the  church. 

BUILDERS'    AWARD 

George  Vest,  Jr.,  president  of  the 
Chicago  District  Council,  was  recently 
presented  the  SIR  Award  of  the  Builders 
Association  of  Chicago.  The  SIR  (Skill, 
Integrity  and  Responsibility)  was  pre- 
sented to  Vest  in  recognition  of  his  con- 
tribution to  labor-management  relations 
in  the  Chicago  area  construction  industry. 

DC    CLASSROOM 

A  group  of  young 
students  from 
around  the  country 
recently  visited 
Washington,  D.C., 
under  the  sponsor- 
ship of  an  organi- 
zation called  "Pres- 
idential Classroom 
for  Young  Ameri- 
cans." In  the  group 
was  Randy  Scott 
Norton,  son  of  LeRoy  Norton  of  Local 
361,  Duluth,  Minn.  Young  Norton  not 
only  visited  the  White  House  and  other 
historic  spots  in  the  nation's  capital,  but 
he  met  with  Congressmen  and  Senators 
from  his  home  state  and  with  labor 
leaders  at  the  headquarters  of  the  AFL- 
CIO. 


Norton 


Frank  Machinski  of  Local  2315,  Jersey 
City,  N.J.,  left  above,  recently  assisted 
an  off-duty  policeman  in  subduing  a 
youth  who  attempted  to  steal  the  patrol- 
man's private  car.  For  his  valor,  the 
policemen's  association,  represented  by 
its  executive  vice  president,  Frank  Ge- 
nesi,  presented  a  special  plaque  to  Ma- 
chinski. 


SCOUTING    AWARD 


Dennis  K.  Zimmerman,  a  member  of 
Carpenters  Local  945,  Jefferson  City, 
Mo.,  presented  the  George  Meany  Award, 
which  recognizes  union  members  who 
perform  outstanding  service  to  youth  as 
volunteer  Scout  leaders.  From  left  to 
right,  Ramon  D.  Gass,  District  Chair- 
man, Five  Rivers  District,  Great  Rivers 
Council,  Scoufing/U.S.A.;  Dennis  Zim- 
merman, Scoutmaster,  Troop  105;  pre- 
senting the  award  to  Zimmerman,  Vin- 
cent J.  Van  Camp,  president,  Missouri 
State  Labor  Council  AFL-CIO;  and  Mau- 
rice Scbulte,  business  manager,  Local  945. 


HER    HONOR,    THE   MAYOR 

Joanne  Rajoppi,  daughter  of  General 
Executive  Board  Member  Raleigh  Ra- 
joppi, is  the  new  mayor  of  Springfield, 
N.J.,  becoming  the  first  woman  to  hold 
that  post  in  Union  County.  She  is  shown 
at  left  as  she  was  sworn  into  office,  ac- 
companied by  her  husband,  Harry  Pap- 
pas,  left,  and  her  father. 

Ms.  Rajoppi  is  a  member  of  Local 
1107  and  secretary-treasurer  of  the  local 
apprentice  committee. 


14 


THE    CARPENTER 


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A  pocket  size  book  with  the  EN- 
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and  Jack  rafters  completely  worked 
out  for  you.  The  flattest  pitch  is  % 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease %  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 
width  is  %,  inch  and  they  increase 
Vi"  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'-9%"  wide.  Pitch 
is  7V2"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
Let  us  prove  it,  or  return  your  money. 


Getting  the  lengths  of  rafters  hy  the  span  and 
the  method  of  setting  up  the  tables  is  fully  pro- 
tected hy  the  1917  &  1944  Copyrights. 


In  the  U.S.A.  send  $4.00.  We  pay  the 
postage.  California  residents  add  24^ 
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We  also  have  a  very  fine  Stair 
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We  thank  our  readers  for  writing  to  us. 
Among  them  were: 

Valentine  Mahlman,  Glendale  Queens, 
N.Y.;  David  Fritz,  Schiller  Park.,  III.;  Jack 
Zinick,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.;  Thomas  G.  Tyrrell, 
Minneapolis,  Minn.;  Al  Corsbie,  Cincinnati, 
O.;  Ralph  M.  QeFevere,  Whippany,  NJ.; 
Walter  C.  Knipa,  W.  Millington,  N.J.; 
Harrj  Waldemor,  Ardsley,  N.Y.;  Anthony 
R.  Zambernardi,  Peilam,  N.Y.;  Lester  Wap- 
pelhorst,  St.  Charles,  Mo.;  John  Vicario, 
Bangor,  Pa.;  R.  E.  Campbell,  Brandon,  S.D.; 
Harold  J.  Benne,  Bellerose,  N.Y.;  Rick 
Patton,  Burlington,  NJ.;  A.  W.  Rinzel, 
Milwaukee,  Wise;  Joseph  H.  Plaszek,  Sau- 
gerties,  N.Y.;  Torg  Finell,  Phoenix,  Az.; 
Wm.  C.  Kudler,  Parkland,  Pa.;  H.  Bohner, 
Millbrae,  Calif.;  J.  Ernest  Milhon,  Colum- 
bus, O.;  Sal  Cali,  Fulton,  N.Y.;  Francis  W. 
Reinhart,  Silver  Spring,  Md.;  Golden  Host- 
ing, Price,  Utah;  Lloyd  Humiston,  Ha»- 
thorne,  Calif.;  A.  L.  Pauken,  Denver,  Colo.; 
Thomas  L.  Kent,  Fullerlon,  Calif.;  R.  Bel- 
ander,  Lancaster,  Calif.;  Bob  Percival,  Red- 
lands,  Calif.;  Arthur  R.  Matthews,  Port- 
land, Ore.;  Vernon  M.  Dahl,  Eureka,  Calif.; 
A.  E.  Erickson,  Crockett,  Calif.;  Louis 
Ferry,  Clifton,  NJ.;  Henry  Feller,  Milwau- 
kee, Wise;  Harold  P.  Cornett,  Portland, 
Ore.;  John  F.  Sanders,  Port  Orchard,  Wash.; 
Raymond  Kurtz,  Ironton,  O.;  Ellsworth 
Cripe,  Peoria,  III.;  Paul  D.  Gaiser,  SaUna, 
Kan.;  Edmund  A.  Zemrowski,  Michigan 
City.  Ind.;  Glan  K.  Davis,  Hayward,  Calif.; 
George  A.  Beswick,  Clearwater,  Fla.;  John 
H.  Tullle,  Ottumwa,  la.;  D.  K.  Sloan, 
Seattle,  Wash.;  Michael  Frongillo,  Cam- 
bridge, Ma.;  Louis  F.  Suit,  Hyattsville, 
Md.;  Mrs.  D.  W.  Gatschet,  Stockton,  Calif.; 
Dallas  L.  Engel,  Rockford,  III.;  John  \\ . 
Klase,  Downingtown,  Pa.;  Kenneth  Runkle, 
Lafayette,  Ind.;  Harold  Harnish,  Freeport, 
III.;  C.  M.  Sampson,  North  Hollywood, 
Calif.;  Peter  Porter,  San  Francisco,  Calif.; 
C.  E.  Davis,  Jackson,  Tenn.;  Sam  J.  Ben- 
nett, Sr.,  Neptune.  NJ.;  William  Skiffing- 
ton,  Farmingdale,  N.J.;  James  C.  Wither, 
Kansas  City,  Kan. 


Turnabout  for 
Industy  Action 

in  Washington,  D.C.,  il  wasn't  long 
ago  that  big  business  and  industry  were 
fighting  tooth-and-nail  to  defeat  enact- 
ment of  the  Freedom  of  Information 
.'\ct  o  n  grounds  that  it  might  give 
unions  access  to  their  government  con- 
tracts and  an  idea  of  their  profits.  That 
fear  hasn't  been  realized,  but  like  other 
laws  they  opposed  at  first,  managements 
have  been  able  to  turn  the  legislation  to 
(heir  own  advantage.  According  to  the 
conservative  Industry  Week  Magazine, 
"Among  the  biggest  Freedom  of  Infor- 
mation Act  users  are  companies.  They're 
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ways:  to  gain  information  about  com- 
petitors and.  if  they're  under  investiga- 
tion or  subject  to  any  agency  action,  to 
learn  what  the  government  knows  about 
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More  New  York  Manpower 


The  group  photograph  at  right  was 
taken  at  the  New  York  District  Council 
of  Carpenters  1976  Apprenticeship  Grad- 
uation and  Awards  Dinner  held  in  New 
York  City,  last  November. 

On  hand  to  congratulate  the  new 
journeymen  were  New  York  District 
Council  affiliate  local  union  business  rep- 
resentatives, financial  secretaries,  labor 
and  management  members  of  the  joint 
apprenticeship  committee  and  trustees  of 
the  Apprenticeship  Funds.  Seated  from 
left  to  right  are:  Leon  Spierer,  Local 
135;  Joe  Lia,  U.B.C.;  Irving  Zeldman, 
J.A.C.;  John  O'Connor,  Chairman  N.Y.S. 
J.A.C.;  Jim  Hunt,  J.A.C.;  Jim   Collins, 


Local  298;  Charles  J.  Fanning,  apprentice 
director;  Harold  Boehm,  D.C.  vice  presi- 
dent, trustee;  Conrad  F.  Olsen,  D.C. 
president,  J.A.C.  co-chairman;  Patrick  J. 
Campbell,  vice  president,  U.B.C.;  John 
Rogers,  executive  board  member,  U.B.C.; 
Peter  Brennan,  president,  N.Y.C.  Build- 
ing Trades  Council;  Earl  FulUlove,  gov- 
ernor. Building  Trades  Employers;  Theo- 
dore K.  Knowles,  trustee  and  chairman, 
J.A.C;  Jack  Brennan,  trustee;  Paul 
O'Brien,  J.A.C;  Bill  Glover,  N.Y.C. 
Funds  Council;  Irving  Mazzer,  director, 
Metro  Drywall  Association;  Alfred 
Finkel,  trustee;  and  Theodore  King, 
trustee. 


$1,000  Apprentice  School  Tool  Fund  Is  Son's  Memorial 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  C.  Zunker  of  San  Antonio,  Tex., 
recently  presented  a  check  for  $1,000  to  Harvey  Han- 
cock, chairman  of  the  San  Antonio  Carpenters  Joint 
Apprenticeship  Committee. 

The  money  will  be  used  to  purchase  tools  for  the 
apprentice  school  as  a  memorial  to  Dwayne,  a  second- 
year  apprentice  killed  in  a  car  accident,  August  29,  1976. 

Gordon  C.  Zunker,  the  father,  a  superintendent  for 
F.  A.  Nunnelly  Construction  Company,  served  his  ap- 
prenticeship in  Local  1887,  New  Braunfels,  Tex.,  which 
later  merged  with  Local  14  in  San  Antonio.  Dwayne  was 
a  third  generation  carpenter,  as  his  grandfather,  Gordon 
H.  Zunker  is  also  a  member  of  Local  14. 


Public  Asked  To  Boycott  Circus 

The  Musicians  Union,  with  the  support  of  the  AFL-CIO, 
has  launched  a  national  consumer  boycott  and  information 
campaign   against   the   Ringling   Brothers   Circus. 

The  circus,  after  many  years  of  employing  union  musi- 
cians, has  now  turned  over  the  performance  of  its  music  to 
Cas-Pet,  listed  by  the  Musicians  Union  as  an  "unfair  and 
anti-AFM  contractor."  The  union  is  asking  citizens  in  every 
town  where  the  circus  performs  not  to  buy  tickets  until 
the  dispute  is  settled. 


At  ceremonies  marking  the  presentation  of  the  Dwayne 
Zunker  memorial  check  were  the  following:  Mrs.  Gordon 
H.  Zunker  and  Mr.  Zunker,  grandparents,  Mrs.  Gordon 
C  Zunker,  mother  of  deceased;  and  C  T.  Gunnels,  appren- 
tice coordinator.  Local  14. 

Standing,  Frank  C  McGee,  A.G.C.  &  JATC  committee 
member;  H.  H.  Hancock,  chairman  of  JATC  and  president 
of  Hancock  Construction  Co.;  Gordon  C.  Zunker,  father  of 
deceased;  Eugene  C.  Adamson,  financial  secretary  or  Local 
14  and  JATC  committeeman;  and  Vernon  Gooden,  busi- 
ness  representative   of  Local   14  and  JATC  committeeman. 


16 


THE    CARPENTER 


New  Jersey  Fund 
Seeks  Antiques 

The  New  Jersey  Carpenters  Apprentice 
Training  and  Educational  Fund  is  asking 
all  Brotherhood  members  in  its  area  to 
donate  antique  carpentry  tools  for  dis- 
play in  a  showcase  at  the  fund's  main 
office. 

Any  tool  donated  and  displayed  will 
have  the  donor's  name  shown  beside  it. 
For  information  on  how  to  make  the 
donation  contact  the  Fund  office  at  130 
Mountain  Ave.,  Springfield,  N.J. 

Kansas  City  Host 
To  32nd  U-I  Show 

The  32nd  Annual  AFL-CIO  Union- 
Industries  Show  will  be  held  May  6-11, 
1977,  at  the  new  Convention  Center  in 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  it  was  announced  re- 
cently by  Earl  D.  McDavid.  show  direc- 
tor and  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Union 
Label  &  Service  Trades  Department, 
AFL-CIO. 

The  annual  exhibition,  produced  by  the 
Union  Label  &  Service  Trades  Depart- 
ment, offers  a  unique  opportunity  for 
the  consumer  to  observe  the  profession- 
alism and  skills  union  craftsmen  and 
women  bring  to  their  jobs  to  make  union- 
made  products  and  to  offer  vital  services 
to  the  consumer. 

More  than  300  lively  exhibits  (includ- 
ing one  by  our  international  imion), 
working  demonstrations,  and  colorful  dis- 
plays will  fill  the  new  Kansas  City  Con- 
vention Center  as  hundreds  of  union 
workers,  as  well  as  representatives  of 
government  and  of  the  leading  U.  S. 
companies  demonstrate  to  the  public  the 
crafts  they  practice  in  their  daily  jobs, 
the  products  they  make  and  the  services 
they  provide. 

An  estimated  $100,000  in  prizes  and 
free  samples  are  given  away. 


Spokane  Local  Honors  1976  Graduates 


Local  98,  Spokane,  Wash.,  recently  honored  its  1976  graduating  apprentices  during 
a  local  union  pin-presentation  ceremony. 

In  the  foreground  of  the  picture  is  Jay  Sullivan.  Front  row,  kneeling,  left  to  right: 
.lohn  Johnson,  Dan  Somerlott,  David  Campbell,  Eric  Riese,  Ric  Berg,  Larrj  Slye. 
Second  row,  left  to  right:  Wayne  Murray,  Richard  Schroer,  Donald  Kuehn,  Bill  Trow- 
bridge, Charles  Rentfro.  Back  row,  left  to  right:  Louis  Kins,  Ayne  Bolt,  Harold 
Weinstock,  Steve  Ailing. 

Graduate  apprentices  not  present:  Lance  Barnes,  Bill  Dalebout,  Emmctt  Dennison, 
Jerry  Fosback,  Bob  Garcia,  Bill  Harris,  Rod  Hepper,  Ross  Hughes,  Charles  Kaisaki, 
Domingo  Lazo,  Lcroy  Monson. 


SECRETARIES,  PLEASE  NOTE: 
The  Carpenter  is  planning  to  publish 
an  article  soon  about  the  newspapers 
and  newsletters  distributed  to  the  mem- 
bership by  local  unions  and  district  coun- 
cils. 

Does  your  local  union  have  such  a 
publication?  If  so.  we  would  like  to  hear 
about  it  and  receive  copies  regularly. 
Please  write  to  the  Editor,  The  Carpen- 
ter, 101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Wash- 
ington, D.C.  20001. 


Poll  of  Services 

In  Minneapolis.  Minn.,  a  nationwide 
public  opinion  poll  verified  the  common 
belief  that  today's  products  and  services 
are  not  as  good  as  they  were  five  or  10 
years  ago.  What  was  surprising,  perhaps, 
were  the  three  items — only  three  out  of 
15 — that  people  believe  are  better  today 
than  in  the  past:  airline  service,  news- 
papers and  phone  services. 


MAY,    1977 


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Service 
Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


Augusta,  Ga. — 35-Year  Members 

AUGUSTA,   GA. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  Local  283, 
25-year  and  35-years-or-inore 
members  were  presented  with 
membership  pins  by  General 
Representative  J.  G.  Brown. 

The  25-year  members  are  shown 
in  one  picture.  Front  row,  from 
left:  R.  F.  Snipes.  G.  Dye,  L.  Q. 
Posey,  R.  C.  Culbreth,  H.  T.  O'Neal, 
C.  P.  Young,  T.  Renew,  Jr.,  J.  O. 
Sheppard.  Back  row,  from  left:  ].  T. 
Mathis,  W.  G.  Wellmaker,  T.  P. 
Walton,  Jr.,  1.  E.  Hendrix,  D. 
Funderburk,  V.  Rachels,  W .  N. 

Augusta,   Go. — 25-Yeor   Members 


Clark,  J.  Palermo.  Not  present: 
T.  E.  Carpenter,  C.  E.  Chance,  H.  E. 
Craig,  H.  L.  Deese,  M.  L.  Fricks, 
A.  E.  Hand,  W.  Hendrix,  J.  C. 
Milbrun,  J.  C.  Owings,  C.  D. 
Rabun,  T.  D.  Screws,  J.  L.  Sorgee, 
W.  T.  Taylor. 

The  35-year-and-more  members. 
Front  row,  from  left:  M.  W.  Brown, 
L.  H.  Craft,  G.  G.  Daniel.  P.  J. 
Hiers,  B.  M.  Lewis,  H.  M. 
Montgomery,  A.  W.  Meeks,  R.  L. 
Waters,  J.  R.  Partridge,  D.  D. 
Walker,  W.  L.  Stevens.  Back  row, 
from  left:  W.  A.  Mc Albany,  J.  M. 


Craft,  E.  B.  Ivey.  A.  Milford,  W.  B. 
Hodges.  W.  L.  Templeton,  W.  W. 
Toole,  D.  R.  Reeves,  E.  Logan, 
J.  P.  Clark,  H.  D  Utley,  R.  E.  Knox, 
C.   McDade. 

Not  present:  E.  F.  Benson,  C.  M. 
Bland,  E.  Bruggeman,  L.  T.  Daniels, 
Jr.,  A.  L.  Denard.  C.  B.  Everett, 
L.  B.  Gilliam,  J.  W.  Heath,  H.  T. 
James,  G.  W .  Jordan,  J.  B.  Kendrick, 
W.  E.  Macky,  G.  L.  Matthews, 
G.  R.  McKay,  W.  R.  Newman, 
R.  G.  Reid,  J.  R.  Smith,  H.  P. 
Smith.  H.  P.  Stiefel,  H.  Waters,  M. 
Wood. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


Chattanooga,   Tenn. 

CHATTANOOGA,   TENN. 

Here  are  members  of  Local  74 
who  received  their  25-yar  pins  last 
year. 

Front  row.  from  left  to  right  are: 
Charlie  H.  Hodge,  Lewis  C.  Moore, 
George  L.  Henegar  International 
Representative,  Don  Moore,  Hamilton 
County  Judge,  Harold  Lewis  Fourth 
District  Board  Member,  Jenks  Parker 
Vice  President  Associated  General 
Contractors,  Bruce  L.  Cranfield, 
James  W .  Slatton. 

Second  row,  left  to  right,  Harry 
W .  Schmitt,  Granville  H.  Camp, 
Phillip  E.  Shelton.  Elmer  L.  Fillers, 
Lyle  A.  Rice,  Cecil  E.  Dixon,  Alfred 
Scott,  Don  Chamberlain,  Thomas  C. 
May,  Joseph  B.  Wilhelm,  Leon  W. 
Moore,  Jr.,  Emmett  L.  Thomas. 

Third  row,  left  to  right,  Carl 
Bradford,  Robert  Lee  Frank,  James 

A.  Moss,  William  Henry  Smith,  Rex 
R.  Walls,  Garnett  B.  Sanders,  Calvin 

B.  Filer,  Cecil  H.  Watts,  L.  B. 
Hadden,  H.  B.  Mearse,  Elliott  O. 
Payne. 

Others  who  received  pins  but  who 
were  not  in  the  picture:  John  Adams, 
Murry  A.  Arbuckle,  Billy  G.  Burrows, 
Arlan  J.  Carroll,  Robert  A. 
Chambers,  Clyde  P.  Cox,  Ernest  J. 
Cranfield,  Calmer  J.  Day,  Ted 
Duke,  Glenn  J.  Feezall,  Charles  L. 
Frizzell,  James  W.  Gibson,  Ernest 
T.  Hawes,  R.  F.  Hayes,  J.  C. 
Holsomback,  J.  M.  James,  Pleas  E. 
Ladd,  W.  D.  Moore,  Lloyd  E.  McGee, 
Elmer  McWilliams,  Maynard  C. 
Panter,  William  L.  Pitlman,  V.  G. 
Ray,  J.  P.  Roberson,  Aron  N.  Roe, 
James  B.  Stewart,  Jr..  C.  L.  Tatum, 
Sam  J.  Thomas,  and  Herman  F. 
Travis. 

Elyria,    O. 


ElYRIA,    O. 

On  September  23,  1976,  Local  1426 
held  a  recognition  banquet  to  honor 
its  senior  members. 

Theodore  Trimpe,  84  years  of  age 
and  54  years  of  service,  (shown  in 
the  small  picture)  received  a  wrist 
watch  with  the  union  emblem  on 
the  face. 

Albert  Friden- 
stine,  with  42  years 
service,  Alva  White, 
42  yrs,  and  Walter 
Christenson,  40 
years,  each  received 
40-year  pins. 

Charles  Lowrey, 
39  yrs:  Dan  Pietch, 
36  yrs:  Leo  Giar, 
36  yrs;  Herbert 
Ziegman,  35  yrs; 
Mack  Stevens,  35 
yrs;  each  received  35-year  pins. 

Stanley  Roskoski  34  yrs;  Paul  V. 
Loper,  33  yrs;  Forrest  Handley, 
33  yrs;  Don  Hadaway,  31  yrs;  Claire 
Hard,  31  yrs;  Ralph  Hart,  31  yrs; 
Harold  Fridenstine,  30  yrs;  Charles 
Senning,  30  yrs;  Henry  Brewster,  30 
yrs;  Raymond  Diewald,  30  yrs,  presi- 
dent; Russell  Letterly  30  yrs;  Andrew 
Pohorence  30  yrs;  George  Payer,  30 
yrs;  Eugene  Kelley,  30  yrs;  Albert 
Tadych,  30  yrs;  Fred  Twining,  29 
yrs,  financial  secretary;  Franklin 
Hasel,  29  yrs;  Clarence  Gam,  29 
yrs;  Zygmont  Gawron,  29  yrs; 
Howard  Jent.  29  yrs;  Clelus  Wasem, 
29  yrs;  Mike  Bodnar,  29  yrs;  Joseph 
Salata,  29  yrs;  Allisler  Wright.  29 
yrs;  Ernest  Denecia,  29  yrs.  president 
and  business  manager  of  the  Lake 
Erie  District  Council,  were  honored. 


Trimpe 


John  Ryan,  28  yrs,  trustee;  Siegfred 
Rostkoski,  28  yrs;  William  Cameron, 
28  yrs;  Alexander  Moyes,  28  yrs, 
trustee;  Nelson  Barnhart,  27  yrs; 
Joseph  Lach,  27  yrs;  Raymond 
Linden,  27  yrs,  treasurer;  Al  Tre- 
boniak,  26  yrs;  Levi  Wilder,  26 
years,  recording  secretary;  Ernest 
Roth,  26  yrs;  Arthur  Frank,  26  yrs; 
Ralph  Orolim,  25  yrs;  William  Hobill, 
25  yrs;  Thomas  F.  Strickler,  25  yrs, 
each  received  25-year  pins. 

Shown  in  the  picture  are  25-year 
members,  left  lo  right,  Alexander 
Moyes,  Thomas  F.  Strickler,  Ernest 
Roth,  William  Hobill,  John  Ryan,  Jr., 
Arthur  Frank,  Raymond  Linden,  and 
Levi  Wilder. 


MAY,    1977 


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Kansas  City,  Kan. — Picture  No.  1 


Kansas  City,  Kan. — Picture  No.  2 
KANSAS   CITY,   KAN. 

Millwrights  Local  1529  honored  its 
veteran  members  in  a  pin  presenta- 
tion ceremony  last  year. 

Picture  No.  1 — 25-year  members, 
left  to  right,  Aubrey  Henley,  Ronald 
Wolfe,  Ivan  Barney,  Volney  Gilbert, 
Glenn  Dutro,  John  Rockholl,  Virgil 
Overton,  Ronald  Canaday,  Henry  Selig, 
Orear  Whitaker,  Martin  Wright,  Dale 
Beckley,  W.  K.  Bearing,  Richard 
Cox,  Charles  Ralston,  C.  A.  Pancake, 
Richard  Reischman,  Neville  Allen, 
Charles  O'Dell,  J.  D.  Roberson, 
A.  O.  Davis,  Daniel  Murphy,  Eugene 
Ward,  Robert  Gallacher,  David 
Allen,  Donald  Hallbauer,  H.  G. 
Henderson. 

Picture  No.  2 — 30-year  members, 
left  to  right.  Jack  Mullens,  Erwin 
Knight,  Harold  McCord,  Fred  Goss, 
Kenneth  Burkhart,  James  Bevan, 
Neithel  Lewis,  Melvin  Hinkle, 
Edward  Guth,  David  Binder,  Lyman 
Krier,  Jr.,  Albert  Schoonover,  James 
Rand,  Sr.,  H.  D.  Patterson,  Carl 
Hoffman,  Earl  Miller,  W.  H.  Mark, 
Charles  Selig,  Jr.,  Frank  Kandlbinder, 
Tolley  Lugenbeal. 

Picture  No.  3 — 35-year  members, 
left  to  right,  Herman  Smith,  Ralph 
Hasten,  Jeff  Rowe,  Andrew  Pedrow, 
Harry  Saltzman,  John  C.  Bowman, 
George  Abel,  Orville  Bannister, 
Claude  Casteel,  Lloyd  Peterson, 
Robert  R.  Wilkerson  and  James 
Schiller. 

Picture  No.  4 — 40-year,  45-year, 
and  50-years.  left  to  right,  Fleetwood 
Swinney,  40  years;  D.  T.  Reynolds, 
Sr.  (50-years),  Former  General 
Executive  Board  Member  James  O. 
Mack;  Adam  Hogan,  president — 40- 
year  members  Pete  Whitman,  Lloyd 


Kansas  City,  Kan. — Picture  No.  3 


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Kansas  City,  Kan. — Picture  No.  4 

Stilts,  L.  A.  Smiddy,  and  John  W. 
Reynolds,  45-year  member. 

Picture  No.  5—C.  R.  Gilbert, 
secretary  of  the  Louisiana  State 
Council,  congratulates  his  nephew, 
Volnay  Gilbert,  upon  receiving  his 
25-year  pin. 

DES    MOINES,    lA. 

Members  of  Carpenters  Local  106 
who  received  their  25-year  Brother- 
hood pins  on  September  7,  1976: 
Robert  Dickey,  John  Lear,  Frank 
Miller,  Harold  Nielsen,  Carroll  Surber, 
and  Gene  Tasler. 

Members  who  received  their  60- 
year  Brotherhood  pins  included 
Emil  Magnuson  and  M.  L.  Peterson. 


Kansas  City,  Kan. — Picture  No.  5 


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EUGENE,   OREGON 

There  were  30,  35  and  40-year 
members  honored  at  the  1976  Tri- 
OJinual  Banquet  of  Local  1273. 


Picture  No.  1  shows  35  and  40- 
year  members  and  officers:  Front 
row,  40-year  members,  left  to  right, 
Leonard  Gibson,  Ed  Relyea,  Emsley 


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Curtis,  president;  Roy  Coles,  execu- 
tive secretary,  state  council;  Sam 
Arnett;  "Tabby"  Peoples,  and  "Steve" 
Stevenson. 

Also  honored  for  40  years,  but  not 
in  the  picture:  John  Eklund,  Edgar 
Gibson,  Harold  Mains  and  Dan 
Winfrey. 

Back  row,  35-year  members,  Ernie 
Teague,  Collin  Olmstead,  Olaf 
Nygaard,  Jack  Dingman,  "Ty"  Tyson, 
Darwin  Force  and  "Lej"  Facer. 

Also  honored  for  35  years,  but  not 
present:  Jack  Brindle,  Mervin  Gree- 
man,  N.  C.  Jolley,  G.  E.  Means, 
Harry  Offutt,  J.  W.  Pifer,  and  Don 
Swanger. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  30-year  mem- 
bers and  officers:  Front  row,  left  to 
right:  John  Northway,  Ed  Smith,  Carl 
Chalker,  business  representative  and 
Lloyd  Fitzgerald,  executive  secretary 
of  district  council;  "Pat"  Randall, 
executive  secretary  Oregon  AFL-CIO 
(received  pin),  Ray  Brown,  and  "Lew" 
Rankin.  Second  row,  left  to  right: 
Earl  Grousbeck,  Al  Fenimore, 
Tommy  White,  Doral  Bell,  "Jake" 
McElhaney  and  Paul  Dragoo.  Third 
row,  left  to  right:  Henry  Chace, 
Glenn  Johns,  Carl  Karlburg,  Jack 
Maycumber,  Harvey  Birch,  Paul 
Gimes  and  Marvin  McEachern. 

Also  honored,  but  not  in  picture: 
Don  Bray,  Charles  Cole,  Nels  Fors- 
man,  Paul  Haxby,  Clarence  Hein- 
rich,  Bert  Kinch,  Hubert  Lund, 
Oscar  Nelson,  Leonard  Norman, 
"Woody"  Rutell,  Clarence  Stewart, 
Ted  Strupp  and  Willard  Swenson. 
Elmer  Korte  passed  away  two  weeks 
prior  to  banquet  and  the  pin  was 
awarded  to  his  wife. 

SARATOGA   SPRINGS,   N.Y. 

Recently,  Local  1015  held  its 
Fourth  Annual  Pin  Banquet  to 
honor  the  following  named 
members: 

Willis  A.  Stevens,  50  years 
service;  Roy  S.  Eastman,  35  years; 
Josef  Zacheus,  35  years;  William  R. 
Clements,  Jr.,  30  years;  Andrew  F. 
Macica,  30  years;  Emil  P.  Oresik,  30 
years;  Urban  St.  Onge,  30  years; 
John  Sullivan,  30  years;  John  Hilton, 
25  years;  George  W.  Waddell,  25 
years;  Frank  W.  Goebel,  20  years; 
Richard  J.  Horstman,  20  years. 

The  accompanying  photograph  is 
of  George  Waddell,  William 
Clements.  Jr.,  and  Richard  Horstman, 
all  of  whom  were  in  attendance 
at  the  banquet. 


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Saratoga  Springs,  N.Y. 

THE    CARPENTER 


MIAMI,   FLA. 

Carpenters  Local  993  recently 
held  its  annual  membership  pin 
awards  meeting.  Commissioner 
William  G.  Oliver,  a  member  of 
Carpenters  Local  727,  presented  the 
pins. 

Picture  No. — 1  front  row,  left  to 
right:  Arthur  L.  Bates,  25  years; 
Maurice  Belanger,  25  years;  Joseph 
Nimeth,  26  years:  James  J.  Freund, 
29  years:  Robert  F.  Jenkinson,  30 
years:  and  Ronald  Grimm,  33  years. 
Back  row,  left  to  right:  John  V. 


Anderson,  25  years;  Robert  A. 
Shelton,  25  years;  Paul  A.  Streapy, 
25  years;  John  Martins,  26  years; 
Clarence  A.  Ewing,  30  years;  and 
Cyde  B.  Cobble,  32  years. 

Picture  No.  2 — front  row,  left  to 
right:  H.  O.  Weaver,  34  years;  J.  W. 
Hazard,  35  years;  Ino  J.  Kimmell, 
35  years:  Rondel  Pedigo,  35  years; 
Corbet  Beckham,  36  years;  and 
Carl  O.  Peterson,  36  years.  Back  row, 
left  to  right:  Walter  W.  Wall,  34 
years:  Harold  Balland.  35  years; 
Elmer  Ketcham,  35  years;  William 
M.  Wilson,  Jr.,  35  years;  Herman 


Imgram,  36  years;  and  Wally  Bray, 
25  years. 

Picture  No.  3 — left  to  right:  Carl 
Henson.  37  years;  Andor  Anderson, 
39  years:  H.  A.  Sammons,  40  years; 
Leon  Stell,  41  years;  and  Ira  Tate, 
35  years. 

Picture  No.  4  shows  Grover  J. 
Larkins,  50  years,  and  Ephram 
Ouellct,  59  years. 

Picture  No.  5  shows  Financial 
Secretary  Kenneth  F.  Pekel  with 
Oscar  Wanman,  66-year  member,  and 
CounlY  Commissioner  William  Oliver. 


Miami,  F!a. — Picture  No.  3 


Hello,  Paycheck  .  .  .  Goodbye! 


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promise  yourself  lo  sail  soniellimg 
away.  Bui  llie  flcsii  is  weak.  Wlial  you 
wani  today  seems  more  imporlani  llian 
wlial  you'll  need  lomorrow.  So  il  goes 
.  .  .  ALL  of  il  .  .  .  and  you're  back 
where  you  slaned. 

The  Payroll  Savings  Plan  makes  you 
keep  your  payday  promise  to  yourself. 
Il  sets  something  aside  from  each 
paycheck  before  you  ever  see  it,  and 
puts  il  into  U.S.  Savings  Bonds  lo  let  il 
grow.  Then  wlicn  tomorrow  comes 
you're  ready  for  il.  You've  gol  cash  on 
hand  for  that  big  opportunity  .  .  .  for 
travel,  education,  or  maybe  retirement 
some  day. 


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The  official  emblem  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America  is  emblazoned  on  a 
stylish  belt  buckle,  and  you  can  order  such  a  buckle 
now  from  the  General  Offices  in  Washington. 

Manufactured  of  sturdy  metal,  with  a  pewter  finish, 
the  buckle  is  3Vb  inches  wide  by  2  inches  deep  and  will 
accomodate  all  modern  snap-on  belts. 

The  buckle  comes  in  a  gift  box  and  makes  a  fine 
Fathers  Day,  birthday,  or  holiday  gift.  If  mom  is  a  mem- 
ber, and  she  wears  jeans  from  time  to  time,  she'll  like 
one,  too. 

The  price  is 

$5.50    each 

M3i\  in  your  order  now.  Print  or  type  your  order  plainly, 
and  be  sure  the  name  and  address  is  correct.  Please  indi- 
cate the  local  union  number  of  the  member  for  whom 
the  buckle  is  purchased. 

Send  order  and  remittance  to: 

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101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  DC.  20001 


MAY,    1977 


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COLUMBUS,   O. 

Local  200  held  its  annual  awards 
ceremonies  on  December  10,  1976. 
A  total  of  578  people  attended  the 
festivities. 

There  were  196  members  receiving 
pins  for  service,  many,  however, 
could  not  attend  because  of  the 
inclemnt  weather  or  for  personal 
reasons. 

Picture  No.  1— FORTY  YEARS 
SERVICE  AWARDS,  from  left,  Tom 
Athey,  Tony  Horvath,  C.  C.  Rowan, 
and  Russ  Wolford. 

Picture  No.  2 — President  and 
Assistant  Business  Agent  Parker 
Dunigan  receives  his  30-year  service 
pin  from  Herbert  Thomas,  rec.  sec. 
&  treas:  Retirees  club  Marcus  Long, 
and  Robert  L.  Puckett,  business 
manager. 

Picture  No.  3^A  SERVICE 
AWARD  FOR  50  YEARS  was 
presented  by  President  Dunigan,  and 
Business  Manager  Robert  L.  Puckett 
to  Ralph  Fackler. 

Picture  No.  4—35  YEAR 
SERVICE  AWARDS,  Standing:  P. 
Dunigan,  president,  H.  Stewart,  Jr.; 
R.  Puckett,  business  manager; 
B.  Friedman,  B.  A.  Seated:  M.  Long, 
R.  McCreary,  W.  McFadden,  R. 
Pabst,  G.  Ross,  Sr. 

Picture  No.  5—35-YEARS 
SERVICE  AWARDS,  Standing: 
Dunigan,  H.  Hadley,  E.  R.  Hall, 
W.  Kasler,  and  Puckett.  Seated: 
P.  Azbell,  S.  Bier,  J.  Blosser,  P. 
Goldrick,  Z.  Fuleki. 

Picture  No.  6—30  YEARS, 
Standing:  M.  Davis,  R.  Puckett, 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.  1 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.  2 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.   3 


business  manager,  T.  Davis,  W.  Doss, 
H.  Dusz,  P.  Dunigan,  president  and 
F.  Faivre.  Seated:  D.  Adams,  C. 
Allen,  R.  Ames,  P.  Berry,  Sr., 
S.  Chadwell. 

Picture  No.  7—30  YEARS, 
Standing:  V.  Jungkurth,  R.  Puckett, 
business  manager,  L.  Land,  W. 
Lemming,  W.  McClain,  P.  Dunigan, 
Akron  Masterson,  deceased.  Seated: 
O.  Fee,  D.  Fleck,  R.  Fleck,  H. 
Garrison,  E.  Hall. 

Picture  No.  8—30  YEARS, 
Standing:  K.  Sater,  R.  Puckett, 
business  manager,  D.  Turner,  P. 
Wolirle,  M.  Wolfe,  W.  Wollett,  P. 
Dunigan,  president,  W.  Wykoff. 
Seated:  W.  Miller,  P.  Morris,  A. 
Radu,  ].  Reed,  M.  Reeves. 

Picture  No.  9— 25-YEAR 
AWARDS,  Standing:  J.  Guinsler,  R. 
Puckett,  business  manager,  F.  Haas, 
R.  Heasley,  P.  Dunigan,  president, 
R.  Kline,  W.  McKibben.  Seated:  R. 
Cummings,  J.  Eckels,  W.  Flowers, 
R.  Fritchlee  and  P.  Gibson. 

Picture  No.  10— 25-YEAR 
AWARDS,  Standing:  Robert  Puckett, 
business  manager,  Owen  Shaw,  Louis 
Viol,  Ralph  Wyckhoff,  Parker 
Dunigan,  president.  Seated:  Charles 
Montogomery,  Paul  Morgenstern, 
Norman  Pickett,  Robert  Rush,  Dale 
Schwartz- 
Picture  No.  11— 25-YEAR 
AWARDS,  Standing:  M.  Burchett, 
R.  Puckett,  business  manager,  K. 
Clayton,  D.  Clark,  P.  Dunigan, 
president,  J .  Collier,  and  M.  Craiglow. 
Seated:  T.  Arthur,  D.  Baker,  1. 
Bernans,  W .  Baxter  and  R.  Broyles. 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.  4 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.  5 

—       7 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.  6 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.  7 


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Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.  8 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.  9 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.   10 


Columbus,  O. — Picture  No.   1  1 


CHICAGO,    ILL. 

Local  80's  1976  Annual  Awards 
Presentation  Night  was  held  several 
months  ago. 

The  50-year  members  are  shown 
in  one  picture.  Left  to  right: 
George  Vest,  Jr.,  president  Chicago 
District  Council:  William  Strachan, 
Herbert  Jolmson.  Albert  Pearson, 
Donald  Stolter  and  Ralph  Davis,  all 
50-year  members:  John  F.  Lynch, 
president.  Local  80:  and  Wesley 
Isaacson,  secretary-treasurer, 
Chicago  District  Council. 

Another  picture  shows  25 -year 
members.  First  row,  left  to  right: 
Clair  Yount,  Charles  Anchor, 
Arthur  Fennel,  Otto  Olsen,  Rap 
Chiapetta,  Freeman  Blough.  Arthur 
T.  Mallek.  Second  row,  left  to  right: 
Bobby  J.  Slev.art,  Fred  Lafia, 
Joseph  Benedetto,  Victor  Falcone, 
Anthony  Manning.  Edward  Bourbon, 
John  Fraser,  Peter  Irmejs,  John 
Carey,  Frank  Chomyok.  Third  row: 
Larry  Donovan,  Guy  Dorris, 
Raymond  MacKowiak.  Justinas 
Paluhinskas,  John  Hoeft,  Weldon 
Hobbs,  George  Ohzera. 

The  small  picture  shows  50-year 
member  Errol  DeWitt,  right,  with 
Robert  H.  Larson,  financial  secretary 
of  Local  80. 


1 


Chicago,  III. — Larson,  Witt 


XtA 


Chicago,   III. — 50-Year  Members 


Chicago,  III. — 25-Year  Members 


MAY,    19  77 


25 


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MIAMI,   FLA. 

Local  1509  recently  held  a  pin 
presentation  ceremony. 

25-YEAR  PIXS—ieit  to  right, 
John  Del  Rossa.  Sam  Dionese, 
Frank  Mijeski,  Herbert  Sigiel  and 
Ester  Lee  Woods,  with  Int'l.  Rep.  Jack 
Shepvard. 

30-YEAR  PLXS—left  to  right, 
front  row,  Henry  O.  Seigler,  Bennie 
Perdomo,  Eric  Taylor,  Gene  St.  Cyr, 
Int.  Rep.  Jack  Sheppard,  president, 
Ernest  Van  Eyk.  John  Sarmcnto, 
A.  F.  UstinoH-icIi,  Charles  Wilcox, 
Bernard  Trokcus,  Frank  Vidal. 
Second  row,  Oduar  Lund,  Cecil 


Menard.  John  W.  Picot.  Charles  E. 
Smith,  L.  G.  Spencer,  Jr.,  George 
W.  Stocker,  Daniel  Sweat,  Thomas 
Eager,  Bill  Hoban.  Back  row, 
Everett  Bauman,  R.  H.  Bedenboitgh, 
Alphee  Bouchard,  David  Burmeister, 
Lionel  Charest,  Thomas  Fitzgerald, 
Robert  Gaston.  Wade  Hemp  Joyce, 
Frank    Laino. 

35-YEAR  PINS— front  row,  left 
to  right.  Brewer  Eicli.  John  Galino, 
Jack  E.  Sheppard,  Int.  Rep.  J.  P. 
Bailey,  past  Fin.  Sec,  Ernest  Van 
Eyk,  president,  Vincent  Cornwell, 
Phil  Croteau,  Jose  Otero.  Second 
row,  Lonnie  Malliis,  Glauvin  Pen 


Dell,  Harvey  Marts,  John  Schmitz, 
Otto  Martens,  Leland  Wallace, 
William  Hoban.  Third  row  Fred 
Franke,  Robert  Arlioli,  Mario 
Ascenzo,  Chester  Brooks,  Ralph 
Crablree.  Thomas  Ferrell. 

40-YEAR  PINS— front  row,  the 
three  honorees,  A.  J.  Biddle,  Jose 
Gutierrez  and  Thomas  Presby.  Back 
row,  Jack  Sheppard,  Int.  Rep.  and 
Ernest  Van  Eyk,  president. 

In  the  final  picture,  President  Van 
Eyk  presents  Int.  Rep.  Sheppard 
with  special  service  award  for  his 
years  in  the  Brotherhood. 


Miami,    Fla. — 30-Year   Members 


Miami,  Fla. — 35-Year  Members 


Miami,   Fla. — 25-Year  Members 
MAY,    1977 


Miami,  Fla. — 40-Ycar  Members 


Miami,  Flo. — Special   Award 


27 


L.U.  NO.  1 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Aaron,   Wallace 
Bohlke,  Henry 
Johnson,  Henry 
Modloff,  Frank 
Remer,  Albert  F. 
Slater,  Thomas  L. 
Swanson,   Gust 
Tamaski,  V.  C. 

L.U.  NO.  4 
DAVENPORT,  lA. 

Rudolph,  Max 

L.U.  NO.  7 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 

Eng.  Carl  O. 
Gonsior,  Frank 
Grass,  Leonard 
Julius,  Hamilton 
Lindholm,  Fred 
Skonseng,  Henry 
Von  Busch,  Kenneth 

L.U.  NO.  8 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Albert,  Allen 
Anderson,  Hans 
Case,  Elwood 
De  Santo,  Michael 
Gavin,  Frederick 
German,  Theodore 
Gibson,  James  C. 
Khun,  Ralph 
Matthews,  Robert 
Matulevich.  Walter 
Olds,  Frank 
Sanio,  Arthur 
Schwager,  William 
Walge,  Walter 

L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Fratello,  Joseph 
Moore,  Glenn  R. 
Weed,  Hollis  L. 
Wolicki,  John 

L.U.  NO.  13 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Clarke,  James 
Derkits,  Fred  F. 
Frank,  Lew 
Fritsch,  I.  J. 
Hoeksema,  Albert 
Holmquist,  F.  I. 
Kedmenec,  Stephen 
Korb,  William  F. 
Lauten,  Philip 
Picek,  John  B. 
Seguin,  Fred  J. 

L.U.  NO.  15 
HACKENSACK,  N.J. 

Bridges,  Robert  S. 
Poindexter,  Roy 

L.U.  NO.  22 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Bell,  Clinton 
Buchanan,  R.  P. 
Dorham,  David 
Eldredge,  Bill 
Gray,  Otis 
Jennings,  Harry 
Martinez,  J.  A. 
Turner,  V.  H. 


L.U.  NO.  24 
MERIDEN,  CT. 

Bourget,  William 
Brym,  Stanley 
Colburn,  George 
Danorovich,  Alfred 
Ludwig,  William 
MacDonald,   George 
Montanari,  Oddino 
Petrilas,  Frank 
Portiero,  Frank 
Schoen,  Herbert 
Scully,  Jerry  J. 
Seymour,  Donald 
Strolin,  Christian 
Wolcin,  August 

L.U.  NO.  31 
TRENTON,  N.J. 

DeSandre,  Adolph 
Fiscor,  Gabe 
Finke,  George 
Swedo,  John  J. 

L.U.  NO.  35 

SAN  RAFAEL,  CA. 

Fox,  Floyd  K. 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLAND,  CA. 

Cornelius,  Charles 
Earley,  L,  M. 
Sousa,  Manuel  T. 
Vindelov,   Alfred 

L.U.  NO.  41 
WOBURN,  MA. 

Goni,  Michael 
Weagle,  Edward 

L.U.  NO.  7 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

Dougherty,  Ed 
Fisher,  Walter  A. 
Land,  Albert 
Morton,  Delbert  F. 
Redemeier,  Geo. 
Reuter,  Alex 
Skrivan,  Michael  J. 
Stoltz,  Chas.  J. 

L.U.  NO.  50 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Cook,  Paul  L. 
Longmire,  H.  L. 

L.U.  NO.  51 
ALLSTON,  MA. 

Henderson,  Lester 

L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 
Green,  H.  A. 
Kuchinski,  George  W. 
Ledwig,  Joe  F. 
Sinclair,  Glen  W. 

L.U.  NO.  66 
OLEAN,  N.Y. 

Dence,  Perry 

L.U.  NO.  69 
CANTON,  OH. 

Fitzkee,  Charles 
Kieltsch,  John. 
Tschudy,  Burris 

L.U.  NO.  73 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

Beaty,  William  F. 


Bledsoe,  John  W. 
Brady,  James 
Friedel,  Paul  G. 
Miller,  William 
Robinson,  Hugh  F. 
Sextro,  Leo  G. 
Swallow,  Raymond 
Ulmer,  William  T. 

L.U.  NO.  80 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Pedersen,  Mike 

L.U.  NO.  93 
OTTAWA,  ONT.,  CAN. 

Gravelle,  Marcel 
Lau,  Adam 
Terry,   Michael 

L.U.  NO.  132 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Carson,  John  J. 
Doucet,  Henry 
Early,  Leonard  H.,  Jr. 
Messersmith,  Paul  B. 
Vernon,  Elmer  W. 

L.U.  NO.  162 
SAN  MATEO,  CA. 

Cattish,  Andy 

L..U  NO.  169 

E.  ST.  LOUIS,  IL. 

Birchler,  Alex 
Marshall.  George  O. 
Thomas,  Edward  C. 

L.U.  NO.  180 
VALLEJO,  CA. 

Johnson,  Donald  G. 
Pendergrass,  Luke 
Trujillo,  Michael 

L.U.  NO.  181 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Rygh,  Nels 

L.U.  NO.  188 
YONKERS,  N.Y. 

Costa,  John 

L.U.  NO.  199 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Adrzejewski,  Edward 
Christensen,  Alfred 
Grilec,  Emmet 
Johnson,  John  H. 
Lindgren,  Gustaf 
Olson,  Harry  M. 
Piechnik,  Joseph 
Stockman,  Eric  R. 

L.U.  NO.  200 
COLUMBUS,  OH. 

Christensen,  C.  H. 
Doss,  Herbert 
Hines,  Amsy  V. 
Kelso,  Howard 
Masterson,  Akron 
Overturf,  James 
Pezzutti,  Carlo 
Pierce,  Roy 

L.U.  NO.  218 
BOSTON,  MA. 

Bossi,  Raymond  W. 
Curtin,  Phillip  J. 
Emery,  Timothy 
Gonsalves,  Alfred 


L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Pilgrim,  Claude  O. 

L.U.  NO.  226 
PORTLAND,  OR. 

Britt,  Ira 
Heald,  Forrest 
Konstad,  Ed 
Vandehey,  A.  H. 

L.U.  NO.  255 
BLOOMINGBURG,  N.Y. 

Duda,  Peter 
Robelen,  Harry 
Sarvis,  Walter 

L.U.  NO.  257 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Yearwood,  Rupert 

L.U.  NO.  266 
STOCKTON,  CA. 

Barry,  Joe 
Whitehead,  Herman  C. 

L.U.  NO.  272 
CHICAGO  HTS.,  IL. 

Baranowski,  Frank 
Flood,  Robert 
Fries,  Carl 
Johnson,  W.  O.,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  275 
NEWTON,  MA. 

Anthony,  Alvin 
Begin,   Robert 
Bergman,  Nils 
DiLucci,  Anthony 
Goodwin,  Dennis 
Mitchell,  John 
Pongonis,  Joseph 
Roberts,  Robert 
Torrey,  Ralph 
Uhlman,  Riley 

L.U.  NO.  278 
WATERTOWN,  N.Y. 
Edus,  Peter 
Richer,  Lawrence 
Smith,   Carl 
Warren,  Donald 

L.U.  NO.  284 

QUEENS  VILLAGE,  N.Y 

Anderson,  Carl 
Auer,  George 
Dudek,  Joseph 
Fauerbach,  Louis  H. 
Harriott,  Frank 
Hildebrandt,  Joseph  P. 
Newel,  Anton 
Stearns,  Harry  E. 
Terjesen,  Ole 
Wainio,  John 

L.U.  NO.  316 
SAN  JOSE,  CA. 

Hoxsie,  John  D. 

L.U.  NO.  325 
PATERSON,  N.J. 
DeGraff,   Martin 
Roth,  Fred 
Smith,  Phillip 
VanOstenbridge,  Joseph 


L.U.  NO.  335 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MI. 

Butler,  William  B. 
Douma,  James 
Kane,  Clare  G. 
Makela,  Tone  a 
Sump,  Martin  M. 

L.U.  NO.  337 
WARREN,  MI. 

Baker,  John 
Jensen,  Frank 
O'Malley,  John 

L.U.  NO.  359 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Henry,  Matthew  J. 
Kramer,  Wm.  E. 
Kraussman,  Albert 
Plutte,  Heinz  G. 
Schoeck,  Ernes 

L.U.  NO.  361 
DULUTH,  MN. 

Aunan,  Norman  F. 
Bredow,  Herman  F. 
Carlsen,  Haakon  A. 
Johnson,  Jorli  R. 
Laurila,  Arvid 
Nystrom,  Vern  A. 
Signell,  Reino 

L.U.  NO.  366 
BRONX,  N.Y. 

Andersons,  Arvids 
Arena,  Ralph 
Ciacco,  Angelo 
Momisar.  Sam 
Laskin,  Samuel 
Pace,  Walter 
Valvik,  Thomas 

L.U.  NO.  372 
LIMA,  OH. 

Van  Horn,  Raymond 

L.U.  NO.  403 
ALEXANDRIA,  LA. 

Jines,  James  J. 

L.U.  NO.  415 
CINCINNATI,  OH. 

Cox,  James 
Eggemeier,  Norbert 
May,  Lora  Hooten 

L.U.  NO.  416 
,  CHICAGO,  IL. 

Andrysiak,  Bernard 
Hansen,  Herman 
Pratscher,  Raymond  T. 

L.U.  NO.  422 

NEW  BRIGHTON,  PA. 

Conkle,  Lester  W. 
Coulter,  William  J. 

L.U.  NO.  425 
EL  PASO,  TX. 

Chastain,  Harold 
Harper,  J.  W.,  Jr. 

L.U.  NO.  433 
BELLEVILLE,  IL. 

Abendroth.  John  L. 
Beller,  Charles 
Schmidt,  Henry 

L.U.  NO.  455 
SOMERVILLE,  N.J. 

Mingle,  William 


28 


THE    CARPENTER 


L.U.  NO.  468 
LNWOOD,  N.Y. 

Keenan,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  483 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Akard,  J.  F. 
Bartosiewski,  E.  C. 
Bergantino,  Joseph 
Fegan,  Harry  Sr. 
Gercke,  Wm. 
Gmber,  Phillip  O. 
Hansen,  Myrl 
Johnson,  Thore 
Kalinowsky,  Otto 
Kelley.  W.  S. 
Lantz,  Steve  J. 
Logas,   Fred 
Nordquist,  John 
O'Hare,  John 
Richardson,  Max 
Rickett,  Leonard  R. 
Rhodes,  Clarence  C. 

L.U.  NO.  488 
BRONX,  N.Y. 

Gustofson,   Erick 
Hall,  John  H. 
Nelson,  Leonard 
Odell,  Eugene 
Zarrow,  Irving 

L.U.  NO.  494 
WINDSOR,  ONT.,  CAN. 

Littleproud,   Fred 
Samborski,  Joseph 
Spadotto,  Sam 
Toffoli,  A, 

L,L,  NO.  517 
PORTLAND,   ME. 

Bodman,  Walter  C. 
Burgess,  Norman  E. 
Lindley,  Andrew 

L.U.  NO.  522 
DURHAM,  N.C. 

Canady,  Benjamin  Cyde 

L.U.  NO.  535 
NORWOOD,  MA. 

Amiro,  Isaac 

L.U.  NO.  583 
PORTLAND,  OR. 

Bjorklund,  Harold 
Bomstad,  Ted 
Brown,   Arthur 
Dupray,  Fred 
Freitag,  Henry 
Kemp,  Charles 
Martin,  Bert 
Mitchell,   Charles 
Larson,  Paul 
Saucerman,  William 

L.U.  NO.  595 
LYNTS,  MA. 

Francour.  Noel 
Gautheau,  Felice 

L.U.  NO.  621 
BREWER,  ME. 

Sawyer.  Albert  L. 

L.U  NO..  627 
JACKSONVILLE,  FL. 

Bellwood,  Ralph  O. 
Chancy,  Morris  D. 
Collins,  Curtis  H, 
Crawford,  Louie  H. 
Peterson.  Harry  E. 
Thompson,  David  H. 

L.U.  NO.  630 
NEENAH  & 
MENASHA,  WI. 

Christian,  John 

MAY,    19  77 


L.U.  NO.  633 
GRANITE  CITY,  IL. 

DeLaney,  Herndon 

L.U.  NO.  639 
AKRON,  OH. 

Brown,  Fred  Edgar 
Greene,  Anthony 
Love,  Thomas  A. 
.MefFert,  Clarance  S, 
RusseU,  L,  G. 

L.U.  NO.  710 
LONG  BEACH,  CA. 

Aepli,  John 
Anderson,  Lewis  V, 
Bates,  Ralph  W. 
Cole,  Neil  R. 
Conway,  James 
Evans,  Robert 
Firke,  Ralph  W. 
Francisco,  C.  M, 
Freeman,  Jewel  L. 
Heller,  Daniel  J, 
Henriksen,  Art  J. 
Huntley,  R.  N. 
Jacobson,  George  C. 
Jensen,  Harry  A. 
Martinez,  SUviano  Sr. 
Mastin.  Martin  L. 
Mickelson,  Jesse 
Morser,  Hal 
Schweizer,  Gil  G. 
White,  Charles  S. 
Winn,  W.  C. 

L.U.  NO.  742 
DECATLR,  IL. 

Parnell,  Claude 
Weiss,  Howard 

L.U.  NO.  743 
BAKERSFIELD,  CA. 

Chappell,  Roy  F. 
Everidge.  F.  W. 
Krumsiek,   Albert 
Murdock,  M.  V. 
Rankin,  Vance 
Webb,  W.  D. 

L.U.  NO.  747 
OSWEGO,  N.Y. 

Coates,  Ray 
Raby,  Charles 
Van  Wie,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  763 
ENID,  OK. 

Thorne,  Walter  A. 

L,U.  NO.  819 

W.  PALM  BEACH,  FL. 

Anstis,  E.  H. 
Beaumont,  Eli 
Callaway,  Laurence 
McClellan.  Walter 
Meerdink,  John  H. 

L.U.  NO.  844 
CANOGA  PARK,  CA. 

Adams.  William  Rex 
Boundy,  Clarence 
Hyder,  Ed 
Johnson,   Francis 
Lidstcr,   Merle 
Sherwood,  Jesse 
Teaguc,  John 
While,  Jatee 
Zoerb,  Jerry 

L.U.  NO.  948 
SIOUX  CITY,  lA. 

Adams,  Frederick  R. 
Hodges,  Rory  L. 
Porter,  Donald  D, 


L.U.  NO.  951 
BRAINERD,   \LN. 

Lewis,  Matt  E. 

L.U.  NO.  964 
NEW  CITY,  N.Y. 

Delo,  Walter 
Krumenaker,  Leon 
Littles,  William 
McGarrah,  George 
Munro,  William 
Pollack,  John 
Rannestad,  Ingolf 
Venere,  Nicholas 

L.U.  NO.  978 
SPRINGFIELD,  MO. 

Purdy,  C.  W. 
West,  Leonard 

L.U.  NO.  981 
PETALUNIA,  CA. 

Kelly.  James  E. 
Richards,  Harold  D. 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  MI. 

Dittmer,  Arthur 
Hewitt,  Gerald 
Mitchell,  Thomas 

L.U.  NO.  1042 
PLATTSBURGH,  N.Y. 

Conway,  Alfred 
Cote,  Frank 
Cuthbert,   Edmund 
Guyette,  Wilfred 

L.U.  NO.  1073 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Breitrose,   Herman 
Forman,  Fred 
Gordon,  Jacob 
Greenberg,  Benny 
Geller,  Ancel 
Linenberg,  Harry 
Raidman,   Morris 
Santos,   Manuel 
Wertz,  Ira 
Zapolanski,  Samuel 

L.U.  NO.  1089 
PHOENIX.  AZ. 

Belka.  W.  C. 
Dixon,  Neal  D, 
Henry,  John 
Leedham,  A.  E. 
Shalley,  Clarence  H. 
Rambo,  Gilbert  H. 
Duer,  John  H. 

L.U.  NO.  1098 
BATON  ROUGE,  LA. 

Scarborough,  Frank 

L.U.  NO.  1102 
WARREN,  MI. 

Bowden,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1138 
TOLEDO,  OH. 

Gillette.  Wilber 
Marlz,   Frank 
Melcalf,  Donald 
Roop,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  1142 
LAWRENCEBURG,  IN. 

Miller.  George  H. 

L.l'.  NO.  1149 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Carter,  Alfred 
Giesen.  Carl 
Rich,  Gordon 
Snyder,  R.  K. 
Tarabochia.  John 


L.U.  NO.  1212 

Truhe,  Vincent  A. 

COFFEYVILLE,  KN. 

Waldron,  Normel 

Rice.  George  H, 

L.U.  NO.  1478 

L.U.  NO.  1224 

REDONDO  BEACH,  CA. 

EMPORIA,  KN. 

Cerny,  George 

Heilman,   Edward 

Gibson,  Walter  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1266 

L.U.  NO.  1485 

AUSTLN,  TX. 

LAPORTE,  IN. 

Buck,  Albert  P, 

Pomranke,  Wayne 

L.U.  NO.  1300 

L.U.  NO.  1512 

SAN  DIEGO,  CA. 

BLOUNTSVILLE,  TN. 

Albers,  Claus 

Ellis,  Joe 

Colborn,  E.  James 

Hodges,  Conley  L. 

Hambric,  Robert 

Savin,  Michael 

L.U.  NO.  1519 

Stercho,  Walter 

IRONTON,  OH. 

Robinson.  Estill 

L.U.  NO.  1319 

ALBUQUERQUE,  N.M. 

L.U.  NO.  1527 

Beauchamp,  C.  C. 

WHEATON,  IL. 

Bushee,  Harold  R. 

Mack,  Emerald  V. 

Chavez,  Mike  T. 

Ginbey,  Wilbur  J, 

L.U.  NO.  1587 

North,  George 

HUTCHISON,  KN. 

L.U.  NO.  1337 

Herren,  W.  R, 

TUSCALOOSA,  AL. 

Allen,  A.  K. 

L.U.  NO.  1596 

Hamby,  C.  E. 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO.                                   ' 

Hodge,  Carson  E. 

Bader.  Albert 

Montgomery,  Thomas  A. 

Strickland,  Leland  L. 

L.U.  NO.  1598 

VICTORIA,  B.C.,  CAN. 

L.U.  NO.  1342 

Ward,  Terry 

BLOOMFIELD,  NJ. 

Colandrea.  Salvatore 

Kristen,  Arthur 

L.U.  NO.  1599 

Meyler,   Alexander 

REDDING,  CA. 

Purcell,  John 

Landis,  Cecil  A, 

L.U.  NO.  1353 

L.U.  NO.  1609 

SANTA  FE,  N.M. 

HIBBING,  MN. 

Albrecht.  William  F. 

LaDoux,   Ben 

Martinez,  James  R. 

NeiU,  R,  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1622 

L.U.  NO.  1382 

HAYWARD,  CA. 

ROCHESTER,  MN. 

Accornero,  Don 
Ayer,  H.  S. 

Day.   Michael 

McKnight.   Ben 
Murray,  LeRoy 

Bartee,  Irvin 
Buck,  John 

Rustan,  Harry 
Siem,  Elmer 

Bergman,  Gunnar  J, 
Buttcrficld.   Ray 

Woodward,   Stephan 
Wright,  Howard 

Capling.   Rov 
Clark,  Charles  L. 
Crook,  Russell 

L.U.  NO.  1396 

Davis,  Paul 

LAKEWOOD,  CO. 

DeAngelo.  Peter 

Shortridge,  Chester  C. 

Ferguson,  Hal 

Frelas,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1405 

Gallegos,  Joe  A, 

HALIFAX,  N.S. 

Gordon.  Wayne 

Bayers.  Sidney 

Gysbers,  Bernardus 

Smiih,  George 

Holyoake.  Robert 

Heald,  Lesley  L. 

L.l'.  NO.  1407 

McKechan,  Richard 

WILMINGTON,  CA. 

Pimental,  Lowrence  J. 

Ochoa,  Ladislao  Rolando 

Perry.  .Antony  J, 

L.U.  NO.  1426 
EL-iHIA,  OH. 

Tadych,  Albert 

Phillips,  Jesse 
Roe,  Beeler 
Round,  Percy 
Sauger,  Benito 

L.U.  NO.  1445 

Salih,  Kenneth 

TOPEKA,  KN. 

Trout,  L.  D. 

Adams,  Waller  S. 

Wilkerson,  George 

Bloomer,  Claude  A, 

Wimbcrley,  Louis 

Didicr,  Alphonse 

Windtberg,  Carl 

Hammer,   Phillip 

Miller,  Claude 

L.U.  NO.  1708 

Overman,  C.  R. 

Al'Bl'RN,  W.V. 

Packer,  Hcnn' 

German.  Richard  L. 

Prigmore,  F.  L. 

M.acNcil,   Ervin 

Purcell,  John  C. 

Nielson,  Elmer  M. 

Taylor,  R.  A. 

Schultz,  Merfon 

29 

IN  MEMORIAM 

Continued  from  page  29 


L.U.  NO.  1723 
COLUMBUS,  GA. 

Terry,  Luther 

L.U.  NO.  1764 
MARION,  VA. 

Branscome,  Charles 
Clark,  Walter 
Dahon,  William 
Harrison,  John 
Keesee,  Regnald 
Medley,  Everett 
Perkins,  Elmer 
Robinson,  Erivin 
Snyder,  Sara 
Taylor,  Robert,  Sr. 
Tibbs,  Theodore 
Widner,  Hobert 
Wyraer,  Lewis  R. 

L.U.  NO.  1772 
HICKSVILLE,  L.I.,  N.Y. 

Cianpanti,  G. 
De  Rosa,  F. 
Guastella,  J. 
Keith,  F. 
Reinhardt,  W. 
Tobiassen,  B. 
Worontsoff,  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1789 

S.  LAKE  TAHOE,  CA. 

Tayco,  Daniel 

L.U.  NO.  1822 
FORT  WORTH,  TX. 

Beavers,  Ernest  W. 
Bennett,  Ramon 
Brown,  B.  F. 
Carmichael,  Tom 
Curb,  W.  R. 
Jernigan,  James  G. 
Lewis,  T.  J. 
Loeffler,  Charles 
McDaniels,  Ramond 
Mitchell,  Jim  B. 
Moore,  O.  L. 

L.U.  NO.  1846 
NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Brekeen,  Q.  C. 
Dauzat,  Pavy  J. 
Lauff,  Jos.,  Sr. 
Speights,  Bruce 

L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WA. 

Clinebell,  Jerry  L. 
Reineke,  Fred  J. 
Sartain,  Daniel 

L.U.  NO.  1857 
PORTLAND,  OR. 

Calhoon,  Lyie 
Widen,  Ray 

L.U.  NO.  1884 
LUBBOCK,  TX. 

Edler,  Ralph  H. 

L..U  NO.  1889 
WESTMONT,  IL. 

Lang,  Harry  H. 
Rohr,  Fred 

L.U.  NO.  1906 
PHILADELPmA,  PA. 

Johnsen,  William  Sr. 


L.U.  NO.  1913 

VAN  NUYS,  CA. 
Ax,  William 
Backberg,  Herbert 
Bernard,  H.  J. 
Bethel,  John 
Darrow,  Charles 
Doran,  Wm.  J. 
Fainot,  Geo.  M. 
Fontanili,  Gino 
Goldon,  Allen 
Goldsberry,  H.  W. 
Haas,  Joe  H. 
Harris,  Dave  A. 
Harrison,  Everett 
Hilbrand,  Ed 
Holmes,  James  A. 
Jinks,  Edward 
Johnson,  Kendall  C. 
Kendall,  John 
Krause,  Adolph 
Ledbetter,  Dan 
McFarland,  J.  Loyd 
Mailey,  Wm.  H. 
MargoUn,  Martin 
O'Hara,  Henry  C. 
Pelster,  Louis  F. 
Peters,  Henry 
Roebuck,  Henry  S. 
Rosati,  Albert  F. 
Ryburn,  Ed 
Sartor,  A.  W. 
Seal.  Raymond 
Shafer,  Glen  W. 
Spencer,  Neal 


Thaemert,  Allen 
Townsend,  Charles 
Weyen,  Charles  E. 
White,  Albert 
Woods,  Albert 
Worby,  Cecil 

L.U.  NO.  1922 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Bailey,  Harry  J. 
Budaj,  Joseph 
Carlson,  Albert  W. 
Kelfkens,  Cornelius 
Malinauskas,  R. 
Matanyi,  John 
Mierke,  Edward  E. 
Nafshun,  Louis 
Osvald,  John 
Street,  Raymond  P. 
Wrobel,  Felix  B. 

L.U.  NO.  1961 
ROSEBURG,  OR. 

Morey,  Leroy 
Niemela,  Walter 

L.U.  NO.  1971 
TEMPLE,  TX. 

Stubblefield,  William  J. 

L.U.  NO.  2073 
MILWAUKEE,  WI. 

Beitzel,  Hilbert 
Hansen,  Ernest 
Kwasniewski,  Joe 
Rozumialski,  Joe 
Schade,  William 
Talsky,  Max 

L.U.  NO.  2114 
NAPA,  CA. 

Trotter,  Jess  T. 


L.U.  NO.  2203 
ANAHEIM,  CA. 

Carnes,  C.  B. 
Hokenson,  H.  B. 
King,  Richard 
Parker,  Albert  J. 
Sanbury,  J.  W. 
Schmidt,  Raymond 

L.U.  NO.  2235 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Hinzman,  James  R. 


L.U.  NO.  2236 
BRONX,  N.Y. 

Brant,  Louis 
Casarana,  Charles 
Hentila,  John 
Laisi,  Hugo 
Laukkala,  Eino 
Mikkola,  Arvo 
Nasman,  Evert 
Olsen,  Alfred 
Tapio,  Matti 


L.U.  NO.  2250 
RED  BANK,  NJ. 

Ehmann,  Joseph 
Huber,  Charles  H. 
Robinson,  Grant  E. 
Thiercelin,  Lewie 
Tomlinson,  Charles  F. 
White,  Orvin  L. 

L.U.  NO.  2267 
SUSSEX,  N.B.,  CAN. 

Chapman,  Charles  D. 


L.U.  NO.  2274 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Blubaugh,  Curtis  R. 
Elwood,  Clarence 


L.U.  NO.  2308 
FULLERTON,  CA. 

Hudson,  Evin  I.,  Sr. 
Matthews,  Wm.  C. 


L.U.  NO.  2311 
FORRESTVILLE,  MD. 

Smith,  John  J. 


L.U.  NO.  2396 
SEATTLE,  WA. 

Andenes,  John 
Butler,  Walter  E. 
Cavelero,  William 
Detrick,  C.  P. 
Erickson,  Phillip  A. 
Hammer,  Algol  W. 
Jutte,  Adrian 
Martin,  Donald 
Parsons,  Wilbert  E. 
Pedersen,  Herman  O. 
Petersen,  Ole  P. 
Skage,  Andrew  P. 
Swanson,  E.  A. 


L.U.  NO.  2398 
EL  CAJON,  CA. 

Harris,  Charlie  E. 
Heth,  Raymond  S. 
Wehlage,  Roy  J. 


"TOUGH"  TOOL  BAGS 


•  12  POCKET  EFFICIENCY  APRON— Used  by  carpenters, 
drywall  hangers,  lathers  and  others.  Gives  free  leg  action 
for  climbing,  bending,  and  kneeling.  Has  2  flare  pockets, 
2  wide  hammer  loops,  2  small  tool  pockets,  2  pencil 
sheaths,  4  nail-set  or  punch  slots,  center  tape  rule  pocket, 
and  sheath  for  a  square.  Pockets  are  double-stitched  for 
long  wear,  riveted  and  sewed  to  bags.  Apron  hand-made  of 
tough,   durable   moccasin   cowhide    07  128  H8   ....$23.50 


•  DELUXE  NAIL  BAG— Has  10" 
flared  pocket,  4"  x  6"  pouched 
pocket,  two  nail  set  slots,  all 
leather-bound;  also  3"  x  5"  tool 
pocket  and  hammer  loop.  Bag  is 
moccasin  leather,  saddle  stitched 
and  riveted. 
Right  Side  Hammer  Loop 

09-455  H8.  .$10.70 


GOLDBLATT  TOOL  CO.  514-E  Osage,     Kansas  City,  Kansas 
PLEASE  SEND  ME  POSTPAID  THE  BAGS  IN  QUANTITIES  I  HAVE  MARKED: 


66110 


09   128   H8@ $23.50  each 

KANSAS  Residents  add  35%  Sales  Tax 


SEND 

ME 


09  445   H8  @  $10.70  each 

KANSAS  Residents  add  3.5% 
Sales  Tax 


Name 


YOUR   FREE 
CATALOG 


Address 


A  Bliss  &  Laughlin  Industry 


City  &  State 


Zip 


30 


THE    CARPENTER 


SANDER/GRINDERS 


Black  and  Decker  has  announced  an 
expansion  of  its  sander/grinder  line  with 
the  introduction  of  two  heavy-duty 
"Wildcat"   angle   sander/grinders. 

Both  "Wildcat"  units — Models  4075 
and  4076 — are  powered  by  2,500  watt, 
15  amp  motors. 

The  5,000  rpm  No.  4075  "Wildcat" 
has  a  depressed  center  wheel  capacity 
of  7-9".  The  6,000  rpm  No.  4076  "Wild- 
cat" has  a  wheel  capacity  of  7". 

The  new  "Wildcats",  as  well  as  the 
complete  line  of  Black  &  Decker  sander/ 
grinders   are   available   from   distributors 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Belsaw   Locksmith    15 

Belsaw  Planer  15 

Belsaw  Sharp-All   13 

Borden   Inc/Chemical 

Division-Elmer's    Back  Cover 

Chicago  Technical  College   21 

Craftsman  Book  Company   26 

Eliason  Stair  Gauge  Company  ...    1} 

Estwing   Mfg.  Co 22 

Foley   Mfg.   Co 21 

Full   Length   Roof  Framer   15 

Goldblatl  Tool  Company  iO 

Hydrolevel    31 

Irwin  Auger  Bit  Company   15 

K.edman  Company   31 

Vaughan  &  Bushnell   ....  Back  Cover 


handling    Black    &    Decker    heavy-duty 

power  tools. 

Black  &  Decker  is  also  offering  one- 
year  free  maintenance  on  both  "Wildcat" 
units,  and  will  make  any  and  all  neces- 
sary repairs  free  of  charge  for  one  year 
from  date  of  purchase  at  any  authorized 
Black  &  Decker  service  center. 

TOOL-USE    BOOKLET 

The  Hand  Tools  Institute  is  offering  a 
43-page  booklet  called  the  "Proper  Uses 
and  Common  Abuses  of  Screwdrivers, 
Snips.  Vises,  Clamps  and  Tool  Boxes" 
describing  both  common  and  specialized 
types  of  tools,  their  intended  uses,  cau- 
tions against  misuse  and  when  a  tool 
should  be  repaired  or  replaced.  Two  car- 
toon characters  are  included  in  the  many 
line  drawings  to  graphically  emphasize 
the  Do's  and  Donfs  of  tool  use  and 
tool  box  use.  The  practices  and  proce- 
dures suggested  represent  the  consensus 
of  leading  hand  tool  manufacturers  of 
this  country  and  Canada  and  constitute 
a  safety  document  endorsed  by  the  Hand 
Tool  Institute.  The  booklet  is  designed 
for  the  novice  as  well  as  professional 
tool  users  and  is  excellent  for  classroom 
instruction  or  workshop. 

Copies  available  50  cents  each  from 
the  Hand  Tools  Institute,  331  Madison 
.Avenue,  New  York,  New  York  10017. 

SMOKE    DETECTOR    TIPS 

A  new  publication  from  the  Commerce 
Department's  National  Bureau  of  Stand- 
ards will  be  helpful  to  homeowners  who 
are  thinking  about  purchasing  smoke 
detectors. 

Title  "Smoke  Detectors  .  .  .  What  They 
Are  And  How  They  Work,"  this  free 
pamphlet  answers  most  commonly  asked 
questions  about  selection  and  placement 
of  smoke  detectors  in  the  home. 

Single  copies  of  the  new  pamphlet  are 
available  by  writing  to  "Detectors,"  Con- 
sumer Information  Center,  Pueblo,  Colo- 
rado 81009. 

MOULDING      LEAFLET 

To  complete  any  remodeling  project 
the  last  step  is  to  apply  wood  mouldings 
around  floors,  doors,  and  windows.  In 
a  six-page  descriptive  brochure.  "How 
To  With  Pretinished  Wood  Mouldings", 
a  carpenter  can  sec  various  patterns,  tools 
required,  and  explanations  on  how  to 
properly  and  simply  install  the  finishing 
touch.  The  job  will  be  completed  with 
case  when  using  prefinished  wood  mould- 
ings. "How  To  With  Prelinished  Wood 
Mouldings"  is  available  by  sending  15i. 
to  cover  postage,  to  Western  Wood 
Moulding  and  Millwork  Producers,  P.  O. 
Box  25278.  Portland.  Oregon.  97225. 


PLEASE  NOTE:  A  report  on  new  prod- 
ucts and  processes  on  this  page  in  no  way 
constitutes  an  endorsement  or  recom- 
mendation. All  performance  claims  are 
based  on  statements  by  the  manufacturer. 


Use  Quick-Wedge  to 
hang  a  door,  install  a 
striker  plate,  fasten  a 
bracket,  position  a  shelf 


They 

do  all  that 
ordinary 
screwdrivers 
do. 

PLUS 

they  hold  and 
start  the  screw 


HUmiUEDCi 


17  sizes 


Screw-tiolding  screwdrivers 
Unconditionally  guaranteed. 
BUY  A  SET  TODAY 

See  your  dealer  or  wriie  to: 
Kedman  Company,  P.O.  Box  25667, 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  84125 

©Copyright  1977 


LAYOUT  LEVEL 

•  ACCURATE  TO  1/32' 

•  REACHES  100  FT. 

•  ONE-MAN  OPERATION 

Sove  Time,  Monty,  do  a  Seller  Job 
With  This  Modem  Water  Level 

In  just  a  few  minutes  you  acojrately  set  batten 
for  slabs  and  footings,  lay  out  inside  floors, 
ceilings,  forms,  fixtures,  and  check  foundations 
for  remodeling. 

HYDROLEVEL* 

...  the  old  reliable  water 
level  with  modem  features.  Toolbox  size. 
Durable  7'  container  with  exclusive  reser- 
voir, keeps  level  filled  and  ready/  50  ft. 
clear  tough  S/IO"  tube  gives  you  100  fL  of 
leveling  in  each  set-up,  with 
1/32"  accuracy  and  fast  one- 
man  operation — outside,  in- 
■  ide,  around  corners,  over 
obstructions.  Anywhere  you 
can  climb  or  crawll 

Why  waste  money  on  delicate  w**'' 
instrumenta,  or  lose  time  and  ac- 
curacy on  makeahift  IcvelinR?  Since  1950 
thouKands  of  catpentcrs,  buildcra,  inside  trades, 
etc.  have  found  that  HYDROLEVEL  pays  for 
itself  quickly. 

Send  check  or  money  order  for  $14:95  and 
your  name  and  nddrcAs.  Wc  will  ruih  you  a 
Hydrolevel  by  return  mall  postpaid.  Or  — bay 
three  Hydrolovcls  at  $9.95  each,  postpaid.  Sell 
two  for  $14.95  each  and  have  yours  frecl  No 
C.O.D,  Satisfaction  fruaranteed  or  money  hack. 

FIRST  IN  WATER   LEVEL  DESIGN   SINCE   1950 

HYDROLEVEL* 

r.O.  (.<  O  Goon  Springi,  Mia.  ]VS«4 


MAY,    19  7  7 


31 


IN  CONCLUSION 


It's  Time  to  Prescribe  Treatment 
For  America's  Health-Care  Ills 


In  this  period  of  rising  prices,  increased  housing 
costs,  and  general  inflation,  no  bills  facing  the 
average  consumer  are  more  frightening  than  the 
doctor  bills,  dental  bills,  and  hospital  tally  sheets 
served  up  every  day  of  the  year  to  millions  of 
American  citizens. 

Even  with  the  protections  afforded  many  Amer- 
icans by  group  health  plans,  the  often-unexpected 
"extras"  added  to  the  bills  leave  most  of  us,  at 
least  temporarily,  destitute. 

There  are  millions  of  our  fellow  Americans  who 
don't  even  have  these  group  medical  and  hospital- 
ization protections,  including  many  skilled  build- 
ing and  construction  tradesmen,  members  of  our 
International  Union,  now  out  of  jobs. 

A  national  health  plan  is  one  of  the  most  press- 
ing needs  facing  America  today.  It  is  a  need  which 
President  Jimmy  Carter  recognizes  .  .  .  one  which 
he  promised  to  act  upon,  when  elected. 

We  urge  him  to  make  concrete  proposals  to 
Congress,  as  soon  as  possible,  which  will  curb  ex- 
cessive health  care  costs  now.  In  addition,  we  urge 
him  to  layout  specific  proposals  for  universal 
health  care  which  will,  once  and  for  all,  put  an 
end  to  the  quarter-century  struggle  among  medi- 
cal organizations,  private  medical  plans  and  the 
public  on  this  vital  issue. 

President  Carter  has  stated  that  he  will  propose 
the  first  step  toward  a  national  health  insurance 
program  before  the  end  of  1977,  and  he  has 
promised  to  set  up  government  machinery  which 
will  curb  runaway  hospital  costs. 

Even  as  we  await  developments,  however,  costs 
continue  to  rise.  The  United  States  spent  $139 
billion  for  health  care  in  fiscal  1976 — almost  $638 
for  every  man,  woman,  and  child  in  the  country. 
This  was  a  14%  increase  over  the  previous  year, 
and  it  means  that  the  United  States  is  spending 
8.6%  of  its  Gross  National  Product  on  health 
care,  more  than  any  country  in  the  world. 

Our  Canadian  members  are  more  fortunate. 
Canada  spends  only  7.2%  of  its  GNP  on  health. 
Canada  has  a  national  health  insurance  program, 
administered  by  the  government,  which  covers 
everyone  for  unlimited  benefits  without  deductibles. 

We  must  also  consider  these  additional  com- 
parisons with  Canada:  It  costs  Canada  only  2.3% 


of  its  total  outlay  for  health  benefits  to  administer 
its  program,  while  U.S.  consumers  are  bearing  ad- 
ministrative costs  of  14%  of  total  private  health 
insurance  plan  expenditures. 

Even  the  future  looks  bleak,  as  things  now  stand. 
The  Congressional  Budget  Office  in  Washington 
estimates  that  personal  health  care  costs  will  rise 
to  more  than  $250  billion  by  1981. 

Unfortunately,  all  national  health  insurance 
proposals  before  Congress,  except  one,  would 
push  health  care  costs  even  higher.  Only  the  pro- 
posed Health  Security  Act,  which  labor  supports, 
would  place  a  ceiling  on  national  health  ex- 
penditures. 

At  its  mid-winter  meeting  the  AFL-CIO  Execu- 
tive Council  stated  that  steps  should  be  taken  now 
to  hold  down  health  care  costs,  including  not  just 
hospital  charges  but  also  doctor  bills.  The  Council 
urged  that  enactment  of  a  national  health  insur- 
ance plan  not  be  postponed  until  such  health  care 
costs  are  brought  down. 

The  Council  reminded  the  Carter  Administra- 
tion that  hospital  workers  are  now  low  paid  and 
that  any  health  care  plan  should  not  be  to  the 
detriment  of  such  workers. 

"During  consideration  of  the  Administration's 
hospital  cost  containment  program,  we  intend  to 
make  sure  that  there  is  sufficient  recognition  of  the 
urgent  need  to  raise  the  wages  of  low-paid  hospital 
workers.  Health  care  costs  containment  should  not 
be  used  as  an  excuse  to  hold  down  wages  of  hos- 
pital employees  who  have  been  among  the  lowest 
paid  and  most  exploited  American  workers.  Gov- 
ernment surveys  have  shown  that  long  deserved 
wage  increases  of  low-paid  hospital  workers  and 
their  hard-won  coverage  under  the  minimum  wage 
law  have  not  been  a  major  factor  in  hospital  cost 
increases. 

"Only  fundamental  transformation  of  the  pres- 
ent fragmented  health  care  system  will  hold  back 
health  care  inflation  for  more  than  a  temporary 
period.  The  current  system  of  financing  health 
care  cannot  and  will  not  effectively  control  costs 
because  the  system  is  faulty. 

"Health  Security  would  limit  health  care  infla- 
tion, resulting  in  significant  future  savings,  by 
establishing  overall  budgets  for  physician  services, 


32 


THE    CARPENTER 


hospital  payments  and  other  health  care  costs. 
Quality  controls  and  the  fact  that  a  single  agency 
would  make  all  payments  would  provide  the  finan- 
cial leverage  necessary  to  control  costs." 

In  a  nation  as  progressive  as  the  United  States 
there  is  no  reason  why  quality  health  care  cannot 
be  considered  a  citizen's  right  .  .  .  like  postal  serv- 
ice, police  protection,  and  fire  protection.  It  is  high 
time  that  health  care  is  made  available  to  the  low- 
liest among  us  as  well  as  to  the  wealthy — without 
a  means  test,  or  heavy  deductibles,  and  the  like. 

These  are  some  of  the  other  factors  which  must 
be  considered,  if  we  are  to  relieve  the  situation: 

•  There  is  a  need  for  careful  and  effective  con- 
trols on  health  care  costs  and  disbursements  to 
avoid  fraud  and  needless  expense.  The  Associated 
Press  news  service  made  a  three-month  study  a 
little  more  than  a  year  ago  and  found  that  Amer- 
icans can  save  millions  of  dollars  a  year  if  the  two 
largest  insurance  carriers.  Blue  Cross  and  Blue 
Shield,  change  some  of  their  pohcies  regarding 
health  care  payments  and  impose  strict  cost  con- 
trols on  hospitals.  The  situation  is  such  today  that 
many  hospitals  would  cease  operations  if  they  did 
not  have  the  steady  revenue  coming  from  prepaid 
health  plans.  In  such  situations,  private  health  and 
hospitalization  plans  can  and  should  demand  that 
costs  be  kept  in  line,  but  often  they  will  not  do  so. 

Under  National  Health  Security,  strong  cost 
controls  would  be  placed  on  hospitals  and  other 
medical  institutions.  These  controls  would  be  ad- 
ministered through  the  Social  Security  System  and 
not  by  private  carriers,  which  are  often  dominated 
by  the  medical  profession. 

•  There  is  a  need  for  reform  of  the  whole  health- 
care delivery  system.  There  are  areas  of  North 
America  where  the  numbers  of  doctors,  dentists, 
and  hospitals  are  sufficient  but  there  are  many, 
many  other  areas  where  there  are  almost  no  health 
facilities  at  all.  Some  wealthy  municipalities  are 
overstocked  in  hospital  beds,  while  others  face 
shortages.  Too  often  hospital  and  clinic  facilities 
have  been  created  for  political  patronage  instead 
of  actual  need. 

A  health  economist  at  Stanford  University,  Dr. 
Victor  Fuchs,  stated  recently  that  there  is  no  rea- 
son to  believe  that  the  major  health  problems  of 
the  average  American  would  be  significantly 
alleviated  by  increases  in  the  number  of  hospitals 
and  physicians.  Dr.  Fuchs  advocates  a  five-year 
moratorium  on  additional  hospital  beds,  accom- 
panied by  an  expansion  of  home  and  ambulatory 
care  programs.  He  believes  that  "the  elimination 
of  unnecessary  surgery,  hospital  admissions,  tests, 
prescriptions,  and  the  like  is  the  surest,  swiftest, 
and  safest  way  of  stopping  the  runaway  inflation 
of  health  care  costs.' 


Other  experts  would  disagree.  The  problems  of 
health  care  are  complex  and  cannot  be  settled  in 
a  few  months,  but  a  start  must  be  made  to  make 
inexpensive  health  care  available  to  all. 

•  There  is  a  need  for  strong  consumer  represen- 
tation at  all  levels  of  the  health-care  industry.  A 
national  health  insurance  plan  which  involves  all 
Americans,  rich  or  poor,  all  age  groups,  all  races, 
etc.  would  have  considerable  value  in  bringing 
health  care  to  all  citizens,  regardless  of  ability  to 
pay- 
Low  and  middle-income  Americans  have  dis- 
covered, too  often,  that  they  have  no  voice  in  the 
establishment  of  hospital  and  clinic  services  and  in 
the  operation  or  major  inoculation  programs. 

•  There  is  also  a  need  for  more  effective  cost 
regulation  of  the  pharmaceutical  industry.  In  recent 
years  there  has  been  some  progress  in  exposing  to 
public  view  the  witch-doctor  hocus-pocus  of  pre- 
scriptions by  listing  drugs  in  generic  terms.  Much 
more  must  be  done  in  this  area,  however. 

The  purpose  of  the  proposed  Health  Security 
program,  which  we  support  is  to  establish  a  broad 
system  for  health  care  in  the  United  States,  not 
just  set  up  a  method  of  paying  bills  for  doctors, 
hospitals,  and  other  health  services. 

This  is  what  is  needed  if  we  are  to  overcome  the 
age-old  problems  of  health  care  in  America. 


"Making  cabinets  (or  my  clocks  is  a  lot 
easier  now  Maybe  its  tne  new  Elmers 

^Carpenter's  W)ocl  Glue." 

Edward  J.  Cooper,  Clockmaker 

"Elmer's"  Carpenter's  Wood  Glue  grabs  instantly,  that's  why 
it's  a  lot  easier  for  me  to  make  my  clocks  now  than  it's  been  for 
the  past  twenty  years. 

I've  used  just  about  every  kind  of  wood  you  could  think  of. 
Walnut.  Cherry.  Maple.  Birch.  Even  Butternut.  But  ■ 

sometimes  when  I  glue  two  pieces  of  wood  together, 
1  still  don't  get  them  exactly  even.  Carpenter's  Wood 
Glue  lets  me  realign.  And  that's  easier  for  me,  too. 

In  other  words,  thank  goodness  for  Carpenter's 
Wood  Glue.  It  has  everything  anybody  could  ever 
need  from  a  glue.  It's  superstrong.  It  seems  to 
penetrate  far  deeper.  And  it  cleans  up  with  plain 
warm  water  while  it's  still  wet. 

It  glues  up  wood  like  nothing  I've 
ever  used  before!" 


m^ 


V    tnOFESSONAL 

mrmm 

WNIfitJE 


Elmers.  When  results  count. 


Borden 


SAFE!  NO  HARMFUL  RMQ- 
NETBFLCe  ^ 


VAUGHAWi 


VAUGHAN 


There's  no  better 

way  to  drive 

a  nail! 


Make  safety  a  habit! 

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VOLUME  XCVII  NO.   6  JUNE,   1977 

UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF  CARPENTERS   AND  JOINERS   OF  AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 

IN    THIS    ISSUE 


NEWS  AND   FEATURES 

Will  Congress  Let  This  Man  Supply  Us  with  Enough  Lumber?  2 

Preservationists  Barking  Up  Wrong  Tree  4 


Carpenters  Take  Their  Case  to  Capitol  Hill 

Unemployment,  Housing  Related  Issues 

Croft  Metals  Boycott  Continues  

HEW  Secretary  Asks  Immunization  Support 

Pile  Threader  Is  New  Tool  of  Piledrivers  

A  Union  Man  from  Head  to  Toe 


6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

16 


DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup  5 

Canadian  Report 1 2 

Local  Union  News  14 

In    Retrospect  R.   E.  Livingston  17 

Apprenticeship  and  Training   18 

Plane  Gossip   20 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood  21 

In  Memorlam  30 

What's  New?  31 

In  Conclusion  William   Sidell  32 


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COVER 


At  the  base  of  the  long,  tail-like 
Alaska  Peninsula,  where  the  Aleu- 
tian Range  swings  north  from  the 
islands  of  the  Bering  Sea  onto  the 
Alaskan  mainland,  about  300  miles 
southwest  of  Anchorage,  is  Katmai 
National  Monument,  a  true  fisher- 
man's paradise. 

In  the  cool  rapids  of  the  Brooks 
River  and  other  rushing  streams  of 
Katmai  are  some  of  the  hungriest, 
fightingest,  wild  rainbow  trout,  gray- 
ling, chum,  Sockeye  and  Coho  sal- 
mon in  North  America.  They're  all 
native,  "wild'"  fish  and  not  breeding 
stock,  we  are  told  by  the  National 
Park  Service. 

Fishermen  who  would  like  to  try 
their  luck  at  Katmai  National  Monu- 
ment must  fly  into  this  remote  area. 
There  are  no  access  roads,  and  this 
beautiful,  vigorous  part  of  our  49th 
state  is  only  open  to  visitors  during 
the  summer.  The  park  ranger  demon- 
strating his  casting  in  the  cover  pic- 
ture is  Jim  Luthy.  The  photograph  is 
by  Libhy  Joy. 

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WILL  CONGRESS  LET  THIS  MAN 

SUPPLY  US  WITH 

ENOUGH  LUMBER  TO  FINISH  MORE  HOUSES? 

Trees  are  renewable,  especially  redwoods,  when  properly  harvested. 
When  will  the  environmentalists  learn  this  simple  rule  of  nature? 


"Save  the  redwoods!"  is  the  emo- 
tional outcry. 

It  comes  from  dedicated  hikers, 
wilderness  backpackers,  and  picture- 
postcard  collectors  all  over  the  coun- 
try. 

Those  among  us  who  are  concerned 
with  the  endangered  species  among 
our  North  American  wildlife  find  our- 
selves caught  up  in  the  crusade.  We 
recall  the  famous  poem,  "Woodman, 
spare  that  tree!  Touch  not  a  single 
bough!  In  youth  it  sheltered  me,  and 
I'll  protect  it  now  .  .  ." 

Before  we  know  it.  we  are  fighting 
a  battle  for  those  fortunate  few  among 
us  who  can  travel  the  500  miles  along 
the  Northern  California  coast  and  ad- 
mire the  stately  redwoods  which  stand 
endlessly,  all  the  way  from  Crescent 
City  to  the  Muir  Woods  just  above 
San  Francisco. 


PICTURE  at  the  top  of  the  page:  Bob 
Hollinger,  a  member  of  Lumber  and 
Sawmill  Workers  Local  2592  at  work  on 
a  big  redwood  in  Louisiana-Pacific's  Big 
Lagoon  woods  operation  near  Samoa, 
California.  Photo  by  his  "falling  partner," 
Rudy  Keyes,   with  Hollinger's  camera. 


If  you"ve  ever  traveled  California 
101,  you  know  that  the  redwood  is  far 
from  extinction.  If  you've  been  to 
Sequoia  National  Park,  Redwoods  Na- 
tional Park,  and  the  many  state  parks 
in  Northern  California  where  the  larg- 
est of  the  redwoods  are  preserved,  you 
know,  too,  that  much  has  already  been 
done  to  preserve  the  forest  giants.  A 
total  of  181.000  acres— 283  square 
miles — of  redwood  forest  are  pre- 
served in  more  than  100  parks  and 
preserves. 

Save  the  redwoods,  indeed!  The  red- 
woods are  already  saved! 

How  about:  Save  the  Douglas  fir! 
Save  the  Eastern  cedar! 

This  whole  emotional  issue  was  be- 
fore Congress  in  the  1960's,  when 
preservationist  pressure  groups  cam- 
paigned for  a  Redwood  National  Park 
of  93,000  acres.  In  1968  Congress 
legislatively  took  28,000  acres  of  tim- 
berlands  owned  primarily  by  three 
timber  companies Areata,  Louisi- 
ana-Pacific, and  Simpson.  The  legis- 
lators anticipated  the  annexation  of 
30,000  additional  acres  of  redwoods 
from  three  adjacent  California  state 
parks. 


By  this  action.  Congress  deprived 
many  lumber  and  sawmill  workers  of 
the  West  Coast  of  a  large  proportion 
of  their  livelihood.  Fair  compensation 
was  promised;  retraining  of  displaced 
workers  was  promised;  family  assist- 
ance to  hardship  cases  was  promised; 
loans  to  adversely  afi'ected  local  busi- 
nesses were  promised. 

Increased  harvest  on  US  forest  land 
was  promised,  to  make  up  for  the 
timber  lost  to  the  park  area. 

Most  importantly.  Congress  prom- 
ised a  vigorous  replacement  industry. 
There  would  be  a  million  visitors  to 
the  park  by  1973.  All  of  this  would 
cost  $92  million. 

Nine  years  later,  not  a  single  prom- 
ise exacted  from  the  preservationist 
pressure  groups  and  their  spokesmen 
lias  been  kept.  More  than  15%  of 
the  people  who  depended  upon  the 
redwoods  for  their  livelihood  are  now 
unemployed. 

At  a  time  when  the  nation  needs 
lumber  for  commercial  construction 
and  housing,  and  the  harvesting  and 
conservation  practices  of  the  timber 
companies  would  have  permitted  us 
Continued  on  page  4 


THE    CARPENTER 


1.  To  prevent  damage  to  surrounding  trees,  a  Califurnja 
logger  sights  along  the  lines  of  Ids'  sight  gauge  before  making 
(he  final  cuts  in  a  big  redwood,  so  that  the  tree  wilt  full 
where  planned. 

2.  Long  experience  in  the  woods  tells  him  where  (u  place  tlit 
saw  and  what  angle  to  cut 

3.  Timbcrrr!  The  giant  tree  begins  its  disccnr.  Other  loggers 
have  cleared  away  underbrush,  und  a  bullHo/er  bts  prepared 
a  soft  bed. 

4.  The  big  tree  is  down  undaj^aged.  Now  comes  the  big  joh 
of  hauling  it  to  the  mill.  <  * 

5.  A  Lumber  Worker  "buck»;1bc  but  cut"  of  the  iRrst  20-foat 
section  to  go  to  the  mill. 

6.  Logs  in  a  mill  pond,  peeled  and  ready  to  become  lumber. 


HARVESTABLE  REDWOODS  AFTER  70  YEARS  OF  BURNINGS  AND  NEW  GROWTH 


Noyo  Ranch  on  the  California  Western  Railroad  of  Georgia- 
Pacific  Corp.  in  1905  shows  typical  early  efforts  to  convert 
redwood  forest  land  into  pasture.  Hills  in  background  were 
burned  repeatedly  in  futile  attempt  to  eradicate  redwood  growth. 
Ranchers  soon  learned  that  redwoods,  primarily  through 
sprouting,  continued  to  grow  back  and  dominate  the  land. 
Abandoned  early  pasture  land  is  now  overgrown  with  trees. 
(Georgia-Pacific  Corp.  Photo) 


■^^%.G*  ■  ■-!. 


Noyo  Ranch  on  the  California  Western  Railroad  of  Georgia- 
Pacific  Corp.  in  1975  shows  regrowth  of  redwood  forests.  Area 
was  repeatedly  burned  to  halt  natural  regeneration  and  convert 
land  to  pasture.  Concentrated  efforts  by  ranchers  for  75  years 
have  maintained  grazing  land  in  foreground.  Hills  in  back  were 
abandoned  in  early  1920's  and  natural  redwood  sprouting 
provided  regrowth.  Hills  were  selectively  cut  in  1965  with  40 
per  cent  of  timber  removed.  (Georgia-Pacific  Corp.  Photo) 


Would  You  Let  This  Man? 

Continued  from  page  2 

to  have  lumber  and  redwoods,  too, 
we  find  annual  timber  production 
dropping  more  than  9%  and  few  peo- 
ple actually  visiting  Redwood  National 
Park.  Redwood  is  not  only  the  most 
costly  park  in  American  history,  it  is 
also  more  than  twice  as  expensive  as 
all  other  national  parks  in  America 
combined.  The  authorized  cost  of  $92 
million  has  already  reached  $172  mil- 
lion, with  $110  million  more  pending 
in  court. 

In  this  year  1977,  there  is  no  mas- 
ter plan  for  the  park.  Congress  has 
not  allocated  adequate  funds  to  im- 
prove the  Park.  The  State  of  Califor- 
nia has  not  donated  its  three  adjacent 
parks. 

On  March  29,  this  year.  Secretary 
of  the  Interior  Cecil  Andrus,  on  behalf 
of  the  Carter  Administration,  re- 
quested that  the  three  timber  compa- 
nies operating  in  the  vicinity  of  Red- 
wood National  Park  voluntarily  submit 
to  a  180-day  moratorium  on  timber 
harvesting.  The  three  companies  re- 
fused. They  told  President  Carter  that 
the  Park  expansion  issue  has  loomed 
over  their  operations  for  almost  a  dec- 
ade, and  that  they  had  had  enough. 
They  wanted  to  get  on  with  the  busi- 
ness of  managing  their  forests,  re- 
planting, reseeding,  scientifically  cut- 
ting, and  they  want  the  risk  removed. 

They  said,  in  effect,  the  redwoods 
are  already  saved!  We  cannot  help  it 
if  redwoods  must  be  harvested  by  clear- 
Continued  on  page  9 


Preservationists  Barking  Up 
Wrong  Tree;  Thousands  of 
West  Coast  Members  Rally 
in  San  Francisco  and  D.C. 


With  3,000  jobs  in  jeopardy,  Cali- 
fornia labor  rallied  in  San  Francisco, 
last  April,  and  in  Washington,  D.C, 
last  month,  to  combat  attempts  by 
special  interest  groups  to  grab  pro- 
ductive redwood  timberland  and  turn 
it  into  more  wilderness  park,  acces- 
sible only  to  the  poets  who  like  to 
gaze  at  unbroken  vistas  and  to  back- 
packers who  dream  of  finding  Bigfoot 
and  other  natural  wonders. 

An  estimated  5,000  persons  crowded 
into,  and  around,  the  Humboldt 
County,  Calif.,  Courthouse,  April  13, 
to  hear  speeches  against  expansion  of 
Redwood  National  Park,  and  a  crowd 
marched  to  the  Municipal  Auditorium 
in  Eureka  to  hear  leaders  of  the 
Western  Council  of  Lumber  Produc- 
tion and  Industrial  Workers  and  pub- 
lic officials  denounce  the  land-grab 
attempt. 

A  cavalcade  of  logging  trucks  bear- 
ing Brotherhood  members  then  rum- 
bled south  to  San  Francisco  and  cir- 
cled the  Federal  Building  in  the  Civic 
Center,  where  park-expansion  support- 
ers and  detractors  crowded  into  a 
hearing    room,    and    California    Con- 


gressmen Phil  Burton  and  Don  Clausen 
and  Kansas  Congressman  Keith  Si- 
belius conducted  hearings  on  the  con- 
troversy. 

Brotherhood  members  in  hard  hats 
mingled  with  wild-eyed  doomsday 
worriers  as  the  House  Subcommittee 
on  National  Parks  sought  to  bring 
fact  out  of  fancy  and  chaos  out  of 
the  confusion. 

The  Congressmen  flew  by  helicop- 
ter over  the  redwoods  area  and  talked 
to  workers,  plant  managers,  conser- 
vationists, foresters,  and  others  to  ob- 
tain a  consensus. 

As  the  June  Carpenter  goes  to 
press,  about  200  West  Coast  Brother- 
hood members  are  planning  to  arrive 
in  the  nation's  capital,  May  23,  along 
with  at  least  15  logging  trucks,  tp 
demonstrate  their  concern  about  the 
proposed  legislation. 

Congress  is  now  conducting  hear- 
ings on  the  matter,  and  Brotherhood 
Legislative  Director  and  General 
Treasurer  Charles  Nichols  and  West- 
em  Council  leaders  are  presenting 
the  Brotherhood  position  to  the  legisla- 
tors. The  battle  may  take  all  summer. 


See  pictures  on  Page  9 


THE    CARPENTER 


HE1MGT0IM   ROUNDUP 


STRONGER  STIMULUS  URGED — Unless  there  is  more  economic  stimulus  than  the  Carter 
Administration  is  pushing  for,  another  round  of  "stagflation"  may  well  develop  in  the 
months  ahead,  AFL-CIO  Research  Director  Rudy  Oswald  warned  recently. 

The  pace  of  economic  pick-up  is  not  fast  enough  to  make  a  real  dent  in  unem- 
ployment or  take  up  the  slack  in  idle  plant  capacity,  Oswald  said  in  the  radio 
interview  Labor  News  Conference.  He  pointed  out  that  with  the  real  unemployment  rate 
hanging  at  10  percent,  "the  worst  picture  since  World  War  II,"  there  has  been  no 
"big  improvement  over  the  bad  recession  of  the  past  two  years." 

ABOLISH  WAGE-PRICE  COUNCIL — The  Council  on  Wage  &  Price  Stability,  once  touted  as 
an  anti-inflation  watchdog,  is  "worse  than  useless"  and  should  be  abolished,  the 
AFL-CIO  has  stated. 

AFL-CIO  Legislative  Director  Andrew  J.  Biemiller  urged  Congress  to  reject  the 
Administration's  proposal  for  a  two-year  extension  and  instead  let  the  council  go 
out  of  existence  at  the  end  of  September. 

The  council  is  powerless  against  "real  inflationary  forces,"  Biemiller  testi- 
fied before  a  House  Banking  subcommittee.  Thus,  "it  cannot  affect  coffee  prices,  or 
world  oil  prices,  or  even  the  price  of  domestic  orange  juice." 

FOOD  STAMPS  CALLED  VITAL — The  nutrition  and  health  of  17  million  Americans  and 
the  jobs  of  thousands  of  workers  in  the  food  industry  hinge  on  renewal  of  the  food 
stamp  program  now  due  to  expire  Sept.  30,  Legislative  Rep.  Arnold  Mayer  of  the 
Meat  Cutters  said  on  Labor  News  Conference. 

Mayer  praised  President  Carter's  strong  support  of  the  food  stamp  program  and 
his  move  to  restore  the  deep  budget  slashes  proposed  by  former  President  Ford,  which 
would  have  "chopped  off  a  third  or  more  of  the  food  stamp  beneficiaries." 

2.5  MILLION  HOUSING  UNITS  NEEDED — The  nation  should  be  building  nearly  2.5  million 
new  housing  units  each  year  through  1985  to  provide  for  the  ever-increasing  needs  of 
the  American  people,  according  to  the  AFL-CIO. 

Henry  B.  Schechter,  director  of  the  AFL-CIO  Urban  Affairs  Department,  told  the 
House  subcommittee  on  housing  and  community  development  that  in  the  past  three 
years  the  nation  has  fallen  behind  by  2.3  million  housing  units. 

He  said  labor's  estimate  of  the  need  for  2.45  million  new  units  annually  through 
1985  does  not  include  replacement  of  about  3.5  million  occupied  but  substandard 
existing  units. 

'DISEASED'  SUBSCRIBER — When  a  copy  of  the  Bakery  and  Confectionery  Workers  News  was 
returned  to  Editor  Al  Herling's  office  marked  "diseased,"  Herling  grinned  and  out  of 
curiosity  decided  to  check  on  it. 

Herling,  who  is  president  of  the  International  Labor  Press  Association,  at  first 
figured  the  letter  carrier  had  meant  "deceased."  When  he  checked  the  files,  he 
discovered  the  brother  to  whom  the  paper  was  addressed  was  very  much  alive  and  liv- 
ing at  the  same  address  as  always. 

Herling  checked  further.  The  letter  carrier  was  right.  The  brother  had  a  "quar- 
antined" sign  on  his  house  and  was  truly  "diseased." 

lUNE,  1977  S 


I 


Carpenters 
and  other 
Building 
^/^  Tradesmen 
fl^  take  their  ease 
to  Capitol  Hill 


TOP  LEFT:  Bob  Georgine,  president  of  the  AFL-CIO 
Building  and  Construction  Trades  Department,  leads  oflf  a 
small  group  of  speakers  who  spoke  to  Congressmen  and 
the  press  on  the  steps  of  the  Capitol. 

ABOVE:  The  stage  of  the  Washington  Hilton  Hotel,  as 
Building  Trades  leaders.  Congressmen,  and  Members  of  the 
Carter  Cabinet,  talked  about  unemployment,  energy,  and 
other  matters  of  national  concern. 

LEFT:  First  General  Vice  President  William  Konyha 
testifying  before  the  Senate  Banking,  Housing,  and  Urban 
Affairs  Committee,  with  Senator  William  Proxmire  presiding. 
To  Konyha's  left  is  the  Brotherhood's  Legislative  Director 
and  General  Treasurer  Charles  Nichols. 


THE    CARPENTER 


More  than  2,000  "fighting  mad" 
Building  and  Construction  Tradesmen 
descended  on  Washington,  D.C.,  for 
three  days  in  April,  delivering  in  per- 
son to  Congressmen  and  Senators 
their  pleas  for  more  work  for  their 
fellow  trade  unionists  and  for  equal 
treatment  in  picketing  and  NLRB 
decision-making. 

"We  must  turn  the  situation  around," 
Building  Trades  President  Robert 
Georgine  told  delegates  to  the  1977 
Building  Trades  Legislative  Confer- 
ence. He  deplored  the  defeat  of  the 
common-site  picketing  bill  early  in 
the  current  session  of  the  Congress, 
but  he  expressed  determination  to  ob- 
tain passage  of  the  rest  of  BCTD's 
legislative  program  this  year. 

■"We  must  be  vocal.  We  must  be 
vigilant.  We  know  what  is  at  stake," 
Georgine  continued.  "Whatever  the 
issues,  we  are  going  to  get  tough  and 
stay  tough." 

Not  only  has  defeat  of  the  site- 
picketing  bill  strengthened  the  re- 
solve of  BCTD's  17  alfiliated  unions 
in  pending  legislative  battles,  but  it 
has  also  made  them  more  determined 
than  ever  to  keep  close  tabs  on  their 
congressional  friends  and  foes,  Geor- 
gine said. 

"We  lost  because  some  congress- 
men are  for  us  on  Election  Day  and 
against  us  when  the  vote  comes  on  our 
issue.  We  are  not  going  to  lose  on 
the  next  issue  or  the  next."  he  vowed. 
"We  must  remind  certain  representa- 
tives and  other  elected  officials  that 
we  keep  a  "friends'  list.  Those  on  that 
list  can  expect  our  help.  Those  not 
on  the  list — forget  it." 

Whether  the  issue  is  energy,  water 
projects,  minimum  wage,  the  Admin- 
istration's policy  on  trade,  or  repeal 
of  Section  14(bj  of  the  Taft-Hartley 
Act  and  labor-law  reform,  Georgine 
said,  unionized  building  tradesmen 
from  now  on  must  demand  that  those 
they  helped  help  them. 

The  biggest  single  issue  confronting 
BCTD  affiliates  remains  unemploy- 
ment, Georgine  said.  Jobs  are  desper- 
ately needed  in  an  industry  that  is  in 
a  state  of  near-disaster,  he  said. 

■"The  Labor  Dept.  figured  our  un- 
employment last  month  at  14.2  per- 
cent. Our  estimates  run  over  20  per- 
cent. Whatever  the  number,  our 
unemployment  is  more  than  twice  the 
national  average,  and  a  severe  prob- 
lem," Georgine  observed. 

""We  are  the  nation's  largest  indus- 
try. When  we  hurl,  the  nation  hurts, 
and  we  are  still  hurting  badly." 

AFL-CIO  President  George  Meany 
told   the  delegates   not   to  be   too  dis- 
continued on  page  1 1 


Unemployment,lnadequateHousingAre 
Related  Issues,  Konyha  Tells  Senators 


"We  seek  to  develop  cities  and 
towns  as  if  their  people  really  mat- 
tered," First  General  Vice  President 
William  Konyha  told  the  Senate 
Banking,  Housing,  and  Urban  Affairs 
Committee,  April  19,  in  testimony  on 
behalf  of  the  nation's  Building  Trades- 
men. ""The  key,  we  think,  is  govern- 
ment as  if  leadership  mattered." 

As  spokesman  on  housing  for  the 
2,100  delegates  to  the  1977  National 
Conference  of  the  17  Building  Trades 
affiliates  of  the  AFL-CIO,  Konyha 
emphasized  that  unemployment  and 
inadequate  housing  are  twin  problems 
— one  cannot  be  solved  without  the 
other.  '"The  first  and  most  important 
contribution  that  the  Federal  govern- 
ment can  make  to  the  recovery  of 
urban  areas  is  a  commitment  to  use 
monetary  and  fiscal  policies  to  stimu- 
late the  entire  economy  toward  full 
employment." 

The  Brotherhood  leader  listed  1 1 
actions  for  fiscal  1978  which  Congress 
and  the  Carter  Administration  can 
take  to  stimulate  housing  and  bring 
about  economic  recovery: 

1.  Provide  contract  and  budget 
authority  to  build  100.000  low- 
income  public  housing  units 
among  400,000  subsidized  rentals 
under  a  $1,232  million  increase 
ill  annual  payments  contract 
authority. 

2.  Provide  funding  authority  to  sup- 
port construction  of  50,000  units 
per  year  under  the  Section  236 
program  of  rental  housing  for 
low  and  moderate-income  fami- 
lies. 

3.  E.xtend  the  Section  312  program 
of  rehabilitation  loans  to  limited- 
income  housing  owners  at  an 
annual  level  of  $150  million. 

4.  E.xpand  and  fully  implement  both 
the  budget  and  the  .<:cope  of  the 
housing  counseling  assistance  pro- 
gram. 

5.  Return  the  effective  subsidized 
interest  rate  under  Section  235 
home  ownership  assistance  pro- 
gram to  the  originally  legislated 
level  of  one  percent. 

6.  Reject  the  Ford  proposal  to  make 
it  harder  to  implement  the  Sec- 
tion 202  program  of  direct  loans 
for  housing  for  the  elderly  and 
the  handicapped  by  including  such 
loans  in  the  budget. 

7.  Federal  assistance  slioiild  be  more 
heavily  concentrated  in  those 
areas  experiencing  the  most  seri- 
ous economic  problems.  Such 
areas  should  be  favored  in  loca- 
tion of  new  federal  facilities  and 
the  award  of  federal  contracts. 


8.  Funding  allocation  formulas  for 
federal  assistance  programs,  such 
as  community  development  block 
grants  and  general  revenue  shar- 
ing, need  to  be  revised  to  reflect 
the  economic  changes  that  have 
occurred  in  this  country  during 
the  last  10  years.  They  also  have 
to  provide  more  funds  for  the 
economic  revitalization  of  large 
older  cities. 

9.  The  Community  Development 
Block  Grant  Program  for  alloca- 
tion of  funds  should  be  changed 
by  the  Congress. 

(a)  To  permit  allocations  based 
on  the  proportion  of  housing 
units  in  a  community  built 
before  1940,  the  change  in 
community  population  relative 
to  the  change  in  national 
population  in  recent  years, 
and  persons  below  the  poverty 
level. 

fb)  Sufficient  authorization  should 
be  enacted  to  fund  the  pro- 
gram for  five  years  under  the 
recommended  modified  allo- 
cation formula  and  to  asstire 
that  the  annual  grants  going 
to  the  older  cities  will  be  at  a 
higher   level  than   heretofore. 

(c)  The  Department  of  Housing 
and  Urban  Development 
should  not  approve  program 
activities  at  the  local  level  un- 
less families  of  low  and  mod- 
erate-income will  be  the  prin- 
cipal beneficiaries. 

10.  The  Congress  should  also  estab- 
lish a  procedure  for  loan  or  loan 
guarantee  emergency  assistance 
for  cities  confronted  with  a  seri- 
ous fiscal  crisis.  This  could  be 
done  either  by  authorizing  a 
present  federal  financial  agency 
to  provide  such  assistance  or  by 
creating  a  new  entity  to  render 
financial  assistance  on  such  terms 
that  the  city  would  have  time  to 
put  its  fiscal  house  in  order  and 
repay  the  etnergency  loans. 

11.  Finally,  leadership  should  be  pro- 
vided by  the  President  to  enlist 
the  coordinated  efforts  of  federal, 
state  and  local  government,  pri- 
vate industry  and  labor  for  tar- 
geted training,  investment  and 
employment  in  central  cities.  Va- 
cant urban  renewal  and  other  city 
land  aiui  structures  should  he 
made  available  to  businesses 
which  will  employ  local  people, 
and  necessary  training  for  specific 
jobs  should  be  undertaken  while 
the  employment  facility  is  being 
created. 


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Croft  Metals  Boycott  Goes  Nationwide 

Frontlash  Volunteers  Join  Consumer  Picket  Lines 


A  general  trade  unionists'  boycott 
of  Croft  Metals  products,  endorsed 
by  the  AFL-CIO,  last  February,  spread 
from  coast  to  coast  during  April  and 
May,  as  consumer  pickets  formed  out- 
side scores  of  stores  which  sell  the 
aluminum  fabricated  products  of  the 
struck  company. 

Bolstered  by  volunteers  from  Front- 
lash, a  youth  activist  group  based  in 
Washington,  D.C.,  Brotherhood  mem- 
bers passed  out  handbills  at  retail  out- 
lets of  several  major  chain  stores 
which  sell  Croft  products  ...  in  Vir- 
ginia, Maryland,  Georgia,  Mississippi, 
Louisiana,  and  on  west  to  Oregon, 
Washington,  and  California.  Thou- 
sands of  handbills  like  the  one  shown 
above  have  been  distributed. 

Meanwhile,  there  is  still  no  break 
in  the  strike  situation  at  Magnolia 
and  McComb,  Miss.,  where  more  than 
500  members  of  Local  2280  have 
sought  desperately  to  negotiate  their 
first  contract  with  Croft  Metals,  Inc., 
more  than  five  years  after  they  were 
officially  recognized  as  a  bargaining 
unit  by  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board.  They  went  out  on  strike  Janu- 
ary 16. 

The  strikers  are  receiving  support 
from  the  Union  Label  and  Service 
Trades  Department  of  the  AFL-CIO, 
which  is  also  distributing  handbills  urg- 
ing consumers  not  to  buy  Croft  Metals 
products  until   the  strike  is  settled. 


General  Representative  Leo  Decker  with 
a  group  of  Frontlash  volunteers  in  Vir- 
ginia, passing  out  handbills. 


Business  Representative  Kenneth  Wade, 
Baltimore  District  Council,  with  con- 
sumer picketers  in  Hagerstown,  Md. 


Consumer  picketing  at  a  building  sup- 
plies show  in  Shreveport,  La.,  during 
early  February,  as  the  boycott  got  under- 
way. 


Another  group  of  consumer  picketers 
who  came  from  the  struck  plant  in  Mis- 
sissippi to  the  building  supplies  show  in 
Shreveport. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


HEW  Secretary  Asks  Brotherhood 
Support  of  Child  Immunization 


by     pressure 
present    Red- 


California  Labor  Federation  President 
Al  Grulien,  State  Fed  Secretary  Jaclt 
Henning,  and  Brotlierhood  General  Treas- 
urer Charles  Nichols  at  the  recent  San 
Francisco  loggers'  demonstrations. 

Redwoods 

Continued  from  page  4 

cutting,  wherein  sections  of  timber 
and  most  of  its  undergrowth  must  be 
stripped  from  the  land  while  the  log- 
ging is  underway.  That's  the  nature 
of  the  tree.  The  Coast  Redwoods  are 
actually  the  fastest  growing  conifer 
in  North  America. 

The  timber  companies  practice  re- 
forestation for  the  generations  to  come 
.  .  .  It's  good  business.  This  is  a  les- 
son which  was  learned  more  than  a 
half  century  ago. 

That's     why     efforts 
groups    to   enlarge    the 
wood    National    Park    do    not    make 
economic  or  environmental  sense. 

We  urge  you  to  write  your  Con- 
gressman and  tell  him  that  you  oppose 
HR  3813,  the  Redwoods  Bill. 

Social  Security 
Benefits  Rise 

Social  Security  benefits  for  about  33.4 
million  retired  Americans  will  go  up 
automatically,  starting  with  checks  they 
will  receive  July  1. 

An  additional  4.3  million  needy  blind 
and  disabled  persons  getting  supplemental 
security  income  (SSI)  benefits  also  will 
get  increases. 

The  increase  will  be  5.9  percent  based 
on  increases  in  the  cost  of  living.  The 
increases  will  mean  maximum  benefits  for 
women  retiring  at  65  of  $447.40.  up  from 
$442.40.  For  men  at  65,  the  benefits  will 
go  from  $412.70  to  $437.10.  After  next 
January,  men  and  women  will  receive  the 
same  benefits. 


Of  the  52  million  American  children 
under  15  years  of  age,  20  million  are 
not  properly  immunized  against  polio, 
measles,  rubella,  tetanus,  diphtheria,  and 
whooping  cough. 

The  nation  has  the  vaccines,  the  pub- 
lic and  private  health  care  resources, 
and  the  know-how  to  immunize  these 
children.  Yet  this  is  not  being  done. 

In  a  recent  letter  to  General  President 
William  Sidell,  US  Secretary  of  Health, 
Education,  and  Welfare  Joseph  Califano, 
Jr.,  stated  that  the  number  of  unpro- 
tected children  is  growing  and  that  the 
administration  of  President  Carter  is  now 
taking  action  to  correct  the  situation. 

Califano  announced  that  HEW  will 
accelerate  its  efforts  in  childhood  immu- 
nization, mainly  by  assisting  state  health 
agencies  and  other  organizations  to  ex- 
pand  their   immunization    activities. 


The  Cabinet  official  told  General  Pres- 
ident Sidell,  "If  you  will  encourage  the 
members  of  your  union  to  seek  full 
immunization  for  their  children  and 
draw  their  attention  to  community-based 
immunization  services  where  they  live, 
you  will  be  making  an  important  con- 
tribution." 

TTie   immunization  campaign  has  two 

fundamental  goals: 

First,  within  30  months,  by  the  fall  of 
1979,  HEW  seeks  to  immunize  the  mil- 
lions of  children  who  today  are  inade- 
quately protected  against  all  preventable 
childhood  diseases,  raising  immunization 
levels  for  our  young  above  90%. 

Second,  it  seeks  to  establish  a  perma- 
nent system  to  provide  comprehensive 
services  to  the  three  million  children 
born  in  America  each  year. 


Dining  in  Style  on  the  Job 

Good  food  .  .  .  pretty  waitresses  .  .  .  unexpected  fringe  benefits  for  Building 
Tradesmen  completing  the  work  on  Charley's  Coupe  &  Conservatory — a 
redecorated  lounge  and  terrace  addition  at  Holiday  Inn-Fisherman's  Wharf  in 
San  Francisio. 

The  construction  crew  at  Charley's  feasted  on  the  first  luncheon  to  be  served 
at  the  renovated  establishment,  a  few  weeks  ago.  The  foreman  of  the  work 
crew  commented  later:  "Terrific!  Best  on-the-job  chow  I've  ever  had  .  .  .  and 
personalized  service  to  boot!" 


JUNE,    1977 


Pile  Threader  Is 
New  Too!  of  the 
Pile  Driver's  Trade 


Pile  drivers'  locals  were  recently  alerted 
by  the  General  Office  to  the  fact  that  the 
Brotherhood  has  established  jurisdiction 
on  a  new  piece  of  construction  equip- 
ment, called  the  Pile  Threader,  which  is 
manufactured  by  the  L.  B.  Foster  Com- 
pany of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  The  Pile  Threader 
automatically  interlocks  sheet  piles,  per- 
mits the  setting  of  sheet  piles  in  bad 
weather,  using  a  remote  control  console 
on  the  ground,  and,  according  to  the 
manufacturer,  makes  pile  setting  safer 
all  around. 

The  Pile  Threader  was  recently  used 
on  a  trial  basis  by  a  construction  firm 
in  Iowa,  and  it  was  found  that  it  was 
particularly  useful  on  days  when  there 
are  high  winds  and  other  bad  weather. 
It  grounds  the  Pile  Driver  "monkey" 
during  such  periods  and  puts  a  Pile 
Driver  to  work  at  the  console.  (We  are 
told  by  the  construction  firm  using  it 
that  the  normal  time-honored  procedure 
of  having  a  man  ride  the  pile  still  seems 
to  be  more  efficient  in  normal  weather 
conditions,  however.) 

It  is  the  Brotherhood's  contention  that 
a  union  Pile  Driver  must  operate  the  re- 
mote control  console  when  the  Pile 
Threader  is  in  operation  because  of  his 
knowledge  of  the  piledriver  craft  and  the 
fact  that  the  new  piece  of  equipment 
merely  serves  as  an  additional  tool  of 
his  craft. 

The  International  Union  of  Operating 
Engineers  filed  a  jurisdictional  claim  for 
this  work,  but  as  things  now  stand  the 
operation  of  the  Pile  Threader  is  Pile 
Driver  assignment. 

It  is  expected  that  the  Barber-Foster 
Pile  Threader  will  appear  in  other  areas 
of  the  country,  and  pile  driver  locals  are 
told  to  assert  their  jurisdiction  in  each 
instance.  If  a  local  union  has  any  ques- 
tions about  the  matter,  they  are  urged 
to  contact  the  Assistant  to  the  General 
President  in  charge  of  jurisdictional 
matters. 


HOW  THE  PILE  THREADER  WORKS 


1     First  two  piles  are  set  plumb,  in 
•  place,  in  the  conventional  manner 
and  anchored. 

Threader  is  hoisted  and  set  on  top  of 
the  second  (leading)  pile.  Twin  air  cylin- 
ders, attached  to  the  stationary  leg,  are 
energized,  locking  the  threader  in 
position  on  top  of  this  pile. 

2    The  overlay  plate  and  movable 
•  leg  are  opened  from  the  console 
to  accept  the  next  single  or  double  piles 
upward  through  the  open  jaws,  in 
position  to  be  keyed.  The  overlay  plate 


LEFT:  A  Pile  Driver  operates  the  L.  B. 
Foster  Pile  Threader  from  a  console  on 
the  ground.  Sheet  piles  are  automatically 
interlocked. 


is  then  activated  from  the  threader 
console  and  partially  closed. 

3     When  the  bottom  of  the  pile 
•  being  threaded  has  cleared  the  top 
of  the  previous  pile,  the  hinged  overlay 
plate  is  fully  closed,  forcing  the  pile 
into  alignment  and  keying  the  interlocks. 
Rollers  on  the  movable  leg  help  guide 
the  automatic  keying. 

4     Crane  lowers  the  keyed  single  or 
•  double  pile  into  place  and  releases 
it.  Console  operator  then  releases  the 
threader,  and  operation  is  repeated  for 
all  subsequent  piles. 


10 


THE    CARPENTER 


Next  Leadership 
Conference: 
Districts  1,  2 

The  second  in  a  series  of  five  1977 
regional  leadership  conferences  will  be 
held  at  Cherry  Hill.  N.J.,  July  12-14. 

It  will  bring  together  fulltime  officers 
and  representatives  of  Brotherhood  locals 
throughout  Districts  1  and  2  for  briefings 
on  issues  facing  the  organization  in  the 
months  ahead.  There  will  be  separate 
sessions  for  construction  and  industrial 
leaders,  as  there  were  at  the  first  con- 
ference, held  in  New  Orleans  in  March. 

First  General  Vice  President  William 
Konyha,  who  has  been  asked  by  the  Gen- 
eral President  to  serve  as  chairman  of  the 
second  conference,  urges  all  local  unions 
in  the  two  districts  to  be  represented. 

Other  leadership  conferences  to  be 
held  this  year  are  as  follows: 

•  Districts  3  and  5  at  Minneapolis, 
Minn.,  August  17-19, 

•  Districts  9  and  10  at  Ottawa,  Ont., 
September  13-15, 

•  Districts  7  and  8  at  Los  Angeles, 
Calif.,  September  28-30. 


Home  Values  Rose 
73%  In  Five  Years 

Working  Americans  who  would 
like  to  own  their  homes  but  can't  af- 
ford to  will  not  be  surprised  to  learn 
that  it's  because  their  incomes  are 
trailing  behind  the  rising  price  of 
houses. 

The  Census  Bureau,  in  a  survey  for 
the  Department  of  Housing  and  Ur- 
ban Development,  concluded  that  in 
the  first  half  of  the  1970s  "family 
incomes  of  both  homeowners  and 
renters  failed  to  keep  pace  with  the 
spiraiing  costs  of  housing." 

The  median  value  of  owner-occu- 
pied, single-family  homes  rose  nearly 
73  percent  from  1970  to  1975 — from 
$17,100  to  $29,500.  During  the  same 
period,  median  income  for  homeown- 
ers rose  40  percent  from  $9,700  to 
$13,600.  The  median  is  a  mid-point 
figure,  with  half  below  it  and  half 
above  it. 

Renters  fared  no  better.  Median 
monthly  gross  rent,  including  utilities, 
increased  from  $IOS  to  $156  (44  per- 
cent), while  the  median  annual  income 
of  renters  went  up  from  $6,300  to 
$7,900  (25  percent). 

The  median  values  and  rents  were 
highest  in  the  Northeast  and  West  and 
in  the  suburbs  and  lowest  in  the  South 
and  outside  metropolitan  areas.  (PAl) 


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couraged  about  the  site-picketing  bill 
defeat.  On  balance,  the  labor  move- 
ment has  a  longer  list  of  legislative 
achievements  than  defeats,  he  said. 

The  next  round  on  Capitol  Hill — 
the  fight  for  a  decent  minimum  wage 
— will  require  the  solidarity  of  the 
entire  labor  movement,  Meany  noted. 
On  the  surface,  it  may  appear  that  the 
minimum  wage  is  not  a  building  trades 
issue,  yet  a  closer  look  reveals  an  in- 
separable link,  he  said. 

"Every  building  tradesman  in  the 
country  makes  far,  far  more  than  the 
federal  minimum  wage — when  he  is 
working,"  Meany  said.  "And  that's 
exactly  why  the  minimum  wage  is  a 
building  trades  issue — for  it  means 
more  purchasing  power,  and  more  pur- 
chasing power  means  jobs.  And  we 
are  here  because  we  want  jobs — now." 

No  worker  today  can  get  by  on  the 
current  minimum  wage  of  $2.30  an 
hour,  or  on  the  $2.50  an  hour  that 
President  Carter  has  proposed,  Meany 
declared.  "The  President's  proposal  is 
no  answer  to  the  low-income  people 
of  America  who  trusted  him  and  voted 
for  him.  It's  an  insult." 

Labor  Sec.  Ray  Marshall,  warning 
of  a  growing  anti-union  sentiment  in 
the  nation,  told  the  conference  that 
"the  unfortunate  defeat"  of  the  com- 
mon-site picketing  bill  was  "a  case 
study  in  anti-union  propaganda  and 
public  hysteria."  Marshall,  who  had 
testified  in  behalf  of  the  measure,  said 
he  knew  of  no  piece  of  major  legisla- 
tion in  recent  years  that  has  been  so 
misunderstood. 

"I  still  believe  in  common-site  pick- 
eting and  hope  someday  that,  like  a 
phoenix,  it  will  rise  up  from  the  ashes 
of  defeat,"  Marshall  said. 

He  hit  out  at  recent  news  stories 
describing  an  upsurge  in  the  economy. 
An  economist  b\'  profession.  Mar'-hall 
wondered  aloud  "how  many  of  those 
analysts  have  been  down  to  an  unem- 
ployment office  or  a  building-trades 
hiring  hall  recently." 

Construction  trades  unemployment 
of  14.2  percent  "doesn't  sound  like 
any  surge  in  the  economy  to  me,"  he 


said.  Marshall  assured  the  delegates 
that  President  Carter  is  "unwilling  to 
accept  unemployment  at  anywhere 
near  the  current  rates,"  and  pledged 
to  work  for  an  end  to  high  joblessness 
in  the  building  trades. 

Among  the  speakers  in  the  opening 
sessions  of  the  three-day  conference 
was  the  long-time  friend  of  labor, 
Cong.  Frank  Thompson,  Jr.,  of  New 
Jersey,  who  told  of  renewed  eflforts 
by  his  office  to  update  and  streamline 
the  operations  of  the  National  Labor 
Relations  Act. 

After  jobs  and  job  security,  the 
BCTD  delegates  assigned  priority  to 
energy  policy,  labor  law  reform,  and 
enactment  of  a  universal  voter  regis- 
tration bill. 

Georgine  called  President  Carter's 
decision  to  shut  down  the  nation's 
nuclear  breeder  reactor  program  "sheer 
folly"  that  will  cost  building  trades- 
men 49,500  man-years  and  affect  the 
jobs  of  32,000  workers.  Meany  said 
he  hoped  there  will  be  some  way  to 
get  the  President  to  change  his  mind 
on  the  question  of  funding  the  breeder 
reactors. 

On  energy  policy,  Georgine  cau- 
tioned that  the  President's  conserva- 
tion recommendations  by  themselves 
will  not  solve  the  problem  of  dwin- 
dling fuel  supplies,  nor  assure  fairness 
to  all  Americans. 

"Conservation  must  not  hit  hardest 
those  with  the  lowest  incomes,"  Geor- 
gine said.  "High  gasoline  taxes  would 
be  a  regressive  tax  on  the  poor.  And 
there's  little  evidence  that  high  gasoline 
prices  would  promote  conservation." 
Realistic  conservation  measures  to  re- 
duce energy  consumption,  such  as 
wcatherization  of  homes,  were  called 
for  b\'  Ihe  delegates. 

The  three-day  conference  culmi- 
nated with  visits  by  large  numbers 
of  building  tradesmen  to  the  U.S. 
Capitol  where  House  and  Senate  lead- 
ers greeted  them  and  heard  their  pro- 
posals for  legislative  action.  Led  by 
the  presidents' of  the  17  BCTD  affili- 
ated imions.  the  delegates  also  at- 
tended committee  hearings  dealing  with 
labor-oriented  legislation  and  called  on 
congressmen  and  senators  representing 
their  home  areas. 


JUNE,    1977 


11 


ANADIAN 
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In  February  the  unemployment  rate  was  fast  approaching  8%,  as  chart  shows. 


Unemployment  in  Canada  May  Reach 
8.3%  By  Dec,  Says  Conference  Board 


The  outlook  for  the  Canadian  econ- 
omy is  gloomy  and  getting  gloomier,  ac- 
cording to  the  Conference  Board  of 
Canada,  a  leading  economic  research  or- 
ganization. 

Slow  growth  in  1977  will  result  in  an 
unemployment  rate  approaching  8.3% 
by  the  fourth  quarter  of  this  year,  the 
Conference  Board  says. 

"Since  the  labor  force  is  expected  to 
increase  by  more  than  2%  this  year,  the 
prospects  are  for  a  further  increase  in  the 
unemployment  rate,"  the  Board's  latest 
quarterly  economic  forecast  says. 

Real  growth  in  the  gross  national 
product  will  average  only  three  percent 
in  1977,  the  Board  says.  And  half  of  that 
growth  will  be  the  result  of  gains  in 
worker  productivity. 

The  decline  in  growth  from  4.3%  in 
1976  will  likely  be  the  result  of  con- 
tinued underutilization  of  productive 
capacity,  the  Board  claims. 

Recent  Statistics  Canada  figures  show 
the  manufacturing  industry  was  operated 
at  only  81%  of  capacity  during  the 
fourth  quarter  of  1976. 

Other  bad  news  for  the  economy  from 
the  Board's  forecast: 
•  Inflation   will   jump   ahead   during   the 

first  half  of  the  year  but  should  mod- 


erate  during   the   second  half,   for  an 
annual  increase  of  7%; 

•  Housing  starts  will  be  down  to  239.000. 
compared  with  274.000  in   1976; 

•  Business  capital  spending  on  machin- 
ery and  equipment  will  drop  by  2.6% 
after  a  !976  growth  of  only  0.5%; 

•  Business  capital  spending  on  non-resi- 
dential construction  will  decline  by 
0.7%,  after  the  6.8%  drop  of  last 
year:  and 

•  Total  consumer  spending  will  grow 
only  4.2%  this  year,  compared  to 
6.3%  last  year. 

The  principle  source  of  weakness  in  the 
economy,  according  to  the  Conference 
Board,  will  be  in  business  and  residential 
capital  investment. 

Workers  Continue 
To  Pay  For  AIB 

The  Anti-Inflation  Board  has  robbed 
almost  two  million  workers  of  wage  in- 
creases in  its  first  18  months  of  opera- 
tion, but  has  rolled  back  only  19  of 
1,300  price  applications. 

The  AIB's  recent  progress  report  on 
its  first  18  months  of  operation  removes 


any  doubt  over  who  is  paying  for  infla- 
tion: It  is  the  Canadian  worker. 

During  1975,  first-year  wage  settle- 
ments increased  on  an  average  of  over 
20%  in  Canada.  But  last  year,  thanks  to 
the  AIB,  the  rate  of  increase  went 
steadily  downward  throughout  the  year, 
reaching  9.9%  by  the  fourth  quarter. 

Fully  37%  of  all  wage  settlements  re- 
ported to  the  AIB  since  the  government's 
wage  and  price  control  program  began 
have  been  rolled  back.  Forty-six  percent 
of  the  employees  whose  contracts  were 
submitted  for  AIB  approval  had  legiti- 
mate wage  increases  taken  away. 

In  contrast,  the  Board  rolled  back  only 
1%  of  the  price  increases  submitted  to 
it.  And  that  figure  does  not  include  items 
over  which  the  AIB  has  no  control  what- 
soever— food,  energy  and  government 
levies. 

The  reason  for  the  lack  of  control 
over  prices?  "The  companies  know  the 
rules  and  seldom  propose  unacceptable 
increases,"  the  AIB  report  says. 

And  the  AIB  admits  the  target  for  the 
program's  second  year — a  six  percent  an- 
nual increase  in  the  rate  of  inflation — 
will  be  "challenging." 

The  AIB  is  still  claiming  credit  for  the 
drop  in  the  consumer  price  index  last 
year.  But  recent  sharp  jumps  in  the  index 
have  put  inflation  at  the  double-digit  rate 
once  again. 

With  the  average  rate  of  wage  in- 
creases falling  to  under  10%  for  the  last 
quarter  of  1976,  workers  are  clearly  fall- 
ing behind  against  the  ravages  of  infla- 
tion on  their  paycheques. 

The  situation  is  going  to  get  worse  as 
long  as  the  AIB  remains  in  force.  For 
contracts  with  a  starting  date  of  Octo- 
ber 14,  1977 — two  years  after  wage  con- 
trols began — the  AIB  is  allowing  in- 
creases averaging  only  6.2%. 


Middle-Aged  Army 
Of  Unemployed 

Canadians  are  slowly  becoming  aware 
of  a  new  "social  minority"  in  their 
midst — a  growing  army  of  middle-aged 
people  looking  for  work. 

Their  ranks  include  blue-collar  work- 
ers displaced  by  technological  change  and 
management  personnel  displaced  by  or- 
ganizational restructuring  or  "executive 
obselescence." 

And  they  face  a  common  hurdle — 
reluctance  by  employers  to  hire  people 
over  40,  says  an  article  in  The  Labour 
Gazette,  monthly  periodical  of  the  fed- 
eral department  of  labor. 

Roy  LaBerge,  a  social  sciences  teacher 
at  Algonquin  College,  Ottawa,  and  a 
former  editor  of  Canadian  Labour,  points 
out  that  little  attention  has  been  paid  to 
the  problems  of  workers  over  40. 

"Discrimination  against  them  does 
exist  in  hiring  practices  in  Canada,"  he 
writes,  "but  there  has  been  little  research 
into  it  by  academics  and  governments. 

"Human  rights  advocates  have  devoted 


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most  of  their  attention  to  other  social 
minorities." 

One  indication  of  discrimination  against 
middle-aged  workers  is  the  time  it  takes 
them  to  get  a  new  job.  For  a  Canadian 
worker  45  and  over  it  was  15  weeks  in 
1973,  compared  with  12  weeks  for  a 
younger  worker. 

The  survey  also  found  that  people 
over  50  make  up  two-thirds  of  those  who 
have  been  unemployed  for  more  than 
two  months. 

Yet,  the  same  study  proved,  they  have 
a  better  record  of  job  stability  in  terms 
of  the  length  of  time  they  stay  with  one 
employer. 

In  Canada,  most  jurisdictions  have  leg- 
islation to  protect  people  against  age  dis- 
crimination on  the  job — at  least  if  they 
are  under  65. 

But  legislation  is  not  enough: 

"One  reason  is  that  discrimination 
based  on  age  is  frequently  more  difficult 
to  prove  than  other  forms  of  discrimina- 
tion," the  article  notes. 

"Another  is  that  such  legislation,  to 
be  effective,  must  be  supported  by  a 
change  in  attitude — an  end  to  existing 
stereotypes  about  older  workers." 

LaBerge  says  the  evidence  has  dis- 
proved the  stereotypes.  But  people  don't 
look  at  the  evidence. 

Instead  they  believe,  without  reason, 
that  older  workers  are  less  productive, 
more  frequently  absent,  are  involved  in 
more  accidents  and  quit  their  jobs  sooner 
than  younger  workers. 


Most  older  workers  are  "experienced, 
reliable  and  skilled  workers  with  many 
years  to  give  new  employees,"  the  Labour 
Gazette  article  says. 

"The  personnel  recruiter  who  discrim- 
inates against  them  may  be  doing  a  dis- 
service to  his  employer,"  it  notes. 

The  article  says  that  anybody  who 
doubts  there  is  discrimination  against 
older  workers  should  ask  himself:  How 
many  people  over  40  has  my  employer 
hired  in  the  past  two  years? 

Student  Workers 
Find  Few  Jobs 

Colleges  and  universities  are  shutting 
down  for  the  summer,  and  over  600,000 
students  are  entering  the  workforce  to 
find  the  jobs  which  will  allow  them  to 
continue  their  education. 

If  last  summer's  youth  unemployment 
picture  is  any  indication,  most  of  them 
won't  find  work. 

The  government's  Young  Canada 
Works  program,  designed  to  provide 
short-term  employment  for  students,  is 
characterized  as  "misconceived,  misman- 
aged and,  so  far,  inadequate"  by  Dan 
O'Connor,  executive  secretary  of  the 
350,000-member  National  Union  of  Stu- 
dents. 

O'Connor's  skepticism  is  well  founded: 
The  government's  new  program  will 
create  only  20,000  new  jobs  for  students 
this  summer,  10,000  less  than  the  Oppor- 


tunities for  Youth  fiasco  two  years  ago, 

when    student    unemployment    did  not 

present    the   same    problem    it   will  this 
year. 

Ontario  May  Kill 
Local  Agreements 

Labor  Minister  Bette  Stephenson  of 
Ontario  says  it  is  possible  the  provincial 
government  will  void  any  local  agree- 
ments signed  in  the  construction  industry 
prior  to  the  passing 
of  Bill  176. 

She  said  in  an  in- 
terview there  is  a 
basis  in  law  for  the 
voiding  of  those 
agreements  signed 
before  the  April  30 
expiration  date.  „  .  .  _ 

"That's  a  possibil-  \<^^ /' 

ity  but  I  would  hope  \^^ 

the    act    will    be    in  .I'Aak 

place  soon  enough  so  Stephenson 

that  there  is  only  a 
minimal     number     of     local     contracts 
signed,  she  said. 

Bill  176  would  provide  for  province- 
wide,  single-trade  bargaining  in  the  com- 
mercial, industrial  and  institutional  sectors 
of  the  buildmg  industry. 

The  legislation  received  second  reading 
in  the  legislature  in  December.  It  was  ex- 
pected to  go  to  standing  committee  soon 
after  the  legislature  reopened  in  March 
or  April. 


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Fudro  Gains  Funds 
For  Airport  Work 

We  in  the  labor  movement  have  a  true 
friend  in  the  number-two  spot  in  Wash- 
ington. That  is  an  assessment  of  Vice 
President  Walter  Mondale  offered  by 
Stan  Fudro,  business  agent  for  Local  7, 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  a  leader  in  the 
Minnesota   House   of   Representatives. 

"Having  known  the  Vice  President 
since  his  days  as  Minnesota's  attorney 
general,  I  have  always  been  impressed 
with  his  willingness  to  work  for  the  little 
guy,"  Fudro  says.  "Teamed  with  Sen. 
Hubert  Humphrey,  he  has  given  Min- 
nesota the  strongest  pair  of  labor  friends 
in  the  U.S.  Senate.  And  Wendell  Ander- 
son, who  was  such  a  great  governor  for 
the  workers  of  my  state,  will  surely 
continue  to  represent  our  interests  in 
the  U.S.  Senate  in  the  Humphey-Mon- 
dale  tradition." 

Fudro  is  chairman  of  the  Minnesota 
House  Committee  on  Transportation  that 
handles  much  of  the  legislation  for  job 
construction  of  highways  and  transpor- 
tation facilities.  In  this  capacity,  he  re- 
cently went  to  Washington  with  Ray 
Glumack,  executive  director  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan Airports  Commission,  and  ap- 
peared before  the  Congressional  Aero- 
nautics Committee  requesting  Minnesota's 
share  of  federal  funds  for  airport  con- 
struction projects.  As  a  result  of  these 
meetings,  Fudro  was  able  to  accomplish 
the  acquisition  of  more  than  $280  mil- 
lion to  be  used  to  construct  and  upgrade 
airports  throughout  the  state.  At  least 
$60  million  of  that  total  will  be  used  for 
construction  in  the  metropolitan  area  of 
the  Twin  Cities. 


Vice-President  Mondale,  Stan  Fudro 


Administrators' 
Name  Changed 

The  name  of  the  firm  administering 
the  Carpenters  Labor-Management  Pen- 
sion Fund  has  been  changed  from  John  J. 
Pearce  Administrators,  Inc.,  to  American 
Benefit  Plan  Administrators,  Inc.,  The 
address  remains  the  same:  3906  Concord 
Pike,  P.O.  Box  7018,  Wilmington,  Dela- 
ware 19803. 


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VOC  Committee  of  Local  1359  Lauded 


Among  the  local  unions  which  have  done  an  outstanding  job  of  organizing  indus- 
trial workers  in  their  jurisdiction  in  recent  years  is  Local  1359,  Toledo,  O.  In  recog- 
nition of  the  work  of  Local  1359's  Volunteer  Organizing  Committee  (VOC),  General 
Executive  Board  Member  Pete  Ochocki,  along  with  district  and  state  leaders^ 
recently  presented  a  VOC  plaque  to  the  local  union  and  extended  congratulations  to 
its  VOC  Committee. 

Gathered  for  the  ceremony,  from  left,  above,  were  Elmer  Jacobs,  organizer  for  the 
Ohio  State  Council;  Board  Member  Ochocki,  Emory  Huguelet,  president  of  the 
Maumee  Valley  District  Council;  Milan  Marsh,  executive  secretary  of  the  Ohio  State 
Council;  Tom  Faley,  VOC  member;  Harold  Hauter,  secretary-treasurer,  Maumee 
Valley  Council;  James  Johnoff,  VOC  member;  Felix  Szymanski,  business  representa- 
tive and  financial  secretary  of  Local  1359;  John  Lackner  and  Daniel  Kruzel,  VOC 
members;  and  Gerald  Kiker,  General  Representative. 

3rd  Navy  Reunion     Local  2250  Member 
Draws  146  Member    To  Special  Study 


Charles  Beers,  business  manager  of 
Local  146,  Schenectady,  N.Y.,  plans  to 
attend  the  third  annual  reunion  of  former 
crew  members  of  the  USS  Salt  Lake 
City.  August  11-14,  in  Orlando,  Fla. 

The  Salt  Lake  City  was  a  heavy 
cruiser  which  saw  much  service  in  World 
War  II,  and  Beers  says  that  other  mem- 
bers of  the  Brotherhood  who  served 
aboard  the  cruiser  should  contact  him  for 
information.  Write:  Local  146,  145  Bar- 
rett St.,  Schenectady,  N.Y.  12305. 


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CROI T  METALS 

PRODUCTS 


Alvin  Birkner  of  Point  Pleasant,  N.J., 
a  member  of  Local  2250,  Red  Bank,  N.J., 
was  one  of  15  New  Jersey  labor  repre- 
sentatives participating  in  a  nine-week 
internship  program  which  included  on- 
the-job  training  and 
study  at  the  New 
Jersey  Department  of 
Labor  and  Industry. 

The  program  is  de- 
signed to  familiarize 
union  representatives 
with  state  labor  laws 
and  federal  statutes 
vital  to  their  interest 
and  to  examine  ex- 
isting problems  in 
the  operation  of  the 
department.  Labor  and  Industry  Com- 
missioner John  Horn   said. 

The  program  is  jointly  sponsored  by 
the  department  and  the  Labor  Education 
Center  of  Rutgers,  the  State  University. 


Birkner 


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5,  10,  15-Year  Pins 
Are  Now  Available 

Under  authority  of  the  General  Execu- 
tive Board,  the  General  Office  in  Wash- 
ington, D.C.,  is  now  making  available  to 
local  unions  throughout  the  Brotherhood 
new  5,  10  and  15-year  service  pins  for 
presentation  to  qualified  members. 

General  Secretary  R.  E.  Livingston  has 
announced  that  the  prices  for  these  pins 
will  be  the  same  as  for  the  20  through 
45-year  sterling  silver  pins — $4.50  each. 

The  new  pins  will  be  listed  in  future 
editions  of  the  official  price  list  of  sup- 
plies, and  quantities  of  these  pins  may  be 
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Father  and  Son, 
N.M.  Pensioners 

The  New  Mexico  District  Council  of 
Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund  was  es- 
tablished in  1964,  with  contributions  to 
the  fund  beginning  October,  1964.  The 
first  pensioners  began  receiving  benefits 
in  January,  1966.  Basic  pension  for  those 
who  did  not  work  at  the  trade  after 
October,  1964,  and  who  were  65  years 
old  or  older  was  $30  per  month.  For 
those  with  service  after  October,  1964, 
the  value  of  each  year  of  pension  credit 
was  $3,  with  a  maximum  of  S90  for 
30  years  of  service.  Normal  retirement 
age  was  65  years. 

Currently  the  basic  pension  is  $70  per 
month,  with  the  value  of  each  year  of 
pension  credit  for  the  normal  pension 
at  $10.50,  30-year  maximum.  Normal 
retirement  age  is  62.  Disability  pensions 
are  available  to  vested  participants  with 
10  years   or  more  of  service. 

March,  1977,  marked  a  new  milepost 
for  the  New  Mexico  District  Council 
Pension  Trust  Fund.  A  son  joined  his 
father   on   the   pension   rolls! 

Edward  Gosso,  Sr.  83.  was  granted  a 
normal  pension  in  January,  1967.  He 
was  initiated  by  Local  1423,  Corpus 
Christi,  Tex.,  in  1934.  He  cleared  into 
Local  1319  in  Albuquerque,  N.M.  in 
1942,  from  Austin,  Tex.  Local  1266. 
Gosso  continues  to  be  in  good  health 
and  enjoys  an  occasional  game  of  domi- 
noes at  the  Union  Hall  with  his  brother 
members    and   fellow   pensioners. 

Because  of  health  problems,  his  son, 
Edward  Gosso,  Jr.  has  now  retired,  and 
the  trustees  of  the  fund  granted  him  a 
disability  pension  effective  March  1, 
1977.  Gosso  was  born  in  1917  and  was 
initiated  into  Local  1391  in  Albuquer- 
que, N.M.  in  1938. 

Ed  Gosso,  Jr.  now  occasionally  joins 
the  domino  games  with  his  father  and 
other  longtime  UBC  members  at  the 
Hall.  This  is  what  it  is  all  about:  the 
security  and  enjoyment  of  those  who 
have  helped  put  it  all  together  for  the 
rest  of  us. 


Edward  Gos.so,  Jr.,  .ind  Edward  Gosso. 
Sr.,  a.s  tlicy  prepare  (o  join  the  next 
game  of  dominoes  down  at  the  union 
hall. 


Use  Quick-Wedge  to 
hang  a  door,  Install  a 
striker  plate,  fasten  a 
bracket,  position  a  shelf 


They 

do  all  that 
ordinary 
screwdrivers 
do. 

PLUS 

they  hold  and 
start  the  screw 


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17  sizes 


Screw-holding  screwdrivers 
Unconditionally  guaranteed. 
BUY  A  SET  TODAY 

See  your  dealer  or  write  to: 
Kedman  Company,  P.O.  Box  25667, 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  84125 

©Copyright  1977 


LAYOUT  LEVEL 

•  ACCURATE  TO  1/32' 

•  REACHES  100  FT. 

•  ONE-MAN  OPERATION 

Sove  Time,  Money,  do  o  Better  Job 
With  This  Modem  Woler  Level 

In  just  a  few  minutes  you  acoirately  set  batters 
for  slabs  and  footings,  lay  out  inside  floors, 
ceilings,  forma,  fixtures,  and  check  foundation* 
for  remodeling. 

HYDROLEVEL* 

...  the  old  reliable  water 
level  with  modem  features.  Toolbox  size. 
Durable  7'  container  with  exclusive  reser- 
voir, keeps  level  filled  and  ready.  50  ft. 
clear  tough  3/10"  tube  gives  you  100  ft.  of 
leveling  in  each  set-up,  with 
1/32"  accuracy  and  fast  one- 
man  operation — outside,  in- 
side, around  corners,  over 
obstructions.  Anywhere  you 
can  climb  or  crawl! 

Why  waste  money  on  delicate  lisP' 
instruments,  or  lose  time  and  ac- 
curacy on  makeshift  leveling?  Since  1£ 
thousands  of  carpenters,  builders,  inside  trades, 
etc.  have  found  that  HYDROLEVEL  pays  for 
itself  quickly. 

Send  check  or  money  order  for  $14.95  and 
your  name  and  addroas.  \Vc  will  rush  you  a 
nydrolevel  by  return  mail  postpaid.  Or  — bay 
three  Hydrolcvclfl  at  $9.95  each,  potitpaid.  Sell 
two  for  $11.95  each  and  have  yours  freel  No 
C.O.I).  Satisfaction  cuarantced  or  money  bark. 

FIRST   IN  WATER   LEVEL   DESIGN   SINCE   1950 

HYDROLEVEL* 


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JUNE,    1977 


IS 


Don't  Buy  Stevens  Products 

The  nationwide  boycott  of  J.  P.  Stevens  products  called  by 
the  Amalgamated  Clothing  and  Textile  Workers  continues  this 
month  without  any  sign  that  the  notoriously  anti-union  Stevens 
Company  will  ever  sit  down  to  negotiate  a  contract  for  fair 
wages  and  working  conditions.  All  Brotherhood  members  and 
their  spouses  are  urged  to  cut  out  the  list  of  Stevens  products 
below,  drop  it  into  their  wallets  or  purses  and  stay  away  from 
these  products  when  they  shop: 


j     Boycott  These  J.  P.  Stevens  Products 

Siieefs 

Slippers 

Table  Linen 

j     &  Pillowcases 

Always  in  Step 

Simtex 

1     Beauti-BIend 

1     Beauticale 

Draperies 

Cotton 

Fine  Arts 

J.  P.  Stevens 

Fabrics 

j      Peanuts 
1     Tastemaker 
1     Utica 

Hosiery 

Big  Mama 
Finesse 
Hip-Lets 
Spirit 

Academy 

Lady  Twist  Twill 

Twist  Twill 

1     Utica  &  Mohawk 

Synthetic 
Fabrics 

1      Blankets 

Towels 

Blen  Tempo 

1      Baby  Stevens 

Fine  Arts 

Coachman 

I     Forstmann 

Tastemaker 

Consort 

Utica 

Utica 

Carousel 
Gesture 

Woolen 

Stevetex 

1     Carpets 

Fabrics 

20  Below 

1      Contender 

Boldeena 

Lady  Consort 

1     Gulistan 

Forstmann 

Windsheer 

1     Merryweather 

Hockanum 

Linebacker 

1      Tastemaker 

Worumbo 

Weftamatic 

Buckle  Up  with  UBC 


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The  official  emblem  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America  is  emblazoned  on  a 
stylish  belt  buckle,  and  you  can  order  such  a  buckle 
now  from  the  General  Offices  in  Washington. 

Manufactured  of  sturdy  metal,  with  a  pewter  finish, 
the  buckle  is  3%  inches  wide  by  2  inches  deep  and  will 
accomodate  all  modern  snap-on  belts. 

The  buckle  comes  in  a  gift  box  and  makes  a  fine 
Fathers  Day,  birthday,  or  holiday  gift.  If  mom  is  a  mem- 
ber, and  she  wears  jeans  from  time  to  time,  she'll  like 
one,  too. 

The  price  is 

$5.50    each 

Mail  in  your  order  now.  Print  or  type  your  order  plainly, 
and  be  sure  the  name  and  address  is  correct.  Please  indi- 
cate the  local  union  number  of  the  member  for  whom 
the  buckle  is  purchased. 

Send  order  and  remittance  to: 

R.  E.  LIVINGSTON,  General  Secretary 

United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001 


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1977  Sentinel  Star 


A  Union  Man  from  Head  to  Toe 

A  business  agent  has  to  be  prepared  for  anything, 
these  days  .  .  .  especially  when  he  has  to  appear 
before  a  group  of  public  officials  on  behalf  of  his 
fellow  members. 

Bill  Wilson,  business  agent  of  Local  1765,  Or- 
lando, Fla.,  was  asked  to  appear  before  the  civil 
service  board  of  the  suburban  community  of  Cassel- 
berry.  He  thought  he  was  summoned  to  the  meeting 
to  begin  negotiations  for  city  public  works  and 
clerical  employees. 

But  the  board  was  miffed  because  it  had  been 
branded  by  Wilson  as  "a  slot  machine  that  funnels 
employees'  complaints."  according  to  The  Orlando 
Sentinel  Star. 

No,  they  weren't  ready  to  start  talking  about  a 
contract. 

"They  were  interested  in  my  clothes,"  Wilson 
reports.  "My  shirt,  trousers,  and  even  my  under- 
shorts  were  inspected  to  see  if  they  were  union 
made." 

Wilson  didn't  disrobe  .  .  .  just  showed  the  labels 
.  .  .  which  were  100%   All  American  union  made. 

Sources  said  the  unique  procedure  was  an  attempt 
to  embarrass  Wilson,  should  it  be  discovered  that  he 
was  wearing  clothing  from  Hong  Kong,  Thailand, 
and  other  cheap  labor  areas. 

Some  board  members  also  wanted  the  business 
agent  to  call  local  newsmen  and  apologize  for  calling 
the  board  a  slot  machine. 

"Tm  sorry  I  called  the  civil  service  board  a  slot 
machine,"  Wilson  told  a  reporter  later.  "They're 
really  just  a  rubber  stamp." 


16 


THE    CARPENTER 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


I 


75  YEARS  AGO-JUNE,  1902 


Coughing  It  Up 

In  the  early  1900's,  the  famous, 
bearded  Smith  Brothers  produced 
candy  and  cough  drops  for  a  large  part 
of  North  America.  In  1902,  the 
brothers  ran  into  trouble  with  a 
Brotherhood  local  in  Poughkeepsie, 
N.Y.  Smith  Brothers  was  employing 
non-union  carpenters  to  build  their 
store  fronts,  and,  when  visited  by  a 
delegation  from  the  local  union  and 
central  labor  body,  the  Smiths  stated 
that  they  "would  not  discriminate" 
between  union  and  non-union  workers 
and  would  continue  to  employ  scabs. 

Consequently,  the  Poughkeepsie  local 
union  called  upon  all  Brotherhood 
members  throughout  the  country  to 
boycott  Smith  Brothers  products. 

Locals  Chartered 

As  the  new  General  Secretary  Treas- 
urer Frank  Duffy  took  over  the  respon- 
sibilities of  his  office,  the  Brotherhood's 
organizing  drive  moved  ahead  steadily, 
and  a  total  of  47  local  unions  were 
chartered  during  May.  Many  of  them 
were  in  New  York  and  Pennsylvania, 
but  several  where  chartered  in  the 
Middle  West. 

Big-Building  Blues 

A  famous  British  architect  of  the 
early  1900's,  Frederic  Harrison,  was 
invited  to  the  United  States  by  a  group 
of  fellow  architects,  and  he  had  some 
interesting  comments  about  our  public 
buildings. 

The  White  House,  he  said,  is  not 
"a  convenient  residence  for  a  presi- 
dent with  such  great  responsibilities". 
The  Capitol  he  called  "the  most  effec- 
tive mass  of  public  buildings  in  the 
world,  especi;dly  when  viewed  at  some 
distance  from  the  park  on  whiih  it 
stands". 

"I  looked  back  with  most  emotion  to 
my  visit  to  Mount  Vernon,"  he  said. 
"It  has  been  preserved  and  restored 
with  perfect  taste.  .  .  ." 


Harrison  did  not  like  "the  outragi- 
ous  towers  of  Babel"  which  he  found 
in  New  York  and  Chicago.  He  dis- 
liked the  sky  scrapers,  and  said  that 
they  "hopelessly  disfigured"  the  two 
cities. 

50  YEARS  AGO-JUNE,  1927 

Lucky  Lindy 

Fifty  years  ago,  Charles  Lindbergh 
had  just  returned  to  the  United  States 
from  his  sensational  solo  flight  to 
Europe,  and  the  nation  was  agog  about 
"Lucky  Lindy."  The  flight  was  the  big 
topic  of  conversation  at  local  union 
meetings,  and  many  New  York  mem- 
bers went  to  Manhattan  to  see  the  flyer 
in  his  big  parade  through  Gotham. 

Private  Pension  Abuses 

In  the  days  before  Social  Security 
and  government-policed  pension  plans, 
there  were  old  age  pension  systems 
established  and  controlled  by  some 
major  L^nited  States  employers.  In- 
stead of  being  a  form  of  security  for 
the  workers,  however,  many  of  these 
private  pension  plans  were  used  to 
discipline  senior  employees. 

The  Monthly  Labor  Rev'teiv  of  the 
U.S.  Department  of  Labor  commented: 
"It  may  keep  the  older  employees, 
especially,  in  line  vvhen  labor  trouble 
threatens,  or  may  be  used  to  force  them 
back  into  service  as  strike-breakers 
after  they  have  left;  it  may  even  have 
some  weight  in  preventing  a  strike,  or 
discouraging  demands  for  increased 
wages  or  better  conditions.  It  is  diffi- 
cult, however,  to  say  how  far  pensions 
are  effective  along  these  lines,  while 
the  social  dangers  of  thus  using  them 
are  apparent.  As  a  means  of  freeing 
the  worker  from  the  dread  of  an  un- 
protected old  age,  they  are  manifestly 
ineffective.  Under  most  systems,  the 
employee  has  no  legal  claim  to  the 
pension,  and  he  realizes  that  the  pro- 
tection promised  cannot  be  counted 
upon  with  any  assurance.  Pensions  may 
have  some  value  as  humanitarian 
measures,  but  the  mixture  of  charity 
and  business  is  hardly  desirable." 


Call  For  Pension  Reform 

To  bring  some  measure  of  security 
to  its  members,  the  Brotherhood  con- 
sidered proposals  for  establishing  a 
pension  system  for  its  members. 
Building  Tradesmen,  unprotected  by 
regular  salaries,  were  generally  unable 
to  lay  aside  sufficient  funds  for  their 
old  age.  General  Secretary  Duffy  told 
readers  of  The  Carpenter  that,  "if 
society  has  failed  in  its  obligation  to 
its  worn  out  working  people,  the 
Brotherhood  will  do  something  to  pro- 
vide for  its  members." 

The  biggest  handicap  was  the  lack  of 
adequate  funds.  In  1927,  the  Car- 
penter's Home  in  Lakeland,  Fla.,  was 
under  construction,  and  the  General 
Executive  Board  was  considering 
establishing  a  pension  fund,  with  con- 
tributions of  10  cents  per  member  per 
month. 

"The  Board  is  doing  all  that  is  pos- 
sible to  perfect  a  plan  with  this  small 
sum."  said  Duffy. 

Gray  Hairs  no  Handicap 

In  1927,  The  Carpenter  Magazine 
received  many  letters  from  members 
regarding  need  for  old  age  security. 
One  member  took  exception  to  letters 
from  younger  members  who  claimed 
that  the  old  timers  were  not  the  best 
mechanics.  The  member  wrote:  "Re- 
cently," in  San  Francisco,  I  got  a  job 
trimming.  That  one  day,  I  set  17  door 
jambs.  Three  of  the  mahogany  jambs 
were  double  doors;  casings  on  four 
windows;  coped  and  set  the  stools  on 
four  more  windows,  made  a  mitre  box 
and  horse,  and  the  day's  work  was 
ended.  The  boss  paid  me  for  my 
eight  hours  and  told  me  that  I  hadn't 
done  enough  and  he  couldn't  use  me 
anymore. 

"Now.  I  know,  having  run  work 
across  this  country,  that  75  (per  cent") 
of  the  carpenters  cannot  set  17  door 
jambs  in  one  day  and  do  a  good  job. 
As  no  complaint  could  be  found  with 
the  quality  of  my  work,  what  is  the 
answer  ? 

"First,  a  lot  of  idle  men,  ready  to 
take  the  job,  and  second,  a  prejudice 
against  men  with  gray  hair." 


JUNE,    1977 


17 


Audio-Visual  Training  Procedures 
Highlight  Mid- Year  Conference 


Work  with  color  slides,  instructional 
films,  and  other  audio-visual  materials — 
which  have  received  much  attention  in 
recent  months  in  the  Brotherhood's  Ap- 
prenticeship and  Training  Department — 
was  presented  to  delegates  to  the  1977 
Mid-Year  Carpentry  Training  Confer- 
ence in  Anaheim,  Calif.,  April  21  and 
22. 

Conference  participants  were  presented 
an  overview  of  the  new  training  mate- 
rials by  Technical  Director  James  Tink- 
com  and  the  department  staff.  This 
overview  consisted  primarily  of  photo- 
graphic essays  of  work  processes  cur- 
rently employed  by  commercial  and 
industrial  carpenters.  The  conference  was 
shown  how  the  new  materials  can  be 
incorporated  into  the  overall  manipula- 
tive and  classroom  activities  of  trainees. 


Hans  Wachsmuth,  a  member  of  the 
National  Joint  Apprenticeship  and  Train- 
ing Committee,  represented  the  Associ- 
ated General  Contractors,  urged  local 
training  committees  to  give  serious  con- 
sideration to  supplementing  their  present 
training  materials  with  the  new  audio- 
visual materials. 

First  General  Vice  President  William 
Konyha,  who  directs  the  Brotherhood 
training  program,  was  unable  to  attend 
the  conference,  but  a  message  from  him 
was  delivered  to  the  delegates  by  the 
Technical  Director. 

The  two-day  conference  provided  for 
group  discussions  of  the  topics  "Team 
Teaching"  and  "Journeyman  Training", 
as  well  as  special  group  sessions  on 
mill-cabinetry,  millwrighting.  and  car- 
pentry. 


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1977  Contest 

Tha  1977  International  Car- 
pentry Apprenticeship  Contest  and 
Training  Conference  will  be  held 
in  Anaheim,  Calif.,  next  fall.  The 
dates  for  the  conference  are  No- 
vember 28  and  29  and  for  the 
contest  November  30  and  Decem- 
ber 1.  The  awards  banquet  will  be 
December  2.  Contest  headquarters 
is  the  Inn  at  the  Park  in  Anaheim, 
and  the  contest  will  be  held  at  the 
Convention  Center. 


Job  Corps  Adds 
30th  Carpentry 

The  Brotherhood's  contract  with  the 
US  Department  of  Labor  to  train  Corps- 
men  in  the  fundamentals  of  carpentry 
and  pre-apprenticeship  was  extended 
April  4  to  cover  trainees  at  another  Job 
Corps  Center. 

Tongue  Point  Job  Corps  Center  in 
Oregon  became  the  30th  site  where 
Brotherhood  instructors  are  employed. 
Tongue  Point  is  a  co-educational  center, 
and  the  initial  group  in  carpentry  con- 
sists of  eight  young  men  and  four 
women. 

Lawrence  Simonsen  is  the  coordina- 
tor, and  Edward  Hodson  is  the  carpen- 
try instructor. 

Last  month,  the  Brotherhood  began 
its  ninth  year  of  work  with  the  US  Job 
Corps  pre-apprenticeship  program.  It  is 
currently  instructing  1,350  trainees  at 
27  Civilian  Conservation  Corps  centers 
and  at  three  co-educational  centers. 
(There  are  at  present  25  young  women 
in  carpentry  training.)  On  the  average, 
each  trainee  completes  his  pre-appren- 
ticeship in  10  months. 


St.  Paul  Reps  Judge  VICA  Contest 


The  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Vocational  School  recently  held  a  craft-skills  contest  for 
members  of  VICA  in  local  high  schools  (Vocational  and  Industrial  Clubs  of  America). 
Judges  for  the  carpentry  section  of  the  contest  were  business  representatives  of 
Brotherhood  locals  in  the  Twin  Cities  area.  They  are  shown  above,  from  left:  Bill 
Lukowski,  Local  1644,  Minneapolis;  Lenny  Brandt,  Local  7,  Minneapolis;  Russ 
Domino,  Local  851,  Anoka;  Dick  Prior,  Local  87,  St.  Paul;  and  Clayton  Grimes, 
also  of  Local  87. 


18 


THE    CARPENTER 


New  Journeymen  In  Red  Bank,  NJ. 


Seven  apprentices  completed  their  training  and  received  journeymen  certificates 
recently  in  Local  2250,  Red  Bank,  N.J. 

Shown  in  the  picture,  left  to  right,  are  James  A.  Kirk,  business  representative  of 
Local  2250;  Journeymen  Bruce  Collins,  Michael  English,  Thomas  Morrison,  and 
Barry  Buchanan;  Sigurd  Lucassen,  General  Representative  and  president  of  the 
local  union;  and  Charles  E.  Gorhan  financial  secretary  and  secretary  of  the  apprentice 
committee. 

Not  present  but  also  receiving  certificates  were  Edgar  Johnson,  Michael  Lazar,  and 
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The  AFL-CIO  endorsed  a  nationwide 
boycott  of  Coors  Beer,  until  a  satisfactory 
settlement  of  a  strike  by  Distillery  Work- 
ers is  reached. 

The  union  has  been  bargaining  for 
more  than  five  months  for  renewal  of  a 
contract  which  expired  December  31. 
After  a  series  of  fruitless  meetings  with 
management,  1500  workers  walked  off 
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pany of  Golden,  Colo.,  on  April  5. 

In  a  formal  mediation  session  on 
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refused  to  reconsider  its  position  and 
advised  the  union  committee  that  the 
company  was  rescinding  the  union  shop 
which  has  been  in  effect  in  all  previous 
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The  central  issue  in  the  Coors  strike 
is  human  dignity,  says  AFL-CIO  Presi- 
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THE    LAW'S    THE    LAW 

In  the  midst  of  hearings  on  legis- 
lation that  would  halt  the  ban  on  the 
right  of  construction  workers  to  picket 
nnore  than  a  single  gate  at  a  struck 
jobslte,  Rep.  Frank  Thompson  (D-N.J.) 
was  informed  that  pickets  protesting 
the  legislation  were  marching  around 
the  Rayburn  hHouse  Office  Building. 

Said  Thompson,  amid  laughter: 
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pickets  that,  until  this  law  is  enacted, 
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even  the  down  is  up. 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

ALL   SIGNED   UP 

Sign  on  the  side  of  a   carpenter's 
truck:  You  should  see  what  I  can  saw. 
— Morris  Bricker 

Santa  Monica,  Calif. 


HEAVENLY   MANNA 

It  wasn't  exactly  that  the  7-year-old 
disliked  going  to  church;  his  chief  ob- 
jection was  the  long  pastoral  prayer. 

So  he  was  naturally  apprehensive 
when  his  father  asked  the  visiting  min- 
ister to  say  grace  at  dinner.  But  the 
prayer  was  brief  and  to  the  point.  In 
pleased  surprise  the  youngest  looked 
up  and  observed:  "You  don't  pray  so 
long  when  you're  hungry,  do  you?" 
— Maurice  Howes 
Summerfield,   Fla. 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

DISCO    RIDDLE 

Question:  Why  did  the  old  lady 
put  roller  skates  on  the  bottom  of  her 
rocking  chair? 

Answer:  Because  she  wanted  to 
rock  and  roll. 

— Mark  Schaeter 
Greenwood,  N.Y. 

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towards  nudity  won't  last.  Women  are 
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Tramp:  "hiave  you  a  piece  of  cake, 
lady,  to  give  a  poor  man  who  hasn't 
had  a  bite  to  eat  for  two  days?" 

Lady:  "Cake?  Isn't  bread  good 
enough  for  you?" 

Tramp:  "Ordinarily,  yes,  ma'am, 
but  this  is  my  birthday." 


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The  kings  of  Peru  were  the  Incas 

Who  were  known  far  and  wide 

as  great  drinkers. 

They  worshipped  the  sun 

and  had  lots  of  fun, 

But  the  peasant  all  thought 

they  were  stinkers. 


BEAR   STORY 

Uncle  Jeff  was  telling  'em  again. 
"One  day,"  he  related,  "while  walk- 
ing through  the  hills  of  east  Okla- 
homa, I  met  a  bear  face  to  face.  Not 
having  any  gun,  I  bashed  him  over 
the  head  with  my  canteen.  This  scared 
him,  so  he  went  running  over  the 
mountain  90  miles  per  hour!" 

"That's  true,"  nodded  Aunt  Mag- 
gie. "I  met  the  same  bear  down  the 
trail,  and  his  head  was  still  wet  when 
I  patted  him." 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 

CHECK-OUT   COUNTER 

Not  all  senior  citizens  have  financial 
problems.  One  lady  walked  into  a 
bank  with  a  shopping  bag  full  of 
money  and  asked  to  see  the  president. 
She  told  him  she  wished  to  open  a 
savings  account  with  the  $5000  in  the 
bag.  She  emptied  the  contents  on  the 
president's  desk,  and  It  added  up  to 
$6000.  She  said:  "May  I  use  your 
phone?"  She  called  her  husband  and 
said:  "Max,  you  dope,  you  gave  me 
the  wrong  shopping  bag!" 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 

RESIGNED   HIS    OFFICE 

"Jim,  Jim,"  his  wife  whispered  to 
the  sleeping  husband,  "there's  a  man 
in  the  dressing  room  going  through 
your  pants  pockets." 

"For  heaven's  sake,"  grumbled  the 
husband  sleepily,  "why  don't  you  two 
just  fight  it  out  yourselves?" 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

GOOD   LISTENER 

The  old  man  was  a  genuine  human 
being.  We  once  came  across  him 
standing  on  a  street  corner  where  he 
had  been  listening  to  a  politician 
speaking  for  over  an  hour.  We  asked 
him:  "Grandpa,  what  is  he  talking 
about?"  hie  said:  "I  don't  know,  he 
doesn't  say." 


20 


THE    CARPENTER 


Service 
Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


MARINETTE,   WIS. 

Local  1246  honored  its  senior 
members  recently. 

In  the  small  picture.  Local 
President  Daniel  Larson  presented 
Clarence  Carlson  with  his  50-year 
pin.  Not  present  to  receive  his 
50-year  pin  was  Dominick  Oliveto. 

In  the  larger  pricture,  left  to  right, 
are:  Front  row:  Louis  Berg.  25  yrs.; 
Ernest  Erdman,  25  yrs.:  Clarence 
Carlson,  50  yrs.;  Clarence  Larson, 
30  yrs.;  President  Larson;  Ronald 
Sundquist,  25  yrs.  Back  row:  Carl 
Miller,  20  yrs.;  Adolf  Anderson,  CE 
yrs;  Ephraim  Braley,  25  yrs;  Fred 
Matz,  30  yrs;  Melvin  Krause,  Jr.,  20 
yrs.;  and  Roger  Albert,  20  yrs. 

Members  not  present  to  receive 
their  pins  were  Clarence  Camps,  20 
yrs.;  Dominick  Oliveto,  50  yrs.; 
Joseph  Vavrunek,  30  yrs.;  Stanley 
Bizjak.  25  yrs.;  Edgar  Bush.  Sr.,  20 
yrs.;  Russel  Nelson,  25  yrs.;  Ray 
Wolf  red,  25  yrs.;  Earl  Brown.  20 
yrs. 

Present  to  receive  his  pin  but  not 
shown  was  Hjatmer  Hall,  25  yrs. 
Also  present  for  the  award  dinner 
was  the  business  manager  for  the 
Fox  River  Valley  District  Council, 
Jerry  Jahnke,  Business  Representative 
James  Moore;  and  Apprenticeship 
Coordinator  Don  Scmechal. 

FORT   LEE,    N.J. 

Local  17S5  held  its  annual  dinner- 
dance,  last  year,  at  Vecchiarello's 
Caterers,  Little  Ferry,  New  Jersey. 

Lawrence  Muller  was  honored  at 
this  occasion  and  received  a  70-year 
pin. 

Fort  Lee,  N.J. 


Marinette,  Wis. 


Marinette,  Wis. 


The  acompanying  picture  shows 
some  of  those  attending:  Left  to 
right.  Albert  Beck,  Jr..  business  agent; 
John  J.  Ferrando,  trustee;  August 
Ebel.  president  of  Hudson  District 
Council;  Jack  Powers;  Albert  Beck, 
Sr.  former  business  agent;  Joseph  C. 

York,  Pa. 


Cook,  president  of  Local  I7S5; 
Lawrence  Muller,  guest  of  honor; 
Henry  Cook,  former  business  agent; 
Frank  Van  Bemmcll:  Thomas  Bifano, 
business  agent.  Harold  Tamayne; 
Lester  Schlosser,  trustee. 


YORK,   PA. 

Members  of  Local  191  recently 
received  25-year  membership  pins. 

In  the  picture  arc:  First  row, 
seated.  Earl  Markcy,  Harry  Frey. 
Carroll  Volland.  Ludlinn  Rockwell, 
Granville  Naugle,  Filbert  Tuccy. 

Second  row,  Merl  Myers,  Mark 
Stover.  Harold  Frey.  Roscoc  Ander- 
son, William  Bcntzel.  Gerald  Korn- 
bau.  David  Bauglier.  Dwighl  Bonner. 

Third  row.  Earl  Henry,  Archie 
Colin.  Clctus  Mcsser,  George  Her- 
rick.  Clair  Utz. 

Also  present  for  the  picture  hut 
not  visible — Dennis  Trout. 


JUNE,    1977 


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Beaumont,  Tex. 


BEAUMONT,   TEX. 

Local  753  presented  25,  30,  35, 
and  40  year  pins  to  its  veteran 
members  last  winter.  They  are  shown 
with  the  men  who  made  the  pin 
presentations  in  the  accompanying 
picture.  (The  numbers  following  each 
name  indicates  years  of  service). 

Front  row:  W.  H.  Carr,  bus,  rep., 
Local  753-30;  Gen.  Rep.  Chester 
Smith,  40  years;  Wade  M.  Strother, 
35;  E.  J.  Booker,  35;  Les  G.  Burnett, 
35;  Irvin  Meriwether,  40;  E.  B. 
Brown,  40;  W.  L  Julian,  40;  Alex 
Work,  40;  Arthur  Weber,  30;  A.  B. 
Moorefield,  25;  C.  A.  Stewart,  25; 
Mecom  McGlothlin,  25;  Lewis  Rea, 
25;  Cecil  Caples,  25;  James  H. 
Thomas,  25. 

Kneeling  at  center,  behind  front 
row:  James  M.  Jones,  25;  W.  J. 
Hollier,  Sr.,  25;  Geo.  G.  Huckabay, 
30;  and  W.  C.  Stafford,  25. 

Second  row:  Wayne  Parnell,  30; 
George  Holden,  25;  C.  H.  Johnson, 
35;  B.  C.  Humphrey,  35;  R.  S. 
Mathews,  35;  H.  S.  Lemmon,  25; 
Luke  Young,  35;  J.  A.  Britt,  35; 
S.  J.  Zyrangue,  25;  J.  P.  Hartley,  35; 
George  M.  Dutsch,  35;  Harold  J. 
Giblin,  35;  W.  B.  Stillwell,  35; 
Arthur  Barrow,  35;  O.  R.  Gilstrap, 
35;  Harry  Ealy,  35;  C.  H.  Nobles,  30; 
Lonnie  Frazier,  25;  G.  W .  Frazier, 
25;  Auvie  B.  Wheeler,  {ex.  sec.  pf 
Sabine  Area  Dist.  Council),  25; 
S.  T.  Haire,  2. 

Third  row:  Nolton  Foux,  30;  Joe 
Montalbano.  30;  Clifford  MuUin,  30; 
L.  B.  Mansfield,  30;  Jas.  W.  Wellons, 
35;  LuWard  McSween,  35;  C.  H. 
Kennon,  30;  C.  Prejean,  30;  Jeff 
Nash,  30;  H.  R.  Gillespie,  30;  Ray 
Williams,  30;  E.  E.  Burrell,  30. 

Fourth  row:  L.  J.  Choate,  30; 
John  Bankston,  25;  L.  C.  Brannen, 
30;  D.  D.  McElroy,  25;  J.  D.  Lewis, 
25;  A.  G.  Revia,  30;  W.  C.  Turner. 
30;  Jas.  T.  Lowe,  25;  A.  A.  Barnum, 
30;  T.  T.  Wilson,  25;  D.  L.  Ingram, 
30;  C.  O.  Stinson,  30;  J.  T.  Warren, 
30;  Lenwood  Austin,  25;  C.  D. 


Williford,  30;  Edw.  J.  Chadwick,  25; 
W .  A.  Levings,  30;  Jesse  Watson,  30; 
J.  W.  Green,  30;  Adam  Miller,  30; 
S.  D.  Miller,  30;  Joe  L.  Sheperd,  30; 
Robt.  Priest,  30;  Herman  Gray,  30; 
L.  B.  Young.  30:  Ralph  P.  Kracke, 
30;  W.  W.  Britt,  30. 

Senior  members  who  received  pins 
but  are  not  shown  in  the  picture 
are  as  follows: 

40-YEAR  PINS— George  Burleigh, 
Ova  D.  Cherry,  A.  W.  Gietzen,  Sr., 
Borden  C.  Mullen,  L.  H.  Okervall, 
Pavton  Rav  White. 

'35-YEAR  PINS— William  E. 
Barkley,  Edwin  H.  Bauman,  R.  A. 
Biscamp.  O.  J.  Boutte,  Jr.,  Floyd 
Deking,  Jr.,  Clifford  C.  Duggan, 
Felix  Duhon,  Ernest  G.  Dunwoody, 
A.  L.  Fruge,  Wm.  A.  Grimsley, 
W.  L.  Hanley.  S.  E.  Holt,  W.  D. 
Howard.  Earl  Kirchoff,  T.  N.  Morse, 
C.  J.  Price,  Lonnie  Seaman,  Troy 
Simons,  H.  E.  Wagner,  J.  A.  Walker, 
G.  C.  Watkins,  F.  E.  Sharp. 

30-YEAR  PINS—Toney  A.  Arena, 
Paul  S.  Arrington,  Johnnie  Bagley, 
Jean  J .  Bourgeois,  Tandy  E.  Bruce, 
Ben  S.  Carney,  William  H.  Carr, 
Henry  T.  Chesnutt,  P.  W .  Colligan, 
Kirby  L.  Dean.  E.  L.  Dunlap,  George 
Earnheart,  R.  T.  Ford,  Johnnie  W. 
Gilbert,  I.  B.  Guillory,  Stanley 
Heilinger,  Hubert  H.  Hodge,  Thomas 
E.  Jasper,  C.  C.  Kirkland,  L.  B. 
Lafleur,  John  S.  Legato,  Wm.  C. 
Litton,  Noah  Louvier,  Robert  F. 
Lynn,  Robert  H.  McCauley,  Odis 
McCormick,  Marvin  McMahon, 
Loyce  E.  Miles,  Laurence  A.  Miller, 
Lawrence  Miller.  P.  B.  Millican, 
Junior  T.  Morgan,  L.  F.  Owers, 
Thos.  J.  Peden,  Ray  D.  Phelps,  I.  L. 
Pittman,  A.  J.  Provost,  Frank  N. 
Revia,    Wm.  H.  Sheppard,  Carl  R. 
Smith,  Jr.,  Odie  Smith,  Wm.  C. 
Smith,  L.  J.  Songe,  Jr.,  Clyde 
Thompson,  J.  C.  Thornton. 

25-YEAR  PINS—H.  M.  Anderson, 
Douglas  P.  Baker,  Louis  J.  Borque, 
Dewey  P.  Burkett,  Walter  P. 
Chapman,  Clarence  H.  Davis, 


iMwrence  Foux,  Horace  M.  Fuller, 
Tommy  G.  Hill,  Sr.,  R.  D.  Ivy, 
Curley  P.  Jagneaux.  Ernest  S. 
Jersenak,  Raymond  E.  Lynn,  Milton 
D.  McElroy,  I.  F.  Meriwether,  Jr., 
W.  H.  Mitchell,  Jas.  L.  Reeves,  Jr., 
Albert  Richardson,  J.  E.  Rico,  Jules 
Scallan,  James  W .  Smith,  Lloyd  E. 
Smith.  Wm.  H.  Smith,  Chas.  G. 
Stanley,  J.  G.  Sleelburg,  Peter 
Tomasello,  Anthony  G.  Varela, 
Chas.  N .  Williams,  Lee  R.  Wiliams, 
Murray  Williams,  Lester  D.  Winger, 
John  W.  Witt,  Sam  R.  Wolff, 
Scottie  M.  Worth,  Robt.  F.  Wright, 
Gordon  Wylie,  Harrison  Wylie. 


Saginaw,  Mich. 

SAGINAW,   MICH. 

Jacob  Michel  of  Local  334,  left, 
above,  was  in  Washington,  D.C.,  in 
April,  and  lie  took  the  occasion  to 
visit  the  General  Office. 

While  there.  General  Secretary 
R.  E.  Livingston  personally  pinned 
upon  his  coat  lapel  Ids  60-year 
service  pin,  which  he  has  earned  in 
six  decades  of  work  at  the  trade 
and  in  service  as  financial  secretary 
of  his  local  from  1941  to  1975. 
Brother  Michel's  local  union  is  that 
of  the  late  General  President 
Wm.  Hutcheson. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


Los  Angeles,  Calif. — 30  Years 


Los  Angeles,  Calif. — 25  Years 


Los  Angeles,  Calif. — 35  Years 


LOS    ANGELES,   CALIF. 

On  November  5,  1976,  Carpenters 
Local  1976  had  a  pin  presentation 
ceremony.  Those  honored  are  shown 
in  the  accompanying  pictures. 

25  Years — Lejt  to  right,  seated, 
Epifanio  Salcido,  Carlos  Estrada, 
Louis  C'de  Baca,  Charles  Lineberger, 
Larfry  Jimenez.  Left  to  right, 
standing:  John  Headley,  recording 
secretary:  Joe  Mosqueda,  Ray 
Schaejer,  Robert  Hager,  Garrett 
Rexkinkel,  Bruno  Winkler,  Harry 
Friedman,  Albert  Jones,  Nathan 
Fleisher,  business  representative. 

30  Years — Lejt  to  right,  front  row: 
John  Ramsey,  Percy  Hooton,  Harold 
Lieberman,  Nathan  Fleisher,  business 
representative:  Willie  Fuller,  George 
Sims.  Middle  row,  left  to  right:  Allen 
Blow,  Gilbert  Carrillo,  Sr.,  Virdee 
Triplet,  Ralph  Bicggar,  Joe  Garcia, 
Jesus  Martinex,  Sr..  Frank  Reeves, 
Robert  M.  Munoz,  Jose  Biunes. 
Standing,  left  to  right:  John  Headley, 
recording  secretary:  John  Zamora, 
Fred  Sinko,  Frank  Saunders,  Tony 
Forey,  Gilbert  Alvarudo,  Tony 
Barbosa,  Robert  Terrazas,  Tony 
Fierro,  Edward  Lumas,  Levy 
Hegwood,  Joe  Boultinghouse. 

35  Years — Left  to  right,  standing: 
Jolin  Headley,  recording  secretary: 
Richard  lir{igg,  James  Simmons, 
Herman  Bogartz,  (41  years),  Bennie 
Andry,  Jr.,  Henry  Baker,  Nallian 
Fteislier,  busiiwss  representative. 


RED    BANK,    N.J. 

At  its  regular  Christmas  meeting 
held  on  December  13,  1976  the 
following  members  of  Local  Union 
2250  of  Red  Bank,  New  Jersey 
received  25-year  service  pins: 

Pictured  are  first  row,  left  to  right: 
Elliott  King.  Gordon  A  tier  ton,  Ralph 
Newman,  Robert  Wilbcrt,  Jolin 
Hubert.  John  Regan,  Robert  Hem- 
bling,  and  Siguard  Lucassen  General 
Representative  and  President. 

Second  row,  left  to  right:  Eugene 
Gulavsen,  William  Levy,  Robert 
Levy,  James  Pemberton,  Ralph 

Red  Bonk,  N.J. 


Conover,  and  George  Ostrowski. 

Third  row  left  to  right:  James  A. 
Kirk,  business  representative,  Walter 
Windsor.  Fred  Mann,  Stanley 
Richards,  Donald  Hazard,  and 
William  Pat  ton. 

Not  present  but  honored:  Carl 
Bennett,  Harry  Bennett,  Arthur  Cot- 
greave.  Nicholas  DiSisto,  Felice 
Fabiano,  Herbert  Falkcnbiirg.  Louis 
Hartman,  Arthur  Johnson,  Richard 
Kirman,  Raymond  Mauser,  Robert 
Perkins,  Kenneth  Peterson.  Bradford 
Piersall,  Ivan  Pulos,  James  Reed, 
Ernest  Schanck,  and  Thomas  Stothart. 


JUNE,    1977 


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LAKEWOOD,   COLO. 

Carpenters  Local  1396  held  a  pin  presentation  dinner  on 
October  19,  1976. 

Picture  No.  1  shows  those  with  longest  service.  Front  row, 
left  to  right,  Martin  P.  Neimes,  40  yrs.,  and  Howard  L. 
Safford,  60  yrs.  Back  row,  left  to  right,  Raymond  S.  Barker, 
35  yrs.;  C.  L.  DeKok,  35  yrs.;  and  George  J.  Peck,  35  yrs. 

Picture  No.  2 — 30  years,  front  row,  left  to  right,  Ralph  O. 
Frang,  Charles  Peters,  William  McGaiighey,  Daniel  W.  Smith 
and  L.  H.  Scott.  Back  row,  left  to  right,  William  P.  Galloway, 
Norman  J.  Horvey,  James  A .  McFarland,  Jack  W.  Hunt, 
L.  D.  Skoglund,  Clyde  Nance,  J.  D.  Nuckolls  and  Darrell 
Sipes. 

Picture  No.  3 — 25  years,  front  row.  left  to  right,  Donald  H. 
Reish,  Lloyd  A.  Gardalen,  James  Ortega  and  Jewell  Myers, 
Back  row,  left  to  right.  Patrick  A.  Callahan,  Albert  R.  Moore, 
Edwin  Allan,  Jack  L.  Hougton  and  Gorge  A.  Henckel. 


Lakewood,  Colo. 
Picture  No.  1 


Lakewood,  Colo.,  Picture  No.  2 


Lakewood,  Colo.,  Picture  No.  3 


THE    CARPENTER 


New  York,  N.Y. — 50-Year  Members 

NEW   YORK,    N.Y. 

At  a  meeting  of  Local  608  held  in 
1976  several  members  became  eligible 
for  service  awards. 

The  presentation  of  the  pins  was 
made  by  Antliony  Spilar,  vice 
president.  New  York  State  Council 
and  business  representative  of  Local 
1164:  lohn  J.  O'Connor,  president 
and  business  representative  of  Local 
60S;  and  Paschal  McGidnness. 
secretary-treasurer  of  Local  608. 

25-year  members — front  row, 
seated,  from  left.  Frank  Heffernan; 
Michael  Mulliolland:  Martin  Forde, 
trustee;  John  J.  O'Connor,  president 
and  bus.  rep.;  Paschal  McGuinness, 
sec.-treas.;  Nicholas  Giaimo.  Center 
row,  Patrick  Kissane,  vice  president 
Daniel  Daly,  Michael  Cooney, 
Eugene  Kiernan,  Sam  Boncore, 
Redmond  O'Connor,  Michael  Murphy, 
James  Rainsford,  Richard  Geelan. 
Back  row,  John  McKenna,  Joseph 


New  York,  N.Y. — 40  Year  Members 


RUSSELLVILLE,   ARK. 

P. A.  Brewer  served  the  Arkansas 
State  Council  of  Carpenters  as 
secretary-treasurer  for  14  years  aiut 
as  a  joint  representative  for  10  years. 
He  is  shown,  left,  shaking  hands 
with  State  Council  President  W.N. 
Mitcham  upon  his  recent  retirement. 


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New  York,  N.Y.— 25-Year  Members 

Costa,  Mark  O'Brien,  warden;  Thomas 
Larsen.  James  Costabile.  Kevin 
O'Brien,  Michael  Carron,  John 
Sweeney. 

40-year  members — left  to  right, 
Walter  Strang,  A  Ibert  Hiscock,  Felix 
Kowalski.  John  J.  O'Connor,  pres. 
and  bus.  rep.  Local  608,  John 
Anders,  Phil  Smith. 

50-year  members — from  left, 
Anthony  Spilar.  business  rep.  Local 
1 164  and  installing  officer;  Martin 
Raleigh..  Paschal  McGuinness.  sec.- 
treas..  Local  608.  Patrick  Duffy, 
John  Crowley.  John  J.  O'Connor, 
president  and  business  rep.  Local 
60S. 

The  small  picture  shows  Gustav 
Johnson,  aim  a  50-year  member. 

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Local  1752  presented  pins  to  its  senior  members  last 
September. 

Picture  No.  1  sliows  Paul  Miller,  Los  Angeles  County 
District  Council  of  Carpenters  secretary-treasurer,  with 
35-year  pin  recipients:  Roger  Vignocchi,  Norman  W.  Harris, 
Charles  /.  Green,  Edward  Nickerson  and  Financial  Secretary 
Clyde  W.  Cable. 

30-year  pin  recipients:  kneeling,  George  Satterfield,  Richard 
Foerster,  Bruce  Milligan,  Ellas  Partida.  Standing,  Vance 
Nagel,  Frank  Rangel,  Paul  Miller,  Harold  Ketterman, 
Norwood  Knott,  Guy  F.  Whitney  and  Clyde  W.  Cable. 

25-year  pin  recipients,  front  row,  left  to  right:  Carl  Van 
Houten,  Joe  Beck,  Phillip  Musick.  Jose  Macias.  Back  row, 
from  left:  Joseph  Gheller,  George  Berard,  Damon  Bingle, 
Cecil  Hill,  Paul  Miller,  district  council  secretary-treasurer, 
George  Reinhardt,  David  Duplisea,  Mark  Rhea,  financial 
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OLEAN,   N.Y. 

Local  66  honored  its  senior 
members  at  a  banquet  in  1976. 
Pins  were  presented,  as  follows: 

25-Year  pins — seated,  left  to  right: 
Harold  Norton,  James  Draggett,  John 
Carlson,  Bernard  Dineen,  Danford 
Ruckers.  Standing:  Robert  Shipley, 
Edward  Hill,  Edward  Padden, 
Eugene   Bailey. 

30-Year  pins — seated,  left  to  right: 
Charles  Boza,  Harry  Vesneski. 
Gerald  Stanton,  Walter  Bob.  Standing, 
left  to  right:  Gordon  Billings.  Ray 
Aliamo,  George  Phearsclorf ,  Peter 
Schieser. 

One  30-year  member  honored  later 
was  Allan  Blaker. 

35-Year  pins — Left  to  right:  John 
Muchler,  Joseph  Pagano,  business 
manager,  and  Glen  Haskins. 

40-Year  pins — left  to  riglit: 
Gerald  Rauh,  Clayton  Weakland  and 
President  Francis  Turner,  presenting 
pins. 

50-Year  pins — Fred  Carver, 
Arthur  Crandall,  Business  Manager 
Joseph  Pagano  and  Elliott  Ellis, 
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pins. 


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Benton,  Ky. — 25-Year  Members 


Benton, 


-35-41  Years 


BENTON,    KY. 

Following  ceremonies  commemorat- 
ing its  39the  years  as  a  chartered 
organization,  Local  2049  gave  special 
recognition  to  its  chartered  members 
and  to  those  with  25  or  more  years 
of  service. 

35-41  YEARS  (see  picture) — from 
left  to  right:  Edgar  Wallace.  35  yrs., 
G.C.  Shelton,  35  yrs..  Paul  R.  Grace, 
39  yrs.,  Cecil  Lovett,  35  yrs.,  Ollie  J. 
Cox,  39  yrs.,  Elmer  G.  Brien,  39  yrs.. 
Glen  L.  Edwards,  37  yrs.,  James  A. 
White,  35  yrs. 

Absent  when  the  picture  was  taken: 
James  Andrus,  38  yrs.,  Othella  Boone, 
36  yrs.,  Gordon  S.  Bridges,  41  yrs., 
James  P.  Case,  36  yrs.,  Marvin  Gulp, 
35  yrs.,  Orbie  Culver,  37  yrs.,  Joe 
Greenfield,  35  yrs.,  Walter  House, 

35  yrs.,  Edgar  Karnes,  35  yrs.,  James 
A.  Melton,  37  yrs.,  Robert  E.  Minns, 

36  yrs.,  B.G.  Neat,  35  yrs.,  Don  V. 
Nelson,  39  yrs.,  Haywood  Norman, 
35  yrs.,  Carl  W .  Poyner,  39  yrs., 
Almon  B.  Rhea,  35  yrs.,  Frank  Siress, 

37  yrs.,  Loyd  Thorpe,  35  yrs.,  Burlis 
Ward,  36  yrs.,  Lonnie  R.  Watkins, 
37  yrs.,  (Carl  H.  Oliver,  37  yrs.. 
Deceased). 


30-35  YEARS— Clifton  Travis,  35 
yrs.,  William  H.  Phelps,  31  yrs., 
Merrill  D.  Miller,  30  yrs.,  Woodrow 
Dunn,  34  yrs.,  Howard  Williams,  34 
yrs.,  Leo  C.  Helm,  34  yrs..  Hoy  H. 
Heitt,  30  yrs.,  Charles  W.  Travis, 
34  yrs.,  Odis  Curtis,  34  yrs. 

Absent  when  picture  was  taken — 
Virgil  Clark,  30  yrs.,  J.D.  Ferguson, 
30  yrs.,  Willard  Watkins.  30  yrs., 
Arvin  Carner,  34  yrs.,  Dan  Clayton, 
34  yrs.,  Herman  English,  34  yrs., 
Hoy  L.  Greenfield,  34  yrs..  Van 
Hendrickson,  34  yrs.,  John  J.  Pace, 
34  yrs.,  Wilson  Pierce,  33  yrs.,  W.B. 
V enable,  34  yrs.,  Henry  Williams, 
34  yrs.,  (Goebel  Hamlett  deceased) 
30  yrs. 

26-29  YEARS— William  B.  Phelps. 

28  yrs..  Jewel  Jarvis,  29  yrs.,  Henry 
B.  Kennedy,  28  yrs.,  Peter  P. 
Zasaitis,  29  yrs.,  Mitchell 
McCandless,  29  yrs.,  Paul  Turner, 

29  yrs.,  David  Nanney,  27  yrs.,  Joe 
Lee  Smith,  29  yrs..  Clyde  Robrtson, 
Jr.,  26  yrs. 

Absent  when  picture  was  taken: 
Virgil  Border,  26  yrs..  Earl  Cole, 
29  yrs.,  Paul  Creason.  29  yrs.,  James 
U.  Harper,  28  yrs.,  George 


Humphries,  29  yrs.,  J.  C.  Jones,  29 
yrs.,  William  McGregor,  26  yrs., 
Nolan  Murdock,  26  yrs.,  Leslie  I. 
Myers,  29  yrs.,  Hal  Perry,  29  yrs., 
Arnold  C.  Phelps,  29  yrs.,  Wayne 
Powell,  29  yrs.,  Phillip  Thompson, 
29  yrs.,  Robert  Turner,  27  yrs., 
Olus  Waldrop,  26  yrs.,  Elvis  T. 
Williams,  28  yrs.,  Lanis  Wyatt,  26 
yrs. 

25-YEAR  MEMBERS— Front  row, 
left  to  right:  Leonard  Miller,  John 
W.  Moses,  Authur  Thweatt,  Theron 
Crouch,  William  H.  Hatfield,  Loyd 
Sills,  James  E.  Hurt,  John  H. 
Greenfield,  and  Alford  Jones. 

Back  row,  left  to  right:  Morgan 
Rickman,  Loyd  Nelson,  Nolan 
Harper,  Charlie  Lovett,  Jesse  J. 
Teckenbrook.  James  H.  Brown,  Joe 
Tom  Thweatt,  and  Lee  Roy  Phelps. 

Absent  when  picture  was  taken: 
Scott  E.  Lindsey,  Russell  V . 
McGregor,  Terrell  W.  Keeling,  Gus 
Hopkins,  Kenneth  Brown,  George 
Holland,  William  A.  Vaughn, 
Clearance  L.  Willard,  Willis  H. 
Short,  W.  W.  Shemwell,  Laurence 
Sirls,  (Deceased:  Elvis  Nimmo  and 
Jesse  L.  Fisher). 


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29 


L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Hector,  Rossi 
Potter,  Harold  J. 

L.U.  NO.  15 
HACKENSACK,  NJ. 

Monroe,  Milton  W. 

L.U.  NO.  20 

NEW   YORK,  N.Y. 

Mahoney,   Bill 

L.U.  NO.  30 

NEW  LONDON,  CT. 

Horton,  EUisworth 
Maguder,  Frederick 
Sabinski,  August 
L.U.  NO.  35 
SAN  RAFAEL,  CA. 
Scheller,  A.  W. 

L.U.  NO.  50 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Hamilton,  Jack 
Hartzog,  Orval 
Longmire,  H.  L. 
Shears,  John 

L.U.  NO.  64 
LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

Crabb,  J.  W. 
Daniel.  C.  M. 
Dunn,  Fred 
Harrod,  J.  W. 
Kaufman,  Edward 
Kent,  Shelby 
Schott,  Leo  F. 

L.U.  NO.  66 
OLEAN,  N.Y. 

Bailey,  Roddie 

L.U.  NO.  89 
MOBILE,  AL. 

Eubank,  Forrest 
Moser,  M.  B. 

L.U.  NO.  94 
WARWICK,  R.  I. 

Berthelatte,  George 
Fletcher,  Robert  S. 
Harrington,  Richard  T. 
Hargraves,  William 
Janson.  Hjalman  V. 
Lisabelle,  Rosario 
Martin,  James 
Mort,  Alex 
Potter,  Donald  H. 

L.U.  NO.  121 
VINELAND,  NJ. 

Fabbri,  Alfred 
Hanson,  John 

L.U.  NO.  128 

ST.  ALBANS,  W.  VA. 

Bays.  Ernest  L. 
Coyner,  Ivan  C. 
Davis,  E.  G.  "Slim" 
McDonald,  Ruble  H. 
Sullivan,  Dale  A. 

L.U.  NO.  132 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Comer,  Franklin  P. 
Doughtery,  Leo  L. 
Ferguson,  James  T. 
Geary,  Lee  W. 
Gouldman,  Alex  D. 
McDonald,  Tillman  H. 
McDowell,  Thomas  J. 
McLuskey.  Hugh  D. 
Madden,  Andrew  G. 
Miller,  Arthur  L. 


Roe,  John  W. 
Sabin,  Joseph  C. 

L.U.  NO.  181 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Walker,  Leo 

L.U.  NO.  188 
YONKERS,  N.Y. 

Twardosz,  Frank 

L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Fogg,  Raymond  L. 
Rutledge,  M.  E. 
Snyder,  Noah 
Young,  James  M. 
Williams,  H.  R. 

L.U.  NO.  255 
BLOOMINGBURG,  N.Y. 

Filiss,  George 
Keating,  Floyd 
Holstein,  Kurt  E. 

L.U.  NO.  256 
SAVANNAH,  GA. 

Anderson,  Coley 

L.U.  NO.  281 
JOHNSON  CITY,  N.Y. 

Maynard,  Earl  H. 
SchaefFer,  Robert 

L.U.  NO.  345 
MEMPHIS,  TN. 

Anderson,  J.  G. 
Annaratone,  Louie 
Boydston,  B.  E. 
Hardaway,  J.  E. 
Hughes,  P.  E. 
Lovelace,  Walter  L. 
Morris,  Neal  Rex 
Mott,  Norman  C. 
Patterson,  Joe  C. 
Wilhite,  J.  K. 
Wilson,  Hugh  H. 

L.U.  NO.  355 
BUFFALO,  N.Y. 

Cieslewicz,  Joseph 
Gmitrowski,  Edward 
Hummer,  George 
Metzler,  Leo  V. 
Schneider,  Carl 

L.U.  NO.  362 
PUEBLO,  CO. 

Horton,  Claude  V. 
Ritchie,  Laurence  F. 

L.U.  NO.  393 
GLOUCESTER,  N.J. 

Davis,  Douglas 
Koeberle,  Joseph  W. 
Lyons,  Donald  W. 
Nordlund,  Lauri 
Pearson,  Edward 
Reynolds,  Morley 
Siegel,  George 
Sparpaglione,  Louis 
Waugh,  Harvey  C. 
Wilkerson,  Raymond  H. 

L.U.  NO.  422 

NEW  BRIGHTON,  PA. 

Conkle,  Lester  W. 
Coulter,  William  J. 
Kuderca,  Joseph 


L.U.  NO.  440 
BUFFALO,  N.Y. 

Abromow,  Ralph 
Purdy,  Harry  A. 
Zimmer,  Leon 

L.U.  NO.  486 
BAYONNE,  N.Y. 

Levy,  Nathan 

L.U.  NO.  494 
WINDSOR,  ONT.  CAN. 

Dragstra,  Albert 
Normandeau,  J. 

L.U.  NO.  595 

LYNN,  MA. 
Renn,  Honey 

L.U.  NO.  608 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 
Anderson,  Tage 
Cameron,  Donald 
Campanella,  Charles 
Clarke,  Vincent 
Fath,  Francis 
Foley,  John 
Forsthoff,  Arthur 
Fruhbeis,  Sylvester 
Kazmierski,  George 
McCallion,  Daniel 
McLoughlin,  David 
McLoughlin,  James 
Miniter,  Patrick 
Nelson,  Axel 
Ossenbruggen,  Herman 
Primich,  Anton 
Schwertfleger,  Reinhold 
Smigiel,  Stephen 
Spellman,  John 
Walsh,  Michael 

L.U.  NO.  665 
AMARILLO,  TX. 

Hill,  William  R. 
Logan,  Earl 

L.U.  NO.  740 
BROOKLYN,  N.Y. 

Martinelly,  Sal 
Pugh,  George 

L.U.  NO.  783 
SIOUX  FALLS,  S.D. 

Hedland,  Ole 
Nelson,  Albert 

L.U.  NO.  787 
BROOKLYN,  N.Y. 

Haanes,  Ralph 
Johnson,  John 
Mortonsen,  Morton 
Paulsen,  Paul 
Prater,  John  B. 
Tonnesen,  Tonnis 

L.U.  NO.  899 
PARKERSBURG,  W.  VA. 

Schoolcraft,  Ola  Jr. 

L.U.  NO.  916 
AURORA,  IL. 

Dalseg,  John 
Davis,  Merl 
Eichelberger,  E.  E. 
Kelsey,  John 
Lemmer,  Francis 


Streit,  John 
Watts,  Robert 

L.U.  NO.  925 
SALINAS,  CA. 

Barlow,  Fred 
Brook,  Lewis  E. 
Callahan,  Louis 
Crenshaw,  O.  P. 
Durham,  W.  C. 
Ehrich,  William 
Hubbard,  Boyd 
Kelly,  John  Jr. 
Mallory,  Frank 
Rice,  Richard 

L.U.  NO.  973 
TEXAS  CITY,  TX. 

Deason,  Edward  D. 
Ray,  Kenneth  A. 

L.U.  NO.  977 
WICHITA  FALLS,  TX. 

Alley,  E.  A. 

L.U..  NO.  1089 

Phoenix,  Az. 
Bennett,  E.  J. 
Blanset,  Howard 
Hoyer,  H.  Viktor 
Olson.  Wesley 
Steyaert,  F.  P. 

L.U.  NO.  1098 
PHOENIX,  AZ. 

Bankston,  Henry  Lee 
Freeman,  Carl 
Grimball,   Ike 
Lazzaro,   Mack 
Reinninger,  Sidney 
Sharkey,  Robert  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1138 
TOLEDO,  OH. 

Kreps,  Keith 
Sliwinski,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1172 
BILLINGS,  MT. 

Hoback,  James  G. 
Krueger,  Louis  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1289 
SEATTLE,  WA. 

Poole,  Harry  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1332 
GRAND  COULEE,  WA. 

Durham,  Leiburn  H. 

L.U.  N0.1342 
BLOOMFIELD,  N.J. 

Peterson,  Gunnar 
Sapanaro  Rocco 
Stocker,  Lee 
Traeger,  John  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1397 
ROSLYN,  N.Y. 

Nowakowski,  Joseph 

L.U.  NO.  1478 
REDONDO  BEACH,  CA. 

Kissack,  William 

L.U.  NO.  1500 
PALATKA,  FL. 

Carbett,  N.  D. 
Moody,  I.  D. 
Pearson,  John 
Shaw,  Charles 
Woodrrift,  R.  M. 


L.U.  NO.  1564 
CASPER,  WY. 

Clausen,  Olaf 
Eads,  Frank 
Jackson,  Gilbert 
Larson,  Roy 
Tomlin,  Frank 
Walters,  Jack 
Williams,  C.  Ray 

L.U.  NO.  1634 
BIG  SPRING,  TX. 

Reagan,  B.  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1707 
LONGVIEW,  WA. 

Boggs,  Donald  M. 
Hankins,  Marvin  D. 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Brignaudy,  M.  L. 
Hemelt,  J.  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1889 
WESTMONT,  IL. 

Lang,  Harry  H. 
Rohr,  Fred 

L.U.  NO.  1896 
THE  DALLES,  OR. 

Shouse,  Robert  H. 

L.U.  NO.  1906 
PHIADELPHIA,  PA. 

Johnsen,  William  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  1921 
HEMPSTEAD,  N.Y. 
Friberg,  Eino  J. 

L.U.  NO.  1939 
CLIFTON,  N.J. 

Zanotti,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1962 

LAS  CRUCES,  N.M. 

Frantz,  Richard  T.  "Red" 

L.U.  NO.  1971 
TEMPLE,  TX. 

Bravenec,  E.  C. 
Stubblefield,  W.  J.,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  2014 
BARRINGTON,  IL. 

Holland,  Emil 
Rosel,  Walter  C. 

L.U.  NO.  2049 
GILBERTSVILLE,  KY. 

Helm,  Leo  C. 

L.U.  NO.  2203 
ANAHEIM,  CA. 

Aston,  Willard 
McCandless,  Jess  R. 

L.U.  NO.  2250 
RED  BANK,  N.J. 

Morrell,  Jasper  R. 
Pullen,  Elmer  C. 

L.U.  NO.  2274 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

MacLeod,  John  N. 

L.U.  NO.  2436 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Byrd,  Samuel 
Fontenot,  Joseph 
lery,  Wilbur 
Kennedy,  James 


30 


THE    CARPENTER 


VENTED  GOGGLES 


Two  new  flexible-frame  gas  welding 
goggles  have  been  announced.  Improved 
ventilation  is  claimed,  as  both  models 
have  1.4  square  inches  of  open  vent  area, 
which  is  many  times  more  area  than  the 
conventional  "button"  vented  goggles 
provide.  All  vents  are  fully  baffled  to 
prevent  the  straight-line  entry  of  flying 
particles. 

Model  WS-85  carries  a  2  x  414 -in. 
filter  plate  in  a  hinged  window  that  raises 
to  let  the  welder  view  the  work  through 
an  inner  clear  plate.  The  Model  WS-80 
has  a  more  economical  fixed  front.  Gog- 
gle frames  are  of  smooth,  red  opaque 
vinyl,  plate  holders  are  of  heat-resistant 
nylon. 

For  more  information  write:  Jackson 
Products,  5523  Nine  Mile  Road,  Warren, 
Mich.  48091. 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Belsaw  Planer   31 

Belsaw  Sharp-All    19 

Borden  Inc/Chemical 

Division-Elmer's    Back  Cover 

Chicago  Technical  College   1? 

Craftsman   Book   Company    29 

Eliason  Stair  Gauge  Company    .  .  19 

Estwing  Mfg.  Co 24 

Foley  Mfg.  Co 26 

Fill!   Length   Roof  Framer   31 

Hydrolevel    15 

Irwin   Auger  Bit  Co 25 

ITT  Publishing   27 

Locksmithing    15 

Kedman  Company   15 


LIGHTED  TWEEZERS 

This   may   be   the  first  battery  lighted 
tweezer.  A  twist  of  the  handle  provides 
pinpoint    illumination,    which    permits    a 
craftsman  to  work 
with     tiny     screws, 
bolts,    and   compo- 
nents. 

Tweezer-lite's 
precision  tips  grasps 
even  the  smallest 
objects.  It's  made  of 
the  finest  surgical 
grade  surgical  steel, 
balanced  to  fit  the 
hand,  and  guaran- 
teed not  to  rust, 
corrode  or  tarnish. 

The  Tweezer-lite  is  also  designed  for 
the  hobby  enthusiast-stamp,  collecting 
beading,  miniature  train  building,  etc. 

You  can  order  either  slated  tips  or 
straight  tips.  The  price:  $9.90  plus  $1.10 
for  postage  and  handling.  Send  check  or 
money  order,  no  C.O.D.'s  (111.  Res.,  5% 
sales  tax)  to  S.A.L.E.,  P.O.  Box  11172F- 
38,  Chicago,  111.  60611. 

IGNITION   LOCK 

One  day,  last  year,  James  Rowlings,  a 
member  of  Local  40,  Boston,  Mass.,  had 
an  inspiration  and  went  into  his  work- 
shop and  designed  a  new  kind  of  auto- 
mobile lock,  which,  he  states,  will  pre- 
vent an  automobile  from  being  stolen. 

He  has  a  patent  pending,  and  he 
has  set  up  a  small  company  called  Se- 
curity Auto  Lock,  Inc.,  to  market  his 
product.  Rowlings'  lock  is  made  of  stain- 
less steel  and  is  jimmy-proof.  The  lock 
is  installed  on  the  steering  column  of  a 
car,  and  it  covers  the  ignition  lock  and 
key  device.  It  is  selling  for  $37.95,  ac- 
cording to  Rowlings. 

If  you  would  like  more  information 
about  the  Rowlings'  Lock  write;  Security 
Auto  Lock,  Inc.,  P.O.  Box  211,  Milton 
Village  Branch,  Mass.  02187. 


An  artist's  sketch  shows  how  the  Secu- 
ritj'  I^tk  is  placed  on  a  .steering  column 
of  an  automobile. 


PLEASE  NOTE:  A  report  on  new  prod- 
ucts and  processes  on  this  page  in  no 
way  constitutes  an  endorsement  or  recom- 
mendation. All  performance  claims  are 
based  on  statements  hv  the  manufacturer. 


Full  Length  Roof  Framer 

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  V2 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease Y2  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 
width  is  %  inch  and  they  increase 
Yi"  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'-9%"  wide.  Pitch 
is  T'/i"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
Let  us  prove  it,  or  return  your  money. 


Getting  the  lengths  of  rafters  by  the  span  and 
the  method  of  setting  up  the  tables  is  faliy  pro- 
tected  by  the  1917  &  1944  Copyrights. 


In  the  U.S.A.  send  $4.00.  We  pay  the 
postage.  California  residents  add  24^ 
tax.  C.O.D.  orders  O.K.  See  your 
Post  Office  for  a  Money  Order. 

We  also  have  a  very  fine  Stair 
book  9"  X  12".  It  sells  for  $2.50.  We 
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IN  CONCLUSION 


America  Needs  Foreign  Trade 

Which  Expands  its  Economy, 

Not  Trade  Which  Drains  it  Away 


The  days  of  the  Yankee  horse  trader  seem  to  be 
gone  in  America,  insofar  as  our  trading  with  other 
nations  is  concerned. 

Hard,  shrewd  bargaining  in  the  exchange  of  manu- 
factured goods  and  natural  and  technical  resources 
seems,  to  have  been  replaced  by  detente  giveaways, 
Third  World  intimidation,  multinational  sleight-of- 
hand,  and  even  bribery  of  foreign  officials  for  trading 
advantages. 

College  professors  who  teach  world  economics  and 
international  trade  put  their  textbooks  aside  when  ex- 
plaining current  conditions  to  their  students. 

In  this  year  of  1977  the  rapid  change  in  interna- 
tional trade  and  foreign  investment  leaves  our  Con- 
gressional experts  and  our  economists  in  a  state  .of 
confusion.  U.S.  production  is  disrupted,  and  American 
jobs  are  lost. 

We  have  turned  back  60  years,  unfortunately,  to 
the  era  of  "dollar  diplomacy,"  to  the  Administration 
of  President  Taft,  when  we  bought  political  advantage 
by  parlaying  our  dollars  among  key  nations.  And,  to 
some  extent,  we  are  not  to  blame  for  the  return  to 
this  policy  today,  for  the  West  Germans,  the  Japanese, 
the  Dutch,  and  especially  the  Communist  nations  are 
playing  this  game,  too. 

Russia  maintains  its  alliance  with  Cuba  by  buying 
Cuban  sugar.  It  woos  the  nations  of  South  America  by 
offering  premium  prices  for  critical  natural  resources. 

Military  weaponry  sales  have  bolstered  many  dicta- 
torships, which  would  have  fallen  long  ago  without 
outside  funds. 

International  trade  today  is  an  increasingly  com- 
plex problem,  and  nobody  stands  to  suffer  more  from 
downturns  in  our  import-export  balance  than  the 
American  worker.  Nobody  suffers  more  when  cheap 
foreign-manufactured  goods  are  dumped  onto  the 
American  market  than  the  millions  of  Americans 
already  out  of  work. 

The  United  States  had  a  reported  surplus  of  exports 
over  imports  amounting  to  $11  billion  in  1975.  That 
situation  changed  drastically  in  1976  to  a  $5.9  billion 
deficit — a  drop  of  $17  billion  in  a  single  year. 

At  the  beginning  of  1976  the  Ford  Administration 
granted  special  "zero  tariffs"  on  imports  of  2,700 
products  from  140  nations  and  territories,  despite 
clear  evidence  of  injury  to  U.S.  production  and  jobs. 


The  investment  in  plants  and  equipment  abroad  by 
US-based  firms  stood  at  $27  billion,  last  year,  with 
spending  on  manufacturing  investment  abroad  ex- 
pected to  show  a  rise  to  $13.2  billion  in  1977. 

Meanwhile,  investment  by  foreign  multi-nationals  in 
the  United  States  continues  to  expand.  There  are 
American  workers  today  who  are  employed  by  Arab- 
ian emirates  investing  in  our  financial  institutions,  by 
Japanese  firms  fabricating  metal  components  in  the 
West  and  Southwest,  and  by  energy  companies  based 
overseas. 

Foreign  companies  account  for  approximately  one- 
quarter  of  US  exports,  each  year,  and  for  approxi- 
mately 30%  of  imports  into  this  country.  Yet  effective 
regulation  of  this  investment  has  not  been  attempted 
by  our  government. 

The  big  energy  companies,  the  big  auto  manufac- 
turers, and  the  big  multi-product  cartels  no  longer 
think  of  themselves  in  national  terms  .  .  .  and  they  do 
not  think  of  "labor  costs"  in  national  terms.  It  mat- 
ters not  to  them  that  the  American  standard  of  living, 
developed  through  hard  work  and  industry  over  two 
centuries,  will  suffer  drastically  in  daily  confrontations 
in  the  marketplace  with  products  manufactured  by 
the  exploited  workers  of  the  underdeveloped  nations. 

As  in  consumer  affairs,  as  in  matters  of  worker 
safety,  as  in  social  security  issues,  it  has  become  ap- 
parent to  the  labor  movement  of  North  America  that 
no  other  group  but  itself  will  take  the  lead  in  the  bat- 
tle for  economic  survival  of  North  American  workers 
in  the  field  of  international  trade. 

The  Boot  and  Shoe  Workers  urged  President  Carter 
recently  to  take  appropriate  steps  to  protect  the  de- 
pressed American  shoe  industry  against  the  flood  of 
imported  shoes,  suggesting  that  quotas  be  established. 
A  Federal  commission,  meanwhile,  suggested  the  pos- 
sibility of  tariff  protections  instead.  To  date,  neither 
suggestion  was  adopted  and  no  relief  has  been  offered. 

For  decades  organized  labor  has  been  a  leading 
advocate  of  a  free  trade  policy.  It  led  the  fight  to  free 
trade  after  World  War  II  when  America  was  attempt- 
ing to  revive  vanquished  Germany  and  Japan  and 
bring  the  world  back  to  normalcy. 

Now  we  find,  however,  that  the  lip  service  given  by 
other  nations  to  "free  trade"  hides  money  manipula- 
tions through  cartels,  Swiss  banks,  and  political 
bribery. 


32 


THE    CARPENTER 


Conditions  have  reached  the  point  where  the  AFL- 
CIO  Executive  Council  issued,  last  February,  its  most 
detailed  report  and  recommendations  to  Congress 
and  the  Carter  Administration.  These  are  some  of  the 
Council's  specific  proposals: 

•  In  the  Executive  Branch,  foreign  economic  policy 
should  be  geared  to  America's  needs  for  jobs  in  a 
strong,  growing  economy.  The  Trade  Act  and  other 
legislation  should  be  administered  to  provide  for 
American  domestic  production  as  well  as  to  encourage 
world  trade.  Fair  trade  and  reciprocal  relations  are 
basic  to  policies  that  will  help  American  and  the 
world. 

•  The  Overseas  Private  Investment  Corporation 
(OPIC),  a  government  agency  that  insures  foreign 
investment  of  huge  U.S.  firms  and  banks,  must  not  be 
renewed  when  its  authorization  ends  in  December 
1977. 

•  New  legislation  is  needed  to  regulate  imports  and 
exports  in  short  supply  through  export  controls,  tax 
policies,  import  relief  provisions  and  strictly-enforced 
labeling  as  to  country  of  origin. 

•  Trade  with  Communist  countries  should  be  regu- 
lated more  effectively  through  improved  administra- 
tion of  Title  IV  of  the  Trade  Act  and  by  additional 
legislation  that  recognizes  the  economic  and  political 
fact  of  life  that  private  commercial  interests  cannot 
negotiate  as  effectively  with  closed  and  managed  econ- 
omies as  governmental  negotiators  can. 

•  Provisions  in  existing  laws,  specifically  item  807 
and  806.30  which  result  in  the  export  of  American 
jobs,  should  be  repealed. 

•  Provisions  in  the  Trade  Act  of  1974  to  aid  U.S. 
production  and  jobs — the  escape  clause,  provisions 
against  unfair  competition,  etc. — must  be  enforced  to 
help  build  strong  American  industries  and  save  jobs. 
Quotas  on  shoes,  color  TV  sets,  textile  products, 
men's  and  women's  clothing,  rubber,  among  others, 
are  essential. 

•  Imports,  exports,  technology  and  investment 
must  be  reported  in  more  detail,  monitored  and  regu- 
lated. To  this  end,  Sections  608  and  609  of  the  Trade 
Act  of  1974,  which  require  reporting  of  exports,  im- 
ports and  production  should  be  enforced  so  that  com- 
parisons can  be  made.  The  International  Investment 
Survey  Act  of  1976  should  also  be  enforced,  so  that 
foreign  technology,  investment  and  other  transfers  can 
be  monitored  and  employment  effects  examined. 

•  Customs  laws  should  be  enforced,  with  penalties 
assessed  fairly.  More,  not  less,  customs  reporting  is 
necessary  so  that  American  trade  policy  can  be  made 
on  the  basis  of  fact. 

•  Foreign  grant,  insurance  and  loan  programs 
should  be  supervised  in  terms  of  U.S.  interests  at 
home  as  well  as  abroad.  This  means  that  Eximbank 
loans,  guarantees  and  insurance  activities  should  be 
carefully  limited  both  in  amount  and  in  the  authority 
to  expand  the  action. 

•  Title  V  of  the  Trade  Act  now  permits  over  S3 
billion  a  year  in  imports  without  any  tariffs  at  all  for 


many  products  manufactured  by  cheap,  foreign  labor. 
It  should  be  repealed. 

•  Tax  loopholes  and  incentives  for  multinational 
companies  to  move  abroad  should  be  ended,  the  tax 
deferral  halted,  the  foreign  tax  credit  repealed  and 
DISC  abolished. 

•  Adjustment  assistance  for  workers  must  be  com- 
pletely overhauled  to  assure  that  workers  injured  by 
imports  receive  assistance.  Adjustment  assistance, 
which  is  essentially  a  welfare  program,  is  not  a  solu- 
tion for  America's  trade  problems. 

•  The  Foreign  Trade  Zone  Act  of  1934  should  be 
repealed.  Any  exemptions  from  this  nation's  trade 
laws  must  be  proven  on  a  case-by-case  basis.  The  U.S. 
government  should  seek  treaties  to  end  the  exploita- 
tion of  workers  in  trade  zones  in  foreign  countries. 

Negotiations  with  other  nations  should  be  based 
on  the  needs  of  the  U.S.  economy,  not  political  ex- 
pediency. The  goal  must  be  an  expansion  of  trade 
based  on  fairness,  reciprocity  and  mutual  benefit. 

Trade  unions  support  healthy,  fair  trade  that  will 
build  a  strong  American  economy.  We  oppose  the 
continued  export  of  American  jobs  and  industry, 
which  has  undermined  the  economy.  We  shall  pursue 
every  possible  relief  for  the  injury  already  sustained, 
as  well  as  new  legislation  to  halt  the  drain  on  this 
nation's  economy. 


A  LESSON  IN  MEMBER  PROTECTION 


There  have  been  two  serious  a++emp+s,  this  year, 
to  enact  "right  to  work"  laws  in  the  state  legislatures. 
Both  fortunately,  were  defeated. 

Meanwhile,  trade  unions  have  suffered  their  first 
setback  in  the  1977  session  of  Congress,  with  the 
defeat  of  a  situs  picketing  bill  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. 

We  must  renew  our  efforts  to  enact  legislation  vital 
to  workers  and  their  families. 


Make    your    membership 
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GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

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GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

William  Sidell 

101  Constitution, Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

William  Konyha 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 
Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

R.  E.  Livingston 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 
Charles  E.  Nichols 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  PRESIDENT  EMERITUS 

M.    A.    HUTCHESON 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  John  S.  Rogers 

Islip-MacArthur  Airport 

Main  Terminal  Building,  Suite  206 

Ronkonkoma,  New  York  11779 

Second  District,  Raleigh  Rajoppi 

130  Mountain  Avenue 
Springfield,  New  Jersey  07081 

Third  District,  Anthony  Ochocki 

14001  West  McNichols  Road 
Detroit,  Michigan  48235 

Fourth  District,  Harold  E.  Lewis 

2970  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.W.,  Suite  300 
Atlanta,  Ga.  30305 

Fifth  District,  Leon  W.  Greene 
2800  Selkirk  Drive 
Burnsville,  Minn.  55378 


Sixth  District,  Frederick  N.  Bull 

Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
Room  722,  Oregon  Nat'l  Bldg. 
610  S.W.  Alder  Street 
Portland,  Oregon  97205 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District, William  Stefanovich 

2300  Howard  Avenue 

Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada  N8X  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Eldon  T.  Staley 
4706  W.  Saanich  Rd. 
Victoria,  B.  C. 


William  Sidell,  Chairman 
R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

If  your  local  union  wishes  to  list  de- 
ceased members  in  the  "In  Memoriam" 
page  of  The  Carpenter,  it  is  necessary 
that  a  specific  request  be  directed  to  the 
editor. 


In  processing  complaints,  the  only 
names  which  the  financial  secretary  needs 
to  send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are  NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 
In  sending  in  the  names  of  members  who 
are  not  getting  the  magazine,  the  new  ad- 
dress forms  mailed  out  with  each  monthly 
bill  should  be  used.  Please  see  that  the 
Zip  Code  of  the  member  is  included.  When 
a  member  clears  out  of  one  Local  Union 
into  another,  his  name  is  automatically 
dropped  from  the  mail  list  of  the  Local 
Union  he  cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the 
secretary  of  the  Union  into  which  he 
cleared  should  forward  his  name  to  the 
General  Secretary  for  inclusion  on  the 
mail  list.  Do  not  forget  the  Zip  Code 
number.  Members  who  die  or  are  sus- 
pended are  automatically  dropped  from 
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only  corrects  your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine,  which  requires  six  to 
eight  weeks.  However  this  does  not  advise  your  own  local  union  of  your 
address  change.  You  must  notify  your  local  union  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPEISTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


NAME. 


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VOLUME  XCVII                                                NO.  7                                                      JULY,  1977 
UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS   OF  AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 

IN    THIS    ISSUE 

NEWS  AND   FEATURES 

Loggers  Rally  in  Washington  - - _ 2 

How  Much  Wilderness  is  Enough? - Charles  Nichols  4 

NLRB  Petitions  Court  For  Croft  Contempt  Citation _ 5 

Councils  Urged  to  Obtain  Health  Planning  Seats 5 

Labor's  Historical  Records  Must  be  Preserved 6 

California  State  Council  Pushes  Organizing,  CHOP 8 

Putting  the  Union  Stamp  on  Kansas  City 11 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington   Roundup 7 

Canadian  Report Cooperative  Press  12 

In  Retrospect R.  E.  Livingston  15 

Plane  Gossip — 1 6 

We  Congratulate 17 

Local  Union  Nev/s 18 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 21 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 23 

In  Memoriam 29 

What's  Nev/? 31 

In  Conclusion William  Sidell  32 


THE 
COVER 


On  July  4  the  US  Postal  Service 
will  issue  a  block  of  four  13-cent 
stamps  which  it  calls  "Skilled  Hands 
foi  Independence." 

The  horizontal,  standard-sized  com- 
memoratives  show  the  skills  of  some 
of  the  civilians  who  supported  Con- 
tinental troops  in  the  field  during  the 
American  Revolution.  One  of  the  four 
is  a  wheelwright — a  craftsman  from 
our  own  trade  ...  in  fact,  one  of  the 
first  craftsmen  of  our  trade. 

Historians  tell  us  that  the  word 
"carpenter"  comes  from  a  Latin  word 
"carpentarius" — meaning  wagon  or 
chariot  maker.  When  the  Roman 
legions  were  spreading  across  Europe 
2,000  years  ago,  they  took  with  them 
"carpenteria"  who  repaired  the  wheels 
and  frameworks  of  their  chariots  and 
wagons  and  built  bridges  and  barracks 
along  the  roads.  These  early  crafts- 
men were  skilled  woodworkers,  and 
the  production  and  repair  of  woo.den 
chariot  wheels  were  true  tests  of  their 
skill. 

During  the  American  Revolution, 
wheelwrights  repaired  the  wheels, 
trails,  and  carriages  of  cannon,  and 
they  undoubtedly  helped  to  keep 
troops  protected  from  the  cold  at 
Valley  Forge. 

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"Convoy  to  Congress" 
23  big  logging  trucks,  with  air 
horns  blasting  and  headlights  blink- 
ing— arrived  in  Washington,  D.C. 
Tuesday,  May  24,  to  support  a  rally 
of  almost  500  California  Lumber 
and  Sawmill  Workers  who  arrived 
by  chartered  plane  from  San  Fran- 
cisco to  protest  the  proposed  ex- 
pansion of  Redwood  Sfational  Park 
in  Northern  California. 

The  group  told  Congressmen  and 
Senators  in  an  all-day  rally  and  tour 
of  Capitol  Hill  that  more  than 
2,000  jobs  will  be  lost  if  plans  to 
add  74,000  acres  to  the  already 
huge  national  park  are  approved  by 


Congress    and 
the  White  House. 

Labor,  management  and 
public  officials  in  the  so-called 
"fog  belt"  of  Northern  California, 
where  the  big  trees  grow,  were 
united  in  this  major  effort  to  call 
attention  to  the  economic  plight  of 
their  area,  which  already  suffers  a 
15%  unemployment  rate.  Attempts 
by  special  interest  groups  to  grab 
more  productive  redwood  timber- 
land  and  turn  it  into  more  wilder- 
ness park,  will  only  increase  unem- 


ployment, 
they  stressed. 

Charles     Nichols, 
general  treasurer  and  leg- 
islative director  of  the  United 
Brotherhood,  told  the  House  Interior 
Committee,    "These    lumber    men 
have    driven    all    the    way    across 
Continued  on  Page  10 


THE    CARPENTER 


The  West  Coast  Lumber  and  Sawmill  Workers  are  led  up  Capitol  Hill 
by  General  Treasurer  Charles  Nichols,  Eureka,  Calif.,  Mayor  Sam 
Sacco,  and  First  General  Vice  President  William  Konyha. 


General  President  Sidell  addresses  a  rally  at  the  front 
of  the  General  Offices  of  the  Brotherhood,  down  the 
hill  from  the  Capitol. 


Above:  An  enthusiastic  and  determined  crowd  on  the  stairs 
and  fifth-floor  balcony  of  Brotherhood  headquarters,  as  the 
march  up  Capitol  Hill  got  underway.  Below:  California  Con- 
gressman Don  Clausen  speaks  to  the  rally. 


First  Gen.  Vice  Pres.  Kon- 
hya  also  spoke  to  the  rally, 
urging  members  to  keep  up 
their  efforts. 


Gen.  Sec.  R.  E.  Livingston 
urged  the  members  to  see  as 
many  Congressmen  and  Sen- 
ators  as   possible. 


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A  giant  peanut,  shown  on  the  truck  below,  was  carved  and 
chopped  from  a  redwood  log  by  a  California  logger  and 
offered  to  the  White  House.  The  Carter  Administration 
"regretfully  declined." 


--1 


Houi  much  uiilderness 
is  enough? 


BY  CHARLES  NICHOLS 
General  Treasurer 

A  couple  of  months  ago,  environ- 
mentalists stopped  construction  on  a 
146  million  dollar  dam  in  the  Ten- 
nessee Valley  through  court  action  be- 
cause a  few  scraggly  two-inch  fish  were 
in  danger  of  being  wiped  out.  This  was 
hailed  as  a  "great  victory"  by  a  lead- 
ing environmental  magazine  because  it 
proved  the  endangered  species  act 
"conld  be  used  effectively  to  stop  any 
projects — no  matter  how  near  comple- 
tion— if  an  environmental  issue  can  be 
manufactured. 

If  this  is  a  great  victory,  the  maiden 
voyage  of  the  Titanic  was  a  tremen- 
dous exercise  in  superb  seamanship 
and  the  Edsel  was  the  Ford  Company's 
greatest  financial  success. 

Looking  at  the  situation  realistically, 
the  idea  that  a  few  scruffy  fish  possess- 
ing little  in  the  way  of  beauty  and  even 
less  in  the  way  of  commercial  value 
can  bring  to  a  standstill  a  mighty 
hydro-electric  project  sorely  needed  to 
provide  additional  energy  to  the  power- 
starved  East  Coast  seems  almost  be- 
yond belief.  But  such  is  the  clout  of 
the  environmentalists.  Next  winter  or 
the  winter  after,  when  some  homes  are 
heatless  and  factories  are  laying  off 
men  for  lack  of  power,  it  should  please 
them  that  the  snail  darters  (all  three  or 
four  dozen  of  them)  are  snug  and  cozy 
in  their  stream. 

The  super-environmentalists  have  a 
great  argument  for  their  cause.  They 
insist  that  there  is  a  positive  relation- 
ship between  all  things  living  on  the 
earth.  If  you  allow  just  one  species  of 
plant  or  animal  to  perish,  they  insist 
the  "web  of  life"  is  thrown  out  of  bal- 
ance and  dire  consequences  follow. 

To  some  extent  they  are  right. 
Everything  on  earth  is  related  to  every- 
thing else  in  one  way  or  another.  What 
they  ignore  is  that  the  relationship  is 
a  competitive  one.  One  specie  is  con- 
stantly dominating  and  supplanting  an- 
other whether  man  is  around  or  not. 
Scientists  estimate  there  have  been 
about  100  million  forms  of  life  on 
earth  since  the  world  began.  Ninety- 
eight  million  have  already  disappeared, 
and  man  had  very  little  to  do  with  any 
of  it.  The  dinosaurs  and  the  saber- 
toothed  tigers  and  the  mastodons  all 


ran  out  their  string  without  any  human 
interference. 

The  process  is  going  to  continue.  If 
the  snail  darters  are  down  to  a  few 
dozen  in  one  stream  their  fate  is  sealed 
whether  man  builds  a  dam  or  not.  Na- 
ture is  orderly,  but  it  is  ruthless  too. 
The  battle  for  survival  is  ongoing  and 
endless.  There  is  no  status  quo  in  na- 
ture, despite  what  super-environmen- 
talists promote.  Man  himself  is  not  im- 
mune from  the  battle  for  survival. 

Man  may  have  eliminated  the  pas- 
senger pigeon,  but  he  hybridized  corn 
so  three  hundred  bushels  grow  on  an 
acre  that  couldn't  produce  ten  before 
his  intervention.  The  wheat  that  feeds 
so  much  of  the  world  today  was  a 
spindly,  unproductive  plant  when  man 
began  working  on  it.  The  horse  was 
originally  no  bigger  than  a  dog.  Ditto 
for  the  cow.  Man  has  tampered  with 
nature  but  mostly  it  has  been  wise 
tampering. 

In  New  England  another  absurd 
situation  exists.  Because  environment- 
alists found  a  few  samples  of  louse- 
wort — a  weed  with  no  redeeming  fea- 
tures— which  is  on  the  endangered 
species  list,  a  half  billion  dollar  dam 
is  stymied  even  though  the  Northeast 
suffers  from  chronic  power  deficien- 
cies. 

However,  the  East  Coast  has  no 
monopoly  on  Rube  Goldberg  antics 
by  super-environmentalists.  Before 
Congress  at  the  present  time  there  is 
a  bill  to  lock  up  an  additional  87,000 
acres  of  redwood  forests  in  a  national 
park,  although  there  already  are  acres 
of  the  choicest  redwood  trees  locked 
up  forever  in  existing  parks.  Now,  I 
want  to  make  it  clear  that  I  fought 
long  and  hard  to  get  those  27,000 
acres  set  aside  so  future  generations 
can  enjoy  the  grandeur  of  a  real  Red- 
wood Forest.  I  would  fight  with  all  the 
resources  at  my  command  any  move 
to  disturb  that  vast  expanse  of  virgin 
redwood  forest.  But  I  cannot  see  the 
sense  of  locking  up  another  87,000 
acres  when  the  jobs  of  two  thousand 
of  our  members  would  be  eliminated 
thereby.  In  addition,  several  prosper- 
ous communities  which  depend  en- 
tirely on  the  logging  and  lumber  in- 
dustry for  their  existence  would  be 
wiped  out  entirely.  This  makes  little 
economic  sense. 


Now,  at  ten  trees  to  the  acre,  there 
are  at  least  270,000  trees  already 
locked  up  for  future  generation  to  en- 
joy. That  is  quite  a  lot  of  trees.  It 
is  an  area  of  better  than  seven  miles 
by  six  miles.  Furthermore,  it  contains 
the  finest  examples  of  virgin  redwood 
trees. 

The  chief  argument  environmental- 
ists use  for  seeking  the  inclusion  of 
another  87,000  acres  in  national  parks 
is  that  logging  in  the  areas  surround- 
ing the  existing  parks  will  somehow 
lead  to  the  decline  of  the  redwoods  in 
the  parks.  This  is  poppycock.  Logging 
methods  have  changed  drastically. 
They  are  far  less  destructive  of  the 
terrain  than  they  were  25  years  ago 
and  they  can  be  improved  still  more 
if  need  be  to  protect  the  parks. 

The  environmentalists  talk  about 
preserving  the  redwood  forests  for- 
ever by  locking  them  up.  The  truth 
is  that  "forever"  is  a  long,  long  time, 
but  redwoods — like  every  living 
thing — have  a  fixed  life  span.  The 
redwood  forests  of  the  California 
coast  are  already  old  and  on  the 
downgrade.  In  50  or  a  100  or  200 
years  they  will  go  into  a  decline  and, 
like  all  living  things,  pass  away  from 
old  age.  On  the  other  hand,  the  areas 
which  are  logged  and  reforested  will 
be  thriving  100  or  200  years  from 
now.  It  is  conceivable  that  at  some 
future  date  the  trees  locked  up  in 
parks  will  be  sick  and  dying  while  the 
logged  off  areas  will  be  growing  vigor- 
ously as  only  young  trees  can.  In  the 
long  run,  it  may  be  these  areas  that 
will  be  preserving  the  redwood  heri- 
tage in  the  twenty-second  century. 

It  boils  down  to  a  pretty  basic  ques- 
tion; is  it  better  to  harvest  the  red- 
woods on  those  disputed  acres  to  help 
meet  the  growing  housing  crisis,  or  is  it 
better  to  lock  them  up  to  have  them 
eventually  fall  prey  to  disease  and 
death?  If  27,000  acres  were  not  pre- 
served already,  there  might  be  room 
for  serious  question.  But  with  that  size- 
able acreage  provided  for  in  perpetuity, 
the  answer  seems  perfectly  clear — it  is 
no  more  logical  to  lock  up  an  addi- 
tional 87,000  acres  than  it  would  be  to 
lock  up  a  producing  oil  field  to  show 
future  generations  how  things  were  in 
1977. 

Timber  is  one  of  the  very  few  re- 
newable natural  resources  we  have. 
Most  resources  are  very  finite — what 
we  discover  is  all  we  will  ever  have. 
Even  coal,  our  most  plentiful  resource 
has  only  a  fixed  amount.  Among  our 
wood  resources,  redwood  is  tops.  Its 
resistance  to  bugs  and  rot  is  legendary. 

Continued  on  Page  22 


THE    CARPENTER 


NLRB  Petitions  Court 
for  Contempt  Citation 
on  Behalf  of  Croft  Strikers 


In  an  unusual  but  appropriate  ac- 
tion, the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board,  May  26,  petitioned  the  US 
Court  of  Appeals  in  New  Orleans,  La., 
to  cite  Croft  Metals,  Inc.,  for  contempt 
because  of  its  continued  failure  to  act 
upon  Court  directives  to  bargain  in 
good  faith  with  Croft  Metals  strikers 
at  its  manufacturing  facilities  in  Mis- 
sissippi. 

Listing  several  complaints  and 
alleged  labor  law  violations  over  the 
past  two  years,  the  Board  asked  the 
Fifth  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  to 
hold  Croft  Metals  and  its  subsidiaries 
accountable  through  fines  and  attach- 
ments, if  necessary,  for  its  threats  to 
discharge  strikers,  for  its  failure  to 
supply  data  for  collective  bargaining, 
for  unilateral  changes  in  wages,  hours, 
and  working  conditions,  and  for  other 
violations  of  the  duty  to  deal  in  good 
faith  with  the  employees'  certified 
bargaining  representatives. 

Members  of  Local  2280,  affiliated 
with  the  Brotherhood's  Southern  Coun- 
cil of  Industrial  Workers  and  employed 
at  Croft  Metal  plants  at  Magnolia  and 
McComb.  Miss.,  went  out  on  strike 
in  January  16  after  more  than  five 
years  of  unsuccessful  attempts  to 
negotiate  a  contract.  The  Southern 
Council  was  certified  as  a  bargaining 
agent  by  the  NLRB  in  1971  but  the 
company  and  its  chief  executive  officer, 
Joseph  Bancroft,  refused  to  come  to 
the  bargaining  table  until  last  year, 
when  the  NLRB  first  threatened  to 
instigate  contempt  proceedings. 


J      Unit 


The  AFL-CIO 
Union  Label  and 
Service  Trades 
Department  has 
created  the 
consumer- 
information  flyer 
shown  at  right 
and  is  distributing 
it  throughout  the 
country. 


United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  asks— 

SlAAt  miUMHt 

Otf 

CROFT 

METALS! 


DO  NOT  BUY  CROFT  METALS 
ALUIVIINUM  BUILDING  PRODUCTS 

INCLUDING- 

•  aluminum  doors  and  windows 

•  shower  stalls  and  doors 

•  other  extruded  aluminum  home  building  products 

HERE'S  WHY- 

•  Most  Croft  workers  are  paid  ONLY  the  federal  minimum 
wage  or  very  slightly  more. 

•  Carpenters  have  been  ON  STRIKE  since  January  16.  1977 
against  the  company's  UNFAIR  LABOR  PRACTICES 

•  The  Carpenters  have  been  certified  to  represent  Croft 
Metals  employees  since  1971  —  yet  the  company  did  not 
come  to  the  table  until  late  1975  and  only  after  being 
threatened  with  contempt  charges  from  the  NLRB 

•  Complaints  against  the  company  have  been  issued  by  the 
NLRB  Jor  unfair  labor  practices — and  the  courts  have 
ordered  the  company  to  bargain  —  still  there  is  NO  CON- 
TRACT. 

HELP  SHUT  OUT  UNION  BUSTING  AND 
UNFAIR  LABOR  PRACTICES 

DO  NOT  BUY  CROFT  METALS  PRODUCTS 

UNrON  LABEL  &  SERVICE  TRADES  DEPARTMENT,  AFL-CIO        -fe^' 


The  problems  of  Croft's  production 
and  maintenance  workers  are  a  classic 
example  of  the  problems  facing  the 
National  Labor  Relations  Board  in  its 
attempts  to  hold  employers  account- 
able for  their  actions  or  lack  of  action 
in  dealing  with  their  employees  under 
the  National  Labor  Relations  Act. 
Countless  delaying  tactics  and  legal 
maneuvers  are  used  to  break  the  deter- 
mination of  workers  to  obtain  im- 
proved wages  and  working  conditions. 


At  its  mid-winter  meeting,  the  AFL- 
CIO  Executive  Council  noted  that 
Bancroft's  mistreatment  of  workers 
and  the  company's  flagrant  violations 
of  labor  law  were  documented  in  Con- 
gressional hearings  held  in  Washington, 
D.C.  during  1976.  Upon  the  request 
of  the  Brotherhood,  the  Council  then 
endorsed  a  nationwide  boycott  of 
Croft  products  until  Croft  Strikers 
obtain  justice.  A  consumer  boycott  is 
now  being  conducted  at  many  retail 
outlets  throughout  the  United  States. 


Councils  Urged  to  Obtain  Seats  on  Health  Planning  Agencies 


State  and  district  councils  of  the 
Brotherhood  have  been  urged  to  seek 
representation  on  local  and  state 
health  planning  agencies,  so  that  they 
can  define  the  needs  of  workers  re- 
garding health  care  costs  and  other 
consumer  problems  in  the  health  plan- 
ning field. 

General  President  William  Sidell 
sent  the  Councils  copies  of  a  letter 
received  from  AFL-CIO  President 
George  Meany  which  outlined  the 
dangers  of  legislation  now  before  Con- 
gress regarding  health  care. 

Congress    has    before    it    proposed 


revisions  of  the  National  Health  Plan- 
ning and  Resource  Development  Act 
of  1975,  designed  to  eliminate  costly, 
overlapping  services  and  reduce  health 
care  costs. 

Health  planning  has  been  plagued 
by  three  handicaps — too  many  plan- 
ning agencies  working  at  cross  pur- 
poses, lack  of  authority  to  implement 
planning  goals,  domination  of  planning 
by  hospitals  and  by  the  medical  pro- 
fession. 

Meany  stated  that,  "Congress  rec- 
ognized the  danger  of  control  by 
medical    and    insurance    interests    of 


health  planning.  The  new  law,  there- 
fore, requires  a  majority  of  the  local 
planning  agencies'  board  members  and 
of  advisory  councils  to  stale  health 
planning  agencies  to  be  consumers. 
Since  labor  is  a  major  purchaser  of 
care  as  well  as  a  major  consumer 
group  in  every  community.  labor  has 
a  right  to  be  adequately  represented." 
General  President  Sidell  under- 
scored the  importance  of  supporting 
this  AFL-CIO  effort  to  obtain  grass- 
roots action  on  health  care,  and  he 
urged  state  and  district  councils  to  ex- 
plore local  opportunities  to  serve. 


JULY,    1977 


Labor's  Historical  Records  Must  Be 
Preserved,  Says  AFL-CIO  Committee 


A  special  committee  of  the  AFL- 
CIO  Executive  Council,  composed  of 
General  President  William  Sidell  and 
four  other  international  union  presi- 
dents, will  recommend  to  the  AFL- 
CIO  at  its  convention,  next  November, 
that  it  establish  a  comprehensive 
archives  of  historical  records  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor. 

In  a  preliminary  report  to  the  AFL- 
CIO  Executive  Council,  the  committee 
recommended  the  establishment  as  a 
modern,  temperature-controlled  sys- 
tem of  storage  vaults  and  processing 
facilities  capable  of  maintaining  the 
historic  documents  of  the  AFL-CIO 
and  all  of  its  affiliates. 

"Since  1959,  there  has  been  a  sharp 
and  noticeable  growth  in  interest  in 
the  history  of  the  American  labor 
movement  and  its  role  in  American 
life.  Labor  studies  and  courses  in  uni- 
versities, colleges,  and  public  schools 
have  proliferated;  hundreds  of  books, 
monographs  and  articles  on  various 
phases  of  the  labor  movement  have 
been  published,"  the  Committee  noted. 
"The  journal.  Labor  History,  now  in 
its  seventeenth  year,  is  one  of  the 
major  publications  in  the  history  field. 
Labor  historical  societies  and  organiza- 
tions have  sprung  up  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States,  dedicated  and  preserva- 
tion of  the  American  labor  movement. 

"So,  too,  have  universities,  historical 
societies,  and  other  archives  shown  an 
active  interest  in  labor.  Catholic,  Cor- 
nell, Georgia  State,  Pennsylvania  State, 
Wayne  State  Universities,  and  the  Wis- 
consin Historical  Society  are  among 
the  institutions  which  are  actively  col- 
lecting the  records  of  labor  unions  and 
labor  leaders.  It  is  obvious,  however, 
that  they  have  only  scratched  the  sur- 
face and  additional  archival  programs 
are  urgently  needed.  Many  national 
and  international  unions,  AFL-CIO 
trade  and  industrial  departments,  state 
and  local  central  labor  bodies,  and  the 
thousands  of  local  labor  unions  need 
professional  assistance  in  preserving 
their  historical  files.  The  recent  pro- 
liferation of  records,  encouraged  by  the 
widespread  use  of  quick-copy  ma- 
chines, has  put  many  unions  in  des- 
perate need  of  storage  space.  Unless 
archival  programs  are  established  soon, 
many  irreplaceable  records  will  be  dis- 
carded and  valuable  chapters  in  the 
history  of  American  labor  will  be  lost 
forever.  The  AFL-CIO  has  an  impor- 
tant interest  in  encouraging  an  accurate 


accounting  of  the  role  the  American 
trade  union  movement  has  played  in 
the  development  of  our  country." 

In  February,  1976,  the  AFL-CIO 
Executive  Council  recommended  that 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  George 
Meany  Center  for  Labor  Studies  con- 
sider establishing  an  archival  project 
on  its  campus  in  Silver  Spring,  Md., 
just  outside  the  nation's  capital.  The 
study  committee  of  which  General 
President  Sidell  is  a  member,  began  its 
work  the  following  May. 

In  a  preliminary  survey  of  AFL-CIO 
headquarters  records  it  was  determined 
by  Dr.  Philip  Mason  of  Wayne  State 
University  in  Michigan  that  there  is  an 
extensive  volume  of  valuable  records 
in  original  form  still  in  the  custody  of 


the  AFL-CIO  which  date  back  to  the 
1920's.  It  was  also  found  that  some 
records  on  microfilm  are  deteriorating 
and  special  action  is  needed  to  preserve 
them.  The  study  group  noted  that  some 
personal  papers  of  value  are  in  private 
hands. 

The  study  committee  has  prepared 
and  submitted  to  the  AFL-CIO  Execu- 
tive Council  a  detailed  proposal  for 
creating  an  AFL-CIO  archives  at  the 
George  Meany  Center  for  Labor 
Studies  to  be  financed  over  a  10-year 
period  and  to  be  administered  by  the 
center,  working  with  a  special  aca- 
demic committee. 

It  was  also  proposed  that  the  center 
set  up  a  consulting  service  for  interna- 
tional unions  and  central  bodies  plan- 
ning to  compile  archives  and  that  it 
establish  an  oral  history  project, 
whereby  the  recollections  of  veterans 
of  the  labor  movement  can  be  re- 
corded on  tape  for  future  generations. 


. . .  and  four  to  go! 


DISTRICTS  9  AND,1D-= 
aiTTAWA,   DNT 


A  series  of  five  regional  leadership  conferences  is  being  held  this  year 
by  the  Brotherhood  to  acquaint  fulltime  officers  and  representatives  with 
current  plans  and  problems. 

The  first  was  held  at  the  end  of  IVlarch  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  for  leaders 
of  Districts  4  and  6  .  .  .  and  there  are  still  four  to  go: 

•  Districts  1  and  2  at  Cherry  Hill,  N.J.,  July  12-14, 

•  Districts  3  and  5  at  Minneapolis-St.  Paul,  Minn.,  August  17-19, 

•  Districts  7  and  8  at  Los  Angeles,  Calif.,  September  28-30, 

•  Districts  9  and  10  at  Ottawa,  Ont.,  October  18-20. 

Industrial  locals  are  encouraged  to  send  representatives  to  these  con- 
ferences. There  are  separate  training  and  discussion  sessions  for  contruc- 
tion  and  industrial  leaders,  in  addition  to  the  general  sessions,  and  General 
President  William  Sidell,  in  memoranda  to  local  unions  and  councils,  urges 
full  participation  on  these  crucial  1977  gatherings. 


THE   CARPENTER 


HSIMGTOM  ROUNDUP 


TRANSPORTATION  COSTS — If  you  think  that  the  family's  gas-guzzling  automobile  is 
taking  more  than  its  share  of  the  family  income,  you're  probably  right.   The 
Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  reports  that  the  amount  of  money  American  families 
spend  on  transportation  increased  more  between  the  early  1960s  and  early  1970s 
than  was  spent  for  food  and  housing.   The  average  family  spending  for  trans- 
portation during  this  period  rose  from  15%  of  total  family  expenditures  to 
21%,  BLS  states.   Included  in  the  cost  increase  was  not  only  the  higher  prices 
paid  for  automobiles,  but  higher  finance  charges,  higher  maintenance  costs,  and 
higher  gasoline  prices. 

LABOR  RANKED  THIRD — The  news  magazine,  U.S.  News  and  World  Report,  recently  took  a 
survey  of  1,200  "key  decision  makers  in  politics,  business,  and  the  professions," 
and  found  that  organized  labor  ranks  as  the  most  influential  institution  in 
America.   The  White  House  was  voted  the  most  influential,  followed  by  television, 
labor  unions,  the  Supreme  Court,  and  big  business. 

BLUE  COLLAR  CAUCUS — Congress  is  made  up  of  a  lot  of  lawyers,  (almost  50%), 
businessmen,  doctors,  a  few  women,  a  few  blacks  .  .  .  but  there  are  also  very 
few  legislators  with  blue  collar  backgrounds.   So  Congressman  Edward  Bears  of 
Rhode  Island,  a  former  housepainter,  and  10  other  Congressmen  with  blue  collar 
pasts  recently  formed  "the  Blue  Collar  Caucus,"  and  they  expect  to  speak  up  for 
blue  collar  workers  legislation  brought  to  Capitol  Hill. 

PLATFORM  PLEDGES — AFL-CIO  President  George  Meany  recently  reminded  Democratic 
office-holders  in  Washington  of  their  party  platform  commitment  to  a  decent 
federal  minimum  wage  reform  of  present  labor  laws  and  an  upgrading  of  the  food 
stamp  program.   These  items  were  all  campaign  promises  during  the  1976  political 
campaign. 

182  WEALTHY  PERSONS  ESCAPED — Tax  shelters  and  other  loopholes  in  the  income  tax 
laws  enabled  182  rich  Americans  with  adjusted  gross  incomes  of  $200,000  or  more 
to  pay  no  income  tax  in  1975,  the  Treasury  Dept.  reported. 

The  number  paying  no  tax  at  all  compared  with  244  high  income  nontaxables  in 
1974,  the  government  said,  adding  that  the  number  should  be  even  smaller  for  1976. 

"The  changes  made  by  the  Tax  Reform  Act  of  1976  will  largely  eliminate  high 
income  nontaxables,"  the  Treasury  Dept.  said  in  its  report,  "High  Income  Tax 
Returns:  1974  and  1975."  Yet,  the  government  acknowledged  that,  "due  to  various 
combinations  of  circumstances,  there  are  always  likely  to  be  a  handful  of  nontax- 
ables and  nearly  nontaxables,  but  the  numbers  will  be  much  smaller." 

The  department  said  that  41,361  persons  had  1975  incomes  of  $200,000  or  more, 
not  including  interest  from  savings  accounts  and  other  investments.  Of  this  number, 
about  6,000  had  an  effective  tax  rate  no  higher  than  the  20  percent  paid  by  many 
parents  of  three  who  make  $11,000  a  year. 

NOW  HEAR  THIS,  MOTORISTS — The  Department  of  Transportation's  Federal  Highway 
Administration  has  come  up  with  a  plan  that  would  allow  the  use  of  standard  auto- 
mobile AM  receivers  as  a  driver's  aid. 

The  plan — already  in  use  in  the  Eisenhower  Tunnel  on  Interstate  70  near  Denver — 
calls  for  the  use  of  federal  highway  funds  to  place  transmitters  and  other  facil- 
ities for  traffic  advisory  purposes  on  appropiate  sections  of  the  federal  highway 
system.  Drivers  would  simply  tune  their  car  radios  to  a  designated  channel  to 
get  continuous  traffic  and  weather  conditions  reports.  Unlike  CB  radio  enthusiasts, 
however,  it's  doubtful  that  the  states  and  localities  would  broadcast  "Smokey 
Bear"  reports. 

JULY,  1977  1 


California  State  Council 
Pushes  Organizing,  CHOP 

Advertising  sets  the  record  straight 


Home  Prices  are  so  high 
that  they're  out  of  sight 


Where  does  all 
the  money  go? 


NOT  TO  UNION  construction  crafts- 
men. They  get  the  smallest  share  of 
the  added  cost  of  owning  a  home. 

IT'S  NO  SECRET  that  most  families 
can't  afford  their  own  home.  An  aver- 
age home  cost  $25,600  in  1969.  In 
1  975  the  cost  was  $37,600  and  it  shot 
up  to  $43,600  in  1976.  Today  in 
California  that  same  home  sells  for 
$50,000  to  $55,000  in  most  areas, 
but  in  other  communities  —  where 
labor  costs  are  no  higher  —  you  could 
pay  $80,000  to  nearly  $100,000. 
These  huge  price  increases  occurred 
whether  or  not  there  was  any  increase 
in  construction  wages.  And  they  af- 
fect both  new  homes  and  older  houses 
which  were  built  long  before  present 
pay  scales  were  in  effect. 

WHILE  HOME  prices  have  been 
going  up,  labor  cost  has  shown  the 
smallest  increase  in  dollars  and  per- 
centage of  any  component  cost  of 
construction.   And  each   year   it   is  a 


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:&?■ 


smaller  portion  of  the  over-all  cost  of 
construction,  down  to  16  per  cent  last 
year  from  33  per  cent  in  the  imme- 
diate post-World  War  II  years. 

YOU'LL  HAVE  TO  look  somewhere 
else  than  at  labor  costs  to  explain 
housing  inflation.  In  just  one  recent 
six  year  period,  the  price  of  land  for 
housing  rose  by  67  per  cent.  In  that 
same  period,  materials  cost  went  up 
28  per  cent,  contractors'  overhead 
and  profit  grew  by  47  per  cent  and 
construction  financing  costs  zoomed 
up  1 1 0  per  cent. 

LOAN  INTEREST  is  another  huge 
cost  to  the  home  buyer.  By  the  time 
you  pay  off  a  30-year  loan  on  a  $55,- 
000  house,  you  will  have  paid  another 
$80,000  in  interest.  That  puts  the 
total  price  tag  of  your  $55,000  home 
at  $135,000. 

LET'S  KEEP  the  record  straight  on  one 
important  point  —  don't  blame  union 
wages  for  housing  inflation. 


California  State  Council  of  Carpenters 

995  Market  Street,  Suite  1416,  San  Francisco,  California  94103 


THIS  ADVERTISEMENT  was  produced  by  the  California  State  Council  of  Car- 
penters in  its  media  public  relations  campaign  and  furnished  to  local  unions  and 
district  councils  for  use  in  their  area  news  papers.  To  date,  it  has  been  place  in 
papers  in  San  Jose,  Vallejo,  Fairfield,  Sacramento,  Santa  Maria,  Ventura,  Oxnard, 
Thousand  Oaks,  Simi  Valley  and  Camarillo,  California. 


California  union  carpenters,  tired 
of  distorted  or  misinterpreted  news- 
media  versions  of  union  activity,  have 
launched  their  own  project  to  tell  the 
public  what  the  labor  movement  is  all 
about. 

The  California  State  Council  of 
Carpenters  has  begun  what  is  pro- 
jected to  be  a  statewide  informational 
campaign  by  purchasing  spot  an- 
nouncements on  three  Sacramento 
radio  stations,  describing  Carpenters 
Union  pension  and  health  and  Welfare 
protection. 

The  Northern  California  phase  of 
the  program  began  April  1 1  on  sta- 
tions KRAK,  KFBK  and  KCRA  and 
was  heard  in  the  Central  Valley  and 
San  Francisco  Bay  Area  for  four 
weeks  until  May  6. 

In  Ventura  County  a  public  rela- 
tions program  has  been  launched  by 
the  Ventura  County  District  Council 
of  Carpenters,  using  State  Council 
radio  spots  and  other  material.  The 
San  Diego  County  District  Council 
of  Carpenters,  in  conjunction  with  the 
county  Building  Trades  Council,  is 
involved  in  a  similar  program. 

Other  points  to  be  covered,  as  the 
state  campaign  is  spread  to  other  Cal- 
ifornia areas,  include  refutation  of  the 
misconception  that  union  wages  are 
responsible  for  uncontrolled  inflation 
in  housing. 

One  spot  notes  that,  "Housing  prices 
are  so  high  that  they're  out  of  sight 
.  .  .  It's  not  the  fault  of  union  wages. 
Huge  price  increases  occur  whether 
or  not  there  are  pay  raises.  They  af- 
fect older  houses  on  which  current 
pay  rates  were  not  paid,  just  as  they 
affect  brand  new  homes.  Construction 
labor  was  33  per  cent  of  the  home 
price  in  1949.  In  1976  it  was  only  16 
per  cent.  Land  costs — up  67  per  cent 
in  six  years — loan  interest  and  mate- 
rials cost  are  the  culprits  .  .  .  This  is 
the  Carpenters  Union  setting  the  rec- 
ord straight." 

Carpenters  State  Council  Executive 
Secretary-Treasurer  Anthony  L.  Ramos 


8 


THE    CARPENTER 


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Suppose  you're  a  non-union  construction  worker  and  you  get  sick 
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Barbara: 


Dad: 
Barbara: 


Announcer : 


I  got  here  as  soon  as  I  could.  How's  the  child? 
How's  little  Mary? 

Oh,  she's  fine.  Dad.  They  operated  this  morning  and 
she's  doing  very  well.  She'll  be  back  in  school  in 
a  couple  of  weeks. 

That's  great  news,  Barbara.  But  tell  me,  what  will 
this  cost?  If  you  and  John  need  any  help,  just  tell  me. 
You  re  a  sweetheart.  Dad.  Thanks  a  lot,  but  John's  a 
Una^  carpenter.  The  Carpenters  Union  health  and  welfare 
fund  IS  paying  for  practically  everything.  It  won't  cost 
us  anything  to  speak  of. 

And  that's  just  one  more  Carpenters  Union  benefit  to  its 
members  and  to  the  community.  The  union's  employer-paid 
health  care  protection  meets  hospital  and  doctor  bills 
or  eligible  carpenters  and  their  dependents.  Decent 
wages,  pensions,  paid  vacations  are  some  more  good 
things  the  carpenters  union  provides.  If  you're  a  non- 
union carpenter  and  you'd  like  a  better  break,  call  the 
Carpenters  Union.  We're  in  the  yellow  pages  under 
labor  organizations. 


Radio  spot  announcements  like  those  shown  above  promote  the  cause  of  trade  union  menihership  for  California  members. 


noted  in  an  interview  on  a  San  Fran- 
cisco radio  program  that  costs  of  old 
and  new  homes  have  increased  close 
to  $1,000  each  month  while  there 
were  no  wage  increases. 

Another  Carpenters  radio  spot  says. 
"A  lot  of  commercials  these  days 
start  out  something  like  this:  'Hello, 
America,  have  I  got  something  for 
you!'  Weil,  the  Carpenters  union  has 
something  for  America — a  better  stand- 
ard of  living  for  thousands  of  work- 
ing and  retired  families  and   a  break 


for  the  taxpayer  .  .  .'"  It  notes  that 
California  Carpenter  retirees  draw 
more  than  $75,000,000  each  year  in 
union  ncgotiiitcd  pensions  while  non- 
union workers  without  union  fringe 
benifits.  "often  have  to  ask  for  welfare 
when  they  no  longer  can  work — and 
the  tax-payer  pays.  The  Carpenters 
Union  has  the  answer — decent  wages 
when  you  work,  union  pensions  when 
you  retire." 

The    media    campaign,    which    also 


includes  newspaper  advertisements, 
was  ordered  by  the  Carpenters  State 
Council  convention  in  San  Jose  last 
year.  The  convention  resolution  de- 
clared that  major  media  draw  a  nega- 
tive picture  of  the  labor  movement 
and  urged  the  union  to  seek  to  convey 
the  facts  to  the  public. 

The  campaign  was  developed  by 
John  M.  Eshlcman,  former  editor  of 
the  East  Bay  Labor  Journal  in  Ala- 
mcd.i  County  and  longtime  public  re- 
lations representative  for  labor. 


JULY,    1977 


Loggers  Rally 

Continued  from  Page  2 

the  United  States  at  their  own  ex- 
pense to  demonstrate  to  you  their 
deep  personal  concern  for  the  lost 
jobs  which  the  Redwood  National 
Park  Expansion  Bill  (HR  3813) 
will  legislate. 

"This  bill,  sponsored  by  Con- 
gressman Phil  Burton  and  others, 
would  add  an  astounding  74,000 
acres  to  the  existing  huge  park. 
Over  180,000  acres  of  redwoods 
are  quite  properly  protected  in  Cali- 
fornia already.  This  completely  un- 
necessary bill  will,  in  one  blow, 
throw  more  than  2,000  of  our  mem- 
bers and  their  families  into  unem- 
ployment lines.  It  will  devastate  the 
economics  of  Eureka,  California, 
and  Humboldt  County." 

At  hearings  held  earlier  in  San 
Francisco  by  the  House  Subcom- 
mittee on  National  Parks,  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Carpenters  Union 
assured  the  legislators  that  "preser- 
vationists are  barking  up  the  wrong 
tree,"  that  the  redwood  is  the  fastest 


growing  conifer  in  North  America, 
and  that  the  stately  redwoods  are 
already  saved  in  more  than  500 
square  miles  of  state  and  federal 
parks. 

Through  exhibits  on  some  of  the 
logging  trucks  and  handbills  which 
were  circulated,  the  Lumber  and 
Sawmill  Workers  showed  how  red- 
woods are  already  being  conserved 
by  modern  tree  harvesting  practices 
of  the  contractors  and  lumber  com- 
panies which  are  currently  harassed 
by  the  proposed  legislation. 

First  Day  Covers 
On  'Skilled  Hands' 

For  the  benefit  of  those  members  of 
Ihe  Brotherhood  who  are  also  stamp 
collectors,  here  is  the  procedure  for  ob- 
taining first  day  covers  of  the  "Skilled 
Hands  for  Independence"  stamps  shown 
on  our  July  cover: 

The  Skilled  Hands  for  Independence 
block  of  four  13-cent  commemorative 
stamps  will  be  issued  in  downtown  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  on  the  nation's  birthday, 
July  4th. 

The  first  day  of  issue  ceremony  will  be 
conducted  in  Cincinnati's  Riverfront  area. 


It  is  one  of  several  activities  taking 
place  as  a  part  of  Cincinnati's  day-long 
observance  of  the  4th  of  July. 

There  are  two  ways  for  ordering  first- 
day-of-issue  cancellations: 

•  Customers  affixing  stamps.  Custom- 
ers may  purchase  their  own  stamps  at 
their  local  post  offices  and  affix  them  to 
their  own  envelopes.  All  envelopes  must 
be  addressed  and  peelable  return  address 
labels  are  recommended  for  this  purpose. 
Stamps  must  be  affixed  in  the  upper  right 
corner  of  envelopes  approximately  a 
quarter  inch  from  the  top  and  a  quarter 
inch  from  the  right  edge.  Return  ad- 
dresses should  be  placed  low  and  well  to 
the  left  and  a  filler  of  postal  card  thick- 
ness should  be  inserted  in  each  cover.  Not 
later  than  July  19 — orders  must  be  post- 
marked by  that  date — the  envelopes  may 
be  forwarded  to  "First  Day  Cancella- 
tions, Postmaster,  Cincinnati,  OH  45234" 
for  cancellation  and  return  through  the 
mailstream.    No    remittance  is    required. 

•  Postal  Service  affixing  stamps.  Ex- 
cept for  affixing  stamps  and  addressing 
orders,  follow  the  procedures  listed 
above.  Address  orders  to  "Skilled  Hands 
Stamps,  Postmaster,  Cincinnati,  OH 
45234."  The  cost  is  thirteen  cents  per 
stamp  to  be  affixed  to  covers  (52  cents 
for  the  block  of  four).  Do  not  send  cash. 
Personal  checks  will  be  accepted  as  re- 
mittance for  orders  up  to  the  limit  of  200 
covers.  Postage  stamps  are  unacceptable 
as  payment.  Orders  must  be  postmarked 
no  later  than  July  19. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


As  the  cities  of  North  America  go,  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  is  a  good  union  town.  On  May  6  through  1 1,  it 
was  even  more  so,  as  labor,  management,  and  puhlic- 
agency  exhibitors  opened  the  32nd  Union  Industries 
Show  at  KC"s  big  Convention  Center. 

The  Brotherhood  was  among  the  more  than  300  orga- 
nizations which  exhibited  at  the  big  annual,  traveling 
extravaganza.  State  and  district  council  leaders  joined 
with  Brotherhood  officials  in  presenting  a  full  display  of 
products  and  services  created  by  carpenters,  millwrights, 
cabinetmakers,  millwrights,  piledrivers  and  industrial 
workers.  Show  visitors  watched  Alfred  Coe.  wood  .sculp- 
tor, create  carved  statuary.  They  saw  Forrest  Gainer  of 
Local  61,  dressed  as  a  clown,  and  entertaining  children. 
Many  tried  their  hand  at  hammering  nails  into  a  thick 
block  of  wood. 

Many  exhibits  at  the  1977  show  featured  live  demon- 
strations of  union  skills  and  services — bricklasing.  cake 
decorating,  ice  carving,  glass  blowing,  meat  cutting,  pipe 
fitting,  hair  styling,  printing,  cable  splicing,  and  our  own 
carpentry. 

More  than  $100,000  in  free  samples,  gifts  and  prizes 
were   given    away    dLiring    the   six-day   exhibition.    Prize- 

Conliniicd  on  Page  14 


The  five  pictures  above,  .slartinf;  a(  lop  left,  show:  .-^FL- 
CIO  President  George  Meany  and  Labor  Secretary 
Ray  Marshall  cutting  the  ribbon,  opening  the  1977  show. 
Show  Director  Earl  McDavid  is  at  left  and  I'nion  label 
Trades  Pres.  Joe  Kcenan  is  at  right.  Second  picture.  Gen. 
Sec.  Livingston  offers  a  hard  hat  to  George  Meany. 
Third,  Sculptor  .Vlfred  Coe  discusses  his  work  with  >'ice 
Pres.  Konyha  and  Gen.  Sec.  Livingston.  Next,  Dale  Short 
and  Bill  Ruby  of  the  Kansas  City  District  Council  watch 
show  visitors  hammer  nails.  In  the  lower  pichire,  from 
left:  Keith  Humphrey,  secretary-treasurer,  Missouri  Stale 
Council;  Gen.  Sec.  Livingston,  First  Gen.  Nice  Pres. 
Konyha,  Gen.  Exec.  Bd.  Member  Fred  Bull,  and  Int'l. 
Rep.  Dean  Sooter. 


JULY,    1977 


II 


CANADIAN 


1  T 


National  Building  Trades  Conference 
To  Convene  July  13,  14  in  Ottawa 


The  National  Canadian  Conference 
of  the  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Con- 
struction Trades  Department  will  be 
held  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday, 
July  13  and  14,  at  the  Chateau  Laurier, 
a  Canadian  National  hotel  in  Ottawa, 
Ontario. 

General  President  William  Sidell  has 
sent  notices  about  the  conference  to  all 
provincial  councils  and  construction 
locals  and  district  councils  in  Canada, 
and  a  full  complement  of  Brotherhood 
delegates  is  expected  to  attend. 

The  conference  will  convene  on 
July  13  at  9:30  a.m.  Registration  will 
be  held  on  the  previous  day  from  4  to 
6  p.m.  and  on  opening  day  from  8  to 
9:30  a.m. 

Among  the  important  topics  for  dis- 
cussion at  the  conference  are  the  high 
rate  of  unemployment  in  the  building 
trades,  wage  controls,  housing,  pipe- 
line construction,  and  political  activ- 
ities throughout  the  provinces  and  in 
Ottawa. 

BC  Labor  Asks 
Stop  to  Layoffs 

The  BC  Federation  of  Labor  has 
asked  the  government  to  intervene 
when  there  are  large-scale  layoffs  in 
major  industries.  A  Federation  brief, 
presented  to  the  provincial  cabinet, 
said  the  government  takes  quick  ac- 
tion to  stop  strikes,  but  does  nothing 
about  layoffs. 

The  brief  called  for  long-range 
planning  by  industry  to  avoid  layoffs 
like  those  that  took  place  in  the  forest 
industry  last  winter. 

The  BC  Fed  also  condemned  the 
government's  "negative,  hostile  and 
disdainful"  attitude  to  the  aged,  sick 
and  handicapped. 

A  brief  from  the  construction  in- 
dustry advisory  board,  a  group  com- 
posed of  both  labor  and  management 


in  the  construction  industry,  urged 
implementation  of  a  major  govern- 
ment capital  spending  program  to  al- 
leviate the  industry's  32%  unemploy- 
ment rate. 

The  board  said  acceleration  of 
government  construction  programs, 
undertaken  only  when  the  private  sec- 
tor is  expanding,  results  in  "super- 
heating of  construction  at  one  ex- 
treme and  supercooling  at  the  other." 

Laberge  Praises 
Parti  Quebecois 

The  November  1 5  election  provided 
Quebec  workers  with  the  opportunity 
to  rid  themselves  of  the  worst  anti- 
labor  government  in  Canada  and  re- 
place it  with  a  democratic  party  com- 
pletely free  of  control  from  multi- 
national corporations,  according  to 
Quebec  Federation  of  Labor  President 
Louis  Laberge. 

Addressing  the  sixth  annual  conven- 
tion of  the  Communications  Workers 
of  Canada,  Laberge  emphasized  the 
Parti  Quebecois  program  was  similar 
to  that  of  the  NDP  in  every  area  ex- 
cept separatism. 

Quebec  labor  finds  what  it  wants  in 
the  PQ  program,  he  told  the  120  dele- 
gates and  alternates.  He  said  the  PQ 
was  an  honest  government  with  a 
genuine  desire  to  revamp  the  Quebec 
Labor  Code  and  institute  a  new  health 
and  safety  code  which  would  give 
workers  a  safer  work  environment. 

Proof  of  the  government's  good  in- 
tentions, Laberge  said,  was  proposed 
legislation  to  index  the  minimum 
wage  to  the  cost  of  living  and  to  place 
the  right  to  appeal  decisions  made  by 
the  provincial  compensation  board  in 
the  hands  of  an  independent  body. 

The  QFL  president  emphasized  the 
Federation  would  have  nothing  to  do 


with  closed  meetings  with  government. 
TTiere  was  nothing  of  concern  to  labor 
that  could  not  be  discussed  openly, 
he  said. 

Quebec  labor  is  not  overly  con- 
cerned about  the  problem  of  sep- 
aratism, according  to  the  QFL  presi- 
dent. He  emphasized  workers  in 
English  Canada  would  not  have  tol- 
erated a  situation  where  the  boss  did 
not  speak  the  workers'  language  for 
such  a  long  period  of  time. 

The  majority  of  Quebeckers  do  not 
want  to  separate,  but  federal-provin- 
cial arrangements  have  to  change,  he 
said. 

"We  believe  Quebeckers  have  the 
right  to  decide  if  they  want  to  stay  in 
Canada  just  as  the  English  have  the 
right  to  decide  if  they  want  us,"  he 
said. 

Jobless  Benefits 
Proposal  Blasted 

The  Canadian  Labor  Congress  has 
joined  the  attack  on  the  government's 
proposal  to  change  the  qualifying  pe- 
riod and  benefits  under  the  unemploy- 
ment insurance  program. 

The  CLC,  in  a  brief  to  the  Com- 
mons manpower  committee,  said  it 
"strongly  opposes  any  increase  what- 
ever in  the  minimum  number  of 
weeks  required  to  qualify  for  unem- 
ployment  insurance   benefits." 

Job  creation,  rather  than  a  tighten- 
ing of  the  unemployment  insurance 
system,  should  be  the  government's 
goal  in  a  time  of  record  unemploy- 
ment, the  CLC  brief  said. 

Alberta  Gets 
Fulltime  Prexy 

Harry  Kostiuk  has  been  elected  to 
a  two-year  term  as  president  of  the 
Alberta  Federation  of  Labor  at  its 
annual  convention  in  Calgary. 

The  post  will,  for  the  first  time,  be 
a  full-time  one  as  a  result  of  passage 
of  a  resolution  from  the  Alberta 
Union  of  Provincial  Employees. 

Former  AFL  president  Reg  Basken, 
who  held  the  post  since  1972,  an- 
nounced he  would  not  be  running  for 
another  term. 

Kostiuk,  the  former  assistant  execu- 
tive secretary  of  the  AFL,  is  also 
former  president  of  Local  243  of  the 
Canadian  Food  and  Allied  Workers 
Union.  He  is  42  years  of  age. 

Kostiuk  defeated  Walter  Doskoch,  a 
member  of  Local  488,  Plumbers  and 
Pipefitters,  in  the  presidential  contest. 


12 


THE    CARPENTER 


Safety,  Health 
Underdeveloped 

Occupational  health  and  safety  are 
"underdeveloped"  in  Canada  accord- 
ing to  Robert  Sass,  Saskatchewan's 
associate  deputy  minister  of  labor  and 
one  of  the  foremost  authorities  in  the 
field. 

That  is  one  reason  workers  are  used 
as  the  "guinea  pigs  that  prove  the 
safety  or  danger  of  industrial  processes 
and  substances."  Sass  says. 

As  a  field  of  "normative  endeavour." 
occupational  health  and  safety  has 
been  "less  than  successful"  in  protect- 
ing workers  and  as  a  scientific  dis- 
cipline. 

"It  has  not  kept  pace  with  the 
changing  realities  of  the  workplace," 
he  adds. 

Sass,  who  is  also  director  of  his 
department's  occupational  health  and 
safety  division,  blames  the  situation  on 
"contradictions  and  conventional  wis- 
dom." 

"Contradictions  flowing  from  con- 
flicting priorities  within  our  political 
economy  beset  labor,  management 
and  government  in  their  attempts  to 
deal    with    occupational    health    and 


safety  problems,"  he  writes  in  the 
Labour  Gazette,  monthly  periodical  of 
the  federal  labor  department. 

One  contradiction,  he  points  out,  is 
between  management's  need  to  provide 
acceptable  profit  levels  and  the  fact 
that  health  and  safety  programs  cost 
money. 

"When  forced  to  choose,  manage- 
ment will  understandable  opt  for  pro- 
fits," he  adds. 

He  also  says  the  fact  that  workers 
have  to  negotiate  for  safety  improve- 
ments introduces  another  contradic- 
tion: "to  gain  these  improvements, 
workers  will  have  to  give  up  some- 
thing else." 

And  "powerful  interests"  exert  pres- 
sure on  government,  "preventing  it 
from  dealing  effectively  with  health 
and  safety  problems." 

October  Protest 
Was  Not  Strike 

Neither  governments  nor  employers 
can  legitimately  prohibit  political 
strikes  such  as  the  Canadian  Labor 
Congress'  October  14  (1976)  day  of 
protest,  because  Canadian  workers 
were   exercising   their  legitimate  con- 


stitutional right  to  dissent,  a  Manitoba 
industrial  enquiry  commission  has 
found. 

"The  loss  of  profits  to  the  employ- 
ers, the  inconvenience  to  the  public 
and  the  loss  of  pay  to  the  protesters 
were  all  sacrifices  which  were  recog- 
nized in  advance,"  the  commission's 
report  said  of  the  national  work  stop- 
page. "To  think  that  the  collective 
bargaining  process  could  deny  such 
an  orderly  and  peaceful  protest  par- 
ticipated in  by  so  many  Canadians  is 
ludicrous." 

The  protest  was  not  in  violation  of 
work  stoppage  clauses  in  collective 
agreements,  the  commission  found. 
The  October  14  protest  was  not  a 
strike  in  the  legal  definition  of  the 
term  but  the  exercise  of  a  constitu- 
tional right  "which  could  not  be  taken 
away  by  a  provincial  statute  or  a  col- 
lective agreement." 

In  ruling  that  the  day  of  protest 
work  stoppages  were  not  strikes,  the 
commission  said  both  common  law 
and  statute  law  recognize  the  purpose 
of  a  strike  is  to  compel  the  employer 
to  agree  to  the  terms  and  conditions 
of  employment.  The  October  14  work 
stoppage  clearly  did  not  fit  that  defini- 
tion,  the  commission's  report  said. 


VA  1)0  HAM 


Make  safety  a  habit! 

ALWAYS  WEAR  SAFETY 

GOGGLES  WHEN  USING 

L.  STRIKING  TOOLS. 


There's  no  better 

way  to  drive 

a  nail! 


Grab  hold  of  a       \ 
Vaughan  hammer. 
Swing  It  and  feel  the 
balance.  Feast  your 
eyes  on  the  full- 
polished  head  with  its 
finely  shaped  neck  and  face.  Drive  a 
nail  with  a  Vaughan  hammer  and 
you'll  know  there's  no  better  way! 

Vaughan  striking  tools  meetyourhigh 
standards  of  quality.  We  make  more 
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Always  wear  Estwing  Safety  Goggles 
when  using  hand  tools.  Protect  your 
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If  your  dealer  can't 
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Putting  the  Union  Stamp 

Continued  from  Page  11 

winners  took  home  union-made  appliances,  color  tele- 
vision sets,  a  motor  boat,  golf  clubs,  cookware,  watches, 
food  products,  toys  and  much  more. 

And  it  was  all  free  admission,  colorful,  and  much  fun. 
The  sponsor  is  the  AFL-CIO  Union  Label  and  Service 
Trades  Department. 

AFL-CIO  President  George  Meany  officially  opened 
the  show,  telling  visitors  to  the  Opening  Day  ceremonies 
that  the  Union-Industries  Show  represented  "the  Ameri- 
can industrial  system  where  free  labor  and  free  manage- 
ment combine  to  produce  the  good  things  of  life  for  the 
American  people."  He  added:  "The  only  thing  labor 
insists  upon  is  to  have  a  fair  share  in  the  wealth  pro- 
duced by  this  system." 

Commenting  on  the  high  quality  of  skills  and  crafts- 
manship of  American  workers,  Meany  stressed  the  im- 
portance of  protecting  domestic  jobs,  and  added: 

"We  believe  in  competition,  and  we  have  no  objection 
to  competing  with  labor  in  other  parts  of  the  world  if 
that  labor  is  paid  a  fair  and  decent  wage  and  if  that  labor 
is  freely  given.  But  we  are  not  going  to  see  American 
jobs  wiped  out  by  cheap  foreign  labor.  And  if  that  means 
American  labor  has  become  'protectionist,'  well,  let  me 
tell  you  that's  what  the  American  trade  union  movement 
is  all  about.  That's  why  we  are  in  business — to  protect 
American  jobs." 


Buckle  Up 


UBC 


\HAMMERS  •  AXES  •  PICKS  •  BARS/ 


The  official  emblem  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America  is  emblazoned  on  a 
stylish  belt  buckle,  and  you  can  order  such  a  buckle 
now  from  the  General  Offices  in  Washington. 

Manufactured  of  sturdy  metal,  with  a  pewter  finish, 
the  buckle  is  3Vs  inches  wide  by  2  inches  deep  and  will 
accomodate  all  modern  snap-on  belts. 

The  buckle  comes  in  a  gift  box  and  makes  a  fine 
Fathers  Day,  birthday,  or  holiday  gift.  If  mom  is  a  mem- 
ber, and  she  wears  jeans  from  time  to  time,  she'll  like 
one,  too. 

The  price  is 

$5.50   each 

Mail  in  your  order  now.  Print  or  type  your  order  plainly, 
and  be  sure  the  name  and  address  is  correct.  Please  indi- 
cate the  local  union  number  of  the  member  for  whom 
the  buckle  is  purchased. 

Send  order  and  remittance  to: 

R.  E.  LIVINGSTON,  General  Secretary 

United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001 


THE    CARPENTER 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


m- 


75  YEARS  AGO-JULY,  1902 


Protest  To  Government 

The  keel  of  the  Battleship  Nebraska 
was  to  be  laid  in  a  Puget  Sound  ship- 
yard by  a  non-union  firm  called  the 
Moran  Brothers,  and  the  governor  of 
Nebraska  was  invited  to  attend.  Cere- 
monies were  to  take  place  on  July  4, 
1902,  and  Local  131  of  Seattle  pro- 
tested to  the  Nebraska  governoi  against 
his  participation  of  the  affair. 

The  Nebraska  executive  responded 
by  saying  that  he  felt  that  it  would  be 
discourteous  to  refuse  to  attend  the 
ceremony  and  that  it  would  be  unpa- 
triotic as  well.  So  he  made  plans  to 
attend. 

Hartford  Dispute 

Local  43  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  had  a 
citywide  dispute  with  building  con- 
tractors and  their  association.  The  con- 
tractors refused  to  grant  a  $3-a-day 
minimum  and  negotiations  broke  off. 
On  May  15,  60  Hartford  contractors, 
who  employed  approximately  200  men, 
agreed  to  the  $3  rate,  but  the  Builders 
Association  refused  to  go  along.  They 
talked  lumber  dealers  of  the  city  into 
shutting  down  their  yards  and  refus- 
ing to  sell  lumber  to  union  contractors. 
Other  building  tradesmen  then  walked 
out  in  sympathy  with  local  43,  and  the 
whole  city  was  shut  down. 

Black  Indifference 

In  1902,  efforts  were  made  to  orga- 
nize black  carpenters  in  the  South  into 
segregated  locals,  but  efforts  to  enlist 
these  workers  were  meeting  mixed  re- 
sults. 

A  business  agent  in  Bainbridge,  Ga., 
reported:  "While  we  have  every  white 
carpenter  here  enrolled  on  our  books, 
it  is  a  sheer  impossibility  to  inspire  the 
negroes  with  the  idea  that  they  must 
organize  for  self  protection.  Their  in- 
difference and  servility  prevented  us 
from  making  any  demand  this  year.  We 
have  now  decided  to  let  them  alone, 
and,  if  driven  to  the  necessity,  go 
against  them.  Trade  is  very  dull  here, 
and  we  would  earnestly  advise  all  idle 
carpenters  to  shun  Bainbridge." 


Immigrant  Threat 

With  the  flood  of  immigration  to 
North  America  at  the  turn  of  the  cen- 
tury there  were  many  alien  carpenters 
looking  for  work  in  the  Eastern  United 
States.  The  General  Secretary  Treasurer 
warned  the  membership  that  any  im- 
migrant carpenter  seeking  admission  to 
the  Brotherhood  must  qualify  under 
Section  65  of  the  General  Constitution 
which  stated  "that  anyone  seeking 
membership  must  furnish  proof  of 
citizenship  or  intention  to  become  a 
citizen  of  the  country  wherein  he  re- 
sides." 


San  Diego  Problem 

Construction  work  got  underway  on 
the  big  Coronado  Hotel  at  Coronado 
Beach,  Calif.,  in  1902.  The  hotel  man- 
agement wanted  to  pay  carpenters  S2.25 
per  10-hour  day.  The  union  demanded 
S3  for  eight  hours  of  work,  and  the 
hotel  management  began  importing 
"car  loads  of  carpenters"  with  promises 
of  big  wages  which  did  not  materialize. 
The  San  Diego  local  warned  all  mem- 
bers of  the  Brotherhood  to  stay  away 
from  the  city. 


50  YEARS  AGO-JULY,  1927 

Ready  For  Labor  Day 

In  the  1920's,  the  General  Office  of 
the  Brotherhood  in  Indianapolis,  sup- 
plied many  items  to  local  unions  for 
use  in  Labor  Day  parades — badges, 
flags,  banners,  and  suggestions  on 
floats.  Too  often,  headquarters  was 
sieged  by  orders  for  such  parade  ma- 
terial at  the  last  minute,  and  the  July 
Carpenter  reminded  local  officers  of  the 
need  to  order  immediately. 

At  that  time,  there  was  an  official 
parade  badge  which  could  be  worn  in 
three  ways:  as  a  regular  parade  badge, 
or  turned  over  and  used  as  a  memorial 
badge  for  funerals,  or  with  the  banner 
removed  and  worn  on  other  special 
occasions. 

Parade  banners  in  those  days  were 
in  brilliant  colors,  embroidered,  and 
decorated  with  many  insignia  and  much 
ornamentation.  A  2'  X  3'  banner  cost 
Sll5;a40"  X  60"  banner  cost  $150. 

Officers  Host  AFL 

At  the  invitation  of  the  General 
Executive  Board,  the  Executive  Coun- 
cil of  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor  held  its  regular  quarterly  meet- 
ing in  the  new  executive  board  room 
of  the  Brotherhood's  General  Office  in 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  on  May  10,  1927. 
Brotherhood  leaders  proudly  showed 
the  AFL  visitors  around  their  head- 
quarters in  the  Indiana  capital. 

AFL  President  William  Green,  in  a 
letter  to  General  Secretary  Duffy,  ex- 
pressed thanks  for  the  hospitality  and 
the  pride  of  the  federation  in  the  work 
of  the  Brotherhood. 

Peaceful  Picketing 

The  New  York  Court  of  Appeals  in 
1927  set  aside  an  injunction  of  a  lower 
court  against  peaceful  picketing  by 
workers  at  a  New  York  restaurant.  The 
court  said:  "Picketing  without  a  strike 
is  no  more  unlawful  than  a  strike  with- 
out picketing.  Both  arc  based  upon  a 
lawful  purpose.  Resulting  injur)'  is  in- 
cidental and  must  be  endured." 


JULY,    1977 


15 


GOSSIP 


SEND  YOUR  FAVORITES  TO: 

PLANE  GOSSIP,  101  CONSTITUTION 

AVE.  NW,  WASH.,  D.C.  20001. 

SORRY,  BUT  NO  PAYMENT  MADE 

AND  POETRY  NOT  ACCEPTED. 


NEXT   CASE 

A  young  lawyer  pleading  his  first 
case  had  been  retained  by  a  farmer 
to  prosecute  a  railway  connpany  for 
killing  24  hogs,  hie  wanted  to  impress 
the  jury  with  the  magnitude  of  the 
injury. 

"Twenty-four  hogs,  gentlemen! 
Twice  the  number  there  is  in  the  jury 
box!" 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

FRONT-LINE   REPORT 

The  local  trustee  was  addressing 
his  audience  endlessly.  Suddenly  the 
mike  gave  out,  and  he  shouted  to  a 
man  in  the  back,  "Can  you  hear  me?" 

"No,"  the  man  answered. 

Immediately  someone  in  the  front 
jumped  up  and  shouted,  "I  can  hear 
him,  do  you  want  to  trade  places?" 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICEVG? 

SONG    TITLES 

"She  Was  White  as  Snow,  But  She 
Drifted" 

"She  Was  a  Moonshiner's  Daugh- 
ter, But  I  Love  hier  Still. 

— Louis  A.  Langley 
Washingion,  D.C. 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

QUfCfC    DIAGNOSIS 

A  doctor  used  to  feel  your  pulse. 
Now  he  feels  your  purse. 


HEAP    BIG    TALK 

A  clumsy  carpenter  was  talking  to 
a  fellow  worker  on  the  top  of  a  high 
scaffold. 

"My  son  was  telling  me  about  an 
Indian  this  morning,  but  I  forgot  what 
his  name  was. 

"Was  it  Sitting  Bull?"  asked  the 
fellow  worker. 

"No!"  said  the  carpenter. 

'Was  it  Crazy  hlorse?" 

"No!" 

It  was  just  then  that  the  clumsy 
carpenter  tripped  and  fell  off  the 
high  scaffold.  Just  as  he  was  going 
over  the  side  he  remembered  the 
name  and  shouted  back  as  he 
faded  away:  "I  know  what  it  was!  It 
was  Gero 


CATS    OF   NO    TAILS 

Dimiter  Gorchev,  president  of  the 
Mitco  Corp.  of  Sommerville,  Mass., 
who  was  born  in  Bulgaria  but  is  now 
an  American  citizen,  was  a  special 
guest  of  the  Sheet  Metal  Workers  at 
the  union's  recent  presentation  on 
solar  energy  and  conservation. 

Grochev  tells  great  stories  with  a 
thick  Bulgarian  accent.  His  company's 
specialty  is  telling  Americans  how  to 
save  energy — known  as  "retrofitting." 

"When  I  was  a  boy  in  Bulgaria," 
Gorchev  said,  "we  were  so  energy- 
poor  that  we  cut  the  tails  off  all  our 
cats  when  they  were  born."  That  got 
the  immedate  attention  of  his  audi- 
ence. 

"That  way,"  Gorchev  said,  "we 
could  close  the  door  faster  after  let- 
ting the  cats  out." 

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She:  "Am  I  the  first  girl  you  ever 
kissed?" 

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MODERN   TIMES 

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"I   need  a  new  crib  for  my  baby." 
"What's  it  sleep  in  now?" 
"The  box  my  color  TV  came  in." 

This  Month's  Limerick 

There  was   an   old   man   of   Barentum, 
Who   gnashed   his   false  teeth   till   he 
bent  'em. 

When  they  asked  him  the  cost 
Of  what  he  had  lost, 
f^e   replied,    "I    can't  say.    I   just  rent 
'em." 


— Pat  Kennedy 
Bklyn,  N.Y. 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 

INSTANT    RELIEF 

There  was  a  loud  explosion  in  the 
backroom  of  the  drugstore.  The  phar- 
macist staggered  out,  his  face  stained 
with  smoke,  his  glasses  broken  and  his 
jacket  in  shreds. 

hie  said  to  the  lady  customer: 
"Have  your  doctor  write  out  that 
prescription  again — and  this  time  tell 
him  to  print  it." 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICEVG? 

TWO-WAY   STREET 

A  man  was  interviewing  an  appli- 
cant for  a  chauffeur's  job.  "Now  I 
want  a  very  careful  chauffeur,"  the 
man  said.  "One  who  doesn't  take  the 
slightest  risk." 

The  applicant  looked  him  squarely 
in  the  eye  and  said:  "I'm  your  man, 
sir.  Can  I  have  my  salary  in  ad- 
vance?" 


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THE    CARPENTER 


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.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


SAFETY   SERVICES 


Standing  from  left:  Tobin,  Sabatino. 

Three  members  of  the  Joint  Safety 
Committee  of  the  New  York  Building 
and  Construction  Industry  were  recently 
honored  for  their  roles  in  promoting  a 
safer  working  environment  at  construc- 
tion sites  in  Greater  New  York  City. 
Two  of  the  three,  George  Robinson, 
business  representative.  Carpenters  Local 
808,  AFL-CIO,  and  Michael  Donovan, 
business  agent.  Bricklayers  Local  34,  are 
now  retired  to  private  life.  The  third, 
Gustave  J.  Provenzano,  senior  safety 
consultant.  Employers  Insurance  of  Wau- 
sau  retired  on  June  30. 

Robinson  was  unable  to  attend  the 
ceremonies  because  of  illness,  and  Gus 
Sabatino,  business  representative  of  Lo- 
cal 808,  accepted  on  his  behalf.  Sabatino, 
right,  is  shown  accepting  the  plaque  from 
Thomas  W.  Tobin,  former  vice-chair- 
man on  the  committee.  In  the  foreground 
are  H.  Earl  Fullilove.  left,  board  chair- 
man. Building  Trades  Employers"  Asso- 
ciation of  the  City  of  New  York  (BTEA) 
and  Provenzano. 

COMMUNITY   SERVICE 

On  March  22nd,  George  Norcross, 
executive  secretary  of  the  Union  Orga- 
nization for  Social  Service  and  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  AFL-CIO  Community 
Service  Department,  presented  a  plaque 
to  the  officers  and  members  of  Carpen- 
ters Local  393,  Camden,  N.J.  for  their 
workmanship  and  support  of  various 
community  projects,  donating  many  man 
hours  to  worthy  causes. 

JULY,    1977 


SCOUTING  AWARD 

Another  in  the  long  list  of  Brother- 
hood members  who  serve  as  Boy  Scout 
leaders  has  been  honored.  Frank  P.  Si- 
dari,  Sr.,  center,  above,  of  Local  280, 
Lockport,  N.Y.,  was  recently  presented 
the  George  Meany  Award,  organized 
labor's  highest  award  for  service  to  yojjth 
through  the  program  of  the  Boy  Scouts 
of  America.  Shown  with  Sidari  are  his 
brother,  Rocco,  right,  also  a  member  of 
Local  280.  and  Arthur  Garabedian,  presi- 
dent of  the  local  union. 


From  left:  Garabedian,  Frank  and  Rocco 
Sidari. 

Personhood  .  .  . 
When  Will  It  End? 

Many  of  the  earliest  trade  unions, 
several  of  which  are  alive  and  flourish- 
ing today,  were  started  by  men,  so  it 
was  natural  to  call  them  "brotherhoods" 
— the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters 
and  Joiners  of  America  or  the  Interna- 
tional Brotherhood  of  Teamsters,  for  ex- 
ample. The  term  endures,  even  as  female 
union  membership  has  increased  over 
the  years. 

At  last  one  new  union,  however,  has 
decided  that  the  term  "brotherhood"  does 
not  accurately  portray  its  membership. 
Thus,  a  group  of  workers  al  the  Uni- 
versity of  Rochester  has  petitioned  the 
National  Labor  Relations  Boanl  to  hold 
a  representation  election  in  which  work- 
ers can  vote  for  or  against  their  union — 
"The  United  Personhood  of  Research 
Assistants  and   Video  Artists." 


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OPERATION 
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The  Brotherhood  has  launched  a 
major  organizing  drive  among 
vi/orkers  in  residential  housing. 
The  housing  industry  has  more 
than  a  V2  million  unorganized 
w/orkers  within  our  jurisdiction. 
It  represents  the  largest  pool  of 
unorganized  carpentry  workers  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada. 
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etc.  have  found  that  HYDROLEVEL  pays  for 
itself  quickly. 

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Local 
Union 
Newa 

St.  Louis  Members  End  17-Day  Strike 
Against  Manufactured  Homes  Industry 


The  17-day  strike  of  127  Brotherhood 
members  in  the  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  area 
employed  by  eight  firms  in  the  manufac- 
tured homes  industry  ended  in  May  when 
a  new  three-year  contract  was  accepted 
by  a  vote  of  64  to  56,  Carpenters'  Dis- 
trict Council  Executive  Secretary-Treas- 
urer OUie   Langhorst  announced. 

A  new  three-year  agreement  brings  a 
$1.41  an  hour  boost  over  the  life  of 
the  contract,  47  cents  on  May  1  of  each 
year  for  all  classifications.  Additionally, 
three  cents  an  hour  each  year  will  go  into 
improving  health  and  welfare  benefits 
and  an  additional  10  cents  an  hour  will 
go  into  the  Pension  Fund  in  the  third 
year.  Workers  are  now  paid  from  $5.50 
to  $7  an  hour  depending  on  their  classifi- 
cation. 

"It  was  a  fair  but  difficult  settlement," 
Langhorst  said.  "We  have  a  unique  prob- 
lem in  this  industry.  First,  there  is  the 
competition  from  firms  across  the  United 
States  which  are  not  union  and  there- 
fore pay  a  much  lower  wage  scale  and 


probably  no  fringe  benefits.  Secondly, 
this  industry  began  as  a  method  of  cut- 
ting costs  on  the  job  site  by  allowing 
year-around  in-shop  production.  Thus 
mass  production  techniques  for  some 
building  components  can  be  used  to 
reduce  costs  to  the  buyer.  If  and  when 
the  cost  to  produce  these  prefab  items 
becomes  the  same  as  building  them  on 
the  job  site,  the  entire  industry  will  van- 
ish, and  with  it  many  hundreds  of  jobs. 

"Our  goal  in  these  negotiations  was  to 
win  a  fair  contract  for  our  members  and 
at  the  same  time,  keep  our  local  indus- 
tries competitive.  We  think  we  have  ac- 
complished both  goals,"  he  added. 

The  strike,  which  began  May  1,  af- 
fected Southern  Cross  Lumber,  Boise- 
Cascade  Lumber  Division,  O'Fallon  Lum- 
ber, Hill-Behan  Lumber  and  Pre-Fab 
Homes,  Concord  Homes,  B&R  Truss  Co., 
Beil  Smith  Brothers. 

Three  other  firms,  employing  about  73 
carpenters,  continued  to  work  during 
the  strike  as  they  han  agreed  to  pay  ne- 


Kansas  Members 
Call  for  Dam  Funds 

A  strong  appeal  for  funding  the  Hills- 
dale dam  and  the  Grove  reservoir  in 
Kansas  was  issued  recently  by  the  Kan- 
sas State  Council  of  Carpenters  Meeting 
at  Parsons,  Kans.  Delegates  to  the  Coun- 
cil's 57th  annual  convention  petitioned 
Congress  to  provide  the  money  for  the 
projects  to  their  completion  "to  assure 
the  economic  growth  and  health  and  wel- 
fare to  the  citizens  of  Kansas." 

The  delegates  also  demanded  that 
Kansas  senators  and  representatives  help 
stop  illegal  aliens  from  entering  the 
country.  In  a  resolution,  they  noted  that 
"illegal  aliens  .  .  .  have  been  used  to 
displace  union  carpenters  on  construc- 
tion sites  in  western  Kansas."  The  reso- 
lution asked  that  the  legislators  "take  the 
proper  steps  to  prevent  the  entrance  and 
employment  of  these  aliens  into  the 
United  States,  for  the  purpose  of  procur- 
ing these  jobs." 

A  third  resolution  of  the  Convention 
pledged  the  Council's  wholehearted  sup- 
port to  the  Bureau  of  Apprenticeship  and 
Training  of  the  U.S.  Department  of  La- 
bor in  its  celebration  of  the  40th  anni- 
versary of  the  enactment  of  Public  Law 
308,  the  Fitzgerald  Act.  The  act  estab- 
lished the  modern  structure  of  the  Bureau. 


gotiated  benefits  retroactive.  They  were 
Building  Components,  Inc.,  Thrift  Lum- 
ber and  Supply  and  SFC  Homes  and 
Truss  Components,  Inc. 


Indiana  Industrial  Council  Elects  Bell  at  Annual  Convention 


The  Carpenters  Industrial  Council  of      created    by    the    death    of    Franklin    E.      Ochocki,  who  was  a  speaker  at  the  con- 


Indiana  recently  held  its  5th  annual  con- 
vention, with  52  delegates  from  industrial 
unions  throughout  the  state  in  attendance. 
It  elected  Charles  E.  Bell  as  execu- 
tive secretary-treasurer  to  fill  the  vacancy 


Smith,  last  February.  vention  Jim  Parker,  the  Brotherhood's 
The  council  now  has  a  membership  director  of  organization,  was  also  a 
of  5,200,  covered  by  32  contracts.  It  is  visitor  and  convention  speaker.  President 
a  growing  organization,  reports  General  of  the  Council  is  Robert  Nipple,  em- 
Executive      Board      Member      Anthony  ployed  by  RCA  at   Monticello,  Ind. 


International  Representative  H.  M.  Williams  administers  the 
oath  of  office  to  Bill  Rooze,  trustee,  and  Charles  E.  Bell, 
executive  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Indiana  Industrial  Coun- 
cil, as  the  Indiana  convention  drew  to  a  close.  The  1977 
gathering  was  the  largest  in  the  council's  five-year  history,  with 
52  delegates  attending. 


Leaders  of  the  Indiana  Industrial  Council  with  convention 
visitors.  From  left:  Charles  Bell,  the  new  executive  secretary- 
treasurer;  Frank  Galluci,  attorney,  Essex  International;  Anthony 
Ochocki,  3rd  District  Board  Member;  James  Parker,  the 
Brotherhood's  director  of  organization;  and  Robert  Nipple, 
president  of  the  council. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


Two  Miles  of  Piles  in  8-Hour  Shift 


Early  this  year,  the  Houston,  Tex.,  District  of  Raymond  International  began 
phase-one  construction  of  a  liquid  handling  station  at  Grand  Chenier,  La.  It  installed 
1129  Step  Taper  foundation  piles  for  Michigan-Wisconsin  Pipeline  Co.  while  under 
contract  to  Olsen,  Inc.,  general  contractors. 

The  Raymond  crew — made  up  of  Pile  Drivers  from  the  Lake  Charles,  La.,  area, 
aided  by  Operating  Engineers  and  Laborers — drove  two  miles  of  piles  in  an  eight- 
hour  shift  ...  on  two  separate  occasions,  setting  a  new  company  record.  The 
picture  above  was  taken,  and  then  the  company  honored  the  men  with  a  dinner  party. 

Ladies  First  Annual  Dinner  Dance 


Ladies  Auxiliary  877,  Lakchurst,  N.J.,  recently  held  its  first  annual  dinner  dance 
at  a  nearby  forked  River  restaurant.  Auxiliary  President  Ehti  Tupper  was  assisted  by 
John  Monica  and  other  leaders  of  Carpenters  Local  2018,  Ocean  County,  N.J.,  in 
arranging  the  festivities.  Some  of  the  Auxiliary  members  at  the  dinner  dance  are 
shown  above. 


Secretaries  Talk 

Jack  Fountain,  left,  secretary  of  the  Hou- 
ston, Tex..  District  Council  confers  with 
General  Secretary  R.  E.  Livingston  dur- 
ing the  recent  Leadership  Conference 
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officers  of  locals  and  councils  in  Districts 
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THE    CARPENTER 


Pomona  journeymen  study 
carpentry  mathematics,  steel 
square  and  layout,  all  types 
of  roof  construction,  the 
erection  of  stairs, 
sophiticated  formwork, 
basics  of  the  metric  system 
and  much  more  in  20 
Saturday-morning  sessions. 


Journeymen  Increase  Their  Skills  in  Pomona,  Calif. 


"In  view  of  California's  tremendous 
population  growth  and  rapid  changes 
in  the  work  force  nationwide,  it  is 
important  that  we  look  into  the  chang- 
ing needs  for  skilled  workers.  With 
automation,  increased  mechanization 
and  nuclear  power  development,  we 
will  require  a  greater  need  for  con- 
tinued training  .  .  ." 

With  these  words.  Local  1752  of 
Pomona,  Calif.,  launched  on  Febru- 
ary 5  a  training  program  to  update 
the  knowledge  and  skills  of  its  journey- 
men. With  classes  held  in  its  own 
imion  hall,  the  local  union  scheduled 

JULY,    1977 


four-hour  training  sessions  every  Sat- 
urday morning  for  20  consecutive 
weeks.  Thirty  carpenters  enrolled  in 
the  initial  class. 

In  March  the  local  union  office  be- 
gan registering  journeymen  for  a  sec- 
ond class,  which  was  scheduled  to 
start  last  month.  Ten  members  signed 
up  in  the  first  week. 

The  Carpenters  Joint  Apprentice- 
ship and  Training  Committee  Fund  of 
Southern  California  allocated  the 
necessary  funds  for  the  special  school, 
and  skilled  instructor  was  acquired — 
Florian  Alter,  of  Local  2435,  Inglc- 
wood,  Calif. 


The  local  union  is  also  accepting 
applications  for  classes  in  the  use  of 
optical  and  laser  instruments,  accord- 
ing to  Clyde  Cable,  financial  secretary. 


The  journeyman  training  program 
as  conducted  by  Local  1752  comple- 
ments those  journeyman  training  ob- 
jccti\es  and  priorities  as  have  been 
alTordcd  allilialc  locals  by  the  Appren- 
ticeship and  Training  Department  of 
the  General  OOice  of  the  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Join- 
ers. The  General  Office  compliments 
Local  1752  in  its  efforts  to  provide 
for  the  training  of  its  members. 

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Wilderness 

Continued  from  Page  4 

We  can  use  this  bounty  and  replenish 
it,  even  as  we  preserve  forty  square 
miles  for  future  generations  to  enjoy. 

If  better  logging  methods  are  needed, 
there  is  where  all  of  us  should  direct 
our  efforts.  If  more  research  is  needed 
to  grow  trees  faster,  no  one  will  object 
to  spending  money  in  that  direction. 
What  this  country  can  least  afford  is  to 
throw  two  to  three  thousand  people  out 
of  work  and  in  the  process  sap  the 
vitality  of  several  communities  which 
depend  entirely  on  lumbering.  Unem- 
ployment in  Northern  California  is  al- 
ready staggering.  Closing  down  the 
redwood  industry  would  spell  disaster. 

Some  10  or  12  years  ago  I  read 
about  Ethiopia's  initiation  to  modern- 
day  environmentalism.  This  was  long 
before  the  Communists  took  over  that 
unhappy  land. 

It  seems  there  existed  on  the  slopes 
of  the  western  mountains  a  unique 
type  of  Ibex,  a  sort  of  cousin  of  a 
gazelle.  It  was  found  nowhere  else  in 
the  world.  Once  plentiful,  its  numbers 
diminished  rapidly;  partly  from  hunt- 
methods  employed  by  the  native  farm- 
ers. Because  the  top  soil  was  very  thin 
and  not  very  fertile,  the  farmers  fol- 
lowed an  age-old  custom  of  burning 
over  vast  sections  of  land.  This  put 
some  potash  in  the  soil  and  made  it 
reasonably  productive  for  a  season  or 
two.  The  farmers  then  repeated  the 
process. 

This  destroyed  the  natural  habitat 
of  the  Ibex  and  its  numbers  decreased 
rapidly.  So  the  envionmentalists  pre- 
vailed on  the  government  to  make  it 
illegal  for  farmers  to  follow  their 
traditional  burn-and-move-on  method 
of  farming.  Agents  were  sent  out  in 
the  field  to  explain  the  new  program 
to  the  natives  and  to  teach  them  new 
ways  of  farming.  The  natives  tried  it 
for  a  few  seasons  but  their  success 
was  next  to  nothing.  So  they  peti- 
tioned the  government  for  the  right 
to  resume  their  old  ways.  What  they 
said  was  very  simple:  TELL  US 
AGAIN  HOW  IBEX  ARE  MORE 
IMPORTANT  THAN  PEOPLE. 

That  is  a  question  the  citizens  of 
the  redwood  counties  of  Northern 
California  are  now  addressing  to  Con- 
gress: TELL  US  AGAIN  HOW 
REDWOOD  ARE  MORE  IMPOR- 
TANT THAN  PEOPLE  —  ESPE- 
CIALLY SINCE  27,000  ACRES 
ARE  ALREADY  LOCKED  UP  FOR 
THE  ENJOYMENT  OF  THIS  AND 
ALL  THE  GENERATIONS  TO 
COME. 


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The  object  above  is  made  of  cast  iron 
and  finished  in  blacl<  enamel.  It  was 
picked  up  somewhere  by  a  Los  Angeles 
member,  and  other  members  are  puzzled 
by  it. 

Tool  Identifiers 
Evenly  Divided 

In  our  May  issue  we  asked  our  readers 
to  identify  the  antique  item  shown  above. 
To  our  surprise,  our  readers  are  evenly 
divided  between  calling  it  a  child's  toy 
printing  press  and  identifying  it  as  a 
clamp  or  vise  for  saw  sharpening. 

The  case  for  the  saw  vise  is  made  by 
a  62-year-old  mill-cabinet  member  from 
Local  745  in  Honolulu,  Hawaii.  Arnold 
Melin  says  h:  has  been  a  woodworker 
since  undergoing  training  at  the  Mid- 
Pacific  Institute  in  the  late  1920's,  and  he 
believes  our  tool  to  be  a  saw  vise  of  an 
earlier  period.  R.  Culbertson  of  Local 
668,  Cupertino,  Calif.,  says  it  may  be  a 
clamp  for  gluing  wood  as  well  as  a  clamp 
for  filing  saws.  Tilles  Ray  of  Waltham, 
Mass..  tells  us  that  such  a  saw  vise  was 
produced  as  early  as  the  17th  century 
and  that  such  iems  were  forged  at  one 
of  the  first  foundries  in  North  America — 
an  18h  century  foundry  at  Three  Rivers, 
Quebec.  Canada.  He  tells  us  that  a  sim- 
ilar tool  can  be  seen  today  at  a  museum 
at  Paxton  Falls.  Quebec. 

Other  readers  who  identified  the  tool 
as  a  clamp  for  sharpening  saws  are: 
Garnell  Gilliam  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  who 
says  he  has  one  like  it;  Mrs.  A.  N. 
Stiedukar  of  Wheat  Ridge,  Colo.;  and 
Paul  Malick  of  Lebanon.  Ore.,  who  says 
he  has  a  similar  device  which  he  bought 
in  the  1930's. 

Those  who  identified  the  object  as  a 
small  hand  printing  press  included  Clif- 
ford Vanderbeck.  77,  of  Long  Island, 
N.J.,  who  wrote  that  he  had  such  a  toy 
press  when  he  was  a  young  boy.  Chester 
Wickmann  of  Port  Colborne.  Ont..  also 
remembers  a  time  when  he  had  such  a 
press  and  printed  milk  tickets  for  his 
neighbors.  The  Rev.  L.  R.  Showalter  of 
Platter,  Okla.,  a  retired  member,  writes 
that  his  older  brother  once  worked  with 
such  equipment  in  a  printing  ofiice  in  the 
Southwest. 

So,  at  this  writing,  we  are  still  not 
sure  what  it  was  that  Dean  Thie  of  Los 
Angeles  turned  up  and  asked  us  to  iden- 
tify. More  later. 


Georgine  Praises 
OSHA  Priorities 

Robert  A.  Georgine,  president  of 
the  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construc- 
tion Trades  Department,  has  praised  a 
decision  by  the  government's  Occupa- 
tional Safety  and  Health  Administra- 
tion to  start  concentrating  on  the  most 
serious  jobsite  dangers  to  American 
workers. 

Dr.  Eula  Bingham,  asistant  secre- 
tary of  Labor  for  OSHA,  said  in  an- 
nouncing a  "commonsense"  approach 
by  the  agency  that  the  construction 
industry  ranks  among  the  most  haz- 
ardous in  the  nation  and  deserves  a 
higher  level  of  attention  from  OSHA. 

Georgine  called  Bingham's  decision 
"most  encouraging."  He  said  OSHA's 
plan  to  concentrate  on  the  most  haz- 
ardous industries,  regardless  of  the 
size  of  establishments,  "is  an  excellent 
allocation  of  resources.  In  construc- 
tion, it  is  primarily  the  smaller  jobs 
which  have  the  highest  accident  and 
illness  records,"  Georgine  said.  (PAI) 

Carpentry  Tools 
On  Moil  Envelope 


The  United  States  Postal  Service 
issued,  last  year,  a  commemorative  Bi- 
centennial Era  postal  envelope  which 
displayed  colonial  tools  of  the  car- 
pentry trade. 

The  accompanying  illustration  is  a 
reproduction  of  the  130  embossed 
"stamp"  as  it  appears  on  the  prepaid 
envelope. 

The  fact  that  the  special  envelope 
still  appears  in  the  mails  was  called  to 
our  attention  by  Joseph  W.  Kupul  of 
Local  15,  Hackensack,  N.J.,  and  Ray- 
mond Wilson,  president  of  the  Mid- 
West  Tool  Collectors  Assn.,  about 
whom  we  presented  a  cover  story  two 
years  ago. 

During  the  American  Revolution, 
the  three  tools  shown  in  silhouette 
were  in  common  usage — a  brace  and 
bit,  a  wood  clamp,  and  a  wooden 
mallet. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


St.  Charles,  Mo. 


SI.  Charles,  Mo. 

ST.    CHARLES,   MO. 

Members  and  officers  of  Carpenters 
Local  2119.  and  C.D.C.  officers  and 
business  representatives  at  a  recent 
Local  21 19  pin  presentation  and  dance 
held  at  Carpenters  Hall  in  St.  Louis, 
Mo.: 

First  row.  from  left.  P.K.  Hunter, 
27  years:  E.P.  Dyer.  26  years:  E.P. 
Dyer.  26  years:  OIlie  W.  Langhorst. 
C.D.C.  executive  secrctary-treas.: 
Walter  Webb  Sr.,  50  year  member; 
Joe  Seitz  Jr.  Local  21 19  president 
and  28  years:  Malt  Jirauch,  35 
years:  and  A I  N orris.  28  years. 

Second  row.  from  left.  Herman 
Henke,  40  year  member  and  B.A.  of 
C.D.C:  Ed  Thcin  Local  5  member 
and  C.D.C.  director  of  jurisdictional 
research:  G.  Franklin.  26  years:  Ed 
Taylor.  39  years:  Wm.  Kramer, 
Local  2119  treas.:  Earl  Hoffman,  30 
years;  Wm.  Reed,  Local  21 19 


recording  sec.  and  25  years;  Nathan 
Greene,  25  years;  Thayer  Ample- 
man,  26  years:  and  Cliff  Aber- 
nathy.  Local  2119  trustee. 

Third  row.  W .  Junge.  Local  2119 
trustee:  Irvin  Schulte.  Local  2119 
financial  sec;  E.E.  Dyer.  Local  2119 
vice  pres.;  Wm.  Webb.  Local  2119 
trustee:  Savery  McBride.  30  year 
member;  D.  Stefanick.  Local  2119 
delegate  to  the  C.D.C:  and  Tom 
Rimert.  Local  2119  Conductor. 

Back  row,  W.  Steinkamp,  pres. 
C.D.C:  Bill  Hibdon.  B.A.  Floor 
Layers  Local  1310:  C.D.C  B.A.; 
M.  Heilich.  Pal  Sweeney.  Don 
Brussel.  Len  Terbrock:  and  L. 
Daniels,  C.D.C.  assistant  executive 
secretary-treas. 

Those  not  present  for  pictures  were: 
AmicI  Colnon.  26:  Don  Cooper,  25; 
R.  Hutchison,  28:  A.W.  Moureau, 
27:  Lester  Vance,  26:  Wm.  Dietiker, 
31:  N.  Hager.  32:  Al  Irjud.  31: 
H.  Jacobs.  33:  C  McGovern.  30; 
E.F.  Parks.  30:  Earl  Schroeder.  30; 
S.  Werner.  30;  R.  Tucker,  30:  W.R. 
Bench,  35:  J.W.  Schroll,  35:  Chet 
Bailey,  42:  Wm.  Marx.  40:  Leo 
Parker.  42:  Dclmar  Huxhold.  51: 
and  Otto  Brockmier.  the  oldest 
member  of  Local  21 19  with  54  years 
of  membership. 

In  the  small  picture.  Walter  Webb, 
Sr.  (center)  received  his  50-year  pin 
and  special  50  year  certificate  from 
OIlie  W.  Langhorst  (left)  C.D.C. 
executive  secretary-treas.,  and  Joseph 


Seilz  Jr.  (right)  president  of  Local 
2119.  Brother  Webb  not  only  has  50 
years  in  the  Local,  he  has  served  the 
last  35  years  as  the  local's  financial 
secretary. 


Biloxi,  Miss. 


BILOXL  MISS. 


On  January  17  eight  members  of 
Carpenters  Local  1667,  were  pre- 
sented 25-year  pins  al  a  reception 
in  their  honor,  following  the  regular 
ryieefing.  The  pins  were  presented  by 
Edward  Geiser  Jr.,  president,  and 
Richard  H.  Grady,  business  repre- 
sentative. 

Shown  in  the  picture,  left  to  right, 
Joseph  Burton,  Edward  Geiser,  Jr., 
president,  Mike  Bahuchna,  and 
Richard  Grady,  business  represen- 
tative. 

Mot  shown  in  the  picture  hut 
receiving  pins  were:  William  Davis, 
Tallis  Harshbargcr,  Oscar  Murrell, 
Harold  Terry,  Retious  Touchstone, 
and  H.  C  Young. 


JULY,    1977 


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Hollywood,  Flo. 

HOLLYWOOD,   FLA. 

At  its  annual  Labor  Day  picnic, 
last  year,  Local  1947  presented 
service  pins  to  its  senior  members. 

Shown  in  the  picture  and  making 
the  most  of  a  picnic  bench  at  the 
local  park  were: 

First  row,  left  to  right:  Berthel 
Westerlund,  30  years:  Joseph 
Bonvisoto,  30  years;  and  William 
Collari,  25  years. 

Second  row,  Maxwell  Anderson, 
25  years;  Joseph  Doluin,  30  years; 
Edgar  Sirois,  35  years;  Lowell 


Patrick,  35  years;  Sidney  Matthews, 
30  years;  Randolph  Hamilton,  35 
years;  and  Peter  D'Elia,  50  years. 

Third  row,  Bruce  Loerke,  30 
years;  Richard  Gornot,  30  years; 
Frank  King,  30  years;  Henry 
Peterson,  25  years. 

Not  preesnt  for  the  picture  but 
also  honored  were: 

55  years — Francis  Stephen. 

50  years — Rudolph  Illegasch, 
Charles  Jordan. 

45  years — Armando  Forte. 

40  years — ^red  Butler,  Stewart 


Ottawa,  Ont. 

OTTAWA,   ONT. 

Members  of  Local  93  were  recently 
presented  25-year  pins.  Shown  in  the 
picture  are:  Front  row:  Stan  Chilvers, 
Rene  Lazure,  Daniel  Gravelle, 
President  Ronald  Maclntyre,  Alton 
Lapierre,  Real  Mongeon.  and  Andre 


Valade.  Middle  row,  March  Galipeau, 
John  Frandryskowski,  Delphis 
Johnson,  Paul  Letang,  Jacob  Bylsma, 
Irwin  Capron,  and  Marc  Landry. 
Back  row.  Jacobus  Ruyter,  Gerry 
Desjardins,  Albert  Brouard,  Pat 
Letourneau,  and  Bill  Hunt. 


Clemenger,  Einar  Madsen,  Brooks 
McCarty,  Charles  Mentz,  C.  C. 
Richardson,  Nelson  Smith,  Lambert 
Voet,  Eugene  Whitten. 

35  years — James  G.  Adams, 
Michael  Burgio,  John  Callbeck, 
Harvey  Clark,  Harold  Coonrod, 
Marion  Grant,  Clyde  Matthews, 
Mourice  Moomaw,  Walter  Tolocxko. 

30  years — Adelfo  Ami,  Stanley 
Antosh,  Carlton  Bush,  Harold  Crull, 
Charles  Deyo,  Jr.,  Rudolph  Fuller, 
Edward  Jackson,  Harry  Kelso, 
Joseph  Miccio,  Nelson  Neff,  Ernest 
Quillen,  Bruce  Reppert,  Clarence 
Rhodes,  Thomas  Rivenbark,  Sherman 
Russell,  Irvin  White,  William  Wright, 
Michael  Zawaski. 

25  years — Paul  Ammann,  Sr., 
Dell  Boles,  John  Bridges,  John 
Bucher,  James  D.  Clark,  Howard 
Ellis,  William  Glisson,  Aubry  Hand, 
Robert  Hughson,  Raymond  Kastetter, 
Rolf  Lind,  Eldred  O'Quinn,  Robert 
Overall,  Frank  Pontarelli,  J.  Hal 
Smith,  Ernest  Stoeker. 


OGDEN,  UTAH 

At  a  membership  Christmas  Party, 
December  22,  1976,  Carpenters'  Local 
450  presented  pins  to  64  members. 
Those  honored  were  as  follows: 

45-Year  pins — Otto  Seifart. 

40-Year  pins — W.  V.  Critchlow, 
Charles  E.  Driskell,  Claude  Glanville, 
Harold  E.  Jones,  Gus  M.  Kloppen- 
berg,  J.  R.  Nebeker,  Hance  A. 
Taylor,  George  Vanderwerff,  John 
Vanderwerff,  Carl  Wiese,  and 
Clifford  H.  Wilson. 

35-Year  pins — Joseph  M.  Beaver, 
John  D.  Burkhart,  Gordon  Burnett, 
Myland  Mywater,  Earl  A.  Cook, 
Wilbur  Curtis,  Revere  Forsberg,  Otis 
Howell,  Harold  Hunt,  Lawrence  B. 
Johnson,  McCommas  Lee,  Elmo 
Longstroth,  Delmar  Mickelson,  Wm. 
S.  Miller,  Walter  S.  Otis,  Archie  D. 
Peterson,  Ralph  N.  Powell,  Ray  A. 
Richards,  C.  Lester  Schoonmaker, 
Werner  Stettler,  Clark  W.  Taylor, 
Junior  I.  Taylor,  Fred  Torsak,  Leslie 
Tracy,  Roland  Tueller  and  Eugene 
Udy. 

30-Year  pins — P.  M.  Beeson, 
Ernest  Bowcut,  Robert  Carrol,  J.  W. 
Chamberlain,  Homer  Hester,  Ted  J. 
Lee,  Henry  Mathews,  Walter  Nelson, 
Ross  Payne,  Floyd  R.  Richins,  Cecil 
Satlerlhwaite,  Ormond  Seibert,  Dale 
Shipp,  Jim  Stotts,  Gustave  Stromberg, 
Paul  Taggart,  and  Marion  Tam. 

25-Year  pins — Cecil  Atencio,  Jim 
Brandt,  Eugene  Bunn,  George  Bunn, 
Delbert  Child,  Don  Ericksen,  Alonzo 
Handy.  Ezra  Hayes,  Albert  Heaps, 
Lloyd  King,  Clair  Knight,  Harry 
Leesman,  Bill  Parker,  Joseph  Rice, 
Jess  Tucker,  Helmer  Vangsnes  and 
Jack  Wroten. 


24 


THE    CARPENTER 


N.  Kansas  City,  Mo. — 30  years. 

NORTH    KANSAS   CITY,   MO. 

Members  of  Carpenters  Local 
1904  for  30  years  received  awards 
at  the  December  3  Christmas  party 
of  the  union.  In  the  accompanying 
picture,  from  left,  front  row,  Ed 
Wyckoff.  Charles  Foster,  Bill  Reber, 
Earl  Honeycut  and  Forrest  King. 
Back  row,  Duane  Howard,  Joe  Stepp 
and  Charles  Wilson. 

Local  1904  veterans  with  35  years 
of  membership  received  service  pins 


H.  Kansas  City,  Mo. — 35  years. 


N.  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


from  District  Council  Business 
Representative  Wilbur  Buffalow. 
From  left.  Kenneth  Fursell,  Lee 
Keck,  Don  Chappel,  Joe  Cherry 
(deceased  December  5)  and  Buffalow. 

In  the  small  picture  Charles 
Munkers.  right,  president  of  Local 
1904.  has  been  a  member  of  the 
union  since  July  17,  1935.  His  pin 
is  shown  being  presented  by 
Carpenters  District  Council  Business 
Representative  Wilbur  Buffalow. 


Las  Cruces,  N.M. 


London,  Ont 


LAS  CRUCES,   N.M. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  Local  1962 
on  February  12,  in  Las  Cruces, 
newly-appointed  General  Representa- 
tive A I  Rodriguez  presented 
membership  pins  to  longtime 
members.  A  quarterly  meeting  of  the 
New  Mexico  District  Council  was 
held  in  Las  Cruces  on  the  same  date, 
affording  the  officers  of  the  council 
the  opportunity  of  attending  this 
meeting. 

General  Representative  Rodriguez 
presented  20-year  pins  to  Clifton 
Mitchell  and  Austin  Powers.  Eldon 
French  was  on  hand  for  his  25-year 
pin.  Bruce  Bailey  received  his  30-ycar 
pin.  Those  eligible  for  pins  but  not 
present  were:  David  Campbell,  V .  S. 
Monger,  and  Willie  Liicero.  all 
20-years;  Homer  Johnson  and  J .  C. 


Sawyers,  25  years;  Manuel  Garcia, 
Bryan  Mayes.  R.  T.  Frantz,  Tony 
Martinez,  and  Raymond  Ramos,  30 
years:  Harris  I.  Cook,  Joe  Graham 
and  J.  T.  Goebel,  35  years. 

After  the  pin  presentation  Luther 
Sizcmore,  Jr.,  executive  secretary  of 
the  New  Mexico  District  Council  of 
Carpenters,  spoke  to  the  meeting 
about  some  of  the  experiences  he  had 
shared  with  most  of  tliese  members  in 
organizing  the  unorganized  in  New 
Mexico  and  expressed  the  thanks  of 
the  District  Council  for  all  their  time 
and  effort  in  behalf  of  the  UBC. 
He  also  stressed  that  although  many 
of  them  arc  now  retired  from 
construction  work,  they  have  not 
retired  from  the  union  and  its  goals 
and  now  will  be  able  to  devote  full 
lime  to  assisting  llieir  union  in  many 
wavs. 


LONDON,    ONT. 

Local  1946  recently  honored  its 
25-year  members.  In  the  picture  are: 
First  row,  left  to  right,  E.  Frank 
Valentine,  Fred  Collver,  business 
representative  and  financial  secretary, 
Robert  Nichols,  treasurer,  and  Louis 
Kennedy.  Second  row,  left  to  right: 
A.  Simonaitis.  H.  Docken,  37  year 
member.  E.  Marquardt,  Bev  Hudson, 
aiul  Wm.  Chmara.  32  year  member. 
Back  row.  left  to  right,  Joe  Luczak, 
G.  Irvin,  W.  Bryan,  F.  Farwell,  G. 
Gower.  Not  included  in  the  picture 
are  G.  Noyes,  R.  Calvert,  and 
Bart  MacDonaUI. 


Attend  your  local  union  meetings  regu- 
larly. Be  an  active  member. 


JULY,    1977 


25 


Oakland,  Calif. 
OAKLAND,   CALIF. 

Carpenters  Local  36  honored  its 
"old  timers"  last  fall  at  a  luncheon 
attended  by  nearly  600  members, 
wives,  and  special  guests. 

Thirty  members  were  honored  for 
25-years  of  membership,  131  mem- 
bers for  30  years,  79  members  for 
35  years,  37  members  for  40  years. 


Twelve  members  were  especially 
honored  for  50  or  more  years  of 
faithful  and  continuous  membership. 

"These  members  represent  nearly 
ten  thousand  accumulated  years  of 
highly  productive,  skillful  craftsman- 
ship," stated  Master  of  Ceremonies 
Gunnar  Benonys. 

President  Clifford  Edwards  and 


Clarence  E.  Briggs  made  special 
presentations  of  pins — Brotherhood 
watches  and  copies  of  their  original 
applications — to  those  50-year 
members  present. 

Other  50-year  members  not  present 
for  the  ceremonies  were  George  F. 
Weiser  (67  years)  O.A.  Nail  (55 
years)  Ed  F.  Smith  (53  years)  Earl 
Huff  (53  years)  A.J.  Honore  (52 
years)  Luther  E.  Clare  (51  years) 
and  Simon  Gandel  (50  years). 

In  the  picture,  seated,  left  to 
right:  E.J.  Shannon,  50  years; 
Alfred  Vindelov,  73  years;  Carl 
Elser,  56  years;  Napoleon  Gagne, 
54  years;  and  Ernest  M.  Crow, 
66  years. 

Standing,  left  to  right:  John  Watts, 
executive  secretary  San  Francisco  Bay 
Counties  District  Council,  Gunnar 
"Benny"  Benonys,  senior  business 
representative  local  36;  Clarence  E. 
Briggs,  U.B.C.  General  Representa- 
tive retired;  Alfred  Thoman,  Business 
Representative  Local  36;  Clifford 
Edwardsm  president  and  business 
representative.  Local  36  and  Wilson 
D.  Massey,  financial  secretary,  local 
36;  Joseph  O'Sullivan,  president,  San 
Francisco  County  Bldg.  Trades 
Council  and  financial  secretary  and 
business  representative  of  Local  22. 


Pullman,  Wash. — Photo  No.  3 
PULLMAN,  WASH. 

Carpenters  Local  313  of  Moscow- 
Pullman  combined  its  pin  presenta- 
tion awards,  last  year,  with  its  annual 
picnic.  The  picnic  was  held  at  Boyer 
Park  near  Lower  Granite  Dam  on 
the  Snake  River. 

Those  on  the  committee  who  made 
it  a  memorable  day  were  Robert 
Thyberg,  Robert  Coffland,  Walter 


Chamberlain,  David  Gilkey,  Wilbur 
Yates  and  the  photographer, 
Alvin  Eveland. 

In  picture  No.  1,  Weldon  F.  New- 
bury, executive  secretary  of  the 
Spokane  District  Council,  presents 
Walter  Schumacher  and  Russell 
Callaway  their  35-year  pins.  Brother 
Callaway  passed  away  just  12  days 
after  receiving  his  pin. 


Other  brothers  receiving  35-year 
pins  but  not  present  were  F.M.  Nash, 
Frank  Read,  William  Reece,  and 
Stephen  Wight. 

In  picture  No.  2 — left  to  right, 
Executive  secretary  Newbury  pre- 
sents Melvin  Normington  with  his 
30-year  pin  while  Clyde  Butler  and 
Ray  Barr  look  on.  Other  brothers 
receiving  30-year  pins  but  not  present 
are  Dale  Bemiss,  Frank  Bumgardner, 
Dean  Carrico,  Roily  Krouse,  and 
Francis  Valliere. 

Picture  no.  3 — Brothers  receiving 
20,  25,  30,  35  year  pins  are  front 
row,  left  to  right.  Melvin  Norming- 
ton 30,  Paul  Gerstenberger  20, 
Robert  Thyberg  25,  Carol  Allen  20, 
Russell  Gallaway  35,  Marvin  Cook 
20,  Walter  Schumacher  35;  Back  row, 
left  to  right,  Ray  Barr  30,  Clyde 
(catfish)  Butler  30,  James  Wallette  20, 
Maurice  Meneely  20,  Ralph  Guest 
20,  Robert  Coffland  20,  Tom 
Kolowinski  20,  Leon  Lusco  20, 
Clarence  Cameron  20,  Marvin  Styer 
20,  and  Spokane  exec,  secretary 
Weldon  F.  Newbury.  Those  brothers 
who  received  40-year  pins  and  not 
present  were  Glenn  Cooper  and 
John  Perry. 

Others  receiving  20-year  pins  but 
not  in  the  picture  are:  Charles 
Adkison,  Martin  Baker,  Jack  Colvin, 
Paul  Gerstenberger,  Paul  Glaze, 
John  Jardee,  Claude  Moore,  Fred 
Moore,  Ted  Nutterville,  Dewell 
Padget,  Jesse  White,  Robert  Went- 
land,  and  James  Wallette. 


26 


THE    CARPENTER 


CARPENTER'S  UNION 
LOCAL  287  HBG.f^.^ 


Harrlsburg,  Pa. 
HARRISBURG,   PA. 

Local  287  held  is  annual  recogni- 
tion night,  last  winter.  Robert  H. 
Getz,  president  of  Local  287  and 
secretary  of  the  Keystone  District 
Council,  presented  25-year  service 
pins  to  the  following  members: 

From  left  to  right,  Paul  G.  Staver, 
Robert  J.  Hanula,  Paul  R.  Lewis, 
Paul  T.  Lehmer,  James  M.  Troutman, 
Paul  C.  Klinger,  John  Luzik,  Paul  R. 


Black,  and  William  W.  Woods. 

Not  able  to  be  present  for  the 
picture  were:  Oscar  M.  Eppley,  Ray 
M.  Miller,  Gordon  E.  Bast,  Norman 
L.  Horning,  Galen  C.  Lehr.  Lewis  K. 
Mitten.  Walter  L  Nenninger.  Karl  H. 
Schmidt.  Ronald  W.  Stewart.  Roscoe 
Taylor  and  Raymond  E.  Vomer. 
Lawrence  L.  Hamhacher  was  unable 
to  attend  the  meeting,  but  he  was 
presented  with  a  60-year  service 
pin  later. 


New  London,  Conn. — Photo  No.   1 


New  London,  Conn. — Photo  No.  2 
NEW    LONDON,   CONN. 

Two  pictures  were  taken  at  the 
Local  30,  New  London.  Connecticut, 
70th  Anniversary  Dinner  Dance. 

Picture  No.  !  shows  President 
Robert  C.  Knight  presenting  a  50- 
year  pin  to  Henry  Panciera,  and 
Business  Representative  James  E. 

JULY,    1977 


Davis  presenting  a  50-ycar  pin  to 
Nicholas  Scarlalo. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  General  Rep- 
resentative Arthur  H.  Davis  present- 
ing a  25-ycar  pin  to  President  Knight. 
Other  brothers  receiving  25-year  pins 
were  Donal  Gauvin.  Theodore 
Orzechowski.  James  Muscarclla. 
Edward  Cuhanski.  Fred  Klemark, 
Ernest  Beauchenc.  Michael  Janovicz, 
Apprentice  Instructor  Thomas  Bon- 
anno  and  retired  Business  representa- 
tive Joseph  Kiss.  James  E.  Davis. 
Business  Representative,  watches 
the  presentations. 

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Roanoke,  Vo. — Photo  No.  3 
ROANOKE,   VA. 

Local  319  was  chartered  August 
20,  1901.  It  is  the  oldest  labor  union 
in  the  Roanoke  area. 

On  August  21,  1976,  the  members 
celebrated  the  75th  anniversary  of 
the  local  with  a  dinner  at  the 
Sheraton  Inn,  Salem,  Va.,  for  the 
members  and  their  wives.  After  the 
dinner,  membership  pins  to  108 
members  witli  20  to  42  years  of 
membership  were  presented  by 
General  Representative  Sigurd 
Lucassen. 

Picture  No.  1;  Carl  W .  Gordon, 
General  Representative  Lucassen 
presenting  25-year  pin  to  Marvin 
W.  Gordon. 

Picture  No.  2;  front  row,  Mrs. 
C.  L.  Stuart  accepting  30-year  pin 
for  C.  L.  Stuart,  who  was  ill,  E.  W. 
Rolen,  30  years;  Jacob  L.  LaBrie, 
42  years;  D.  P.  Shupe,  35  years; 
J.  C.  Dodson,  30  years.  Second  row; 
Carl  W.  Gordon,  P.  W.  Huffman, 
Clarence  W.  Gordon,  C.  R.  Crouch, 
J.  T.  Perdue,  all  receiving  30-year 
pins.  Also  in  this  row,  O.  F.  Vaught, 
25  years;  and  O.  H.  Scott,  30  years. 
Back  row;  O.  L.  Hutcherson,  ].  E. 
Gordon,  F.  J.  Compton,  E.  W. 
Gordon,  T.  R.  Goodman,  C.  L. 
Coffey,  Bill  B.  Thomas,  30-year 
pins. 

Picture  No.  3;  Front  row,  25-year 
pins,  L.  E.  Barns,  R.  D.  Grady; 
I.  L.  LaBrie,  40-year  pin;  F.  H. 
Martin.  Second  row;  C.  L.  Coffey, 
30-year  pin;  H.  M.  Sarver,  Dallis 
Reed,  L.  D.  Craft,  E.  H.  Sigmond, 
25  years.  Third  row;  T.  B.  Eakin, 
W.  B.  Chandler,  Norman  Wheeler, 
C.  N.  Kinzie,  H.  A.  Gladden,  H.  O. 
Franklin;  J.  C.  Rolen,  20  year  pin. 
Back  row;  C.  P.  Wilson,  Marvin  W. 
Gordon,  French  Mabery,  R.  H.  West. 

Picture  No.  4;  20-year  pins,  R.  B. 
Thomasson,  H.  G.  Talbott,  J.  L. 
Riley.  Second  row;  B.  M.  Green, 
Albert  Statzer,  Gains  Purcell,  ].  C. 
Gladden.  Back  row;  B.  L.  Motley, 
H.  M.  Danial,  L.  R.  Conner. 

Others  receiving  35-year  pins; 
O.  W.  Ivey,  G.  H.  Kelley.  B.  R. 
Munsey,  and  D.  T.  Sutherland. 

Others  receiving  30-year  pins — 
V.  H.  Bowman,  John  C.  Davis, 
Robert  M.  Echols,  R.  O.  Franklin, 


Roanoke,  Vo. — Photo  No.  2 


Roanoke,  Va. — Photo  No.  1 

Frank  C.  Funk,  Robert  L.  Goins, 
T.  R.  Goodman.  Earl  B.  Gordon, 
F.  G.  Hill,  T.  F.  Hudson,  W.  D. 
Ingram,  F.  E.  Metz,  F.  G.  Moxley, 
W.  L.  Midlins.  M.  E.  Nichols,  J.  P. 
Patrick,  J.  R.  Quesenberry,  O.  F. 
Ross,  P.  E.  Tucker,  S.  M.  Tolbert, 
C.  R.  Taylor,  M.  J.  Sink,  O.  E. 
Smith,  C.  M.  Starkey,  W.  G.  Wilson. 

Others  receiving  25  year  pins; 
J.  S.  Bartin,  V.  C.  Bryer,  J.  C. 
Coffey.  E.  W.  Eanes,  R.  E.  Hartless, 
J.  C.  Hayes,  J.  B.  Hill,  I.  D.  Kerby, 


Roanoke,  Va. — Photo  No.  4 

M.  G.  Light,  E.  Mabery,  J.  J.  McGee, 
W.  C.  Meinel,  A.  L.  Quarles,  R.  H. 
Reed,  M.  R.  Shepard,  W.  E.  Sweeney, 
Jr.,  I.  S.  Thomas,  W.  I.  Waldron, 
L.  L.  White,  A.  P.  Woods. 

Others  receiving  20  year  pins; 
R.  H.  Adams,  R.  J.  Allen,  John 
Arthur,  Houston  Bowman,  R.  P. 
Brown,  S.  B.  Creasey,  W.  R.  Goad, 
C.  M.  Gordon,  L.  A.  Hutcherson, 
Wilford  Ingram,  R.  B.  Leslie,  J.  D. 
Rucker,  U.  W.  Tucker,  E.  L.  Wykle. 


Columbus,  O. 
COLUMBUS,   O. 

Members  of  Local  1241,  Mill- 
wrights and  Pile  Drivers,  with  25 
years  or  more  of  service  are  shown 
in  the  accompanying  picture. 

First  row,  from  left,  Nathan 
McCoinas,  Raynor  McGinnis,  Oscar 
Leach,  Delbert  VanMeter,  Lester 
Yenrick,  Ray  Kafury,  Joe  Brysacz. 


Second  row:  Jerry  Kenney,  Frank 
Abbitt,  Charles  Abbitt,  Henry  Reid, 
Edgar  Sparks,  Edgar  Henderly,  Sr., 
Robert  Swartz. 

Not  present  were;  Clayton  Be  Hew, 
Alva  Dailey,  Ralph  Fair,  William 
Harris,  Paul  Harvey,  Lawrence 
Henderly,  Carl  Keebaugh,  Joe 
Mathias,  William  Moritz,  Donald 
Moss,  Glen  Stout,  Thomas  Waller. 


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L.U.  NO.  7 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 

Anderson,  Harold 
Anderson,  Linus 
Brakken,  Joyce  P. 
Daniels,  Axel 
Fors,  Erick  G. 
Knutson,  Lester 
Lande,  S.  K. 
Lindholm,  Fred 
Ostrem,  Oscar 
Skibsrud,  Iver 

L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Babcock,  Carl  E. 
Evanoff,  Chris 
Mann,  Hugh  E. 
Potter,  Harold  J. 

L.U.  NO.  IS 
HACKENSACK,  N.J. 

Skrable,  Woodrow  R. 

L.U.  NO.  22 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Bianchini,  Louis 
Bisio,  Stephen 
Braun,  George 
Connell,  Jim 
Pina,  Paulino 
Whittaker,  William 

L.U.  NO.  23 
DOVER,  N.J. 

Anderson,  Vagnus 
Chisuano,  Armand 
Hendershot,  Jerry 
Kovaks,  Frank 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLAND,  CA. 

Carlson,  Eric  A, 
DeLoach,  George  W. 
Hart,  Howard 
Pelham,  Owen  V. 

L.U.  NO.  SO 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

RIchesin,  Bill 

L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 

Noland,  R.  B. 
Peace,  Hobert  Waldo 

L.U.  NO.  65 

PERTH  AMBOY,  NJ. 

Geidel,  Paul 

L.U.  NO.  89 
MOBILE,  AL. 

Bodden,  George  E. 

L.U.  NO.  104 
DAYTON,  OH. 

Cooper,  Amon  K. 
Cooper,  John  H. 
Covey,  Roger 
Few,  Richard  R. 
Ford,  Jack 
Hobbs,  John  S. 
Howington,  Ralph 
Ncel,  Paul  R. 
Pitman,  Wade 
Porter,  Andrew  A. 
Rice,  Howard  W. 
Ringer,  Marvin 
Seizer,  Robert  M. 
Shaffer,  Carl  D. 
Sollcnbcrgcr,  Nathan  C. 
Tindle,  Eugene  H. 


Vaughn,  Kenneth  S. 
Westbeld,  Cornelius 
Zizert,  Charles  C. 

L.U.  NO.  105 
CLEVELAND,  OH. 

Carlson,  Gust  E. 
Entler,  James 
Gerrick,  Donald  E. 
Gersin,  Charles  J. 
Hall,  Julius  S. 
Olivo,  Frank 
Prendergast,  Anthony  T. 
Puleo,  Thomas 
Sallies,  Mant 
Stallworth,  James  S. 
Sula,  Louis 
Widynski,  Stanley 
Withem,  Donald  D. 

L.U.  NO.  120 
UTICA,  N.Y. 

Putrelo,  Anthony  Joseph 

L.U.  NO.  133 
TERRE  HAUTE,  IN. 

De  Mougin,  Arthur  W.,  Sr. 
Fisher,  Floyd 
Gill,  William 
Johnson,  Andy 
Knotts,  Frank 
Lewis,  Grover  A. 
McCIennan,  Dempsey 
Schahfer,  Albert  J. 
Shew,  Win  F. 
Tettotson,  George 

L.U.  NO.  142 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Anania,  Frank 
Artuso,  Philip 
Fetter,  William 
Fischer,  Julius 
lovinetti,  Ettore 
Land,  Clarence 
Medgas,  Meyer 
Steele,  Paul 
Traylor,  James 

L.U.  NO.  146 
SCHENECTADY,  N.Y. 

Dart,  Richard 
Elwertowski,  Steve 
Hansen,  Ole 

L.U.  NO.  ISS 
PLAINFIELD,  N.J. 

Ackerman,  Benjamin 
McGauley,  James 

L.U.  NO.  182 
CLEVELAND,  OH. 

Barry,  Nick 
Berry,  Fred  S. 
Dreher,  Gustav 
Hannola,  Paavo 
Hauplman,  Joseph 
Hilz,  Norman 
HufT,  Rudolf 
Hummer,  Alfred 
Jeskc,  Theodore 
Koclman,  Bernard 
Kofron.  Frank 
Kosmahl.  Albert 
Kuhn,  Theodore 
Polk,  Anion 
Spikcr,  Joseph 
Stengcr. Peter 
Wagner,  Albert 


L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Smith,  Ed.  C. 
Stickland,  C.  H. 

L.U.  NO.  242 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Bader,  George,  Sr. 
Bor,  James 
Cichy,  Petter 
Glaser,  Matt 
Gomoll.  Wm. 
Janda,  Robert 
Leimnetzer,  Wm. 
Linefelser,  Wm. 
Liska,  Edward 
Melander,  John 
Mitchell,  Jack 
Nelson,  George 
Paller,  Michael 
Pilmonas,  Andrew 
Scarsella,  Amido 
Schmit,  John  P. 
Sienko,  Edward 
Szykowny,  Jerome 
Trubac,  Joseph 
Zangri,  W.  Timothy 

L.U.  NO.  255 
BLOOMINGBURG,  N.Y. 

Gustafson,  Matthew 

L.U.  NO.  257 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Amato,  Donald  A. 
Gabriel,  Leo 

L.U.  NO.  281 
JOHNSON  CITY,  N.Y. 

La  Barre,  Arthur  R. 

L.U.  NO.  287 
HARRISBURG,  PA. 

Lauver,  John  W. 

L.U.  NO.  331 
NORFOLK,  VA. 

Doolin,  Luther 
Nichols,  T.  R. 
Paul,  C.  H. 
Prescott,  Wilbur 
Thomas,  L.  M. 

L.U.  NO.  335 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MI. 

Herrman,  William 

L.U.  NO.  337 
WARREN,  ML 

Weal,  Charles  C. 

L.U.  NO.  340 
HAGERSTOWN,  MD. 

Bitner.  Edward  F. 
Hull,  William  F. 
Johnson,  Howard  L. 
Spessard,  Carl  B. 

L.U.  NO.  350 

NEW  ROCHELLE,  N.Y. 

Nafus,  Boyd  B. 

L.U.  NO.  359 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Horwath,  John 

L.U.  NO.  403 
ALEXANDRIA,  LA. 

Elliott,  Olis  W. 
Guillory,  Harris 


L.U.  NO.  433 
BELLEVILLE,  IL. 

Schwartz,  Erwin  J. 

L.U.  NO.  455 
SOMERVILLE,  N.J. 

Hubert,  George  Sr. 
Savaryn,  Fred 

L.U.  NO.  507 
NASHVILLE,  TN. 

Choate,  Ben 
Darrah,  George  B.,  Sr. 
Dickens,  Oscar 
Fagan,  E.  E. 
Fitzgerald,  W.  O. 
Fowler  B.  H. 
Gannow,  Paul 
Judkins.  W,  H. 
White,  R.  J. 
Wright,  Eugene  R. 

L.U.  NO.  558 
ELMHURST,  IL. 

Krishack,  Joseph  T. 

L.U.  NO.  579 

ST.  JOHN'S,  N.F.,  CAN. 

Chipman,  Malcolm 
Lush,  Stephen 
Porter,  Arthur  L. 

L.U.  NO.  620 
MADISON,  NJ. 

Behre,  Walter  C. 
Greeley,  James  A. 
Johnson,  Robert 
Lydiksen,  Hans 
Tobey,  Edward 

L.U.  NO.  668 
PALO  ALTO,  CA. 

Futrell,  Ernest  M. 
Paulin,  William 

L.U.  NO.  715 
ELIZABETH,  N.J. 

Burnett,  Alber 
Ferrar,  Joseph 
Fitzgerald,  William 
Henry,  A.  E. 
Kabana.  Andrew 
Levecchi.  Joseph 
Lombardo,  Salvatore 
Percario,  Andrew 
Stracken,  James 
Wimmer,  Albert 

L.U.  NO.  727 
HIALEAH,  FL. 

Altman.  Harry 
Nairn,  Henry  H. 
Primalo,  Anthony 

L.U.  NO.  770 
YAKIMA,  WA. 

Ladd,  Ralph 
Lindsey,  Chester 
Moser,  Pete 
Mudd,  Joe 
Skickwilch,  John 
Suelzle,  Ed. 
Thurmer,  Alvin 

L.U.  NO.  792 
ROCKFORD,  IL. 

Cooper,  Vernon  D. 

L.U.  NO.  836 
JANESVILLE.  WI. 

Albrecht.  Lawrence  P. 
Karman,  Alan 


L.U.  NO.  948 
SIOUX  CITY,  lA. 

Barge,  Eugene  D. 
Benton,  Francis  J. 
Stivers,  Marion  R. 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  MI. 

Jackson,  Edmund  C. 
Lefevre,  Robert 

L.U.  NO.  993 
MIAMI,  FL. 

Boatright,  M.  C. 
Fargason,  Allen 
Gilmore.  M.  W. 
Hassing,  James 
Holbein,  Leonard 
Hughes,  William 
Jones,  Thelrige 
Larson,  E.  J. 
Law.  T.  B. 
Mann,  R.  H. 
Schreck,  W.  J. 
Sjogren,  William 
Smith,  James  B. 
Smith,  Robert  A. 
Stanton,  W.  W. 
Waid,  A.  O. 
White.  W.  H. 

L.U.  NO.  1005 
CROWN  POINT,  IN. 

Fleming,  Clarence 
Grant,  Sam 
Holman,  Otto 
Kirkendorfer,  Roy 
Meyer,  Erwin 
Tremper,  Robert 

L.U.  NO.  1006 

NEW  BRUNSWICK,  NJ. 

Bielinski,  Peter 
Lucas,  Ernest 

L.U.  NO.  1107 
KENILWORTH,  NJ. 

Gwidoz,  Theodore 
Vliet,  Arthur 

L.U.  NO.  1128 
LA  GRANGE,  IL. 

Castle,  Chas.  C. 
Schultz,  Joseph  J. 

L.U.  NO.  1149 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Abbey,  Richard 
Carter,  Alfred 
Giesen.  Carl 
Hall,  Osborne  Lee 
Honing,  Edwin 
Johnson.  Helmer  C. 
Lino,  Samuel 
Norton.  Edwin 
Rich,  Gordon 
Snyder,  R,  K. 
Tarabochia,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1185 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Collier.  Andrew  J. 
McCarl,  Robert 
Manwcller,  William 

L.U.  NO.  1243 
FAIRBANKS,  AK. 

Andrew,  Lewis 
Baumann.  Edwin 
Sanders,  Archie 


JULY,    1977 


29 


IN  MEMORIAM 


Continued  from  page  29 


L.U.  NO.  1308 
LAKE  WORTH,  FL. 

Geesey,  Ralph 
Jenne,  Donald 
Lehto,  John 
Lynch,  Thomas 
Maki,  Henry 
Martin,  Brooks  E. 
Nurmi,  John,  Sr. 
Pachomski,  George 
Ruth,  Ernest 

L.U.  NO.  1332 
GRAND  COULEE,  \VA. 

Hope,  Charles  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1367 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Dahlen,  Otto  E. 
Felcan,  August 
Hommeland,  Lars 
Prisching,  George 

L.U.  NO.  1394 

FORT  LAUDERDALE,  Fl 

Black,  Edward  G. 
Bright,  Gideon  K. 
Home,  Harold  E. 
Kratz,  William  A. 
Olson,  John  W. 


L.U.  NO.  1397 
ROSLYN,  N.Y. 
Rubineau,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1407 
WILMINGTON,  CA. 

Songer,  John  I. 

L.U.  NO.  1426 
ELYRIA,  OH. 

George,  Charles  J. 
Pryce,  Sam  V.,  Jr. 

L.U.  NO.  1469 
CHARLOTTE,  N.C. 

Higgins,  Luther  H. 

L.U.  NO.  1512 
BLOUNTVILLE,  TN. 

Burgin,  Donald  O. 

L.U.  NO.  1518 
GULFPORT,  MS. 

Lundburg,  Erick 

L.U.  NO.  1632 

SAN  LUIS  OBISPO,  CA. 

Angellini,  James 
Bower,  Shelton 
Grossman,  Henry 


Eigenman,  Larry 
Greene,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1644 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 

Anderson,  Stanley  M. 
Alberty,  George 
Anakkala,  Gust  M. 
Dusterhoft,  Emil  H. 
Fritze,  Edgar 
Johnson,  Melvin  H. 
Karjala,  Levi  M. 
Kelsey,  Donald  G. 
Mattison,  Clarence  M. 
Olson,  Thorkel  J. 
Petersen,  Lester  C. 
Porter,  William  S. 
Swanson,  Kenneth  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1703 
PENN  YAN,  N.Y. 
Kuble,  Godfrey 

L.U.  NO.  1715 
VANCOUVER,  WA. 

Carlson,  Frank  E. 
Farley,  Isaac 
Hostetler,  Joe 
Johnson,  Arthur  P. 
Karels,  Klas 
Leifson,  Leif 
Lewis,  Larry  O. 
Nielsen,  Sigurd 
Ohlig,  James 
Righter,  William  H. 
Robinson,  William 
Steuer,  William 


Thompson,  Melvin  W. 
Wiggs,  August  J. 
Zaske,  Harold 

L.U.  NO.  1815 

SANTA  ANA,  CA. 
Bell,  Jerry  C. 
Clason,  Marion  H. 
McGuire,  Harold  R. 
Menges,  A.  R. 
Owens,  Guy  C. 
Peterson,  Warren  L. 
Plowman,  Jesse 
Vollmer,  Rolland  B. 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Caron,  B.  J. 
Kaiser,  Henry  E. 
Windham,  R.  O. 

L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WA. 

Hambright,  Clarence 

L.U.  NO.  1861 
MILPITAS,  CA. 

Bader,  Alex 


L.U.  NO.  1881 
FREMONT,  NE. 
Bell,  Charles  J. 
Harriger,  Floyd  W.,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  2049 
BENTON,  KY. 

Harper,  James  Uel 

L.U.  NO.  2202 
PRICE,  UT. 

Hacking,  Carl  J. 

L.U.  NO.  2241 
BROOKLYN,  N.Y. 

Chiarella,  John 

L.U.  NO.  2274 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Garvin,  Myles  McKinley 
Heeter,  Robert  H. 

L.U.  NO.  3127 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Balzarnour,  Larry 
Maldonado,  Juan  N. 
Weiss,  David 


Please  Note:  Local  secretaries  submitting  names 
for  "In  Memoriam"  are  requested  to  list  the 
names  in  alphabetical  order. 


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the  precision  work  done  by  the  Foley  Saw  Filer.  F.  M.  Davis 
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The  Millers  Falls  Division  of  world- 
wide Ingersoll-Rand  has  announced  the 
introduction  of  a  new  Journeyman's 
Hole  Saw  Kit.  The  saws,  carrying  the 
quality  Blu-Mol  name,  are  in  the  nine 
most  frequently  used  sizes.  They  are 
packaged,  along  with  a  quick  change 
Mandrel  (VA"  diameter  and  up),  a 
Mandrel  adaptor  for  larger  sized  hole 
saws  and  a  spare  Mandrel  pilot  drill,  in 
a  hi-density  polyethylene  carrying  case. 
The  kit  is  a  first  for  Millers  Falls. 

The  hole  saws  are  capable  of  cutting 
metal,  wood,  plastic  and  plaster.  They 
cover  pipe  tap  sizes  '/i"  to  2"  diameter 
and  pipe  entrance  sizes  %"  to  2"  diam- 
eter. They  feature  follow-through  design 
with  knock-out  slots  for  easy  core  re- 
moval and  give  to  I'/a"  depth  of  cut, 
with  six  teeth  per  inch. 


INDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Belsaw  Sharp-All    

27 

Borden  Inc 'Chemical 

Division-Elmer's   Back  Cover       I 

Chicago  Technical  College   

10 

Craftsman  Book  Company 

20 

Eliason  Stair  Gauge  Company  . .  . 

19 

Estwing   Mfg.   Co 

14 

Foley  Mfg.  Co 

30 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer  

31 

Hydrolevcl    

17 

27 

Irwin  Anger  Bit  Co 

Locksmithing  institute 

31 

North  American  School 

of  Drafting    

19 
13 

Vaughan  &  Bushncll  Mfg.  Co.   .  . 

The  hole  saws  in  the  kit  are  in  the 
following  sizes:  %",  %",  I'/s",  1%", 
l'/2",  P/4",  2",  21/2".  Millers  Falls  has 
assigned  number  9596  to  the  kit  and 
welcomes  inquiries,  which  may  be  sent 
to:  Don  Cummings,  Advertising  Man- 
ager, Millers  Falls,  Greenfield,  Mass. 
01301. 

GROUND    FAULT    INTERRUPTER 

Ground  fault  protection  for  personnel 
on  construction  sites,  maintenance  crews, 
in  factories  and  other  areas  where  added 
protection  is  desired  is  provided  by  the 
3M  brand  "GFf  portable  ground  fault 
circuit  interrupter  recently  introduced  by 
3M  Company's  Electro-Products  Divi- 
sion. 

The  3M  "GFI"  (Number  2705)  incor- 
porates a  duplex  receptacle  in  a  rugged, 
high-impact  thermoplastic  case,  approxi- 
mately 3x3x6  inches.  It  may  be  used 
conveniently  on  the  job,  and  provides 
control  of  ground  fault  protection  at  the 
point  of  use.  The  unit  has  a  standard 
male  plug,  recessed  for  protection  for  use 
with  suitable  extension  cord. 

Rated  for  125V,  15A  and  60Hz,  the 
unit's  protective  circuitry  trips  with 
ground  fault  current  flow  of  6MA,  or 
with  any  break  in  the  neutral  or  line  con- 
ductor of  the  extension  cord.  The  UL- 
listed  device  has  drain  holes  to  prevent 
the  collection  of  water  and  is  specially 
reinforced  for  severe  service  as  a  port- 
able. 

The  portable  circuit  interrupter  is 
available  through  electrical  distributors. 
Further  details  may  be  obtained  by  writ- 
ing to  Department  EL7-2,  3M  Company, 
Box  33600,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  55133. 


PLEASE  NOTE:  A  report  on  new  prod- 
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way  consiiliiles  an  endorsement  or  recom- 
mendation. All  performance  claims  are 
based  on  slalements  by  the  manufacturer. 


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Dept.  1118.077,  Little  Falls,  N.J.  07424 


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Little  Falls.  New  Jersey  07424  Est,  1948 

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Full  Length  Roof  Framer 

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  % 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease '^  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 
width  is  Vi  inch  and  they  increase 
V4,"  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'-9%"  wide.  Pitch 
is  7V2"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
Let  us  prove  it,  or  return  your  money. 


Gclllno  the  Ifngtlis  o(  rallors  by  the  span  and 
the  method  of  setting  up  the  tables  is  (oily  pro* 
tected  by  the  1917  &  19-1-4  Copyrights. 


In    the    U.S.A.    send  $5.00.    We    pay    the 

postage.     California  residents     add     30< 
lax.   C.O.D.   orders  O.K. 

We      also      have  a      very      fine      Stair 

book    9'    X    12".    II  sells    for    $3.00.    We 

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add    1  8t   lax. 


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IN  CONCLUSION 


Responsible,  Constructive  Proposals  to  Meet 
The  Financial  Problems  of  Social  Security 


The  legislative  proposals  of  the  Carter  Administra- 
tion during  its  first  months  in  ofl5ce  have  proved  to  be 
a  mixed  bag  for  the  trade  unionists  who  overwhelm- 
ingly supported  the  Carter  ticket,  last  November. 

Tax  proposals,  energy  proposals,  consumer  propos- 
als, job  stimulation  proposals  have  all  had  elements  of 
campaign  promise,  but  some  have  been  either  too  weak 
or  too  amended  to  meet  the  challenges  ahead. 

Then,  two  months  ago.  President  Carter  sent  to  the 
Congress  his  proposals  for  strengthening  the  Social 
Security  system  .  .  .  and  now  organized  labor  and  the 
working  population  have  legislation  which  merits 
wholehearted  support,  legislation  which  we  urge 
every  Congressman  and  Senator  to  support. 

Nearly  every  American  has  a  personal  stake  in  the 
Social  Security  system.  Millions  depend  upon  it  to  pro- 
tect themselves  and  their  families  when  earnings  stop 
because  of  old  age,  disability,  or  death.  Few  among  us 
are  prepared  to  face  the  years  after  age  65  without  the 
assurance  of  Social  Security  benefits. 

In  recent  years,  because  of  the  tremendous  increase 
in  the  number  of  people  living  10,  20,  and  30  years 
beyond  retirement  age,  there  has  been  a  great  drain  on 
the  trust  funds  of  US  Social  Security.  Since  America's 
total  population  continues  to  grow,  the  drain  will  con- 
tinue, too.  Like  it  or  not,  we  must  put  more  money  into 
the  system  in  the  years  ahead,  so  that  there  will  be 
benefits  available  for  our  children  and  our  grandchil- 
dren, as  well  as  ourselves. 

More  money  is  needed  to  avoid  growing  annual  defi- 
cits that  threaten  to  wipe  out  the  reserves  the  Social 
Security  trust  funds  have  built  up. 

There  have  been  "scare  warnings"  published  that  the 
trust  funds  are  running  out  fast  .  .  .  which  is  not  true. 
But  there  is  a  need  to  bolster  the  present  reserves  and 
to  change  the  system  under  which  Social  Security  taxes 
are  collected  and  benefits  apportioned  so  that  the  sys- 
tem will  be  permanently  stabilized. 

There  was  a  recent  study  of  tax  and  social  security 
practices  in  10  industrialized  nations  made  by  a  major 
bank  in  Switzerland.  It  showed  that  Austria,  the  United 
States,  and  Canada  have  the  lowest  combined  taxes  and 
social  security  contributions  of  the  10  leading  industrial 
nations  studied.  The  bank  found  that  the  average 
American  worker  earning  $8,520  pays  out  12.5%  of 
his  annual  income  in  taxes  and  social  security,  com- 
pared to  12.4%  for  Austria,  and  13%  for  Canada.  By 
comparison,  the  average  Swedish  worker  pays  out 
29.7%  in  the  combined  taxes-social  security  package, 
and  the  average  Dutch  worker  pays  out  29.4%.  So 
there  is  no  question  about  the  ability  of  segments  of 
our  population  to  pay  more. 

Unfortunately,  as  things  now  stand,  the  social  security 


burden  falls  hardest  on  those  who  can  afford  it  least — 
those  in  our  working  population  who  earn  less  than 
$16,500  a  year,  which  is  the  present  cutoff  limit  for 
Social  Security  taxes. 

This  is  one  of  the  reasons  the  Carter  proposals  call 
for  change.  Currently,  employers  and  workers  pay  the 
same  amount  of  taxes.  The  tax  rate  of  5.85%  each  is 
applied  to  earnings  up  to  $16,500  a  year,  an  amount 
that  automatically  increases  periodically  in  accordance 
with  rising  wages. 

The  White  House  proposals  would  eliminate  the 
employer's  limit  and  tax  his  full  payroll.  It  would  be 
phased  in  by  three  steps  between  1979  and  1981,  and 
it  would  bring  more  than  $10  biUion  a  year  into  the 
program.  Interesting  enough,  the  President's  program 
would  cost  most  employers  less  than  they  would  have 
to  pay  under  the  present  conventional  method  of 
financing,  which  requires  periodic  increases  in  both 
the  tax  rate  and  the  wage  base. 

There  are  two  elements  of  the  Carter  Social  Security 
proposals  which  will  undoubtedly  bring  controversy  on 
Capitol  Hill,  as  big  business  lobbyists  descend  upon 
legislators  to  oppose  them: 

One  is  the  element  I  have  mentioned — expanding 
the  employer  share  of  the  Social  Security  tax  by  apply- 
ing it  to  a  firm's  entire  payroll. 

The  second  is  a  proposal  to  inject  general  revenue 
funds  from  the  federal  government  into  the  present 
trust  funds  to  supplement  the  payroll-tax  collections. 

Both  of  these  proposals  have  long  been  urged  by 
organized  labor  .  .  .  and,  curiously  enough,  they  go 
back  to  the  very  beginning  of  the  Social  Security  sys- 
tem, more  than  40  years  ago,  and  they  somehow  got 
lost  in  the  many  social  security  proposals  made  to 
Congress  over  the  decades. 

According  to  a  man  who  ought  to  know — the  man 
who  headed  the  Social  Security  Advisory  Council  in 
1937-38  and  who  headed  up  four  succeeding  councils. 
I.  Douglas  Brown,  it  was  the  original  intention  of  the 
social  security  system's  architects  to  fatten  Social 
Securit}'  trust  funds  from  time  to  time  with  general 
revenues.  And,  contrary  to  conservative  attacks  on 
the  proposal  today,  this  proposal  had  business  support 
in  the  1930's. 

Says  Brown:  "It  is  surprising  to  one  who  has  par- 
ticipated in  the  developing  of  the  Old  Age  Survivors 
and  Disability  Insurance  program  (Social  Security) 
since  1934  to  read  statements  that  government  contri- 
butions to  the  system  would  undermine  the  integrity 
of  the  program,  causing  dire  results.  The  planners  of 
O. A. S.D.I,  took  precisely  the  opposite  view.  They  were 
convinced  that,  as  the  system  matured,  government 
contributions  would  be  necessary  and  fully  justified  to 


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preserve  the  integrity  of  the  system. 

"The  Advisory  Council  on  Social  Security  of 
1937-38,  which  laid  down  the  basic  framework  of 
O.A.S.D.I.  as  it  has  since  operated,  made  in  its  final 
report  of  December  10,  1938,  the  following  recommen- 
dations on  financing: 

"  'I.  Since  the  nation  as  a  whole,  independent  of  the 
beneficiaries  of  the  system,  will  derive  a  benefit  from 
the  old-age  security  program,  it  is  appropriate  that 
there  be  federal  financial  participation  in  the  old-age 
insurance  system  by  means  of  revenue  derived  from 
sources  other  than  payroll  taxes. 

"  'II.  The  principle  of  distributing  the  eventual  cost 
of  the  old  .""ge  insurance  system  by  means  of  approxi- 
mately equal  contributions  by  employers,  employees 
and  the  goverimient  is  sound  and  should  be  definitely 
set  forth  in  the  law  when  tax  provisions  are  amended.' 

"The  signers  of  these  unanimous  recommendations 
included  six  representatives  of  labor,  thirteen  represen- 
tatives of  the  public  and  six  representatives  of  employ- 
ers. Among  the  members  were  the  chairmen  or  presi- 
dents of  United  Steel,  General  Electric,  Curtis 
Publishing,  Provident  Mutual  Life  Insurance  and  the 
Bowery  Savings  Bank  and  the  treasurer  of  Eastman 
Kodak.  The  AFL-CIO,  the  National  Association  of 
Manufacturers  and  the  U.S.  Chamber  of  Commerce 
were  ably  represented.  The  council  held  many  meetings 
over  more  than  a  year. 

"The  planners  of  the  old-age  insurance  program 
estimated  that  government  contributions  would  be 
needed  by  1962  to  offset  the  accrued  liability  assumed 
by  the  system  in  the  early  years  in  lifting  millions  of 
our  people  from  old-age  needs-test  relief  fully  financed 
from  general  taxes.  To  introduce  government  contribu- 
tions now  would,  step  by  step,  be  fulfilling  a  proper  and 
justified  plan  for  financing  a  mature  and  effective  sys- 
tem of  contributing  social  insurance  based  on  the 
mutual  responsibility  of  the  employees,  employers  and 
the  general  taxpayers  of  the  country  in  protecting  our 
people  against  hardship  caused  by  old  age,  disability 
or  premature  death,  without  dependence  upon  needs- 
test  relief." 

Under  the  Administration  plan,  general  revenue 
funds  would  be  available  only  in  years  when  the  un- 
employment rate  exceeds  6%. 

The  higher  the  jobless  rate,  the  greater  the  govern- 
ment contribution.  It  is  today's  high  rate  of  joblessness 
which  has  cut  the  amount  of  Social  Security  taxes 
going  into  the  trust  fund  and  indicated  clearly  the 
need  for  general  revenue  infusions  in  the  uncertain 
years  ahead. 

There  are  other  elements  of  the  Administration  pro- 
posals which  1  should  also  note: 

•  Raising  the  tax  rate  on  the  self-employed  from 
the  present  7%  to  7.5%.  This  would  restore  the  pat- 
tern that  prevailed  before  1972. 

•  Increasing  the  wage  base  subject  to  the  social 
security  payroll  tax  in  a  series  of  biennial  steps.  At 
present  the  taxable  wage  base  goes  up  on  a  formula 
tied  to  average  wages.  Carter  proposes  that  in  1979 
and  every  other  year  through  1985  the  ceiling  on  tax- 
able wages  be  raised  an  additional  $600.  The  extra  tax 


would  fall  on  the  highest-paid  workers,  an  estimated 
10  to  15%  of  the  workforce. 

•  Advancing  the  date  of  a  1%  increase  in  the 
social  security  tax  rates,  which  under  present  law 
would  be  imposed  in  the  year  201 1.  Carter  asked  that 
one-quarter  of  the  increase  be  imposed  in  1985  and 
the  remaining  three-quarters  in  1990. 

•  Changing  the  test  for  beneficiaries  in  accordance 
with  Supreme  Court  decisions  holding  that  men  and 
women  must  be  treated  alike  and  thus  a  husband  is 
entitled  to  dependency  status  under  his  wife's  earned 
benefits  even  it  he  had  not  actually  been  dependent  on 
her  income. 

Carter  proposed  that  the  law  be  changed  to  limit 
eligibility  for  dependent's  benefits  to  the  spouse  with 
the  lowest  earnings  over  the  previous  three-year 
period. 

•  A  shift  of  a  portion  of  the  Medicare  trust  fund 
to  the  basic  Old  Age,  Survivors  &  Disability  Insur- 
ance fund  (OASDI).  The  Administration  Hnked  this 
shift  to  enactment  of  its  program  to  hold  down  hospi- 
tal costs. 

All  in  all,  the  President's  social  security  proposals 
are  well  founded,  and  they  deserve  the  immediate 
attention  of  the  Congress.  I  can  think  of  no  legislation 
facing  the  current  Congress  which  will  bring  more 
security  to  more  Americans  in  short-order  than  the 
Administration's  Social  Security  Financing  Proposals 
of  1977. 


Tool-Chest  Reminder 

Is  there  a  craftsman,  tried  and  true,  who  has  not  snarled  in  anger  and  dismay 
because  of  missing  tools .  .  .  borrowed  or  stolen  from  his  tool  box 
or  workshop?  Nels  L.  Westerdahl  of  Local  183,  Peoria,  III.,  offers  the 

accompanying  eight  lines  of  verse  as  a  deterrent  to  tool 
misplacers.  We  print  these  lines  in  a  clip-out  box  for  those  among  us  who'd  like 
to  add  their  signature  to  the  warning  and  apply  it  with  an 
adhesive  or  a  clear-plastic  cover  to  their  own  tool  chest. 


let  the  borrower  beware 


Whoever  borrows  aught  from  out  this  case. 
And  having  used  it,  puts  it  back  in  place. 
That  true  and  proper  craftsman,  rightly  bred. 
Will  always  hit  the  nail  upon  the  head. 

But  he  who  takes  the  saw  and  hammer  out. 
And  leaves  them  anywhere  —  the  shiftless  lout! 
I  hope  today  and  all  the  days  to  come. 
Will  always  hit  the  nail  upon  the  thumb. 


Signed 


New  Elmer's 
Cabinetmakers  Contact 
Cement  has  the  permanence 
and  strength  of  acrylics  and 
it  works  great." 


Dick  Carey,  Professional  Cabinetmaker 


"When  I  heard  about  the  accelerated  aging  test 
Elmer's®  developed  for  their  new  Contact  Cement, 
I  was  convinced  Cabinetmaker's  would  be  as 
tough  and  durable  and  permanent  as  anything  I 

in  a  220  °F  test  oven  for  four  days.  The  laminate 
they'd  glued  down  with  Cabinetmaker's  stayed 
down.  It's  a  real  acrylic. 

Of  course,  since  new  Cabinetmaker's  goes  on 
with  a  brush  or  a  roller,  and  dries  crystal  clear  to 


let  me  know  when  it's  ready  to  bond,  it's  also 
easier  to  use. 

And  it  cleans  up  with  plain  warm  water,  which  is 
pretty  easy 

Oh.  Another  thing.  New  Cabinetmaker's  goes  up 
^  to  twice  as  far  as  conventional  solvent- 
"^    based  contact  cement  and  has  no 
harmful  fumes  so  you  don't  have  to 
worry  about  fires. 

It's  no  wonder  things 
are  so  much  easier  for 
me  now." 


Elmers.When  results  count. 


Sunrise,  Quinby,  Virginia 


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VOLUME  XCVll  NO.  8  AUGUST,  1977 

UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF   CARPENTERS   AND  JOINERS   OF  AMERICA 


R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 

IN   THIS    ISSUE 


THE 
COVER 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Back  to  the  Drawing  Boards 2 

The  Horror  of  Health  Care  in  America Press  Associates  6 

Your  Congressmen  is  Waiting  to  Hear  from  you 7 

Fear  of  Losing  Job  Brings  Abuses Sec.  of  Labor  Ray  Marshall  8 

Americans  Are  Going  Back  to  Work,  but  Slowly 9 

40th  Anniversary  of  Bureau  of  Apprenticeship Wm.  Konyha  14 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup 5 

Canadian   Report    10 

Plane  Gossip    12 

Local  Union  News 13 

Apprenticeship   and   Training    15 

In  Retrospect R.  E.  Livingston  17 

We  Congratulate    18 

Service   to  the   Brotherhood    20 

In  Memoriam    29 

What's  New? 31 

In  Conclusion William  Sidell  32 


A  sleek  and  darkened  pleasure  boat 
moves  out  into  Chesapeake  Bay  in  the 
early  morning  light,  as  a  small  band 
of  fishermen  try  their  luck  in  the 
waters  near  Quinby,  Virginia. 

The  lure  of  the  open  sea  attracts 
a  growing  number  of  Americans  each 
year. 

"There  is  nothing — absolutely  noth- 
ing— half  so  much  worth  doing  as 
simply  messing  about  in  boats  .  .  . 
or  with  boats  ...  In  or  out  of  them, 
it  doesn't  matter."  That's  the  opinion 
of  one  of  the  characters  in  Kenneth 
Grahame's  beloved  children's  classic. 
The  Wind  in  the  Willows.  And  mil- 
lions of  US  and  Canadian  fishermen 
will  attest  to  that. 

A  vast  majority  of  these  weekend 
seamen  would  also  agree  with  Izaak 
Walton  when  he  wrote:  "We  may  say 
of  angling  as  Dr.  Boteler  said  of 
strawberries:  'Doubtless  God  could 
have  made  a  better  berry,  but  doubt- 
less God  never  did.'  .  .  .  and  so,  if 
I  might  be  judge,  God  never  did  make 
a  more  calm,  quiet,  innocent  recrea- 
tion than  angling." — The  photograph 
is  by  I.ibby  Joy. 

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back 
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drawing  board 


In  the  back  offices  of  architects,  in 
the  storage  shelves  of  museums,  and 
in  the  files  of  the  US  Patent  Office 
you'll  find  them — those  construction 
projects  which  journeymen  carpenters 
were  never  able  to  build  but  often 
talked  about. 

Some  of  them  were  way  ahead  of 
their  time  .  .  .  dreamed  up  a  half  cen- 
tury ago  and  put  aside,  because  no  one 
had  the  money  or  the  know-how  to 
build  them. 

Some  were  just  fantasies  from  an 
architect's  drawing  board,  and  some 
may  yet  be  built,  if  the  time  and  the 
price  become  right. 

More  than  300  examples  of  some 
of  the  most  spectacular  but  forgotten 
architecture  in  the  United  States  from 


the  time  of  Thomas  Jefferson  to  the 
Space  Age  have  been  compiled  into  a 
new  book  called  Unbuilt  America, 
prepared  by  Site,  Inc.,  of  New  York 
City  and  published  by  McGraw-Hill 
Book  Company.  On  the  accompany- 
ing pages  we  reprint  and  describe  nine 
examples  of  these  way-out  building 
designs.  They  range  from  apartments 
on  bridges  to  structures  so  big  that  they 
could  be  seen  from  the  Moon. 

American  construction  tradesmen, 
beginning  their  third  century  of  work 
in  the  Land  of  Promise,  can  be  proud 
of  many  projects  they  have  com- 
pleted— the  Empire  State  Building,  the 
World  Trade  Center,  the  Sears  Tower, 
the  Golden  Gate  Bridge,  the  John 
Hancock  Building,  to  name  a  few. 


They  can  also  take  heart  from 
some  of  these  300-odd  building 
designs  which  never  got  far  from  the 
drawing  boards.  For  in  them  they  can 
find  some  of  the  inspiration  and 
many  of  the  novel  ideas  which  may 
become  our  buildings  of  the  future. 

America  struggles  today  with  the 
problems  of  "the  inner  city."  It  seeks 
social  and  economic  solutions  to  the 
slums  and  eyesores  created  in  recent 
decades  by  the  great  migrations  of 
people  from  farms  to  cities.  It 
searches  for  solutions  to  its  problems 
of  mass  transportation.  Some  of  the 
solutions  to  these  problems  will  come 
from  architects'  drawing  boards  and 
our  "alabaster  cities"  will  gleam  again. 


THE    CARPENTER 


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J.  APARTMENTS  ON  BRIDGES,  1929— Jusi  before  the 
stock  morkef  crosh  of  1929,  ArchHecf  Hugh  Ferrlss,  in  a 
book  enfifled  "The  Mefropolis  of  Tomorrow,"  suggested 
that  the  nation's  growing  cities  need  not  only  extend 
upward  into  skyscrapers,  but  might  also  extend  outward 
across  bridges.  He  joined  Architect  Raymond  Hood  in 
suggesting  that  50  to  60-story  apartments  might  be 
built  on  suspension  bridges  like  to  the  one  in  the 
drawing,  with  elevators  extending  down  the  towers  to 
the  water,  where  yachts  and  hydroplanes  could  be 
moored. 

Ferriss  acknowledged  that  'facetious  minds  have 
suggested  that  the  placing  of  apartments  in  such  a 
fashion  would  introduce  a  bizarre — if  not  to  say 
dangerous — element  into  domestic  life,"  but  his 
supporters  pointed  out  that  London  Bridge  and  other 
bridges  of  Europe  were  once  used  in  this  way.  too. 

2.  BEVERLY  HILLS  PLAZA.  1973— These  drawings  are 
of  recent  vintage.  They  show  how  English  Architectural 
Designer  Anthony  Lumsden  would  have  built  a  luxury 
hotel  on  Santa  Monica  Boulevard  in  Beverly  HHIs, 
Oaltf.,  if  contractors  were  given  sufficient  capital. 
Promoters  of  the  structure  were  unable  to  raise  the 
necessary  funds,  however,  and  this  concrete,  aluminum. 
and  glass  edifice  never  went  beyond  the  drawing  boards. 

The  structural  system  of  the  tower  would  have  been 
concrete  bearing  walls  extending  from  basement  to  the 
top  of  the  hotel.  Exterior  walls  were  to  be  lightweight 
membrane  enclosures  of  glass  and  aluminum  panels. 
Roofs  over  the  public  areas  were  glass  and  aluminum, 
with  aluminum  mulHons  supported  on  steel  trusses  and 
frames. 

3.  AERIAL  RESTAURANT,  1929— Long  before  modem 
architects  began  creating  the  Space  Needle  in  Seattle, 
the  Tower  of  the  Americas  at  San  Antonio,  and  the 
CN  Tower  in  Toronto,  the  noted  architect  Norman  Bel 
Geddes  was  drawing  up  plans  for  this  spectacular 
observation  tower-restaurant  for  the  1933  Chicago 
Century  of  Progress  Exposition.  It  called  for  three 
different  restaurants  on  three  different  levels.  27  stories 
above  the  ground.  The  entire  structure  would  have 
slowly  revolved,  so  that  visitors  could  see  the  city,  the 
fair  grounds,  and  Lake  Michigan. 

Unfortunately,  this  was  during  the  Great  Depression, 
and  the  plans  were  abandoned  for  lack  of  sufficient 
funds. 

Bel  Geddes  predicted:  "In  the  not  too  distant  future 
I  anticipate  restaurants  of  this  type  in  our  larger  cities 
attracting  generous  patronage  .  .  .  Utilization  of  roof 
area  will  be  one  of  the  leading  architectural 
developments  of  the  next  few  years."  He  was  right. 

Continued  on  next  page 


lUitstrations  rciirinied  by  permission  of  Site  Inc., 
and  the  authors.  Alison  Sky  and  MichcUc  Stone. 


AUGUST,    1977 


back  to  the  drawing  board 


Continued  from  page  3 


4.  GOVERNMENT  OFFICE  BUILDING,  1932— The  late 
New  York  architect  William  Adams  Delano,  who  created 
many  public  and  private  buildings  in  Washington,  D.C., 
New  York   City,  and  Paris,  produced  the  design  for 
this  patriotic  structure  as  a  "theoretical  study."  It  was 
never  accepted  by  a  government  agency. 

"I  feel  that  it  contains  all  the  elements  of  great 
architecture,"  Delano  said.  "It  shows  freedom  from 
restraint.  It  displays  none  of  the  narrow  provincialism 
which  characterizes  the  work  of  the  architects  of  Greece, 
Italy,  France,  and  even  our  own  colonial  period." 

Perhaps  the  building's  design  was  a  little  bit  ahead  of 
technology  in  1932.  The  free-form  concrete  construction 
methods  used  in  the  1970's,  however,  would  have  few 
problems  in  erecting  such  a  building.  In  the  1930's  only 
the  Bricklayers  might  have  been  enthusiastic  about  it. 

5.  PYRAMIDAL  MEMORIAL  TO  MAN,  1947— As  man 

probes  deeper  into  space  and  explores  the  universe, 
architects  and  designers  speculate  about  the  possibility 
of  creating  huge  manmade  Earth  structures  which  might 
be  seen  by  intelligent  beings  on  other  planets.  Isamu 
Noguchi,  in  a  book  colled  "A  Sculptor's  World," 
published  in  1968,  reveals  that  in  1947  he  designed  this 
big  Memorial  to  Man  which  would  be  visible  from 
Mars.  Its  nose  would  be  one  mile  long,  and  the  entire 
creation  would  be  of  earth  and  natural  stane. 

It's  unbuilt  .  .  .  and  It  is  just  as  well,  for  space 
scientists,  so  for,  hove  been  unable  to  find  life,  as  we 
know  it,  on  the  Planet  Mars. 

6.  GIACOMO'S  MOTOR  LODGE,  1964— Kansas 
Architect  Bruce  Goff  was  asked  by  a  client  to  build  an 
eye-catching  motor  lodge  on  a  scenic  highway  near 
McAlester,  Okla.  The  gentle  sloping  site  rose  up  from 
the  highway  and  provided  excellent  views  of  a  valley. 
The  entrance  office  and  restuarant  of  the  proposed 
motor  lodge,  had  a  tower  topped  with  a  cocktail 
lounge.  Pairings  of  three-story  circular  rooms  were  set 
up  around  the  perimeters  of  a  courtyard,  which  were 
entered  at  the  seco.id  level  from  a  driveway.  Cars  were 
parked  outside  the  perimeter. 

"This  arrangement  provided  quiet  in  the  rooms  from 
the  motel  traffic  and  enabled  their  balconies  to  view 
the  large  central  area  of  terraced  gardens  with 
sweeping  sculptural  "waves'  of  local  red  sandstone  and 
glass  cullet  masonry,  with  water  gardens,  swimming  pool, 
etc.,  as  well  as  the  valley  view  beyond.  " 

The  design  proved  too  adventuresome  for  the  client, 
and  the  motor  lodge  remains  unbuilt. 

7.  MUSEUM  OF  MODERN  ART,  1930— In  May,  1930, 
the  trustees  of  the  newly-organized  Museum  of  Modern 
Art  asked  the  architectural  firm  of  Howe  and  Lescaze 
fo  prepare  preliminary  plans  for  a  new  building.  This 
drawing  shows  one  of  several  plans  submitted.  It  called 


for  nine  "horizontal  blocks",  placed  one  above  another 
and  at  right  angles  to  each  other  on  the  small 
building   site. 

The  structural  system  was  simple  and  dramatic,  and, 
most  important,  it  allowed  a  large  amount  of  natural 
light  into  each  block  to  supplement  interior  lighting  in 
the  galleries.  Each  gallery  was  a  self-contained  unit 
with  its  own  entrance  and  exit  from  stairs  and  elevators. 

The  structure — way  ahead  of  its  time — was  not  built 
due  to  a  change  in  circumstance:  John  D.  Rockefeller 
donated  an  existing  house  on  Manhattan  for  the 
museum's  use,  and  these  plans  were  set  aside. 

If  is  interesting  to  note  that  mobile  home  builders 
today  are  experimenting  with  self-contained  units  such 
as  this  OS  o  means  of  relieving  the  housing  shortage  of 
the    1970's. 

8.  ABC  BUILDING,  1963— The  man  who  designed 
Marina  City  far  his  home  town  of  Chicago,  Bertrand 
Goldberg,  submitted  this  design  for  a  building  to  be 
erected  by  the  American  Broadcasting  Company  of 
Columbus  (9th)   Avenue  and  67th  Street  in  New  York 
City.  The  ABC  board  of  directors  were  afraid  that  the 
space  allocations  in  the  office  building,  although  quite 
suitable  far  ABC,  would  not  be  commercially  rentable  if 
the  network  were  ever  to  abandon  it,  and  the  plans 
were   turned  down. 

The  broadcasting  tower  would  hove  been  higher  than 
the  Empire  State  Building.  The  ABC  office  building 
beside  it  would  have  housed  1 ,200  employees  and  80 
divisions  of  the  network.  The  cylindrical  units  extending 
like  so  many  dowels  around  the  central  core  of  the 
office  building  would  have  housed  the  supportive 
activities  of  the  various  ABC  divisions.  The  work  of  the 
supportive  offices  would  hove  fed  into  administrative 
and  executive  offices  at  the  core  of  the  building  at  each 
level.  Goldberg  explains  that  decision  makers,  generally, 
don't  want  the  external  world  to  intrude,  but  supportive 
people  like  the  occasional  distraction  of  looking  out 
of   windows. 

9.  ELLIS  ISLAND,  1966— Philip  Johnson  of  Cleveland, 
C,  and  Connecticut  submitted  this  model  for  on  Ellis 
Island  National  Park  in  New  York  Harbor,  but  funds  and 
other  factors  keeps  final  plans  for  the  park  on  the 
drawing   boards. 

The  building  near  the  center  of  the  picture  is  the 
original  structure  through  which  millions  of  Immigrants 
passed  into  the  mainstream  of  the  nation.  The  circular 
building  at  left  in  the  picture — a  monument  to  all 
immigrant  Americans — never  gat  beyond  the  drawing 
boards.  Plans  for  this  building  include  photographic 
reproduction  of  the  names  of  all  the  immigrants  who 
passed  through  the  Ellis  Island  control  paint.  These  were 
to  be  mounted  along  the  ramps  which  encircle  the 
monument  building. 


NLRB  Finds  Maine  Pulpwood  Cutters  to  be  Covered  by  NLRA 


The  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
on  June  22  ordered  an  election  within  30 
days  among  the  pulpwood  cutters  of 
Prentiss  &  Carlisle  Company,  Inc.,  East 
Newport  and  Enfield,  Maine. 

The  election  order  was  precedent  set- 
ting in  that,  for  the  first  time,  the  NLRB 
overturned  the  myth  created  by  the  paper 
industry  that  pulpwood  cutters  are  "inde- 
pendent contractors"  and,  therefore,  not 


covered  by  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Act. 

The  test  established  by  the  Board  in 
this  case  is  as  follows:  The  employer- 
employee  relationship  exists  if  the  alleged 
employer  reserves  and  actually  exercises 
control  over  the  manner  and  means,  as 
well  as  the  result  of  the  jobbers'  woods 
operation  so  that  the  jobbers  cannot  be 
said  to  be  independent  contractors.  In 
this  case,  even  though  the  jobbers  own 


and  operate  their  own  equipment,  the 
Board  has  concluded  that  a  true  entre- 
preneurship  does  not  exist. 

Incidentally,  working  conditions  of 
Maine  pulpwood  workers  were  recently 
examined  by  a  Ralph  Nadar  study  group, 
and  they  were  found  to  be  among  the 
lowest-paid  and  most-exploited  workers 
in  New  England.  In  recent  months,  they 
have  approached  the  Brotherhood  seeking 
union  representation. 


THE    CARPENTER 


HJMGTON       ROUNDUP 


JOBS  FOR  VIETNAM  VETERANS — Unions  have  pledged  their  support  to  a  |140  million 
program  launched  by  the  Carter  Administration  to  find  jobs  for  100,000  of  the 
nation's  half -million  unemployed  Vietnam-era  veterans. 

The  program  called  HIRE,  is  aimed  at  the  nation's  largest  corporations.   Firms 
that  agree  to  hire  and  train  100  or  more  veterans  will  be  reimbursed  50%  of  their 
training  costs  for  up  to  26  weeks.   Employers  would  have  to  pay  at  least  $3.50 
an  hour. 

Workers  hired  and  trained  under  the  program  must  get  the  same  terms  of  employ- 
ment, working  conditions,  pay  and  benefits  as  other  employees  in  the  same  occupa- 
tions.  When  training  is  to  be  given  in  jobs  covered  by  a  collective  bargaining 
agreement,  participating  firms  must  obtain  written  approval  from  the  union 
involved  before  hiring  trainees. 

JOBLESS  AID  'TRIGGERED  OFF' — Extended  unemployment  payments  under  the  Federal 
Supplemental  Benefits  program  have  ended  in  15  states,  the  Labor  Dept.  has 
announced. 

FSB  is  a  temporary  program  providing  additional  benefits  for  jobless  workers 
who  exhaust  their  regular  and  federal-state  extended  benefit  eligibility.   The 
benefits  "trigger  off"  when  a  state's  average  rate  of  insured  unemployment  stays 
below  5%  for  13  consecutive  weeks.   (A  5%   insured  unemployment  rate  translates  into 
about  a  6%  jobless  rate.) 

The  program  triggered  off  in  the  following  states  on  these  dates:  North 
Carolina,  May  15;  Minnesota,  May  28;  Wisconsin,  Tennessee,  and  Missouri,  May  29; 
New  Mexico,  Kentucky,  and  Maryland,  June  5;  Alabama  and  Delaware,  June  12;  West 
Virginia,  June  18;  Arkansas,  June  19,  and  North  Dakota,  Mississippi  and  Utah, 
June  25. 

DETECTOR  FOR  EACH  FLOOR — Researchers  at  the  Commerce  Department's  National 
Bureau  of  Standards  now  recommend  at  least  one  smoke  detector  for  each  level  of 
the  home  to  insure  best  warning  in  case  of  fire. 

CONTACT  LENSES  NOT  ENOUGH — Workers  who  wear  contact  lenses  have  been  warned  by 
the  American  Optometric  Association  that  in  hazardous  environments  they  should 
also  wear  safety  glasses.   Contact  lenses  by  themselves  do  not  provide  eye 
protection,  the  association  said. 

STATE  LOTTERIES  A  BAD  BET — State  lotteries  are  a  bad  bet  for  working  people. 
That's  the  conclusion  of  G.  Robert  Blakey  of  Cornell  University,  who  said  state 
gambling  operations  pay  out  much  less  to  winners  than  do  such  usually  illegal 
operations  as  sports  bookmakers,  slot  machines,  and  numbers  games.   Bookies  pay 
out  about  95.5  cents  on  the  dollar,  for  example,  while  most  state  lotteries  pay 
out  only  about  40-45  cents  in  prizes  for  every  dollar  wagered. 

Over  the  past  14  years,  13  states  have  started  lotteries  as  a  way  of  raising 
revenue  and  avoiding  tax  hikes.   Blakey  said  it  was  an  undesirable  and  inefficient 
way  to  raise  revenue  because  it  appealed  to  low-income  groups  to  play  the  lottery 
and  it  was  unpredictable  as  a  source  of  revenue. 

The  two-year  study  was  financed  by  the  Law  Enforcement  Assistance  Adminis- 
tration (LEAA).   The  934-page  report  traces  the  history  of  gambling  from  the 
11th  century  to  the  present. 

88  KILOMETER  SPEED  LIMIT  SCRUBBED — You  won't  have  to  do  mental  gymnastics  as  you 
drive  along  federal  highways  after  all. 

The  Federal  Highway  Administration,  which  had  proposed  that  highway  speed 
limit  signs  be  converted  to  the  metric  system  next  year,  has  changed  its  mind. 
Conversion  would  have  meant  such  signs  as:  "Speed  limit  88  kilometers,"  meaning 
the  limit  was  55  miles  an  hour. 

Rep.  ("harles  E.  Grassley  (R-Iowa)  wrote  the  highway  agency  that  the  regula- 
tion would  violate  the  metric  conversion  law  and  congressional  intent  in  several 
ways.   The  1975  law  provides  for  voluntary  conversion  to  the  metric  system. 

AUGUST.  1977  5 


The  Horror  of 

HEALTH  CARE 
IN  AMERICA 


BY   PRESS  ASSOCIATES,   INC. 

In  a  way,  it's  too  bad  that  some 
of  the  big  wheels  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  and  the  Ameri- 
can Hospital  Association  and  the 
health  insurance  industry  weren't 
sitting  in  the  ballroom  of  the  Inter- 
national Inn  in  Washington  on  June 
16. 

But  one  can  be  sure  their  agents 
were  there,  taking  lots  of  notes.  Re- 
grettably, its'  not  the  same  as  having 
the  people  who  make  the  key  deci- 
sions sitting  in  the  hall. 

The  occasion  was  a  "Citizens' 
Hearing — Health  Care — the  Under- 
served  and  the  Overcharged."  It  was 
sponsored  by  the  Committee  for  Na- 
tional Health  Insurance  and  was  de- 
signed to  launch  the  all-out  and 
"final"  push  for  an  idea  whose  time 
has  come:  national  health  insurance. 

One  of  the  "underserved  and  over- 
charged" who  spoke  with  some  bitter- 
ness about  the  American  health  care 
"system"  was  Mrs.  Mary  Fischer  of 
Milwaukee.  On  June  21,  1976,  she 
was  admitted  to  a  semi-private  room 
at  Lutheran  Hospital,  Milwaukee,  for 
a  hysterectomy  that  was  performed 
the  next  day.  Before  she  left  the  hos- 
pital she  had  amassed  a  66-sheet,  60- 
foot  long  computerized  hospital  and 
doctors'  bill  that  said  she  owed  $8,000 
not  covered  by  her  private  health  in- 
surance. 

Witness  after  witness  at  the  "citi- 
zens' hearing"  told  stories  of  frustra- 
tion, of  horror,  of  the  inadequacy  of 
health  care.  Some  of  the  witnesses 
were  poor;  some  were  relatively  well 
off.  Some  were  young;  many  were 
senior  citizens  on  fixed  incomes. 
Nearly  all  told  stories  of  astronomical 
medical  bills  added  on  top  of  what- 
ever usually  inadequate  coverage  they 
had  from  private  health  insurance 
plans. 

The  point,  of  course,  is  that  the 
"system" —  if  it  can  be  called  that — 
operates  on  the  basis  of  ability  to 
pay  and  too  often  with  a  kind  of  cold- 
blooded, computerized  disregard  to 
the  needs  or  financial  problems  of  the 
sick. 

For  example:  Kathy  Gaiter,  a  young 
black  woman,  and  Yolanda  Johansen, 


a  middle-aged  white  woman,  work 
side-by-side    in    a   Washington    office. 

Kathy  had  a  premature  baby. 
Mother  and  daughter  are  fine.  But 
the  total  hospital  bill  was  more  than 
$44,000. 

Yolanda's  father  suffered  a  stroke. 
After  hospitalization,  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  a  nursing  home  where  he 
died  several  months  later.  Total  bill: 
more  than  $16,000. 

For  example:  Edward  London,  64, 
a  Chicago  lead  industry  worker  for 
31  years.  The  company  told  him  the 
lead  count  in  his  blood  was  too  high 
but  will  not  admit  that  he  has  lead 
poisoning.  He  has  been  in  and  out  of 
the  hospital  but  the  company  will  not 
pay  any  of  the  bills.  His  insurance 
company  says  it  does  not  cover  occu- 
pational disease. 

London's  medical  bills  for  the  past 
year  are  about  $8,000.  He  has  had  to 
file  a  workmen's  compensation  suit 
and  is  asking  Illinois  to  revoke  the 
medical  license  of  the  company  doc- 
tor who  withheld  information  on  his 
blood-lead  concentration. 

For  example:  The  story  related  by 
Helen  Pierce  of  Snohomish  County, 
Washington.  Her  husband's  employer 
switched  health  coverage  from  Blue 
Cross-Blue  Shield  to  a  commercial 
insurer.  Mr.  Pierce  lost  his  job  and 
an  individual  health  policy  of  the 
commercial  carrier  paid  only  $10  a 
day,  with  premiums  increasing  with 
advancing  age.  The  Pierces  tried  to 
reenroll  in  Blue  Cross-Blue  Shield  into 
which  they  had  paid  premiums  for 
40  years.  But,  having  been  out  of  the 
plan  for  five  months,  they  were  con- 
sidered new  members  and  therefore 
were  subject  to  a  waiver  on  previous 
health  problems. 

In  1976,  Pierce  got  a  job  in  Van- 
couver, British  Columbia.  He  became 
a  landed  immigrant  in  Canada,  took 
a  health  examination  and  they  were 
able  to  get  health  protection  under 
Canada's  national  health  care  system. 
But  the  family  had  to  move  back  to 
the  United  States,  where  Mr.  Pierce 
is  now  self-employed,  and  the  family 
has  no  health  insurance  at  all. 

Continued  on  Page  30 


From  WHITE  COLLAR,  A  Novel  in 

Linocuts,  by  Giacomo  Patri  ©  1975; 
reprinted  with  permission  of  Celestial 
Arts,  231  Adrian  Road,  Millbrae, 
Calif.,  94030,  Publisher. 


THE    CARPENTER 


Tou7^  Congressjnan  is  Waitiiig  to  Hear  From  Tou 


we  MUST 
REMAIN  aEX18LE,( 
YOU  KNOW! 


Early  this  year,  when  Congress  was  considering  the 
labor-backed  Situs  Picketing  (Equal  Treatment  for 
the  Building  Trades)  Bill,  Congressmen  were  flooded 
with  letters  and  telegrams  from  contractors  and  anti- 
labor  stooges  opposing  the  bill.  This  flood  of  mail 
turned  the  tide,  and  labor  lost.  Letters  made  the 
difference. 

Today's  Congressional  work  schedule  no  longer 
permits  the  frequent  and  extended  visits  back  home 
that  used  to  keep  Members  of  Congress  in  close 
personal  touch  with  their  constituents.  As  a  result, 
LETTERS  from  home  have  become  the  main  form 
of  voter  contact  and  the  prime  source  of  constituency 
views.  Your  Senators  and  Representatives  NEED  to 
hear  from  you. 


Suggested  Addresses 
and  Salutations 


Dear  Cong. . 


Ask  these  legislators  to. 


•  Support  labor  law  reform  and  repeal  of  Section 
14(b)  of  the  Taft-Hartley  Law — Free  collective  bar- 
gaining in  the  US  is  constantly  bottlenecked  by  repres- 
sive state  laws,  injunctions,  and  legal  maneuvers  by 
employers  to  prevent  free  union  elections  and  contract 
negotiations.  Ask  for  improved  labor  lows. 

•  Support  a  $3  per  hour  minimum  wage — As  the  cost 
of  living  rises,  the  poverty  level  rises.  Breadwinners 
deserve  a  living  wage.  The  present  minimum  wage 
level  of  $2.30  is  not  enough. 


Writing  an  effective  letter  to  your  Senators  or 
Representative  is  not  a  difficult  task.  Here  are  a  few 
guidelines: 

•  Write  on  your  personal  or  council  letterhead,  if 
possible,  and  sign  your  letter  personally. 

•  Be  sure  your  extact  return  address  is  on  the  letter, 
not  just  the  envelope.  Envelopes  sometimes  get 
thrown  away  before  the  letter  is  answered. 

•  State  your  position  clearly.  State  the  name  of  the 
legislation  you  are  writing  about.  Give  the  House  or 
Senate  bill  number,  if  you  know  it. 

•  State  your  reason  for  writing.  Your  own  personal 
experience  is  your  best  supporting  evidence.  Ex- 
plain how  the  issue  would>  affect  you,  or  your 
family,  business,  or  profession — or  what  effect  it 
could  have  on  your  state  or  community. 

•  Avoid  stereotyped  phrases  and  sentences  that  give 
the  appearance  of  "form"  letters.  They  tend  to 
identify  your  message  as  part  of  an  organized  pres- 
sure campaign — and  produce  little  or  no  impact. 

•  Be  reasonable.  Don't  ask  for  the  impossible.  Don't 
threaten.  Don't  say,  "I'll  never  vote  for  you  unless 
you  do  such  and  such."  That  will  not  help  your 
cause;  it  may  even  harm  it. 

•  Ask  your  legislator  to  state  his  or  her  position  on 
the  issue  in  reply.  As  a  constituent,  you're  entitled 
to  know. 

e  Thank  your  legislator  if  he  or  she  pleases  you  with 
a  vote  on  an  issue.  Everybody  appreciates  a  com- 
plimentary letter — and  remembers  it.  On  the  other 
hand,  if  a  vote  is  contrary  to  your  position,  don't 
hesitate  to  let  him  or  her  know.  That  will  be  remem- 
bered, too. 


Honorable 

House  of  Representatives 
Washington,  D.C.  20515 


Honorable 

United  States  Senate 
Washington,  D.C.  20510 

Dear  Senator 


•  Support  HR  50,  the  Humphrey-Hawkins  Full  Employ- 
ment Bill — This  vital  legislation  would  set  goals  for 
the  next  four  years  to  reduce  unemployment,  and  It 
offers  specific  ways  to  put  people  back  to  work. 

•  Oppose  HR  3813,  the  Redwood  National  Park  ex- 
pansion proposals — More  than  2,000  members  of  the 
Brotherhood  employed  by  lumber  firms  on  the  West 
Coast  stand  to  lose  their  jobs.  Plenty  of  redwoods 
have  already  been  saved! 

•  Oppose  HR  1772  to  establish  Mineral  King  Pork  in 
California — The  Brotherhood  contends  that  this  devel- 
opment Is  needed  for  jobs  and  for  recreation  In  the 
area  of  Sequoia  Notional  Park. 


AUGUST,    1977 


Fear  of  Losing  Job 
Brings  Workplace  Abuses 
In  High  Jobless  Period 


By   RAY   MARSHALL 

US  Secretary  of  Labor 

Editor's  Note:  Following  are  excerpts 
from  an  address  by  Secretary  of  Labor 
Ray  Marshall  before  a  Conference  on 
Life  Cycle  Planning,  sponsored  by  the 
Center  for  Policy  Process. 


Today,  many  analysts  are  trying  to 
convince  us  that  the  economy  is  surg- 
ing and  that  the  real  problem  is  in- 
flation. I'm  concerned  about  inflation 
too,  but  I  also  remember  that  we 
face  an  unemployment  rate  of  7.3%. 

Let's  think  for  a  minute  about  what 
7.3%  unemployment  really  means.  It 
has  a  meaning  for  the  92.7%  of  the 
workforce  who  have  jobs,  as  well  as 
the  7.3%   who  are  out  of  work. 

One  of  the  first  things  that  the 
Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  finds  hap- 
pens when  the  unemployment  rate 
goes  up  is  that  the  "quit  rate"  goes 
down.  It's  easy  to  understand  why. 
People  who  want  to  quit  an  unsatisfy- 
ing job  stay  where  they  are  because 
they  are  afraid  that  they  won't  find 
another  job. 

This  is  just  one  of  the  many  ripple 
effects  of  high  unemployment.  There 
are  the  people  who  are  in  part-time 
jobs  because  fulltime  work  isn't  avail- 
able. There  are  the  growing  numbers 
of  Americans  who  are  forced  to  take 
jobs  for  which  they  are  overqualified. 

There  are  the  people  who  took 
entry-level  jobs  in  the  hopes  that  they 
will  lead  somewhere  and  now  find 
that  the  career  ladder  is  too  crowded 
for  them  to  get  off  the  bottom  rung. 

One  of  the  saddest  consequences  of 
high  unemployment  is  the  large  num- 
ber of  workers  who  are  afraid  to 
complain  about  unsafe  or  unhealthy 
working  conditions  because  they  fear 
losing  their  jobs. 

One  of  the  saddest  things  about  the 
Kepone  disaster  in  Hopewell,  Vir- 
ginia, is  the  story  of  the  workers  who 
knew  that  Kepone  was  making  them 
sick,  but  kept  coming  to  work  any- 
way. They  kept  coming  to  work  be- 
cause they  feared  that  they  wouldn't 
get  another  job  if  they  quit.  And  they 
had  bills  to  pay,  families  to  support 
and  mortgage  payments  to  meet.  So 


they  kept  coming  to  work  at  a  job 
that  made  them  sick. 

These  are  the  kinds  of  real  life 
stories  that  don't  show  up  on  the  un- 
employment statistics.  Stories  like 
these  remind  us  of  the  impact  that 
high  unemployment  has  on  the  people 
who  do  have  jobs.  An  unemployment 
rate  of  7.3%  doesn't  mean  that  the 
other  92.7%  are  happy  with  their 
jobs. 

High  unemployment  also  has  a  di- 
rect relationship  to  mandatory  retire- 
ment ages.  While  there  are  many  rea- 
sons for  mandatory  retirement  ages, 
one  of  them  is  clearly  that  there  aren't 
enough  jobs  to  go  around.  That's  why 
the  battle  against  mandatory  retire- 
ment ages  is  directly  linked  to  the 
fight  against  high  unemployment. 

It  is  clear  that  in  the  last  ten  years 
we  have  educated  millions  of  young 
Americans  for  jobs  that  don't  exist. 
You  know  the  figures  as  well  as  I 
do.  That  by  the  1980s  there  will  be 
a  million  more  people  with  college 
degrees  than  there  will  be  jobs  that 
require  these  degrees. 

Again  there  are  many  factors  that 
caused  this  problem.  And.  of  course, 
there  are  other  important  reasons  for 
getting  a  college  education  than  just 
getting  a  job.  But  still  it  is  clear  that 
people  tend  to  stay  in  school  longer 
when  jobs  are  not  readily  available 
when  they  get  out.  That's  why  any 
effort  to  change  education  is  directly 
related  to  the  fight  against  high  un- 
employment. 

High  unemployment  affects  us  all. 
And,  until  we  bring  the  unemploy- 
ment rate  down  to  an  acceptable  level, 
we  won't  really  be  able  to  address 
the  fundamental  problems  of  job  satis- 
faction, education  and  retirement. 
That's  why  I  ask  your  help  in  the 
effort  to  find  jobs  for  all  Americans 
who  seek  them. 


More  Evidence  of 
Labor-Cost  Drop 

Last  year,  as  we  reported  in  the  Sep- 
tember, 1976,  issue  of  The  Carpenter, 
on-site  labor  costs  for  the  erection  of 
an  average  house  was  only  16%  of  the 
total  cost. 

This  statistic,  along  with  others  in 
the  article  of  last  September,  caused  a 
stir  in  the  membership  and  in  the  in- 
dustry, because  it  put  an  end  to  the 
myth  that  labor  costs  are  inflating  the 
cost  of  housing. 

A  report  published  in  The  Carpenter 
Magazine  50  years  ago,  March,  1927, 
pushes  the  myth  back  even  further.  It 
indicates  that  current  on-site  labor  costs 
are  only  about  half  as  much  as  they 
were  a  half  century  ago.  The  U.S.  De- 
partment of  Commerce,  which  was  then 
under  the  administration  of  the  future 
president,  Herbert  Hoover,  showed  la- 
bor costs  in  1927  as  amounting  to  26% 
of  the  total. 

The  Carpenter  article  of  1927  read 
as  follows: 

"Another  reason  advanced  against  the 
five-day  work  week  is  that  it  would  in- 
crease building  costs.  This  is  one  of 
the  contractor's  stock  arguments,  which 
is  raised  on  every  possible  occasion. 
Everyone  knows  that  labor  is  only  one 
item  in  construction  costs.  The  building 
and  housing  division  of  the  Department 
of  Commerce,  after  a  survey  of  build- 
ing conditions,  says  that  labor  costs  on 
the  construction  of  the  average  house 
amounts  to  26%  of  the  total  cost.  The 
department  divides  the  other  costs  as 
follows:  Building  materials,  29.3%;  land, 
19%;  contractor,  12.6%;  architect  and 
real  estate  fees,  6.4%;  and  financing, 
6.4%.  These  figures  certainly  disprove 
any  statement  that  the  five-day  work 
week  will  substantially  increase  build- 
ing costs.  The  48-hour  week  was  re- 
duced to  44  hours  without  increasing 
construction  costs." 


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Unemployment  Rates  by  State,  April  1977 


8.5%  and  over 
6.5%  to  8.4% 
D  4.5%  to  6.4% 
n  less  than  4.5% 
•   not  reported 


Source:   U.S.  Department  of  Labor,  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  June  1977 


Americans  Are  Going  Back  To  Work...  but  slowly 


EDITOR'S  NOTE:  The  unemployment  rates  shown  on  this  map  are 
for  all  types  of  jobs.  In  the  Building  Trades,  the  rates  are  higher 
in  almost  every  state. 


Unemployment  in  44  of  47  report- 
ing states  continued  to  decline  in 
April,  1977,  compared  with  a  year 
earlier,  according  to  information  re- 
leased in  late  June  by  the  U.S.  De- 
partment of  Labor's  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics. 

Arizona,  Florida,  Hawaii,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Michigan  reported  over- 
the-year  decreases  of  2  percentage 
points  or  more  in  the  unemployment 
rate  (not  seasonally  adjusted),  while 
22  other  states  reported  declines  of 
at  least  one  percentage  point.  Despite 
these  decreases,  five  states  reported 
unemployment  rates  of  8.5%  or  more 
(New  York.  New  Jersey,  Maine,  Ore- 
gon and  Alaska),  and  16  states  had 
unemployment  rates  of  6.5-8.5%  in 
April.  Only  Alaska  reported  an  un- 
employment rate  of  over  10%  this 
April.  The  national  unemployment 
rate  was  6.9%  (not  seasonally  ad- 
justed) in  April. 

The  lowest  unemployment  rates 
continticd  to  be  toward  the  geographic 
center  of  the  nation. 

Improvement  from  April,  1976,  was 
reported  for  185  of  the  200  metropoli- 
tan areas  for  which  April  data  were 


submitted,  and  in  44  areas  the  unem- 
ployment rate  dropped  at  least  2  per- 
centage points. 

All  17  of  the  metropolitan  areas  for 
which  data  were  reported  in  the  New 
England  states  had  lower  rates  this 
April.  Decreases  from  April  1976 
were  also  reported  for  29  of  the  30 
metropolitan  areas  in  the  mid-Atlantic 
states,  30  of  the  31  areas  in  the  south 
Atlantic  states,  27  of  the  34  areas  in 
the  south  central,  and  54  of  the  56 
areas  in  the  north  central  states. 

Substantial  over-the-year  reductions 
in  unemployment  were  also  reported 
in  the  metropolitan  areas  of  the  Moun- 
tain and  Pacific  states  where  28  of  the 
31  areas  for  which  data  were  reported 
showed  improvement.  Unemployment 
of  over  10  percent  was  reported  by 
10  metropolitan  areas  in  April  1977, 
primarily  in  California.  New  Jersey, 
and  New  York. 

These  estimates  are  the  product  of 
a  Federal  State  cooperative  program  in 
which  State  employment  security 
agencies  prepare  labor  force  and  un- 
employment estimates  under  concepts, 
definitions,  and  technical  procedure 
established  by  the  BLS. 


3  Major  Labor  Areas 
From  'Substantiar  List 

Three  major  labor  areas  were 
removed  recently  from  the  "sub- 
stantial" (6%  or  more)  unemploy- 
ment list,  reducing  to  101  the 
number  of  areas  in  that  category, 
the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor  re- 
ported. 

Areas  removed  were:  Chicago, 
111.,  Gary-Hammond-East  Chicago, 
Ind.  and  Memphis.  Tenn. 

The  total  of  101  is  the  lowest 
since  February,  1975,  when  there 
were  74  such  areas.  The  number 
peaked  in  September,  1975.  at  135 
(of  a  possible  150).  A  year  ago 
(May,   1976)  the  total  was  129. 

In  the  Chicago  area,  recent  em- 
ployment gains  in  manufacturing 
together  with  significant  job  in- 
creases in  construction,  and  in  fi- 
nance, insurance,  and  real  estate 
activities  were  primarily  responsi- 
ble for  the  reduction  in  unemploy- 
ment. 

In  the  Gary-Hammond-East  Chi- 

Continucd  on  Page  30 


AUGUST,    1977 


CANADIAN 


Broadbent:  After 
Controls,  Planning 

The  controls  program  has  "simply 
made  a  bad  economic  situation  worse" 
and  should  be  replaced  with  sensible 
national    planning,    NDP    leader    Ed 
Broadbent  told  the 
House  of  Commons 
during    the    recent 
debate   on   the   fu- 
ture   of    the    AIB 
(Anti  -  Inflation 
Board). 

"We  can  deal 
with  both  unem- 
ployment and  infla- 
BROADBENT  tion  simultane- 
ously, as  other  countries  have,"  the 
NDP  leader  said.  "But  we  cannot  do 
it  by  burying  our  heads  in  the  out- 
dated thinking  of  the  past;  by  allowing 
an  unregulated  economy  to  create 
problems  for  us  in  the  future  as  it  has 
in  the  past. 

"We  need  sensible,  tough  minded 
government  planning,"  Broadbent 
said.  "That  is  precisely  what  we  say 
should  take  the  place  of  the  present 
controls." 

Saying  it  was  "essential  .  .  .  that  the 
national  government  play  a  leading 
role  in  investment  policy,"  Broadbent 
called  for  the  establishment  of  a  spe- 
cial fund  of  corporate  profits  that 
would  be  used  to  direct  new  invest- 
ment to  sectors  of  the  economy  which 
need  it  most. 

"Under  such  a  proposal,  each  major 
firm  would  be  required  to  deposit  a 
portion  of  its  profits  in  special  firm- 
specific  accounts  with  the  government. 
Firms  could  spend  the  money  in  these 
accounts  only  at  the  times  and  for  the 
purposes  approved  by  the  govern- 
ment." 

The  government  would  not  have  di- 
rect control  over  the  funds  but  could 
use  them  as  "a  significant  means  to 
directly  influence  the  timing  and  direc- 
tion of  private  sector  investments," 
Broadbent  said. 


The  "cyclical  nature  and  impact 
of  the  market  economy  could  be  sig- 
nificantly changed"  by  releasing  invest- 
ment funds  during  an  economic  down- 
turn, Broadbent  said. 

The  NDP  leader  called  for  a  na- 
tional incomes  policy  and  said  "deal- 
ing with  the  unemployment  problem 
and  .  .  .  replacing  the  welfare  system 
for  the  rich  with  a  policy  of  taxation 
reform"  would  be  the  first  steps  to- 
wards it. 

"Our  income  tax  system  is  in  greater 
need  of  overhaul  than  it  was  ten  years 
ago  when  the  Carter  commission 
called  for  major  reforms,"  Broadbent 
said. 

The  NDP  leader  called  for  an  end 
to  "corporate  tax  concessions  unre- 
lated to  any  specific  economic  benefit" 
and  the  "extension  of  unjustified  loop- 
holes in  personal  income." 

"In  my  view,  major  tax  reform  is 
the  first  essential  to  eff'ecting  improve- 
ments in  collective  bargaining  in  Can- 
ada," he  said. 

"Union  members  would  demand  less 
wages  if  we  had  a  fair  and  progressive 
tax  system  and  the  prospect  of  real 
growth  in  their  income." 

Catch-Up  Clauses 
In  AIB  Underfire 

Finance  Minister  Donald  Macdon- 
ald  says  the  government  at  Ottawa  will 
stop  the  use  of  AIB  clauses  which 
would  have  allowed  workers  to  recoup 
losses  after  the  anti-inflation  program 
ends. 

On  the  first  day  of  a  debate  to  end 
wage  controls,  Macdonald  said  the 
change  would  have  to  be  legislated 
before  the  end  of  controls,  since  the 
law  could  be  unconstitutional  after- 
wards. 

In  explaining  the  reason  for  the 
measure,  Macdonald  said  "employees 
might  be  able  to  demand  as  a  matter 
of  right  that  their  compensation  be 
increased  to  the  levels  provided  by 
the  letter  of  unamended  contracts." 


LEVESQUE 


Stop  'Shootouts' 
With  Youth  Jobs 

Giving  Quebec's  young  people  jobs 
would  do  more  for  national  unity  than 
all  the  verbal  "shootouts"  between  the 
Prime  Minister  and  Rene  Levesque, 
the  new  separatist 
head  of  the  Quebec 
provincial  govern- 
ment, according  to 
NDP  leader  Ed 
Broadbent. 

Speaking  on 
CTV's  "Question 
Period,"  Broadbent 
said  job  creation 
measures  for  young 
people  in  Quebec 
could  turn  the  tide 

in  favor  of  national  unity  among  the 
young  of  that  province. 

"If  you  look  at  the  most  recent 
comprehensive  study  of  Quebeckers 
you  find  that  fully  40%  of  Quebeckers 
under  the  age  of  30  are  now  moving 
in  a  separatist  direction,"  he  said. 

"I  do  not  think  it  at  all  a  coinci- 
dence that  it  is  precisely  that  section 
of  the  Quebec  population  that  is  most 
seriously  affected  by  unemployment." 

No  Multipartite 
After  AIB  Ends 

After  the  government's  talks  with 
15  groups  on  the  method  and  date  of 
phasing  out  controls,  it's  easy  to  un- 
derstand why  the  Canadian  Labor 
Congress  wants  no- 
thing to  do  with  a 
multipartite  forum 
to  advise  on  post-  ■  ..  .*I3.1 
controls  policy.  1  **    1 

Finance  Minister  ■  '* 
Donald  Macdonald 
happily  announced 
after  the  day-long 
meetings  that  since 
there  was  no  con- 
sensus on  when  to 
end     controls,     the 

government  would  make  the  decision 
itself. 

CLC  Vice  President  Shirley  Carr, 
reacting  to  a  statement  made  by  the 
finance  minister  in  the  Commons,  said 
the  CLC  is  definitely  not  backing  down 
from  its  refusal  to  take  part  in  a 
multipartite  forum  after  controls  are 
lifted. 

Carr  said  the  CLC  has  been  man- 
dated by  its  2.3  million  members  to 
consult  only  on  a  tripartite  basis  on 
post-controls  policy. 


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QUICK   ESTIMATE 

What's  the  difference  between  a 
French  woman,  an  English  woman, 
and  a  carpenter's  wife  being  kissed 
in  bed  by  her  husband? 

The  French  woman  says,  "Oo, 
Gaston!  Your  kisses!  Oo   la   la!" 

The  English  woman  says,  "By  Jove, 
Clive!  You   kiss  jolly  well." 

The  carpenter's  wife  says,  "You 
know,  Jake,  .  .  .  the  ceiling  needs 
painting!" 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 

QUfCfC   RELIEF 

A  boy  and  a  girl  were  out  driving. 
They  came  to  a  quiet  spot  on  the 
country  lane,  and  the  car  stopped. 

"Out  of  gas,"  said  the  boy. 

The  girl  looked  at  the  boy  for  a 
moment  and  carefully  pulled  out  a 
bottle  out  of  her  purse. 

"Wow!"  exclaimed  the  boy. 
"You've  got  a  whole  pint — what  kind 
is  it?" 

"Gasoline,"   replied  the   girl. 


ON   RAILROAD   TIME 

A  woman  gave  birth  to  a  baby  on 
the  B  &  O  Railroad,  and  they  called 
it  a  Pullman  birth. 

BE  IN  GOOD  STAJSDING 

FINALLY   LOCATED 

A  little  boy  was  asked  where  the 
Lord  is.  He  said  the  Lord  was  in  the 
bathroom  at  home.  "Because  every 
morning  my  daddy  knocks  on  the 
bathroom  door  and  says,  'Good  Lord, 
will  you  ever  come  out  of  there?' 

— Louis  A.  Langley 
Washington,  D.C. 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

COME    A    LI'L    CLOSER 

"I   love  you,   ouch!" 
"I   love  you  too,  ouch!" 
And  that  is  the  tender  love  story 
of  two   porcupines. 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

FIRST   THINGS    FIRST 

Marriage  counsellor  to  husband 
and  wife:  "Now,  I  want  you  to  think 
of  my  office  as  a  demilitarized  zone". 


ON    DOCTOR'S    ORDERS 

The  lady's  extravagant  ways  were 
getting   on   her   husband's   nerves. 

After  dinner,  she  announced,  "Dar- 
ling, I  was  at  the  doctor's  today,  and 
he  ordered  a  change  in  climate!" 

"Fine!"  he  retorted.  "According 
to  the  weather  girl  on  TV,  it's  coming 
tomorrow!" 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 


This  Month's  Limerick 

There  once  was  a  carpenter  named 

Kane, 
Who  went  through  excruciating  pain, 
hie  screamed  out  when  he  found  out. 
The  slow-witted  lout. 
That  he  had  shredded  his  thumb  with 
a  plane. 

— Ronald  Benivegna 
Whute  Stone,  N.Y. 


BUILDING    UNFAIR 

Moviegoing  youngsters  have  come 
up  with  a  new  question-and-answer 
routine,  which  goes  like  this: 

"What  did  King  Kong  say  as  he 
climbed  up  the  outside  of  the  Empire 
State  Building?" 

"What  a  heck  of  a  time  for  an 
elevator  strike!" 

— Les  Finnegan's  Cavil-Cade 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

360    MONTHLY   PAYMENTS 

Said  the  husband  to  his  wife,  as 
they  gazed  at  their  home  and  at  the 
baby  in  the  carriage:  "One  day  all 
this  will  be  his,  and  then  he  can  make 
the  payments". 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

SEAMANSHIP 

Valor  is  to  travel  on  an  ocean  liner 
without  tipping.  Discretion  means  to 
come  back  on  a  different  ship. 

YOU   ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION  . 

'77    TAXIDERMY 

Man  Is  the  only  animal  that  can 
be  skinned  more  than  once. 

ATTEND   UNION  MEETINGS 

THINK   TANK 

The  wife  was  driving  and  became 
hopelessly  caught  In  a  traffic  jam. 

"What  do  I  do  now?"  she  asked 
her  husband. 

"I  don't  know,"  he  replied.  "But 
why  don't  you  climb  In  the  back  seat 
for  a  minute.  You  will  probably  come 
up  with  an  Idea  there." 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

POSTCARD   THERAPY 

A  psychiatrist  received  a  card  from 
one  of  his  patients  vacationing  in 
Miami  Beach:  "Having  a  wonderful 
time!  Wish  you  were  here  to  tell  me 
why." 


12 


THE    CARPENTER 


Sun  City  Strikers 
Recall  Del  Webb 

Carpenters  have  been  on  strike  at  Sun 
City,  Ariz.,  for  almost  ten  months,  and 
members  of  Local  906  at  Glendale, 
Ariz.,  recently  began  passing  out  hand- 
bills to  perspective  buyers  at  the  big 
retirement  community,  letting  them  know 
that  Sun  City  has  a  tradition  of  union 
construction  which  is  being  lost  by  the 
current  management's  failure  to  come  to 
terms  with  the  striking  carpenters. 

Sun  City  was  one  of  the  first  and 
largest  retirement  communities  in  the 
Southwest.  It  was  developed  by  a  former 
member  of  the  Brotherhood,  Del  Webb, 
who  became  one  of  America's  foremost 
builders  before  his  recent  death.  In  1970, 
General  President  Emeritus  M.  A.  Hutch- 
eson  presented  to  Del  E.  Webb  the  third 
life  membership  card  ever  awarded  by 
the  Brotherhood. 

The  handbill  for  prospective  home  buy- 
ers at  Sun  City  stated:  "It  is  a  disgrace 
to  the  memory  of  Del  E.  Webb,  lifetime 
member  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America,  to 
have  the  present  officers  of  Del  Webb  at- 
tempting to  go  non-union  in  Sun  City." 

Work  Miami  Area 
Between  '69-75? 

If  you  worked  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Miami,  Fla.,  District  Council  between 
October  1,  1969,  and  March  31,  1975, 
you  may  be  entitled  to  some  vacation 
trust  fund  benefits.  The  South  Florida 
Carpenters  Vacation  Trust  Fund  was  dis- 
continued April  1,  1975,  and  the  Gen- 
eral Office  is  told  by  Miami  District 
Council  Secretary-Treasurer  John  L. 
Hickey  that  "there  is  still  a  large  amount 
of  money  unclaimed  in  the  fund,  a  great 
share  of  which  is  owed  to  permit  men 
who  worked  in  this  area  .  .  ." 

The  following  notice  is  printed  at  the 
request  of  the  South  Florida  Carpenters 
Vacation  Trust  Fund: 

NOTICE 

The  South  Florida  Carpenters  Vacation 
Trust  Fund 

The  Soiuh  Florida  Carpenters  Vacation 
Trust  Fund  is  being  terminated  and  any 
employee  who  worked  in  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Carpenters  District  Council  of  Mi- 
ami, Florida  and  Vicinity  between  Octo- 
ber 1,  1969  and  March  31.  1975.  and 
who  believes  thai  lie  may  be  entitled  to 
any  benefits  hereunder  should  contact  the 
Board  of  Trustees  at  the  following  ad- 
dress: 

South  Florida  Carpenters 
Vacation  Trust  Fund 
P.  O.  Box  56095 
Miami.  Florida  33156 
Telephone:    305-595-4040 

All  claims  for  benefits  must  he  filed 
no  later  than  December  31,  1977  and 
must  include  your  social  sccurit>'  number. 


[i3oal  

Un  on      ■^^ 
Nowo      1 


Missouri  Member 
In  Wagon  Train 

The    celebration    of    America's    200th 
birthday  lured  Jean  Lane,  a  member  of 
unusual       way       of 
commemorating    the 
Bicentennial. 

Miss  Lane,  a  shop 
steward  at  Perma- 
neer  Corporation, 
joined  the  group 
of  "pioneers"  who 
traveled  across  the 
nation  last  year  to 
show  other  Amer- 
icans how  the 
west  was  won.  Miss 
Lane  took  many 
photographs  and  she 
wrote  a  story  about  her  trip  for  The  St. 
Louis  Labor  Tribune. 


Back-Pay  Checks 


LANE 


One  of  the  wagons  in  the  train  which 
crossed  the  country  during  the  Bicen- 
tennial. 


Three  members  of  the  Brotherhood 
employed  by  the  Sumter  Plywood  Co.  at 
Livingston,  Ala.,  recently  received  checks 
totaling  more  than  $22,000  in  back  pay 
from  the  company,  as  a  result  of  charges 
filed  by  the  Brotherhood's  Southern 
Council  of  Industrial  Workers,  after  the 
three  women  were  fired  for  union  activ- 
ities. 

Happy  check  recipients  are,  from  left, 
Mary  Ezellc,  Barbara  Ward,  and  Vir- 
ginia Ingram.  They  are  shown  with  John 
Barnes,  a  leader  of  Local  2065. 


The  Leadership  Conference  for  Dis- 
tricts 3  and  5  will  be  held  at  Minne- 
apolis— St.  Paul,  Minn..  August  17-19. 
Fulltime  officers  and  representatives 
should  attend. 


1%  Salary  Pledge  Sparks  CUC  in  Virginia 


Slatf  secretaries  of  two  local  unions  in  the 
Eastern  Virginia  District  Council  are  the  latest 
to  sign  up  for  a  1%  payroll  deduction,  pledging 
this  amount  each  payday  to  CLIC.  the  Car- 
penters Legislative  Improvement  Commiltee. 
They  are  the  first  women  in  the  Stale  of  Vir- 
ginia 10  do  so,  according  to  CLIC  Director 
Charles  Nichols. 

The  women  are  Mrs.  Dorothy  Beckner  of 
Local  331.  Norfolk,  and  Mrs.  Maxine  Breler 
of  Local  396.  Newport  News. 

.\l\  General  OlTicers,  General  Representatives 
and  many  other  Brotherhood  leaders  feel  that 
the  work  of  CLIC  is  so  important  that  they  contribute 
their  income  to  it  each  month.  "Without  this  dedicated  support  CLIC  would  not 
be  nearly  as  successful  as  it  is  today.  We  urge  all  Brotherhood  members  in  leader- 
ship positions  to  consider  joining  the  1%   checkoflf  list."  says  the  CLIC  director. 


regular  percentage 


AUGUST,    1977 


13 


Crewelwork  by  Mrs.  Anne 
Nemes,  wife  of  Mikal  Nenies 
of  Local  1772,  Hicksville, 
N.Y.  This  is  a  copy  of  a 
design  from  the  journey- 
man's certificate  issued  to 
all  carpentry  apprenticeship 
graduates.  Mrs.  Nemes' 
original  crewel  is  in  full 
color  and  measures  18  inches 
by  24  inches.  She  presented 
it  as  a  gift  to  her  husband 
when  he  completed  his  ap- 
prenticeship training  re- 
cently. 


BAT  Commemorates 

the  40th  anniversity  of  the 

US  government's 

national  apprenticeship  program 

By  WILLIAM  KONYHA,  First  General  Vice  President 


Back  in  the  dark  days  of  the  Great 
Depression,  milhons  of  American  workers 
were  walking  the  streets,  lining  up  at  soup 
kitchens,  and  riding  railroad  box  cars 
from  city  to  city  in  search  of  jobs. 

To  get  people  back  to  work.  President 
Franklin  D.  Roosevelt,  in  1933,  signed 
into  law  the  National  Industrial  Recovery 
Act,  establishing  minimum  wages,  maxi- 
mum hours  of  work,  and  calling  for 
codes  of  industrial  cooperation. 

Out  of  the  NIRA  came  the  famous 
NRA — the  National  Recovery  Act — with 
its  emblems  and  codes  of  employer- 
employee  conduct. 


Federal  officials  and  state  labor  com- 
missioners, called  to  the  nation's  capital 
by  Secretary  of  Labor  Frances  Perkins, 
soon  recognized  a  need  for  programs  to 
train  workers  to  take  over  idle  factories 
and  apply  special  skills  to  industry. 

On  June  27,  1934,  President  Roose- 
velt issued  an  Executive  Order  establish- 
ing a  Federal  Committee  on  Apprentice- 
ship Training.  The  committee  was  given 
the  power  to  make  rules  and  regulations 
whereby  apprentices  might  be  employed 
at  less  than  the  minimum  rates  specified 
in  the  NRA  codes. 

The  reason  for  reduced  minimum  rates 
goes  back  to  the  National  Industry  Re- 
covery Act.  Under  the  act.  Codes  of 
Fair  Competition  were  establish  by  in- 
dustry, and  each  set  a  minimum  wage  of 
40  cents  per  hour  with  a  49-hour  work- 


week, with  provision  for  time  and  one- 
half  for  all  hours  worked  over  40.  Most 
of  these  codes  provided  a  wage  tolerance 
for  learners,  but  none  for  apprentices. 

This  resulted  in  a  considerable  volume 
of  complaints,  largely  from  vocational 
schools,  to  the  effect  that  these  wage 
rates  were  putting  apprenticeship  pro- 
grams out  of  business.  Washington  heard 
these  complaints  and  paid  attention  to 
them  with  the  result  that  the  Federal 
Committee  on  Apprentice  Training  were 
established.  This  committee  consisted  of 
interested  government  agencies,  such  as 
the  National  Recovery  Administration, 
the  Department  of  Labor,  and  the  U.S. 
Office  of  Education.  It  was  within  the 
deliberations  of  this  committee  that  the 
principle  was  adopted  that  the  labor 
standards  aspects  of  apprenticeship  were 
functions  of  the  Department  of  Labor. 
As  a  result,  an  Executive  Order  author- 


William 

Patterson,  first 

BAT  director 


ized  the  Secretary  of  Labor  to  establish 
standards  for  the  employment  of  appren- 
tices and  an  organizational  structure  to 
grant  wage  exemptions  from  code  wage 
rates  for  the  employment  of  apprentices. 

As  executive  secretary  of  the  Federal 
Committee  on  Apprentice  Training,  the 
Secretary  of  Labor  appointed  an  able 
vocational  guidance  leader  from  Wiscon- 
sin, William  F.  Patterson,  who  later 
served  as  BAT's  top  executive  for  a 
quarter  of  a  century.  Patterson's  first 
task  in  Washington  was  to  promote  the 
organization  of  state  committees  on 
apprenticeship,  with  follow-up  work  to 
be  done  by  NRA  compliance  officers.  He 
and  his  staff  succeeded  in  establishing 
44  state  committees  before  the  Supreme 
Court,  in  May,  1935.  declared  the 
National  Recovery  Act  unconstitutional. 

Meanwhile,  the  NYA — the  National 
Youth  Administration — was  established 
in  1935,  and  one  of  its  assigned  duties 
was  to  implement  an  apprenticeship  train- 
ing program. 

Finally,  on  August  16,  1937 — 40  years 
ago  this  month — President  Franklin  D. 
Roosevelt  signed  into  law  the  Fitzgerald 
Act,  which  became  the  National  Appren- 
ticeship Act,  launching  America's  unique 
on-the-job  and  classroom  apprentice  train- 
ing system. 

The  basic  purpose  of  the  Act  was  to 
establish  standards  for  training  in  every 
skilled  craft  and  trade  and  to  expand 
apprenticeship  training  through  labor, 
civic,  and  management  groups.  Although 
the  United  Brotherhood  and  a  few  other 
long-time  organized  trades  already  had 
functioning  training  programs  with  high 
standards,  the  new  Federal  law  would 
establish  guidelines  for  all  programs  and 
help  to  eliminate  fly-by-night  training 
schools  and  programs  which  did  not 
adequately  prepare  young  people  to  meet 
the  work  ahead  of  them. 

What  is  now  the  US  Bureau  of 
Apprenticeship  and  Training  was  first 
called  in  1937  the  Apprentice  Training 
Service,  and  it  was  placed  in  the  Labor 
Department's  Division  of  Labor  Stan- 
dards, which  had  been  established  by 
Labor  Secretary  Perkins  only  three  years 
before. 

Five  years  after  its  establishment,  the 
Apprentice  Training  Service  was  trans- 
ferred from  the  Department  of  Labor  to 
the  Federal  Security  Agency,  a  major 
administration  arm  of  the  New  Deal. 

During  World  War  II  it  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Manpower  Commission. 
Finally,  in  September,  1945,  it  was  re- 
turned to  the  Department  of  Labor, 
given  bureau  status,  and  it  has  been  a 
strong  adjunct  of  the  Labor  Department 
ever  since. 

BAT's  main  task  after  World  War  II 
was  to  revive  and  strengthen  the  appren- 
ticeship system  in  the  building  trades. 
There  was  a  severe  housing  shortage  at 
that  time,  and  many  veterans  were  seek- 
ing jobs  in  the  building  trades,  where 
wages  were  higher  then  in  manufacturing. 

Eventually  a  system  for  the  recording. 
Continued  on  Page  16 


14 


THE    CARPENTER 


Perfect  Marks 


Spencer  Tulloch  of  Local  446,  Sault 
Ste.  Marie,  Ont.,  received  perfect  marks 
in  the  grading  of  his  work  during  ap- 
prenticeship training  at  Confederation 
College  at  Thunder  Bay.  He  had  the 
best  record  of  any  apprentice,  this  year, 
in  Northern  Ontario.  In  the  picture, 
Donald  Marks,  president  of  Local  446, 
left,  presents  a  plaque  to  Tulloch  for  his 
achievement. 


Corps  Changed  Life, 
Says  Cynthia  Gill 

Women  in  Community  Service,  Inc.,  a 
coalition  of  five  womens"  organizations, 
recently  sponsored  an  essay  contest  in 
which  it  invited  Job  Corpswomen  and 
women  graduates  of  the  Job  Corps  to 
submit  essays  on  the  subject  'The  WICS 
Friend  Who  Helped  Job  Corps  Change 
My  Life."  Purpose  of  the  competition 
was  to  gain  support  among  womens'  or- 
ganizations for  the  Job  Corps  program. 

Cynthia  Gill,  a  trainee  in  carpentry 
at  the  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  Job  Corps  Center 
was  one  of  the  winners.  Miss  Gill  is  now 
an  apprentice  in  the  San  Francisco  area. 

Miss  Gill  said  in  her  essay:  "Job 
Corps  has  provided  me  with  a  work 
setting  in  which  I  am  free  to  pursue  my 
training  with  no  limitations.  The  union 
program  at  Phoenix  Job  Corps  Center  is 
non-discriminatory  and  is  open  to  all 
who  qualify  and  have  the  ambition  to 
develop  their  skills.  While  in  the  union 
program  I  was  afforded  the  opportunity 
to  travel  with  the  carpentry  crew  to  Job 
Corps  Center  in  Albuquerque.  N.  Mex., 
and  Guthrie.  Okla..  to  work  on  various 
construction  projects." 

She  told  how  the  San  Francisco  office 
of  Women  in  Community  Service  and 
two  of  its  representatives  had  assisted 
her  in  joining  the  Job  Corps. 


Maine  Standouts 


Recent  Apprentice  Graduates  in  Oregon 


The  Roseburg, 
Ore.,  JATC  gradu- 
ated a  class  of  ap- 
prentices. Seven  of 
them,  all  members 
of  Local  1961,  are 
shown  with  their 
coordinator,  Mike 
Wootcn.  Seated  arc- 
Ron  W  itt  and  Den- 
nis Durrant.  Stand- 
ing, from  left,  arc 
Harlon  Kueslcr, 
Keith  Volk,  Bryan 
Shirley,  John 
James,  John  Kno.x, 
and  Wooten. 


Here  are  three  noteworthy  participants 
in  the  apprenticeship  training  program  of 
Local  51,  Allston,  Me.  They  include, 
from  left:  Thomas  Fox.  outstanding 
fourth  year  apprentice;  Hope  Power, 
second  year  cabinet  maker  apprentice 
and  the  first  woman  indentured  in  the 
local  program;  and  Michael  Frongillo, 
instructor  and  treasurer  of  the  local 
union. 


Instructor's  Work 


The  crucifix  Bernard  Kaclin  displays 
is  only  a  .sample  of  many  objects  carved 
from  wood  by  this  talented  apprentice 
instructor  of  Local  71,  Fort  Smith,  .Vrk. 
Kaelin  has  been  a  member  of  the  local 
union  for  35  years.  He  is  the  grandson 
of  Swiss  immigrants,  who  were  noted 
wood  carvers. 


AUGUST,    1  977 


15 


Iowa  Beef  Processors 
By  Any  Other  Name  . . . 

The  products  of  Iowa  Beef  Processors, 
Inc. — boxed  beef  and  other  meat  prod- 
ucts— come  out  of  three  principal  plants, 
in  Dakota  City,  Neb.,  Emporia,  Kans., 
and  Amarillo,  Tex. 

When  they  leave  these  plants,  they 
bear  no  brand  label,  so  they  are  not 
easily  identified  by  the  consuming  public. 

But  labeled  by  IBP  or  not.  these  are 
non-union  products. 

The  accompanying  letter,  from  AFL- 
CIO  President  George  Meany  to  Gen- 
eral President  William  Sidell,  is  self- 
explanatory: 


Dear  Sir  and  Brother: 

Since  February  26,  members  of  Local 
222  of  the  Amalgamated  Meat  Cutters 
&  Butcher  Workmen  have  been  on  strike 
against  the  Iowa  Beef  Processors,  Inc. 
plant  at  Dakota  City,  Nebraska. 

Tlie  strike  by  over  2,000  men  and 
women,  most  of  them  young  trade  union- 
ists, has  the  united  support  of  their 
international  union.  Despite  the  fact  that 
Iowa  Beef  Processors  is  the  nation's 
largest  beef  packer  and  has  amassed 
heavy  profits  in  recent  years,  its  basic 
wage  rates  are  nearly  $1  an  hour  less 
than  those  paid  by  the  major  meat  pack- 
ing companies.  Iowa  beef's  low  scale 
wage  standards,  if  permitted  to  go  un- 
checked, could  endanger  the  welfare  of 
workers  everywhere. 

The  strike  at  IBP's  Dakota  City  plant 
has  all  but  cut  off  production  there. 
Other  IBP  plants,  however,  continue  to 
ship  the  boxed  beef  and  other  products 
into  the  national  market.  Because  IBP's 
products  carry  no  brand  label,  they  are 
not  easily  identified  by  the  public.  Mem- 
bers of  the  Amalgamated  Meat  Cutters 
&  Butcher  Workmen,  however,  are  usu- 
ally able  to  identify  IBP  beef. 

When  the  union's  informational  pickets 
advise  consumers  that  IBP  products  are 
on  sale  at  their  local  stores,  I  urge  meat 
shoppers  to  refrain  from  buying  IBP 
meat,  and  to  ask  the  store  manager  to 
stop  selling  these  Iowa  Beef  products. 

The  AFL-CIO  stands  strongly  behind 
the  strike  of  the  Amalgamated  Meat 
Cutters  &  Butcher  Workmen  against 
Iowa  Beef  Processors.  We  fully  support 
the  strike  and  the  union's  consumer  ac- 
tion campaign  against  IBP  products.  I 
urge  you  to  use  your  union's  publications 
to  inform  your  members  of  these  facts 
and  to  solicit  their  support  for  the 
strikers. 

Sincerely  and  fraternally, 
George  Meany 
President 


Kiiylliiioii 


Kingsport  Press 
Boycott,    14    Years 

March  11,  1977  marked  the  14th 
anniversary  of  the  strike  of  the 
printing  industry  unions  against 
Kingsport  Press,  Kingsport,  Tenn. 
On  that  date  in  1963,  five  local 
unions  called  nearly  2,000  mem- 
bers out  in  an  effort  to  emphasize 
their  dissatisfaction  with  the  com- 
pany's failure  to  make  good  eco- 
nomic offers  and  in  other  ways 
agree  to  treat  employees  fairly. 

Despite  the  hiring  of  strikebreak- 
ers and  other  heavy  pressure  from 
the  company,  only  one  out  of  every 
four  strikers  ever  returned  to  work. 

As  settlement  attempts  became 
fruitless,  the  AFL-CIO  and  the 
Union  Label  and  Service  Trades 
Department  were  asked  to  launch 
a  nationwide  boycott  against  books 
produced  at  Kingsport.  The  com- 
pany's customers  include  some  of 
the  nation's  leading  publishers,  in- 
cluding Encyclopedia  Britannica 
and  Field  Enterprises,  publishers  of 
World  Book  and  Childcraft. 

Today,  trade  unionists  are  still 
urged  by  all  unions  involved  in  the 
strike  to  remember  that  the  boy- 
cott is  still  in  effect  against  these 
publications:  Do  not  buy  Encyclo- 
peda  Britannica.  World  Book  or 
Child  Craft  Books! 


Carpenters' 
Labor-Firsts 


BAT  Commemorates 

continued  from  Page  14 

of  all  apprenticeship  contracts  and  a 
statistical  analysis  of  apprenticeship 
agreements  was  worked  out  in  coopera- 
tion with  state  apprenticeship  agencies. 
International  unions,  employers  associa- 
tions, and  federal  and  state  agencies 
began  establishing  joint  apprenticeship 
training  committees. 

William  Patterson  served,  as  director 
of  BAT  until  his  death  in  1959.  He  was 
succeeded  by  W.  C.  Christensen  and 
Edward  E.  Goshen.  The  present  director, 
Hugh  Murphy,  succeeded  to  the  post  in 
the  1960's. 

The  national  apprenticeship  training 
effort  in  the  United  States  today  is  a 
vast  network,  covering  many  trades.  Last 
years,  more  than  360,000  apprentices 
were  at  work  in  various  registered  pro- 
grams. Thousands  of  these  were  being 
trained  under  joint  apprenticeship  train- 
ing committees  in  which  the  United 
Brotherhood  is  represented. 

About  425  occupations  are  now  classi- 
fied by  the  US  Department  of  Labor  as 
"apprenticeable",  most  of  them  in  the 
construction,  manufacturing,  transporta- 
tion and  service  industries.  But  the 
Building  Trades  remain  the  backbone  of 
this  federal  system,  which  reaches  the 
mature  age  of  40  this  month. 


In  the  long,  evolving  history  of  the 
American  labor  movement,  carpenters 
have  scored  a  few  "firsts"  for  the  rec- 
ord books. 

This  was  duly  noted  in  a  new  32- 
page  booklet  issued  by  the  US  Depart- 
ment of  Labor  entitled  Labor  Firsts  in 
America.  The  little  pamphlet,  which 
is  a  valuable  addition  to  labor  history 
collections,  states,  for  example,  that: 

•  the  first  labor  organization  in  the 
building  trades  appeared  in  Phila- 
delphia in  1724,  as  house  carpenters 
created  the  Carpenters  Company  of 
that  city  and  county, 

•  the  first  strike  in  the  building 
trades  was  by  journeymen  carpenters 
of  Philadelphia  in  1791, 

•  the  first  strike  for  a  10-hour  day 
was  by  the  journeymen  carpenters  of 
Philadelphia  in  that  same  year. 

•  the  first  large-scale  strike  for  a 
10-hour  day  was  by  600  journeymen 
carpenters  in  Boston  in  1825,  and 

•  the  first  petition  to  a  state  legis- 
lature for  a  shorter  working  day  was 
presented  in  1802  by  carpenters  in 
Georgia,  who  sought  to  place  their 
profession  "upon  a  more  respectable 
and  recognized  social  footing." 

Readers  who  would  like  to  obtain 
copies  of  Labor  Firsts  in  America 
may  obtain  them  by  sending  $1.40 
each  to  the  Government  Printing 
Office,  Washington,  D.C.  20402.  Or- 
der by  title  and  Code  No.  LAB  441. 

Circus  Boycott 
Declared  'Over' 

The  dispute  between  the  American 
Federation  of  Musicians  and  Ringling 
Brothers  and  Barnum  &  Bailey  Circus 
has  been  settled,  and  AFM  members  are 
again  working  under  the  protection  of  a 
union  contract. 

The  national  consumer  boycott  of  the 
circus,  announced  in  the  May  Carpenter, 
is  over. 

"The  successful  resolution  of  this  mat- 
ter can  only  be  attributed  to  the  support 
we  received  from  fellow  unionists,"  says 
AFM  President  Hal  Davis,  "and  for  that 
support  we  are  deeply  grateful." 


DO  NOT  BUY 

CROFT  METALS 

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16 


THE    CARPENTER 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


75  YEARS  AGO-AUGUST,  1902 


Travel  By  Steam 

The  12th  General  Convention  of  the 
Brotherhood  was  to  be  held  on  Septem- 
ber 15,  1902.  In  the  August,  1902, 
Carpenter,  General  Secretary-Treasurer 
Frank  Duffy  reminded  delegates  that 
the  best  way  to  travel  to  the  conven- 
tion city  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  was  by  the 
Southern  Railway  System. 

Special  arrangements  were  made 
with  the  railroad  to  provide  round-trip 
discount  rates  of  one  fare  and  1/3  under 
a  certificate  plan.  Delegates  would  ob- 
tain from  the  ticket  agent  in  their 
home  city  a  certificate  which  entitled 
them  to  pay  only  1/3  of  the  regular  fare 
for  the  return  trip  home.  The  one-way 
rate  from  Philadelphia  to  Atlanta  was 
$21.50  and  from  Washington,  D.C., 
$17.50. 

Three  trains  left  daily  from  Phila- 
delphia, and  delegates  could  obtain 
Pullman  sleeping  car  accommodations 
to  Atlanta  without  changing  trains. 

Bogus  Badges,  Pins 

The  General  Office  of  the  Brother- 
hood in  Philadelphia  warned  all  local 
unions  that  a  Baltimore,  Md.,  firm. 
The  National  Steel  and  Stamp  Works, 
was  distributing  circulars  offering 
Brotherhood  badges  and  pins  which 
were  represented  to  be  equal  in  quality 
and  design  to  the  official  badge  fur- 
nished from  the  General  Office. 

The  General  Secretary  warned  that 
the  firm  was  selling  the  badges  and 
pins  without  authority  and  that  the  de- 
signs were  not  tnie,  facsimiles  of  the 
Brotherhood  emblem. 

Magazine  Mailings 

The  membership!  of  the  Brotherhood 
had  increased  about  18,000  during  the 
past  10  months,  creating  an  additional 
mailing  problem  for  the  official  jour- 
nal. The  entire  edition  of  a  1902  Cir- 


penter  required  at  least  15  days  for 
printing,  binding,  and  mailing.  To  is- 
sue the  journal  on  the  15th  of  the 
month,  it  was  necessary  to  go  to  press 
no  later  than  the  first  day  of  the  pre- 
ceding month.  Financial  secretaries 
were  urged  to  send  material  for  publi- 
cation as  soon  as  possible  before  that 
date. 

Strike  Fund  Urged 

As  the  International  Convention  ap- 
proached, local  unions  began  submit- 
ting resolutions  for  consideration.  A 
letter  was  published  from  a  member, 
R.  Gunn,  of  Toronto,  Ont.,  who  urged 
that  a  strike  fund  be  established  by 
the  Brotherhood,  to  be  raised  by  as- 
sessing each  member  10^  per  month. 
Brother  Gunn  estimated  that  this 
would  raise  more  than  $120,000  per 
year  and  would  help  protect  men  out 
on  strike  with  a  strike  benefit  of  ap- 
proximately $4.50  per  week. 


50  YEARS  AGO-AUGUST,  1927 


Saving  The  Forest 

Many  writers  and  industrial  leaders 
of  1927  predicted  that  the  virgin  stand 
of  timber  in  the  United  States  would 
be  exhausted  in  40  years,  if  some- 
thing was  not  done  to  speed  reforestra- 
tion.  At  that  time,  the  country  had 
one-twelfth  of  the  population  of  the 
world  but  was  using  half  of  the  lumber 
produced. 

Lumber  companies  of  the  1920's 
were  not  replanting  young  trees  to 
take  the  place  of  the  ones  cut  down. 
In  one  year  the  U.S.  government,  with 
millions  of  acres  of  forest  reser\es, 
had  planted  only  7,500  acres  of  new 
trees,  which  was  a  small  amount  when 
you  considered  the  vast  acreage  of 
cut-over  land.  At  this  rate  of  reforestra- 
tion,  it  would  take  400  years  to  re- 
forest the  nation's  3  million  acres  of 
timbcrland. 

The  Brotherhood  joined  with  such 


agencies  as  the  Society  of  American 
Foresters  and  the  American  Tree  As- 
sociation in  calling  for  more  forest 
conservation  by  the  industry  and  the 
federal  government. 

Scrap-Pile  Savings 

The  federal  government's  Forest 
Products  Laboratory  at  Madison,  Wis., 
made  a  study  of  lumber  lost  in  the 
construction  practices  of  1927,  and  it 
found  that  nearly  1/2  of  the  lumber 
used  in  the  construction  of  new  homes 
was,  or  might  be,  of  odd  lengths.  The 
laboratory  pointed  out  that  there  were 
numberless  instances  where  a  building 
needs  odd-length  boards.  If  odd 
lengths  are  not  to  be  had,  the  carpenter 
must  cut  off  an  even-length  board, 
sometimes  losing  15%  or  20%  of  high 
grade  wood,  which  was  gathered  up  as 
scrap  and  burned. 

"Think  of  the  tens  of  thousands 
of  flashing  saws  in  the  hands  of  car- 
penters all  over  the  land,  busily  spoil- 
ing high  grade  lumber  merely  because 
of  the  practices  of  cutting  even  length 
lumber  at  the  mill,"  said  a  current 
magazine.  The  magazine  quoted  lum- 
ber experts  as  saying  that  a  saving  of 
$100  million  a  year  would  be  achieved 
by  rescuing  short-length  lumber  from 
the  scrap  piles. 

Editor's  note:  In  1977  much  oi  the 
mill  waste  of  yesteryear  is  salvaged  in 
the  production  of  wood  chips  and 
veneer.  Because  of  the  shortage  of 
high  quality  lumber,  today's  carpenter's 
conserves  more  odd-sized  lumber  than 
they  did  a  half  century  ago. 

46th  Birthday 

On  the  12th  of  August,  1927,  The 
Cdrpenler  magazine  noted  the  46th 
birthday  of  the  Brotherhood.  Editor 
Frank  Duffy  noted  that  the  organiza- 
tion had  grown  from  2,042  members 
in  1881  to  a  membership  46  years  later 
in  excess  of  400.000.  By  1927,  the 
Brotherhood  had  its  own  General  Of- 
fice in  Indianapolis,  Ind.  and  its  own 
completely  equipped  printing  plant. 


AUGUST,    1977 


17 


N.E.A.   MEMENTO 


fefflfflraiiDatefeo" 


.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


ROGERS   CO-CHAIRMAN   OF   TELETHON   COMMITTEE 

The  1977  United  Cerebral  Palsy  Telethon  was  held  in  New  York  recently,  and 
General  Executive  Board  Member  John  Rogers  served  as  co-chairman  of  the  labor 
committee  for  the  event,  helping  to  raise,  with  organized  labor,  more  than  $200,000 
for  the  cause. 

Rogers  is  shown,  fourth  frcm  left,  with  other  labor  leaders  who  participated. 
From  left,  they  include  Jules  Isaacson,  president  of  the  Interational  Toy  and  Novelty 
Workers;  Joseph  Trerotola,  Teamsters'  International  Vice  President  and  co-chairman 
of  the  labor  committee;  Theodore  Maritas,  president.  New  York  City  District  Council 
of  Carpenters;  Rogers;  Dennis  James,  master  of  ceremonies  and  chairman  of  UCP; 
and  Nick  Emanuelle,  labor  chairman  for  Teamsters  Local  875. 


STATE   SENATOR 


A  state  legislator  who  knows  labor's 
problems  intimately  was  recently  elected. 
Jerome  Van  Sistine,  a  Democrat, 
defeated  State  Senator  Ruben  LaFave  in 
Wisconsin's  30th  District,  last  Novem- 
ber. Van  Sistine  is  secretary  of  Local 
1146,  Green  Bay,  president  of  the  Fox 
River  Valley  District  Council,  and  he 
has  served  his  community  in  several 
public  positions. 

He  is  shown  in  the  picture  above  at 
center,  with  Fox  River  Valley  Business 
Representatives  Jerry  Jahnke,  left,  and 
James  Moore,  right. 


KENNEDY   AWARD 

Paul  Shinoff  of  Local  2164,  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  and  Mary  Shinoff  re- 
cently won  a  citation  from  the  Robert 
E.  Kennedy  Journalism  Awards  Commit- 
tee in  Washington,  D.C.  for  a  series  of 
investigating  articles  published  in  their 
small-circular  independent  labor  journal. 
Labor  Pulse.  The  series  was  entitled 
"The  Victims  of  Asbestos,"  which  de- 
scribes the  cover-up  of  diseases  and 
death  in  that  industry. 

This  was  the  ninth  annual  presentation 
of  Kennedy  Awards  for  "outstanding  cov- 
erage of  problems  of  the  disadvantaged." 

V.F.W.    LEADER 

On  May  15,  1977,  Robert  H.  Buss  of 
V.F.W.  Post  7376  and  a  member  of 
Local  500,  Butler,  Pa.,  was  elected  25th 
District  Commander  of  the  Veterans  of 
Foreign  Wars,  Dept.  of  Pennsylvania. 
The  25th  District  comprises  Beaver,  But- 
ler, and  Lawrence  Counties  of  West 
Pennsylvania  and  24  Post  homes  and  has 
a  total   of  7,164  members. 


As  a  personal  memento  of  cordial 
labor-management  relations,  Joseph  La- 
Rocca,  executive  vice  president  of  the 
National  Erectors  Assn.,  center,  recently 
presented  a  special  plaque  to  Second 
General  Vice  President  Pat  Campbell, 
right.  First  General  Vice  President  Wil- 
liam Konyha,  is  at  left. 

ITALIAN    HONORS 

Benedetto  Ardire,  a  member  of  Local 
964,  Rockland  County,  N.Y.  was  re- 
cently honored  by  the  Italian  Govern- 
ment with  a  gold  medal  and  a  certificate 
with  the  title  of  Cavaliere,  which  gives 
him  a  World  War  I  pension  of  60,000 
lira  per  year. 

Brother  Ardire  came  to  the  United 
States  in  March,  1921,  and  in  1924  be- 
came a  member  of  Hoboken,  N.  J., 
Local  391.  Then  he  transferred  to  the 
Haverstraw,  N.  Y.,  Local  2372  of  which 
he  remained  a  member  until  1933  when 
he  was  forced  to  drop  out  during  the 
depression. 

In  1941  he  gained  employment  with 
Bethlehem  Steel,  and  he  joined  the  C.LO. 
industrial  local  there. 

Then  in  September,  1945,  he  again  was 
able  to  work  at  his  trade,  and  he  became 
a  member  of  Local  964, 

Ardire  recalls  working  on  many  jobs 
with  Second  General  Vice  President 
Patrick  J.  Campbell,  who  was  his  fore- 
man at  the  time. 


Ardire  with  three  medals  and  a  certi- 
ficate bestowed  upon  him  by  the  Italian 
government  for  service  during  World 
War  I  and  his  work  with  Italian- 
Americans. 


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U.S.    LABOR   POST 

Robert  J.  McConnon,  55,  a  longtime 
member  of  the  Brotherhood,  has  been 
named  deputy  assistant  secretary  of  labor 
for  employment  and  training  by  U.S. 
Secretary  of  Labor  Ray  Marshall.  At 
his  new  post  in  the  nation's  capital,  Mc- 
Connon will  help  to  administer  federally- 
funded  job  training  programs,  public 
service  employment,  and  work  experience 
programs. 

McConnon  was  at  one  time  a  journey- 
man carpenter  in  his  home  town  of 
Binghamton,  New  York.  He  became  a 
construction  contractor  and  later  joined 
the  US  Department  of  Labor  as  a  field 
representative  for  the  Bureau  of  Appren- 
ticeship  and  Training. 

BIG   PUMPKIN 

Walter  Helstowski,  a  member  of  Local 
540,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  grew  a  155^2 
pound  pumpkin  last  year.  It  was  so  big 
that  it  took  the  combined  efforts  of 
Mass.  Gov.  Michael  Dukakis  and  Fred- 
eric Winthrop,  Jr.,  to  lift  it  off  of  the 
scales  at  Boston's  Faneuil  Hall  after  it 
was  declared  largest  in  the  Great  Pump- 
kin Contest  between  the  States  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  Georgia  in  a  Delta  Airlines 
publicity  stunt  to  promote  Delta's  new 
flight  schedule  between  Boston  and  At- 
lanta. 

Although  the  state  of  Massachusetts 
had  several  super  pumpkins,  the  Hel- 
stowski entry  was  25  pounds  heavier 
than  any  of  its  competitors.  The  pump- 
kin that  Georgia  produced  was  a  109- 
pound  weaking.  Brother  Helstowski  of 
Christian  Lane  in  Whatley  grew  the 
pumpkin  with  his  wife,  Helen. 

SCOUTING    AWARD 

Mitchell  Saltz  of  Local  1772,  Hicks- 
ville,  N.Y.,  was  presented  the  George 
Meany  Award  at  a  recent  Long  Island 
Federation  of  Labor  meeting.  Saltz  has 
served  21  years  as  a  Scouter.  He  signed 
as  a  committeeman  in  Troop  13.  Plain- 
view,  N.Y.,  in  1955,  and  still  serves  the 
troop  as  of  this  date.  He  has  also  served 
as  a  unit  commissioner  for  Troops  431, 
432  and  433  in  Plainview,  N.Y.,  for  two 
years,  and  he  has  aided  Scouts  in  other 
capacities. 

Saltz  joined  Local  284  Jamaica,  N.Y., 
in  June,  1948,  and  transferred  to  Local 
1772,  Hicksville.  in  January,  1954. 


Full  Length  Roof  Framer 

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  % 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease %  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 
width  is  Vi  inch  and  they  increase 
Vi"  each  time  until  they  cover  a  60 
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'-9%"  wide.  Pitch 
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Scu;vice 
^irotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


ELIZABETH,  N.J. 

Local  715  honored  its  senior  mem- 
bers in  recent  ceremonies. 

Photo  No.  1 — Louis  Soil,  55  years, 
right,  and  Stephen  Kerekgyarto,  52 
years,  right,  with  Business  Represen- 
tative John  A.  Williams. 

Photo  No.  2 — Receiving  25-year 
service  pins:  George  Pagano,  left, 
and  Kenneth  Thum,  right,  with 
Business  Rep.  Williams. 

Also  receiving  25-year  service  pins 
but  not  in  photo:  Claude  Cook,  Jr., 
Ewald  Schenk,  Philip  Gargano,  Jr., 
Wm.  Faser,  Sr.,  James  Riley,  Philip 
Schulman,  Joseph  Malta,  Albert 
Riccitelli,  Henry  Mesglewski,  Harry 
Szmiga,  Myles  Hergert,  Robert 
Hansen  and  Peter  Caravano. 

Photo  No.  3 — Receiving  30  and  35 
year  service  pins,  front  row:  (partly 
concealed)  Olav  Skjoldal,  30  years: 
Frank  Chirchello,  30  years;  Guy 
Lingenfelter,  30  years:  George 
Milochik,  Jr.,  35  years;  Valentine 
Bernhardt,  35  years;  Stephen 
Kerekgyarto,  52  years:  John  A . 
Williams,  Business  Representative, 
James  Bridgman,  30  years:  James 
Sarama,  (trustee)  30  years;  Stanley 
Peal,  30  years;  Stephan  Cygler,  30 
years:  Roy  Sandford,  40  years:  John 
Rosko,  30  years.  Rear  row:  John 
Thompson,  30  years;  Robert  Larson, 
35  years;  transurer  Anthony  Gaetano, 
William  Wolf,  vice  president;  Frank 
S.  Scirrotto,  30  years;  and  John 
Vella,  president. 

Not  in  photo:  Clarence  R.  Brown, 
60  years;  Michael  Pasternak,  60 
years;  John  McNair,  60  years; 
Herman  Shumsky,  50  years. 

Members  receiving  40  year  service 
pins  are  as  follows:  Bjorn  Hansen, 
Earl  Hurley,  Wm.  LaMorte,  Sr., 
Herbert  Aulert,  Sr.,  Bernhardt  Weber, 
James  Stracken,  David  Bolt,  Rudolph 
Schaar,  Frank  Vamos,  Sr.,  Frank 
Kubiak,  Julius  Mengert,  John  Danik, 
Karl  Damback,  Albert  Freyman, 
Wm.  Hefferman,  and  Alf  Nilsen. 

35-year  members,  not  in  photo: 
Albert  Burnett,  Albert  Wimmer, 
Thomas  Thomas,  John  Vamos, 
Mitchell  Erceg,  Alvin  Ostrander,  and 
Rheo  Turcotte. 

30-year  members  not  in  photo: 

20 


Elizabeth,  N.J.— 50  Years 


Elizabeth,  N.J.— 25  Years 


Stratford, 

Ont. 

20  Years 


Raymond  Schmidt,  Walter  Lewy,  Sr., 
Archibald  Harry,  Elmer  Green, 
Raymond  Santella,  Charles  Evers, 
John  Donnavan,  Ralph  Karvelsky, 
Sr.,  George  Aiken,  Andrew  Chupka, 
Edward  Kurdyla,  Magne  Lohne, 
Irving  Potashkin,  Camille  Lecureaux, 
Jr.,  James  Buckle.  Frank  Enders, 
Joseph  Shinbien,  George  Milochik, 
Sr.,  Louis  Slrokmeyer,  Nik  Vatne, 
Albert  Pells,  Andrew  Barath,  Stephen 
Saley,  Louis  Scherlacker,  Edgar 
Coullon,  Joseph  Ferrara,  John 
Heggum,  Carl  Skata,  John  Kralick, 
Joseph  Nesgood,  Stanley  Sarama, 
Irving  Johnson,  Robert  Stephans, 
Wm.  Keavenney,  Wm.  Patrick,  Albert 
Tierney,  Melvin  Hurley,  Frederick 
Haas,  Sr.,  Frank  Martone,  George 


Danko,  Charles  Tornroth,  Edward 
Chesnovich,  George  Tornroth, 
Theodore  Huber,  Andrew  Wallas, 
Troy  Duckett,  Charles  Minnell, 
Angelo  Martone. 

STRATFORD,  ONT. 

Pins  were  presented  for  20  years 
of  service  to  two  members  of  Local 
2451  in  ceremonies  last  year.  In  the 
picture,  left  to  right,  are  James  Sloan, 
warden;  Garnet  Lucas,  20  years; 
Skip  Riehl,  president;  Bryon  Black, 
business  agent;  Ken  Pickering,  20 
years;  and  Len  McDonnell,  financial 
secretary. 

Absent  was  Herman  Brander, 


THE    CARPENTER 


Colorado 

Springs, 
Colo. 
Picture 
No.  1 


COLORADO   SPRINGS,   COLO. 

Local  515  presented  25,  50  and  60- 
year  pins  in  a  ceremony  at  Carpenters 
Hall,  last  September. 

In  Picture  No,  1 ,  L.  A.  Ader, 
president  of  Southern  District 
Council  of  Colorado,  presented  a 
pin  to  Neal  Craft,  James  Bell  and 
George  Eichhorst.  Edward  Rylands 
president  of  Colorado  State  Council, 
is  at  right  in  the  picture. 

A  60-year  pin  was  to  be  presented 
to  Paul  Featherby,  but  Featherhy 
was  unable  to  attend  because  of  bad 
weather. 

The  25-year  pin  honorees  are 
shown  in  the  second  picture.  Left  to 
right,  front  row:  K.  C.  Talbert,  Jack 
Hutte,  Elwyn  Nash,  Ward  Curtis, 
and  C.  E.  Corley. 

Second  row:  Robert  Williams, 
Donald  Thayer,  Bob  Pierson,  Ben 
Schafer,  Roy  Spell  man,  Frank 
Purling,  Malcolm  Conn  and  Archie 
Henderson. 

Third  row:  Andrew  Roseman, 
Donald  Sauve.  Ray  Rivera,  Delbert 
Nickell,  Merlin  Cummins,  Ernest 
Nagel,  Albert  Mouriquand,  and 
Drew  Peacock. 

CORNER    BROOK,   N.F. 

Local  1232  marked  its  25th 
anniversary  last  December.  The  first 
25-year  pins  ever  presented  by  the 
local  were  distributed  at  a  general 
membership  meeting. 

Betty  Gilard,  Western  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  Newfoundland  Federation 
of  Labor,  participated  in  tlic  cere- 
monies. She  is  shown,  left,  with 
Arthur  Chesletl,  president.  Local 
1232;  Winston  Cannings.  25-year 
member:  Ben  G.  Knee,  financial 
secretary:  Harold  Lundrigon,  vice 
president  of  Lundrigan  Enterprises, 
Nfld.  There  were  three  other  brothers 
eligible  for  pins  who  were  absent: 
Harold  Warren,  Ruben  Bellows,  and 
George  Vincent. 

BELLEVILLE,   ILL. 

Last  December  21,  Carpenters 
Local  433  held  its  regular  Old  Timers 
Awards  Night,  at  which  time  25  and 
50-ycar  service  pins  were  awarded. 

In  the  small  picture,  left  to  right, 
Frank  Leonard,  receives  his  50-ycar 
pin  from  Thomas  Wright,  retired 
business  representative.  In  tlie  back- 
ground are,  Larry  Roth,  president, 


Colorado 

Springs, 

Colo. 

Picture 

No.  2 


ia^i 


Corner 

Broo)< 

N.F. 


Belleville, 

III. 

25-Year 

Pins 


and  Harld  Rickcrt,  business  repre- 
sentative and  recording  secretary. 
Unable  to  attend  but  receiving 
50-year  service  pins  were  Edward 
Lehr  arid  Stanley  Hale. 

In  the  larger  picture,  25-ycar  service 
pins  were  awarded  to  the  f (allowing: 
First  row,  left  to  right:  William 
Spaeth,  Alvin  Schroeder.  William 
Pochek,  Walter  Kohlmeier,  Norman 
Dohrman,  Raymond  Crisio,  and 
Donald  Henkc.  Rear  row,  from  left: 
Thomas  Wright,  retired  business 
representative,  Larry  Roth,  prcsidciil. 

New  York,  N.Y.— Kirchmeier,  Krous 


and  Harold  Rickert,  business  repre- 
sentative and  recording  secretary. 


NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

At  its  monthly  meeting.  January  IS, 
1977,  Local  246  presented  a  60-year 
pin  to  George  Kirchmeier,  shown  in 
the  picture.  He  also  received  an 
c.\-trusiee  pin  from  President  and 
Business  ReprcseiUative  Edward  A. 
Kraus.  Kirchmeier  is  a  charter  mem- 
ber in  the  local. 


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21 


Port  Huron,  Mich. 


PORT   HURON,   MICH. 

Members  of  Local  1067  received 
25  and  30-ycar  pins  for  service  to 
the  union. 

Seated,  left  to  right,  George  Giinn, 
Bruce  Catlin,  Floyd  Kinnee,  Ken 
Appleford,  Donald  Warr,  Sidney 
Erickson.  Carmen  Overbaugh,  Nick 
Sertick,  Wallace  Child,  Mack  May 
and  Gilbert  Muldoon.  Standing, 
left  to  right,  Gaston  Lepine,  Harold 
Keeler,  Ralph  Liddle,  Robert 
Mcintosh,  Gene  McKenzie,  Eugene 


Peterson,  Amos  Warwick,  Clyde 
Rushton,  Wallace  Lindow,  Robert 
Smith,  Harry  Tiirloff,  Clifford 
Weber,  Russell  Westrick,  Victor 
Wieland,  John  Wilkins,  and  Clem 
Beschoner.  Detroit  District  Council, 
who  distributed  the  pins  to  the 
members  present. 

Those  members  eligible  for  25-year 
pins  who  are  not  shown  in  the 
picture  include:  Frank  Boulanger, 
Earl  Cameron,  Brian  Dodds,  Fete 
Dubs,  Morris  Farrington,  Roy  Hyde, 
Garvin  Kerr,  Ray  Moore,  Dick 


Oussoren,  Troy  Patten,  Fred 
Roekring,  Willis  Rosso,  C.  W. 
Smith,  Carl  Tenniswood,  Amos 
Warwick. 

Eligible  for  30-year  pins:  C. 
Wuestenberg,  John  Wright,  Jess 
Wingard,  John  Wilson,  Harold 
Vanderzyk,  Ray  Thompson,  Charles 
Short,  Cliff  Maxwell,  York  Marlott, 
Fred  Maedel,  Frank  Lambert,  Floyd 
Kinnee,  John  Handley,  Lewis  Gunn, 
George  Gunn,  James  Furness,  Ralph 
Dortman,  Ed  Brune  and  Clint 
Cooper  (with  the  most  years — 43). 


San  Jose,  Calif. 


SAN    JOSE,   CALIF. 

Carpenters  Local  316  held  its 
annual  dinner  for  members, 
accompanied  by  their  wives,  who 
had  completed  25  years  membership 
in  the  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters,  on  November  12,  1976. 

After  dinner  the  honored  guests 
were  presented  with  their  25-year 
pins  by  Executive  Secretary  of  the 
California  State  Council  of 
Carpenters,  Anthony  Ramos,  assisted 
by  Local  316  President,  Noel 
Gresham.  General  President  Wayne 
Pierce  presented  each  of  the  honored 
guests  with  a  distinctive  Carpenters 
316  tie  pin  and  congratulated  them 
on  tlieir  years  of  service.  Twenty-five 
members  were  presented  with  pins. 


Also  in  attendance  was  a  longtime 
friend  and  honored  guest,  Clarence 
Briggs,  retired  General  Representative, 
and  his  lovely  wife. 

The  twenty-five  year  pin  recipients 
represent  a  total  of  over  625  years  of 
membership.  The  members  receiving 
their  pins  and  special  guests  were 
from  left  to  right  first  row:  Charles 
GainmeU:  Theodore  Petty;  Wayne 
Pierce,  General  Representative:  John 
Rebeiro,  secretary.  District  Council 
of  Carpenters:  Anthony  Ramos, 
Secretary,  State  Council  of  Carpen- 
ters: Clarence  Briggs,  General 
Representative,  Retired:  Henry 
Giebeler;  Archie  Johnson;  Second 
row:  James  Nail:  S.  S.  Guercio:  Ted 
Sakamoto;  Dominick  Bambino;  Sylvan 
J.  Dill;  Fred  Merritt;  Laures  Noland; 


Richard  Morris:  Orville  Steeprow; 
Carl  Mundinger;  E.  Emmett  Arnold; 
Irwin  Heggem;  Third  row:  R.  J.  Luna; 
Peter  Navarro:  Julius  Plapp;  William 
Breeden;  Marion  Anderson;  J.  T. 
McClure;  George  Sheppard;  Robert 
Carney  and  Anthony  Torres. 

The  following  members  were 
eligible  for  25year  pins  but  were 
unable  to  attend;  Louis  Andrade, 
L.  L.  Bradford,  Virgil  Chambers, 
Rudolph  Contreras,  Cyril  Dietz, 
William  Duncan,  Frank  Kosier, 
William  E.  Lorenz.  James  R.  Mallett, 
Joseph  Meckler,  Ronald  McCarty, 
Lowell  McVay,  George  A.  Olson, 
Leonard  Pauls,  A.  R.  Raney,  James 
Skinner,  Dan  Starick,  Willard  B.  Ray, 
Albert  K.  Torres,  and  Joseph 
Tummillo. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


MANCHESTER,   N.H. 

Among  those  senior  members  of 
Local  625  recently  presented  mem- 
bership pins  were  those  shown  in  the 
accompanying  pictures. 

Picture  No.  1,  seated,  left  to  right, 
Felix  Aubin,  Henry  E.  Gilchrist, 
Alphee  E.  Janelle,  Roscoe  W. 
Goodale  and  Albert  A.  Pelletier. 
Standing,  left  to  right:  Leo  R.  Proulx, 
Joseph  B.  Simard,  Oscar  J.  Dockx 
and  Louis,  Israel  Martel,  B.R.,  all 
35  years. 

Picture  No.  2 — All  30-  year  mem- 
bers, seated,  left  to  right,  Georges  A. 
Hoiile,  Robert  DeRepentigny,  Denis 
F.  Magher,  Edouard  J.  Bourbeau, 
Edgar  R.  Berard,  Charles  E.  Paris,  and 
Roland  G.  St-Pierre.  Second  row, 
standing:  Kenneth  W.  Howell, 
Edouard  M.  Soucy.  Lionel  J.  Lessard, 
Henri  J.  Lessard,  Alfred  A.  Perreault, 
Fred  Ebol,  Robert  E.  Shea,  Edward 
Stepanian,  Louis  G.  Trottier  and 
Alphee  O.  Lavallee,  president.  Third 
row,  left  to  right:  James  K.  Wells, 
Omar  R.  Lussier,  Leo  E.  Messier, 
Carl  R.  Beetz.  and  Roger  W.  Faucher. 

Picture  No.  3 — All  25-year  mem- 
bers, seated,  left  to  right:  Adelard  T. 
Gagon,  Leo  P.  Lemaire,  Bernard 
Dupuis,  Julien  J.  Blais,  Lionel  A. 
Boucher,  Hector  J.  Gamache,  and 
Paid  G.  Isabelle.  Standing,  left  to 
right:  Waller  P.  Marlel,  Henri 
Nadeay,  Elwin  R.  Schroeder,  Joseph 
E.  Mac  Arthur,  Alexander  Legenc, 
Walter  N.  Poulin  and  Marcel  A. 
Pinard. 

MAYWOOD,   CALIF. 

Furniture  Workers  Local  3161 
presented  25-year  membership  pins 
on  November  12,  1976.  Front  row, 
left  to  right:  Jose  Barela,  Questor; 
Hubert  Breuer,  General  Veneer; 
Mariano  DcMaio.  A  &  A  Cabinet; 
Vida  Iverson,  Gillespie;  Felix  Chavez, 
Brand;  Robert  Garcia,  Talney; 
Cesareo  Munoz,  L.  A .  Period.  Back 
row,  left  to  right:  Paul  Miller, 
secretary-treasurer,  District  Council; 
Noe  Hernandez,  president.  Local 
3161 ;  Jesse  Mendoza.  Cal-Mode; 
John  Lewis,  retired  from  Questor; 
Juana  Najera,  Sandbcrg;  Eulalia 
Rodriguez,  retired  from  Sandberg; 
Jesse  Rubio,  Eastern  Cabinet;  and 
Albert  Ayala.  Talney. 

Members  who  received  pins  but 
who  were  not  pictured  include: 
Robert  Caiialcs,  retired  from  Questor; 
Juan  Gonziiles.  retired  from  Morris; 
Leo  Henry,  retired  from  Cal-Mode; 
Arthur  Jimenez,  Gillespie;  Paul 
Nixon,  retired  from  Frederick  Couch; 
Benjamin  Rico.  Cal-Mode:  and  Felix 
Shaling.  retired  from  Gillespie. 


Attend  your  local 
union  meetings  regularly. 
Be  an  active  member 
of  the  Brotherhood. 


Manchester,  N.H. — Photo  No.  1 


Manchester,  N.H.— Photo  No.  2 


Manchester,  N.H. — Photo  No.  3 


Maywood,  Calif. 


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Cicero,  ill. — 40-Year  Members 


CICERO,  ILL. 

Millwrights  and  Machinery  Erec- 
tors Local  1693  held  pin  presentation 
ceremonies  last  November. 

The  50-year  members  were  pre- 
sented plaques  and  service  pins. 
They  are  pictured,  left  to  right: 
Seated,  Ben  Fecke,  Albert  Frieden, 
Walter  Anderson,  George  Vest,  Jr., 
president,  Chicago  District  Council, 
and  Otto  Ebert.  Standing,  Wesley 
Isaacson,  secretary  treasurer,  Chicago 
District  Council,  William  Cook, 
vice-president.  Chicago  District 
Council;  Bud  Hine,  business  manager. 
Local  1693,  Earl  Oliver,  president 
and  business  representative.  Local 
1693,  William  Gundich,  Fin.  secretary- 
treasurer,  Local  1693. 

Pictured  in  the  photograph  of  40- 
year  members  are,  left  to  right: 
seated,  Bert  Andrus,  Jim  Ferguson, 
J.  W.  Davis,  George  Vest,  Jr.,  presi- 
dent, Chicago  District  Council; 
Malcom  Condie,  Sr.  Standing,  Wesley 
Isaacson,  secretary  treasurer,  Chicago 
District  Council;  William  Cook,  vice- 
president,  Chicago  District  Council; 
Bud  Hine,  business  manager.  Local 
1693,  Earl  Oliver,  president  and 
business  representative,  Local  1693, 
William  Gundich,  financial  secretary- 
treasurer.  Local  1693. 

In  the  remaining  three  photos  are 
groupings  of  recipients  of  the  35-year 
service  pin,  the  30-year  service  pin, 
and  the  25-year  service  pin. 


Cicero,  III. — 35-Year  Members 


Cicero,  III. — 30-Year  Members 


Cicero,  HI. — 25-Year  Members 


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THE    CARPENTER 


MARTINEZ,   CALIF. 

Carpenters  Local  2046  held  its 
biennial  pin  presentation  dinner,  last 
year,  and  many  senior  members  were 
honored. 

Picture  No.  1 — 40-year  members, 
front  row,  left  to  right:  V.  P. 
Kaufenberg,  Gimnar  Soder.  Back 
row:  Senior  Business  Agent  George 
P.  Machado,  Nestor  Kuusisto.  Earle 
J.  Verry,  Albert  F.  Dowel  I,  Lester 
B.  Buck,  A.  A.  Figone,  Guest 
Speaker. 

Picture  No.  2 — 35-year  members, 
front  row,  left  to  right:  Merlyn  C. 
Faris,  Morgan  Gore.  Frank 
Goncalves.  Wilfred  Cabral,  Clarence 
E.  Cook,  John  S.  Osborn,  Douglas 
Drummond,  Charles  W.  Mitchell, 
Tony  Nobriga,  Darwin  C.  Millar. 
Back  row:  William  Hamer,  Bert 
Maxwell.  Lloyd  C.  Miller,  R.  C. 
Ashlock,  Ralph  Foster,  Harman  E. 
Snipes,  Alva  Coday,  Raymond  Coday, 
J.  E.  Oakley,  Edgar  Phillips,  Robert 
H.  Sullivan,  Otto  Manninen,  Eugene 
J.  Peterson,  Assistant  Business  Agent 
Deano  Cerri. 

Pitcure  No.  3 — 30-year  members, 
left  to  right:  Assistant  Business  Agent 
Deano  Cerri.  Ezra  Hohnstein.  M.  V . 
Deaton.  John  W.  Lewis,  Alvis  Garden, 
Frank  E.  Treadway,  Percy  C. 
Brossard,  Glen  O.  Center,  V.  J. 


Coslanza,  Marion  Griffin.  Marvin 
H.  Terrell,  Melvin  C.  Lundberg, 
J.  M.  Moose.  Milan  Greene,  Robert 
Blikeng. 

Back  row:  Ernst  Kroger,  Ernest 
L.  Johnson,  S.  A.  Roberts.  Benja 
G.  Roberts,  Clarence  E.  Lindgren, 
John  M.  Quick,  Theo.  F.  Randall. 
Millard  H.  Myers.  Francis  D.  Huff, 
Robert  F.  Harpman.  Sal  B.  Russo, 
Leo  Marqucz,  Harvey  Smith,  William 
Harmon.  William  M.  Ryken,  Thomas 
Traughher,  Theron  L.  Pollard.  Jesse 
J.  Peete.  R.  E.  Voss.  Marvin  M. 
Melton,  Carl  F.  Eckford,  Louis  M. 
Beda,  Charles  W.  Hickman. 

Picture  No.  4 — 25-year  members, 
front  row,  left  to  right:  Senior 
Business  Agent  George  P.  Machado, 
Ralph  H.  Voss,  Alois  G.  Schalz. 
Second  row:  Assistant  Business 
Agent  Deano  Cerri,  Keith  L.  Braga, 


Donald  R.  McNamara.  A.  E. 
Lundgren,  Bill  J.  Woodfill,  Ignacio 
Cerna,  Frederick  J.  Gilmer.  Gerald 
D.  Simonds.  Tony  J.  Harris.  Richard 
H.  Witt  man.  Melvin  J.  Pariani. 
Third  row:  Boudewyn  J.  Otien.  John 
W.  Batts.  Harry  J.  Puccio,  Libera  E. 
Luperi.  Burt  H.  Adams.  L.  H. 
Kolling,  Arthur  W.  Rollman.  Charles 
L.  Williams.  Sven  B.  Sjolund.  William 
G.  Mori,  Richard  F.  Cannella,  Earl 
J.  Crawford.  Jr.,  Robert  D. 
Harrington.  Wade  E.  Young.  Sidney 
A.  Burrows,  Lylc  L.  Kinney. 
Fourth  row:  William  N.  Flowers, 
Arne  Ahola.  George  Hallstrom.  Earl 
A.  Cooper,  Sr..  Fred  Kortum.  Jr., 
Peter  T.  Cardinale,  Elby  Meadows, 
Stanley  Chmura.  Neno  G.  Bruno, 
Jose  L.  Mezzavilla.  Raymond  Cortez, 
Horace  R.  Carini.  Henry  Grenon, 
Lcland  W.  Fcreira. 


25-Yeor 
Members 


AUGUST,    1977 


25 


Santa  Ana,  Calif. — 25-Year  Members 
SANTA    ANA,   CALIF. 

Tony  Ramos,  secretary  of  the 
California  State  Council,  assisted 
by  Jerry  Stedman,  secretaiy  of  the 
Orange  County  District  Council, 
presented  mcmhersliip  pins  to 
Orange  County  members. 

Local  1815.  Santa  Ana.  together 
with  Locals  1453,  1648.  2308  and 
2361.  presented  25-year  membership 
pins  to  their  members  at  the  6th 
Annual  Membership  Pin  Awards 
Banquet,  held  at  Local  Union  1815, 
on  January  21. 


The  honorees  pictured  are:  Back 
row  left  to  right:  Jack  Phillips, 
Lloyd  Gidick,  George  Mclntire, 
Billy  A  Id  ridge,  Vernon  Kelly. 
Warren  Thomas,  F.  Lee  Harris, 
Thomas  Kuykendall.  Stanley  Seleh, 
Miguel  Soils.  Marshall  Smith. 
James  W.  Rea.  Front  row.  left  to 
right,  Louis  Yelman,  Sam  Koski, 
Charles  Holcombe,  Steve  Artinger, 
Floyd  Dixon  (President).  A.  M. 
Badillo,  C.  C.  Hocutt  {Financial 
Secretary).  Walter  Wallock,  John  F. 
Gray,  Van  F.  Rader.  and  Otis  Capps. 


Other  Local  Union  1815  members 
eligible  for  25-year  mmebership 
pins  but  not  shown  were:  Julius 
A  dais.  James  H.  Carder.  Angel 
Castro.  Bert  Collins.  Dannie 
Dansby.  I.  D.  Dansby,  Harley 
Dossett.  Gene  W.  Hess,  Lawrence 
Holladay,  Ernest  Houser,  Wesley 
Jiles,  Antonio  P.  Lemus,  Herbert 
Meseck,  Walter  Michael,  Mervyn 
Murray,  Jesus  Radillo.  Robert  Reed, 
John  Richling,,  William  Santini, 
Everett  Va.sqiiez,  Charles  Yarbrough, 
and  Warren  Yoder. 


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Saskatoon,  Sask. 
SASKATOON,   SASK. 

On  February  18,  1977  longtime  members  of  Local  1805  received  their  25  and  30 
year  membership  pins.  Leo  Fritz,  General  Representative,  had  the  honor  of  presenting 
the  pins. 

In  the  picture,  front  row,  left  to  right,  seated.  A.  O.  Andal,  Ken  Devitt.  George 
Altmann,  George  A.  Cole,  Alex  Ringberg,  John  W.  Cook,  Peter  Erickson,  Earl  S. 
Herlen.  and  D.  J.  Hamm.  Back  row.  left  to  right,  John  A.  Stark,  Leo  Fritz.  Gen. 
Rep.,  who  presented  the  pins,  Peter  E.  Roy,  Paid  Postnikoff,  Peter  P.  Gruza,  Ed 
Hazelwanter,  J.  B.  Wyatt,  Nick  Gruza,  Lawrence  Butler,  Walter  Harasymchiik,  F. 
A.  Saccucci.  John  Loeppky,  Ed  Plantz.  and  Fred  W.  Konkin. 

Missing  from  the  picture  are  Robert  N.  Eaket,  W.  R.  G.  (Sandy)  Garnelt,  Fred 
A.  Smith,  D.  Bray,  and  Robert  Gillespie. 


Westmont, 


WESTMONT,  ILL. 

Local  1889  presented  service  pins  to  its  senior  members,  last  winter.  Front  row, 
left  to  right:  Chester  Hecathorn,  25  years:  Lester  W.  Nelson,  business  representative, 
25  years:  Shirley  Stowe.  30  years:  Matt  Tomasek,  30  years:  Bruno  Dasciewicz,  25 
years.  Center  row.  left  to  right:  Virgil  Koberstein,  30  years:  Ellworth  Rohr,  30  years: 
Richard  Backlund,  35  years;  Ralph  Aronson,  30  years;  H.  R.  Hayes.  35  years: 
LaVerne  Jackson,  30  years.  Back  row,  left  to  right:  Arthur  Dundas,  25  years; 
Richard  Xevismal,  25  years;  Anthony  Ewa.uuk,  30  years:  Arthur  Prokaski,  president. 
35  years:  Jack  Zeilenga,  secretary-treasurer,  Illinois  State  Council  of  Carpenters,  who 
made  the  presentations:  Frederick  Dawson,  30  years:  J.  D.  Dannewitz,  25  vears: 
Jerry  J.  Mulac,  treasurer,  who  assisted  with  lite  presentations. 


Frank  Novotnv 


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GRAND    RAPIDS,   MICH. 

Frank  Novolny,  76,  a  retired  member  of  the  Brotherhood,  lias  taken  his  many 
years  of  service  with  the  Brotherhood  in  stride.  After  doing  carpentry  work  for 
others  for  so  many  years,  he  recently  completed  wor  kon  his  own  retirement  home, 
shown  at  right.  It  had  a  flat  roof  until  last  Summer,  when  Novolny  climbed  up 
during  the  heat  of  summer  uiul  added  an  S-12  pilch  offset  roof  to  add  to  the  comfort 
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THE    CARPENTER 


L.U.  NO.  7 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 

Anderson,  Aron  G. 
Beckley,  G.  C. 
Lafferior,  Nelson 
Markison,  Alfred  C. 
Nelson,  Lee 
Wittke,  Fred 

L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Evanoff,  Chris 
Mann,  Hugh  E. 
Moloughney,  Charles  W. 

L.U.  NO.  14 

SAN  ANTONIO,  TX. 

Brooks,  John 
Dodson,  Joel 
Floyd,  Harold  F. 
Garza,  Alfonso  D. 
Hankins,  L.  H. 
Hemphill,  Holmes 
Hollingsworth,  R,  S. 
Howell,  W.  T. 
Johnson,  J.  J. 
Mayes,  William  H. 
Merritt,  Joshua  H. 
Plachy,  Anton 
Reynolds,  R.  E. 
Speed,  Pat  Lee 
Steagall,  Raburn 
Stevenson,  John  A. 
Tupin,  V.  E. 
Waller,  Z.  S. 
Wilcox,  W.  E. 
Zunker,  Dwayne  A. 

L.U.  NO.  15 
HACKENSACK,  N.J. 

Peterson,  John 
Svahn,  Anders 

L.U.  NO.  20 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 
Attanasi,  Joseph 
Blorstad,  Emil 
Duro,  Pietro 
Guerrera,  Joseph 
Knudsen,  Reinert 
Liotta,  Charles 
Mahoney,  William 
Woodward,  Harold 

L.U.  NO.  23 
DOVER,  N.J. 

Hendcrshot,  Jerry  N. 

L.U.  NO.  24 
MERIDEN,  ex. 

Bcdor,  Alfred 
Clark,  Bruce 
Curtis,  Francis  E. 
Nicander,  Carl 
Pasacreta,  Roger 

L.U.  NO.  35 

SAN  RAFAEL,  CA. 

Bridges,  Elwin  E. 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLANO,  CA. 

Carlson,  Walter  E. 
Plerson,  O. 

L.U.  NO.  40 
BOSTON,  MA. 

Bennett,  Richard 
Nelson,  Alfred  T. 
Sullivan,  Jeremiah 
Swanson,  Carl  E. 


L.U.  NO.  SO 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Akard,  W.  H. 
Fuller,  R.  D. 
Richesin,  T.  W.  (Bill) 

L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 

Carlson,  Glen 
Dabney,  Frank  C. 
Noland,  R.  B. 

L.U.  NO.  66 
OLEAN,  N.Y. 
Ingalls,  David 
Smith,  Nicholas 

L.U.  NO.  94 
WARWICK,  R.L 

Chumura,  Frederick  W. 
DiTommaso,  Luigi 
Edwards,  Leo  A. 
Lessard,  Achille 

L.U.  NO.  101 
BALTIMORE,  MD. 

Clapsaddle,  Wilbur  J. 
Dowling,  Walter  E.,  Sr. 
Fisher,  Leonard  K. 
Herbert,  Joseph  F. 
Hohman,  William  C,  Jr. 
Livingston,  William  T. 
Longo,  Joseph  S. 
McGreevy,  Charles  L. 
Roberts,  Thomas 
Sash,  John 

L.U.  NO.  103 
BIRMINGHAM,  AL. 

Adkins,  William  R. 
Burchfield,  H.  B. 
Faggard,  James  G. 
Stone,  W.  R. 
Wills,  Ray  E. 

L.U.  NO.  107 
WORCESTER,  MA. 

Bochniak,  John 
O'Connell,  John  B. 

L.U.  NO.  109 
SHEFFIELD,  AL. 

Bounds,  Sam 
GLst,  Jimmy 
Raley,  W.  E. 
Smotherman,  Homer 
Woodruff,  John  C. 

L.U.  NO.  132 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Fischer,  Gustav,  Jr. 
Lange,  Ronald  W. 
Mullen,  Lucius  G. 
VanCleavc,  Carl  H. 

L.l'.  NO.  141 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Davics,  Andrew 
Druse,  Leon 
Duensing.  Frederick  H. 
Hislel,  David  C. 
Jackson,  Gideon 
Johnson,  Elmer 
Johnson,  Vcrner 
Nelson,  Arvid 
Weltzin,  Leo 

L.U.  NO.  181 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Dchr,  Jorgen 
Erlandscn,  Erland 


L.U.  NO.  188 
YONKERS,  N.Y. 
Braun,  Joseph 
Todd,  John 

L.U.  NO.  191 
YORK,  PA. 

Morton,  James  T. 

L.U.  NO.  200 
COLUMBUS,  OH. 

Ashida,  George 
Divine,  Thomas 
Fries,  Harry 
Harmon,  Ray  C. 
Jungkurth,  Victor 
Lemming,  Harmon 
Rich,  Lloyd 
Rine,  Earl,  Jr. 
Rowan,  C.  C. 
Smith.  Denny 
Squires,  Orville 
Underwood,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  203 
POUGHKEEPSIE,  N.Y. 

Anderson,  William 

L.U.  NO.  210 
STAMFORD,  CT. 

Lent,  Gordon 

L.U.  NO.  213 
HOUSTON,  TX. 

Finn,  R.  B. 

L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Dean,  N.  E. 

DeLoach,  Danny  Parker 

Jones,  W.  B. 

L.U.  NO.  246 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 
Bodnar,  John 
Boruvka,  Otto 
Cap,  Harry 
DiMichele,  Costanzo 
Hillebrand,  Paul 
McCoy,  Frank  W. 
Maksymowicz,  Nikoden 
Olivieri,  Mario 
PanaciuUi,  Joseph 
Schiffman,  Louis 
Trotta,  Gerardo 
Winkclbauer,  Rudolf 

L.U.  NO.  257 

NEW   YORK,  N.Y. 
Johanscn,  Einar,  J. 
Spadaro,  Jerry 

L.U.  NO.  264 
MILWAUKEE,  WI. 

Cobble,  Owen  T. 
Collin,  Sam 
Docgc,  Harold 
Keller,  Ernest 
Keller,  Oscar  P. 
Imlcr,  Harry 
Pompe,  Joseph 
Popp,  Fred 
Witt,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  266 
STOCKTON,  CA. 

Arnctt,  Leslie 
Brown,  Fred  M. 
Green,  C,  T. 

Haricll,  P.  J. 


L.U.  NO.  280 
LOCKPORT,  N.Y. 

Ragsdale,  James 
Schultz,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  314 
MADISON,  WI. 

Anderson,  Carl 
Fauerbach,  Louis  H. 
Hildebrandt,  Joseph  P. 
Newel,  Anton 
Schweppe,  Norbert 
Statz,  Raymond 
Stearns,  Harry  E. 

L.U.  NO.  366 
BRONX,  N.Y. 

Adorno,  Gaetano 
Forland,  Frank 
Hillenbrand,  George 
Pinsker,  Elui 
Russo,  Michael  J. 
Sesso,  John,  Jr. 

L.U.  NO.  378 
EDWARDSVILLE,  IL. 

Ambuel,  John 
Bast,  Ed 
Mindrup,  Dick 

L.U.  NO.  379 
TEXARKANA,  ARK.  TX. 

Griggs,  A.  M.,  Jr. 
Hartline,  William  B. 
Morris,  J.  D. 
Phelps,  Archie  L. 
Upchurch,  A.  H. 
Walker,  Jack 

L.U.  NO.  393 
CAMDEN,  N.J. 

Koeberle,  Joseph  W. 

L.U.  NO.  416 
MAYWOOD,  IL. 

Bacon,  James  Arthur 

L.U.  NO.  455 
SOMERVILLE,  NJ. 

Dumont,  Edgar 

L.U.  NO.  470 
TACOMA,  WA. 

Erickson,  E.  G. 
Kembel,  Henry,  Jr. 
Morrison,  William  M. 
Van  Stephens.  Ira 
Watson,  Thomas 
Weist,  Fred 
Zorzut,  William 

L.U.  NO.  576 
PINE  BLUFF,  AR. 

Alexander,  B.  T. 
Britton,  James  E.,  Sr. 
Thomas,  Jewel 

L.l'.  NO.  621 
BREWER,  ME. 

Carlson.  Wallace 

L.l'.  NO.  651 
•lACKSON,  Ml. 

Hunloon,  Charles 
Tuttle,  Glen 

L.l'.  NO.  668 
PALO  ALTO,  CA. 

Opperman.  Karl 


L.U.  NO.  727 
HIALEAH,  FL. 

Rutherford,  John  A. 
Stalnaker,  Clarence 

L.U.  NO.  819 

W.  PALM  BEACH,  FL. 

Hancock,  Vernon  A. 
Springer,  Walter  L. 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  MI. 

Schultz,  John  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1005 
MERRILLVILLE,  IN. 

Fleming,  Clarence 
Grant,  Sam 
Holman,  Otto 
Kirkendorfer,  Roy 
Meyer,  Erwin 
Pavicich,  Mike 
Tremper,  Robert 

L.U.  NO.  1062 

SANTA  BARBARA,  CA. 

Murray,  Richard 

L.U.  NO.  1185 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Rychel,  Raymond  J. 

L.U.  NO.  1289 
SEATTLE,  WA. 

Anderson,  Emil 
Ayers,  Laurence  R. 
Belt,  Charles  E.,  Jr. 
Berger,  J.  Adolph 
Brown,  Merlin  C. 
Brunner,  George  H. 
Carlson,  Stanley 
Hanke,  Alga 
Jegersen,  Magnus  C. 
Jorgenson,  Carl  A. 
Kidwell,  William  O. 
Logan.  Ernest 
Poole,  Harry 

L.U.  NO.  1296 
SAN  DIEGO,  CA. 

Wellace.  C.  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1319 
ALBUQUERQUE,  N.M. 

.Anglin.  W.  A. 
Boroughs,  Jiles  W. 
Butler,  Albert  M. 
Gipson,  Harold  P. 
Miller.  M.  K. 
Phillips,  R.  D. 
Vallejos.  Joe  S. 
Wilson,  Leonard  S. 

L.U.  NO.  1342 
BLOOMFIELD,  NJ. 

Durhak.  John 
Gorsky,  Jacob 
Mirsky.  Abe 

L.U.  NO.  1367 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Dahlcn,  Ouo  E. 
Felcan.  August 
Hommeland,  Lars 
Prisching,  George 

L.l'.  NO.  1397 
ROSLYN,  N.Y. 

Bilous,  Peter 


AUGUST,    1977 


29 


IN  MEMORIAM 


Continued  from  Page  29 


L.U.  NO.  1590 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Benton,  Ray 
Borg,  Ture 

Conner,  Robert  L.,  Jr. 
Farence,  Merle  G. 
Holmes,  Harry  H. 
Poe,  Avery  C. 
Tomco,  Michael 

L.U.  NO.  1644 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 

Peterson,  Lester 

L.U.  NO.  1683 

EL  DORADO,  AR. 

Swilley,  Loy 

L.U.  NO.  1723 
COLUMBUS,  GA. 

Milner,  Jesse  H. 


L.U.  NO.  1739 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

Behlman,  George 
Bofp,  Albert  G. 
Stremming,  William 
Twitchell,  Charles 

LU.  NO.  1749 
ANNISTON,  AL. 

Haynes,  J.  S. 
Hunt,  E.  P. 
Jones,  H.  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1752 
POMONA,  CA. 

Ashby,  Paul 
Banker,  Claude 
Blackwell,  James 
Brady,  Raymond  J. 
Gouger,  Wilbur 


Havens,  Harold  S. 
Kimbell,  E.  M. 
Lasell,  John 
Latiolait,  Joseph 
Mandujano,  Carlos 
Phillips,  James 
Scruggs,  William 
Telia,  Charles 
Van  Allen,  Edward 
Warner,  James  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1772 
HICKSVILLE,  N.Y. 

Harre,  Carl 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

LeBlanc,  Edward  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WA. 

Anderson,  Jerry  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1990 
PRINCE  ALBERT, 
SASK.,  CAN. 

Graham,  Bill 


L.U.  NO.  2046 
MARTINEZ,  CA. 

Aiello,  Joe  F. 
Borem,  Vern 
Chmura,  Stanley 
Costa,  Joseph  P. 
Dahl,  Nelson  C. 
Ferreira,  John 
Hyland,  Ronald  J. 
Roberts,  Douglas  K. 

L.U.  NO.  2073 
MILWAUKEE,  WI. 

Davids,  Kenneth 
Nelson,  James 
Stollenwerck,  Joe 


L.U.  NO.  2235 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Jones,  George 
Washburn,  George 

L.U.  NO.  2430 
CHARLESTON,  W.  VA. 

Birthisel,  Keith 
Bowles,  Paul 
Talbert,  W.  L. 

L.U.  NO.  2436 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

lery,  Wilbur 

L.U.  NO.  2850 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Calabro,  Joseph 


Please  Note:  Local  secretaries  submitting  names 
for  "In  Memoriam"  are  requested  to  list  the 
names  in  alphabetical  order.  Please  print  or 
type  all  names  legibly,  last  names  first. 


HEALTH  CARE 

Continued  from  Page  6 

The  AFL-CIO,  the  individual  labor 
unions  and  the  health  organizations 
that  make  up  the  40  organizations 
that  sponsor  the  Committee  for  Na- 
tional Health  Care  Insurance  long 
have  been  convinced  that  the  time  has 
come  for  the  United  States  to  have 
national  health  insurance — like  Can- 
ada and  60  other  industrial  nations. 

It's  like  Mike  Wilson  of  Steelw^ork- 
ers  Local  4671.  Dallas,  Tex.,  told  the 
delegates:  "Carter  promised  us.  And 
the  Democrats  promised  us.  Now  you 
go  see  them  and  tell  them  to  deliver 
or  we'll  have  to  'decertify'  you — like 
workers  do  to  a  union  that  doesn't 
deliver." 


3  More  Areas 

Continued  from  Page  9 

cago  area,  the  improvement  in  eco- 
nomic conditions  was  due  largely  to 
recent  significant  job  increases  in 
primary  metals  (steel  mills)  in  manu- 
facturing. 

In  the  Memphis  area,  job  gains 
in  nonmanufacturing — principally  in 
service  and  construction — were  pri- 
marily responsible  for  the  decrease  in 
joblessness. 

Under  Defense  Manpower  Policy 
No.  4,  firms  located  in  areas  on  the 
"substantial"  unemployment  list  may 
be  eligible  for  first  preference  in  bid- 
ding on  certain  federal  procurement 
contracts,  providing  the  firms  agree  to 
hire  25%  of  the  new  hires  each  month 
from  among  the  disadvantaged  resi- 
dents of  the  area. 


COURT   PROTECTS   SIGNED   AUTHORIZATION   CARDS 


Employers  have  no  right  to  inspect 
union  authorization  cards  signed  by 
employees,  a  federal  appeals  court 
ruled  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  recently. 

The  decision  overturned  a  federal 
district  court's  decision  last  year  ex- 
posing the  card  to  an  employer's  in- 
spection.  The    district    court    ruled    em- 


ployers had  a  right  to  see  the  cards 
under  the  Freedom  of  Information 
Act. 

The  appeals  court,  however,  ruled 
the  cards  are  protected  by  the  Act's 
exemption  for  files  which,  if  disclosed, 
would  "constitute  a  clearly  unwar- 
ranted invasion  of  personal  privacy." 


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The  Air  Tool  Division  of  The  Blaclc 
and  Dectcer  Manufacturing  Company  has 
introduced  a  new  line  of  'A"  reversible 
right  angle  production  air  drills  and  a 
new  line  of  right-angle  production  nut 
runners. 

The  air  drill  line  consists  of  three 
models — Model  Nos.  1496,  1497,  and 
1498 — each  featuring  a  stainless  steel 
head  with  spiral  bevel  gearing  and  oil 
bath  lubrication.  This  new  head  design 
not  only  produces  cooler  running  condi- 
tions, but  extends  tool  life. 

Model  1496  drill,  with  double-reduc- 
tion planetary  gearing,  turns  at  800  rpm; 
Model    1497,  with   single-reduction  plan- 


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Eliason  Stair  Gauge  Company  ....  .H 

Esiwing  Mfg.  Co 19 

Foley    Mfg.   Co .10 

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Model  1498,  designed  for  high-speed 
production  at  2,000  rpm. 

Each  of  the  nut-rurner  models  fea- 
tures a  stainless  steel  head  with  spiral 
bevel  gearing  and  oi'  bath  lubrication 
for  longer  life  and  cooler  running  condi- 
tions. 

The  line  consists  of  three  14"  square 
drive,  three  %"  square  drive,  and  three 
■4"  hex  snaplock  models.  RPM  ranges 
from  800-2,000  within  each  of  the  three 
model  groups. 

All  units  have  a  lever  handle  and  di- 
rect drive  clutch.  Other  features  include 
instant  reverse,  five  blade  rotor,  built-in 
muffler  with  a  "no  clog"  design,  ball  and 
needle  bearings,  and  special  seals  to 
inhibit  dust  ingestion.  Additionally,  each 
unit  complies  with  applicable  OSHA 
standards. 

The  new  line  of  production  nut  run- 
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sories, are  available  from  air  tool  dis- 
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professional  products.  Or  write:  The 
Black  &  Decker  Mfg.  Co.,  Public  Rela- 
tions Dept.,  Towson,  Md.  21204. 

JOINT  SYSTEMS 

A  new  catalog  of  joint  systems  and 
specialty  products  for  gypsum  board  has 
been  issued  by  Georgia-Pacific  Corp.  for 
the  professional  appHcator. 

It  explains  G-P's  new  color  coded 
packaging,  which  assigns  kraft  to  casein 
base,  yellow  to  vinyl  base  and  white  to 
texture  products.  Technical  information 
and  application  tips  also  are  given  for 
G-P's  full  range  of  products,  including 
bedding,  topping,  triple  duty,  all  purpose 
and  speed  set,  as  well  as  wall  texture, 
vermiculite,  polystyrene,  joint  system 
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Copies  may  be  obtained  without  charge 
from  the  local  G-P  gypsum  sales  man- 
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For  those  in  the  Brotherhood  con- 
cerned with  the  transition  from  traditional 
English  measurements  to  the  metric 
system,  there  is  a  periodical  published  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  which  serves  as  a 
clearing  house  for  latest  information. 
Each  issue  contains  reviews  of  new- 
metric  publications,  metric  materials,  and 
visual  aids.  It  contains  listings  of  metric 
conferences,  workshops,  seminars  and 
meetings, 

For  a  free  sample  copy  of  The  Metric 
Reporter,  write  to  the  American  Metric 
Council,  1625  Massachusetts  Ave.,  N.W., 
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sharpening  business, 
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how  we'll  finance  you. 

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IN  CONCLUSION 


We  Must  Come  to  Terms  With  Our  Problems 
of  Poverty  ...  Through  Welfare  Reform 


There's  a  thin  black  line  among  the  charts  and 
diagrams  at  the  US  Census  Bureau  at  Suitland,  Md., 
which  indicates,  year  by  year,  that  point  in  a  non- 
farm  family's  income  when  they  are  above  or  below 
the  poverty  level. 

In  1975,  the  non-farm  family  of  four  had  to  earn 
less  than  $5,500  a  year  to  be  called  poor.  Last  year, 
the  cutoff  point  for  poverty  was  $5,820.  In  1977  the 
poverty  level  is  expected  to  be  higher  because  the  cost 
of  living  has  continued  its  upward  spiral  during  the 
first  half  of  the  year. 

All  along  this  continuing  poverty  line  there  is  a  big 
gray  area  in  which  local,  state,  and  federal  welfare 
agencies  must  place  millions  of  Americans  who  say 
they  need  help,  but  who,  in  one  way  or  another,  fail 
to  qualify  for  public  welfare. 

Who  is  poor?  Who  needs  help?  Who  should  be  out 
looking  for  a  job  instead  of  "feeding  at  the  public 
trough"?  And  who  should  pay  for  all  this  welfare? 

These  are  complex  questions  .  .  .  questions  which 
have  separated  liberal  and  conservative.  Republican 
and  Democrat,  socialist  and  capitalist  for  almost  a 
century. 

If,  for  example,  the  husband  of  a  four-member' 
family  makes  $100  a  week  or  $5,200  a  year,  he's 
below  the  poverty  level.  If  his  wife  goes  out  and  gets 
a  job,  earning  another  $5,000,  the  combined  bread- 
winners lift  the  family  out  of  the  poverty  classification, 
but  then  the  minor  children  are  left  without  a  mother's 
care  for  much  of  the  day,  unless  she  can  put  them  in 
a  day  nursery,  in  which  case  the  mother  has  to  pay 
out  the  extra  money  she  earns  for  the  family. 

The  next  door  neighbor,  meanwhile,  may  make 
$8,000  a  year,  and  the  mother  doesn't  work,  but  they 
have  five  or  six  kids.  They  may,  because  of  the  father's 
income,  not  be  entitled  to  welfare  or  wage  supple- 
ments .  .  .  But  they're  having  a  tough  time  keeping  up 
financially  with  the  first  family,  who's  combined  in- 
come is  $10,000. 

There  may  also  be  a  third  neighbor,  an  elderly 
couple  on  a  fixed  income  of  Social  Security,  who  can't 
earn  more  than  $3,000  extra  a  year,  over  and  above 
their  pension,  unless  they  have  some  of  their  Social 
Security  taken  away. 

And  there  may  still  be  another  fellow  across  the 
street  who  put  in  20  years  of  military  service  and  has 
retired  on  pension,  and  who  now  has  a  good  job, 
earning  all  he  can  make,  without  question,  in  his 
senior  years. 

There  are  so  many  ways  of  achieving  "poverty"  that 
King  Solomon  himself  would  be  hard  pressed  to 
decide  who  is  poor  and  who  is  not  poor. 

There  is  a  big  and  broad  spectrum  of  Americans, 
today,  who  are  considered  "middle  income."  You  will 
find  millions  of  our  "middle  income" — including  many 

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members  of  the  Brotherhood — who  will  point  out  that 
they  carry  the  real  burden  of  taxes,  which  feed  the 
poor,  without  the  benefit  of  tax  loopholes  which  per- 
mit the  higher-income  rich  to  stay  rich. 

In  summary,  America's  democratic  society  has  not 
resolved  its  complex  welfare  policies,  and,  until  it 
does  so,  we  must  struggle  with  the  problems  of  wel- 
fare, just  as  we  have  struggled  with  the  problems  of 
civil  rights,  until  something  good  finally  evolves. 

We  have  two  contradictory  themes  to  consider: 
1.)  a  strict,  conservative  attitude  among  many  which 
says  that  every  man  should  be  able  to  take  care  of 
himself,  find  his  own  job,  feed  his  own  family,  because 
his  forefathers  were  able  to  do  so,  and  2.)  a  growing 
realization  among  many  Americans  that  fate  will 
inevitable  leave  many  fellow  citizens  destitute  and  that 
they  must  be  provided  with  jobs,  financial  assistance, 
and  opportunity,  if  our  form  of  democracy  is  to 
survive. 

Many  of  the  Great  Society  programs  developed  un- 
der President  Lyndon  Johnson  in  the  1960's  reflected 
the  latter  view.  For  the  first  time,  since  the  Great  De- 
pression there  was  a  concerted  attempt  to  do  battle  with 
povery  at  the  national  level.  Some  Great  Society  ef- 
forts did  not  succeed,  but  many  did. 

Unfortunately,  when  the  Nixon  Administration 
swept  into  office  many  of  the  War  on  Poverty  pro- 
grams were  either  curtailed  or  eliminated — Head  Start, 
Neighborhood  Health  Services,  Model  Cities,  Legal 
Services  for  the  Poor,  and  others. 

Even  existing  programs  such  as  Social  Security  and 
Equal  Employment  Opportunity  have  to  be  constantly 
defended  against  arguments  that  they  are  contradictory 
to  the  American  creed  of  self-reliance  and  the  work 
ethic. 

Today,  under  the  Administration  of  President 
Carter,  there  are  still  uncertainties.  Although  the 
President  promised  to  present  to  Congress  in  1977  a 
plan  for  welfare  reform,  that  plan  is  still  forthcoming. 
The  President  has  called  upon  the  Department  of 
Health,  Education,  and  Welfare  to  come  up  with 
recommendations  for  welfare  reform  which  will  cost 
no  more  than  present  programs,  and  the  HEW  Secre- 
tary has  been  unable,  because  of  rising  costs,  to  pre- 
sent any  satisfactory  proposals. 

Today,  26  million  Americans — more  than  12% 
of  the  population — are  classified  as  poor.  The  finan- 
cial suffering  has  been  compounded  by  high  unem- 
ployment, runaway  inflation,  and  the  heardess  attacks 
on  the  welfare  system. 

The  time  is  long  overdue  for  welfare  reform. 
Poverty  and  its  causes  are  national  problems  and  re- 
quire national  solutions.  States  and  cities  with  the 
heaviest  burden  of  welfare  dependency  cannot  be 
expected  to  carry  an  intolerable  fiscal  cost  for  welfare, 

THE    CARPENTER 


while  other  cities  and  states  remain  free  of  respon- 
sibility. 

In  recent  years,  thousands  of  Southern  and  Puerto 
Rican  workers  have  flocked  to  New  York  and  Los 
Angeles  for  jobs  which  did  not  materialize.  Mid- 
westerners  have  migrated  to  the  big  cities,  where 
living  costs  are  higher.  Only  the  federal  government 
has  the  resources  and  the  interstate  commitments  to 
balance  off  a  welfare  system  where  crises  develop  in 
such  cities. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  AFL-CIO  Executive 
Council,  we  urged  President  Carter  and  the  Congress 
to  reaffirm  the  commitment  of  President  Kennedy  and 
Johnson  to  the  eradication  of  poverty  and  to  early 
action  to  achieve  this  goal.  We  make  specific  recom- 
mendations, which  I  would  like  to  summarize  for  you: 

1.  A  federal  income  maintenance  program  for 
those  poor  who  are  unable  or  cannot  be  expected  to 
be  employed.  The  program  should  be  entirely  fed- 
erally financed  and  provide  a  payment  raised  as 
quickly  as  possible  to  not  less  than  the  poverty  level, 
with  living  cost  adjustments.  The  federal  government 
should  begin  to  phase  in  full  federal  support  for  the 
basic  payment  of  this  program.  There  should  be  a 
continuing  strong  role  for  states  and  localities,  with 
federal  financial  assistance,  in  providing  services  es- 
sential to  complement  the  basic  income  support  and 
to  meet  special  needs  that  cannot  be  adequately  met 
in  a  nationally  uniform  program  structure.  Both  the 
income  assistance  and  the  services  should  be  provided 
in  a  way  that  fosters  the  dignity  and  independence 
of  recipients,  as  does  the  Social  Security  system.  The 
shift  to  federal  administration  must  be  carried  out 
with  full  protection  of  the  job  rights  and  employment 
conditions  of  state  and  local  government  employees. 

2.  A  full  employment  policy,  including  a  perma- 
nent public  service  jobs  program  and  training  and 
placement  services  for  those  who  could  work  in  paid 
jobs  but  lack  education  or  skills. 

3.  A  strengthened  unemployment  insurance  system 
for  all  workers  with  uniform  and  adequate  national 
eligibility  and  benefit  standards. 

4.  Some  form  of  income  for  new  entrants  and  re- 
entrants into  the  labor  force,  closely  tied  to  the  labor 
market  and  employment  opportunities,  continuing 
until  such  time  as  they  are  properly  trained  and  placed 
in  adequate  employment. 

The  AFL-OO  will  continue  to  oppose  the  so-called 
negative  income  tax,  which  calls  for  elimination  of 
all  other  assistance  and  support  programs.  We  are  in 
favor  of  reducing  overlap  and  duplication  and  excess 
bureaucracy  where  they  exist,  but  we  object  to  pro- 
gram trimming  at  the  expense  of  the  poor. 

Until  such  time  as  genuine  and  far-reaching  welfare 
reform  can  be  accomplished,  there  is  an  urgent  need 
for  interim  and  immediate  steps  to  begin  to  relieve 
the  human  misery  of  the  nation's  neediest  persons  and 
also  provide  some  measure  of  fiscal  relief  to  state  and 
local  governments. 

Therefore,  the  AFL-CIO  calls  upon  the  Congress 
to  promptly  enact  legislation  which  will: 

1.  Increase  the  percentage  of  the  cost  of  Aid  to 


Families  With  Dependent  Children  (now  paid  by  the 
federal  government)  and  provide  for  federal  assump- 
tion of  part  of  the  cost  of  general  assistance  (now  paid 
for  entirely  by  state  and  local  government).  A  condi- 
tion of  such  fiscal  relief  should  be  a  requirement  that 
states  make  benefit  payments  at  a  federally  established 
minimum  level,  but  that  in  all  states  payments  should 
be  no  less  than  the  state-determined  estimate  of  mini- 
mum need. 

2.  Mandate  the  AFDC-UF  program,  under  which 
two-parent  families  are  eligible,  in  all  states.  It  is  now 
provided  only  at  state  option. 

3.  Provide  for  an  annual  cost  of  living  adjustment 
in  AFDC  payments,  which  is  the  only  federal  income 
support  program  not  indexed  to  changes  in  the  cost 
of  living. 

4.  Pending  enactment  of  Health  Security,  federalize 
Medicaid  in  order  to  provide  fiscal  relief  for  state 
and  local  governments.  While  advocating  this  interim 
step,  the  AFL-CIO  reaflfirms  that  only  enactment  of 
Health  Security  will  assure  comprehensive  medical 
care  for  those  on  welfare  as  well  as  for  the  entire 
population. 

The  AFL-CIO  will  support  every  effective  action 
to  wipe  out  poverty  in  America.  First  and  foremost 
must  come  suitable  jobs  at  decent  wages  for  all  who 
can  work.  But  for  the  millions  who  cannot  or  should 
not  be  expected  to  work,  genuine  welfare  reform  em- 
bodying the  recommendations  we  have  made  is  es- 
sential. 


Hit  the  Nail  on  ffie  Head  witlj  VOC  and  CHOP 


^>^^^^] 


VOC  (Volunteer  Organizing  Committees)  is  a 
program  for  every  local  union  and  council  of  the 
Brotherhood,  too.  Ifs  purpose  is  to  enlist  every 
non-union  industrial  worker  in  our  allied  industries. 
VOC  groups  are  now  at  work  in  almost  every  state 
and  province,  but  much,  much  more  must  be 
done.  If  your  local  union  has  not  established  a 
Voluntary  Organizing  Committee,  it  should  do  so 
now.  This  is  a  permanent  committee  with  much 
work  to  do. 


CHOP  (Coordinating  Housing  Organizing  Pro- 
gram) is  a  program  for  every  state  and  provincial 
council,  every  construction  district  council,  and 
every  construction  local  union  in  the  Brotherhood! 
It  is  mandatory  ...  a  must  ...  a  duty  ...  an 
obligation  ...  a  necessity  for  leadership  in  the 
home  building  industry.  We  cannot  ignore  the 
threat  which  non-union  residential  carpenters  cre- 
ate for  union  carpenters  by  lowering  standards, 
pay,  and  working  conditions.  Support  CHOP  all  the 
way! 


Our  sfrengffi  as  a  union  .  .  .  and  your  strength  as  a  union  member  seeking  fo  better 
his  own  lot  in  life  .  .  .  depends  upon  organizing  each  non-union  plant  and  each  non-union 
construction  job  which  threatens  our  membership  and  the  fair  employers  for  whom  they  work. 

Support  CHOP — the  Coordinated  Housing  Organizing  Program — and  VOC — our  Volunteer 
Organizing  Committees.   Your  help  is  needed  now! 


New  Elmers 
Cabinetmakers  Contact 
Cement  has  the  permanence 
and  strength  of  acrylics  and 
it  works  great." 


Dick  Carey,  Professional  Cabinetmaker 


"When  I  heard  about  the  accelerated  aging  test 
Elmer's®  developed  for  their  new  Contact  Cement, 
I  was  convinced  Cabinetmakers  would  be  as 
tough  and  durable  and  permanent  as  anything  I 

had  ever  used. 
They  put 
two  laminates 
in  a  220  °F  test  oven  for  four  days.  The  laminate 
they'd  glued  down  with  Cabinetmaker's  stayed 
down.  It's  a  real  acrylic. 

Of  course,  since  new  Cabinetmaker's  goes  on 
with  a  brush  or  a  roller,  and  dries  crystal  clear  to 


let  me  know  when  it's  ready  to  bond,  it's  also 
easier  to  use. 

And  it  cleans  up  with  plain  warm  water,  which  is 
pretty  easy 

Oh.  Another  thing.  New  Cabinetmaker's  goes  up 
^  „-___.  ,^^^  to  twice  as  far  as  conventional  solvent- 
based  contact  cement  and  has  no 
harmful  fumes  so  you  don't  have  to 
worry  about  fires. 

It's  no  wonder  things 
are  so  much  easier  for 
me  now." 


Borden 


Elmer's.When  results  count. 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

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FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

William  Konyha 

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Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 

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Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

R.  E.  Livingston 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 
Charles  E.  Nichols 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  PRESIDENT  EMERITUS 

M.    A.    HUTCHESON 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


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Ronkonkoma,  New  York  11779 

Second  District,  Raleigh  Rajoppi 

130  Mountain  Avenue 
Springfield,  New  Jersey  07081 

Third  District,  Anthony  Ochocki 

14001  West  McNichols  Road 
Detroit,  Michigan  48235 

Fourth  District,  Harold  E.  Lewis 

2970  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.W.,  Suite  300 
Atlanta,  Ga.  30305 

Fifth  District,  Leon  W.  Greene 
2800  Selkirk  Drive 
Burnsville,  Minn.  55378 


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Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
Room  722,  Oregon  Nat'l  Bldg. 
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Portland,  Oregon  97205 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District, William  Stefanovich 

2300  Howard  Avenue 

Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada  N8X  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Eldon  T.  Staley 
4706  W.  Saanich  Rd. 
Victoria,  B.  C. 


William  Sidell,  Chairman 
R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

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VOLUME   XCVII 


NO.   9 


SEPTEMBER,    1977 


UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF   CARPENTERS   AND   JOINERS   OF  AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 


IN   THIS    ISSUE 


THE 
COVER 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Brotherhood  Leads  Off  Testimony  For  Labor  Law  Reform  2 

Brotherhood  Prevails  As  Divers  Win  Permanent  Standards  6 

Second  Leadership  Conference  Held  8 

Union-Made  Mobile   Homes 10 

Peter  McGuire  Memorial  Expanded 1 1 

Croft  Metals  Strikers  Ask  Support 15 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup —  5 

Canadian   Report  12 

Local   Union   News  14 

Apprenticeship   and   Training    16 

We  Congratulate  18 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 19 

In  Retrospect R.  E.  Livingston  26 

Plane  Gossip 28 

In  Memoriam 30 

What's  New? 31 

In  Conclusion  William  Sidell  32 


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Four  large  and  beautiful  murals 
were  installed  in  the  main  lobby  of 
the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor  at 
Washington,  D.C.  early  this  year,  and 
the  mural  on  our  front  cover  is  one 
of  the  four. 

Designed  to  depict  four  stages  in 
the  development  of  labor  and  industry 
in  the  United  States  over  the  past  200 
years,  the  mural  on  our  cover  is  en- 
titled "Settlements,"  and  it  shows 
pioneer  Americans  raising  an  addition 
to  a  frontier  cabin.  The  smithy's  forge 
in  the  left  portion  of  the  mural  shows 
a  blacksmith  and  his  apprentice  at 
work. 

The  murals  were  created  by  New 
York  artist  Jack  Beall.  Each  mural  is 
12  feet  square  and  portrays  an  epi- 
sode in  the  story  of  the  American 
worker  through  colonization,  settle- 
ments, industry,  and  technology 

It  took  the  artist  and  three  assist- 
ants two  years  to  complete  the  paint- 
ings. They  are  the  first  major  art  proj- 
ects of  this  nature  to  be  produced  for 
federal  buildings  since  the  New  Deal 
of  the  1930"s. 

The  artist  said  at  the  unveiling: 
"The  paintings  are  populated  with 
persons  who  are  related  by  blood,  by 
friendship  or  by  sharing  a  common 
belief     in     constructive     hard     work." 

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D.C.  20001. 


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AFL-CIO  Organizing  Director  Alan  Kistler,  left,  with  three 
Brotherhood  spokesmen  and  other  lead-off  witnesses  before 
the   House   Subcommittee   on   Labor-Management   Relations. 


Brotherhood 

Leads  Off  Testimony 

for  AFL-CIO 
on 

LABOR  LAW  REFORM 


For  42  years — since  the  passage  of  the  National  Labor 
Relations  Act  in  1935 — many  US  employers  have  success- 
fully prevented  their  employees  from  organizing  into 
local  unions,  negotiating  fair  wages  and  working  condi- 
tions, or  otherwise  achieving  the  benefits  of  union  repre- 
sentation. 

With  so-called  labor  experts,  specially-trained  lawyers, 
and  strikebreakers,  they  have  tied  workers  up  in  count- 
less, needless  court  actions  and  have  made  the  National 
Labor  Relations  Board  almost  completely  ineffective,  with 
a  constant  backlog  of  unfair  labor  practices. 

This  year,  the  unions,  including  our  own.  are  fighting 
back.  With  President  Carter's  support,  organized  labor  is 
pushing  for  legislation  to  reform  the  NLRA,  the  Taft- 
Hartley  Law,  and  the  Landrum-Griffin  Law  ...  so  that 
workers  can  gain  the  freedoms  first  enacted  into  law 
almost  a  half-century  ago! 

Among  the  lead-off  witnesses  for  the  AFL-CIO  were 
three  representatives  of  the  United  Brotherhood.  Excerpts 
from  their  testimony  follow: 


General  Treasurer  and  Legislative  Director  Charles  Nichols, 
second  from  left  conferring  with  Southwestern  Regional  Or- 
ganizing Director  Gervis  Simmons,  and  two  Brotherhood 
witnesses. 


'There  is  a  crime  wave 
in  industry  .  .  .  never 
before  encountered .  .  .' 


Excerpt  from  the  testimony  of  James  A.  Parker,  Director 
of  Organization,  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  &  Joiners 
of  America,  AFL-CIO,  before  the  Subcommittee  on  Labor- 
Management  Relations,  Committee  on  Education  and  Labor, 
House  of  Representatives,  Congress  of  the  United  States, 
July  26,  1977. 

Mr.  Chairman  and  members  of  the  Subcommittee  .  .  . 
There  is  a  crime  wave  in  industry  in  the  United  States 
never  before  encountered  by  American  working  people. 
The  National  Labor  Relations  Act  has  been  fully  under- 
stood by  many  employers  and  their  "consultants"  as  an 
ineffective  and  unenforced  Federal  law.  These  abuses  are 
not  restricted  to  the  Southeastern  United  States.  I  offer 
as  an  exhibit  to  our  testimony  a  copy  of  a  bulletin  circu- 
lated throughout  Ohio  by  the  Central  Ohio  Chapter  of 
the  Associated  Builders  and  Contractors,  Inc.  The  ABC 
Chapter  recommends  to  its  members  in  an  article  on  "In- 
formation Gathering"  that  employers  engage  in  radio 
surveillance  at  union  meetings.  The  recommendation  is 
specifically  as  follows: 

"There  are  a  number  of  tradesmen  who,  because  of  their 
distaste  for  the  policies  of  the  union  to  which  they  belong 
(perhaps  they  are  unwilling  to  belong  and  do  so  as  a  require- 
ment of  keeping  a  job),  would  be  willing  to  attend  union 
meetings  and  give  a  report  of  the  subject  matter  of  the  meet- 
ing, or  by  means  of  a  pocket  recorder,  record  it,  or  better 
yet,  by  means  of  a  small  concealed  short  range  radio  trans- 
mitter and  remote  (off  site)  receiver  and  recorder,  record  the 
entire  meeting. 

"Activity  of  this  type  comes  under  the  category  of  'an 
ounce  of  prevention'  and  we  feel  every  effort  should  be  made 
to  develop  these  information  gathering  means.  The  value,  per 
dollar  spent,  should  far  exceed  that  of  any  activity  designed 
to  counter  an  organized  assault." 

When  we  learned  of  this  program  of  electronic  surveil- 
lance we  forwarded  copies  of  the  literature  to  the  Building 
and  Construction  Trades  Department  which  filed  a  com- 
plaint with  the  Solicitor  of  Labor.  We  found  that  ABC, 
Central  Ohio,  had  not  filed  any  reports  as  required  by  the 
Labor-Management  Reporting  and  Disclosure  Act  even 
though  it  was  acting  as  a  labor  consultant  and  clearly 
advising  the  commission  of  unfair  labor  practices  and 
engaged  in  what  we  believe  is  conduct  necessitating  a 
criminal  investigation. 

The  Labor  Department  required  the  Association  to  file 
belated  LM  20  and  LM  21  reports  but  failed  to  prosecute 
the  matter  further.  Also  attached  is  a  brochure  for  a 
closed  management  conference  run  by  labor  consultants 
called  Executive  Enterprises,  which  is  designed  to  train 
employers  to  induce  employees  to  file  union  decertifica- 
tion petitions.  This  practice,  while  an  unfair  labor  prac- 
tice, is  the  typical  course  of  an  anti-union  drive.  For, 
after  the  employer  finally  is  ordered  to  bargain  he  can 
delay  bargaining  for  a  year  and  secretly  encourage  em- 
ployees to  seek  decertification  at  the  end  of  the  year.  This 
was  attempted  in  Bancraft  and  is  a  part  of  the  contempt 
now  being  litigated.  Without  penalties  that  pose  meaning- 
ful financial  risks  to  employers,  these  practices  will  con- 
tinue to  frustrate  employees"  Section  7  rights. 

THE    CARPENTER 


'Justice  delayed  is  justice  denied 
How  long  should  they  wait?' 


The  testimony  of  Rev.  Harry  J. 
Bowie,  associated  will}  Croft  Organizing 
Committee,  McComb,  Miss.,  before  the 
Subcommittee  on  Labor-Management 
Relations.  Committee  on  Education  and 
Labor,  House  of  Representatives,  Con- 
gress of  the  United  States,  July  26, 
1977. 


Bowie 


My  name  is  Harry  J.  Bowie.  I  live  at  608  St.  Augustine 
Street,  McComb,  Miss.  I  have  testified  before  this  com- 
mittee at  an  earlier  date  concerning  my  involvement  in 
the  efforts  to  organize  a  union  at  the  Croft  Metals  Com- 
pany in  Magnolia,  McComb,  and  Osyka,  Miss.  I  shall 
make  no  attempt  to  duplicate  that  testimony.  I  shall  try 
to  briefly  bring  this  committee  up  to  date  on  the  events 
that  have  occurred  since  April  16,  1976,  when  I  last  ap- 
peared here. 

The  intransigence  of  management,  if  at  all  possible,  has 
hardened,  with  the  consequence  that  the  harrassment  of 
the  workers  has  been  intensified.  During  what  was  sup- 
posed to  be  good-faith  bargaining,  which  had  to  be 
ordered  by  the  NLRB,  I  listened  to  the  reports  from  the 
union  negotiating  committee  which  made  it  obvious  to 
this  observer  that  the  company  had  no  intention  to  enter 
into  a  contract  with  their  employees.  After  months  of 
delay  and  obstructive  demands,  the  company  simply  re- 
fused to  negotiate  on  economic  issues.  This  refusal,  how- 
ever, was  accompanied  with  unilateral  acts  on  the  part  of 
the  company  affecting  the  benefits  provided  to  their 
employees.  .  .  . 

The  company,  therefore,  after  months  of  what  ap- 
peared to  be  surface  bargaining,  simply  brought  the  nego- 
tiations to  an  end  with  their  refusal  to  negotiate  economic 
conditions,  such  as  the  pension  and  wages  for  their  work- 
ers. The  supervisory  force  of  the  company  also  organized 
a  petition  for  decertification  with  the  apparent  support 
of  the  company.  Many  workers  felt  that  they  were  being 
coerced  to  sign  the  petition  when  their  supervisors  called 
upon  them  on  company  time. 

Out  of  desparation,  frustration  and  despair  that  nego- 
tiations would  not  proceed,  the  employees  of  the  com- 
pany voted  at  their  union  meeting  to  go  on  strike  on 
January  16,  1977,  because  of  unfair  labor  practices.  This 
strike,  I  might  add,  was  voted  in  spite  of  the  reluctant 
advice  of  the  union  representatives  that  the  middle  of 
winter  was  not  the  most  opportune  time  to  go  out.  The 
workers,  however,  had  reached  the  point  that  they  could 
no  longer  tolerate  the  dehumanizing  and  unfair  conditions 
that  existed  at  the  plant  and  the  unfair  labor  practices 
that  were  occurring  during  the  course  of  negotiation,  and 
they  exercised  their  right  to  strike. 

If  I  may  add  a  personal  remark,  this  was  a  most  dilll- 
cult  time  for  me.  While  I  understood  the  frustration  and 
despair  that  had  occurred  among  the  workers  concerning 
the  process  of  negotiations  and  the  six  years  of  effort  to 
gain  a  contract,  I  personally  felt  that  a  strike  could  not  be 
sustained  for  a  suflicienlly  long  duration  to  affect  the 
company,  and  they  would  simply  hire  new  workers  to 
replace  the  strikers.  After  a  few  days  of  wavering  on  my 
resolution  never  to  intrude  on  the  decision-making  process 
of  the  union,  1  stood  mute  while  they  made  the  decision 

Continued  on  Page  4 


'We  are  out  on  a  limb; 

the  employer  is  sawing  it  off 


The  testimony  of  Pauline  Frazier, 
Brotherhood  member,  organizing  at 
Craftool  Mfg.  Co.,  a  subsidiary  of 
Tandy  Corporation,  before  Subcom- 
mittee on  Labor-Management  Rela- 
tions, Committee  on  Education  and 
Labor,  House  of  Representatives,  Con- 
gress of  the  United  Slates.  July  26.  1977. 

Frazier 

I  began  working  at  Craftool  in  Fort  Worth  in  early 
1973  as  a  knurling  machine  operator.  Craftool  manufac- 
tures leather  crafting  tools  as  a  dvision  of  the  Tandy  Cor- 
poration. The  machine  I  operated  produced  tools  that 
make  designs  on  leather.  I  received  a  couple  of  raises 
shortly  after  I  began  working. 

There  was  no  clear  raise  system  except  that  the  plant 
manager  would  walk  through  with  a  tablet  and  notify 
people  of  a  raise. 

(Mrs.  Frazier,  at  this  point  in  her  teslimonv,  described 
personal  abuse  to  which  she  had  been  subjected  and  which 
led  her  lo  consider  joining  a  union.) 

It  was  this  kind  of  unfair  treatment  that  led  me  and 
Martha  Clifton  to  talking  about  a  union.  Many  other 
employees,  including  my  leadwoman,  were  talking  union. 
Martha  Clifton  operated  a  lathe,  and  a  third  employee  got 
Martha  and  me  together  during  lunch  in  early  1975.  We 
decided  that,  to  get  anywhere,  this  organizing  had  to  in- 
clude both  black  and  white  employees,  and  we  talked  it 
over  with  Brenda  King,  a  black  fellow  worker  who  later 
joined  our  bargaining  committee. 

A  friend  gave  me  a  telephone  number  of  somebody 
who  knew  about  unions,  and  Martha  Clifton  called  this 
person  who  referred  us  to  Gervis  Simmons,  a  representa- 
tive of  the  UBC.  He  told  us  to  arrange  a  meeting  of 
employees. 

We  asked  a  number  of  employees  we  trusted  to  come, 
and  about  ten  came  to  the  first  meeting.  We  were  told 
about  how  the  NLRB  would  protect  us  in  our  organizing 
activities  and  how  authorization  cards  would  start  the  ball 
rolling.  Before  we  moved,  the  union  representative  leaf- 
leled  the  plant  publicly,  so  we  would  be  protected  by  the 
openness  of  our  group  activity.  Brenda  King,  Martha 
Clifton,  and  I  circulated  authorization  cards  before  and 
after  work,  contacted  employees  by  phone  and  made 
house  calls.  Almost  everybody  we  approached  wanted  a 
union  and  signed  a  card. 

The  union  filed  a  petition  for  an  election  on  March  30, 
1975.  Wc  met  with  management  at  the  NLRB  and  agreed 
to  election  matters. 

Then  the  employer  began  a  really  nasty  campaign  of 
threats.  The  NLRB  issued  a  complaint  in  Case  16-CA- 
5992  on  May  14,  1975,  stating  that  Craftool  had  inter- 
rogated a  number  of  employees  about  the  union  and 
threatened  them  with  layoff  if  they  remained  members  or 
gave  the  union  any  support  or  assistance.  One  supervisor 
said  that  even  if  the  union  were  selected,  Craftool  would 
never  reach  an  agreement  with  the  union.  This  case  was 
settled,  and  Craftool  was  required  to  post  a  notice  to  stop 
these  treats. 

The  election  was  held  on  May  28.  1975.  and  the  union 
was  certified  by  the  NLRB  on  June  5.  1975.  But  the  em- 
ployer didn't  have  to  post  the  notice  to  stop  threatening 

Continued  on  Page  4 


SEPTEMBER,    1977 


Brotherhood 
Leads  Off 


Rev.  Bowie's  Testimony 

Continued  from  Page  3 

to  go  out.  It  is  clear  now  that  my  fears  were  unfounded 
The  workers  have  demonstrated  beyond  any  doubt  that 
their  dedication  and  persistence  will  not  waver. 

On  January  16,  1977  over  half  of  the  employees  of 
Croft  Metals,  Inc.  went  out  on  strike.  Their  strike  began 
during  the  most  severe  winter  that  has  been  known  in 
Mississippi  for  decades. 

During  the  past  six  months  they  have  marched  in  the 
cold  of  night  and  the  intense  heat  of  the  day  as  tempera- 
tures soared  into  the  nineties.  They  have  marched  with 
such  courage  and  dedication  that  the  most  hardened 
cyiiic  would  have  to  marvel  at  the  human  feeling  to 
demonstrate  their  faith  and  belief  in  our  system  of  law 
and  justice.  You  see  they  have  been  told,  and  I  have  also 
told  them,  that,  if  they  are  right  and  if  they  follow  the 
correct  legal  procedures,  eventually  the  processes  in- 
volved in  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act  would  end  in 
a  just  resolution  of  their  problems. 

This  confidence,  however,  has  been  most  difficult  in 
face  of  the  physical  and  psychological  abuse  to  which 
they  have  been  subjected.  Three  strikers  have  been  run- 
over  by  cars  leaving  the  plant,  others  have  been  intim- 
idated by  gun  shots  in  the  earthen  bank  near  the  highway 
where  the  strikers  march  by  the  company's  guard.  Never- 
theless, the  strikers  have  not  retaliated  in  any  violent 
form,  because  they  believe  that  the  NLRB  and  the  courts 
will  somehow  offer  them  a  just  solution  to  their  problems. 

But  how  long  must  they  wait?  After  six  years,  the  com- 
pany is  still  able  to  ignore,  with  apparent  impunity,  an 
election  in  which  the  overwhelming  majority  of  employees 
voted  in  favor  or  representation  by  the  United  Brother- 
hood of  Carpenters. 

After  six  years  they  are  still  without  a  contract;  after 
six  years  they  are  still  without  job  security;  after  six  years 
they  are  still  lacking  a  decent  rate  of  pay.  How  long 
should  an  American  citizen  have  to  wait  for  a  just  law  to 
be  enforced?  If  the  law  is  wrong,  if  it  is  weak  and-  in- 
effectual, if  it  is  subject  to  abuse  by  companies  such  as 
Croft  Metals  Company,  then  it  should  be  amended.  What 
is  at  stake  is  the  confidence  of  American  citizens  that  the 
process  of  law  in  this  country  is  just,  that  it  will  work  for 
all  people  and  not  just  the  wealthy  and  privileged. 


Frazier's  Testimony 

Continued  from  Page  3 

employees  until  June  20,  about  a  month  after  the  vote. 
We  began  to  negotiate  with  the  employer,  and  he  in- 
sisted on  meetings  about  one  month  apart.  We  had  these 
meetings  and  complained,  and  he  said  he  was  out  of 
town,  like  in  Tahiti,  on  vacation,  and  other  places.  In 
August,  1975,  the  plant  foreman  told  me  we  were  wasting 
our  time  and  would  never  get  a  contract.  We  agreed  in 
January,  1976,  to  a  one-year  contract.  But,  when  it  came 
to  putting  it  in  writing  the  employer  insisted  that  it  was 
only  a  three-month  contract,  due  to  expire  on  the  anni- 
versary date  of  our  certification. 

(At  this  point,  Mrs.  Frazier  described  in  her  own  words 
how  she  believed  the  employer  circulated  decertification 
petitions  atnong  employees.) 

(A  named  employee)  was  told  to  sign  the  statement. 
She  wanted  a  union  real  bad  but  was  afraid  of  her  job. 
She  signed  and  then  cried  and  cried  on  the  job  because 
of  her  conflict  and  finally  was  sent  to  a  mental  hospital 
with  a  nervous  breakdown.  She  called  me  and  told  me  if 
I  valued  myself  I  ought  to  quit  before  I  ended  up  like  her. 
(Two  other  employees)  who  were  on  the  bargaining 
committee  were  called  into  the  office  by  (a  representative 
of  the  employer).  This  was  during  negotiations.  They  were 
told  they  were  to  be  promoted  to  supervisory  positions. 
They  accepted  because  of  the  money  and  because  they 
were  the  sole  support  for  their  families.  They  knew, 
though,  if  they  took  the  positions  and  were  fired  they 
would  not  be  protected  by  the  law.  They  were  both  fired, 
this  month. 

The  decertifications  were  dismissed  by  the  NLRB  be- 
cause they  were  gotten  up  by  the  employer  and  were  false 
and  produced  by  threats.  So,  the  employer  simply  ignored 
the  NLRB  and  refused  to  meet  with  us  any  more.  Now  a 
year  has  gone  by,  the  NLRB  found  the  employer's  re- 
fusal to  meet  with  us  is  against  the  law;  but  the  employer 
ignored  the  NLRB  order  and  the  case  is  now  in  court. 

Martha  Clifton,  sitting  with  me,  suffered  a  suspension 
and  the  NLRB  filed  a  complaint.  But,  the  only  way  she 
got  compensated  for  her  suspension  was  through  nego- 
tiations, not  by  the  law  as  it  should  be.  My  fellow  em- 
ployees have  been  threatened,  some  fired,  one  suff'ered 
enough  to  end  of  mentally  ill.  We've  been  cheated,  and 
the  NLRB  has  yet  to  get  one  of  its  many  orders  enforced. 
We  are  out  on  a  limb,  and  the  employer  is  sawing  it  off. 
I  feel  more  should  be  done  to  protect  me  and  my  fellow 
employees  when  we  set  out,  as  we  have  done,  to  protect 
each  other  from  abuse  on  the  job. 


HENGTON       ROUNDUP 


AFL-CIO  REAFFIRMS  RETIREMENT  STAND — The  AFL-CIO  reiterated  its  opposition  to  any 
mandatory  retirement  rule  that  is  unilaterally  imposed  by  an  employer,  but 
defended  the  right  to  set  retirement  ages  through  collective  bargaining.  Social 
Security  Director  Bert  Seidman,  accompanied  by  Legislative  Rep.  Kenneth  Meikle- 
john,  presented  the  AFL-CIO's  position  at  Senate  hearings.  The  thrust  of  the 
federation's  testimony  was  that  lack  of  job  opportunities  in  the  economy,  rather 
than  mandatory  retirement,  is  the  chief  obstacle  to  jobs  for  older  workers. 

U.S.  TRADE  DEFICIT  SHOOTS  UP — Imports  of  foreign  goods  in  the  first  five  months  of 
1977  amounted  to  $59.6  billion  while  exports  amounted  to  |49.8  billion,  resulting 
in  a  U.S.  trade  deficit  of  $9.8  billion.  Commerce  Dept.  figures  show.  If  the  trade 
imbalance  pattern  continues  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  the  deficit  could 
total  $20  to  $25  billion  for  1977. 

ONLY  5%  IN  AMERICAN  VESSELS — Foreign-flag  vessels  now  carry  all  but  5%  of 
America's  foreign  trade  and  only  2%  of  the  nation's  dry  bulk  trade,  and  less  than 
4%  of  oil  imports  are  carried  on  ships  flying  the  American  flag.  Those  and  other 
startling  figures  about  the  state  of  the  American  merchant  marine  were  disclosed 
recently  by  Herb  Brand,  president  of  the  Transportation  Institute. 

NLRB  CASELOAD,  BACKLOG  HIGHER — The  National  Labor  Relations  Board  reported  its 
caseload  in  the  January-March  period  this  year  was  8.8%  heavier  than  in 
the  same  quarter  a  year  earlier.  Charges  of  unfair  labor  practices  against 
either  employers  or  labor  organizations  totaled  9,443,  up  from  8,683  in  the  same 
period  in  1976.  There  were  4,010  petitions  seeking  all  types  of  employee  elections 
compared  with  3,829  in  the  corresponding  period  a  year  earlier. 

BLS  TURNS  PLUMBER,  STOPS  "LEAK" — The  Labor  Department's  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics 
has  had  to  change  the  "release"  time  of  key  government  economic  statistics.  It 
seems  someone  may  have  been  "leaking"  the  information  in  advance  to  stock  market 
investors.  Those  who  got  the  information  ahead  of  time  had  an  unfair  advantage 
over  those  who  had  to  wait  for  the  official  "release." 

FOREIGN  FIRM  EXEMPTION — Employees  of  foreign  government -owned  corporations  doing 
business  in  the  United  States  have  been  brought  under  the  protection  of  federal 
labor  law  for  the  first  time  by  a  ruling  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board.  In 
a  unanimous  decision,  the  NLRB  reversed  its  10-year-old  policy  of  declining  to 
assert  jurisdiction  over  such  firms.  Employees  of  private  foreign  corporations 
operating  in  the  U.S.  already  were  covered  by  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act. 

EMPLOYERS  CAN  DENY  SABBATH  DAY  OFF — The  U.S.  Supreme  Court  has  ruled  that 
employers  don't  have  to  make  special  arrangements  for  employees  who  want  to 
observe  a  particular  day  of  the  week  as  their  Sabbath  if  it  would  mean  a  signifi- 
cant expense  to  the  employer  or  would  disrupt  seniority  rights.  If  giving  a  worker 
Saturday  off  would  mean  having  to  pay  overtime  to  another  worker,  the  majority 
said,  the  employer  can  refuse  to  go  along  with  the  rescheduling  request.  And 
while  one  employee  can  voluntarily  trade  days  with  another  who  wants  the  day  off, 
the  court  said,  the  seniority  list  cannot  be  modified  for  religious  reasons. 

HEALTH,  SAFETY  RECORDS  OPEN — The  Labor  Department  has  proposed  a  new  rule  that 
would  allow  most  workers  to  have  complete  and  immediate  access  to  the  job  health 
and  safety  records  kept  by  their  employers. 

At  present,  the  Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Act  logs  kept  by  employers  are 
available  for  scrutiny  only  once  a  year. 

The  new  plan,  announced  by  Labor  Secretary  Ray  Marshall  and  Dr.  Eula  Bingham, 
assistant  secretary  for  OSHA,  would  take  effect  in  1978.  The  plan  first  must  be 
made  subject  to  public  comment. 

SEPTEMBER,  1977  5 


United  Brotherhood  Prevails 

Diuers  Ulin 
PErmanent  Standards 

far 
Safety  and  Health 


A  diver  wearing  liard-liat  gear  goes  down 
to  do  some  repair  work  in  tlie  harbor  at 
Portland,  Ore. 


A  two-year  battle  to  make  commer- 
cial diving  safer  for  its  members  and 
for  all  workers  in  their  growing  indus- 
try ended  July  15  for  the  Brotherhood, 
when  the  Labor  Department  an- 
nounced a  permanent  standard  for  all 
commercial  diving  operations. 

The  new  standard,  which  replaces 
unenforced       emergency       temporary 


standards  established  last  year,  applies 
to  all  commercial  diving  operations 
conducted  in  connection  with  all  types 
of  work  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Ad- 
ministration— including  general  indus- 
try, construction,  ship  repairing,  ship- 
building, shipbreaking,  and  longshoring, 
with  certain  specified  exceptions.  The 


A  work  boat  approaches  an  oRshore  drilling  rig  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 


A  tender  checks  the  flow  of  sand  and 
debris  from  an  air  siphon,  as  his  diver 
works  below. 


scientific  and  academic  diving  com- 
munity has  sought  to  be  excluded  from 
the  standard.  They  were,  nevertheless, 
included  in  the  permanent  standard. 

General  President  William  Sidell  ex- 
pressed gratification  to  OSHA  for  its 
dihgent  efforts  to  establish  the  stand- 
ards, in  spite  of  strong  opposition  from 
some  factions  in  the  commercial  div- 
ing industry. 

"These  standards  are  long  overdue," 
Sidell  commented.  "The  dangers  fac- 
ing divers  in  offshore  oil  exploration, 
are  increasing,  as  the  oil  companies 
go  farther  out  on  the  continental  shelf. 
I  am  told  that  some  drilling  operations 
are  now  in  ocean  waters  deeper  than 
1,000  feet.  In  many  respects,  the  risk 
to  divers  are  greater  than  those  of  the 
astronauts  in  the  space  program." 

In  the  United  States  the  divers 
fatality  rate  has,  for  many  years,  been 
far  greater  than  the  next  highest  of  all 
occupational  rates.  Equally  as  grim  is 
the  diver  fatality  rate  in  the  North  Sea 
off  Great  Britain,  where  many  US  div- 
ing contractors  are  engaged  in  offshore 
operations  employing  US  divers. 

In  announcing  the  permanent  stand- 
ard. Dr.  Eula  Bingham,  Assistant  Sec- 
retary of  Labor  for  OSHA,  said,  "Div- 
ing is  inherently  hazardous,  but  with 
uniform  and  enforceable  standards, 
the  threat  of  serious  injury,  permanent 
disability  and  death  among  members 


Assistant  US  Labor  Secretary  Eula 
Bingham,  director  of  OSHA, 
stressed  in  a  recent  press  confer- 
ence that  safety  standards  cannot 
effectively  be  replaced  by  "eco- 
nomic incentives"  from  employers, 
if  commercial  divers  and  other 
workers  are  to  have  safe  and 
healthful  wokplaces.  "Diving,"  she 
pointed  out,  "is  inherently  hazard- 
ous." 


of  the  diving  community  will  be  less- 
ened." 

The  new  standard  will  take  effect  90 
days  after  its  publication  in  The  Fed- 
eral Register.  July  22.  During  this 
three-month  period  employers  are  ex- 
pected to  take  steps  to  place  their  div- 
ing operations  in  compliance.  An  addi- 
tional period  of  time  will  be  granted 
for  purchase  of  major  safety  hard- 
ware, including  decompression  cham- 
bers and  diving  bells. 

During  this  period,  the  Brother- 
hood's National  Diving  Committee 
will  be  analyzing  and  evaluating  the 
complex  regulations  and  will  make 
recommendations  to  OSHA  for  im- 
provements. 

The  General  President  called  partic- 
ular attention  to  the  procedure  estab- 
lished in  the  standard  for  certification 
of  medical  qualifications  for  divers. 

The  standard  provides  that,  if  an 
employer  attempts  to  remove  a  diver 
from  work  for  medical  reasons,  the 
diver  can  obtain  a  second  medical 
opinion.  If  the  company  physician  and 
the  diver's  physician  disagree,  the 
standard  entitles  the  diver  to  insist 
that  the  matter  be  resolved  by  submit- 
ting the  issue  to  a  third  physician  se- 
lected by  the  other  two.  This  provision 
is  new  to  Federal  regulations  in  gen- 
eral and  protects  workers  from  phony 
medical  opinions  from  company  doc- 
tors which  have  too  often  masked  anti- 
union motivations,  Sidell  noted. 

The  petition  for  the  standards  was 
filed  by  the  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America  in 
August,  1975.  An  informal  fact-find- 
ing hearing  was  convened  by  OSHA 
in  November,  1975.  On  June  15, 
1976,  an  Emergency  Temporary 
Standard  for  Diving  Operations  was 
issued.  Following  a  temporary  stay 
and  subsequent  withdrawal  of  the  ETS, 
a  permanent  standard  was  proposed 
and  a  notice  of  hearings  was  published 
in  the  Federal  Register  in  November. 
1976.  Hearings  were  held  jointly  with 
the  U.S.  Coast  Guard  in  New  Orleans 
and  Washington,  D.C.  in  December 
1976  and  January  1977. 

OSHA  coordinated  its  development 
of  the  diving  standard  with  the  U.S. 
Coast  Guard,  which  is  also  developing 
similar  standards  for  diving  operations 
within  its  jurisdiction. 


Copies  of  the  standard  may  be  ob- 
tained for  75(  each  on  a  firsl-comc.  first- 
served  basis  from:  Office  of  Federal 
Register,  National  Archives  aiid  Records 
Service.  Washingon.  D.C.  2040S.  Local 
unions  may  request  copies  free  of  charge 
from  the  General  Office  in   Washington. 


A  Brotherhood  member  rests  on  an  ice 
floe  in  the  Arctic  Ocean  near  the  oil  field 
at  Prudhoe  Bay,  Alaska. 


A  union  diver  gets  suited  up  by  his 
tender,  as  he  prepares  to  go  underwater 
in  a  salvage  operation. 


A  barge  has  turned  on  its  side  in  Port- 
land, Ore.,  harbor,  and  divers  must  go 
down  and  attach  lines  and  do  other 
hazardous  work. 


Topside  crews  stand  vigil,  as  Brother- 
hood divers  work  below  in  the  dark  and 
murky  waters  of  a  ship  channel. 


SEPTEMBER,    1977 


SECOND  '77  LEADERSHIP  CONFERENCE 

Fulltime  officers  and  representatives  at  Cherry  Hill,  New  Jersey 


. . .  and  fhree  to  go! 

A  series  of  five  regional  leadership  conferences  is  being  held  this  year 
by  the  Brotherhood  to  acquaint  fulltime  officers  and  representatives  with 
current  plans  and  problems. 

There  are  still  three  more  conferences  to  go: 

•  Districts  3  and  5  at  IVIinneapolis-St.  Paul,  Minn.,  August  17-19, 

•  Districts  7  and  8  at  Los  Angeles,  Calif.,  September  28-30, 

•  Districts  9  and  10  at  Ottawa,  Ont.,  October  18-20. 

Industrial  locals  are  encouraged  to  send  representatives  to  these  con- 
ferences. There  are  separate  training  and  discussion  sessions  for  construc- 
tion and  industrial  leaders,  in  addition  to  the  general  sessions,  and  General 
President  William  Sidell,  in  memoranda  to  local  unions  and  councils,  urges 
full  participation  on  these  crucial  1977  gatherings. 


The  second  in  a  series  of  five  re- 
gional leadership  conferences  was  held 
at  Cherry  Hill,  N.J.,  July  12,  13,  and 
14,  as  fulltime  officers  and  representa- 
tives from  Districts  1  and  2  assembled 
for  intensive  leadership  training  and 
updating  on  Brotherhood  plans  and 
problems. 

A  total  of  347  registered  for  the 
three-day  program,  as  General  Presi- 
dent William  Sidell  introduced  a  full 
agenda  of  speeches  and  discussions  on 
organizing,  administration,  jurisdic- 
tion, labor  law,  and  other  subjects  of 
special  concern. 

Districts  1  and  2  General  Executive 
Board  Members  John  Rogers  and 
Raleigh  Rajoppi  coordinated  the  work 
of  this  second  conference  in  the  series. 


THE    CARPENTER 


Among  the  speakers  at  Cherry  Hill,  N.J.,  from  top  left:  First 
General  Vice  President  William  Konyha,  Second  General  Vice 
President  Pat  Campbell,  General  Treasurer  Charles  Nichols, 
and  GEB  Member  Raleigh  Rajoppi;  second  row,  GEB  Member 
John  Rogers,  Assistants  to  the  General  President  Richard  Cox 
and  Jimmy  Jones,  Research  Director  Nicholas  Loope;  third 
row,  Organizing  Director  Jim  Parker,  Assistant  General 
Counsel  Bob  Pleasure,  and  Assistant  to  the  General  President 
Don  Danielson.  In  the  picture  below,  General  President  Sidell 
speaks  to  the  conference.  At  lower  right,  views  of  some  of  the 
participants  at  the  three-day  gathering. 


SEPTEMBER,    1977 


//  you're 

going 

mobile. 


Elaborate  recreational 
vehicles  are  nothing  new. 
These  motor  campers 
tooli  all  the  comforts  of 
home  to  back  roads  in 
the  early  1920s.  Their 
"bungalow  car"  was  fitted 
with  electric  lights,  indoor 
plumbing,  and  a  combina- 
tion bed-sitting  room. 
Even  the  driver's  seat 
could  be  converted  into 
an  upper  and  lower  berth. 


Only  The  Imagination  Limited  Early  Homes  on  Wheels 


liuy  a 

Brotlierliood' 
built 
vehicle! 


The  "bungalow  car"  of 
the  Twenties  was  a 
primitive  facsimile  of 
today's  mobile  home. 
The  1977  edition  by 
Bendix  Home  Systems, 
Inc.,  shown  at  left,  comes 
complete  with  indoor 
plumbing,  gas  heating, 
house-size  windows, 
exterior  shutters,  smoke 
detectors,  and,  if  you  do 
it  yourself,  a  rqse  garden. 


Americans  once  conquered  the 
wide  open  spaces  with  the  live-in 
prairie  schooner.  Today,  they're  re- 
discovering the  land  in  its  successor — 
the  recreational  vehicle. 


The  hardy  pioneers  who  jounced, 
bounced,  and  careened  their  way  west 
would  be  amazed  by  the  comforts 
available  in  modern  covered  wagons. 
Recreational   vehicles   offer   an    array 


Union-Made 

Mobile  Homes  Are 

Built  By   .   .   . 

Local   unions 

and  district   councils  of 

the    United  Brother- 

hood  of  Carpent 

ers 

and  Joiners  have  contracts  with  the  mobile 

home  builders  listed  below,  according  to  our  latest  records. 

Firm  Name 

Location 

LU/D.C. 

Boise  Cascade 

Ft.  Payne,  Ala. 

LU  2429;  Tri  State  D.C. 

ATCO  Structures  Inc. 

Anchorage,  Alaska 

LU  128] 

American  Home  Industries  Corp 

.  Bakersfield,  Calif. 

LU743 

Dual  Wide  Homes 

Camarillo,  Calif. 

Ventura  Co  D.C. 

Bendix  Home  Systems 

Colton,   Calif. 

LU  530;  LA  County  D.C. 

Bendix  Home  Systems 

Santa  Fe  Springs,  Calif. 

LU  530;  LA  County  D.C. 

Bendix  Home  Systems 

Woodlands,  Calif. 

LU  1618;  Sacramento  D.C. 

Bendix  Home  Systems 

Bourbon,  Indiana 

LU2650 

National  Mobile  Homes 

Anna,  Illinois 

LU2010 

Bendix  Home  Systems  Inc. 

Worthington,  Minn. 

LU2434 

Bendix  Home  Systems  Inc. 

Brookhaven,  Miss. 

LU2085;SCIW 

DeRose  Industries 

Chambersburg,  Pa. 

Western  PA  D.C. 

ConChemCo 

Wichita  Falls,  Tex. 

LU  2572 

National  Mobile  Homes 

Austin,  Tex. 

LU  1751 

Marshfield  Homes  Div 

Marshfield,  Wise. 

LU2855 

Bendix  Home  Systems 

Penticton,  B.C. 

LU25n 

Pyramid  Mobile  Homes 

Fredericton,  New  Bruns. 

LU  2097 

Bendix  Home  Systems  Ltd 

Hensall,  Ontario 

LU  3054;  Western  Ontario  D.C. 

Pyramid  Mobile  Homes  Ltd 

Windsor,  Ontario 

LU  802;  Western  Ontario  D.C. 

Bendix  Home  Systems  Ltd 

Amherst,  Nova  Scotia 

LU2215 

Bendix  Home  Systems  Ltd 

St.  Jerome,  Quebec 

LU2587 

of  luxuries  ranging  from  air  condi- 
tioning and  wall-to-wall  carpeting  to 
freezers  and  open  fireplaces. 

Prices  range  from  about  $800  for 
a  small  canvas-sided  trailer  to  $40,000 
for  large  deluxe  motor  homes.  Cost 
is  no  deterrent.  At  last  count,  the 
Recreational  Vehicle  Industry  Asso- 
citation  estimated  that  6,000,000  units 
regularly  hit  the  road  in  the  United 
States,   1,000,000  in  Canada. 

The  camping  motorist  was  a  fixture 
on  America's  byway's  and  highways 
long  before  the  current  camping  and 
traveling  craze  began  after  World 
War  II,  the  National  Geographic  So- 
ciety says. 

As  early  as  1905,  drivers  were  tak- 
ing to  the  woods  with  big  steamer 
trunks  fastened  to  the  backs  of  their 
cars,  large  umbrellas  fixed  over  the 
drivers'  seats. 

A  few  cars  were  equipped  with 
ovens.  This  optional  extra  consisted 
of  an  asbestos-lined  metal  box  with 
the  exhaust  manifold  passing  through 
it.  Potatoes  baked  in  the  box  while 
the  driver  chugged  along  enjoying  the 
scenery. 

By  1920  more  than  a  million  mo- 
torists were  going  camping,  and  300 
cities  welcomed  them  with  municipal 


10 


THE   CARPENTER 


campsites.  Unwelcome  were  "Tin  Can  Tourists,"  an  asso- 
ciation of  free  spirits  who  attempted  to  travel  without 
money.  Their  symbol  was  a  tin  can  tied  to  the  radiator 
cap. 

Mass  production  of  the  Model  T  in  the  1920's  spawned 
a  new  breed  of  contraptions  called  "homes  on  wheels." 
The  only  limitation  to  these  zany  do-it-yourself  projects 
was  the  owner's  imagination. 

Some  models  boosted  chrome  fittings,  stained  glass 
windows,  and  tassled  curtains.  Others  had  bunks,  sinks, 
screen  doors,  and  a  swivel  seat  for  the  driver. 

A  model  T  truck  converted  by  two  Michigan  boys  fea- 
tured running  water,  a  sink,  and  a  built-in  bookcase 
complete  with  Atwater-Kent  radio  and  spring-powered 
phonograph. 

Recalls  a  veteran  motor  camping  enthusiast:  "We  had 
electric  lights,  too,  which  we  plugged  into  city  current 
when  we  could  find  a  hookup.  There  just  weren't  too 
many  places  like  that  though,  and  we  had  to  run  off  the 
battery  most  of  the  time.  In  camp,  we  used  a  Cadillac 
generator  hooked  up  to  a  gas  motor  from  a  washing 
machine  for  charging  the  extra  battery." 

Completing  the  cycle,  many  young  people  today  are 
creating  their  own  recreational  vehicles  from  delivery 
trucks,  vans,  and  old  school  buses. 

One  young  owner  of  a  customized  truck  even  warms  it 
with  the  heating  system  from  the  good  old  days — a  pot- 
bellied stove. 


A  mobile  home  in 
traditional  styling 
by  National 
Homes,  put  in 
place  on  a  block 
foundation. 


I  i ; 


The  kitchen  area 
of  a  Governor 
Home  by 
Conchemco,  Inc., 
assembled  by  UBC 
members. 


A  mother  and 
children  enjoy  (he 
living  room  of  a 
Itcndix  Systems 
mobile  home. 


The  manager  of  the  Peter  McGuire  Memorial  site,  cen- 
ter, turns  over  to  General  President  Sidell  the  deed  to 
the  additional  land  purchased  by  the  s|iecial  committee. 
Witnessing  the  event  were,  from  left:  Philadelphia  Dis- 
trict Council  Secretary  Bob  Gray,  Western  Pennsylvania 
District  Council  Secretary  Bob  Argentine,  South  Jersey 
District  Council  Business  Representative  Tom  Ober,  Gen- 
eral Executive  Board  Member  Raleigh  Rajoppi,  New 
Jersey  State  Council  Secretary  Bill  Devins,  and  General 
Representative  Ray  Ginetti. 

Brotherhood  Acquires 
Additional  Land  at 
Peter  McGuire  Memorial 


A  memorial  to  the  memory  of  Peter  J.  McGuire, 
founder  and  the  first  secretary  of  the  Brotherhood,  was 
unveiled  in  1952  near  the  site  of  his  grave  at  Merchants- 
ville,  N.J.  It  took  place  on  the  100th  anniversary  of 
McGuire's  birth,  the  ceremonies  were  attended  by  a 
throng  of  labor  and  public  officials. 

Each  year,  in  the  quarter  of  a  century  which  has 
elapsed,  thousands  more  have  come  on  the  first  Monday 
of  each  September  to  pay  homage  to  the  man  generally 
recognized  as  being  "The  Father  of  Labor  Day." 

A  group  of  Brotherhood  leaders  from  the  Pennsyl- 
vania and  New  Jersey  area  noted  that  the  Labor  Day 
gathering  was  growing  larger  each  year  and  that  specta- 
tors, of  necessity,  stood  on  land  set  aside  as  grave  sites. 
Local  unions  and  state  and  district  councils  of  New 
Jersey  and  Pennsylvania  decided  to  launch  a  fund-rasing 
drive  among  their  fellow  trade  unionists  to  acquire  a 
strip  of  land  adjoining  the  memorial  and  thus  expand  the 
site  as  a  permanent  memorial. 

The  land  was  eventually  purchased,  and  in  July,  during 
the  Second  1977  Leadership  Conference  at  nearby  Cherry 
Hill,  the  deed  to  the  additional  property  was  turned 
over  to  the  Brotherhood.  Surplus  funds  which  were  col- 
lected have  been  turned  over  to  the  General  Office  for 
upkeep  of  the  memorial  site. 


The  group  participating  in  the  deed  transfer  pauses  at 
the  grave  of  Peter  McGuire  and  members  of  his  family, 
which  is  approximately  100  feet  from  the  memorial.  The 
Brotherhood  emblem  appears  above  the  phrase  "also 
the  Father  of  Labor  Day." 


SEPTEMBER,    1977 


ANADIAN 


The  opening  session  of  the  Canadian  Building  Trades  Convention  in  Ottawa,  July 
13,  with  many  delegates  from  the  Brotherhood  in  attendance.  General  Executive 
Board  Member  from  the  9th  District  William  Stefanovitch  can  be  seen,  third  from 
right,  foreground. 


First  Canadian  Building  Trades  Meet 
Sets  Stage  for  Joint  Growth  Effort 


Some  form  of  national  structure 
for  the  Canadian  building  and  con- 
struction trades  seems  certain,  but 
exactly  what  shape  it  will  take  has 
yet  to  be  decided. 

That  was  the  major  development 
coming  out  of  an  AFL-CIO  Building 
and  Construction  Trades  Department 
conference  held  in  Ottawa  in  mid-July. 

Some  300  delegates  from  17  unions 
and  provincial  and  local  trades  coun- 
cils received  assurances  from  President 
Bob  Georgine  that  a  solution  would 
be  worked  out  which  would  allow 
building  and  construction  workers  to 
have  a  national  voice. 

Canadian  workers  want  a  national 
co-ordinating  council  that  would  lobby 
the  federal  government  in  the  interests 
of  Canadian  workers.  The  Canadian 
Construction  Association,  known  for 
union-busting,  already  lobbies  on  be- 
half of  employers.  The  workers  want  a 
body   that   can   counter   its   influence 


and  get  their  side  of  the  story  across. 

The  international  constitution  cur- 
rently provides  for  provincial  and  state 
building  trades  councils  but  make  no 
provision  for  national  bodies.  Cana- 
dian international  reps  currently  sit  on 
an  international  union  advisory  board, 
but  the  Canadian  unions  and  councils 
have  been  pushing  for  something  more. 

A  series  of  union  meetings  had  been 
held  prior  to  the  conference  to  draft  a 
structure  and  constitution  for  the  pro- 
posed Canadian  body. 

The  building  and  construction  trades 
are  among  the  oldest  unions  in  North 
America.  The  craft  unions  were 
formed  during  the  same  period  as 
printers  were  first  struggling  to  un- 
ionize. 

Building  Trades  President  Bob 
Georgine  called  the  meeting  highly 
successful  in  dealing  with  common 
problems  of  controls,  inflation,  and 
unemployment. 


In  May  the  unemployment  rate  in 
Canada  was  7.9%,  while  the  US  un- 
employment rate  for  the  same  month 
was  6.9%,  the  lowest  in  30  months. 
The  higher  Canadian  rate  was  almost 
to  the  US  peak  rate,  last  November, 
of  8%. 

Georgine  told  delegates  to  the  meet- 
ing that  jobs  must  be  the  top  priority 
of  every  Building  Trades  union,  and 
he  called  for  legislative  action  in  Ot- 
tawa and  in  Washington,  D.C.,  to  en- 
courage construction. 

In  the  early  months  of  1977  about 
one  out  of  every  10  unemployed  work- 
ers in  Canada  was  a  building  trades- 
man. Although  the  number  of  con- 
struction tradesmen  "on  the  job" 
reached  a  peak  of  742,000  last  year, 
the  number  of  construction  workers 
unable  to  find  steady  work  also  in- 
creased. 


Munro:  Decontrol, 
Then  Bureaucrats 

There  are  compelling  reasons  why 
Federal  controls  on  wages  and  prices 
should  be  discontinued  sooner  than 
the  target  date  of  December  31,  1978, 
Minister  of  Labor  John  Munro  told 
delegates  to  the  recent  Building  Trades 
gathering  in  Ottawa. 

But  he  predicted  that  controls  will 
be  replaced  by  agencies  and  organiza- 
tions which  will 
monitor  economic 
developments  and 
encourage  re- 
straints. 

"The  proposals 
for  a  multipartite 
forum,  and  for  tri- 
partite bodies  in- 
cluding the  collec- 
tive bargaining  in- 
formation center,  the  national  safety 
and  health  institute  and  the  quality  of 
working  life  center,  are  now  matters 
of  public  discussion  and  debate.  I  hope 
that  the  Canadian  section  of  the  Build- 
ing Trades  Department  will  join  in  this 
discussion  and  give  me  the  benefit  of 
its  experience  and  advice." 

The  proposed  multipartite  forum 
would  be  composed  not  only  of  busi- 
ness and  labor  representatives  but  of 
"farmers,  fishermen,  co-operatives, 
consumers,  and  possibly  others," 
Munro  indicated.  The  tripartite  group, 
however,  would  consist  of  labor,  man- 
agement, and  government  representa- 
tives. TTie  Canadian  Labor  Congress 
has  already  rejected  participation  in 
the  multinartite  forum,  but  it  left  open 


Munro 


12 


THE   CARPENTER 


the  possibility  of  participation  in  the 
latter  group. 

Munro  was  optimistic  about  the 
possibility  of  labor  and  management 
working  together  without  controls  for 
economic  stabilization. 

"Indeed,  we  have  had  more  consul- 
tative meetings  in  the  past  year  than 
any  recent  year  in  my  memory,"  he 
said. 

He  cautioned  the  construction  in- 
dustry against  "losing  touch  with  real- 
ity": "I  think  there  is  a  tendency  to 
consider  that  any  expense  that  could 
be  passed  along  was  really  not  an 
expense  at  all.  It's  quite  possible  that 
construction  costs — including  un- 
earned profits  in  land  speculation,  and 
contract  bids  and  collective  agree- 
ments that  are  aimed  at  getting  the  job 
done  regardless  of  the  expense — indi- 
cate that  sometimes  we  lose  touch  with 
reality." 

Labor  Will  Aid 
NDP  Effort 

Organized  labor  has  commited  itself 
to  more  than  words  in  support  of  the 
New  Democratic  Party,  according  to 
Canadian  Labor  Congress  leader. 

CLC  Executive  Vice-President  Jul- 


NDP  leader  Ed  Broadbent  drew  ap- 
plause at  his  party's  recent  convention 
when  he  declared  that  the  NDP  has 
become  "Canada's  real  opposition  party." 

ien  Major,  addressing  the  ninth  federal 
convention  of  the  NDP  at  Winnipeg, 
announced  the  CLC  has  organized  a 
special  subcommittee  of  its  political 
education  committee  to  work  with  the 
NDP  in  the  next  federal  election,  ex- 
pected this  fall  or  next  spring. 

"The  CLC  has  dedicated  itself  to 
building  a  social  democratic  Canada," 
Major  told  1,000  assembled  delegates 
and  observers  on  the  opening  day  of 
the  convention. 

"Though    we    have    not   completely 


changed  the  capitalist  system,  we  have 
both  accomplished  major  modifications 
for  the  benefit  of  the  working  people 
and  their  families." 

Admitting  that  "like  any  family," 
the  NDP  and  labor  disagree  occasion- 
ally, Major  emphasized  "what  unites 
us  if  far  more  important." 

To  loud  applause  from  the  delegates, 
Major  agreed  with  a  motion  from  the 
Manitoba  Federation  of  Labor  com- 
mending the  federal  NDP  for  its  op- 
position to  controls. 

"Over  the  past  year  and  a  half,  we 
have  had  many  occasions  to  remind 
our  members  about  which  party  sup- 
ported the  stand  of  the  trade  unions 
on  the  wage  control  legislation,"  he 
said. 

To  another  round  of  applause. 
Major  commended  party  leader  Ed 
Broadbent  and  the  federal  caucus  for 
continuing  "the  past  tradition  of  the 
CCF  and  NDP  in  fighting  for  the 
working  people  of  Canada." 

Major  warned  that  pronouncements 
on  national  unity  from  the  likes  of 
Earle  McLaughlin,  "the  man  who  did 
not  know  of  a  woman  capable  of  sit- 
ting on  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Royal  Bank."  could  be  designed  to 
"take  our  minds  off'  facts  like  8% 
unemployment  and  900,000  unem- 
ployed." 


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SEPTEMBER,    1977 


13 


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Newa 


One  Year  of  Merger  for  Three  Locals 


In  September,  1976,  California  Local  Unions  194,  1158,  and  1473  joined  forces 
to  become  expanded  Local  194  of  Oakland,  Calif.  As  the  combined  organization 
begins  its  second  year,  here  are  its  new  ofiicers: 

Seated,  George  Krause,  trustee;  Don  Simmons,  warden;  Lew  Tormey,  treasurer; 
Roger  Loesch,  president;  and,  Peter  Schantz,  financial  secretary.  Standing,  Lloyd 
Bredenhoft,  trustee;  Roy  VanHorn,  trustee,  Tony  Master,  vice-president;  Chris  Clark, 
conductor;  Joseph  Grigsby,  recording  secretary,  and  At  Fellman,  former  financial 
secretary. 


Locals  Win  Pacts  With  Copper  Firms 


Early  in  July,  two  of  the  nation's  big- 
gest copper  producers — Kennecott  Cop- 
per Corp.  and  Magma  Copper  Co. — 
reached  agreement  with  Brotherhood 
locals  which  coordinated  their  bargaining 
with  other  unions  representing  approxi- 
mately 15,000  workers. 

But  30,000  copper  workers  remained 
on  strike  at  mines  smelters,  and  refineries 
of  six  other  major  companies. 


Steelworkers  represent  4  out  of  5  of 
the  workers  involved,  but  a  total  of  23 
unions  coordinate  their  bargaining 
through  a  National  Nonferrous  Industry 
Conference. 

Both  the  Kennecott  and  Magma  settle- 
ments were  unanimously  approved.  The 
two  pacts  continued  both  the  uncapped 
cost-of-living  escalator  and  full  employer 
payment  of  health  benefits. 


The  French  Have 
A  Word  for  It 

In  Lyons,  France,  dozens  of  con- 
struction contractors  received  letters 
offering  for  sale  membership  cards  in 
various  building  trades  unions.  The 
idea  was  that  employers  could  give 
the  counterfeit  cards  to  illegal  immi- 
grant workers  and  thus  escape  union 
reprisals. 

But  the  unions  got  hold  of  one  of 
the  typewritten  letters  to  employers 
and  quickly  figured  out  where  the 
counterfeits  were  coming  from.  The 
letters  were  written  in  impeccable 
French  but  they  all  contained  a  glaring 
blunder.  Each  sentence  that  was  writ- 
ten as  a  question  carried  the  question 
mark — in  Spanish-style  punctuation — 
at  the  beginning  of  the  sentence. 

The  French  unions  quickly  notified 
Spanish  postal  authorities  who  inter- 
cepted more  of  the  letters  and  caught 
the  offender.  The  counterfeiter  turned 
out  to  be  a  printer  in  a  small  Spanish 
border  town  who  had  spent  time  in 
jail  for  counterfeiting  currency.  It  also 
turned  out,  needless  to  say,  that  he 
was  a  non-union  printer.  (PAI) 


-?»S  CARPENTER^ 


Brotherhood  Members  Protest  Seabrook  Protests  At  New  Hampshire  Capital 


Carpenters  Local  625  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  was  in  the 
forefront  of  more  than  50  trade  unions  which  marched  June 
26  in  the  New  Hampshire  capital  to  oppose  the  anti-nuclear 
protesters  who  have  hSld  up  the  construction  of  the  Seabrook 
atomic  power  plant  for  more  than  four  years.  Wearing  hard- 
hats  and  shouting  "nuke.  .  .nuke.  .  .nuke",  the  3,000  sign- 
carrying  trade  unionists  held  a  rally  at  the  JFK  Colliseum, 
where  they  told  President  Jimmy  Carter  and  the  nation  that 
they  want  nuclear  power  and  they  want  jobs. 

Union  representatives  came  from  18  states,  including 
Alaska,  for  the  big  parade  and  rally. 

Heading  up  the  Manchester  contingent  was  Local  625  Busi- 
ness Representative  Louis-Israel  Martel,  second  from  left  in 
the  picture.  Shown  with  him  are,  from  left:  Cyrenus  Couture, 
Local  President  Alphee-O.  Lavallee,  Trustee  Louis-Maurice-S. 
Martel,  Vice  President  Fred  Ebol,  and  Maurice  Camire. 
Manchester,  N.H.,  Union  Leader  photo. 


14 


THE   CARPENTER 


Croft  Metals  Strikers  Ask  Support 
In  Six- Year  Effort  to  Bargain 

t  rrnft  Meta  s  boycott 
support  of  Crott  /v\eTa  ^^^^^„. 

.lenters  District  Council 
?1ci:ds  in  boycon  end  strjjte 
^•igainst  Croft  Af5eta!s,  Snc. 


■  ,1"'  Cai-perners  District  Council 
pof  Greater  SLUuis.AFL-CIO  has 

'  p""',^''  l*"'."  '"''  ""«  "=  2  United 
Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  Ucal 
L  nion  in  Mississippi  to  assist  in  it's 
sirilte  and  txjycott  of  Croft  Metals 

\  Inc  ' 

Pr.^fS^""^'^,   '^^    2280    struck 

/  Croft  Metals  last  January  after  six 

f  years  of  legal  action  against  the 

company  failed   to  induce  " 


dows.  shower  stalls  and  doors  and 
0  her  extruded  {pressed  outi 
aluminum    home    building    pro- 

Following  the  certification  of 
Local  2280  as  the  representative  of 
us  employees  in  1971,  the  company 
intensified  a  program  of  harass- 
ment against  workers  which  has 
ed  to  findings  by  boili  the  National 


'     ^"'"paiijr    idiiea    to    induce    it    tn         r -i -%   ,--07 -j  •"«.  un,  iiatiunni 

Two  news  clippings  from  the  labor  press  tell  part  of  the  story 


Labor-wide  support  for  strikers  at  two 
Croft  Metals  plants  in  Mississippi  is 
growing,  as  General  President  William 
Sidell  and  the  General  Executive  Board 
authorized  in  June  a  solicitation  for  fi- 
nancial aid  by  the  Southern  Council  of 
Industrial  Workers. 

A  letter  was  sent  to  all  local  unions 
by  the  SCIW,  explaining  the  strike  and 
the  nationwide  boycott  by  the  AFL-CIO 
of  Croft  Metals  products  and  asking  for 
financial  donations  for  the  hard-pressed 
strikers. 


Th;  Brotherhood  members  at  McComb 
and  Magnolia,  Miss.;  went  on  strike  in 
January,  after  years  of  fruitless  efforts 
to  obtain  a  contract.  A  National  1-abor 
Relations  Board  election  was  won  in 
1971,  but  management  has  refused  to 
bargain.  Recently,  the  NLRB  went  into 
court  to  seek  a  contempt  citation  against 
Croft  Metals  management.  Though  funds 
for  the  strikers  are  running  low.  Local 
22S0  members  on  the  picket  lines  are 
determined  to  win  a  contract  and  fair 
working  conditions. 


More  about  Whatzit 


Hiz'lfii  iDChes:  a  nnodel  press. 


No.  59160  DalHy 
Frlntinu      Presn. 

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No.   69IGI      The 

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oultil      with      inK, 

lypi;.     cards,    i-tc. : 

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Price,  cacb »I.«0 


Dry  Medical  Battery. 

No,  59163  A  perfect 
workint;  nioilfl  of  a 
rtJKDlar  I'lfrtric  l>attery. 

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powiT  l.y  pullhii;  out  tliu  ||H|f I'  sSif-'v-:-'    '  .' 

ryll|"JV;...'"s  I"",  only  .0||3;      'J    'I    '•.>7 

Remember  that  object  found  in  a  Los 
Angeles  antique  shop  which  a  member 
asked  us  to  identify?  We  had  items  about 
it  in  our  May  and  July  issues.  Our  read- 
ers were  about  evenly  divided  some  say- 
ing it  was  a  clamp  to  hold  hand  saws 
for  filing  and  others  contending  that 
it's  what's  left  of  a  child's  printing  press. 

Judging  from  the  illustration  shown 
above  from  a  1901  Scars  Roebuck  cata- 
log, sent  to  us  by  James  Borland,  Local 
188,  Yonkers,  N.Y.,  we're  inclined  to 
believe  the  latter. 

SEPTEIVIBER,    1977 


Construction 
Contracts  Up  41% 

There  was  a  41%  increase  in  the  total 
value  of  construction  contracts  awarded 
in  June,  with  continued  strength  in  con- 
tracting for  building  of  electric  power 
plants  and  residential  housing.  The  F.  W. 
Dodge  Division  of  McGaw-Hill,  Inc., 
said  June  awards  rose  to  $15.42  billion 
from  $10.9  billion  in  June  1976. 

Contracting  for  non-building  construc- 
tion increased  62%  in  June,  up  to  $6.41 
billion  from  $3.96  billion  in  June  a  year 
ago.  About  two-thirds  of  the  June  in- 
creases were  for  contracts  awarded  for 
power  plant  construction  in  Tennessee. 
Arizona  and  southern  California.  Con- 
tracts for  roads,  sewers  and  other  public 
works  declined. 

Residential  building  contracts  went  up 
43%  in  June  to  $5.95  billion  from  $4.17 
billion  a  year  ago.  Apartment  building 
contracts  gained   50%   in  June. 

George  A.  Christie.  Dodge's  chief 
economist,  said  the  potential  for  further 
gains  in  residential  construction  is  in 
apartment  buildings.  He  said  the  increase 
in  single-family  home  building  "has 
pretty  much  reached  its  upper  limits." 


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The  1977  graduates,  instructors,  and  JATC  leaders  in  Washington,  D.C. 


91  Graduates  in  D.C.  11  Apprentice  Class 


The  Joint  Carpentry  Apprenticeship 
Committee  of  Washington,  D.C,  and 
Vicinity  presented  journeymen  certificates 
to  91  graduating  apprentices  on  June  4. 
They  are  shown  in  the  picture  above 
(but  not  in  left-to-right  order)  with  labor 
and  management  members  of  the  JATC. 

CARPENTRY— Douglas  A.  Allen, 
Dwight  O.  Apperson,  Jr.,  Dale  D.  Ban- 
non,  William  A.  Bennett.  Charles  D. 
Blakeley,  Michael  E.  Boerckel,  Alfred  T. 
Boyd,  David  S.  Brandt,  Thomas  W.  Buck- 
ler, Joseph  L.  Carlisle.  Steven  D.  Carter, 
James  M.  Clarkin,  Charles  Claybrooks, 
Richard  C.  Condon,  Allen  L.  Craft.  Jack 
E.  Davis,  Robert  W.  Denhoff.  Harley  M. 
Elliott,  Jr.,  Murray  S.  Faber,  William  H. 
Ferguson,  Stephen  L,  Forrester,  Carroll 
W.  Georgius,  David  R.  Gibson,  Plasye 
Glass,  Philip  E.  Grauel,  Charles  S.  God- 
love,  Ramon  S.  Hart,  Jr.,  Stephen  Hatha- 
way, Thomas  R.  Head,  Robert  S.  Hendry, 
Dan  A.  Hilgeman,  Theron  V.  Hillis,  Jr., 
James  T.  Hiner,  Elizabeth  M.  Howard, 
Mark  R.  Humphrey,  Allan  H.  Josselyn, 
George  Kemp,  Donald  T.  Kruse,  Carlton 
E.  Lane,  Michael  E.  McCampbell,  Ray 
W.  McGaha,  Patrick  F.  McGinley,  Ernest 


Mitchell,  Joseph  R.  Mitchem,  Terrence 
L.  Moore,  Larry  J.  Morrison,  Henry  N. 
Moy,  William  Naramore,  Jr.,  Lawrence 
R.  Nethers,  Michael' E.  Oehmig,  Larry 
S.  O'Quinn,  Robert  V.  Osborne,  James 
D.  Parton,  William  K.  Piddington,  Wil- 
liam C.  Posey,  Steven  K.  Pyuen,  Robert 
L.  Reher.  Charles  H.  Rogers,  Robert  W. 
Schelhorn,  Jeffrey  Schlueter,  Kiernan  J. 
Seth,  Edward  E.  Shaw,  Clifton  E.  Shriner, 
Dale  N.  Smith,  Mark  R.  Sollinger.  John 
D.  Stephens,  Michael  E.  Sumy,  Walter 
Terlecky,  James  A.  Thomas,  Frank 
Thompson,  Thomas  N.  TuUy,  Dennis  M. 
Verbeek,  Philip  R.  Washington,  Chester 
L.  Whitcher,  Richard  D.  Williams,  Tan- 
nis  G.  Williams,  George  S.  Wolford.  Ed- 
mund P.  Zaionczkowski,  Robert  B. 
Zengel. 

MILL-CABINET— Harry  W.  Hean, 
John  F.  Lee,  Edward  J.  Owens,  and 
Gregory  Watson. 

MILLWRIGHT— Jerry  D.  Lankford, 
Robert  S.  Ross,  Joe  B.  Weaver  and  Frank 
Zurek. 

PILEDRIVER— William  R.  Crandalk 
Edward  F.  Douglas,  George  M.  Stine 
and  Travis  R.  Talbott. 


NEW  DC  AWARDS— The  carved 
statues  above  are  replicas  of  the  awards 
presented  annually  to  first  place  winners 
in  the  International  Apprenticeship  Con- 
test. Thess  close  facsimiles  were  created 
by  Andrew  Biimbera,  right,  a  wood- 
sculptor  member  of  Local  1694,  as  a 
permanent  means  of  displaying  the  names 
of  all  past  and  future  international  con- 
test winners  from  Washington,  D.C.  and 
viciinity.  Bumbera  shows  Anthony  J. 
Giaquinta  JAC  school  director,  where 
the  replicas  will  display  the  names  on 
brass  plates.  The  carved  figures  will  be 
displayed  at  the  DC  training  center  near 
Upper  Marlboro,  Md. 


16 


THE    CARPENTER 


Local  81   Honors  Trainees  At  Banquet 


Carpenters  Local  81,  Erie,  Pa.,  recently  held  a  banquet  to  honor  its  graduating 
apprentices  and  those  members  of  the  local  union  who  completed  classes  in  welding 
and  blueprint  reading. 

In  the  picture  above,  the  graduating  apprentices  include:  Front  row,  left  to  right: 
David  McLeod,  Gerald  Martin,  educational  coordinator;  William  V.  Unitas,  appren- 
tice coordinator;  D.  "Digger"  Praege;  Maurice  Gilmore  II;  Louis  Zatkiewicz.  In  the 
rear,  left  to  right:  C.  Mark  Kolaja;  Daniel  Fiedler,  U.S.  Dept.  of  Labor,  apprentice- 
ship training;  Jack  Whitby,  instructor;  Ted  Gorny,  director  of  vocation,  Erie  School 
District;  Thomas  Sheridan.  Absent  when  photo  was  taken  were,  Ernie  Dean, 
Frederick  Thompson,  Gerald  Biebel. 

In  the  picture  below  are  welders  awarded  certificates,  as  follows:  Front  row,  left 
to  right:  Instructor  John  Donatucci;  William  Rose,  David  Lindsley;  Norbert  Lechner; 
Daniel  Edmonds;  Robert  Miller;  Charles  Rea,  Director  of  Vocation  and  Thomas 
Sheridan.  In  the  rear,  left  to  right:  Henry  Abbott;  Donald  Stolz;  Ronald  Lindy; 
David  McLoed;  Philip  Zaczyk;  James  Rzomp;  David  Bertges;  Floyd  Scott,  and  In- 
structor Lynn  T.  Urban. 

Absent  when  photo  was  taken  were:  Vincent  Panetta,  Leon  Brown,  John  Sabylak, 
Don  Mclntyre;  Joe  Warner;  Steve  Mead,  John  Whipple,  Walter  Gray,  Ted  Radom- 
ski. 

Members  attending  blue  print  classes  were  John  Abbatte,  Terrance  Dennis  and 
William  Schaaf. 

In  attendance  were  Apprenticeship  Committee  members:  Benjamin  Lombardozzi, 
Nick  Lipchik,  Dennis  Schick,  William  Kochis,  C.  Ted  Dombrowski. 


USDL  Award 

Joseph  J.  D'Arics,  director  of  the  New 
Jersey  Carpenters  Apprentice  Training 
and  Educational  Fund,  w:ls  recently 
awarded  a  Certificate  of  Meritorious 
Service  by  the  US  Secretary  of  Labor 
in  recognition  of  his  work  for  the  Na- 
tional Apprenticeship  Program.  He  is 
shown,  center,  above,  with  Frank  King, 
New  Jersey  State  Director  of  the  US 
Bureau  of  Apprenticeship  and  Training, 
and  Neil  Bishop,  area  representative  of 
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.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


HOMETOWN    PAGEANT  SAVED 

The  City  of  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  is  proud  of  its  annual  outdoor  pageant,  "The 
Cross  and  the  Sword,"  which  depicts  for  thousands  of  summer  visitors  the  dra- 
matic history  of  the  nation's  oldest  settlement. 

^^^fl^^^^^^HHJiV^'tv^Kf^^HHHi^^HBHi  This  year  the  outdoor  theater 

where  the  pageant  is  presented 
was  in  a  serious  state  of  deteri- 
oration, and  vandalism  had 
taken  its  toll  during  the  winter. 
The  state  could  not  provide 
funds,  and  local  donors  could 
offer  only  limited  aid. 

Into  the  breach  came  mem- 
bers of  Local  1200,  and  with 
tools  and  toil,  they  completely 
refurbished  the  theater  in  time 
for  its  June  24  opening — free 
of  charge  and  with  civic  pride. 
Shown  making  repairs  in  the 
picture  are  Local  1200  Mem- 
bers Patrick  Navins,  Ken  Salce, 
Andy  Tomasovitch,  and  Gene 
Klipstine.  In  the  background, 
right,  Business  Representative 
Willard  Masters  confers  with 
pageant  officials.  St.  Augustine 
Record  photo. 


AUXILIARY  AWARD 

Terry  Root,  a  recent  graduate  of  San- 
tana  High  School  in  San  Diego  County, 
Calif.,  has  been 
awarded  a  scholar- 
ship by  Ladies 
Auxiliary  170  and 
will  attend  San 
Diego  State  Uni- 
versity. He  was  on 
the  school  honor 
roll  for  four  years. 
Atthe  same  time, 
he  has  held  a  part- 
time  job.  He  is  a 
Root  grandson     of     Mr. 

and  Mrs.  Ernest  Root,  members  of  Local 
1571  and  Auxiliary  170  respectively. 

EXPLORER   SUPPORT 

Larry  Miller  of  the  AFL-CIO  Com- 
munity Services  office  in  Granite  City, 
111.,  reports  that  the  Madison  County 
District  Council  of  Carpenters  has  re- 
ceived a  charter  to  establish  a  Boy  Scout 
Explorer   Post.   Executive   officer   of   the 


post  will  be  John  Ubandi,  council  secre- 
tary-treasurer. 

B.A.   AUCTIONEER 

Johnnie  L.  Stewart,  business  agent  of 
Local  213,  Houston,  Tex.,  has  just  re- 
turned from  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo., 
where  he  com- 
pleted the  course 
in  Auctioneering 
and  Auction  Sales 
Management  at  the 
Missouri  Auction 
School. 

He    received    his 
diploma     and     the 
honorary     title    of 
Stewart  Colonel. 

The  concentrated  two-week  course  is 
conducted  by  the  Missouri  Auction 
School  at  the  world's  largest  auction 
training  center  in  the  Kansas  City  Stock- 
yards. His  training  included  lectures  and 
work-shops  featuring  prominent  auc- 
tioneers from  throughout  America. 


SCHOLARSHIPS 

Twenty-two  high  school  students,  the 
children  of  construction  trades  unionists 
and  contractors,  were  awarded  $500 
scholarships  by  the  Industry  Advance- 
ment Program  of  the  Building  Contrac- 
tors Association  of  New  York  for  study 
at  the  college  of  their  choice. 

The  students  received  their  awards  at 
a  reception,  for  100  guests,  on  Tuesday, 
June  28  at  the  Hilton  Hotel  in  New 
York  City.  Heidi  C.  Schmidt,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  F.  Schmidt,  of  the  N.Y.C. 
Carpenters,  Local  257,  and  Susan  L. 
Schuler,  the  daughter  of  Reinhart  J. 
Schuler,  of  the  Nassau  Carpenters,  Local 
1772,  were  among  the  scholarship  re- 
cipients. 


Heidi    C.    Schmidt,    center,    with    her 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  F.  Schmidt. 


Susan  L.  Schuler,  second  from  left, 
with  her  parents,  right,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Reinhart  Schuler,  and  John  G.  Rosen- 
strom,  left,  business  manager  of  Nassau 
County   District   Council   of  Carpenters. 


Paul  Revere 

"One.  jl  by  land, 

two.  if  by  sea; 

three,  if .  .    buy  bonds! 


18 


THE   CARPENTER 


Service 
Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


South 
Gate, 
CalJf. 


South 
Gate, 
Calif. 


SOUTH    GATE,    CALIF. 

SubsluiUiat  conlrihiilors  to  the 
progress  of  the  Carpenters' 
Brotherhood  are  these  members 
of  Carpenters  Local  929,  who  at 
recent  local  union  ceremonies 
received  lapel  emblems  denoting  25 
to  35  years  of  continuous  membership: 
Ramon  Andicochea.  Lcighton 
Barkwill,  Jess  Bradsliaw.  Lee  Burgess. 
Kenneth  Campbell,  Willie  Carter. 
George  Dunn.  Albert  Dunstan,  Joe 
Fimbres,  Alfred  Fish,  Harry  Frctz. 
Paul  Fromholz.  Frank  Heinzc. 
Clifford  Howard.  Fred  Jordan.  Ralph 
Krebill,  George  Kalherg,  Doc 


Langworthy,  Irving  Lattray.  Robert 
Latlray.  Jesse  Long.  Joseph  Martin. 
James  Mehan.  James  McGovern. 
H.  S.  Moen.  Camilo  Patino.  William 
Rudd.  Tluirman  Sanford.  Godfrey 
Schnyder.  Chuch  Sanford.  Andrew 
Skinner.  Gerald  Smith.  Albert 
Thompson.  Joseph  Vicent.  George 
Whitman.  Edwin  Willsey.  Lucious 
Williams.  Glenn  Wisdom.  George 
Wright.  Included  in  the  picture  are 
officers  of  Local  929:  William  Baker, 
Business  Representative.  Bob  Roberts, 
President.  Howard  Butts.  Recording 
Secretary.  Donald  Self.  Trustee  and 
Jack  Scott.   Warden. 


SAUNA,   KANS. 

Carpenters  Local  1095  salutes  its 
30  to  35-year  members. 

These  veteran  nu-mbers  include: 
Noble  Atkinson.  Neil  Brooks.  Bill 
Foster.  Donald  Sherely.  Herb  Davis, 
Sicghardt  Deines,  Wilbur  Huseman, 
Stanley  Mavhew.  Louis  S.  Spivy, 
William  Butshcle.  G .W .  Byars. 
Eis  Charles.  Paul  Gaiser.  Clarence 
Jukes.  Lawrence  McKeown.  Lester 
Phelps.  W.H.  Phillips.  Lewis 
Runquist.  .Alvin  Seagrovc,  Earl 
H'akefield  and  Earl  HVi.s. 

Two  25-ycar  members  also  saluted: 
John  Pescador  and  Wayne  Rock. 


SEPTEMBER,    1977 


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PHOENIX,  ARIZ. 

Local  1089  recently  honored  its 
25-year  members.  They  are  shown  in 
the  accompanying  picture. 

First  row,  left  to  right,  seated, 
Charles  L.  Timmons,  Wm.  A.  Ode, 
George  Floore,  Wm.  A.  Stiles,  Fred 
W.  Bell,  Peter  Krystek. 

Second  row,  left  to  right,  Carl  G. 
Heinrich,  Kenneth  E.  Almond.  Albert 
Gork,  Lowell  Norton,  Calvin  Werde- 
baugh,  Sam  Combs,  Nicholas  Krain, 
Emerson  Call  ill. 

Third  row,  Warren  Lightfoot,  Vern 
Mooney,  Lee  C.  Johnson,  Robert  W . 
Lamm,  Lonnie  Hopper.  Henry  D. 
Wester. 

Fourth  row.  Bill  Cran,  Chris  Grass, 
John  A.  Levenda,  R.  C.  "Tommy" 
Holt. 


BRIDGEPORT,   CONN. 

Carpenters  Local  1013  has  been 
chartered  since  June  20,  1914,  and 
11  members  who  had  at  least  50 
and  over  years  were  honored  on 
January  26,  1977  in  Carpenters  Hall, 
Bridgeport. 

They  are  from  left  to  riglit,  first 
row;  Robert  McLevy,  business 
representative;  her  Bjorklund, 
treasurer:  Emil  Johnson,  51  years; 
Hilding  Gustafson,  62  years; 
Richard  Carlson,  51  years;  Lage 
Anderson,  49  years;  Enoch  Forstrom, 
51  years.  Second  row:  Peter  Erickson, 
president;  Rogert  Carlson,  62  years; 
Bengt  Gustafson,  52  years;  Harry 
Olsen,  56  years:  Thoralf  Larson, 

years:  Gustav  Johnson,  47  years; 
Herbert  Andren,  49  years:  Bror 
Johnson,  47  years:  and  Waldorf 
Christensen,  secretary  of  the  Local. 

Those  not  able  to  attend  were 
Aran  Carlson,  54  years;  Frank 
Erickson,  62  years  and  Ernest 
Johnson,  49  years 

CANTON,  O. 

Several  25-year  pin  recipients  were 
recently  honored  at  an  annual  dinner 
dance  held  by  Carpenters  Local  69  in 
Canton. 

The  honored  members  shown  in  the 
picture  are,  left  to  right,  seated: 
Charles  Kanagy,  Jr.,  William  Beller, 
Floyd  Jordan,  Dan  Nicholson, 
Franklin  Johnson,  William 
Scheoppner,  Raymond  Coffman. 
Left  to  right,  standing:  Charles 
Lorenzoni,  Adrian  E.  Meese,  John 
Cross,  Fred  Richardson,  Robert 
Moser,  William  Reynolds,  Robert 
Gantz,  Robert  Warwick. 

WASHINGTON,   DC. 

On  March  22.  1977,  Millwright 
Local  1831  had  its  membership  pin 
ceremony.  Those  honored  are  pictured 
in  the  accompanying  photograph. 

Left  to  right,  front  row:  J.  P.  Cox, 
30  yrs;  William  Blake,  20  yrs.;  Ernest 


WASHINGTON,   D.C. 

Clay.  29  yrs.;  James  Robinson.  30 
yrs.;  William  Mayers,  28  yrs.;  Clif- 
ton  Palmateer,  25  yrs.:   Winton 
Evenson,  22  yrs.;  and  Doyne  Hurst, 
25  yrs. 

Second  row:  William  Clark.  27  yrs.; 
Richard  Lichliter.  Business  Repre- 
sentative. 20  yrs.:  James  Hardison, 
37  yrs.;  Jeter  DeVault,  26  yrs.;  and 
Melvin  Harmon.  30  yrs. 

Back  row:  William  Fisher.  21  yrs.; 
James  Tyson.  28  yrs.:  Robert  Nugent, 
27  yrs.;  and  David  Worsham,  30  yrs. 

Not  present  but  honored  were: 


James  Henkel,  36  yrs.;  Simon  Grud- 
berg,  35  yrs.:  Norman  Mays,  32  yrs.; 
Clistis  Miller,  32  yrs.:  Warren  Pep- 
pers, 32  yrs.;  Harry  Taylor,  31  yrs.; 
D.  C.  McDaniels,  30  yrs.;  James 
Saunders,  30  yrs.;  Elmer  Heatwole, 
29  yrs.:  Joseph  Lipford,  29  yrs.; 
Edward  Owens,  29  yrs.;  Ralph 
Pomeroy,  27  yrs.;  Thomas  Salisbury, 
27  yrs.:  Stanley  J.  Stanley,  25  yrs.; 
Albert  Black,  24  yrs.:  Alvia  Cook, 
23  yrs.;  Floyd  Guinn,  23  yrs.;  Francis 
Lindenmuth,  23  yrs.;  Donald  West, 
22  yrs.;  and  Joseph  Polquin,  20  yrs. 


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THE   CARPENTER 


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WHEATON,   ILL. 

Joseph  Krishack  came  into  the 
union  in  1908  to  Local  588.  served 

liis  local  as  finojt- 
cial  secretary 
from  1920  to 
1953.  a  total  of 
33  years.  He  was 
the  trustee  for 
#558  for  12 
years  and  busi- 
ness agent  for 
the  three  locals 
in  North  Du 
Krishack  Page  County. 

III.,  from  1938 
to  1961,  a  total  of  23  years  in  the  field. 

Brother  Krishack's  had  served 
seventy  years  as  a  member  in  July, 
1977.  at  which  time  would  have 
passed  his  92nd  birthday.  Brother 
Krishack  passed  away  in  Burlington, 
Wisconsin,  on  March  25,  1977. 


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man lias  been  a 
member  in  good 
standing  with 
Local  91  since 
April  2.  1917,  and 
he  has  60  years 
continuous  mem- 
bership. Brother 
Gehrman  was  88 
vears  old  in  July. 


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ST.   PAUL,   MINN. 

The  accompanying  picture  shows 
Local  87  members  who  were  honored 
this  year  at  the  presentation  of  lapel 
pins  for  25  or  50  years  of  continuous 
membership.  Leon  Greene,  General 
Executive  Board  Member,  was  the 
speaker  at  this  years  presentation. 

Seated:  Marvin  Dengerud,  25  yrs.; 
John  M.  Siebel,  25  yrs.;  LuVern 
Gustafson,  25  yrs.;  Earl  Frans, 
26  yrs.;  Alfred  Rundquist,  50  yrs.; 
Raymond  C.  Speiser,  25  yrs.; 
A.  Steve  Ihrig,  62  yrs.;  Jerome  P. 
Warner,  25-yrs.;  Arnold  Hoppensledt, 
25  yrs.;  Clarence  Ellison,  25  yrs. 
Standing:  Erich  Langrebe,  25  yrs.; 
Richard  A.  Johnson,  25  yrs.;  Gerald 


Beedle,  President;  Rodney  Danielson, 
fin.  sec;  Clayton  Grimes,  Bus.  Rep.; 
Leon  Greene,  Int.  Board  Member; 
Richard  Prior,  bus.  rep.;  Lindor 
Melquist,  25  yrs.;  Clark  Lindstrom, 
25  yrs.;  Leonard  McMillan,  25  yrs. 


SACRAMENTO,   CALIF. 

In  the  accompanying  photograph 
David  Christenson,  Local  1618  presi- 
dent, left  and  Warren  O.  Stevens, 
financial  secretary  of  Sacramento 
Area  District  Council,  right,  presented 
John  Hulman,  a  member  of  the 
United  Brotherhood  for  67  years, 
with   a  certificate  at  Local   16I8's 
Old  Timers  Night. 


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THE   CARPENTER 


OAKLAND,  CALIF. 

Local  194.  which  recently  merged 
with  Local  1 158  and  1473.  honored 
the  senior  members  of  its  expanded 
organization  at  a  recent  pin  awards 
dinner. 

In  the  small  picture  are,  from  left. 
Local  194  president:  Roger  Loesch, 
Porter  Fawcett,  a  55-year  member, 
and  Clarence  Briggs,  retired  general 
representative. 

In  the  larger  picture  are  the  40-year 
members  of  Local  194:  Seated.  John 
Sobey,  Bent  Benson,  Chester  Mc- 
intosh, Carl  Schunke.  Standing,  John 
Egyed,  John  Fisher.  Tony  Fernandez, 
Charles  Byars  and  Holger  Benson. 

Other  members  awarded  pins  were 
the  following: 

55-Year  Pins — Paul  Herschler. 

40-Year  Pins— Fred  Bell,  A.  A. 
Conway,  Walter  Hall,  Howard  Harris, 
Soren  Jensen,  Andrew  Klevan,  Carl 
Larsen,  Alfred  Lindberg,  Peter 
Mickile,   Louis  Peterson.   James 
Woods. 

35-Year  Pins — Buel  Allison.  Chris 
Bossen.  Chris  Clark.  Edward  Curdts. 
John  Evans,  Hugh  Fountain,  Leonard 
Gillispie.  Simpson  Halton.  Alex 
Huber,  Ivar  Lundberg.  Wm.  McCau- 
ley,  L.  W.  McDowell.  Glen  Martin, 
L.  G.  Mele,  Herbert  Minis.  John 
Pearson.  Earl  Potter.  Sterling  Rober- 
son.  Harold  Sampson.  John  Szucs, 
Walter  Vanderhaar,  Bud  Wooten, 
Henry  Wright,  Floyd  Zaretzka. 

30-Year  Pins — Robert  Abbadie, 
Don  Aldrich.  Wm.  Balson.  B.  F. 
Casey.  Ben  Dalberg.  James  Donelson. 
Edwin  Donnell,  Richard  Doyle.  Frank 
Erickson.  Harold  Ferguson.  Fred 
Fowler,  Billy  Gipson.  Earl  Gohlke, 


Oakland,  CaMf.-55-Yr.  Member 


Carl  Grogan.  Frank  Heeb.  Richard 
Heinz.  Robert  Hoel.  James  Isaac. 
Ken  Johnson.  Bengt  Karlson.  George 
Leach.  Joe  Lillard,  Vern  Lillard, 
John  Lino.  Richard  McKinney.  Ken- 
neth Hamblin.  Ray  Milner.  Ken 
Moon.  A.  A.  Payer.  James  Phillips. 
Calvin  Prang,  Ted  Reece.  Vincent 
Rivera.  Victor  Roberts,  Earl  Ruther- 
ford, Wm.  Rutherford.  Victor  Sartori. 
Peter  Schanlz.  Seldon  Scruggs.  James 
Stoeckle.  James  Sutton.  Milton  Tan- 
ner. John  Thiessen,  Clair  Thyne. 
Perino  Vardanega,  H.  H.  Weidler, 
Glen  Walls. 

25 -Year  Pins — Alfred  Coon.  Allen 
Gabriel.  Ervin  Hay.  Harold  Hinds. 
Ulysses  Jordan.  John  Keeton.  Stuart 
Kirkwood.  Ed  Levitch.  Heinz  Mierau. 
Charles  Moore,  Alex  Parrott,  Cleave 
Perkins.  Leonard  Sanders.  Olaf 
Sorensen.  Alan  Strand.  Bennie  White. 
Marvin  Wilson.  John  Wyles.  Ernest 
Hammons. 

20-Year  Pins — Dan  Adams.  J.  T. 
Bell.  Russell  Booth.  Robert  Grifjen. 
Harold  Maddox.  Palmer  McCollum, 
John  Paulson. 


Oakland, 
Calif., 
40-Year 
Members 


TRAVERSE   CITY,  MICH. 

The  accompanying  picture  shows 
members  of  Local  1461  who  received 
25-year  pins.  Included  in  the  group 
are: 

First  row,  left  to  right,  Joseph 


Dostal.  Fred  Bolek,  John  King,  Ed 
Bolck.  Raymond  Webber.   Back  row. 
from  left,  Harvey  Leaym,  Sr., 
Clarence  Popp.  Wall  Ritola.  Jess 
Schoff,  Clarence  Spierling.  Clemence 
Wasclawski. 


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MEDICINE   HAT,  ALTA. 

Local  1569  honored  three  of  its  members  at  a  25th  anniver- 
sary banquet,  January  21.  Those  honored  with  25-year  pins 
and  desk  sets  were  Paul  Dempsey,  Fred  Kramer,  and  Bennie 
Parasynchuk.  Mayor  Ted  Grim  of  Medicine  Hat  personally 
offered  best  wishes  to  the  three  men. 

Shown  in  the  accompanying  picture  are  the  officers  of  Local 
1569  with  the  honorees  as  follows: 

Fron  row.  from  left:  Local  President  Frank  Plato,  Mayor 
Grimm,  and  Recording  Secretary  W.  McGillivary. 

Middle  row:  Honorees  Dempsey,  Kramer,  and  Parasynchuk. 

Back  row:  Warden  Joe  Jangula,  Vice  President  William 
Dais,  Trustee  Marcel  Gauthier,  Conductor  Marcus  Miller, 
Trustee  H.  Schaffland,  Financial  Secretary  and  Treasurer  Al 
Henderson,  and  Business  Representative  R.  Coyle. 


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LETHBRIDGE,  ALTA. 

Sam  Kawade  of  Local  846  received  his  30-year  membership 
pin  recently.  He  is  shown  being  presented  the  pin  by  Local  846 
Business  Representative  Robert  Coyle  at  the  57th  Anniver- 
sary party  of  the  local  which  was  held  February  11,  1977. 
Brother  Kawade  was  the  first  Japanese  carpenter  to  be  intiated 
into  Local  846  and  is  a  skilled  carpenter  who  excells  at  joinery. 


.HAMMERS  •  AXES  •  PICKS  •  BARS 


GULFPORT,  MISS. 

Local  1518  made  a  presentation  of  25-year  membership  pins 
at  a  regular  meeting  March  15. 

Pictured,  left  to  right,  front  row:  James  L.  Clark,  Clemmie 
E.  Lawrence,  Neal  Watkins,  Grady  H.  James,  and  C.  J. 
Ausmer.  Left  to  right,  hack  row:  James  E.  Woodcock,  James 
M.  Dubuisson,  Louis  Borzik,  Sr.,  Carl  E.  Woodcock,  and 
J.  T.  Fore. 

Presenting  pins  is  D.  B.  Ward,  president  of  Local  1518. 

Members  not  shown  receiving  pins  were  Horace  Asher, 
Rene  R.  Bermond,  Jr.  and  Connis  G.  Smith. 


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THE   CARPENTER 


SALT  LAKE   CITY,   U. 

On  April  23,  Carpenters  Local  184 
sponsored  an  awards  banquet 
honoring  senior  members.  One  60- 
year  award  was  issued  to  Oscar  E. 
Osmundsen;  a  50-year  pin  was  issued 
to  Henry  Peterson:  and,  31  25-year 
pins  and  certificates  were  issued. 

In  addition  to  these  members,  the 
local  awarded  74  30-year  certificates, 
9  35-year  certlificates,  8  40-year 
certificates.  It  also  honored  17 
members  with  over  40  years,  two 
members  with  over  45  years  and  four 
members  with  over  50  years  of 
membership. 

The  banquet  was  held  in  the  new 
Union  Labor  Center,  and  the  locals 
new  offices  were  visited  by  the 
members. 

Picture  No.  I  shows  the  30,40,45, 
50  and  60-year  members.  First  row, 
seated,  Mark  Hepncr,  over  40  years; 
Edward  L.  Cannon,  over  45  years: 
Carl  F.  Lange,  over  40  years: 
Rudolph  I.  Christiansen,  over  40 
years:  Oscar  E.  Osmundsen,  60  years: 
J.  V.  Day,  over  50  years:  A.  E. 
Gunnerson,  over  50  years:  William 
W .  Bleazard,  30  years:  Edward 
Duersch,  30  years.  Second  row, 
seated,  Douglas  MacCalinon,  40 
years:  Maurice  Lyman,  40  years: 
Severn  D.  Loder,  over  40  years; 
Owen  W.  Ellis,  40  years:  H.  J. 
Boetlchcr,  40  years;  John  T. 
Bloomfield,  35  years,  and  J.  Fred 


Meadows,  35  years.  Standing,  Grant 
M.  Warner,  vice  president.  Local 
#184,  Lloyd  R.  Jacklin,  financial 
secretary:  Cliff  A.  Adams,  assistant 
business  agent;  Henry  V.  Larsen, 
over  40  years;  Weldon  A.  Freeman, 
business  agent;  Reed  Gertsch, 
30  years;  and  S.  L.  DiBella,  secretary, 
District  Council  of  Utah. 

Picture  No.  2  shows  the  25-year 
members.  First  row,  seated.  Arthur 
Caldwell,  Lewis  Pratt,  William  H. 
Resslcr,  John  L.  Tew,  Calvin  C. 
Smith,  Nathan  H.  Warwood,  Donald 
S.  Cook.  Second  row,  seated,  Arnold 
P.  Jacobson,  Oscar  H.  Koford, 
Keith  W.  Hill,  Donald  G.  Reed. 
Odell  Donaldson,  Richard  K.  Harris. 
Third  row,  standing,  Lloyd  R. 
Jacklin,  financial  secretary.  Grant  M. 
Warner,  vice  president;  Cliff  A. 
Adams,  assistant  business  agent: 
Weldon  A.  Freeman,  business  agent; 
S.  L.  DiBella,  secretary.  District 
Council  of  Utah. 

Not  shown  in  the  picture  but  also 
receiving  25-year  pins  were  Willis 
L.  Cannon,  Denzil  J.  Chrislensen, 
Waller  W.  Coiile.  Alva  S. 
Emmertson,  Jr.,  H.  Erickson,  Ralph 
Howes,  Lars  O.  Johanson,  Wayne 
Kuehn,  Parley  A.  Linford,  A  no  J. 
Malaska.  Joe  Milano,  Jeddie  L. 
Nielsen,  Dean  Peterson,  Olger  O. 
Raaum,  Ma.x  Sandocal,  Morris  H. 
Simkins,  Karl  G.  Welling,  David  L. 
Whitfield. 


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In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


75  YEARS  AGO~SEPTEMBER,  1902 


Eve  of  Convention 

The  12  th  General  Convention  of  the 
Brotherhood  was  to  begin  on  September 
15  at  the  Odd  Fellows  Hall  in  Atlanta, 
Georgia.  As  the  biennial  gathering  ap- 
proached, the  General  Office  in  Phila- 
delphia was  assembling  proposed  res- 
olutions and  constitutional  changes  for 
presentation  to  the  delegates. 

A  total  of  44  new  local  unions  had 
been  chartered  during  the  past  month 
and,  though  work  was  slow  in  many 
areas  of  the  country,  General  Secretary 
Frank  Duffy  predicted  that  the  conven- 
tion in  Atlanta  would  cover  a  "vast 
amount  of  business". 

One  of  the  issues  to  be  settled  by 
the  convention  was  the  status  of  for- 
mer Secretary-Treasurer  Peter  J.  Mc- 
Guire.  Brother  McGuire  had  been  re- 
placed at  the  previous  convention  by 
Duffy,  and  the  office  of  secretary- 
treasurer  was  divided  into  two  separate 
offices.  Working  through  an  attorney, 
McGuire  asked  for  reconsideration  of 
the  propositions  acted  upon  by  the  pre- 
vious convention.  Although  many  local 
unions  voted  against  reinstatement 
and/or  restitutions  to  Brother  Mc- 
Guire, many  others  called  upon  the 
General  Officers  to  present  the  entire 
proposition  to  the  Atlanta  convention. 

Aid  For  Coal  Miners 

The  Anthracite  Coal  Miners  of  the 
Mid- West  were  on  strike  against  the 
mine  operators,  and  the  United  Mine 
Workers  solicited  aid  from  all  trade 
unions. 

New  York  City  locals  of  the  Broth- 
erhood sent  1327.20  to  the  General 
Office  to  be  forwarded  to  the  mine 
workers  headquarters  in  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  and  other  contributions  followed. 

Watch  Case  Engravers 

At  the  turn  of  the  century,  every 
man  of  social  status  had  a  pocket 
watch,  and  he  obtained  more  status  if 
that  watch  was  engraved  with  some 
personal  memento. 


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nization called  the  Watch  Case  En- 
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America,  made  up  primarily  of  work- 
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Home  Building  Best 

The  Carpenter  Magazine  of  1927 
expressed  some  alarm  at  the  increase 
in  apartment-house  construction.  The 
Brotherhood's  magazine  told  its  read- 
ers: "In  the  construction  of  apartment 
buildings,  there  is  less  work  for  carpen- 
ters than  in  the  building  of  individual 
residences.  Any  propaganda  for  the 
owning  of  individual  homes  is  there- 
fore worthy  of  a  special  support  by 
the  carpenters — for  the  more  private 
residences  that  are  erected  the  better 
the  carpenters  prospects  for  continuous 
employment." 

The  official  journal  called  attention 
to  a  special  promotional  campaign  of 
the  Celotex  Company,  with  its  illus- 
trated booklet,  "You  Can  Own  That 
Home." 

The  Celotex  campaign  was  sup- 
ported by  Secretary  of  Labor  James  J. 


Davis  and  by  many  leaders  of  building 
and  loan  associations. 


Canada  Registers  Labels 

After  more  than  30  years  of  legisla- 
tive effort,  organized  labor  in  Canada 
was  successful  in  its  fight  for  laws 
which  would  permit  the  registration  of 
trade  union  labels. 

The  Brotherhood  joined  with  other 
unions  of  the  Trades  and  Labor  Con- 
gress of  Canada  to  push  the  legislation 
through  Parliament. 

The  action  in  Canada  followed  the 
lead  of  similar  action  in  the  United 
States. 

Buster  Keaton  Praised 

The  famous  movie  comedian  of 
silent-picture  days.  Buster  Keaton,  re- 
ceived high  praise  in  a  resolution  by 
the  Sacramento,  Calif.,  District  Coun- 
cil of  Carpenters  because  of  his  insis- 
tence that  sets  and  a  temporary  city 
erected  for  filming  his  movie  "Steam- 
boat Bill"  be  the  work  of  organized 
labor. 

Work  by  Brotherhood  members  on 
the  Keaton  film  was  one  of  the  first 
100%  union  efforts  in  the  motion  pic- 
ture industry. 

Huber  Monument 

It  was  announced  by  the  General 
Office  that  the  dedication  of  a  monu- 
ment to  honor  the  former  General 
President  William  D.  Huber  would  be 
held  on  September  17,  1927,  in  Crown 
Hill  Cemetery,  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


Employers  Pay 

In  a  landmark  decision,  a  jury  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.  awarded  a  local  union  of 
Leather  Workers  $7,500  in  attorney 
fees  as  a  result  of  an  injunction  filed 
by  leather  manufacturers  in  St.  Louis 
against  their  striking  employees.  The 
injunction  was  issued  by  a  federal  court 
on  the  ground  that  the  employers' 
failure  to  fill  their  customers'  orders 
was  an  interference  with  interstate 
commerce. 


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AS  A   FINALE 

There  was  a  carpenter  who  worked 
for  the  same  builder  for  45  years. 
As  his  retirement  came  closer  and 
closer,  his  boss  asked  him  to  build 
one  last  home. 

As  the  carpenter  began  to  work, 
he  started  cutting  corners  every- 
where. He  figured  that  since  he  had 
put  in  45  years  of  faithful  service, 
he  might  just  do  this  one  last  job  the 
easy  way. 

When  the  house  was  completed 
his  boss  came  to  him  and  said:  "For 
being  so  honest  and  faithful  to  me 
these  45  years,  I  am  giving  you  this 
final   house  you've   built  for  me." 

— Mrs.  Salamida 
Hollywood,  Fla. 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 

PROBLEMS 

Dan:  This  match  you  gave  me 
doesn't  light. 

Steve:  That's  funny.  It  worked  just 
a  minute  ago. 

— Dan  Saniiago 
San  Mateo,  Calif. 


DOUBLE  JEOPARDY 

A  young  man  was  arrested  for 
breaking  into  a  dress  shop  four  times 
and  sent  to  jail,  hlis  cellmate,  also 
in  on  a  burglary  charge,  questioned 
him  on  his  arrest. 

"There's  one  thing  I  can't  under- 
stand," said  the  cellmate.  "Why  in 
heaven's  name  did  you  break  into 
the  same  dress  shop  four  times? 
You've  got  to  be  out  of  your  mind 
to  commit  four  burglaries  in  one 
place!" 

The  young  man  sighed.  "Believe 
me,  I  was  only  after  one  dress  for 
my  wife.  She  kept  making  me  go 
back   and   change   it!" 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

ONE  LAST  TRY 

A  carpenter  wandered  into  a  fed- 
eral building  and  asked,  "Is  this  the 
headquarters  for  the  war  against  pov- 
erty?" 

"Yes,  it  is,"  replied  the  reception- 
ist. 

"Good,"  he  said.  'I've  come  to 
surrender." 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 


NOT  ENOUGH 

The  little  boy  was  late  for  Sunday 
School.  The  preacher  asked  why  and 
the  young  lad,  hesitating  at  first,  re- 
plied: "I  started  to  go  fishing  but 
my  father  wouldn't  let  me,"  he  said. 
"That's  a  wise  father  you  have,  lad," 
the  preacher  commented.  "He  was 
quite  right  not  to  let  you  go  fishing 
on  Sunday.  Did  he  tell  you  why?" 
"Yes,"  the  boy  said,  "dad  said  there 
wasn't  enough    bait  for  both   of  us." 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

A  canner,   exceedingly  canny 

One  morning,  remarks  to  his  granny 

"A  canner  can  can,  anything  that  he 

can; 
But  a  canner  can't  can  a  can,  can  he? 
— Joe  Warda 
San   Francisco,   Calif. 


BRAIN  FOOD 

A  customer  at  the  delicatessen 
marveled  at  the  owner's  ability  to 
handle  figures.  "What  makes  you  so 
smart?"  she  asked. 

"Herring  heads,"  the  proprietor 
answered.  "Eat  herring  heads  and 
you'll  be  positively  brilliant." 

"How  much  are  they?" 

"Thirty  cents  each." 

The  woman  took  half  a  dozen.  In 
a  few  days  she  was  back.  "Say,  you 
charged  me  30  cents  for  a  head," 
she  complained,  "when  I  can  buy  the 
whole  herring  for  25  cents." 

"You  see,"  beamed  the  owner, 
"how  much  smarter  you're  getting  al- 
ready?" 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

HE  SAID  IT,  NOT  US 

Mark    DeCandia    of    Jersey    City, 

N.J.,  tells  us  that,  if  a  lady  is  elected 

,  President     of     the      United      States, 

there'll    be    a    credit    card    in    every 

house. 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

MODERN  DICTIONARY 

Middle  age:  when  you  know  all  the 
answers  and  nobody  asks  you  the 
questions. 

Mean  woman:  one  who  is  deaf  and 
doesn't  tell  her  beauty  operator. 

Karate:  chop  talk. 

Cosmetics:  a  woman's  way  of  keep- 
ing a  man  from  reading  between  the 
lines. 

Single's  bar:  a   "meet"   market. 

Hospitality:  the  art  of  making  peo- 
ple want  to  stay  without  interfering 
with  their  departure. 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

THE  BALD  TRUTH 

God    made    just   so    many    perfect 

heads.  The  rest  he  covered  with  hair. 

*      *      * 

A  man's  hair  and  teeth  are  just 
about  his  best  friends,  but  even  the 
best   of   friends   fall    out. 


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SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 
Evanoff,  Chris 
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L.U.  NO.  15 
HACKENSACK,  N.J. 
Kling,  John 

L.U.  NO.  22 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Groth,  Claus 
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Robinson,  A.  H. 
Vaira,  Nat  F. 

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SAN  RAFAEL,  CA. 

Mani,  John 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLAND,  CA. 

Greene,  Wendell  W. 
Guyot,  Alvin  C. 
Hammerson,  A.  C. 
Hudson,  Will  Tom 

L.U.  NO.  50 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Akard,  W.  H. 
Isaacs,  David  G. 
Simmons,  T.  E. 
Sumner,  Charles  A. 

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WHITE  PLAINS,  N.Y. 

Mercatante,  Anthony 
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L.U.  NO.  55 
DENVER,  CO. 

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Allons,  James 
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Christenson,  Adolph 
Devlin,  Ira 
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Evans,  Thoron  M. 
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Holtzman,  Arthur 
Johnson,  John  C. 
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Landenberger,  Benjamin 
McMilliam,  James 
Miner,  Harold 
Moore,  John  E. 
Morris,  Guy  R. 
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Olofson,  Hilding 
Pedegeau,  Wm.  F. 
Pleskow,  Alfred 
Rosetta,  James  C. 
Russell,  Edward  R. 
Simonson,  Arvid 
Stevens,  Wendell 
Syren,  Arthur  V. 
Taylor,  Virgil  W. 
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KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 
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LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

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OTTAWA,  ONT.,  CAN. 

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L.U.  NO.  94 
WARWICK,  R.L 

Goyer,  George  E. 
McLoed,  Hugh 
Paoli,  Nello 

L.U.  NO.  103 
BIRMINGHAM,  AL. 

Abercrombie,  Samuel  E. 

L.U.  NO.  180 
VALLEJO,  CA. 

Hargis,  Byrle  C. 
Kidd,  Paul 
Mansell,  N.  C. 

L.U.  NO.  181 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Adams,  Leon  H. 
Carlson,  Harold 
Scheinpflug,  Adolph 
Walz,  Howard 

L.U.  NO.  188 
YONKERS,  N.Y. 

Braun,  Joseph 
Fetchko,  George 
Todd,  John 

L.U.  NO.  218 
ALLSTON,  MA. 

Moores,  Duncan  L. 
Parsons,  Benjamin 

L.U.  NO.  228 
POTTSVILLE,  PA. 

Davidson,  Theryn 

L.U.  NO.  230 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Rosleck,  Carl 
Steinhauers,  Raymond  G. 

L.U.  NO.  246 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 
Beier,  Chris 
Bodnar,  John 
Boruvka,  Otto 
Cap,  Harry 
DiMichele,  Costanzo 
Dorf,  Sam 
Gallo,  Ernest 
Jakoubek,  Leopold 
Johnson,  Gottfried 
McCoy,  Frank  W. 
Maksymowicz,  Nikoden 
Masino,  Michael 
Olivieri,  Mario 
PanacciuUi,  Joseph 
Schiflfman,  Louis 


Trotta,  Gerardo 
Winkelbauer,   Rudolf 

L.U.  N0.335 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MI. 

Kats,   Andrew 
Kupris,  Julius 

L.U.  NO.  345 
MEMPHIS,  TN. 

Allen,  J.  W. 
Armour,  J.  P. 
Keller,  John 
Little,  Palmer 
Roberts,  W.  C. 
Yoon,  Horace 

L.U.  NO.  402 
NORTHAMPTON- 
GREENFIELD,  MA. 

Swenson,  Andres  H. 

L.U.  NO.  403 
ALEXANDRIA,  LA. 

Sartin,  O.  S. 

L.U.  NO.  404 
LAKE  COUNTY  & 
VICINITY,  O. 

Middleton,  Wilson 

L.U.  NO.  406 
BETHLEHEM,  PA. 

DeLucia,  Alex 
Geier,  Joseph 

L.U.  NO.  411 

SAN  ANGELO,  TX. 

Guttery,  Lee 
Spillman,  O.  G. 

L.U.  NO.  416 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Collier,  James  W. 

L.U.  NO.  433 
BELLEVILLE,  IL. 

Barthel,  Norman  Wm. 

L.U.  NO.  468 
INWOOD,  N.Y. 

Hanson,  Selmer 
Kulpaka,  John 
Matland,   Sylvan 

L.U.  NO.  488 

BRONX,  N.Y. 

Anto,  Edward 
Koffler,  Philip 
Milstein,  Julius 

L.U.  NO.  494 
WINDSOR,  ONT.,  CAN. 

Pare,   L. 
Pizzutti,  M. 

L.U.  NO.  500 
BUTLER,  PA. 

Kuspert,  Christian 

L.U.  NO.  595 

LYNN,  MA. 
Young,   Roy 

L.U.  NO.  610 

PORT  ARTHUR,  TX. 

Arnold,  John  M. 
Barkley,  J.  P. 
Blanchard,  N.  P. 
Dartez,  Joe 
Little,   C.  P. 
Magouirk,  M.  B. 
Mulhollan,  Shelby 


Oualline,  Edward  T. 
Whitman,  Larkin 

L.U.  NO.  626 
NEW  CASTLE,  DE. 

Malloy,  John  J. 
Pitman,  Alfred  W. 
Touchton,  Frank 
Walls,   Bryan 

L.U.  NO.  627 
JACKSONVILLE,  FL. 

Harter,  Bernard  S. 
Rose,  William  M, 
Sapp,  Charles  P. 

L.U.  NO.  639 
AKRON,  O. 

Dean,  Harold 
Finney,  Adrew 
Lachok,  Andrew 
Laube,  Louis 
Posey,   Frank 
Watts,  Stephen 

L.U.  NO.  665 
AMARILLO,  TX. 

Claterbaugh,  L.  T. 
Jackson,   Lynn 

L.U.  NO.  668 
PALO  ALTO,  CA. 

Opperman,  Karl 

L.U.  NO.  698 
COVINGTON,  KY. 

Duncan,  Ray 
Schnell,  Ambroset 

L.U.  NO.  857 
TUCSON,  AZ. 

Edwards,  Everett  D. 
Hoffman,  Earl 
Humble,  Thomas  L. 
LaRue,  John 

L.U.  NO.  891 

HOT  SPRINGS,  AR. 

Bain,  Rural  C.  "Cooler" 

L.U.  NO.  906 
GLENDALE,  AZ. 

Jones,  Carl  H. 

L.U.  NO.  918 
MANHATTAN,  KS 

Newman,  Danny  Ray 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  MI. 

Arnold,  Albert 

L.U.  NO.  1164 
BROOKLYN,  N.Y. 

Ast,  Frank 
Berthold,  Eugene 
Cassera,  Edward 
Fink,   Max 
Hundt,  Friedrick 
Klein,  Henry  C. 
Kracke,  Dietrich 
La  Greca,  John 
Magrini,  Ralph 
Stephan,  Max 
Willkens,  Erick 

L.U.  NO.  1243 
FAIRBANKS,  AK. 

Queen,  Oscar 

L.U.  NO.  1266 
AUSTIN,  TX. 

Ault,  H.  L. 
Bingham,  J.  N. 


Glover,  Cecil 
Koonce,  Howard 
Ponce,  Clemente 
Shaw,  A.  V. 
Wilson,  L.  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1397 
ROSLYN,  N.Y. 

Bould,  William  F. 
Szarleta,  Stephen 

L.U.  NO.  1407 
WILMINGTON,  CA. 

Johnson,  Miles  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1453 
HUNTINGTON 
BEACH,  CA. 

Albers,  Walter 
Albrecht,  Chfford 
Ward,   Samuel 

L.U.  NO.  1478 
REDONDO,  BEACH, 
CA. 

Brown,  Fred  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1487 
BURLINGTON,  VT. 

Dennis,  Edgar 
Lavoie,  Charles 
Murphy,  Edward 
Nielson,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  1598 
VICTORIA,  B.C.,  CAN. 

Cotton,  Harold 

L.U.  NO.  1599 
REDDING,  CA. 

Box,  John  R. 
Mills,  Oman 

L.U.  NO.  1608 

S.  PITTSBURG,  TN. 

Hamilton,   Wm. 

L.U.  NO.  1707 
LONGVIEW,  WA. 

Gilbert,  Ernest  G. 
Hughes,  H.  U. 
Moritz,  Paul  J. 
Roussin,  Ronald  J. 
Sundberg,  John  H. 
Williamson,  Ivan  S. 

L.U.  NO.  1726 
LAREDO,  TX. 

Medinas,  Fransisco 

L.U.  NO.  1739 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 

Fromm,   Arthur 

L.U.  NO.  1784 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Lorenz,  Gustav 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Bier,  Hector 
Flynn,  H.  A. 
Leaumont,  Charles 
Smith,  Earl  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WA. 

Bartley,  Frank  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1889 
WESTMONT,  ILL. 

Friedrich,  Edward  M. 


30 


THE   CARPENTER 


LUMBER  FURNITURE 


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Belsaw   Planer   17 

Belsaw  Sharp-All    21 

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Chicago  Technical  College    22 

Craftsman    Book    Company    27 

Eliason  Stair  Gauge  Co 25 

Estwing  Mfg.   Co 24 

Estwing  Mfg.  Co.,  Safety  Goggles  31 

Foley  Mfg.  Co 29 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer  25 

Hydrolevel    15 

Irwin  Auger  Bit  Co 23 

Locksmithing   Institute    31 

Mason  &  Sullivan  Clock  21 

Speed   Bob    23 

Vaughan  &  Bushnell  Mfg.  Co 13 


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IN  CONCLUSION 


Some  Employers  Have  Skirted  Our  Labor  Laws 

For  42  Years;  It's  High  Time 
That  They  Be  Held  Accountable  For  Their  Actions 


The  National  Labor  Relations  Act  of  1935,  known  when 
it  was  passed  by  Congress  as  the  Wagner  Act,  states  its  pur- 
pose clearly: 

"It  is  .  .  .  the  policy  of  the  United  States  .  .  (to  encour- 
age) the  practice  and  procedure  of  collective  bargaining 
...  by  protecting  the  exercise  by  workers  of  full  freedom 
of  association,  self-organization,  and  designation  of  rep- 
resentatives of  their  own  choosing,  for  the  purpose  of 
negotiating  the  terms  and  conditions  of  their  employment 
or  other  mutual  aid  or  protection." 

The  wording  of  the  legislation  could  hardly  be  clearer 
than  that. 

And,  yet,  there  are  employers  and  companies  in  the 
United  States  which  have  flaunted  or  circumvented  the 
National  Labor  Relations  Act  ever  since  it  was  enacted, 
employers  who  are  notoriously  anti-union.  Conservative  in 
their  approach  to  government  regulations,  they  were  anti- 
union in  the  Thirties,  and  they  are  anti-union  today. 

And  as  matters  stand  today,  they  can  continue  to  flaunt 
Federal  labor  laws  .  .  .  unless  the  big  guns  they  have 
brought  up  against  us  can  be  spiked,  once  and  for  all. 

Let  me  list  some  of  the  weapons  they  use  against  us  day 
after  day,  year  after  year: 

ELECTION  DELAYS— When  workers  in  our  industry 
come  to  us  to  represent  them  before  their  employers,  or  we 
go  out  and  organize  a  plant  or  construction  site,  we  get 
authorization  cards  signed  which  are  intended  to  show  the 
National  Labor  Relations  Board  and  other  proper  author- 
ities just  how  many  workers  in  this  unit  want  to  form  a 
union.  Nothing  could  be  more  democratic  than  that. 

When  we  have  a  sufficient  majority  of  the  workers  favor- 
ing the  union,  we  go  to  the  boss,  tell  him  we  have  formed 
a  bargaining  unit  and  ask  for  an  election  and/or  recog- 
nition and  contract  talks.  That's  what  the  law  enacted  in 
1935  calls  for,  and  that's  what  we  have  been  practicing  for 
almost  a  half  century  by  law  and  almost  a  century  by 
established  procedure. 

And,  yet,  at  this  initial  step  in  labor-management  rela- 
tions, there  is  a  whole  book  full  of  ways  in  which  an  em- 
ployer can  postpone  the  inevitable,  or  defeat  its  purpose 
altogether.  He  can  charge  organizers  with  trespass,  intimi- 
dation, and  even  defamation  of  character,  and  he  can  often 
get  local  sheriffs  and  police  to  make  things  so  difficult  for 
union  sympathizers  and  union  organizers  that  they  want  to 
leave  town  ...  in  a  hurry.  There  are  countless  cases  where 
even  "freedom  of  association,"  as  the  law  calls  for,  is 
denied. 

Congress  intended  that  the  representation  election  proc- 
ess be  a  way  of  preventing  strikes  for  union  recognition. 
Therefore,  it  is  important  that  the  election  be  held  soon 
after  a  substantial  number  of  workers  have  indicated  that 
they  are  ready  for  one.  And,  yet,  because  anti-union  em- 
ployers have  been  able  to  file  so  many  charges  and  mount 
so  many  roadblocks,  the  NLRB  in  all  of  its  offices  through- 
out the  country  has  a  tremendous  backlog  of  cases,  and 


thousands  of  people  who  want  to  belong  to  unions  and 
want  unions  to  represent  them  in  negotiations  are  denied 
their  basic  rights. 

A  median  time  of  57  days  from  the  filing  of  a  petition 
until  the  actual  election  is  now  required  for  even  the 
simplest  uncontested  elections.  For  contested  elections, 
where  the  issues  are  resolved  by  an  NLRB  regional  direc- 
tor, the  median  time  is  75  days.  If  the  issues  are  referred 
to  the  Board  in  Washington,  it  takes  a  median  of  275  days 
.  .  .  nine  months. 

EQUAL  TIME  DENIED— One  of  the  big  problems  in 
the  formation  of  bargaining  units  and  local  unions  is  find- 
ing the  time  and  place  to  state  the  union  story  and  answer 
management  accusations  and  lies.  If  it  is  impossible  to  "hire 
a  hall"  for  a  clandestine  meeting,  it  is  certainly  impossible 
to  obtain  a  list  of  names  and  addresses  of  fellow  workers. 
There  are  all  kinds  of  little  roadblocks  which  must  be  con- 
tested in  the  courts.  Is  a  union  organizer  trespassing  when 
he  passes  out  handbills  in  a  shopping  center?  Is  a  union 
guilty  of  a  crime  or  misdemeanor  if  it  obtains  an  em- 
ployer's list  of  employees  without  going  to  the  front  office? 
Isn't  a  union  within  its  rights  if  it  asks  for  equal  time  when 
the  employer  blares  out  anti-union  propaganda  on  the  plant 
public  address  system  during  the  lunch  hour? 

A  substantial  imbalance  now  exists  between  the  ability 
of  employers  and  unions  to  reach  all  employees.  Employers 
can  require  employees  to  attend  meetings  on  the  premises. 
The  union  doesn't  have  this  right  and  must  use  others,  less 
effective  means  of  getting  its  message  across. 

If  employees  are  to  make  an  educated  choice  in  an  elec- 
tion, there  must  be  a  more  reasonable  balance  between  the 
employer's  right  and  the  union's  right  to  communicate. 

UNIT-DETERMINATION  DELAYS— Smart  manage- 
ment lawyers  can  recommend  to  an  employer  all  kinds  of 
little  ways  in  which  he  might  question  the  appropriateness 
of  a  union  in  a  particular  bargaining  unit.  Over  the  past 
42  years  there  have  been  so  many  cases  of  labor-manage- 
ment conflict  in  the  courts  that  an  attorney  can  cite  both 
sides  of  a  question  to  prove  whatever  point  he  wants  to 
make. 

When  the  AFL  and  CIO  were  separate  labor  federa- 
tions back  in  the  1940's  and  early  1950's,  unit-determina- 
tion problems  were  sometimes  complicated  by  disputes  over 
craft  (vertical)  and  industrial  (horizontal)  trade  unionism. 
But  this  is  not  a  problem  today,  because  labor  has  worked 
out  its  own  procedures  for  settling  joint  disputes. 

The  National  Labor  Relations  Board  is  already  em- 
powered by  Section  6  of  the  NLRA  to  promulgate  rules 
"as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  the 
Act."  However,  the  Board  has  generally  declined  to  exer- 
cise these  rulemaking  powers,  resorting  almost  entirely  to 
case-by-case  determinations,  which  is  a  far  slower  process 
and  which  has  often  been  criticized  by  the  US  Supreme 
Court  and  lower  courts. 


32 


THE   CARPENTER 


PRELIMINARY  INJUNCTIONS— There  is  an  imbal- 
ance in  the  way  preliminary  injunctions  are  issued  in  labor- 
management  relations.  Sometimes  trumped-up  charges 
based  on  flimsy  evidence  can  cause  a  judge  to  issue  an  in- 
junction against  a  union  "to  enjoin  statutory  violations  or 
unlawful  acts,"  when,  actually,  the  unfair  action  lies  on  the 
employer's  side  of  the  table. 

The  NLRB  has  discretionary  power  to  seek  preliminary 
injunctions,  after  a  complaint  has  been  issued,  against  any 
type  of  conduct  forbidden  by  the  LMRA  (Taft-Hartley  and 
Landrum-Griffin)  whether  it  be  by  unions  or  employers. 

The  General  Council  of  the  NLRB  has  discretion  as  to 
whether  to  seek  an  injunction  to  stop  employer  unfair 
labor  practices  quickly.  Yet,  the  Act  requires  the  General 
Council  to  seek  an  injunction  against  most  alleged  union 
unfair  labor  practices  immediately. 

Most  preliminary  injunctions  have  been  against  unions, 
unfortunately.  In  Fiscal  Year  1976,  for  example,  the  Board 
filed  143  petitions  for  mandaiory  injunctions  against  unions 
and  only  14  petitions  against  employers  for  discretionary 
injunctions!  Organized  labor  seeks  a  remedy  for  this  one- 
sided situation. 

These  are  four  major  areas  of  labor-management  rela- 
tions which  demand  reform.  There  are  rnany  others,  but 
space  does  not  permit  me  to  go  into  each  of  them  in  any 
depth. 

I  will,  however,  list  some  of  the  changes  which  unions 
want  to  see  made.  They  are  contained  in  the  complete 
AFL-CIO  package  which  has  been  presented  to  Congress, 
this  session,  with  the  full  support  of  the  United  Brother- 
hood: 

•  Prompt  and  enforceable  decisions  on  election  results 
and  on  the  employer's  obligation  to  bargain  with  the  union. 

•  Reducing  the  time  required  for  a  final  decision  in  un- 
fair labor  practice  cases  and  expanding  the  NLRB  from 
five  to  nine  members  to  help  speed  its  rulings. 

•  Added  authority  to  the  NLRB  to  issue  self-enforcing 
orders. 

•  Congressional  clarification  on  the  "successorship" 
definition  covering  the  change  in  ownership  in  a  company. 

Congress  has  enacted  pension-protection  legislation, 
which  prevents  successor  companies  from  denying  pension 
benefits  to  a  former  company's  workers,  but  it  has  much 
more  to  do  to  prevent  management  from  manipulating 
company  controls,  particularly  in  conglomerates,  so  that 
workers  are  denied  the  hard-won  rights  obtained  from  the 
previous  company. 

•  Ending  federal  "subsidies"  through  government  con- 
tracts to  companies  that  repeatedly  violate  federal  labor 
laws. 

Is  this  unfair  coercion?  No.  The  Federal  government  will 
not  contract  with  employers  who  discriminate  against  theii 
employees  on  account  of  race,  sex  or  national  origin.  Whj 
then  should  the  government  subsidize  employers  who  dis 
criminate  against  their  employees  because  of  their  member 
ship  in  a  labor  organization? 

•  Repeal  of  Section  14(b)  of  the  Taft-Hartley  Act 
which  allows  states  to  weaken  national  labor  .standard: 
through  so-called  "right  to  work"  laws. 

It  has  long  been  a  goal  of  organized  labor  to  repeal  Sec- 
tion 14(b)  so  that  workers  in  some  20  states  can  be  free  tc 
vote  for  a  union  shop,  if  they  want  it,  and  thus  ban  free- 
loaders from  reaping  the  benefits  of  union  efforts.  We  will 
continue  to  fight  for  repeal  of  this  part  of  the  law. 


After  42  years,  it  comes  as  a  surprise  to  some  Americans 
to  learn  that  there  are  thousands  of  employers  who  actually 
prefer  that  their  workers  become  union  members  and  form 
unions. 

It  may  be  equally  surprising  for  them  to  know  that  there 
are  hundreds  of  thousands  of  employers  who  don't  need 
labor  relations  consultants,  year  after  year,  to  negotiate 
their  labor-management  contracts.  Contrary  to  popular 
opinion,  unions  do  not  seek  strife  and  conflicts.  They  simply 
demand  justice  in  the  workplace  for  the  people  they  rep- 
resent. 

President  Jimmy  Carter  in  his  message  to  Congress 
urging  labor  law  reform  said  this:  "Our  labor  laws  guaran- 
tee employees  the  right  to  choose  freely  their  representa- 
tives, and  to  bargain  collectively  with  employers  over 
wages,  fringe  benefits  and  working  conditions.  But  legal 
rights  have  limited  value  if  many  years  are  required  to  en- 
force them." 

I  urge  you  to  read  the  testimony  delivered  by  some  of 
our  members  to  a  House  subcommittee,  beginning  on  Page 
2  of  this  issue. 

I  also  urge  you,  more  than  ever  before,  to  write  your 
Congressman  and  Senators,  advocating  labor  law  reform 
now.  If  you  can  cite  examples  of  unfair  treatments  in  your 
work,  so  much  the  better.  There  are  millions  of  unorgan- 
ized workers  in  this  country,  and  one  of  the  primary  rea- 
sons is  the  sad  situation  which  exists  regarding  our  federal 
labor  laws  today. 


Can  You  Look  Your  Local  Union  in  the  Mirror? 


Without  trying  to  be  cynical,  and  with  all  due 
appreciation  to  faithful  union  members,  perhaps  it 
would  be  wise  to  put  a  few  good  reasons  for  attend- 
ing all  meetings  of  your  Local. 

First  of  all,  it  is  a  union  member's  privilege 
and  obligation  to  share  in  the  discussion  of 

1  union  business.  Our  union  is  a  democratic 
organization.  Every  member  has  a  vote  which 
he  has  an  obligation  to  use. 

Second,  a  successful  union  needs  the  ideas 

2  of  each  member  to  create  its  goals  and  then 
work  toward  those  goals. 

Third,  a  union  needs  each  member's  sup- 
port in  order  that  the  union  may  speak  with 

3  a  voice  of  authority  in  negotiations  and  griev- 
ances. Don't  forget:  a  union's  strength  is  in 
its  members. 

Any  one  of  the  above  reasons  should  stimulate 
you  to  attend  the  meetings.  We  like  to  compare  a 
union  member  with  a  tributary  to  a  great  river.  Each 
tributary  by  itself  is  weak,  but  when  all  the  tribu- 
taries are  working  to  capacity,  the  river  is  strong 
and  powerful.  If  the  tributaries  dry  up,  so  does  the 
river,  until  it  becomes  a  mere  trickle,  too  weak  and 
impotent  to  accomplish  anything. 


Two  members  of  Local  561,  Pittsburgh,  Kans.,  waiting  one 
night  in  a  lonely  union  hall  for  a  quorum  to  arrive  and  the 
union  meeting  to  begin.  Arthur  Ellis  and  Mike  Merciez, 
trustees,  are  reflected  in  a  wall  mirror  in  this  photograph  by 
Fellow  Local  561  Member  William  Dunn. 

When  a  man  is  a  member,  he  should  be  a  good 
member,  and  good  membership  requires  participa- 
tion. Think  it  over;  remember  you  are  the  Union! 


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easier  now. 


"Makinq  cabinets  for  my  clocks  is  a  lot 

L  Maybe  its  tne  new  Elmers 
Carpenters  W>od  Glue." 

Edward  J.  Cooper,  Clockmaker 

"Elmer's"  Carpenter's  Wood  Glue  grabs  instantly,  that's  why 
it's  a  lot  easier  for  me  to  make  my  clocks  now  than  it's  been  for 
the  past  twenty  years. 

I've  used  just  about  every  kind  of  wood  you  could  think  of. 
Walnut.  Cherry.  Maple.  Birch.  Even  Butternut.  But  M 

sometimes  when  I  glue  two  pieces  of  wood  together, 
1  still  don't  get  them  exactly  even.  Carpenter's  Wood 
Glue  lets  me  realign.  And  that's  easier  for  me,  too. 

In  other  words,  thank  goodness  for  Carpenter's 
Wood  Glue.  It  has  everything  anybody  could  ever 
need  from  a  glue.  It's  superstrong.  It  seems  to 
penetrate  far  deeper.  And  it  cleans  up  with  plain 
warm  water  while  it's  still  wet. 

It  glues  up  wood  like  nothing  I've 
ever  used  before!" 


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Elmer's.  When  results  count. 


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GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

William  Sidell 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

William  Konvha 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 
Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

R.  E.  Livingston 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 
Charles  E.  Nichols 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  PRESIDENT  EMERITUS 

M.    A.   HUTCHESON 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  John  S.  Rogers 
Islip-MacArthur  Airport 
Main  Terminal  Building,  Suite  206 
Ronkonkoma,  New  York  11779 

Second  District,  Raleigh  Rajoppi 
130  Mountain  Avenue 
Springfield,  New  Jersey  07081 

Third  District,  Anthony  Ochocki 
14001  West  McNichols  Road 
Detroit,  Michigan  48235 

Fourth  District,  Harold  E.  Lewis 

2970  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.W.,  Suite  300 
Atlanta,  Ga.  30305 

Fifth  District,  Leon  W.  Greene 
2800  Selkirk  Drive 
Burnsville,  Minn.  55378 


Sixth  District,  Frederick  N.  Bull 
Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
Room  722,  Oregon  Nat'l  Bldg. 
610  S.W.  Alder  Street 
Portland,  Oregon  97205 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District, William  Stefanovich 

2300  Howard  Avenue 

Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada  N8X  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 

1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 

Calgary,  Alberta,  Canada  T2K  OG3 


William  Sidell,  Chairman 
R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

If  your  local  union  wishes  to  list  de- 
ceased members  in  the  "In  Memoriam" 
page  of  The  Carpenter,  it  is  necessary 
that  a  specific  request  be  directed  to  the 
editor. 


In  processing  complaints,  the  only 
names  which  the  financial  secretary  needs 
to  send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are  NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 
In  sending  in  the  names  of  members  who 
are  not  getting  the  magazine,  the  new  ad- 
dress forms  mailed  out  with  each  monthly 
bill  should  be  used.  Please  see  that  the 
Zip  Code  of  the  member  is  included.  When 
a  member  clears  out  of  one  Local  Union 
into  another,  his  name  is  automatically 
dropped  from  the  mail  list  of  the  Local 
Union  he  cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the 
secretary  of  the  Union  into  which  he 
cleared  should  forward  his  name  to  the 
General  Secretary  for  inclusion  on  the 
mail  list.  Do  not  forget  the  Zip  Code 
number.  Members  who  die  or  are  sus- 
pended are  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  The   Carpenter. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPEISTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


PLEASE  NOTE:  FUling  out  this  coupon  and  mailing  it  to  the  CARPENTER 
only  corrects  your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine,  which  requires  six  to 
eight  weeks.  However  this  does  not  advise  your  own  local  union  of  your 
address  change.  You  must  notify  your  local  union  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


NAME. 


Local  No. 

Number  of  your  Local  Union  must 
be  given.  Otherwise,  no  action  can 
be  taken  on  your  change  of  address. 


NEW  ADDRESS. 


City 


State  or  Province 


ZIP  Code 


VOLUME  XCVII 


NO.    10 


OCTOBER,    1977 


UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 


IN   THIS    ISSUE 


THE 
COVER 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Leadership  Conference  in  the  Twin  Cities 2 

Dancer  Replaces  Staley  in  District   10    5 

New  Training  Methods  Reviewed  in  Washington 6 

First  Aid  Knowledge  Saves  Two  Lives    8 

Irish  Woodworkers  Secretary  Visits    9 

A  Builder-Designer  Trail 10 

Frontlash   Plans  More  Assistance    12 

Labor    Law    Reform    Hearings    Show   True    Colors    17 

Job   Shortage  Chief  Barrier  to  Apprentices    17 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup 4 

We  Congratulate    13 

Canadian   Report 14 

Local  Union   News    16 

Plane  Gossip 18 

Apprenticeship  and  Training    19 

In  Retrospect R.  E.  Livingston  24 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood    25 

In  Memoriam   29 

What's  New? 31 

In  Conclusion    William   Sidell  32 


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The  veteran  hunter  crossing  a 
Georgia  field  with  his  dog  on  our 
October  cover  is  eyeing  the  scene 
carefully  and  quietly,  expecting  a 
roaring  whir  of  wings  at  any  moment. 

There  aren't  many  partridges  in 
pear  trees  this  time  of  year.  One 
naturalist  says  you  have  to  look  for 
"the  red  lanterns" — blackberry  leaves 
turned  red  in  the  October  sun. 

"Red  lanterns  have  lighted  my  way 
on  many  a  pleasant  hunt  in  many  a 
region,"  environmentalist  Aldo  Leo- 
pold once  wrote.  "But  I  think  that 
blackberries  must  first  have  learned 
how  to  glow  in  the  sand  counties  of 
central  Wisconsin.  Along  the  little 
boggy  streams  of  these  friendly  wastes, 
called  poor  by  those  whose  own  lights 
barely  flicker,  the  blackberries  burn 
richly  red  on  every  sunny  day  from 
first  frost  to  the  last  day  of  the  season. 
Every  woodcock  and  every  partridge 
has  his  private  solarium  under  these 
briars.  Most  hunters,  not  knowing 
this,  wear  themselves  out  in  the  briar- 
less  scrub,  and,  returning  home  bird- 
less,  leave  the  rest  of  us  in  peace." 

Perhaps  our  Georgia  hunter  will  re- 
turn home  empty-handed,  too  .  .  . 
but  wasn't  it  great  to  get  out  into  the 
brisk  October  sunshine,  anyway. — 
Photo  by  Libby  Joy 

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Printed  in  U.S.A. 


Leadership 
Conference 
in  the 
Twin  Cities 


A  total  of  446  fulltime  officers 
and  representatives  of  Districts  3 
and  5  assembled  at  Minneapolis-St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  August  17-19,  for  the 
third  in  a  series  of  five  Leadership 
Conferences,  held  by  the  Brother- 
hood in  1977. 

It  was  the  largest  gathering  yet, 
and  it  brought  together  men  and 
women  from  12  Midwestern  states 


for  three  days  of  intensive  leader- 
ship training. 

The  General  Executive  Board 
Members  from  the  two  districts — 
Anthony  Ochocki  and  Leon  Greene 
— coordinated  the  arrangements  for 
the  conference,  working  with  the 
staff  of  the  General  Office  in  Wash- 
ington, D.C. 

General  President  William  Sidell, 
who  served  as  chairman  and  key- 
noter for  the  conference,  praised 
the  good  attendance  at  the  sessions 
and  expressed  the  hope  that  the 
enthusiasm  shown  by  delegates 
would  carry  over  into  their  organiz- 
ing and  membership-servicing  efforts 
when  they  got  back  home. 

Membership  data  presented  to 
the  gathering  by  General  Secretary 
R.  E.  Livingston  revealed  that  the 
current  recession  in  the  construction 


Left:  Vice  Presi- 
dent Walter  Mon- 
dale,  a  visitor  in 
the  Twin  Cities, 
dropped  in  to  re- 
new his  acquain- 
tance with  the 
General  Officers. 
Below:  President 
Sidell  presides  at 
the  opening  ses- 
sion. 


industry  was  continuing  to  take  its 
toll  in  the  Middle  West,  as  it  has  in 
other  parts  of  North  America.  Un- 
employment continues  to  be  the 
greatest  problem  in  the  trade. 

As  in  the  previous  conferences  at 
New  Orleans,  La.,  and  Cherry  Hill, 
N.J.,  the  other  General  Officers 
participated  in  the  discussions,  cov- 
ering such  topics  as  legislative  and 
political  action,  jurisdiction,  consti- 
tutional problems,  and  pensions  and 
record  keeping. 

Each  conference  participant  re- 
ceived a  thick,  clasp-bound  refer- 
ence book  containing  up-to-date 
data  on  all  phases  of  Brotherhood 
activity. 

Two  more  conferences  are  sched- 
uled this  year,  as  follows:  Districts 
7  and  8  at  Los  Angeles,  Calif.,  Sep- 
tember 28-30,  and  Districts  9  and 
10  at  Ottawa,  Ont.,  October  18-20. 

Industrial  locals  are  encouraged 
to  send  representatives  to  these  con- 
ferences. There  are  separate  train- 
ing and  discussion  sessions  for  con- 
struction and  industrial  leaders,  in 
addition  to  the  general  sessions. 
General  President  Sidell  has  urged 
full  participation  in  these  crucial 
1977  gatherings. 


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Leon  Greene 


Pete  Ochocki 


OCTOBER,    1977 


TON  ROUNDUP 


U.S.  STILL  PLANS  TO  LEAVE  ILO— A  Cabinet-level  committee  has  decided  to  let  stand  the 
two-year  notice  by  the  United  States  that  it  will  leave  the  International  Labor 
Organization  as  of  November  5.  A  final  recommendation  will  be  made  to  President 
Carter  before  the  deadline. 

The  AFL-CIO  and  the  U.S.  Chamber  of  Commerce,  as  the  labor  and  employer 
members  of  the  U.S.  delegation,  backed  the  Ford  Administration's  notice  to  quit 
the  United  Nations  agency.  The  U.S.  group  charged  the  ILO  had  become  too 
politicized  and  had  strayed  from  its  original  objectives  of  technical  assistance 
and  improving  labor  standards  around  the  world. 

The  United  Auto  Workers  and  the  Machinists  have  asked  President  Carter  to 
support  continued  U.S.  participation  in  the  ILO. 

POLICE  APPRENTICESHIP— For  the  first  time  since  the  Labor  Department  began  approving 
and  registering  apprenticeship  programs  40  years  ago.  Secretary  of  Labor  Ray 
Marshall  has  approved  law  enforcement  work  as  an  apprenticeable  occupation.  The 
Secretary  signed  a  $373,000  agreement  with  the  International  Brotherhood  of 
Police  Officers  for  the  Boston-based  national  labor  organization  to  promote  and 
develop  apprenticeship  programs. 

WHY  NOT  CLOTHING  STAMPS,  TOO?-Rep.  Charles  B.  Rangel  {D-N.Y. )  has  introduced 
legislation  calling  for  a  national  "clothing  stamp"  program  similar  to  the  food 
stamp  program.  Rangel  said  the  program  would  benefit  the  poor  who  need  clothing 
as  well  as  apparel  workers  who  make  the  clothing. 

NEW  IDEAS  FOR  LAND  USE— The  Department  of  Transportation  is  urging  state  officials 
to  work  with  recreation  officials  to  make  greater  use  of  the  70,000  miles  of 
abandoned  railroad  rights-of-way  in  the  nation. 

In  Japan,  unused  urban  land  owned  by  the  Japanese  National  Railways  is  leased 
out  to  construction  firms,  commercial  and  recreational  establishments  and  others. 
Some  of  the  land  is  used  by  car  dealers,  golf  practice  centers  and  is  even  sub- 
divided into  vegetable  garden  plots  for  the  general  public. 

COST  FOR  RETIRED  COUPLES  CLIMB— A  retired  couple  living  in  an  urban  American  com- 
munity needed  $6,738,  after  income  tax,  just,  to  maintain  an  "intermediate" 
standard  of  living  last  fall,  the  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  reports. 

The  amount  was  4.2%  more  than  the  government  estimated  a  typical  retired 
couple  required  the  previous  fall.  Since  living  costs  have  risen  even  more  since 
last  autumn,  when  BLS  drew  up  the  hypothetical  budget,  the  total  would  be  even 
higher  today. 

At  a  lower  level  providing  no  lioxuries  but  bare  living  essentials,  the  budget 
for  a  retired  couple  would  have  cost  $4,695.  A  higher  budget  would  have  required 
$10,048  in  annual  income. 

NO-FARE  TRANSIT  PLAN  URGED— Amalgamated  Transit  Union  President  Dan  V.  Maroney  has 
urged  a  federal  study  commission  to  recommend  a  "no-fare"  mass  transit  system 
supported  by  federal,  state  and  local  tax  revenues. 

He  termed  transit  facilities  an  essential  public  service  that  can't  survive 
on  user  charges  and  shouldn't  be  required  to  do  so. 

Maroney  proposed  that  the  federal  government  provide  the  bulk  of  capital  funds 
and  an  "equitable"  share  of  operating  costs  to  create  transit  systems  that  would 
revitalize  urban  areas,  provide  enormous  savings  in  fuel  and  expand  job 
opportunities. 

4  THE  CARPENTER 


New  Board  Member 
For  Western  Canada 


Staley  tenders 
refirement; 
Dancer  named 
replacement 


STALEY 


DANCER 


Eldon  T.  "Al"  Staley,  General 
Executive  Board  Member  from  the 
10th  District,  tendered  his  retire- 
ment to  General  President  William 
Sidell  in  August,  and  he  officially 
retired  on  September  1 . 

At  age  60,  he  has  devoted  more 
than  30  years  of  his  life  to  the  labor 
movement.  He  joined  Local  1598, 
Victoria,  B.C.,  in  October,  1946 
was  elected  the  local  union's  finan- 
cial secretary  two  years  later,  and 
eventually  held  the  office  of  presi- 
dent. Born  in  Ontario  on  April  20, 
1917,  Staley  served  his  apprentice- 
ship in  his  native  province,  begin- 
ning in  1936. 

Staley  has  been  a  diligent  worker 
for  the  Brotherhood  in  Western 
Canada  since  joining  Local  1598. 
He  was  elected  president  of  the 
Vancouver  Island  District  Council 
in  1950,  serving  two  years.  In  1951 
he  was  elected  executive  secretary 
of  the  British  Columbia  Provincial 
Council  of  Carpenters  and  served 
in  that  office  for  1 1  years. 


In  1962  he  became  a  Brother- 
hood general  representative.  Two 
years  after  that,  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  BC  Federation  of 
Labor  and  served  in  that  office  for 
six  years.  Elected  a  regional  vice 
president  of  the  Canadian  Labor 
Congress  in  1966,  he  continued  to 
serve  in  this  capacity  when  he  was 
became  a  member  of  the  Brother- 
hood's General  Executive  Board  in 
1971,  succeeding  George  Bengough. 

General  President  Sidell  praised 
Staley's  dedicated  work  over  the 
past  three  decades  and  asked  him  to 
assist  his  successor  as  much  as  pos- 
sible in  the  transition  period. 

To  replace  Staley  as  General  Ex- 
ecutive Board  Member  from  the 
10th  District  is  Ronald  J.  Dancer 
of  Calgary,  Alberta,  a  General 
Representative  in  Western  Canada. 

Dancer  joined  Local  1779,  Cal- 
gary, as  an  apprentice  on  April  20, 
1950.  He  was  elected  treasurer  of 
the  local  union  two  years  later,  and 
in  1953  he  was  elected  executive 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Alberta 
Provincial  Council  of  Carpenters. 


In  September,  1954,  M.  A.  Hut- 
cheson,  who  was  then  General 
President  of  the  Brotherhood,  ap- 
pointed Dancer  to  the  international 
organizing  staff.  On  May  1,  1976, 
General  President  Sidell  appointed 
him   a  general   representative. 

Through  the  1960s,  Dancer  was 
labor's  representative  on  the  Com- 
munity Chest  of  Calgary  and  the 
United  Way  of  Calgary  and  Vi- 
cinity. 

In  1966  he  was  elected  president 
of  the  Allied  Hydro  Council  of 
Manitoba,  holding  that  position 
through  Manitoba's  massive  hydro 
development  in  the  north  of  the 
province. 

Since  1970,  Dancer  has  been  as- 
signed each  year  to  work  with  the 
International  Carpentery  Appren- 
ticeship Contest.  For  the  past  15 
years  he  has  participated  as  an  in- 
structor in  many  educational  semi- 
nars sponsored  by  provincial  fed- 
erations, labor  councils,  and  the 
Canadian  Labor  Congress.  He  is 
ably  prepared  for  his  new  and  chal- 
lenging assignment. 


OCTOBER,    1977 


^Skill  Blocks'  and  PET  System 
to  Update  Training  Methods 

Pilot  studies  at  12  locations 
will  help  apprentices  learn 
craft  skills  at  their  best  pace 


■  The  PET  System — "performance 
evaluation  training" — is  expected  to 
become  a  major  part  of  the  interna- 
tional joint  apprenticeship  and  training 
program  of  the  Brotherhood  in  the 
years  ahead. 

Described  earlier  this  year  by  First 
Vice  President  William  Konyha  and 
the  Brotherhood  training  staff  in  in- 
structor-coordinator conferences,  PET 
is  now  being  firmed  up  in  pilot  studies 
across  the  United  States,  as  12  affiliated 
JATC  programs  test  it,  add  to  it,  and 
supply  feedback  to  the  General  office 
in  Washington. 


THE    CARPENTER 


Affiliated  training  programs  in  thie 
following  areas  have  the  PET  system 
under  study:  Baton  Rouge,  La.;  Cincin- 
nati, O.;  Cleveland,  O.;  Das  Moines, 
la.;  Houston,  Te.x.;  Las  Vegas,  Nev.; 
three  training  groups  which  have  com- 
bined their  activities  in  the  State  of 
Montana;  New  Orleans,  La. ;  New  York 
City;  Spokane,  Wash.;  Tulsa,  Okla.; 
and  Ventura  County,  Calif. 

Forty-five  representatives  of  these  12 
training  groups — instructors,  directors, 
committeemen — assembled  at  the 
General  Office  in  Washington  during 
August  for  five  days  of  discussion  and 


coordination  of  their  work. 

Vice  President  Konyha  describes 
PET  as  primarily  a  visual  approach  to 
training  and  a  system  designed  to  help 
an  apprentice  learn  at  his  own  particu- 
lar pace.  It  goes,  in  many  cases,  directly 
into  the  specifics  of  modern  construc- 
tion, "oflfering  a  more  direct  training 
experience." 

Konyha  reported  that,  during  the 
past  year.  International  training  staff 
members  have  gone  out  to  many  con- 
struction projects  and  photographed 
in  35  mm  color  slides  actual  craft  pro- 
cedures in  a  step-by-step  manner.  These 


illustrations  are  being  supplemerited 
with  drawings  and  written  material  and 
assembled  into  "skill  blocks",  which 
will  then  become  units  in  the  official 
materials  supplied  by  the  General 
Office.  These  skill  blocks  will  replace 
or  supplement  many  training  manuals 
used  in  the  past  by  JATC  across  the 
nation. 

The  first  PET  activity  is  concentrat- 
ing on  the  basic  skills  of  carpentry,  but 
skill  blocks  will  be  prepared  for  mill- 
wrighting.  cabinetry,  pile  driving,  floor 
covering,  and  other  areas  of  the  trade. 
Continued  on  Page  12 


THE  PICTURES  SHOW: 

In  the  far-left  column,  from  top  to 
bottom,  are  Bradford  M.  O'Brien 
of  the  US  Bureau  of  Apprenticeship 
and  Training;  Val  Riva  of  the 
Associated  General  Contractors; 
Joseph  GIassraa>  er.  Cincinnati,  O. 
contractor;  and  Chris  Monek  of 
AGC  Manpower  Training. 


Other  pictures,  starting  at  the  top, 
second  from  left,  show:  First  General 
Vice  President  William  Konyha 
keynoting  the  sessions;  William 
Pemberton  of  the  AGC  and  the 
National  Joint  Carpentry 
Apprenticeship  and  Training 
Committee;   General  Secretary'  R.  E. 
Livingston;  and  Second  General 
Vice  President  Pat  Campbell. 


The  second  row  includes 
participants  from  Montana  and 
Spokane,   Wash.;    R.   W.   Schwertner, 
employer  representative  on  the 
National  Committee  (in  the 
foreground.  Bill  Pemberton  and  Jim 
Tinkcom,  technical  director);  Ventura 
County,  Calif.,  participants  (upper 
picture);  participants  from  Baton 
Rouge  and  New  Orleans,  La.  (lower 
picture);  and  General  Treasurer 
Charles  Nichols. 


The  third  row  shows  a  general  view 
of  the  opening  session:  Jim  Clark, 
US  Labor  Department  contract 
officer;   Charles   .\llen  of  the 
Brotherhood's  .Apprenticeship  and 
Training  Department  and  .\GC 
representatives:  and.  finally, 
participants  from   California,   Las 
Vegas,  and  Houston. 


OCTOBER,    1977 


First  aid  knowledge  saves  two  lives  .  . . 


■  Portland,  Ore.,  Iron  Worker,  Bill 
Alldritt,  recently  suffered  a  heart  at- 
tack while  working  on  a  conveyer  job 
at  Swan  Island.  He  fell  12  feet  from 
the  conveyor  belt  and  lay  still. 

Millwright  Apprentice  Jerry  Vignali, 
working  nearby,  heard  a  fellow  worker 
say,  "There's  an  iron  worker  dead 
over  there  ..." 

He  went  over  to  investigate. 

"I  had  to  try,"  he  said  later.  "His 
tongue  was  bluish.  I  blew  so  hard  the 
air  came  out,  and  his  tongue  waved 
back  and  forth." 

While  he  was  giving  mouth-to- 
mouth  resuscitation,  Millwright  Char- 
ley Smithson  came  up  and  began  ap- 
plying heart  massage.  He  couldn't  feel 
a  pulse  beat,  but  he  kept  up  the  tempo 
of  his  massage. 

The  job  superintendent  called  the 
local  fire  bureau,  but  Alldritt  still 
showed  no  signs  of  recovery  when 
local  fire  fighters  with  sophisticated 
equipment  took  up  the  task.  Finally, 
Alldritt  began  "hollering,"  and  the  mill- 
wrights and  fire  fighters  had  proven, 
once  more,  the  importance  of  union 
first  aid  training.  The  victim  went  to 
the  hospital  a  half  hour  later,  where  it 
was  "touch  and  go  for  three  days" 
before  recovery. 

"I  was  too  ornery  to  die,"  said  Iron 
Worker  Alldruit  later. 

The  apprentice  millwright  told  a  re- 
porter for  The  Oregon  Labor  Press 
that  the  lifesaving  training  he  received 
in  pre-apprenticeship  was  "priceless." 

"You  can  see  how  much  it  helped 
me.  I  wouldn't  have  known  what  to 
do  without  the  training." 

Bill  Epperly,  financial  secretary  and 
business  representative  of  Millwrights 
&  Machine  Erectors  Local  1857,  said 
the  union's  15-day  pre-apprentice 
training  program  includes  lifesaving 
and  first  aid  and  "we  now  have  75 
members  in  the  field  with  lifesaving 
skills  they've  never  had  before." 

The  journeyman  millwright  who 
participated  in  the  liefsaving  effort, 
Charley  Smithson,  said  he  hadn't  had 
lifesaving  training  but  he  had  recently 
heard  a  doctor  on  TV  explain  what  to 
do  in  a  similar  emergency.  He  also  had 
helped  in  two  highway  accidents. 

Apprentice  Vignali  said  later  that 
the  most  rewarding  part  for  him  was  a 
note  of  appreciation  received  from 
Alldritt's  wife.  "It  meant  more  to  me 
than  anything  else." 


Pre-Apprentice  Training  Saves  Life, 
As  Millwrights  Revive  Iron  Worker 


Boxcar  Rolls  Over  Foreman's  Leg, 
Two  Portland  Members  Rush  to  Aid 


Bob  Miller  and  Ronnie  Gray  on  the  job,  following  Giebeler's  accident. 


■  Quick  action  on  the  part  of  two 
members  of  Local  1746,  Portland, 
Ore.,  who  are  employed  by  the  Nicolai 
Co.,  helped  to  save  Bill  Giebeler's  life, 
reports  The  Union  Register. 

During  a  regular  work  break,  last 
May  24,  Giebeler,  a  plant  foreman, 
started  across  the  street  from  the  plant 
to  buy  something  at  the  coffee  wagon. 
He  passed  behind  a  boxcar  on  a  rail- 
road siding  just  as  an  unconnected 
switch  released  a  coupling,  causing  the 
boxcar  to  begin  rolling,  knocking 
Giebeler  onto  a  rail.  As  he  was  thrown 
down,  the  wheels  of  the  boxcar  passed 
over  one  leg,  almost  totally  severing  it 
near  the  hip. 


Fellow  workers  Bob  "Pinky"  Miller, 
21,  and  Ronnie  Gray,  35,  quickly 
rushed  to  the  fallen  man's  aid,  apply- 
ing tourniquets  and  administering  to 
the  injured  man  until  an  ambulance 
arrived. 

Giebeler's  leg  was  surgically  re- 
moved at  a  nearby  hospital.  He  suf- 
fered a  massive  loss  of  blood,  accord- 
ing to  hospital  reports,  and  only 
because  of  Miller's  and  Gray's  quick 
response  was  his  death  prevented  at  the 
scene  of  the  accident. 

At  last  report,  Giebeler  is  doing 
fine,  says  Ted  Megert,  correspondent 
for  The  Union  Register. 


8 


THE    CARPENTER 


Irish  Woodworkers 
Secretary  Visits 


As  a  memento  of  his  visit,  Irish  Wood- 
workers Secretary  George  Lamon,  third 
from  left,  presented  a  plaque  bearing  his 
union's  seal  to  the  Brotherhood.  Accept- 
ing it  is  First  General  Vice  President 
William  Konyba,  as  Second  General  Vice 
President  Pat  Campbell  and  General 
Secretary  R.  E.  Livingston  join  in  the 
welcome. 

George  Lamon,  general  secretary  of 
the  Irish  Union  of  Woodworkers,  flew 
into  New  York  from  Dublin  on 
August  6  and  was  the  guest  of  the 
New  York  State  Council  of  Carpen- 
ters during  that  organization's  three- 
day  convention. 

It  was  a  time  for  true  Irish  fellow- 
ship, as  John  O'Connor  and  Paschal 
McGuiness  of  Carpenters  Local  608 
of  New  York  escorted  Lamon  from 
the  airport  and  joined  other  Irish 
American  Carpenters  in  showing  him 
the  city  and  taking  him  to  a  meeting 
of  Local  608. 

From  New  York,  the  Irish  leader 
flew  to  Washington  to  visit  with  Gen- 
eral Officers  of  the  Brotherhood  and 
leaders  of  American  labor  at  the 
AFL-CIO  Headquarters. 

Lamon  studied  the  administrative 
program  of  the  General  Office  and 
had  high  praise  for  the  Brotherhood's 
general  contract  achievements  in 
working  with  management  of  the  con- 
struction industry.  The  Irish  Union  of 
Woodworkers,  though  comparatively 
small,  is  a  growing  union,  Lamon  told 
us,  in  spite  of  depressed  economic 
conditions  in  Ireland.  He  called  for 
continued  support  of  the  Irish  trade 
movement  in  the  years  ahead. 


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Leaflet  for  visitors 
to  buildings  con- 
structed by  Hilton, 


In  the  years  between  the  Civil  War  and  the  founding 
of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners 
of  America  in  1881,  skilled  carpenters,  though  unor- 
ganized, were  often  all-around  builders — designing,  con- 
tracting, hiring  other  building  tradesmen,  and  doing 
interior  finish  work  in  homes,  churches,  and  other 
buildings. 

In  small  communities,  many  served  as  general  repair 
men,  furniture  and  cabinet  makers,  builders  of  coffins 
and  undertakers,  and  installers  of  windmills  and  cisterns. 

The  work  of  one  such  early  American  craftsman  has 
recently  been  recognized  in  a  unique  "Builder-Designer 
Trail"  in  the  rolling  hills  of  Western  Maryland.  Ten 
buildings — homes,  churches,  and  one  inn — built  by 
William  T.  Hilton  of  Barnesville,  Md.,  are  described  in 
a  tour  guide  which  takes  visitors  on  a  circuit  of  ap- 

Contined  on  Page  12 


Maryland  Tour 
Features  Work 
of  19th  Century 
Carpenter 


In  the  early  1900's  three  of  Hilton's  carpenters  posed  with 
Hilton  grandchildren  and  the  family  dog  in  the  carpentry  shop 
at  Barnesville  (picture  at  top).  Today  the  same  shop,  (shown 
in  the  lower  picture)  serves  as  a  workshop  for  Grandson  Wil- 
liam C.  Hilton's  furniture  store  and  funeral  home.  (William  C. 
is  also  the  young  boy  at  right  in  the  upper  picture.) 


The  Maryland  tour  starts  at  a  19th 
Century  church  building,  converted  by 
Hilton  and  his  descendants  into  a  shop. 


Hilton  added  a  front  section  to  the 
Hays  House  in  1890,  renovating  the  18th 
Century  structure  for  a  large  family. 


Comus  Inn,  at  a  nearby  crossroads,  a 
popular  country  restaurant,  is  much  as 
Hilton  renovated  it  from  1890  to  1900. 


10 


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The  Brotherhood  has  launched  a 
major  organizing  drive  among 
workers  in  residential  housing. 
The  housing  Industry  has  more 
than  a  V2  million  unorganized 
workers  within  our  jurisdiction. 
It  represents  the  largest  pool  of 
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The  stairway  of  the  Lawrence  Hilton 
Price  House,  built  and  once  occupied 
by  William  T.  Hilton,  displays  an  as- 
sortment of  baluster  designs — "leftovers" 
from  various  construction  jobs,  which 
this  19th  Century  carpenter  brought 
home  to  keep  his  own  residence  in  order. 


BUILDER-DESIGNER 

Continued  from  Page  10 

proximately  10.5  miles  along  the  coun- 
try roads  around  picturesque  Sugarloaf 
Mountain. 

William  T.  Hilton,  whose  work  is  seen 
on  the  tour,  was  born  in  1829  on  the 
western  outskirts  of  Barnesville,  and  he 
died  80  years  later  in  Barnesville  town. 
He  did  all  of  his  work  within  a  few  miles 
radius  of  his  birthplace.  The  slate  for 
the  roofs,  the  brick,  and  the  lumber  all 
came  from  nearby,  native  sources. 

No  record  exists  of  when  or  with 
whom  young  Hilton  served  his  appren- 
ticeship. It's  believed  that  he  began  early, 
at  12  or  14,  and,  since  he  lived  at  home, 
he  may  have  learned  much  about  his 
trade  from  local  builders.  "Builders' 
books",  with  plans  and  details  for  gables, 
cornices,  and  what-have-you  were  the 
country  builder's  substitute  for  post- 
journeyman  training,  and  the  books  Wil- 
liam T.  Hilton  left  behind  are  filled  with 
notes  and  calculations  of  his  lasting 
work. 


SKILL  BLOCKS 

Continued  from  Page  7 

When  training  leaders  assemble  at 
Anaheim,  Calif.,  late  next  month,  for 
their  winter  training  conference  and 
the  1977  International  Carpentry  Ap- 
prenticeship Contest,  there  are  ex- 
pected to  be  preliminary  reports  on  the 
12  pilot  programs  now  underway. 


Frontlash  Plans 
More  Assistance 

Floyd  Doolittle,  Executive  Secretary 
of  the  Brotherhood's  Southern  Council 
of  Industrial  Workers,  was  a  featured 
speaker  at  the  Frontlash  Training  Insti- 
tute, held  in  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  recently. 

Frontlash  is  a  non-partisan  youth  or- 
ganization closely  allied  with  the  AFL- 
CIO,  with  the  goal  of  increasing  the 
political  participation  of  young  people 
and  workers.  At  the  institute,  young 
political  activists  from  colleges  and  trade 
unions  heard  speakers  from  the  AFL- 
CIO  and  international  unions  discuss  the 
issues  facing  the  trade  union  movement 
today.  The  Frontlash  staff  led  workshops 
about  the  mechanics  of  voter  registration, 
get-out-the-vote  and  boycott  support 
activity. 

Doolittle  discussed  the  problems  of 
organizing  in  the  South,  emphasizing  the 
Croft  Metal  consumer  boycott,  which 
has  been  a  major  activity  for  Frontlash 
this  year.  He  explained  how  Croft  Metals 
has  refused  to  bargain  in  good  faith,  even 
under  court  order,  and  showed  how 
Croft  Metals  actions  are  an  example  of 
the  union  busting  tactics  and  unfair  labor 
practices  common  in  the  South. 

Other  topics  presented  at  the  institute 
were  labor  and  politics,  labor's  legislative 
goals,  an  evaluation  of  the  Carter  admin- 
istration, and  an  explanation  of  the  J.  P. 
Stevens  consumer  boycott.  Doolittle 
talked  with  many  of  the  Frontlash  or- 
ganizers about  the  Croft  Metals  boycott 
and  the  common  goals  of  labor  and 
young  adults.  The  new  Frontlash  organi- 
zers gained  incentive  to  picket  retail 
outlets  which  sell  Croft  Metals  from  his 
remarks.  Many  Frontlash  volunteers  have 
already  participated  in  this  effort. 


Floyd  Doolittle,  executive  secretary  of 
the  Brotherhood's  Southern  Council  of 
Industrial  Workers,  confers  with  a  leader 
of  Frontlash  at  that  organization's  1977 
Training  Institute  at  Gettysburg,  Pa. 
Frontlash  volunteers  have  given  strong 
support  to  the  AFL-CIO  and  Brother- 
hood boycott  of  Croft  Metals  products, 
working  on  informational  picketlines 
and  distributii^  literature  to  consumers 
throughout  the  nation. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


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.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who.  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


NEW  DINING   HALL 


Robert  Scott  and  Dave  West,  mem- 
bers of  Local  266,  Stockton,  setting  tbe 
large  timbers  for  the  roof. 

Camp  Forty-Niner,  operated  by  the 
Northern  California  Boy  Scouts  of 
America  near  Avery,  Calif.,  has  a  new 
dining  hall  area  thanks  to  the  efforts  of 
members  of  the  Delta-Yosemite  District 
Council  of  Carpenters  and  other  local 
building   trades   crafts. 

Instrumental  in  spearheading  the  proj- 
ect was  Robert  Scott,  member  of  Local 
266,  Stockton,  Calif.,  who  acted  as  con- 
struction superintendent. 

Other  carpenters  who  donated  week- 
ends were:  Mike  Byrne,  Dennis  Gulick, 
Mat  Ilonumni,  Nick  Origer,  Loren  Perry, 
John  Tracy,  Dave  West  and  Don  Stewart. 

Bill  Hranac,  Boy  Scout  council  execu- 
tive, estimates  that  in  the  past  one  and  a 
half  years,  more  than  3,500  man  hours 
and  $250,000  have  been  donated  to  the 
5,000  square  foot  structure. 

The  new  hall  seats  250  people  and 
allows  use  of  the  camp  on  a  year-round 
basis. 

FUND  RAISING   IDEA 

Two  California  unionists — Joe  Alva- 
rado  of  Laborers  Local  89  and  Bill  Cole 
of  Carpenters  Local  2078,  Vista,  Calif. — 
put  their  skill  and  imagination  together 
and  came  up  with  an  ingenious  solution 
to    a    fundraising/constriiction    problem. 

The  problem:  how  to  fund  and  finish  a 
therapeutic  swimming  pool  for  handi- 
capped children  in  Vista.  The  solution: 


glazed,  ceramic  tiles  to  be  displayed  with 
donors'  names  inscribed  on  them  in  gold 
leaf.  Alvarado  and  Cole  are  spearheading 
the  drive  for  tile  donors,  with  full  sup- 
port of  the  San  Diego-Imperial  Counties 
AFL-CIO,  the  San  Diego  Building  and 
Construction  Trades  Council  and  numer- 
ous AFL-CIO  and  independent  union 
locals  in  the  area. 

SCOUTING  AWARD 


Presenting  the  Local  1226  scholarships 
are  Ernest  Theiler,  local  president,  and 
Darlene  Pierce,  president  of  the  ladies 
auxiliary,  standing  at  left. 

Pasadena,  Texas,  Local  1226  and  its 
Ladies  Auxiliary  858  matched  funds  to 
provide  $100  college  scholarships  to 
Lusia  Carrasco  and  Steven  Christopher- 
son,  whose  fathers  are  both  members  of 
that  local. 

The  scholarships  were  awarded  for 
academic  excellence  and  are  limited  to 
the  sons  and  daughters  of  local  mem- 
bers. 

The  scholarships  are  expected  to  be- 
come an  annual  presentation. 


At  the  presentation,  from  left  to  right: 
Scout  Executive  Howard  Russell,  Mrs. 
Sophie  Rice,  Peter  D.  Rice,  and  Aurelio 
Ruiz,  business  representative  of  Local 
1752.  Ruiz  represented  Earl  Wilson, 
secretary  of  the  Central  Labor  Council 
of  San  Bernardino,  who  could  not  attend. 

Organized  labor's  highest  award  for 
service  to  youth  through  the  program  of 
the  Boy  Scouts  of  America  has  been 
awarded   to  a   Pomona,   Calif.,   member. 

Peter  D.  Rice,  member  of  Local  1752, 
was  presented  the  George  Meany  Award 
in  a  ceremony  at  the  local  membership 
meeting,  June    14. 

In  addition  to  the  George  Meany 
Award,  Rice  has  received  a  Community 
Service  Award  in  Scouting,  the  District 
Award  of  Merit,  and  the  Silver  Beaver 
Award. 

He  has  taught  archery  for  the  Depart- 
ment of  Recreation  in  the  City  of  Mont- 
clair  for  the  past  21  years  and  has  served 
his  community  in  many  other  ways. 


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CANADIAN 


Mortgage  Money  from  Insurance  Companies  Down 


Miscellaneous 


Policy  Loans 


From  LIFE  INSURANCE  FACT  BOOK  1977 

A  ten-year  comparison  of  assets  distributed  by  Canadian  life  insurance  companies 
shows  mortgage  investments  down  7%,  while  stock  investments  went  up  6%. 

Group  Insurance  Purchases  Up; 

U.S.,  Canadian  Insurers  Share  Market 


Canadians  bought  some  $38.9  bil- 
lion of  life  insurance  in  1976,  an  in- 
crease of  $4.4  billion  or  13%  over 
1975,  according  to  the  annual  Life 
Insurance  Fact  Book  just  published. 
Of  the  1976  total.  56%  was  indi- 
vidually purchased  insurance  and 
44%  was  group.  By  contrast,  group 
insurance  was  29%  of  purchases  in 
1966. 

At  the  end  of  1975  (the  latest  year 
for  which  data  are  available),  Cana- 
dians owned  life  insurance  equaling 
153%  of  their  national  income,  com- 
pared with  209%  in  Japan,  and  158% 
in  the  United  States. 

Total  life  insurance  in  force  in  Can- 
ada at  the  end  of  1976  was  estimated 
to  be  $258.3  billion,  a  17%  increase 
during  the  year. 

Over  two-fifths  of  the  life  insurance 
in  force  in  Canada  is  ordinary  life. 
As  a  percentage  of  all  life  insurance, 


however,  ordinary  insurance  in  Can- 
ada has  been  declining  in  proportion 
to  group  life  insurance  in  force.  From 
year-end  1966  through  1976,  group 
life  rose  from  41%  to  over  56%  of 
the  total. 

The  assets  of  Canada's  85  life  in- 
surance companies  are  invested  pri- 
marily in  the  private  sector  of  that 
nation's  economy,  chiefly  in  corporate 
bonds  and  mortgages.  Many  Canadian 
life  companies  invest  part  of  their 
funds  in  the  United  States,  where  they 
conduct  over  one-fifth  of  their  busi- 
ness, and  many  U.S.  companies  sim- 
ilarly invest  and  do  business  in  Can- 
ada. 

More  than  12  million  Canadians 
owned  life  insurance  at  the  end  of 
1976.  About  three-quarters  of  their 
protection  was  with  Canadian  life 
companies.  Much  of  the  rest  was  with 
U.S.    companies.    As    already    noted. 


Canadian  life  insurance  companies 
also  provide  a  sizable  amount  of  pro- 
tection for  policyholders  in  the  United 
States.  Canadians  also  carry  policies 
with  British  and  other  European  life 
insurance  companies. 

Life  insurance  benefits  paid  during 
the  year  to  Canadians  amounted  to 
$2.4  billion.  Of  this  total,  $1.6  billion, 
or  67%  represented  payments  to  pol- 
icyholders  themselves. 

Quebec  Anti-Scab 
Bill  Introduced 

Quebec  labor  leaders  quickly  ap- 
plauded amendments  to  the  province's 
Labor  Code  which  would  prohibit 
strikebreaking  in  companies  under 
provincial  jurisdiction,  require  all  em- 
ployees in  a  union  shop  to  pay  dues 
and  enable  a  certification  vote  with 
the  signatures  of  35%  of  the  workers 
in  the  plant. 

"The  legislation  restores  the  balance 
of  power  by  forcing  employers  to  in- 
terrupt production  during  labor  dis- 
putes," said  Fernand  Daoust,  secre- 
tary-general of  the  Quebec  Federation 
of  Labor. 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  legis- 
lation, employers  would  not  be  al- 
lowed to  use  workers  hired  during  the 
90-day  conciliation  period  before  a 
strike  or  during  a  strike  or  lockout. 
Once  a  strike  was  over,  workers 
would  be  guaranteed  their  old  jobs. 

The  legislation  sets  minimum  work- 
ing conditions  for  non-unionized 
workers,  health  and  safety  reforms 
and  compulsory  checkoff  of  union 
dues  for  all  employees  in  a  union  shop 
(Rand  formula). 

Employees  seeking  union  certifica- 
tion would  need  the  signatures  of 
35%  of  the  workplace  to  force  a  vote. 
The  decision  would  be  taken  by  ma- 
jority secret-ballot  vote.  The  same 
procedure  would  be  used  if  35%  of 
the  workers  wanted  a  new  union. 

The  amendments  to  the  Labor  Code 
have  been  in  the  works  for  some  time. 
But  it  took  a  shooting  incident  at  the 
Robin  Hood  flour  mill  in  Montreal  to 
get  the  legislation  introduced. 

A  spokesman  for  the  Canadian 
Labor  Congress  said  the  legislation 
"will  put  as  much  pressure  on  the 
employer  to  negotiate  as  on  the 
unions." 

The  Confederation  of  National 
Trade  Unions  called  the  bill  a  "vic- 
tory for  workers"  and  especially 
praised  the  Rand  formula  provision 
calling  for  compulsory  checkoff  of 
union   dues.  Francine  Lalonde,  vice- 


14 


THE    CARPENTER 


president  of  the  federation,  urged  the 
government  to  "adopt  (the)  measures 
without  delay  and  without  giving  in 
to  pressures  by  business." 

Business  leaders  condemned  the 
Parti  Quebecois  reform  bill.  James 
Doyle,  president  of  the  Quebec  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  said  the  anti-strike- 
breaking clause  was  "  a  one-sided  set 
of  rules."  The  Quebec  manager  of 
the  Canadian  Manufacturers  Associa- 
tion, Jean-Marie  Esthier  added  the 
clause  would  not  allow  an  employer 
to  test  the  relative  fairness  of  his  offer 
and  the  union's  demand. 

Passage  of  the  bill  is  expected  by 
December,  according  to  observers. 

Saskatchewan  May 
Have  Anti-Scab,  Too 

Saskatchewan  may  follow  the  lead 
of  Quebec  by  introducing  preventive 
legislation  to  deal  with  the  hiring  of 
professional    strikebreakers    this    fall. 

Labor  Minister  Gordon  Snyder 
said  he  would  consider  amending  the 
province's  Trade  Union  Act  to  make 
strikebreaking  illegal.  But  he  said  he 
did  not  know  if  there  was  anything 
serious  enough  to  warrant  amending 
the  Act.  Strikebreaking  has  not  been 
a  problem  in  Saskatchewan,  though 
the  possibility  exists,  he  said. 

Yes,  Unemployment, 
Inflation  Still  Up 

Even  if  he  isn't  doing  much  about 
it,  federal  Finance  Minister  Donald 
Macdonald  is  at  least  starting  to  face 
the  economic  facts. 

Macdonald  has  conceded  the  anti- 
inflation  program  will  fail  to  hold  in- 
flation to  6%  this  year,  that  unem- 
ployment is  getting  worse  and  the 
government  should  do  something 
about  it.  and  that  business  is  not  tak- 
ing advantage  of  tax  concessions  made 
in  his  last  federal  budget  which  sup- 
posedly would  have  created  jobs. 

Bowing  to  predictions  from  the 
Organization  for  Economic  Coopera- 
tion and  Development  (OECD)  and 
the  Conference  Board  of  Canada, 
Macdonald  admitted  ""there's  going 
to  be  some  increase  (in  inflation). 
Whether  it's  7%  or  above,  it's  difti- 
cult  to  say." 

As  for  unemployment,  the  finance 
minister  says  it  will  probably  remain 
around  the  8%  level  for  the  rest  of 
the  year,  and  there  is  little  the  govern- 
ment can  do  about  it. 

His  remarks  came  less  than  a  week 

OCTOBER,    1977 


after  the  OECD,  an  association  of  the 
world's  most  wealthy  countries,  pre- 
dicted Canada  would  face  extremely 
high  unemployment  and  low  growth 
for  the  next  year. 

The  OECD  predicts  real  growth  in 
Canada  could  be  as  low  as  3%  this 
year,  almost  a  full  2%  less  than  last 
year's  dismal  performance. 

The  OECD  predicts  the  latest  fed- 
eral budget  is  "unlikely  to  provide 
much  additional  stimulus  to  over-all 
activity." 

It  says  inflation  is  likely  to  remain 
high  until  mid-1978. 
• 

Attend  your  local  union  meetings  reg- 
ularly. Be  an  active  member  of  the 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America. 


Saskatchewan  Set 
For  October  Meet 

The  Saskatchewan  Federation  of 
Labor's  regular  Annual  Convention 
will  begin  at  1:00  p.m.  on  Wednesday, 
October  12,  1977.  at  the  Saskatoon 
Union  Center.  The  annual  convention 
is  usually  scheduled  for  three  full  days. 
Plans  this  year  call  for  an  extra  half 
day  so  that  sufficient  time  is  available 
to  deal  with  the  massive  unemploy- 
ment crisis  which  Canadian  workers 
presently  face.  It  is  expected  that  the 
convention  will  discuss  a  labor  position 
on  the  question  of  unemployment,  and 
develop  an  active  program  to  deal 
with  the  unemployment  crisis. 


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Sawmill  Workers 
Pioneer  Passes 

Joseph  L.  Hazard,  longtime  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  California  State  Council 
of  Lumber  and  Sawmill  Workers  and 
past-president  of  the  Western  Council, 
passed  away  recently.  He  was  86  years 
of  age. 

Hazard  had  suffered  a  broken  hip  in 
a  fall  at  his  home  in  early  May,  and 
while  his  condition  had  been  stable 
following  surgery  on  May  9th,  cardiac 
shock  and  a  series  of  minor  strokes 
were  attributed  as  cause  of  death. 

Joe  Hazard  was  a  charter  member 
of  Local  2559,  San  Francisco,  and  was 
initiated  into  the  United  Brotherhood 
in  August  1936.  Within  a  short  period  he 
was  elected  as  president  of  the  Central 
California  District 
Council  of  Lumber 
&  Sawmill  Work- 
ers, which  was 
chartered  in  May 
1938. 

In  the  latter  part 
of  1946  and  early 
1947,  Hazard  and 
others  from 
throughout  the 
state  got  together 
and  formed  a  state- 
wide organization 
for  lumber  workers  in  order  to  coordi- 
nate the  activities  of  all  district  councils 
and  local  unions  as  well  as  all  activities 
of  the  woodworking  industry.  The  result 
of  these  efforts  culminated  in  the  issu- 
ance of  a  charter  to  the  California  State 
Council  of  Lumber  and  Sawmill  Work- 
ers, and  Hazard  was  elected  as  secretary- 
treasurer,  serving  in  this  capacity  until 
his  retirement  in  January  1975. 

In  1956  Bro.  Hazard  worked  toward 
bringing  the  California  Lumber  and  Saw- 
mill Locals  into  the  Northwestern  Coun- 
cil of  Lumber  and  Sawmill  Workers  (now 
known  as  the  Western  Council  LPIW). 
He  was  thereafter  elected  president  of 
the  Northwestern  Council  in  August 
1960. 

Prior  to  this,  Hazard  had  begun  to 
study  ways  and  means  of  establishing 
a  health-and-welfare  plan  for  members 
of  California's  lumber  industry.  This  was 
accomplished  through  collective  bargain- 
ing, and  the  Lumber  Industry  Health  and 
Welfare  Plan,  known  as  "The  Hazard 
Trust,"  was  established  and  became  effec- 
tive March  1,  1959. 


Hazard 


Southern  Industrial 
Council  Leader  Dies 

Southern  trade  unionists  lost  an 
outstanding  black  leader  with  the 
recent  death  of  James  Wallace, 
president  of  the 
Brother  hood's 
\  Southern  Council 
of  Industrial 
Workers. 

A  member  of 
Local  3148,  Mem- 
phis, Tenn.,  Wal- 
lace was  called 
upon  soon  after  he 
entered  the  union 
to  assist  in  organiz- 
ing allied  industrial  plants  in  other 
Southern  states.  He  had  been  a 
member  of  the  old  E.  L.  Bruce 
local  in  Memphis,  and  when  the 
Bruce  plant  there  was  acquired  by 
the  Armour  Company,  he  became 
an  officer  of  the  newly-chartered 
local  there. 


Wallace 


John  Nordstrom  of  Local  1485,  La- 
Porte,  Ind.,  celebrated  his  100th  birthday 
on  June  12.  1977.  He  has  been  a  Brother- 
hood member  in  good  standing  for  72 
years,  after  serving  an  apprenticeship  in 
Sweden.  Brother  Nordstrom  has  received 
congratulations  from  Governor  Otis 
Bowen  of  Indiana,  from  President  and 
Mrs.  Jimmy  Carter,  and  other  officials. 
He  is  shown  answering  telephoned  con- 
gratulation with  a  member  of  his  family. 
Photo  by  the  Vidette-Messenger  of  Val- 
paraiso,  Ind. 


Yesterday's  Tools  of  the  Trade 


Leo  Larsen,  financial  secretary  of  Carpenters  Local  226,  Portland,  Ore.,  was  one 
of  the  busiest  individuals  at  the  recent  Portland  Neighborfair  as  he  answered  questions 
and  gave  practical  demonstrations  with  woodworking  tools  of  days  gone  by.  Many 
of  the  tools,  part  of  a  collection  assembled  over  a  period  of  years,  were  displayed 
in  a  cedar  cabinet  handcrafted  by  Larsen.  The  exhibit  can  now  be  viewed  at  the 
Local  226  office  in   the   Portland   Labor  Center.   Photo  from   Oregon  Labor  Press. 


16 


THE    CARPENTER 


Labor  Law  Reform  Hearings  Show 
True  Colors  Of  'Right-To-Work'  Group 


One  byproduct  of  the  hearings  in 
Washington  on  labor  law  reform  has 
been  the  demolition  of  the  National  Right 
to  Work  Committee's  claim  that  it  is  not 
against  unions,  just  the  union  shop. 

The  work  committee's  legislative  di- 
rector, Andrew  Hare,  had  been  quoted  in 
The  Washington  Star  to  the  effect  that  his 
organization  wouldn't  get  into  the  fight 
over  labor  law  reform  because  it  didn't 
involve  the  union  shop  issue. 

Hare's  comment  was  a  retort  to  a  pre- 
diction by  Rep.  Frank  Thompson,  Jr. 
(D-N.J.)  that  the  "right  to  work"  group 
would  be  one  of  the  organizations  trying 
to  defeat  labor  law  reform.  Thompson 
is  chief  House  sponsor  of  the  bill  and 
chairman  of  the  subcommittee  holding 
hearings. 

Despite  Hare's  disavowal  of  interest, 
National  Right  to  Work  Committee  Pres- 


ident Reed  Larson  did  show  up  as  a  wit- 
ness against  the  bill. 

Larson  conceded  that  the  "precise  re- 
lationship" of  the  legislation  to  the  union 
shop  "is  still  unclear."  But  his  organiza- 
tion nevertheless  is  against  the  bill  be- 
cause it  would  "further  increase  the  pow- 
ers and  privileges  of  union  organizers." 

In  fact,  Larson  contended,  the  entire 
National  Labor  Relations  Act,  "since  its 
inception,  has  been  severely  biased  against 
the  interests  of  the  individual  employee." 

The  "work"  committee  president  said 
the  Republican-sponsored,  employer-sup- 
ported Employee  Bill  of  Rights  is  "well- 
meaning"  but  doesn't  go  far  enough. 
What  is  needed,  he  urged,  is  a  national 
compulsory  open  shop  law  that  would 
guarantee  workers  "the  right  not  to  join 
a  union." 


Job  Shortage  Now  Chief  Barrier 
To  Union  Apprentices,  Says  Kiri<land 


Discrimination  in  union  apprenticeship 
programs  is  no  longer  a  barrier  to  occu- 
pational access  and  advancement  by 
minorities,  AFL-CIO  Secretary-Treasurer 
Lane  Kirkland  said  in  a  speech  in  Wash- 
ington, D.C.  "Today,"  Kirkland  said,  "the 
number  one  barrier  is  the  shortage  of 
jobs." 

Kirkland,  speaking  at  a  dinner  cele- 
brating the  40th  Anniversary  of  the  Na- 
tional Apprenticeship  Act,  said  that  only 
when  Congress  adopts  a  full  employment 
policy  "will  the  full  potential"  of  the  Act 
be  realized. 

"Only  such  a  policy  can  create  the 
integrated  society  of  self-supporting  and 
self-reliant  citizens  that  was  envisioned 
when  the  foundations  of  the  Republic 
were  laid  200  years  ago,"  Kirkland  said. 

Kirkland  said  blacks,  who  comprise 
about  11%  of  American  citizens,  make 
up  nearly  20%  of  the  nation's  appren- 
tices. He  said  the  proportion  of  minority 
apprentices  in  many  crafts  is  much 
higher — 46%  in  the  Cement  Masons, 
38%  in  the  Plasterers,  31%  in  the  Oper- 
ating Engineers. 

"We  are  immensely  proud  of  the  mi- 
nority apprentices  and  the  minority  jour- 
neymen in  our  ranks,"  Kirkland  said. 
"And  we  are  proud  of  the  women  who 
are  moving  in  increasing  numbers, 
through  our  apprenticeship  programs, 
into  jobs  from  which  women  have  been 
excluded  since  the  beginning  of  history." 

"America  and  all  its  citizens  of  both 
sexes  and  all  races  can  and  will  nnike  a 
great  deal  more  progress  if  and  when 
the  Congress  adopts  a  full  employment 
policy,"  Kirkland  declared. 

He  said  the  AFL-CIO  expects  to  see 
"a  great  expansion  of  existing  (appren- 
ticeship) programs  and  the  creation  of 
many  new  ones  .  .  .  and  the  labor  move- 


ment is  ready  to  do  its  share." 

He  noted  many  unions  have  highly 
sophisticated  training  programs  and  sev- 
eral are  providing  pre-apprenticeship 
training  for  youngsters  to  equip  them 
with  academic  skills  needed  in  the  trades. 
Many  of  these  unions,  he  said,  are  put- 
ting their  experience  and  facilities  at  the 
disposal  of  other  unions  which  are  just 
beginning  to  develop  apprenticeship  pro- 
grams of  their  own.  (PAI) 


Perfect  Marks 


Jim  Tarbutt  of  Local  18,  Hamilton, 
Ont.,  recently  completed  his  advanced 
carpentry  course  at  Mohawk  College 
with  perfect  marks.  He  was  presented  a 
plaque  in  recognition  of  his  achievement. 

In  the  picture  from  left  are:  J.  Tarbutt, 
financial  secretary  and  business  manager, 
his  father;  Harold  Keighlcy,  general 
superintendent.  Cooper  Construction  Co. 
and  chairman  of  local  apprenticeship 
committee;  and  Jim  Tarbutt,  successful 
apprentice. 

Tarbutt  is  in  his  fourth  year  and  is  em- 
ployed by  Canadian  Engineering  Com- 
pany of  Hamilton,  Ontario. 


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GOING  IT  ALONE 

A  gentleman  came  into  the  same 
saloon  at  the  same  time  every  night 
and  ordered  two  martinis,  both  of 
which  he  drank,  silently  and  solemnly. 
After  a  time  this  monotonous  practice 
unnerved  the  bartender,  who  inquired 
into  the  reason  for  the  ritual. 

"My  wife  and  I  always  had  a  mar- 
tini each  night  before  dinner,"  the 
customer  explained.  "Before  she  died 
she  made  me  promise  to  carry  on,  so 
I  have  one  for  her  and  one  for  me." 

But  then  one  night  the  man  came 
in  the  saloon  and  ordered  just  one 
martini. 

"Only  one?"  the  bartender  asked. 

"Only  one,"  said  the  customer. 
"I've  quit." 

— Farmer's  Almanac 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

QUICK  SENIORITY 

"I  hope  you  don't  think  me  too 
young  for  marriage  with  your  daugh- 
ter,"  said  the  young   man,   anxiously. 

"That's  all  right,  my  boy,"  was 
the  cheerful  reply.  "You'll  age  fast 
enough!" 


ALL  IN  GOOD  TIME 

The  nursery  school  teacher  sug- 
gested to  the  children  that  they  make 
believe  that  they  were  in  a  farm  yard 
and  that  they  pretend  to  be  their 
favorite  farm   animal. 

The  classroom  soon  echoed  with 
grunts  and  barks  and  moos  and  crow- 
ing. 

One  little  girl  sat  silent,  and  the 
teacher  asked  her,  "Why  don't  you 
play,  too?" 

"I   am   playing,"  was  the  reply. 

"What  are  you,  then?  Why  aren't 
you    making   a   noise,  too?" 

"I  am  a  hen,  and  I  am  laying  an 
egg,"  the  little  girl  said.  "And  when 
I   finish,    I   will   cackle." 

— Jerry  Jasa 

Cedar  Rapids,  la. 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

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MORE  FARM   ANIMALS 

The  country  boy  was  attending 
college  in  the  big  city  for  the  first 
time,  and  during  his  first  day  on  the 
campus  a  gang  of  city  boys  sur- 
rounded him,  and  one  asked,  "Hley, 
country  boy,  where  did  you  get  that 
bushy  head  of  hair?  Looks  like  one 
of  those  haystacks  down  on  the 
farm." 

The  country  boy  looked  at  his 
tormenter  a  moment  and  said,  "Guess 
you're  right,  city  boy.  A  haystack 
always  has  a  lot  of  mules  and  jack- 
asses standing   around   it." 

— Jerry  Jasa 

Cedar  Rapids,  la. 


THIS  MONTH'S  LIMERICK 

There  was  a  kid  named  Crockett 
Who  put  his  finger  in  a  socket 
Along  came  a  witch  and 
turned  on  the  switch. 
And  Crockett  flew  up  like  a   rocket. 
— Ronald  Benivegner 
Wbiiesfone,  N.Y. 


Instructor:  hlow  far  are  you  from 
the  correct  answer? 

Apprentice:  Two  seats. 

— Maurice  Howes 
Summerfield,   Fla. 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

COME  TO  THINK  OF  IT 

Every  man  needs  a  wife,  because 
too  many  things  go  wrong  that  can't 
be  blamed  on  the  government. 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

MODERN  DEFINITIONS 

With  talk  about  the  growing  gulf 
between  the  rich  and  poor  in  America, 
we  recall  that  old  adage:  when  the 
rich  get  together  to  deal  with  the 
poor,  it's  called  charity.  When  the 
poor  get  together  to  deal  with  the 
rich,   it's  a   riot. 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 

NEXT  QUESTION 

The  super  needed  a  young  woman 
stenographer  for  the  office  trailer, 
hie  asked  the  applicant:  "I  hope  you 
understand  the  extreme  importance 
of  punctuation." 

"Oh,  yes,"  she  said.  "I  always  get 
to  work  on  time." 

— Maurice  Howes 
Summerfield,   Fla. 

ATTEND  UNION  MEETINGS 

SUPER  SOCKS 

Comedian  Pat  Buttram  doesn't 
have  too  high  an  opinion  of  Super- 
man: "If  he's  so  smart,  why  does  he 
wear  his  jockey  shorts  on  the  out- 
side?" 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

HOLD   ON,  DEAR 

Mrs.:  Do  you  love  me  still? 
Mr.:    Yes,    better   than    any   other 
way. 

— Mrs.  Sola m Ida 
Hollywood,  Fla. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


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Participants  in  the  12th  Annual  Micliigan  Carpentry 
Apprenticesliip  Contest  assembled  for  a  picture  at  tlie  state 
fairgrounds  outside  Detroit. 

Seated,  left  to  right,  Kenneth  Coon,  millwright,  field  judge, 
Darin  &  Armstrong  Company,  Detroit;  Edward  Dungan, 
millwright,  field  judge.  Continental  Crane  Company,  Detroit; 
James  Assemany,  carpenter.  Local  982,  Detroit;  Richard 
Scott,  carpenter.  Local  19,  Detroit;  Randy  Veitengruber. 
carpenter.  Local  334,  Saginaw;  Joseph  Payne,  Carpenter, 
Local  100,  Muskegon;  Paul  Vargos,  carpenter.  Local  871, 
Battle  Creek;  Ronald  Brown,  carpenter.  Local  1461,  Traverse 
City;  Thomas  Tackett,  carpenter.  Local  898,  St.  Joseph  & 
Benton  Harbor  (third  place  winner);  Daniel  Smith,  carpenter. 
Local  998,  Royal  Oak  (second  place  winner);  CoHin  Turcotte, 
carpenter,  Local  1161,  Saginaw;  William  Langford,  carpenter. 
Local  95,  Detroit;  Steve  Farkas,  carpenter,  field  judge,  Griflels 


Assoc,  Inc..  Detroit;  Chris  Dahl,  carpenter,  field  judge,  De- 
Detroit.  Partition  Company,  Detroit. 

Standing,  from  left,  Don  Jordan,  millwright,  field  judge, 
Allied  Steel  and  Conveyor,  Detroit;  Gregory  Linker,  mill- 
wright. Local  2252,  Grand  Rapids;  Arthur  Huff,  millwright. 
Local  2252,  Grand  Rapids;  VVilham  Stubbs,  millwright.  Local 
1102,  Detroit,  (third  place  winner);  Frank  McConnell,  mill- 
wright. Local  1102,  Detroit,  (first  place  winner);  John  J. 
McMillan  millwright.  Local  1102,  Detroit,  (second  place 
winner);  Matthew  Sheehan,  carpenter,  Local  116,  Bay  City; 
Thomas  Coy,  carpenter.  Local  1373,  Flint;  Arthur  McGehee, 
carpenter.  Local  297,  Kalamazoo;  James  Wheelock,  carpen- 
ter. Local  335,  Grand  Rapids,  (first  place  winner);  Miguel 
Mata  carpenter.  Local  1449,  Lansing;  Donald  Yee,  carpenter. 
Local  26,  Detroit,  and  Floyd  Lynch,  carpenter,  field  judge, 
Carpenters  Local  982. 


Michigan  Picks  Its  1977  Champs  in  Detroit  Contest 


The  Twelfth  Annual  Michigan  Car- 
pentry Apprenticeship  Contest  was  held 
in  Detroit  on  July   14  and   15. 

The  manipulative  portion  for  both 
carpenter  and  millwright  was  held  on 
July  14  at  the  state  fair  grounds,  and  the 
written  portion  for  both  carpenters  and 
millwrights  was  held  on  July  15  at  the 
Holiday  Inn.  There  were  16  carpenter 
contestants  and  five  millwright  contest- 
ants. 

An  awards  banquet  was  held  at  Mill- 
wrights Local  1102  Hall,  where  each 
apprentice  received  a  certificate  of  par- 
ticipation and  a  trophy,  along  with  a 
ceramic  wall  plaque  or  pen  holder.  In 
addition,  the  first,  second,  and  third 
place  winners  received  $200,  $150,  and 
$100  respectively  for  both  carpenter  and 
millwrights.  The  joint  apprenticeship 
committee  sponsoring  the  winning  car- 
penter contestant  was  presented  the 
George  Burger  Traveling  Trophy,  and 
the  joint  apprenticeship  committee  spon- 
soring the  winning  millwright  contestant 
was  presented  the  Robert  Laing  Traveling 
Trophy  to  keep  in  their  possession  until 
the  1978  contest. 


The  George  Burger  Traveling  Trophy, 
presented  annually  to  the  JATC  sponsor- 
ing winning  carpenter  contestants  went 
to  James  Wheelock  of  Local  335,  Grand 
Rapids,  third  from  left.  He  is  shown 
with  Earl  D.  Meyer,  secretary,  Michi- 
gan Contest  Conmiitlec  and  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  slate  council;  Steve  Jag- 
lowski,  business  representative  of  Local 
335,  Grand  Rapids;  and,  Anthony  "Pete" 
Ochocki,  lliird  District  General  Execu- 
tive Board  Member. 


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The  Robert  Laing  Traveling  Trophy, 
presented  annually  to  the  J.4TC  spon- 
soring the  winning  millwright  contestant, 
went  to  Frank  McConncil,  local  1102, 
Detroit,  third  from  left.  He  is  shown 
with  Earl  D.  Meyer,  secretary  contest 
committee;  Marge  Laing,  wife  of  the  late 
Robert  Laing  for  who  the  trophy  was 
named;  and  Board  Member  Ochocki. 
Wheelock  and  McConnclI  will  represent 
Michigan  at  the  International  Contest  in 
Anaheim,  Calif.,  a  few  weeks  from  now. 


OCTOBER,    1977 


19 


Superior. 

The  Mason  &'  Sullivan 
Clock  you  build. 

The  finest  woods  and  imported 

movements  distinguish  Mason  i5V 

SulUvan's  19  different  styles  of  lloor,  wail, 

and  mantel  clocks— all  replicas  of 

classic  antiques. 


Send  $1  for  catalog  and  plans  to  build 

grandfather  clock  shown,  or  50c  for 

catalog  alone  to: 

MASON  &  SULLIVAN  CO. 

Dept.  CR08/39  Blossom  Ave. 

Osterville,  Mass.  02655. 


Full  Length  Roof  Framer 

A  pocket  size  book  with  the  EN- 
TIRE length  of  Common-Hip-V^Uey 
and  Jack  rafters  completely  worked 
out  for  you.  The  flattest  pitch  is  % 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease y<i  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 
width  is  %  inch  and  they  increase 
'/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'-9>4"  wide.  Pitch 
is  7%"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
Let  us  prove  it,  or  return  your  money. 


Getting  the  lengths  of  rafters  by  the  span  and 
the  method  of  setting  up  the  tables  Is  fully  pro- 
tected by  the  1917  &  1944  Copyrights. 


In    the    U.S.A.    send  $5.00.    We    pay    the 

postage.     California  residents     add     30 « 
tax.   C.O.D.  orders  O.K. 

We      also     have  a     very     fine     Stair 

book    9"    X    12".    II  sells   for   $3.00.    We 

pay     the     Postage.  California     residents 
add  1  8«  tax. 


A.   RIECHERS 

P.  0.  Box  405,  Palo  Alto,  Calif.  94302 


First  Statewide  Kentucky  Test 


On  June  23,  24,  1977,  the  Kentucky 
State  Council  of  Carpenters  held  its  first 
statewide  apprenticeship  contest.  Six  joint 
apprenticeship  committee's  joined  to- 
gether to  finance  the  contest,  which  was 
held  at  the  Riverfront  Belvedere  in 
Louisville,    Kentucky. 

Elmer  Gatewood,  Jr.,  member  of  Local 
64,   Louisville,   was    the   winner   of   the 


carpentry  division,  and  William  Kebsch, 
member  of  Local  2209,  Louisville,  was 
the  winner  of  the  millwright  division. 

Among  the  other  participants  were 
Russell  Steele  of  Local  2049,  Paducah 
and  Vicinity;  Reno  John  Cora  of  Local 
1650,  Central  Kentucky,  third-place  car- 
penter; and  Joseph  B.  Bremke,  Jr.,  Local 
698,  Ohio  Valley,  second-place  carpenter. 


Elmer   Gatewood    of   Local    64,    first  William   Kebsch   of  Local   2209,  first 

place  Kentucky  carpenter,  on  his  project.      place  millwright  in  the  Kentucky  contest. 


Not  a  winner,  but  smiling  beside  bis  project,  was  Russell  L.  Steele  of  Local  2049  of 
Paducah  and  Vicinity. 

Oregon  State  Contest  Winners 


Three  members  of  Local  1120,  Portland,  Ore.,  competed  for  top  honors  in  the 
Oi-egon  State  mill-cabinet  competition. 

A  young  woman  member,  Alice  Roth,  right,  above,  was  first  to  complete  her  work 
on  the  project,  but  was  third  place  winner.  Stephen  E.  Messinger,  left,  won  first 
place  by  about  two  points.  Russell  Walker,  center,  won  second  by  .3  of  a  point. 


20 


THE    CARPENTER 


South  Bend  Honors  '76,   17  Graduates 

The  South  Bend  and  Mishawaka,  Ind.,  Carpenters  and  Joiners  Area  JATC 
recently  honored  its  1976  and  1977  apprenticeship  graduates  at  a  biennial  gradu- 
ation banquet. 


1976  GRADUATES — from  left,  back  row,  Robert  Koopman,  committeeman; 
George  Elrod,  business  manager;  Richard  Beachey,  committeeman;  Craig  Fry;  John 
Nelson;  Thomas  Peters,  instructor;  Greg  Scheibelhut;  Thomas  Sanders;  Steven  Hip- 
sher;  Roy  Klein,  asst.  business  manager;  Richard  Nelson,  committee  chairman; 
Wendell  Rust;  Val  Reinhold;  George  Tucker,  instructor;  and  Byron  Reinhold, 
coordinator. 


1977  GRADUATES — from  left,  starting  in  the  back  row,  Thomas  Griffis;  Robert 
Koopman,  committeeman;  George  Tichac,  secretary  and  treasurer  Indiana  State 
Council  of  Carpenters;  Larry  Williams;  Wayne  Ricbert;  James  Plencner;  Stephen 
Luecke;  Jay  Senilf;  Alan  Limerick;  Thomas  Peters,  instructor;  George  Elrod,  busi- 
ness manager;  Roy  Klein,  asst.  business  manager;  David  Taylor;  Richard  Beachey, 
committeeman;  Richard  Nelson,  committee  chairman;  Richard  Gosbin;  Joseph  Chapo; 
George  Tucker,  instructor;  Byron  Reinhold,  coordinator.  Not  present  when  the  picture 
was  taken:  Timothy  Martin,  Mark  Daugherty,  Richard  Montague. 


New  Jersey  Grad 


Jackie  Watahovich,  center,  was  re- 
cently honored  at  1977  apprenticeship 
graduation  exercises  in  New  Jersey.  One 
of  the  first  young  women  in  her  area  to 
complete  four  years  of  training,  she  is 
considered  a  "top  notch  construction 
carpenter,"  according  to  fellow  members 
of  Local  1006,  New  Brunswick,  NJ. 
Congratulating  her  are  General  Executive 
Board  Member  Raleigh  Rajoppi,  left, 
and  Sewell  Peckham,  Local  1006  busi- 
ness representative. 


First  Millwright 

The  first  apprentice  millwright  com- 
petition for  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  spon- 
sored by  the  United  Brotherhood  and  the 
Associated  General  Contractors,  was  held 
at  the  Hennes  Erecting  Co.,  Appleton, 
Wise,  on  June  10 
and  15,  1977.  Invita- 
tions were  sent  to  al 
JATC's  in  the  State 
with  only  two  eligi- 
ble contestants  com- 
peting —  Donald 
Coenen  and  Rick 
Barber,  both  mem- 
bers of  Local  955. 
Appleton.  H^^Hhld^  ^ 

The    manipulative  ■^^^"^■'■^■'•'■ 
project  of  six  hours 
was     designed     and  Barber 

administered  by  Superintendent  Ray 
Sprangers  of  the  Hennes  Co.,  Doug 
Andrews,  and  Millwright  and  Business 
Representative  Charles  Millard,  along 
with    Coordinator    Don    Schmechel. 

As  a  result  of  the  written  test  and 
manipulative  project,  Rick  Barber  was 
judged  winner. 


CARPENTERS  PENCIL  & 

LUMBER  CRAYON  HOLDER 

f\ 

DGSiQned  for  the  con- 

i 

struction  industry  and  all 

i 

types  of  iayout  work. 

P 

Holds  both  lumber  pencil 
and  lumber  crayon.  Easy 
to  carry.  Convenient  to 
use.  Always  have  one  at 

, 

your  fingertips.  No  more 

losing  or  breaking  one  or 

! 

the  other.  With  Super- 

marker  you  can  use  95% 

of  a  pencil  or  crayon.  Di- 

mensions-. 43/a"  long  and 

V/4"  wide.  Designed  by  a 

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carpenter.  Thousands  sold 

' 

in  Northern  California. 

Try  it  for  10  days,  and  if 

you  are  not  completely 

satisfied,  return  for  a 

complete  refund. 

$4-25 

each 

which  covers  fox  and  handling 

" 

Save  50c  by  ordering  2  for  $8. 

SUPER  &  COMPANY 

2603  Elliot  SI. 

,  Santa  Clara,  Calif.  95051 

LAYOUT  LEVEL 

•  ACCURATE  TO  1/32' 

•  REACHES  100  FT. 

•  ONE-MAN  OPERATION 

Save  Time,  Money,  do  a  Setter  Jok 
Wrth  This  Modem  Water  Level 

Iti  just  a  few  minutes  you  accurately  set  batters 
for  slabs  and  footings,  lay  out  inaide  floors, 
ceilings,  forms,  fixtures,  and  check  foundations 
for  remodeling. 

HYDROLEVEL* 

...  the  old  reliable  water 
level  with  modem  features.  Toolbox  size. 
Durable  7"  container  with  exclusive  reser- 
voir, keeps  level  filled  and  ready.  50  ft. 
clear  tough  3/10'  tube  gives  you  100  ft,  of 
leveling  in  each  set-up,  with 
1/32^  accuracy  and  fast  one- 
man  operation — outside,  in- 
side, around  corners,  over 
obstructions.  An>'whereyou 
can  climb  or  crawl! 

Why  waste  money  on  delicate  Wl*'* 
instruments,  or  lose  time  and  ac- 
curacy on  makeshift  lovelinp?  Since  19S0' 
thousands  of  carpenters,  builders,  inside  trades, 
etc.  have  found  that  HYDROLEVEL  pays  for 
itself  quickly. 

Send  check  or  money  order  for  $U^5  and 
your  name  and  address.  We  nill  rush  you  a 
Hydrolevel  by  return  mail  postpaid.  Or  — buy 
three  Hydrolevels  at  $9.95  each,  poittpaid.  Sell 
two  for  $14.95  each  and  ha%e  yourn  freel  No 
C.O.D.  Satisfaction  euarantced  or  money  back. 

FIRST   IN  WATER   LEVEL  DESIGN   StNCE    1950 

HYDROLEVEL* 

P.O.  Boi  O  Ocrcn  Springs  MIn.  395*4 


OCTOBER,    1977 


21 


Est^n 


•  One  Piece  Solid  Steel. 
Strongest  Construction  Known. 

•  Unsurpassed  in  Temper, 
Quality,  Balance  and  Finish. 

•  Genuine  Leather  Cush- 
ion Grip  or 


•  Exclusive  Molded 
on  Nylon  -  Vinyl 
Deep  Cushion  Grip. 


Always  wear  Estwing  Safety  Goggles 
when  using  hand  tools.  Protect  your 
eyes  from  flying  nails  and  fragments. 


If  your  dealer  can't 
supply  you — write: 


Estwing 


IVIfg.  Co. 


2647  ■  8th  Street  Dept.  C-10 
Rockford,   Illinois  61101 

HAMMERS  •  AXES  •  PICKS  •  BARS. 


New  Jersey  Contest  Winners 


.J 

The  9fh  Annual  New  Jersey  Carpenters  Apprenticeship 
Contest  was  held  in  May.  Top  winners  are  shown  in  the  pic- 
ture at  right. 

Left  to  right:  Second  General  Vice  Pres.  Patrick  Campbell, 
Samuel  F.  Squire,  Jr.,  first  place  winner,  millwright;  Donald 
G.  Parise,  first  place  winner  in  the  mill-cabinet  division; 
Hugh  E.  McCarron,  first  place  winner  in  the  carpentry 
division;  and  Sigurd  Lucassen,  president  of  the  New  Jersey 
Council. 

Other  winners,  not  shown  included:  Arde  Johnson,  second 
place  winner,  carpentry;  Bruce  Rusin,  second  place  winner, 
mill  cabinet;  Frank  A.  Speziali,  Jr.,  second  place  winner 
millwright;  Wayne  Gunther,  third  place  mill  cabinet;  Jay  J. 
Zavali,  fourth  place,  carpentry;  William  F.  Bennett,  third 
place,  millwright;  Philip  Accardo,  third  place  winner,  carpen- 
try. 


Buckle  Up  with 


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The  official  emblem  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America  is  emblazoned  on  a 
stylish  belt  buckle,  and  you  can  order  such  a  buckle 
now  from  the  General  Offices  in  Washington. 

Manufactured  of  sturdy  metal,  with  a  pewter  finish, 
the  buckle  is  3%  inches  wide  by  2  inches  deep  and  will 
accomodate  all  modern  snap-on  belts. 

The  buckle  comes  in  a  gift  box  and  makes  a  fine 
Fathers  Day,  birthday,  or  holiday  gift.  If  mom  is  a  mem- 
ber, and  she  wears  jeans  from  time  to  time,  she'll  like 
one,  too. 

The  price  is 

$5.50    each 

Mail  in  your  order  now.  Print  or  type  your  order  plainly, 
and  be  sure  the  name  and  address  is  correct.  Please  indi- 
cate the  local  union  number  of  the  member  for  whom 
the  buckle  is  purchased. 

Send  order  and  remittance  to: 

R.  E.  LIVINGSTON,  General  Secretary 

United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001 


22 


THE    CARPENTER 


King  County 
Honors  Group 

The  King  County,  Wash.,  Joint  Ap- 
prenticeship and  Training  Trust  recently 
held  presentation  exercises  in  Seattle.  The 
following  apprentices  were  honored: 

Carpenter  Apprentices — Alan  Ander- 
son, William  Batts,  Glen  Beam,  Sven 
Berg,  Bruce  Black,  Landis  Bohn,  Randy 
Bursch  Alan  Carlson,  Charles  Coble, 
Douglas  Cote,  Mark  Defoe,  Steven  Davis, 
Michael  Doherty,  Phillip  Erwin,  Melinda 
Evans,  Matthew  Fierling,  Daniel  Fink, 
Jon  Flambures,  Rick  Gestson,  Lee  Gril- 
ley,  David  Hendrickson,  James  Hess,  Eric 
Hurskainen,  John  Jack,  Harold  Kadrmas, 
Richard  Keith,  David  King,  William 
Knowles,  Robert  Landberg,  Jr.,  Theodore 
Martens,  Gerald  Marvin,  Kenneth  Meck- 
ler,  Michael  Motland,  Stephen  Nelson, 
Samuel  Ng,  Charles  O'Banion,  Gerald 
Osborne,  William  Pontious,  Jerry  Ras- 
mussen,  Eddie  Roberts,  Stephen  Smith, 
Robert  St.  Delore,  Fred  Stenson,  Martin 
Stewart,  Dennis  Taylor,  Robert  Thomp- 
son, Martin  Wheeler,  Douwe,  Wielenga, 
James  Wiggins,  Guy  Williams.  Richard 
Williams,  Ralph  Winget. 

Mill-Cabinet  Apprentices — Robert  Bar- 
lish,  David  Bloedel,  Ronald  Castro.  Ed- 
ward Griffiths,  Dale  Riley,  Rodney  Soel- 


King  County  mill-cabinet 
apprentices,  from  left. 
Ed  Griffiths,  Robert  Barlish, 
Dale  Riley,  Tom  William- 
son, and  Ronald  Castro. 


King  County  drywall  and 

piledriver  trainees  from  left. 

Ken  Palmquist,  Drywall; 

Ron  Clark,  Piledriver;  Mark 

Thomas,  Piledriver;  Simon 

Johnston,  Piledriver;  Dennis 

Dowell,  Drywall. 


ter,  Myles  Swanson,  Thomas  Williamson. 

Acoustical  Trainees — Steven  Eischen, 
Edward  Kopp,  Robert  Nicolich.  Terrance 
Shaw. 

Drywall  Trainees — Dennis  Dowell,  Jon 
Echols,   Dale    Hart,   Jr.,    Terry    Mehrer, 


Kenneth  Palmquist,  Dennis  Stephenson, 
Ron  Turner. 

Piledriver  Trainees — Ron  Clark.  Simon 
Johnston.  Jim  Mackay,  Mark  Thomas. 

Millwright  Apprentice — Craig  Re- 
decker. 


The  apprentices 

honored  at  Seattle 

including  one 

young  woman, 

Melinda  Evans, 

second  row,  third 

from  left. 


'.::.' ^JM 


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St.  Louis  Instructor  Gets 
Construction  Safety  Award 

August  F.  Uthoff,  carpentry  apprentice  instructor  of  the  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  District  Council,  displays  a  special  award  presented 
to  him  at  the  8th  Annual  Construction  Safety  Awards  Banquet 
in  St.  Louis.  The  award  was  presented  by  the  .\GC  Accident 
Prevention  Committee  and  the  St.  Louis  Construction  Advance- 
ment Foundation  to  Uthoff  'in  recognition  and  appreciation 
for  supervising  carpenter  apprentice  shop  and  class  operations 
20  years  without  a  disabling  injury,  1957-77."  Congratulating 
Uthoff  are,  left  to  right:  Edward  G.  lliien.  director  of  juris- 
diction and  research  for  the  Carpenters  District  Council;  John 
Hinkson,  director  of  apprenticeship  and  training  for  the  .\GC 
of  St.  Louis;  Leonard  Terbrock,  James  W.  Rudolph  and  Patrick 
J.  Sweeney,  Jr.,  all  CDC  business  representatives. — 5/.  Louis 
Labor  Tribune 


OCTOBER,    1977 


23 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


EARS  AGO-OCTOBER, 


1902^ 


Blue-Collar  Lawyer 

The  Carpenter  Magazine  in  1902 
expressed  indignation  because  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  Indiana 
refused  to  consider  the  appUcation  of  a 
man  who  applied  for  admission  to  the 
bar  in  his  working  clothes.  The  ap- 
plicant was  a  carpenter  who  paid  his 
way  through  law  school  by  working 
at  the  trade,  and  he  didn't  have  the 
funds  for  a  dress  suit.  He  had  passed 
his  examinations  with  the  highest 
honors,  but  this  was  not  sufficient 
qualifications  for  the  judges. 

We  do  not  know  whether  the  car- 
penter was  permitted  to  practice  later, 
but  our  official  journal  commented  at 
the  time:  "No  judge  is  fit  to  preside 
on  the  bench  of  any  state,  county,  or 
municipahty  of  this  great  republic  who 
does  not  recognize  the  right  of  every 
man  to  cUmb  up  the  ladder  of  fame 
as  high  as  his  intellect  will  permit 
him." 

Labor  Day  Parades 

In  1894,  the  Congress  of  the  United 
'States  declared  the  first  Monday  of 
every  September  as  a  national  hohday 
and  designated  it  as  Labor  Day.  Eight 
years  later,  trade  unions  were  celebrat- 
ing their  own  special  day  in  many  parts 
of  the  country. 

The  Brotherhood's  local  union  in 
New  Orleans  reported  that  labor's 
demonstration  there  was  "the  grandest 
affair  ever  witnessed  in  this  city." 
There  were  22,000  union  members  in 
the  parade,  and  AFL  President  Samuel 
Gompers  was  the  orator  of  the  day. 

In  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y.,  Brotherhood 
General  Secretary  Frank  Duffy  and 
Brother  Eugene  Odell  of  New  York 
were  guest  speakers  at  a  big  celebration 
held  on  the  Driving  Park  grounds. 

Our  local  union  in  Marshalltown, 
lA.,  reported  "the  first  Labor  Day 
really  observed  in  the  history  of  the 
city."  Labor  union  members  marched 
to  the  Glick  Schoolhouse,  which  was 


under  construction,  and  laid  the  corner- 
stone for  the  building.  After  that  1,200 
men  marched  10  blocks  to  a  local  park, 
where  they  spent  the  rest  of  the  day 
in  boisterous  celebration. 

Metric  System  Bid 

Seventy-five  years  ago,  the  United 
States  and  Canada  were  already  dis- 
cussing the  problems  of  converting 
from  English  measure  to  the  metric 
system.  There  was  a  bill  before  Con- 
gress which  called  for  the  compulsory 
use  of  metrics  in  all  government  trans- 
actions. 

The  Carpenter  Magazine  reprinted 
an  editorial  from  The  Typographical 
fonrnal  and  endorsed  the  Typographers' 
position  on  the  matter:  "It  is  not  neces- 
sary for  us  to  adopt  a  system  out  and 
out — indeed,  it  will  be  impossible  to 
eradicate  our  present  system — but  there 
is  no  reason  why  we  should  not  be 
thoroughly  conversant  with  the  prac- 
tical use  of  the  metric  standards,  so 
that  we  may  easily  employ  them  when 
the  necessity  arises." 

No  McKeesport  Boom 

Plans  were  underway  to  build  the 
largest  tube  works  in  the  world  at  Mc- 
Keesport, Pa.,  and  "unscrupulous  con- 
tractors and  land  agents"  are  spreading 
the  word  throughout  the  country  that 
the  building  trades  were  in  a  boom 
situation  at  McKeesport. 

The  Carpenter  Magazine  warned 
readers  that  this  was  not  true  and 
urged  union  carpenters  to  stay  away 
from  the  situation. 

The  same  situation  existed  in  Chi- 
cago, where  contractors  were  trying  to 
flood  the  city  with  idle  men  and  force 
down  wages. 


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Reference  Number 

It  was  general  practice  50  years  ago 
for  The  Carpenter  Magazine  to  publish 
an  "Annual  Reference  Number".  The 


October,  1902,  issue  of  the  The  Car- 
penter was  the  Annual  Reference  Num- 
ber for  that  year,  and  it  contained 
pages  of  information  of  practical  value 
to  carpenters.  For  example,  there  were 
charts  showing  the  length  of  hip  and 
common  rafters  in  sizes  most  com- 
monly used,  the  number  of  bricks  re- 
quired for  walls  of  different  thick- 
nesses, tables  showing  the  amount  of 
materials  needed  to  pour  concrete  floors, 
and  instructions  on  how  to  make  a 
hole  in  glass  and  how  to  write  your 
name  on  iron  tools. 

Questions  from  readers  were  an- 
swered, such  as  "Do  tall  building  sway 
when  the  wind  blows?"  To  this  ques- 
tion, the  magazine  responded  that  the 
movement  of  tall  building  is  very 
slight,  that  they  bend  rather  than  sway. 
It  was  pointed  out  that  the  swaying 
could  not  been  seen  but  can  only  be 
measured  by  instruments. 

Carpenters  of  1927  were  told  that 
the  best  putty  is  made  of  whiting  and 
pure,  raw  linseed  oil.  The  addition  of 
pure  white  lead  ground  in  raw  linseed 
oil  is  permitted  for  additional  hard- 
ness. Any  putty  not  conforming  with 
these  specifications  was  considered 
adulterated. 


Valuable  Information 

The  Annual  Reference  Number  also 
contained  a  lengthy  chart  listing  all  of 
the  2,091  local  unions,  their  meeting 
places,  meeting  nights,  hours  of  work, 
wages,  and  whether  or  not  they  worked 
on  Saturdays  and  holidays. 

Membership  Reported 

The  General  Secretary's  report  for 
the  year  ending  June  30,  1927,  showed 
a  total  membership  at  that  time  of 
388,601.  The  State  of  New  York  had 
a  total  of  58,511,  the  largest  member- 
ship. Illinois  was  second  with  a  mem- 
bership of  41,099.  At  that  time  there 
were  186  local  units  of  the  Ladies 
Auxiliary. 


24 


THE    CARPENTER 


Service 
Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union - 


CHARLESTON,   W.   VA. 

Members  of  Millwright  Local  2430 
received  25  and  30-year  pins  at  an 
awards  meeting.  May  7 . 

Front  row,  left  to  right,  George 
Nutter,  Forrest  Birthisel,  Marshall 
Hoylman,  Carl  Hanna  and  Paul 
Parkins  (all  30-year  pins). 

Second  row,  Albert  Hissom,  John 
Wolfe,  Ralph  Sloan,  Charles 
Davidson,  John  D.  Jones,  Sam 
Hartley,  B.F.  Sanders  and  A.V. 
Curry. 

Third  row:  Clarence  Pring,  Charles 
Carr,  Clarence  Edwards  (30-year 
pin).  Joe  Paugh.  Wade  Bennett, 
William  Lowther,  Moody  Sharp,  Tom 
Putney,  and  Bennie  Ross. 

Fourth  row,  Ronald  Wheeler, 
Ralph  Shaffer,  Kermit  Cunningham, 
Paul  Mooney,  Bernard  Riddle, 
T.V.  Wade,  George  Hissom,  Bob 
Kinder,  Everett  Bush  and  Tom  Ash. 

Fifth  row.  Frank  Allen,  secretary. 
Chemical  Valley  District  Council  of 
Carpenters:  Tom  Watson,  trustee: 
David  Hughes,  president  of  Local 
#2430:  Boh  Brown,  recording 
secretary:  Clyde  Raynes,  warden: 
Charles  Hanna,  trustee:  James 
Gilmore.  trustee  (25  year  pin): 
C.R.  Crouch,  vice  president  (25 
year  pin):  Ralph  McLaughlin, 
trustee:  and  Everette  E.  Sullivan, 
business  representative- financial 
secretary  (25  year  pin). 

Others  receiving  pins  hut  unable 
to  attend  were:  Herman  Blelner, 
Rene  Butler,  Leo  Foreman,  Elver 
Fo.x,  Ralph  Harrah,  Alva  Harrison, 
P.C.  James.  Charles  G.  Jordan.  E.B. 
McConihay.  Dallas  Poe,  Robert 
Sayre,  J.E.  Sheperd.  Guy  Stewart, 
EH.  Surber.  EC.  Teter  and 
Walter  Wade. 


LONDON,   ONT. 

Local  1946  honored  its  25-year 
and  30-year  members  recently. 

Front  row,  left  to  right — E.F. 
Valentine.  Fred  Colhcr.  R.  Nichols 
and  Kennedy. 

Center  row,  T.  Barta,  R.  Calvert, 
Simmonaili.t,  H.  Dockcn.  37-year 
member,  E.  Marquardt.  B.  Hudson, 
Wm.  Chmara,  32-yccir  member. 

Back  row,  B.  MacDonaUt.  George 


London,    Ont. 


Manchester,  N.H. — 50,  60  years 

Soyes,  J.  Lukasik,  G.  Irvin.  W.  Bryan. 
F.  Carwell,  G.  Gower. 

MANCHESTER,    N.H. 

Local  625  recently  celebrated  its 
75lh  anniversary,  to  mark  the  occa- 
sion it  presented  service  pins  to  many 
veteran  members. 

Picture  No.  1,  seated,  left  to  right, 


Manchester,    N.H. — 40   years 

Leo  L.  Dion,  50  yrs:  George  Chal- 
mers, Jr.,  50  yrs;  Josaphat  Lavallee, 
60  yrs:  Emile  Quellette.  60  yrs. 
Standing:  Everett  A.  Tuttle,  50  yrs, 
founding  president,  a/id  Aime  Lemay, 
SO  yrs. 

Picture  No.  2,  left  to  right.  Joseph 
A.  Proiilr.  his  father.  John  I.  Protilx, 
and  Leon  Doiron,  all  40  vears. 


OCTOBER.    1977 


25 


Des  Plaines,  III. — 40,  50-year  members 


DES  PLAINES,  ILL. 

On  April  4,  1977,  a  special  called 
meeting  of  Carpenters  Local  839  was 
held.  At  this  meeting  members  with 
25  or  more  years  of  membership  in 
the  Brotherhood  were  awarded  service 
pins.  Business  Representative  J.  Ralph 
Norman  presented  the  service  pins 
and,  upon  completion  the  members 
enjoyed  a  buffet-style,  corned  beef 
and  cabbage  dinner. 

40  AND  50-YEAR  PINS— First 
row,  from  left,  Tony  Wertheim,  40 
yrs.;  Leonard  Ellingson  50  yrs.; 
Charles  Kane,  50  yrs.:  Edwin  Thoms, 
50  yrs.  Second  row,  T.  Richard  Day, 
Bus.  Rep.,  Sherman  Dautel,  Bus. 
Rep.,  Chicago  District  Council  and 
president.  Local  839;  Ralph  Norman, 
business  representative. 


35-year  members 


35-YEAR  PINS— First  row,  seated, 
Victor  Salman,  Oscar  Christ,  Everett 
Osar,  Bert  Olund,  Albert  Greenwald. 
Second  row,  left  to  right,  T.  Richard 
Day.  B.R.,  Bainits  Poole,  Howard 
Zick,  Frank  Teschner,  Sherman 
Dautel,  B.R.,  Chicago  District  Coun- 
cil, Ralph  Norman,  business  repre- 
sentative. 

30-YEAR  PINS— First  row,  seated 
— Otto  Kloske,  Henry  Wiegel,  Sher- 
man Dautel,  Al  Clark,  Don  Trager, 
Edward  Green,  Curtis  Roe,  Walter 
Nelson.   Second  row — /.  Ralph 
Norman,   Business  Representative, 
Nick  Current,  Frank  Burkman,  Bob 
Wulff,  Richard  Burtz,  Theodore 
Kukla,  Edward  Heifers.  Bob  Wedell, 
William  Wiegel,  Richard  Day,  Busi- 
ness Representative. 

Not  pictured:.  August  Callebert, 
Paul  Loerzel,  Dale  Blackwell. 


25-YEAR  PINS— First  row,  from 
left — Jim  Conway,  Milton  Koehler, 
Edmund  Niesluk,  John  Shelton, 
Walter  Leitner,  Donald  Chartrand, 
Hercules  Malapanes,  Marino  Bellandi, 
Jose  Medrano,  Walter  Faber.  Second 
row,  Richard  Gassaway,  William 
Gartke,  Joe  Bellanger,  Bill  Mattefs, 
Mel  Neuman,  Harold  Duncan,  Phillip 
Pryby,  Edward  Vanderwiel,  Robert 
Zbikowski,  Robert  Walker,  Robert 
Malenius.  Third  row,  E.  L.  Page,  Joe 
Calabrese,  Ed  Fritz,  Frank  Kofler, 
Harry  Ptach,  Frank  Stolley,  Norbert 
Brand,   Tom   Nebl,   Joseph   Gillig, 
Ralph  Huckstorf. 

Not  Pictured:  Len  Larson. 

Standing  in  Front — T.  Richard 
Day,  business  representative;  Sherman 
Dautel,  business  representative, 
Chicago  District  Council  &  president, 
Local  839;  J.  Ralph  Norman,  busi- 
ness representative. 


Des 

Plaines, 

III., 

30-year 

members 


Des 

Plaines, 

III., 

25-year 

members 


26 


THE    CARPENTER 


East  St.  Louis,  III. — 25-year  members 


EAST  ST.   LOUIS,   ILL. 

Local  169  honored  a  50-year 
member  and  a  60-year  member 
recently  and  presented  25-year  pins 
to  six  oilier  members. 

In  tlie  small  picture,  Roland 
Scliocnhofer,  center,  receives  his  50- 
year  pin  from  Business  Representative 
Jack  Simpson.  left,  and  President 
Richard  Meile,  right.  Not  present  to 
receive  liis  60-year  pin  was  Ralph 
Mease,  former  business  representative. 

In  the  larger  picture  are  the  25- 
year  members.  From  left:  Ronald 
Amers.  Robert  Lehman,  Frank 


East  St.  Louis,  III. — 50-year  member 

Waghorn,  John  Baker,  Jr.,  Norman 
Calvert,  and  Mike  Roza. 


Hicleah,   Flo. 


HIAIEAH,   FLA. 


Local  727  presented  25-ycar  and 
50-ycar  pins  recently.  (Dan  Jones 
received  the  only  50-ycar  pin 
awarded.) 

In  the  group  picture,  from   left, 
seated — Harry  Altman  (deceased)  and 
Dan  Jones  (50-ycar  member).  Stand- 
ing, from  left:  Andrew  Campo.  Jack 
Dursiinc.   Usko  Haarala,  Mario 
Alleva  (Miami  Carpenters'  District 


Wulf 


Council)  Eugene 
Perodeau  (presi- 
dent. Local  727) 
Richard  Levesen. 
Jack  Halback  and 
Roger  Millctle. 

In  the  small  pic- 
ture is  Howard 
Wulf,  who  also 
received  a  25-year 
pin. 


3  easy  ways  to 
bore  holes  faster 

1.  Irwin  Speedbor®  "88"  for  all  electric  drills. 
Spade-type  head,  exclusive  hollow  ground  point. 
Starts  fast,  cuts  fast  in  any  wood.  17  sizes.  'A" 
to  ^V^".  and  4.  6  and  13  piece  sets. 

2.  Irwin  No.  22  Micro-Dial®  expansive  bit  bores 
35  standard  holes,  7s"  to  3".  Fits  all  hand  braces. 
And  you  just  dial  the  size  you  want.  No.  21  bores 
19  standard  holes,  Va"  to  ^W. 

3.  Irwin  62T  Solid  Center  hand  brace  type.  De- 
livers clean,  fast  double-cutter  boring  action. 
Balanced  cutting  head.  Medium  fast  screw  pitch. 
Heat  treated  full  length  for  long  life.  18  sizes. 
V-i"  to  1  V2",  and  sets. 

Every  Irwin  Wood  Bit  precision-made  of  finest 
quality  tool  steel,  heat  tempered  full  length  and 
macnine-sharpened  to  bore  fast,  clean,  accurate 
holes.  Buy  Irwin  .  .  .  buy  the  best. 

Strait-Line  Chalk  Line  Reel  Box 
50  ft.  &  100  ft.  sizes 
Popular  Priced  Irwin  self-chalking  design 
Precision-made  of  aluminum  alloy.  Easy 
action  reel.  Leak  proof.  Practically 
damage  proof.  Fits  pocket  or  hand. 

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as  the  name 


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UNION 

JOB? 


Evei7  home  in  America 
should  be  quality-built  and 
union-built.  Support 
OPERATION  CHOP— the 
Brotherhood's  drive  to  organize 
every  carpenter  in  residential 
housing. 


OCTOBER.    1977 


27 


Red   Deer,   Alta. 


Riverhead,   N.Y. 


Centralia,  Wash. 


Pasadena,  Tex, 


RED  DEER,  ALTA. 

On  Decetnber  2,  1976,  Local  2410 
in  Alberta  honored  four  senior  mem- 
bers at  a  25th  anniversary  banquet  in 
a  local  restaurant,  The  Chalet.  Jack 
McNeil,  retired  business  manager  of 
the  Calgary  District  Council  and 
former  executive  secretary  of  the 
Alberta  Provincial  Council,  presented 
service  pins. 

Shown  in  the  picture  are  R.  J. 
Thorndale,  28  years;  Allan  E.  Row- 
land, 25  years;  Edwin  Lippert,  26 
years;  George  T.  Fuller,  35  years;  and 
Jack  McNeil. 

RIVERHEAD,   N.Y. 

Local  1973  honored  members  with 
25,  30,  35,  40,  45  and  50-year  pins 
at  a  recent  old  timers  night.  Those 
honored  were,  front  row,  left  to  right, 
Stanley  Macksel,  25  yrs;  John  SaBotka, 
25  yrs;  Vain  Georgakis,  25  yrs; 
Anthony  Buccelatto,  25  yrs. 

Standing,  left  to  right,  Cecil 
Gibbons,  40  yrs;  Sverre  Larsen, 
25  yrs;  Fred  Lehman,  35  yrs;  John 
Selee,  25  yrs;  and  Ingulf  Askedall, 
30  yrs. 

Not  shown:  Herman  O.  Chris- 
tensen,  50  yrs;  Stephen  A.  Tyte, 
45  yrs;  Robert  Widener,  30  yrs;  Sam 
Biamonte,  25  yrs;  Robert  Busking, 
25  yrs;  Ernst  Christensen,  25  yrs; 
James  H.  Everett,  25  yrs;  Harry 
Glover,  25  yrs;  Alfred  Lopez,  25  yrs 
and  Stanley  P.  Sulzinski,  25  yrs. 

CENTRALIA,  WASH. 

On  February  25,  1977,  Local  2127 
held  an  awards  banquet  for  members 


receiving  pins.  They  are  shown  with 
local  officers,  left  to  right:  Dale 
Foley,  recording  secretary;  Wm.  J . 
Murphy:  Stanley  Collier,  and 
Kenneth  Bradshaw,  all  25-year  pins; 
David  Hahn,  Harold  Shamley, 
Merritt  Doyle,  and  Carl  Hagwell, 
30-year  pins;  Olaf  Boorge,  40-year 
pin,  Vernon  Blankinship,  president 
and  Larry  Briggs,  business 
representative. 

PASADENA,  TEX. 

Carpenters  Local  1226,  recently 
held  a  meeting  and  pin  presentation  in 
honor  of  its  members  with  long 
service  to  the  Brotherhood.  Pins  were 
presented  for  20,  25,  30  and  35 
years  of  service. 

Twenty-year  pins  were  presented 
to  Henry  E.  Birdsong,  Milton 
Lee  Cline,  Walter  G.  Crenshaw. 
Albert  Desporte.  Jr.,  Carl  S.  Efferson, 
Lubie  Glover,  Albert  D.  Law. 
Colonel  J.  Moore,  Riley  B.  Wade, 
and  B.  C.  Waggoner. 

Twenty-five  year  pins  were 
presented  to  Richard  A.  Andrews, 
T.  W.  Billings,  Hobert  A.  Brown, 
Paul  F.  Brown,  A.  D.  Caddell,  Lester 
A.  Cameron,  A.  J.  Carroll,  Bert 
Dodson.  R.  E.  Franks,  George  E. 
Griffin,  Ernest  Holly,  Herbert  L.  Kay, 
Ray  L.  Maxwell,  James  W.  Moore, 
William  O.  Mullinix,  Willard  Spell, 
James  M.  Terrill,  Harold  T.  Ward, 
and  James  C.  Wardell. 

Thirty-year  pins  were  presented 
to  Ira  Aydelott,  G.  O.  Bland,  Henry 
K.  Bradford.  C.  F.  Buford,  Leo 
Cain,  H.  O.  Cantey,  J.  M.  Canley, 
William  J.  Cooling,  W.  J.  Cox,  C.  L. 


Griffin,  W.  C.  Hallmark.  Delbert 
M.  Johnson.  Clifton  M.  King,  Ben  C. 
Mann,  Wavne  McCuver,  Robert  E. 
McLeod,  C.  C.  Packard,  H.  G. 
Poe.  Virgil  L.  Simons,  Allen  Temple, 
F.  E.  Thompson,  Lennie  E.  Tull, 
Paul  G.  Tull,  and  Clyde  H.  Wales. 

Thirty-five  year  pins  were  presented 
to  C.  C.  Brown,  E.  C.  Bryant, 
Walter  K.  Durham,  C.  M.  Farmer, 
William  R.  Fulcher,  Joseph  Hampton, 
W .  J.  Harkey,  John  C.  Hoffmann, 
Alvis  C.  Hooper,  H.  M.  Johnson, 
Luther  A.  Mann,  J.  H.  Morris, 
Truman  Porter,  and  William  F. 
Wallace. 


LAJUNTA,   CALIF. 


Herbert  Gwyn, 
Sr..  a  member 
of  Local  1637,  re- 
cently completed 
50  years  of  service 
with  the  Brother- 
hood, and  his  local 
union  presented 
him  with  a  service 
pin. 


Gwyn 


NORTHAMPTON-GREENFIELD,  MASS. 

Local  402  held  an  Old  Timers 
get-together  on  June  3  and  awarded  a 
45 -year  pin  to  Andres  H.  Swenson  in 
recognition  of  his  48  years  of  service. 

Three  days  later,  Swenson  died  in 
Ills  home  town  of  Falkensberg, 
Sweden. 


28 


THE    CARPENTER 


L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Bertrand,   Sherman 
Moloughney,  Charles  W. 
Paoline,  Joseph  W. 

L.U.  NO.  13 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Alghini,  Richard 
Ceslak.  Joseph 
Dunn.  Robert  E. 
Maximovich,  Stanley 
Nilsson,  M.  N. 
Revoir,  Edward 

L.U.  NO.  15 
HACKENSACK,  N.J. 

Nelson,  Albert  O. 

L.U.  NO.  16 
SPRINGFIELD,  IL. 

Adloff,  Carl 
Burg,  William   H. 
Constant,  James  A. 
Ford,  Robert 
Huitt,  James   E. 
Krueger,  William  F. 
Todd,  L.  Ernest 

L.U.  NO.  19 
DETROIT,  ML 

Allen,  Guy  E. 
Barczak.  Thaddeus 
Cousineau.  Charles  C. 
Dzierga,  Joseph  L. 
DeLorme.   Harvey 
Froman,   LeRoy 
Haist,  Oscar  L. 
Hannula,  Albert 
McArthur,  Robert 
Pope.   Howard 
Richards,  John 
Rousse.  Leo 
Rowlett,  John 
Schuster,   Edward 
Seeler,  Wilfred 
Tominac,  Edward 
Titus,   Frank 
Turman,  John 
Wedel,   Rolland 
White.  Gerald   B. 
Williams.  Clarence 
Willon.   Newell 
Wohlfeil,  Henry 

L.U.  NO.  26 

E.  DETROIT,  MI. 

Kowalski,  Mike 

L.l .  NO.  31 
TRENTON,  N.J. 

Ewart.  Frank 
Fee,  Robert  E. 
Frelz,  Charles 
Taylor,  J.   Baxter 

L.U.  NO.  40 
BOSTON.  MA. 

Baker,  Abbott 
Cannon,  John 
Moden,  Carl 

L.U.  NO.  50 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Dupee,  John 
Sealon,  David 

L.U.  NO.  54 

N.  RIVERSIDE,  IL. 

Hill.   Ernest 


Joos,  William 
Kotrich,  John 
Mitton.   Ralph 
Nozicka,  Thomas 
Sedivy,  John 

L.U.  NO.  59 
LANCASTER,  PA. 

Bleacher,   Maurice  B. 
Bowers,  Frederick  R. 
Dudeck,  Walter 
Eberly,  Wayne 
Fagan,   Emmet 
Greer.   Monte 
Meiskey,  Amos  F. 
Miles,   Leroy   B. 
Musser,  Earl  G.,  Jr. 
Naylor,  Samuel  E. 
Simmons,   Elmer  S. 
Stevenson,  John  J. 
Timanus,   Charles  A. 
Yerger,  Christian 

L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 

Damico,  Donald  Allan 

L.U.  NO.  62 
CHICAGO.  IL. 

Anderson,   Axel 
Bruinius.   Ben 
Carlson,  Joseph 
Deball,   Edward 
Gustafson,  Matt 
Johnson,  Lawrence  T. 
Lofberg,   Eric 
Miller,   Robert 
Mortier,   Carl 
Ruiter.   Fred 
Swanson.  John  G. 
Ulstrom,  Nils  O. 

L.U.  NO.  66 
OLEAN,  N.Y. 

Butler,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  85 
ROCHESTER,  N.Y. 

Henry,   Fred 
Herrick.   Martin 
Massett,  George  A. 
Rebban,   Kenneth   C. 
Richards.  Wayne 
Scalzo.  Christopher  A. 
Till,   Robert 

L.U.  NO.  89 
MOBILE,  AL. 

Bcrlagnolli,   Henry 
Aldridge.  James   B. 

L.U.  NO.  94 
WARWICK,  R.I. 

Edwards.   Leo   A. 
Hagenburgh.   Arthur  J. 
Nicaslra.  James 
Paesano.  Silvio 
Ruggiere.  Pasco 

L.U.  NO.  101 
BALTIMORE,  MD. 

Arnold.  Thomas  E. 
Brown,  Joseph  Wm. 
Deuringer.   Frank 
Gardner,   Lee 
Griffin.  Lee  O. 
Kupershinski.   Peter 
McLaughlin,  Joe  N. 


Ordakowski,  Leonard  C. 
Sparks,  James  G. 
York,  Paul  O. 

L.U.  N0.132 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Davis.  Emerson   L. 
Peacher,  Robert  A. 
Stark,   Robert  M. 
Wine,  R.   D. 

L.U.  NO.  195 
PERU,  IL. 

Brate.  Walter 
Wrona,  William 

L.U.  NO.  198 
DALLAS,  TX. 

Herrin,  J.  G. 
Hugghins.   B.  B. 
Kovar,  Tom 
Long,  Geo.  K. 
Stolle,  Chas. 

L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Baxter,  G.  L. 
Crutchfield.  A.  E. 
Estes,  Fred  L. 
Jeanes,  Sherman  Al 
Puckett,  L.  C. 

L.U.  NO.  226 
PORTLAND,  OR. 

Beck.  Fred  D. 
Bell.  Thomas  D. 
Boe.  Martin  E. 
Carlson,   Henry 
Dilley,   Herbert 
Horton.  Robert  E. 
Hunt,  Glenn  S. 
Ostergaard.  Alfred 
Qualley.  Ole 
Roberts,  Fred  L. 

L.U.  NO.  257 
NEW  YORK.  N.Y. 

Barnelt.   Herman 
Cann,  James  K. 
Nelson,  John 
Tesoriero,  Philip 
Vigliotti,  Frank 

L.U.  NO.  266 
STOCKTON,  CA. 

Flores,  Jesse 

L.U.  NO.  272 
CHICAGO  HTS,  IL. 

Cellini.  Guido  G. 
Dumbsky.  Edward  G. 
Krabbe.  Alfred  F. 
Kuch,  Chester  A. 
Mahone,  William   B. 
Martin,  Matthew 
Pries,   Ernest 
Reed.  James 

L.l  .  NO.  281 
JOHNSTON  CITY,  N.Y. 

Bccken.   August 
McConnon.  John 
Stanton,  Benjamin 

L.U.  NO.  314 
MADISON,  WI. 

Diebold.   Alois 
Johnston,  Raymond 


L.U.  NO.  335 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  ML 

Cope,  Dale  C. 
Quint,  Edward  A, 

L.U.  NO.  337 
WARREN,  MI. 

Atkins.  Martin 
Foley,   Gerald 
Gilbert,   Sylvester 
Lemmon.  Lawrence 
Tilch,  Fred 

L.U.  NO.  359 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Morris.  Geo.  C. 

L.U.  NO.  362 
PUEBLO,  CO. 

Robbins,  William  H. 

L.U.  NO.  363 
ELGIN,  IL. 

Hanson,  James 
Horton.  Jeffery 

L.U.  NO.  414 
NANTICOKE,  PA. 

Masters,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  486 
BAYONNE,  N.Y. 

McKenzie,  Gregor 

L.U.  NO.  494 
WINDSOR,  ONT.  CAN. 

Bially,  Ken 

L.U.  NO.  535 
NORWOOD,  MA. 

DeValga.  Andrew 
Poirier.  Leonard 
Prew,  William 

L.U.  NO.  668 
PALO  ALTO,  CA. 

Gundel,  Richard  G. 

L.U.  NO.  742 
DECATUR,  IL. 

Bowman,  Chalmer  A.,  Sr. 
Cooper,  Warren  I. 
Garver.   Lou 
Johnson.   Frank   R. 
Karch,   Lawrence 
Trueblood,  Lane 

L.U.  NO.  747 
OSWEGO,  N.Y. 
Moshier.   Bernard  H. 

L.U.  NO.  815 
BEVERLY.  MA. 

Marshall.  John 
Murphy.  John 
Rich,  Frank 

L.U.  NO.  899 
PARKERSBURG,  W.V. 

Hunter,  H.  D. 

L.l.  NO.  906 
GLENDALE,  AZ. 

Lavigne.  Louis 

L.U.  NO.  916 
AURORA,  IL. 

Johnson,   Paul   E. 

L.U.  NO.  918 
MANHATTAN,  KN. 

Lundberg.  John   E. 


L.U.  NO.  943 
TULSA,  OK. 

Cross,  William  M. 
Fike,  Ed.  G. 
Gentry,  L.  E. 
Griggs.  C.  F.  (Mike) 
Henshaw,  Bernard 
Knighten,  Ulyses  M. 
Molesworth.  Ronald 
Robbins.  Ernie 
Vanzant,  Finnis  M. 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  MI. 

Nousain,  Alfred 

L.U.  NO.  993 
MIAMI,  FL. 

Berghuis,  K.  A.,  Sr. 
Borders.  G.  F. 
Collins.  M.  A. 
Foster,  Samuel  E. 
Franzen,  Walter 
Hawthorne.  Aaron 
Johnson.  John  L. 
Patterson,  Ralph  W. 
Tomlinson,  Reva  A. 

L.U.  NO.  1058 
TWIN  FALLS,  ID. 

Metz,  W.  Harold 

L.U.  NO.  1102 
DETROIT,  MI. 

Bell,  Joseph 

L.U.  NO.  1138 
TOLEDO,  OH. 

Bachmayer,  Joseph  W. 
Fleitz,  John 
Holtz,  Joseph 
Morrison,  A.  R. 

L.U.  NO.  1140 
HARBOR  CITY,  CA. 

Archibald.  Ray 
Everett.  William 
Harmon.  Ralph 
Janto,  Henry 
Kinney.  Red  L. 
Thompson,  Kenneth 

L.U.  NO.  1146 
GREEN  BAY.  WT. 

Bublitz.  William 
Ericson,  Steven 
Malueg.  Emil  John 
Pavlowich,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1337 
TUSCALOOSA,  AL. 

Tucker.  J.  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1342 
BLOOMFIELD,  NJ. 

Emmcrson.  Arthur 
Rienau,  William 

L.U.  NO.  1353 
SANTA  FE,  N.M. 
Escudero.  Celso 

L.U.  NO.  1367 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Ryba.  Casimer 

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29 


IN  MEMORIAM 


Continued  from  page  29 


L.U.  NO.  1394 

FT.  LAUDERDALE,  FL. 

Graves,  Elmer 
Pinner,  Claude,  Sr. 
Rawlinson,  Cecil  R. 
Williams,  M.  T„  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  1407 
WILMINGTON,  CA. 

Williams,  Marvin  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1456 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Crowley,  John 
DeFilippo,  Angelo 
Frederickson,  Ole 
Henriksen,  Albert 
Martin,  Raymond 
Pearson,  Nils 
Torgrimsen,  Thomas 
Tveraas,  Sverre 
Wurret,  Veikko 

L.U.  NO.  1478 
REDONDO  BEACH,  CA. 

Ference,  Nick  D. 

L.U.  NO.  1622 
HAYWARD,  CA. 

Butterfield,  Patrick 
Cheek,  Kenneth 
McBride,  Floyd  F. 
Sims,  Lester 
Wesolowski,  Albert 


L.U.  NO.  1637 
LA  JUNTA,  CO. 

Gwyn,  Herbert  Lee,  Sr. 

L.U.  NO.  1648 
LACUNA  BEACH,  CA. 

Mason,  William  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1726 
LAREDO,  TX. 

Paez,  Reynaldo  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1741 
MILWAUKEE,  WI. 

Casl,  Otto  J. 
Gross,  Edmund 
Hansen,  Nestor  W. 
Jens,  George 
Kallas,  Albion 
Kubis,  John 
Luebke,  Albert  J.,  Jr. 
Meyer,  Clem 
Meyers,  Lyle  B. 
Nehmer,  Wilford 
Paro,  Roy  A. 
Rogalinski,  Frank  C. 
Spanheimer,  Leroy 
Whitehead,  Walter 

L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WA. 

Belgarde,  John 


L.U.  NO.  1889 
WESTMONT,  IL. 

Koberstein,  Virgil 

L.U.  NO.  1971 
TEMPLE,  TX. 

'  Lucky,  W.  H. 
White,  Marvin  E. 

L.U.  NO.  2073 
MILWAUKEE,  WI. 

Franke,  Ernst 
Wichrowski,  Felix 

L.U.  NO.  2203 
ANAHEIM,  CA. 

Haught,  Daniel 
McBratney,  Lewis 
Ward,  Lehman  E. 

L.U.  NO.  2235 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Bowser,  E,  R. 

L.U.  NO.  2274 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Frederick,  Paul 

L.U.  NO.  2287 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Koziowski,  Joseph 
Turner,  William 

L.U.  NO.  2310 
MADISONVILLE,  KY. 

Keeling,  Milton  D. 

L.U.  NO.  2398 
EL  CAJON,  CA. 

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IN  CONCLUSION 


The  Challenges  of  the  Future 
Are  the  Challenges  of  Human  Rights 


There  was  a  time  in  man's  long  struggle  for  survi- 
val on  the  Earth  when  he  could  escape  from  tyranny 
and  greed  by  crossing  an  ocean  or  a  mountain  range. 

America  was  colonized  by  Pilgrims,  Huguenots, 
and  Jews  seeking  religious  freedom,  by  indentured  ser- 
vants and  apprentices  from  Europe  seeking  economic 
freedom,  by  prisoners  and  debtors  from  British  jails 
who  poured  into  Georgia  and  the  West  Indies  seeking 
political  freedom. 

And  when  tyranny  festered  along  the  Eastern  Sea- 
board, Acadians  left  Nova  Scotia  and  traveled  down 
the  Mississippi  to  Louisiana,  free  men  deprived  of 
land  and  burdened  by  taxes  crossed  the  Alleghenies 
into  the  wilderness  beyond,  and  Mormons  went  west 
to  Utah. 

For  centuries,  on  every  continent,  man  was  able 
to  escape  ...  to  move  on  ...  to  run  away  to  freedom 
.  .  .  And,  if  we  are  to  believe  today's  science  fiction, 
there  may  be  a  time  in  the  far  future  when  man  can 
escape  the  tyranny  of  the  planet  and  fight  Star  Wars 
for  human  rights  and  freedom  on  other  planets. 

But  as  things  now  stand  in  1977  AD,  there  are  no 
places  left  to  run  to  on  Mother  Earth.  We  must  now' 
turn  and  defend  our  rights.  We  must  fight  for  them 
as  subtly  and  as  diplomatically  as  we  can,  short  of 
war  and  nuclear  holocaust,  in  a  maze  of  national 
governments  of  all  political  persuasions  and  all'  degrees 
of  civilization. 

It  is  a  challenge  such  as  mankind  has  never  faced 
to  such  a  degree  before. 

How  do  you  persuade  headhunters  of  the  world's 
youngest  nation,  Papua,  to  love  their  fellow  man? 
How  do  you  bridge  the  gap  of  intolerance  between 
Arab  and  Jew?  How  can  you  push  one-man,  one-vote 
propositions  in  an  African  country  that  is  overwhelm- 
ingly illiterate? 

These  are  the  questions  which  are  becoming  more 
crystallized  in  1977,  as  President  Jimmy  Carter  makes 
human  rights  a  major  factor  in  US  foreign  policy.  He 
has  taken  the  human  rights  statements  of  the  Helsinki 
Accord — a  pact  recently  signed  by  the  Soviet  Union, 
the  US,  and  other  nations — and  called  upon  the  na- 
tions which  signed  the  accord  to  live  up  to  its  terms 
and  intent.  By  so  doing,  President  Carter  has  struck 
several  sensitive  national  nerves,  and  the  vibrations 
may  be  heard  for  many  years  to  come. 

In  his  inaugural  address.  President  Carter  made  it 
clear  to  the  American  people  that  the  real  strength  of 
the  United  States  will  endure  only  so  long  as  the  com- 
mon people  of  the  world  see  America  as  a  force  for 
good. 

"We  will  not  behave  in  foreign  places  so  as  to 
violate  our  rules  and  standards  here  at  home,"  he 


said,  "for  we  know  that  this  trust  which  our  nation 
earns  is  essential  to  our  strength  .  .  ." 

And  he  added:  "Because  we  are  free,  we  can  never 
be  indifferent  to  the  fate  of  freedom  elsewhere.  Our 
moral  sense  dictates  a  clear-cut  preference  for  those 
societies  which  share  with  us  an  abiding  respect  for 
individual  human  rights." 

The  American  labor  movement  has  been,  since  its 
beginnings,  deeply  concerned  with  all  aspects  of  hu- 
man rights.  The  word  "brotherhood"  in  the  title  of 
our  organization  was  not  idly  inserted  there.  It  sym- 
bolizes the  very  nature  of  our  union.  It  implies  the 
sharing  of  responsibility,  obedience  to  law.  It  is  the 
strength  of  the  past  and  the  hope  of  the  future. 

As  early  as  1891,  Samuel  Gompers,  the  founder  of 
the  American  Federation  of  Labor  was  saying,  "You 
cannot  weigh  a  human  soul  on  the  same  scales  on 
which  you  weigh  a  piece  of  pork.  You  cannot  weigh 
the  heart  and  soul  of  a  child  with  the  same  scales  on 
which  you  weigh  any  commodity." 

One  thing  the  Communists  and  the  radical  revolu- 
tionists of  the  world  never  seem  to  understand  is  that 
a  rank-and-file  worker  is  not  a  nameless  unit  in  a  mass 
humanity,  ready  to  be  swayed  with  every  revolution- 
ary tide.  He  is  an  individual  human  being  and  not  a 
"proletarian."  His  work  gives  him  a  purchasing  power 
which  makes  him  a  customer  in  the  marketplace  and 
even  a  stockholder  in  industry.  In  America  he  is  a 
citizen  in  a  free  republic.  He  votes  as  he  pleases  and 
for  whom  he  pleases. 

This  is  the  strength  of  human  rights  in  America 
and  our  most  valuable  export. 

As  the  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council  noted  in  a  re- 
cent statement  on  human  rights,  "there  is  a  certain 
irony  in  the  reaction  that  the  President's  declaration 
on  human  rights  have  elicited  from  the  Communist 
world.  The  Soviet  representatives  have  always  had 
their  ideology,  have  promoted  it  throughout  the  world, 
and  have  never  hesitated,  indeed  have  never  ceased 
to  criticize  those  things  they  consider  to  be  the  evils 
of  Western  society.  Yet  now  they  protest  when  we 
affirm  our  values,  our  commitment  with  respect  to 
human  rights. 

"As  Americans,  we  do  not  and  cannot  complain 
when  other  peoples  of  the  world — including  citizens 
of  the  Soviet  Union — criticize  us  for  our  shortcomings. 
We  admit  them,  we  publish  them,  we  make  movies 
about  them. 

"But  no  one  should  feel  provoked  if  we  continue 
to  make  our-own  observations  regarding  conditions 
that  prevail  elsewhere.  We  must  be  what  we  are,  we 
must  reflect  our  own  traditions  and  values,  and  if  this 
is  uncomfortable  for  others,  we  can  only  regret  this 


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discomfiture  and  hope  that  changes  eventually  ensue." 

The  United  States,  Canada,  and  other  democratic 
nations  have  permitted  too  many  governments,  for 
too  long,  to  give  lip  service  to  human  rights  in  the 
United  Nations  and  other  world  bodies  while  denying 
human  rights  at  home.  The  so-called  Third  World — 
those  new  and  evolving  nations  which  have  gained 
their  independence  in  this  century — like  to  taunt  ils  on 
civil  rights,  on  our  brand  of  capitalism,  and  on  our 
"imperialism."  But,  at  the  same  time,  they  hold  out 
their  hands  for  American  foreign  aid  and  they  let 
Uncle  Sam  bear  the  heaviest  financial  burdens  of  the 
UN  and  the  ILO — the  International  Labor  Organiza- 
tion— and  they  continue  to  deny  human  rights  to 
their  own  people. 

II  is  not  hard  to  list  a  few  of  these  guilty  govern- 
ments— Chile,  Cuba,  Uganda,  South  Korea,  Vietnam, 
Angola. 

All  of  this  may  change  in  the  years  ahead,  and  we 
trust  that  it  will  happen  soon. 

Next  month,  the  Carter  Administration  must  decide 
whether  or  not  to  support  American  labor  and  in- 
dustry in  their  determination  to  pull  out  of  the  ILO. 
The  AFL-CIO  wants  to  pull  out,  and  it  gave  notice 
of  its  position  two  years  ago.  The  date  set  for  such 
action  is  November  5,  1977.  Labor's  position  is 
supported  by  the  US  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  in 
1975  the  administration  of  Former  President  Gerald 
Ford  gave  notice  of  our  intentions.  The  ILO  is  a  tri- 
partite body — labor,  management,  and  government- — 
and  so  it  is  up  to  the  third  party,  government,  to  make 
the  move  decisive. 

Member  nations  of  the  ILO  include  "allies"  of  the 
United  States  which  deny  workers  the  right  to  collec- 
tive bargaining,  the  right  to  demonstrate,  and  the  right 
to  strike.  There  are  native  leaders  in  many  prisons  of 
Latin  America  whose  only  crime  is  that  they  tried  to 
organize  workers  to  give  them  basic  human  rights  in 
their  workplaces. 

For  decades  American  labor  has  given  such  leaders 
as  much  support  as  it  could,  and  it  offered  this  sup- 
port almost  alone.  American  business  which  favored 
no  labor  union  activity  at  all,  made  it  clear  that  it  cer- 
tainly wanted  no  part  of  foreign  labor  union  activity. 
Few  Americans  realize  just  how  important  the  work 
of  the  AFL-CIO"s  Department  of  International  Affairs 
is.  Agencies  of  American  labor  have  trained  hundreds 
of  African,  Asiatic,  and  Latin  American  trade  union- 
ists in  frge  trade  union  methods  and  doctrines.  These 
people  have  gone  back  to  their  native  lands  and 
fought  Communists,  dictators,  and  oppressive  em- 
ployers to  achieve  rights  for  workers  and  their  fami- 
lies, often  unsuccessfully. 

We  must  carry  on  this  work.  We  must  continue  to 
extend  the  hand  of  brotherhood  to  the  oppressed 
around  the  world. 

It  seems  to  me  that  we,  as  a  nation,  must  do  the 
following  things  if  we  are  to  advance  human  rights 
and  maintain  freedom  around  the  world: 

•  We  must  not  only  set  an  example  as  a  nation  of 
just  laws,  but  we  must  actively  support  efforts  by  the 
people  of  other  nations  to  obtain  similar  laws   for 


themselves.  I  do  not  mean  martial  law  or  any  form  or 
oppressive  dictatorial  law.  I,  of  course,  mean  a  firm 
national  constitution  bolstered  by  a  bill  of  rights  and 
a  supreme  court  which  protects  the  freedoms  inherent 
in  that  bill  of  rights. 

The  late  General  Douglas  MacArthur  was  ultra- 
conservative  in  his  political  views,  but  he  was  a  firm 
believer  in  American  democracy,  and  the  Japanese 
people  are  better  off  because  of  the  laws  and  the  con- 
stitution which  he  established  in  Japan  at  the  end  of 
World  War  II,  modeled  after  our  own  body  of  laws. 

West  Germany,  as  well,  owes  a  debt  to  America's 
past  World  War  II  administration.  Contrast  these 
governments  with  those  of  East  Germany,  Poland, 
and  others  under  Soviet  domination. 

•  If  we  are  to  continue  to  provide  American  arms 
and  munitions  to  other  nations,  we  must  see  to  it  that 
these  arms  and  munitions  are  not  designed  to  bolster 
dictatorships  and  deny  human  rights  to  the  citizenry . 

•  We  must  continue  to  take  a  firm  stance  in  the 
United  Nations  and  other  world  bodies.  We  are  a  big 
and  important  nation,  and  we  should  act  that  way. 
Detente  has  not  proven  successful.  Let's  go  to  world 
bargaining  tables  with  firm  conviction  that  human 
rights  are  paramount. 

As  the  United  States  begins  its  third  century,  we 
must  renew  our  commitment  to  human  rights. 

The  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council  summed  it  up 
recently:  "The  cause  of  human  rights  is  the  world's 
only  great  revolutionary  cause." 


OCTOBER,    1977 


Carpenters'  Label: 
6till  Going  6trong! 

The  United  Brotherhood  Of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America 
represent  more  than  three-quarters  of  a  million  carpenters,  cabinet- 
men,  millwrights,  and  allied  tradesmen  in  North  America. 

As  one  of  the  oldest  of  the  Building  Trades,  the  United  Brother- 
hood learned  early  of  the  value  of  the  union  label  as  a  consumer 
weapon.  As  far  back  as  1869  the  Carpenter's  Eight-Hour  League  of 
San  Francisco  issued  a  stamp  to  planing  mills  working  an  eight-hour 
day.  This  stamp  helped  to  identify  work  from  such  mills  against 
competing  ten-hour  day  mills. 

However,  it  was  not  until  the  turn  of  the  Twentieth  Century  that 
the  carpenters  union  officially  adopted  a  stamp,  emblem,  or  label 
which  would  be  attached  to  products  produced  by  its  members.  At  the 
Carpenter's  11th  General  Convention,  held  in  Scranton,  Pa.,  in  1900, 
Cabinetmakers  Local  309  of  New  York  City  presented  a  resolution, 
calling  for  the  adoption  of  a  standard  union  label  for  use  throughout 
the  Brotherhood.  In  the  following  year  the  union's  General  Executive 
Board  adopted  a  design  and  directed  the  General  Secretary  to  have 
it  registered  with  the  United  States  Patent  Office  in  Washington. 
At  that  time,  the  Patent  Office  contended  that  the  label  could  not 
be  registered,  and  the  Brotherhood  then  took  action  to  have  the 
label  registered  in  each  of  the  States  and  Provinces  of  North  America. 
Today  the  label  is  officially  recognized  throughout  the  continent,  and 
two  years  ago  the  Patent  Office  in  Washington  belatedly  accepted 
the  registration  of  the  Brotherhood's  label. 

In  early  days  of  the  labor  movement,  the  carpenters  were  directed 
by  the  AFL  to  lead  the  fight  for  an  eight-hour  work  day.  Pursuing 
this  goal,  the  carpenters  would  allow  no  shop  or  mill  to  use  the 
label  unless  its  work,  day  was  eight-hours  or  less  and  unless  the  mill 
met  minimum  standards  of  pay. 

Today  the  Brotherhood  issues  periodically  a  small  pocket  size 
booklet,  totaUng  approximately  132  pages,  which  is  a  "list  of  union 
shops  and  firms  granted  the  use  of  the  union  label."  This  directory 
is  updated  each  year. 

The  label  can  be  found  on  furniture,  in  houses  of  worship,  on 
desks,  in  the  schools  of  America  and  the  Halls  of  the  Congress  of 


the  United  States;  even  on  the  very  rafters  of  the  White  House,  as 
well  as  on  all  the  manufactured  items  of  the  forest  products  industry. 
The  union  label  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and 
Joiners  of  America  is  made  available  to  manufacturers  in  four  appli- 
cation forms.  (I)  a  rubber  stamp  is  used  to  place  an  impression  of 
the  label  upon  millwork  and  manufactured  material,  (2)  a  brass  die 
is  available  for  sinking  an  impression  of  the  label  in  boxes,  flooring, 
etc.,  (3)  a  transfer  label  is  made  up  in  colors,  and  is  generally  used 
for  finished  products  such  as  fixtures  and  furniture,  and  also  musical 
instruments,  including  pianos  and  other  wood  instruments,  and  (4) 
a  special  cellophane  slicker  label  is  made  for  metal  trim,  metal  doors 
and  sash. 

The  Carpenter's  Label  appears  on  the  following  products: 


\o*  Aluminum  doors,  sash  and  windows 

*^  Awings  and  metal  products 

t^  Boxes 

*>  Barber  and  beauty  shop  furniture,  etc. 

y*  Bowling  alleys,  pool  tables,  etc. 

i^  Boats 

*^  Cabinet  Work  and  Cabinets 

)^  Caskets 

*^  Concrete  forms 

*>  Church  furniture 

V*  Cooling  towers 

v^  Doors,  reg.,  fireproof,  etc. 

*^  Displays 

*^  Furniture 

i>  Hardwood  floors  and  Hardwood 

i>  Insulation 

1^  Laboratory  furniture  and  equipment 

*>■  Lumber 

i^  Ladders  and  Scafoldlng 

v*  Millwork 


i>  Mobile  homes 

*^  Musical  instruments 

*^  Metal  Trim,  doors,  partitions,  etc. 

i^  Overhead  doors 

y'  Office  Furniture 

»>  Prefabricated  garages 

\^  Prefabricated  houses 

*>  Prefabricated  Houses/Modules-Tri- 

Trades 
\^  Plastics 

*^  Plywood  and  veneer 
u^  Restaurant  Furniture 
v*  Refrigeration 
(^  Specialty  products 
v^  Screens 

^  School  furniture,  etc. 
»>  Shingles 

*>  Stair  builders  products 
X'  Trusses 
y^  Venetian  blinds 


*  a  union  label  feature 


BOTH  OF  THESE  SPACKUNG  COMPOUNDS 

CAN  FILL  A  HOLE. 

REDI-SPACK  DOES  IT  RIGHT  THE  FIRST  TIME. 


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A  leading  competitor,  1st  time. 


Shrinks  and  cracks  when  dry. 


Redi-Spack™  is  specially  formu- 
lated to  dry  hard  and  resist  shrinking 
and  cracking.  It  comes  ready  to  use, 
dries  fast,  and  sands  easily  You  can 
even  paint  over  it  in  as  little  as  15 
minutes. 

And  since  Redi-Spack  is  made 
from  an  acrylic  latex  base,  it  won't 
break  down  under  latex  paints  as  so 
many  other  spackling  compounds 
do.  What's  more,  it  does  not  contain 
asbestos. 

That's  why  so  many  pros  prefer 
Redi-Spack. 

And  why 
It's  great  for 
do-it-your- 
selfers, too. 


Redi-Spack,  1st  time. 


Dries  hard,  ready  for  sanding  and  painting. 


Elmer's. 

When  results  count. 


November  1977 


WEEEFq 


A  couple  finds  solitude  from  a  u  a/A  on  a  lonely  country  roaJ  in  autumn 


101  CITIZENS  on  THE  GO 


SEE  PAGE  : 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

William  Sidell 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

William  Konyha 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 
Patrick  J.  Campbell 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

R.  E.  Livingston 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 
Charles  E.  Nichols 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  PRESIDENT  EMERITUS 

M.   A.   HUTCHESON 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  John  S.  Rogers 
Islip-MacArthur  Airport 
Main  Terminal  Building,  Suite  206 
Ronkonkoma,  New  York  11779 

Second  District,  Raleigh  Rajoppi 
130  Mountain  Avenue 
Springfield,  New  Jersey  07081 

Third  District,  Anthony  Ochocki 
14001  West  McNichols  Road 
Detroit,  Michigan  48235 

Fourth  District,  Harold  E.  Lewis 
2970  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.W..  Suite  300 
Atlanta,  Ga.  30305 

Fifth  District,  Leon  W.  Greene 
2800  Selkirk  Drive 
Burnsville,  Minn.  55378 


Sixth  District,  Frederick  N.  Bull 

Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
Room  722,  Oregon  Nat'l  Bldg. 
610  S.W.  Alder  Street 
Portland,  Oregon  97205 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District, Willum  Stefanovich 

2300  Howard  Avenue 

Windsor,  Ontario,  Canada  N8X  3V3 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 

1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 

Calgary,  Alberta,  Canada  T2K  0G3 


William  Sidell,  Chairman 
R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


Secretaries,  Please  Note 

If  your  local  union  wishes  to  list  de- 
ceased members  in  the  "In  Memoriam" 
page  of  The  Carpenter,  it  is  necessary 
that  a  specific  request  be  directed  to  the 
sditor. 


In  processing  complaints,  the  only 
names  which  the  financial  secretary  needs 
to  send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are  NOT  receiving  the  magazine, 
tn  sending  in  the  names  of  members  who 
ire  not  getting  the  magazine,  the  new  ad- 
dress forms  mailed  out  with  each  monthly 
]ill  should  be  used.  Please  see  that  the 
Zip  Code  of  the  member  is  included.  When 
J  member  clears  out  of  one  Local  Union 
into  another,  his  name  is  automatically 
Iropped  from  the  mail  list  of  the  Local 
Union  he  cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the 
secretary  of  the  Union  into  which  he 
:leared  should  forward  his  name  to  the 
Jeneral  Secretary  for  inclusion  on  the 
nail  list.  Do  not  forget  the  Zip  Code 
number.  Members  who  die  or  are  sus- 
pended are  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  The  Carpenter. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPENTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


PLEASE  NOTE:  FUling  out  this  coupon  and  mailing  it  to  the  CARPENTER 
only  corrects  your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine,  which  requires  six  to 
eight  weeks.  However  this  does  not  advise  your  own  local  union  of  your 
address  change.  You  must  notify  your  local  union  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


NAME. 


Local  No 

Number  of  your  Local  Union  must 
be  given.  Otherwise,  no  action  can 
be  taken  on  your  change  of  address. 


NEW  ADDRESS. 


City 


State  or  Province 


ZIP  Code 


VOLUME  XCVII  NO.   11  NOVEMBER,   1977 

UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 


R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 

IN   THIS    ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Senior  Citizens  on  the  Go    2 

Sub  Launching  With  Carpenter  Pov/er G.  Alexander  Smith  5 

Labor  Low  Reform    6 

Leadership  Conference   in   Los  Angeles    8 

Report  on   ERISA    10 

The  Union  Label  Pledge 30 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup 4 

Canadian  Report    12 

We  Congratulate    14 

Local   Union   News    16 

Apprenticeship   and   Troining    17 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 19 

Plane  Gossip    24 

In  Retrospect R.  E.  Livingston  26 

In  Memoriam   29 

What's  New? 31 

In  Conclusion    William   Sidell  32 


POSTMASTERS,    ATTENTION:    Change    of    address    cards    on    Form    3579   should    be    sent   to 
THE  CARPENTER.  Carpenters'  Building.  101  Constitution  Ave..  N.W.,  Washington.  D.C.  20001 

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THE 
COVER 


Autumn's  glory  lias  a  spiritual  as 
well  as  a  material  meaning  for  those 
living  in  the  heart  of  foliage  country 
.  .  .  among  the  yellow  aspens  of  the 
Rockies,  the  rolling  valleys  of  Shenan- 
doah, and  the  hardwood  forests  from 
Nova  Scotia  to  Tennessee. 

The  songwriter  may  lament  "the 
leaves  of  brown  that  come  tumbling 
down"  on  a  fall  day,  but  in  many 
parts  of  the  country  those  leaves  turn 
to  pure  gold.  American  states  and 
Canadian  provinces  vie  in  superla- 
tives to  draw  visitors  to  what  one 
travel  writer  calls  "spectacularly,  un- 
believably beautiful"  fall  foliage. 

This  is  a  time  for  meditation  on 
things  past,  for  the  turning  leaves 
bring  back  memories.  We  recall  the 
lines  from  Tennyson: 

Tears,  idle  tears,  I  know  not  what 
they  mean, 

Tears  from  the  depth  of  some  di- 
vine despair 

Rise  in  the  heart,  and  gather  to  the 
eyes. 

In  looking  on  the  happy  autumn 
fields. 

And  thinking  of  the  days  that  are 
no  more. 

This  is  the  time  of  harvest,  too. 
the  golden  years  when  our  elders  may 
rest  from  their  labors.  Phoio  by 
Robert    KoUar    in    TVA    Perspective. 

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Sixteen  years  ago,  in  a  run-down  Capitol  Hill  hotel  in 
Washington,  D.C.,  an  organization  of  senior  citizens  was 
formed  to  make  a  last-ditch  attempt  to  get  Medicare 
legislation  passed  by  the  Congress. 

With  a  mailing  list  of  some  60,000  names  of  elderly 
Americans,  a  mimeograph  machine  set  up  in  a  bathtub, 
a  little  office  furniture,  and  about  $100,000  in  funds, 
most  of  which  was  contributed  by  labor  unions,  the 
National  Council  of  Senior  Citizens  was  born. 

Most  of  its  money  and  much  of  its  leadership  came  out 
of  the  labor  movement,  and  NCSC,  unlike  other  groups 
for  the  aged,  had  what  one  newspaper  writer  calls  "a 
union-hall  stridency." 

Much  has  happened  since  those  formative  days  of 
1961.  The  rejuvenated  "over-the-hill  gang"  of  NCSC  has 
become  one  of  the  most  vocal  and  progressive  lobbying 
groups  to  ever  march  up  Capitol  Hill  .   .   .  and  today 


SEniOR 
CITIZEnS 
on  THE  CO 

The  National  Council  of  Senior 
Citizens  is  "a  tough-minded  collection 
of  local  senior  citizen  clubs  that  has 
come  to  symbolize  the  new  political 
clout  of  the  aged,"  says  one 
Washington  writer. 

they  are  more  than  3'/2  million  strong,  with  3,800  senior 
citizens  clubs  all  over  America.  They  come  in  busloads 
to  Washington. 

Approximately  44%  of  its  dues-paying  members  are 
union  retirees,  including  many  senior  members  of  the 
United  Brotherhood.  Senior  union  members  are  no  longer 
settling  down  on  park  benches  to  whittle  away  their 
time.  Instead,  they're  writing  their  legislators,  working  in 
party  politics,  and  playing  active  roles  of  community 
service. 

Many  unions  are  encouraging  their  retirees  to  become 
members  of  the  National  Council,  so  that  they  may  con- 
tinue to  work  toward  labor's  goal  of  a  better  life  for  all 
Americans. 

NCSC  Executive  Director  Bill  Mutton,  in  a  recent 
Labor  Day  statement,  said,  "Labor  and  the  National 
Council  of  Senior  Citizens  share  a  basic  wisdom:  Strength 
lies  in  unity.  American  labor  unions  have  put  this  credo 
in  practice  for  generations.  .  .  The  early  National  Coun- 
cil, organized  behind  the  fight  for  Medicare,  saw  the 
value  of  a  united  effort  to  convince  legislators  that  p>eople 
wanted  a  health  insurance  program  for  the  elderly.  Labor 
union  expertise  contributed  greatly  to  that  end.  .  ." 

Though  Medicare  was  its  initial  success,  NCSC  has 
added  many  additional  achievements  over  the  years.  It  is 
now  the  largest  single  sponsor  of  housing  for  the  elderly, 
since  receiving  approval  on  jointly-sponsored  applications 
for  Section  202  funds,  available  through  the  US  Depart- 
ment of  Housing  and  Urban  Development. 

NCSC  has  a  nationwide  service  corps — Senior  AIDES 
— which  places  thousands  of  senior  citizens  in  community 
service  employment. 

It  is  taking  steps  to  prevent  crimes  against  the  elderly. 
An  organization  called  Legal  Research  and  Services  for 
the  Elderly  is  evaluating  crime-prevention  procedures  in 
New  York,  Chicago,  Los  Angeles,  New  Orleans,  Mil- 
waukee, and  Washington,  D.C. 


Members  of  NCSC  demonstrate  ac- 
tivism where  it  counts,  as  the  pictures  at 
right  indicate.  Starting  on  this  page  and 
reading  right,  the  pictures  show:  1.  A 
gathering  of  Senior  Citizens  at  a  public 
hearing  on  nursing  homes.  2.  HEW  Secre- 
tary Joseph  CaUfano,  left,  preparing  to 
address  an  NCSC  convention.  At  right  in 
the  same  picture  is  Bill  Hutton,  NCSC 
executive  secretary.  3.  An  NCSC  picket 
line  at  the  Department  of  Housing  and 
Urban  Development  pushes  housing  for 
the  elderly.  4.  Vice  President  Walter  Mon- 
dale  is  welcomed  to  an  NCSC  conference. 


NCSC's  big  push  now  is  National  Health  Security.  It 
joins  organized  labor  in  a  major  effort  to  obtain  an  ade- 
quate national  health  insurance  program. 

When  you  see  those  special  discount  rates  on  food, 
clothing,  and  transportation  for  senior  citizens,  you  can 
thank  NCSC  for  calling  public  attention  to  the  financial 
plight  of  hundreds  of  thousands  of  our  elderly  citizens 
and  bringing  about  these  discounts. 

Gold  Card  Membership  in  the  National  Council  in- 
cludes low-cost  rates  for  travel,  lost-cost  health  insurance 
to  supplement  Medicare,  motel  and  car  rental  discounts, 
a  prescription  drug  service,  and  a  national  newspaper. 
Senior  Citizen  News. 

Meanwhile,  NCSC  pushes  for  improvements  in  Social 
Security,  for  nursing  home  reforms,  and  for  other  bene- 
fits for  the  elderly. 

Unfortunately,  once  you've  got  a  good  thing  going, 
you  get  a  lot  of  imitators.  The  National  Council's  success 
in  getting  Medicare  and  other  legislation  passed  caused 
several  other  organizations  for  the  elderly  to  be  formed  .  .  . 
some  good,  some  bad. 

The  elderly,  particularly  the  elderly  poor,  have  been 
victimized  since  time  immemorial,  and  this  is  true  to 
some  extent  today.  They  have  been  lured  into  insurance 
schemes,  inadequate  nursing  homes,  and  get-rich-quick 
propositions  of  many  styles  and  sizes.  Their  organizations 
have  become  the  pawns  of  politicians  pushing  many 
causes  .  .  .  some  of  them  anti-union. 

The  problem  became  so  pronounced  in  1975  that  AFL- 
CIO  President  George  Meany  wrote  to  the  president  of 
each  of  the  Federation's  affiliated  national  and  interna- 
tional unions  as  follows: 

"It  has  come  to  our  attention  that  a  number  of  officers 
and  international  unions  affiliated  with  the  AFL-CIO 
have  been  approached  in  various  ways  by  organizations 
purporting  to  represent  the  interests  of  older  and  retired 
workers. 

"The  National  Council  of  Senior  Citizens  is  the  only 
organization  of  older  and  retired  workers  that  has  the 
endorsement  of  the  AFL-CIO." 

Recognition  of  NCSC's  expertise  and  clout  came  re- 
cently when  President  Jimmy  Carter  named  the  Council's 
president.  Nelson  Cruikshank,  as  White  House  advisor  on 
problems  of  the  aged. 

Bert  Seidman,  director  of  the  AFL-CIO's  Department 
of  Social  Security,  says,  "NCSC  is  labor's  kind  of  retiree 
organization.  Older  and  retired  union  members  should 
be  given  an  opportunity  to  learn  about  the  National 
Council  of  Senior  Citizens  and  how  it  can  help  them 
before  they  get  lured  by  expensive  direct-mail  appeals  or 
television  advertising  to  join  other  senior  citizen  organiza- 
tions which  do  not  serve  their  best  interests." 

For  more  information  about  the  NCSC  write:  Mem- 
bership' Services,  National  Council  of  Senior  Citizens, 
1511  K  Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20005. 


FROM  THE  TOP:  1.  "Meals  on  Wheels"— low  cost,  hot 
meals  for  the  elderly — is  a  service  of  NCSC  Senior 
AIDES,  made  possible  by  funds  appropriated  under  the 
Older  Americans  Act.  It  employs  senior  citizens  part- 
time.  2.  The  National  Council  jointly  spon.sored  with 
rehabilitation  and  handicapped  groups  legislation  to  re- 
quire low-ramp,  transbus  facilities  for  those  in  wheel- 
chairs. 3.  More  than  100  NCSC  members  picketed  out- 
side HEW  Buildings,  last  month.  In  support  of  National 
Health  Security  legislation. 


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TOM  ROUNDUP 


MOONLIGHTING  INCREASES — The  high  cost  of  living  has  hit  so  many  Americans  during  the 
past  year  that  there  are  now  more  than  4.6  million  persons  holding  down  two  or  more 
jobs  in  order  to  make  ends  meet.  This  total  is  600,000  higher  than  one  year  ago, 
according  to  the  Labor  Department's  Bureaa  of  Labor  Statistics.  One-third  of  the 
moonlighters  said  they  hold  second  jobs  in  order  to  meet  regular  expenses.  An 
additional  5.3%  say  they  have  to  pay  off  debts.  A  total  of  20%  say  they  enjoy  the 
extra  work ! 

HARD  WORK  ON  THE  HILL — Speaking  of  overworking.  Members  of  Congress  conducted  a 
recent  survey  to  study  their  own  work  habits.  According  to  their  report,  members  of 
the  House  of  Representatives  work  an  11-hour  day  and  have  only  11  minutes  a  day  to 
think  and  read  and  only  12  minutes  for  the  study  of  legislation  and  speech  writing. 

MILITARY  UNIONS — The  American  Federation  of  Government  Employees  recently  took  a 
poll  of  its  members  to  determine  whether  they  wanted  to  organize  military 
personnel.  AFGE  conducted  a  mail  referendum,  and  151,582  of  the  members  opposed 
organizing  troops  and  38,764  favored  the  proposition. 

Discussion  of  such  efforts  by  union  groups  stirred  up  opposition  in  Congress, 
and  in  September  the  Senate  voted  a  sweeping  ban  on  any  form  of  union  organization 
and  all  representation  of  members  of  the  Armed  Forces,  with  stiff  criminal 
penalties  for  violation. 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  JOBS — Secretary  of  Labor  Ray  Marshall  announced  recently  that  a  Vz 
million  federally-subsidized  public  service  jobs  have  been  created  so  far  by  the 
Carter  Administration.  Marshall  said  that  much  more  needs  to  be  done  by  the  public 
and  private  sectors  to  provide  employment.  A  total  of  725,000  public  service  jobs 
have  been  authorized  by  Congress. 

MONEY  MAKES  YOU  HAPPY — The  age-old  debate  about  whether  money  can  buy  love  was 
given  an  affirmative  answer  by  the  U.S.  Census  Bureau.  Couples  with  incomes  of 
$20,000  or  more  a  year  are  more  likely  to  have  stable  marriages  than  couples  with 
lower  incomes,  the  Bureau  found. 

NEW  NLRB  BOARD  MEMBER — President  Carter  has  named  John  C.  Truesdale  as  the  fifth 
member  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board,  succeeding  Peter  Walther.  Truesdale 
has  served  as  executive  secretary  of  the  NLRB  since  1972.  Truesdale 's  appointment" 
would  give  Democrats  a  3  to  2  edge  over  Republicans  on  the  Board. 

TO  TAME  DEBT  COLLECTORS — President  Carter  has  signed  into  law  a  Fair  Debt  Collection 
Bill  aimed  at  putting  an  end  to  the  abuse  and  harassment  of  consumers  by  debt 
collectors. 

Some  500  agencies  now  collect  about  |5  billion  a  year.  Carter  noted  that  the 
abuses  included  innocent  consumers  who  were  misidentif ied,  the  use  of  profane 
language,  calls  after  midnight  and  threats.  The  new  law  makes  it  a  federal  offense 
to  threaten  violence,  use  obscene  language  or  contact  consumers  before  8  a.m.  or 
after  9  p.m. 

MINIMUM  TO  $3.40  BY  '81 — The  Carter  Administration  has  announced  its  support  for  a 
Senate  measure  to  raise  the  federal  minimum  wage  to  $2.65  on  Jan.  1,  1978,  and 
increase  it  25  cents  a  year  thereafter  to  $3.40  an  hour  in  1981. 

In  addition.  Secretary  of  Labor  Ray  Marshall  re-emphasized  the  Administration's 
opposition  to  any  subminimum  wage  for  youths. 

"We  believe,"  Marshall  said,  "that  the  way  to  handle  the  serious  problem  of 
teenage  unemployment  is  through  positive  programs  like  the  new  $1  billion  youth  bill, 
not  through  negative  actions  such  as  treating  teenagers  differently  from  other 
workers. " 

BRIEFLY  NOW,  ALEX — President  Carter,  arriving  late  to  address  a  conference  of  the 
Congressional  Black  Caucus  at  a  hotel  in  Washington,  D.C.,  warmed  up  the  audience 
with  this  anecdote: 

"I  met  Alex  Haley  outside  and  I  made  the  mistake  of  saying,  'Alex,  how  is  your 
family?'" 


THE  CARPENTER 


CARPENTER  POWER 


In  the  preliminary  stages  of  the 
launching,  Brotherhood  members 
prepare  the  ways. 


By  G.  Alexander  Smith 

The  fourth  688-class  fast  attack  nu- 
clear submarine  to  slide  down  the  ways 
at  Electric  Boat,  Groton,  Conn.,  is  the 
first  U.S.  Navy  ship  to  be  named  after 
America's  largest  city. 

The  New  York  City  (SSN  696)  is  a 
nuclear  submarine  designed  to  attack 
enemy  submarines  and  shipping  with  a 
variety  of  torpedoes  and  missiles.  She 
was  launched  before  a  cheering  crowd 
of  thousands  of  military,  government 
and  civic  leaders  and  company  offi- 
cials, employes  and  their  families. 
Electric  Boat  has  contracts  to  build  1 8 
of  these  underwater  vessels. 

The  June  18th  launching  ceremony 
began  on  the  red,  white  and  blue  draped 
speakers"  platform,  as  Gorden  Mac- 
Donald,  executive  vice  president  of 
GD  and  general  manager  of  EB, 
welcomed  the  visitors,  and  David  S. 
Lewis,  GD's  chairman  and  chief  exe- 
cutive officer,  introduced  Abraham  D. 
Beame,  mayor  of  New  York  City. 

As  the  ceremony  progressed,  unseen 
by  the  crowd,  carpenters  finished  their 
prelaunch  work  down  beside  the  sub- 
marine. At  a  signal,  two  carpenters 
knocked  down  the  dog  shores,  and  fore- 
men began  arming  the  launch  trigger 
by  unlocking  a  series  of  safety  bolts. 

Mayor  Beame,  referring  to  the  finan- 
cial problems  of  the  city,  said, 
"Though  the  New  York  City  will  go 
under,  the  city  never  will." 

On  the  day  before  she  was  to  be 
launched,  the  360-foot-long  New  York 


Nuclear  Submarine 
Goes  Down  the  Ways 


The  editor  of  GD  World,  employee  publication  of  the  General 
Dynamics  Corporation,  describes  how  members  of  Brotherhood 
Local  1302,  Groton,  Conn.,  helped  to  launch  the  U.S.  Submarine 
New  York  City.  This  article  was  called  to  our  attention  by  Saivy  J. 
Prisco,  a  member  of  Local  78,  Troy,  N.Y. 


City  was  resting  on  her  building  blocks 
while  yard  personnel  erected  a  speak- 
ers' platform  and  hung  bunting.  Al- 
ready positioned  underneath  the  sub- 
marine were  the  launching  ways,  or 
greased  rails,  on  which  the  ship  would 
slide  backwards  into  the  Thames  River. 
Ways  are  divided  into  two  parts: 
ground    ways    which    are    stationary, 


and  sliding  ways  which  cradle  the  ship 
as  it  moves. 

The  surfaces  between  the  two  ways 
are  coated  with  more  than  7,000 
pounds  of  a  paraffin-like  substance 
ironed  smooth  with  a  hot  iron  plate, 
and  yellow  grease. 

Twenty-four      hours      before      the 

launching,  crews  of  carpenters  began 

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24-hours  before 

the  launching, 

carpenters  began 

pulling  grease 

irons  out  from  the 

sliding  and  ground 

ways. 


A  husband  and 

wife  team,  Philip 

and  Donna  Brown, 

both  members  of 

the  Brotherhood. 

participate  in  the 

"ram  session." 


NOVEMBER.    1977 


Brotherhood  witnesses 
cite  cases  of  labor-law 

injustice  for 
Senate  subcommittee 

Croft  Metals,  Sumter  Plywood,  Tandy 

Corporation,  Vermont  construction 

contractors  among  employers  noted 


The  U.S.  Senate  didn't  wait  for  the 
House  to  complete  action  before  mov- 
ing ahead  with  the  1977  labor  law  re- 
form bill. 

Senate  hearings  opened  Septem- 
ber 19,  with  Labor  Secretary  Ray 
Marshall  reiterating  the  Administra- 
tion's strong  support  of  the  bill  and 
National  Labor  Relations  Board  Chair- 
man John  Fanning  adding  his  per- 
sonal endorsement. 

As  they  had  at  House  hearings, 
former  Secretaries  of  Labor  John  T. 
Dunlop  and  Willard  Wirtz  testified  in 
favor  of  the  bill.  They  spoke  also  for 
every  other  living  former  Secretary  of 
Labor. 

Witnesses  during  the  first  three  days 
of  hearings  included  both  union  ofll- 
cials  and  workers  who  found  out  at 
first  hand  the  weakness  of  the  govern- 
ment's guarantee  of  their  rights  to 
union  representation  and  collective 
bargaining. 

The  Senate  panel  heard  first  hand 
from  men  and  women  from  Darling- 
ton, S.C,  where  the  Deering  Milliken 
chain  shut  down   a  textile  mill  days 


after  its  workers  voted  for  union  rep- 
resentation. That  was  in  1956,  and 
the  surviving  victims  still  haven't  re- 
ceived any  of  the  back  pay  the  NLRB 
and  the  courts  held  they  should  get. 

And  it  heard  from  J.  P.  Stevens 
workers  and  former  workers — includ- 
ing a  fired  worker  whose  reinstatement 
and  back  order  was  confirmed  by  a 
federal  appellate  court.  He  is  still  driv- 
ing 100  miles  a  day  for  a  $4-an-hour 
job  while  waiting  for  the  company  to 
comply  with  the  court  order. 

Brotherhood  Organizing  Director 
James  A.  Parker  told  the  Senate  panel, 
as  he  had  its  House  counterpart,  of 
delays  as  long  as  six  years  that  thwart, 
discourage  and  demoralize  workers  try- 
ing to  exercise  their  rights  to  union 
representation. 

Employer  defiance  of  federal  labor 
law  amounts  to  "a  crime  wave,"  he 
testified.  He  said  that  J.  P.  Stevens 
"has  its  counterpart  in  the  construc- 
tion industry,  in  the  lumber  and  saw- 
mill industry  and  in  the  home  supply 
industry." 

The  Rev.  Harry  J.  Bowie,  an  Epis- 


copal minister  from  McComb,  Miss., 
who  has  tried  to  help  the  workers  of 
Croft  Metals  in  their  nine-month 
strike  against  unfair  labor  practices, 
expressed  his  "outrage"  at  the  inade- 
quacy of  the  National  Labor  Rela- 
tions Act  to  remedy  abuses. 

Workers  at  the  Croft  plant  voted 
for  representation  by  the  Carpenters 
more  than  six  years  ago,  he  said.  But 
they  are  still  without  a  contract. 

"How  long  should  an  American 
citizen  have  to  wait  for  a  just  law  to 
be  enforced?"  he  asked  the  subcom- 
mittee. 

The  Senators  also  heard  of  Croft 
Metals'  injustices  from  Nolan  John- 
son, a  longtime  Croft  employee  now 
on  the  picketline.  Johnson  described 
how  he  was  transferred  to  another 
and  more  difficult  job  when  the  com- 
pany learned  of  his  involvement  in  the 
union  organizing  program. 

The  problems  of  the  Building  Trades 
under  existing  conditions  were  de- 
cribed  for  the  subcommittee  by  Olin 
Gray  of  Vermont,  who  entered  into 


THE    CARPENTER 


.'i. 


the  record  the  report  of  a  fact-finding 
panel  established  by  the  governor  of 
Vermont  to  investigate  charges  of  em- 
ployer conspiracy  to  defeat  collective 
bargaining. 

While  such  testimony  was  being  de- 
livered to  Congress,  anti-worker  orga- 
nizations were  mounting  a  multi-mil- 
lion dollar  campaign  to  defeat  labor- 
law-reform  proposals.  Their  weapons 
included  lavish  propaganda,  including 
full-page  advertisements  in  many  news- 
papers, and  an  intensive  lobbying  and 
mail  campaign  to  reach  every  legisla- 
tor on  Capitol  Hill. 

Chief  opponents  of  labor-law  justice 
have  been  the  National  Right  to  Work 
Committee,  the  Associated  Building 
Contractors,  the  US  Chamber  of  Com- 
mittee Commerce,  and  the  National 
Association  of  Manufacturers.  The 
basic  aim  of  their  campaign  is  to 
weaken  trade  unions  to  the  extent 
that  they  cannot  function  effectively 
for  their  members. 

No  less  than  13  bills  were  intro- 
duced into  Congress  early  this  year  by 
spokesmen  for  these  groups  which 
were  intended  to  weaken  unions  .  .  . 
and  not  offer  them  speeded-up  justice 
under  existing  laws. 

The  legislation  which  the  anti-union 
groups  have  been  trying  to  defeat  em- 
bodies several  changes  in  the  National 
Labor  Relations  Act  which  are  de- 
signed to  correct  two  major  problems: 

•  delays  in  the  processing  of  both 
election  petitions  and  unfair  labor 
practice  cases,  and 

•  the  inadequacy  of  the  remedies 
which  the  National  Labor  Relations 
Board  may  invoke  against  violators  of 
the  law,  particularly  when  violations 
occur  during  the  critical  period  be- 
fore a  collective  bargaining  relation- 
ship is  first  established  between  and 
employer  and  his  employees. 


PrcsenlinR  testimony 
before  the  Senate  sub- 
committee, from  left, 
were  Former  Labor 
Secretaries  John 
Dunlop  and  AVillard 
VVirtz,    Brotherhood 
Organizine  Director 
Parker   and    As.sistant 
General  Counsel 
Pleasure,   Olin   Gray 
of  Vermont,  and  Rev. 
Harry  Bowie  and 
Nolan  Johnson,  both 
of  Mississippi. 


Vermont  Carpenter  describes  how 
contractors'  conspiracy  defeated 
collective  bargaining  in  his  state 

Testimony  before  Labor  Subcommittee  of  US  Senate  Committee 
on  Labor  and  Public  Welfare,  September  21, 1977  (See  picture 
on  opposite  page.) 

"Mr.  Chairman  and  Members  of  the  Subcommittee:  My  name 
is  Olin  Gray.  I  am  a  Vermont  carpenter  and  have  been  since  1932. 
I  worked  non-union  until  1962. 1  had  been  working  a  good  period 
of  time,  as  of  1962,  for  one  particular  employer.  I  worked  hard  and 
was  quite  productive  but  was  treated  like  dirt.  I  joined  the  union, 
then,  in  Bennington  and  later  transferred  to  the  local  in  Burlington. 

"The  year  1969  was  a  peak  year  for  the  construction  industry 
in  Vermont.  We  organized  a  large  contractor,  Pizzgalli  Con- 
struction, and  signed  a  three-year  contract.  And,  at  that  time,  all 
major  contractors  in  the  industry  were  operating  under  contract 
with  our  union,  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners 
of  America.  The  Burlington  local  had  a  pension  fund,  jointly 
administered  by  the  union  and  the  employers. 

"Our  recognition  was  based  on  our  demonstration  to  employers 
that  we  represented  the  majority  of  carpenters.  There  was  no 
feasible  way  we  could  get  NLRB  certifications,  because  the  election 
process  is  too  slow.  Jobs  are  done  before  the  first  vote  is  cast. 

"Prior  to  contract  expiration  in  1972,  these  major  Vermont 
contractors  retained  the  services  of  a  New  Hampshire  attorney, 
who  advised  the  contractors,  both  separately  and  under  auspices 
of  a  national  contractors'  association,  on  how  to  break  the  con- 
struction unions  in  the  State  of  Vermont.  Now,  you  don't  have  to 
take  my  word  for  this,  because  the  governor  of  Vermont  appointed 
a  fact-finding  panel  to  investigate  the  disruption  in  collective 
bargaining  that  followed.  I  have  attached  a  copy  of  the  conclusions 
of  that  committee  to  my  written  statement. 

"The  fact-finding  panel  concluded  that  the  attorney  and  the 
Vermont  contractors  set  out  to  negotiate  in  bad  faith  .  .  .  proposed 
intentionally  unreasonable  demands.  Specifically,  it  was  concluded 
by  the  governor's  panel  that:  "The  Committee  cannot  escape 
the  conclusion  from  a  preponderance  of  the  evidence  that  on  and 
after  mid-December  1972.  it  was  the  intention  of  certain  of  the 
construction  companies  to  destroy  the  organized  labor  movement 
in  the  construction  industry  in  the  State  of  Vermont. 

"Throughout  this  campaign,  we  had  no  NLRB  certifications. 
We  could  not  have  used  the  NLRB,  even  if  we  had  tried,  because 
its  procedures  are  too  slow.  Our  rights  to  picket  are  severely 
limited  by  the  law.  but  our  right  to  organize  was  totally  un- 
protected. 

"Today,  my  union  does  not  have  a  single  contract  in  the  State 
of  Vermont.  Our  union  in  Vermont  has  been  a  part  of  the  com- 
munity and  the  industry  since  the  1 890's.  But.  in  the  face  of  an 
organized  conspiracy,  we  were  unable  to  hold  on.  Many  members 
have  lost  significant  pension  rights,  and.  of  course,  their  right  to 
a  union  if  they  choose. 

"We  need  meaningful  remedies  and  rapid  election  procedures 
in  construction  to  protect  our  basic  rights  quite  as  much  as  indus- 
trial workers  need  protection.  To  date  we  have  had  none.  I 
believe  if  the  bill  introduced  by  the  Chairman.  S.  1 883.  is  made 
law  wc  will  be  able  to  recover  our  rights  through  secret  ballot 
elections  and  fair  remedies  in  cases  where  parties  refuse  to  bargain 
in  good  faith." 


NOVEMBER,    1977 


Fourth  Leadership  Conference 

in  Los  Angeles 
Discusses  West  Coast  Job  Opportunity 


West  Coast  Brotherhood  leaders 
assembled  in  Los  Angeles,  Calif., 
September  28-30,  for  three  days  of 
briefings  on  current  problems  facing 
the  organization.  Almost  450  full- 
time  officers  and  representatives 
from  Districts  7  and  8  heard  Gen- 
eral President  William  Sidell  describe 
the  major  issues  which  face  orga- 
nized labor  in  the  late  70's.  He 
warned  that  organizing  efforts  will 
continue  to  be  difficult  in  the  years 
ahead  unless  Congress  comes  to 
grips  with  the  matter  of  labor  law 
reform.  He  urged  delegates  to  make 
their  positions  known  to  their  legis- 
lators on  the  economic  problems  of 
workers. 

Governor  Jerry  Brown  of  Cali- 
fornia, who  was  a  guest  of  the  con- 
ference, told  assembled  local  and 
district  council  leaders  that  he  had 
just  signed  into  law  a  state-financed 
program  of  construction  which 
would  create  30,000  jobs.  Indicating 
his  hopes  for  continued  economic 
growth  in  the  State  of  Cahfomia,  the 
Governor  noted  that  the  number  of 
jobs  has  increased  there,  whereas, 
the  state  of  New  York  has  lost  more 
than  400,000  jobs  in  a  comparative 


period  of  time.  Brown  pointed  out 
that  California  plans  to  establish  a 
tax  credit  for  solar  energy  construc- 
tion, and  he  expects  that  this  will 
promote  additional  work. 

The  Governor  noted  that  the 
State  of  Cahfomia  has  a  large  con- 
tingent of  activist-environmentahsts 
and  that  the  governor  has  little  job 
security  in  the  face  of  so  many  op- 
posing political  views.  He  assured 
the  audience,  however,  that  he  would 
continue  to  respect  the  advice  of 
organized  labor  in  the  deliberations 
of  his  office. 

Responding  to  the  governor's  ad- 
dress. General  President  Wilham 
Sidell  brought  a  roar  of  agreement 
from  the  assembled  officers  when  he 
assured  the  governor  that  he  will 
have  no  fear  of  job  security  if  he 
supports  the  economic  and  legisla- 
tive positions  of  union  construction 
workers  in  the  state. 

The  Los  Angeles  conference  was 
the  fourth  in  a  series  of  five  leader- 
ship conferences  to  be  held  this 
year.  The  final  gathering  was  held 
October  18-20  at  Ottawa,  Ont.,  and 
it  brought  together  leaders  from  Dis- 
tricts 9  and  10  of  Canada. 


California  Governor  Jerry  Brown  addresses  the  Brotherhood 
Leadership  Conference  in  Los  Angeles,  following  an  introduction 
by  General  President  Sidell.  On  the  opposite  page,  views  of  the 
conference  in  session. 


THE    CARPENTER 


The  Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act  of  1974  (ERISA) 


GENERAL  INFORMATION 

The  General  Secretary  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of 
Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America  is  designated  as  the 
agent  for  service  of  legal  process  in  accordance  with 
ERISA  regulations  (Employee  Retirement  Income  Secur- 
ity Act).  The  business  address  is  the  General  Oflfice,  101 
Constitution  Avenue,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C. 

Under  ERISA,  the  Executive  Board  is  required  to  act 
prudently  and  solely  in  the  interest  of  members  and 
beneficiaries. 

The  Employer  Identification  Number  assigned  by  the 
Internal  Revenue  Service  to  the  Board  is  35-0723065. 

For  purposes  of  maintaining  the  Fund's  fiscal  records, 
the  fiscal  year  ending  date  of  the  various  Plans  is 
December  31. 

ELIGIBILITY   FOR   BENEFITS 

The  eligibility  rules  are  contained  in  Sections  48,  49,  50, 
51,  52  and  54  of  the  Constitution.  It  should  be  noted  that 
benefits  for  "beneficial"  members  are  different  than  those 
for  "semi-beneficial"  members.  It  is  also  important  that 
members  understand  the  loss  of  eligibility  if  dues  are  in 
arrears  (Section  45J)  or  if  conditional  withdrawal  is 
granted  (Section  47C). 

Benefits  are  based  primarily  on  years  of  membership  in 
the  United  Brotherhood.  Age  on  initiation  also  has  an 
effect  on  the  amount  of  certain  benefits.  Full  details  are 
contained  in  the  Constitution. 

CLAIMS   PROCEDURE 
Filing  of  Claims 

All  claims  for  benefits  must  be  submitted  on  claim 
forms  made  available  through  the  Local  Unions.  Claims 
submitted  must  be  accompanied  by  any  information  or 
proof  requested  and  required  to  process  such  claims. 
Section  53  of  the  Constitution  deals  with  the  procedure 
for  death  and  disability  claims.  Section  54D  and  E  de- 
scribes the  procedure  for  pension  applications.  Death  and 
disability  claims  must  be  filed  within  six  (6)  months  of 
death  or  disability.  Payment  of  Pension  is  made  at  the 


beginning  of  the  calendar  quarter  following  approval  of 
the  application. 

Review  Procedure 

A  member  who  receives  a  notice  that  his  claim  or  appli- 
cation has  been  denied  may  request  a  review  of  the  denied 
claim  within  90  days  of  the  receipt  of  the  notice.  A  mem- 
ber who  has  not  received  a  decision  on  a  claim  for  bene- 
fits within  90  days  (or  180  days  in  special  circumstances) 
may  request  a  review  of  his  claim.  A  member  or  his  au- 
thorized representative  may  request  a  review,  may  have 
the  opportunity  to  review  pertinent  documents,  and  may 
submit  issues  and  comments  in  writing.  Requests  for  re- 
view must  be  made  in  writing  and  should  be  sent  to  the 
General  Secretary  or  General  President  at  the  General 
Ofiice. 

Decision  on  Review 

Decision  on  the  review  will  be  made  by  the  General 
President.  He  will  render  a  decision  within  60  days  after 
the  receipt  of  the  request  for  a  review  unless  special  cir- 
cumstances require  an  extension  of  time  for  processing  in 
which  case  a  decision  shall  be  rendered  within  120  days. 
The  decision  of  the  General  President  will  be  in  writing 
and  will  include  the  specific  reason(s)  for  the  decision  and 
specific  references  to  the  Constitution  and  Laws  pro- 
visions on  which  the  decision  is  based.  If  you  request  a 
review  of  a  denied  claim  you  will  be  notified  of  the  ap- 
proximate date  that  you  can  expect  to  receive  a  decision. 
Further  appeals  may  be  made  to  the  General  Executive 
Board  or  General  Convention  within  30  days  after  deci- 
sions of  the  General  President  or  General  Executive 
Board. 

PENSION   BENEFIT  GUARANTY   CORPORATION 

The  benefits  provided  under  the  Brotherhood's  dues 
financed  pension  program  are  not  insured  by  the  Pension 
Benefit  Guaranty  Corporation  if  the  plan  were  to  be 
terminated.  The  funeral  and  disability  donation  programs 
are  similarly  not  insured  by  any  government  agency  or 
insurance  company. 


Statement  of  Rights  Under  Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act  of  1974 


As  a  participant  in  the  Brotherhood's  benefit  programs 
you  are  entitled  to  certain  rights  and  protection  under  the 
Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act  of  1974 
(ERISA).  ERISA  provides  that  all  plan  participants  shall 
be  entitled  to; 

Examine,  without  charge,  at  the  General  Office 
and  at  other  specified  locations,  such  as  union  halls, 
all  plan  documents,  including  copies  of  all  docu- 
ments filed  by  the  plan  with  the  U.S.  Department  of 
Labor,  such  as  detailed  annual  reports  and  plan 
descriptions. 

Obtain  copies  of  all  plan  documents  and  other 
plan  information  upon  written  request  to  the  Gen- 
eral Secretary.  The  Brotherhood  may  make  a  rea- 
sonable charge  for  the  copies. 

Receive  a  summary  of  the  plan's  annual  financial 
report.  The  plan  administrator  is  required  by  law  to 
furnish  each  participant  with  a  copy  of  this  sum- 
mary annual  report. 

In  addition  to  creating  rights  for  plan  participants, 
ERISA  imposes  duties  upon  the  people  who  are  responsi- 
ble for  the  operation  of  the  benefit  plan.  The  people  who 
operate  your  plan,  called  "fiduciaries"  of  the  plan,  have 
a  duty  to  do  so  prudently  and  in  the  interest  of  you  and 
other  plan  participants  and  beneficiaries.  No  one  may  fire 
you  or  otherwise  discriminate  against  you  in  any  way  to 
prevent  you  from  obtaining  a  welfare  benefit  or  exercising 
your  rights  under  ERISA.  If  your  claim  for  a  welfare 


benefit  is  denied  in  whole  or  in  part  you  must  receive  a 
written  explanation  of  the  reason  for  the  denial.  You  have 
the  right  to  have  the  plan  review  and  reconsider  your 
claim.  Under  ERISA,  there  are  steps  you  can  take  to  en- 
force the  above  rights.  For  instance,  if  you  request  mate- 
rials from  the  plan  and  do  not  receive  them  within  30 
days,  you  may  file  suit  in  a  federal  court.  In  such  a  case, 
the  court  may  require  the  plan  administrator  to  provide 
the  materials  and  pay  you  up  to  $100  a  day  until  you  re- 
ceive the  materials,  unless  the  materials  were  not  sent 
because  of  reasons  beyond  the  control  of  the  administra- 
tor. If  you  have  a  claim  for  benefits  which  is  denied  or 
ignored,  in  whole  or  in  part,  you  may  file  suit  in  a  state 
or  federal  court.  If  it  should  happen  that  plan  fiduciaries 
misuse  the  plan's  money,  or  if  you  are  discriminated 
against  for  asserting  your  rights,  you  may  seek  assistance 
from  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor,  or  you  may  file  suit 
in  a  federal  court.  The  court  will  decide  who  should  pay 
court  costs  and  legal  fees.  If  you  are  successful  the  court 
may  order  the  person  you  have  sued  to  pay  these  costs 
and  fees.  If  you  lose,  the  court  may  order  you  to  pay 
these  costs  and  fees,  for  example,  if  it  finds  your  claim  is 
frivolous.  If  you  have  any  questions  about  your  plan,  you 
should  contact  the  plan  administrator.  If  you  have  any 
questions  about  this  statement  or  about  your  rights  under 
ERISA,  you  should  contact  the  nearest  Area  Ofiice  of  the 
U.S.  Labor- Management  Services  Administration,  De- 
partment of  Labor. 


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North  Slope  Gas 
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President  Jimmy  Carter  and  Prime 
Minister  Pierre  Trudeau  recently 
signed  an  agreement  to  build  a  natural 
gas  pipeline  from  the  North  Slope  of 
Alaska  across  the  Yukon  and  into  Al- 
berta, where  it  will  be  diverted  to  the 
West  Coast  of  the  United  States  and 
to  the  energy-starved  Eastern  States. 
(See  map.) 

The  pact  brought  mixed  reactions 
from  Canadians  and  from  organized 
labor.  Although  the  United  Auto 
Workers  and  other  unions  favored  this 
route  for  the  pipeline,  still  other 
unions,  particularly  those  affiliated 
with  the  Maritime  Trades  Department 
of  the  AFL-CIO,  favored  a  pipeline 
paralleling  the  Alaskan  Pipeline  to 
Valdez,  where  the  gas  would  be  liqui- 
fied and  shipped  by  ocean  vessels  to 
the  West  Coast  of  the  US  for  recon- 
version. 

Some  Canadian  leaders  feared  that 
the  new  pact  gave  the  US  too  much 
advantage.  Though  the  pipeline  creates 
100,000  man-years  of  employment,  it 
will  lower  the  Canadian  unemploy- 
ment rate  by  only  1  %  for  one  year, 
according  to  writer  David  Morely. 

Time  Lost  Due 
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outs declined  by  almost  two  thirds  in 
the  first  six  months  of  1977,  according 
to  the  Federal  Department  of  Labor. 

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1,686,700  man-days  lost,  down  sub- 
stantially from  the  4,425,950  man- 
days  lost  in  the  same  period  of  1976. 

Direct  time  loss  from  work  stop- 
pages due  to  strikes  and  lockouts 
amounted  to  326,520  man-days  in 
June,  1977,  according  to  Labour 
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and  Midwest,  recently  approved  by  Presi- 
dent Carter. 

162,  and  the  number  of  workers  in- 
volved was  31,675.  The  comparative 
figures  for  May  were  154  stoppages, 
32,857  workers  and  359,740  man- 
days. 

In  relation  to  total  estimated  work- 
ing time  of  non-agricultural  paid 
workers  in  June,  time  lost  represented 
17  man-days  per  10,000  man-days 
worked,  as  compared  to  20  in  May. 

The  time  lost  in  June  includes  7 
stoppages  in  the  federal  jurisdiction. 
These  involved  6,048  workers  and 
accounted  for  33,990  man-days  (or 
10%  of  all  time  lost). 

Fifteen  of  the  work  stoppages  in 
effect  in  June  involved  500  or  more 
workers.  Nine  of  these  were  in  Manu- 
facturing, three  in  Construction  and 
one  each  in  Mines,  Transportation  & 
Utilities  and  Public  Administration. 
Together  these  15  large  stoppages  ac- 
counted for  36%  of  all  time  lost  in 
June. 


AIB  Began  Third 
Year  October  14 


The  Anti-Inflation  Board  entered  its 
third  year  on  October  14,  after  having 
robbed  workers  of  hundreds  of  mil- 
lions of  dollars  and  having  failed  to 
control  prices  effectively. 

Wage  controls  during  the  third  year 
of  the  program  are  going  to  be  stiffer 
— providing  for  maximum  wage  in- 
creases of  6%  annually,  as  opposed  to 
the  already-miserly  8%  of  the  second 
year. 

But  there  may  be  a  wrinkle,  unless 
Harold  Renouf  and  his  merry  wage 
slashers  can  do  something  about  in- 
flation before  December  31.  If  infla- 
tion in  the  second  year  exceeds  the 
basic  protection  factor  of  6%,  the 
difference  must  be  added  to  the  maxi- 
mum allowable  under  the  third-year 
guidelines. 

That  means  the  AIB  may  have  to 
allow  increases  of  8%  or  more  next 
year,  and  Renour  isn't  very  pleased 
about  that. 

Speaking  on  the  CTV  show  "Ques- 
tion Period,"  the  AIB  chairman  said 
he  favored  tightening  wage  restraint 
still  further.  "One  of  the  factors  which 
had  been  introduced  by  the  Prime 
Minister  to  the  business  community 
and  labor  was  the  need  for  a  re- 
straint level  lower  than  (8%),"  Renouf 
said. 

In  the  next  breath,  Renouf  was  ad- 
mitting that  government  policies  pro- 
viding for  increases  in  the  price  of  oil 
to  world  levels  added  a  full  percent 
per  year  to  the  rate  of  inflation.  And 
he  also  admitted  the  devaluation  of 
the  Canadian  dollar  would  add  an- 
other 1.5%  to  the  increase  in  the  cost 
of  living. 

Renouf  also  admitted  the  AIB  had 
been  lucky  in  1976,  when  lower  food 
prices  caused  a  drop  in  the  inflation 
rate.  Now  that  higher  food  prices  are 
back  with  us,  the  AIB  chairman  says 
he  hopes  inflation  will  moderate  to 
"seven  percent  or  seven  plus"  by  the 
end  of  December. 

But  despite  Renouf's  utterances,  a 
Canadian  Labor  Congress  research 
document  predicted  the  effects  of  the 
anti-inflation  program  in  detail  just  a 
month  and  a  half  after  its  inception: 
slower  growth,  higher  unemployment 
and  continued  inflation. 

Now,  the  gross  national  product  has 
declined  in  three  of  the  past  four 
quarters.  Unemployment,  after  hover- 
ing between  6.8  and  7.2%  during 
the  first  year  of  the  program,  has 
rocketed  to  the  8%    plus  level,  with 


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THE   CARPENTER 


more  Canadians  out  of  work  than  at 
any  time  since  the  depression  of  the 
1930's.  Inflation,  after  moderating 
somewhat  in  the  program's  first  year, 
is  back  up  to  8.3%  annually,  as  of 
August. 

Wage  and  price  controls  have  stifled 
business  investment  and  consumer  con- 
fidence. Purchasing  power  has  de- 
clined, as  consumers  are  hit  by  rising 
prices  and  falling  real  incomes.  The 
Canadian  economy  continues  to  slow 
down. 

The  fight  against  wage  controls  may 
not  be  over  when  the  anti-inflation 
program  expires  at  the  end  of  1978. 
CLC  president  Joe  Morris  has  warned 
the  labor  movement  to  prepare  for  a 
continued  fight  against  subtle,  sophis- 
ticated controls  on  both  public  and 
private  sector  wages. 

Ontario  Hydro  Goes 
Metric  in  1978 

All  new  Ontario  Hydro  construc- 
tion projects  scheduled  after  1977  will 
use  metric  measurements  and  materials 
in  accordance  with  the  SI  conversion 
plans  set  out  by  the  construction  and 


electrical  industries,  according  to  the 
publication  Metric  Monitor. 

The  dates  for  conversion  to  the 
Systeme  International  d'Unites  (SI) 
have  been  approved  by  Metric  Com- 
mission Canada.  The  construction  in- 
dustry will  start  using  SI  on-site  Janu- 
ary 1,  1978.  All  Canadian  electrical 
utilities  are  essentially  to  complete 
their  implementation  phase  and  oper- 
ate in  SI  terms  by  February  4,  1980. 

Hydro  projects  likely  to  be  affected 
first  are  the  proposed  generating  sta- 
tions at  Darlington,  east  of  Oshawa, 
and  Atikokan,  between  Thunder  Bay 
and  Fort  Frances.  The  requirements 
for  supplies  for  these  projects  will  be 
established  well  after  the  date  when 
most  building  materials  are  expected 
to  be  available  in  hard  metric  sizes. 

The  decision  to  go  metric  means; 

•  Site  and  building  construction  will 
be  carried  on  using  SI  dimensions  and, 
as  far  as  possible,  materials  designed 
and  built  to  the  latest  Canadian  Stand- 
ards Association  (CSA)  standard  for 
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Hydro's  basic  purchasing  policies. 
Every  effort  will  be  made  to  specify 
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Ron  L.  Brock,  member  of  Local  2046, 
Martinez,  Calif.,  was  recently  presented 
a  Certificate  of  Recognition  by  State 
Assemblyman  Daniel  Boatwright,  for 
saving  the  life  of  a  fellow  worker  last 
June. 

William  E.  Pence  lost  his  arm  in  a 
shredding  machine,  but  due  to  the  quick 
action  of  Ron  Brock,  Pence  was  saved 
from  more  tragedy  and  is  now  on  the 
road  to  recovery. 

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mendations and  $100  from  brother  mem- 
bers of  Local  2046,  which  were  presented 
by  Senior  Business  Representative  Deano 
Cerri. 


'77  SCHOLARSHIPS 


In  recognition  of  his  legislative  efforts 
to  save  jobs  for  Lumber  and  Sawmill 
Workers  in  Northern  California,  the  City 
of  Eureka,  Calif.,  recently  made  the 
Brotherhood's  General  Treasurer,  Charles 
Nichols,  left,  above,  an  honorary  citizen. 
Nichols  was  presented  a  special  plaque 
on  behalf  of  Eureka's  mayor,  Sam  Sacco, 
by  the  business  representative  of  Local 
2592,  Alfred  L.  Lasley,  right. 

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Dodge  Reports  Value  of  Construction 
Contracts  Rises  By  46  Percent  in  Year 


Indications  that  the  construction  in- 
dustry may  be  picking  up  came  in  a 
report  that  the  value  of  new  contract 
construction  awards  increased  46%  in 
August  over  the  August,   1976,  level. 

The  report  came  from  the  authori- 
tative F.  W.  Dodge  division  of  Mc- 
Graw-Hill, Inc.  Chief  Economist 
George  A.  Christie  said:  "If  there's  a 
slowdown  taking  place  in  the  econ- 
omy, it  certainly  isn't  happening  in 
construction."  He  said  construction 
activity  has  "taken  a  substantial  turn 
for  the  better  since  last  spring." 

The  Labor  Department's  recent  re- 
port on  unemployment  included  sta- 
tistics showing  there  has  been  a  slow 
but  steady  drop  in  joblessness  in  the 
construction  industry.  However,  the 
August  level — at  11.5% — is  still  con- 
siderably higher  than  the  national  job- 
less rate  which,  in  August,  was  7.1%. 

Government  figures  show  there 
were  747,000  jobless  construction 
workers  in  August  1976  and  520.000 
in  August  1977,  indicating  an  increase 
of  more  than  200,000  in  construction 
jobs  over  the  year. 

Both  the  construction  industry  and 
the  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construc- 
tion Trades  Department  have  argued 
that  traditionally  the  building  and  con- 
struction industry,  when  it  picks  up 
activity,  has  led  the  nation  out  of  re- 
cessions. 

Christie  of  Dodge  said  the  August 


construction  report  shows  a  broad- 
based  strength  in  the  industry.  He 
said  that,  unlike  some  of  the  earlier 
months,  August  contracting  involved 
more  than  just  a  housing  boom  or  the 
start  of  a  couple  of  huge  power  plants. 

Christie  said  that  housing  and  utili- 
ties played  a  role  in  the  August  re- 
sults, but  that  the  month  also  was  "the 
best  month  since  before  the  recession 
for  commercial,  industrial  and  other 
nonresidential  building." 

The  value  of  new  construction  con- 
tracts awarded  in  August  was  $14.23 
billion,  bringing  the  seasonally  ad- 
justed Dodge  index  up  to  267  (100  = 
1967)  from  218  in  luly. 

August  contracts  for  nonresidential 
building  increased  52%  to  around 
$3.79  billion  from  the  depressed  year- 
ago  figure  of  about  $2.5  billion, 
Dodge  reported. 

Commercial  and  industrial  projects 
showed  a  75%  increase.  School,  hos- 
pital and  other  industrial  building  rose 
by  31%. 

Residential  contract  value  in  Au- 
gust increased  to  a  record  $6.15  bil- 
lion from  about  $4.2  billion  a  year 
earlier.  This  reflected  a  strong  increase 
in  apartment  building  combined  with 
a  continuing  high  level  of  single- 
family  building.  Apartment  starts 
were  "solidly  above  the  500,000  rate" 
in  August  and  "are  likely  to  stay  up 
there,"  Christie  said. 


August  contracting  for  nonbuilding 
construction  rose  41%  to  nearly  $4.3 
billion  from  $3.05  billion,  showing 
activity  in  both  public  works  and  utili- 
ties. Dodge  said. 

Highway,  sewer  and  water  projects 
helped  by  extra  funding  from  the  fed- 
eral government,  increased  more  than 
50%  from  the  August  1976  level.  The 
latest  month's  figure  included  two 
large  nuclear  plants. 

For  the  first  eight  months  of  1977, 
the  total  value  of  contracts  for  all 
construction  totaled  $93.65  billion,  up 
26%  from  $74.29  billion  a  year 
earlier. 

Nonresidential  building  for  the  pe- 
riod increased  12%  to  $22.38  billion; 
residential  building,  40%  to  $40.92 
billion,  and  nonbuilding  construction 
21%  to  $30.35  billion,  the  Dodge 
report  stated. 

Faces  in  the  Crowd 


In  spite  of  the  general  optimism  in- 
dicated in  the  article  at  left,  there  are 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  Building 
Tradesmen  still  out  of  work,  and  re- 
cession in  taking  its  toll  in  union  mem- 
bership. Total  membership  in  US  and 
Canadian  unions,  and  associations  which 
engage  in  collective  bargaining,  dropped 
by  158,000  between  1974  and  1976. 


Jefferson,  Missouri,  Local  Marks  75th  Anniversary 


At  a  recent  quarterly  meeting  of  Local  945,  Jefferson  City, 
Mo.,  Ollie  Langhorst,  executive-secretary  of  the  Carpenters 
District  Council  of  Greater  St.  Louis,  presented  a  commemo- 
rative award  to  the  local  union  from  the  officers  and  members 
of  the  District  Council  and  its  affiliated  local  unions  in  honor 
of  Local  945's  75th  anniversary. 

Presenting  the  75th  anniversary  commemorative  award  to 
Local  945  were  Ollie  Langhorst  and  James  Rudolph  of  the 
St.  Louis  District  Council.  They  are  shown,  left  to  right,  with 
Stanley  Verslues,  secretary  of  Local  945;  Rudolph,  Langhorst, 
Ernest  Linhardt,  president.  Local  945;  and  David  Newsam, 
treasurer. 


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New  Jersey  Local  Honors  Graduates 

Local  393  of  Gloucester,  N.J.,  recently  honored  its  new  journeymen.  Participants 
in  the  ceremony  are  shown  above. 

Seated,  left  to  right,  Harry  A.  Smith,  Jr.,  Zenek  Luczny,  Robert  Marshall,  Nicholas 
Facenko,  Dennis  Garbowkski,  Delton  R.  Lyons,  James  F.  Gilbert,  Frank  A.  Spezdali, 
Jr. 

Standing,  left  to  right,  James  J.  Hanson,  recording  secretary  and  assistant  repre- 
sentative to  N.J.  State  Carpenters  Apprentice  and  Training  Fund;  Earl  S.  MahafFey, 
night  school  director  and  apprentice  coordinator  for  the  Camden  County  Vocational 
and  Technical  High  School;  Steve  Moraca,  John  D.  Williams,  Jr.,  Thomas  C.  Ober, 
B.R.,  Russell  C.  Naylor,  Pres.,  Lee  Virnelson,  Frank  W.  Reed,  Jr.,  and  William 
Lungren,  night  school  principal  for  the  Camden  County  Vocational  and  Technical 
High  School. 

Received  certificates,  but  not  shown  in  the  picture  were  Kenneth  B.  Lovelace  and 
Robert  W.  Pitts. 


New  Bedford  Grads 


Indiana  State 
Winners  Chosen 

The  Ninth  Annual  Indiana  State  Ap- 
prenticeship Contest  was  held  during  the 
summer  at  the  Indiana  Vocational  Tech- 
nical College  at  Kokomo,  Indiana.  Ten 
apprentices  competed  for  the  top  awards. 

The  winners  are  as  follows:  Carpenters 
— First  place  winner,  Jay  P.  Seneff,  Lo- 
cal 413,  South  Bend:  Second  place  win- 
ner, Anson  K.  Hess,  Local  1016,  Muncie; 
Third  place  winner,  John  Gunter,  Local 
1005,  Merrillville.  Mill-Cabinet— Tim 
Howell,  Local  1485,  La  Porte;  Mill- 
wright— John  Vintilla,  Local  1043,  Gary. 


Hayne  Silva  and  Silvester  Silva  of 
Local  1416,  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  re- 
cently received  their  journeymen's  cer- 
tificates from  the  business  agent,  Arnold 
Correia. 


Ninth  Annual  Indiana  State  Council  apprentice  contest  participants — Front  row, 
from  left,  Thomas  Walker,  I^ocal  60,  Indianapolis;  Tim  Howell,  Local  1485,  La  Porte; 
and  John  Vintilla,  Local  1043,  Gary.  Back  Row,  left  to  right.  Jay  F.  Seneff,  Local 
413,  South  Bend;  John  Gunter,  Local  1005.  Merrillville;  Phillip  R.  Harris,  Local  232, 
Ft.  Wayne;  Anson  K.  Hess,  Local  1016,  Muncie;  Charles  P.  McAllister.  Local  758, 
Indianapolis;  Norman  Nelleman,  Local  599,  Hammond;  David  E.  Brinson,  Local  932, 
Peru,  was  not  present  when  the  picture  was  taken. 


NOVEMBER,    1977 


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Apprenticeship 
Credit,  Marines 

TTie  U.S.  Marine  Corps  has  agreed  to 
conduct  apprenticeship  programs  meet- 
ing Labor  Department  Standards  to  en- 
able Marines  to  earn  credits  while  on 
active  duty  toward  journeyman  status  in 
related  civilian  craft  skills. 

The  apprenticeship  training  is  aimed 
at  improving  job  opportunities  for  Ma- 
rine Corps  veterans  and  to  motivate 
Marines  in  service  occupations  while  on 
active  duty.  Similar  programs  were  set 
up  earlier  by  the  Amy  and  Navy  in  con- 
sultation with  labor  and  management 
representatives. 

The  apprenticeship  training  agreement 
was  signed  by  Labor  Sec.  Ray  Marshall, 
Navy  Sec.  W.  Graham  Clayton,  Jr.  and 
and  Marine  Corps  Commandant  Louis 
H.  Wilson. 

Under  the  agreement,  the  programs 
will  be  open  to  Marines  of  all  ranks  in 
certain  occupational  specialties.  The  term 
of  the  apprenticeship  in  each  of  the  par- 
ticular occupations  will  be  determined 
by  the  Labor  Department's  Employment 
&  Training  Administration,  labor  and 
industry  representatives  and  the  Marine 
Corps  commandant. 

Training  and  experience  will  be  docu- 
mented in  a  work  experience  log  that 
will  be  issued  each  Marine  apprentice. 

Until  now,  the  Labor  Department 
noted,  it  has  been  difficult  for  a  former 
Marine  to  show  civilian  employers  or 
joint  apprenticeship  committees  a  record 
of  training  and  job  experience  while  on 
active  duty.  Acceptance  of  these  creden- 
tials by  craft  unions  and  industry  repre- 
sentatives will  allow  Marine  Corps  vet- 
erans to  qualify  for  more  meaningful  and 
better-paying  jobs. 

Mill-Cabinet  Grads 
In  Salt  Lake  City 

Local  184  recently  presented  com- 
pletion certificates  to  seven  mill-cabinet 
graduates.  Journeyman  certificates  were 
awarded  to  the  following:  Henry  A. 
Arredondo,  Dick  Griffiths,  Joel  W. 
Haynes,  James  J.  Lowther,  Bruce  Poll, 
Mark  Schildknecht  and  John  Jeffers. 

Wrong  Standouts 


We  incorrectly  identified  three  per- 
sons shown  in  our  August  issue  as 
"Maine  Standouts."  Thomas  Fox,  Hope 
Power,  and  Michael  Frongillo,  shown 
above,  are  standouts  in  the  apprenticeship 
program  of  Local  51,  Allston,  Massa- 
chusetts .  .  .  not  Allston,  Maine. 


New  Time  Saving 

SPCCD  BOB 

Eliminates  tieing  knots 
&  line  storage  problems 


Line  can  be 
adjusted  to 
any  length 
up  to  18' 


Built-in  spool, 
for  line 
storage 


18  oz.  Chrome  finish  and 
case  hardened  tip  plumb  bob 
with  attached  18-foot  braided 
line  and  sliding  hook. 

In  Calif.  $12.50  each,  add  6% 
sales  tax  (75(  per  unit)  plus 
750  for  postage  and  handling. 

Outside  Calif.  $12.50  each  plus 
$1.25  for  postage  and  handling. 

OFFER  NOT  GOOD  OUTSIDE  U.S.A. 


GLASCO   CONCRETE  ACCESSORIES 

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Full  Length  Roof  Framer 

A  pocket  size  book  with  the  EN- 
TIRE length  of  Common-Hip-V^Uey 
and  Jack  rafters  completely  worked 
out  for  you.  The  flattest  pitch  Is  % 
inch  rise  to  12  inch  run.  Pitches  in- 
crease Vi  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 
width  is  %  inch  and  they  increase 
%"  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  TY2"  rise  to  12"  run.  You  can  pick 
out  the  length  of  Commons,  Hips  and 
Jacks  and  the  Cuts  in  ONE  MINUTE. 
Let  us  prove  it,  or  return  your  money. 


Getting  the  lengths  of  rafters  by  the  span  and 
the  method  of  setting  og  the  tables  Is  folly  pro- 
tected by  the  1917  &  1944  Copyrights. 


In   the    U.S.A.    send  $5.00.   We   pay   the 

postage.     California  residents    add     30< 
tax.  C.O.D.  orders  O.K. 

We      also     have  a     very     fine     Stair 

book   9"   X    12".    It  sells  for  $3.00.   We 

pay     the     Postage.  California     residents 
add   18<  tax. 


A.  RIECHERS 

P.  0.  Box  405,  Palo  Alto,  Calif.  94302 


18 


THE    CARPENTER 


Service 

A.  .  . 

Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood who  recently  received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the  union. 


Longview,  Wash.— 40-Year  Members 


Longview,  Wash.— 25-Year   Members 


LONGVIEW,  WASH. 

A  special  dinner  and  pin  ceremony 
honoring  40-year  and  25-year 
members  of  Local  1707  was  held 
June  5,  1977. 

Washington  Stale  Executive 
Secretary  Guy  Adams  presented 
40-year  awards  to  six  members 
and  25-year  awards  to  12  members. 
Wives  of  most  were  also  in 
attendance. 

40-year  members,  shown  in  the 
picture,  left  lo  right:  Iver 
L.  Okerstrom,  John  E.  Runberg, 
Conley  Ensley,  Victor  B.  Hill, 
Gunder  Gabrielsen,  and  Peter  S. 
Vik. 

25-year  members,  front  row,  left 
to  right:  Morris  T.  LaMew,  Bill 
J.  Loghry,  John  D.  Tennant,  Albert 
W.  Rontty,  Donald  O.  Schultz,  and 
James  L.  Bowers.  Back  row,  left 
to  right:  Robert  G.  Hoffman,  Walter 
H.  Moore,  Jim  E.  Williams,  Robert 
D.  Dickinson,  George  E.  Taylor,  and 
A.  P.  Mason. 

Not  pictured  were: 

40  years:  Jacob  Alsaker,  Millard 
A.  Ford,  Dan  D.  Gow,  W.  H. 
Hankins,  Arthur  S.  Powell,  William 
Strand,  Otto  Taube,  and  Clyde  W. 
Townsend. 

25  years:  Harold  R.  Bailey,  Belva 
Bales,  Gerald  Bean,  Robert  C. 
Brown,  Leonard  E.  Buhman,  Merle 
W.  Davies,  Arnold  Earless,  Leo  A. 
Gilnelt,  Dale  J.  Gregg,  Anfin  Hage, 
Leslie  A.  Hartford,  Norman  E. 
Hirsch,  Ray  J.  Holland,  James  K. 
Jacques,  Alfred  D.  King,  George  N. 
King,  Ernest  W.  Kriegcr,  Leonard 
M.  Larsen,  Arwood  E.  Maltson,  Louis 


E.  McKellop,  Floyd  C.  Miles,  Albert 
L.  Olson,  Ray  R.  Olson,  Clifford  A. 
Rippee,  Fern  Rock,  Kenneth  O. 
Schlechl,  Ralph  L.  Stackhouse, 
Andrew  J.  Storkson,  Carl  J. 
Wainamo,  and  Herbert  Wolden. 

SPOKANE,  WASH. 

Piledrivers  Local  2382  held  a  pin 
presentation  dinner  on  June  11,  1977, 
at  the  Town  and  Country  Restaurant 
in  Spokane.  Twenty-six  men  were 
eligible  for  pins. 

The  14  honorees  shown  in  the 
accompanying  picture  include:  Al 
Ahlskog,  30  yrs.;  James  Bucklin,  25 
yrs.;  Bill  Dahlem,  35  yrs.;  Don 

Spokane,   Wash, 


DeWitt,  35  yrs.;  Les  Edington.  30 
yrs.;  Robert  Kirk,  25  yrs.:  Melvin 
Murphy,  20  yrs.;  Roland  Peterson,  25 
yrs.;  Ernie  Pursley,  30  yrs.:  Glen 
Roberson,  25  yrs.;  Les  Saunders. 
25  yrs.;  Charles  Sawyer,  20  yrs.: 
Lewis  Schreck,  35yrs.;  and  Donald 
Verhei,  25  yrs. 

The  12  men  not  present  were: 
Lewis  Alexander,  20  yrs.;  Robert 
Evans,  20  yrs.;  Frank  Gaily, 
30  yrs.:  Albert  Holmes,  30 
yrs.:  George  Maitland,  35  yrs.; 
Phillip  Scholl,  35  yrs.;  Keith  Scribner, 
20  yrs.:  Ernie  Sherrard,  40  yrs.; 
Larry  Thacker,  20  yrs.;  Leonard 
Thacker,  20  yrs.;  Duane  Williams,  20 
yrs.;  and  Jack  Wycoff,  30  yrs. 


7  ^ 

NOVEMBER,    1977 


19 


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Strongest  Construction  Known. 

•  Unsurpassed  in  Temper, 
Quality,  Balance  and  Finish. 

•  Genuine  Leather  Cush- 
ion Grip  or 


Exclusive  Molded 
on  Nylon  -  Vinyl 
Deep  Cushion  Grip. 


Always  wear  Estwing  Safety  Goggles 
when  using  hand  tools.  Protect  your 
eyes  from  flying  nails  and  fragments. 


If  your  dealer  can't 
supply  you — write: 


Estwing 


Mfg.  Co. 


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.HAMMERS  •  AXES  •  PICKS  •  BARS 


JUL  WE 

GANTEUYOU  IS 

THAT  MDI  WHO 

DONT  SMOKE 

LIVE  ABOUT 

BYEARSIONGER 

THAN  MEN  WHO 

DO  SMOKE 

If  you  want  someone  to  help  you 

stop  smoking  cigarettes, 

contact  your  American  Cancer  Society. 


AMERICAN  CANCER  SOCIETY 


ack  anil  a  hnHofciEnrulltsaday. 


Buckle  Up  wi 


The  official  emblem  of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  America  is  emblazoned  on  a 
stylish  belt  buckle,  and  you  can  order  such  a  buckle 
now  from  the  General  Offices  in  Washington. 

Manufactured  of  sturdy  metal,  with  a  pewter  finish, 
the  buckle  is  SVs  inches  wide  by  2  inches  deep  and  will 
accomodate  all  modern  snap-on  belts. 

The  buckle  comes  in  a  gift  box  and  makes  a  fine 
Fathers  Day,  birthday,  or  holiday  gift.  If  mom  is  a  mem- 
ber, and  she  wears  jeans  from  time  to  time,  she'll  like 
one,  too. 

The  price  is 

$5.50   each 

Mail  in  your  order  now.  Print  or  type  your  order  plainly, 
and  be  sure  the  name  and  address  is  correct.  Please  indi- 
cate the  local  union  number  of  the  member  for  whom 
the  buckle  is  purchased. 

Send  order  and  remittance  to: 

R.  E.  LIVINGSTON,  General  Secretary 

United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20001 


CHEVY  TRUCKS. 
TOUGH  AND 
TIGHTFISTED. 


SIWDARO  PICKUPS  F0R78. 

It's  no  longer  enough  to  be  a  tough,  tireless  worker. 
Today's  standard  pickups  have  to  run  a  long  time 
between  routine  maintenance  stops.  We're  talking 
about  '78  standard  Chevy  pickups.  Tough.  Tight- 
fisted.  Right  for  right  now. 


Massive  Girder  Beam 
Iront  siispension. 

Attached  at  each  end  are  two 
steel  arms  (on  2-wheel-drive 
models)  that  flex  indepen- 
dently up  and  down  allowing 
wheels  to  mdividually  step 
over  rough  spots  for  a  smooth, 
steady  nde 


Computer-matched  brakes. 

Front  disc  brakes  and  finned-drum 
rear  brakes  are  automatically  com- 
puter-matched to  gross  vehicle 
weight.  The  bigger  the  truck,  the 
bigger  the  brakes 

Tough  ladder-type  frame. 

Deep-section,  channel  side  rails  fcr 
strength  Drop  design  allows  low 
cab  mounting,  easy  entry. 


Counter-angled  rear  shocks. 

One  is  positioned  forward,  the  other 
aft,  to  help  reduce  brake  and  power 
hop 


Built  to  last.  Look  at 
the  record. 


95.7%  of  all  Chevy  trucks, 
in  the  ten  most  recent  model 
years  recorded,  were  still 
on  the  job.  This  is  based 
on  the  latest  available 
industry  model  year  regis- 
tration statistics  through 
July  1,  1976. 

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■  ■■  -•-  --  - ,  ■  ivdilable 

Maintenance,  a  Chevy 
strong  point. 

For  the  standard  Chevy  6, 
under  6,001  lbs.  GVWR, 
recommended  service  inter- 
vals under  normal  driving 


conditions  are  30,000  miles 
between  spark  plug 
changes,  7,500  miles  be- 
tween oil  changes,  15,000 
miles  between  oil  filters, 
30,000  miles  between  air 
cleaner  elements  and  7,500 
miles  between  chassis  lubes. 

NEW  AVAILABLE 
V8  DIESEL  PICKUR 

This  is  the  kind  of  innova- 
tion you  expect  Chevy 
Truck  to  offer:  a  new  diesel 
engine  that  gets  impres- 
sive fuel  economy  estimates 
—  27  mpg  highway,  20  city, 
23  combined.  Your  mileage 
depends  on  how  you  drive, 
your  truck's  condition, 
where  you  drive,  and 
available  equipment.  Note: 
Chevrolet  pickups  are 
equipped  with  GM-built 
engines  produced  by  var- 
ious divisions.  See  your 
dealer  for  details. 


BUILT  TO  STAY  TOUGH. 


OREGON   CITY,   ORE. 

Ten  Carpenters  Local  1388 
members  were  honored  for  35  years 
or  more.  The  10  in  alphabetical 
order:  George  Allen,  C.  W. 
Brookshier,  Byrdette  Byrd,  Charles 
Cory,  Cliff  Jacobs,  Gene  Lausche, 
Charles  Mendenhatt,  Edward  Mooney, 
Willard  Wehr,  Bill  Werdell. 
Participating  in  the  pin  ceremony 
and  buffet  at  the  local  union  hall 
in  Oregon  City  were  Ray  Baker, 
1388's  president,  and  a  Carpenters 
District  Council  business  representa- 
tive; Dick  LaManna,  financial 
secretary  of  1388;  Don  Staudenmier, 
Portland  District  Council  of 
Carpenters  executive  secretary; 
Marvin  Hall,  council  president,  and 
Garry  Goodwin,  council  business 
representative. 

Nineteen  members  of  Local  1388 
with  30  years'  membership  received 
pins.  The  list  of  recipients  in 
alphabetical  order:  Frank  Alford, 
C.  p.  Anderson,  W infield  Barnum, 
Sylvester  Beko,  Gene  Boynton, 
Stanley  Budiselic,  George  Criteser, 
Jim  DeStefano,  Bill  England,  Fred 
Ford,  Dick  LaManna,  Robert  Lay, 
Dean  May,  John  McKinley,  Mel 
Robinson,  Bernard  Schultz;  Ernie 
Strangfield,  Harvey  Thompson,  J.  C. 
Wheeler.  LaManna  is  Local  1388's 
financial  secretary. 

Local  1388  honored  13  members 
with  25  year^  service.  Their  names. 


in  alphabetical  order:  Ralph 
Anderson,  Harold  Barrow,  Thomas 
Beach,  Jim  Bowen,  Glenn  Brown, 
John  Fincher,  Bill  Gibson,  Jack 
Moore,  John  Pahlyk,  Dave  Patterson, 
Howard  Ross,  Everett  Slocum,  Joe 
Vybrail. 

PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Millwrights  Local  1906  celebrated 
its  23rd  anniversary  March  19,  1977, 
and  presented  service  pins  to  more 
than  150  members. 

There  were  560  members,  wives, 
and  quests  in  attendance,  as  General 
Executive  Board  Member  Raleigh 
Rajoppi,  General  Representative 
George  Walish,  a  member  of  Local 
1906,  and  General  Representative 
Ray  Ginnetti  presented  the  pins. 

At  the  head  table  during  Local 
1906  ceremonies  were  the  following: 

Seated,  left  to  right:  Rev.  John 
Bernard;  James  Smith,  banquet 
chairman;  Edward  Harkins,  business 
representative,  and  George  Walish, 
General  Representative. 

Standing,  left  to  right:  Joseph 
Foley,  vice  president;  Raymond 
Ginnetti,  general  representative;  Niel 
Curcio,  president;  and  Raleigh 
Rajoppi,  General  Executive  Board 
Member. 

Among  those  honored  were  the 
members  shown  in  the  accompanying 
picture: 

Seated,  left  to  right:  Tom  Orndorff, 
Bill  Johnsen,  Charles  McHugh, 
Stanley  Quinn,  and  Jim  McDevitt. 

Standing,  left  to  right:  Curt  Runkle, 


John  Sexton,  Stan  Magalon,  Fred 
Lanciano,  and  Al  Marconi. 

GRAND  COULEE,  WASH. 

On  March  4,  1977,  Carpenters 
Local  1332  held  a  pin  presentation 
ceremony  for  members  with 
20-years  or  more  service  with  the 
Brotherhood. 

President  Leo  F.  Bevier  and  Busi- 
ness Representative  Wayne  Cubbage 
presented  the  pins.  Evie  Brice,  who 
was  office  secretary  from  1943 
until  her  retirement  in  1975,  was  also 
present. 

Members  who  received  35 -YEAR 
PINS:  Keith  Bishop,  J.  D.  Lindsay, 
Carl  Callahan,  Jack  Pachosa,  Ernest 
Cupp,  Patrick  Leahy,  I.  H.  Durham 
and  Harold  Walker. 

Members  who  received  30-YEAR 
PINS:  C.  A.  Armstrong.  Richard 
Bailey,  Erban  Brown,  Earl  Burns, 
Ernest  Bunger,  Bruce  Christie, 
George  Garner,  Charles  Jackson, 
Donald  Kennedy,  Ernest  Korpi, 
Lee  Merchant,  S.  C.  Nelson,  Charles 
Quintasket,  and  Herman  Watson. 

25-YEAR  PINS:  Les  Adams, 
Robert  Cline,  Clyde  Coppock,  Lou 
Figgins,  James  Gavin,  Jack  Hersee, 
William  Kreiter,  William  Milliken, 
Clifford  Morgan,  D.  H.  Perry, 
Kenneth  Reid,  and  Raymond  Watts. 

20-YEAR  PINS:  Lewis  B.  Adams, 
Gordon  Brown,  Thomas  Hopper, 
Edward  Klundt,  Henry  Meegan, 
Elmer  Sand,  Lonnie  Sosebee,  H.  E. 
(Pinky)  Stevens,  James  C.  Taylor, 
Cecil  Wilson,  and  Lowell  Rowman. 


Oregon  City,  Ore.— 35  Years 


Philadelphia,   Pa  —Head   Table 


Oregon  City,  Ore.— 25  Years 
22 


Phiiladelphia,   Pa. — Service-Pin   Honorees 


THE    CARPENTER 


Lubbock,  Tex. 


Anaheim,  Calif. 


LUBBOCK,  TEX. 

Local  1884  recently  honored  its 
senior  members  with  service  pins. 
Shown  in  the  picture  are:  Front  row, 
left  to  right:  A.  C.  Shirley,  secretary- 
treasurer,  Texas  State  Council  of 
Carpenters,  who  presented  the  pins; 
A.  E.  Davies,  35  years:  A.  J. 
Carlock,  35  years:  Bain  McCarroll, 
60  years.  Second  row:  Frank 
Randeau,  30  years;  E.  A .  Wossum, 
35  years;  J.  F.  Ross,  35  years. 
Third  row:  G.  B.  McReynolds,  35 
years:  Ralph  L.  Montgomery, 
30  years;  W .  E.  Rankin,  30  years; 
H.  O.  Wossum,  35  years;  Paul 
J.  Shook,  25  years;  G.  L.  Alsup,  30 
years.  Fourth  row:  Jesse  A.  Ballard, 


35  years;  J.  Lloyd  Price,  35  years; 
J.  B.  Davis,  30  years;  C.  N.  Wilborn, 
35  years;  W.  C.  Burden,  25  years. 

Tho.se  receiving  pins  but  not 
present  were:  W.  R.  Irwin,  W .  A. 
Jackson.  Roy  D.  Reed,  and  Floyd 
Souder,  all  25-year  members; 
R.  E.  Brown,  R.  E.  McMinn,  C.H. 
Norris.  W .  L.  Owens,  and  D.  E. 
Hankins.  all  30  years.  W.  M.  Bailey, 
C.  E.  Brown,  H.  E.  Gentry,  Hugh 
Griffin,  J.  T.  Hancock,  Weldon 
Husbands.  B.  H.  Jester,  T.  U.  Linch, 
O.  D.  McReynolds,  Stanley  D. 
Mitchell,  Sherman  Pierce,  L.  L. 
Smith,  T.  W.  Stallings,  J.  H.  Tavlor, 
R.  E.  Tunnell,  W.  J.  Whittaker, 
35  years  and  A.  L.  Adair,  J.  G. 
Wilhite,  40  years. 


ANAHEIM,   CALIF. 

On  April  6.   1977.   Local  2203 
honored  25-year  members  by  serving 
a  buffet  to  them  and  to  their  wives 
and  friends.  The  pins  were  presented 
by  Art  Eisele,  special  representative 
of  the  State  Council  of  Carpenters, 
and  Gerald  Stcdman,  secretary  of  the 
Orange  County  District  Council  of 
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KEEPING  COUNT 

"My  goodness,  you  look  like  my 
third   husband,"  said  the  divorcee. 

The  millwright  inquired:  "hiow 
many  husbands  have  you  had?" 

"Two,"  she  replied. 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

GROUP  THERAPY 

"My  wife  doesn't  understand  me," 
complained  the  carpenter.  Turning  to 
his  closest  neighbor,  again,  he  cried: 
"My  wife  doesn't  understand  me. 
Does  yours?" 

"I  don't  know,"  came  the  reply. 
'She   never  mentions  you." 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

POSTAL  PARTINGS 

The  owner  of  a  small  crossroads 
store  was  appointed  postmaster.  Six 
months  went  by  and  not  one  piece 
of  mail  had  left  town.  Deeply  con- 
cerned, postal  authorities  in  Wash- 
ington wrote  to  the  postmaster  to 
inquire. 

"It's  simple,"  he  wrote  back,  "the 
bag   ain't  full  yet." 


CLERICAL  ERROR 

A  preacher  and  his  new  bride 
started  their  honeymoon  with  a  train 
ride. 

hie  gave  the  Pullman  porter  $10 
not  to  tell  anyone  they  had  just  been 
married. 

But  the  next  morning  they  were 
stared  at  by  everybody,  so  the 
preacher  asked  the  porter  if  he  had 
told   anyone. 

"No  jir,  I  didn't  tell  nobody,"  said 
the  porter,  "I  told  'em  you  all  was 
just  good  friends." 

ATTENTJ   UNION  MEETINGS 

WHO'S  A   WEIRDO? 

Ad  in  a  Los  Angeles  newspaper: 
"Couple  who  collects  reptiles  and 
Japanese  fans  wishes  to  swap  snakes 
and  sex  with  compatible  couple.  No 
weirdos  please." 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICEVG? 

TURKEY  TALK 

Thanksgiving  is  when  one  species 
ceases  to  gobble  and  another  begins. 

Thanksgiving  turkey  is  like  a  tube 
of  toothpaste:  It's  never  quite  all 
gone. 


One  man  we  know  isn't  taking  any 
chances  with  all  that  holiday  football. 
He's  inviting  the  TV  repairman  for 
Thanksgiving    dinner,    too. 

They're  putting  up  Christmas  deco- 
rations closer  and  closer  to  Thanks- 
giving. A  friend  of  ours  just  saw  a 
turkey  in  a  pear  tree. 

• — Paul   Grabsfock 
Brooklyn,  N.Y. 


This  Month's  Limerick 

There    was    an    old    man    of    Madrid, 
Who  was  hit  with  a   brick  by  a   kid; 

Said  the  man,   "Oh,  what  joy. 

To  wallop  that  boy! 
Be   darned    if   I    don't";   and   he  did. 


PECKING  ORDER 

Once  there  was  an  eccentric  old 
fellow  who  thought  he  was  a  corn 
cob.  His  fear  was  that,  if  he  ever 
went  outside  the  house,  chickens 
would  attack  him,  and  peck  him  to 
death.  He  was  in  a  mental  institution 
for  treatment. 

One  day  the  doctor  called  him  to 
his  office  and  said:  "I  hear  that  you 
finally  overcame  your  illness,  and  that 
you  know  you're  a  person  now." 

"Yes.  Everything  that  you  heard 
is  true.  I  know  now  that  I  am  a  human 
being,"  said  the  patient. 

"Then  you  are  free  to  go,"  said 
doctor. 

"That's  fine  with  me,  doc,"  said 
the  old  fellow.  "But  there  is  one 
thing.  I  know  that  I'm  not  a  corn  cob, 
but  are  you  sure  the  chickens  know 
it  too?" 

— Cbrysoula  Artemis 
Long  Island  Cify,  N.Y. 

BE  IN  GOOD  STANDING 

SIGNS  OF  THE  TIMES 

Sign  on  a  garbage  truck:  "It  may 
be  garbage  to  you  but  it's  our  bread 

and  butter." 

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Sign  on  a  plumber's  truck:  "In  our 

business  a  flush  beats  a  full  house." 

*  *      * 

Sign  on   a   sign   shop:   "A  business 

with  no  sign  is  a  sign  of  no  business." 

*  *      * 

Sign  in  a  reducing  parlor:  "A  word 

to  the  wide — Reduce!" 

*  *      * 

Sign  at  a  college  dorm:  "If  we're 
studying  when  you  enter,  please  wake 

us  up." 

*  *      * 

Sign  on  a  private  detective's  office: 

"We  pry  harder." 

*  *      * 

Sign  on  a  clock  shop:  "There  is  no 

present  like  time." 

*  *      * 

Sign  in  a  bridal  salon:  "We  fit  to 
be  tied." 


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Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


75year$ago,  November,  1902 

Convention  Report 

The  Twelfth  General  Convention  of 
the  Brotherhood  held  at  Atlanta,  Ga., 
September  15-30,  1902,  was  one  of 
the  most  momentous  in  the  early  history 
of  the  Brotherhood.  The  union  was 
only  21  years  old  at  the  time,  and  in 
these  formative  years  it  had  already 
elected  11  different  presidents  before 
settling  on  Wm.  D.  Huber  as  General 
President  in  1899. 

During  all  this  period,  Peter  J. 
McGuire,  who  was  a  founder  of  the 
organization,  had  served  as  General 
Secretary-Treasurer,  operating  from 
various,  small  offices  in  Philadelphia 
and  New  York. 

Factionalism  had  developed  in  the 
organization  during  this  early  period, 
and,  the  year  before,  at  the  previous 
convention,  the  office  of  General  Secre- 
tary-Treasurer was  divided  into  two 
separate  offices,  and  Frank  Duffy  of 
New  York  was  elected  new  General 
Secretary,   with  McGuire   remained   at 


the  General  Treasurer's  post  tempora- 
rily. 

During  the  months  between  the  11th 
and  12th  conventions,  there  was  a  bit- 
ter leadership  dispute  between  McGuire 
and  other  General  Officers  regarding 
the  administration  of  funds,  and  it  was 
decided  by  the  General  Executive  Board 
to  take  these  matters  to  the  convention 
in  Atlanta.  As  a  result,  the  convention 
acted  upon  several  constitutional 
changes  and  took  up  the  whole  matter 
of  McGuires  relationship  to  the  Brother- 
hood. 

It  was  voted  to  move  the  headquarters 
from  Philadelphia  to  Indianapolis,  and 
the  constitutional  establishment  of  five 
general  officers'  positions  was  made. 

At  that  time.  North  America  was 
divided  into  seven  "divisions"  of  the 
Brotherhood  and  the  General  Execu- 
tive Board  consisted  of  seven  members. 
The  Dominion  of  Canada  made  up  the 
seventh  district. 

The  General  President  was  given 
many  additional  powers  to  decide 
points  of  law  and  to  act  between  con- 
ventions,  and   the  offices   of  General 


Secretary  and  General  Treasurer  were 
clearly  defined. 

Peter  McGuire  was  invited  to  bring 
his  dispute  to  the  convention  floor. 
Brother  McGuire  had  been  temporarily 
suspended  due  to  a  shortage  in  his 
accounts,  and  reports  by  the  General 
Officers  to  the  convention  verified  these 
shortages. 

The  Carpenter  Magazine  reported, 
"The  convention,  then,  in  consideration 
of  the  many  valuable  services  rendered 
the  U.B.  by  Peter  J.  McGuire  in  the 
years  gone  by,  by  a  vote  of  198  against 
136  passed  a  resolution  releasing  him 
from  payment  of  the  second  thousand 
dollars  he  agreed  to  pay  and  ordered 
all  proceedings,  criminal  or  otherwise, 
to  be  stopped  at  once." 

SOyearsago,  November,  1927 

Machines  and  Labor 

The  Secretary  of  Labor  in  1927, 
James  Davis,  in  his  Labor  Day  speech 
at    Montauk    Beach    Theater,     Long 


Delegates  to  the  Brotherhood's  12th  General  Convention  assembled  outside  the  meeting  hall  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  September,  1902. 


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Island,  N.Y.,  expressed  concern  about 
the  large  number  of  workers  being 
displaced  by  aliens  and  machinery. 

"I  tremble  to  think  of  what  a  state 
this  country  might  have  been  in  if  we 
had  gone  on  letting  in  the  tide  of  aliens 
that  formerly  poured  in  here  at  the  rate 
of  a  million  or  more  a  year,  and  this 
at  a  time  when  new  machinery  was 
steadily  eating  into  the  number  of 
available  jobs.  We  might  have  had  on 
our  hands  something  far  more  serious 
than  this  quiet  industrial  revolution 
now  in  progress." 

The  cabinet  official  said  that  the  in- 
vention of  every  labor-saving  machine 
should  bring  with  it  the  invention  of  a 
way  of  using  the  workers  displaced  by 
the  machine.  He  called  for  diligence 
on  the  part  of  organized  labor  in  this 
regard. 

He  was  optimistic  about  the  future, 
however,  and  he  predicted  that  there 
would  come  a  day  when  "the  worker 
will  live  beside  the  farmer,  and  both 
will  profit  by  better  understanding. 

Huber  Monument 

On  a  Saturday  morning,  September 
17,  1902,  the  General  Officers  and 
General  Executive  Board,  along  with 
representatives  from  many  local  unions 
of  the  Midwest,  proceeded  to  Crown 
Hill  Cemetary  in  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
where  they  dedicated  a  monument  to 
the  memory  of  Wm.  D.  Huber,  the 
late  and  respected  General  President  of 
the  Brotherhood.  Huber  had  served  as 
General  President  from  1899  to  1913. 

Leading  the  services  were  Wm.  L. 
Hutchison,  who  served  as  General 
President  from  1915  to  1931,  and  Gen- 
eral Secretary  Frank  Duffy,  whose  ser- 
vices as  a  General  Officer  extended 
from  1901  to  1948.  Both  men  had  high 
praise  for  the  work  of  Huber  during 
the  formative  years  of  the  Brotherhood. 


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L.U.  NO.  7 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 

Gibson,  James  L. 
Johnson,  Carl  Enard 
Wellumson,  H. 

L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 
Monroe,  Bernard  H. 

L.U.  NO.  15 
HACKENSACK,  NJ. 

Chace,  Robert  R. 
Greve,  Robert  S. 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLAND,  CA. 

Bogan,  Bee 
Kerr,  H.  A. 
Langley,  Allen  T. 
Roberson,  T.  R. 

L.U.  NO.  50 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Bowman,  H.  E. 
Dupee,  John 
Prince,  Sam 
Williams,  Sam  P. 

L.U.  NO.  51 
ALLSTON,  MA. 

Jeffrey,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  55 
DENVER,  CO. 

Allen,  Walker  T. 
Allons,  James 
Brasher,  Milton 
Boegheinck,  Anton 
Burton.  Darrell  C. 
Chrislenson,  Adolph 
Davis,  Simon 
Devlin,  Ira 
Dunn,  J.  A. 
Eckman.  William  H. 
Elwell,  Frank 
Evans,  Theron 
Frey,  Roy  L. 
Gruber,  Robert 
Holtzman,  Arthur 
Johnson,  Henning 
Johnson,  John  C. 
Lakness,  Anton 
Landenberger,   Benjamin 
McMillian,  James 
Minor,  Harold 
Moore.  John  E. 
Morris,   Guy  R. 
Muehlbauer,  Paul 
Olofson,  Hilding 
Pedegeau.  William  E. 
Pleskow,  Alfred 
Rosetta,  James  C. 
Russell.  Edward  R. 
Ryan,  Labon 
Simonson,  Arvid 
Stevens,  Wendell 
Syren.  Arthur  U. 
Taylor,  Virgil  W. 
Worley,  Gilbert 

L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 
Bennett,  Jesse  R. 
Davis.  James  J. 
Michael,  Russell  R. 
Myers,  William  Sr. 
Offineer,  Roy 


Opie,  Henry  A. 
Vining,  James  J. 
Wright,  Foster  F. 

L.U.  NO.  66 
OLEAN,  N.Y. 

Klenck,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  85 
ROCHESTER,  N.Y. 

Marmor,  Carl 

L.U.  NO.  131 
SEATTLE,  WA. 

Haug,  Dan 

L.U.  NO.  180 
VALLEJO,  CA. 

Rudi,  Hans 

L.U.  NO.  198 
DALLAS,  TX. 

Niswander,  J.  S. 
Presley,  B.  F. 

L.U.  NO.  220 
WALLACE,  ID. 

Moe,  Elmer  B. 

L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Darnell,  W.  H. 
Morgan,  D.  S. 

L.U.  NO.  257 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Biscoglio,  Frank  J. 
D'Amato,  Virgilio 
Ro^enstrom,  Gustav 

L.U.  NO.  266 
STOCKTON,  CA. 

Dubois.  John  M. 

L.U.  NO.  287 
HARRISBURG,  PA. 

Hain,  Charles  M. 

L.U.  NO.  337 
WARREN,  MI. 

Dombrowski,  Stanley 

L.U.  NO.  359 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Carroll,  James  J. 
Ott,  Fred  A. 
Popp.  Herbert 

L.U.  NO.  379 
TEXARKANA,  ARK. 

TEX. 

Welsh.  Francis  T. 

L.U.  NO.  393 
CAMDEN,  N.J. 

Lentz.  Ferris  R. 
Little,  Leonard  W. 
McGuirk.  Burton  F. 
Olscn,   Martin 
Shea,  James  M. 
Walker,  Thomas 

L.U.  NO.  403 
ALEXANDRIA,  LA. 

Gore,  Gene 
Turner,  Terry  J. 

L.U.  NO.  428 
FAIRMONT.  W.  WA. 

Hager,  Harry 


L.U.  NO.  455 
SOMERVILLE,  NJ. 

Huntley,  James 
Naylor,  Joseph 
Rochman,  Dmytro 

L.U.  NO.  486 
BAYONNE,  NJ. 

Abbate,  Joseph  Sr. 
Doria,  Gregorio 

L.U.  NO.  490 
PASSAIC,  NJ. 

DiGaetano,  Joseph 
Hazekamp,  George 
Kitchell,  Sam 
Lomauro,  Russell 
Neglia,  Joseph 
Nemeth,  Steve 
Penn,  Sam 
Raff,  Samuel 
Visscher,  Hilko 

L.U.  NO.  595 

LYNN,  MA. 
Caron,  Roger 
Lake,  Bene 

L.U.  NO.  626 
NEW  CASTLE,  DE. 

Coldiron,  William  P.,  Jr. 
Eisenhart,  Walter 

L.U.  NO.  627 
JACKSONVILLE,  FL. 

Hoff,  Lee  H. 
Ward,  James  Ray 

L.U.  NO.  700 
CORNING,  N.Y. 

Bills,  Gerald 

L.U.  NO.  727 
HIALEAH,  FL. 

Floyd,  Perry  L. 
Fox,  Theodore 
Joiner,  Ernest 
Jones,  Thomas,  A. 
Osterberg,  Ralph 

L.U.  NO.  938 
RICHMOND,  MO. 

Abbott,  Kenneth 

L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  MI. 

Bruland,  Olav 

L.U.  NO.  1128 
LA  GRANGE,  IL. 

Castle,  Charles 
Gorski,  George 
Hudetz,  George 
Schultz,  Joseph  J. 
Swanson,  Theodore  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1159 
POINT  PLEASANT, 
W.  VA. 

Nutter,  Curtis 

L.U.  NO.  1342 
BLOOMFIELD,  NJ. 

Abramowitz,  Sam 
Anderson,  Karl 
Tote,  Andrew 

L.U.  NO.  1397 
ROSLYN,  N.Y. 

Wilkinson,  Charles 


L.U.  NO.  1400 

SANTA  MONICA,  CA. 

Burnett,  Marcus  W. 
Creasy,  Paul  W. 
Huckelberry,  Wra. 
Kearns,  James  F. 
Kitson,  Ernest 
Olsen,  Ole 
Pierce,  Charles  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1407 
WILMINGTON,  CA. 

Grasinger,  Richard 
Smith,  Everett  L. 
Taylor,  George  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1408 
REDWOOD  CITY,  CA. 

Soholt.  Lars.  S. 

L.U.  NO.  1416 

NEW  BEDFORD.  MA. 

Andrade,  Joseph 
Bergeron,  George 
Bowles,  Henry 
Figuerido,  Joseph 
Descheneau.  Oswald 
Gaudreau,  Joseph 
Pierce,  Edward 
Renaud,  Omer 
Richard,  Alfred 
Roberts,  John 
Rock,  Leopold 
Walsh.  Thomas 

L.U.  NO.  1469 
CHARLOTTE,  N.C. 

Moss,  Charlie  S. 

L.U.  NO.  1489 
BURLINGTON,  NJ. 

Bell,  Edward  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1518 
GULFPORT,  MS. 

Hickman,  Matthews  J, 

L.U.  NO.  1527 
WHEATON,  IL. 

Rath,  Ray  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1598 
VICTORIA.  B.C.,  CAN. 

Scigliano,  John 

L.l!.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Boudreaux,  Andrew  T. 

L.U.  NO.   1861 
MILPITAS.  CA. 

Olson,  August 


L.U.  NO.  1884 
LUBBOCK,  TX. 

Bell,  E.  A. 

L.U.    NO.  1921 
UNIONDALE,  N.Y. 

Anderson,  Paul 
Carlson,  Car! 
Ciesla,  Robert 
Dispenziere.  Phillip 
Ferris,  Richard 
Gorlick,  Joseph 
Hrbek,   Fred 
Hrbek,  Steve 
Kopke,  Russel 
Loschen,  Frank 
Michelis,  Victor 

Reiter,  Percy 
Roscoe,  Albert 
Sandford,  James 
Victor,  Arvid 
West,  Herbert 
Wiggiman.   Deitrich 

L.U.  NO.  1963 
TORONTO,  ONT.,   CAN. 

Grech,  Joe 
Heslop,  George 
Marcocchio,  Olivo 

L.U.  NO.  1971 
TEMPLE,  TX. 

Hagler,  J.  M. 
White,  Marvin  E. 

L.U.  NO.  2006 
LOS  GATOS,  CA. 

Kertes,  Frank 
Smith,  C.  G. 

L.U.  NO.  2018 
LAKEHURST,  NJ. 

Ghigliotty,  Henry  J. 

L.U.  NO.  2049 
GILBERTSVILLE,  KY. 

Perr>',  Hal 

L.U.  NO.  2250 
RED  BANK,  NJ. 

Frederico,  Michele 
Matusiak,  Theodore  J. 

L.U.  NO.  2398 
EL  C.AJON.  CA. 

Bingham.  Roy 
Slowe.  Lloyd  J. 
Thornton,  Wm.  P. 
Wilson,  Larue 

L.U.  NO.  2519 
SEATTLE,  WA. 

Campbell,  Lee  E. 


LOCAL  SECRETARIES,  PLEASE  NOTE: 
Many  members  report  that  they  are  not  re- 
ceiving Thf  Carpenter  regularly.  This  is  par- 
ticularly true  among  apprentices  just  entering 
the  Brotherhood  and  among  senior  members 
who  have  moved  to  new  residences.  Please  send 
us  the  names  and  addresses  of  any  members 
of  your  local  union  not  receiving  The  Car- 
penter. 


NOVEMBER,    1977 


29 


UNION  LABEL 
PLEDGE 

I  am  a  union  worker.  I  pledge 
to  help  my  fellow  brothers  and 
sisters  by  using  the  sen/ices  they 
offer  and  buying  the  products 
they  make.  I  know  that  I  enjoy 
many  good  things  today  because 
of  the  devotion  and  sacrifice  of 
trade  unionists  before  me  who 
fought  to  win  a  better  life  for 
all  working  people. 

As  a  trade  unionist,  I  will  not 
reward  those  who  opposed  my 
goals  and  my  way  of  life,  and 
who  seek  to  deny  working  people 
the  rights  they  have  won.  I  will 
not  permit  my  union-earned  dol- 
lars to  profit  those  who  refuse  to 
allow  their  employees  the  right 
to  free,  fair  collective  bargaining. 

I  pledge  to  buy  only  those 
products  in  the  marketplace 
made  in  this  country  by  my  fel- 
low workers,  and  to  avoid  the 
imported  products  of  those  who 
export  technology,  production 
and  jobs  to  low-wage  countries, 
thus  destroying  jobs  and  under- 
mining the  economy  of  their  own 
country. 

I  pledge  to  look  for  the  Union 
Label,  Shop  Card,  Store  Card  and 
Service  Button  on  all  goods  and 
services  I  use.  By  doing  so,  I 
help  strengthen  the  security  of 
those  men  and  women  who  be- 
lieve as  I  do  in  the  goals  of  the 
free  labor  movement. 

I  demonstrate  my  unity  with 
my  labor  brothers  and  sisters  by 
observing  a  simple  principle,  the 
Union  Label  Golden  Rule: 

"Buy  Union  products  and  use 
Union  services  as  you  would 
have  Union  wages  paid  unto 
you." 


NUCLEAR  SUBMARINE 
Continued  from  page  5 

pulling  grease  irons  out  from  the  slid- 
ing and  ground  ways,  letting  the  two 
ways  contact  each  other.  Once  the 
irons  were  removed,  other  crews  began 
slamming  five-foot-long  oak  wedges  in- 
to the  sliding  ways  to  tighten  them 
against  the  ground  ways  and  the  hull 
of  the  ship. 

Early  the  next  morning,  the  real 
"bull  work"  began. 

After  a  final  inspection  of  all  the 
ways  and  safety  shoring,  80  carpen- 
ters, 40  on  each  side  of  the  vessel,  be- 
gan ramming  the  wedges  further  into 
the  ways.  Pairs  of  carpenters  were 
assigned  12  to  14  wedges  which  they 
rammed  with  90-pound  weights  in  a 
series  of  14  exhausting  two-minute 
rallies. 

"Nobody  knows  where  the  two  min- 
utes comes  from,"  said  Eugene  W.  La- 
joie,  shipwright  superintendent.  "But, 
believe  me,  when  you  are  slugging  at 
those  wedges  with  those  90-pound 
rams,  two  minutes  seems  like  an  eter- 
nity. It's  not  the  easiest  work  in  the 
world." 

As  carpenters  drove  the  wedges 
home,  the  ways  began  to  pick  up  the 
weight  of  the  submarine  and  the  ship 
began  to  slowly  move,  or  creep,  toward 
the  river.  After  the  14  rallies,  the  New 
York  City's  creep  amidships  was  a  full 
sixteenth  of  an  inch. 

Raymond  Magsumbol,  a  naval  archi- 
tect, explained  that  as  they  pick  up 
more  of  the  ship's  weight,  the  wooden 
ways  are  flattened  and  move  the  ship. 

"We  monitor  how  much  creep  there 
is  very  carefully,"  he  said.  "If  there 
is  no  creep,  we  have  a  problem.  But 
if  there  is  a  progressively  increasing 
creep,  we  know  the  ship  is  ready  to 
go." 

After  the  ram  rallies  were  finished, 
30  carpenters  scrambled  under  the  sub- 
marine and  began  knocking  out  the 
120  keel  blocks  with  10-pound  sledge 
hammers.  When  the  keel  blocks  were 
removed,  the  creep  at  the  stern  of 
New  York  City  measured  more  than 
an  inch  and  half. 

With  the  keel  blocks  removed  and 
the  timber  shoring  along  the  sides 
knocked  down,  the  submarine  was  held 
from  sliding  only  by  dog  shores  jam- 
med in  between  the  ground  and  the 
sliding  ways  and  the  launch  trigger 
assembly. 

New  York  City  was  ready  to  go. 

As  the  crew  of  carpenters  took  a 
break,  the  crowd  of  several  thousand 
shipyard  workers,  their  families  and 
guests    sporting    red    apples    on   their 


badges  had  taken  their  places  for  the 
launching  ceremony  at  the  bow  of  the 
New  York  City  and  along  a  pier  out- 
side. 

The  ceremony  progressed  with  W. 
Graham  Claytor  Jr.,  Secretary  of  the 
Navy,  introducing  Daniel  Patrick  Moy- 
nihan,  U.  S.  Senator  from  New  York, 
who  gave  the  address. 

Following  Sen.  Moynihan's  speech, 
Adm.  H.  G.  Rickover,  Director,  Naval 
Nuclear  Propulsion  Program,  intro- 
duced the  New  York  City's  sponsor, 
Mrs.  James  R.  Schlesinger,  wife  of  the 
Energy  Advisor  to  the  President. 

As  Mrs.  Schlesinger  took  her  place 
at  the  bow  holding  a  champagne  bottle, 
Neal  Bayard,  a  retired  navel  architect, 
stood  ready  to  throw  the  launch  trig- 
ger. 

Over  the  yard's  loudspeaker  system 
Mr.  Bayard  could  hear,  "five,  four, 
three,  two,  one  .  .  .  LAUNCH!" 

Then  Mrs.  Schlesinger  smashed  the 
champagne  bottle  into  the  bow  plate, 
and,  on  a  final  signal,  a  foreman  pulled 
the  last  safety  pin  from  the  trigger. 
Bayard  shoved  the  trigger  arm  forward, 
and  the  huge  steel  beams  of  the  trig- 
ger dropped  with  loud  thuds  into  the 
trigger  pit. 

New  York  City  began  to  move,  slid- 
ing backwards  down  the  ways  faster 
and  faster  until  she  slipped  into  the 
Thames  River  at  about  20  miles  an 
hour  with  the  ship's  horn  blaring  and 
the  band  breaking  into  "Anchors 
Aweigh." 

"I'm  glad  I  had  a  part  in  this," 
James  Monroe,  a  carpenter,  said  later. 
"When  the  Trident  submarines  are 
launched,  they  will  be  put  on  a  pon- 
toon and  then  floated  out  into  the 
river. 

"That  will  be  engineering  power — 
the  New  York  City  was  launched  with 
carpenter  power." 

THE  MOST   IMPORTANT 


WASHINGTON  TRIP   OF  '77 


30 


THE    CARPENTER 


FOUR-WAY   LEVEL 


The  world's  first  four-way  level,  which 
permits  the  user  to  achieve  simultaneous 
four-directional  plumb  readings  from  one 
position,  has  been  introduced  by  the 
Miracle  Instrument  Co.  of  New  York 
City,  a  manufacturing,  research  and 
development  firm  in  the  industrial  tool 
field. 

According  to  a  company  spokesman,  the 
Multi-vue  level  saves  up  to  70%  of  the 
user's  time  by  eliminating  the  need  to 
shift  from  one  surface  position  to  another 
to  achieve  plumb. 

The  patented  device  provides  one-step 
plumb  readings  on  both  flat  and  cylindri- 
cal surfaces,  and  its  multi-vue*  feature 
can  be  used  for  left  or  right-hand  sight- 
ings. 

The  new  level  is  made  of  extruded, 
heavy-duty  aluminum  and  is  machined 
for  maximum  accuracy.  It  meets  all 
Federal  specifications  for  tolerance  and 
construction. 

The  level  incorporates  modual  con- 
struction features  with  easily  available 
replacement  parts  and  holds  six  large 
spirit  vials  for  easy-to-see  readings.  All 
vials    can    be    quickly    adjusted    for    ac- 


I>JDEX  OF  ADVERTISERS 

Belsaw  Locksmith    31 

Belsaw  Planer   25 

Belsaw  Sharp-All    11 

Black  &  Decker 25 

Borden  Inc. /Chemical  Division- 
Elmer's  Back  Cover 

Chevrolet    21 

Chicago  Technical  College 13 

Craftsman  Book  Co 28 

Eliason  Stair  Gauge  Co 31 

Eslwing  Mfg.  Co 20 

Foley  Mfg.  Co 27 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer 18 

Hydrolevel   14 

Irwin  Auger  Bit  Co 14 

Layout  Pencil    18 

Locksmithing  Institute  18 

Plumb   Bob    18 

Vaughan  &  Bushnell  Mfg.  Co 23 


curacy  by  means  of  built-in  adjustment 
tabs. 

The  company  is  offering  the  levels  to 
Brotherhood  members  under  the  follow- 
ing discount  arrangement: 

Carpenter's 
Size         Regular  Price         Special  * 


18" 

24" 
28" 
48" 


$16.20 
18.00 
20.60 
26.85 


$  9.99 
10.99 
12.99 
15.99 


*  Shipped  prepaid  by   United  Parcel  Ser- 
vice 

To  order,  or  to  obtain  more  informa- 
tion, write:  Sales  Manager,  Miracle  In- 
strument Co.,  248  Broad  Avenue,  Pali- 
sades Park,  N.J.  07650. 

ADHESIVE  GUIDE 

A  new  short-cut  adhesive  selection 
guide,  called  "The  Answer  Assortment," 
that  provides  a  quick  and  convenient 
method  for  selecting  the  proper  adhesive 
type  for  most  common  bonding  applica- 
tions is  now  available  free  from  the 
Adhesives,  Coatings  and  Sealers  Division, 
3M  Company  3M  Center,  St.  Paul,  Min- 
nesota 55101. 

The  adhesive  selection  guide  is  printed 
on  a  handy  and  durable  4  x  8 '/i -inch 
plastic  coated  card.  The  selector  lists 
various  types  of  materials  and  the  11 
most  popular  3M  adhesives  (from  a  line 
of  more  than  500  products)  that  are  ideal 
for  bonding  these  materials. 

The  1 1  adhesives  listed  in  the  selection 
chart  will  bond  fabrics,  felt,  cork,  leather, 
rubber,  foams,  wood,  metal  and  decora- 
tive laminates  to  themselves  or  to  metal, 
particle  board,  plywood  and  plastics. 

OAK-FLOOR  CARE 

A  comprehensive  manual  on  the  care 
of  hardwood  floors  has  been  published 
by  the  Oak  Flooring  Institute,  promo- 
tional arm  of  the  29-member  National 
Oak  Flooring  Manufacturers'  Associa- 
tion. 

Topic  headings  in  the  manual  include 
identification  of  types  of  finishes  and  the 
regular  and  special  care  each  requires, 
maintenance  of  distressed  wood  floors, 
strain  removal,  repair  of  finishes,  com- 
plete refinishing  and  what  to  do  about 
cracks  and  speaks. 

Copies  are  being  offered  to  the  public 
at  25^  each.  Write  to:  Oak  Furniture  In- 
stitute, 804  Sterick  Building,  Memphis, 
TN.  38103 


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way  constitutes  an  endorsement  or  recom- 
mendation. All  performance  claims  are 
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IN  CONCLUSION 


THOUGHTS  ON  THE  EVE  OF  A  CONVENTION 

Will  the  general  public  ever  appreciate 
the  burden  the  American  labor  Movement 

carries  on  its  behalf? 


Next  month — December  8  in  the  Cahfornia  Ball- 
room of  the  Bonaventure  Hotel  in  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia— the  AFL-CIO  will  meet  for  its  1 2th  Constitu- 
tional Convention. 

This  mammoth  federation  of  American  workers, 
drawing  delegates  from  almost  every  craft  and  Indus-, 
try  and  from  every  comer  of  North  America,  will 
have  before  it  a  full  agenda  of  reports,  resolutions, 
and  speeches  to  guide  its  decisions  for  the  next  two 
years. 

In  the  official  convention  call,  AFL-CIO  President 
George  Meany  and  Secretary-Treasurer  Lane  Kirk- 
land  note  that  the  convention  meets  at  a  time  when 
the  Congress  will  be  considering  social  justice  legisla- 
tion which  win  affect  every  American  worker  and  they 
indicate  the  need  for  hard,  diligent  work  by  the  dele- 
gates. 

Opponents  of  the  American  labor  movement  have 
mounted  major  attacks  against  us  in  the  past  two 
years.  In  the  opening  weeks  of  1977  they  succeeded 
in  defeating  the  Situs  Picketing  Bill,  a  major  piece  of 
Congressional  legislation  which  would  have  afforded 
construction  workers  equal  and  fair  picketing  rights 
at  job  sites.  In  recent  months,  they  have  effectively 
watered  down  several  labor-supported  congressional 
bills,  through  scores  of  weakening  amendments.  Tak- 
ing advantage  of  the  depressed  conditions  in  the  con- 
struction industry,  they  have  underbid  countless  con- 
struction jobs  with  doublebreasted,  non-union  work 
crews. 

"For  the  American  people  and  the  American  labor 
movement,  it  is  a  time  of  testing,"  states  the  AFL-CIO 
convention  call,  "testing  the  viability  of  democratic 
institutions,  the  initiative  and  will  of  the  people,  and 
the  leadership  capabilities  of  those  selected  to  lead. 


"It  will  not  be  an  easy  time  for  America.  Therefore 
it  is  incumbent  upon  the  delegates  attending  the  AFL- 
CIO  Convention  to  map  programs  and  policies  that 
will  best  serve  our  movement  and  the  nation." 

As  a  member  of  the  AFL-^CIO  Executive  Council, 
I  was  afforded  an  opportunity,  last  month,  to  review 
the  Council's  biennial  report  to  the  convention  and 
offer  suggestions  and  changes.  Looking  through  the 
136  galleys  of  unbound  text — more  than  160,000 
words,  equaling  more  than  twice  the  size  of  the  aver- 
age book — I  was  impressed  with  the  wide  range  of 
organized  labor's  continued  concern  with  public 
issues  .  .  .  welfare  reform,  tax  justice,  consumer  pro- 
tections, and  so  much  more.  I  sometimes  wonder  if 
we  will  ever  be  able  to  trim  down  the  long  list  of  pub- 
lic issues  which  receive  our  attention. 

And  I  wonder,  too,  if  the  general  public  will  ever 
appreciate  how  much  of  a  burden  the  American  labor 
movement  carries  on  its  behalf  ...  in  so  many  direct 
and  indirect  ways.  When  I  hear  a  person  who  is  not  a 
union  member  talk  about  "labor  bosses,"  "labor 
rackateering,"  and  union  members  with  high  wages,  I 
want  to  grab  him  by  the  collar,  sit  him  down,  and  give 
him  a  boiled-down  summary  of  what  I  have  just  read 
in  that  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council  Report  to  the 
12th  Constitutional  Convention. 

There  is  an  idealism  in  this  report  which  shines 
through  the  paragraphs  of  summary  statement  and  the 
tabulations  of  membership  totals  and  expenditures. 
There  is  a  promise  of  a  better  life,  if  we  will  only  be 
able  to  meet  the  challenges  before  us. 

In  contrast  with  the  two  years  before  the  previous 
convention,  October,  1975,  in  San  Francisco,  the  past 
two  years  of  1976  and  1977  have  brought  some  hope- 
ful signs  for  America.  As  the  report  states,  a  new 
Federal  administration,  elected  on  a  platform  of  jobs. 


32 


THE    CARPENTER 


is  in  office,  and  its  foreign  policy,  while  unclear  in 
some  areas,  is  firmly  committed  to  enhancing  human 
rights  around  the  world.  The  new  President  has  pro- 
posed sweeping  programs  for  energy,  labor  law 
reform,  welfare  and  tax  reform,  as  well  as  a  series  of 
major  initiatives.  He  has  promised  to  streamline  the 
government  bureaucracy  and  develop  a  closer  working 
relationship  between  the  people  and  their  government. 

While  the  AFL-CIO  fully  supported  the  election  of 
President  Carter,  it  has  not  permitted  its  impressive 
vote  to  quiet  its  voice  for  improving  or  criticizing  his 
programs  when  and  where  such  expressions  of  ap- 
proval or  disapproval  are  needed. 

"Indeed,"  says  the  AFL-CIO  Executive  Council, 
"the  purpose  and  role  of  the  national  federation  is  to 
be  a  strong  and  clear  voice  for  America's  union  fam- 
ilies before  the  federal  government." 

In  the  five  years  since  I  was  elevated  to  the  presi- 
dency of  our  Brotherhood,  I  have  devoted  many  of 
my  monthly  messages,  "In  Conclusion,"  to  topics  dis- 
cussed and  acted  upon  by  the  Executive  Council  of 
the  AFL-CIO.  My  statements  on  these  many,  many 
topics  of  public  concern  are,  in  a  way,  the  United 
Brotherhood's  endorsement  of  organized  labor's  own 
broad  political  platform.  I  have  been  gratified  by  the 
good  response  we  have  received  from  our  members, 
and  I  want  to  assure  every  member  that  his  or  her 
letters  to  the  General  Office  are  noted  and  given  full 
consideration.  Often,  such  letters  stimulate  us  to  fur- 
ther action  and  to  deeper  research  into  basic  issues, 
and  they  are  much  appreciated. 

When  the  AFL-CIO  leadership  speaks  of  "a  time 
of  testing,"  it  is  indicating  some  of  the  uncertainties 
before  us. 

For  the  first  time  since  1968,  when  professional  and 
state  employee  associations  were  added  to  the  union 
membership  count,  the  total  number  of  union  mem- 
bers with  headquarters  in  the  United  States  has  de- 
clined. The  Labor  Department's  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics,  in  a  preliminary  report,  showed  that  the 
total  membership  of  unions  and  associations  in  the  US 
end  Canada  which  engage  in  collective  bargaining 
(and  this  includes  AFL-CIO  affiliates.  United  Auto 
Workers,  Teamsters,  and  many  others)  dropped  be- 
tween 1974  and  1976  by  158,000— from  24,194,000 
to  24,036,000.  When  Canada  is  excluded,  the  number 
of  union  members  in  the  US  fell  by  767,000  during 
the  two-year  period. 

There  are,  as  you  must  realize,  several  factors  re- 
sponsible: the  loss  of  jobs  due  to  increased  imports  of 
cheaper  foreign-made  goods,  the  export  of  jobs  in 
many  industries,  the  impact  of  new  technology  in 
manufacturing  and  construction,  the  high  interest  rates 
in  home  mortgages  and  in  lending,  the  continued 
spread  of  vicious  propaganda  about  organized  labor, 
and  the  continued  crippling  of  labor's  organizing  ef- 
forts through  court  delays  and  deceitful  interpretations 
of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act. 

AFL-CIO  President  George  Meany  used  strong 
words  in  his  recent  Labor  Day  statement:  "We  find 
American  businessmen  stripping  their  country  of  her 


heritage  of  technology  and  productive  power,  aban- 
doning their  countrymen  in  order  to  exploit  poorer, 
cheaper  and  more  easily  dominated  workers  overseas. 
We  find  workers  arbitrarily  deprived  of  their  liveli- 
hood by  those  corporate  officers  who  see  not  human 
faces  but  balance  sheets." 

The  news  did  not  get  prominent  play  in  the  nation's 
press  a  few  weeks  ago  when  Standard  &  Poor,  one  of 
the  nation's  top  financial  reporting  institutions,  noted 
that  labor  costs  in  1976  amounted  to  only  23.4%  of 
every  sales  dollar.  Except  for  a  figure  of  22.8%  in 
1974,  that  was  the  smallest  sUce  of  the  sales  dollar 
that  labor  has  received  in  20  years.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  three  years,  the  ratio  of  labor  costs  to  sales  has 
been  decreasing  since  1968,  the  Standard  &  Poor  sur- 
vey found. 

The  message  is  clear:  Somebody  is  raking  off  excess 
profits  .  .  .  and  it's  not  the  white  collar  and  blue  col- 
lar working  men  and  women  of  America. 

We  of  the  American  labor  movement  bear  much  of 
the  public  burden,  but  we  have  to  go  a  long  way  to 
reap  our  share  of  the  profits  of  our  economic  system. 

Such  thoughts  as  these  will  be  in  our  minds  when 
Brotherhood  delegates  assemble  in  Los  Angeles,  next 
month,  for  the  AFL-CIO's  biennial  convention. 


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presentation  to  long-time  members  or  for  conspicu- 
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played on  the  jewelry  shown  here.  Such  bright 
and  attractive  articles  are  a  good  way  for  Dad, 
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He'll  wear  them  with  pride  on  Christmas  Day,  if 
you  place  your  order  right  away. 

The  materials  used  in  the  official  jewelry  and 
their  workmanship  are  strictly  first-class.  They  are 
100%  union  made.  There  is  a  continuous  de- 
mand for  these  items — especially  as  birthday 
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Send  order  and  remittance  to: 

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"Making  cabinets  For  my  clocks  is  a  lot 
easier  now.  Maybe  it*s  tne  new  Elmers 

^Carpenters  W>od  Glue." 

Edward  J.  Cooper,  Clockmaker 

"Elmer's"  Carpenter's  Wood  Glue  grabs  instantly,  that's  why 
it's  a  lot  easier  for  me  to  make  my  clocks  now  than  it's  been  for 
the  past  twenty  years. 

I've  used  just  about  every  kind  of  wood  you  could  think  of. 
Walnut.  Cherry.  Maple.  Birch.  Even  Butternut.  But  ■ 

sometimes  when  I  glue  two  pieces  of  wood  together, 
I  still  don't  get  them  exactly  even.  Carpenter's  Wood 
Glue  lets  me  realign.  And  that's  easier  for  me,  too. 

In  other  words,  thank  goodness  for  Carpenter's 
Wood  Glue.  It  has  everything  anybody  could  ever 
need  from  a  glue.  It's  superstrong.  It  seems  to 
penetrate  far  deeper  And  it  cleans  up  with  plain 
warm  water  while  it's  still  wet. 

It  glues  up  wood  like  nothing  I've 
ever  used  before!" 


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Elmers.  When  results  count. 


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December  1977 


There  are  so  many  things  .  .  .  which  touch  the  human  heart  .  .  .  Perhaps  it  is  the  sound  of  laughter 
around  a  fireside,  of  country  voices  floating  homeward  across  the  field  in  summer  dusk,  when  the  last 
load  of  corn  has  been  drawn  into  the  stackyard  and  a  mist  is  rising  from  the  meadows;  or  the  cough  and 
whistle  of  wind  in  trees  and  around  snug  dwellings  on  a  cold  Christmas  night. — Peter  Howard 


GENERAL  OFFICERS  OF 

THE  UNITED  BROTHERHOOD  of  CARPENTERS  &  JOINERS  of  AMERICA 


GENERAL  OFFICE: 

101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


GENERAL  PRESIDENT 

William  Sidell 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

FIRST  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

William  Konyha 

101   Constitution   Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

SECOND  GENERAL  VICE  PRESIDENT 

Patrick  J.  Campbell 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.C.  20001 

GENERAL  SECRETARY 

R.  E.  Livingston 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  TREASURER 
Charles  E.  Nichols 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 
Washington,  D.  C.  20001 

GENERAL  PRESIDENT  EMERITUS 

M.    A.    HUTCHESON 

101   Constitution  Ave.,  N.W., 

Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 


First  District,  John  S.  Rogers 
Islip-MacArthur  Airport 
Main  Terminal  Building,  Suite  206 
RonkonJcoma,  New  York  11779 

Second  District,  Raleigh  Rajoppi 

130  Mountain  Avenue 
Springfield,  New  Jersey  07081 

Third  District,  Anthony  Ochocki 

14001  West  McNichoIs  Road 
Detroit,  Michigan  48235 

Fourth  District,  Harold  E.  Lewis 
2970  Peachtree  Rd.,  N.W.,  Suite  300 
Atlanta,  Ga.  30305 

Fifth  District,  Leon  W.  Greene 
2800  Selkirk  Drive 
Burnsville,  Minn.  55378 


Sixth  District,  Frederick  N.  Bull 
Glenbrook  Center  West — Suite  501 
1140  N.W.  63rd  Street 
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73116 

Seventh  District,  Hal  Morton 
Room  722,  Oregon  Nat'l  Bldg. 
610  S.W.  Alder  Street 
Portland,  Oregon  97205 

Eighth  District,  M.  B.  Bryant 
Forum  Building,  9th  and  K  Streets 
Sacramento,  California  95814 

Ninth  District,  John  Carruthers 
290  Lawrence  Avenue,  W. 
Toronto,  Ontario  M5M-183 

Tenth  District,  Ronald  J.  Dancer 

1235  40th  Avenue,  N.W. 

Calgary,  Alberta,  Canada  T2K  0G3 


William  Sidell,  Chairman 
R.  E.  Livingston,  Secretary 

Correspondence  for  the  General  Executive  Board 
should  be  sent  to  the  General  Secretary. 


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Secretaries,  Please  Note 

If  your  local  union  vifishes  to  list  de- 
ceased members  in  the  "In  Memoriam" 
page  of  The  Carpenter,  it  is  necessary 
that  a  specific  request  be  directed  to  the 
editor. 


In  processing  complaints,  the  only 
names  which  the  financial  secretary  needs 
to  send  in  are  the  names  of  members 
who  are  NOT  receiving  the  magazine. 
In  sending  in  the  names  of  members  who 
are  not  getting  the  magazine,  the  new  ad- 
dress forms  mailed  out  with  each  monthly 
bill  should  be  used.  Please  see  that  the 
Zip  Code  of  the  member  is  included.  When 
a  member  clears  out  of  one  Local  Union 
into  another,  his  name  is  automatically 
dropped  from  the  mail  list  of  the  Local 
Union  he  cleared  out  of.  Therefore,  the 
secretary  of  the  Union  into  which  he 
:leared  should  forward  his  name  to  the 
jeneral  Secretary  for  inclusion  on  the 
mail  list.  Do  not  forget  the  Zip  Code 
number.  Members  who  die  or  are  sus- 
pended are  automatically  dropped  from 
the  mailing  list  of  The   Carpenter. 


PLEASE  KEEP  THE  CARPENTER  ADVISED 
OF  YOUR  CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS 


PLEASE  NOTE:  Filling  out  this  coupon  and  mailing  it  to  the  CARPENTER 
only  corrects  your  mailing  address  for  the  magazine,  which  requires  six  to 
eight  weeks.  However  this  does  not  advise  your  own  local  union  of  your 
address  change.  You  must  notify  your  local  union  by  some  other  method. 


This  coupon  should  be  mailed  to  THE  CARPENTER, 
101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20001 


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NAME. 


Local  No 

Number  of  your  Local  Union  must 
be  given.  Otherwise,  no  action  can 
be  taken  on  your  change  of  address. 


NEW  ADDRESS - 


City 


State  or  Province 


ZIP  Code 


VOLUME  XCVII 


NO.    12 


DECEMBER,    1977 


UNITED   BROTHERHOOD   OF  CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS  OF  AMERICA 

R.  E.  Livingston,  Editor 


IN   THIS    ISSUE 


NEWS  AND  FEATURES 

Canadian  Leadership  Conference 2 

New  Board  Member  in  Ninth  District 5 

Arizona  University  Dome  is  One  for  Records 6 

Georgine  Attacks  Big  Business  Campaign 9 

New  Jersey  Locals  Busy  at  the  Fairs 14 

Faces  in  Logs 19 

DEPARTMENTS 

Washington  Roundup 8 

Canadian   Report    10 

Local  Union  News 12 

We  Congratulate    15 

Apprenticeship  and  Training 16 

In  Retrospect R.  E.  Livingston  1  8 

Plane  Gossip    20 

Service  to  the  Brotherhood 21 

In  Memoriam    29 

What's  New? 31 

In   Conclusion    William    Sidell  32 


POSTMASTERS,    ATTENTION:   Change   of   address   cards   on    Form   3577   should    be   sent   to 
THE  CARPENTER,  Carpenters'  Building,   101  Constitution  Ave.,  N.W..  Washington,  D.C.  20001 

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Perhaps  a  carpenter  sees  it  best  .  .  . 
but  there  is  a  beauty  to  an  old  house 
.  .  .  one  that  has  withstood  the  on- 
slaught of  the  seasons  and  the  ravages 
of  time  .  .  .  one  which  still  thrusts  its 
gables  and  cornices  proudly  into  the 
sky  and  says,  "Look  at  me.  I  am  the 
creation  of  imaginative  designers, 
careful  draftsmen,  and  skilled  building 
tradesmen.  I  am  shelter  to  generations 
of  loving  and  kindred  souls.  I  am  a 
work  of  art  which  has  survived  the 
age  of  mass  production." 

Add  to  the  old  house  many  doilies 
of  snowflakes  and  an  apron  of  snow, 
and  you  have  the  pretty  picture  on 
our  December  cover. 

It  might  recall  for  some  Dylan 
Thomas's  A  Child's  Christinas  in 
Wales:  "One  Christmas  was  so  much 
like  another,  in  those  years  around  the 
seatovvn  corner  now  and  out  of  all 
sound  except  the  distant  speaking  of 
the  voices  1  sometimes  hear  a  moment 
before  sleep,  that  I  can  never  remem- 
ber whether  it  snowed  for  si.x  days 
and  six  nights  when  I  was  twelve  or 
whether  it  snowed  for  twelve  days  and 
twelve  nights  when  I  was  six.  .  .  ." 

Pholo  courtesy  of  the  Canadian  De- 
part mem  of  Industry,  Trade  and 
Commerce. 

\'OTE:  Readers  who  would  like 
copies  of  this  cover  unmarred  by  a 
mailing  label  may  obtain  them '  by 
sending  J5(  in  coin  to  cover  mailing 
costs  to  the  Editor.  The  CARPEN- 
TER. 101  Constitution  Ave..  N.W., 
Washington.  DC.   20001. 


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Above:  General  President  Sidell 
addresses  the  conference.  Among  those 
on  the  platform,  from  left,  were  District 
10  Board  Member  Ron  Dancer,  General 
Secretary  R.  E,  Livingston,  Second 
General  Vice  Pres.  Pat  Campbell, 
and  First  General  Vice  Pres.  Bill 
Konyha, 

Right:  A  view  of  the  delegates  in  the 
ballroom  of  the  Chateau  Laurier  in 
Ottawa. 


First  General  Vice  President  Konyha 


Second  General  Vice  President  Campbell 


Canadian  Officers  Gear  Up 

For  Organizing  and  Administration 

At  Final  Leadership  Conference 


■'"■;*  U.'»r 

General  Secretary  Livingston 


Cannons  boomed  a  2 1 -gun  salute 
to  Her  Majesty  Queen  Elizabeth  II 
from  the  nearby  grounds  of  Parlia- 
ment, as  150  Canadian  Brother- 
hood leaders  assembled  at  the  Cha- 
teau Laurier  in  Ottawa,  Ont., 
October  18-20,  for  the  fifth  and  final 
in  a  series  of  1977  Leadership  Con- 
ferences. 

Fulltime  officers  and  business 
representatives  of  Districts  9  and 
10  found  the  convening  of  their  na- 
tionwide assembly  to  be  as  momen- 
tous as  the  nearby  presence  of  roy- 
alty, and  for  three  days  they  delved 
deeply  into  federal  and  provincial 
problems. 

General  President  William  Sidell 
set  the  tone  of  the  gathering  in  his 
opening  remarks.  He  told  the  dele- 
gates that  there  has  been  a  serious 
deterioration  of  the  image  of  orga- 
nized labor  in  both  the  Lf.S.  and 
Canada.  He  cited  a  recent  poll 
which  showed  that  many  Canadians 
now  favor  so-called  "right-to-work" 
laws  like  those  on  the  books  in  20 
U.S.  states. 


"There  are  groups  trying  to  tear 
down  what  we  have  built  over  many 
years,"  he  said. 

He  pointed  out  that  working  peo- 
ple cannot  afford  today  many  of 
life's  necessities  and  luxuries. 

"We  have  to  extend  ourselves. 
We  have  to  prepare  ourselves.  We 
must  fight  on  the  level  which  is 
needed  for  the  government  to  take 
care  of  the  needs  of  the  working 
people." 

He  told  the  delegates:  "We  have 
the  reputation  of  being  a  'tried  and 
true'  organization,  and  we  want  to 
keep  it  that  way.  .  .  .  Without  a 
total  and  complete  labor  movement, 
we  would  not  be  able  to  fight  effec- 
tively in  provincial  councils  or  in 
the  federal  government  itself." 

The  General  President  urged  the 
local  and  district  council  leaders  to 
push  their  organizing  and  service 
programs. 

"Don't  turn  your  back  on  the 
housing  carpenter,"  he  warned,  for 
he  was  the  foundation  of  our  orga- 
nization, and  we  must  continue  to 


THE    CARPENTER 


defend  his  needs  and  offer  him  eco- 
nomic security. 

General  Secretary  R.  E.  Living- 
ston presented  membership  data  to 
the  conference  which  showed  that 
both  Canadian  districts  have  suf- 
fered membership  drops  because  of 
the  high  unemployment. 

A  conference  report  by  Canadian 
Research  Director  Derrick  Manson 
showed  many  areas  of  activity 
which  must  be  relieved  through  or- 
ganizing and  political  and  govern- 
mental action. 

First  General  Vice  President  Wil- 
liam Konyha  called  for  funds  for 
public  construction  throughout 
North  America.  He  described  viv- 
idly how  much  a  billion  dollars  is 
in  relation  to  an  average  citizen's 
income,  and  he  urged  legislators  in 
the  Parliament  of  Canada  and  the 
U.S.  Congress  to  give  greater  con- 
sideration to  a  pump  priming  of  the 
economy. 

Second  General  Vice  President 
Pat  Campbell,  who  headed  the  work 
of  the  Industrial  sessions,  called  for 
a  strong  organization  at  every  level 
of  the  Brotherhood  in  Canada. 


The  two  Canadian  members  of 
the  General  Executive  Board — Wil- 
liam Stefanovich  of  District  9  and 
Ronald  Dancer  of  District  10 — re- 
viewed some  of  the  problems  con- 
fronting Canadian  members: 

Stefanovich  called  upon  Cana- 
dians to  "come  to  grips  with  the 
problems  of  unity." 

"I  believe  that,  more  than  any 
other  institution,  the  trade  union 
movement  will  keep  this  country  to- 
gether," Stefanovich  said. 

He  called  for  greater  organizing 
and  trade  union  representation  in 
the  building  trades  and  in  the  for- 
est industries,  which,  he  noted,  is 
the  third  largest  industry  in  Canada. 

Dancer  noted  that  the  Brother- 
hoods' industrial  members  had  suf- 
fered most  under  current  wage  con- 
trols, but  he  called  for  complete 
elimination  of  AIB — the  Anti-Infla- 
tion Board.  The  10th  District  Board 
Member  said  that  we  must  expand 
our  activities  in  housing  and  assume 
leadership  in  the  building  crafts.  He 
called  attention  to  the  potential  for 
organizing  in  the  natural  resources 
industries — hydro-electric    develop- 


ment, mineral  development,  and 
similar  projects. 

Joe  Morris,  president  of  the  Cana- 
dian Labor  Congress,  joined  in  the 
call  for  a  strong  labor  voice  in 
Canadian  affairs.  Speaking  to  the 
delegates  in  a  joint  session,  Morris 
called  union  members  in  Canada 
"captives  of  the  system."  The  CLC 
and  organizations  such  as  the 
United  Brotherhood  must  have 
more  say  in  economic  planning,  he 
emphasized. 

Morris  suggested  that  a  restruc- 
turing of  the  Canadian  Labor  Con- 
gress might  be  necessary  so  that 
CLC  affiliates  might  "move  more 
swiftly"  on  national  issues. 

He  said  that  wage  controls  were 
destroying  the  nation's  economy 
and  noted  that  Canada  has  the  high- 
est rate  of  unemployment  since 
1940.  Canadian  Labor's  Day  of 
Protest  on  October  14  was  the  first 
step  in  the  integration  of  Canadian 
Labor  and  a  major  attempt  to  right 
economic  wrongs,  Morris  said.  He 
called  for  continued  unity  of  US 
and  Canadian  labor  to  achieve  mu- 
tual goals. 


Below,  first  row,  from  left:  Derrick  IVIanson  reviews  Canadian  economic  data;  group  of 
delegates  from  the  Maritime  Provinces;  and  a  view  of  the  industrial  members  in 
session.  Second  row:  CLC  President  Joe  Morris  at  the  podium;  General  Representative 
Rene  Bri.xhe  and  Director  of  Organization  Jim  Parker  in  an  industrial  session;  District  9  Board 
Member  Bill  Stefanovich  speaks  to  the  conference. 


FLOOR  DISCUSSION — At  the  request  of  several  delegates,  General  President  William  Sidell 
added  to  the  agenda  of  the  Canadian  Leadership  Conference  a  discussion  of  Canadian 
autonomy.  A  lively  and  animated  open  forum  on  the  subject  was  held  during  the  final,  joint 
session  of  the  conference.  Among  the  speakers  were  those  shown  on  this  page,  beginning  at 
the  top  left  and  reading  across  and  down: 


TOP  ROW,  from  left,  Lome  Robson,  secretary  of  the  British  Columbia  Provincial  Council; 
Wilfred  Warren,  president  of  Local  2S64,  Grand  Falls,  NF;  Pierre  Arseneault,  business 
representative  of  Local  3057,  Tee  Lake,  So.  Temiscaminque,  Que.;  and  Ermans  Masaro, 
financial  secretary  of  Local  1963,  Toronto,  Out. 

SECOND  ROW,  from  left,  John  Paterson,  Local  1779,  Calgary,  Alta.;  at  the  mike, 
with  W.  L.  MacKenzie  of  Local  1325,  Edmonton,  Alta.,  waiting  his  turn.  Louis  Marie 
Coutier,  Local  134,  Montreal,  and  the  Quebec  Provincial  Council;  Jack  Tarbutt,  business 
representative  of  Local  18,  Hamilton,  Ont.;  and  William  Kessel,  business  representative 
of  Local  1541,  Vancouver,  B.C. 

THIRD  ROW,  at  the  microphone,  Robert  Reid,  secretary  of  the  Ontario  Provincial 
Council;  behind  him,  John  Takach,  business  representative  of  Local  452,  Vancouver,  B.C. 


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Carruthers  New  9th 
District  Board  Member 


William  Stefanovich,  General  Executive  Board 
Member  from  the  9th  District,  which  covers  the 
provinces  of  Eastern  Canada,  tendered  his  resignation 
to  General  President  William  Sidell  in  October,  and  it 
became  official  on  November  1. 

Brother  Stefanovich  completed  a  decade  of  service 
on  the  General  Executive  Board  and  three  decades  of 
service  to  the  Brotherhood  this  year. 

He  became  an  apprentice  to  Local  494  in  February, 
1947,  and  shortly  thereafter  began  taking  an  active 
role  in  union  and  Canadian  labor  affairs.  In  1957 
former  General  President  M.  A.  Hutcheson  appointed 
him  to  the  regional  organizing  office  in  Toronto.  He 
traveled  in  Quebec,  Ontario,  Labrador  and  Maritime 
Provinces  on  behalf  of  the  Brotherhood.  In  1953  he 
was  elected  a  vice  president  of  the  Ontario  Provincial 
Council  of  Carpenters,  and  he  was  subsequently  ap- 
pointed to  the  Manpower  Committee  of  the  Canadian 
Labor  Congress. 

Early  in  1966  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Gen- 
eral President's  Committee  on  Canada  for  Plant  Con- 
tract Maintenance.  In  1966,  the  30th  General  Con- 
vention elected  him  as  9th  District  Board  Member, 
replacing  Andrew  V.  Cooper  the  following  April. 

The  General  Officers  and  fellow  board  members 
praised  the  diligent  service  of  Stefanovich  in  a  resolu- 
tion adopted  at  the  winter  board  meeting  in  Los 
Angeles,  last  month. 

Stefanovich  will  continue  on  for  some  time  as  a 
general  representative  in  the  district.  General  President 
Sidell  has  announced. 

To  replace  Stefanovich  the  General  President  has 
named  John  M.  Carruthers,  a  General  Representative 
from  Toronto. 


Stefanovich  Steps  Down 
As  General  Executive 
Board  Member 
in  Eastern  Canada 


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STEFANOVICH 


CARRUTHERS 


Carruthers,  47,  joined  the  Brotherhood  in  Novem- 
ber, 1954  as  a  member  of  Millwrights  Local  2309, 
Toronto,  and  he  became  a  business  representative  of 
that  local  in  1964.  He  was  named  a  general  represen- 
tative in  March,  1970.  Carruthers  helped  to  arrange 
the  Brotherhood  Millwright  Conference  in  Toronto  in 
1975  and  participated  in  the  recent  Leadership  Con- 
ference in  Ottawa. 


Wife  of  President  Emeritus  Passes 

Ethel  Hutcheson.  wife  of  General  President  Emeritus 
M.  A.  Hutcheson.  died  October  30  at  her  home  in 
Lakeland,  Fla. 

Death  came  quietly  and  unexpectedly  only  a  month 
after  her  71st  birthday. 

Mrs.  Hutcheson  was  a  native  of  Milan.  Ind.  The 
Hutchesons  lived  for  many  years  in  Milan  before  the 
General  Offices  were  moved  from  Indianapolis.  Ind..  to 
Washington,  D.C.  in  1961. 

The  Hutchesons  recently  celebrated  their  ."ilst  wed- 
ding anniversary  with  a  gathering  of  friends  in  Wash- 
ington. D.C. 

The  General  Executive  Board  expressed  its  grief  on 
the  passing  of  Mrs.  Hutcheson.  calling  her  "a  true 
friend  of  the  Brotherhood  and  of  organized  labor"  and 
as  "a  guiding  spirit"  to  all  who  knew  her. 

The  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Construction  Trades 
Department  Executive  Council  passed  a  resolution  ex- 
tending its  deepest  sympathies  to  Brother  Hutcheson. 


DECEMBER,    1977 


Arizona  University's  Domed  Stadium  Hol( 


The  diameter  of  the  Ensphere  Dome  is  502  feet.  It  covers  a 
97,000-square-foot  activities  field,  and  there  are  15,000  fixed 
seats  in  the  structure,  surrounding  the  activities  field. 


In  today's  world  of  scientific  advancements,  a  domed  sta- 
dium may  not  seem  so  impressive,  considering  that  there  are 
larger  domed  stadiums  throughout  the  United  States.  These 
stadiums  are  monumental  creations,  webbed  together  with 
steel  beams;  bolts;  washers;  welds  and  constructed  mainly  by 
the  competent  labors  of  iron  workers,  not  carpenters. 

The  Northern  Arizona  University's  domed  stadium  at 
Flagstaff,  originally  named  Ensphere,  is  truly  a  different 
concept.  Ensphere  is  the  world's  largest  laminated-wood 
dome  and  the  largest  domed  arena  on  any  college  campus 
throughout  the  world.  It  was  engineered  by  the  Varax  Engin- 
eering Company  of  Portland,  Oregon;  developed  by  Rossman 
&  Partners,  architects;  General  Contractor  was  Mardian 
Construction  Company  of  Phoenix,  Arizona,  and  the  carpen- 
ters who  built  the  dome,  making  it  a  reality,  were  from 
Carpenter's  Local  1100,  Flagstaff. 

Ensphere  marks  a  turning  point  in  the  construction  of  the 
conventional  arena,  with  its  high  cylindrical  exterior  wall, 
elevated  compression  ring  and  domed  roof.  Rossman  & 
Partners,  architects,  stated  that;  "The  Ensphere  is  based  on  a 
simple  concept  of  a  dome,  restrained  and  resting  directly  on 
ground  level  and  spanning  from  there  freely  over  and  across 
the  activities  field,  bleachers  and  concourses.  The  costly  wall 
and  elevated  compression  ring  is  thus  replaced  by  the  far 
less  expensive  shell,  with  the  additional  bonus  of  a  substan- 


Reciproc3l  Agreements  of  Brother  hoc 


ARIZONA 

Arizona  State  Carpenters  Pension 

Trust  Fund 
3220  North  Third  Street 
Phoenix,  Arizona  85012 

ARKANSAS 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund  of  Arkansas 

504  Victory  Street 

Little  Rock,  Arkansas  72201 

CALIFORNIA 

Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund  for 

Northern  California 
995  Market  Street 
San  Francisco,  California  94103 
Carpenters  Pension  Trust  for 

Southern  California 
520  South  Virgil  Avenue 
Los  Angeles,  California  90020 

Mill  Cabinet  Pension  Fund  for 

Northern  California 
995  Market  Street 
San  Francisco,  California  94103 

San  Diego  County  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund 
3659  India  Street,  Room  100 
San  Diego,  California  92103 

Southern  California  Lumber  Industry 
Retirement   Fund 

650  South  Spring  Street,  Room  1028 
Los  Angeles,  California  90014 

COLORADO 

Centennial  State  Carpenters  Pension 

Trust  Fund 
333  Logan  Street 
Denver,  Colorado  80203 

CONNECTICUT 

Connecticut  State  Council  of  Carpenters 
State-Wide  Pension  Plan 
860  Silas  Deane  Highway 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut  06109 


FLORIDA 

Broward  County  Carpenters  Pension 

Trust  Fund 
Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
7300  North  Kendall  Drive— 

P.  O.  Box  695 
Miami  (Kendall),  Florida  33156 
Local  Union  1685  Pension  Fund 
P.  O.  Box  956 
Melbourne,  Florida  32901 
Mid-Florida  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
3203  Lawton  Road— P.  O,  Box  20173 
Orlando,  Florida  32814 
Palm  Beach  County  Carpenters  District 

Council  Pension  Fund 
Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
93 1 V2  Belvedere  Road 
West  Palm  Beach,  Florida  33405 
South  Florida  Carpenters  Pension 

Trust  Fund 
Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
7300  North  Kendall  Drive— 

P.  O.  Box  695 
Miami  (Kendall),  Florida  33156 
Carpenters  District  Council  of  Jacksonville 

and  Vicinity  Pension  Fund 
c/o  Florida  Administrators,  Inc. 
P.  O.  Box  16845 

1851  Executive  Center  Drive,  Suite  111 
Jacksonville,  Florida  32216 

ILLINOIS 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund  of  Illinois 

P.  O.  Box  470 

28  North  First  Street 

Geneva,  Illinois  60134 

Chicago  District  Council  of  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund 
12  East  Erie  Street 
Chicago,  Illinois  60611 

KANSAS 

Kansas  Construction  Trades  Open  End 
Pension  Trust  Fund 


c/o  Fringe  Benefit  Funds 
202  West  Thirty-Third  Street 
P.  O.  Box  5096 
Topeka,  Kansas  66605 

LOUISIANA 

Local  Union  1098  Pension  Trust 
6755  Airline  Highway 
Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana  70805 
District  Council  of  New  Orleans  and 

Vicinity  Pension  Trust 
315  Broad  Street 
New  Orleans.  Louisiana  70119 
Northeast  Louisiana  District  Council  of 

Carpenters  Pension  Plan 
c/o  Southwest  Administrators 
P.  O.  Box  4617 
Monroe,  Louisiana  70805 

MARYLAND 

Cumberland  Maryland  and  Vicinity  Building 
and  Construction  Employees'  Trust  Fund 
125  South  Liberty  Street 
Cumberland,  Maryland  21502 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Massachusetts  State  Carpenters 

Pension   Fund 
Heritage   Building 
One   Militia  Drive 
Lexington,  Massachusetts  02173 
Western  Massachusetts  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund 
26  Willow  Street,  Room  24 
Springfield,  Massachusetts  01103 

MICHIGAN 

Michigan  Carpenters'  Council 

Pension  Fund 
241  East  Saginaw  Street 
East  Lansing,  Michigan  48823 

MISSOURI 

Carpenters  District  Council  of 

Kansas  City 
3114  Paseo 
Kansas  City,  Missouri  64109 


THE    CARPENTER 


^orld  Record  For  Laminated-Wood  Domes 


tial  increase  in  enclosed  floor  space.  This  concept  saved  over 
$1.5  million  dollars." 

The  major  physical  features  of  this  amazing  structure  are 
its  272,000  total  square  footage;  15,300  seating  capacity  and 
a  97,000  square  foot  activities  field.  There  are  114  doors 
leading  into  the  stadium. 

Football  is  not  the  only  sport  to  be  played  inside  this 
massive  stadium.  Other  activities  include  softball;  field  hock- 
ey; ice  hockey;  basketball,  (ten  courts);  tennis,  track,  (1  1/5 
miles),  as  well  as  a  center  for  conventions,  shows  and  rodeos. 
It  will  not  only  be  used  by  the  NAU  teams  but  also  by  local 
high  school  teams. 

John  Grider,  superintendent  for  Mardian  Construction 
Company,  stated;  "You  wonder  how  someone  thought  it 
could  be  done."  but  with  his  excellent  supervision,  the  plans 
and  preliminary  work  and  with  the  skills  and  accomplished 
talents  of  the  construction  workers,  it  has  been  done! 

The  carpenters  were  there  from  beginning  to  end;  from 
the  massive  wood  dome  to  the  beautiful  artificial  turf  which 
now  covers  the  stadium  floor  for  the  '77  football  season. 

Ensphere  has  taken  approximately  two  years  to  complete, 
without  any  accidents  or  time  lost  due  to  injuries.  Impressive, 
to  say  the  least,  when  you  consider  a  six-acre  self-supporting 
roof,  142  feet  in  the  air. 


The  Ensphere  can  accommodate  football,  soccer,  two  softball 
fields,  10  basketball  courts,  or  10  tennis  courts  under  its  broad 
roof. 

Submitted  by  Howard  Samples, 
Financial  Secretary  &  Business  Representative,  Local  1100 


The  Carpenter  publishes  the  following,  periodically,  so  that 
pension  plan  participants  and  administrators  may  have  the  most 
recent  list  of  plans  which  offer  reciprocity. 


NEVADA 

Carpenters  Pension  Trust  Fund  for 

Northern  Nevada 
33  St.  Lawrence  Avenue 
Reno,  Nevada  89501 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

Northern  New  England  Carpenters 

Pension  Fund 
472  Chestnut  Street 
Manchester,  New  Hampshire  03101 

NEW  JERSEY 

Carpenters  &  Millwrights  Local  No.  31 

Pension  Fund 
41  Ryan  Avenue 
Trenton,  New  Jersey  08610 
E.  C.  Carpenters'  Fund 
76  South  Orange  Avenue 
South  Orange.  New  Jersey  07079 

NEW  MEXICO 

New  Mexico  District  Council  of 

Carpenters  Pens  on  Fund 

Trust  Fund  Administrator  of  Compu- 

Sys.  Inc. 
P.  O.  Bo.\  11104 
Albuquerque,  New  Mexico  87112 

NEW  YORK 

Nassau  County  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 

1065  Old  Country  Road 

Wcstbury,  New  York  1 1590 

New  York  City  District  Council  of 

Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
204-8  East  Twenty-Third  Street 
New  York,  New  York  10010 
Suffolk  County  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 
Box  "F" 

Medford,  New  York  11763 
Westchester  County  New  York 

Carpenters'  Pension  Fund 


Box  5,  North  Station 

White  Plains,  New  York  10603 

Carpenters  Local  Union  964 

Pension   Fund  "B" 
130  North  Main  Street 
New  City,  New  York  10956 

OHIO 

Miami  Valley  Carpenters'  District 

Pension  Fund 
Far  Oaks  Building 
2801  Far  Hills  Avenue 
Dayton,  Ohio  45419 
Ohio  Valley  Carpenters  District 

Council  Benefit  Funds 
c/o  Pension  and  Group  Consultants,  Inc. 

Administrator 
Room  902 — 6  East  Fourth  Street 
Cincinnati,  Ohio  45202 

OREGON 

Oregon-Washington  Carpenters 

Employers  Trust  Fund 
321  S.  W.  Sixth  Avenue      ■ 
Portland,  Oregon  97208 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Carpenters'  Pension  Fund  of 

Western  Pennsylvania 
One  Allegheny  Square — Suite  310 
Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania  1 52 1 2 

RHODE  ISLAND 

Rhode  Island  Carpenters  Pension  Fund 

945  Eddy  Street 

Providence,  Rhode  Island  02905 

TENNESSEE 

Tri  State  Carpenters  and  Joiner  District 
Council  of  Chaltanoo.ca.  Tennessee 
and  Vicinity  Pension  Trust  Fund 

P.  O.  Box  6035 

Chattanooga,  Tennessee  37401 


UTAH 

Utah  Carpenters'.  Cement  Masons'  and 

Laborers'  Trust  Funds 
849  East  Fourth  South 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  84102 

WASHINGTON 

Carpenters  Retirement  Trust 

of  Western  Washington 
P.  O.  Box  1929 
Seattle.  Washington  981 II 
Millmen's  Retirement  Trust  of 

Washington 
CO  Local  Union  338 
2512  Second  Avenue.  Room  206 
Seattle.  Washington  98121 
Washington-Idaho-Montana  Carpenlers- 

Emplovers  Retirement  Trust  Fund 
East  12.1  Indiana— P.  O.  Box  5434 
Spokane,  Washington  99205 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Chemical  Valley  Pension  Fund  of 

West  Virginia 
Raymond  Hage  and  Company,  Inc. 

Employee  Benefit  Plan  Consultants 
1050  Fifth  Avenue 
Huntington.  West  Virginia  25701 

WYOMING 

Wyoming  Carpenters  Pension  Plan 
141  South  Center— Suite  505 
Casper,  Wyoming  82601 

NATIONWIDE 

Carpenters  Labor-Management  Pension 

Fund 
American  Benefit  Plan  Administrators,  Inc. 
3906  Concord  Pike.  P.  O.  Box  7018 
Wilmington,  Delaware  19803 


DECEMBER,    1977 


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ROUNDUP 


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SOVIET  DISSIDENTS  INVITED —  Six  Soviet  dissidents,  including  Nobel  laureate  Andrei 
Sakharov,  have  been  invited  to  attend  the  AFL-CIO's  12th  Constitutional  Convention 
as  guest  observers  in  a  test  of  the  Soviet  government's  compliance  with  the 
1975  Helsinki  human  rights  accords. 

WELFARE  PROPOSAL  FALLS  SHORT — Major  defects  in  President  Carter's  welfare  plan 
leave  it  far  short  of  the  kind  of  genuine  reform  needed  to  lift  all  of  the 
nation's  poor  out  of  poverty  as  quickly  as  possible,  AFL-CIO  Social  Security 
Director  Bert  Seidman  declared  recently. 

Stressing  that  the  immediate  goal  of  a  revamped  welfare  system  should  be  at 
least  a  poverty-level  subsistence  and  the  long-range  goal  somewhat  above  that, 
Seidman  said  that  the  Carter  proposal  provides  for  only  two-thirds  of  the  current 
poverty  level  income.  Even  that  "woefully  inadequate"  level  would  not  be  reached 
for  several  years,  and  there  is  no  provision  for  increases  beyond  that,  regardess 
of  price  increases,  he  added. 

As  a  result,  "people  who  have  to  depend  upon  payments  from  welfare  because 
they,  for  one  reason  or  another  are  unable  to  work  and  should  not  be  expected 
to  work  would  be  frozen  at  two-thirds  of  the  poverty  level,"  he  asserted. 

BRING  BACK  MR.  TAFT — The  darling  of  the  conservatives  in  decades  past.  Senator 
Robert  A.  Taft  of  Ohio,  provided  the  AFL-CIO  posthumously  with  ammunition 
in  its  battle  to  peg  the  minimum  wage  at  a  decent  level.  Back  in  1949,  during 
Congressional  minimum  wage  hearings.  Senator  Taft— known  familiarly  as  "Mr. 
Republican"-proposed  that  the  minimum  be  permanently  set  at  60%  of  the  average 
hourly  earning  in  manufacturing. 

Eighteen  years  later,  labor  would  like  to  have  that.  It's  a  better  offer  than 
that  proposed  by  the  Carter  Administration. 

JOB-RELATED  TRAVEL  STILL  DEDUCTIBLE — Harking  to  howls  of  protest  from  construction 
workers,  government  employees,  salesmen  and  others,  the  Internal  Revenue  Service 
has  postponed  indefinitely  a  ruling  that  would  have  made  certain  job-related 
travel  expenses  nondeductible. 

Under  the  ruling,  which  had  been  scheduled  to  become  effective  October  1, 
travel  to  a  secondary  or  temporary  jobsite  would  no  longer  have  been  a  deductible 
business  expense  on  a  worker's  federal  income  tax  return. 

BILL  TO  BAN  EXPORTING  OF  U.S.  LOGS—  Congressmen  Don  Bonker  (D-Wash),  Lloyd  Meeds 
(D-Wash.),  and  Jim  Weaver  (D-Ore.)  have  introduced  a  bill  in  Congress  that 
would  ban  permanently  the  export  of  unprocessed  federal  logs. 

In  introducing  the  bill,  H.R.  7927,  Rep.  Bonker  said  the  bill  would  curb 
trends  now  weakening  the  historical  competitiveness  of  the  Northwest  wood  products 
industry.  It  would  make  permanent  the  temporary  ban  on  federal  log  experts  by 
closing  a  loophole — the  practice  of  substitution — in  current  export  restrictions, 
he  said. 

First  hearing  on  the  bill  probably  won't  be  until  next  year. 

MORE  SINGLES  IN  LABOR  FORCE-The  number  of  married  persons  working  in  America  is 
declining,  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor  reports.  In  1976,  approximately  32.4%  of 
the  labor  force  consisted  of  unmarried  individuals  or  separated  couples.  The 
decline  of  married  persons,  according  to  the  department's  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics,  is  due  to  a  long-term  drop  in  the  labor  force  participation  of  mar- 
ried men  which  offset  the  niomber  of  married  women  who  entered  the  work  force. 
Only  82.1%  of  married  men  were  in  the  labor  force  in  1976,  down  from  82.8%  in 
1975,  the  U.S.  Labor  Department  reported.  However,  the  rate  of  married  women 
increased  to  45%. 

Factors  contributing  to  the  increase  of  singles  in  the  labor  force,  as 
reported  by  the  U.S.  Labor  Department,  are:  (1)  the  entry  of  increasing  numbers 
Of  youth  into  the  labor  market,  (2)  an  increase  in  divorces,  and  (3)  people 
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Georgine  Attacks 
Business  Campaign 

Increasing  and  expensively-pro- 
moted attacks  on  Building  Trades 
unions  by  big  business  and  other  con- 
servative interests  are  part  of  a  vigor- 
ous nationwide  campaign  against  all 
labor,  in  the  opinion  of  the  leader 
of  the  AFL-CIO  Building  and  Con- 
struction  Trades    Department. 

Robert  Georgine,  president  of  the 
BCTD,  singled  out  for  criticism  espe- 
cially the  National  Right-to-Work 
Committee  and  the  Business  Round 
Table,  a  relatively  new  lobbying  orga- 
nization made  up  of  chief  executive 
officers  (CEOs)  and  directed  by  the 
chief  executive  of  43  companies. 

An  example  of  the  kind  of  ex- 
pensive propaganda  being  directed 
against  the  building  unions  is  a  14- 
page  advertising  supplement  to  The 
New  York  Times,  run  recently,  that 
promotes  the  idea  of  the  so-called 
Merit  Shop,  which  is  used  synono- 
mously  with  the  open  shop.  The  ad 
was  sponsored  by  the  Associated 
Builders  and  Contractors.  Among 
other  things,  it  seeks  funds  for  the 
Merit  Shop  Foundation,  Inc.,  which 
has  the  same  address  as  the  Associated 
Builders  and  Contractors  in  Washing- 
ton. ABC  is,  in  its  own  words,  "a 
12,000  member  national  construction 
industry  trade  association  specializing 
in  representing  and  servicing  Merit 
Shop  and  Open  Shop  construction." 

Georgine  told  the  American  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers  meeting  in  San 
Francisco  that  professional  people, 
such  as  civil  engineers,  often  "are 
swayed  to  organizations  such  as  the 
Busines  Round  Table  or  the  Right-to- 
Work  Committee  because  they  do  not 
take  the  time  or  trouble  to  inquire 
into  the  real  purpose  of  their  argu- 
ments. They  are  influenced  by  labels 
or  catchy  phrases  or  plain-sounding 
names." 

Georgine  said  the  17  unions  of  the 
building  and  construction  trades  in- 
dustry believe  in  labor-management 
"mutual  help  and  coordination."  But, 
he  said,  that  "must  be  a  two-way 
street."  He  cited  a  number  of  ex- 
amples of  cooperation  between  indus- 
try and  labor  on  such  matters  as  dam 
building  and  the  construction  of 
atomic  energy  plants. 

"It  seems  to  mc,"  Georgine  said, 
"that  it  is  terribl)'  important  that  the 
professional  community,  the  business 
community  help  to  keep  this  viahilii> 
— not  to  try  to  destroy  us."  (PAI) 


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ANADIAN 
'  T     REPORT 

Labor  Reacts  to  Finance  Minister's 
"Mini-Budget",  Controls  Phase  Out 


The  big  news  for  organized  labor  in 
Canada,  last  month,  came  in  the  tradi- 
tional "Speech  from  the  Throne,"  de- 
livered personally  by  Queen  Elizabeth 
to  the  Parliament  on  October  19  .  .  . 
and  in  the  economic  and  fiscal  state- 
ment of  Finance  Minister  Jean 
Chretien,  delivered  the  following  day. 

Both  called  for  a  gradual  lifting  of 
government  wage  and  price  controls 
.  .  .  but,  unfortunately,  by  a  slow  and 
uncertain  process. 

How  Wage  Controls 
Will  Be  Lifted 

According  to  finance  minister  Jean 
Chretien's  economic  and  fiscal  state- 
ment of  October  20,  wage  controls  will 
begin  to  be  phased  out  on  April  14, 
1978.  Workers  whose  contracts  expire 
before  April  14,  1978,  will  still  be  sub- 
ject to  controls. 

Meantime,  third-year  controls  will 
be  stifTer.  A  maximum  wage  increase 
of  only  6%  will  be  allowed,  and  that 
figure  includes  both  the  "basic  pro- 
tection factor"  and  the  "national  pro- 
ductivity factor."  Other  features  of 
controls  remain  unchanged. 

The  guideline  year  for  groups  of 
workers  is  fixed  by  legislation,  and 
cannot  be  changed.  It  begins  on  the 
anniversary  of  the  date  on  which  the 
group's  compensation  first  became 
subject  to  controls. 

NDP,  Labor  Blast 
Continued  Controls 

New  Democratic  Party  leader  Ed 
Broadbent  and  Canadian  Labor  Con- 
gress President  Joe  Morris  have  re- 
acted strongly  to  Finance  Minister 
Jean  Chretien's  announcement  that 
wage  controls  will  continue  and  that 
only  $150  million  will  be  pumped  into 
direct  federal  job  creation. 


Broadbent  accused  Chretien  of  play- 
ing politics  with  controls.  The  finance 
minister,  he  said,  was  timing  the  lifting 
of  controls  with  an  expected  spring 
election  campaign.  The  limiting  of 
wage  increases  will  mean  "a  net  decline 
in  the  standard  of  living  of  Canadians," 
Broadbent  said. 

Morris  expressed  amazement  that, 
instead  of  lifting  controls  as  the  gov- 
ernment had  been  advised  to  do  by 
business,  labor  and  economists, 
Chretien  had  made  wage  restraints 
even  tighter. 

"It  is  amazing  that  wages  will  be  re- 
strained to  6%  when  inflation  will  run 
well  ahead  of  that  figure  and,  despite 
what  the  government  might  like  to 
think,  is  not  likely  to  moderate  signifi- 
cantly in  the  near  future,"  he  said. 

"A  reduction  of  2%  in  what  would 
have  been  the  allowable  wage  in- 
crease under  the  old  controls  regula- 


tions will  rob  the  economy  of  up  to 
$2  billion  in  lost  wages — money  which 
would  have  gone  back  into  the  econ- 
omy for  the  purchase  of  goods,  which 
would  have  stimulated  job  creation." 

Broadbent  said  the  government's 
plan  to  pump  $150  million — a  tenth 
of  the  amount  the  NDP  leader  has 
called  for — into  the  economy  to  create 
jobs  will  mean  "50,000  new  jobs  at 
most." 

Layoffs  at  Sudburys  Inco  plant  had 
already  accounted  for  more  than  ten 
percent  of  the  total,  he  said.  "From 
that  point  of  view,   (the  job  creation 


program)  is  a  disaster,"  the  NDP 
leader  said. 

Broadbent  ridiculed  a  government 
plan  to  provide  $100  tax  cuts  to  low 
and  middle  income  Canadians. 

"A  tax  cut  of  two  dollars  a  week 
when  prices  are  escalating  eight  per- 
cent a  year  is  peanuts,"  he  said.  "It 
won't  even  make  up  for  the  increase  in 
the  cost  of  living,  let  alone  provide  the 
stimulus  that's  needed." 

Both  Morris  and  Broadbent  criti- 
cized the  continuing  giveaways  to  cor- 
porations announced  first  in  the  March 
budget.  "It  has  already  been  shown 
that  these  tax  concessions  don't  create 
jobs,"  Morris  said. 

As  for  the  finance  minister's  ex- 
hortations to  work  harder,  be  more 
productive  and  expect  less,  Morris 
asked  "How  can  we  work  harder  and 
be  more  productive  when  there  are 
no  jobs?" 

Mini-Budget  Plans 
Of  Finance  Minister 

Here  are  details  of  the  economic 
and  fiscal  statement  of  Finance  Min- 
ister Jean  Chretien: 

•  A  phase  out  of  wage  and  price 
controls,  beginning  April  14,  1978. 
Prices  will  be  freed  as  of  April  14, 
but  wages  will  be  held  down  for  some 
time.  Contracts  expiring  before  April 
14  will  still  be  subject  to  controls,  with 
a  maximum  allowable  wage  increase 
of  only  6% . 

•  Only  $150  million  will  be  poured 
into  job-creation  programs,  in  addition 
to  the  monies  allocated  in  the  March 
budget  of  former  Finance  Minister 
Donald  Macdonald. 

•  A  personal  tax  holiday  in  January 
and  February  for  some  people.  Tax 
cuts  of  up  to  $100  will  be  given  low 
and  middle-income  people. 

•  A  program  for  "employment 
credits"  for  businesses  which  create 
jobs.  In  the  US,  where  this  has  been 
tried,  the  AFL-CIO  has  denounced  this 
method  of  job  creation  as  ineffective. 

•  Maintenance  of  strict  restraint  on 
government  spending.  Even  Harold 
Renouf,  chairman  of  the  AIB,  has  ad- 
mitted the  economy  cannot  stand 
much  more  restraint  than  it  has  suf- 
fered to  date.  By  keeping  the  growth 
rate  of  government  spending  lower  than 
the  growth  rate  in  the  economy,  the 
government  provides  a  fiscal  drag. 

•  The  same  "big  bucks  giveaways" 
to  corporations  and  investors  an- 
nounced in  the  March  budget,  which 
labor  and  NDP  critics  have  criticized 
as  being  useless  as  far  as  job  creation 
and  economic  stimulation. 


10 


THE    CARPENTER 


YOU'RE  INVITEO  TO 
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UNDER  EVERY  TOUGH  CHEVY  FLEETSIDE  PICKUP 
THERE'S  ANOTHER  TOUGH  CHEVY  PICKUP. 


When  we  say  Chevy 
trucks  are  built  to  stay 
tough,  we  mean  it.  There 
are  two  tough  steel  walls 
in  the  Fleetside  tailgate, 
pickup  box  sides,  front 
fenders  and  hood.  That's 
toughness  where  it's 
needed  most.  And  that's 
one  more  good  reason 
Chevy  Fleetside  pickups 
make  such  an  impressive 
investment  for  your  job. 


Corrosion  resistance  to 
match.  


Chevy  pickups  are  given 
extensive  corrosion  resis- 
tance treatments.  For 
example,  up  front,  inner 
and  outer  fender  and 
hood  panels  are  sprayed 
with  an  anti-corrosion 
compound  before  assem- 
bly In  the  back,  Fleetside 
pickup  box  steel  floor, 
sidewalls,  front  panel 
and  tailgate  are  electrically 


charged  and  immersed 
in  primer  for  corrosion 
resistance  in  those  hard 
to  get  at  places. 

A  word  about  engines. 

Chevrolet  pickup  trucks 
are  equipped  with  GM- 
built  engines  produced 
by  various  divisions.  See 
your  dealer  for  details. 

Built  to  last.  Look  at 
the  record. 


95.7%  of  all  Chevy  trucks, 
in  the  ten  most  recent 
model  years  recorded, 
were  still  on  the  job.  This  is 


based  on  the  latest  avail- 
able industry  model  year 
registration  statistics 
through  July  1,  1976. 


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Double-wall  pickup  box. 

Sidewalls  are  double  walled  from  top  to 
bottom  to  provide  structural  rigidity 
Also,  inner  wall  prevents  shifting  cargo 
from  marring  exterior  wall. 


Double-wall  tailgate. 

Fleetside  tailgate  is  double 
walled,  with  deep,  embossed 
surfaces  on  the  inside  for  rigidity. 


Double-wall  cab. 


Upper  cab  back  panel, 
windshield  pillars  and  front  cowl 
are  two  steel  walls  thick. 


Two  pieces  of  steel 
welded  together  to  form 
one  solid  unit  Helps 
eliminate  hood  flutter 


Front  fenders  have  an 
embossed  steel  inner  wall. 
Also,  a  self-washing  inner  fender 
skirt  to  help  protect  engine 
from  salt  spray  flying  stones. 


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Masonite  Strike 
Into  6th  Month 

Members  of  Local  2882,  Santa  Rosa, 
Calif.,  are  into  their  sixth  month  of 
picketing  at  the  Cloverdale,  Calif.,  plant 
of  the  Masonite  Corp. 

They  remain  solidly  determined  to 
gain  an  equitable  settlement,  according  to 
Tlie  Union  Register,  weekly  newspaper 
of  the  Western  Council,  LPIW. 

The  bargaining  unit  was  originally 
granted  certification  by  the  National 
Labor  Relations  Board  on  May  28.  1976. 
Thereafter,  the  Western  Council  LPIW 
bargained  for  1 1  months  to  obtain  a 
fair  working  agreement. 

The  195  employees  at  this  redwood 
sawmill  and  planing  operation  are  ap- 
proximately $2.00  behind  the  industry 
in  wages,  and  they  have  only  about  50% 
of  the  industry  fringe  benefits. 

Masonite's  resistance  to  negotiating  a 
working  agreement  of  any  kind  resulted 
in  a  shutdown  of  the  operations  on  May 
5,  1977,  and  the  establishment  of  picket 
lines  at  all  four  entrances  to  the  mill 
site. 

According  to  Western  Council  leaders, 
approximately  15  negotiating  sessions 
have  been  held,  but  the  company's  posi- 
tion has  remained  unchanged. 

The  company  has  employed  scab  labor, 
but  production  is  reported  to  be  far  less 
than  normal. 

Striking  members  traveled  to  Mason- 
ite's Chicago  headquarters  in  August, 
picketing  the  company's  offices  for  a  week 
and  passing  out  handbills  explaining  their 
situation  to  citizens  on  the  Chicago  streets. 
Handbill  distribution  was  also  carried  out 
at  the  company's  largest  plant,  in  Laurel, 
Mississippi,  Another  such  campaign  is 
currently  being  contemplated. 

At  their  executive  Committee  meeting 
in  September,  Western  Council  LPIW 
officers  affirmed  their  continued  support 
of  the  striking  members  at  Masonite. 
James  S.  Bledsoe,  Executive  Secretary  of 
the  Western  Council,  called  on  the  entire 
LPIW  membership  to  lend  both  moral 
and  financial  support. 

"Our  striking  brothers  and  sisters  are 
determined  to  win  this  strike  against 
Masonite  Corporation,"  Bledsoe  said, 
"and  we  at  the  Western  Council  know 
that  many  employers  within  the  industry 
are  watching  to  see  if  Masonite  is  suc- 
cessful  in  breaking  the  union  out." 

The  entire  LPIW  membership  has  been 
asked  to  support  the  Local  2882  effort, 
with  moral  and  financial  assistance. 


Nuclear  Power  Push 


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1  wo  members  of  Local  1222,  Medford, 
Long  Island,  N.Y.,  Michael  DeNicolo  and 
Edward  Lopez,  set  up  a  display  booth  at 
the  recent  Westhampton  Air  Show  to 
advocate  nuclear  power.  They  obtained 
500  signatures  on  a  "SAFE"  petition 
supporting  their  position,  and  they  ex- 
plained why  construction  of  the  James- 
port  power  plant  should  be  approved. 

Daniel  Ordered 
To  Give  Back  Pay 

The  National  Labor  Relations  Board 
has  ruled  that  the  South  Carolina-based 
Daniel  Construction  Company  committed 
unfair  labor  practices  when  it  discharged 
three  union  members  for  refusing  to 
cross  a  picket  line  at  LaCygne,  Kans., 
last  April  during  an  Ironworkers  strike. 

One  of  the  three  workers  was  David 
M.  Mills,  Carpenters  Local  714,  Olathe, 
Kans.  The  others  included  a  Hoisting 
Engineer  and  a  Laborer.  Mills  and  the 
Laborer  were  later  reinstated.  All  three 
received  back  wages  with  interest. 

According  to  Carpenters  District  Coun- 
cil business  representative  Virgil  Hecka- 
thorne,  the  company  interpreted  the  con- 
tract differently  from  the  unions.  The 
NLRB  said  in  its  decision  that  the  com- 
pany can  not  interfere  or  fire  anyone 
who  refuses  to  cross  a  picket  line  under 
these  circumstances.  Heckathorne  said 
the  men  were  discharged  for  "absentee- 
ism." 

The  huge  construction  company,  a 
basically  non-union  firm,  headquartered 
in  Greenville  S,  C,  could  file  exceptions 
to  the  decision. 


Deadline  for 
Vacation  Trust 

The  Mid-Florida  Carpenters  Vacation 
Trust  Fund  is  being  terminated  this 
month,  and  any  Brotherhood  member 
who  worked  in  the  jurisdiction  of  Locals 
1447,  Vero  Beach,  Fla.,  and  2208,  Fort 
Pierce,  Fla.,  between  April  1,  1972,  and 
December  31,  1975,  and  who  believes 
that  he  may  be  entitled  to  any  benefits 
from  this  vacation  trust  fund,  is  reminded 
that  he  must  file  his  claim  by  December 
31.  1977. 

Such  members  should  contact:  Board 
of  Trustees,  Florida  Administrators,  Inc., 
PO  Box  20173,  Orlando,  Fla.,  32814. 
Telephone:  (305)  894-5171.  You  must 
supply  your  Social  Security  number. 

KC  Members  Hear 
Alcoholism  Talks 

Members  and  wives  of  members  of 
all  locals  affiliated  with  the  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  District  Council  were  welcomed  last 
month  to  a  series  of  talks  on  alcoholism 
and  its  problems. 

The  talks  were  on  four  successive 
Thursday  nights  at  the  Carpenters  Hall. 
The  speaker  was  Martin  D.  Gentry,  al- 
coholism counselor. 

California  Locals 
Note  Safety  Act 

The  California  AFL-CIO  News  re- 
minded union  members  of  the  state  that 
all  California  employers  arei  now  re- 
quired by  state  law,  as  of  October  1,  to 
maintain  accident  prevention  programs. 

The  law  previously  applied  only  to  em- 
ployers in  the  construction  and  logging 
industries.  It  now  applies  to  all  industries 
in  the  state. 


Attend  your  local  union  meetings 
regularly.  Participate  in  all  discussions 
and  referendums.  Be  an  active  member 
of  the  United  Brotherhood  of  Carpen- 
ters and  Joiners  of  America.  Your 
support  is  needed  now. 


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Pays  For  Itself  •  R.  S.  Clark,  Springfield.  Ohio:  '  7  boualu  a  batch 
of  walnut  in  the  roiif;h.  and  after  planing  it  on  the  Belsaw  I  figured  up 
the  money  I  had  saved.  It  was  enough  to  pay  for  two-thirds  the  cost  of 
the  Planer.  It  really  does  a  good  job." 

More  Than  Expected  •  Stephen  Schultz.  Orangevillc,  Penna.: 
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. . .  And  Belsaw  Is  The  Choice  Of  Professionals: 

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Andrew  Allena  of  Local  355  distributes  literature  and  explains  tlie  work  of  the 
Brotherhood  at  the  Flemington  Fair.  Added  interest  at  the  booth  was  provided  by  a 
free  raffle  of  "one  day's  free  labor  by  a  union  carpenter." 


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New  Jersey  Gov.  Brendan  Byrne  right, 
was  welcomed  to  the  Flemington  Fair 
exhibit  by  Andrew  Allena. 


Recognizing  the  need  for  more  contact 
witti  the  general  public.  Carpenters  Locals 
455  and  399  of  New  Jersey  spent  a  total 
of  two  weeks  recently  at  county  fairs  and 
4-H  fairs  of  the  state,  explaining  to  fair 
visitors  what  the  United  Brotherhood  is 
all  about. 

With  the  approval  of  their  respective 
executive  boards,  Andrew  Allena,  CHOP 
organizer  for  Local  455,  and  Wally  Whit- 
ford,  business  agent  and  CHOP  organizer 
for  Local  399,  set  up  exhibits  at  the 
Flemington,  Warren  County,  and  Somer- 
set County  4-H  Fairs. 

Almost  200,000  fair  visitors  passed  by 
or  visited  the  UBC  booths,  so  the  two 
men  got  the  attention  they  wanted.  They 
passed  out  a  dozen  different  leaflets  from 
the  General  Office  and  from  the  AFL- 
CIO.  In  addition,  pencils,  rulers,  calendar 
cards,  and  hand  signaling  cards,  all  bear- 
ing the  union  message,  were  distributed. 
Various  items  of  the  craft  were  displayed 
in  the  booths. 


Wallace  Whitford  and  Local  399 
Treasurer  William  Hmirak  with  young 
visitors  at  the  Warren  County  Fair. 


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.  .  .  those  members  of  our  Brotherhood  who,  in  recent  weeks,  have  been  named 
or  elected  to  public  offices,  have  won  awards,  or  who  have,  in  other  ways  "stood 
out  from  the  crowd."  This  month,  our  editorial  hat  is  off  to  the  following: 


HIKING    FOR   MD 


George  Voyiatzes,  left,  a  long-time 
member  of  Local  2687,  Auburn,  Calif., 
and  his  long-time  friend,  Hickey  Mur- 
ray, are  two  who  carry  their  friend- 
ship a  long  way.  They  walked  approxi- 
mately 117  miles,  an  uphill  trek  along 
old  Highway  40  over  Donner  Summit 
from  Auburn  to  Reno,  Nev.,  on  Septem- 
ber 2,  1977,  which  took  some  40  hours 
in  90°  heat,  and  they  took  the  uphill 
rather  than  the  downhill,  wanting  to  do 
it  "the  hard  way".  And  what  is  so  re- 
markable about  that,  well  Voyiatzes  is 
age  64  and  Hickey  Murray  is  age  66. 

It  was  all  for  Muscular  Dystrophy. 
George  remarked,  "We're  walking  so 
others  can  walk.  People  nowadays  have 
no  get  up  and  go." 

They  raised  some  $5,000  in  pledges 
and  presented  it  to  the  Jerry  Lewis 
Telethon. 

HORSESHOE   CHAMP 

Horseshoe  pitchers  don't  come  much 
better  than  Woody  Martin  of  Local  644, 
Pekin,  III.  The  64-year-old  Martin  is  the 
current  state  champion,  winning  the 
Illinois  Stale  Tournament  last  July  in 
Pittsfield. 

At  the  World  Horseshoe  Pitching 
Games  in  Greenville,  O.,  last  August. 
Martin  won  the  Class  A  Intermediate 
category  for  pitchers  60  to  65  years  of 
age,  and  he  was  recently  proclaimed 
champion  of  the  Illinois  Stale  Fair  by 
winning  15  straight  games. 

Martin  went  into  the  record  books  with 
another  statistic  at  the  World  Games: 
He  and  a  pitching  partner  named  Kohlen- 
berger  pitched  the  longest  game — 100 
shoes. 

'"Vou   have   to   be   an   athlete   in   good 


condition,"  Martin  tells  us,  recalling  the 
grind  of  the  world  championships  of 
1975.  After  a  200-shoe  qualifying  round, 
Martin  was  one  of  36  men  to  compete 
for  the  world's  title. 

In  this  tournament  the  Local  644  mem- 
ber threw  about  four  tons  of  steel  at  the 
rings,  figuring  a  regulation  tournament 
shoe  weighs  a  maximum  of  two  pounds 
and  10  ounces,  and  he  tossed  about 
3,000  times. 

The  retired  Carpenter  began  pitching 
horseshoes  at  an  early  age.  He  was  raised 
on  a  farm  in  Shelby  County,  111.,  one  of 
a  family  of  nine  boys  and  eight  girls. 

"We  had  too  big  of  a  family  for  me  to 
go  to  high  school,"  says  Martin.  "I  had 
to  stay  home  and  work." 

For  fun.  Martin  would  occasionally 
toss  horseshoes  around  the  barn. 


Woody  Martin  as  he  tossed  another 
winning  ringer  at  the  World  Horseshoe 
Pitching  Games  in  Ohio. 

• 
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UnUed  Stales  are  iiri^ecl  to  wiile  their  US 
Senators  in  Washington,  D.C.,  or  contact 
them  hack  in  their  home  states  during  the 
Congressional  recess  in  December  and 
urge  them  to  SUPPORT  LABOR  LAH 
REFORM  in  I97S.  The  House  oj  Repre- 
sentatives has  already  passed  a  reform 
bill.  It's  now  up  to  the  US  Senate. 


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In    the    U.S.A.    send  $5.00.    We    pay    the 

postage.     Coltfornia  residents     add     30c 
tax.  C.O.D.  orders  O.K. 

We      also     have  a      very      fine      Stair 

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DECEMBER,    1977 


IS 


Graduation  in  Chicago: 
250  Strong 

The  Chicago  District  Council  recently  welcomed  into  its  ranks 
250  new  journeyman  graduates.  The  big  1977  class,  gathered  to- 
gether for  a  formal  picture,  is  shown  at  left. 

The  occasion  was  celebrated  with  a  dinner-dance  at  the  Conrad 
Hilton  Hotel,  attended  by  General  President  William  Sidell  and 
other  leaders. 

Each  graduate  received  a  Brotherhood  diploma,  a  certificate  of 
completion  from  the  US  Department  of  Labor,  a  diploma  from 
the  Washburne  Trade  School,  parchment  copies  of  historic  US 
documents,  and  a  union-made  wallet,  which  was  presented  by  the 
Chicago  and  Cook  County  Building  Trades  Council. 


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1977  Apprentice 
Contest  Underway 

As  the  month  of  December  begins, 
the  11th  International  Carpentry  Ap- 
prenticeship Contest  will  have  just 
drawn  to  a  close  with  an  awards  ban- 
quet on  December  2. 

As  we  go  to  press  in  mid-November 
the  competition  is  scheduled  to  begin 
on  Wednesday,  November  30,  at  the 
Convention  Center  in  Anaheim,  Cali- 
fornia. The  contest  will  be  preceded 
by  a  two-day  Carpentry  Training  Con- 
ference, also  to  be  held  at  the  Anaheim 
Convention  Center. 

A  total  of  85  contestants  from  42 
states  and  5  provinces  was  scheduled 
to  compete. 

As  in  the  past,  the  annual  contest 
is  jointly  sponsored  by  the  United 
Brotherhood,  the  Associated  General 
Contractors  of  America,  and  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Home  Builders, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  National 
Joint  Carpentry  Apprenticeship  and 
Training  Committee.  There  are  separ- 
ate contests  for  fourth-year  carpenter 
apprentices,  mill-cabinet  apprentices, 
and  millwright  apprentices. 

This  will  be  the  first  time  that  the 


Contestants   in  the   1976  competition  at  Las  Vegas,  Nev.,   taking  the  written  test. 


contest  has  been  held  in  California. 
The  host  committee  for  the  conference 
and  contest  is  the  Carpenters  Joint 
Apprenticeship  Training  Committee 
Fund  for  Southern  California.  Head- 
ing the  host  committee  are  Richard 
M.  Lane,  general  contractor,  repre- 
senting management,  and  Paul  Miller, 
secretary-treasurer,  Los  Angeles  County 
District  Council  of  Carpenters,  repre- 
senting labor. 

Cash  prizes  totaling  $9,500  are 
awarded  to  contest  winners  at  an 
awards  banquet  December  2.  In  addi- 


tion, there  are  many  plaques  and  tro- 
phies presented. 

Headquarters  for  the  1977  con- 
ference and  contest  is  the  Inn  at  the 
Park  in  Anaheim. 

This  year's  contest  marks  a  decade 
of  international  competition.  The  first 
international  contest  was  held  in  Van- 
couver, B.C.,  in  1967,  although  state 
and  provincial  champions  have  com- 
peted in  various  West  Coast  contests 
since  1956.  The  millwrights  were 
added  to  the  annual  competition  in 
1968. 


16 


THE    CARPENTER 


Deception  in  80% 
of  Help-wanted  Ads 

A  Long  Island,  N.Y.,  consumer-interest 
group  released  the  results  of  a  survey  of 
personnel  agencies  in  the  New  York 
area  showing  that  about  SO'^  of  their 
"help  wanted"  ads  were  either  false,  mis- 
leading, deceptive  or  for  non-existent 
jobs. 

The  finding  bolsters  organized  labor's 
contention  that  newspapers  are  not  a 
reliable  indicator  of  available  jobs,  AFL- 
CIO  Research  Director  Rudy  Oswald 
observed. 

The  survey  by  a  Long  Island  Con- 
sumer Action,  Inc.,  was  carried  out  by 
24  Brooklyn  College  students  who  an- 
swered 134  job  ads  in  the  classified  sec- 
tions of  IS'eH-sday.  the  Neu-  York  Times, 
the  New  York  Daily  News  and  the  New 
York  Post.  The  students  contacted  the 
agencies  and.  in  many  instances,  actually 
went  as  far  as  the  interview  stage. 

Richard  M.  Kessel,  a  member  of  the 
Brooklyn  College  teaching  staff  who 
directed  the  group,  said  that  the  two 
major  forms  of  deception  appeared  to  be 
misleading  information  and  the  non- 
existence of  many  advertised  jobs. 

"It's  a  great  trick  of  the  ad  agencies  to 
place  ads  for  jobs  which  are  either  non- 
existent or  else  taken  previously,"  Kessel 
said.  "In  most  of  these  instances,  the  job 
appears  to  be  'too  good  to  be  true'  until 
you  get  to  the  agency  and  are  told  that 
the  job  is  no  longer  available." 

The  agencies  typically  then  try  to 
persuade  applicants  to  take  lower-paying 
jobs  that  required  payment  of  a  place- 
ment fee,  the  survey  found. 

Kessel  said  he  would  contact  Ihe  New 
York  State  Labor  Dept.  and  the  editors 
of  the  newspapers  to  seek  more  stringent 
regulations  for  the  placement  of  help 
wanted  ads. 

"These  agencies  are  picking  upon  the 
remains  of  many  frustrated  job  seekers 
who  are  trying  to  land  themselves  a 
decent  job,"  he  said. 


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17 


In  Retrospect 


Vignettes  from  the  pages  of 
The  Carpenter  of  75  years  ago 
and  50  years  ago. 


By  R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 

General  Secretary 
and  Editor 


75yearsagg,  OecgisiiierJSI 


Getting  Together 

At  the  turn  of  the  century,  many 
independent  unions  joined  the  ranks 
of  the  Brotherhood.  It  was  reported 
from  Philadelphia  that  a  local  union 
of  Plain  Floor  Layers  and  a  local 
union  of  Parquette  Floor  Layers  joined 
the  Brotherhood  early  in  1902  and 
that  they  had  doubled  their  member- 
ship since  the  affiliation.  Local  1051  of 
Philadelphia,  composed  of  German 
cabinetmakers  who  were  former  work- 
ers of  the  Amalgamated  Wood  Work- 
ers, joined  the  Brotherhood  in  March, 
and  its  membership  was  growing  as 
well. 

Adding  to  "the  melting  pot"  in 
Philadelphia  was  Local  259,  made  up 
of  English-speaking  cabinetmakers,  and 
Local  1073,  whose  members  all  spoke 
Hebrew. 

Contract  Changes 

In  1902,  Local  365  of  Marion,  Ind., 
joined  the  fight  for  an  eight-hour  day, 
and  when  local  contractors  would  not 
bargain  for  eight  hours  at  35i;f  an  hour, 
the  members  went  out  on  strike. 

For  seven  months  they  continued  to 
maintain  their  vigil,  despite  bad  eco- 
nomic conditions.  Employer  ranks  were 
broken  when  a  Marion  contractor  went 
to  Logansport,  Ind.,  to  secure  a  contract 
there,  only  to  discover  that  the  Marion 
local  union  had  notified  Brotherhood 
members  in  Logansport  that  he  was 
unfair. 

As  a  result,  the  contractor  went  back 
to  Marion  and  agreed  to  a  contract  in 
order  to  get  the  job  at  Logansport. 

Good  Workmanship 

The  December,  1902,  Carpenter 
published  a  brief  editorial  which  we 
believe  is  worth  repeating.  It  reads  as 
follows: 

"If  the  capitalists  knew  how  much 
they  owe  to  the  average  workingman's 
love  of  good  workmanship,  how  often 
even  an  ill-paid  mechanic  exerts  him- 
self  beyond   his   strength   in  order  to 


finish  his  required  task  without  scamp- 
ing or  slouching  it — if  the  capitalists 
could  possibly  realize  this,  they  would 
talk  less  about  their  great  function  of 
superintendence. 

"Every  normal  man  who  is  not  over- 
worked (and  many  a  man  who  is) 
takes  a  keen  pride  in  doing  his  work 
well,  even  if  no  one  but  himself  knows 
of  it.  For  at  least  99%  of  the  shoddy 
and  dishonest  work  that  is  done,  the 
driving  system,  now  so  much  in  vogue, 
is  directly  responsible.  It  is  wonderful 
and  a  good  omen  that  even  men  who 
labor  for  scanty  wages,  grudgingly 
given,  almost  always  do  better  work 
than  they  are  paid  for.  When  we  have 
done  away  with  profit-grinding  drivers 
and  work  together  as  free  comrades 
we  shall  find  that  the  greatest  incentive 
to  eflFort  is  not  the  fear  of  want  nor 
the  hope  of  reward,  but  the  simple 
love  of  good  workmanship." 


50  years  ago,  December,  1927 


Short-length  Lumber 

Fifty  years  ago,  sawmills  could  not 
convert  their  odd  lengths  of  sawed 
timber  to  plywood  or  chips,  and  lumber 
manufacturers  cast  about  for  ways  to 
get  more  revenue  out  of  short  lengths 
of  lumber  from  their  mills.  They  built 
demonstation  houses  in  some  parts  of 
the  country  to  show  how  lumber  lengths 
of  7  feet  and  less  could  be  used  to  ad- 
vantage. One  demonstation  house  in 
Tacoma,  Wash.,  was  built  41.08% 
from  fixed  lengths  of  8-foot,  9-foot, 
and  10-foot  boards  and  58.92%  from 
random  lengths  of  both  framing  and 
finished  woods.  The  West  Coast  Lum- 
ber Bureau  tried  to  show  how  builders 
could  have  been  bought  in  lengths  of 
price  of  lumber  by  using  the  short 
lengths. 

The  Lumber  Bureau  made  a  detailed 
analysis  of  more  than  200  house  plans 
popular  in  1927  and  showed  that  about 
20%  of  the  lumber  used  in  construction 
could  have  been  bought  in  lengths  of 
less  than  8  feet. 


Survey  of  Poorhouses 

A  half  century  ago,  many  commun- 
ities throughout  North  America  still 
had  so-called  poorhouses,  where  desti- 
tute citizens  might  live  at  public  ex- 
pense. 

The  U.S.  Department  of  Labor  con- 
ducted a  survey  of  poorhouse  conditions 
in  the  United  States  and  turned  up  the 
following  facts: 

•  In  1927,  the  average  poorhouse 
inmate  cost  the  public  $34-64  a  year 
for  his  or  her  care. 

•  An  average  of  2.4  acres  of  public 
land  was  cultivated  for  each   inmate. 

•  The  per  capita  of  the  buildings 
and  equipment  used  for  his  or  her 
shelter  was  $1,1 18.96. 

The  Labor  Department  explained 
the  "high  cost"  of  poorhouse  care  to 
be  due  to  the  small  number  of  inmates 
in  the  average  poorhouse.  It  was  deter- 
mined that  1/3  of  all  such  establish- 
ments had  less  than  10  inmates,  and  1/2 
had  less  than  25. 

Such  organizations  as  the  Fraternal 
Order  of  Eagles  conducted  a  campaign 
for  more  humane  and  equitable  sys- 
tems of  caring  for  the  aged,  who 
formed  the  bulk  of  the  poorhouse  in- 
mates, as  did  the  sick,  crippled,  the 
blind,  and  insane. 

The  Carpenter  Magazine  advocated 
two  things:  1.  closing  up  poor  houses, 
selling  the  land  attached  to  them,  and 
taking  such  funds  to  build  properly 
equipped  hospitals  and  nursing  homes, 
and  2.  expansion  of  state  old  age 
pension  programs,  such  as  was  then 
in  effect  in  the  State  of  Montana. 

Label  on  Buildings 

In  1927  the  Building  Trades  Council 
of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  formally  dedicated 
its  first  union-made  building.  To  indi- 
cate its  assurance  that  the  structure  was 
completely  union  made,  the  council 
placed  a  circular  seal  on  the  outside  of 
the  structure  on  which  was  inscribed: 
"This  is  strictly  a  union  job,  Building 
Trades  Council,  St.  Louis,  Missouri." 
The  emblem  of  the  council  appeared  in 
the  center  of  the  seal,  and  the  entire 
label  was  rendered  in  bronze. 


18 


THE    CARPENTER 


Faces  in  Logs 

Some  people  see  faces  and  objects 
in  clouds.  Betty  Walker  of  Thunder  Bay, 
Ontario,  wife  of  a  member,  has  de- 
veloped a  hobby  of  collecting  photo- 
graphs which  show  faces  and  objects 
at  the  end  of  logs. 

Here  are  three  examples  from  her 
collection:  1.  shows  an  Indian  brave 
with  a  feather;  2.  is  a  clown  with  a 
ruffled  collar;  and  3.  shows  the  bead  of 
an  eagle.  Do  you  see  these  images  too? 


Face  No.  2 


Face  No.  3 


Under  Pressure 

Divers  working  on  oil  pipelines  in  the 
North  Sea  often  work  20-day  shifts,  liv- 
ing in  pressure  chambers  between  dives. 
Six  men  share  a  chamber  15  feet  long 
and  seven  feet  in  diameter,  equipped  with 
a  shower  and  toilet,  food,  magazines, 
and  piped  music.  National  Geographic 
says  in   a  recent  article. 


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THROW  A   L'lL  LIGHT 

When  the  farm  hand  asked  the 
farmer  to  lend  him  a  lantern,  so  he 
could  call  on  a  girlfriend  down  the 
road,  the  farmer  grumbled  and  said, 
"In  my  day,  when  I  was  courting,  I 
went  In  the  dark." 

"Yeah,  and  jes  see  what  you  qot," 
the  discouraged  farm  hand  shot  back 
as  he  walked  away. 

— Jerry  Jasa 

Cedar  Rapids,  la. 

UNION  DUES  BRING  DIVIDENDS 

NEW  EXPERIENCE 

EMPLOYER:  Why  did  you  tell  me 
you  had  five  years'  experience  when 
you   never  had  a   job  before? 

NEW  CLERK:  Well,  you  advertised 
for  a  man  with  imagination. 

YOU  ARE  THE  U  IN  UNION 

INFLATION  FLATTERY 

ShIE:  Why  do  you  think  your  hus- 
band is  hateful? 

FRIEND:  He  told  me  I  looked  like 
a  million  dollars — after  taxes. 


LITTLE  OUTTA   LINE 

Did  you  hear  about  the  old-time 
journeyman  carpenter  who,  not  wish- 
ing to  describe  a  friend  as  crazy  or 
nuts,  simply  said,  "hle's  about  a  half 
bubble  off  plumb." 

— Wayne  Hein 
Rochester,    Mich. 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 

AFTER  THE  FACT 

THE  LAWYER  read  the  late  uncle's 
will  to  the  relatives:  "And  being  of 
sound  mind,  I  spent  every  dollar  I 
had." 

BE  nv  GOOD  STANDING 

WRONG   TURN 

BOSS:  How  did  that  economy  lec- 
ture to  your  wife  turn  out? 

CARPENTER:  Well,  I've  got  to 
give  up  cards,  bowling  and  smoking. 

ATTEND   UNION  MEETINGS 

ANOTHER  MOTTO  SHOT 

"Everything  Is  possible"  was  the 
executive's  motto  .  .  .  until  he  tried 
to  get  something  done  during  a 
coffee  break. 

ARE  YOU  STILL  CLICING? 


READING  BY  THE  POUND 

When  the  cute  young  miss  asked 
for  a  good  book  to  read,  the  obliging 
librarian  said,  "Do  you  want  some- 
thing light,  or  do  you  prefer  the 
heavier   books?" 

"It  really  doesn't  matter,"  the 
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This  Month's  Limerick 

I'd  rather  have  fingers  than  toes, 
I'd  rather  have  ears  than  a  nose. 

And  as  for  my  hair, 

I'm  glad  It's  all  there, 
I'll    be    awfully   sad    when    It   goes. 


BRICKLAYER'S   BLUES 

Dear  Boss: 

When  I  got  to  the  building  this 
morning,  I  found  that  the  high  winds 
had  knocked  some  bricks  off  the  top. 
So  I  rigged  up  a  beam  with  a  pulley 
at  the  top  of  the  building  and  hoisted 
up  a  couple  of  barrels  full  of  bricks. 

When  I  had  fixed  the  building, 
there  was  a  lot  of  bricks  left  over. 
I  hoisted  the  barrel  back  up  again 
and  secured  the  line  at  the  bottom, 
and  then  went  up  and  filled  the  barrel 
with  extra  bricks.  Then  I  went  to  the 
bottom  and  cast  off  the  line.  Unfor- 
tunately, the  barrel  of  bricks  was 
heavier  than  I  was,  and  before  I 
knew  what  was  happening  the  barrel 
started  down,  jerking  me  off  the 
ground.  I  decided  to  hang  on  and 
halfway  up  I  met  the  barrel  coming 
down  and  received  a  severe  blow  on 
the  shoulder.  1  then  continued  to 
the  top,  banging  my  head  against  the 
beam  and  getting  my  fingers  jammed 
in  the  pulley.  When  the  barrel  hit  the 
ground  it  busted  its  bottom  and  all 
the  bricks  spilled  out.  I  was  now 
heavier  than  the  barrel  and  so  started 
down  again  at  high  speed.  Halfway 
down,  I  met  the  barrel  coming  up  and 
received  severe  injuries  to  my  shins. 
When  I  hit  the  ground  I  landed  on 
the  bricks,  getting  several  painful  cuts 
from  the  sharp  edges. 

At  this  point  I  must  have  lost  my 
presence  of  mind,  because  I  let  go 
the  line.  The  barrel  then  came  down 
giving  me  another  heavy  blow  on  the 
head  and  putting  me  In  the  hospital. 
I    respectfully   request  sick  leave. 

— Joe  Bricklayer 

Submitted  by  Charley  Johnson, 

Templeton,  Calif. 

ATTEND   UNION  MEETINGS 

AT  THE  PUMPS 

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THE    CARPENTER 


Service 
Brotherhood 


A  gallery  of  pictures  showing  some  of  the  senior  members  of  the  Broth- 
erhood  who   recently   received  pins  for  years  of  service  in  the   union. 


Anoka,  Minn.,  Picture  No.  1 


Anoka,  Minn.,  Picture  No.  2 


ANOKA,  MINN. 

Membership  pins  for  35  years  of 
service  were  awarded  by  Local  851 
al  a  dinner  and  dance  held  at  the 
Anoka  Carpenters  Building. 

The  35-year  members  and  guests 
are  shown  in  Picture  No.  I.  Front 
row,  seated.  Swan  Westlund,  Andrew 
Heie,  F.A.  Riles.  Back  row,  H.  Kortz, 
secretary  of  the  Minnesota  Stale 
Council:  Russell  Domino,  busiitcss 
representative;  Olaf  Sleffenson, 
financial  secretary:  John  McNeil, 
Warren  Wells,  Dennis  Quigley, 
president  and  Leon  Greene  Fifth 
District  Board  Member. 

Membership  pins  for  25-ycars 
service  were  awarded  to  the  men  in 
Picture  No.  2. 

Front  row,  seated  are  Eric 


Erickson,  Frank  Sewald,  Arthur 
Bitzer.  Back  row,  H.  Kortz,  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  Minnesota  State 
Council:  Russell  Domino,  hitsiness 
representative:  Olaf  Steffenson, 
financial  secretary:  Vernon  Brand: 
Albert  Adler:  Dennis  Quigley, 
president:  Leon  Greene,  Fifth  District 
Board  Member. 


MIAMI,   FLA. 

Local  2024  presented  service  pins  to 
its  eligible  members  in  recent  cere- 
monies at  the  Carpenters  Building, 
151  Nortliwest  37th  Ave.  in  Miami. 
A  large  group  participated. 

A.  E.  Dann.  Sr..  secretary-treasurer 
of  the  Florida  Stale  Council,  and 
General  Rep.  Jack  Shepnard,  made 


lite  presentations,  presenting  25-years 
to  each  other  as  well. 

Especially  honored  was  Kennon 
Brammer,  who  received  a  50-year  pin. 

Shown  in  the  picture,  seated,  from 
left.  Wm.  Schneider,  Jr.,  Boston 
Pasley,  Chester  Neugcnt.  Roy  Tcrje- 
seu.  all  25-year  members:  Kennon 
Brammer,  50-year  member:  Hembert 
Waller,  Wm.  Vance,  Wm.  Henderson, 
Nolan  Tisthammer.  treasurer,  all  25- 
year  members.  Standing,  from  left, 
R.  E.  Stephenson,  financial  secretary: 
Anthony  Ditomasso,  Carl  Powell.  Sr., 
Nick  Whit.son.  A.  E.  Dann.  Sr., 
Frank  Brown,  and  Jack  Shcppard.  nil 
25-year  members:  and  E.  Terrell, 
president  of  Local  2024. 

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regularly. 


Miami, 
Flo. 


DECEMBER,    1977 


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CINCiNNATI,   O. 

Millwrights  Local  1454  honored 
senior  members  recently — 33  members 
with  25  years  service,  49  with  30 
years,  6  with  35  years,  6  with  40 
years. 

In  photo  No.  1 — John  Sper,  49 
years. 

Photo  No.  2 — Daniel  McEIroy,  35 
years  and  Paul  Neyer,  35  years. 

Photo  No.  3 — 30-year  members, 
R.  W .  Imhoff,  Albert  Shoemaker, 
Warren  Hughett,  Clarence  Dewberry, 
Stanley  Beers,  Jack  Smith  and 
Charles  Smith. 

Photo  No.  4 — 30-years,  Cliff  Gordon, 
Vernon  Helton,  Tom  Hughett,  Homer 
Stokes,  Richard  Jolley,  Shirley 
Littleton,  Jack  Hackman,  Bobbie 
Morris,  Carl  Metzger,  and  Harry 
Fowe»: 

Photo  No.  5 — 25-years,  Joe  Wilkins, 
Bob  Nichols,  At  Meece,  Adrian 
McClanahan,  Arnold  Y eager,  Norman 
Probst,  Frank  Sizemore. 

No  40-year  members  were  present 
when  the  pictures  were  taken. 


HERMISTON,  ORE, 

Ed  Wells  of  Local  933  was  recently 
awarded  a  40-year  pin  at  a  local 
union  meeting.  Also  receiving  40-year 
pins,  but  not  pictured,  were  Frank 
Crane  and  Virden  Heliums. 

One  accompanying  picture  shows 
members  who  received  35-year  pins — 
Hubert  Senn,  Clarence  Royer,  Ernest 
Garrison  and  Joe  Irish. 

Also  receiving  the  pins  the  same 
night,  but  not  pictured,  were  Orval 
Eldrige,  Victor  Gleason,  Emert  Baker 
and  Dewey  Huddleston. 

The  following  members  received 
35-year  pins  (see  picture):  Left  to 
right,  front  row,  D.  G.  Carlos,  Fred 
Highley,  Adam  Rithaler,  Larry 
Bachman.  Middle  row,  Calvin  Perry, 
Henry  Pedersen.  Lloyd  Christensen 
and  Denton  Matlock.  Back  row, 
Manuel  Espinota,  Ralph  Wallace, 
Chelsea  Johnson,  and  Oran 
Stoughton. 

Also  receiving  30-year  pins  that 
night,  but  not  pictured  were  the 
following:  Ray  Blahm,  Ray  Brady, 
Dale  Hiatt,  Verdo  Rinehart,  Forrest 
Smith,  Leo  Lytle,  Harvey  Welch. 

Waldo  Dyer,  shown  on  left  in  the 
final  picture,  received  a  past 
president's  pin,  and  on  the  right  is 
A.  G.  Ellison,  who  received  a 
3 5 -year  pin. 

HAZLETON,  PA. 

Edward  Henry  of  Local  129  joined 
the  Brotherhood  when  he  was  21 
years  old  on  September  12,  1919. 
Now,  at  the  age  of  21 ,  he  looks  back 
upon  64  years  of  active  membership 
in  the  union. 


John  Sper  McEIroy,  Meyer 


Photo  No.   3 


Cincinnati,  Photo  No.  4 


Cincinnati,  Photo  No.  5 


Ed  Wells 


Hermiston,  35-Year  Pins 


Hermiston,  35-Year  Members 


Hermiston — Dyer,    Ellison 


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ATLANTA,  GA. 

Local  225  pays  tribute,  this  month, 
to  a  92-year-old  member  who  has 
been  serving  his  union  since  October 
20,  1916.  Ben  Haley,  who  is  now 
retired  and  living  in  a  Georgia  rest 
home,  is  most  remembered  as  a  man 
who,  while  in  his  80's,  took  on  the 
task  of  organizing  home  builders  in 
Atlanta  and  was  instrumental,  with 
others,  in  establishing  Local  2358.  He 
was  at  one  time  a  business  agent  for 
the  local  union  in  West  Palm  Beach, 
Fla.,  and  before  his  retirement  he 
served  on  the  sick  committee  of 
Local  225. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


BROOKHAVEN,   PA. 

On  May  7,  1977,  the  members 
of  Local  207  had  an  awards  dinner, 
at  which  lime  members  were  pre- 
sented with  pins  for  their  years  of 
service.  There  were  84  pins  to  be 
awarded,  but  many  of  the  members 
were  unable  to  be  present.  Here 
are  pictures  of  members  at  the 
ceremonies: 

The  small  pictures  shows  Harry 
Hatzel,  recipient  of  a  55-year 
pin,  and  John  Anderson,  recipient 
of  a  50-year  pin. 

Members  who  were  entiteld  to 
40-year  pins  included  Arthur 
Cardamone,  G.  Ray  Crew,  Charles 
H.  Crystle,  William  G.  Dillon, 
Henry  Malick.  William  F.  Todd  and 
M.  G.  Topolinicki. 

Members  who  were  recipients  of 
35-year  pins  are  shown  in  two  side-by 
side  pictures. 

The  two  combined  pictures  show, 
seated,  H.  R.  Bloom,  Henry  Buchy, 
James  Cryslle,  Franic  P.  DiPlacido, 
John  Kosty,  James  Meekam, 
Raymond  B.  Porter,  Thomas  Russo. 
Standing  from  left,  are,  Peter  W. 
Holm,  James  T.  Jones,  L.  Edward 
Hammond.  Martin  Fabian,  Thomas 
H.  Todd.  Charles  H.  Wilbank. 

Members  who  were  recipients  of 
30-year  pins,  starting  from  left  to 
right  on  first  row  in  two  more  com- 
bined pictures,  arc:  Andrew  L.  Gibbs, 
Frank  Drake,  Paul  C.  Bengisser, 
Charles  Hammond,  Norman  A. 
Spiegel,  Edward  Rash.  Standing,  Evan 
J.  Phillips,  John  Manchak,  Michael 
Kostyk,  Harvey  Hutlon,  Leonard 
Tipton  and  Thomas  S.  Welch. 

Members  who  were  recipients  of 
25-year  pins  starling  from  left  to  right 
in  the  picture,  are:  John  F.  Galvn, 
Paul  J.  Granzlis,  Leslie  Powell, 
William  H.  Wood. 

The  following  members  were 
recipients  of  20-year  pins:  William 
C.  Dillon.  Daniel  Drobowolski, 
Joseph  Fecondo,  Henry  Ferguson, 
Frank  Huhbart,  James  C.  Irvine.  Jr.. 
Albert  Mut.schlcr.  Walter  U. 
Rakilsky.  Robert  E.  Rutler.  Joseph 
Sarachman,  Leon  D.  Thomas. 


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Brookhaven,   Pa. — 25-Year  Members 


Brookhaven,   Pa. — 35-Year  Members 


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Chicago,  III. — 50-Year  Members 

DECEMBER.    1977 


Brookhaven,   Pa. — 30-Year   Members 


CHICAGO,   ILL. 

As  is  the  annual  custom  of  Carpen- 
ters Local  181 ,  there  was  a  special 
called  meeting  July  13,  1977,  for  an 
evening  of  fellowship  with  the  mem- 
bers and  the  presentation  of  50-year 
membership  pins  to  those  members 
who  had  achieved  50  consecutive 
years  of  member.ihip  in  the  Brother- 
hood. 

This  year,  two  brothers  received 
their  .gold  pins — Walter  Johanson  and 
Sigward  T.  Engh. 

In  addition  to  the  officers  of  the 
various  local  unions  in  the  Chicago 
area  being  present,  the  Slate  Council 
of  Carpenters  was  represented  by 
Don  Gorman,  president,  and  Rudy 
Perisch,  International  Representative. 

Local  181  has  77  members  with 
50  or  more  years  of  membership,  and 
two  members,  her  Joluuwn  and  C.  J. 
Christcnscn,   with   more  than   70 
years  of  continuous  membership. 

Pictured  in  the  photograph,  left  to 
right:  Don  Gorman,  president.  Illinois 
Slate  Council:  Waller  Johanson  and 
Sigward  T.  Engh.  50-year  members: 
Charles  M.  Christcnscn.  president, 
carpenters  Local  htl.  and  Rudy 
Perisch.  International  Representative 
of  the  United  Brotherhood. 


DAYTON,  O. 

Ray  Evans,  financial  secretary  of 
Carpenters  Local  104.  has  an- 
nounced that  the 
plaque  for  the 
year  1975  for 
the  oldest  active 
member  would 
be  presented  to 
the  family  of 
Nathan  C.  Sol- 
lenberger.  90,  of 
Dayton,  Oltio. 

The  local  be- 
gan presenting 
this  award  an- 
Sollenberger         nually  in  1966. 
The  plaque  pre- 
sented to  Sollenberger  reads:  Presented 
to  Nathan  C.  Sollenberger  1975. 
Oldest  Active  Member  Carpenters 
Local  104.  Dayton.  Ohio.  Initiated 
July  9,  1918.  Other  members  that 
received  the  plaque  were  Frank 
Gallowav  1966,  John  Zwirner  1967. 
Ray  Vore  1968.  Otto  Bendig  1969. 
Ira  D.  .Allen  1970,  Gust  Klnsterman 
1971,  Harry  D.  Recder  1972.  Lee 
Manessicr  1973.  Barnev  H.  Kreigel 
1974. 

Sollenberger  was  a  faithful  union 
member  for  58  years.  He  passed  away 
on  May  2.  1976. 

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Portland,  Ore. — Picture  No.  1 


Portland,  Ore. — Picture  No.  4 


PORTLAND,   ORE. 

Local  226's  pin  ceremony  was 
held  a!  the  Milwaukie  Elks  Lodge, 
June  18.  Roy  Coles,  executive 
secretary  of  the  Oregon  State  Council 
of  Carpenters,  presented  pins  to  the 
47  members  in  attendance.  A  total  of 
103  members  were  eligible  to 
receive  their  pins. 

Picture  No.  1 — 25-year  members, 
left  to  right,  Leo  Larsen,  Fin. 
Secy.,  Forrest  Woods,  Ronald  A. 
Smith,  Ray  Metzger,  Reed  Snow, 
Charles  Stevens,  Darrell  Brown,  Tom 
Petti  John,  Albert  Buss.  Earl  Nash 
&  Junior  R.  Thomas. 

Picture  No.  2,  25-year  members, 
left  to  right,  Wilbur  Elmer.  A  rchie 
Atwood,  Arvo  Mattson,  Delberl 
Barrett,  Mervin  Foley,  Patten 
Emmons,  C.  W.  Adams,  Alex  Eadeii, 
C.   F.   Hardeman,   C.   G.  Hawkins, 
Louie  Huserik,  Harry  Krombein, 
Andrew  Clark,  Roy  Landis,  Frank 
Fox,  David  Royer  and  Girard 
LaPointe. 

Picture  No.  3,  25-year  members, 
left  to  right,  Laurie  Stadig,  Archie 
Hunt,    Arnold    Stonelake,    L.    M. 


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Maxson,  Jerry  Miller,  William  E. 
Mueller,  Raymond  Chester  Riegle, 
Yayne  Kiviaho,  Richard  Kennedy, 
Cecil  Maddox,  Ashton  Brooks, 
Eugene  Lengvenis,  Thomas  Barton, 
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Picture  No.  4 — 50-year  members, 
Henry  Horst,  seated,  and  Howard 
Moulton.  One  50-year  member,  Carl 
Watt,  was  unable  to  attend  the 
presentation. 


LOS    GATOS,   CALIF. 

Local  2006  recently  presented 
service  pins  to  1 1  members.  They  are 
shown  in  the  accompanying  pictures. 

Picture  No.  1,  left  to  right: 
Herbert  H.  Almquist,  60  years;  and 
James  K.  Newell,  50  years. 

Picture  No.  2,  left  to  right:  First 
row,  Kenneth  Holinsworth,  25  years; 
H.  H.  Almquist,  60  years;  James 
Newell,  50  years;  and  Robert  DiVita, 
25  years. 

Second  row,  D.  L.  Davis,  B.  J. 
Heriman,  Harold  Heath,  Jonce 
Thomas  and  Alfred  Gerhardt,  all 
25  years. 

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Los  Gatos,  Calif. — Picture  No.  1 


Los  Gatos,  Calif. — Picture  No.  2 

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GLOUCESTER,    N.J. 

Local  393  recently  honored  a 
large  group  of  senior  members.  See 
the  accompanying  pictures. 

25- Years  (Photo  No.  1) — seated 
left  to  right,  Edward  M.  Ahlett,  Sr., 
Libero  A.  Bataloni,  Gene  Angelina, 
Sandow  J.  DiGangi,  Henry  J. 
Delano,  Samuel  C.  Flynn,  John  J. 
Humphreys,  John  Majrocki.  Standing, 
left  to  right,  Frank  Carpinelli, 
James  J.  Hanson,  R.  S.,  Ray  Dobbins, 
Bjarne  Dalene,  Thomas  C.  Ober, 

B.  R.,  Russell  C.  Naylor,  president. 
25- Years  (No.  2) — seated,  left  to 

right,  Edward  J.  Mazak,  Mario 
Polidoro,  Frank  W.  Reed,  Sr.,  Albert 

C.  Potter,  Walter  A.  Reed,  John  T. 
Sadesky,  John  L.  Reed,  Roland  L. 


Taggart.  Standing,  Aldo  Maiese, 
Coyle  Luska,  Raymond  Hugg, 
William  Harbison,  Broadus  Harden, 
Kenneth  Clark,  John  Tussey,  David 
H.  Suter. 

The  25-year  members  who  received 
pins  but  are  not  shown  in  pictures 
included  Clyde  Babh,  Robert  J.  Bair, 
Albert  P.  Bauman.  Michael  Costello, 
James  E.  Hannold,  William  E. 
K ran f eld,  Wilbur  E.  Murphy,  Robert 
L.  Penven,  Benjamin  Przygoda, 
Kenneth  Temple,  Karl  Weis. 

35-j'cars — seated,  left  to  right, 
Fred  Lonzetta,  Thomas  Minshall, 
Gunnar  Strombeck,  Clyde  R. 
Litmadue,  Sr.,  George  F.  Wolfe, 
Charles  R.  Hunter,  William 
M.  Nicholson,  Vernon  H.  Schenck. 


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Standing,  left  to  right,  Marvin  E. 
Simpkins,  John  Varga,  John  A. 
Simpkins,  William  E.  Penney. 
Thomas  F.  Campbell,  Donald 
Calvert,  John  Humes,  Raymond  C. 


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THE    CARPENTER 


Abbott,  Thomas  Heinhaugh,  John 
F.  Burd. 

The  35-year  members  who  received 
pins  but  are  not  sliown  in  the 
picture  include,  Russell  Archetta, 
James  M.  Curran,  Reuben  Graham, 
Perry  F.  Hill.  Leon  Keen,  Arnold 
Knudsen,  Joseph  Lisa,  Lemuel 
H.  Nicholson,  Frank  C.  Penney- 
packer,  Gus  Roesch,  Michael 
Ruggiero,  Martin   V.  Schramm, 
Joseph  Scully,  Daniel  Slump,  Frank 
Walinski. 

40-years — seated,  left  to  right, 
Edward  Hurd,  Charles  N.  Bernhardt, 
Frank  Mathews.  Frank  E.  Mull,  Sr., 
Jiarry  J .  Kirsche. 

The  40-year  members  who 
received  pins  but  are  not  shown  in 
the  picture  include  Jacob  E.  Barrner, 
Samuel  Ewan.  John  Gayton. 
Howard  W.  Langford.  William  H. 
Merkle.  Anthony  Wetzel. 

50-years — standing,  left  to  right, 
Russell  C.  Naylor,  Pres.,  Mike 
Vernomonti,  William  J.  Setter, 
Thomas  C.  Ober,  business  repre- 
sentative. 

Shown  in  the  small  pictures  are 
Lawrence  Powell.  55  years,  and 
Raymond  Steelman,  50  years. 

Members  with  more  than  50  years 
of  service  who  received  pins  but 
are  not  shown  in  the  pictures  include, 
John  Biesz,  Edmond  Cogan, 
Clarence  Mustard,  E.  J.  Pike,  Martin 
Olsen,  60  years. 

SPOKANE,  WASH. 

Twenty-three  members  of  Carpen- 
ters Local  98  received  membership 
pins  for  service  ranging  from  25 
years  to  50  years. 

Weldon  Newbury,  executive 
secretary-treasurer  of  Spokane  Dis- 
trict Council,  presented  25-year  pins 
to  Julius  Lund.  (See  small  picture) 

Not  present,  but  presented  later, 
were  William  Baker,  L.  Victor 
Balholme  and  Victor  G.  Pedey. 

For  30  years  of  service  (shown  in 
large  picture):  Harold  Bomstad, 
Alvin  Dahman,  Harold  J.  Dahman, 
Warren  John  Foster,  Albert  J.  Koski, 
Knut  A.  Knutson,  Irvin  Mickclson, 
Weldon  Newbury,  Joseph  Thomas, 
and  R.  L.  Wilmoth.  Not  in  picture, 
Adam  Ramotowski,  James  G.  Lucas, 
A.  N.  Redinger  and  Orris  G.  Wilcox, 
Donald  Beam,  Kermit  T.  Bergman 
and  Herman  J.  Blancher. 

Receiving  a  40-year  pin  was  Thurc 
Johansson  (not  present),  and  a  50- 
year  pin  was  presented  to  L.  A. 
Merriam  (not  present). 


Spokane, 
Wash. 


Chicago, 

III., 

Photo 

No.   1 


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Spokane,  Wash. — Newbury,   Lund 

DECEMBER.    1977 


CHICAGO,    ILL. 

Local  80  held  an  annual  awards 
presentation  night.  July  12,  1977,  for 
25-year  members  and  50-year 
members. 

In  photograph  No.  1  are  the 
25-year  members,  as  follows:  First 
row.  left  to  right,  seated:  Harvey 
E.  Thor.  Frederick  Hutchinson, 
Sebastian  A  lexander  and  Janis 
Sprennc. 

Second  row.  left  to  right:  John 
Scott,  Chester  Janik,  Alfred 
Schutzkus,  Edward  A.  Nycz.  Stanley 
Staniszcwski  and  Elmer  J.  Ritchie. 

Third  row.  left  to  right:  President 
John  F.  Lynch.  Business  Agent 
Stewart  F.  Robertson,  Indrikis 
Dcnavs.  Alfred  Turcotle,  Joseph 
Ceriale,  Walter  Ligocki.  Eugene 
KIcehammer  and  Hillard  Dzieman. 

Fourth  row.  left  to  right:  Executive 
Vice  President.  District  Council. 
William  Cook:  Business  Agent. 
District  Council.  Wesley  Isaacson. 

Photo  No.  2  shows  the  50-year 
members  as  follows: 

First  row,  left  to  right:  Business 
Agent,  Stewart  F.  Robertson:  Vernon 
J.  Harmon.  Kurt  Meisler,  Oscar 
L.  Sten.iaker.  Harry  Wubs,  and  Oscar 
A.  Johnson,  all  50-year  nu'mbers. 

Second  row.  left  to  right:  President. 
Local  SO,  John  F.  Lvnch. 


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Executive  Vice  President.  District 
Council.  William  Cook:  Businc-^s 
Agent  Mickey  Holzman:  Secretary- 
Treasurer,  District  Council. 
Wesley  Isaacson:  President.  Illinois 
State  Council.  Don  Gorman:  and 
Bu.une.ts  Agent.  District  Council, 
Sherman  Dautel. 

HATTIESBURG,    MISS. 

Five  members  of  Local  1233  were 
honored  May  27  with  membership 
pins.  They  are,  left  to  right:  Otis 
Gip.':on.  30  years:  Joe  Colvin.  25 
years:  Floyd  Dyess.  25  years:  T.  J. 
Sorris.  25  years:  and  Lawrence 
Johnson.  25  years.  The  pins  were 
presented  by  Business  Representative 
Jim  Touchstone,  a  35-year  member. 


Hotriesburg,  Miss. 


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MINNEAPOLIS,  MN. 

Berg,  Arne  M. 
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Henrickson,  Peter 
Perry,  Archie 

L.U.  NO.  8 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 

Alexander,  John  M. 
Brigo,  Frederick 
Gibson,  Paul 
Hild,  Frank 
Kafka,  Nicholas 
Kalinovski,  John 
Malmquist,  Nils 
Myers,  William 
Whelan,  Lawrence 

L.U.  NO.  12 
SYRACUSE,  N.Y. 

Haney,  James  P. 

L.U.  NO.  22 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  CA. 

Acton,  Thomas  P. 
Claussen,  Harry  H. 
Collins,  Thomas  F. 
Diregolo,  Agostino 
Groth,  Claus 
Hatlen,  Perry 
Lentz,  Everett  E. 

L.U.  NO.  24 
CHESHIRE,  CN. 

Bonvini,  Dino 
Budnick,  Andrew 
Cassella,  Frank 
Cummings,  Richard 
Pereau,  Ralph 
Sonstrom,  Emil 

L.U.  NO.  36 
OAKLAND,  CA. 

Boswell,  Calvin 
Carter,  Oscar 
Franks,  Vernon  L. 
Warford,  E.  F. 

L.U.  NO.  41 
WOBLRN,  MA. 

Webster,  Roy 

L.U.  NO.  50 
KNOXVILLE,  TN. 

Bowman,  Herbert  E. 
Ray,  Jesse  J. 
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L.U.  NO.  61 
KANSAS  CITY,  MO. 
Barnes,  Arthur  G. 
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Booth,  Kenneth 
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Jones,  Patrick  J. 
Michael,  Russell  R. 
Myers,  William 
Offineer,  Roy 
Opie,  Henry  A. 
Tcmplin,  Raymond  J. 
Van  Camp,  Roland 
Vining,  James  J. 
Wright,  Foster  F. 

L.U.  NO.  63 
BLOOMINGTON,  IL. 

Dcvore,  William 
Frciman,  Peter 
Wheeler,  Edwin 


Wilfong,  Vivian 
Winkleman,  Julius 

L.U.  NO.  69 
CANTON,  OH. 

Fowler,  John 
Griffin,  Ross 
Hoffman,  William  C. 
Phillips,  Frank 
Schoeppner,  Andrew 
Stanley,  Norman 
Tripp,  John  J. 

L.U.  NO.  121 
VINELAND,  NJ. 

Moore,  Frank 

L.U.  NO.  132 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Booher,  Wesley  E, 
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Miller,  Herman  C. 
Moody,  James  H. 
Perry,  Charles  R, 
Poppell,  William  H. 
Sabo,  Michael  S. 
Shupp,  George  A. 
Smathers,  Claud  W. 
Taafe,  George  P. 

L.U.  NO.  181 
CHICAGO,  IL. 

Boore,  Emil,  Sr, 
Christensen,  Magnus 

L.U.  NO.  184 

SALT  LAKE  CITY,  UT. 

Curtis,  Leroy 
Fisher,  Kendall  B. 
Gertsch,  Reed 
Heaton,  Max  P. 
Harman,  Carl  E. 
Mann.  William  J. 
McKenzie.  Parley 
Norton,  Marion 
Peterson,  Henry 
Tucker,  J.  H. 
Wendel,  Leonard  F. 
Wharton,  George 
Wilcox,  Francis  L. 
Wilhelmson,  Homer 

L.U.  NO.  198 
DALLAS,  TX. 

Markle,  C.  A. 
Oliver,  Clovis  W. 
Parker,  Floyd  C. 
SteidI,  N.  J. 

L.U.  NO.  201 
WICHITA,  KN. 

Brawncr,  Harry 
Cook,  Wayne 
Schmuck,  Theodore 
Uhrich,  Harlan  G. 
Munger,  Harry  C. 

L.U.  NO.  213 
HOUSTON,  TX. 

Broddus,  Joe 
Butt,  Archer  D, 
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Coleman,  Charles  L. 
Collins.  C.  E. 
Cummins,  William  B. 
Ercanbach,  Walter  E. 
Ferrcl,  L,  A. 
Finn,  Rudolph  B. 
Franks,  L,  L. 
Gerdes,  H.  H.,  Sr. 
Hogan,  Charles 


Hudson,  C.  L. 
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Lenihan,  Pat  A. 
McFadden,  C.  C. 
McMillian,  D.  F. 
Miller,  E.  A. 
Micham,  N,  F. 
Mock,  Theodore 
Morgan,  L.  A. 
Mueller,  E.  A. 
Olson,  C.  W. 
Paulissen,  James 
Pruett,  Arthur  C. 
Rainey,  J.  W.,  Sr. 
Rieger,  Joseph 
Smith,  Merlin  B, 
Stewart,  J.  B. 
Suber,  Reeves 
Tarpley,  J.  T. 
Taylor,  Joel  R. 
Throop,  W.  C. 
Tillman,  Eddie  C. 
Walker,  Alex 
Watkins,  Jesse  W. 
Webster,  Harold 
Williams,  Harold 
Williams,  Junior 
William,  Richard  Michael 
Williamson,  Joe  E. 
Wilson,  J.  L. 
Wolf,  H.  E. 
Zlomke.  A.  P. 

L.U.  NO.  225 
ATLANTA,  GA. 

Armes,  Willie  Gene 
Harrelson,  J.  B. 
Murphy,  John  Joseph 
Otwell,  M.  L. 
Shaw,  N.  W, 
Sheffield,  O.  B. 
Stell,  Joseph  L. 
Stewart,  W.  W. 

L.U.  NO.  229 
GLENS  FALLS,  N.Y. 

Hayes,  Walter  J. 

L.U.  NO.  255 
BLOOMINGBURG,  N.Y. 
Green,  Sylvester 
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L.U.  NO.  280 
LOCKPORT,  N.Y. 

Baggett,  Clifford 
Greene,  Elton 
Janese,  Frank 
Waite,  Homer 

L.U.  NO.  286 
GREAT  FALLS,  MT. 

Buck,  Grant 
Davis,  Joseph 
Keend,  Sigurd  O. 
Rooney,  Edward 

L.U.  NO.  299 
UNION  CITY,  NJ. 

Worth,  Herman 

L.U.  NO.  335 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MI. 

Bylsma.  James 

L.U.  NO.  379 
TEXARKANA,  ARK.,  TX, 

Turner,  Louis  J. 

L.U.  NO.  411 

SAN  ANGELO,  TX. 

Loudamy.  M,  O. 


L.U.  NO.  414 
MANTICOKE,  PA. 

Masters,  Charles 

L.U.  NO.  422 

NEW  BRIGHTON,  PA. 

Campbell,  Robert  M. 
Goehring,  Floyd  W. 
Gordon,  Charles  C. 

L.U.  NO.  494 
WINDSOR,  ONT.,  CAN. 

Cox,  Winston  F. 

L.U.  NO.  583 
PORTLAND,  OR. 

Buechler,  Aaron 
Melick,  Cyril 
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Wershey.  Bernard 

L.U.  NO.  606 
VIRGINIA,  MN. 

Turkia,  William 

L.U.  NO.  668 
PALO  ALTO,  CA. 

Brady,  Clemer  C. 
Beer,  William  S. 

L.U.  NO.  696 
TAMPA,  FL. 

Cooke,  Jr. 
Lopez,  Joe 
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Sharpe,  Tillman 
Suarez,  Richard 
Whitehurst,  E.  M. 

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LONG  BEACH,  CA. 

Benson,  Ralph  S. 
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Harris,  William  C. 
Jokerst,  Val  R. 
Kinnear,  William  H. 
Nelson,  Chester  A. 
Ostgaard,  Harley  L. 
Pritchard,  Loren 
Rankin,  William  T. 
Schulgen,  Robert  F. 
Spradling,  Elmer 
Teague,  Hezekiah 
Van  Dusen.  Willard  G. 
Walker.  Arthur  L. 
Webb,  Leonard 

L.U.  NO.  819 

W.  PALM  BEACH,  FL. 

Baucom,  Troy 
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Bouffleur,  Harry 
Hammond,  L.  E. 
Lowe,  E.  R. 

L.U.  NO.  848 
SAN  BRUNO,  CA. 

Hanson,  Lee 

L.U.  NO.  978 
SPRINGFIELD,  MO. 

Bolin,  Ray  C. 
Carlisle,  Paul  V. 
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L.U.  NO.  982 
DETROIT,  MI. 

Hissonp,  Merlin 
Lcdbctler,  Guy 
Roystcr.  Marsh 


L.U.  NO.  1058 
TWIN  FALLS,  ID 

Doman,  James  R. 
Metz,  Harold 
Miller,  Elvin  E. 

L.U.  NO.  1065 
SALEM,  OR. 

Boock,  Carl 
Fones,  Gilbert 
Hanslad,  Richard 
Harman,  Joe 
Jain,  Lester 
Lindenau,  Albert 
Miller,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1074 
EAU  CLAIRE,  WI. 

Anderson,  John 
Frank,  Walter 
Kurth,  Herman 
Mattice,  Arlo 
Soley,  Gust 
Wierzbinski,  Walter 

L.U.  NO.  1089 
PHOENIX,  AZ. 

Blanchard,  Josiah  R. 
McElroy,  John 

L.U.  NO.  1093 
GLEN  COVE,  N.Y. 

Seaman,  Floyd 

L.U.  NO.  1128 
LA  GRANGE,  IL. 

Schiefelbein,  Clifford 

L.U.  NO.  1138 
TOLEDO,  OH. 

Halsey,  Lewis 
Thomas,  Harry 

L.U.  NO.  1292 
HUNTINGTON,  N.Y. 

Bankers.  Janus 
Eine,  H. 
Fawcett,  Stanley 
Happ,  Joe,  Sr. 
HofTmoen,  Alf 
Iwaskiewicz,  Frank 
Lichlenberg,  Bob 
Lopez,  Peter 
Olavesen.  OIlie 
Svcndsen,  Rolf 
Winnicker,  James 

L.U.  NO.  1300 
SAN  DIEGO,  CA. 

Budal,  Burt 
Kreis,  John  G. 
Ruxcr,  Richard 
Williams,  Ora  L. 

L.U.  NO.  1331 
BUZZARDS  BAY,  MA. 

Paquctte,  Frederick 

L.ll.  NO.  1342 
BLOOMFIELD,  NJ. 

Baskcrvillc,  Willie 
Nicotera.  Anthony 

L.U.  NO.  1396 
LAKEWOOD,  CO. 

Coop,  Armin 

Promcnschenkel,  Raymond 
Reid,  Charles  M. 
Shorlridge.  Chester  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1397 
ROSLYN,  N.Y. 
Cochran,  Walter 

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L.U.  NO.  1407 
WILMINGTON,  CA. 

Holcomb,  Alson  D. 
Morrison,  James 

L.U.  NO.  1453 
HUNTINGTON  BEACH. 
CA. 

Crane,  Martin 
Ward,  S.  B. 
Williams,  Chester 

L.U.  NO.  1478 
REDONDO  BEACH,  CA. 

Faubel,  William  J. 
Fuester,  George  R. 
Johnson,  Okey  F. 
Warmington,  Patrick  J. 

L.U.  NO.  1485 
LAPORTE,  IN. 

Griffith,  Ernest 

L.U.  NO.  1518 
GULFPORT,  MS. 

Guilotte,  Hilda 

L.U.  NO.  1545 
NEW  CASTLE,  DE. 

Shockley,  Earl 

L.U.  NO.  1590 
WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Archer,  Ronald  C. 
Blaine,  Charles  A. 


Carlson,  Evald 
Fairbanks,  Lyman 
Feezer,  James 
Hoover,  Orville 
Keller,  Arthur  E. 
Mathews,  Peter  G. 
Olson,  Myles 

L.U.  NO.  1598 
VICTORIA,  B.C.,  CAN. 

Campbell,  J,  R. 
McKinnon,  Jack 

L.U.  NO.  1667 
BILOXI,  MS. 

Suber,  Robert  C. 

L.U.  NO.  1770 

CAPE  GIRARDEAU,  MO. 

Jones,  Johnny  E. 
Skaggs,  Clyde 
Sparks,  Lloyd 

L.U.  NO.  1805 
SASKATOON,  SASK., 

CAN. 
Medjedo,  Branko 

L.U.  NO.  1846 

NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Dufrene.  Paul  T.,  Jr. 
Juneau,  Dayton  P. 
Smith,  Louis  J. 


L.U.  NO.  1849 
PASCO,  WA. 

Moore,  Caleb  M. 

L.U.  NO.  1962 
LAS  CRUCES,  N.M. 

Mayes,  Bryan  W. 

L.U.  NO.  1971 
TEMPLE,  TX. 

Sweat,  Billy  G. 
Williams,  Fred 

L.U.  NO.  2049 
BENTON,  KY. 

Lovett,  Cecil 

L.U.  NO.  2274 
PITTSBURGH,  PA. 

Bozzo,  Frank  A, 
Krepps,  Charles 
Reno,  Merle 
Silvis,  William  R. 

L.U.  NO.  2287 
NEW  YORK,  N.Y. 

Becker,  Albert 
Gallagher,  Patrick 
Kozlowski,  Joseph 
Turner,  William 


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POCKET  LEVEL 


A  unique  and  accurate  36-inch  "Ex- 
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nounced by  the  Building  Guarantee 
Corporation  of  America. 

"The  combination  bubble  level  and 
steel  rule  is  as  accurate  as  a  standard 
36-inch  level  commonly  used  by  profes- 
sionals and  serious  'do-it-yourselfers'  ", 
said  Daniel  P.  Rohlinger,  president  of 
the  firm,  "but  it  retracts  into  a  compact 
unit  which  can  fit  with  ease  into  a  shirt 
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Belsaw  Locksmith  15 

Belsaw  Planer  13 

Belsaw  Sharp-All  25 

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Chicago  Technical  College  30 

Craftsman  Book  Company  28 

Eliason  Stair  Gauge  Co 31 

Estwing  Mfg.  Co 9 

Foley  Mfg.  Co 19 

Full  Length  Roof  Framer  15 

Hydrolevel  31 

Irwin  Auger  Bit  Co 9 

ITT  Publishing  17 

Locksmithing   Institute    9 

Speed  Bob  14 

Super  &  Company 14 


When  retracted,  the  3-ounce  level 
measures  about  the  size  of  a  cigarette 
pack:  l'/2 -inches  high.  2 V2 -inches  wide, 
and  3 Vi -inches  long.  This  provides  con- 
venience in  carrying  and  storing  a  36- 
inch  level. 

Extended,  the  36-inch  spring  steel 
rule  serves  as  the  base  of  the  level,  or 
as  a  plumb  when  used  vertically.  It  is 
very  rigid,  although  it  is  only  .007- 
inches  thick.  The  first  foot  of  the  rule 
is  graduated  to  'iirinch  and  the  remain- 
ing two  feet  are  graduated  to   '/s-inch. 

A  precision  machined  aluminum 
mounting  block  contains  horizontal  and 
vertical  plumb  vials  filled  with  an  easy 
to  read  liquid.  All  36-inch  "Extensible" 
Levels  are  calibrated  after  assembly  to 
insure  their  accuracy. 

The  level  can  be  used  in  a  retracted, 
or  semi-retracted  position.  Fully  re- 
tracted, it  is  only  3  Vi -inches  long;  ideal 
for  working  in  cramped  areas.  Accuracy, 
of  course,  is  greatest  when  the  level  is 
extended  to  the  36-inch  length.  The 
"Extensible"  Level  is  self-supporting  on 
a  horizontal  surface  as  narrow  as 
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The  36-inch  "Extensible"  Level  is 
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Stanley  (No.  10-519)  scoring  knife 
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Carbon  steel  replaceable  blade  (No.  11- 
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clear  tough  3/10'  tube  Rives  you  100  ft.  of 
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Why  waste  money  on  delicate  'IkP' 
instruments,  or  lose  lime  and  ac- 
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etc.  have  found  that  HYDROLEVEL  pays  for 
itself  quickly. 

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DECEMBER,    1977 


31 


IN  CONCLUSION 


No  Barriers  Separate  The  Shared  Destinies 
of  Our  US  And  Canadian  Members 


In  my  opinion,  no  international  border  in 
the  world  is  as  free  of  strife  as  that  which  sep- 
arates the  48  continental  United  States  and  the 
provinces  and  territories  of  Canada. 

Through  the  twists  and  turns  of  history  over 
400  years,  we  became  two  seperate  nations. 
And  yet,  with  separate  governments,  we  have 
somehow  remained  united  in  spirit,  in  culture, 
and  in  political  outlook,  so  that,  today,  the 
United  States  and  Canada  share  a  mutual  rela- 
tionship enjoyed  by  few  neighboring  nations. 
When  most  US-based  unions  call  themselves 
"international"  they  mean  the  US  and  Can- 
ada . . .  and,  hopefully,  it  will  ever  be  so. 

In  the  early  days  of  our  union,  going  back 
to  its  beginnings,  almost  a  century  ago,  our 
founder  and  first  General  Secretary  Peter 
McGuire  crossed  the  US-Canada  border  reg- 
ularly as  he  organized  workers  in  Hamilton, 
Toronto,  Montreal,  and  other  cities  north  of 
the  border. 

In  the  annals  of  our  organization  are  scores 
of  Canadians  who  have  served  our  common 
cause  in  this  long  and  uncertain  Twentieth 
Century.  They  have  been  leaders  of  the  Amer- 
ican Federation  of  Labor,  the  Canadian  Labor 
Congress,  and  of  the  Trades  and  Labor  Con- 
gress, which  preceded  the  CLC.  They  have 
served  in  government  agencies  and  in  the  pro- 
vincial assemblies. 

I  am  reminded  of  these  things  as  I  review 
the  work  of  our  Leadership  Conference  in  Ot- 
tawa, Ontario  in  October  .  .  .  which  brought 
together  our  fuUtime  officers  and  business 
representatives  from  every  province  and  terri- 
tory in  Canada. 


This  was  truly  a  productive  and  instructive 
conference.  I  brought  back  with  me  to  the 
General  Office  in  Washington  more  insight 
into  the  problems  which  face  our  Canadian 
members.  I  am  prepared  to  give  consideration 
to  some  suggestions  made  there,  and,  with  the 
support  promised  our  General  Officers  by  the 
conference  delegates,  I  expect  to  see  great 
progress  for  our  organization  in  Canada  in  the 
years  ahead. 

The  so-called  problems  of  Canadian  auton- 
omy, which  some  persons  expected  might 
divide  us,  turned  out  to  be  problems,  in  my 
opinion,  of  definition  only.  Autonomy  is  not 
synonymous  with  separation,  and  all  delegates 
who  spoke  made  that  clear.  Certain  degrees  of 
autonomy  are  written  into  our  International 
Constitution.  It  applies  to  each  and  every  local 
union  and  each  and  every  council  of  our  orga- 
nization throughout  North  America,  whether  it 
be  in  the  United  States  or  Canada.  It  is  a  part 
of  the  "checks  and  balances"  of  our  union 
which  keeps  us  strong  at  every  level. 

What  many  delegates  were  saying,  when  we 
opened  the  conference  to  floor  discussion,  was 
that  our  Canadian  members  want  a  greater 
opportunity  and  a  stronger  and  more  united 
voice  in  dealing  with  their  own  unique  eco- 
nomic and  national  and  provincial  political 
affairs.  I  am  encouraged  by  their  determination 
to  achieve  this  objective. 

It  is  certainly  apparent  to  me  that  the  trade 
unionists  of  Canada  do  not  have  the  degree  of 
clout  in  their  nation's  capital  that,  perhaps,  US 
trade  unionists  have  in  Washington.  It  is  appar- 


32 


THE    CARPENTER 


ent  also  that  our  locals  and  councils  in  Canada 
have  sometimes  been  unable  to  see  the  forest 
of  problems  surrounding  them  for  the  trees  of 
dissention  blown  in  their  path. 

Our  Canadian  members  need  a  forum  for 
full  discussion  of  their  problems.  This  is  true 
in  Canada  as  it  is  true  in  the  States.  It  we  are  to 
obtaia  passage  of  social  legislation  boieficial  to 
the  people,  we  must  have  a  concensus. 

Many  Canadian  members  may  not  know  it, 
but,  as  far  back  as  1968.  former  General  Presi- 
dent M.  A.  Hutcheson  authorized  tbe  establisb- 
ment  of  a  Canadian  Conference  of  Carpenters, 
which  would  tackle  the  overall  problems  of 
our  Canadian  members.  Unfortunately,  this 
conference  has  not  met  the  problems  for  which 
it  was  LQtended. 

I  promised  delegates  to  the  Ottawa  Leader- 
ship Conference  that  we  will  make  plans  to 
convene  a  conference  of  the  Brotherhood  CLC 
delegates  in  Canada  prior  to  the  next  CLC 
Convention,  so  that  our  single  voice  will  be 
properly  heard  in  the  sessions  of  the  CLC.  I 
plan  to  carry  out  that  pledge. 

We  cannot  stay  out  of  the  pohtical  arenas 
of  the  Canadian  pro-vinces  or  the  Parliament. 
Too  much  is  at  stake.  Canadian  trade  unionists 
are  just  beginniag  to  get  relief  from  months  of 
wage  controls,  and  "right-to-work"  laws  are 
threatened  in  some  areas. 

PoUtics  in  Canada,  I  have  found,  is  some- 
what complicated  by  a  divergence  of  partv^ 
structures.  The  situation,  in  my  opinion,  is 
such  that  the  trade  union  vote  is  not  measured 
as  a  united  bloc.  I  hope  that  the  time  will  come 
when  our  organization,  along  with  the  Building 
Trades  and  other  unions,  can  more  adequately 
present  its  positions  to  the  governing  bodies  in 
Ottawa  .  . .  through  a  unified  legislative  forum. 

Canadian  politics  is  also  complicated  by  the 
ethnic  and  language  heritage  of  Eastern  Can- 
ada .  .  .  but  it  is  not  an  Lnsurmcuntable  com- 
phcation  and  should  not  be  _  leterrent  to  a 
united  movement  in  the  provinces.  Language 
is  not  an  insurmountable  barrier  to  men  and 
women  with  a  common  purpose. 

I  find  our  French-speaking  members  in 
Quebec  to  be  dedicated  trade  unionists. 

We  need  and  we  aocreciate  the  devotion  to 


trade  unionis"  ie~:ri:r2:;c  :y  :ur  rr:±;rs 
in  Canada. 

Those  acti¥^e  in  the  labor  monrement  in  Can- 
ada point  oat  that  oiganized  labor  cannot  gain 
all  of  its  objectives  at  :he  :.i:ri.r..-r  :2:-e. 
WTule  collective  bar;i:r:-;  :-  ■■■ige?  j^i 
wcxking  CMiditions  :s  st  —nzi-.y  ':  :  _r 
movianaiit,  there  are  ~'-z.j  ::s.t:  -:i-s  -jz 
winch  we  must  be  i;::  r 

The  three  mil::-  riie  _-::-:5 :?  :hr  urhru: 
Canada  must  conLiiiu.e  ". :  r."  _"i^zi  "-ws-  's.t.' 
coantapaillsinAnien:^  ::r  :i-z  ::zizi:z  ;i_ie 
c^  raiang  the  standard  ::  .  .";  ni  ?::  :i:zr 
the  sodal  gains  fot  the  — ^ises  ::  —zz  izz 
wocnen  in  bodi  countries. 

More  and  more  mnltina:::-;!  ;:rr'::i:::::s 
are  crossng  the  mutual  border  :::  :e5:_r:es, 
markets,  and  sales,  and  we  —  _i:  re  rrer^red 

to  meet  these  big  coqxxalitHii 'Jiese  —  j.;ct 

employers  ...  on  tbdr  own  ^oond. 

As  we  close  this  Year  1977, 1  loc*  fonvaid 
to  a  ver;.'  active  year  a£  seoice  tfanxig^hoat 
North  America  in  1978  .  .  .  and  I  wish  yoo 
the  best  for  the  holiday  season. 


yyc/^</<  m'. 


GEN£J2Ai    PKESJOENT 


WILLIAM  KONYHA 
First  General  Vice-President 


L  he  General  Officers  and  Executive  Board  Members  of  the 
United  Brotherhood  of  Carpenters  and  Joiners  of  America 
extend  to  you  and  yours  every  good  rvish  for  a  Merry  Christmas 
and  a  Peaceful  and  Productive  1978. 


R.  E.  LIVINGSTON 
General  Secretary 


JOHN  S.  ROGERS 
RALEIGH  RAJOPPI 
ANTHONY  OCHOCKI 


WILLIAM  SIDELL 
General  President 


M.  A.  HUTCHESON 
General  President  Emeritus 

DISTRICT  BOARD  MEMBERS 

HAROLD  E.  LEWIS 

LEON  W.  GREENE 
FREDERICK  N.  BULL 
H.  L.  MORTON 


PATRICK  J.  CAMPBELL 
Second  General  Vice-President 

CHARLES  E.  NICHOLS 
General  Treasurer 


M.  B.  BRYANT 
JOHN  CARRUTHERS 
RONALD  J.  DANCER 


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Caiient^r^  Mo^  Filler  b  hbw  it 
^'sappean:OnifiMiflie^  job:* 


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CARPENTERS 
WOODfioE' 


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Carpenter. 


"as  defined  in  the  Federal  Hazardous  Substances  Act 


"Beautiful!  You  practically  need  a  magnify- 
ing glass  to  spot  where  I  used  Carpenter's 
Wood  Filler,"  Dom  De  Filippo  reports. 

Professional  carpenters  agree  this  new 
product  is  a  major  improvement.  It  goes  on 
so  smoothly  you  can't  believe  it.  It  has  excel- 
lent shrink  resistance,  so  there  are  no  tell- 
tale depressions  to  spoil  a  finished  job.  And 
it's  formulated  to  hold  the  natural  stain. 


without  over-darkening. 

It's  a  pleasure  to  use,  too.  Just  clean  up 
with  water  before  it  dries— then  you  can 
nail,  drill,  paint,  shellac  or  varnish  it.  It's 
non-toxic,  non-flammablef  practically 
odorless. 

Tkke  a  tip  from  the  pros.  TVy      

new  Elmer's® Professional 
Carpenter's  Wood  Filler. 


NEW  tlM^ 

PROFESaOl^ 
CARPENTEIg 

WOOD  nu^ 


Borden 


Elmer's.  When  results  count.