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' Vol. 22- No. S SAN FRANC!SCO~ CALIFORNI~ - ~ 151 · May, 12.63 ., fety .r f r' cal Plaque

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Hawaiian members of Operating E.ngi:p.ee:rs Locai 3 ·who _ • . participated in a joint District 1 election meeting 'with therr· 'b:r6the:rs on the mainland-'April · 3 using: a 2,000-mjle tr:ans­ The 1962 Public Interest . PaciH<:: . teleppon~jlOOkl.Jp voted.UJ1ariimouslY-to .express thei! Award of the National Safety appreciation of this-extension of union democracy and of the Council has b.een won by this union's assistance. :to the Ha~ .. . neWsp ap et, . ENGINEERS waiian membership generally. Temple in San- Francisco and- at NEWSi monthly publiCation 'rlieir'statement was im elo- the :Washington· Intermediate of Operating Engineers Local .. - quent expression of the loyalty High School in. Honqluiu: Broth- Union N:o . .3, · · . and affection felt by the vast er Eddie Ulmer of . Haw~ii was Official announcement· of the . m a j 0 r i t y of the individual elected to . the Election Commit, · award was made in April by_the members -for Local 3; and of tee. · National Safety ' council head- their understanding. that miion Afterwards the meinpersll.ip - quarters in Chic~go, and aT: at- grov~tii - ·and. gains i~1 Hawaii present at the HoJ1ol].llu meeyng . tractive pla-~u-e was pretented to are due-to their having the or- _ voted unanimously to adopt the the unibn Wednesday night, May i - - ganizational strength and ex- followip.g ~esolution: ·~ 1, at an Awards Dinner ·hefd at . perience- oL a. powerful .local WHEREAS, 'in the past ' tlin~e the Jack Tar Hotel, San ' Fran­ · d £ h. years the silla_li nucleus. of oper- behind them, il)stea o av- ...... · .. .. cisco, in conjunction · with a .. two- - ing·- to--· sti'uggle-· alone· as . a· nu- atmg .. Engmeers m .. Haw~J.n h<;!S - -day session· of the Califorma _. • . . merihaily weak imd inexperi- i ncreased a_lmost . ~our c~ old .. _a, nd A been by Safety Congress.' . . -""" d.. · - · · · ... · has grown mto -a well-orgamzed GRE~ T H:ONOR:- . ho~pre d I . ence -~group. . .. · _, -:. . , · ,.,· .. , _ _ . . : _.. ,.,_ . . .· . Sa.fet y·.~C:ouncH 1 Jor.. doi,rg ..on~ ~- of' the outs.tan_9ing' jobs in th~ The· presentation was made b.y . Tl!~"' special, tele-Ph9V'e;l,i,nJre'd ,group; and, · .. : ~c -, . '-' _. -,;.,· ; .:rcts:Uqt:r:y::~ i'ri~~ pqol f'cTZi ,m ·g'?;~~·f ~ty. ~~·m~h.9;::( rt'~ ·:..;r\~rpb:~r§; '" n. th'Ei . ·,nr. F~rd ~!W.',...Qf-lliS~i!K· Pr,esidept .,.:.,_ ! order·-~of .. business ~:to _,' eiecLthe -~- WHE~EA~$· , -- ~ i tli We~z§Ons ail ab~v~ -- phgtq1 'J3us .L!\le~ss,'..;~,gn·ager. AI Cl~m ,. (c;~nter) _is. shown . _of . the San .Fi·ancfsco / chapter, . bistdct 1- me'inbe~ -.a'£ :ib.e :Eaec' - assfsfaiice 'and encouragement of . a.ccepti11g the:. Nationa_l: Saf~ty, , Ceu _n·cil ~s ; 1,9_62 Publi.c Interest National Safety. Coltricil. ~ Busi- tion Corrt~ittee ~~s . co~di.lcte-d · . our Brothers on 'the- :rv):ainland ·. Award plaque from Dr-/ Ferd W . Callison (right);,p.resideht of ness Manager -Al Clem accet>ted simultahe~usiy - at . the L a b or ~~ ha've -recently won a series of the San Franc-isco cha'pter; NSC, and Donald Doyle, president 'for the union: n -Continued on Page 9 of the Alameda_Cour:fy chapter, NSC: · Two other Local 3 membe·rs D_eath Takes- , _ · piayed prominent parts -in ·the - California Safety Congress ses­ . sion. Brother A. G. Boardman, director of education and re­ ::r::t:::!~~~ loCal 3 .Will AwOrd · search for the State Conference . George SimoQ., :71, a veteran · of Operating Engineers, was a member and former Business s· e member of the panel discussing, Representative of Operating En- . c ll . - -h l-'a ,..,. h. s. ·"H?w to Solve the Every I?ay • ;~lt~~:~:~~;~~~E~~~~:. ~.~ .· . o . eg~ c , 0__ I 5.. 1 ~~f:fn~1~~:~:,~ ~i,~n~:; . Death occurred. after the last "Op~rating - Engineers Lo·cal, :Uh- . rest of the world in developing a be chosen on the basis of their - considering · the "Role of Labor · · - · ·- ·- - · · - ·· - an'd . Manae-ement in Constru~- of a series of major surgical op- ion 3 wm awa'i'-4 -two $500 colleg~ higher stan~ard-of living for the scholastic achievement, and be it ~ erations. . sc.holarships . to sons and dau_gh- ·. citizenry of ott~ country, an"d"- . further tionhSafety." Bro th· er Srmon. was a na t·rve - WHEREAs,·· It is evident that RESOLVED, th?t the selection- 1' e Natio_na L Safety Council '. · h · t c· I' ters of m,embers of the Local Public Interest Awards are givep. of WIsconsm w o came · o· a r- . this need cannot be met without ·of these students be made by · · 38 d h tl Unr'on for the 1964 65 school for exceptional service in the f orma years ago an ·s or Y . · ' encouraging our youth to putsue. ~ompl!tent .authority outside of afterwards; in August 1926; was year. - th U . . d b d th . promotion of safety through the their __g q!J_c~tion to a greater e mon, an ase upon . err . mass communication . med_ia. - The initiated into the old Operating The decision to inaugurate the degree, and _ · educational background, and be Engitieers Local -59.. : awards recognize leadership, ini- .l sh'p P O"nim was made WHEREAS, -it- is evident that · it further He held.. Jleyeral_ ()__J_ect_ive of- scho. ar r r "' ·tiative and originality in promot- - at the latest meeting of the Local sons and daughters of. members . RESOLVED, that planning, . I"ng accr"dent pr·eventr'on on .. fices in Local 59, and when Local · · a - of labor. organizations usually bude-eting and disbursement for 3 was . created- by amalgamation Union -'Executive Board on· rec- ~ year-round basis by newspapers, ', . . have financial limitations ·which such Scholarship Program is magazines, . radio · and TV sta- in 1939, he was appointed Busi- _·, oml'Y\endatioh of Business· Man- .. , •· " · h'b·t·.·-· ·. ·""'t·,.. • t' ·. · · .." · . may .pro r 1 --:-par rcipa ron-- Ill hereby authorized, including hir· · . ness R~prese~tative· in .. 'charge ·ofc -~~g~ t.'AiClem . .- educational opportunities ·- niatle ' ing of the services of a recog- : ~:~~a;i~~. outdoor advertising the Ut~h 0[frce .. He also served · .-.:' Brother Clem told the Board available in . our colleges and . nized -·educational agency to ad- • for a trme m Reno, Nev. . . ',, . ' universities, and minister the program, if deemed ENGINEERS NEWS. was the - When ti:ie Local 3 ·apprentic-e;. , Wat· his investigation had estab- ' ~ · only labor publication . in the ship training programs wm·e set .. iished that there was not enough WHEREAS, .there has been a advisable, and for printing, post- . limited number .. of . pro-gressive - age, . transcript fees and other -Continued on Page 2 · up, Brother Simon became one_ .~ i_ iljle for applications, verifica- . labor organizations who _ are necessary expenses incident to of _the union1s_repr.esentative_son__ .· t"r·o-n .of t' ranscrr'pts. _and'-J"ud-gr'ng - h · ·- · · · showing liP _awareness of this sue . pr_o~ram. J?mt Apprentrceshrp .eommrtte_~sr_·~ 'to allow the Scholarshi'p Program · 1 f o t' E 'd · problem and are providing schol- AL CLE,;(\'I · I s~n -M~ieo or pera mg ~~-me_ers __: ~n_ .. :LJ_,;Q_.. be effective for the comin_g · c.~ arships for the sons and daugh- Busin_ess ·Mana,g·er Surveyors, a.n.d h e w~s a7 t ~v~ / n ,, .:·1963-64 school year, but that it Road Bonds these.. capa _crtres_ unt~~ lus ., f~ni!L~.~ should be established. now to as- ters of their members, and PAUL EDGECOMBE A special election on a $35 illness. . , l·',sure being ready for th~ follow- WHEREAS, just recently our President- million Road Bond measure He-was. a veteran. of . the-- craft,----~· ,. Ill· -· g· sc h oo 1 year. . . International u 'nfon has· adopted,, JERRY DOWD operatmg horsts cranes and· · · - · · - the Joseph J. Delarley Memorial Vice President in Sah Mateo county will be shovels: · - · · .. ' ------· · ...... --- ·Following is the text of ·the Scholarship Plan· to -attempt-- to W. V. MINAHAN held Tuesday, June 4, 1963. ; · He ·leaves his wife,- Sophia;-::: res?lution ad~pted by the Lo_cal - solve-· this ·ever-increasing . need Rec.-C6rr. -secretary The Officers of Operating three daughters, -Mrs. Marcella· Umon Executive Board creatmg foi a / higher~- education,. now DON ·KiN.CHLbE .~ } Engineers Local 3 have ·- en­ Dani, Mrs. Dor•othy Carasco · '3'nd the Scholarship Program: therefore be it · - .- -- · Treasu'ier dorsed this bond issue and lone Simon, and a son, '!Ucfiar(f -WHEREAS, this ls -an age -of RESOLVED; : that Oper•atihg A. J .. HOPE u~·g e 1all members to mobilize •• Simon.:' "-- . . ·" ... :-- rapid advancement in sciencgs, Engineers Local_3 sl:J.all institJJte _ Financial Secretary their famiiies and friends t.~ Funeral services were- con- and it is ever evident that there a scholarship program to be ef- . _- Adopt~d · unanimously by the vote for .the bonds. ducte.d .i_lt the Anderson. Funeral is a tremendous need ·for higher fective for the -l964-6q academic . Locaf Uriion, Executive Boai·d - See the San M;tteo repor~ Home;::Sjm Francisco;-May·:2S ' In- ,. education· to meet the demands year, ·not in excess of-two $500.00 . of operating Engineers Local terment was in Cypres·s Lawn. · of . modern technology that ·our · scholarships.to.sons or. daughters Uriion No .' 3 in regular ·session, in •this issue for more inf~r' Ihation• . Cem~tery...... -- nation may .keep in step' with the of the members. of Local 'No. 3 to April 7, 196p.

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' J Page Two ' May, 1963 ' Offidal Election Notices Sample Ballot • NOTICE Of ELECTRON Attention of all members of Operating lowing day at the same time. For Officers Engineers Local Union No. 3 is directed to "The Certified _Public_ Accountants the following portions of the By-Laws gov­ shall remove the returned ballots, count erning elections, as printed on pages 42 the same and certify the results in writing and 43 of the By-Laws: to the Election Committee . . ... (C) ELECTIONS, Section 1, (d) •• ••• "(g) Every Member who is not sus­ "The Election Committee shall deliver the pended for non-payment of dues as of ·Operating Engineers Local Union No~ 3 list of names and last known addresses of June 11th, the date for the first mailing eligible voters, and cause -the printer to of ballots, shall have the right to vote. No deliver the ballots and envelopes to, the Member whose dues shall have been with­ OFFICIAL-BALLOT nationally known -firm of G:ertified Public held by his employer for payment to the by the Local Union • Accountants chosen Local Union pursuant to his voluntary Executive Board, which firm shall rent a authorization provided for in a Collective post office box to which the ballots shall be Bargaining Agreement, shall be declared returned. ineligible to vote by _reason of any alleged JUNE· 1963 "(e) The Certified Public Accountants delay or default in the payment of dues shall mail the ballots and return envelopes by his employer to·the Local Union. In _order to vote for a candidate make a cress (x) the square to the eligible voters between June 1Oth ''Eligibility to vote for District Member (0) beside the name of your choice. and 16th preceding the election and shall shall in addition be based on each Mem­ open the post office box for the first and ber's last known address as shown on the last time on June 26th following at 10 records of the Local Union on June 1 prior BALLOT !BOX ClOSES- June 26, 1963-10:00 A.M. o'clock A.M. of that day. In the event June to the mailing of the ballots and each 26th should be a Sunday or a Holiday the. · Member shall be eligible to vote only for post office box shall be opened by the the nominees for District Member for the l!UJSINIESS MANAGER (Vote for One } Certified Public Accountants on the fol- District in _yvhich such address is located." .• . AL CLEM (incumbent) D --~--~------0 You will receive your ballot envelope, no circumstances, change the address on IRA A. BASRA W business reply envelope and 2 ballots, one t he business reply envelope, since th~ for Officers of the Local Union and the address is designed to prevent your ballot B. R. "Renny" BURROUGHS D other for District Executive Board Member, - from being mixed up with the general mail -----=------in a white envelope marked OFFICIAL of the Local Union. BALLOT. Watch for this envelope. If you live overseas you will not receive (Vote .for One} When you receive your- OFFICIAL a business reply envelope but will be re­ BALLOT envelope, open it, mark the 2 quired to pay the necessary postage your­ ballots and enclose the 2 marked ballots PAUL EDGECOMBE (inc_umbent) D selves, since under the present regulations ------'--'----'------envelope and follow the in the ballot it is impossible for the Local Union to ar­ JOHN DE VINE D directions on the ballot envelope. Under range matters otherwise. ~------'Safety '(Vote for One) , Sample Ballot./or JERRY DOWD (incumbent) D • Award ------'-----'------E. w. Chick SAUNDERS D . _Continued from Page 1- ' Executive .Board ------four-state area served by Operat­ ing Engineers Locai Union No. 3 RECORDING-CORRESPONDING SIECRIETARY ;, to win the 1962 NationTelevision Arts & Sciences; Mrs. _ _ C.,---H_A---,-R--c-LE,..s-,---,---,-,-K-:-IR=K--=-W-:-:O_O_D_(i_nc_u_m_b_en_t_)------'------0= L . S. Schwartz, midwest manager, BURT THORNTON D _::.T.:_. _:_J-:_'_:'T:_:_o-=m-=----"-S::_:T_A_P_L_E_T_O_N___:_(in__ cum___ be_n_t'-) ______o • The Advertising Council, Inc., DISTRICT No. 6 (Vote for One) and Bruce Taylor, assistant city editor, Chicago Sun-Times. -JACK SLADE (incumbent) 0 AUDITORS (Vote for Three}' DISTRICT No. 7 (Vote Jor One) JOSEPH C. AMES 0 LEE A. HUNTER (incumbent) D -=B=IL=L~R---=A-=----N=--:E:___:_Y--=-=(i-=----n___::cu_m_:_b..:...e_n_t)__ _:______Plan to Aid BARNEY WORD 0 D The Jobless DISTRICT No. 8 (Vote for One) __L_B_O_T___::(in ______WM. W. "Bill" WOODYARD (incumbent) 0 --=----W---=A-=----L~T:_:_E..:...R~TA cu_m_b_e_n~t) D DETROIT - Members of Intl, :_R~.A-=·--=B---=A=R-=N-=----E-=----S______Brotherhood of Electrical Work· DISTRICT No. 9 (Vote for One) r-1 ers Local 58 have offered to give AL P. PERRY (incumbent) 0 HAROLD w. HUSTON D up a 25-cent hourly raise and put V. B. "Chris" CHRISTENSEN 0 ----~-- · the mone;y in a pool from which eligible unemployed m e m b e rs DISTRICT No. 10 (Vote for One) CONDUCTOR (Vote for .One) would draw $50 a week, plus un­ GARTH A. PATTERSON (incumbent) 0 employment insurance, effective DISTRICT No. 11 (Vote for One) o• next Nov. 1. L. E. Red WARREN 0 ======E 1 e c t r i c al contractors have GUARD (Vote for One) agreed if contract language can DISTRICT No. 12 (Vote for One) . be' work e d out satisfactorily. 0 C. C. BRUNER (incumbent) _____JOSEPH "Joe" MILLER______:______:__ (incumbent)__ _ D About 650 of the local's 2000 NEPHI NEMt;LKA 0 members are out of work. e May, 1963 E ~fG I N E E R S N E W S Page Three

. ' • w p rent1ce· Fraternal Salute· r ups Started We are in the process of form­ journeymen Engineer members Juterltatiunal tlHiPJt P/ Operati11g tugineers .I ' . ' ing new Appr enticeship Subcom­ may be' contacted for additional LOCAl. }'N!ON NO. 12, 12A; l2B, 12C, t20 mittees iii the following ·areas: information regarding the Ap· 'fH£ A,F,L.-C.I. O • 2323 WESl' EIGHTH &TREET LOS ANGEL.E~ !17, :CALIFORNIA . Eureka, Redding, Santa - Rosa, pt;enticeship Program: ,.ELEPHoNE: DUN.Kiftlt 1·3301 . Fresno, Marysville and Stockton. Eureka-Otto Sheraske, W. L .. JOS-EP.Ir If. SF.Y;\£.0l; n ." P.US!Xl':SS }[A:V AGER The- first new committee was Straughan, Jack H. Besselman, formed in Fresno on April 29, Earl Horn, Ray Cooper, A. w: and were to do their first evalua­ Meyer. tion of apprentices on May 13. ~lr. Al Clem, Business Manager • Redding - John B. Hughes, ,J. u. 0. E.·, ,Local Union No . 3 Frank Pozar was elected chair­ Fred A. Crandall, , John M. Mel­ man and Bob Skidgel is secretary 474 Valencia .St reet ton, Ralph Johnson, D. M. Dalton, San Francisco, California of this committee. '· ' Don W. Hart, Barney 'R. , Ward, The ·santa Rosa committee was Dale F. Bryant, Cliff Martin, Bill Dear Sir and Brother: , formed May 10, setting that pro· Feusi, W. A. Nelson, John White. gram into motion and placing Now that things have settled, down to s ome extent, I wish to take I Santa Rosa- Sam Cooper, Li­ them in a position to start evalu-, this :opportunity to thank you for the very valuable assistance mon Snider, Elmer _' Wise, 'John you have rendered me anMay 18: Named to Cunningham, Murray· Allen, Wil­ this committee were Don Dowd liam F . Brown, Sr. Having had the occasion to call' upon your exper iences ma'ny times and Jlm Russey, representing duri ng this period1 I have· .f ound that your advice and counsel management, and R. F. s:vanson \ S~ockton-Larry C~apman, Bill has 'been extremely beneficial to me as Business Manager of Local and Lou Barnes, reprcsentmg the Wnght, Jack Corbect, Wm. C ~ 12 in obtaining many excellent cond i t~ons for the membership of this Local Union. .. . union. Jim Russ~ y and · Lou Stephens, James K. Worland, Al­ Barnes are chairman and secre- bert G. Blevins, Emmett W. Bed- In the past_ there has been a certain amount of conflict or perbaps tary, respectively. inger, H. Boyd Hugh, Jr., J. J. personal jealousy between the Officials of the respective ·Lodtl -· EUREKA STARTS Jon~s, Amos E. McGee .. Unions, but your attitude of co·oper ation throughout the Western Fresno - Bill S.tobie, H. W. S t ates has certainly been excellent and deserves ~ublic recognition. The Eureka committee has Nichols, John DeBrum, C. L. been formed and will be in a posi­ We have found in dealing with your Business Representatives at MacHerso_n, Bob Cowger, Hepry tion· to start evaluating appren­ various pre-job c onferences and .other meetings that you have a Church, Bob Daniels, Stariley tices in·tl-i.e future. Russell Malone very f i ne group of men to service your c ontract!;_·for your mem­ Hensen, Jim Hubbell, Jim Hil­ and Fred Bott are management bership. It is always a pleasure for--·our RepreseQt·ative· staff to­ liard, Burt Thornton, Jack Coats, get together to compare. not.es and. wor·k together to bettei repre• representatives, and Art Meyers T. C. -Buford,. James Ray, H. Kel­ sent the membership of o.u:r respective ·Local Unionse apd Ray Cooper are· the union ley, Ray Phennegar, Charles members of the. committee. ' I I .wish you would convey to your m.embership my personal thanks :tor "Chuck" Mahaffey, Tom Butler, At this writing, committees .following your guidance in your cont'ract negotiations where you Geo. Brink, Bob Ayers; Ray HoJt, were locked· out by the employer.. groups. As you 'know, AI, Local have' been named by the .main Bob Ely, C. L. "Mazoo" Sibils, 12 was successful . in using this· sacr ifice· on the part of ·your JAC' at their rast ~1eeting for the Obie Arnett, Ivan "B1ackie(' Bol­ membership to improve 'our owri wages a nd· conditions her,e in . Stoc~ton,_ Marysville -and Redding ton, Paul McCrory, Flay ·Daton, .Southern Califorcnia and SoU:thern .Nevada-. You can r ·est a s sured areas.- .Carl Allen, ' Charles Dwigglns, ·that ·at any. time Local 12 can assist you, your Officers and Nominated, to the committee in Will Gilmore. your ,membership, we will be only too happy to_ do so • Stockton were Harold B.aker and , ]M:atys:ville - C . .Abbott, .:Wm. " . P.J.ease :,accept -~th- e best w:i:!lhes' f rom: ,me -t;he .Officers ,Executive ·Woodrow Vernon, -from .manage­ 1 1 • Bisho]l', Jack "' ccu:tis, c :·;i·tule, "-' .,.. 4 B'&a:rd 'me\lii:J~ r ~ ,-r a•~J d~otl r ·:f.i? _ nti ·:t Et me"Itbi rship to you . and y ciur: staff ment and Walter lVi. Talbot .and E1lrl Hart, R Keane, B. Parks, R. and for cont ~ nued success· in all yo1.u: .endeavors. It is. a­ Dobyns . representing the. Gle~ Rathbone, C. Relyea,_W. ·steward, pleasure to work with you,_ A1. union. L. Wilcox. · Committee members in Marys­ '.),olith best personal wishes and kindest r .e.g·ardse We want to pay tribute to these ville are Rodney Mims, Dave !- journeymen 'for· the· many hours Fraternally yours, Humphrey, Jerry Adams and they have put in and the number Earl Parker (the latter two being ' . of meetings they have attended alternates), representing manage­ .. to learn the ·intricate workings of ment and Harold Huston, Claude J,,·· •. Seymour, Busimes.s Nanager . ' . I the Apprenticeship program. Odom and W. R. Weeks repre- .U. O• . -E., L.ocal Union Ne. ~-2 They hiwe done a fine job in the senting the union. past, ~md we know that they .will JHS:k ~ To· supplemei'lt the subcommit­ do ' a fine job in the . future in tees -formed and. in the process helping__ .to place the p. ograms in FRATERNAL SALUTATiONS and an expression of appreciation for past assistance were con­ of bein; foi·med, Journeymen their areas -a.t the top o-f · the list, veyed to Local 3 in the above letter from Joseph H. Seymour, business manager of Operating Education Committees have been ~long with those in the other Engineers Loca l 12, with headquarters in Los Ange.les. The .letter is symbolic of the improve­ • set up·.-in each of these new areas I tareas; ment of relations between Local 3 and, the Engineers' Locals in the adjoi-n ing territories. fer the pmpose of acquainting ' ~ . journeymen with the 'fundamen­ tal workings of the apprentice­ ship progr-ari.1, so that they can expla-in the pmgram to their fel­ Stockton Anticipates Lots of Road Work low working brothers in the field on Old River, about 10 miles 'flood cOJ;itrol project on Bear hamer of Mountain View with six or any young man wishing to By WALTER TALBOT, AL Creek. bridges to constmct at vari;;,ts enter the program. McNAMARA, 1\'I'IKE KRAYNICK southwest of Stockton. The proj­ and GLENN DOBYNS ect involves. ·stone prot€ction and The work involves deepening locations in San Joaquin county In each area the· / following and widening Bear Creek from for $69";176 and· Egan Construc.;­ realignment along both banks- of As everyone knows by now, Highway 99 to the Delta ~ and is tion Co. of · Stockton with three NJf'o La·bor for our April ~ho\vers were a little the river -for a thr-ee-mile stretch. now under way. Dutra Dredging over Bear Creek at Sacramento heavier than showers. This, of , -·h E. Dixon's low bid to the and ·Fisher. Bros.,_ both . of ·Rio . Road,. Davis Road and West Lane, FleJloridation course, put the construction work State of California for construc­ Vista, have subcontracts for for $132,411. NEW YORK- The New York behind · schedule for May, par­ tion of the Sierra Conservation Stephens; . Other -successful bidders this C. Norman Peterson of Berke:_ past month were Harris Con-­ • City AFL-CIO has J;hrown its sup­ Center, near Sonora, was with­ ticularly the mountain jobs. How­ port -behind Mayor Robert F. ley was low bidder tO the East ' struction, police center, Modeste Wagner's efforts to secure .fluori­ ever with the advent of warmer drawn, and the second low 'bid­ ·Bay Municipal Utili!Y District for $517;000; Acme Construction Co.: dation of the city's water supply weather the placement of En­ der, Robert E. McKee of West fish hatchery facilities to be ·con- office buildin" Modesto $188~ to. cut tooth decay among chil­ gineers· to the various employers · Los Angeles, _. was awarded the structed at Camanche Dam. The· OOS .OO and, Mbdern E~lgi~eerin~. · job on his bid of $5,(577,1.45. dren "by more than· half." ·will be· increasing. - bid was for ,'$479;185, but few j a i 1 building, Stockton, $112,· engineers will be. employed. '865.00. Chairman Michael Sampson of Subcontractors for the job are: Fresno Paving were all set to 1 FRONT:RUNNERS the council's Community Ser:v­ B . .B. Schedell .Contractor, Inc., BID•S,'TO LET ices Committee pointed out that · commence the 21 lniles of new A. Teichert & Son, S. M. McGaw · (electrical work) $987,000.00; Contemplated projects for this only New York and Los Angeles roads around Camanche Reser­ Co., Claude C. Wood Co., ana oc­ Monterey Mechanical (combined casiona-lly. Stanfield & Moody, all district to be let for bid within · among the 12 largest cities have voir, but they, too, were delayed mechanical work) $2,128,779.00; local-contractors, .continue to pre­ the- next few -weeks arc: failed to adopt .fluoridation. by the April rains. Thei.r conti:act · Rehco Corp., (Food service equip­ dominate as successful bidders State Dept. of Public Works, is for $1,281,315 and will keep ment) ·$307,000.00, and C. & H. for road and street improvement repladng of seven miles of pres­ Heating & Plumbing, (Boiler several engineers ~usy until next work of the counties and cities of ent four-lane highway between Housin9 for plant equipment) $291,400,00. this district. The largest ~ob since the Calaveras , Riv~r, north .of winter . Schedell .will probably have cats Senmor Citizens our last r~port was won· by ·Cla"!lde Stockton, to Harney Lane, south CONSERVATION CENTER on the job before this article .is • DAYTON, 0. - The Dayton­ Wood Co., of Lodi, with a bid of of Lodi, -to achieve a six-lane· Miami Valley Area AFL:cro M; Malfitano & Son, of' Pitts­ . print~d. $124,332 to reconstruct 8 mile freeway. Estimated cost, around· plans to build' a $2.78 million, 11- ·burg, with Brother Gordon El­ . Lee St~phens, a local contrac­ Road·, between Jack ~ine Roafl $3:% million, includihg six over­ story apartment building for more as Superintendent, have tor, has · officially been ,awarded and Highway ·88. crossings, four existing bridges senior citizen~ on an H-acre .started work on :their $419,192 a $762,800 contract for the first' .ln -the smaller , type brid.ge con­ fo .b~ widem;d 'and six new ones tt,act her(). contr.act -for le.vee· improvements phase of a $.6 million f~qeral< struction we fi_nd ~- ~- BQden- to: be ·built. Page Four ENGINEERS NEWS May, 1963 San Raf.ael . •• ·Payday at ·e10o· The Union •from the Manager's Desk ·Office By AL CLEM .

- By JIM JENNINGS and AL HANSEN ~------J·

Friday, May _3, was an unusual WE HAVE SELDOM HAD a month as busy as the one day in the San Rafael office, with just past two Locai 3' officials ~?erving iii As most of you Brothers know, under our By-Laws it was Jhe role of paymasters for a necessary to hold 12 District meetings for the purpose Of group - of brothers who ·hadn't making nominations for the forthcoming election of Officers been getting their money from and District Members of the Executive Board. I was able to their employers. 1 attend all of these meetings with one exception- the meeting - .CASH IN HAND: A little probl em of unpaid wages was In one case, it was learned ~s~mme~~ · ' · happil y settled when Local 3 had the employer bring the that three of the Brothers had not received their wages for Having . to miss this Sacramento meeting was deeply r:e· money to the Sa n Rafael office, where it was distributed to the gretted, 'but the conflicting occasion was really quite im­ men, who are shown holding the cash. Left to right: Bus. Rep. three weeks from contractor Paul Vincilione. portant and without doubt something that will gratify all of Tom Stapleton, Brothers Lorn Huddleston, Lott Hackney and us. It was my privilege on that night, representing the entire Wi ll iam .R. ,Whittington, and Vi ce Pres.' Jerry Dowd. Vic.e Pres. Jerry Dowd and membership of Local No. 3, to accept the presentation of a Bus. Rep. Tom Stapleton con­ plaque from th~ National Safety Council. This was the Na-. tacted Mr. 'Vincilione and re­ tional Safety Council's 1962 Public Interest award, given to San Francisco: Could Be quested that he bring the pay­ us for accomplishing one of the outstanding jobs in the nation roll to the San Rafael office- in . in bringing the message of Safety to all of our membership cash. They then distributed the and their families. orse at This Season amount in question- $1,455.70- By JERRY DOWD, GEORGE to an end. Not only did it create tq the three Brothers, Lorn Hud­ It should· be of interest to those members who were un­ BAKER and ED DuBOS . full ~ployment through the wet dleston, Lott Hackney and Wil~ able to attend the regular or special called meetings !n their season, but ~also they were work­ liam R. Whittington. districts to know that all of them were well attended and that The work situation in the San ing overtime. the Brothers in' attendance seemed to be extremely interested Frandsco area has held up very FRINGES PAID Charles Harney's A I e m a n y in the activities and discussions which took place. well during _the period of in­ Freeway job is back in full swing On the same date; fringe bene­ -ac- - clement weather which is pre­ once again, There is still quite a fit· checks amounting to $654.26 SATURDAY, MAY 4TH, we had a meeting at the head­ vailing throughout our judsdic­ bit of work to be done. were collected for another group quarters in San Ftancisco which was participated in by all tion. The out-of-work list in San of meri, Al (Duke) Harms, Chuck OLD BASE the Business Representatives and Dispatchers from the Cali­ Francisco has grown quite a bit ~- Chandler and Charles Snyder, fornia and Nevada offices and some of the people from Utah. · in the last month or so, but this Cahill Bros. has several muti- emploY:ees of J. W. L~e & Co. Problems arising throughout the jurisdiction of Local No. 3 is to be expected during the bad story buildings · under construe- The payoffs resulted from a were discussed at great length. ..- - . ' weather, as many members mi- tion in the area. They have just current' investigations of wage grate to this area seeking em- started working on the new Cor- violations and infringements o£ I would suggest that if any Brothers have any thoughts. ' ployment. ' · · poraVon yard for .the, San F_ran- co:(lfract. Watch this news .report a,.bout ways to better our Union, they should pass these ideas We have a few jobs in the cis.co Water Dept.,, at the site of for additi.onal information, arid a1ong through the channels that 'exist ·.for that purpose----Lto -area that are giving our Brothers the old Marine Base. Many: of our if you know of any contract vio­ their Stewards or Safety Committeemen or Business Rep­ full employment. One of these old-timers worked on this site, lations, be sure to bring them resentatives in the Districts, to be passed on to this office and projects is the Golden Gateway, and some were stationed there to the attention of your business submitted, in turn, to the Officers and the Executive Board at Front & Battery Sts. This proj­ during the war. This job should representatives for prompt ac- members for evaluation - so that where these ideas have ect has been in operation since last about six months. tion. merit and are practical, they may be put into effect for the last September. During this pe­ Dinwiddie Construction Co,, improvement of the working standards of our members and SAFETY ~'IEETING riod no Brothers have lost more· Haas & Haynie, Desiano, Kaiser the functioning of our Union. · · than a week•s work, and some Steel, Swinerton & _ Walberg, Our Safety meeting held on -ac- haven't lost any time at all. Rothscl:tild, Raffin & Weirick and April 30th showed a very good IN ADDITION TO the series of regular and special called many others have jobs 'going on turnout of brothers. We are hap­ THE FINEST meetings, we alsq attended those Safety meetings which time in the area at this time or are PY to see such a good ;;ttendance permitted, and it's good to be able to report that there was a Some of the 'old. timers' on the just 'starting to go. -and that the brothers are show­ great deal of interest shown by the members who were at job tell-us it has been the finest ing interest in- Local 3's Safety William R. Cole shoilld finish these meetings. We urge those of you who have not had the. winter job they ever worked on. program. .. his sewer job onthe Embarcadero opportunity to attend a Safety meeting to take note of the It's a pleasure to hear such state­ sometime in July. This has been We wish to stress once again schedule of forthcom~ng Safety meeVngs appearing elsewhere ments.- another steady job. - the importance of carrying your in this paper and make every effort to attend one of the The other project where the last dispatch with you at aU meetings and participate in the exch(lnge of ideas on this -Br-others have been working GOOD OUTLOOK times. This helps us considerably most important subject.' quite steadily has been the new .M & K Corp. and Mike Lynch -y(mr cooperation is appreci­ Federal building. Construction -ac- have sewer jobs going on in the ated. DURING THIS PAST MONTH we were able to apply the started two years ago, and dur­ area. New Pension booklets are ing this time many of our mem­ holding of an important p·recedent-setting arbitration case The work situation in the San available at the union office. Al­ ruling recently won by our union to a somewhat different bers have been working steadily, Francisco area looks very good so Health,& Welfare booklets for operating hoists, manlifts, and situation. The holding is the so-called Alcan Remedy, which for the remainder of the year. retired members. pumps. takes its name from a case Local 3 filed against the construc­ With the work we have going on Associated Dredge at Black tion firm of the same name for violating the sub-contractor We have information that in the area ·and the proposed Roscoe-Ajax-Knickerbocker, the Point, where their dredge, the clause. · ' work that !s still to be let out for "Crescent City" is working on the Federal building contractors; bids, we expect our out-of-work In this latest instance, the Alcan Remedy- the payment have purchased land in the down­ Peter Kiewit job, has been pre­ to our members who were_at the top of the out-of-work list list should be nil by the middle vented from laying pipe due to town area on which they are go­ of next month. for the work they lost- was applied to a contractor who hired. ing to erect a 30-story building. mud from the recent rains, but pet>ple who had not been properly dispatched to him. This ex­ We are pleased to hear· this, as Brothers, if you are ·not receiv- as this goes to press we learn tension of the Alcan Remedy -to right the wrong of a viola­ .. ing your newspaper and the this company has always .been In­ they have resumed thi-ee-shif't tion of the Hiring Regulations is an~ important step ~ instir- ·very cooperative in any disputes ternational magazine, cqntact our operation. ing the observance of our agreements. · office or your Business Agent. that have arisen. __ -ac- The Engineers News and the In­ PERINI BUSY ternational magazine are services THERE WERE 1,442 men disptached during them onth Perini Corp. have several jobs that you are entitled to, so . take Price ... fbt Plot of April and 188 contracts signed. This contract figure in­ going on in San· FraP.cisco be­ advantage· of them. cludes short-form agreements and special contracts. sides- the Golden Gateway proj­ Settlements -ac- ect. They are renovating the WASHINGTON - Seven elec­ - THE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES are extremely Of approximately 12 million Auditorium, which will be going trical equipment manufacturers busy . now in negotiations, policing jobs and servicing the full-time students enrolled in em for another year. Their job have agreed to pay the Tennessee membership. You know that we are anticipating a large work­ public secondary schools in 1960, at Fort Miley has progressed to Valley Authority and other fed­ load, so we urge the cooperation Of each and every one of you only 1.7 million were enrolled in the first floor stage, which in eral agencies a total of $272,450 with the Stewards, the Safety Committeemen and the Agerits, vocation_al classes; more than turn means that they still have to settle triple-damage civil anti­ to the end that the agreements are lived up to by all con­ half ·of these in home economics around a year to go before com­ trust suits resulting from the cerned. courses. pletion. On these projects we 1960 price-fix i n g conspiracy -ac- have several Engineers employed c.ases. YOU WILL NOTE that this · issue of our newspaper • ·on hoists, cranes & compressors. Cough too much? Short of Last year, General Elech·ic Co., reaches you later ~ the month than usual. This was necessary Case Foundation Co. are in the breath? You may have a Respira­ which was named in all of the because the By-Laws provide that the May issue mu!>t contain final stages of their job at 600 tory Disease. Your Christmas Seal damage suits filed by the govern­ the sample ballot for the forthcoming election, but 'we hope Front St. A lot of the Brothers association says, "Don't take ment, paid $7.47 million in settle­ to get the paper back on regular schedule for the month of -will be sorry to see this job come chances .~ · See your ·docto1·;• · ment. ' June. · / May, 1963 E N G I N E E R.S ·N E W S Page Five · · ------~--~--~------~------~~~~--~----~------arysville-A.t. L st Some SUn

By HAROLD HUSTON, W. R. regulating dam at -Thermalito WEEKS and CLAUDE ODOM Slide · rules and computers alone· cannot predict. the changing ero- - It seems as 'though '~Spring · sion forces of a river in motion. came to this district bringing The findings ·on stream flow pat heavy rains, and left us in the terns and operation of gates and· same manner. This has been one · spillways will be · used by the· • of- the wettest seasons we ha've . State.· Department- of Water Re- · seen ·in this area for many'years: sources in the 'final design ·and But the sunshil!_e . all the broth- · operation of the real dam. ers have been waiting for and , .. · ,· - · · . ·• h · f d t 0 · · th'· THIRD FLOOD - · opmg. or se~T?e a,~nve. rs D-.· ! . T, N .. :. ·d· PUSHING DIRT: This push.-Cat is· shovirig ~ Eu - Kscraper ~n a $2 mi Ili on highway jo_b near­ year w1th dayhght savmg time. r.versron · unne1 Q. •1 ,. un er -A f . th S . t · . t · T h- We know with a few days of r.eal cop:st_ruction at -the ·oroville Dam s _ t1 ~ tn f ,e thono_ma tcoutn ydwtne coun ry. · ,with tl;ie gr~ase truck at right seem to be , · · ··· · ... -· ·· wa t mg or e ngs o san still long ~ -~ serv.· rc : in§ .. McNamara, Ltd., a Canadian -warm, sunshiny weather. the con- site filled . with water fronr the . f' · h . -th . b · . - · •. 1, . ·.· . - · .·- trm as -e JO -,.,'. ~i;' ·::. -~ 'r · ., . ,. '~ ) • tractm's will sta_rt op~ning up - rain-swollen' Feather--. River :- for-.i . , ' _ . .. . . · some of th~ many jobs that haVe the third time thi~ season qiu;i·ng . 's .,· R' . been let, and this will niea!i '1heJ ast hea.vy rains. Thi~ tempo: · QSQ a-nt a' < - .. ·· -many of our brothers who have - rar1I}7' li.alted -~ work, .but .. at · the'-'·-; - . . · · been waiting so patiently for so p1:esen:t time i·t . has be~e~ ~pump:ed · · - · · · · · · ·· ,·- - long will be called to go to work. . out ,and all-o:f'·_our orot~ers : are n· June 16 at -.. --·:- e _ave - een men :omn m . Manager,· handed to ·:3.0 of· o~r. ·_ 0. he__: _milli_on . dollars ·in ,. state J. ~- ": "G:'' f_ or Local 3, Danny Dees, "'' • · ' ' ·· t · th · · b h' h · - s:oo p.m., _,_ _ . : ·- : .:: . P~§ _r_ssl_{es e --:an~us JO s w rc . • foremen Sa:(ety - Certif!cat~·s for. fup:ds:·are ,at' stake j.n a ,call :for :. was in attendituce· at the first ld·. . -work Load Just Fair: At "this _ wrl~ once agam com112,ence or - . · -havine- lonof' ~afety recor_ds on the- _bid_s issued .· this we_ek for c.:May 29 .' - · -- by their .respective organiz~ tions - The Lee. ·cJ. · Imme l. Co. -was< . BLOOD BANK: There ~ere no OROVILLE DAI\'1 The question as .to • why the , ·are Don Dowd from the A. G. C. awarded the Highway 29 ·J.Ob in.. -.. don·ors this month.-We would cer- , · · . - "high"laY division is ;building the and , ,Jim Russey from the E.G. -- One Qf the greatest _surpnses . 'first section '· of the freeway as C.A .' .. . · , Napa, from · Imola\,.... overpass , to::· ta~nly -~· appreciate _your donation. we. ho~ve witnessed ~--ere. was _t~e ~. ,a,; 'san__ dwich filling," · I~a v i9- g nar- · Trancas · Rd., to add! two inoi·e · ,as bl.Q.Q d is needed constantly. laym"' off of the sw ~ ng ~nd __ -row arteries _a t ·both. ends has ~ Consultant to the committee is · ' ·. · -~ ···. graveyard£ ~ hifts on _ the . aamh .--::.-· beeri clarified-J by enginee'rs: who-- ;f kp- ,p~~~~c~!h~lples~:~~ear~~~il\~~,. l1 ·c6:c:IAA. :. u_ ~_· -__ '_A__ -.: ~~-;~. _;_··_:_:-~ M ftM. Many o the brothers w o .,_ ihsi'st ' that the wesl:ern ;-~~'ction __ llm~~m.o;,h:til'll v __ - ~~ w _ ~n U"U worked t~rough the wet wea th~~ r -. ~·an : ~~ . coinplet~d . _a( ;the -sa·me attendiHg the fir sf meeting w.a'? E e '· -1 · ' ~- ·- '· . :. were lard-off when ~ .the sun· . timtC if. th; drainage•· problems Gil -Davidson, State D. A. S. rep- ~-. t1.9. -IHe~r_ s__'><. ,-:_-. ·.• Qsures • started to ·shine. We ?ope .it' wi~l . - ~1~ l s~lved • soo~ ; ;moue'h. : ·· _ ' ·1 ff d ~ ter working in the spillway on D A G BOARDMAN · -- · ' · t· It · · on IY b e a t ~m~or ~ r y,_ ayo , .a,.n _• ·. j._ ;,J?.\v bid .-~f -$337-,3fl4 wa ~ ·ac- . » Y _,__ ._ , .. _ --<·· nega IVe respont;;e. IS my opm- !hat they wrll bet mto full s~ mg cep ted by the Sfate Division of the Virginia Ranch Dam job ~ Edtication ,& R!)search Direc_tor, !ol). that if a strong case for pub- - m Lhe very near future ' · This, too, is a job waiting for the Cal_if. State·Conf,- : of - Operating ,~·- ·lie . safety can . be made at the ·- . " . . . . .- - . Highways for a ·contract to·- build· w'eather to br-eak so .they can · · 'I'he frrst concrete core of the two bridges over -Mud Creek -in · Engineers · ,\ .Committee's he'aring, the bill will . ...._ _ Ol·nvr'lle dam was poured I·n· ... _a · .. · really get, going. Funds for rec- · - : ' " ii"ve' · a c. hance· I'f ' r1ot the b1"ll -v Btfffe County and to gtade and ·A· th St t L ·. . ·1 t · ·. · -~-i- • · "" · · 1 ' ' ceremony in which a -16-fon ·- · ... . I ', ·· , . reation facilities at the dam were ~ - e . a_ e . e_g1s a y r e_ 1 ~·, ·_. will die in committee. bli~ket containing concrete ini ~ed- s'u_~_face a total'_· ~d' .' .2 ~Hes of ./approved when . Gov. Brown Sacramento grmds along through '- AB 2896, . by Foran, •has b~en witl;t aggregate from~_!l.ll 58 Cali-. appr oaches . . A. _Terchert · ~ Son r signed a . bill granting $400,000 . its , mountain of biUs, there: ~re referred to the Committee on In- .. . . wa_s . low ' br_d_d_e _r . IS ex-. ·I·n DavTs-Grunsky funds to the developments '• in ' several piece$ •' ,fonlia counties was p_oured onto t d b _w_or~th th dustrial Relations. This bill in- 'bedrock of .the Feather River. ' pee~ to egm _wr >Ill' a mon district. ' of legislation of speCial interest citides Jow . pr e ~sure . boilers which or 'six wee],<:s and require about . to -the Operating Engineer-s . . Pla~ing of concrete ·for . the· six months to complete: · McNamara Ltd. is moving . -- ' are· not presently covered with- core of the .dam -is scheduied. to:.- . ·/ ,., equipment into their Sierra City A~ 1799• introd';!ced by As- in provisions governing safety in . be completed in abo tit · nine . . CHAN ~ E ~ 'CLEARING . Highway 49 job, and hope to get , s~mblyman .,Foran of San Fra~- employment with respect to months. The dam itself· will be ··' :H..'- -Earl Parker of. Ma_ryt;;vllle started real soon. This job is 16% crsco at the request of the Engr-c .tanks and boilers. This bill would -fo· rmed above the core by· plaqng· ·'--. h as· .· b _e.en awarde d ·a $ 148,895.9 1 ·comp ' .' e t e d WI'th· 300 ,000 cu b'rc neers,d ., hast passed d . f h the . Assemblyb f _.· ·-:..requu .. . . e that. low pressm. e tan. ks· 155 million tons of rock, and_ COntrat t for chaime} clearhig On yardS Of I;OCk still to shoot and an IS S1 a e -. Or .. ean ~ g e _or!) - . and ·boilers be inspected Oll in- • ravel , much of I't ta1'iings _frq_m the u_pper reache-s . o_f'the s'a_er a~ move. There are a total of 129 the Senat.~,- Commrttee ~n Insur-· .. ;·st'itllati'o...... n . a'r1d II - e ~ · · & F' · -· -I n f A _ . .. annua y, as ar r. gold dredge ope.ratioii's early this men to River b'etween Colusa' and' working 'days _left on this job ance . ma?cra1 nsL u IOns_. , .. ~ . t,he higll pressui'e boilers. This century. ·The 735-foot l).eigh't .of Hamilto_n City in Gl~nn and : Co ~ ~ . which should-be a real good one e~:tort rs being m~ d~ to_ _ge ! . ~he _ ;.~:: bill has· b_een set for hearing .:on the dam will make it the highest' lusa Coiinties. parker ;;a!d _ that ~ for a lQt of our brothers this brll_n:oved to the _C ~mw ~! tee . ~Il ,;'. )VIa:~ 29, 'at . 3:45 .m : in Indus- em.b · ankment dam in the world:_· the ~work' will sta· i-t a_·s, soon as the · summet·. Judrcrary, '.as ;~l. .ther .e,- ·:-.· are some_ , tnal-- .--:' .· Relatrons· · .- Commrtteep .: · . It i~ .due to be completed in 19B8 . contract is 'signed, •' POSSibly' legal questiohs.) that ;\ve 'feel mfiy_;;:~ · · . .> • 0 I 'and will be the key unit of the. within the ne~t two weeks, -~n.d INiQUSTRIAL REPORT b_e better ~ns ~ered ·.rll --th ~ t Coni,. ;>:c ~ ~~ po~tance to Operating We are presently negotiating 'mittee. We· will keep·· .. : ~y: ou - in> · _ Eng~neers, _ ·Is s_ B _344 by Senator_ state water project._ will take ,about .five mon:ths for - c II Th b II ld b t th ·.. /completion. Several islands in· ·.with Yuba Consolidated Gold- formed on _tHe bill;s.- :Pfogress. · · ;; .- _o rer. · . Is. 1 wou . oos e WATER OVER DAM - the overflow a~ ea of the river fields covering their shop and AB 2364, by Ass:e:J;Iibiyman-Al·. Sta,te gas t May 2~. ·-.-~J~ s-se . Vnruh of the Assembly, River a 'few . miles downstream -manor; .plants to get. all their ideas.. _ This bill faces ,a to~gh f~ght in : "has said .he wili 'support the bill from: gigantic Oroviile bam: The:' Most of the shops in the area committee, due to the great op- if part of-- the funds are us'ed for ,- model's. purpose is to anticipate 1 .ANXIOUS ~o : GO . . have been:. real busy ~hich has position this type of le g islati on ~-' :fapid tra.nsit. Thi& may kill . the ·a streaw. flow pattern_whe:r ( th.e .. .. FaQel_. & :Gra.ni_te o'J)- th~ i r An - · 'heli?ed to use a lot of Q:Ur )2roth- 1f s u·a ll y gene.ra.tes. Interviews ··bill, inasmuch as gas tax money r eal r iver moves downstr

•.t:,.' Pa!Je Six ENGINEERS NEWS May, 1963 •

.. ' 1 Utah . We extend our most profound sympathy to the family of Brother Rank Oliver \vho was killed at Flaming Gorge Dam. A1so to the family of Brother Griffith Douglas, killed while working in a trench for Enoch Smith & Sons. ·

* *Stockton * Brother George Angerina, member of the Stockton Griev­ ance Committee, recently went to Reno. He lost all his money, • but brought back a wife. Brother-Noble Maynard has retirrned home again after the latest of seven operations caused by complications from a ruptured appendix several months ago. Brother Maynard has exhausted his Health & Welfare benefits and will have received the last of his Disability benefits this month. His ·fellow Engine€rs employed on Camanche Dam have "passed the hqt'' tp raise funds for him ~before and are doing it again. · However,· any Engineer who fee l ~ he can spare a few dolla1:s to help .. Brother Maynard defray his staggering expenses lS ·requested to send his contribution to this office . . FIRST STATEWIDE PROGRAM: 'A histori c o c casion is shown above, the ceremony of signingg ~ Brother· . Darrell Allen, who worked in this district · for what is believed to be the first statewide a rt.icles ()f organization for a Surveyors apprentice­ many years, was · seriously injured on Granite Construction ship training prog ram, .joing togethe'r the existing N o rth¢ r n California and Southern pro­ Co.'s job at Pollock Pines. Brother Allen will be hospitalized grams .. Left to right: SEATED-Geo.rg.e R. Psomas, cha irman, Civil Engineers Land Surveyors f0r several nionths.in the .Placerviiie Memorial Hospital with Assn. of Calif.; Ernest B. W ebb, d irector; 'Ca lif. State oHndustria l Relations; Ph il Lygren,. Bay both legs criished' by a tree ,which fell on him while he was • Counties Civil Engi neers & Land SurveYors.Assn. STAND I N G~ P aul A Fe rt ig, t raiping direc­ operating a dozer.' tor, Ope ra t ing .Eng in ee.rs Local 12, Los Angeles, and Arthur Pennebaker, Ope.rat ing Engineers * · * Local 3 B usiness Rep resentat ive in charge of t he Technica l Engineers. Oakland ' . • I '.- Bro. Bill Abral1am, .a Local a,. member for over 16 years, was presented with a 10-year pin by Conso.lidated Western Steel for his services to the company. The presentation was . made at a dinner in his·honor at. fll;e Edgewater Inn, Oakland, Unify Surveyor Trainin by Roy Barnes, division m.anager of the company. Bro. Bill have United States in the field of ready begun to write instructor said he felt deeply honored. Articles of O~ganization Oakland, /looking - been approved by the State of surveying. guides, lesson plans .and so forth l Doc Booth is ip Veterans · Hospital ·in into The new: statewide Joint Ap­ aimed at both the "in-class" and forward to a speedy rel.ease and quick recovery. Walter California joining together and one program the Northern and· prenticeship Committee is. com­ , "self-help" approaches to related . Rogge is recuperating in Herrick Hospital after surgery Southern Califotnia Survey,9rs posed of t~o representatives trainincr. ' should be out soon. ~ . from each of the four sign·atory Targ:t date for having the new The following brothers are.•. home now after bouts in the Apprenticeship Programs. Farley Pollock. Developed jointly by represent- ' organ.izations and one consultant materials ready is September/ hospital: Earl Dooley, L. E .. Traphagen and atives of the Bay Counties Civil each from the State Dept. of with the hope that this can help · -Best \\liShes to ·all for S})e€dy recoveries. problem of mixed * Engineers & Land. Surveyors Education, U.S. Bureau of AP: alleviate the * * • Assn., Inc., the Civil Engine€rs & prenticeship & Training and the classe·s that now prevails. ' Dr. Fres1110 Land Surveyors' Assn. of Calif. Calif. Division of Apprenticeship Sidney McGaw of the Calif. State We report with the deepest regrets the passing of the and Operating Engineers Locals Standards. · Dept. of Industrial Education has following Brothers, Gerald Brewster, F1oyd Massey and James 3 and 12, it is believed to be the The · JAC has standardized its assured the JAC that his kgency Wright, arid the son of BI·other Alex Al€x.ander. first statewide program in the educational criteria and has al- will make every effort to meet We are very sorry to hear that Brother Harry Long was the September deadline. seriously · injur.ed while employed by MeN a mara & Mannix · Serving on the statewide JAC Co . on Hi.ghwa;y 152. We wish ,him a speedy recovery. We are are: George R. Psomas, chair- happy to report that Brother T-. ,A. Bingham is a very proud man, Civil Engineers & Land grandfather. We are holding mail for Semmie Richardson. .n & ·Ce:J:Ii supply in the Fresno area is running Cochra - .,. the blood '· Surveyors of Calif.; Arthur Pen Brothers nebaker, ··vice chairman, Operat- very low. We would like to urge everyo:r1e to try to donate. ing Engineers Local 3, and Mil- * ;1< ' * ton Jeanney, secretary, C.E. & Sa~ta Rosa L.S.A. of Calif. Congratulations to the Jack -Rists on a recent addition Other members are: for the to their family. May we at this tim€ offer our sincere coQ.­ employers-Ralph B. Hoyt and dolences to Brother Ken Shaffer and family on the recent • Philip Lygren, both of Bay Coun­ loss of his wife. ties Civil Engineers & Land Sur­ I . ' * Assn., Inc.; and for the * * veyors San ~ afael unions- J. J . . Twombley and J. J. ·Regan, Operating Engineers Our th'anks to the following blood donors: Bros. Eugene Local 12, and Dale Marr, Operat­ Forth and Duane Hope. . . · , ing Engineers Local 3. Best wishes to the following brothers on the sick list: Hal Kortum and ·charlie Wells. Bro. Rich Connell E. Martin, Joe Consultants are: Dr. Sidney in an auto accident and was hospitalized briefly. McGaw, State Dept. of Educa­ was Congratulatio11s .are in order to: Bro. Lee Ross 0r1 becom­ tion; Morris E. Skinner, U. S. girl April 21, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. & ing proud papa of a baby Bureau of Apprenticeship To Bro. Dean Coen- a boy onApril 18th, 5 lbs. 14 oz., and · Training; Gilbert 0. Davidson, on May 7th. Stand­ David Wright, a baby born Division of Apprenticeship Bro. Dan Ritter dropped in to 'say hello- back on a short ards; Danny. 0. Dees, administra­ , trying to rs visit from Thailand where he's with Alcan-Pacific tor, Northern Calif. . Surveyo teach the natives to run, equipment-working on paving for Apprenticeship Program, and Ed­ • lhere. gar P. Millstead, administrator, runways'" Southern Calif. _Surveyqrs Ap­ . * * * prenticeship Program. sa'nJose We are sorry to report that Bros. Jack Wiginton and Fred Wright Sr. are in the hospital. Best wishes for a quick re­ covery. Printing Unions Special th;mks to Robert Sandow, who has just donated his EIGHTH PINT OF BLOOD! Brother Sandow will be sent ~~eve Closer a gold Gallon Pin from the Red Cross in recognition of the To Mer-ger gallon of blood he has donated. Our thanks to the following DON'T TAKE CHANCES Brother.

- . • San _Jose San Mateo ~ Bof1 .d·· v:ofe ~:_ ~ • ' '• ' I • ' Hopes·for ' ::::· ~ IJ. pturn Soon. June 4, B-Ddy June Bt ' ,' ~;~· By A, ·J. HOPE, W. H. DAVID· By BILL RANEY and added . up they amount to mii.: SON, -.G. L. MOORE and DAN MATTESON lions of dollars. J. N. HALL ;Fisk, Firenze &; Mq,Lean wa:s A $35,000,000 bond issue will awarded the grading .on a nice· Work is still.slow at this writ­ be voted on fn San Mateo Coun- job in Sah Carlos, while Wenrick ing. We· still have a long "out-of­ ty Tuesday, June 4. This is, an ·& Associ_!!. tes acquired the under~ . ·· work" list, but if the weather con­ issue of extreme importance to gr.ound work for about $100,00~: .­ tinues dry, we hope to see the you Engineers.=Your Represent- · Chas. Dorfman co. has a pip,e' • Brothers back at work soon. · atives have been in the midst of . job just starting in Menlo -Park A. J. Raisch Paving Co., are. the studies by the· Greater High-. costing about $700,000. Pre-job, • working on ·their crusher plant · ways Committee of San 'Mateo ·information' indicates -this to b_e on the Monterey highway and County and can wholeheartedly . a nice clean _· job which shoqld Jiave been able to keep most of urge your support of tliis ·bond last the year out. their repairmen and welders busy · issue. - · putting iJi the cones and primary Burlingame Shor~:--Land ; Co. is­ . Many, · many responsible agen- _anticipating an $18 million de-. crushers. When this plant is com­ CLOSE QUARTERS: A j~b calling ·for 'lot of ir1.genuity and a ~ies have studied, this and-- also .· velopment in North ·Burlingame._ pleted it wiU be the most modern skill is being handled by Sanco Pipelines in putting in sewers realize _the need. The money is and up-to-date plant in the coun- for a subdivision down San Jose way. Brother Arma('ld Herrera, " Fellion & McGranahan has a / ty. This shown to be used primarily for im' · nice $270,-ooo· J'ob: iii 'El Granad·a plant is under the su­ here, is digging_trenche~ ·2 .feet wide and 16 feet deep Provements . of "feeder" . ro:ads ' · pervlSlon of Brother Eugene between existing buildings spaced only 8 feet-apart. ·. · onto' the _proposed new freeways which :is' now well under way- ·and running (Slim) Cooper. Brother Mario which are_ materializing faster · smoothly. . · Boskovich, the master mechanic; than anticipated. . . L. C. - ~_ mith .has had consider~ . has kept most of the crew able in the One interesting statistic from work · this winter, but has shop. b.usy all winter with very research on this bond issue is been held . up ·severely by the · • little. lay-off, painting and r~­ that after the new Bay Front daily sprinkles of the last six: - pairing the_. equipment in readi­ weeks. :. ~· Freeway is'. built to the east of ne~s for the spring work. the present Hwy. 101 Bypass . BREWER'S ISLAND Sanco, Pipelines, in spite of the it will require 242 million cu. City rainy weather, have kept fairly ~ Foster on Brewers isfand yds: of · dirt to fill the Bay to has co11ie l.lP with the busy. At the. present time · they formal t. that' freeway. H would appear plan Jor the are ·working on a unique sewer first 1613 dwelling I that with proper planning now, . units composed . of · line for the installation of sewers 619 single our children will have a job if family · units, 38 duplexes, in a subdivision. Brdther Armand 153 they wish to become 'Engineers. ·town apartments, Herrera has displayed a great · 341 garden Vote for progress · ~ Vote for 'apartmimts 'and 462 high-rise · deal of ability in .digging the il~!~: -· .. !1 jobs on June trenches that are 2 feet wide 16 l 4th. apartments. This, of course, is feet deep between the houses BLOOD DAy only th_e start. -- . Hydraulic Dre,dging Co. has that are_spaced only 8 f~et apart. The San ,Mateo Bu_ilding & been slowed cons Aican-Pacific are showing good Construction Trades Council's' 'i.derably by the dredge, progress on_their 10-story build­ Blood Bank Day'will be observed Foster Gity No. 1, whic):l has been laid up ing at Stanford. They have com- on Saturday, June 8, 1'963. in dry dock and ­ pleted' the pouring of concre 1 is not due· out for a few weeks te on On this day. the various build­ • eight stories and have two yet. We can look forward t() to com­ ing trades unions vie with one plete. Haas & Haynie . are busy -vigorous pumping in about a anotheJ," to see who can donate on the 320-unit apartment month. - build- ~' the most blood for the welfare . ·. ing in Stanford. Louis Dunn and- i:it II It The / extension of Edgemar of their pahicular members and · Rhodes have lost very little time Freew,ay to Sharp Park their families in San Mate'o RoaQ, on the Kaiser Hospital in Mt. county. should be starting by now. ,'I;l;lis View. job will run $4 millions It·is always a gala event, with and in· . Bilardi Construction were low voive ' six bridges within about SAND ,DREDGE: This ·is a neyv Dredge -Plant which Hollister the . business repres~ntatives of bidders on a $110,003 sewer job in three miles. It seems that Me~ . '­ S~nd & Gravel at San· Juan Bautista are installing to furnish all the crafts doing the cooking Cupertino. The area to be drained Namara Construction has sand for San Luis Dar11

By JJ,ON KINCHLOE, L. L ..(Tiny) LAUX, NORRIS CASEY, FRAN WALKER and JAMES (Red) IVY · ·In the southern end of Ala- the pipeline which will connect med~ county the work will be ex- the La C()sta and Mission Tun­ ceptionally good this year~ The _nels. This is a new $4 million only thing that we need now is job and should go soon. some good weather, and every- The rock quarries have been •• thing will go- probably all ·at slow but they expect a good year . once. , after it gets started. The~?e boys Several larger jobs are all set all had a pretty go.od y~ar last to roll. Perhaps the_ largest is year and hope for an even more Kiewit's San Antonio . Dam Proj- successful one this year. ect job near Sunol. They are try- The . General .Motors plant is ing . to· get started, but the soft supposed to be finished approxi-. ground is giving them fits. They mately June 1. have moved in most of their equipment from the Union Val- Elmer J. Freethy, El Cerrito, ley job, but are adding some new was low bidder for construction D-9s and a new cat 14 blade, .and of the facilities, Albany Orienta­ . will also have a crushing unit set tion Center for the Blind in AI-. up on the job. ;rhis shoUld be a bariy. Fessenden Co ., of Rich­ two-season job. It is scheduled mond is doing the grading an_d for 40 hours per week on the Raymond Concrete Piling the For t~e third straight year, the Briones Dam Project in Contra Costa piledriving. This job is located 11t JOB-MAKING CHAMP: dirt, with the maintenance on a of supplying a greater number of jobs for Eng ineers t han any • Adams St. and Carlsen Blvd. at county will have the honor two-shift basi~. the dam site looks now. Briones Dam th~ foot of Alj:Jany Hill. We have other single venture in the Oakland district. This is how TWO TUNNELS about 10 Brothers working there. and Reserv0i r is a key unit in the Ea~t Bay Municipal Uti·lity District's vast $283 mi lli-on water . it, and Guy F. Atkinson Co. is _the .builder. Kiewit is also trying to get Fluor Maintenance is at work development program. 1\aiser Engineers designe~ going on their two water tunnels on a shutdown in the Union Oil . ~. for the Dept. of Water Resources. Oleum Refinery in Rodeo. There They are now preparing the are about 15 Brothers on this portal for the La Costa tumiel job under the direction of Bro. evada as Bright Outlook 1j near Sunol. This tunnel is one Jim Huddleston, general £ore­ Whit- mile long and approximately 10' man, and F. N. (Witt) By ED HEARNE, B. J. (Bu) gram, William R. Jacober, L. R. with their rubber tired equiJ.)­ It is located ap- worth, foreman. Rosendahl Corp. 4". in diameter. BARKS and STAN GARBER McDonald, Walter McClellan. ' but the undergrpi.md crew on me~t proximately 6% . miles from has two 40-ton Lorain cranes Malcolm McGuire, G. H. Marsh, for sev­ in the North, are down to a snail's. pa~e . Sproul Livermore on the Livermore- this job which will last The work picture Paul . Melton, J. Morgan, D. B. ap- eral weeks. area looks. good for Home · Builders . have qpened . Mission San Jose Highway, ern Nevada Ols~n, b. L. Podesta, Carl A. 1% miles back in 1 . of the fact that proximately this year in spite Roberts, William Robinson, Ed another 100 homes .on; th~. Sev~ . the hills. . BRIONES DAM open the .. jobs .have been slow to Rosendale, W. K. Roush, B-ennie enth. St. development · . . • A. Turrin & .Sons from Con- The East Bay Municipal Utility up. _We a~e hoping that. by the D. Smith, Clarence G. Smith, . ,. Eriginee1;S ·· have , cord . have subb,ed- the -portal District's Briones Dam, under time you read this, ,.·:work will __ Weichma~ Gl~nn W. Smith, Hugh D. Sur­ pi·eparafion and the access road construction in Bear Creek Can-. hav~ · opened up and the ;,Out:of­ been ·down : for '·some ' ' tirli~ '' b-iif' - vimt, Gerald Vega, G. F. Wilkins, from Kiewit. As soon as this gets yon about three miles northwest win have diminished they are now . ni~ving along on W ork" iist Norman R. Wing, Earl Winsor, gqing, th~Y ..:Will also start wor:k of Orinda in Contra Costa county, to nothing. the new con~enti~n sit~ : This ·, will have the honor of supplying Donald E. Witcher. on the Mission Tunnel, approxi, Gibbons & Reed has started crew will be working in the sub­ mately 5 miles away. Both will the greatest number of jobs for their freeway job at Carson City W-2 FORMS division With some of the other be worked on at the same time engineers of any single project in and are opening up the cuts. The following men haye W-2 and schedu~ed for three shifts. this district for the third straight When the job was bid they ex­ Forms in the Reno office: home builders in the Reno · and· Sparks area. VARWIG BUSY year. pected to find a lot of rock and Myron Atwater, Pat Avery, Briones Dam and Reservoir, ~e- they moved in an 88-B Bucyrus James M. Bragg, Allen Bridges, Wells Cargo shop are keeping · Erwin D. Varwig is going full signed by Kaiser Engineers and shovel. As the cuts open up, they Maurice E. Butler, Clarence W. a full crew busy. · . blast on the Castro Valley High being constructed by the Guy F are finding more and more Dayton, Colma Dupree, Jack The Crap.e Companies have School job. They have _hit some Atkinson Co., is a key project in scrapei: muck which means more Ellis, Dale L. Fraser, Arthur had a slow winter, but things are. hard rock, but it hasn't slowed E.B.M.U.D.'s $283 million water work for the Operating Engi­ Gates, T. F. Gibson, Glenn Gillson, starting to look up with the sun in them down too much. This job development program:, tieing neers. The rUlbber tired equip­ Jack Good, Wayne D.-Hall, James shining again. • . will last nearly all .season. Bro. with the Mokelumne· Aqueduct ment should be going two shifts T. Hart, Hubert E. Johns, Rob­ A 'LIT,TLE OVERTIME Erwin, who is real proud of the system which has furnished em­ by the time you read this. This ert C. Johnson, Dale W. Lathim. fact he can keep his equipment ployment for a large number of job starts at the north end of Harlow C. Lee, Marvin E. Lind­ Nevada P.aving Co. is keeping in good shape, has gained na- Engineers for several years. Carson City and ·runs north for ler, Robert Lyon, Wilfred Mc­ two crews steady and doing a · tiona! recognition in construc- about 4 miles. Donald McGowan, Wil­ real good job with Brother Char­ tion magazines. He has added Briones Dam is of earth fill Donald, Work is just starting to open James G. Morris, lie Scott, foreman, and Perry some new eqtiipment to his fleet, con'struction requiring approxf­ liam Martin, up at Lake Tahoe and should be B. Morton, Richard S. Myers, Steadman, steward. Brother including a helicopter for his mately 14 million cubic yards of Lee going good shortly. Pacific Glenn B. Parker, Frank Dodd, superintendent Of own use to visit his jobs. excavation and fill. Ground was T. L. O'Dell, Bridge Co. is starting on their Owen H. Parker, Albert L. Pico, this company, keeps the jobs Fredrickson · & Watson and broken on this project in Janu- job at Incline Village, bu,ilding Joe Piper, J. Plemons, Edgar R. lined out so the g;ng gets a full Granite are down to the hard ~:~;l~~i~:ni~ i~~~:~!~!~~e~ 9~0:. a 750 room hotel. Rankin, Waimon Rodgers, Rob­ weel~s work plus a little over- . rock part of their job on the There are approximately 175 En­ Shops in the Reno area are ert L. Stanley, Jamg~ R. Walsh, tim.e. Mission San Jose freeway. They gineers employed at this time on go~ng pretty good with the ex­ .James White. .M&K have just completed the w_ere able to work their spread a two-shift basis, and this figure ception of Sierra .Machinery George Frifall Co. is keeping Truckee River channel ·change at most of the winter, and have is expected to exceed 200 Engi­ Co., which recently laid off quite their crew rather busy on the Painted Rock. This job for the: some 600,000 yards I(ift to move, neers during the·peak of the sea­ a few men due· to the lack of new . court house; the federal Southern Pacific · Railroad has but it is all rock. The job will be son. work. building, -hotels' and motels with kept about 15 · members going completed this year. SUPERVISORS VACATION CHECKS the backhoes and end loaders. since January. • Piombo still have 3 or 4 Briones Dam construction is The following members have The Frifall Co. rubber· tired The Bank building, · Harrah's months' .work on their fill job in under the supervision of the fol­ Vacatimi Checks in the Reno of­ equipment is also busy in a hous­ Club building and the . new San Lorenzo. This is a truck job, lowing brother Engineers: Glen fice: ing tract. A small crew is keep­ Golden Hotel have bee·n using a so when it is wet they have to Ra'gsdale, dirt superintendent; Jerry Anastassatos, ,R. D. ing busy at the crushing plant few Engineers all winter. shut down, but it is keeping ap­ Ernie Ford, equipment supt.; Austin, James W. Barnes, Lyle making base rock and a belt­ ChtiCk Stockt~n h?s _R ~en hired proximately 15 brother Engi­ Milo Meidinger, field engineer; Becker, James E. Bottoroff, Ita loader for fill material. to run the pavu;J.g crew for the neers busy. Roger Schuettke, day shift dirt E. Bowdish, C'arl S. Bradley, Jo­ KEEPING BUSY John R. Savage Co. of Carson/ McGuire & Hester's canal job supt.; and' Gene Daily, swing shift seph P. Briano, Lee Brown, Roy Isbell Co. is doing a nice job City ~ The construction crew just near Livermore will be finished dirt supt. Roy Ragsdale, A_l Whit­ E. Brown, Earl V. Burhans, Hen­ on the Plumb Lane widening, an got the crushing plant relocated - in a couple of months. They had aker, Ralph Shepard, M. M. Mar­ ry M. Burkey, Cecil E. Carr, Eu­ extension to the airport. Isbell after ·the January flood. This moved nearly all the dirt last chal, Rosie O'Grady, Fred gene Coleman, Solomon Domin-_ 'crushing plant on 2nd St. has company does most of the con_. y~ar before the rains started, so Schwartz, Lester Gunn and Bert go, W. L. Fisher, F. J. Fleming, been going two shifts for a few crete and paving around the capi­ now all they have is some canal · Gilcrease are dirt foremen. D.N. John M. Florey, Kenneth R. For- weeks now. tal citY,. to trim and line. inash ~ · The Verdi road job with Is­ "Blackie" Gates and Jim Hill are . STEADY WORK .. NEW PIPELINE mechanic foremen. Lee Kirkman Roy Fross, Merle C. Fulkersoi)., bell was underway until the re­ Co. has a fe.,; · ­ Erectors are also near is lube foreman. L. E. Gibson, Edward W. Gnadig, cent rain which slowed this job George Probasco · Yuba Engineers who have been work- job on the San The Stewards on the Briones D. L. · Goodwine, Don Gordon; down again, but they will . be the end of their ing steady all winter. . Mateo Br.idge wfth only a month job are Brothers T. Z. Sanders, Roy M:. Grke, L. v. Hack, Leon­ gomg again on a second shift or so left. to go. The other part Jim Mars and Bob Findley, with ard R. Hageman, Sam H. Hi:jm, basis by the · time this goes to Readi Mix Concrete Co. is ()f this job is supposed to be let Brothers Charlie Williams and Oluf Hartvigsen, Dale R. Hastay, press. doing some paving arid patching Helms Construction Co. is jobs around Reno and Sparks soon. Jack Vanlandingham acting as Donald · Hayes1 P. L. Hodgkins, · U.S. Steel was low bidder on Safety Committeemen. Alpheus G ~ Howard, Eugene In- keeping most of their crew btlSY area. - ·- G+ N E E RS N E W S . ~ag~ Ni.ne . May~ :1963 .. -E N.. , :: . ~ ,. . -, -... - ...-:.- •$J)I- 'ift9tilrie in the ~!:~~t!e : InduStry Bigwigs Tolcl , ROCkies--but Late By eet&T \ About Safety Program Local 3 Pres. Pq.ul ~qg~comb~ · · was reelected to his' third term ~y )AY N:EELEY, MERLIN .are just barely g~tting started on as president of .the CEL;&T As~ -Some 150 top executives of this a good program: It will save BOWMAN, JOHN. THOI_tNTON, ... their canal jobs. Fife is at Hunts ~ .sociation. at the !lnriual..lfteet~ng . the W e ~ t's leading constructiop you money and, more important, V~N CE ABB.OTT and LAKE . ville and Wheelwi:ight at Roy, :of the gf ot:m -April !6 )!1 Sa¢ra- firms heard a first-hand explana- it will 'prevent pain and suffer~ . tion of Operating Engineers Lo­ ing ·for our members and heart· ... ·· - . . . . AUS'fiN :u~~ilyof.t~e jobs· in the North-·. men to · ~ - -~ cal. 3's Safety Education· Commit­ break for their families." Spring- has been very tempera- ers -area have been very, very CEL&T'::. .Assoeia:tion built and tee program Friday, April 5, as · Local 3 Safety Engineer Dale .mental. this year, in the Rockies, slow in ·ge'tting started; many of openit~s · the_· Labor. _Te rrt~i~ . in · the union's g uests at a luncheon Marr told the gathering: · with miuch rain, wind and threat-' the brothers htwe · bee,n working _· : Sacra. ~~n~o , The . · na,~e: _IS .de­ Fran- "Ninety per cent of the time,­ at the Jack 'Tar Hotel,• SanI -- en~h~ .. storms: This has. caused 3 . oniy t~o a_nd three . days a week . . ~rived'· •frC>_~ th~ - ; fi ~ ~t . ~.mtrals :of cisco. when -I go out on · the job to. delay· in ~ construction, but at this · J. B. Parsons Co. should get · .•Carp .~_11t~rs, ~ Engmeers: t:abor~rs The roster of guests was a . check an accident, someone was · the umpns - w~iting things are improved and · started on their Mantura ·job in ·_:·and Team st~ rs., ~hiCh veritable "Who's Who" of the · not.thinking. We don't wanf acci­ : . work in 'the Salt Lilke City .area the next week. ·· -: ~; u.ni:ler\Vt,~t~ · the ~tr~cture. ·'~onstruction industry, ·and o'ne­ dents, al_ld you, the employers,­ many £;mployers . . . . . ~ .. ·· .> The o.ther • pnncipal - officers is o·pening' and· b'ujldei.-s' .association · · o~fieial , .­ don't want accidents. The only · are calling their regular p,eople . - F~AMING GORGE . . · ·'/'.·-;:~b'i~o we ~.e': ):e~f~ct~a.:_~ack . Gr:a.dy, , _looking ar:pund ' the hall, ex­ way we ·can stop them is to get : }tecently, the last concrete was,. ·Te.anishi:fs.::.f150, .. v,ic~ _ iJres}qen~, . back. _' claimed: "There ·is over · $1 bil­ into the field, to . the · people ill­ the bridge deck of :a,nd . Perc:Y .. ,;\Ja~l, Laborers. 18~, Gibbons &Reed have a number poured over lion ·of construction in this room valved, with ·this Safety Educa· . 'bs starting, and ~orne will ·the spillway. tunnel on the Flam- ..secretary-t]:easurer. ; . . . of ,. JO right now." . tion Program. '. pr!)b?bly ;work extra ,d~ys . The_ ihg Gor:ge . )>am, w}!ich will_ al: . · ' Locai i ~h;~ . two , oth~rs on the going to .. try to reach Local 3 Business Manager Al "We are 2nd -west job· is ·starting 'to roll. low tra~fic from Dutch John to .: 'cEL&T . hc:i ~ rct'of d!rectors.;,.Rec:­ want Clem welcomed the .building in­ and interest every man. We The new iiti:i nortQ and :1st s_outil Vernal ·· in . the · very near future ·. . Corr.-S.ec , W.·: V. ..Minahan . ana acting explained the un­ our people · thinking and 'Freeway job. has started. Broth- .without h a.vi?g_ to . go .. thr;o:tgh' •Sacra:fu ~~t

By 1HAROLD LEWIS, BERT NAKANO, CLARE:N"CE .F:RIEND . and WILFRED ~ROWN . A .long . period o£ savage .-weather has played hob with the construction industry iin ·Hawaii. . . After months ·.Q_f wind and rain, ·~ cons'tructl?n has· finally__ ·. started. to ._ pick up. Our unemployment .. 'list, which was . at .• c1'n ''all-time · ·high; _is beginning to ·_'drop :down · slowli.' ....:J;;~t's ·.·.hop.¢ ·. t~af tlie BIGG~ST SHOVIEL AROUND: This new 15-..yard CI'Jpacity, weather remafns 'surmy: · . . ~. ' .• · . . ~ :;r· ~·~- .' .. .. Bucyrus Erie 280-B shovel has just been put to work by M. ~K., .. . ,, NEW __ JQ~S .. ~-- .. Utah-Brown & Root at the San Luis Dam. It's going pround ··· Kaise~ - :Ha'W~ii - Kai - :De\reiop, the clock with Brothers Burt Charlie, Mike Storey ancj Sidney ment . Co. w'as . tp a member ~f th-~ Opera~ing Engi~eer~s. The -photo' wa~ m?de . ~n . a sewe: job at. lems and are running smoothly ~an_111 1 gradft "' T:hcsp t' · Y Fa.,ettevrlle, North Carolrna, rn 1918: Moreno-Burkham Constructron Co. of~ St. Lours, Mo., again. · era worankdhpav as 1~tg. s -same con rae- .,, ·' . · ·" · · . P ·M'. I R . .. b' . ·, C. ··. was_the contractor. ·., Fredrickson & Watson · at t or s, . . · ., , , e 11a 1e ,_ I ane, . Dixon started paving on their Western Fr'eigl:it; Bigge Crane & '. is <;OJJ;lpleted it will shuf their ' mento River they 'couldn't find two hour driv~ fl·om Auburn int::> · Highway 40 job, as did Marin Rosendahl. Ch.icago- Iron has plant down at Caloma. their piling. . ._.this' .area. The ;company is con- . Rock on the American Canyon moved ~'its ' c1:ew ov.er. tO ·the Hydraulic Dredge · Co. has templating setting up fJur camps. Road job off Highway 40. Syar Douglas site. . '. INJURED moved the dredge Papoose back A. h--ailer -courf is being constru~- & Harms, Slinson, Bill Gattung Paul Hardeman co. has started Darrell Alan, working for· to finish the Deep W::. ".~> · · · neat~ -th,e .pr()posed new shop- velopme:Qt we:re to be opene_d, way 40. This will eliminate haz· 1 of the Placer -'. County Water early this monU1. This office hac;; · DEEP nJTcH '' pin&f mall that will Tuu from 3rd ardous conditions and double the · · .. · ;, :·.-: , to 7th St. on K St. Me.rTitt-Chap- Agency awarded a·:c.$91,750,000 heard ' that tne· Engineer's es.ti-. flow of traffic across the bridge. contract to the lone- bidder, . Lentz Const. ~as a deep ditch man & 'scott has moved in a 4000 mate runs .anywhere from $35,- E~timated cost is $10,000,000. American River Constructors, on El Camt_~w-·Ave. but are doing _ Manitowoc to-.. drive the sheet­ 000,000 to $65,000,00.0. Anot11er Bids will be opened by the ·/ This . is a power-packed ·. syn­ ~ Grade A ~ob with. t~eir ingen; piling. This should take about long-range project for Operating time this goes to pr ess for resur­ headed ·by 10us crew of mechamcs and op~r- two months. The entire job is to dicate of contractors Engineers Local 3 .Brothers. This facing 19 miles of highway in ators...... ~ be completed by Februo.ry 1. the !lenry1 J; Ka~s~r Co. and~ 'in - project consists of the following:' Solano and San Joaquin counties Stockton Const. -· has lots u.f . Raymond _ Concrete Pile has cludmg the Penm. Corp., Mor- tbi:ee earth and rock fill dams on State 101 and State 48. Esti­ dee~ ditch f~r th~ 6 fo~t _df~meter moved in to drive the pile on the rison-Knudson Co-:, and Maceo - o,ne· asphalt.f:iced dam. two con~ mated cost os $108,000. dramage, bemg m~tal.ed m ~~ . l4-story' To wet apartme-nt build­ Corp. all of the United States, crete dams, 5,000 feet of steel east suburban area. More of th!s ina' at 7th & o. This will also and ~ichard Costain' Ltd. of penstock, 12,500 feet of tunnel, TRAVIS BASE work is coming UP, in _the near·· ha~~ ~ - off-street parki:rg garage. · England and Enterprises Cam, 5,500 feet of tunnel or enlarge- Travis Air Force Base has future. . . Barrett is contraCtor on this' job. penon of France. ment, 3,5.50 feet reinforced con- quite a bit of work scheduled . Clark's ·Automatic ,Welding is · Subcontractors announced to crete pipeline; 3B,OOO fe~t canal that has been let to various con­ in the process of moving t.o their .,_ PIPELINES date are Ets-Hokin & GalvaJ;J. of repair, 50,000 feet new flume two tractors recently, but has not . new shop. This is a ' 100% Engi- ~-· The weather has permitted San Francisco, on · the power- power houses plus ali· equip;nent started as yet due to the \~eather. .eers 3 Shop, so you Master Me ~ · several ·Of the contractors to re­ houses, electrical, mechanical and accessories; access roads and Among the successful bidders chanics keep them in mind. : : sume . ~ork. Krpan Bros. has ~nd communications; Catt,erhole- all relat~d structures on the Mid­ were D. D. Altermatt for fuel -The Paul Hariie$'an tunnel job . started laying pipe again on their Tretheway ContraCt01':>, -inc. of . die Yuba Rjver, Bear River and repair and transfer lacilities, in the Loon Lake m'ea is back to. ·;Mack Rd. job. They still have Portland, Ore., on the clearing; Canyon .and 'beer Creeks east of cost '$75,700; Bill Gattung for working· tl]ree shifk Due: to th~ about four months left on that MacGregor Triange Cif Boise, Grass Valley in Nevada, · Sierra hangar access, cost $24,979. Syar snow, this job was shu-t down foi· , job. They also have their eye on Idaho on the roads; Columbia & Placer counties, Calif. At this &_ Harms, building Unit 3 im­ a while, and the:· B1:others ar~ several good pipeline jobs that Geneva Steel of San Francisco writing we know of only two provement project, cost $44.033; glad to be back ..The main tunnel are coming up in the area in the on the reinforcing steel; Kaiser bidders on t!J,is project. They are Parish Bros. for repair and Run: "". is about a mile long. Two m0ntlls near future. One of those will run Steel of Oakland on tte tunnel the Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc. way work -at a cost of $236,800. will finish this tunnel, and there betwen $3 to $.4 million worth of liner; Westinghouse for the trans- and the Paul J . Hardeman Co. George Reed for road ma'inten­ is one more short tunnel left . to underground work coming up in formers and J. M. Voith (o., In.c., ence and repair, cost of $63.968. con1plete. ';. ·sacramento county this year. of West . Germany for the tur­ CHECKS HELD Mare ·Island Naval Yard Val· Granite Const. "' Co~ is about · Th.at's a lot of pipe, Brothers. bines. Checks are being held in_the lejo is also involved in repair ready to start their job on the ·; N. P. VanValkenburgh Co. still This project will be a good one Sacramento office for: Becker, , and construction work, in addi­ Camino turnoff of the Highway have around six miles of pipe to for many of the Brothers

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·.:· Published each month by Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (Northern California, Northern Nevada, States of Utah and Hawaii.) - Subscription price $2.50 per year. . Office: 474 Valencia St., Sf n Francisco 3, Calif. AL. CLEM ------Ed. I't or an d B usmess. M_anage r-· PAUL EDGECOMBE ...... :~ ------Presiden t

JERRY DOWD ------·'····-······------Vice -=-President·· ' ' . ~, .,. .• W. V. MINAHAN ____ Recording-Correspondi ng ~ Secretary A. J. HOPE ------·-···········--Financial Secretary__ DON· KIN CHLOE ______:··------"·'Treasurer .- / c~d~i~~~~-iffi?(.r.-~~

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Bright Future,_ ·':\ ~- .... \. But Watch O'l:lt ·<·-·· - . . ··.- '·· FOR THE FIRST TIME in more thin )80 years· of our . .n ational history, our government is_now : m:akihg an ~ttemph . , . \· .­ / to conduct an inventory of our nation's manpowe·:r' 'resources ··::··~ ·• ·· ·, :. •• so that it may more effectivelyforecastour future ,economic ·,_ " ... growth and how 'it will affect employment iri thi$ ,country. .-~ The first of these comprehensive reports on )nanpower · resources was transmitted to· Congress by th~ Pre:sident "on 'March 11th, - Our members will be intere~ted to learn t4af it predicts the construction industry will experience a substantial in- crease in activity between 1960 and 1975. _ :c ' . • . Due to the vast increase in population, we will need .. to . build great p.umbers of schools, hospitals, roads,:.,d;lmS, indus-· trial plants; commercial establishments, office buildings. " stores and banks. The report estimates an increase of as much· ~~ as 57 per cent in construction activity between_ 1960 · and ~Xu~0 .,,~ 1970md~moot100pffre~b~ween1000md1975. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~A~-~~~~~~~~~~ ' * * c'; •, .* '.' , I "-~ - THIS SOUNDS like a very optimistic.re_port for:' the mem~ r ·C· -... · -- Ad ·.· ; - --"- bers of _our Union, because ·we a:re essentially a construction . onsumer VLCe Local. But let's take a look at what is happening on the other • side of the ledger. . . You read from time to time, and hear ov-er the~ radio, - about these "won~er schools" which purport to turn out ii;l ,a . Sav short time highly qualified operators of the equipment that <.' ' ., the members of our Union operate. - · · . . . By Sidney Ma1;golius costs, inciudirtg surprisin~HY :heavy ·outlays' There are "wonder schools" for would-be contractors, · __ ]\fa'ny families still do not realize how use- for utility bills, fuel and househOld sup-plies too. We know from experience that many unqualiffed people ful c·onsumer knowledge and effort can be such. as qverprice.f]: brarid~n~me ' deaning prod- are desirous of entering the construcUon industry, hoping ucts. · · ~- · ' ' · · , to rep,p a fat harvest in a hurry. In many cases, these so- in advandng- their financia~ stahdi~g. Often 4-Burdensom~ .· ~ar expenses, with many called contractors _are not very responsible and ·know ve'ry· . you - hear people sa_y that It ~oesn t pay to families now spending noticeably.: more than _little about the construction ipdustry. Consequenfly,- wl\en .· sp_end too much_ time shoppmg! that J:OU . _the 12 per_ cent of after-tax·· income; which is f~guring _job they are likely to sharpen ·their perici~s' · to too-. _speradbr_nore ~n ~asgthan you save . .Nothmg 1 safe _li~it) or all ca;- exnehses, including de- fme a pomt.- _ - \ ~ , .. · : , co~ e mor~ wron · preciabotL . ... , . _ _ . . . . - _ _ ... When that happens, they usu;.lly attempt either to short- ·' A:ctually, the average women spends mon- . ?-PlJ.necessarily large1 ·expenditures 'for change the jo? by s~dmping on the wor~,or to _ ~nortcharig~ eym _a s11permarket ~t the rate of $19>a _n · insuran~e, _ becali~eof - ~xpertsive w:e_ekly 'p_ay-· our members m their pay checks. That IS where your Local hour. In ~ cMinnesota; more than four ' family s ent-Ire mcome. _ 18-20 per- cent . per al}ntim. · - _ _ months after the election. First returns showed the in,_: . . 2-0v~rspending for food, ~i~h some fami- _We also . suggest-.taking 'the:. time to -sh@p .cumbent Republican governor the winner by 142 votes. Sup- l~es . feedmg themselves nutnhously for as With the greatest care, comparing costs . per porters of Rolvaag, former lieutenant-governor, financed a --little-as a doUar a day per person, and others ·- ounce, and the ingredients listed on the l

•.. . : • Reddi~g: Wet Month Slows Stcirt Operating'- Enginee~s ' ·, !.}:_. I .. '-: By WARREN LeMOINE abdl ':~ , ______.;;,. ______, tween Churn Creek and 'Airport Offic-ial Directory , . C. L. McGETTRI~K · · road. ·They · also have . th~ new .of Officers and Business Representatives ··:Notice ..of Montgomery Ward Store parking .. ' .... "· ./. Due to transfers . of . District lot and are sup-contracting on Representatives · and >: the b?,a ·Semi•Annual the Ransome-Cottonwood road ~IN OFFICE-47~ .VALENCIA SAN FRANCISCO, _CALIF. weather in our 4i~tiict · .Jhis job. ' . Tel: HEmlock 1-1568 , month, the article ·;~l.lf. be short, ' Mee ~ ting Lord-Bishop-Maceo haye six S. F. Dispa.tching Office 470 Valencia · District Representative in. the _':; · · Operating Engineers working on Tel: HEmlock 1-5744 Redding Distri~t ,..: replacing Jin}~ : The Regular Semi-An- their $3 million job at Red Bluff. AL CLEM, 'Business Manager . .• . .••••••. ....••••...... 697-6798 . Jennings, is. Wart-en: __LeMoh1e, nual Meeting of Operat- Only work done has been .clean­ PAUL EDGECOMBE, President ...... • '· .. . ·...••.. DElaware 4-0419 with Curly ·Spence - assisting. ing Engineers Local Union up after the high waters. Earth JERRY DOWD, Vice President, Dist. Representative ...... UNioh 7-9369 W. V. MINAHAN, Recording - Secretary ...... •... Fireside 5-2616 • Brother Jennings w~s recently: .. · work will start soon if weather .· transferred to the San .Rafael: No. 3 will be-- held Satur- . ART PENNEBAK ER, Business Representative .•.. ••. •... CLifford 4-8681 permits . . GEORGE BAKER, Business Rep resentative . .' .•• _. •••• • •.. JUniper 6-4423 office. · · doy, July 1,3, 1963, J Ransome Co .. have been ready ED DU 80S, Busihess Representative ....•..•...... JUniper 9-0722 T~~ : Pit-Mc'Cloud ~ Proj~ct, ;_ . is .~-~-- p;·m. cit the San Francis- to do the paving on the Fredrick­ DALE MARR, Safety Engineer ...... •.•.. • . . .. . Hilltop 7-3668 ma_kmg someJ>rogress but slowly· . . ' .. T. J. STAPLETON, Business Representative ... •. .•.. : .... <.. 479-9881 son & Watson job but the rains JOSEPH MILLER, Business . Representative ...... ••...... ••...•• because of· inclement weatber• . ' , co Labor. 1" emple, 16t~ & have ,held them up. At the pres- . Shea1 Kaiser, · Morrison, Mace~ < ·· -Capp Sts. San-Francisco. ent time they are working three SAN MATEO', California have started work on Portal No:• ·. · .- .: .. ' ··. Operating Engineers on the 1527 South "B" Street Flresicle' 5-8.237 4, doing the- clearing, eoccavation · crusher, doing stockpiling at the BILL RANEY, Business Representative. : • . .• • •..•••••..EMerson 8-5690 and burning. Although-: progress' stru6tioh Co. have just gone back . south end of this job. D(>-N MATTESON, Business Representative ...•••• ~ .• • ·•.. JUno 9-0799 is slow, it is not too dishearten­ to. woJ::k as of this writing, after ' KIMBERLEY-CLARK ing for the - amount of bad beihg . ·o.owrr ilue to inclement · .SAN RAFAEL, California . weather they- have had on this -weather. When the job is in full The Kimberly-Clark Project at 701 Mission,Avenue · Glenwood 4-3565 job. swing they' will employ 40 to 50 Anderson · is slowly getting J, B. JENN INGS, Business Representa.tive ....• ; •.•••...... 479-7354 AL HANSEN; Business Representative . . . , ...... •...... 435-04 71 Piombo Construction still have 'Engineers, with completion due started with H .. K. Ferguson Co._ a number of Brothers working in October, 1964. This job is con- of San Francisco. To date we VALLEJO, California stn.iction of 6.8 miles of freeway have a . survey . party working ' • on the road into th_!! .Pit­ . ~oing 2172.Springs Road 1 Midway 4-2667 McCloud Project portals. west of Mt. Shasta. .. with a few Operating Engineers AARON S. SM ITH, Business Representative ..• •• .••••.. Midway 2-9634 working on the ditch lin~. A Ray Kizer is waiting for the DROP SHIFT number of subcontractors bave OAKLAND, Cal-ifornia weather to clear to start work · Pete~ Kiewit, also ~ - ~ part of ... on . their 3 miles of road work at come into the area to work on · 1444 Webster Street TWinoaks 3-2120 the Pit-McCloud ProJect, :. ha:v.e. . Actin ·Bad weather has slowed this project, 'put 'here also the DON KINCHLOE, Treasurer &. Dist. Rep.: ...._ •.•.•...... 837-7418 weather has been against them. · NORRIS CASEY, Business Representative ...... MUlberry 5-4341 knocked off thirdshiff on·Pit No. ,.· the sta~·t of work on the Doucrlas L. L. LAUX, Business Representative ..... • .•..••••. LAndscape 4-4023 For most co'ustruction in . our 6, with work ? .t;l.';pcith Pit ~0 .: 6 -~ City job. . "' JAMES IVY, Susiness R~presentative ...... ••.•..... ACademy 8_-2968 and Pit No. 7 ~l()wly coming to . District we can S!Jm up by saying FRf., N WA LKER, Business Representative . .•...... 471-2905 an end. This -h-as.: been' a short ROAD RELOCATION that a change in the weather- DAVE REA, Business _Representative ...... •.. ..•• • '. 625-2810 but good · w i nt~~ - jQb ~ for . a num- L. L. Peterson-of Redding _have . man's face will mean a change in STOCKTON, Califor-nia ber of the Brothel'S. ' just stai~ ted :work . on · the reio- our article.· 2626' No. California St. HOward 471687 Fredri~ksQ~;.:~::~ -- Watson CQ~- cation of :.tM· comity- n)~ d 15~ · we are holding checks for the WALTER TALBOT, District Representative .. ·..••..•.... HOward 4-1092 following: George C a r r, Jess AL McNAMARA, Business ' Representative , ...... •••... HOward 4-0706 . '~ i >": Bowden, F. K. Corbit, K~nneth MICHAEL KRA YN ICK, Business Representative . . ... •.• ..... 4 65-4 961 Coonce, J. G. Gray, William MODESTO, California NOTICES Hancock, William Iforner, Wal­ MEETING 1521 K Street lAmbert 2-0833 ter McintQsh, Frank Skala and GLENN DO,BYNS, Business Representative ...... LAmbert 2-7 632 May June George ·clrr. EUREKA, California .DISTRICT 8 DISTRICT 5 • 28'06 Broadway . · · Hll!s!cle 3-732:8 Sacramento- May' Fresno-June 4,' Tuesday, 3121 . ' -"' ?-i F-Th ursd~y~;' --~· RAY COOPER, District Representative . ...•... ..•. .. ; .. H lllsiCfe -3- 1814 C'ELT Bl\>d., ./East .Olive' St, 8:qo . p : m~ · . ... . ·Don't For'ftet H. ·.L. SPENCE, Business Representative ...... • .....• \ .. ..••..•• . . . / 8.00 p .m. DISTRICT 10 : . ':J 8 111 I FRESNO, California DISTRICT 3 Santa Rosa.,...June 6, Thursday, ft b"1 f 3121 East Olive ADams· 3-3148 :· ~ stockton--:-May 6, Monday, En- Veterans Bldg., '8:00 p.m. ' lllaiiSG hi y BOB SKIDGEL, District Represent ative ...•..•...... BA 9-0185 gmeers Bldg., 8:00 p.m. T R , f d ll, .F, HELLING, Business Representative ...... ••••.. . BAldwin 7-37 64 . , DISTRICT 2· BIST!liCT 12 . ftV ' ft. B liin .- GLENN MULLOWNEY, Business Representative ... •••.. BAldwin 2-0288 Oakland"""' May s, Wednesday, Salt Lake City-June 14, Fn- ~tAlA ~ M MARYSVILLE, California L£J.bor Temple, 2315 Valdez, s:oo day, Teamsters Hall, 443 S. 6th Well over $4 million will be · East, 8:00 p .m. 1010 Eye Street SHe&·woo d-3-7321 p~ . refunded this yeal' to wage earn­ ·HAROLD HUSTON, District Represe~tative ....••••. ·.. SHerwood 2- 1728 . DISTRI~T 9 DISTRICT 11 ers who overpaid their disability W. R. WEEKS, Business Representative ...... ••••• .. SHerv.:ood 3-9588 Watsonville -l'.iay .16, Thurs- . Re~o-June 15, Saturday, Reno insurance premiums last year, CLAUDE ODOM, ·Bw;iness Representative ...... •..•. . .. GRidley 2874 d~y,' Veterans Mem~1; ial Bldg., Musicians Bldg., 120 W. Taylor, but only if they apply for their . REDDING, California ~15 Third St., 8:00. p.m. 8:00 p .m. refunds by June 30. :· .. . 101 Lake Blvd. CHestnut 1-0158 . .. Nearly four and a half million WARREN LEMOINE, District Representative ...... • California wage earners were C. L. ("Mac") McGETTRICK ...... •...... •....•• aThanks for covered by ~on - occupational dis­ SACRAMENTO, California . Attend ability insurance in 1962, and 25.25 Stockt6n Blvd. Gladstone 7-579.5 Your Servicea paid 1 percent of their first $4,- 'ERNEST NELSON, District Representative ....••••.... Gladstone 7-2471 100 in wages for this special in- WILLIAM · METTZ, Business Representative . ... •.. . .. YOrkshire 7-5006 The Safety­ An official "thank you" for AL DA LTON, . Business Representative ...... • ...... Niagara 4-2565 service as co-chairman of the surance. CLEM HOOVER, Bus iness Representative ...•. • ...... 428-1458 Meetings Mineral 'Extraction · Industries Persons who work for two or TOM ECK, Business Representative ...... 885-57 65 SeCtion of the Governor's Indus­ more employers in· a year may SAN JOSE, California Safety continues to be - the· ' trial Safety Conference has been have too niuch deducted for this 760 Emory Street CYpress 5-878,8 watchword, and the current received:· by Local 3 Business purpose because each employer, A. J. HOPE, Financiar and District Representative ...... YOrkshire 7-2942 round of Safety Education m~etc .. Manager AI Clem . . as required' by law, makes a LYNN MOORE, Business ·Representative ...... •..•.... 243-67 42 ings in Local' 3 is warranted to Ernest B. Webb, director of withholding for disability insur- W. HAR LEY DAV IDSON, BusiQess Representative ..•...... PA 4-5490 continue -the high level of ·in- the California State Dept. of In­ ance. / JAM ES N. HALL, Business Repres-entative...... , ...... 241-6467 . - terest and . introduce impo\.'tant dustrial Relations wrote: When the wage earner's total SANTA ROSA, California · ·new ideas; . · , , Dear AI:·· of withholdings for this purpose 3-913 Maye!te . Liberty 6-2487 RUSSELL SWANSON, District Rep resentative. , ••• ; •••.. _Liberty 5-44 14 • · · All members are in~Tited and exceed $41 for the year he~ be­ 1 LOU BARNES, Business Representative ••• .' • • ••• ••• •••• Liberty 2-5918 welcomed . .F o 11 o' w i n g is the· On the completion of your comes entitled to a refund of the schedule- for ~the next · round .of _ two-year terni as Cochairman of excess. - --RENO, Nevada meetings. Watch your bulletin the Mineral Extraction Industries More than 235,000 Californians 185 Martin Avenue · FA irview 9-0236 board or contact your Business · Section of the Governor's Indus­ ·~ applied for such refunds last ED HEARNE, District Representative . ..· ...... ; •..• ...... FA 9-4392 trial Safety Conference, please STAN GARB ER, Business Representative ...... •...... 423-37 83 Representati.veS: for the time and year and received checks aver-, - place: accept . my sincere thanks for BUFORD BARKS, Bu.siness Representative ...... 355-9523 . ,. aging $20. Such refunds, how­ your service to the Conference. ~ CALIFORNIA· ever, are not automatic. Persons SALT LAKE CITY, Utah You and your .Union have not entitled to them must file the 1969 S. Main Street HUnter 6-7401 June 3 'Eureka ·only been loyal supporters of the_ necessary application with . the JAY NEELEY, Distri1=t Representative ..•••••••••••.. CRestwood 8-9628 4 Redding Coiiference, but have contributed LAKE AUST IN, Business Representative .•.•••• ••. ••.... • . 467-5724 Department of Employment. 5 ·stockton much to its success over the 6. Los Banos years. Application forms are avail- PROVO, Utah 10 Vallejo I know we shall continue to re­ able at any of the Department's . 165 West 1st North FRanklin 3-8237 12 WatSonville Offices. JOHN THORNTON, Business Representative .... : ...... , SKyline 6-4915 ~ ­ ceive your support. in the never­ VANCE ABBOTT, Business Representative ..... ••.•. •.. .•. . . 798~7123 13 'San Mateo ending campaign to make Cali­ 18 San Rafael , . fornia workplaces and occupa­ Founded in 1920 with an inc OGDEN, Utah 19 ~an J,~e tions ever safer for •our wor-ke-rs. itial 4,400 agricultural workers, · 2538 Washington Blvd. EXp~rt 4-1011 20 Santa Rosa M. F. BOWMAN, Business Representative ..•••••••••••••• ~ .·393, 87?8 -With'app'reciation arid all good Histadrut (Israel's General Fed­ UTAH wishes, eration of Labor) has grown to HONOLULU, Hawaii : June 24 Ogden Sincerely, a · membership today of close to 2305 So. Beretania St. HOnolulu 99.0084 25 SaltLake (s} ERNIE one million who, ·together with ·HAROLD LEWIS, Business Rep resentative .....••.•.. HOnolul\.1 77-5083 26 · Provo Ernest D. Webb their ·families, constitute, some .BERT NAKANO, Business Representative ...... ••. . ... Hifo· 66-5676 CLARENCE FRIEND, Business Representative ..••.... HOnolulu 26-9:414 28 Cedar City Director '10 -percent of Israel's population. WILFRED 6ROWN, Business Representative •••••••. HOnolulu 8 I-I 929

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Page Sixh:en ENGINEER.$ . NEWS May, 1963 • S:urvey·'N·otes • 5 at Eureka's Second 1nner- anee Negotiators· Some 4SO Local 3 members and .their wives turned out for .the 2nd Annual Dinner-Dance iD. Given Firm Eureka Saturday night, April 20,_ and had a marvelously educa­ tional and enjoyable time. Support . For· many' of them, it was a By ART PENN'EBAKER and double satisfaction because the DAVE REA affair· was sponsored, planned ·and · staged by the m'lmbers ·and We have hElld three speci,.• their wives, and .quite a few had­ membership meetings :for Tee • a share in the committee activity~ nical Engineers on April 15tli, A no-host· cocktail hour start­ .16th and 17th, at which time we ing at 5 p .m. preceded the de­ discussed, . in detail, suggested licious spaghetti: dinner served proposals as to changes in tlie at 7 p .m. The speaking part of existing Civil Engineers imd the program w~s 'over by 9 p.m. - Land Surveyors Master Agree- apd was followed by dancing ment. · 0 until 2 a.m. to the music of On AprU 18th, your Negotiat­ Dick Nielsen's orchestra. ing Committee presep.ted thes.e Principal speaker of the eve­ proposals .to representatives_ of ning was Business M~nager · AI the employer. They have. take.n Clem. Local 3 Safety Engineer -them under· study,· a·nd .another Dale Marr showed a film which meeting is being · ~cheduled for told all about the structure and the middle of May. operation of Local 3 and the T~P OFFICIA~S of Local 3 ~ere among 'the. horio r~d guests at the menibers)lip meeting and types of equipment we op­ STRONG SUPPORT • many dmner-dance 1n. Eu~eka, Apnl 20. Left to nght: Fm. Sec. Buck Hope, Business Manager AI erate on construction jobs and in Clem, Eureka D1stnct R,ep. Ray Cooper and ·Treasurer Don Kinchloe. It is heartening to note the p la_nts ~ many members who gave of their SHOW FILM ·time to attend these pre-negoti­ The film .proved of special in­ ation meetings and enter into terest to the ladies, who got a the discus.sioris of -the ·proposals. · clearer idea than they ever had From the large attendance, inter­ before of the organization that est ·and lively · discussions, your protects their husbands' pay, con­ Negotiating Committee has . en­ . ditions and personal safety and tered confidently into the col­ · of the nature of their work. lective bargaining knowing it can Among- the guests introduced depend on the unqualified sup­ at the dinner by District Rep. port of the · members it repre­ Ray Cooper, serving as Master .of sents. :Without this kind of sup­ Ceremonies, were Brother Clem port, no , negotiating committee . arid · his wife, .and t he following ·can possibly - function . in your - husband-and-wife teanis promi­ best interest no .1llatter how i~ nei:ltl:f ·connected with .Local 3:. · Portant - the issues o.r how calli' -Fin.-S ec. - A. J . (Buck) · Hope; able the committee might be. - T-reas. -Don · Kinchl6e; Bus. Rep. . Of .course; . we can expect 'the AI Hansen from the Sari Rafael employer to begin his divide an·d area; . P:.. H. McCarthy Jr., coun­ ·conquer 'approach. Already some sel for the union; Danny 0. Dees firms have ·begun to circulate and C. R. Van Winkle, appren- · rumors and distort the facts. If ticeship administrator and asso­ they can chip your support away, ciate, respectively, and Dale Marr , ·one at a time ,. they will be de­ Safety Engineer. lighted. Warren LeMoine, former Eu- r eka district Representative, op- · YOU DECIDE ened the program by introdU<;ing GOOD FOO.D AND GOOD IDEAS were absorbed by 450 Local3 members and their ladies at in Eureka. Here is part of the cYowd whiCh . Remember one thing through­ Mrs. Marie Horn, wife of Earl the ~nd Annua_l Safety f:v'eeting and. Di_nner-Danc~ When we · out these negotiations: Horn, District Member of the Lo- has JUSt· demol1shed a fme spaghetti _dmner. reach the final draft, a meeting cal 3 Executive Board, and com- - of the members involved will ~ plimenting her on a superb job ry Dillon, Neil Haughan, Ernest · Pl_ant ·ExpQnsion Praise ·Local 3 called, and it is you who m:ak. as overall chairman of the din- Waters, Burl Bradbury, Gordon the final decision. ner committees. Brother LeMoine Meacham, :Harold Grant. . To Make Jobs l1n·terest in We call your attention to sev­ also. announced his own transfer Bar - ·Earl H o r n, William Governor Edmund G. Brown A t• B-• eral articles in the current ·is­ to the Re.dding office and intro­ Straughan, Erne1:t Crook, Fred. J. reports that 20 Caiifornia firms . ppren ICeSrrdp sue of The International Operat: duced Brother Cooper as his re­ or plant May 15, 1963 ing , Engineer which deal with Card, Arnold Juetten, Richard announced new plantS placement. expansions in theo"million-dollar- Mr. AI Clem, Business Manager collective bargaining and are Juetten, Joe Klien, Ellery Marsh, 0 worth reading. DID THE WORK plus" category in the first quar· . Operating Engin(;lers Local well Floyd Hicks, Carl Walden, Rus­ The following served on the · ter of 1963 with a conservatively . Union No. 3 The work picture is good. Th.e various dinner committees: sell Medearis, Tom ·vincenl. estimated · total investment of subdividers are breaking loose Table Decorations and Ushers Wine-Joe Biasca. more than $408,000,000. 474 Valencia Street new projects, and there seems -:Mrs. Lucille · (Otto) Sheraski, _San Francisco 3, California to j:Je a great amount of con­ Mrs. Alice (William) Pusch, Mrs. Dear Mr . .Clem: struction started and to ·be Claudine (Floyd) Houx, Mrs. Lil­ We have . received the ArtiCles started. lian (Ellery) Marsh. -of Qrganization which we~e re. TUNNEL VICTORY Board- Arthur Meyers, Otto Deaths • cently developed by your ~ur­ Over the past few years yo. Sheraski, James Monielbetti. Educational · Ad· Guest Book-Mrs. Rose (How­ . veyors State agents have been pressi~g for Initiation - in the tunnels. Re­ ard) Nelson, _Mrs. Iva (Otis) Date · Died viso~y and . J~int Apprenticeship jurisdiction Lawrence, Mrs. Lois (George) . Committee for Chief ·of Party. cently, your Technical· Engineers Meacham. Clifford Her11c1c, Yerington, Nev...... 9-10-55 . _ 3-29-63 . We are please<;l to inform you representatives and the iocal rep­ Huckleberry-Alford Dorris. Leland N. DID"haJ:tL Concorn - 12· 1-56. 3-29-63 . that they have been approved by resentative in Marysville, Claude Parking-Burl Bradbury, Har­ Frank Oliver, Orem, Utah .... :~~~~~::::~=: 4· 5-58 . . 3-29-63 . t!J.e Administrator of Appren­ Odom, were able to man t he old Grant. Emil Holtz, San Bruno ...... 5~ 6-44 , :.. 4· 1-63 . ticeship, Ernest B. Webb, as of three shifts in two tunnels being Bar Tickets-Mrs. Hazel (Joe) H~ward L. McCullough, Sacramento.. · 6,10-62 . 4· 1-63 _ .May 6, 1963. . driven by an A.G.C. contractor at Oroville. · Swaner, Mrs. Marie (Earl) Horn. Oliver 0. Stineapher...... 11- 1~52 4· 3-63 We wish to congratulate you Coffee-Mrs. Claudine (Floyd) Mason A. HobiD"g, Hayward ... :...... _. 1-30-39 .. 4- 8-63 anq your organization for your With this current victory, we Houx, Mrs. Alice (Wm.) Pusch. Thos. Halvorson, San Fi·ancisco ·-----·· 4- 1-27 3-28-63 interest in further developing the feel tP,at our right to the juris­ Spaghetti-Mr. and Mrs. Aldo Clarence E. Wells, Oroville ---- ~ -- --- ·--··· 3· 7-53 4· 6-63 Surveyors Apprenticeship Pro- diction is clearly established and · Guintoli, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ben­ Velda-. Haase, Olivehurst ·'--·······--··--·'· 8· -7-48 . 4· 8·_63 . gram for Chief of Party. · there will probably be less Andrew Gonzales, Hayward ...... : .. ~ 10- 2-60 · ·4· 9-63 Engi­ senville, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Biasca, You can rely on this Division's trouble placing Technical Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Roney. Archie V. Sumter, Orem Utah 1· 8-49 4-11-63 neers in the tunnels. 8-28-43 4-12-63 continued assistance in working Salad - Carl Robertson and Joe W. Hampton, San B1:uno .... :~:::~:~: its San Francisco ...... 11- 8-26 4-15-63 with your State Committee in Spaghetti Committee. L. W. McMurray, efforts of improving apprentice- CANCER & CHILDREN • ~ .... :.: .. 11· 4-44 4-22-63. Bread, Relish - Mrs. Donna Peter J. Newman, Oakland ...... ship in the field of Chief of .... 7· 9-38 4-22-63' More school children- die of (James) Montelbetti, Mrs . .Edith W. H. McNutt, Lucerne ...... Party. · (Carl) Robertson, Mrs. Sue (Al­ ~nton P. Buzolich, San Jose ...... 6- 1-46 4-24-63 cancer than· of any other disease. Yours very truly, ford) Dorris, Mrs. Norma (Wm.) . E. Maxwell, San Pablo ··--·······-·····• 2· 3-63 4-25-63 Only accidents kill more young­ Clark, Mrs. Fay (Carl) Walden. Floyd Massey, Farmersville ...... 8· 2-58 4-18-63 CHARLES F. HANNA, sters than cancer, according to Serving-Louis DeMartini, Har- Chief the American Cancer Society.'