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-VOL. 6 - -No. 11 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 1• . , 1948 Labor Vote Cleans Up Congress; ··· 1st Has an ·ate on T-H, Prices A Better · Co_ngr~ss Bewed Expansion .of ~f: ··:_., .. -~~~:~·:;:)~~ ;~~~;;:;~;.-~,~::: :::;:;~:·--~: :~~ ' - ~ . ~ ·:. · ? .;~slef:n~!·_ ..~~ Reclamation ·: ... . ' . ; ' ' -

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-OFFICIAL- NOTICE TO MEMBERS .~Praises Support '. .... ofw;:~~:~~~~~-;<;~~1ciel~~s~",:r~~~~ Gro~i~~~f \~•ith age, and nature · · · · J · - · · ·. · · Presi_dent .Wm. E. MalOJ1ey of sink in_years; · ' l'J'EW OFFICE IN SI\LLl'oi'AS Ci\LIFORNIA. ed the margin of electoral votes ·- · Th - · ·. · · . · • c - • • ' · - ~ • . · • . ·_ . . • • . • the IUOE, . in. a telegram to Locai needed. by Presi-dent Ttuman to But tho~t shalt :flourish in immortal • , .,h. e__ GI,.li~falk_b .(Jm~B!~ .llm~ " now: establ!shed an offiQe m Salinas, Cahf., 13, directed to Secy. C. F. Mathews asstJre hi's r·eelectt·on. _· . ·_ youth,_ m· · ,._.· t.. ·. e .. ,. c. . ar.g m · 'ding· . ··. (Room .. - - 20) on 6 West. . Gabilan. Street. _· praise· · · d· .· wor · k · o f . E• ngmeers-' ' · 111· · ' ~AW?te, _ Sahttas:-·2-B~12 .. 1\'III)k,e:y: 1\lurphy, Bnsmess Repre;;entat1ve, ..district -as follows: "{\\;ant'tota.ke After a close i·ace which \vent on· Unhurt amid the war of elements, formerly workmg· out of the Satt:,Jose Office,: will now .be' located . . th· ·- ' . t. .t.. ':t· · . _.. "' - · .in see~saw fashion throughout elec- The wreck of matter and the crash • · , · · ·• · - ; · -. · - -- . . . • --. - . · • · · · · . -· - IS. opoor ·um y o express my ap- . IIJ!_t Salmas. ' Busmess Representative . Harry 1\Ietz w1ll worl( out of ·. · . ·ti t · . " . · ·a_ .· - f I( · ·tion high t ahd into· the next 'morn- of worlds. the' San :Jose- office . . .. - . ·...... : . preqa on . 0 you,ru.l : ~qur e ow ing, the election oontest vias finally

~., 'NoT_ E~ Xhe .\vat~orivilie ~ Office_· wil_·i -be closed am1 · all business metz_nbers_ fdor. lthedi~d_ indiyi_d,,u~l do- · Sewed up . with cmnplete returrui JOSEPHI.RUCKAVINA . ; '· - _. · .· · .·. . -.-. , · ·· · · · · .. . .·. : · ·. · · -na 1ons an .sp en 1 . support 1n our · . Died October 11, 1948 . !IS;·:t(). be tran.snntted through. the new office in Saliuars. recent _succe~sful . poiitk_ai cam~ from the home state of Senator Robert A. Taft. paign/' -· · ~. KNUT IVERSEN .. * * *··.· '* * * Died October ~0, 1948 · HARVEY N . . HAMMOND ' t Died:NovembeJ:-:s, i~4~ · 1:; ~ COMMENT-__-· .. '. ).~ . : ';,. : .'- • .;::-.- : ' .:· ~'· h • 1 :·. ;·; • .:~ ·.• EDITORIALS ·· ', ··.{!

-~~Q\ · 'eN f(}~'R'SE.}NJ~AAE '~fb\ . San JOse-.. ;~~~~ ~~~~s J?.J ~- _ with an ~~~ e l~b~rs o ~ .Qrganized ~ ~bo~: .:ot~~~r S~ze of; Di st~ict wage:;eal!ners., f~rmer,s and s1paU businessmen, h~ ~:ejoi~h~g , g ~ ~ .. "' .i: The meeting- was called to order at 8;05 p.m., p~:e~i(i~ ;~t · Clancy ov~t the .. success. of a_ d~monstmtion ' for Democracy, which i·Leaas lO _ ,.nerun ~ ·presiding·. Roll call sh~wed all officers pre~ent with the ' e~c~~pt i on ;> [ 1 0 .. - occur red on Novem ber 2nd. •· , •• . - , · r' ·- ·>· ~ - Conductor. Riley, who was excused. . . .. 'o _n_.,,.t,}mt... -. d_·_~.. Y th. ~_ l: e_ ~~a) s.. ~~i. ced : a._n__ · um_n_i_ staka b le' m a_n_d a,te_. '1\f' \,r; ~ Af~!iA?> ~ A ~ yii~psis 'of the Regi1iar iVI~eting i\'Iir;utes of October 2 was read u ~~ ,.) u h~~ atid by ;~l~ti~n api>rov~d- a s ' r~~d. . .. from t]l.~ peqpl~ , of A,menca to_ t heir nat 10n a l Congn~ss t o B H W METZ I A ~yiiOp.sis of the Execu.ti~e ''Board lViinutes of October 13 · and. ·of take certain definite steps to remedy and· correc t unjust e co- y . . . ' No;ember 3.was read a~d the,acts aJld l' ~ COITI;l~endation s 'of t h~ Bo'ar~ nomi~ conditions that have dev:elo peP, in the three y ears fol- As this news goes to press I were by motion approved as read. - . lowing. the war. we will have established a A letter was received.Jrom the International Brotll'erhood of Boiler- makers, Iron Shipbuilders, Welders and Helpers, Local No. 6, thanking Labor and the little peopie were asleep at t he election of branch office in Salinas to the Union for support during the period of their st rike. Received 1946. Their enemies, the big corporations and their polit ical help better the service to our and filed. - ·stooges, were not asleep. The resulting vot e gave a strong members. It is apparent that Cards of thanks were received fro1n !\Irs. Lena Rodrig·ues and family; wh.ich · Zetta Holmes; Mr. and lVIrs. C. F. Peregay and family; and C, ~ .' b_a.. 1 .a.n.ce of pm;_ver in the Congress to those elements the district has been too b ig -· · ·· · · ' seek. to· keep Ame.rica n wag-earners in a state of semi-slavery. for o'ne office. The territorial Jines Rohn and fainily. ·Received and filed. · · · . The trlal of Brother Richard Sumner was held for violation. of Article . In the two. years fqllowing, this money~power showed Its of the San Jose office will . run 23 Sub-diVision D Se~tion E of the Constituti~n. The charges \~~ re ipf}l!~ence.. in _Cqn.. gress . and laws. w,ere: passeq to crippl~ labor fr_om Redw~od City t? Mo~g=~ I re~d by Pres~de~t, Clancy. Brother swnner pleaded guilty. Preside~at ~p:p~m~. an~ , Impose a. c;ruel whiP. ov~r wage-earners m gen- HilL ~ll work South ~: Mo ~he Clancy the~eupo_n ~ned Brother Sumner tre mini1num. -.. 11 Ei)J;{\~; , Qth~r laws, d§Sigp~d l to helq the; C0!!1mon people witp ~;~in~ ~~~e.hand l ed t rough · The following Re.splution was r~ad as tile -final reading: pq~s iu.g, , h~alt:h anc~. medicaL<;are, and more social, scurity, work in this vicinity.seems to be R. J!!. _S:,() J1 lJ.:T IlO N · were either ignored or voted down. very g·o~d . lvith . pr~ctically .all WHERiEJAS: The Congress of the United States of America has ena.Ctoo .. · : This progr~m vwas pushed . t.trrqp.gh so quickly th~t. i~ members wo.rl{ing. The largest. job into Law the Labor Management Act of 1947 Which has PH~PP.~~ ~ ~~_cam .f o~vious_. Th~.· 'Vas . too ~lUc~l;,f~,- t .lie Arof~l:- is still· the Fibre Glass project of made.- it important that :- Lab~r Unions reta.in proveim ; · I mh d th' · - th' ·the Owens Corning Glass Com- 1 ~_ad.'_llr~>. h'fp,_' iffi_. : d,_.' · · . ... '··. · . . . . - . ·.' : -:· .. ~:.· .. ·' ·~g was wrong! so~e , mg .i' P._ar_ly. _._ .T- -_1._1-_I'_-s_·-J·ov·.. ,. io _. e_,x_-_·P, "c. ~ed... to .. be '.WHEREAS·. ca:q- p~op e. ,~.:' •- ~y : sense t · s~~~kin 1 ·· - _ . "· • . The progress matle by Local · Union :: No. 3 in the ·.·past truly un-AmeriCan was a. g P ace. co~~lpl~ te,d )>Y.. ~~~x·~ \, J!!ly . We, ha~e seven years has attested to th.e ability and· uitegrity. :of · , ,S..W!'; . ' ... . '; 1 m_._,_, Se_c__ t_. i .·o_n,._. I_I_. -:-.T.h_,. a. t th., e,_. te_rn1__S of all "offioo.·, ..r _s.... r,bgram of correction in the 81st- Congress . convemng,.m . JO ,,, an ' .· ' · . b ·.,- : . ' ' A, r,_t, i. ~le_. - . · P•· .... · · · · .... " " · '· · · · .. · .. · · ·· · mone on 1t The refiectwn from . . . January Organized-labor. is sparkina this program and Wlll .. y ,, .: . ·' . ;· I '·": <.. •. ' shall be for a period of four years. PJe_dlc,ame.nt Ar.tic.le VI, . e~1titled :. "Local ·uni9.Il.. J.V!an~ge_r" -T:I~aj , tJ.Ji~ . ·.• "'' - • :., .. : '"·:- · : '=' • ti11S poor., rpntr~ct\),r s .. 1 -follOW; .It thr.qqgh. · · · is very. ·Clppare)lt. · in_ some of our Ar.ticle, b~ amended, to .read. "hls term shall be for four .. tt_he Y~ar~ or ·u~in ' his slt~C-~ssor is Q~aufi~d." · · · l .•: · ·Me3.nWhi~~, ~ w~ 11111st not assume that our ene~_ie~ are dear -}?ro(her;s , e,ff?~; ~~ to ~. e -~~e.- ' defeated. T'hey st!ll hold the purse strings of America and burd,~n • PY wpr~ing · .'' r!_ a,~on_able, A~ticl~ vrr, 'entitl~d - "E;.e·c~ti:ve Board"..:,:.Tilat this Artie[e 1 , "~-!~dd . power'ful-influence. They have the : newspap~rs_, - maga- ~isregar(lip~ • crlJ.:f~ . -~l.!J:olSdictw .~a~ be anwnded to read,''.This Union shalL establish an Execu- . ih1es, a11d radio stations . ai_ tpeir command._ The~ will con- ~~~e~ ~n~t:,;h~, thlO~;:~~~pi::l~~i. ti~~ .B~a~d co'I~lp(;sed -df t~e . ~r~ si • • , . • • _, •• , • _ , • '; fectiv~ WCJ,YS, . .. . . ; ' . . ' . . . sew~r j~p - .i~ draYi'ihg ;t() a' close: T~easurer, ap.d five m~mbers who shall be elec, t~d . ll.~. t_!te._ d h. time of election of officers, and shal,l se .r~e f~r ~ fou.r -.;r~a ll' · · · ~ d' t t 1 · A R · h fi · 1 1 1 a voice art_d a_. v_..o. ,t_ oe - · - Our.. only: answer.. t o . this condition Ql . ~noney lC .a_ ~rs up : · J .. alsc! l_:l.S;, ~ ~ls ~ ·up ·Is term. The Local Manager shall have · ' b' - d b tt · t• ·A · an labor pavma JOb at El Cammo Real. The , . . , ,, ,. , .. : lS• to . bmld, . 1gger an e er orgamza. wns. menc . , . "' . t t ffi . · · the.reon by vjrtue of. his. posi.ti9n. . . . . , . . .u ni,o~~ ., iepJ.:&setlt _. t}.W largfjst . shigle ·1Jlo.ck of . voters, and ~s _ ~b~~w~~~e~~ ~o~v;~; ~\;~~o:~Pa~ri~~ It. was regT!larly moyed !t~d_. s~conllllq __t ~~~ - ~-!~. e_ ~sol ii~!(m ~~ a,~~P:~ ,e~ 1 : such they must expand their .memberslups .and br~~den thmr Company have als~ finished their'· a~ : the fi_nal reading. Bystanding vote, 98: yes . and ~7 no ... T,h~ _ m?t~jHn .t vot-ed labor press in or,d~r to.becom-:_a str~ng voice for Dem.ocrac~. Sout111st Street ~ob . .. Leo _Piaz- ~ost _ be~ause. les~ than; three-quarters of the members presen Democrac is a precious· asset, But we know ~ow t~1at 1t za !!a? . ma~e. wOl~d~rf!Jl p~o _gress ~~ favo1 of the_Resplutw,u...... , . . . ,. . .. y 't Tli ' d f n is a perpetual on the Mu;nc1pa\ A _1rport. J~b. At . I~ was, r~g-n~~~ly lll~feda:~~d secon<:J,e4,,th~t•. the proi;J<,>~Itt?Il~ .. c)>.nta1!~~-d ~ould be very easy to 1ose .1 · e gree. 0 ma. . , . this writing, he has about half of m t~1e above Resolutu;m shall be . pl_ac~d upol)._ t!J,e l>~llllt at, thil :H1?Fit threat to Democracy_. If we go to s~eep agmn,_ those_ same the hot stuff la,id on the rune electi-gn tor t~e adoption or rejection of the members.l~ip. as a w!,oie,. grE?edy, e lements will fasten the chams of · slavery securely w ay,~; ,~- ..... ,. , ·.·;;e y: Car:ie_d up.animously. . " , _ ,, ...... <. "'· tf1is time. · . . ID tP, OIP'A,~T J?.OII'i.T . , ., , . l\'Ir. Julian. P. Hargrove, Dirf:\c~or of.- th~.. Cql!lJ~lbi~ P.a:rl' ..~PY _~ : . t{~u,tb~ . ,: . Let' resolve to 1 eep awake and stay free. The best single W~ ,. wpy\q ljke i.to , stres ~ u_pqn was _admitted to the meeting. to . a?dre~~ _th~:~ll ~ m~ersh!P o~ , the , ?9.~~1 · - .. . · s · . · · <. ·· · • ·l!ve and s tron · and· th ~ . mep1be,r;; in this .. qi;;triHt d ~1 y , mun~ty Chest oi San Franc,s~;~o . He explamed t.l].e fu_!!Cti_ons ~ .<.>f . t~~ - ~ay of. domg this lS to keep our umpns a . g imP,or1( \\ ~1 t ,'point, .. ; ."p o,n:t ,_ ~o, .. to Cites~ amltold of the $ ;ork ,bging· d<,>_IIe bY., thi~ . ,clubJol' , t~1e h_oy~ - o [ groy{,iJlg...... , ,I : · · · work f ,J_a,ined the nece~~i~~ - Q~: con~riput~n!1i : t~ t_l!t q~~~7 - . 1\'Iake. the: union an impQrtant pa:rt of y o'm· dailly life. It fir,st. g~,t tiJig: .. .a wori' . , cJ !l aran?.~ munity Chest. H~~ r!)n1adl:s. were, we\J,receiye,, ~os.sie R, l\Iiclc, JQe . C. lVIill!lr, :&obe,r,t , J:,_l'lhtfdock, q\\hl!J. • H T FLIES ACAI Brother Paul ,Matis (StipeJ;inten- Ongaro, F. E. Paries, Albert. Plalw, Qus.tay_e A! Sc~n)~dt, H. iFf. ~~nii.dt, da, nt for Granite Constr uetiol'! Udell G. Sorensen, Albert Spaling_~r, N. E. Spear, 0\Y.e!l .R S_ta.r~·. N,:els 0. ~q_mp a:n ~ ), the.. other day. Gran.ite I Strand.berg, Jame s ~ F. T. .e~mant, ·Harold Van ~coy, Ro ~s __ \~l. a!Jier, . J :· \'§'. /.{·:: 't. . 1s fl, mshmg up . the ,. grad1ng for an Watters, Thomas : E; • . Wilber, Robert K. W,Illey, Renneth C. \ 'Vood, . S~F~ · · : AT. . . Pri ... elemneary school at Felton. Em Charles Woodworth. Business R.e_pr~sen ta tJ. ve t Loc~ [ u ·: By. CHET ELLIOTT, C1;osson lo.ok~ d . ,good, too. The following· Brothers were reported, ,deceased: Irving· Gri:ffit l[s, ; E ij!'ploym.eut for members of L ocal 3 has b ee n .holdlng u p FINE COl\fBING . , 1\nut Iverson, Jos: I. Rukovina and Austin ·w[;,cii11~n. :Y~r.Y, w~li i~ : this area, and we are looliil'ig forwa:rd ·to a ~ood Thi.s district is imde.rgoing a fine · The Report ·of the Gen e i·al - Secretary-Treast~ ~er ·was read by· ~r es­ •winte.r. . , . . · combing. To the brothers we . ident. Clancy. Business .Ag-ents gave their usual reports '~hich . ' ve re ·· a.Ccep,t4;V! >:: :Morxis.on , E:nud~en at the San F:ra~cisco. A~n ~rt is , ov~~· at ­ haven't contacted yet, yo\1 m'ay The expect us at any time. • ~} • th ~ 1 as given. · · · . ·.. •:: .: ~:: )!lg at-f~llca:pacity under the able superv ision of project n,lan­ prese,1'\t time, 'Y~ - _are co,~plllng a It.. was .r~portee:ss - . · : a.~er .. ~i}hii 9-regg. This c on.~ract list oJ; contrac,tors:-so,me . gqqd; to be Room 20, Glilc~arge Building, 6 , w. G:l,libalin Street; SaJi-1w·s,, q\iJ ~Jf . ·.flails for various worli cla.ssifica- eral acres of lan·d in San Mateo. some bad. We hope to make the There being no . further business to come b,efo.re the · m!Je't~)j g , )t ''tfons. There are twelve miles of In PortolaState _Park t he J . H. bad ones_ go9d. In our next i~ue adjourned. · ·· · 10 to .48 inch pipe to be laid, six McFarland Company of San Fran- we will list the names· of the con- ~espectfully submitteq, ·· ·s ewag~ clis,posal .' pumping plants cisco w'ere low b.idder o n a bridge tractors who have not correcteq c: .F. '1\iA'tf-ntw;s, . a.';; d. , a ne'w ~ i'unway and parking job on the A)pirte .. Creek Road in soi~e of their poor -lmion habits. :Recor~ .e .9 !- :: . . . a:'\d Local 2-24, ·rrterriation.· ar 'Br:otrier­ r~ever uses . gr_al~ when harvest~d. ~t~lks I a tneate-r·.· or ·• SUCCESSFUL BIDDER bald and va rious o tli e 1· ~ .local Con- .follabe showed radwactlvlty to a hood of Te·amsters {AFL) m Los hasn't ever been ·to and the nephew: ex-ph.i!'ied. ::·: At .· So-uth _ San Francisco the tractors are busy on ·Highvvay lesser extent than the kernels. . Angeles, -vvon: for. a sec"nd time re­ the cinema," uction Company street work t hroughout the d i s~ ''In fact, my uncle:· has :ab'solutely Yym. Vierra. Constr cently the n~ational championship in most instances are en­ no vices or excesses. And he's g·oiii:g of San Jose were the successful, trict and EN.GINEERS' NEWS title in the truck-and-ftill-tl;aiier bidders on the largest · Drive-In deav(n;ii1 °' to con{pl_ete the pavi.ng to celebrate his 80th birthday to - Managlng· Editor. v. s. SWANSON · driving "road eo" sponsored by the before rainy season sets in. . Theater in the State of. . tl~e Published Euch Mo;.·th by Local Union ·1 morrow." : 0 ne quarter of a million yards of At the Port of Red•,\•ood the No. 3 of the Intemalional Union of · American Trucking AssociatiQJ1 . "How?" asked the-edi toL earth are to be moved on this job. Harbor Road Asphalt Company Operating Engineers A member of his local since 1947, * * * used by :On a v isit to the p roject I con- ,have their asphalt,- plant completed Nocthern Cag;~~~ia~ 1 NJt~gern Nevada, Smith scored 318.28 points out of "Wet water" is · a t erm tacted . Br others Forb s McCain and are now fun1ishing !naterial Office 1095 Marl•et St., San a possible 350 to win by a slim chemi sts for water co ntainina ot·- and S. E . Eak_ins. for t he McFarland Const. Com- F rancisco, California margi n over his competitors in the ganic chemicals lmOW!l as wetting The David D. Bohannon Com­ pany and the California Construe· Subscription P rice: $2.50 di~ ct;l~ contest whicli: tests truck 1 agents that cause a fast 1~ e netra :t · dnvers all-around c ompetence. ina action by the mixture. pany have just received approval tors. per year 0 'St *. '* · · .. · from t·he San Mateo Planning M

· most part are out of oil and are therefore shut down ~s a 1 B th • I 't th.. I tough here . on the- engineers, ~:r r·essinba rapidly on its Cresta · · ro ers as " 'rl e 1s re \ · ~ ·result. · I ' . _vv - we believe with the termina~ powerhouse and concrete is Stone & Webster job for the P. G. & K is nearing the com- P. ort to you, th. e cold weathe. r tion of the shipping strike, the really pouring on both Cresta 1 th h 11 . pletion stage and as a result sev- . IS 1ere, e ramy weat er WI outcome will be b e t t e r . At- 1 and Rock Creek_ dams for er~ l of t~e operators are gradually I 21st of September. On the same I be along soon, and polit ical present there is hardly .any work M K, anq_ _it had getter, for bemg lmd off. . cl ay Jack Dougherty passed out . • . . . . for equipment operators ot]1er than t he Feather river can and Clinton Construction job at Mis-1 cigars for an 8-pound 4-ounce baby h istory lS m the makmg. Our ma intenance work and as station• .,. does get meari- w~~n the wa- sion Rock is still working all rigs., girL Congratulat ions,_ fellows! ·. welfare will be more secure I ary engineers, There is a p·eat ter gets high. Thls company 1 F~ rt ~n ate l y . for the brothers _on . A letter was rec~ 1 ved recently if every union member- has exer- demand fo1· _h eavy-duty mechan_1cs ·has 187 members· of Local 3 1th1s JOb , no · bad storms have m-jfrom Ed Fox,_ who 1s one of our cised his ri ht to · vote and has m ~hi s Iocaltty, but ve:·y few men . ·. . h . II · terrupted so far. · · brothers workmg for Drake, Utah · t d . gtl · avmlable ·who are eqmpped ·to do on t e payro . CI k F. ld t L vo e correc y. h. f k . . · . . Ba-rrett & Hilp has several large 1 and Grove on ar re a uzon. M t t . d .- t 1s type o wor . .: . ..T: E. - ~ ~onn?llY Co: has four head- building projects under way at the He reports that Local No. 3 is th . os_t bconh rae: ors hare ~v m mg tuh: We have been informed that mcrs g omg m . their tunnel no.w . . . . ll t d th . Ed W ll . eJr JO s ere as t e ramy wea M T M R d II . . f . \ · "' . . · . . present time mcludmg a new wa-re- we represen e e1e. . a e r . . th ffi U d , d . r. . . . .an a , orgamzer ~r 1 0 1 . and are ~e ttmg_ m more eq UJ~ment house near 'Army Street· another and Bob Price are two of the boys 1 ~r . sh:n e t~~ :. n . ~ r gro~n . ~ the American F ederation · 6£ La- 1111 all the time wrth, many _- engu:.eers . near tl~e · s~feway Warehtiuse. als~ he mentione-d. We are glad to hear t ~hmgb : ~p ea S apJro~c \ J~f bor, has been assjgned to this area 1 1 1 ·on a regular payr~ll. . . · several other small building' IHo- things are running so smoothly So 'tl e R . g,e oJn d ou P. ?fi~ . as a special representative of the ·c011str·uct on co' rs go1n cr . • • h m1 1 rver. u son ac1 c 1s ·•.. , Walsh·· .., .. · . · . . · 1 · . c. ·ects ·and · tha t you are recervmg t e Building Trades D-epa1'tment . .T a.m . N putting in the' steel. Nothing new .- ·· · · · · · . .l·io·h"o·n upstream with their tun- J • . 1 1 · · · · · · · very happy with this ·news because . .. .o :<-. " .. · . . Eaton .& . Smith: has JUSt com- •Engineers ews so regu ar y. 5 nels .and the Rock Creek power · · · 10 t · f 01· · lette1 · Ed as yet on tl1e $ 0o;ooo appropria- we really need someon•e \vith' over- .. ..."... ·" · ...... • · . · pleted the excavatron work on t he ·Thanks a your • · ·t·10 11 fo'r the J·ett t Cr·esc t City ·house. And let. rt ·be known. that . . . * * * · Y ·a en · all authority to take 0 \:er trie :.H. aywire Huntington,· general . su- · new Lake Merced addrtwn. They "' West Coast Steamship . has put off B 'I . .. are now ·· busily engaged on the , ·. L s . I b 'ld' tJ . k l I (highline ut dmg Trades Council here . .. - .,.r;et-intem.d.e nf.'for :walsh, l:eany .can e~~avat_i on· f~r·_ ·. a_ n__ ew housing aa- m mg len· s ·y 100 ,~, vve in t he labor movement feer i ~ it p"l:e sfclentia l .. ',.\H nr;e;: ~: · .c.. .· -Mass abor COres to you) . until spring. _ P dition 111 Miraloma Park. Th e o CRUSHER MOVED' very jubilant over the election re- Piombo Construction Co. is going company also has the J·ob of l)lac-l sults of the mainland. .Aithough ' · ·.t d · b b · t ·t · 11 ACl s . Siri has about wound U]) his J·obs .. gOO d.. Q_n 1 S roa JO U 1 ·1s rea Y the pattern was not .the same for ·. i..·o __ ugh _ and rocky··, ·and ·Bi·other Phil ing new safety zones along Market '(;#:),an weep at .. Turwar Creek. and·.Requa, and · · . . Streeh · .moved the 'crusher over to Noyo us here in Hawaii, we were ·ne\ier- Dunn is- up . there now as foreman Boston. - Massachusetts labor the less able to put men iri to the ·· over·. shovels. Chas. Harney Company has sev- River at Fo.rt. Bragg. Baldwin & .. r·n the municipal government who are ·.. · ·.. · · era! jobs in operatiOn.· T he remova1 · sco1·ed"an. . . r·mpr·essi·v· e sweer). · Straub are waiting for steel for . McEwen Co . got a road job near of the 22 car· li'ne alono- 16th Street electiOns last week. A umted AFL- . friendly to labor . . Dobbfns and are· c'learing hush c. CIO d . lt d . d f t f the bridge at Turwar Creek and There -are no strikes going on and 17th Street; also the repaving n ve resu e m e ea 0 are driving piling at Hunter Cree)<. now and will have . five dozers on of·. tile same. Also the "'I' den· . g ar d ! three anti-labor_· referenda, · put a here locally The International • th~ ' job about ui.e time this goes " 111 1 j f f b cl D Syar should be finished with the paving of Army Street. Another ull s1 ~:e 0 1a o~-supp~rte e ~11 ~ resurfacing. job on Del Norte- Brotherhood of Electrica'l Workers tb press. job is the track removal and street i ocra~s m the_ state governn;en~ m Humboldt County line·; will be did a fine job in sending in their DOUBLE SHWT · repaving of Fillmore Street. I cludmg electiOn of Democrat aul done about November 15. representatives to take over the D b tl Bechtel Co. has a · powe1' l:ouse · . I ever as new governor Y 1e Mercer-Fraser finished at Orick local and asslst in eliminating their at _Dobbins with a double shift on TRACI~ REM:?VAL . . greatest plui·ality in history. continued str'ike. The concensus of ·_t.l).e l1 hoyel, with Harry Hendricks Lowne Pavm~ Company IS strll The- three r eferenda against and Little Red Hen, and are about opinion at that time was that the done with resurfacing Broadway · and · Jim Keifer at the contl'ols. b usy on M c All_ 1s.. te r St r·eet . • t rae 1< Iw hich orgRnized labor mobilized strike was unsanctioned, and no R~~ .. Dunn is superintendent. removal and street ~avmg. Also were thoroughly beaten. A . ban in Eureka. They also do a lot of good would come· out of it. How­ - .· Lo ~v bid on the Chico-Pai'adise several other small JObs for the on the union and closed .shop was odd .jobs of resurfacing, digging ever, like many other areas, vJe· · 'C\.1toff \vas . submitted by Gra.t1ite· P.G.&E. ~nd , the Telephone Com- defeated by 443,386 to 1,0'77,642. logging ponds, and pi!edrivj ng for will always fi nd someone going off ·'Coi1struction · Co. of Watsonville pany which are scattere ~ about A ·proposal to regulate union elec- different mills. Their job at For- on a tangent- and this happened 45 . ':for '$3S3;877 .·and work is . to start town. . . tions was defeated 558 358 to 950 - tuna and. Scotia is about %. com- to be a very serious ·one·. Vfe 'be­ . \vi thin 60 days. · M. & K. Corpo r a~io~ tum:el job 1253. And a plan to re~ ul ate m~io;1 pleted, apd will be ready for c.e- lieve Brother Newcombe;_ who has ·. ·: ..R l'ch. ter·• .. ·Br··.o·· s·. . ar··.e-'.·.: stfll r'J1 . th·e .at Lake Merced . IS JUSt m the . , .· . . ·]· l d. 594 . 2 ment .treatment qase 'by the ti'me ...... stuke vo tes was. 1c Ort ·to· Sl!tt_er ·Basiri: . trouble . wilL probably cease after f D t ' A t. d.· . d o P an IS o e se up on e again next month...... - ~or emocra 1c · c Jon an. m e- Scotia job for both cement treat- LABOR'S VICTORY · · the headmg IS dnv:en 111 a few pendent unions distributed more I . · · · · ------The eleCtion is ·over and ·labor more feet . . This. job will run three than a million pieces of literature ed base and hot stuff. . t B shifts after it is once started. . . .. • 1 HULL DRIVING PILING Creek near For ragg. woh· a · sweeping victory · an<.l .it· is · . as wel_l .as pms, posters, stre~tcar Brother Tom Hull is driving pil- Freel J . Maurer & Son are quite ·t o ·· be ·hoped· our :men · ,~- iil · k~ep · M. & K. Corp. also -have a job in and bus [)lacar cls and used rad·o · busy w'.. th several J·obs .'going:·, the the Presi<;lio and .still additional . ' . . 1 ing for the bi"idge at Eureka ~ · tlieil"' Jeet ·on· the grotmd· and that and newspape,r advert1 smg._ The. Slough on Highway 101. Ed John- new high school gym, and the work on the · crosstown P.G.&E. d b 1 our'leaders arrd attorneys will bend referenda· ha · een beaten ·by. t 1e 'son has· several county jobs going dil't moving job at Orleans are · eve1:y ·effort to repeal- t he Taft­ gas line. 1.ast satet I eg1s . 1 a t ure, b b ut had een as well as a few old J'obs of t w_0 of the jobs; both jobs ,a re on Devencenzi Bros: has the excava- · . Hat tley law ·and if Labor ·legisla- · offered to the electorate on · the ' excavation. Ed certainly keeps his schedule. Judson P acific are fin- tion work on a building at 16th tion is or will be necessary that ballot by the Massachusetts Citi- crew steadily working, winter and ishing up the steel work on the they' themselves can: 'Nrite one that and Mississippi; also a street un- zens Union, a :frontfor such manu- summer. bridge at Weitch.pec ·foi.· Atkinson. and ·Bryant f , · t' · th · will be equitable. derpass a t Mariposa acturers orgamza wns m e state Brother Louie Cormer has fin- Two more plywood eompames. Streets. · · as the Associated Industries. ished his jobs for the present and have purchased ground for their Cahill Bros. have· several build- · *'* * For the first time in Il-iassachu- has laid up his rigs for the time plants and will start construction ~t_ y· T· ... ing jobs in progress at present, tt . t tl t . 1 b th . .·JBEW Ut;,. l • al k5 se s 1us ory, 1e s a te W I 11 have being, but Louie is too aggressive as soon as possible, and o m· thereby keeping several of the a Democtat1c" · -contro 11· eel state legis- to be idle for very long. tend spending a million or more, P; 1ttsbur. gb. - The International brothers b_usy on _hoists and com- B · h · lature. The work of the unions Brother Rex King worked for ·so there should be work in · that rot erhood of ElectrJCa l \i'/ork- pressors. in the out-state areas is credited Mercer Fraser for a while this line for the next year. They wUl ers (AFL) and the Duquesne' Light . Courtland Engineering, Tucker . · d tl · · with this overw)1elmin£ victory. s_ummer, rentin£ his maintainer· to · probabl" hire around 500 men fo( C ompany l mve agree on a 1ree- Engineering, Boye & Tinkler, Ken • ~ ~ J , ·In Springfield, labor -supported them for the J'ob at Rohnerville. production. ·, m an Pal1el t o arb 1··t ra t e .a new con- . Royce shops are all busy on repair · t t · ..., 300 t'l't Foster Furcolo was eJected to Con- Rex had had a tough time in the The woods and mills a1:e work~ rae covenng 0 • u 1 1 Y em- work, keepin£ all of the brothers p loyees here. ~ gress on the Democratic ticket, last year, but is sailing pretty ing full swing with the exception. No date has been set to· begin steadily employed plus an occasion- piling up a majority of more than now. The maintainer is a ll his; no of the fallers, as most companies f t' b d f ·arbitration · of 26 items, including. - ~1 Thnew hireW noRw andB .then. & S 14000· , vo t es. F ursolo's victory part nersh 1p,' with the Bank. h ave 1 p en t y o 1m er . own ·or ·higher wages, ·improved woi·kirtg . oms,· . : '"· a 11mger on, ends the 12-year tenure of Repub- OPERATORS SIGN the winter. The Valentine Logging conditions, double-time for Sunday,- Warren Ballmger, Joe . Sheedy and. lic~n Charles R. Clason. He ca_m - ~- We have several small operators Co~pa~y · is building a. road for -hospitalization, pensions, shift dif- Fa~nsworth & Ruggles have all of pa1gnecl on a platform featurmg srgned up lately; we mean the their wmter show and has Brother fere n~i a ls ; seniority, job . descrip- then· truck · c~ar_:es busy on ~II repe_al of Taft-Hartley, and was boys with the Cietrac loader and Ed Johnson doing the jo.b. · . tion ·-.a:ncl ."' hours. Arbitnition ·. was t ypes of work ·m town and out m the only candidate who received • one truck T,fle Ley Logging. Co. has signed agreed· . on · October · 3 · about . 14' ·the country. the .endorsement of the-join( AFL- Buran Equipment keeps a steady an agreement with' us. They are a hours b~fore · a . scheduled .work ~mP REPAIR CIO committee which conducted ci·ew and has also opened another good outfit and we know we will stoppage mass- meeting.' · Ship. repair work along the wa- labor's campaign in. ·the . district. shop at Willits. Brother. Don· York all get along fine. . . .. * * ·* · terfront has -not been too gqod. Fui"colo, who.\vbn·with 81,275 votes is 'in charge -of the -- stock and parts· The · Coast Pacific Lumb'er Co. since the last report. ,Some ·of it t6 67;267. for c iason, ·captured sev- department there, , and Brother emp1oyees·· have signed, one hun~ How many• ca. rds iri_ standard is d t 0 th · · t ·l' o t st ·k · · . a· · ue · e wa err n ri e. - eraltraditioriiil~y- Republicari .towns Ernie. Kennedy is shop. fOreman . .dred p.er. c~n t, but· still ·, the Com- ;deck? .. Fifty-' two~ .- o:i··· cotirse.- · Hbwi PiEJRSONAL Touc:H:Es. .. · , in this weste1;n Massachusetts· dis-: We '· have· 'also ·taken in t wo ne.w pany would lik'e to p.ut them· ami . fu ~ny ' Card ~ ,'are ',. thel; e ;iir: t he aver-· ;- Things· hq.ve been pretty much ti·ict. members; Frank T. ··McNeal and ;us of'f_ -However; we hav€0 a . little . . age mari's. wallet:' OAbout. l2, ac.~ at a ·standstill lately; .. bu_t · there<· * ji. * . Bud: Ruonavaara. . _ . say . in t he . matter and- \ve, j_us:t ·cording . to . a recent ' survey.~ But · 1 · d · · . . . - . ' ...... ~re a ways. me)l commg . ~n gomg; Take car·e ·o· f ·your:·so·ci:a-·1 s·ecurJ'ty. MONTH'S WORK don't feel like being ' "put·· off,; . how. . about · this . qtiestiori. :. :Ho·w.. t h · - t s · b · · · o t e·vanous out.J?os s. een ack account number card•, ·rt 1.s ·t·h·e·key Ruby has about a month's work at· and that's for sure. It' could· b~ inany social securHy ,·cards'. does: a< fr.om Guam in: the;·last ,·few vveeks, to your social sectiri'ty account. A Reick' Creek. The' bridge. and · ap- that. some of the comp~anies in · th~s workern,eed·? ·· TJ1e - ~n swe r-"-" On e :, were ;Allen ··Fielcl; Bill · Evans, and. i:ecord.,o( yqur \vages _-is maintairi- pr()a9h ·· is about done;· but he · stil1 nec;:k of the woods m:e beginriing. and op1y one • . No:'matter .how •old: 'Benjamin Biecha; Jr. ·· · ed by· :name · an.d_· _social.. . security' has the old bridge to tear down. to realiz-e that this is ·Operating_ you ' are or ·how many -differ·ent· ... d. c · b k . · ·· · E · N · d th t · · · · _. ,.,.n Y onway- 1s ac agam - n·u· mber·. If· you . have· lost your M ~ Ewen has a small crew left ngineers Umon o. 3; an a.. :ei:np1oyers you : haviF'worked·; for,-, this time from· Gr-eece, after nine .c_ar·d, apply for·· a dtl])ll·cate. Do not at Willits. Most of the brothers we ar ~ not in the habit of. fooling 'you ·heed only one 'social security . . . . new-. number·. are ori his job at Marysville. ----:-'w e mean business. card and ali your'. \vages . will ·, he months and. . a completed. . contract apply for anotheJ· · . . from Atkinson. Where to next, Th.at could c· ause you and your· Raisch, Staring & Galbraith fin-. JOB FOR MElUBERS credit~d to thaf one . account. If g job on the One thing that should be done ·yo u _have· any ·question· about your Andy. · · family to lose som. e of the soc1·al ished t he .dirt movin One of our old-time members, security benefits to which you may Wi_llits-Fort Bragg road about N,p ~ by ali members in • the future is card, ·get in touch with the nearest ~ B. Wadman recently passed become ent'tled. vember lOth. this, question ever y service man social security offi· ce. Austin 1 * * * away. Brother Wadman had been * * * Zelinsky has the job of sand- who comes on the job to se.rvice confined in the Oak Knoll Naval Ladies, have you recent 1 y blasting the bridge over the Na-· your equipment: Does he belong Employers-Your social security Hospital prior to his death. changed your name by marriage varro River. Pomeroy has the to the Operating Engineers? If returns · must show the correct Roy Gorton was in the office or divorce? If you have, b e s ure bridge about finished and it should not, why. not? Get him to belong; nan1~· and social security number and Tom Eynon offered_ him an that the ·name on your social se- be ready for use by November work on him with a good .:: ale~ .of every employee. Save yourself apple . . . the · reason, Roy just curity card is the same as the 15-th. talk if he doesn't belong. H he time and trouble ·by· copying the come from · the dentist's office and name you use at work. As¥; the John Burman & Sons are mak- do es belong, let him know you. cori'ect name and ·number from was minus his "teeth." · social security office -to give you· a ing good progress on the dirt- are glad to see him. Only by such. t he . social securitY card of eacf!. Bill Richardson was the father·, card with your new name and· your moving job at Bul! Creek Park, methods are we going to bu:ld up. employee when·. he stai;·ts ·to work. of a 6-pound baby . girl' on the I old number on it. and are about finished at Virgin our organization. Four ENGINEERS' NEWS

''~·····"' ,, •... ~ .. ~~~~ ... .,:.~.. -·~-..., . ~.,.,;; .... :....-...... _ , : ~.;,~ ...-· · e' ·R: 'dd' ;n·g- lwe ~till - have a few .. Engineers .em" Fresno--' . ' ..... -':\ •· .,. i ., " played with the Bureau of Reclam- · · ·· · · ..... , . · I .d.$·.·.-.. n_..e · .. n.. •, S·o.o .n· ,·.:.,· ~~.n °_ ~ . ,;1_ .-_. ~·.....n ad:_> ' ~~i~n;va~~e~c;{e~t~~~::~,~~~~t~~d ,, ~RIA,N IJ '~K~RNCANAL BIDS .CAUSf :·, ·:::: .·_·<~ .. B·' J .. o..; ~ · . · . · _!JI J.\:Q~I~ to the wage board at its· heqring. ~ . · ··- ., ' . ' ~-:-" ., ·• ,., ...... , " "' . . , ~- .. • · • t E $ 000 ono p· U ~e;~t~~~~~~~~ : ~~ddi~g about- t~a ·· · Ht~,U -~SPE,CUt4IIQM iON ~o-w: BID.DlRi ·. J The A;nedoaa B''11i' Cwnpa_ny J.· OIJ; . ,xpect 3, ' IJ (; ilY:J'O, < ,. By .Hi 'J', PF;'I'Jl1~N and LYNN ·MOORE · ,!"• ·. •." r·•, ~: By~ :FJ~ A/H~STER~ ,,,. 'F· I• j. contmues. wrth: a . lr tle .wor-k at Business Representatives, ,LQC.l;t.l 3. . . Shasta Dam, a1,_1c;L.the, Ju9son. Ml.l.r-. S l t' · · h' h t h ·. '11 b th · Busitless Re.presentative, LocalS phy corporatf()ri' is dismantling- pecu a 10n Js.. runnmg 1g as o w . om.wi e ., e oSMCcess~ Accordiri'g to the B \..1reau of Redamation.: Engineeps, we, that mighty he~dtower, which. was futbidders. on. 27 miles of the Friqnt K.~r:(l .. can\l ~ ;d:}ids.. ~ ar.e are. to .. have another . good: .jo~ i:Q.·: tl)~s -. loc~-lity •., B~ds =_,_:will~be cused i'n:,the ,construction of Sha.st!!; t? be.,.opened. ,.1948: The... ~ur~i\.U ~ oJ: Reflama- ·opened dn . the next few: day~, aqout: - Novemb.~r, 24, 19,48, , - ~~n JOB ENDs· . t10n-. tells,_ us. that-the. followmg f1rms W,llll~kely , h,e. c bH1.9~!§~ ·on a .relocation. raHroad.·J'ob - between Keswick and: Shasta1 ·. F.. d,· .. ·k ·, B·, ·. t·h h . Peter,-Kiewit & Sqp.s_, Morrison Knudsen, Ariiona.;Nev,ad,a,,G_o., . . •· •• c · -·· .-:-· . re errc son ro er.s avecom- · · · .. · ·•· ·c· ·- .Dam. A distimce of·about. ·8 mile.~. of.~i:qgJ~ _ trP..G.l5: r.a,Ur;o_a,d,fin-. pletea·: their : highway. ·a1{d' bridge Ashbach . &_ Steenberg -, . Uti'\h: ·Constru!;!tiOn and_Eye t~~t .. 9· ,_: .. · · cluding>about.2 miles.of. - h~g~way a,p.d . ~q_ J -~; ,;. ·~ orne of ~mr maJO_L highway pro- Tp}ho~ •. th!l ; _. · · · · g · · ' will furm_sh "~' .t~a~ 1wo~l~ I¥ ~~v~~ 763150 matenals .for. the pres- , Wa~hingtoq; __ (LP.A,_) •.-Tfi. .e.~-c;:o~J- , J,ects. - plants, kmdly be a.~~~~~.ll;.~.tp'-~A!J,,e . . The·. McDonald Logging Com~ ent 14 miles of the canal now un ~ bination of "a . · st p)];tg( C?JlW.~WY . .' tAT:Jl! . S'.I:Nt~ · Shas~~ r · ,~tlt · gre.~t l power: ov~r.... pr_od\l£.tW.P.v l. · · · · · · .. · · ' · · '' · ""~"din Th · · · · "' ·7 · •· ·· • · · .. · and, established a modern gravel- · "· · ·· · ' . '·. · · · '· '· ·' is a little late in getting started~: and . ro()l~ . P.rgduc"eJ; , m .... ~ ..... Jk. ~ ·memb. ers. of Loc.. al N. 0· 3 Br.ot.her· · ·: . ,. · .... ··· .... ' .... · · e_aeh trymg , to :sti{· II..<~ - . a, S~!':ew,~J>,a,!;;, . --' . · d diti th t ·. ·.. • < I ' .' . · :. · crushmg... plant. "Chuck' Howard , .. -' .. · ·· · ' . · ,. · · · ~, · ~ have bl!en adv1sed by the con., wage _ s pal~ . s~ . '<0P, ..., ,!>.ns ar~ . !I> · Arthur c. Rogel's is master me- .· · : ·. ·· · · · ·, · • · • ,, · 1 gam, rs the .subJect of: 4Ji~, , S\;!.C,C?:,:f\d · · · -· " · · · . f tl R k S d d "-~avel As- ' · . · · · · . ~:· • · rs sup.er,ntendent of. the plant , h N t' ·--.·. -n"· ' · . ~ A ' .. ' · · . \rae tors .that· the JOb. ha,s . been · 0 ' !e. .oc ,. a,p · a,n ·'' """' - . : · · ' chanic of. this job. · ""· .. · · · · · ·· · m , t , ~< ..a ·. 10.~1~1., _.,1 a.~V'W : .. s~>.Qqa- , , $warded but the go:ahea,d sign .. sl)ciatio~. · ~ AUTO ACCiini:N!r McBride and Britton, two of -qur tio11-'s "Cau~.es . of . Ind}W triaJ I,'oeaq(; has not been given. Housing con-.· Out at.Keswick a1i.d Shasta Qam, · B~·o.ther . 'walt~r La:ke received member. contractors, are majj:ing ,s.e~;ifi!S. -.;,: . ' ' - -·-- ·· a broken hip .jn an auton-iobile, excepti(lnal progre$S on th~ cor.~ The relatio,n bet\ye.f:!Jl .. tlw,;. LiQ~ . bank qnd. s.urplus e.arth.mov,ing. on wreck near Fall River Mills. He the Ash pack & Ste~nberg job. Th!s bey70wens7l\or.d . Glass.. Cornp~p.y is out of the hospital, but will b~ and the.' 7;500 · hourly,' : paid ; , w.ox:k~J.'..S , . outfit is .one. whic.h has. v~ry little r·epre. sented. by the. ,Fede. r.. a.t_io .n . :,Q_L unable to · work for a couple of turnover, even in view of the fact · · months. Brother Chester Diestel- that they have brotight up rigs Glass, Ceramic and Silica:· Sarid: horst was severely injured after a f B M Workers (CIQ) is .not.· a ''fr~~k. . . •.. D-8 b1,11ldozer rolled , over him a CANALrom enn.ett LINIING urray~ SI'tuati'on," th·.e NPA ~tudy,· , .fOli:n. d· . .' , GOUpl.e · of. times. . ·· F.l.e. is . in . -the "It is typical of a small, .but ,gr,qw_- ... ,g; , · Arizona Nev~da Compa_!1Y _. ex~ . Memor.·ial Hospital in Re,dqrng, and ing number colleGtive .' parg~!P.- pects to complete the lining of the of d By C._J. HAGGE;;RTY, Secretary is getting, al~:mg · as we.ll as can be cana~ on their current . contracts ing relationships in megium-siz.e · · California State Federation· of Labor expected. within the next week. Howe.ver, plants, ·and · it indica,t.es a , tr.e!ld That the support of labor is not a pql_itical liability was * * * · the operators employed on this . which has . recently . beco~e.. , q.Ulte: spread. should be able to ,look for- ·prQnounced - .. in. some. segm~n. ...t'! .. ', o.. f . clearly estab~ishect by the gr<;~.ti:fying results of the election, ·M:. ·a_-S',S.·.~ · o:- u~· ·l·· t·'~... ·l n·g ·: ward ·to an additional ~ear's work the basic mass production " indq~-~ . w hich sw~pt from office those who sponsored. and supported . . r because . the speGial . linjng. and tries." · ·<·· ·special interest legislation. CII d S •J; trimming equipmei}t is being tral)s- In the day-to-day compa)ly-wiqe Responsible for this achievement was the har~, conscien-. . a~ ,e(' ai trlJ\e:' ferred to the .next section. of _the .and plant-lev:el .. relatiomLbet.w.egn tious work of -our members-in the various unions, and for canal. This firm will be busy with union and company, the ~·mo§t . sig- . Wall~ingt,on . - If worl, ·on . the ..•; stwilV, . ; Lea~ue t o~ b o : rca Th uca wn, . wh~re we shail try, as we have in r\lled)as.t. \\'. ~ek. 'He declared, how- within the next three . weeks ,- corii~ ·NPA's. Committee.:on... the :: Cli-u~~ s . mus say rn usmess. e <:am-, ·t·n . past to convr·nce. the legis- ·ever,· tha~ the union's. respol}sibil-, 1 th . t' f th F . . t -of Industr·I·al ...· Peace.. ,· poi.nts._·_.·ou. t th_.- ,'t . . . . t fi . h d as· only a e ' " . . . 't f h t ··k t b d t , P et.e en· sec ion o . e nan ~ .., · paign JUS ms e w · . ·lat_qrs _to _SUP,port measures which .l ~ or ~uc ~ s. . II emus · e e e~- Kern Canal. .Their present _oper- -as in the,· case .· of::rela,t,iqps ·.~):>e; ·' :teginning in a career that prqm- we consider of benefit to , the peo- _rp.r_ned m t.he: 1 ~~1')~ of the facts of ation includes some compaction tweeri the :two1· AEL· pape~ ·:; VVcpik- . · ises to be very successful. Laqor · · · · each case as rt occurs · · · le of California. . . ' and cleanup work on spoil banks, ers ~ bas. shown that when it goes into, P · · · · Under consrderahon was the .. unions. ~nd . :.the. J?a.ci!ic>Co.!:X$t . · · We are ·hopeful that our pleas, · · - • · · · · plus several small concrete strue-· pulp and. paper industr:y .... _ m;a:tJ,ag~,--. · p ~litics i.t cap· do ~n excel~ent job, 1 . · i · t d facts win ·walkout of 115 out of 116 Int'l tures. ment believ.esJn · the , prindpl ~s . an9. ·and that it will continue in politics • ogic.a arg\lipe!1 s an Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · · · -~ J _not as .. ?- taii to any in.dividual! not fall on de~f .ears. . _We pray .::_AFL Local 7GO members ~t the Munn & PerKms, who. were low' practice of truef collectivetoa,I'~a~-: must be stressed. that \ . t~e tre1ld of A.m~nca,n pro- ;Roane-Anderson .Co . .power distri- bidders on the outlets 'on this sec- ing, the union· ully. ac. Gep ._ ;;; -pnw;·?- .~e gresSIVISID that .has swept the na.- b t' l t t 0 k R'd T tion of the canal, have n~t been ownership . and operation. of:;tl}e ' EXTREME RIGHT, LEFT . . . k h ...... , u wn p an a a . I ge, enn. . d t 1 l' . h .nne·d by · · · · · · tt_on w1ll m!J, .e t ~ . same _r.upr:e_s-. 'Leff sar'd that t. hey couldn't have awarded their contract. m us ry, · ega ISm• IS ·- S lJ:..,·· ...... · .. No less significant was the cold- · · .h · tt't ·d ·' f · . . swn on our: repre.se1;1ta,t r:v.es .m ·a· _ qur·t for; purel-y r'ndi'vr'dual r·ea- One of the later .newcomers to I both sides, . t ere ·IS .. an ,, a · .1 u __ fi! t.o ... 's:houlder g.!ven to the extreme f d t 11 · · Sacramento. . _we look orv;:ar . o ·sons. Their ·purpose-, he-ruled, ·was our family of contractors ·and mutua1 t rus t d ,, !J.n ·· .. confid· e.!).ce ·.·.. be - . : dght an,d .left_ fringe~-the · Dixif;!-: the .next sessiOn of the legisJature · · , . members, George Sto.ut, has beeri tween. uniml. -_and ·company:q1.. fore he ordered the local· to "cease, .mg. at B1g Creek, an~ :Case Com , Nat~pnal ~ J;>lann!ng ·· J\S,SOfl:~tr~;q ~ 899 :sponsgred Wall!lc~ites, · the bas!_s, with alL legitimate .. groups. , To- , d d . t" f, . t 'k t' · pany·,too. They .are trymg to c.om-, 21st . Stre~t N. ·w _.,,, \Vasmngt(),n, -,6, . 1 ...... " . .. . . · an es1s - rom usmg s r1 e ac wn t th ·, · b b f th . · · · · · .... · · . · {" .. for united action by all egitrmate· gether with.l>ur old . fri~n~ _.. a~!J ;. o,ur t k . h k R'd fi. f, p1 e .e < e!I JO s e or~ e sn?W; D.(.:. • , -l~ b.. ,or ·.·g ;:o. ~P·. s. was . ~a.ict_. . The elec- · · · · .. · · o eep .. t e a 0 1 ge rm rom. and. bad weatmel' sets ·m. · . H.emz · . ·new· Qn~s, . we . thank the. ~ople, of 'dealing -with· non-union -companies., . . . . . · .. ··c· .. . " . R ...k , *·. -*· ...- . ::.·-. .·,_.. ··;t ipp. retl.\rn$ vindica,ted this r:eP,)ldi-·. c Iif.or.nia for :the .. -in~rest .' and, I • ' ·• •· ConstructiOn ompany .at ~c . . .- . t'10 . a, . '., . . . . . ' Creek above Northfork IS makma. n . . ' ·ll: :t:l· Judg.ment · expresse~ m the electwn., It· 'd th* t .B* '·. *· bl t . · ' · · · .- ·. ·' ·: · · · "' · pU bl'tC'' pOWer: '. rYO'Y:eS;):' . . E . did t •h , . tin d • : . . -...... Is. sai ' a ·. !Ogenes e,w. ou good ,progress on .Its r:oad JO)J. ·' . . ,._ .. --.. ; .por - ~ District 18-Clyde Doyle, D. · District 19...,-Bernar.d R. Br.ady, D. . . . Franchesci Compcy,ny i1as ·. the· Nau, formerly a' Rural El~ ct rifi · · rtion the . State Senate, was de~ · District 19-:Che.t. HOLifi_eld, D. Di;;~ric.t 20--:Thos. A. Iv!1)J_oney,. R. housing, streets, s(i werage, water -cation Administration official; based :treat ed. Lest . the opponents of District 21-Hatr,y. R. Sheppard, D. Distric.t 22-Goo. D. Collins, Jr., D. system, etc. for the Army Engi-· his analysis on government statis­ democratic rule interpret this as Distr ict 23-Clinton. McKin.non, 0. District 23-Will\arn C. Berry,. D. neers · at the Pine Flat project. tics contained in a generally · ig~ .encouragement for an all-out at-. Califor.nia StateSe!lator!!, eleGted · D.istrict 24-Charles W. Meyer:s, D .. Grading has started, only .one cat- nored report of the ·Federal Power ·tack .on labor, it .is pertinent to in June and November, 1948, ·and , Di;;trict 25---;Robt. I. McCarthy, D. on the project. . . . L. Biasotti & Commission. N a.u coi:IIpat~Q. : .150 ·point out that a million and a quar- friendly to labor: District 26-::-:Edw. M. Gaffney, D. Sons have a sub-contra,ct fQr At-- 'pu-blicly owned wi.th 300, ·priva,te :t er peo.ple voted for this measur~ . District 1-Harold J. Powers, R. District 30--:-Ralph .M. Brown, D. kinson Company for the grading on power corpor:atio!ls.. . · · li c utili t i ~::; .hav:e . far has enlightened hundreds of thou- District 7-Harold T. Johnson, D. District 35-S. L. Heisinger, D. ·tween Atwater and· Livings~on. lower rate_s, Nau· ~ound , Th~ .av:er- . sands of Californians on the in- District 13-Thomas. F. Keating, D . . Di~tr:ict 36...,-Ha_r:l_an Hagen, D. · Harms Bros. have about two- ~~~ dowestic.' custQiper .. ·pays: the :adequacy of ouro legislative branch ·District 15-'-Luthel' E. Gibson, .. D. Di;;tric.t .38;-;-John B. Cooke, D. thirds of their ..j ob completed and. pu_blic cQrnp)l.nies. 2.3p p~.r: - 4'itQ~_;ltt 'of. government. That one set-back District 17---Geor:g.e Miller,. Jr., D. J;:>i~tt:ict . 39--:-'~ 0~ .c._ Ji:ewis, D. are · getting -ready. to divert traffic hour. H~ has· to: P~ Y. . ··the -; 'p_r'iV.ate v:in the . tight ·for. popular . govern- Distr.ict 29-:Chr,is N. >Jesperson; . R .DisJr.ict. 40-:-Wm. H. . Ros~,ntl:Ial, . D. over to ·the new ~vest lane in order. ll.tiiities: " 4:3,7/f ' ~oi\~, :· ok 3.~q 'P,~h,: :-._': · ~; ment is not and ~ vvill not be con- Friends in the .State .Senate car- DistrJct 41--Julian , Beck D. · that they may resurface the_. east, .. *· * * .· ....- '.,,,._,_~ ·,. -sidered as-.finaL ried over frolll 1946 .elections: ' 6i~.~ric~ 42.-;.E. · q. ; B~rl~halt~.r, • D . .la~ ~- of Highway 99. from H,e.rndon;' Are you, $u;~ , Yc~ i.u: · empioj~f h.a_;; .,, : The California- State Federation District 2-Randolph Collier-, R Dj~trict 4.4;-::-Edwa.J;d: E- Elliott,• D. Bn~ge to Madera, · · · Gt~y · L ·YP~I;" -· ti'arj]:i( and , soqi,al ,;. ~~l;ut~tff: · of Labor is -neither impatient' or. District 14-Gerald J.. O'Gara D. li)istr.ict 45~Thomas . J.. Doyle -D . .At!l:mson has .the structures. co~- · 'b ; · · tl · -ht . · • his · . · rec ~ . · · · . · '· · · · .. ·. · -· -- · .. ·· ' pleted and grading started with ~num _ er ~x~G . Y. rlg ...on "-> . ..~ ·:·.· .. easily discouraged. The national D1str•Ict 22--:>Hugh P. Donnelly., .D. ·Prstrrct• 46-::;-:G)ernr M-. And~ ,\: sQn, J). . k ' d. · · · .: ·h· · v'·' . •. ·: 'j'ords ?- If he do.es;'' your · so_c:Jai_. se · · · . . . . - true s an shove1 s on t e 1sa1 m, - · . · · - .. · · · .. ·. . · · .. .: c · _...,,_1 -;election as well as the state con- . Cahforrua Assemblymen elected D~~tr::c.t . 51-,Elwyn S. - ~ennett, D. to Tulare section 'of Ei h ~va · 99. ~ _c~pity cai;d '· s.hQu~d. ·:b~ /'p? t. "' ~w,ar :. 'tests. indicate anything · but · a vic-. 18. June and November 1948, -and p~sb;~ct ·. 52-.-J.. J. Ho~hbau~h, R. . . . N. ·. M. Ball & So~s or~\he V(lt~ . y~~r wl-u,~bl~ :Pi:tl)~}S--::'!l()J ' ,·tory for· minority· control of eur· frrendly to labor: D1stnct 55-Vernon K1lpatciCk, D. stretch from Tula.re' to.T.i -to~ · have earned m yo~J,r poc ~etbppB:;; Jf_- . h~ -'g()vernment. 9ur Federation was Distric-t 2--:->Lester T. Davis, D. ·. District 61-Lester A. McMillan~ D. t . h'ft . · th ·.P gr·ad·· :r{e-:, doesn't, have :;him copy your -name ··'·· .h fi t t d T . . 3 l d W L D -. . . 62 A F H .I· · D wo . s 1. s gomg on eir. 1 ~ b . f · · . . t e .. rs · .o e~1 orse the ruma_n- D~str:ct -Loy . · owrey, . D~str.:ct - . . : aw nns, . · equipmeut. ·· an~ x:u~ er· rom ~our : ca~a · no,w .. · Barkley can~1dacy. We· also hst, D1stnct 4--A. w , Coats, Jr., D. , .Drstnct 64,-John.. C. ·Lyons, . R. · - * * This 1s rmportant · If·: y_ow wal)t•to ., below the many other c·andidates District : .5~Ernest e. cl:owley, D. =-District 65~John W : Evans, D. ·* . get .full ·. creditr for the:mioney,. yop. }. w_ hq · re'ceiv~d ou~· sup]X>rt an_d who.· District 6-Franeis G; Lindsay,;R , District ·67-0layton · A. Dills, D. . Wif.e (screaming at the . eli- pay into ,social· ·- seourity,,, ,, : <"),::> '.' .. ·. V~e re elected. With them, we are District 8-Gordon A. Fleury, . R. · District 68~Vincent Thomas, D . . max. of a domestic debate): · "Are I' . . .- :·. *---*··'-·*·-.; .- ·.. :'' ,; : ···- .'·':~··~ · ' ' - ' determ_ip~d _ t~ continue ou~ fight, Di§;J~ict 9-,.;J· ~h~ · E. Mo~s. Jr.,· D. . :r District 69-Ralgh c:. pills, D. aii men foqis_r; ...... " Kip.d .words ··ar:e <; Utter..ei;i -cisO .· se\,,.' ,.. ' '(or progre.ssive. social legislati9:n: J:?istrict. ·l(}.L.>R_qbert.. . L. _<:ondon,;·D . .- DistriCt n~carl Fletcher, D. · Husbaq,P.: ·"No, mY. pet,· S\JID,e -~re : .aom in ·some.: househ!)~~S ct't:hl;l;t:.:.th~Ji' ' 1 ,,,.-._, ' This ·is not · the tiii}e for re-. pi ~ trict 13::-Frands Dunn, .Jr., . D. , District· · 79~-E:ath_ ~Yry., Niep.ous_e, , ~.; : bj~:chelor~:; , · · · '- · · · s~tind h.bla~ph~mol!s , .~. ,... ;:._ ' ;;, ~- ; ,;,;.!,... · i:\ ·' " Five

• .~ ·1. Sacrd11i~tito '·"·---- .. -R~no~:.: ----=·-- -- - ·- --:---_----~-~~Salin-as~_:______~--=------iE:ATIER AND JOB ·GfllRliT~ONS : isb~n Co. Has ~' LateSt O_·; .il_·Disdlvet:w _-. -in .. San Ardo:, ·: -- ~ ·· · ·· - "· ., · ~ , · ·· " · ~ Good Job-Soon ··~ ; CAUSE UNEMP-lOY-MENl HERE . . Active; Cimdru ·. "''li'(iQbd. iii'.South· By· E.~· ~~~K · In Ra~l 1CI;ty. \ · ,. :•:-~?sY:Mi: . ii: ' rilv, · _Business Representative, Local 3 By H. L. SPENCE . ]Hisines''S '' Repr~sen_Htti~Ei, ·Local 3 It -)s Novel1).15er again, as we ·· dm very well tell by th.e Business Representative, Local 3 '"1]e Anill:{li'ic'ari ;on; ·Jerge'iis .;Qil and Texas companies ate length of our "Out of'Work" list With the Brothers ·coming Isbell Construction Com- at'present slioWirtg ~ great' actiVity ''ill! ·theh· latest discovm·y,of :Mwn:h om '; j'o}?s in 't0e ri

· . The· · · ·only · · JOb . of- any· proportion· -, · - ' underunderstand way thatbefo.te they· too are long.also- mov-We · will get on 'the· way in the· near· projects,· · tl" ,tThe ld _ construc· h tio~· · managerth t · · .-~:· Ev· n.·g· _·ln. - ~"-··e. _·_r·s ·o.· .-p·· .e· .n.: .. ·awarded in· this district ·hi · the· . future and. of c o·u r s ·e the r;ce_n _Y_ o_ , me·,,, ?~~ve~·, · _ a ·as past month was -the Rosevill~ S.ub-: irrg· ·equipment · in~o - .the Los An- t .' 'f p t h , · cl' th ' . . soon as 1t 'starts ra-Himg, the -·comc 'W"'y Th Guy F. Atkihson'c'o·: " lis •geles ·area ·for-a big JOb. . . s ree, -. ~ .c . ga~~· an e_ ~ru~ •parties 'ate golrigtobe·rs are also workmg ·on· compres- '· 1 • her of'Commerce; Southern ·PaClfi·c· · . . work along like clock work on :major ;comp·art)es · e·xpect .-. w sp·en'd openmg a new offi ce · m· · · t'·li ·e·,· phy's neWs cohinui' eJsewliere:l consist 1nainiy 'of .. i·e--routing- gas, for our members: Lentz Construe- knoym as Brother Duque and reritlng . eqi.1ipment triim f:airlihg ,__'in_. _::t,h_i_s,,.;;p_a,.;;.p_e_1·.,...• ------.,....: water, and sewei· lines. ' . - tion Co. has . be~ri exc'a'vating :for B:t:other Frazzini, are nearing the: :& Hah·ison, w. w. 'Bird; Fr'aril:{s . . ' Thl's \Vill delay ~1'\Y_, ex:cava~ion an addition arrd ' leVeling ·for ·a. finishing line for the winter 011; Bros., Vinceiiz Bros., and Cha·s. . : ~aken-adjo!ning his present job ..• work for . at least · 3Q ' days.' Jt "is new playground' at. the . Arden ·their highway -job b etwe. ~n Loyal-f Clausen, with. cine "8" . of . their Ball ·' and Baker are still rollii1g our u-nderstanding a't the ' prese~t School. Also a ·ne\'v. school hear ton and Sierraville, Calif. They will: .o\.v.n ... Cha·s . . Carrithers is also , aiong ,on their ·highway _job aha· .time that t!ie ·J. 'R. ·''Re'eves ·co. Q_t Parker Home~ ,on Bell 'AiJe.nue is be moving their ·crushing.plant'to· in the vicinity of San Ardo with 'ate rio\v laying base ·rock but •it Sacramento .has subbed most 6-f providing ·reveling and ·_exc'avatihg. Portola, Calif. in the near futl,!re.: his spread of 'five 'or six : "Cats" w~tl be 'sometfme· yet before v,; ~ 'the dirt of thi~ job. · -A,- :he\v ·huild_i:;i, at ,Me<'::l ~ ll'an . F i:~d : l They are going to stock pi!~ so~e : a,nd has an nice Jand~~ve llirig 'job... . can ·use that hig!'1vvay for a trt~l The status of the Deep Water. a~d,. a'J?:oth7,r · .ne~v sciH?Ol on ?_ar?en gravel for the State of Cal!form~ . .G. F. Stolte <;:ol'I'\pany ' landeda lr~ n. CNo reflectwns on E. ·Frost Cha nri e ~ 'has i1Ppi·oved '• sligJ;idy Ave~~e.: pro~ _lde ~ ol: ~ for thiS sa~e . Cle~ent Company has started• _good-sized j9b a.t the ne\v s~~te I_ or H. Davidson). ' . '\.vith'·'ui.e saie of $50 ci6o worth' of oompany and 'keep· our members . crushmg, . rock for the H. Earl· Prison (3 miles· North of Soledad) I . . ' . Bon. d·s· Ia~~ month Their plan'- at busy. . . . , -. Parker Company, . near Hob a r ti in the neighborh'ood of $1,000,000, ·1iH EWETINh· TGd_ IN _SAN JOt~E . S -· · - · · · · - · M'll c l'f p 'k · · , h 1 · • • • • • · ' tn · ··p ·ese·nt time include placing J . . R Reeves, A. Teichert, and . 1 s, a 1 . ar ens graver mgt ' e and -Brother AI . Williams, of Sal- ' . . e , a a mce mee mg, . m . an. 1 1 e _, . . , • ·. c" McGillivray along with Donner logging roads out from Hobart · • ' - h· · B C't , Jose on October 25. · The meetmg on sale. an ad_d,Itwnal one to one - , . . ':!Vr n . ' mas, IS m?vm~ ~~ new ay I ? . was well attended and I'm sure it and one-half million 'dollars wortli Co. and Valley Tr.enclung, are· I _s. . . ,'. down ·on the JOb JUJ S,t as soon as-. . . . ' · . . . -b d . ft . t.h.. fi t -f· tl . . among· .. t hose· ... contr'actots .. doing Gibbons & Reed have moved< he has . con1pleted t'he excavation was verY gr atJfymg to the Exec~- o f on s a er e rs o 1e yf>ar · · · · 1 • • · - · t' Offi 't · · t'0 · lf . f t.'h' ,, -. I ' t b 'I ,- d. . street work and laying Se\ver lines- their shovel S onto their Wendover,• :on the· Cit;>'s new swimming pool: . IVe cers; as' I w.as myse .. omeo Is moneyiso eoane · ·· · t;) '· --·--- · · - ·· · · ' N - 11 'bR ··c · · c·h · -· " · ·My ·only Tegret ·lsthatwedldnot · · th A. · E' · - · t ·1 ·_ in vl:u'iotis sub'divisions·i Van Valk-;. ev., 1ug way JO _· oy ram t e; at Shei.~wood Park Thi's job is aiso · . · . .. . · tq__ ~ h rmy _ nt~me~~s t ot_ hs~~? _e, . Embur'o- ·co. i'S' putting' in 'the sewer:' subcontractor) has most of_tli.e dirt•. a sfolt~ pro'jejct... 'Vincenz Bros. . have:·a ·larger ·hall With sufnCien.t ! ment t e appor wnmen e.r re- "' - - . ·. . • · · d · d ·n b · t · 11· '· · . . . · · -room to accomodate all I believe ceived frorri > Congress so U.H~t a li~. ~~ a;ros:. the Amenc~n River:. ~bove ~~ WI : ethmo:'m~. f ot _I,s, have a_ Ja ndlevelli_n_g. "job of -pretty: •there were c!o,se to 40 - ~cmbe;-s . · b d · ·- -·'t'' ··t. {vith Brotfier L. L. Keithley as JO near anaca m . e near u me .. I go-od size near C!iula:r and have . start may e rna e_ on C?ns rue wn . . . - Silver State Construction. Com-·- . . . . . ' who were not . able to get into facilities at the Port · itself ~ · . f.ore~al!- _on_ th.e JG_?· . , . _ . . __the1r Cob1 as and a couple of Cats the . hall . · ...... , "''IN ELECTION . pany, be ~ter k no w n as Andy; on it...... f)r~t a~9ng th, ~se Will ?e. !he__ ' .. ' . . r, i ,. . . ' " • . . ' Drumm;' has moved its camp with-' . ' . . . . ' . ' ' constr_'uction ··of ·gt;ain I elevators. · After approximately a yea1, the . b t t . f th F. t' ., 1. (Heres· a. new one-and Sond- ~'EW OFFICE - . . - I , C . 1 T t , , m a ou en mi1 es o e ron Ier .l t B 't) Th . h N d bt b tl . t' I · ;~.'g'/l ih ' it' aii .adds tti'p lto 'no '\~o'i~K- fin 'a:l ·ba~ otsb·· at the". ap~_dto : ,dr:acthor. Tav_ ern on Highway. 50. Andy is. ?ro h. h 'r_ oh~· t~ot 1._. ·• '_t .· etyt·. a vet~--- h . ?d otuh .t yth 11S. Elm~ you lave ' ~of" any· building tratle'sfrleri -until• Cq .. l}a~e -. ~en_ .?P.~~::~ . ~~?: .. . _e: ' well along with liis 29 niiles cif; JOb \~. rc ,, ".ey , can . s ;a;: . ' UJ_I ,I<' ~~r . a e ' ngme~rs . are . ~l:n'll. ~ ·· time-- in tl;l_e s:priiig. · 7 1.e~\o!1, I:a.s ?e:_r; ?.e~I1. ~d, u~, ~a_v~;: 1 highway ·in Sm_okey Valley. . the ram's 'begm. (Then who wants op_em_ng _an. offi.ce . In : sa~mas _- for !Blws · R~.C1';ED o~ _ L<;e.al ~ted a few calen- po~r~ - to •. ~epl~~sl_l: ~h~ S~I:eam_s ' like!~ I Will be Ill thiS office a~,d jobs imderway on this project ·we next 1ssue. . dars (spicy ones) which we will .. ~- ~"'- \~~Us _ a~d ad_d ma1s~ure tc; _the . I . WfJI be most happy . to · be of _h " · t ·t . t 'th res t t'me PERSONAL l\'LENTION send him We wiil guarantee you _ matenaJ·_-·foi' ··better ·' eompaetwn. service to any ·of the brothers. J~;; : _ J~;ee~"'-~tsac:a~e n~~ · isi re~ Brbtli. e~: Johi1'· 'K~'en-~fe r is out of Swede, that there will .be sev~ rai C~Hi~ i~ ·, · t~~, . ~~rtoyo Secco " jo; ·- : ~ · WelT, boys, that ls about 'all, ahgn;_ng _a small sectwn of road fne ' hoSpital''afte·r' a kidriey ~per- that you can use for pm-up g1rls, about 20 . miles out of Gree fiel except' in closing, I ·wish to ·?xfetrd itc'rbss· .· Bru·e ·Ravine. Peter L. ation. ·-·; .. Brotlier· AI\t' Jone·s is for Rerio puts out some dandies. on ~ t~e ·Jamesburg'Route. . :td •c e·acn and all. of y-ou iny vett:J Ferry is putting in· a small section Back' at work :aft'eFa sick siege: 1• • • N_ow that . Old .Man Wintei· 'is ' This· road also .·.reads _one :o the best -wishes for A . H A ;p P (Y ·of· earth fill ·dam in ·the west side' Btciihe1· Il:a L. Sickles is "another. sneaking in on us here in Nevada, lf~s . P?dr~s. Dan;, w~Ich 1s . the THANKSGI-VING. We have much ·of ·the · rhie i~. There are only two who has oeen on the sick list. . several of the Brothers have b'eeh Maceo. Job. A number ·of engm:eers to be thankful for this· year, t06.: cats' en the·Breen job, with 'Broth- GUN :-wou:N:tl: '- ·. :in ' the office inquidng alioi.lt work IWere laid off of' th·is Pl'Oject just President Truman was reeiected: ers' ·Bob. 'McQuiilian and - w. E. Brot'h'e!r ' A:c'i'~ ·Dunlap dropped ·a ·overseas.' It see.ms as· if they all 1 receritl'y ~mostly · on the ' "Cv 'about' again to b~ ·back at wor~. He shot h~m- know, this project was supp.ose·d vote. Cobb ·and Brother Fox. are holding but still unable .to' ,:Vork . ' self - ~n the leg a year. ago dunng tb-'be cm1'1plete'd ;by .December 1.' do'?n these jobs. We * * * sti_ll w~sh to May we wish a speedy and com- huntmg sea~?n: . The delay· in· the cort1 p]etion of the caution all the ·brothers interested plete recovery to 'the small"daugh- · Bro~her W 11l~s H~usto~, who ~as jtib; however, is rio 'retl€ction on '.in this project tl;lat very - litt~e ter of Brother Paul Hull, who has been Ill for some time, IS workmg tli.e ability 'either ' of the company labor Votes··in work will be done at Folsom .until been in the -hospital f.or nine weeks again. _ or its s\.iperv{sicin · but has been Congress appropriates more mcmey. -a victim o'(polio .... Brother Brother Fred Hellyer was hurt ·causetl by extensions, additions arid .: Miih~ Governor.- We cannot expect this until Feb- Eugene S. -Prather has been ill and on the Geo 1·ge Pollocl J'ob Octob r · - · · · · . . - _ ( · ~ ·change of plans. · 397 for grading and refin.ishing geon suffered a .fractured arm ·and ; accident · occuh·ed May 11th whil-e find . from one to five G1'anite jobs ·incumbent Gov. Kirp Sigler, thanks N:12th ·Street, from N. ~ ' B" Street puncturec]_lt.mg. 'he· ·was working at the Perkins ·in S)lC~? 'tow;'ls as Monte 1~ey, Saliri - ~ to the backing of Michigan 'CIO-, · to Vine Street. SYl\~PA':!':t{Y Gravel Plant.··· as, Kmg C1ty, Watsonville, Moss PAC most of the AFL · and· other. J :---R. Reeves ·was low bidder for All our ·sympathy . . . . is extended * * * Landing, Santa Cruz· , Felton· , G'Il - liberal' gi:oups. _ ' --··· · regrading· and surfacing two miles to Brother Art Beckwith, whose A SJnart ,·vife can 'get a .fur· coat 1;0 y; Logan, Cin'niel and· PaCific· I The state, which ·has had a ·ReL of 'EI· Cam. irio Avenue from Fulton \"I.fe passed a · 0 t 0 b 9 1948 - ·v . . way c; er ' · · - · - · -- ...· .. Grove. There is on_e large job_· pu.'olican · g. o v e r no r . since 1942, to E t Th' b'd · wi~~iout J_1alf cryi~g. _ as ern avenues. IS was I . However, Art has a lovely baby -'------that they have which I must.men-i elected Sigler in 1946 by a 359 oo-o:.. at $52;653.50. daughter and we wish him lots of- tio~ tb:r PG&E '~ . ~ 5 9, 000 , 000 Gen-. vote margin, and ·that ·same ·year, ].2TH ST. PROGRESS l~ck with hei~ . . . erating 'Plant at Moss Landing.' picked a legislature of 124' Reputi- The- Tweif.th' Street Sub_way_job Brother John Frenzler is the Th ~y ·-are progressing nicely on licans and only eight Democr~t s. ( 'i.s progres·sipg. Brother Bob John- proud ' father of a· baby boy, 'oorn this job but''have 'mliny days left· Two labor-endorsed Democrats son, · on· the shovel, Ray Schmidt, October 28.' . Congr~tulations ·· to to ·go. ' Brot~er ' Ostrom is the' recaptured seats that had previoud- his" oiler, arid Emile Selze, on tli.e the 'Ki.·enzlers. . . J.·. "Pusher" · ·and; Jack 'Hurley the. ly been · Held by Republieans [n_·· · 'cat, i{eep this· jqh · goin·g :smoothly. Mrs. Jo(1n . Couch, wife ·of '!?roth- superL'ltendent, arid' he informs me Congress. Beginning with riext :Jan~ 0 1 · r~w~;~~kivt~~ ':i~: s~~e:t~nJY ' ~~~ i:6·s~~[!:;, .·.~~~Z~in~s ~;~mthf b~~~t=~ . / th~~~1~~~~e ~~~c~~~~~Pfl~o,i~ ~tand - , ~:ii~a ;se =~~te fi;~ll D:~~c;:ts-J(i~ 'B'B:g!lton Sand & Gravel and A. back receive'd'5 \vhile on a hm1tirig irig by ready ·fq 'ptb'~eed on orders! ·me 'House of Representatives. I rr~ TeiChert & Co. . trip. . . to drive about 3000 pile and that i cumbent George SadO\rv'ski piled up At the pr~sent time the H. Earl 1\'fA:RRrEp · . / will only· be :a si!art .. .. W. Vv.> ·a ·five.:. to-one maJ·ority· !n th ~ filis_t 'Parker .Putah 'CI;eek levee job' lias. ·ou1· "c'ohgratulatlons to· Brother ~ ~ Bird is close _, to 'a finish on his:. district, arid Democrats· John' 'D. -' &nTy -·nirte ·· figs ,moving. H

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. .. !:~·· : ,·." . ~ . .-:~·--··,~·~ . .. . ' .. ~· -~ ;...... ~....:~ ...... :...... '-o.- ._:;:._~ ~... ~"..:.. .., .....J ...." •• .,.~ ...... _.,..•• :· · . ~,~ ....£;. ~; k, .. f .. StuP.!:lY. is: re}:oy~~)ng_ frQ-\11 , a:, r;e ~,e.. .n~ : Da-:is . .~1·e.~t { ' i·~s;1aiming tidelands Chief Engineen;(Wi.th ~! 4.;X~l f:: !?tr'Ori.l lj -'. o·· ~-ana~ . · a illness and we all wish ' him a for~ ' g~rb~g; : qi ~p~~~l , f~f th'e' ci ;.:;; act~ng as "supei.'inte'ttde'rit 'b-i ,:f6pif~~ speedy return to health. This com- · ' ·· . · '· tioris · . · . Pan. y•s· str·l'pp!'ng J"ob 1.s over; ··h·· 'alf of San 'Leandro. The dredges Lib~· . · 'w·e · have been .not1. 'fi e a· · by. :the .. . . done with the completion date' ex- erty and .Delta · No. 1 ai;e being N;LP~.B. · that ·i{ 'uriion Shop · ~1~~ pected between the 1st and 15th used_ on thi~ prqjec:;t, 'll1d t~e. . Cali-_ tion will be held on all dredges be~ of January. The hot plant is run- fornia Dredging Company's dredge I~ngi1;·g to tl1e ':Dredge" O'wnei·'s' •.i :s:: ning reg:ul'Ftrly, fur:niS\1ing asphalt California is working -on this same sociation on November 22nq. The. mix and slurry to the. Granite Con- job. They recently cut from a 3 to Bt\siness Agent will . cohtact each" struction Company job at Sal') 2 shift operation because the mud dredge before· that time :to ~ppo !ri'i ' 'Ry· AL 'CIJEM; T; 1D. ~BR¥SON ·a.ml CHARUES 'DEES, Ramon. They ·are ·also furnishing was getting too soft to hold. an observer for the election. · · · - Business R-epresentativetS; Local 3 · pit run for the Biasotti job in •Cr;ow The San Fr'ancisco Br]dge Com- We extend. our sympathy to the Can)ron, and. will probably furnish pany has the dredge D w ami s h faDfily 'of.· -~-~·othE;r 'Knut Iversqn , The logica:i way to stad our report this month is with a black top. fOl~ this jop as_welL . pumping_ in Sal~ LeaJ~dro 'Bay', Wl!Q passed away''i·ecently follow;: ' . ·t "-] . t f tl - t' ..d . . . wher·e -they are reclaiining'Tand fbr· in. g a shor~ t illriess. Khut, _w -h()' was . Co mm_en on_ L 1h.i~ is' prov~ 76," was' one of' bur 'rear old ti~·ers; . J • ~ · · · · - - "' . . !! c tl-ie sci·ubber se_ction of their new ing to .lie som'ewhat of a Ciiffictilt h·aving dredged Calif(lrnia' bays and ' area-- for the job they did during the past mD~1t~s . hlo~ever :, plant ·at Eliot. This plant ha:s a ca- job due to the· ta.ct th.at, the mtJd: rivers for the · past 30 :Ye.ar{ , ~nd: 1 we feel the. necessi-ty of ·stressir1g the point that 'there is still J)":city of. 500 tons per hoiu: .al).d is so heavy it won't clear the pipes. his ci~at~ '·' is siJ1c~r-~iy riio~ f·ned "fi'Y.. a job to he·done. . t _h~ sepon_