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Vol. 21 -. No. 10 SAN FRANCISG:O, CALIFORNIA ~ 151 October, 1962 -~ ·' Jobs Lag _. In August • Washington- The number of r. sident Di workers · on non-farm payrolls and in' manufacturing. failed to increase in ·line with seasonal ex- . pectations in ·· August a11d the WAGES UP Heart ,Wharton, Converse, work week declined two-tenths of . \ . an hour on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Dept. reported. s·· cENTS _The detailed report on em Fails NC?Lan Moved Up · ployment and · unemployment All members working in Cali fornia for member showed an increase of 225;0QO in firms of the Joseph J. De 1 an e y, General Associated General Contractors A' combined total of 119 years of membership in the ; August in non-farm employment President of the International International Union of Operating Engineers, much of it · at as · and the Engineering & Grad \ against an anticipated increase •Union ·of · Operating Engineers increasing levels of official responsibility, is shared by the '· of- 300,000. This resulted m a ing Contractors Assn.; or for .,employers sign a: tory to the since its reorganization in 1958, three men who were elevated to ·new positions following th~ · . "'· d~;op in the seasonally adjusted death of General President_Joseph J. Delaney. Short Form , Co~struction con died sud~enly of a heart attack . ' number of . non-farm woi-lcers The vacancies were filled by • from July tq Augi.tst and a simi tra~t are re'minded -that the at his· summer home "in Westport, wage ·rate for all classifications the General -Executive Board at lat' di·op· in production workers Conn., ·Sunday morning, Sepi. 9. . on manufacturing payrolls. went up 5 cents an hour on a special meeting in Washington, President-Delaney was 66 years The work week, which was ex September 15·, 1962. D. C., September 13. · pected to rise slightly between / · 1\'~em.bers sho~ld be sure the old. A 42-year member of the Hunter P ., Wharton, General ,July and August dropped from extra 5 cents is on their pay Operatfng Engineers, he joined Secr'etary · T r e a s· u r e r of the 40.4 hours in July . to 40.2 hours checks from the .September 15 the organization in May 1920 and union since 1958, was elected date and notify the nearest Dis in August. · ~as a· fou~der of New York Lo General Pre~ident to serve out . In contt~ ast to the jobs repot't, trid Office . of Local 3. if there Brother Delaney's term ·of office, , any questio1,1 cal f5. · He. was named: an Inter Commerce Sec. Luth~r HoQ.ges 'is about it. · which runs · to 1964. national Vice President in . l940 told a news conference tha't corp- Frank P. Converse of Cleve -orate profits before · taxep had , $50.9 billion. The record fof· the . land, Ohio, an International Vice ' increased in the second quader· q\larter was set in 1959 at $51.5 President since 1942, was chosen. 'to ·.a seasona,lly •adju'sted rate of ... billion. to succeed Wharton as ·General ' ' Secretary-Treasurer. Ric h·a r d H. Nolan, I.U.O.E. Eastern regional . direGtor, · was LoCal 3 Profil~s elected to · ·fill the vacancy as :· Genenil Vice·· :Pi;esiderit. . · •• . ·':I. . · \ ""· . •. · Brother. Wharton, .62, ' a native · of ,Martiits,burg,· West Va., has held continuous membership in. _th ,e Op~rating Engineers since April' 1926. He became assistant business agent of Pittsburgh Local 66 in 1930 and served as b u s i n e s s . manager from 1936 to 1950, when he was called to Washington, . D.C., and appointed Assistant to the General . President. He be came a General Vice President in 1957 and .had been since . Feb. 14, 1958 as and in· 1957 was elected. General ' Secretary-Treasurer. ' . ' .· Secre'tary · Treasurer to succeed During his tenure as General · the "late . Charles B. Gramling, Secretary-Treasurer, Wharton ,_ moving up into the General Pres- . was active in building trades and . iP,ency the, :Q.ext year. union-employer affairs. He served H·e · was .reelected without .op on . the. National Joint Board for A. G. BOARDMAN · Settlement of Jurisdictional Dis -FORREST PRITCHARD position by the 1960 I.U.O.E. Currently serving as a . trustee ... ~ man ; who has operated· putes· in the Construction Indus, of Local 3, Albert G. Boardmari'' equipment literally around the Convention f,o:r. a term running try and on the Construction I~ is one of the local urtio,n's pio- •. wbrld, in private' industry and in until 196 ~ _ \.., dustry Joint Conference. neers, even though he mig,ht not'· ' the . ar.med seryiees, is Forrest The late General' President was For many y'ears he has seem to have been a member:,· long !pritchard, who· ·was elected Ex ' widely known outside his own strongly identified with promo- .. ;; · enough to warrant that label. . . ·e~utive . Board . member from union, first ~s a v~ce president tion'\ of industrial safety. He is . ~ An explanf!tion Qf this seeming District 3 in ,December, 1~60. · · chairman of the Standing Com .• paradox is that Boardman ·was · Pritchara .. has been a member of- the New York Federation of -mittee on Safety of the AFL-CIO . one of the pioneers in the or.gani-· of Local No. 3·foi-'l6 years, trans' Labor and · later ~ on the national Building Trades Dept. and on the . zat~on of an important branch of · ferring in:.from Local 37'J, Great scene, as- a vice p~ esidert t Of the --executive committee of the Con ·Local 3's . jurisdiction, the Tech- Falls·, Monl. · - AFL-CIO , Buildino- T;ades and struction section of the National nical Engineers. He was presi- Re was ·born in 1912. at Inver . · -- · · "' -Safety Council .. Metal Trades Departments. He · · ~- , . dent of. 'the AFL ·chartered but. riess, Mont., and began ·. working was a . founder , of the Construe- , This month he begins serving unaffiliated Technical Engineers with a Fresno gang iri 1927. as chairman bf the Labor con Local 89, when it voted to Toe- From 1934 to 1938 ,he worked tion Industry Joint Conf~rence, ference of the N atfonal 'Safety come part of Local 3 in 1948, and at Fort . Peck Dam, leav'ing to comp'osed bf _construction unions Council. He was on the planning he became the local's first busi- take a job with Gulf Oil Co. in and employers·. group' which mapped the 1961 . ness rept esentative assigned to , Venezuela. , . Two sons who survive him are White Hou~e Conference on Oc · Tech Engineer problems. ' --After this stint he went to both members of the Operating cupational Health & Safety arid He was instrumental in ilego- Hawaii and was there when he . ' has lectured w~dely on safety be tiating the first survey indu~rtry ·was called into service with the Engineers, Joseph J. Delaney Jr., fore labor, employer and· univer agreements with the Associate'd . Army Engineers. His wartime assistant .International represent . sity audiences. General Contractors arid the Bay duhes took him to the Philip a the in the New York are.a, and Frank P. Converse, the new William, working member of ' Counties Civil Eng'ineeri_ng and· pines, Japan and-France. a G e ~ · e r a 1 Secretary· Treasurer, Land Surveyors ~ssn., ,. in 1950. : Later, Pritchard worked in New York tocal 15 . joined the Operating Engineers • Boardman. was born Nov. 2, Alaska- and Spain. Currently he ,Fu·neral services were con in 1913. He was electe,d pres: 1912, in Portland, Ore. He comes is · employed by Teichert Con- ducted in Ne\V York City, Sep ident of his local in 1917 and of a pioneer Oregon family that struction Co.,. Stockton. , · tember 11,. with interment in has served 'it as business man g ~ye its name to the ' tow~ of He lives with his wife, Viola, _. Gate of Heaven Cemetery, West ager since October 1, 1939. His -Continued on Page 2 in Lodi, Calif. chester _county, N. Y. -Continued on Page 7 RICHARD H. ,NOLAN Page Two E N G I N E E R.S N E WS October, 1962
I f r r e Tag Line /or ,a Trip to Washington- Unemploymeil.t among the nation's youth 04 is just ahout double what it is for the COl.llltry as a whole','' Rep. Henry Reuss (D-Wisc.) pointed out in urging congres or Morgue _sional approval of !he Youth Employment Opportunities bill, HoSpital The I the "must" measure's listed by Pres .. Kennedy in his one of a poor J?iactice will catch I£ he had survived, he wo':lld State of the Economy message to · . 0£ all the sad ' stories that we later ! up with us. probably have said, "I knew bet- I Congress and the nation: tion Corps of the '30's. · He as- hear; the saddest is the oft-heard, I ·' " That ~eans th~t one· out of ·- sert~d that the CCC at another "I knew better, but .. . " .. For example, a short time back ter, but ..." . · I it was pointed out to one of our five young me.Q. and ~omen just time of high unemployl?-ent.gave The ,majority of the accidents Man~ similar instances could. mechanics that his pFactice Of out of high school finds' himself many young men an opportunity be enumerated, where the. man·-i to Operating Engineers that .we adjusting the power unit on rub be useful citizens. The new unemployed,'' Reuss said in ·an to investigate are caused by some ber-tired equipment 'with the 'mo either\ got. by on luck, or his luck I interview on Washington Reports program, he declared, also·would tor running · was d·angerous. The · ran out and he was injured or to the Peop.le, AFL-CIO public one doing something he shouldn't "help fight .defeatism and frus bi·other replied that he had been service -program heard on more have done, or failing to do some killed. It would be a great thing I tration in our young people." adjusting units this way for years than 500 radio stations. "This is thing he should h~ve. if all of us would understand and _. The program would provide without any trouble. Shortly aft great social as well as economic An too often, when you talk live by this rule: No matter how 1 a employment for only 12,000 in er'IVards, the member adjusted - IJ.r oblem." its first year, hut, Fulton pointed to the p-eople involved-if they're one too many with the motor much in a hurry w~ are, if there ' Rep. James G. Fulton (R-Pa.), out, "we must make a start-un around to discuss it- they tell running . . . and lost his hand. ·isn't time to do it safely, we can't of the bill, you they knew better, but for also a supporter less something is done, we will , Just the other day, on a dirt afford to do it at alL one r e as o n or another, they warned that with _the population face a tragic future." · spread, an old-time mechanic was increasing, the number of Job-less · slipped up. Asked if the program would observed sitting on the ground young people will rise by 40 per displace other workers,, Reuss de Going around the jurisdiction, . with his legs stretched under the cent by 1965 unless action is' Prof·ile of clared the bill ,specifically pr_o you see many unsafe, work prac bowl of a DW~2o that had been taken to try to prevent school vides that employment under the tices, and when you discuss t~em jacked-up at one end. He was dropouts and find means of they ·will act must be in addition to pres with the men involved, changing the cutting edge of the Boardman training or employment for know it's risky, ent jobs. ·Both .congressmen em often say they scraper, with neither the scraper Continued fro m Page 1- youth. but they have been doing .it that itself, nor the gate, blocked u~. Boardman, Ore., and his father,• phasized that the bill would pro Fulton, a member of the House way for a long time. vide a means for on-the-job train When the hazard WiJ.S pointed Samuel H. Boardman, was found Science & Astronautics Commit ing. The measure is now in the No doubt they have been, but out to him, he admitted a bit t ee, said a million new jobs will er of the Oregon State Parks House Rules Committee. the problem is that sooner or sheepishly that he had· attended the space industries, System. He was educated at open up in one of our district safety meet- but will requir.e special training Salem (Ore.) High School and in electricity, radio; radar and • M e T B ings only two nights before and Willamette University. -. . that he knew that if the scraper He worked in the civil engi computers. ·va .·ej 'O _- ar-Lna. 0 'e fell it could shear both legs off neering field from 1937 to ' 1948, Tne proposed Y~utP, Employ ll like butter. But he said he was much of the time on major con ment Opportunities Act would f in a hurry and thought it would · give young men between 16 and · ' f B;· struction such as Coulee Dam, the world's largest drydock at · 22 .an opporfunity to ·take part in aware of the 0 ne o- Ba }y A_r~a s · est_.. t>\~!~y ot:i~sti~r: Hunters Point, and San Fran cqnservation programs 'for a .min importance of proper cribbing for cisco Airport. His last position in imum of six months and a max a boom change, and we are quite By AARON SMITH dredger to complete the cleanup industry was Assistant Engineer imum of two . y'ears. The basic sure that if w,e could ask one of of the boating basin. Completion for the San Francisco Municipal. wage would be $70 a month, with Although some of the jobs in our fine, old operators if cribbing Railway. an additional $5 a month paid the Vallejo area are nearing com of the dredging operation w ill is impor tant, he woulq say yes . He was 'a Local 3 b).lsiness rep- . _,. after. 'each successive .6-month 'en pletion, the work picture contin - mark the en( of the first phase But we can't ask him, because he tollment. Enrollees would get of the project at an estimated a boom without. crib -resentative from 1948 to Nov. ues to look good. l!!Y under hospitalization ins~r~nce, needed cost of $300,000. .- bing and hit a pin that was stuck. 1961, when he becan1e Director Work on Vallejo's small craft of Education and Research for clothing, transportation, quar SECOND STAGE The: .boom fell and crushed him. t ers, meals and educational train- harbor is progressing on sched the California State Conference The second stage,' still to be let, of Operating Engineers. -One of . .ing services.· Both . young men ule,. with Shellmaker Dredge Co. will cost an estimated $900,000 · Union Ave: job in Fairfield and and women could take part in doing the dredge work; and Syar their numerous other jobs are _ the main duties of this position and ·wm include construction. of is to act as the Engineers' legis- state; county arid municipal proc and Harms the dirt work. The keeping the brothers busy. 496 berths for pleasure craft,· a . lative lobbyist at the State Legis grams in hospitals and other pub dredging work should be com Bill Gattung Co. of Fairfield redwood. breakwater aroi.md the'· 'lature in Sacram,ento. lic ·establishments. In the .latter pleted some time in October. basin for protection from tides was successful bidder for con- miles of highway Boardman is a member of the, case, the 1 o c· a 1 governments When completed, the Marina will and wind, a parking area on the struc,tion of 1.7 California State Board of Indus would be required to put up become more than just a harbor fill land, boat sh,eds, maintenance on ·the. American Canyon road trial Safety and serves also on matching money. 'facility for small craft. . Actually;, building and, harbor master's' of at a cost of $177,957. jO's, . Our deepest sympathy to the the San Jl.!ateo City Planning . Reuss compared the conserva it is an integral-part of VallE) fice. plan for the new civic center and ·family _of Brother John Dennis Commission. He is a member o. •. · . tion part of the· progra·m Jo the · When the fill . area has com waterfront redevelopment. It will who was killed' while operating. _the San Mateo Democratic Cou'n ty work of the Civilian· Conserva- pacted sufficiently, additional rna-. provide new · business, jobs and .a r .s . 300 for Hasting Co. of Central Committee and is active terial of rocky nature will be . cultural and recreational facili Sanfa Rosa. in political c:ffairs. placed on top of the former mud' ties for the entire community. and silt fill to g~\r e . it a mo :r,:e Two The project is · currently in its Views stable surface. , · first phase, working to r emove a 20-foot deposit of silt and mud The marina will be one o f the · · · frpin atop a stratum of stable few of its type in the entire Bay ori..:Security clay which will form a solid ~[up area. Upon completio'n of ' this . The ' America_n ·· Me~,\cal Assn., port for fill layers to be placed project over a _period •of time, militant mouthpiece: for oi·gan- on top. · estimated cost will be around the $7 million mark. ized doctors, n:iflect.S.• the attitude~-, ;. MOVI NG MUD OTHER 'JQBS of some . phys1cians tli_at .Social.. · The dredger . has removed The L~rwin Plaza shopping cen Security is bad-jpr· most people about 8,000 yards of mud since but great for their· OW!.], fa!llilies. ter had its ·grand opening in Sep it started work last month. It tember. However, ther e is still It is possi:ble, for instance, for is cleaning a_pa th on which .loads some minor work· going o n in the AMA to attack rrred~care for of shale material are being that project. . - •• the aged through Social Security, poured to form a sound sea wall yet an article in the AM4- ·Ne:ws and entrance driveway. This wall Gordo'n Ball-Syar q.nd Harms of Sept. 1, 1961, told doctors how is about 90 fee_t wide at the bot freeway job at Vacavme is mov to get a· tax break while simul- tom and.30 feet wide at the top. ing right along, as is the F red ta_neously putting their . parents .. Mud removed to 'form the dyke ricJ{son & Watson job in the unc,ler Social Security by hiring is being pumped-b ack inside the Dixon area. Both are on Highway them to wor~ in their offices. . ,, marina area a·nd will be allowed 40. "For example,'; . the ·article to dry out as fill material._ Kaiser 'steel is still running read, "the d'octor pays $10 a . When the dyke has been placed three shifts and keeping many of week to his mother for straight~ from a point near Mare Island the brothers busy. McGuire and ening up his office.', He would . boulevard to the Mare · Island Hester in· the Solano Irrigation deduct 3 per cent from her wages causeway, the-dredger then will District project is nearing com and Joe and send it to the Social Security remove th~ material in the rna pletion. D.D. Altermatt Administration, · al<;mg with his 3 rina basin to the assigned depth Richards, also are working proj per cent as emplo:y:er." of 20 feet. Material removed in ects in connection with the S.I.D., are moving right along. These The articie then expiained that this operation also will be used Irrigation District projects have the physi~lan . could the a busi- as fill behind the dyke. Some been going at various sections •• ·ness deduction .for · this expense 100,000 yards of material will be for well over a year. for . himself while p r o v i d i n g moved to form the access road credits "toward Social Security and dyke, and a total of 300,000 Syar and Harms' Senior Citi benefits for his mother." yards will be sucked through the zens project in Leisuretown, the · _, October, 1962 IE N G I NE IE IR. S N E W S Page Thre• · e :- Brown Administration- ' Goo us1ness,_• re t Governor Edmund K. (Pat) our members, as citizens,_ have that will fie~efit every ·mall; wo ernor .Brown faced a :1:63 million Brown .of California has pre also shared in the many other man and child in the state. accumulated deficit and the pros sented his political opponent this benefits of the efficient, yet HALTED DEFlClTS pect of a $268 million deficit at year with an almost insoluble progressive Brown administra· For more than a decade before the end of the first fiscal year. . problem: how do you campaign tion. Brown took ' office, the state had The, Governor and the Legisla ··against a Governor who has The two outstanding aspects of been · running on surpluses ac ture moved quickly. Some done an outstanding job for Governor Brown's first term are cumulated in wartime. c;nd trans- taxes were approved and strict every segme'nt of his state's pop sound fiscal . management of a . fusi~ns from accuni~lated re· government economies were in ulation and for every legitimate state government that seemed serves which at one time reached stituted, with this result: interest in his state? rushing into · bankruptcy, with a half-biliion dollars. . .. 1 . . For four straight years, Cali· That is why the political air · huge annual deficits, when he In seven of those· 10 years, fornia h~s ·balanced budgets, is full of talk, suddenly, about came into office and the great state spending had exceeded in without any new taxes in the last . U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba, · advances in social legislation come. When he took office; Gov- three of those years - and, in ' · Berlin or Timbuctoo- the oppo .fact, witl~ some tax reductions. ~ K. W. WALTERS sition needs campaign issues and This · has been done, not/ by seeks to find them in complex wholesale penny-pinching, but by and far-away situations that are · Nixon's .Record recall about ·eliminating inefficiencies an d Bro er~s ' unfamiliar to the average voter. Here are just a few things union members should the record of Richard Nixon, who seeks the California go,vernorship cutting non-essential costs, while They can try, but...... they can't meeting fully all costs that are really succe.ed in kic1ding him in a last, desperate bid to stay alive for a possible shot at the Safety-Idea . investments in the future of the the .~i tuation in California, Presidency: about State and its people. -he never had it so good. AFL-CIO has kept a scorecard on Nixon's votes on 37 major issues Wins Priie · during his terms in the House, ill: the Senate and as Vice President, ' GROWTH · WATER PROGRAM Operating Engineers Local 3 when he cast importa~t tie-breaking votes in· the Seriate. He v,oted Thus, California has been able Members of .the Operating En . . . . . I grabbed the back cover of the are. specially aware of wrong 84 per cent of the time, according to labor's evaluation. to go a~ad with its great W(l.ter gineers August issu~ of our International In 1958, Nixon did his best'to put·a "right-to-work" candidate into program, its highway program, one phase of Governor Brown's magazine, The Engineer-or at the Governor's office. He doub'le-ta:lks on anti-labor ,legislation during unprecedented b u i l ding of Administration. They know of least, one of our members did, • his hard fight to put across his this campaign, but his roster of campaign backers reads today like schools and ·colleges to keep up Brother K. W. Walters of Para a Who's Who of the 1958 "right-to-wreck" movement. with the population · explosion, water program, to capture the dise, Calif. surplus water of the northern His own law firm gave $10,000 to· the anti-labor drive. His Soutljl and even to increase its social . safe streams with mighty dams and ern California campaign chairman was a "right-to-work" contributor. welfare programs, while staying His was the prize-winning of safety bring · it' down to the thirsty In almost every co_unty, the top Nixon backers were equally, prom "in the black." ty letter in the series featured each month . south with a monumental system inent four years ago in the effort to destroy the union shop in Cali- Only an honest and business suggestions ·- of canals. They know also of the fornia. . . like- as well as idealistic- ad- on the back cover of the maga- Administra!:ion's comprehensive Mimy important Republican&, including former Governor Goodwin ministration could hav~ made zine. program for improvement and Knight and U. S. Senator Thomas Kuchel, feel -uncomfortabie about such a record. For the benefit. of those· who . extension of 'California's high' Nixon and have disconn'ected from his campaign. They probably Early in .1959, shortly after he ~ay have missed it, we reprint ways. agree with the statement once made about Nixon by former Repub was swept into office by more _ hr~ , message: These have special importance lic{n Senator. Know land: .than 1 000 000 votes Governor WATCH OUT FOR DANGER· to . the Engineers as they will "! do -~ot consider a Pepsodent smile, a ready quip, and an actor's B~own 'inf~rmally o~tlined his OUS OVERHEAD WIRES! give a lot of work to · our mem perfection with lines, nor an abHity to avoid issues, as qualifications basic philosophy on social wel- "When moving a shovel-drag- bers in the coming yeats. But for high office." fare:· line,crane, always have an extra man and his only job is to look "First, you feed people who • • • • • for overhead wires. His job is to would go hungry without your locate, the wii:es and stand be San Francisco help. tween the wir-es and rig until the "Second, you put those people operator has :Jlagged him on to back on their feet. the next · one. Bosses cannot un- "And· third, you start wiping . derstand why o p,e r a t or s tear out -the conditions that broke down wires; One · good reason is Out-o/-Worl< List Down their spirits and their homes in he is watching the ground and the first place." not the sky. His oiler also has to unit, the BJ: JERRY DOWD Perini Corp. has another one be another freeway Three years and two legisla watch for lost bolts and pins, and Blvd. exten· and GEORGE BAKER of the big jpbs now under way southern Alemany tive sessions later, he was ·able _ has not time to watch for wires. will involve 1.8 miles Things are rolling along in _:_the $6,820,000 modernization of - sion·, which to point to the most substantial I always have my oiler stay with - Francisco Civic Audi of freeway and related frontage satisfactory fashion again, with the San record of social legislation gains the rig. in Civic Center. roads, ramps, etc: Charle-s L . Har an operator · the San Francisco out-of-work torium, achieved in this century in Cali "For years I was ney's $4,174·,929' bid was low for Co. and list at a low ebb and much con One- business that is booming. fornia. for Morrison-Knudsen this job. to give struction under way or an is education, with the result tl1at ADVANCES they were _always happy Th f th me a wire spotter when moving. nounce~ to go · soon. several of the large current items - . ALUMINUl\'1, BUILDING · ese were some o e -s~eep- brought about by Using this system I never broke One welcome-. devel6pmerit this of construction are. connected In the works, but ·· more re- ing advances • col in the a wire. Moving a rig across a job. - universities and the Governor's leadership -month was kickoff of San Fran· with the motely, is 'itnother really big of- leges. historic legislative sessions of an- operator without a wire spot cisco's first app1:entice class on .fice building and one that'will be novel for ,· the west- a 25- 1959 and 1961: ter can easily tear down wires. ,Septembe_r 18: Twenty-one ~oung . HEALTH CENTER quite build- • Maximum unemploy_rnent electrocuting men at work. Un men were 0:\1 han\1 for the first The bigges_t :ls a new Health story western headquarters benefits were 'increased from $40 der no condition will I ever move class. Twenty-nine prospective Sciences Instruction and Re ing to be cdnstructed here ·by Aluminum . Corp. of - America, to $55 a week, a ,37.5 per cent a rig without a wire spotter, or . apprentices had b~en notified of search Center- to consist of a 15- the ' use of q.luminum · increase. ders ·be : damned. They can fire their :.cceptance in the program. story and a 10-story tower . for .. featuring e Unemployment benefit eligi me -first." The classes are held every Tues labs, offices and ·_classrooms at in its constru~tion. Construction bility was extended by 13 weeks day and Thursday night, starting Unive-rsity of California medical on this one will no-t start until in 19.63. vvili be located for recession victims. at 7 p.ni., at John O'Connell center in San Francisco:. Esti late It; - T~re.at~ Boomeranq on top of a 1,300-car 'parking ga· e Maxim_um workmen's com Trades School, 21st ' & Hal1.·ison mated cost is $13,000,000. Bids A new election has been di· , ra.ge in the' Golden Gateway re·' pensation and disability benefits . s'ts. - , were to· be in by Oct. 9. rected oy ;1 National Labor Re San Francisco State College is development area. were. increased from $50 to $70 latio.ns Board examiner at a Bur At long last, work . is finally plans for · a · w~ek. considering bids for a new Psy More immediate are lington Industries woolen mill. getting started in the big $85,- e The basic Old Age ·. security chology and Science Bldg. Peter -a new Macy's department store Cleveland, Tenn. . The examiner 000,000 Golden Gateway rede was increased from $90 Sartorio is low with $786,538 for · in the Westlake Shopping Cen- bei1efit ruled, ' the company abused its velopment which will remake the for co~t • the structure. ter, which should start , moving to $101 with a provision "free speech" right by threaten old and · tired face of what was late th.is fall ·or 'in early spring. of living 'increases. The -max X ct By BILL RANEY cept of buildin~ proposed by and DAN MATTESON various builders in.J he north end The study of roads in San Ma- of the county. This plan's primary ' teo county by George S. Nolte attraction is a small back yard & Co. reveals a series of needed for each house, with a large improvements to our highway park-like green in the 'center of system that can cost 35 to 40 mil each block, jointly owned by alr lion dollars. The hope is that this homeowners facing it. This con • will be presented to the voters cept all o w s more homes per of tiie county in the form of a square block, making the lo.t-cost bond issue next April. cheaper and the homes therefore Various civic-minded groups, less expensive.- More working county/ agencies and Engineers people, the!)., can afford to own have looked forward to the com their homes, creating more sub pletion of this survey so that divisions, which in turn makes county planners will be better . more work for Engineers and if, able to guide the realistic and the Engineers work more, maybe\ TWO DISTINCTIONS: Shown here is a corner of Clark's Automatic Welding & Machine practical growth of our county. they can afford one themselves. Shop, on Folsom Blvd. in Perkins, just outside of Sacramento. It claims two distinctions: it's Granted that actual construction Your Apprenticeship Program a ·1 00 'per cent Operating Engineers shop, and it is so widely known for its excellence in re is sometime off, it is encouraging has grown to the point where bui_lding track rollers, idlers, sprockets and other vital tractor and heavy equipment parts that to Operating Engineers in the two classes are now needed to it has customers all over the Western states. A typical long-distance service arrangement was county that we can reasonably be handle the 80 applicants. Nearly _yv ith the Merrit-Chapman-Scott job at Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. Most of t he sure of continued construction half of these are working at automatic machinery in use -was designed or specially adapted by owner Curtis Clark, a Local work for the brothers in the present. With this backlog of 3 member, and shop manager Hank Gruele; a 25-year member of Local 3. Starting with two • years to come. over 40, the Joint Apprenticeship men a few years ago, the shop now employs a crew of eight. ' ( . The p l a n s call for··a great Cor11mittee has decided not to many overpasses on El Camino evaluate any more applicants this and Bayshore as well as the nu season . You journeyman are merous railroad overcrossings so urged to help and assist these San Rafael.· 'Peak of the Season' \ desperately needed to speed apprentices. Maybe someday they cross-traffic. ' can be as good an engineer as By T. J . STAPLETON . ately on the City Fathers to prod keep a record of your time, and ROSY PICTURE you now ' are. Surely by then you, and STAN GARBER them-and let's get some action! what's more, your $1.00 goes to yourselves, will have improved The aforementioned, coupled Brother Stan Garber is taking We wish to call to the broth wards the Political Fund to help with numerous proposed conver as we all do, so that you needn't over the B.- A. duties while Tom ers' attention once again-please sions of present streets to free fear for these young men getting elect candidates who will work Stapleton is att¢nding Harvard your behalf. Keep this in mind ways, added to previously re your job. Remember they are have your work referral slip with in when you go to the polls in No ported work such as Project M, Local 3 brothers. University. you at all times, so that it can vember. Foster City and Coastside expan BLOOD BANK The North Bay area is in ·full be checked by your Business sion, paints. a rosy picture jor The last Blood Bank Day was swing, as we are now in the peak · Agent when he is in the field. San Mateo engineers for years · fairly successful. Unfortunately, of the season. Thanks for your cooperation. 'Statesman' Defined to come. most of the gain in pints has New jobs in the area: Park Also we still have a supply of It was former President Harry • Foster City is quite a beehiv:e been used up by the brothers or Const. Co.-Richmond Pipe & Sup· Time Books on hand, yours for S. Truman who said: "A states with m~ny engineers working for their families in San Mateo. An ply, · a joint venture at Peacock $1.00. It is important that you man is just a dead politician." Granite Construction Co. , Pelle other B-Day is scheduled for Gap on storm drain and sanitary grini, Healy-Tibbetts Co., Mass- ' Saturday, October 6th, 7 a.m. to sewers. This will last , about six man Construction Co . and others. noon at Peninsula Memorial months. C. Norman Peterson has been Blood Ba~k, 1791 El Camino Valley Engineers started at San . awarded a 1f4 million d o ll a r Real, Burlingame, where-as usu ~ Pedro Road. North Coast Con-, c IIi sewage disposal plant for the yet al-your B us i n e s s Represent struction in San Rafael-top of atives will dispense. sausage and infant Foster City on Brewer Is . Elizabet~ Way. ,/" eggs to your order, as well as a land. Syar & Harms have s t art e d certain libation to rejuvenate San Mateo Engineers can read their other job at Terra Linda, you. ily see Oakland's Local No. 3 ' about 1,030;000 yards worth. · As a matter of policy, we do boys dosing the gap on the new Watkin & Sibbald, ·. still hard not publish the names of the re- . San Mateo Bridge. We .can soon at it trying to beautify the Vista cipients of this blood, but their expect further activity across Point on the Marin side of- the names can be had for the asking. Brewer Island to facilitate the Golden Gate Bridge, and making · • We would that you could see, connecting link of the 19th Ave. a good job of it. freeway to feel and hear the tremendous -. the newly enlarged A. G. Raisch has started their San Mateo Bridge. help ~t has been to your brother engineers when they ,desperately new job at Tiburon-the end of BUSY AIRPORT needed it. All engineers should Geldert, a continuation of the Del S. F. Airport, as usual, is a doff their hats to those too-few Mar Estates. ' real source of employment with brothers who, though they might Bids were to be opened Sept. a great many engineers congl'e never use it themselves, con 26 'for highway work, about 0.2 gated around the new airport tinue r e gular l y to give their miles just north of Novato, con, terminal addition. It has been blood that othets ·may live. sisting of a curve to be improved said that this new addition is to by grading and surfacing w / be large-r. than the OFFICE MATTERS preser~'tly asphalt concrete on existing sur existing facilities. & K. Cor Last month, our office secre M. facing and on aggregate base. poration, Schlegel Plumbing, Ray tary May Lawrence, decided to mond C on crete Pile, Vinnell take a rest from the San Mateo KILLER HILL Steel Co., Engineers, Ltd., L. C. mill. After seven years of work \Ve are deeply concerned at Smith, Nick Ratkovich and many., in this office, she will not be this writing that something must • more of our contractors are im forgotten soon. We wish her well be done to make Puerto Suello and thank her for all those per~ proving this project. Hill, just north of San Rafael sonal touche ~ , so freely given. It would appear that cooler on H\vy. 101, less of a death trap. heads are prevailing in the San Miss Jean Denis is now banging the typewriter, answering phones There are more accidents and Bruno Ave. Highway 229 squab more deaths on its slopes than and such associated tasks. We are ble. It seems now that at least any other section of highway in sure you will ge,t to know and one of the approved plans will Marin cqunty. Some other high admire her wit and patience be DON'T 1 TAKE c ~ HANCES be decided upon in order that way cros§ing must be cut from fore long. work can prohess. San Rafael to north Marin. WITH SMOOTH TIRES! OKAY 'TOWN HOUSE' It seems the Division of High ' The p1'opos.ed 2.7 million dol Urnion Sehol~rships ways has resisted building even lar Colma. Creek project has hit · The Machinists will award at a frontage ro!l,d across the hill we use.o. ® some snags; ai? . the City . of San least seven $1,000-a-year college beca'use of the expense of con <<<<<<<<<<<< Bruno feels its share was. out of scholarships to IAM members or struction. But surely, even slide _proporti?n t() t~e aid they would their children in 1963, the union rule thinkers can see that .one ~:S thnedt ~~'1 ~t!J- . -:receive. ., . . . - announced. It received more . r~adway can not serve a 'cou.nty The San Mateo Board of Su than 1,000 applications for the if it can be b locked by a simple 2344 E. 12th Street Oakland • pervisors has approved . ·unani five scholarships awarded this accident. Let 's hope the Division KE 2-6323 mously the ·" "Town House" ' con- year. of Highway gets to work imme_di- I - / ---{ •.. ,._: October1 1962 Page Seven •Santa ROsa- Uki:dh Busy Afea. ·O-perating Engineers ._ + ''+· ' By RUSS SWANSON and ' + . LOU BARNES . Mos"t of tlfe j?bs are still in high .g-ear in.. the' .Santa ' Rosa-. Ukiah· area; · but with winter ap MAIN O'FFICE- SAN FRANCISCO; CALifORNIA pro-aching the· outlook is becom: ' . 474- VALENCIA · - ' - c· T~l: H'Emlock 1-1568 ing. questionable for an abund- · •. AL CLEM, · Business Manager. ·.~ •• : . : .•. •...... ·... WYman 2-0294 . ance ·of new work during there- . PAUL EDGEC OMBE, .. Pres ide nt . . . .': ...... DElaware 4-0419 Jerry DOWD, V. Pres.ident, Di st. , maind·ei: of the seasoJ?-. Represe~tative; .UNion ·7-9369 (Saratoga) W.· V. MINAHAN, 'Recording-Secret.ory ...... FJresi_de 5:2616· (Sim Mateo) Numerous small jobs 1ncludii}g H .. T,. PETERSON, Treasurer .and Repres ~ ntati ve . : ·.,ESsex 7-6105 (San Jose) · .· • .channel stapilization, subdivision, ART PENNEBAK ER; Business Representative .... Clifford 4-868 1 (Orinda) street improvements, GEORGE BAK.ER, Busi ness Representative .- ...... JUniper 6-4423 ~ 1 schools, ete. · DALE MA.RR, Safety' Engineer ...... ·.·•.••.. . . Hilltop 7-3668 (Li vermore) have· been ke.eping the lo2al con-. DANNY 0. DE.ES, ·· Apprenticeship '· .. , ._ ••••...• ·. ..•••· .Plaza 6-3432 tractors b~sy . SAN MATEO, Ca li f~ r nia . The' big · highway· jobs, along ·' 1527 South "B" Stre~t . Fireside 5-7237 ' with a few dams, are also going BILL RANEY, Business Representative . ... •• i .. . ~ . •. .. EM erson 8-5690 strong. with most' of the work be' ?AN MA TIESON, Busipess Representative ...... • , . •. ... JUno 9-079? ing done by c .ontrac,tor~ with of SAN' RAFAEL, California . fices located away from this area. 701 Mission Aven~e ·. ·- / Glenwood 4-3565 ' ;/ This po>v some of the nigger jobs T. J. STAPLETON, Business Represent~ti ve •.••.••. •• .•.. •479-0881 are going: EASY LOADiNG: Qn ·McC-ammon job near· Ukiah, this ' DW-20 is being loaded in an efficient manner by .a belt loader. VALLEJO, California' JOB . ROUNDUP ·. Brother Tucci is runnin·g the loader., and ~eorge Miles is on 2172 .Springs' RoaCI 'Midway 4-2667 \ the DW-20. · , . AARON · S. SMITH, Bt,Jsi-ness ,Representative . .• , .• •••••. Midway 2-9634 Pete ~ Kiewit is working on the :. Sebastopol . overpass'_ and it is d L A & R S c · OAKLAND, ~a liforn ia ' • sure evident to the · people ·of an · crew. · ·· · ' · · row are .. 1444 Webster' Street TWinoaks 3~21'20 Santa Rosa because of the numer- busy on dam-and highway .work., N• ·ew< I.U. DON KINCHLOE, Dist rict Representative •• -• .. .. :· . 837~7418 (Danville) ous piles of dirt which ai : \ '165 West 1st North FRanklin 3-3237 c;eld~ JOHN ''f!-!ORNTON ,. Bus. R e pres ~ ntati ve .._ SKyline 6-49 J 5 (Arner i c~n Fork) I· Fewer Acddle!r!lrs VANC E ABBOTT, -Business Representative ...... 798-7 123 (Span ish Fork) ·: . . I Fatal industrial accident&' in EnwARil l:ol\tPANY OG,DEN ,: Utah . R. BA.c.mv Canada showed· a sharp drop to C ON~JRUC TI ON EQUIPMENT 2S38 /Washington Bl~d. . .. . EXpnrt 4-1011 . ' 174 in the first'· quarter compared M. F. 'BOWMAN, Business Rep resentative ..... ;. · ~ ••• . ... ;-; , 393-8728 Folsom at 17th Stre~t, Sa n Francisco 10, California HEmlock 1-370() with.250 in the ·first three months SacramentO • Oakland . • . Fresno of ·1961, according to a ·prelimi HONOLU LU, Ha.waii nary report by_ th.e . Dominion 203 McCancl les Bid~. , , . · ... . HOnoldu 565~41 S . Bureau of .Statistics. ' H/\ROLD LE W IS, D:s.trict Represe n'tative .. ; ...... , HOn"'-- '•J 7'l5-038 BER,T NAKANO,.· ~ Bys in ess Repres'Ei ntative . .•..•• ~ •••.•.•. Hllo 665-67.6 P~g e Eight E N .G I N E E R S N E W S October, 1962 OUTLOOK • Sacramento Still BETTER AT FRESNO ~y JOSEPH MILLER, B. F. Sending M n (Tiny) HELLING and GLENN MULLOWNEY By E. M. NELSON, ED all . the shovels working long We are corn,ing out of a slow HEARNE, W. E. METTZ, hours and is rilak~ng very good period during which we were be AL DALTON and CLEM progress. They are going to 'take tween jobs, as the freeways were HOOVER practically shut down and no the old dam that the Chinese new work was out. area is still built and replace it with a new The Sacramento have a sizeable out-of-· dispatching a number of men. We We still have sent out 435 brothers this dam. This old dam was built by .work list, but are ·dispatching' · month, and it looks like it will Chinese labor for mining pur more mi:m now than we have been in the past month. Conditions hold up until the rains come. We / poses in the early days. They have improved some with the can get started on t he. will save all the material in the hope we starting of several small projects, new. approaches to the new "W" old dam to use in the and as others now being awarded street bridges this year. There The Paul Hardeman job will be get under way we look forward will be a lot of dirt work on this. another tough job which will fn to an improvement in the job There is a lot of work to go, 1 clude a road around Loon Lake situation. but none has been let as yet. and one tunnel about 8600 feet The Westbrook, M&K freeway We are badly in need of blood. long. This job will run into next jobs are almost at a standstill, Quite a few of the Brothers or year. A BIG LIFT: Placing of the 72-ton "wye" for the. Camino with only a handful of engineers their families have had to have no We hope the Chili Bar .Dam Powerhouse on the American River (shown· in center) was left on each project, as they can blood the last two months. If you P&H work will be let out for bids soon, and ' easy task and took combined efforts of Bigge's 90-ton not proceed with the dirt can give blood, please go to the Co.'s we are expecting the freeway job crane, shown at top of picture, and Dearborn Machinery or grading until the concrete rigs and. at Pollock Pines to pe let in the 45-fon Manitowoc. What made it ·tough was that both structures . are completed Joe McFarland totraffic. It will be about near future. had to reach far out, in a "maximum pick." opened SACRAMENTO was operator on the Bigge rig and Chuck Holzen the oiler. . two ot three months until they · The Case-Hood Pipeline is al HOLDING CHECKS Jack Lofton ran the Manitowoc, with George Tucker as oiler. are in full swing again. most finished. The trench is com During October more freeway Checks are being held for the pleted and they are moving some work will be advertised for bid, following: R. C. Black, G. E. of the backhoes ou~ ; they have a along _with' another portion of the Bothwell, R. M. Elton, H. T. lot of trench still open but are San Luis project. Work will be Payne, J . E. Thomas, A. R. To working long hours to get it com 'Labor Must Win, or gin on these jobs in December land and T. Winnett. pleted. and January and should give the The Harms Bros. Const. Co. are district a good start for next year. making progress on the Air Port The rock plants and hot plants Blood Bank on these days: Mon at Lake Tahoe. Joe Vicini Const. . Face Bare Existence' in the district have been very day 1-6 p.m., Tuesday, 9-12 noon, Co. along with Jensen Const. Co. busy during 'the past month and Wednesday, 2-7 p.m., Thursday, A. G. BOARDMAN gain their support lo,st du_ring are working on this job which By have been hol}ling steady with none, Friday, 9-1 p.m. and Satur & Research, the McClellan hearings. We must will make a beautiful airport Director of Education few slow periods between jobs. day, 9-11:30 a.m. You or your nce of be prepared to deluge the Con; ·when finished. Calif. State Confere They seem to ·have plenty of work family might be next. Enginee~s gress with mail when the !lay of Operating ahead. Donald Drake Co. and 'the M&K reckoning arrives. The new Yolo Causeway was Corp. are still working· on the Two men, prominent in Amer Stewart & Nuss Company· · 14, .ending Labor must win the coming ~. opened to traffic Sept: Power Houses · and are making ic'an business · and political life, rapidly completing their newi. on the . old battle or return· to bare existence 46 years of service good progress. had this to say of labor recently: Plant No. 3 at Herndon and structm:e. Frederickson and Wat under laws that make the sup A. Teichert & Son has the dirt Marriner Eccles, former chair should have it in operation in the son and Lew Jones will start. dis- pression of organized labor, and moved on the extension of 65th man of the F e d e r a l Reserve near future. They have modern ..,: , ,:mantling the old .causeway im all' it stands for, the policy of will be Street and, are placing road rock Board,. told a Congressional com ized their operation and medi{ltely to enable them to com the government of these United pit area wl}'ich at present. When completed, 65th mittee that wages should be working in a new plete the new one. According to States. qual St. will run straight through from curbed and strikes' and lockouts will improve production and Phil Jones, superintendent for reduce Elvas Ave. to Stockton Blvd. at outlawed, with compulsory ar· ity of material as well as Lew Jones Co., the new span high the Sky Ranch. For the present, bitration· imposed for all labor overhead costs, which were should be completed by. Nov. 1st and it will be two lanes from just disputes. Phoney Inflation due to outdated equipment and the old structure torn down long hauls. south of Fruitridge Rd. I Senator John L. McClellan, our by next May 1st. Hurts Economy Madonna Construction Com Canst. Co. is placing rock labor-hating Democrat from Ar A. Teichert & Son have started Lentz pany has started their $447,000 on Sunrise-Citrus Rd. and have kansas, attributed our lag behind Minneapolis - The American their job at the Yolo port. This highway job at Corcoran. The already paved part of the job. Russia in the space effort to labor economy in 1962 has "great un involves moving 128,000 yards of job only has 30,000 yards of dirt also has the widening ·and urged Congress to pass. a law derlying vitality and strength" dirt, plus the pipe and the strut This firm and four miles of cement trea. Blvd. near Foothill banning all strikes at missile, but is "afflicted with all the work. They have a fine crew of of Auburn and blacktop, but will keep afew, and would have finished space and defense facilities. The symptoms of an artifically in brother engineers. Farms brothers busy for about three· by the 15th of October exc·epj; Senator has had such a bill be duced~ deflation," according/ to a Down on the Deep Water fore Congress for over a year. top government economist. months. they were given an additional Claude Woods has about twelve Channel, Hyqraulic ·Dredge has is two men are agvocating James W. Knowles, senior two thousand feet to do. Lentz These brothe·rs working at Johnsdale shut down temporarily. They of labor. _They economist with · the Joint Eco- also busy on underground work the suppression above Porterville. This co~p 'any hope to be completed by Jan. 1. . Currently are directly attacking the wage~; nomic Committee of Congress~ throughout the area has been working a lot of hours, Farther down the Channel we conditions and freedom told the 'American StatisticlH .As-. they · have the Florin-Perkins working has the base material about 'c:om have Eugene Luhr Co., building union man. They sociation at its meeting' here' that ·Road closed and have a large of the American pleted and will start mixing' oil the·. levees. They are working ditch open. would, through national legisla policies adopted to meet .the their 2 Manitowoc draglines 2 soon. This job will be good for Co. has tion, deny you the right to strike problems of the 1940's. and early shifts. They also have a couple · Stockton Construction two more months if they don't sewer line on and compel you to accept terms 1950's are no longer pertinent of dozers clearing up behind the started on their get early snow. . the North East set by arbitration, no matter -how because the inflationary condi draglines. This is a real good job Mission Ave. for Miles & Sierra have started District. They were unjust they might be. · tions of those periods have disap for several of our brothers. Sanitation their job on lOth avel}.ue out of on an under- These men reflect the think peared. In the Davis area, Baldwin has also the low bidder Hanford. Thomas Construction This ing of organized banking and equipment and opera. several jobs going for the Uni- . ground job in Carmichael. The basic fault, he indicated, has their less than a business in these United States. · be- tors moving the dirt. Miles ~ versity of California. Baldwin job went for a little was in the continuing gap They are being exploited by Sierra. also have a job at Lemoore also has the underground work million dollars. tween consumer income and in- interests who profit from human vestment income-a gap that ~as on highway 198. on the new.married student hous misery. We are just one step up ste.adily widening .since John Volpa Company has ing unit, but has not started: beeJ;J. - from slavery, and the greedy job just out of Ivan A. Teichert and Son has a good ~954, when tax l~gisl~tion went started their Carrying It would return us to that state. · hoe at the St. Johns River and si'zed crew working in their plant ~nto effect favormg mvestm~nt The remedy, he contm- - will keep , a ·few brothers busy · in Woodland. They are stockpil To Extremes Who in labor can forget that mcome. tax reform that. would for about two months. ing material for the winter. The the anti-labor groups were able ue~, was of the Valley Engineers have started equipment, when finished, will Segregation in R o b e s on to enlist the services ?nng the two types of mcome United States balance and bolster their sewer · job at · Reedley and on their job up county, North Carolina, is per- President of . the mto greater go to Oroville a backhoe there. · haps the most extravagant in the - i,n .their drive to pass the anti consumer income to spur eco- have two trenchers and Landrum Griffith Law? His nomic growth. on the job. The brothers in the Pollock nation. The county, which has 40 labor p e a 1 to the people of the Pines area are finally winding up per cent white population, 30 a p In ·the area north of Fresno the the earth-fill dam at Union Val per cent Negro and almost 30 United· States was the decisive Couldn't lose Wilmoth Co. is starting their passage. The powers . ley. This job employed over 260 per cerit Indian, operates four force in its · USER job west of Mendota. There brought this about await the Local No. 3 men at one time but school systems. . that Hollow Rock, Tenn ....:..Rail la will be 625,000 yards of excava it has almost come to the time One is for each of the above opportunity to finish the job. bor couldn't lose in this com- tion for dikes and a number ~ when it will just be a·nother groups plus an "Independent" Organized labor must be pre -munity's recent election , for wells on the right of way ·of n• talked-about .job. Peter Kiewit & school for the "Smilens," a small, pared for the coming contest. We mayor. Maurice E. Flowers, an San Luis Canal. The ground in Sons were the contractors and r3;cially mixed· group of people must organize and educate, not active member of the Locomo this area will settle as much as are bidding on Qther jobs in the who are rejected by whites and only our own people but the tive Firemen & Enginemen, ·won fourteen feet when it is saturated State. Indians but who themselves re great mass of or g a n (z e d and in a "friendly contest" with' w. with water, so it is necessary to The A. J. Jones Const. Co ...has ject Negroes. white collar groups. We must re- B. ·Molladay; a conductor. preconsolidate it. \ Oc_tober/ -1962 E N GJ N E - ~ R S ~ E:W S ' - • .-·N. . . 0--- '; 'at Stockton Change' ~ ~ - -~· /,~· By WALTER;M. TALBOT, San Joaquin River near 'the High- pipeline from the Tesla Portal, ·' . Re· _..ddin · ·' _g· .. ·- AL• McNAMARA. ·and '· way 4 .bridge, recently secured south of Tracy, to the San Joa- · · · GLENN DOBYNS ..'' . an additional small contract that quin River· east of V~rnalis. Con- We are sorry to· report .Jhat Toriy Scheer was injured / 1 will be a coriti~niation of their solidated W:estern Steel will sup- while .running a Co-Gal Loader on .one ot the projects; b~t The report from- the StQcktori present job. ply the 79-inch, 80-foot joints of happy to say his' arm will be 'sayed.' Artot4er . brother, Bill district is much. the ·same as last A. · Teichert & Son have the steel pipe. The job Was let >in two · Burn~, had 'im acctpent. when a cable broke·on ~i_s DW-21. He m 0 itt h.'s · with no appreciable reconstruction of Center . and El sections, with M-K arid Consoli- was lucky, suffering pnly some face Cl;ltS. change, in either jpb ·opportuni- Dorado Sts., froJ,ll Way . dated being bidders on each, Chart~r lo ~ · . -· . · ·. · " ·- ,~ · ,~ . , *"· ., ties or available manpower, to the new overpasses that are . with an aggregate bid for both · · . ·H . . •• The- Hooker Co. and Norman being constructed by Stolte- sections exceeding $3,100,000.00. - · '• · .. ·. - awai~ - · · . / . ·· . Fadel, Inc. job on State Route 88, Stephens. Their-bid was for $152,~ BLOOD CLUB . • , 'Sincere condolences tp the _fa;mily .and frier:ds_of the late near the Alpine-Amador county 730.00. Teichert also was low bid- Orily one of our four injured Brother ,Thorr:as Fujimot?, ~glazier - in ~he 'Bmldmg d~part- line, is now under . way with der, at $184,084.00, on the new' brothers, Harvey Widener who m e,nt o.f _Amencan Factms;T:td.;, \Vho •passed q.\way on Au~ust Chambler-Newinan of Eureka sewer -and pumping plant in had to return to the ho'spital be- 23 1962 doing the clearing. With the late Northeast Stockton. cause of the seriousness of his * ·* ' · * ·I ' start and at high elevation; the . : DREDGE JOB . injuries, has requested b 1 o o d Sacramento·.- clearing ':"ill probably be the only _ Shellmaker, Inc. of San Fran- from our Blood Bank, ~ut we 'Brother Charley Jeffs is out of the hospital and- is at work accomplished b e for e the cisco was the successful bidder have at this time a minus one home convalescing1 from his recent stroke. He is able to get winter· storms suspend operations. on maintenance dredging at the · balance. Brother Widener's case around' with the aid of his crutch <'m -oneside and Mama on Other mountain· projects not Stockton Deep }Vater Channel, illustrates what can happen to the other, he' says. We hope he gets well -iri . a ~hurry. All in ' expected to be completed this . fr,omStockton t.oSpud Island, for any one : of us, and emphasizes_ the . Sacramento office and all J;lis .many fr.iends were, s.atl- ·year becau_se of snow . ai:e the $432,422.00. . ~ . . . why we are constantly appealing dened to 'hear of the passing of Brother Clyde (Shibb)!:) · Granite Construction Co. job near Mon:ison-Kriudsen · Co.; r n c., for donors to contribute· to the Husted's wife on August 31 / We wish to express our deepest Markleeville, Harms Bros. , job presently working on their four- Blood Club. We' are now des sympathies to Stubby and his two small children. . - · above Peddler Hill, Hooker Co. mile ~tretch of the Thfrd Moke- perately in need of your help. Recent blood donors were: ·Dennis · Fenno, Mrs. Juanita job near Camp Connell, and. A. Junine Aqueduct for the East Bay Will you please donate a pint of 'Hoover, Frank Kuhre, Paul J. Law, Alfred j_ McCoy, Gary J. Diani' .Co. job at Hardin Flat, Municipal utility District, will -your blood for the Operating En- • ' Morthole, Catheri_ne Vercruyseil, Alfonse. Vercruysen, Flora above Groveland. · 1 , . be ~ moving some of the equipment gineers Blood Club? The Blood Wymore and Ray Wymore. The 0. K: Mittry & Sons ·job to the. first phase of the new sec- Bank is open in Stockton until •·. * * *· on the Twain Harte grade east-of tion of fletch-Hetchy Aqueduct 7:30 p.m., al}d in Modesto until Oakland Sonora, although•recently starte,d, for the City of San Francisco. 7:00 p.m., on Thursday. Stop in is at the 2,000 foot elevation and This job consists of excavation before you have your dinner, you Brother Bartlett Tucker has opened a watch repair shop- is expected to w,ork through most for approximately mi (e s of . will really be doing a ·good deed! known as Tucker's Jewel'ers at 1204 A Linco'ln Avenue, Ala· of the winter. Still lower than 10 meda, Calif. Phone: LAkehurst 3:5916 .. Brother Bartlett had the Mittry job is the one recently been . operating a .c_at for Kaiser iri Pleasanton. Congratula- awarded to Twin Butte Construe- . Ret •• re·· d Workers· .cAn tions to Brother Garland McAtee and his wife,·carmen, upon tion co. of Marysville for the . W the -birth Qf twin -boys born ,September 7, 1962. They \have construction of approximi).tely 61h 'Jo=_n p·ea·,. ·ei. Co'rp ·s named the111 Dol} .Lee and Ron Key: · · . . , miles-of roa(l· and tw~e bridges on 11 ._. - "· Wishes for a quick recovery are extended to Brother state Highway Route 24, between / . , - Harry 0. Burke, who was in the hospital for several days ·but Mokelumne Hill and San An- Washington. - The Pea: c e eign language ability, Pagano ·is now. recuperating at home. Dal .Mastin just took a~month dreas, ~osting just under one mil- Corps has :reminded retired un- ..Said, but most corps · workers · off to tour the World's Fair arid ·the greater Northwest. Also, lion dollars. · ion members and those approach- need not - know a foreign lan- , Brother .Ernie Miller istaking_(trip tprough the Northwest ing retirement that there J s no guage before volunteering. Lan- inclilding a trip by ship froni Vancouver; B.C., to Alaska, and MATERIAL FOUND upper. age limit for volunteer guage instruction is included in . , will .be gone about 30 days. Bl?pd donor: _William C. Hawley A miiestone was r~ached the service. with the corps an!! that, the training, · along with .studies '-' .\Jr. ··--· ~-: .:--.,.,,: .... _, . '--*,.:;;, _ .*,·:·;~ ··\ *·' ··· ... ,. -- -~ -.- . ·... thi ~ d - week in ~ September, ,when .iri.fact,:it needs tl:).e _skilL and ex- in the history and culture of the · builders ·of New Hogan Dam, in perience of "sen19r citizens." host country.. '' . San ~ose Calaveras county, placed backfill The . organization's Office of Candidates a:re asked- to fill Brother :Harold Dodd stopped in at the San Jose office, material in the damsite, which Public Affairs, has publishccl a out a Peace Corps Volunteer ' ·and it was good to. see that he is able to get around again, has been ready for the material bulletin l!sting·• requirements for questionnaire; availcible from a:ny with the aid of crutches. Brother :qodd was seriously injured for almost a year. The searcl:j. for service. Applicants may be any· post office, congressman or seha . last year wh(')n the crane he was operating went over the material that would meet specifi- age above 18. General qualifica- tor, or from the Peace Corps. _l bri~ge. Brother Larry Croxen is still on the sick list. Blood cations has set this project back tions are a skill needed by the Washington 25, D.C. do1,16rs:1Harold Jones and Charles''Sandstrom. on completion date, but it has J host country, sound .health, emo- · A partial list of countries re- * * * insured e~ployment _:(or our tioiJ.al stability, willingness to questing Peace Corps volunteers , members for some time to co:qJ.e. work with others, initiative and i_ncludes Cameroon, · Ceylon, El Santa Rosa-Ukiah Camanche· Dam, with t h eir· ar- a· desire to serve. . Salvador, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecua- . The Chester Duttons recently bec,ame proud parents . . . ray of 1new eqtripment pl'eviously Married cou~le,t ar_~ eligibi~ if dor, Ethiopia, Ghana, lndia. congratulations. The death of Brother John Dennis is deeply rp.entiorted, have .added four ~£ both qualify and ·have n0 :- depend- ·_ Ivory coast, Iraq, Libena, Ma· felt by the brothers and this office. A very-large thank~yo.u the new Caterpillar 660'.s to th~Ir, ent_ children under 18, according laya, Nepal, . :Nigeria; .. Peru• • · to Br~t~ers Ellery Marsh and Chuck Fleming for their recent spread, plus o~e new; 1000 Senes. to. Dir. Ju\es 'Pagin_9, ·of the ·PrO- Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo and ·; . donatiOns of blood. . . - · ' Gradall qnd eight n~w Aut~ Car. fessional technical and Jabor Tunisia. · * * * , · tractors and semi-trailers. ·The . division ~L the office. · San Rafael semi's will' be used· to haul rock · Am~ng skills sought are those · · · · · h f~om the quarry, w_hi_ch is located Ci:nigr~tulatfo:ps are jn order to Brother Bill Gaffn.ey, wit -of foresters, fal'in,ers, plumbers, Safety Talk/ D. o;n.· C o1 eman· "&' ,. A.. ~ .socia. . t es, on h.IS recen t marnage. . Al so con- nearAh thePah I oneConstruction, Junction. of , Area~ sa.. ·n··I·ta·r.. y. · engiriee. r_s.· ,· . tailors, ve.. t- gratulatiops t? Brothe:r Curt Mar,Iin, -.;yvUh Quin .J .. Ongaro, on . . ' erinarians, . well-qfillers, carpe:J;l- becom,. . ing a p'_ro. u_9 . papa again~ Blood'' donots: Rosemary J. dia, was l~w bidder at $1.97'8-45 ' ters, .•machinists, ·:, masons, auto App .r, eciat~d _ . for approximately three miles of. . - .. ..h.. . :.- ~··· · _ d b :l.d· Rush and Brother Steve E. Giffin on·. sept. 7th. ' . . . - . b t · mec amc.,, ll1lrses-, roa m .· t(rS ~ The follow"ng letter w s sent · ·· · ' · new road and alignment . e ween ., .building·: trades:'!instnictors, elec- · · I · a ·, •. . ·...... * :'~rlln~ \rt ·_. .. .. ~obrring~_n hand -!he . Hooke: ·· co: . ;:;:! t~·ic~l f;· w orker ~; '::_welders and . ~; - !~s~~~:.:a~noal~~e ~~c~~; -~ JO , on Ig way . · · t~a~hers. ,~. ~. · · · ' 1 . With deep·, regret we repo:r:_ ~t." tli:e .passing ofBrother Eddie 1 held annual convention of the Adams; a member of this local for many years. We were very TUNNEL , · : Volunteers- , may continue .. to· · re- Utah section, Nationa_l Safety sorry to hear 9f the automobile-· · · accident that· took the lif e The· can"" on. Tunn_el··. 'jpb in ··ceiveJhe- full a!llounf of any pen- ·· Council: of Brother Jesse Reidenhaur while he was en route to his Cherry Valley, being . do.:n:.e _ by : t~e ·· sion~' lhey may. t'e·:·entitled .to l:lut Dear Mr. Clem: . job with the Claude· Wogds Co._· a:t Quaking· .t\spe·· _n. · Clancey O'Dell Co., r e c. -~e, n t J.. y · Wi~l be expected .to· live overseaS I want to t::xpress my· apprecia- by • , Brother Luther Hooker i~ the proud· g:randfath er o f a 'opened up a new heading. which_ ,_on the allowance provided the tion for your efforts and the' - 6 pound, 91/z . ounce· ·girl. c_o _ngr _atulations. B/ r'other Dorris put s'everal more engineer!> to ~,. corps. ~--·-Y . Union's thoughtfulness in inak- work. Pacific Western GQnstruc- , '' Lep.gth pf service is two years, ing . it possible for Dale Marr to Grubbs is . iri the:.fresno Veterans · tion, Inc., and Larry-W. ,:· including trairiin·g. Volunteers come to Salt Lake' to attend our Schultz had a lucky escape andwas notl:Io~pit.al. senously Brr- future safety lectures.' , - ddent at O'Brien. Ore. We extend our peaFtfelt sympathies to _- _- ·. ': ·, ji ·· \( ,. · ... , :;:r, , , . _ :- ~ •. Dale's presentation, . ~ elped to their families and loved ones. We are also sorry to report the accident Q_ll .the 1-VaY; home fro:rn wo_rk. . He _w;~s · h,ospltahzed: make our co'nvention, a success / loss of two proniinent contra<;tors .in this area, Mr._AI Fadel twice for-the sameiriternal injuries.' · . · ~· . · ,. . -, · and r- want to thank· yo11 again and Mr·. Steve Newman, killed i;n an airplane crash in Septem- Brothers V. Bellah, :operator,. and, H. H~rr.iilg ( fir -~rna}1, for your , efforts ·in niaking it . ~ ber. . - _ ·· ·'--- ' ' were injured when their skid type piledriverJl;Ippe,d oyer ·on possible for him to come to 'Salt I ·'- I - ' ~· . * '* -< . * its side, sending. them both, to -thEi, ·hospital with'. multip_le Lake. · , . . .. .·, ; ''.:'.. Stodkto.n ·. injuri~s. J3ro.ther L~onard'- Whitmo·re, hookeqi;Jdnto a buried \" Sincerely. yours, . September has .been a rather hectic month fo_r engineers railroad _rail_witp h~s DW-29 on the St6lte~Ste'P9en~ jo~, whtch- JAMES G. CAYIAS ··· in this district; _with-accidents ·-putting four in the hospital.· threw him ~nto . the steef}ng wheel, also n'e~essitatmg hos- General Co~~ehtion: ' : Harvey. Widene( o/as s.~r! . i E.-W October, 1962 ·. E N. G I N E E R S N S . _[ , . .Freeways, ·PiPelines,.. • By JAY NEELEY, MERLIN BOWMAN, JOHN THORNTON, VANCE ABBOTT and LAKE AUSTIN Later ·this year, bids are ex- one outfit, witl!_ just about' every · pee ted to . be called _for a new kind of rig you can thin'k of. $2,300,000 water treatment plant e Enoch Smith has six brothers which is to be. constructed in Par- working on the 39th· South Tele ley's C~nyon just below Mountain phone job ·and about ·eight or Dell Dam. Actual . construction nine working with M. H. c·ook · will start early next Spring. pipeline job and small jobs here The Engineers· have d e t ·e r - and there. mined that the present spillWay FREEWAY, PIPELINE· with ·a capacity of · 400 second: K. Thayn'-s 7th East Freeway 'feet' of water is inadequate to J. job is going again -with ab'out 10 protect the dam fro:t;n overtop brothers trying to wind it up; ping and flooding the plant site. · There has been quite a -turnover. This project is a majoi· item in on this' ·'job · because it is a Salt Lake. City's purification. pro h it- ~ and-miss situation. · - GRACEFUl ARCH: A harmonious curve against the skyline, this 550-foot .steel arch bridge be- gram. M. H. Cook's pipeline job from ing b.uilt by American Bridge wi ll be a 'so~nic la.ndmark. The b~idge wi ll sp~n Cart Cr~ek,. near Of interest to Utahns, is the Salt Lake City .to Orem is about . Flammg Gorge Dam, Utah. Bro. Ira J. Wh1tney IS seen at f~r nght, operatmg the ho1st. . study being mad~ by state high: 60% complete. This job has been a good job on payday but some · have imP r o v e d considerably, * of the other days are rough. largely due to Sup ~ rintendent * Frank Barben Const. Co. is the Gene· McLaughlin. This .job has - Endorsements sub on· the Garfield job a~d . at - been manned with. members -;yho For ~utah this writing is going 60 hour~- .a kne"\' what had to ,be done ,a_nd · week. Turnover on this job has did .i t. . Gene . has kept the beefs· •• Organized labor in the State been nil. At present there are to' a . minimum, with all of them of Utah backs these candi- · 15· members on the payroll, but being_ settled right on the job- · dates. You are urged to vote they · <'xpect a cutback, end of site. for them in the General Elec- the .month. -· - STUDENTS BACK tion, Tuesday, Nov. 6: · Nelson Brothers Construction At the University, the medicql U. S. Senate .... David S. King Co. is still working on their pipe ~uiiding and the steam p}ant job Congress, 1st Dist. . line j_ob alongside Redwood Road are going strong in a race with M. Blaine Peterson and are rolling along at a money the weather. We have had a lot Congress, 2nd Dist. - making pace now·- that they are of small contractors w or king . Bruce Jenkins past most of the utilities and arourtd the campus, but by the Attorney General railroad tracks. time you read this the small rigs · William H. Henderson Herb Plewe's job on 8th South'. will be gone· and· the students - will probably · work into the win will b'e there. ter and, if the we.ather is not too Refco Inc. is finished on the way officials and Kennecott Cop * cold, will finish early. Relations Be-eline . Refinery job and· 90% per . Corporation on the possibili between the company and union complete on the Phillips Refinery ty of building a causeway across job: We have' hopes, .that the re- GOI G UP: Progress on the Flami,ng. Gorge Dar:n is shown)n •• the southern end of Great Salt - fineries will start new jobs soon. this photo. One block on the right hand side ·'is complete; except for the· cap. - · · i~~~e a~-:o.roadbed for Interstate -. Utah Propos.al There are a 'few mor!!_ small - jobs-·going, and most contractors ' 'fhis causeway woul~ be built Ufftnld Pr·otelf!t are in a race with the weather with "tailings," the residue after . "uad . ~ man, as "it will probably start processing of ore, from Kenne- I) · d f tJ snowing in the mountains the cott operatiOJ:?.S . A proposed route noa . unus early part of next month. would be ·from near the Saltair Resort straight west across the Utah voters will have a chance PR~VO - EASTERN AREA lal):e and lake bed to Tim pie, to express their,. desires about the Pipelines and p !~ ketlines have use of highway';taxes at the gen- Tooele county, roughly parallel been the two major items of busi- to the Western Pacific Railroad . e:rill election November 6• accord- ness in .the Eastern· area ~or the Co. tracks. ing ' to an ~ announcement from past mont)l. .'( · This· causeway would save from Salt Lake City. ,, . M. H. Cook· Co.'s pipeline is six to 19 miles on the Burmester The· last Utah Legislature · en- over· -th~ mountain ·· into Utah Route, and. the approximate cost dorsen by . more than. two-thirds .county ._with most of their spread. for building the section with the majority a resolution which was . This' is · a '12-inch line running copper company tailings would · sign~d by . the Governor. This , from Salt Lake to Orem, employs be 10 million dollars. A state-- ,resolution . proposes a constitu- about 25 en.glneers and is sched ment made by the ·State Road. tiona! amendm-ent to prohibit ex- uled for completion-this month. . . J t , penditures of 'revenue deriVed .,. :-p ·_ea'se Brothers .pipeline is in CommissiOn m u 1Y quo ea an from motor fuefs and / vehicle appr_·oximate i7 million dollars · · •· . full swing ~ow with' the · addition for the road. fees .for putpos ~s u. nrela ted . to .• of·· ' the wrapping ..crew and the .roads ;md stre~ts ,. •; · . · . . . l owering and backfill-crews. TP,e TOP TO BOTTOM~ the H~rb p' organization is reRresented CITY AREA SLOW In order ~? : mf~rm the , _P~~hc , i Elder Co. h·as . set up a mess hall in this photo. Left to r.lght :- Plewe, the contractor, G·ene Me- . Work in the Salt' Lake Area about the ' Importance of t~e . and ·bunk houses about 35 miles La\Jghl in, superintenaent, .;;and · Fred Ba lis, operator of the has been very slow for the last to ,. the _State an· south -of Ouray. These facilities a~en~men~ or~ Linkbelt LS 98 rig in . the background, which is busy' on the six weeks. The jobs which are g an I z at~ on has been fo~!lled were ·arranged for in the prejob 8th South sewer j'ob, a box-typ,e reinforced concrete sewer. going have very little turnover. kno.w~ as the Better Ro~~s A.s- . co).lfer~nce to be paid for by The State Road Commission is sociah~n of Utah. Headmg_: ~he Pease .. Brothers Company for the planning more work for this year IS Mr. J , Waters. on the job. The area ting the finishing touches on the south where Winter ··weather · is g~ oup Hol:na~ empJ:~Y.ees ' not so severe. · · . 'but -because of some of the poli- ~r. Waters· has s.aid, We pia~ . of -the p!peline . is in remote; Stanaker Canal and are prepaT- ·" . . . tics involved, it looks as though · to I~form the pubhc ~f our sta~~ - ruggecL terrain just' about im ing to move back to Montana. Cedar City Iron Mines have it will be late in the year before . the :Importance 0~ V?t~~- for ~hiS ·_ .. possible . of access by a regular American Bridge is about- fin- called back several of ~he mel). the money is released. amendment: Protedmg our high- -. autbrriobile. An airstrip is' located ished with the "red" iron on the who were laid· off in July ::tnd it Tiago was awarded the free- way funds If. Im~ortant.. r ;venty- . lf2 . ~ile· from the camp and is 550 foot steel arch : bridge over is expected that more will be ;. way extension on 45th South and . ·seven. sta.tes b,ave :already enacted handy "for servicing the job. Cort Creek and are taking down back.. i1.1 .,the n~ar future. -is just starting to rolL constitutiOnal amendmel).ts assq;r: _ the towers. Genei:al Contracting · L. A. Young, co., has wound up . , As for 'the other jobs in- the ing .. proper use · of road reyep.ue. . CHANNEL REVISION Corp. has the conGrete deck to_ the Hurricane job and is well : -,_., {.·Salt Lake City area, it's mostly Of the 12 Western States;: only , Even Ashby, an old time mem- p_our before the bridge is com- along on hoth the Parowan and . · Gibbons & ·Reed. At present we Utah and: New .' Mexico do not ber>has a .contract.o).l·the Provo plete. , - Delta jobs a.nd abo11t · ready· to \ • have brothers working on the have this protection." · . River ' near Heber and has six of Our regrets to the farriily of ·start the Fillmore job, which will 2nd WesL street widening · proj- . Mr:· Waters·~ pqinted o~t that so ·. oti:r ' broth~rs employed. This is Cecil Kofford who -died a · short supply work for some of the men · ,_ ect, Whitehil_l and Victory Road far.: Utah has· b'een·-able to< sup- channel r evision work and can be time after working for Tiago oli .well into the fall. . job, 8th $outh to T hi r t e e nth piy : matching f ynds to .. go · a:}~ ng worked( when the wep.ther gets the Duchesne Highway project. · J. M. Sunsion &, Sons are fin- . ' South Freeway, '5th North and ·~ with federal money ' in order _to - ishing the ·oil on their . Cedar cold . .· SOUTHERN AREA 7th North· Freeway access road, keep the state hfghwa·y construe- Another Provo . River revision Breaks· ::)UrfaCing job._ The com- State Street Paving (6700 South ·tion prograri(.o!J _the move . .He job. farther · up towards Kamas ·Employment has held up well pany has been plagued by hard t.o· 90th South) job, the Garfield ·wai·ned, . hc:l\v-e.ver, "if pressure is-.being done by L. A. Creer Co. in the Southern a:rea with some _luck on J h_ls jol;>, with one-:fatal ... extension and about six small groups forcej;he·:·legislature to di- 'other work, in the Basin area new work starting but quite. a; accident · paving:. and patching crews; this• v~tt highway ··revenue to ,_Y., Page Elevea . • a svill l. w :·,·I By HAROLD HU~TON, · plans were to finish this year, but C. R. VAN WINKLE, now the -finish has been post-' ·- Mar ysvi!l.e l,s ' -...: 1 ~ .• and W. R. WEEKS pqned until next year. Marysville )J.robably has more Holding Chec·ks · Darkenwald, · Morrison- Knud members employed in the_ a: ea sen & Parker are making the than ·at _any other time in its his The Marysville office is hold- · ing checks for the f w i n g . dirt fly, to co i'n a phrase, on that tory and yet, paradoxically, is ex 0 1 1 0 periencing a slowing-down in or brothers: · concern's Camp Far West Cahal ders that ;is unusual for 'this time ·- M. H. Barton* _ / and D?-m- job near Wheatland .., of year. . _L. A. Bennett J. S. Kakuk "B.ob" Fadel, who was the project E i'~her ·the· "\n:othe; s m;e stick- Maurice Bouzer* E. L. Knouse manager has been replaced by . ing closer to their job or the D. L. Brown P . S. Kruse "Bill" KimbalL It has been re contr actors are hanging on clo<;er· L. E. Christian w. F . Neukam* ported that ''Bob" left' ·becalise • than usual to their crews, or Charles S. Elan* R. Ro gers l:le has been elected Gene_r al j\,l[an both. Or the contractors are r)10V- Lynde! R. Gibson R. R. Voris ager~ of 'Fadel_ Construction Com- ing their crews from one job .to <* second notice) .- pany, s·ucceeding· his ~. brother another, as we do have,some new "AI," whose untimely death .was starts - new starts that should . noted aboye. have be~n the· cause for increased . the shovel with brothers Wooden Maceo is off -to a · good start · ord e1~s. and Darrell at the controls. The on the ti·ansmission line starting OROVILLE DAM . scrapers a·nd cats are working one at Nicolaus, Colusa and farther A few days ago we had an oc . north at Corning. shift of ten hours. Shellmaker casion to discuss ' with the prime Company has finished its dre'dg Baun Construction Co., has contractors, the Or o Dam Con- · ing contract. This job 1has de·,rel J:?een forced to halt road woi-k ·tractors, its planped schedule for oped some innovations by Catter near Willows and Glenn; we are the .work, :ij:ere it is as outlined mole-Tretheway, clearing contrac told: by overflowing irrigation .to us: Soon:_Clearing for t.he tors . .One, the use of "boom boat ~ ' ditches. dam. site, li_owever they didn't ·.and barges for lake clearing ..The _ Brewster and Son, Black Butte kn o~ : whether it would be sub other the Jse . of wider crawler Dam job north west of Orland, • conti'acted or not. tra'cks on clearing ca ts in 'the is still running two shifts. Robin Jan. 1, 1963-Start.of diver::;ion . Gould Swamp area, this is to give son Construction is putting ~ the HA ROLD MOOR E, endorsed candidate for the State Senate ~ tunnei No, 2. - the cats.more traction on the soft, finishing. touches on the access 1Oth District (Yt:Jba-Sutter counties) is shown on the right April 1, 1963-Start excavating often unstable mud surface. road. R. E. Hertel is construct· flanked on his left by Local 3 Business Manager AI Clem for foundation of the core, Twin Buttes Consfniction Co .; ing the bridges. (Center) and District Representative Harold Huston (left). weather permitting. are ·getting ready for the. firtish Standing (left to right) are Bob Christy and Bob Me Lellar:d, . MOVING OUT J une 1, 1963 - Sfart pouring grade on the highway job south Grievance Committee members, and Jack Slade, Executtve conc.rete for the core, again de of Susanville. This one looks like Corning, Monty Brown is close Board member for the Marysville district. pending on the weather. it might finish up this seas~n. to moving out. Ma,rtin & Carter Ap1;il1, 1964-Start fill of the Fadel & Granite are doing pre- have set up a batch plant near Brass t;irms, darrh · liminaFy work on the Antelope Richfield. At Los Molinos, Teich Harold Moore Peak of employment estimated VaHey Dam above .Taylorsville. ert has abou\ completed its Of·fieers ~ndicted for all.trades · at 1600 in +965. For :Most' of ym.f. have heard of the . school job. · the forseeable future, ·the job will regretable plane accident that In Chico, Teichert is·" moving Has Ex.cellent Hartford, Conn. - A federal be strictly a one -sh1ftjob . . took the lives of Alfred Fadel and along nicely on the freeway job grand jury here has indicted U ·two companions. ' by-passing this city. Blakem01;e . ,, ' At the nresent time there is of the nation's largest manu- The Wyandotte Project being Equipment is moving the dirt, l.....Asome prelfminary s~rveying be Labor Record facturers of brass mill tube and P''.,.ing done by Engineering Survey, . constructed . by .. Oroville. -Project.• and Maceo is driving the piling Sunday, · September '16th, th~ pipe on criminal anti-b:ust- which is our good friend ·and Contractor.s, which was headed for the bridges ang overpasses. brother, John B. Duff. Some ac . up by Guy F. Atkinson, is rapidly Peter Kiewit & Sons ·on the Executive Board of Local 3, upon. , charges alleging a six-year price cess road building by B. C. Rich coming to the end. Another 30 missile base north of Chico in the recommedation of the Distric~ fixing conspiracy. Also nam,ed ter · for Frazier-Davis and some to 60 days will butt'on it up. This rebuilding the silo · damaged' by · GrievanG,e Committee, endorsed de} endants were seven high grading·and·clearing on the rig!Jt one h;:ts kept the local -brot,hers an explosion has cut back .from the candidacy of 'Harold Moore, ranking executives. abutment of the·· dam, .-just down · busy the past twq years. tht·ee shifts to two. H. Earl Parker . Democrat, for the State Senate. The indictments, culminating stream from the site. In tnis area FINISH POST.PONED is mo~ing ~ long , n~ ely . o~ .. _his will be 'erecte(i' bu_ildings for use levee JOb nearby ../ , . Mr. Moore who has long been an 18 - m·o nth investigation. Williams & Burrows;· Virginia during the construction of the Teichert and Butte Creek I,to<;k, ' active in public affairs in the charged that prices in . the in dan1-: . · Ranch· dam job in Bi'owns ·valley has limped along ever sin'ce the ~epar~tely, haye quite a ~ew small i\iarysville-Yuba City area had dustry were set during secret ALMANOR INNOVATIONS , strike because they co.uldn't,/ or . JObs m . and abol!-t C~Ico. Over previously received the endor;;e meetings in hotel suit~s and in Mor-rison-Knudsen. at La~e /Al did~'t want to mo ve dirt for fear I east, Ka1ser Construction Co., on ment of the Ydba-Sutter Commit a private club. The method of Jnanor has two, shifts working on of early high water. Original Highway 32 i_s movin_g along at a tee on Political Education and has price-fixing described in the in · good -pace w1th 12 _or so of our dictment strongly resembled the best handling the equipmcmt. also received the endorsement of operation of. the electrical equip Crow Brothers in the same area the State Labor Federation ment industry's price conspiracy, is laying sub-base on that com COPE. which resulted in fines, jail sen pany's road job. Mastelotto , is Mr. Moore is a lifetime !'esi" . _making the rock: · ·· tences and a series of civil dam dent .. of the area, having- been age suits. Pomeroy at De ) )ahla, noa h of born on a farm in Sutter county Atty. Gen. /Robert P. Kennedy Paradise, is still woi;klng on -t,i1e in 1897. He was educated in the said . the 11 companies annually -dam, penstocK :and powerhouse public schools in the county and for P. G. and E. ' ' - sell about $360 million worth of graduated from the University of brass tube and pipe, accounting NEW WORK California school of agriculture -for approximately 90 percent of at Davis in 1917. the domestic market. McNamara Corp., Lfd.~ of Bur .He was elected a member of lingame was the ·low bidder on the Board ·of Supervisors of Sut four mile§_ of' two :lane expressway ter county in 1933 from District Akron _Curbs between Sierra City and Bassett: No. 2 which inCludes Yuba City Contract_ includes a new align and served until 1957- when he Str:ikebreakers ment which will eliminate many declined to run for reelection A labor - sponsored ordinance of the existing curves, a parking after 24 years of service. WHile and rest area at Big Springs and restricting the use of.strik_ebreak he was on the bOard of su :p~ r ers has been· approved by the a three span reinforced concrete visors, labor always had a de Akron, Ohio, City Council and bqx ' girder bridge at Salmon pendable . and . r eliable fi·iend. Creek. Bid price was $1,388,641. , signed by Mayor Edward Erick Moore consistently led the fight son (D). Work is. slated to start in a month against local "right-to-work"· or so. fo r ces .. had a State Senator that sup-; Teichert & Son submitted a low He is a World War I veteran, poi ted labor except incidentally . . bid of $267,530.60 . for a four-lane · is married · and, has three chil Now labor has a chance to elect - divided highway in South ·Oro dren. He has been engaged in the yjlle, a' total of ~ - 2 miles. a man_ who will represent the real estate and insurance business entire . district fairly, ·and one Baldwin Contracting Comp Published each month by Local Union No . 3 of the Internatiol1al Union of Operating Engineers (Northern California, Northern Nevada, States of Utah and Hawaii.) Office:· 474 Valencia St., San Francisco 3, Calif . . I •. AL QLEM ...______: ______Editor and Business Manager .... PAUL EDGECOMBE ------President JERRY DO WD ------Vice-President IW. V. MINAHAN .... Recording-Corresponding Secretary A. J. HOPE ------Financial Secretary H. T. PETERSEN ------·-·-···------··--Treasurer • Seasoned Leadership At I-nternational Helm WE DEEPLY REGRET the passing of our late General President Joseph J . Delaney. He was a man who came up through · the ranks of our craft and our u·nion, and served with distinction in many circumstances until he attained the eminence of the top-ranking position in the Interna1tional Union of Operating Engineers. • ·During his incumbency as General President" the Op erating Engineers made notable gains for its membership and as an organization, and his contribution to these ad- . vances will not be forgotterL * * * BUT WHILE all . rrien are mortal, organizations must continue to go forward, and it must be a source of considera ·ble s-atisfaction· t.o all of us that a man of the stature and experience of H~nter P. Wharton, longtime General Secre tary-Treasurei· of our union, was available to succeed the late · Brother Delaney as General President. Likewise, the new General Secre-tary-Treasurer, Frank · P. Converse, is an old-timer in the labor movement, and the • new General Vice President, Richard H. Nolan, is a 34-year lfS veteran of the Operating Engineers and has served with dis ers- I me e representative. tinction as the International's Eastern district By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS automatically adjusts the water level· for small * '* * repairs can fin~ loads, but is not vital since this can be accomplished International Union Homeowners planning major WE CAN BE CONFIDENT that the reduced prices this Fall on several important types manually. to go forward under of Operating Engineers will continue of fixtures arid materials. Most notable are · the • The more rinses a machine provide,s, the more ,the seasoned and ,responsible leadership that is now at the lower prices now offered on plumbing ahd heating equipment and some grades of asphalt roofing. likely you will avoid gray,ing or yellowing of gar· _helm. ·· " ments. A cold rinse is 'considered a desirable In October, ' ··also look for .the first reduced feature to avoid "setting" wrinkles in synthetic- olo of on . pric,~s on women's ·and children's coats, starting fl'ber mate n· als , an d a 1so t o e pr serv e c r n · wittl, the big Columbus Day sales. fast dyes. moderate-income families Giving Fits The major dil.emma of abil· ·Voluntary Washers differ in their water-extraction in recent months has been the lofty price tags on • ity. Generally the faster the spin provided by the beef meat, with some cities reporting the highest "dry" cycle, the more water extracted, Government prices in the past three years. economists point out. Our Way of Life · Here are suggestions for getting best values REPAIR PROBLEMS: Automatic washers do in· October bu:\;ing opportunities: require more care than any other appliance except • . THE MONTH OF. OCTOBER is set aside in many places WASHING MACHINES: Not only have prices TV sets. Pump repairs are most frequent. Repair for one of our most important community activities, the an of automatic washers steadily been reduced but men find pins, coins, marb~es, even-wrist watches pumps, · · nualiund campaign of the United Fund service and charitable the features have been improved. jamming M'ost notably, seve1;al leading manufacturers which may be known variously in the localities as . washers to Premature motor failure generally is caused by agencies, have inc1;eased the .. capacity of their the United Crusade or United Fund or Community Chest, but meet the competitjon of the two twelve-pound roo· overloading. An overloaded . washer never gets up dels which have gained popularity recently (G. E. full speed, and eventually the motor burns out. which all emphasize the idea of united giving. Overloading also strains the gears. Too much suds, Fro!J!. President George Meany of the AFL-CIO on down, and Philco). Larger capacity not o nly is a .time- saver for large families but also enhances a rna- or too high-sudsing a type for your . model, add organized labor universa lly supports the "one big give" an chine's ability to get ·. clothes clean. - strain and cause leaks. The theory held by many nual drives .of the United Fund agencies. However, man~facturer claims of capaCity some- women that lots of suds cleans better is a grand illusion. Too much increases the density of the reasons for this. It was· organized labor increased " There are many times are over-optimistic. Some have water and reduces washing efficiency, just as that ,rs only ·itself that most strongly pushed the idea of a united cam their actual capacity in recent years, othe chubby repairman on television says. c"apacity paign by the numerous deserving agencies. That was back' the i ~,: claims. As one check, look at the the nameplate attached to the machine. Unbalanced loads cause vibration and stniin. A • another fund shown or!. · in the days when every week seemed to bring Here are other useful features to look for in washer needs to be.fed by the handful, not the arm- drive, when there was an understandable_but unending and washers: ful,- to evenly distribute . the ,load and also ke~p · sometimes annoying competition among the agencies for • An especially-desirable feature is -cut-off small items fi-om going over the· side of the tub. had nine service calls and three new donations, which in a measure only defeated itself: the switches-both an "unbalanced load" cut-off switch One family turn off the machine if it starts pumps installed in nine months. ·The serviceman couldn't plan their budgets with assurance, and the to. automatically agencies to "walk," and a switch that cuts off the machine repeatedly found the same trouble: rubber baby public couldn't budget its giving. if the top is opened during the spin cycle---,a safety pants caught in the machinery. * * * . there are children who might investigate Timers often are damaged by forcing them back· that voluntary giving is part of feature if LAB OR UNDERSTANDS a W Survey Notes Scratch Nevada \ The 16-000-member IntL Broth --.• erhood of Operative Potters did a quick switch recently after se re First Tech Engineer learning th~t the State of Nevada has one .of these "infernal "right to-work" iaws. The convention meeting in San ur rien.. ds Contracts in Nevada Francisco had voted to ' hold the 19B3 conclave at Las Vegas, Nev. Samuel Gompers, Am.erica's greatest labor leader and Then ~ somebody founder By ART PENNEBAKER and HOWARD WYNN told ~them . At of the AFL, years ago laid down the non-partisan the last minute they canceled political creed which has guided organized labor ever since: On September ~. 1962, ~he ~ir~t tw~ Technical Engineer Las Vegas, left the selection to "Reward your friends and punish your enemies." ··• · . _\ ~g~ee~~nts _were signed with CIVIl engmeers in the union's the executive board with the The following caqdidates in California for State and JUrisdiction m the State of Nevada, prov_iso ·that no "right-to-work" Engineering Corporation N ~tional offices have ·proved by their actions that they are ?f Nevada and the Nelson Engineering Co., both with offices · state be consid~red. fnends of labor. We urge that you vote for then{ at the m Reno. · General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 6. · · For the past year your agents Vote as you ,have .been spending a good deal please, but please: vote! of time in Nevada, laying the Hawaii: Good Gains Governor ...... _... · ~ ..•. Edmund G.' (Pat) Brown groundwork necessary for a suc Lieutenant-Governor ...... Glenn M. Anderson cessful organizing drive to help U. S. Senator : .. ; .. ; ...... -...••· .Thomas. H. Kuchel the Technical Engineers in that In Bitumuls Contract Attorney Gene~al ...... 1 •• , ••• Stanley Mo?k state obtain decent working· con State Treasurer ...• . ... . : . .. ', ....•. · •• ,. BerfA. Betts ditions and adequate wages. By HAROLD LEWIS and Vision Center, a newly organized Secretary of_ State ...... • • : .•..... Dori Rose. BERT NAKANO _compan~. A Kamaaina Vision As you know, Nevada is a so Controller ...... ; .. . . ~ . ·...... AI an Cranston Study your candidates and vote Genter Union Membership Dis called "right-to-work" state. 'l'his Supt. of Pu blic Instruction ...... Ralph for those who will work in your count card will be issued by mail -~ 1 Richardso~ philosophy coupled with the fact behalf! . Your material gains to each member of the union here CClip and take to the p~lls) through collective bargaining can in . th ~ State of Hawaii: 'Take ad NOTICE be taken away by -iegislation. I£ vantage of this benefit, and if Applications for Surveyors you are not registered, be sure to you have any questions regarding Apprenticeship Program REGISTER for the general elec- this. program please do not hesi Output Up. ~ut Not Jobs and Chief of Party certifi tion and be sure to VOTE. Re- tate to call the Union office or • cation must be in by Oct. member, this is a free and demo- the Kamaaina Vision Center. Washington - The dark side others foresaw cutbacks ln their 8, 1962. Address them to cratic country; you have the right Constritction Equipment Co :, of automation-the displacement work forces. Apprenticeship Office, 476 to vote as you please. Ltd., which has the Mt. Kaala job, of wage-earning workers oy rna- . Only 16 firms said they Valencia St., San Francisco, Negotiations between the Op- is well on its way carving a scven chines - may soon be thrown pianned-:--:"greater-than-sea:;onal" Calif. erating Engineers Local Union 3 mile road over terrain that was into sharp focus if the conclu- hiring and eight of these were i_n and Hawaiian Bitumuls and Pav- said to be almost impossible to sions of a Wall Street Journal the aerospace and electronics in that the Field Surveyors' "pro ing Company, Ltd., have been conquer. The road curves up the survey are bome, out. dustries where defense contracts fessional bosses" were slitting completed, and the employees face Qf thousand-foot, sheer cliffs The Journal polled 67 manu- were given as a major reasoa each . others throats as well as have ratified the agreement where hunters had to crawl on facturers, "who make everything LONGER WEEK their own by cutting fees, made which was put into effect as of hands and knees. However, there from pencils to steel rolling In some cases where workers opposition from the employer September 1, 1962. The agree- have been no serious accidents. mills," and found that while have been on short time, the tremendous. ment covers approximately 140 , We should be proud of Brothers many plan to boost production Journal reported, manufacturers It_ was the same old story employees. Tl).e significance of Paul Asato,.Melvin Camat, Teimei in the last quarter of the year, will be able . to increase output "'Let's cut wages to increase this negotiation is that it resulted Chena, Henry Medeiros, Masa most intend to do so without hir- simply by returning to the 40- profits." in the employees' wage rates be- nobu Kaneshiro, Clarence Kapa ing more i.v orkers, "eithar by hour workweek. In · others, not These employers are now in ing brought up to parity with the · ona, Joseph Oguma, and Koshun pushing highly automati;: rna- . ably the automobile industry. po sit~o :n to learn . what the Bay . Gerieral Contractors Association's Yamas hir~ , who are all"working chinery harder, or by . working major producers frankly intend CQunties Association knows: agreement; gr6up medic~ i""i nsur- on this project. . Construction present employes longer "hom's; to av?id new hires by relying on Go~d wages mean good work ance to be paid 100% by the em•. · Equipment Co . has .also submitted putting ti1em on overtime if nee- -- overtime, t he -paper found. essary." men; and good w9rkmen mean ployer covering the employee :md a low bid of $327,930 to build "Most frequently, · _however, good profits. With an active em spouse, child or children, if any; a 'water pipeline in Kona on the "Th h t , the Journal factories a_re stepping up output 'd "e uns· o ' b th . WI' th ou· t maJor new h1nng. . b y ge t . ployer association doing business vacation with pay; and ,working Big Island. This pipeline will run _ sa1 , may we 11 e e seemmg . . . conditions spelled out in theil; between Honalo and Waipunaula. . d f .- · " . d t . tmg more productwn out of each with an energetic union, a stable para ox o r1sm, m us na1 pro- -k ._, th . J , d entirety. · In Honolulu _the Intra-State De- . th · . . . wor er, , e ourna1 roun up and heaithy Engineering Indus d uc t1011 over e rema1mng stated. "In industry after _indus- try comes into being. DREDGE TALKS fense Highway will soon beeome months of 1962 with no sigriifi- The negotiating committee, · a reality. Demolition contracts try, production managers say in- Our hats off to our enlightened cant reduction in what Washing- · headed by our business manager, are being issued for Kaimuki creased .efficiency. now allows Nevada brothers, who had the ton economists consider an un- Brother Al Clem, is still in nego- property, where the first segment them· to . turn out more goods tenacity and "guts" to unionize in comfortably high unemployment than"before the 1960-61 recession tiations with Pacific Dredging will be built next year . . the face of heavy opposition, in rate." with few · if any more workers Company on the ·west Coast. As Btisiness seems to be improving order to better their station in 5.8 PERCENT th_an they employed theh." you may know, Pacific Dredging in the_Hilo area, especially in the life. Joblessness rose to a rate of RUN FASTER :. • Company, a mainland contractor construction field, which has 5.8 percent in August, the 58th ·One major cl:femical producer Our hats off, also, to these two from Paramount, California, has given many of our brothers over consecutive month above 5 per- told the .Journal that' achieving forward-looking Civil Engineer· rented their dredge McLeod to time work during the past cent, according to Labor Dept. maximum output without new ing firms who are building bet perform work for Hawaiian months. Construction of the Rock reports. hiring ter relations with their e{nployees Dredging and Construction Co., efeller Resort at Kawaihae Beach is "just a ma_tter of open- The Joumal through Operating Engineers Lo Ltd., at Pier 1 in Honolulu. This expected to commence very soon: noted tJ:!at while ing up _a valve a little more." An factory employment is only one eastern paper m f~ ker said more cal3. project should be well on its wa~ is being awaited by our brothers component in the overall rate- of paper is "simply a matter • by the time you read this edition. in the Kamuela area. , of joblessness, it is the source of running the paper-making rna- lf you have not received your Our . out-of-work list has in· The stewards in their meeting the greatest fluctuations. chines faster and longer.''· "vacation time" or your "pay in creased a bit with recent layoffs decided that the union should en "And it's in the period after Plywood plants in the Pacific .. lieu ·of- vacation," request that by Kaiser Hawaii-Kai Develop- cou_rage the members to engage Labor Day, when industry us- Northwest, -the Journal reported, ' · your employer put it on· your ment Company and a few other ac~ively in the coming general ually gets a lift from the ending expect this year's production to · next check. This should ha've co).1tractors. We hope this is te~- election, as they realize its im of the vacation season, that fac- be 18 percent higher · tha:a in been taken care of immM~ately porary. portance.- Nationally, such im- following August 15. Refuember, tories often start significant hir- 1960 w ith only 10 percent more Br'others, we have been calling ·-portant issues · as Medicare and ing;· the article added. workers. And in the soft ·coal .. Vacation time shall not be your attention from time to time schools will· be c'oming up in Con eumuJative from year ·to year." Of the 67 companies ·polled, mines, output for the first hali.o to your medical insurance with gress, which . vitally affect our however, 32 said they planne'd no of the year was :up 14 perceri,. Hawaii Medical Services Associa- welfare. Ther-e is no question that new hirings or callbacks in the ... over 1961 while employment was tion (HMSA) while you are unem- we all want to be free of worry immediate future, and eight down 5 percent. U,nion Members ployed. ·about our medical and liospital As you may already know, your .. bills- after we r-etire. Neither do Donate More contract covers you and your we want· to see the meager savings . . Camden, N. J. - Members of family under. the medical.'insur- we struggled to accumulate swal MEETI-N-G N-OTICES AFL-CIO unions give twice as ance plan only while you are lowed up by the medical and hos much to United Fund drives as working for the contractor. . pHal. bills which usually plague October November ', other members of the . work Therefore, protect yourself and ·older people. San Francisco-Oct. 3, Wed Stockton.-'- No y: ·1, Thursday, force, Pres. Vincent J . Murphy your family at all times by taking REMINDERS nesday, San Francisco Labor Engineers Bldg. of the New Jersey State AFL advantage of the special rate that Watch for the general member ,Temple, 16th and Capp Streets. CIO said hei-e. has been negotiated for you by ship meeting notices in the En * . * * •"\ Oakland - Nov. 8, Thursday, your union while you are unem gineers News and make it a point · Eureka.!...... Oct. 9, Tuesday, ·2806 · . Speaking to_ labor representa Broadway. Labor r;mple, ;315 V:ldez. tives at the opening of the 1963 ployed. If you cannot come in, · to attend the meetings!' . please inquire by phone. The Organizing Advisory Com * • • United Fund labor participation Redding- Oct. 10, Wednesday, Sacramento - Nov-. · 13. Tues- drive, Murphy said , that AFL EYES AND HEARING mittee (OAC) meets _every Mon Retail .Clerks . B_ldg., . 900 Loc.ust day; C~LT ·Bldg., 2525 ·.stockto. CIO members make up 15 per Another benefit your union has· day evening from 7:00 to 9:00 negotiated for you and your fam p.m., 208 McCandless Building, St. * * * cerit of the U.S . work force but .. - Watsonville- Nov. 15, Thurs- give more than 30 percent of the ily is the special rate (approxi 925 Bethel Street: Feel free 1to ·Marysville Oct. 11, 'l'hurs: day, Veter-an's Memorial Bldg., funds realized in United Fund mately 50% off) for visual aids come in and discuss your prob day, Elks Club, 920 D Street.. 215 Third Street. · drives. and hearing aids from Kamaaina lems with the committee.