April 2005 Vol. 13 No.4 OSARC newsletter

In This Issue

2 - May Meeting Details - Privatization’s Foreign Failures

3 - Action Needed on Drug Price Information

4 - Labor History Month - Onassis Ctr. Trip Report

OSARC at the NYC Transit Museum 5 - June OSARC Luncheon Twenty-five OSARC members and friends visited the New York City Transit - Nominations Close 5/11 Museum in Heights on April 13. See the story on page 6. - Cats of a Gray Color - Why Join NYCARA? FUZZY MATH

- State of Older America n the ongoing effort by the Bush Administration and its allies to sell its Iprivatization proposals for Social Security, one element that is often overlooked is the way the proponents of privatization “cook the books” in 6 -OSARC Underground support of their proposal. On the one hand, their projections of annual returns on private accounts are often in the region of eight or nine percent – historically average returns. At the same time, the projections by the Social Security 7 - Ellis Island May 18th trustees for economic growth over the same period – on which privatizers rely - Thanks OSARCers! for their dire Social Security scenarios – are very low. The same economy that could generate stock market returns of eight to nine

percent a year – in other words a robust, growing economy – would generate sufficient Social Security taxes to forestall any shortfall [continues on page 4] È È È È È È È

OSARC Next Organization of Staff Analysts rd Retirees Club Meeting 220 East 23 Street Suite 707 New York NY 10010 Wednesday • May 11, 2005 • 12:30–2:30 pm

(212) 686-1229 rd (212) 686-1231 Fax OSA Office • 220 East 23 Street •Suite 709 (212) 330-8833 Hotline www.osaunion.org Guest Speaker: Brenda Torres Therapeutic Recreational Therapist Coordinator Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation OSARC Officers 2004-2005 A Model for the United States? Co-Chair...... Mary Hillman Social Security Privatization Failed in Britain and Chile Co-Chair...... Allan Rose by Lawrence J. Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Economics, Co-Vice-Chair...... Trudy Stone John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New Co-Vice-Chair...... Sallie Stroman York and Chair Emeritus, COMRO Co-Vice-Chair...... Ana T. Vives If it's true that experience is the best teacher, it might be Treasurer...... Louis Starkey wise, before considering any radical changes in our Social Secretary...... Barbara Jones Security system, to review what has happened in other countries. É É É É In 1984, with Margaret Newsletter Editor...... Rob Spencer Thatcher as Prime Minister, the British government ini- tiated its privatization pro- gram, substituting private We’ll Be Seeing You in All the Old Familiar Places A total of sixteen (16) members and friends took part in investment accounts for the March OSARC trip to the Onassis Cultural Center, part of its state retirement among them: benefits. Although hopes Renee Bash, Joan Doheny, Richard Fink, Manny for the program were high, Friedman, Fred Frost, Mary Hillman, Rosanne Levitt, the passage of time did not fulfill the promise. Maureen McMahon, Dan Morgan, Allan Rose, Risa Puld, Starting in 2002, many British insurance companies Stacey Rindler, Louis Starkey, Sallie Stroman, Hattie recognized that holders of its private investment accounts Thomas. reached retirement with funds that were much smaller than A total of twenty-five (25) members and friends took what they had expected. The companies began to encourage part in the April OSARC trip to the NYC Transit Museum: their clients to return to the state pension system. Sallie Stroman, Dan Morgan, Betty Henderson, Britain's Pensions Commission warned that at least 75 Beverly Freierman, Nilsa Mangual, Fred Ranzoni, Rev. percent of those with private investment accounts would not Kaye Lee, Edna Riley, Ana Vives, Margaret Williams, have enough savings to provide an adequate pension in Herb Wasserman, Rosanne Levitt, Inez Lambert, Trudy retirement. Fees and commissions alone reduced accumu- Stone, Renee Bash, Stacey Rindler, Hattie Thomas, Mary lated nest eggs by as much as 20 to 30 percent. Hillman, Richard Kucera and his wife, Richard Fink, An excellent article titled "A Bloody Mess" by Norma Elizabeth Borden, Avis Joseph, Louis Starkey and Allen Cohen, a senior corporate reporter for The Financial Times, Rose. appeared in The American Prospect of January 2005. The We hope to see you at our next meeting. author pointed out that in 2004 the British Department of Work and Pensions reported that 500,000 people in Britain had abandoned private pension plans and moved back into • • • • • the state system. British actuaries expect another 250,000 will return to the state plan in 2005. Nursing & Day Care the Subject of May OSARC Meeting When the private system started, British citizens were OSARC’s May meeting will feature guest speaker urged to substitute private savings accounts for a portion of Brenda Torres, a Therapeutic Recreational Therapist their state benefits. Companies guilty of mis-selling" were Coordinator at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Brooklyn. Ms. Torres will speak on at-home nursing care, daycare for seniors, and exercise for the senior population. The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is part of a not-for-profit healthcare network established more than two decades ago that focuses on chronic diseases suffered by minority communities and the poor. The Center is a 320 bed skilled nursing facility and the first in NYC organized on the “neighborhood” model which focuses on “resident prefer- ences rather than management convenience.” The “neigh- borhood” includes social workers, recreational therapists and nurses, as well as residents, who participate in decisions about how the “neighborhood” is run. The Center includes an accredited short term in-patient rehabilitation and subacute OSARCers and friends at the Onassis Cultural Center on care program. The network also includes adult day health March 23rd (standing l to r) Manny Friedman, Dan Morgan, care programs, in-home hospice care and in-home nursing. Sallie Stroman, Allan Rose, an Onassis Center staffer, Stacey Rindler, Risa Puld, Hattie Thomas (seated left to right) Renee Bash, Maureen McMahon, Rosanne Levitt, • • • • • Joan Doheny, Madeline Taylor, Fred Frost, Richard Fink.

OSARC Newsletter •April 2005 • Page 2 percent of them would opt to go back to the old system." What went wrong? One recipient, who believed in the promises made in 1981, explained that fees and commissions soaked up as much as a third of what he expected to receive. Those who had remained in the state system, at retirement, were receiving almost twice as much and that amount was guaranteed for life. An advisor in the recipient's private pension fund told him that his nearly 24 years of contributions would finance a 20-year annuity paying only $315 a month. Others who stayed in the government system are retiring at almost $700 a month, guaranteed for life. The recipient could live Tapestries by Greek artist Artemis in her series “Odyssey” comfortably on his salary of $950 a month, but if he retired – including The Resourceful Man (1998) above – were on on his private pension, he would be reduced to poverty. display in March, as OSARC visited the Onassis Cultural Center in midtown. The maximum retirement benefit for those who remained in Chile's original pay-as-you-go system is about $1,250 a eventually forced to pay about $20 billion in compensation. month. Chilean actuaries estimate that to get that same Ms. Cohen states: "A simple explanation of what went amount from a private pension fund, workers would have to wrong is that the costs and risks of running private invest- contribute more than $250,000 over their working careers, a ment accounts outweigh the value of the returns they are target that has been likely to earn." The United Kingdom spent substantial reached by fewer taxpayer money on advertising to expedite the transfer. than 500 of the pri- Many in Britain, including those who had supported the vate system's 7 mil- concept of private investment accounts, recognize that the lion past and present savings of those reaching retirement age would not protect contributors. In them from a life of poverty in retirement. The British agree short, Chileans are that the U.S. Social Security program seems to offer the best finding that their sys- model. The Chief Executive of the British National Associa- tem is falling short of tion of Pension Funds (NAPF), Christine Famish, notes, "it what was originally (the government) doesn't have to make a profit and it delivers advertised. efficiencies of scale that most companies would die for." Among the ad- The irrepressible Richard Fink, who Another country that has experimented with private mirers of the private arranged the Onassis Center trip, is accounts and, like Britain, has found that the reality does not system in Chile is repressed by Mary Hillman. live up to the promise, is Chile. Nearly 25 years ago, Chile President Bush, who on a visit to Chile in November 2004, initiated a private investment accounts program under the called Chile "a great example" for other countries. On other authoritarian government of General Augusto Pinochet. occasions, he has suggested that the U.S. could "take some Millions of people began to con- lessons from Chile, particularly when it comes to how to run tribute 10 percent of their salaries our pension plans." to their individual investment As discussions about Social Security intensify in this funds which were under their per- country, let's remember the experiences of other countries. sonal control. The best path for America to take would be to cherish our An article in The New York Social Security program which has functioned so successful- Times on January 27th, 2005 by ly for 70 years. A few minor adjustments would enable the Larry Rohter indicates that about program to pay full benefits through the entire 21st century half the Chilean labor force is ex- and beyond. cluded from the program because • • • • • they worked in the underground economy, are self-employed, or Support Mandatory On-Line Drug Cost Reporting work only seasonally. A legislative alert from AARP New York, urges support Over the years, private invest- for Assembly bill A.5403, which would require the NYS ment accounts in Chile earned an Dept. of Education to list the retail prices of prescription average annual return of 10 per- OSARC co-chair Mary drugs on the internet. Consumers would be able to search by cent, contributing nearly $61 bil- Hillman and Hattie Thomas at the Onassis zip code or drug type to find the lowest price for the drugs lion to the Chilean economy. Ac- Cultural Center. they use at a nearby pharmacy. cording to a Chilean government AARP notes that more than 5 million New Yorkers lack official who specializes in pension issues and who spoke to prescription drug coverage. The burden is made greater each Mr. Rohter on condition of anonymity, said, "What we have year as drug prices continue to soar. The cost of brand name is a system that is good for Chile but bad for most Chileans." prescription drugs increased 3.5 times the rate of overall He added, "If people really had freedom of choice, 90

OSARC Newsletter •April 2005 • Page 3 inflation from June 2003 to June 2004. saving. Under Mr. Bush’s plan, moreover, people would Attorney General Eliot Spitzer maintains a website need at least 3% a year after inflation just to make up for (www.nyagrx.com) that already provides information, but automatic cuts in traditional Social Security benefits.” since it is based on volunteer involvement, not every phar- In a paper written by economists Paul Krugman of macy has their price list posted. The Assembly bill would Princeton University, J. Bradford DeLong of the University mandate the participation of all pharmacies, but the NY State of California at Berkeley and Dean Baker of the Center for Dept. of Education is reluctant to support the legislation. Economic Policy and Research, the authors conclude “we Please call (518) 474-5844 and ask Commissioner of find it arithmetically very difficult to construct scenarios in Education Richard Mills to support A.5403 and help New which asset returns are at their historic average values and Yorkers to save money on their prescription drugs. real GDP growth is markedly slowed.” Unless you fudge the numbers.

• • • • • • • • • • Onassis Center Trip by Mary Hillman, OSARC co-chair March 23rd, OSARC visited the Onassis Cultural Center Labor History Month Events in midtown. The Center is an affiliate of the Onassis May is Labor History Month and the New York Labor Foundation of Athens Greece. Aristotelis Onassis, its History Association (www.ilr.cornell.edu/NYLHA) has founder, provided in his assembled a compendium of will for a public benefit events appropriate to a foundation named after his celebration of labor and its son Alexander. The Cultural history. For a free copy of Center opened in New York the complete calendar in the fall of 2000 and poster, you can contact carries out the mission of George Altomare of the foundation by NYLHA at (212) 598-7772. presenting cultural and Membership in the artistic activities concerning organization is $20 a year ancient Byzantine and and $10 for students and modern Hellenic seniors. You can write to civilization. Philoine Fried, 351 West 24 “The Archer” (2000), a tapesty The current exhibit Street NY NY 10011. by Greek artist Artemis. displayed artifacts from Some highlights of this Greece during the time of Alexander the Great. year’s Labor History Month: The Olympic Tower Atrium, at the Center, displayed Broadway and the beautiful tapestries by the artist Artemis, inspired by her Blacklist. Monday, May 9, Greek homeland. Our guide explained the history of 6:30pm. Actors Equity Retired city worker meets worker who helped build the Alexander the Great, from his rise to power at the age of 18, Association. Second Floor subways. OSARC Treasurer when his father was assassinated, to his own death at the age Lounge, 165 West 46 St. Louis Starkey lends “a hand” of 32. During his reign, Alexander conquered many countries Free. (212)998-2643. The to his fellow worker. and spread Greek ideas and customs in western Asia and New York Labor History Association’s Spring Labor History Egypt. Conference focuses on the McCarthy period in the theater After our tour, we were treated to a tasty snack, and features a panel of Madeline Lee Gilford, actor, producer compliments of the Center. and widow of noted actor , who also had difficulties with the House Un-American Activities • • • • • Committee, K.. Kevyne Baar, actor and archivist for the Actors Equity Collection at the Robert Wagner Labor Fuzzy Math Archives, and Peter Friedman, who is on Broadway in [continued from page 1] in Social Security revenues. Twelve Angry Men and a researcher on the life of Philip The Center for Economic and Policy Research notes that Loeb, a blacklist victim who committed suicide. Working in Fasanella’s Tradition. Tuesday, May 10, if you use “stock return projections that are consistent with th the trustees economic growth projections, private accounts 6pm. Free. 16 East 34 St. 6 Floor. (212)340-2817 or will, on average give workers no better return than they [email protected]. A panel discussion with labor artist would receive under the existing program, although they Michael Conner and NYC Central Labor Council President would add risk” Brian McLaughlin. Fasanella was a pioneering labor artist Why is the projection of stock market returns so and Conner continues in that tradition. important to the debate? According to the March 31 New Painting Labor’s History: An Exhibit by Michael Conner. May 5-May 31, 2005, Monday-Friday 9am-7pm. York Times, “if investment returns are just one percentage th th point lower each year than predicted, a person would end up Free. 16 East 34 Street 6 Floor. Artist Conner, a union with 35% less money than s/he expected after 30 years of electrician met Ralph Fasanella and starting painting in 1997.

OSARC Newsletter •April 2005 • Page 4 If you have internet access, check out Solidarity Forever: A look at Wobbly Culture at www.laborarts.org. The State of Older America The exhibit celebrates the folk culture of the Industrial AARP recently released its second annual report titled Workers of the World (IWW) in the early 20th Century. The State of 50+ America 2005, which includes new num- bers indicating the importance of Social Security and Let’s Do Lunch Medicare to older Americans. Among the findings: It’s that time of year again. OSARC’s gala June ! Retiree incomes are low. More than half of households luncheon is just around the corner. For the second year in headed by those between the ages of 65 and 75 live on a row the location will be La Maganette Restorante at 3rd less than $30,000 a year. More than half of households Avenue and 50th Street. The date is Wednesday, June 8th. headed by an individual over 75 are living on less than Enclosed with this newsletter is a form to complete and $20,000 a year. return with your payment to reserve your space at what is ! Social Security provides more than half the income of always a well attended affair. The cost this year is $20 for nearly 40% of households headed by those aged 65 to members and $25 for guests. 75. In households headed by those over 75, 60% get the majority of their income from Social Security. ! Financial assets (mostly savings and mutual fund bal- Last Call For Officer Nominations ances) of those over 65 are higher than they were a Now’s the time for all good men and women to come to decade ago, but remain very low. Nearly half of all the aid of their OSARC. Nominations for officer slots for the households headed by individuals 65 to 75 have less than 2005-2006 season close at the May meeting. OSARC needs $50,000 in financial assets, and more than half of those at least one chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary and over 75 have less than $40,000. treasurer. However, each position can be shared. ! Older Americans are continuing to work or going back A nomination form is being mailed with this newsletter. to work to maintain their incomes. A decade ago, 62% of Elections (if needed) are in May and the results are those 50 to 65 and 16% of those 65 to 75 still held jobs. announced at the June luncheon. Last year, those numbers had risen to 67% and 22%, You may call co-chair Mary Hillman at 718.462.6485 to respectively. let her know of your interest in serving. ! Older Americans appear to have reversed the trend toward earlier retirement and now are working more than • • • • • in the past. Nevertheless, their incomes remain low, so they would seem to be working more than they did a What Kind of Panther Are You? decade ago to make ends meet. A gray one perhaps? Gray Panthers is an intergener- ational advocacy organization working for social and AARP concludes that most seniors are living very economic justice. The group focuses on a range of issues modestly and that, for the majority of older Americans, including universal health care, jobs with a living wage and Social Security and Medicare are essential to maintaining a the right to organize, preservation of Social Security, standard of living in retirement. affordable housing, access to quality education, economic • • • • • justice, environment, peace and challenging ageism, sexism, and racism. WHY JOIN NYCARA by Monnie Callan, SEIU 1199 Founded in 1970 by Maggie [We reprint the following from the April issue of Senior Action, the Kuhn when she convened a group NYCARA newsletter. OSARC is part of the larger labor movement of five friends (all of whom were and OSARCers should join forces with others fighting to protect active and retired workers’ interests.] retiring from national religious and The origins of NYCARA (New York City Alliance for social work organizations) to ana- Retired Americans) were first sparked by Resolution #13 at lyze the common problems faced by retirees, the group early the national convention of the AFL-CIO in Florida in 1995 on spoke out in opposition to the Vietnam War. which officially established the concept of lifelong unionism. A New York TV talk show producer nicknamed the While some unions had retiree chapters, most had only group the “Gray Panthers” for their “lively, quick witted, minimal or no recognition of a role for retirees, and even controversial and action-oriented manner.” The name stuck. today many unions have few or no rosters of active retirees. The national organization is located at Gray Panthers, In addition, the national Alliance for Retired Americans 733 15th Street, NW, Suite 437, Washington, DC 20005, was founded on the understanding that union struggles and (800) 280-5362 or (202) 737-6637, Fax: (202) 737-1160, retiree struggles are united with the struggles of other seniors E-mail: [email protected]. They maintain a website at and of community groups, which are also invited to join www.graypanthers.org. The New York City chapter of the ARA. Why do we need the ARA? Gray Panthers can be contacted at 165 West 86th Street, New York, NY 10024 or by phone to 212-799-7572 or by email to ! Presently unions represent only 13% of the national [email protected]. work force. The strength of unions is bled away when

OSARC Newsletter •April 2005 • Page 5 workers who fought and suffered to establish and protect have expended much more money on pharmaceuticals. their unions become retirees. Many workers retire as In other words, AARP should not be the only voice to early as 55 or 62, still energetic and deeply committed to represent seniors. the principles they fought for. ! The ARA needs to be built as a strong advocate for all ! Current battles over healthcare, Social Security, Medi- struggles. We retirees and other seniors have families. caid, Medicare, and pensions make it obvious that the Our children are "baby boomers" and our grandchildren issues of current workers and those of retirees and other face war and the huge multi-trillion dollar national debt. seniors are thoroughly linked. We who remember the Depression and the social move- ! During the struggle over Medicare prescription drug ments of the 30s, the worldwide war of the 40s, the civil benefits, it became obvious that the voice of the AARP rights battles of the 60s, and so many other twists of (an organization whose large membership numbers history, have a legacy to teach from, and we need to partly reflect its role as a major insurance and prescrip- listen to, learn from and link arms with workers of today. tion drugs provider) was the major force to persuade legislators to vote for a deeply flawed "benefit" plan. The legislation heavily rewards pharmaceutical compa- The next NYCARA meeting (the fourth Wednesday nies and others and may very likely influence employers of every month) will be held on Wednesday, May 25 to drop much better coverage. It also forces all seniors to at 10am at the United Federation of Teachers, 52 gamble that their choice of insurance company will Broadway. Take the 2,3,4,5 to Wall Street, the actually cover the medications they use, and when in 1,9,N,R,W to Rector Street or the J,Z to Broad St. need of multiple medications, the "donut hole" of non-coverage forces them to continue payment until they

OSARCers Trace Transit History A report by OSARC Co-Chair Mary Hillman This year, the annual OSARC trip The first station was at City Hall turn changed the lives of everyone in took place April 13 as a sizable group and the route snaked up the east side to the city. of OSARCers visited the NYC Transit 42nd Street curved west to Times Square In the beginning, the stations had Museum in downtown Brooklyn. and then up the . pictures or reliefs on the walls because Clyde, our knowledgeable tour The BMT (Brooklyn many people could not read, but could guide, was a source of information on Transit) was a reorganization in 1923 of identify locations by the pictures. many things we never knew about our the bankrupt BRT or Brooklyn Rapid The city took over the IRT and transit system. Transit Company, formed in 1907. BMT in 1940 and joined their routes He explained that New York with the municipally operated City rapid transit service started IND. There were very few trans- with elevated trains serving Sec- fer points between lines on the ond, Third, Sixth and Ninth Ave- different systems until after nues. World War II. Construction for an under- The original turnstiles were ground subway system started in wooden and limited passenger 1900 with private funds from passage. Since then, they have wealthy investors led by finan- gone through many different cier August Belmont. The sub- styles to improve passenger ser- ways were initially privately vice. owned. Tokens were introduced be- Over 30,000 men of African, cause the turnstiles could not Irish and Italian ancestry found accommodate two coins when work in construction of the sub- the fare went from a dime to fif- way. teen cents. OSARCers on one of the Transit Museum’s More than 50 workers lost vintage subway cars. Over the years, the form of their lives and countless more payment has changed from a were injured or maimed working under The first municipally run part of the paper ticket to cash to a variety of to- hazardous conditions that included rapid transit system, the IND (Inde- kens to the present Metrocard. Initially working with dynamite in deep tunnel pendent Subway System) started in a nickel, the fare is now two dollars mining. 1932. The tunnels under the river were each way. Upon completion, in 1904, the IRT built on the riverbed and had to be flexi- The museum showed pictures of the or Interborough Rapid Transit, the first ble enough to bend with the currents. construction of the tunnels for the sub- system to be completed, included the The transit system as we know it way, displayed turnstiles from 1904 to second longest two-track railroad tunnel today has gone through many changes the present, and displayed a miniature in the United States. since it was first constructed. It has in elevated train.

OSARC Newsletter •April 2005 • Page 6 On the lower level, old wooden erson, Dan Morgan, Louis Starkey, trains and old cars from the IRT, BMT Transit Museum guide Clyde. Second and IND were on display. row: Richard Fink, Ana Vives (partially The museum was well worth the obscured), Edna Riley, Trudy Stone, trip. After the tour, we ate at Dallas Stacey Rindler, Hattie Thomas, Kaye BBQ Restaurant. The food was deli- Lee. Third row: Allan Rose, Renee cious. Bash, Avis Joseph. Fourth row: Mrs. The following members and guests Richard Kucera, Rosanne Levitt, Mar- took part in the tour and are pictured in garet Williams, Inez Lambert. Back the photo on the front page of this issue row: Richard Kucera, Herb Wasserman, of the Newsletter. Front row (left to This exhibit traced the history of Sallie Stroman. subway fares and media, including right) Beverly Freierman, Elizabeth tokens and tickets and Metrocards. Borden, Nilsa Mangual, Betty Hend-

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Ellis Island Trip on for May 18 OSARC Social Security Activists OSARC will be visiting Ellis Island on A thank you to a number of OSARCers who sent in completed Wednesday, May 18. So far, 15 OSARCers have Social Security petitions for faxing to the AFL-CIO: Flora Jones, signed up. We will be meeting at 11am at the Mary Ellen Phifer, Ina Jenkins and Stan Granat. Battery Park ferry terminal for Ellis Island. There Special honors go to Claire Hall who secured 69 signatures, is an $8 ferry fee. If you haven’t signed up and are [Claire, can we entice you to become more active in OSARC?] interested in taking part, please call Mary Hillman It’s not too late to keep getting signatures. If you need additional immediately at (718) 462-6485. copies of the petition, call Rob Spencer at OSA at (212) 686-1229.

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ACTIVE OSARC MEMBERS [continued from page 8] Joseph Reeves Ana Sanchez Othello Skeete Mortimer Sullivan Richard Walters Theodore Reich Gerald Sanchez Dorothy Skelin Thomas Tallarico Carolyn Walton Deborah Reid Joseph Sanchez Robert Sklar Tuly Tanenbaum Yih-Lu Charlie Wang Jeanette Reid Doris Sanky Catherine Slade Natalie Tannenbaum Joseph Warfield Claus Reinisch Flora Santana Edward Smith Jean Taylor Herbert Wasserman Fred Reinowitz Anahid Sarkissian Saundra Smith Madeline Taylor Jacquelyn Watson Raymond Riccio Marc Sawyer Sharon Snell Marian Taylor Donald Weinberg Dolores Rice Therese Sbano Gaye Snyder-Inkeles Mary Taylor Olga Weiss Dolores Richards Michael Schady Harry Solomon Kirsten Telemaque Rose Weiss-Fischler Jeannette Richardson David Schapiro Stewart Solomon Stuart Tepper Erich W erner Edna Riley Minna Scharff George Spears Hattie Thomas Shirley W ertheim er Gwendolyn Riley-Roberts Joseph Schatz Michael Spector Barbara Thompson Alyce White Stacey Rindler Elaine Schirmer Stanley Spector Willie Mae Timothy Grace White Rudolph Ripp Adele Schlapik Christine Spencer Nicholas Titakis Lois White Iraida Rivera Larry Schonfeld Joseph Sperling Joel Tolchinsky Herbert Williams Jane Robinson Barbara J. Schwartz Charlotte Spiegel John Toman Margaret Williams Gilbert Rodriguez Ina Schwartz Nikki Springer Lorraine Toto Isza Williams-Darlington John Rohde Linda Schwartz Janette Springle Luzviminda Tuazon Aaron Wilner Allan Rose Peter Schweitzer Louis Starkey Michael Tuccio Bettye Wilson John Rose Thomas Seelye Roschel Holland Stearns James Tumia Kay Wilson Frances Rosenbaum Tarlochan S. Sehm i Fred Steinberg Elaine Turkel Antoinette Witherspoon Lew is Rosenblatt Myra Seltzer Betty Stew art Felix Ugbode Eric Wolferman Norman Roth Marilyn Shapiro Jam es Stewart Roberta Van Laven Bassanio Wong Lloyd Rotker Naresh Sharma Cele Stolzenberg Annie Vento Peter Wood Miriam Rubman Anita Shleifstein Jo Ann Stone Doreen Vialet Geraldine Wooden Anna Rudbarg Hedvah Shuchman Trumilla Stone Michael Vincent Noel Worre ll Ed Ruettiger Elaine Silver James Story Ana Vives Selma Wright Lorraine/Besher Russo Dorothy Sim inski Phyllis Stothers Florence W agener Simeon W right Geoffrey Ryan Lois Sims Sallie Stroman Vida W agner Benjamin Wright, Jr. Joyce Saffir Ina Sinclair Penelope Stubbs Jay Walia Naomi Wurzburger Claire Sam uel Mary Singleton Chun-Hwai Su Perry W alker Alice Yap Cheryl Samuels Milton Sirota Frances Suddreth-Hart Nancy Wallace-Bailey Margie Zinzi Helen Samuels Edwin Sisenwein Margaret Suite Michael Walsh Phyllis Zito ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF STAFF ANALYSTS RETIREES CLUB Robert Adamenko Milton Campbell Gerald Flynn Pearl Jackson Pearlie Mennell Gerardo Afable Burton Carlin Judy Flynn Valerie Jackson Margarita Mercado Hakimah Al-Zahra Carmella Carmello Arlene Forman Amelia Jefferson Samuel Merson Frederick Alexander Joseph Caron Allen Foster Ina Jenkins James Meyer Tristan Allas Phyllis Carr Flora Foster Gloria Jimenez Michael Meyer Alice Allen Annette Carrington Harold Fowler Cladie Johnson Thomas Mezzatesta Leslie Allen Belinda Carro ll Beverly Freierman James Johnson Carol Michaels Joseph Alvarez Maxine Carter Alan Freilicher Lorraine Johnson Joseph Mickens Marsha Ambrose Patricia Caruso Manuel Friedman Marilyn Johnson Caroline Miles Paul Anderson Louis Celi Arthur Gaines Robert Johnson Joseph Miller Aspacia Andros Janice Cerra Ella Gales Barbara Jones Micha el M olinari Robert An garola Jean Claude Ceus Araleli Gamboa Flora Jones Barbara Mont Jean Anmuth Peter Chan Boushra Ghaly Roslyn Jones Helen M oody Florence Applestein Johnsie Cheatham Marguerite Ghartey Eileen Jordan Annie Morgan Arthur Aptowitz Kuttikkattu Cherian Shirley Gilliam Amy Kahn Dan Morgan James Arangio Lana Cherry Mary Giraldi Melvin Kalmanowitz Felice Morris William Archipoli Arthur Chigas Edwina Glasco Herschel Kaminsky Hope Morris Henry Arm endinger Ida Chin Nicholas Gleason Arnold Kaplan Susan Mullgrav Robert Armstrong Estelle Chodosh Irwin Goldberg Frances Keenan Margaret Munnelly Jimmy Arnold Himangshu Chowdhury Myrna Gonzalez Jeffrey Keller J.J. Murphy Kenneth Asbedian William Ciporen Pedro Gonzalez Margaret Kelly Joseph Murphy Hanacho Atako Marilyn Cirrone Myra Goralski Randy Kelly Mary Murphy Steven A ugust John Clark Bernice Gordon Carol Keyser Michael Murphy Neil Awalt Joyce Cleary Joan Gordon Sheldon Kier Ruth Murray Robert Backes Hattie Cleveland Marjorie Gordon Anita King Thom as Murray Don Baharav Joyce Cleveland Minette Gorelik Kathleen Kinney Leslie Myers Malkit Bains George Cohen Sheila Gorsky Elizabeth Klaber John Nash Ingrid Balady Martin Cohen Eli Gottlieb Laura Kleeman James Nealon Steven Balicer Glynton Coleman Sybil Gowdy Alfred Klein Gabriel Neama Rafiu Balogun Patricia Coleman Stanley Granat Marie-Ann Koegler Kathleen Neary-Burns Mary Bardy Elsie Colon Mary Elaine Grant McPartland Jules Kohn Annie Newe ll Mary Barlow William Considine Alonzo Graves Roberta Kolin Erwin Nied Mirella Baroni-Harris Mildred Cordero Eleanor Gray Marian Konstan Jack Niznick Charles Baroo Hannibal Coscia Susan Greenhouse Henry Korobelnik Elizabeth Nobile Ted Barra Peter Costa Lewis Greenstein Jerome Kraus Kathryn Nocerino Richard Barth Henrietta Council Stephen Gregor Irving Kreindler Iris Nowes-Hecht Eileen Bartky Robert Croghan Ira Greinsky Sandra Krentcil Stephen O'Brien Renee Bash Stanley Cutchins Joel G rill Jane Kronholtz Catherine O'Connell Barbara Batts Joseph D'Aiello Mary Gropp Richard Kucera Stephen Obeng Earl Batts Elizabeth D'Aversa Richard Guarino Adele Kwaw Procesion Obra Marjorie Baum Carol Dailey Frank Gulino George Lang Jane Offen Yolanda W om ack Beckett Marilyn Daitsman Mary Gunn Hardison Dolores Lapin-Curley Thomas Ogden Charles Beckinella Richard Dalrymple Tilak Gupta Judith Layzer Sheldon O liff Rose Beer Dolores Daniels Myra Hailey Jeannette Lee Sadye Olivieri Judith Beiss Frances David Phyllis Hailstock Kaye Lee Patricia Ollison Ruth Bell Edward Davis Marguerite Hajduk Joel Leichter Murray Olsen Joanna Belt Rufina Deguzman Claire H all Henry Lenz Henry Opad Lynn Bender Una Delaney Edmund Hall Nicho las Lesanti Elizabeth O’Reilly Diana Benitez Mavis Delgado Sandra Halstuch Rosanne Levitt John O st Carolyn Bennett Ralph Delise John Hannigan Martin Lewis Am orita Pakilit Maureen Benson John Dellecave Barbara Hanrieder Stew art Joyce Liechenstein John Pape Elaine Silodor Berk Janet Deluca Cleve Hanson Michael Light James Pappalardo Herman Berkowitz Ralph DeMattia Frances Nadine Hapaz William Linhart Larry Pappert Margarita Bermudez Ana Deya Geraldine Hardiman Lillie Lockhart Dennis Parham Marilyn Bernard Richard DiBari Sandra Hardison Brenda Lomax Lucille Parris George Bernett Rochelle DiCristofalo Gussie Harris Rosa Lovejoy Melvin Pascoo Carolyn Berry Vincent DiGesu Sharon Harris Eileen Lovett Anita Payne Regina Berry Marianne Dikeman Sandra Hartmann Grace Lucas Carol Payne Cathy Berzin Anthony DiLeonardo Chandra Hauptman Hattie Lucas Regina Pegues John Besignano James Dimarco Stanley Hauptman Joseph Lucas Elba Pelaez Vidyadhar Bhide Philip Dinanzio, Jr Mildred Hawkins Flora Lucchese Delores Peloso Adona Blake Sheila Dipolo-Donahue Rhodia Hawkins Mary Ludvigsen Antony Penel Helen Blecher Gloria Djaha Charles Healy Paul Lurie Millicent Perry Andrea Bloom Jack Dobrow Nancy Hellman Marvin Lutenberg Sara Perry Aquila Blyden Mary Joan Doheny Elizabeth Henderson Rose M aco ni Robert Pfefferman Timothy Bohen Audrey Doman Jacquelyn Henderson Leo M aher William Pfister Elizabeth Borden Barbara Donovan Robert Henke Jr Janet Mahoney Mary Ellen Phifer William Borock Laura Dottin Carmen Henry Henry Mandel Susan Piccirillo Carmine Borzelli William Douglas Paul Henry Claire Maroney Jack Pilchman Carol Bow ers Christine Dudley Saundra Henry John Maroney Arlene Pitt Willie Bowman James Duffield Barbara Herman Donald M arshall Vincent Polim eni Edward Braverman Walter Dugan Lisa Hernandez Roberta M artell Phyllis Pomerantz Connie Bray Alfred Dukes John Heron Claire Martes Pauline Pon Maureen Brennan Martha Easparro Mary Hillman Ralph Martinez Annie Poole Eddie Marie Brodie Martina Elam Solomon Himelfarb Martha M asnyj William Pope Joyce Bronstorph Laraine Eldridge David Hochstein Denis Massey Peter Post Yvonne Broughton Terrence Ellison Joseph Holdam pf Peter Mastropolo Douglas Potts Angella Brown May Engler Andrew Hollander Antoinette Matijevich Peter Prestia Carol Brown Gloria Erardy Rita Honekman Laura Matteo Evelyn Marie Pridgen Herbert Brown Linda Erickson Novell Hopkins Constance Maxey Carl Prisco Richard Brown Joyce Eversley Marion House Letitia M axwe ll Lon Protzel Rosemary Brown John Farley Sherry House John Mazzarella Alma Pugliese Shirley Brugman Camille Fatto Elizabeth Huggins Weltha McCant Risa Puld Ronald Bruno Mildred Feinstein Barbara Hunt Kathleen McDonough Barney Puleo James Bucchino William Fellows Barbara Hurst John McElroy Catherine Quere Priscilla Budden Sandra Fernandez Azeeza Hurston Thom as McEnery Miriam Quintero Joe Burgess Alice Fichtelberg Nadine Hurwitz Thomas McGann Harris Rachlin William Burgess Betty Figueroa Maria Ibanez John Dennis McGreen Mimi Raimondi Theresa Burke Joan Fillot Haydee Inclan Charles McHugh Frederick Ranzoni Kenneth Burton Georgia Finch Margaret Ingram James McKeon Ambati Rao Patricia Burton Richard Fink Ana Irizarry Kathie Mclain Patricia Rashkin Joseph Buster Joel Fishelson Morton Israel Velma McLaughlin Edward Rasquin Dorothy Byrd Philip Flaum Brenda Ann Jackson James McQuade Thomas Reed Diana C alvert Jacquelyn Fleming Evelyn Jackson Harold Meckler Marylin Reed-Borquaye Eugene Calvert Daniel Flynn Janyce Jackson Velarie Melvin [continued page7]