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Loc'al 3. .ma:11 er leaves for Boston 1meeting· Victor Swanson, general manager of Local 3, left immedi ately after the local convention of the Union Labor Party for the annual national meeting of the American Federation of Labor being held this year in Boston: Swanson is the only delegate from Local 3 at the big meet- -,t A.FL. unions ·and shipyard ing. Prior to the AFL session he was to confer with General .J managements on the West President· William C. Maloney of the I. U. of o·. E. on craft , f Coast put··up an unusual pro- jur:.isdictional matters. He is expected to return to San .Francisco posal to the National War La- on October 1-5 . . ·,·.:.: bor Board. Harry Metz is acting manager during Swanson's absence. Tl · · . k d th b . d fo I Metz il)S t completed an assignment in the Westwood-Suisun- . ' ·' appr6~r a a;la; of jot re~~~sifica- ville. sector whe.re Loc_al _Na.. 3 _have won several N. L. R. B. rtion and pay increases for 33,000 elections govermng 1unsd1ction m the wooas.1 , i f hipouilding workers, which will ! . ~efore he le_ft ~or the_ ~ast ~wanson mged all me.mbers liv ·1-r/save Uncle· Sam eight times as , mg m . San Francisco to vote m the mumc1pal elections to be . 'much as the wage · outlay. . . held November 2. living costs go milHon ·,o ··•;;. joint committee of the unions and the employers appeared at a '* * WLB hearing on behalf of the pay up-Up-UP. fight labor pr(ess .. ~ revisions. As •a demonstration of arm pet,ce issues debated see p~ge 3 see page 6 t heir unity on the question, both sines agreed upon H'arry F. Mor in AFLils annual com1ven.tion 'tpn, attorney for the Kaiser · ship- building interests, as their spokes- Boston- With the double objective of doing everything i:r:an. ~ possible to win the war and to win the peace', mor/:; than 500 ;. ,: Morto1{ pointed out that the job delegates converged on this city .for the 63rd annual conven r-· !'reclassifications are ·essential be- Eon o'f the American Federatior, of Labor. ,cause of new' tecl~niques .and p;·o~ As the representa)ives of . six million American workers Dredges ...... · ...... , ...... __ 3 Reno ...... __ _.. __ ... 2 cesses in West Coast shipbuiJdihg. gathered in the lobby of the Statler Hotel awaiting the con Eureka :.. ... :...... -..... : ...... ___ 2 • Sacramento ·..... -..... :: ... _.. .. 3 j, Twenty-four classifications would ventiGn opening the consensuk of opinion was that the Amer ;; br, affect~d. ,.., · ican Federation of Labor and 1ts ·affiliated unions are now at · , ,Fin. Secretary ~.:...... ___ 2 Salt., Lake City ...... 3 . Th~- changes W<>;ulc:1 yield pay peak strength. •' . •·>· . 1 ...,,.... • . Fresno ...... :...... -...... _ Z . , ,_,,_,a boosts ranging · up . to 33 . cents tn Reports ,from delegates coming in from every ,section. of the . San Francisco ...... _, __ )'~. " ·hour-, qut the average; for all 33,- · country indicate · that- war produc- i ·. . . · . . ·• • Oakland ...... '. ., .. C'...... 5 San Jose -...... -...... 7, . . 000 would be 10 cents". ,·.,·'a· t' ,. 'dl ., · - wt11ch . can ·be put mto op_e rat10n... !\1 ...,,. . ,~. • • , ]';.forum. I't,on' .'· ,.1.s. procee. mg a a _ap1 y m I . . ,, . . . 1 -- ,,., "d' · o-· -'c-· l ·· -,' l · b .;.,__ th t J • • · · • . : • · :. , a~ soon as ·the·.,fightm o-· ends,· ·. 0 ~\;_Q_gd,9n.,-~-- "...... :. a· --...... __ __ -~ -_ , ~· San·· Mateo, .:'~--: --·--- .... ·-- ·;;: 6 sa1 ·,.:,,. fl,, a11 anl).ua .. ,·" .. i:
, r· "No .doubt ~'., a niaJority in the anee that_eventua i victrori,1\ tor ·,if*'. prog:ress ~bout the · city, but no 14 votes and Roger Lapham, labor •;-.,,.. - !{ . fenate \VHi . v6!~?\P f1lvor of tllis Un,ire~ Nations is now ~ert~,\n; ~~~· prospects for y~ry many new ones baiting- shipowner,· just 'managed - •-~·: ·_~w~~'.\,.,-_-.:-' ~' legislation ini Two ENGINEERS' NEWS October 15, 194:3 ·-: ...... ,_ I . , Reno reports Pay whe:r1· IEureka S~}f § fher Ct!Jf! U;Se = dues due; ~~ oo~~.lo.ff w~f.W'~/.1 1~v ~2·~ ~v . ~ v~·· ~ Financial Secret asks 1 more engn1e.ers.n1 iun1l1er conternpiaied T. M. Bynon, Financial Secretary, working .out o& the indi1st1~y fi re:preseniative says. San Francisco office, reports: John DeLagrange and Les Otto Never, ,Busi~~ss Representative, working o~t of Looking over our report to tl).e G~neral Oflice for the last 'Collett; ·:Btislness "·Represeiltii: the Eureka office, reports: ·, . . '• :L :i month I yws Vf?f.Y much surprised to see such a large num ··,0c 'J.i:ih. tives working· out ·of the Reno ·Joffice, r.eport: ber of members suspended for non-payment of dues. . Eureka:-:-The news from Eureka is full of progress and .what It seems strange that the members now· steadily em. we need now is more Local 3 men for the Lumber industry. · Reno-=There is no riew work i · ployed, would allow themselves to become suspended . and To begin with, Marshall H_anrahan is now working at :Red _contemplated for Nevada as far as then put up the cry that they were not notified by the office. Hen and also at Fort Dick, near the Oregon line. Part of .this I can learn from information re We all know when our pay is due, and we all know when work will be finished before the rain sets in, but the Fort Dick ceived. The airport job at Love our bills come due. Therefore, we should make arrange job will carry over into next Spring. It rains up there about an lock, Nevada, being ·constructed by ments to meet our obligations on time; instead of having to average of a hundred arid ten inches. · Hunt and Frandsen, is going along pay a penalty. . The chrome mine at Orick will I · nicely. We have 33 men on this Article 20, Section 5, of the Internat1onal Constitution, start up any day now, and will put Brother Foss, at San Rafael,. will job. about t wo dragline operators and '.1ave the placing of men on thi . vVe also 11ave a new housing reads as fo llows: . ' "Any member who is suspended or expelled from a two heavy-duty mechanics to vrnrk, IJob as soon as the equipment p1;oject just let at Carlin, Nevada, eight hours and seven days a week. Il eaves Eureka, which will be· Oc- and two projects let at Sparks,. Local Union or by the General Executive Board, for any reason whatsoever, .and later becomes . reinstated -must,. The town of Eureka has the Jo- tober 15t11- The job should last Nevada. Both projects are under· cal .shipyards which keep about a ! untill . the middle of May. Bill way. be a member in good standing f.or one year after his re hun.dred and fifty brothers busy iB~rtlett and ~~ Y Dudal, formerly The Yancey Constructioh Coip. instatement before his beneficiaries shall be erititled to th q.eath benefits, cr...,d then his bene.ficiaries. .shall be. all the time. The , local housing I of e Mach,msts, and now, by pany has about three more weeks 1 j.ob has started here. This is about 1your_ business agent's sales talk, on .their bridge job north of Elko. entitled to the amount only in his class, according to the a $500,000 job. In addition to this, '.uember_s of Lo:al No. 3, arc · go Morrison Knudsen Company has length of time that he is a 1nember in good standing the· Carlin Construction Co. has mg with Carlrn as heavy-duty completed its work at Elko and after such reinstatements." · the dirt moving .j~b for Teichert mechanics. has moved 12 miles south of That means that if the suspended member has been a on . the Airport at Fort Bragg. We are badly L11. _ need · of rig Carlin. memher of the ·International for ten years,~ or more, his This . will take 32 cat skii1ners, six gers at $I). 7, choker men -, ~t Isbell Construction Company re beneficiaries would have been entitled to two hundred and oilers, six mechanics and one drag- I$l_- .02½,s.lo_ader.· men· at $1.27½ =-ano ceived, a n extension on the- airport fifty. dollar:::. as death benefits, but because, cif the suspensions · line . operato_r. · · $1.07 ½ · for .~ the redwoods. This at E°ly, Nevada, which consists of the members' standing in the death benefit fund is the sarne work is somethii:ig -new . in , the one new runway and· one taxi-way. as the newly initiated members. .Engin_eers here; but we . are tak · We have furnished . Andy Drum PA¥. DTJES . PROiv'.IPTLY-Do not allow yourself to be Stockton sets ing, them.· .in ·· here .· and showing o{ the Silver State Construction suspended! theh1 ·'what. Local 3 can ..do for ·its Company witl1 several- men in the record in war membe~. · If any brother knows past three weeks. He is going of a lumper ,jack who can -come along very nicely. Fresno o ice. rep·orts . bond purchases up __ here, let's ]).ear. about it. Associated General Contractors . \Ve- -ca.n'.t build up · this field of Nevada had a meeting Septem "Bill" W.aack, Business Reµ- sentative working out of the· without evePy-member helping. Vie ber 25, but failed to sign. a state· no.t much new h, ... dJsfr:ict Stockton Office reports:- also have fogging engineers an_d wide agreement. The Brown JVIaterials Company firemen, siacker and donkey engi- Harms and Larsen have finished Thomas D: Bryson, Business have moved _one of their draglines . Stockton-:---Stockton is_ proud :of neers, saw filers, stationery fire the job at Minden and have moved Representative working out of I to Corcoran to set up the dredge its r ecord- to be the first m.aJor men, and mHl mechanics, cat off. the Fresno Oifice reports: I I that has just beeri brought in to city . in California to go over the skinners and blade. and shovel men: We have had several calls for Fresno-There is very · little of work on the Tulare Lake, strength- top 111 bond purchases. Although· the scale at this time is ·merf, from contractors .at Sacra interest .to r eport from the Central I mento and San Francisco for the Valley district this month, there ening the levees. . ·1 Labor came ·thru magnificently/ !c,wer than constru~tion wo~~, it Truett Shields and Fisher has and labor has given the community 1s st.eady an.d workrng cond1t10ns Tonopa-h,. Nevada job, which is are no new jobs starting up in this I 1 scheduled to be completed within vicinity and we have ieveral men fdur cats and one dragline working at least something to shout about. , are ideal. · 45 days. This job is in the jurisdic- idle as some of the small jobs are on the Kings river flood control At Pollock's the average purchase One_ .of our: outstand_ing Stew tion of.. Loc~l No. 12, but as ·far as finishing up. w~rk near-• Lemoo~e; they _are ! per employee; in,cluding of course i ards _m the redwoo~~ rs __Brothe 7 I kn,ow, Local No. 3 has the ma- The_ Phoenix Construction Com- gomg along 100% with the muon. the purchase of management was IMarv m Neal, who · ·IS with the jority of men on this job. pany has just about · completed I spent a couple of days in the $46.00 per employee. · Northern Redwood Lumber Co. at The ·FaHon Pre-Flight Naval · their job at Coalinga and have Kettlemen Hills-Avenal~Coalinga ·other groups topped the engi- Korbel as cat doctor. Another new Training ·s tation has been post- moved part of their equipment on district rounding up some of the neers purchases, but our , gang · brether, H. R. C-annon, is steward poned until October 15. their Highway job near Merced. men working in the Oil-fields, they average $6.5.00 ·per man. That's a at Brown · Brothers mill at Bridge Isbell Construction Company is At the rate they are going they are sure hard to find as they a1·e fine record. o. K. Wilson did a ville, and i a donkey puncher. It making fine progress On their I Should finish that job in about 30 scattered over an area of about good job on swing as did Brother is a pleasure to meet and sign ui;i stripping and mining· job for the I days. 20 by 45 miles; did not find all of Bob Warnick on days. This yard these new brothers in the red Consolidated Copper Mines Cor- L&rsen and Harms are going the men working in the oilfields, of about 5,000 employees produced woods as they are a credit to poration at Kimberly, Nevada. We right along on the Friant Ivfadera but I think I located most of them. $230,000. Local 3. _are stili working in the metal min- Canal, they . are using two drag The Rock Sand and Gravel pits Once more and we will can· it a On September 26,th we had ing industry in the State of lines and six cats on the job all are workin_g just about the same year. The combined War Chest- Brothers Pat Cla11cy, Secretary Nevada, but hope to have more manned with Local No. 3 mem as usual, they are an eyesore in Red Cross drive. Let us put this Mathe,vs, Financial Secretary Tom news pertaining to this industry bers. They have sub-let the con this district, and I don't seem to be important contributio. n to the Viar I Bynon, Business ,Manager Vic (the in our next Monthly Bulletin. crete work on structures to L. H. able to get anywhere v,·ith them. effort over in the. same manner. I Swede)· Swanson, and Treasurer Robert E. J\l[cKee has about onec Hansen & Sons and they are going The office girl has been on vaca- Om· progress on construction is . Vanderwark as guests and speak- 1 half his ·foundation, in for his new along okay with om· members. tion the past two weeks and it has routine. Biassotti, Teichert, French, ers at the Engineers shind.ig and Vlhich is also at Piazzi & Huntley are going right kept your business agent pretty M. J . B. and Ed Thorpe are keep-· special meeting. Sparl,s, Nevada. along on their Highway job at busy trying to take care of the ing their gang infact. McGaw Some of the brothers came a: · F. C. Stolte is progressing with Lemoore with about eight_een of office work and get out on the operates with the same tempo. hundred-miles to attend and every the bridge job for Western· Pacific our members working there. jobs at the· ,same time. The logging industry is of out- member enjoyed himself. Railroad at Doyle, California, with standing interest to all engineers. I Our next meeting· wm be an two rigs and a dozer an~l all Union Over-h~ad er~~es g@hig brr@ · Here as on all the other jobs our · nounced in. the next issue of The crew on the job. men are in key positions. Brother News Letter. · Winston Brothers Construction @f;ti@!i"1 ,rt.. ~~Vil. Ge~1ev'1 _pBar1t Al Herbert is logging engineer for/ In closing, let all brothers keep Company is still at work on the Calaveras Land and Timber: B. ·J . in mind the fact that we must 1 railroad project for Red River H. L. "Cur1y" Spence, Busi \:Ve are glad to at least. be Hodges is operating a 2½ yard build our organization so that it Lumber Company. The shovel is on out of the Provo· Office re called upon to suP._ply Union men N.W. at Cooks Station in the High I covers all industries employing two shifts with the cats working port§: to Vv. W. Clyde Cont., who has a Sierras. McD01iald Lumber Com- Engineers, and that after the war single shift. Provo, Utah-Pomeroy-!l".[orrison job at Schofield Dam and to Reyn- pany has 25 years of operations in no broth/ff need go without work. E. B. Bishop Company is still olds Constr. Co ., who has a job this area. _doing.work ·at Honey Lake for the Company at .the Geneva Plant is at Ironton and Eureka. The Aluminum Company _at Sierra Ordnance Depot.- putting some ov~rhead cranes into It is with_ deepest regrets that Riverbank went . unanimous fcir Radich and Brown Company is operation setting machinery and we report · the death of Brother I A. ·F. of L. at their rec~nt elec San,· Fr .©J~ciscc going ahead with the airport at pouring concrete and our members Calvin Teague who was electro- tion. reports @n i@bs Honey Lake with about one-half are manning these jobs as fast as cuted while wnrking as an oiler at Hy d r au l i c Dredge "Papoose" ~ . 0 the equipp.1eµt on a double shift they are available and our supply Ryberg Strong and Grant Constr. wound up the Stockton job. It is (Continued from P.age 1) Co. at the Gravel Pit at American and are waiting on water. of unemployed members is rapidly tough going on dredge crews thes'c the daylight after wor},~~~-~ Sierra Construction Company diminishing. Fork. days. Short handed rigs are the yard for a year! has two shovels going on a: single Curlee of U. P. M., Art With- * * * or.der. The men are just not to be shift. row, Midwest Pipe · and Supply, • had. · Also, a tug-of-war-and ·again David A. Richardson Company Jerry Foote, F . H . McGraw Co. Army (;@rastr!.!Jt.'!'G'h:m jobs. One more thought in closing. If graveyard was winner. Brother is now pouring concrete on the . and Charlie Pruce, Koppers Co. hoiv~ fevJ st@p[?~ges we are to 1·etain our standing as Gus Castell was caught in the bite flume job at Vvestwood, California. have all been very cooperative in 'Washington, D. C.-Vvork stop- i Trad.es Unions, if we are to keep of the line on a false · start and Have received report of a round- correcting all matters of dispu'te . d' intact our sfatus in this great was dragged the length of the field pages f rom a 11 causes, me1 u mg I . house job at Portola, California, concerning the Operating Engi democracy, if we are to return to on his back-much to his sorrow! '·-c .on the \Vestern Pacific and will neers. strikes, · on its $6,000,000,000 con- our brothers now fighting on the Muc,1 of the success of the out-1 - cl'i:eck on this. I have been informed that warm- struction program, initiated and · battle fronts of the globe our or ing was due to Brother Jack Tay/ ing up_ operations at the No. 2 supervised by _the Corps of . Engi- ganizations as they left them will lor's diligent work. Let us in on * * * Battery at the coke ovens will be neers, Army Service Forces, dur- be with the assistance of our the secret of the steaks, Jack, with ;\ AFL fr-e§i~~n11t gin approximately Nov. 1st. The ing the fiscal year ended Jtine 30, ballot. A patriotic engineer will not all the mea_t rationing it sure (!Continued from Page 1) reason for ·the delay thus far has 1943, amounted to one 2/100 of one shirk his duty to vote. would be welcome! -means then that the parliamentary been the lack of enough gas being per cent of the total man hours , Elections vital to your everyday Work at , Matson Navigation rule of cloture must be applied if available. encompassed by the program, the life where food, clothing, prices, Company has slowed up consider the Senate · is · accorded the priv The Amer-ican Bridge Co. is rap \Var Department. announced. rents, schools are coming up. But able with the entire night shi°rt · ·' il'ege of voting upon this measure. idly progressing with the . erection The record, covering what is be- to vote you· must first register. In laid off. If will require a two-thirds vote of steel at. the Geneva Plant. lieved to be the greatest construe- I Stockton its at 227 .East Weber At Bethlehem Shipyard bf the Senate to pass the cloture The Blast Furnaces at the· Plant tion program of all time, embraces Avenue. In otp.er areas, ask your ditions are about the same ...... __ measure." are also nearing completion. -14,469 projects. .- business agent. usual. Y · .. :~ ·: ~ EJJG~~$' NEW$ :F'J:,sip:ef:t,s\ ,r .··, ~nqi'ateer~- -Li1hing-costs-UJJ-23o/o ~ince :· Artny''~teH$ . . • IJA h l~ e ~ ·~L war--began~tl_i__a_}_'s offiF. ial,·. t I . L : ; & :J ' . ~:::-.,. 1n . ·, Tei ·ur:m .l[swrrn new . . .. ·"' · · . . . :m·ll'~fJFl'mea~~ers .·· · · · · ·· · · ' ·, ' ' · · · · · . This is jpst for fhe.:re filled . :from ·Salt . Lake_office. A:lsa- ish~d . up their work at Sunnysid:e. -:r,ii·k!Jr and F_ I 9-nrahan !clj.[:h hav.e "TM important thing : is that- accounts were presented of bomb· . . both :of tliese great ·groups work . 'd . 'G ' . . r 'b the1~ Well:, ·· Ne.v~da ~op is prq~-- 9.rap.ing at ifaiwat-h~ is fl.bout ;co111- a ,few 1:tgs W?rting-, at c ~mr>-:I3eale. . mg ra1 s over ermany, amp 11 • . ·~at1sfactor1ly· All of the1·e · 1 d d together for their mu-_tuai welfar:e ious 'landings in Sicily ·and the set,. resslllg·. · · ·· · ~ · ·. - ' ' · · · .- · · . ' plete· and Enoch 'Smith & Sons ar.e The Rice M_il at Wo9 lan . . . , · f . . and in so 'doing ·they will serve the' ting· up of ovei_·seas b_·ases. w.011k. lS ·gomg -a~ong umpn as ' ar mof ing:·ovei.'' to' Waftis' oii"aiiotfier' '_Wniclf rs·-beingJ;oristr\.(ctea. by :the as·, -th~ -engineers :is_ concerned. . :ho~sing project. . . Dihwidclie _. 0:bnstructioh _<::ompany welfare of the whole nation." 'Ai,iny Service Forces and . ·Ai!! , '-The ··tl'tah . Construction ·have. fin- The "much -'talked -about Marys- i~ \rirt~a11? ~?IYJ?leted. . - *, * * _Forces geherals highlighted the isn~d at-' Jtiab JJUhctiO!J 'ang trrio:ve'd vale Aluminum Plant has failed to Two shifts _will soon be. put on predges still in n~,d degree' to which military plans· ...... ' . ' . '- 1- . 'th J d H ttl t t · · b t f f rriust"· be limited' by ,prodi:tction · .·t!i· ·e_n···-~qu,_pment m_·i 'they ·have. a so dev,elop so''far. ' Ufah Coi:fatructiort+ e:_ one~ an. . .. _e . es_e ter JO .a Q· m ,e _._n, •. ; .O__ s _t, ~-r_, sa.~. s ' ' · · L d' T · · h ,,. schedules ' and ·the maimer · Tn: ~o:ved·'t,ljeir· eqU:ipn: ent, ffom Du- ~ork "for ·the . Cfolorado ,··Fuel-· ·arid Kmghts . an 1pg" h!s 1s t e con- j~ck F,ost\l-!'• f}t~siy.e~~ R~pre- ·che.sne Ti.mnel tothe•sh0ps at·@ar.-· I · t.· c· d c··t .;,, :, :,·: .... : , 'Struction of a Rice· Mill also. · . - ·· which battle ' e'xperience forces · ' - · · ·· . · · - · ron a . e ar 1 Y, progressmg · ·· se!l~atiyf\· 'Y!>f1•~-i:ig out of the alt·er·a·tions· I'n de'sign ·a·nd ~e·q·uir·e- · field· where they axe· ·having' 'large · · · ' \Vork is,· s_till gain.. _ g on__ . on Teich- · · • · . __ >, · . . _· ·. . -. , • .. . ·, . . 1 1 nicely. Fourteen Brotners . are San ·F!'!!JlCis_co _.Off~c~ .-r_\lP!lrts: ni.ent·s fo'r specific weapons_. -c-rews :-- overhaul--- and ·,repair ·· their .· ' k' th· ·t ...... ert's Levee -job at Col us.a. Th 1 1 eqmpment.. . ;.. · . preparatq;y. . . : · to.· gomg•.· :wor, . · mg· . is op.en p1 . ll'Op.,..,,,. mme._, , . Lor·d' . & _. )3·1·shop· ·. ·a· re also . st1·11 .b . 'te th c,i:ec t'~~ conclitiqnsth . 1!f~· Lieut. . Gen. Wi11iam S. Knudsen, &.- :-- ~n'" fo ·~· large: job··which'., wi'll start . ~he l\'I1llforcl -~ousmg proJect_ IS .wo'rkinit at Colusa unloadiilg cars, a pu . . e sam~ : . . . e companies, .{\riny Dir.ector of Producti'on, i'e• II"" . iri' t!he·" near -future. . . gomg along allnght for the En- The Roell:; Sand and Grava! Plants arr ~~ort p~fi-~, _and qmld µse . a 'ported .· on w·hat our ·equipment· is , \ Cpriners; and•;·MendhaH have ··ah gineers. Moss and J4urdock doing continue .about the same. n~m ~r o ... Jt~ _.hanps. ~:1d Leve~--- doing in the·freld, based·:on his 6b· $80;000 dob in' WE:?dover, which· is the excavating and pouring of· the Teichert has finished at both ;;n m t~e Ba~ at~d Riv~, _area\ servations during his ~ecent 30,000· S·t ar t-mg. t o· wor k ;. · F ord J. ir.waits con'cre, te. . l\'f~ather F1'eld and . Mun1·c1·pal A1'r- t e _hp~y d is _goo ' _1e wor·1r is no mile trip to the South Pacific 'With also has a --·pa:ving job just -starting, Also in Southern Utah, Cliff port and nearly all of the members oo . ar ... anyone_w1 mg to try Under ·secretary Patterson. The . ----... at' Wendover. iPriµce has three small Bridge jobs: who were working on those jobs ci;t,n make goof:l · · : and· there is Ijob . still to ,be, done on 'the home ._ r.< µ , , th ·has a gr-.avel plant· set This firm is also on the unfair list h t T I N alway~ an oppqrtumty- to advap.ce front was discussed by C. E. Wil- ~,. .., 1 1 11 ave ·o onopa 1, , evaa a. to tlie Top job., . ·UP ··fl.t Wendover and is starting to and· all Brother Engineers are Lord & Bishop hav.e two rigs son, executive vice-chairman of the The comparjies and the Union W p d · B d ·· get ·out a!:!:grat_e tor r_oad and faun- warurd to stay away from these workin_ g driving p_1_·1es. One at ar ro uct1011 oar . ~ . will appreciate your calling at any dation work. ·This firm has just jobs. Dixon on a bridge job and the .of the Union offices to obtain com- , , • . , •. * * * moved into· our territory from The. Geneva - Steel Plant being other at Courtland wl~ere they are - plete information concerning this Wcsrmnt"!I~ on tax - Wyoming.,. and has-been using Local built , at Geneva, is progressing making a weir. type_of work. If :YOU are interested, .When you· change an em_ployer; No. ·3, Engineers exclusively for a splendidly as far as Operating En- The Clements Company have a or know any friends vvho might be or' if your family status, is chariged~ long pe.rfod of time. gineers,.:-are· concerned. We have few rigs working on a road job interested, plE!ase pas·s the worc;l notify the employer at ·once· of Mullins and ·wheeler Company enjoyed good cooperation from the at Arbuckle. Work on the Chico along, your exemp.tions.' under. the new are working at Tooele and Orem,· various contractors and their su- Airport . is ~ practically· completed. Withholdin!:!: Tax program. , Jobs are open at Corcoran, Cali- ~ Utah. All Ur.ion Engineers. , perintendents and equipment dis- The Nicholaus, Bridge job is still fornia, Sacramento; Hunters Point, . T,his ·warning last we~k poinf ed · ·Hebe Glenn ancl Jim Sumptions patch'ers. This is ·1argely clue to going with A. Soda & Son ba~k on Tul~r'e Lake and other part; of the . out "that all e~plpyers 3:re required jobs are on the unfair list and all the influence of the Ufah-Pomeroy the job. George French's work on Bay Region. by' law to ·hol? ·back a full 20 'per 'of ou1;· Brothers .a;~ .:w:;irned to st_ay and Morrison··· comp.any, who -were the Vina Airport. keeps· a · few· of - * * * cent of · all wa~es, unless the ex:- -aw.;iy from •their: w.orf ·Th¢ir 1~ain the· f~rst to , sign with the Unions. .our members busy. Mai:k T\~ain d~cl~recl that an emeptions are 'claimed. joq at this time _is. pa-ving Provq We also greatly appr~ciate the On the Lawrence Construction Irish~;_n's 'stomach is line'cl . witll " ~* *-: : * r. 1· Cah¥OP. r.011,d. s~lengid : ~o~perl}tion _E; Xtenpgd to Corripan_y HousiD:g Proj~c_t at Val- cdiper" a11,i{ heer'_'-~,QrrQ.\Ies ' it, 'qµt . ~}v~ry Jlll!:U takiis fb.e pi:ni,ts _. ,of' L'!\ :• . f{he.~Ley : ; Er?t11~f~;::.. ,.~~-r doin~: Qpetjitfn_~ ~ngirieers_'by Dispatcher- lejo.' s~131e . trouol: .'\ e'gar'ding ' 'the I~~?~ L,P..?-~~h~\_ lhe . copp!)r, an~} !i~:.o\~n' !W~!>! Y{~i?~.J- .. ENGINEERS' NEWS . , :October '15, 1943 :· - . ':.. \··,_z-._::, ·.:~ r. . ·, ~... /; . .[ N~w _Know-N0th.i-ngism, ·~· • ...... //-.c·7.. .,, rn -·· ·. -ENGJ:NEERS6: ,NEVJS _,.. . . : -.. -·-:. >J'~~ {c.Rrt11 · ·._ '.:' \ ' Foi:·merly Monthly News Letter ··.··· r Editor,-The Hat Worker ·\ published each month by (For the ALPA) ',<,::- ...__ Greasers, Sheenies, Dagoes, ,/ lOCAL UNION ·No. 3 t, .. - I Wops,-just a bunch of foreign of the ers and how can any iorth i right superman like Westproo'k - ~- lltif1fi·e·rnatienal Union ef Operating Engin~ers Pegler, a member of the Her t renvolk, who had the foresight Northern California1 Northern Nevada I to be whelped on the pure and ; State of Utah unsullied soil of i::r Chicago <. ] Subscription price: $2.50 per year gutter consider these · people -r as real Americans? l Off.ice: 1161 Market Street They may have run away from intolerance and oppres San Francisco I California 0~ J sion, they may have risked JI Ap~li :c.tion for Entry as Second Class Matter is pending ' th~ir lives to ·uphold .. freedorrr and democracy, their sons and ,;, I / their daughters may-right now · ·- T1laeJ\llnction of Labor in the War be ' facing- deqth ,on the high ·, ' ' ,.::·>, - '' - ' sec(s j::md on the battle. fronts ld~---By AJ~flDREW: J. BIEMILLER ' . for the pr:eservation .of, ,,Amer i Sp:c:fo:Jl. ~s:sist~nt to .the Vice Chairman, La~~r Pr~duction ican -id,eals of' liberty and hu -, 1 Office,,. . . , WlPB- . , man: dignity: but '· in .· the-' eyes 7, · ,(For the l1merican Labor Press Association) of Professor.0 Pegler· they:,aie · a lesser caste of men. . j . . W'lh\ell.'i. anyone asks, "What I Ameri_can F_ederation of Labor, the He does not approve of their ha9: l:ibor done in this war?" Congress of Industrial · Organiza forebears, • he .noes not ap.:i _}, · he deserves to get a · qµick, a tions, _the United _ States Chamber ' ' prove: of-riaturalized:A:mericans1 ' dear .:· cmd a concise answer: of Commerce and .. the National ' "I 1/SED JJP.J1tWLAST-Si!AR~· PfFICER.: II '' dhemse-Ives ,; and . he does not Association of Manufacturers, or :• approve ·ev'eri of 'their children;: \ labor's • ccn tribu tiori has been _, .··born in Americct', but holding: ganized.. labor has come a · step L. _:pr.oba.bly the most signifi~ant y':'S'-_'"'.'.,o::-::o,,...·c8:-;l/''"'.'." ______. '.·-··''--D,-,,-'!n_fc_or~O-f-fic_e_o_f_Wil_r_ln-fo-,m.--a_h_.oit,, _to stronge,.- helief that' 'aI! men: 1 and fh e rnostconstructive made closer to· the place, which labor are ' born· free arid "equaf arid f . by cmy group in this country. believes it · can and must fill · in are· endowed by ;their -Creator~ The President ·Speaks with certain inalieriahle rights,' r i~:1/::/~;~e;::~:~:~i:: ;:/t:e;~ ~:eF:::i:~:f ::1::::;merica. among them the right to as-· By FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT sociate with their fellow men . T _:.the job of production-and they PAPERS IS NEEDED President of the D'nited States of America in labor organizations and to l~a_ve ' done that job remarkably r(- J Among the contributions which No_te: Lab.or Day is past but the President's Message vote for men and policies o.f ~.c,-"WclJ,_ _J' hey have operated the ma- s~emed im!?orta_nt enou~h to .print even though laJe. · their own liking. · . chineS't:r.at chariged raw materials labor can make in these days of The guttersnipe from Chicago struggle, the stimulating voice and Fifty-six years ago .Labor Day was observed for the first into th€ w ols of war, and they ...... does not approve. influence of the labor press stand time in the United States. Since then we have fought one World For the record, therefore, we that have made the machines high. Union papers, published by War to victory and now are engaged in another and even hereby present two exhibits. tr;:tq.sport those tools. of war, and and for union men and women, greater conflict upon the result of which depends the future of They are · w r i t i n g s. which the m1.m to use them ,to the fight- can.arouse and maintain the work- freedom-loving people the world over. appeared a hundred years ing fronts. American labor, work- ers' awareness of the unremitting With that priceless heritag'e at stake we are determined that apart in these free and tolerant ing whh its hands, has been using and everincreasing need for pro this World W cir, too, shall result in victory so that life, liberty United States: its head, too. So far in this war, duction-for more and more pro and _the p1.1 r,suit of happiness shall me the lot of man when he Exhibit A · reads as follows.; nearly ?;';,(l,000 ideas and sugges- duction until the final great day of ...J. • ...r, ~ wills it and ·that he .be not the downtrodden serf of brutal Axis "Now this · fol~'alTed par'ty is ·tions .'J'or improving and speeding the Axis' unconditional surrender. rrias'fers. Thaf determination is shared by all Americans:. by not American ·but European. up p:rod'uction have come from the It seems only fair to add thalt the management and by farmers. That must be · emphasized. wo rk e rs themselves, expressed labor press has long been doing a It is altogether fitting that . these gioups of free Americans Much of its membership is through tneir labor organizations fine job in that direction, are working today, many laboring on round-the-clock shifts, European by birth and subject ,,r.r and thro· gh labor-1nanage1nent · But the ·labor press and the or that our fighting men on land, on sea and in the air may have to the European huddling or comm:ltte,,s; and if the labor-man- ganizations for which it speaks the weapons with whii:::h to bring about a victory as speedily herd political instinct (it's dif agement movement continues to must be even more .zealous in order as possible. · ferent in the Solid South), and spreacl, H:e workers_ may come that our country may be able to - To make time and thus save lives and suffering, our Amer~ rr,any of its bosses are Euro t_)1i;ough "'Vith 750,000 more. _ meet the increasing . demand_s for· icon workers, employers and farmers will need not only to pean who bring to their un- . munitions, material and equipment ions and their political careers , . ORGA\IJJIZ,E:D LABOR which the quickening tempo and maintain their production pace but to increase· it. Their recorc! pESlifJEVE:S THE CREDIT the .expanding scope of _the fight to date ho;s been magnificent and in keeping with the true in this country the philosophies and methods of the · Almost as impressive as the pro- against our enemies make more Amer-ican spirit of all-out effort for those fighting so valiantly Old 1 World ... " duction records that have been vital every day, and so successfully in all parts of the world. 1 You guessed it. . Exhibit A is _ made since the war's outbreak are These demands are not being That increased production elfort Nill b~ forthcoming. !t _will straight from the ulcerated the ·Li::;arnwor k, the cooperation, met as fully as they could be. Our be given gladly for love of country s_nd ror liberty, as 1t has typewriter of Westbrook Peg which hc,s oeen developed between production is great, but not as been given since Pearl Harbor, to set up a record that never ler. labor, rnsmagement and the gov- great as we could make it; our 1· has been equaled. We well may be proud of that achievement Take another dose of it. . ernme:nt, and which has resulted output is · high, but not as high as , for it has done much to make possible the successes o,f the Here is more of Exhibit A: : in a s_pei:'d and efficiency of out- our engineering plants, equipment · arm_ed forces of the United, Nations. Its continuation will spell "They bring to American union · put never before dreamed of, even and genius should make possible; the defeat of our enemies-the preservation -of our way of life. affairs and policies also cun-: in · this cJc.mtry where efficiency we have been working hard, but ning deviou-sness which has · and speed have long been glorified. not as hard as we can. never been more shockingly; Organized labor deserves major THIS 'WAR IS STILL HOW HIGH ARE .TAXES 1 . expressed than in this prooosal credit f.or t he accomplishments TO BE WON of Hillman (about the Amer-· achieved by American workers in ican Labor Party), a man ·who . the war production :program. The If all it takes to beat Hitler and nevertheless has enjoyed the reci;rrds show that contractual r ela- the Japs is cockiness, we've got favor of the New Deal . .-', " . tionsh:ipg between labor and man- them whipped today. ·But if it And here. is Exhibit B: ageme:nt exist in plants employing takes work and sweat and near- 1 "The foreigner is inured to apout 8_5-S-b of the total number of exhaustion, day after day . and 1 monarchical gov er nrrients . war wor:t"rS. In other .. words, most month after month, behind the W om by oppression and toii, war production workers are em- machines as well as behind the he brought along all his for- . ployed :in plants where the union guns; where do we ·stand? . f eign habits, prejudices and and .:management have establishe_d American labor has always in predilections. There is a rapid· agree:mt::n's controlling w ages, sisted that free men could out 1943 / and extraordinary increase of : _hours .a:nd conditions of work. produce slave workers._Our record the foreign population which / · So :mudi for the work in the up to now proves· that American ere long will expose the inshtu- · -, plantB. But it lies in labor's power production can-and will.:_defeat 1940 tions of the country to serious 'to -ach':i.ev;e still greater results, and the Axis. Our record in the future :t' to reuch this goal, still more com- can-and· must-be -even g1~eater, danger. Led by artful dema- ' . plete :iabor - management - govern- American workers can no more gogues, foreigners might ment cooperation will be necessary. afford to relax their efforts now. eventually be -used as the in ,For a lo:r:g time·, labor has heen than can American soldiers. struments of the overthrow of , asking for a greater opportunity Organized labor has helped tre- this now· happy ' and~ envied to participate in the policy making mendously to make the reco'rd as republic." · and :in the administration of the good as it . \s·. It must now help This bit of prophecy 'an_d : war program. Labor has believed even more; it must cope with and diatribe w·as presented to Con that,. the practical experience of defeat the many . problems that gress in the year f838, more·: labor leaders fitted ·them to fill face it~bad living conditions, in-. thar:i a hundred years ago, by) piaces of as much responsibility adequate facilities, poor transI:!or- a party known as the Native. , in the- ·war program· as those held tation; it must. join with manage Americans which later became : -by:· inclust:rial leaders, ment _in findi11g ways to shor_t-cii_t , \' the Kri6w~N6things. , . ' Tpda:y, with the establishment the production road to victo'ry; it The immigrants a g a in s t • they by ~Donald M. Nelson of the Wai· must join- with government in sur They are up - And pay whom the Know-Nothin,gs ' di _pr,Q(]uct'lon . Board, of a· M~nage- :mounting home-frorit probie_ms. , ,but up Jess .. than totaLir.comes. ·• .. 01-1Jv:a small part of our war .costs rected ,' their .,. veriom ,. were ' Jhe ' ·-.'' , • . ,,.-: . . .:,·:."...... • • ' ·. , ' i . . , , .· . . . . ,, ··· __ ;rn$_nt-Labor Council of eight men, Labor, the nation believes, .is equal Irish. CathoHcs. · In '.'t}~{e; the f1'· · .,,.- ·,.: ·. ~- , · ,. , , . · ~~ _r _ .,. • • •• _- · } - ·. ~lt.\Mucling the . president. ,,, to. .U-i>'task. v-10w . -"""'°"--°"" , . -.·: --(Contfoued ·on -Page' 6J ' .: · ,, .? ,l,,.. ,-., , /. 'October-IS, -1943 e five , ·· ·1·A,b ·,.s·' .... :::.-. ~ -m-- .. ' o.n·mem · - - ·ber.·s·. · ·:· I , , V - I :ll, · · ·- \ Brothers Al Clem, Ed Doran, Piazza and Huntley are finishing \ . their pa_ving job between Martinez j and Joe·Walthe~·s, working· out IIN ·THE GOOD- o:·· (L, 'n,--: ·· DAY s. of Oakland office, report: . · - and Pinole. Brother Jack is still on -,.j Brother Justin F. Schatto-en, . . . the Hot Plant in Concord. " I b We have heard considerable d1scuss10n among our ·very good, The rate of pay was 62½c per hour. The member of Local 3 has received - · , members,_:w -ho are -employed in the :shipyards, about · men were required to work on the cranes and whe_n his Selective Service , invitation to I · · " ·, the s·cale of wages they are · now receiving, and It there was no work to be done on the oranes tliey , -H. C. Ruthe!'ford Col)'lpany a; ~ join the other boys. l is otfr opinion that they have a just _complaint, but were to work on the floor. A great difference in busy on their.excavating_.job jor ' owing to various Government directives. and Pro- what we have at this _time, we would say! the Housing Project . in Rodeo. Funeral services were held in Approximately 12 members are the East for Brothe_r·. John Orlando ciamatiohs that at this time uiere seems to be a very In 1935, through the ui1tiring efforts of the In ,..,-l on the job at the present time. Solem, Locai. 3 member who passed re~ote pos,sibility of changing same, we would . like ternational Uniqn of Operating Engineers, and some away September 18. Brother Solem to t;ke· them: back to the turn of the Century and . of the old timers in our organization, the Interna; try: -~nd giv~ them_a ,picture of what the Engineers tional Union of Operating Engineers were success- We are glad to r eport that was employed- by Donahue Steel · · · · Brother- Fred Tuttle is now n·onie have worl_{ed for ·throµgh the years. fi.il, in getting an agreement with Moore Dry Dock Compahy in East Oaklan1, · from the hospital and is making At the time the . Moore. Dry' bock Com_pa!ly bmlt Company and raised the wages to 72c per hour:, a speedy recovery. · · Working conditions were now -also cons_iderably Several of. om· members have a Shipyard on th~ Estuary_in Oakland, located at 'g~ne to Tonopah, Nevada during better. the_ foot of Adeline Street, in 1908 there were ap- · Brother 1:I· E. Bryar:it, member : t he past month. ,, - ' '-- ·_ proximately four' engineers employed in the yard. Your Union was ag~in successful in getting a employed in Yard IV, who_was re- . St f Le . raise for the Brothers employed by. Moore Dry Dock cently· confined in the . h~_'spital is 1 -: En.,o-_ineers- over the _top again! The only equipment used at that time was i f g C th . 'Th_e -. O_perating Enginee rs ·in Ya_, rd D er,nc· k s an d th e opera· t ors o f the crane_s receive· · d ompany, is time to $l.OO. per hour. . n~w abl_e .to b._e_ home,· an(,d _ is re-_. . . f h f th . b Then · came World' War Number Two and· your cuperatfog· niceiy.: , _ ... " . : III, 'Richmond,-. -purchased th_e gran_d· t h e· magni f1cent :sum o . 55 c per our or eir ..1 a or. U _,. _, : . th·· " th ·y d t· . d · nion and the. Bay City Metal Trades Council wa:s .j, ,:,. ' ·u. . _.·_ ._: _· .,.-\,·\ · i - -':to. tal . of ;$6,7'_70 :75,: i~ :-theh' re_cent 0 ur .un d ers t an dm.g ' ' 1 1 ..::_S=ari1=Jese· reports -plans Labor s candidate for Mayor S:an .Mafe .o fQ s-t~r·i ste\vard syste1m says \V@rk ~,gf:~f~rmanenje ~eeting cni :up,r-ade~~-~ · l :i'\, _V-v7m~· A .. SJ:eers, ..Bu~i~ess :ijepr~sent~tive, w.qrkip,g out Pat Clancy, President ·cmcf Ii pf. Siu!n ]o.s,~:off1ce,. _repor,s. . . J~ysines_s . Ji~pr~s~?1ati!~~ · .:~~San Fo~e·..:.c..Our ~learer u:nc.ersfanding of t.he prob- II the shovel operator in the quarries. ation. Barrett & Hilp have qne lem. a;1d manner of adJustment. A systematic steward system is fuachine of t,hefr own and on~ · ResJp"oimrlU:ng to many ql!es'tions what we want, and to start the rented machine there. l concernin g the advantages of or- ball rolling,' we are calling a meet Piombo Bros. have a number o! ·1' ganizatio:n. Brother . Swaqson, rec- ing of all members employed iq cat skinners working on the Fi_eld. ognizing ' that many of us are not ,condenser operation in the Mag This has amounted to a pretty ,.., as well infor med on labor matters i:esi1Jm Plant on_ Friday, . October good job so far. S° as the :more experienced members, 15, 1943, . S:00 p. m. at the Engi- Pacific _Bridge at Redwoqd City, devoted ahout twenty minutes to (Continued on Page 7) . js winding up. L . .c. Smith has ~i · ~ yery inspiring talk on the sub- a fill job at Mills Field and small 1 ~ect, emphasizin~ t hat a Union is George R. Remy jobs · at various locations in Sari ::1. .~~ strong, or as weak, as its mem- Q_gden m,mbers Ma.'teo County. · ers choosE- to mal,e it, California Paving Company. has · T he ·nature at' comp\aints are ~back -,the .attack' ·Reilly labor's cGndidate been doing a little work along the )1 inariy, and varied. What has .Coast. Harms Bros. job ·below Half '; proven to- be the source of much 'Nith War ··eonds Moon Bay is completed. The men - ., ·unrest among the members gen- Joseph Riley, Business, Rep~ ·as San Francisco's Mayor employed there are now. up in the ) erally at Permanente,' is the fact resentative working out of the Sacramento, Valley on a levy job. ' tl t ··h · r t f llow (Continued from Page 1) that if the above slate, headed by r~j .· ia ,,:., ei:r po_1cy seems o o . . Og~en Office, r~ports: The Ebright Company has a 'job ti ''b · · d " 'O es~ Thi, Reilly, is el~cted to office on No- --,~·-~ · eanng own. p1 c ~- s Ogden-,-Brother Hobert Sneed Party include Daniel C. Murphy resurfacing the roads· in the Belair . ?. roce'?:IT;J.·E- . when ace_ omp,anjed by · vember. 2nd, · the war program will Shipyard, three members of Local was the purchaser of the first War for Sheriff; .Mathew Brad_y for 1ts r mmrng mate ·"disregard ·com- be stepped up, and the lot of the No. 3 •being employed. Also two 1,. plai, nts". c •1cr tainly is not included Bond, sold at the dedication of· the District Attorney, and the- follow- men an d women in t h e post-war -machines wo,rking for the City ·of _3 in the <'U rrirulum of Labor Rela- Victory House, built by the Qgden ing ' for the Board of Supervisors: world will be materially bettered. South- San Francisco cleaning the 'lions, ini.H_•, ded to promote the best Builq_i.Qg & Construction Trades Dewey Mead (President of the San It's up to the individua~ mem- ditches adjacent' to . Mills Field_ Council. Franc1·sco Bu1'ld1·ng ,.,..rades Cou11- bers no"', wl1ether· they "'a11t ,a -j interest of either the Company or i " " which is done every year. ' the Un:iml. - The amount of the Bond was cil), John J. Sullivan, Fr:ancis Mc- friend of labor in the City Hall or Western Pipe and Steel have a· _ -:-·C pm11,:B1'I m• t s :µ-e su b m1·tt e d f o rad. - one-thousand dollars ($1000.00) and Carty, Fred Meyer, and Alfred one of the most ant1·-u111·011 men f ew sma1 1 arguments that a _re justmen1.s ; repeated requests brmg we're · mighty proud of Brother Roncovieri, and Edward M. Man- to appear on the political scene in being cleaned up. :· ) no resuH.s: days and weeks go by- Sneed for his Patriotic action. All cusco. recent ye;i.rs. "If everyone votes, McDonald and Kahn is building nothing cone; retroactive wage of our other members are to be It is the opinion of most bona- we will get a square deal in .. the warehouses for the vyestern Pipe r-pay is ~sI,1: d, s~bject _to adj~st- commended for their purchases of fide labor 'leaders iµ S1J,n Francisco four years to come.:' and Steel with one pile driver a:nd ment m <:: omplamt; still nothmg War Bonds also. ------thr,ee RD. S's, one ~hovel anq a t he Ma:oageme'nt, Superintendent, in Ida,ho, Local 32~ in Wyoming poration publicjsts on the house h?nest story of ~he companies' 1· Hilp's turned over pi-nhing him µn- Forema:n, etc. Then a report of and Local ::)70 in Washington, organ field. aims and problems. · . derneath. Brother Rone has been, the whole subject is compiled and which has made it possible to place At present, there are some 3,000 One of the problems, it appears, , operating- this machin~ for .q.µit~ . ,submitted -to a hi.,.her Company many of our members on 9ut of d is to fool the worker into think- spme time, was a very good oper-· 0 company newspapers an maga- ---.A,__ ,, _thoJ.·i·ty· deaJin .,. wi'th lab~r rela,- state jobs. It is due to the efforts . 'th b' . . ing that the paper is published in ator and a very good member of , 0 zmes w1 a com med circulat10n . · · ' ·· · iions. · of ·Brothers _Fred Rodc,:1ske, A_Q.- of · -d · ' . . the mutual rnterest of employer this o·rganizatiqn. The passing of aroun 40,000,000, published I d 1 "Th k k " · ·, To· uiuii1l: it in a few words, . this drew Olson and Brpther Merry,_ 1 · an emp aye. e war ers now, Brother Rone is a great loss to . 1 . week y and monthly at a cost o_f the ace.aunt goes 011 , "that 1·t 1·s -0elayed rrocedure on. the _part· of that these con¢1itions have come $ 0 OOO OOO Tl range f this organization. abcut. 5 ; ' · ley ram the company which pays the edi- Oiitside of numerous 11 · • b ·the . Company is -most un f ortuna t e. mimeographed· sheets to magazines srp.a JO ,s vVe kn ow our iignts, . within the We fe~l sure that our ~emb.ers ,~:hich rival the ·most elaborate tors' salary, so the burden is on· scattered a1:ound in San Mateo i na· -i.11,w, ancl :would freely acc.ept a re- emP.loy(;d . in their area$, will live found ·on "the newsstands. More the editors to prove that they are San Francisco, that is about all ~ . ·f~1sal of any d~mands, contrary up to theJr workinis rules just as are being published now than ever not ' merely company spokesme!). ·1iave to report at this time. ,: , ·t,bereto. p pr complaints deal with they have her:e and l:) elp them to before. _ . "As yet no publicatior.is are is- ·· * * * ,~onditions. of employment in clas- preserv.e the working cpnditions A·survey conducte'd by The ·wan sued on a mutual basis, .with la- --~; _ -.s1'fica_ ti.o·._··.·. 1:1lre.~d_y_embrace_d in a_ n_ t!Jey_ have wo1:ked so hard to eS··1Street .. ·Jour nal recent_ly by ·_ staff bar and management sharing the b h expense, but that may come. This 11.-'Arom"'-" G An~ . . . ;agr:eeme.m.,.;_and 1t 1s ?ract1ced dis I ta lis · . . · . . · Reporter F, B.·Dezendorf, indicated U ~B · h• • -t,ortion. of these conditions that I There IS about t~ree m11l10n .dol~ ti1at ' the ' main purpose . of these is indicated by the method of ptib: -n:nGW~Aot HU'J1Sffl ·we so 'l:Cg_ ently... ,-vant adju$ted. Jars to . be spent 111 Tth1s. area on I qomp_anycfi_na,nced ' "employe" pub- lishing •the Copper Commando of . ' . , l h th two new hospitals ""e ha e j the ·Anaconda Copper cpmpany at (Continue. d from_· Page· 4) . ,, U p UJh:, · now, owever, ere 1· . . .- vv · v, c~n- -Jic'ations is -to · overcome the· rising 1 as been little . relief. Oh! . Yes! .s1derable ,amount of :new hqus.mg. prestige of.the· labor press. Butte, Mont. The company ··· en- · Know-Nothings' became··. in::. ' 1 :Severa} adjustments of wages and un'der ccnstruction. W.e contel1'1- "Industrial manage~ent· is con- gaged an outside expert t6 pub- fo:iiteiy more powerfui than 'the· th o{!_pndiHons have been ma.de, at our plate a two-hundred-thousand dol~ vinced,, •he reports "that ·the $50 lish e magazine. · While he has Ku Klux Klan. - They wer~ ~sG · -.. -requ~st, ·pu t our unfinished com- lar.. pipe-line job in the near, future .. millio~ it' spends ; 11 these 'house final say on copy to be · used, he powerful · that they controlled' -plam· · ts are .. _pyram1·a ing b eyon d J us t ,_ a b out .. a 11 of . ti· 1e A rmy- pubHcations' will be repaid . manv· · is advised by a committee. . com. . an en· tire· · bl oc 1n· C ongress.· , . . . · posed of three AFL members, ·A d t f C th · ,i 1 oping for· anything like satisfac- N avy cons t rue t1011 1s nearmg com- times over in . improved employe , .. · · , n ou Q _ ongress ey were 1 . d . · · ' three CIO and three from m. an- f 1 d thl 1;ory adj"ustment. PI e t 1011 an our operat10ns are cori- morale and a sustained high tern- so power u an so ru ~ss . ae:ement." h t th bl · · . The Company's local Eublic and fined mostly to housing · projects. po of war. production. - t. a ey were a e to mc1t~ j · "' h , t f t The biP: shot corporations want · t d 'th h' h th. Labor R~'ations Staff with con- » e. ave p,en -Y o wor,I o I iobS"I ·m~vinn) ~J along' ®-etly , H. O. ·Foss, business repre s~ntatiye°:\vorkiµ g 'out '. of our Engineers employed. ·Pon{ eroy Pittsbui;g, De m oines are still on .the job. Stolte has t&.~,en ~ome Se.rn J@se t@ d@!r't force for. the wa·r at home but I do not think they are as yet edu stev,Ml~rd system· cated fer it. Labor people :?.re the (Continued from P age 6) most r.eceptive groups in the-world. neers H all, 40 N . Morrison at The They must be mobilize·d-now- ' Alameda. · ' by adult education in economics the gang. Also one from M/Sgt; Following this m eeting, the next and· social legislation, in politics Lewis, Redden Hq. Co. 821, Eng; ½ill be a meeting of all employed and in the plain horse sense that Avn. Btn. A.J;.0 . 913 c/o Post- in t he l'etort area, including paner . t • t heir own economic self-interest \ . ., m as:ter, San Francisco. Drop him operators, assistant operators, help- dems.nds. a line, too. He is on some .island. ers, and all of those employed on On the home front, there are God knows where and a letter the retort tops. two main problem_s which must from you would sure cheer _him. All are requested ·to give a lot be solved; first, ma,ximum produc- Let's not let them think we ha-re of t hought to who you want' to tion; second, equitable distribut- forgotten them. Drop just a lin~. represent you as Steward. They tion. The pressure of 'the war has That's about p-Jl except~Brother will be chosen by your vote. led us, · so far, to concentrate on Charles Steel is on the way to re-· Meeting of al! other classifica Heavy Jap Naval bombardment of our fo_rces on a Pacific island · the first, and to tend to ignore the covery after his automobile acci- tions will follow, but . don't forget d,estroyed our communications. Then Marine Corporal George J. secoJ1cl. dent which occured on Ii.is way t!Te monthly meeting-on the fourth Conlon went out to help_ lay a telephone truisk line between head, But what of the people who home from the job a few days ago. Friday of each month . This quarters, the base radio and other strategic points. Caught in the open, do t his producing? Their interests * * * m onthly m ~eting is also intended he kept on working throughout fi ve bombing attacks, and vital com munications were restored. He wo n th e Silver Star. Will yo u keep 9n have been shamefully overlooked, You can say anyt1iing about the for all of our m embers employed investing everything you can in Payroll Savings? · when they ha_ve n_ot be.en actually . average man because no average in -any of the five counties com. I abused. Special mterest groups, man ever thinks of him5eif ·as an prising the San J ose Division. .1.J. S. 'Ireas11r;;, Departmeii$ -::i . (Continued ·on Page· 8} 1 average man. · . . ·::.i ' ..., Eight ENGINEERS' NEWS ~ October 15, 19,43 Utah o ict! '~ The regular meeting of Local abuse of power by the Tenth Re- J who requested that the bond be says things Union No. 3 was called to order : gional War Labor Board in regard] drawn in favor ,of Brother Douglas 1 at 8 p.m., October 2, at the Build- to substituting dates of agreernentsf Cline, 233 Windi/,'lg Way, San..Frn n .~. 1j loo!t ~ri~hit - ing Trades Temple, Sah Francisco, between employers · and unions cisco, and that C. R, Hale be President Clancy presiding. Roll that were retroactive. Regularly named co-owner. (Continued from Page 3) call shov, ed Vice-President Foss, moved and seconded to endorse At 9:15 p.m. Brother Pant ac- Washington, D. C.-The Allied Br-other John M. Curlee of · this Cond-tictor Riley, Guard O'Brien, this resolution. Carried. knowledged· his willingness to pro- Military Government has pro ,Company. Manager· Swanson and Secretary Resolution ·from' Bay City' Metal' ceed·· with ,the=trial. ·Brother .Doran ; claimed a free labor movement in . Mathews absent. Brothers. Swan- called upon·· Steward Hayward and Sicily and has abolished all Fascist ., During . the past month, seven Trades Council denouncing andi son and Mathews were excused to Jack O'Brien to testify and called labor and corporative organizations construction firms have signed condemning the high-handed arbl Convention. on Brother Pant for questioning. in the recently .conquered island. ag~·eem(•.1ts in the Southern portion trary acts of the State Manpower Questioning was completed and Itaiian workers 'will have as of the state. Director of Northern California. Regularly moved and seconded this Brother Pant was permitted to much freedom as American or In the Northern, Ogden district, Tl~e minutes of the regular resolution be adopted. Carried. question Brothers O'Brien, .H~y- British labor, subject temporarily there are no non-union con.tractors. meeting of September 4 were by · . . ward and Noce, after which to military restrictions. All of t he They have all signed a Building motion adopted as printed in the From ~- S. :'faval Hospital, Oak- Brother Doran called on Brothers rights takEn away from the work Construction Trades · · -Agreement Monthly News L'etter. ,land, -Callforma, letter of thanks Noce and Clem. ers more ti1an 20 years ago will for 25 service kits donated. Re- and are operating Union. rou The minutes of the E xecutive . d d f'l d Brother Pant questioned Brother be r estored, the War Department ceive an 1 e . p . . . ·know this is Brother Joseph Riley's Board meeting of September 18 . eter Wi11 iams. Brother Hayward reports. tetritory and these conditions . are were read and the acts and recom From Oakland Fire Department I talked· ·irom the floor. Brother Worked out by Captain David Jargely . due to the effort hE/ has' mendations of ·the Board were by Relief Fund Association letter of Do~·an raised point of order, Morse, the AMG labor · program thanks for purchase bf tickets to Brother Vandewark called for put forth. , motion approved . . was nut into effect September 4, Ball. Organizing · Bingham Canyon A synopsis of the minutes of the questioning. The trial was com following the abolition of the Fas~ Second rea.ding ·of resolution re-· ·op.en pit n1ine of The Utah Copper Executive Board meeting of Oc pleted at 9:45 p.m. cist labor organizations. The pro garding publishing of· Monthly Company is progressing .. according tobe1· 2 was read and the acts and Te)lers were appointed. Brother gram provides for a civilian direc News Letter. Regularly moved and to schedule. This mine comes under recommendations of . the Board ·Pant appointed Brother Huff; tor of labor for each province. The seconded resolution . be adopted. the jurisdiction of Local 353. Pres-· were by motion approved. Brother Doran appointed Brother director's office will establish em Carried unanimously. ident Oustler and Secretary Hib John DeLagrange and President ployment office~, vocational train From Mrs. Allie M. P olson and bard of Local 353, are on their toes COMMluNICA l~ONS Clancy appointed Brother Lee ing and make wage and cost-of daughter Lois, card of thanks and · Patters, resulting in the following ·an of the time, and Local 3 ex ·FTom Building and Construction 0 living studies. letter expressing appreciation. Re- tally: Guilty 44; not guilty 39; dis- .tends to the official members of Trades Council of San Francisco, cei;ved and filed. Workers will choose their own letter from Cameron King regard qualified 3; blank 7. It was regu- Local 353 greetings· and all best From · American War Mothers delE;gates to represent them in an ing reso~ution. Received and filed. larly moved and seconded that office of conciliation, mediation wishes for their success in the thanking Union for' contribution. From Captain H. T. Petersen, Brother Pant be reprimanded. and arbitration. In the event that coming election. Received and filed. former Vice-President of Local Motion amended that Brother Pant We wish to close this edition of this office is un<;1.b le to come to Card of thanks from Mrs. Eliz be fined $50; fine suspended. Union No. 3 stating that he would agreement, the provincial director the News in memory of Brother abeth Theodore and children. .Amendment carried. appreciate hearing from any mem- will appoint impartial arbiters. Bill Schope who passed away dur Report fro'rµ. the General Secre There being no .further business ber of Local No. 3. Received. Dm·ing· the military occupations, ing the month and Brother Calvin From National War Labor Board tary-Treasurer read by President to come before the meeting, it ad it was said, no strikes or lockouts L. Teague, who died from injury Clancy. journed. regarding resolution sent by Oper would be permitted. whil2 working OR the job. Respecti_vely submitted, ating Engineers. Received and I Until the provincial labor offi * * * filed. Wm. C. Waack, ces are able to complete investiga From Building and Construction President Clancy called Brother Secretary pro tern. ticn of the existing contracts be- Trades Council requesting support E. · Pant to answer charges pre * * * , tween employers and .employes, the EdMcator te!h; for Supervisor Dewey Mead in the ferred against him by Representa- !foisei· y@Jrd W~!drnrs I provisions covering wages, hours coming election. Concurred in. tive Ed Doran for violation of the crge.uiized _l©Ibor and . worki?g . con~i~ions be From Building and Construction working rules. Charges were read get pro©lMdttm~ ~~@lli@rs I win . t D C T t . . contmued m the 1merest of sta- Trades Council regarding Seabees and clarified by Brbther Waack, W as hmg on, . .- wen y-s1x bT .stlJ!dy for pec~ce 1 after October 31, · 1943; stating no secretary pro tern: Brother Pant workers whose ideas have contri- ity. AMG is now studying the labor (Continued from Page 7) more ratings will be given upon pleaded not guilty and requested buted to the · amazing production picture in each province to adjt1st enlistment in the Seabees, that en a recess of 15 minutes which was records established by the Hrnry with enormous i:ofluence in Con ··"' , pitifully low wages the worker~ listed inen must earn their ratings granted. J. Kaiser shipyards made a clean . . gress and· in the press, have strived . . . . . received. Agncultural workers i after enlistment.· Dunng the recess the drawmg sweep of nat10nal product10n 'd . d ' 'without ceasing, and have far too . . . · · I was sai receive from one to Resolution from Bay City Metal was held for the door pnze and I honors announced by War Produc- i th . . . ' d ( · often succe.eded; in foisting on the' . . . - ree 1ire a ay one to three the won by ticket held by ·c. R. Hale, t10n Dnve headquarters, ) f d k American ptfople laws, rules and. Trades Council coridemning · cents p 1us €nough oo to · ·eep .regulations vvhich . react to the * * * alive. ben~fit. of. their own districfgroUps, * * * The new ·plan, it was reported, an'd to the detriment of the public 1 was set up after consultation with as' a whole. Green Asks Secretary I-Iull s Aid· the old labor leaders in Sicily, in- Review the record of the last 1 eluding representatives of all of few months with me. Just a little. To Protect Jews 1n Hitler s Europe the liberal political groups. It :while ago, an action that drastic . makes possible th.e resumption of ally.. harmed every consumer in the ·washington, D. C.-At a con- J 0th.er available mean~ of comn:iu.ni- cial process of criminal la,v. Vle the syndical mov.emen,t .basis of cou(1try v~as taken, when alCpos ference with Secretary of State cat10n-all those guilty of aidmg appeal to our Government to warn, the Ital~an labor movement before :sibility of enfor cement of grading Cordell Hull, AFL President Wl.1_ the Nazi leaders in thi.ir inhuman the German people to r efuse open- Mussolini's Fascists abolished the. or Jabe'ing of d' ·~eren· qu JT s campaign of exterminating t he de- ly to be identified with the cruel- trade unions. th of go'od~ was ;bol\~hed. ~ro;:: :1:: liam Green urged e Government fenseless Jewish population of' ties perpertrated by their leaders * * * / " on, it will be· impossible for buyers to warn Hitler that his Nazi ~urope,= th a t th ey w1·1· l b e ·ne ld ac- an d memb ers or- th· ell'· arme d f orces, · to knov, the true quality of the stooges will be punished for their countable as war criminals, and against the J ews, and to expose all. O@M@i11.~ imgi~e£h goods they ar e spending their .wholesale execution and persecu- will be punished for every inno- those guilty of these crimes, lest glHs- f~r s;@Mieifs ··' money for, until the transcation tion of the Jews of Europe, cent life they have taken. thethe German people themselves (Contlnued from P age 5) of buying has actually taken place, At the same time, Mr. Green ap- "In the years of his rule, Hitler be regarded as partners of the - and the money has b.een spent, pealed for . the reli~f of Jewish has destroyed millions of Poles, , Nazi criminals. Let's all help inake our Service refugees by any and all means Russians, Serbs, Czechs, French- "Only thus will German honor Iv1en's Xmas a merry one by send- How can price co:1trols be en- · · 'ft possible. He was accompanied in men, and Greeks, and has laid 1 be saved. mg a gi · overseas. forced when all indications of the his visit to the State Depar tment waste cities and towns. But, for _"At the same t ime, we appeal to Any member desiring to donate quality of goods have been taken by President David Dubinsky, of the Jews of E1,1rope, t he Nazis the Government of · the United a gift may deposit same in our away? the International Ladies Garment have prepared a special . doom: States to do all that is humanly box which is located in the Union Nor is tha.t all. The Office of Workers Union; Adolph Held, total extermination. possible, and consistent with our Hall. Price Administration is so piti- Chairman of the Jewish Labor "Time and again. the desperate successful ptosecution of the war, The following are a few sug fully understaffed that black mar- . Committee and J. Raymond Walsh, cry of the Jews languishing in the to br.ing immediate aid and succor gestions of accef)table gifts: · kets are flourishing all over the representing the CIO. ghettos, death-chambers, and con- to the Jews •in the Nazi-occupied· Shoe Lac,es (black arid tan), · country, and violations of ceiling A joint statement presented to centration camps has reached us countires: The Jews in the ghettos Shoe Polish, Pocket Comb amI ·prices· ·Jrave come to be almost the Secretary Hull said: here. Time and again the President can po longer be regarded as civil- Clip, ];>laying Cards, Wash Cloths/ . acci:!pted thing. - "Adolph Hitler has solemnly of the United States, the Secretary ians. They are prisoners of wa1--; Me1i's Handkerchiefs (White), The American people must be warned· the civilized world that of State, and Americans of. all and should be legally regarded as Razor, Razor Blades, Nail Clip ·brought to realize that maximum should the Nazi hordell face de- walks . of life, of all creeds and such. pers, Tooth Brushes, Shave · · production and equitable distribu- feat, they will not leave a single colors,· have declared their revul- Ways and means must be found Cream, Soap, Shears, Siµety fion are interdependm,t. They; must Jew alive in their retreat. The sion at the abominable crimes per- to feed the hungry men, women, Pins, Needles, Buttons, Dental th. th Powder, Talcum Powder for l~ai:n at e housing shoi·tages 1same dictum of terror has been petrated by the Nazis upon a de- .and children who are doomed to a from w:hich th~Y sufJer ~re col- made by: Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the fenseless p~op!e.' But to n© · avail. death of starvation.· We also ap~ Men, Stationary, Env,elopes, Cig;' lated with housmg .programs, that voice of Hitler, and by Robe:ct Ley, "The Unite{! States, therefore, peal to our Government and to the arettes, Pipe and Pipe Tobacco, · housing programs ar€ col;lated with his henchman il,1 the destruction must warn the German people that · governments of the United Nations Pipe . Cleaners, Pocket Knives,· ·.rent control, that price controls o fthe free Gemnan labor move- the United Nations have decided to admit to all territories under Hard Candy, Current l\'.Iagaziues, are collated with wage controls, ment. to establish the ·identi ty of those their control Jewish refugees who (Pocket size.) wage controls with taxes, taxes ''Today Hitler stands on the Germans who are responsible for may succeed in escaping from the Do Not Send= with soci~l insuramce and the pos- brirrk of defeat. Italy has sur- the acts of •savagery against the Nazi hell. Now is the time to sal- Written Messages, Liquids, Wear- sibility of forced savings. The pub- rendered unconditionally; on the Jews and other peoples; that as v,age those Jewish people who are ing Apparel, Matches or Inflam llc, as a whole, today is blind to Eastern Front the Nazis are each of the:;;e criminals deeds is still alive and who can still be ables of any kiTids, . the implications Gf these things, crumbling; the German legions are committed, it is be1ng i•nvestigated, saved. -'r Vie will see that these gifts are but it can be taught, in retree.t eve,rywhere. and evidence is relentlessly being "America:n labor, on its part, in wrapped aTid mailed. net it be the f,mct,ic,;:i of or- "Free American labcr', which pil€d up for the purposes of jus- answer to the mass horror that ~ * * * -ganized labor to teacl¾ its own feels a kinship with the victims tice. ·:r.. being infl,i,cted on our broth€rs in I filltl the great thi11g in th1s memb ers an d the whole working of Nazi terror, J;J.as been JiJ,Qrror- "American labor seeks l'lo mass Europe, plte\ige again to use all its world· is not so mu:ch where we · · I f h . . . stand, as in wi1at direction we are peep e o t e coi,mtry that lesson, stricken by the slaughter being reprisals against the enslaved peo- efforts m the future, as 1t has done ·:m Vin .g .-OL.1.-vER WENDELL O . . Only by so doing Cali! @rganized carried on a,gaiRst the Jews. ple of Germany. But the ni:lrde1;- in the past, for the c01nplete de- ,HOLMES. , labor fulfil_! its role as the articu- "We, therefore, take this occa- ers of our fellow humaFI beings, struction of the enemies of democ- _·______'late anel. ef.fective implement of the sion to urge the Government of the ·ring-leaders . and their aides, racy and its iegions of death. we Histor,y is a race between edu.- people's war for economic freedom the United States to wan,- must me' na:mlild, app.rehEinded, and shall fight on until our enemies cation and catastrophe.-H. G. and 'seourity. thro1J1.gh sJ;J.oct-wav.e ras.io and all t1,ied in accordanee witli the judi- have surrendered unconditionally." WELLS.