. OPE'RATING· ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 STATI_()NARY ENGINEERS lOCAl 39 ·VOL. .7-..No. ,7 _ SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF • . 'I ew Two-Year ACiC ree t
·· ·~______,----''------~ :--,. ------. Covers Northern 1 _,. -Deaths ·Mount ·on :·· OFFICIAL NOTICE TO MEMBERS A dc t I c ., ~ - R. Gray· Speak_s ··. ". - ~ - .: _t.. . : ·.: . J·... b. . . OUR BLOOD BANK IS DEPLETED!!! In several issues of our n - en ta a1I . -~-C· · ons: rue ron·.. 0 s.;-,_. ~~;:e:~ ~s~::n:;e:~:e a:f:~~e!tl;:n ~~~::i~~i~~~a~l=~;~ I The result of many hours of At A t• ···_ ___ _·_, 2. _·. •..4:·. oo' : ·.·.· u ··l' e·.- ---: _.1-·n··,· -._._·u·_" .-_.·._· _s-·.. ·:_· __• · . . _·_'_. MEMORIAL BLOOD BANK for •the purpose of building up a credit neg~tiating_ _between t_he Op- - ICe _ so that members of our organization, . and their- families, would be t E U L p.pren . entitled .. .to blood donations in -case of . emergency. Iera mg ngmeers. mon, o-. . . Pres. .-M~loriey . in 3: letter· to ~ offi~ There, have been several occasions when members of our Local cal 3 and the Northern and 1 G d • H _ced·and:·· members.of'Opetati!'rg Ep- ' .Union have been in need. of plasma and have received it from the I c:entral Chapters of the Asso- I, . ra uatlon er·e.· . · -gin. eei.~s Local 3 called attention to . account of the Operating Engineers. However, there has never been em ted General Contractors . '= the high percentage of- deaths in -enough in the account to ·take care of the demand and the account . the Building Trades field .. His let- I is now depleted. finally came in the form of a R h d G AFL B 'ld Members should make contributions to the -blood bank. An exam- 'I6Yzc hourly increase across . lC&arC rtay, t' T. Udl ~ . ter follovys: · ·! ination is given by the attendants at the Blood Bank to ascertain th b d 11 1 'fi t' · mg - ons rue 1011 ra -es 0-P-.E.. RATING. . · ENGINEERS , ·' whether. or not you are- ph ysically- fi t, before taking the donation. I e oar .on a c .assl ca lOns D ep, t . pres1'd en t , t came o -San · · - · · 'Therefore vou need not worru as to whether or not it will affect of Operatmg Engmeers. The' F · · t k t 1 b. ' J J • • ranctsco o eyno e a or s Local Union, No. 3 · your health in any way. agreement lS wntten to c9ver I -· - · GREETINGS: . Contact the San Francisco Offic_e for full pArticulars. MAKE A the next 2 years and will be in . / . Note . these important ; facts! In CONTRffiUTION "FOR THE FUTURE BENEFIT OF SOME l\IEJ.\'I- 1947 twenty-four hundre.d .. deaths BER OF OUR ORGANIZATION, THEIR FAMILY ... OR MAYBE I effect in 46 counties of North- ! from accidents occurred in. th~ YOUR OWN.; .. YOU ·NEVER KNOW! ern and Central California. ··.·· construction industry. .In · six maJ·or·l TECHNICAL ENGINEERS, LOCAL No. 3-E MEETING: The The old contract expired May · • next meeting of Local No. 3-'E Technical Engine_er ·s will be held I30th · · industries i~ '. th~t y'eai.· t\\T'elve thou~ Friday, 8 p.rn., July 22nd, at the Union Offices, 1444 Webster !;>treet, · · sand seyen huJ?.dred deaths re;mlt•id Oakland, Calif. AGC WANTED CUT from accidents. - Nineteen ~ per . cent - of the total \Vel'E{ suffered by ·work- . R'. .h ' w·. R b'l. s. u. T h . e Associated ers" in the.• constrilction .:industry, lg:·· t · 1ng .. : epu . ·t·can-s-- et p Contractors attempted - re- . bufbn:ly five ~er · cent -- ot.the wol.; kc _ · . · ·· · · ·· ... ·. '- ·. · . . _· - ~eatec;lly to instigate a 12!-/2 . .· ers .in :· the -' six • major: iP.dustries . . , , . . ' . . .. cen't' wage cut on the Engi-
~- .·~~f:k ;~~;QK~t: e~~p\i~~~:~tr uc~iop: ~ ·· c· .-_e. n.f.· er· t _Q.·: . ~>- ,R--·o"_c:k. _.... a·rb'bed·· . ·c···.· a·mpa·lg ·n ,rieers. Othel; minor points The c~~stnicti~J1~ j ri"d'Jsti;y _ . is . a,: .- 'N . . t 1- '" - ·.. ' ,; c ·,. /. ' ; ·, ' - ·- ·J.~ I \V~~~ peg?ti(l;ted :_~: ~rifJ,?-¥' ·and _ h_aza;dou~.- .one _. B~, its n~t~re those .. ,... , . . .. _ .. , '"" . . , :. . .e , . , ; , ·'.- ·, • ..·:·'' • , . _, tlle . fmal dra_ft was : Slgl}.~(j . . of"oqr meinbei·s who are emP'I9yed ~ : :·· A, -pubhc· relatwns c~nter J_n ·Washmgton ;staffed_,:by· \~t:ll JsJl~Wn Three of the f1ve crafts whtch in. ii:': .'are)4_!ij~ct _td ~cci .derits b_ut 1journalist :ic ap~sfles of the National Association ~~ --Manuf~cturers ,has . negotiate with the A. G . . C~,-.
•.. L :r_npst ,·acq~~~ts : ~re - pr_~_ve~ -~~bl~. _A_ been- s~t ·up· near ~ongress by: the Jo·seph lVIartm, Jr. chque of the namely Teamsters, Laborers · careful worker, •. m :Il'!af!y 'cases;.wi!l Repubhcan party, It was learned July ll. 1- d -C_. • t · h · ·. · -.· -_· ~~?rl<· safe}Y_utt~e~ -- unsa~e .condi" ,. :Backgroti'ild of"the ·staff gives a · ._- · _ ...... a.n , arpen ers . ave_ . . . ·· t~o11~- ,A ca~·e.le~s: : ~v.o:·ker w1ll be~ess . . clear iiidication that the group \vill w1ll be so_li?Ited from . m~Ividu~l Slgned u~ . _new a~~el)'lents. f()nun~te. ·Accidents ' do . not ~- us~ - ~ make a '· strorig bid for election of sot~rces · fnendly .t? the ~art!~ TJ:le ()peratmg Engmeers ar,,e :. . h~ppen; _-They p.re Ca]lS~d by h~IP:- 11 anti-labor Congl:essmen next year.' phi~osophy of pqhtlcs.' ~artm IS the fourth craft to come to ail' failures or by- mec~amcal f~Jlures $25 ooo-YR. MAN I' c~airman of the congresswnal com- agreement with the cohtrac- -or by both BUT the nu~ber ean be · · ' . m1ttee. . . reduced. . : . · _, ·:.·' _ Chief of_ staff is Rober~ Hun:- · HuinphFeys, Slater and O'Brien tors assocmtwn. Gener.lil Presiden,t .of tlte AFU 1 - As General P1:esident of this or- phreys, until recently associate ed1- were moving into an elaborate 4 ·JOBS TIED· UP Building and' Constri1ction · ganization r" have ··be.come deeply · tor of Newsweek magazine who is suite of offices in the George Wash- . Prior-- to the agreement on Trades Dept. concerned· over: the humber of a'cCi- reliably reported to be getting $25,- ington Inn, just behind .the old dents that befall· our ~embe1~s and · ·ooo a year. Humphreys brought House Office building this week. the 6Yzc increase, four large part in the Joint Labol.· Ma.n:.. training I "have directed that a . campai,gn 1 with hjm a rising you,ng. star of * * * · jobs were' tied up in San Fran- agement Apprentice be undertaken that will 9per.ate. to Ithe NAM school, Ed 0 Bnen who cisco. They were.::,the Charles program. reduce the n'umber . of. them and work~d with him on Newsweek and Ba_ s~lt Ga'ng Thanks Harney Potrero Freeway .con- He was -selecte(t · as fea.tured' .greatly_ lessen. the r_es\lltal).t lpss of author~d many ariti-labor stories as . st.ructl'on J'ob, the Metropoll.- · · · h' f f th N k D t ·t b P · "ff-· f f 't. speal{er at the m.ass graod'ua.tion of ·life, physicaL suffering a_rl_d d~crease l:c ,.le o } e~swee . e rol _ u~ . ~om. c rae - the consequent mate.rial costs. : ·, · reau · durmg tlie· G_eneral Motors m_l ee . 0_r on tan Housing Project job by 500 apprentices in the· Sari Fran~
· This is the first · 0 { a series · of .strike -and later as head of the bu- Napa., California Dinwiddie Construction Com- cisco Civic Auditorium July 19, letters that will be sent, to yqu· reau in Chicago. _ . .:.: JuJy 7, 1949 pany, the Mt. Zion Hospital His schedule while in the Bay which deal with -this· gravely· im ~· . Third man in the setup is J. Har- To the Comniittee: construction, and Swinerton Area included speeches before busi-- portant subject. You are urged to· old Slater who until recently was Many thanks for the· fine new & Walberg's Standard Oil of- ' Bness l:epres:ntatives and_ officials of read them before the meetings of top man on Capitol · Hill for contract--the back pay was lik'e fice building construction J. ob. I UJldJ~ g Trades Councils ~f San your local union and to. afford time Hearst's International News . Ser- getting money from home. . . Francisco, San Mateo, Mann and for their ft{ll discussinn. Additional vice. Before going to Newsweek The Committee that worked· _on After many prevw~s sesswns, Alameda counties. information respecting the furth- early in the 1940's· Humphreys held our new _agreetilent should be' con- the _negotlatmg committees repre- The public graduation of appren- erance o~ . this. pr_ogram will- be ith~ ·sa m ~ position for I.N.S. g-ratulated for a clamri, hard job, sentmg the UllJOn and the A. G. C. I tices vvho have spent from two to made available upon request. 1LABOR SMEAR well. done. met Wednesday at 11 a. m. until four' years of on-the-job training 1 6 -with kindest regards, I am • During his time on Newsweek . (Signed) The Gang a.t Basalt a. m. Thw·sday mornmg. The>y a;ld related classroom instruction Fraternally your~. . . :Pipe· and-Tailk Yard. went into ·session again on Thurs- ' wa~ t~ be the first of its kind s~ . . E. MALONEY, Hump[.]teys was in charge of the - '* ::·.;~r- day .afternoon and did· not come to WM national news section which · con- .* .. Frai1cisco has witnessed since be- General President. sistimtly smeared . labor and . the· A U. S. Government survey of agreement until late Thursday fore the war, and the second ~ since - BE Cl).REFUL TQDAY AN:Q BE Roosevelt administration. He was a office-· girls' - e~rnings in 1948 night. the - apprentice training" prog-ram ALIVE*T· O*_MO*R:ROW ·consistent opponent of price.control ~hlo w~d that .td~efir ave2rage weekly COMl\'liTTEES was stilrted in San Francisco .. in during the war )~ ;ars and ·an advo- · sa anes--range 1~~m $ 7.51 in Dal- Representing the Operating En- 1939 _ cate of the NAM campaign to "let las up to $38.61 m ·San Francisco. gineers on the Negotiating Com- ANNUAL /JCFAIR training" pro· MAREBK'i · Vh;uVIu~~"" ·H•lts · , pr1ces. fall. by removmg: . contro1 s. " · . . . . . * * * . . mittee- _ were Busmess . Manager Since the aiJIJrentice . · h .. . . -- d R h · Irngatwn has been us-e d in m·;d ' Vrctor .Swanson, Recordmg Secre- ar~m is one of the finest examples • ~ d - f". · · D unng t e same peno a 1 p _. . . . ' . _ . . _ , " <. _ fh~ _ ~H~•• ~_.I?il g lr.l - ~e R b . - ~ tl NAM '/ and semr-and countnes s mce an- tary Clarence Matthews, Pres•dent of labor management coope'·atwn 'IIIW:I'l ~ UI uu .;s .ry. o ey, economist kOr 1e . was . . , _ ...... , . • ' Hr . . . - t f , N , k d· crent tJmes. · Pat Clancy;· Fmancwl Seer etary P. l labor officials, as well as represen- New York-Some plam · talkJIW Ia 1so a co 1umms or eVi sw~e .an - ' E Vandewark Bus' ness Repre-' - :d t Tl d - H M v: worked in close association with· · · ' " 1 tattves of management, expressed . b y P resJ en- - leo ore : . aen- I H 1 . . - . . . . - . senatives· AI Clem and Harry Metz. I, the desire to make tl~ e public grad- ner of the Natwna~ ~ssoCiatr_on of I ump lreys. · - · _ -. · Representing the No_ Calif. com- tiation of a rentices in San· Fran- · pp · . Real Estate Boards IS causmg a In theory t~e new._ publJcity m~- mittee for the A. G. C. were John 0 lot of stir in housing and real es-· .chme rs .workmg for the Repubh- O'Connell as chairman_of _the joint cJ~~~ -an annual affan . tate circles. 1 can Congressional. committee. It is -committee; ·. Ben .• N_ehi.~bass Jr., of Modglin of M. & K · Corp. 1 · The chief -of the real estate 1 completely independent of the Re-· Hai·ms Bros.; Talbot _Bailey of . Representing the Central Cali~ lotby, · on the eve of the passage publican National Committee. . F1;edrickson & Watson, Chas. Fred- fornia Chapter A. G. C. Negqtiat· of the low-rent public housing bill, Queried on som· c~ of the ' money GERALD DIPPOLD I rickson of Fredrickson Bros., Ben ing Committee were: Harold Rin· told the annual dinner oj the New to support this elaborate setup . . June 13, 194·9. Gerwick of Ben. C. Gerwick Con1- grose, Jo]m E. Cahill, Frank Bur.. York Association of Real Estate O'Brien said_ that he _didn't __ just I W. W. JONES I pany, R. D. Goodenough of R. D. rows, Mel Gautier, A. L. Horst~ Boards· that "the industry itself know where 1t was commg from. June 21, 1949 Goodenough Company, Donald -K. meyer, Matthew A. Little, Jt' ., K. should -have done something worth $100,000 PER YEAR HARRY E. HANSEN G:r•ant of Guy F. · Atkinson Com- E. Pal'l
. TVH~T CAl!SE~ 'I-II GI-l _ P~ICES? !labor ~1ernbers P r opagandists for big busmess orgamzations have been IReport of last meeting busy}elling the public that it is the high cost of labor that is Ur111ed to Attet.ld 8 The meeting was called to order at 8:06p.m., President Clancy pre· pracucally th.e sole a nd only cause for the extraordinary wave • ~ • · ~ siding. Roll call showed aU offi cers present. of high prices tl:at h a s be~n swe_eping upward ever since the ll !'}.b~r .mffi~'~i~~,fl,ta A synopsis of the regular meeting minutes of June 4 was rean and by OPA was practiCally abolis hed m 1946. One of the results ~ \iJ/ · ha~ h 0 lll h;; motion approvecl as read. of this endless propaganda is that a large portion of the public The Summer Labor Institute, A synopsis of the Executive Board Minutes of June and of July 2 believes this explanation and accepts it as the 'most plausible spons_or ed by ~he Insti ~ u te _of In- . . dustnal Relatwns, Umvers1ty of _. " , , . - read, and the acts and recommendations of the boa.rd were by motion expl anatwn IOI t_h_e pnc_es of toCia~ as compared w ith the California, in cooperation with the approved as read. price levels prevailmg pnor to the time when our late \i\Torld State Federation of Labor, will hold A letter was received from General President W m. E . Maloney War No. U got under way. classes for union members, offic ials accidental deaths .occuring in the construc_tion indus~ry , _ stat· The trouble with t h is w idely believed explanation is that and wives at Asilomar Hotel, regarding of a series of letters tha.t wili be sent out dealin~ UD w hen squared up with the actual facts. Paci~c G~·ove, Calif., Augu~t 1 ~ - 20. ing this is the first it does not stand requesting that full publicity be given them .. Re- · . ,. . Th1s Will be the second mstltute with this subject, and · ._ erred to. New Business. In the firs~ place present day labor cost of m ost commomties held at Asilomar, the one last year f a tremendous does not total on an average more than 16 per cent of the being considered A letter was· receivecl from Brother W. A. Gray, Business l\'Ianage.r· selling price preva ilinoc:r today.' Let us take the tremendously success. of Local Union No. 428, Phoenix, Arizona, requesting action be ta.ken honest m a the matician, who Enrollment fee for the institute promine·n n t case of houses. Any wiU be $I 6. Various types of ac- upon six brothers who, worl•ed in their territory without clearances. $22.50 It was regularly moved and seconded to refer the mlltter to the execu· W I take the troub le t o add up the total paid in wages to a ll commodations ranging from tlve board for such action as might be necessary. Carried. the workmen, who help to build a house, which sells for $12,- to $39, including board and room protest to the election was read. It was regularly moved and sec- 000 is less than $2,000. Hence more than $10,000 of the for the week, are available. A o·nded to refer to New Business. carried. truly exorbitant price charged for the house, when it is sold, Course_S Av~·!la::'!b·le Report of the Election Committee was read. It was regularly·movecl! was not caused by the present day cost of the building con- u and seconded to adopt the report as reacl. Carried. struction workers. Among courses available are His- tory and Problems of Ls.bor, The C9,rds Gf thanks were received from Ruth Austin and Sons; Rena W h e re doe s t he m a in c a use for hig h prices originate? It Current Labor Economic Outlook, Beauchamp; Mrs. Sheldon i\'Iodg·Jin and family; and th·e fain ily of James greed of profit eers for more and ever more Legislation, Community Relations, is in the i nsatiable Joseph Joy. Received and filed. Health & Welfare Plans, Social p rofit s. They all se em bent on wanting every cent the traffic stalled:-ex-P resident P etersen officiating, Legislation Affecting Labor, Collec The elected officers were in ut w hy should so many p e ople blame all this on L. H. will b ear . B tive Bargaining, Labor & Politics, The following brothers were reported ill: Sherman Branscum, t he high cost of lab or, when that is only a compa ratively INhere the Labor Mo vement Is Caughley, Ralph E . Davis, Carl B. Dresel, Wm. T. E llis, Robert A~ small f a ctor? Headed, and Labor and t he Legis Fernandez, Wm. C. Folden, H oward Grimm, Robert R. Jones, S. J. I{ey, L ong b efore the operating engineers and other branches l lative Process. Chas. A. Lanovett.e, Chas. E. Lowrie, Ed L. Mangum, John J . Miller, of construction workers b egan to ask for wage increases for State Federation Secretary c. J. De F orrest Moore, John A. Patch·ett, J. E. P eterman, Samuel A. Piercy, 1949 prices had been boosted far more than the wag e raises Haggerty stro?gly urged all uni_on Kenneth Phillips, Arthur Sargenti, 'H . E . Schmidt, Gus Schreen, ·Ish . . . . members to actend .this vear's m- mael Shea~s, A. H . Shotwell, George Simon, Oroville Sizelove, C has. W . ask ed amounted to. This has mvanably been the ease smce , stitute in a recent letter - Smalley, Chaster P . Thompson, August C. Thorn, Harold Van Scoy, s: B, we have h ad a labor movement. It is a lways the prices t h at · The Jetter follo ws : · \)\'ehrly, Joe Wilhoite, Joseph Yeager. go up first. Then when the workers find their living standards June 2, 1949 The following brothers were reported deceased : Paul V\'. Beau- goin g down and ask for wage increase s to m a intain these Dear Sirs and Br~~h~rs: , 11 champ, C. H. Covey, Gerald Dippold, Henry E. Hansen, Lawrence Ley· standards somewhere near existng levels up goes the usual . JonTgo femlteenteetdhefolaoor mkovem edt s . . . . · . - · r more now 1e ge dig, Glenn W. Smith, \V. J. Stedman. _ of labor history and legisl ation, cry that thiS IS the cause of the h1gh pnces. The business agents gave their usual reports which were accepted[ Apparen t ly prices have now reached or nearly reached techniques of collective bargaining iven. saturation p o int. In some cases p r ices have been force d and of political action, the Institute as g· the I d t · 1 R J t. f u Under New Business, the letter from General President Maloney 0 f us na . e a 1.ons o · the ni- to come down a little but this tendency is far from genera l. ~ al accidents was read. It was regularly moved .and ·. . · · . :ll · vers1ty of Callforma, Los Angeles regarding industri seconded that the letter be printed in the Engineers News so that it T_)}ere are still many Items where pnces are sb gomg ~p and Berkeley, and the California can be read by all members of the union and that business r epresenta~ and nobody knows at the present time where the end of thiS State · Federation of Labor are tives and the members do all they can to help prevent acoidents. y e a r ·w!li find prices. They may average a downward ten- again sponsoring a Summer Labor Carried. ' dency .or they may be soaring upward again. . Institute t_o be held on t he Man- election ·was read and r eferred ,to the Execut;iv~ . in this state especially in the constructiOn terey Penm s ul~ at the Asilomar The protest of the · · . ,_ . Yet employers . . . · · h Hotel RecreatiOn Grounds from - · · · ·· - · . · ' · . Board for inv ~s tigatfon. · · ·· · ... · . , '· . ; . ·c, .. "'·::- industry, had._the gal1 to open n egotiatiOns this year wit_ an August 14. to 20, 1949. · There being no further busine ~ s to come before the meeting it ad- i nsistent derri:andl'that wages be reduced, instead of raised. The first ·of these Institutes was hi no. c ase did any branch of labor agree to a reduction but held at Asilomar last year during journed. Respectfully submitted, the beo-innino- of the lasf half of 1949 still found some of the t~e first week of July ap.d was con- all C. F . MATHEWS, Recording Secretary. . ~ · .f';_ · .of '· o .. l , ho were still haggling about giving ' Sidered a tremend?us su ~cess by C.laLtS acmg emp oyers W . . . 1 who attended. Umon officers, rank even slight increq_ses. It now looks as If those that remam and file members; and their wiv~s w ill reach agreement before the end of July. are all eligible and will have a val- AFl . Announces . · liable and pleasant week in which Corporate Giants ""aiS .to exchange information with each 1950 ·Endorsements . FTC Order Rev~ 1 other, with the professors and in- structors from the University, and The AFL's Labo'r League for Po- lhings to Know ~rnf ~ RR L"lnk I its sup- 1111 with the many distinguished guests litical Education will give ceme east 17 Derpocrats and Suits to at l face W • t _ A 'llegal tie-up from government agencies arid port 1 1 universities. three Republicans in 1950 senate- About Social as lmg on n other Washington- The Justice Dep~. nt .man- Ample time and facilities are rial elections, Dir. Joseph D. Kee- between two western ceme reached into the. bluebook of cor railroad available for all types of recrea- nan disclosed. ~factur ers and unn~~e~ porate giants June 30, in filing . a Security 111 a com- tion including swimming tennis The AFL honor roll includes the mterests was revea e suit for violation of anti-trust. laws are a number of things ued 15 by the Federal and' sightseeing, and each 'enrollee following: There plaint iss ~u~y against the DuPont Co., General · who are insured under can spend his time as he fi nds most Democrats: Sheridan Downey of members Trade CommiSSIOn. Motors and U. S. Rubber. · security s hould know about that the Ideal Ce- profitable. California, Frank P. Graham of social FTC charged Also named in the suit were all are entitled to. Mono- Enclosed· are two copies of a North Carolina, Carl Hayden of benefits they ~ent Co. of Denver and the members of the DuPont · family ng them are: of pamphlet describing the program, Arizona, Lister Hill of Alabama, Amo lith Po rtl~nd Cement Co. L~s and two of their personal . holding To get monthly benefits- a~tt - the facilities and cost-which Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina, Angeles vwlated _th ~ Cl_a y t~n companies, Christiana Securities ! . You don't have to retire for 111 pnce ranges from $38.50. to $55.00 per Russell B . . Long of Louisiana, tr u ~t act by dJscnmi.natmg Co. arid Delawai·e Re alty & Invest- u are 65 if you 1 son for board, room and in-. Scott W. Lucas of Illinois, Pat Mc good. After yo agamst so me of their _cus~o~ er~. per merit Corp: · stop working for a while struction for the entire week. The CaTran of Nevada, Brien McMahon should Tne way the pnce discnmmatwn The government charged that in of sickness, a l ayoff, or the ce- reservation form on the pamphlet of Connecticut, Warren G. Mag because worked, accor_ding to F!C 1917 the DuPonts grabbed control just because you need a rest, get e 1.t vant~- should be sent direct to: University nuson of Washington, Francis J. ment compames mad ad of GM. They still control GM, · big· with your local social by raiL Extension, University of California, Myers of Pennsylvania, Claude in touch geous for bu~er.s to Ship_ gest of the kingsize combines . in security office. A benefit may be sh1ppmg by rail got ce- Los Angeles, California. Pepper of Florida, Glen H. Taylor Customers the automotive industry, the suit payable for the months before you barrel than Please be sure to call this matter of Idaho, Elmer Thomas of Okla- ment for 20c less per charged. go back to wor k. . to the attention of your members homa, Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, those shipping by . truc~ . . . According to official figures, Du . 2. You don't have to be In need. pnce discnmmatwn as soon as possible so that th2y Millard E. Tydings of Maryland Effect of the Pont runs GM by holding 23 % of This is an insurance program. competition in the may make their plans accordingly. and Garrett L. Withers of Ken- was to "lessen GM's common· stocic The remaind, Your right to benefits is not af of cement and in the ~a~e of Register as soon as possible since tucky. resale er of the stock is scattered among fected by your savings, property, and to !11Jure, facilities are available for ·only 131 Republicans: George D . Aiken of concrete products, 436,000 stockholders who "have no or o ther insurance. or prevent competition persons. · Vermont, Wayne Morse of Oregon destroy means of organizing to oppose Du 3. You don't have to a.pply in receiving the bene- Trusting that I shall see you at ;1 nd charl-es w. Tobey of New with customers Pont direction. P'erson. If because of sickness or the FTC charged. Asilomar, I remain Hamps)1ire. fits," The government charged that other reason you cannot go to the * Fraternally yours, * * * the DuPonts hold a ~imilar .whip social security office, write or call, * * IN N. MEx., ARIZ. hand over U, ·s. Rubber. Both U. S. or have a member of your family Production I c. J . HAG~:c~~!~y. INDIANs Industrial Rubber and GM, the gov~rnment inquil;:e. Do not delay. I!) .J * * * NOW RECEIVE BENEFITS suit declared, have been forced · "to You will not "use up" your ben l!)()i!fi!J In the fiscal years of 1946-1949, One of the most unfortunate re- l agS, S ilYS ReSefVe expand their major fields . of manu· efits by drawing them as soon as Washington.-The decline in in- the u . s. Government spent $177 suits of the Dixiecrat-States' Rights facture, such as automobiles and you are qualified. Benefits are dustrial production, begun several billion. attitude (which, if persisted in trucks, and tires and tubes, as well payable fo r life. months ago, · continued into April eventually would destroy this as to enter into new fields, such as Remember: You must file a and early May, according to figures ENGINEERS' .NEWS country) originated in New Mexico household appliances; etc., for the claim. Old-age and survivors in eased by the Federal Reserve Managing Editor, v. s. SWANSON and Arizona. rel purpose of enlar giri"g the closed su-rance benefits are payable only Published Each Month by Local Union For 14 years, these two state Board. to appropri- market for the sale H claimed. The board's index of production, No. - 3 of the International Union of governments refused and guaranteed 3.d;iusted for seasonal variations,, .. · Operating .·EngU!.eers ' · · . . ate ~j h e · necessary money to )ro_ ~ of DuPont products." Northern California, Northern N~vada, -· .·Industrial engine*·ers estimate slid downward in April to 179 per I State. of Utah · · · · ··. vfde '"their· shares ·of social secu"rfty In its suit the goveni.mei1f chart ~ * * ·way in which the tlu;ee huge t hat an increase in speedup of 5%, cent of the 1 935 ~3 9 average. This ·1· Office 474· Valencia Street ·· : for: Indians·: living withih · t h ·e ir ·ed the intertwined their a pplied on a national basis, would compares with index figures of 184 San Francisco 3, California borders: The· "States' Rights" at- corporations have kill off cost the jobs of three million work- for March and 195 for November, Subscription Priee: $2.50 titude was that Indians belonged operations to e xclude and ers. 1948. per year to the Federal Government and not outside suppliers and competitors. Ma:ll all news· item& In to editor ~:~ot to the states. government seeks now to. The board report said that there month. The later than the 5th of each s to ·sell their Over 3,000,000* *~\l o*r kers are cov- are signs that the decline coptinued Entered as Second Class .,Matter Sep- . lj;o'urteen years of discri mination force the DuPont ered by some form of health, wel into May and th.at there has also t embe~ 9, 1943, at the Postof!ice ·at Sail · , have"· ended and the beneficiaries controlling interests in clVi and u, 000 Indians fare or retirement benefit plans been 'some drop in the output of Frcmtilico, Calilornia, \l!fser .. the ·Act nuinne1~ almost tOO S. Rubber. A lengthy court process . nerals. . · • ' . of , August . 24, 9!2. I , . · · :_ under union contract. mi · · from seven tribes. · is in sight. .I
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J' July 15, '1949 ENGINEERS' NEWS . -- ' . ~san Fr.ancisco ~ ·Peninsula. ~edding- EXCITING EVENTS WORKING CONDITIONS GOOD, S. F. WORK PICKS UP SLOWLY; AT AIRPORT ; During the past 'month discus FEWB IGJOBS TOSTART SOON sions over the . right .of way ·on· the CONTRACTORS GO FULLBLAS T By P. E. V ANDEWARK, PAT CLANCY, HARRY 1\fETZ haul road from the M.acco Pit, to E. A.. HESTER, Business Representative, Local 3- the State Highway, reached·. a Business Representatives, Local 3 climax when the opposing group Working conditions. iri this distfkt are very good at this There has· been no marked improvement·in San Francisco stopped ail operations by erecting time, with almost all the brothers working, and practically for the· past month as far as the working conditions are con- a cable b.arricade across the road. no out of work list. All contractors are going ahead, taking cerned but a few big jobs are expected to be let this month Members of Local 3, armed with advantage of the good weather. and that should help some as far as decreasing the present cutting torches attacked, and in a R. A. Heintz Co. of Portland, ~------~- short time eliminated the obstruc- out-of-work list. There are a number of short jobs coniing tions and dump trucks loaded with Ore., is golug ahead rapidly on L , J b M into the S.F. office but as they only last a few days the men dirt again operated ' normally-but the railro~d relocation at Keswick. evee 0 oves N. M. Ball & Sons have t wo· are right back in the office and put their names on the list not for long! T!J.e enemy, after be A full crew of operators is work jobs going in this district, both again. For this reason the list has far more names on it than ing defeated in their/ first a tempt ing here, including Cats, DW-lOs h d · · to stop the wheels ·of progress with double shifts. Their levee job . .t ere·shoul be for this time of year. We hope that this time again advanced on their adversary and Cobras. The shovel work has at Vina, on Deer Creek, is going slowed down on this job, with next month the report. can be ;a lot more favorable. ( -this time with loaded trucks and along nicely, with a full ·crew of: · Brother Dave Tenney idle at the . Floyd \Vatson, who has been ' expensive automobiles which they Engineers working, as is also the moment It seems they did not \vorking on a two-shift basis_ at as far as the hiring of men frorn parked across the road directly in case with their job at Hayfork. find the rock on this job they or B1'oadmoor Village·, was forcect"' to the union for the work. the path of the earth laden trucks; Things look good in this district, ove1~seas iginally expected. lay off one shift. The work he s ' .~·f'''Yc . . one the con tract has been im plant : Just recently there was .a :;ta~es of Its-· road JOb at Willow doing the erection of the steel Pipe Co. and also have set up a hot trainload of 45 gondolas loaded above Oregon House. proved. and machinery installations, and :3l~n , plant at the quarry at Clements to h Babcox and Wilcox Boiler On the present vacation period are expecting to complete same at wit supply hot stuff fo r the Thornton ubing, which is only sufficient ma for new e mployees, eight months a n early date. t Trlouble With Lava job, as well as the freeway. ly of two of or less, an arrangement was made terial for the assemb truction Co. still is George Wende, with headquar- be installed, each · - thr~ite Cons to handle all borderline cases C't S B"d the six boilers to rock ters at Oakdale, who has been op- I y ewer I s hr.ving troub l ~ with the lava through a committee consisting of carrying 1350 lbs. steam pressure, cut-off but guess erating in the souti1, has moved We ar e expecting bids to be 950 Degrees F., or)\ the Paradise two dredgemen and two company superheated to s are all gone by back to this area and has signed called for soon on another section drive three 130,- t~:e rattlesnake men. Several of these cases have which in turn will n:ow. The skinners haven't com- our construction, as well as our of the sewer construction program 000 H .P. General Electric Turbines, ' eome before the union in the land levelling agreement and he for the City of San J ose-at present Pl'ftined lately. which cost approximately $5,000,000 ' 1orm of grievances and will be has a ·union job going at Tracy we have three major projects of :,Piombo · is about wound up on taken care of .in due time. At each and safety valves, oh yes-, th;k! road job at Belden and at this employing members of local 3. this nature in progres·s-Burch & about 150 6 x 8 and speaking of tl•e present, vacation checks have Barrett & Hilp have started work Bebek, A. J·. Peters a nd Electrical we don't k now who · was already been issued by all three I vafves (Globe & Gate) there are wt i~ing gineers, all run lo ~v bidder on the o iling. on the n ew Franklin High School & Mechanical En about 30,000 of all sizes. This· plant , Americim·~:s:ri dge. is now getting firms. . in Stockton. This is a 2'h million ning at top speed. Now and then is to be the largest single unit in ss Ed. Tobin, Hester & ee\Uc1Y to·· inst'~l r the .drumgates on I ~i!ii@ff ?EM§ilj W:M·~ dollar job. we 1:U n acro the · world. Cost approximately AI Biasotti is doing the. excava- McGuire, or Earl Heple engaged in O,:e:ta Dam and Will repeat the Brother Harry Tiffee', now em $51,000,000. Completion date early tion work for the McCloskey Co. the same business. p!.tT...:ormance on Rock Creek Dam, played by Morrison, Knudsen a nd in 1951. Project Manager, H . F. er Tom Peter- H t T d M T'ff on the Farmington Dam. Cleary. Industrial Relations, W . V, a ,·little. later.. Broth . . ass1 er a racy, an rs. 1 ee · d th · d · t Landlevelling is practically at a Monterey Work ~on Is settmg · up the derncks to 11 ave expresse en· es1re o use Minahan. . standstill this time of t he year, due We expect to get good news soon ~ut m pens~otcks at the Rock Creek the paper of Local 3 for the pur- to the fact that the hay 'and· grain on some major work to start in unnel out e . pose of th~nking the many mem" nam ely t he Airpoi·t, Bechtel Corp. Slow harvest is in full swing and the Mon~erey, Bechtel Corporation is slow in Tunnel Work hers of this union for their kind farmers must complete this job be \vhich will be another runway, also e}:pressions of sympathy following getting started on the pipe line. fore they let the land levelers onto Del Monte Ave., as we .understand, All tunnel work in Feather Riv t he tragic death of their 17 -year However, they have started on2 o{ their fields. All in all, I don't will come up for bids very soon. er Canyon is going full blast and old da ughter Betty Jean on June the Buckeye Ditchers in operalion think there will be many land ·Then t he City of Carmel will soon Earl W alsh of T. E. Con n .~lly Co. 15, 1949. • . -and a crane or two. Also ha'ie .a levelling jobs this · year in the cail for bids on its thousands of feet is concret~ng in the Cresta .Tunn el To Brother Harry and Mrs. spread of four dozers on right-of area. of sewerage line. At present, we outlet, and M&K with John Nix'on Tiffee: Every member of Local 3 Stockton way clearing out of Gilr'oy. P iombo Granite Construction Co. have have no news of the naval expan in charge is concreting iri the Rock :'leld with you in your anguish and and Pete Farrish have another their resurfacing job on sion program and Del Monte Naval Creek Tunnel intake. sorrow. started stretch out of Edenvale and are School. However, Granite has a Dixon and Arundel are still driv hi ghway 120 east and west of Es making good headway, but expect wen · v;w;sw&#A · road job inside the ing in four separate headings and *§51 calon. small ditch and t o wind up soon. · grounds. Underground Construction are now putting up t heir batch Douglas & Woodhouse, L. C~ also have a j ob for the City of Mon plant. If all goes well they should Virginia Unionists * * * Smith, A. J . Peters, L. P iazza, terey installing new high pressure have 10 or 12 more weeks of exca· Use of "Scdalism" Sondgroth Bros., 0 . V. Freeman, water Iines and hy9r a nts. Stolte vating yet. Hit Conviction of and more all have jobs in and has about four ditchers working in · The Walsh Construction Co. is Tag Hn by Patman around Palo Alto, such as pipe this locality and Big Sur. doirig 0 . K. with t he tunnel and ·Woman Organizer '\.Vashington .-Rep. Wright Pat lines, st1·eets, sewers and bl·idges. powerhouse and also got a smail Roanol>e, Va. - AFL, CIO and man (D., Tex.) points out that tunnel job at Isabella in Local 1 2 railroad brotherhood ·m embers. special interest groups call any .. Salinas Jobs * * * territory and no doubt will take .from southern Virginia joined in a thing which hel,Ps .. the people so City of Salinas also has a couple some of the crew with them. mass rally here July 6 to protest cialism. of major sewer and water projects LiiUe RFC· Siaied the conviction of ·a woman organ Patman said in a House speech:· under construction. Valley Trench Yub a CHy Plant izer for the Inti. Ladies Garment . "Anything in the interest and ing have the bulk of this work. As· For Small Busin~ss Fred J . Early Co. is busy putting Workers Union ·cAFLl. The case for the · benefit of poor people is usual Granite has some also in and '"'ashii1gton.- With an eye on in the Yuba Ci ty Sewage Disposal arose out of an ILGWU strike here almost invariably branded as so around the Muni Swimming Pool. mounting unemployment, Chail- .> Plant and the same goes for Ted against the White Swan Uniform cialism .... Donahue, Ray Adams and George man Burnet R. Maybank
San Rafael~ Honolulu- Fresno- I~.arin Gravel Coe and Plum Broso ~~~~~~:~N~H~~~t~~DS ENGINEERS WHO WORKED ON 1 1 ByJ. w. WAIWAIOLE D·A ~ AN-D·CANAL , I e Busy ·Season 1\bead Bus. Rep., Hawa.iia n Branch ' FRiA· NT !vi " · H. 0. FOSS, Business Representative, Local 3 c i:chi~s b~~~:~~~ ~-~~t ~:s~h~ ob l~ ~t~~ ~ SH•· OULD BE ·pR· OUD OF JOB The Marin Gravel Company, Point Reyes area with Brother the present stnke on the water- ·· · ,, H. C. Phillips, owner announces plans completed for a busy front that is slowly bu t s urely season ahead; as do Brothers Tom, Joe and Charlie Plum on crippling us and everyone in this H. T. PETERSEN and LYNN MOORE, Representatives, Local 3 their logging contract for the Fiberboard Company with For territory. Business is very comforting Friant Dam and the Friant-Kern Canal began paying divi"' restville the shipping point. Brother Tom, handy as usual, However, it to know that beginning this month dends when water flowed for the first time from the Dam . has solved the weakness on the "A. C." clutches and think the Army and Navy will t•eceive :maybe, he's got something. . .. their appropriations for the next to. the Orange Cove district, a distance of approximately 45 The Phillips Brothers of Peta fiscal year and t hey will no doubt miles southward. The water at this point will be directed to .Ju:ma., Russ a nd Rich, were recent. Point was low bidder on the $217,- have some work for building and Icr~eks and reservoirs so that the underground level wm be low bidders on a. good-sized levee 000 Marin County 101 Highway im constructwn tradesmen. bmlt up. However, in the near future, the Orange Cove dis 4 joh for th.e City of Petaluma. provement bids opened July 6th for trict will construct a dispersion system to take care of the about four and a half ·miles shonl Unemployed der work. -22/000 distribution in that area. San Rafael Sewer Our unemployed over-all in the CASEY DRILLING CO. also it It ~ th€ writer's opinion that all l\kGuire & Hester of Oakland Brother Mark Ammons, Petalu- territory number 22,000. dam site, operatinr art busy· on the San Rafael sewer ma 1938-M, is . now equipped to do This branch is thankful for the operating engineers who have been busy on the prcject with Superintendent Cole grading driveways, paving, etc., in fact that Byrne Organization Is employed on this project should . be three shifts on a Cayle x drilling; in charge-a ver y busy man, on the area. t nis $266,000 project. Haas & We are sorry to report Brother still able to continue with its vari- proud of their efforts and consider rig. From what we can gather the ous projects here and on our out- p· Fl D h ld b d · of San Francisco have L. F . Giannini, nut buster, out of .the job a monument to the ability me at · am s ou e a vertJs- · B.c;t hschild lying islands, thereby affording d f b'd 'th' th 60 d past several of the engineers. e or l s w1 m e next ays, tf.;<.:: $355,000 pump and treating circulation for the many of our members work AI - , d weeks as is Brother Harold Fausey, M & K Company have now taken which will m€an actual am con- p1ar.t project in San RafaeL though there have been some lay- · 'll d · th' from the Napa area. over most of the work on the structwn Wl start unng 1s ::.ohn Rocca, old time San Rafael cat skinner offs in the past month, all indica- has his $105,000 pump- Speedy recovery, boys. Southern California Edison San fiscal year. coDtractor, tions are that they will be back N "·I BALL & SONS 'Jl t Hill, one of the old.. Joaquin project. Bechtel Company, · I• • · Wl . star ing- plant a t Larkspur right on I Brother Earl en full scale with the granting of · · h T' business at however, will still build the power . surfacmg operatiOns on t e 1pton- sc.oeclule with Brot her "Red" Ta- i timers, now in grocery the new appropriations for the · treet, Napa, would be house and appurtenances. This job 99 Highway job w1thin the next VE'nner as superintendent with 1530 Pine S Navy since they do most of the brothers. is expected to go on a shift basis few days. It will be good to see ,. BJ·c. thers Stewart Orchard on the Il g_la.d to see any of the work. on Oahu, MidYvay and Kwa- within the next two weeks and will Andy Webster and his "gang" c!H::r ry-picker and Gene McNair I "Dud" Day, Box 21, St. Helena,_ jalein AtolL St. Helena 34-F -11, keeps Local carry quite a few engineers, how- again. k<:•£ ping busy. . t elephone -eo ntractors are doing .. 1 · 1 1 dis- • Go r don _C hase of Mi~s ion Quarry I busy in the Napa, Vallejo or home hardly any construction due to ever, the tunnel job will be delayed j .Next .regu ar meeting of .us se_veral of the bro_th- for some 60 days. tl'lct w1ll be Thursday, July 29, arcpped mto the . office ad\.'lsmg . area, keepmg the lack of necessary m aterial for 1 ter runnmg a .1 ers busy on mamtenance, gradmg, Sh L k R d 11949, 8 p. m ., at 1035 Broadway, .. tbac Brother I-Ioi!Is 1 Completion of contemplated \'I'Ork. e oa · Wilber Creek in Modoc driveways, etc. aver a Fresno, California. sno\; e] at T he Pali project is still at .'\ * * ject, will Brother Wesley M. Hermann t t ,. C. Q. Wt'llt's & s 011 s have started * Co·J nty for a State pro s a us quo penc.mg the correlation 1 p:cbably l
19 July 15, 1949 ENGINEERS' ~ NEWS
By AI . Clernr Chas-. ·- D~es and T. D. Btyso.n, Business. Re:presentatives, J.o.cal 3
. With .th~ - summer work seasor'l : rap~dlfneai'ing the hal(,vay f?l' fun'lishing aggregate ai1d has ·a ·'Pat' s_impson ;'was ·born i~ Coll. ins-,eq~ally important 'to: the Simps?n point, work around Oakland .. is still·far below\the-usuallevel. phii1t- ei·ected· at th-e job-site: The' ville on the Sacr-amento· R1ver, and there were decent accomh1odat!O: Santa Fe Railway is placing track when he grew up there ·were just for the me:o. Individual ro_oms; 11( Normally,' at this time ·of year, we are/,scrateliing- for ·'good to the . plant: This is necessary as· two types of work -open to him, and cold showers and gas refri men, but, so -far we have plenty of talent; ·and the out 'of\vork ari emergency measure, · for, while ·mule skinning or dredging .- he eration were some of the featur• list' tops :250 at thi's :writing. For ·those in :other areas ,who _the,- plant: will· be·· operated by oil,- chose:> dredgi-ng. incorporatea in their plans. - T.i:\1 n ~o?.l ·carr-be-used·for substitute -fuel- . In-those -days the .fellows ·worked far away promise . to .give th_e lT!E plan on coming to Oakland looking•for work;: our-best; advice 1 ing ·.aJ1d appxoximately ·90 cars ean six hours· on arid ·six off, seven days · ''what they, . didn~t have". had fir is· to either. write or ·call us first, so that we can'"advise you· be delivered daily. Maca! Imprbvec a week ancl received $30.00 .a ally come true! it ·. ot•conditi'ons in' your particular)ine. - ment ·- has··virtually ·comp'leted the month :i:md found·. Conditions'were ·Now Pat and Babe can look li!J: C 1e dirt work on this job and has' sent' on a par with the ·wages and as :;;ince the completion of the Cal opened-has ·helpe(nhe.traffitrprob- .Smatl Jobs · . some ·of:the equii~meJ;~ U back to -the Pat worked; thei·e grew within him fornia and say -_ proudly that she'.!u 1- Several small jobs !ue in .prog- I em ' to a considerable · extent' and .yard; a determination to some d·ay· have done a good job, worked· 'stead.i. td ress in the- Hayward, ·San. Leandro 'while" it -is a pleasure to dr:ive on. Eaton and Smith' have several his own dredge-one . upon which ana made· money and that the.
{ nearly complete on· the add1t10n to :1 progressil).g -rapidly. -E. ·E. --Lowell ·However we have heard that there Steede dropped in to say hello and ~:., the . mai rr : buildi~g, with Brother ~d - has the contra:ct for excavation and is anoth~r job coming up in that goodbye. Formerly in the navy, he He'"' I ·~ ShaHer-ed .. l McCormack . still -operatmg hmst ·ungergr'ourtd ·work'on this tract-. _ vicin-ity and:· they . have hopes . of traveled a ll over the world andre- ·C i · :! and :compressor. The M.G.M. - Construction Com- continuing on there for some time. cently has- wol'ked on construction Brothei· 'Harry Crummey was fE: pany is busy in and around Walnut The Standard Dredging Company p1'ojects on Okinawa and Guam., ce-ntly released 'from the hosrJita . v'l-ng·· Sh' op ' Creek"and Concord, while McClain has :moVed -the -Point -Lorna from How~vel': 'he still _has some }_ r~v~l - following an·acCident w hich clois. el:; Mo · Brothers are helping to keep the Belmont -'to the '·Bethlehem Ship- left m hrs system and currently 1s resembles the one suffered • b:i Rhodes and ·JamiE!son-are moving d' t' fi · - t · th' t' -f tl - · getting "Squared away·· for a trip. to Brother Joe Britt . last "ear. '· ·y, . _ 1r -.- ymg ou m 1s sec wn o 1e yard· in 'San ·Francisco where she t J thelr 'Shop-and . yard t~ San ~ean~ COli-ntl'Y' with· several·small :jobs in \viii ·go iri. drydock'for ·a· paint job, South Arriedca. He has- three ob-I Joe's case he jumped from ·- a_pi ecE dro and ·. w1ll soon • be ready. co set Alvarado. . 1 Orinda· P ~v ing and -- Grading, hav- County a:t Coyote' Point.- . 1H · r· _. D' •1$ :D.. d· -. sp€l~t 27 .days .m t11: ho~~rta1 _ ~ 01 · . ing completed -their job at Hill Top The .. Olympian Dredging Com- . a r.y. Ic !).. _ ea ..· IOWID:g _an operatwn m wl:.lch ~ O.H -2 --Work is now in progress on the School'in E! Sobrtmte, 'are·· reported pany_ h_ave - put- their Dredge Ne_p- W_e ' regret' to_ . report the_ death _f_rom lils h_IP w_as grafte_ d~ m th__ - e_,·.·-.l-'nrl· P.G.&E .. gas line; which .will .even- · ·· ' , N - d f t H bl. -t ~ t m,ovmg 'the pus1 up to apa:.:· tune- to work- for the Army Ene:i- , of Brother Harry Dick; who was. JU_re 00 ' -. e·l_sa_ e_ 0 "'. e aro.__ u n_ .-~ tually extend from 150th . Avenue p · · k · d · ttl k ~ th tl d f t h b f to -.the compaii.y!s new gas. holder· Olson·. oa • an ra e sna es rt10ers on ·. tl}e Hastings . Tra.ot out strickim · and died. suddenJy:.'whpe WI . 1e _a1 0 cru c. e~, · ll ' ~;" in Richmond. Lowery. Paving has· ~ave made- the· , .going:. Arough · ford of Rio Vista. They exp·eot 'to 'hav·e ·on. ·a,vacation t-rip· over the -Fourth pectb _s_ - It hWl _ll be. _at 1_eas _tt _ SIX mo1 _r__1 _ Lls the contract covering about: 6 miles ·-Emembers · • ·· workmg-- · onb ·- · ssocJate·o · d - -a -long-- _J.Obr there. The crews on this of1 iJuly.' A ·staunch union --_ma_n,·- efore e can-'- r~turn-k ° wor {. . ., ' lect.nc s sewer JO 1n rm a.· rig· a-re: Joe Lema:,-. Orville Johrtsoh Harry was one of .our old .timers, " * of this wo1~ k starting at Second and H · - d -- h - t " h Oak Streets--in downtown Oakland. owever, ar:me_ kwlt an ~ -S Cl'atc_ and Mons •JohJi.soh, . Levermeri; Ed' having 'beeu- in Oakland,- since 1933 .. Cdrlll·~ rations '~ Not ~· Bro.. ke~.~-· ; ---· . lotion, sharp -st1c · s:. and a eterml- She·ny; Bob 'Burns ai'ld 'Louie Hahn; Previoi.!sly ··he had ·been ·employed fl"' Healy Tibbitts recently completed nation 'to see ·it thr·ough,- we thihk Watcn Engineel·s; · and · "Frank--- on the HetchcHetchy for nearly-'14_ 1!\e 0 ..!l .J ··Ill - Dg · 1 ~~- . theY will be able to whiii it yet! Pooler, John Hoiloway and Albel't 'l y'ears, . and ' he le_aves . a host Of lli~V~~JAE!~t~J !• f illY; n~ses . ·~ - 0 ~~:iJ~~~~~~~~~o~i~~~=~~~~~~:n~~~ · ' · 'Johnson, DeGkhands. · · friends •within the ranks of lab61'.. WashiJf gto 'n.~Americari corpor- rio, .who .has a SJ.lb--contract on this- A·n'Oth·e·r··._. Rn:u···gh __·. Go', . The · Hydraulic·. Dredging Com- He leaves his wife, ;Louise, a son, atiilns publiCly" tepoi:tecf divfde nc~il same job, has approximately two- v .pany• ~s having some difficulty get-· William, and a brother, Herbert, to aggregating $474;ooo;ooo 'in April more .weeks work out the're. Stolte has moved in on -a simi.lar ~ting their· Dredge•: Papo.ose -ready. whom 'we extend 'our sincere' sym- _ of this ye_ar, three ·per_cent moi·e jot>'in· Orinda ·~nd it f~o :has- all the for the :Napa River 'job: -They don't pa,thy. than the $460,000-,000 disbursed· ··ln McGuire . and Hester have vir- , earn1arks of a rough.. ;go. ·Accord-- ' e)'~pect· ·to 'get- started on -the job .,. April -1948, the Office of Busih ~ss t ually all of their equipment work- I ing to Superintendent Floyd Riri:g, until· after the ·fiTst of August. ' . On June 29 another · of the Economic's of the - Depal'tmei1t 'of ing_ qn various jobs around town. mpst .of tl:le ~ operating will be hand . _ --- 'Brothers, Glen ' w. Smith passed' Comn;-erc: . has announeed __--:- _ , , One of their major opera.tion·s is work,_ - ho~ever; wit~ possi?Iy.. two \\IF I w· . ~ . ·B f~ ·-._ away: suddenly foll?wing a heart'! Casn dlVld ~nd payments fo:· ~;~ - the large water line on 58th Street .rnachmes: ,m ; oper.atwn. Th1s com-- ' , e1 e QSS attack. Brother Sm1th had · been three months ended on Apul_. ~ '' in . North Oakland. pan.y :recently completed: their,por:- 'Nearly everyone· wl)o works for ·work·ing for the Western Forge. a_mounte~ to $1,284,000,000,_'; OL' _tipn of the s-ewage •line·:in .wa:h!ut a liviHg some time or anothet has and -Tool- Works for a number of Ieight per cen~. more _than :. the_$1, . Brothel: Chester Ratti, who ·re-' :creek''and P._ & J: ArtulmviCh; are d1'eamed of what-he ,would -do -for years~ and his untifuely· death came ,284,5?0,000 ~aid out m .., t )1 ,~ . ,corre,s-· "' Cel).t~y · purcha~ed -a : !~· ~ck crane, s~;n:ti~~ on two : units Of tJi.e same' :the employee 'iL:he .were boss';· bufj as a shock to those whO khew -him. -.pondmg. penod of last yea:r.- - ~O ~[~ has-It rented to· the· ~tanley Ko.hler•· proJect: ': :·' , •· many never have that char\ce; ·and. A vetetan of World-War I, he was the Apnl 1949 ~gure al~d .; ~ he , L " - Company. . He is operatii1g it him· ~ Beri 'Gerwick ' has several ·engi- of the-few ,vyho do , a: majority for ~ laid ·to- rest in ·Golden· Gate Na-' tal ·for the three -monWs ·.. m:l~ d.e self on the sewage disposal· plant ·neers working on the -pile -driving get. those dreams of ideal: wol'kiflg tiona! Cemetery. in San Brurt6 on ·only -p :ubhcly rep?rted. cash' -dlVl project .at the . Oaklarid outer har- at -Bechtel's ·P.G.4z:E.' Steam -Plant conditions in the .mad- scramble-to July ·5. He-is survived by his wife, dend -dlsbur~emen ~ s, WhiCh ' acc9:unt bor: 1 job in Antioch, There is not much--ge,t every cent possi]:)le.· Mabel, a stepson, ·Earl :W. Keti:ing- for approximate!~ -. GO to 6~ ,P)'t' / ·elseLgoil_lg .on ,out -there -a:s addi- However, -right in. our midst •we er, -and-- two sisters; Joice Smith and . -cent of all cash drylden.ds pard, - :::~. kl · an,ld ;· fr .eeWa"t/ ·.. tiona! work is 'awaiting completion 'hav'e.' a-good''ex?m-p·ie; i:Jf the -fellow . Mr ~~ Eleanor J?eaJ:dsley, to \vhbin * * * · O u J of the :.pile· driving !·and. ·sett.ing of who worked his: way to the top a:hd ' ·we ·'exterid dmdolences:' The ·game oi poker· origihat~il :Fn . The' small · p.Ol'tions- of t he East' conet'et.e 'fot:(ndations. ·As rrielitioh:ed . ·stil'l' ~~ ~memb\,fs:c ho_w r it feels ''· ~O '; be:l ,_· . . - . - ~ · --_ · . _ _ the west of ·Englatld and \\,as · '·:ftr s~ Oakland ': Freeway .. which. has . b~en : 'prgviotlsly;·· K (Compiled by P . E. V:t~\d ew a.rk ) 1 ed to A. Teichert & Son, Inc., 1846- to L. Boqnolini & Son, Novato, FARMINGTON, contract award- Distribution System, under SF WD J UNE 14, 1949 37th St., Sacramento, $3,638 for $43,592 fo r canst. reinf. cone. bridg ed to Chas. MacClosky Co., 112 514. HILLSBOROUGH, contract vv as pave and drain alley, 5th Avenue on Maple Avenue, across Sonoma Market St., San Francisco, $202,- MARYSVILLE, contract awarded awarded to Peter S_orensen, P. 0 . to Donnor Way, fr om 32nd to 33rd. Creek, at El Verano, SONOMA CO. 803 for canst. outlet works, Farm- to Wh. S. Shedd, Rte. 1, Keen :Box 790, Redwood City, $149,335 for CARSON CITY, Nev., contract JUNE 27, 1949 ington Dam Proj., 4 mi. east of Avenue, Yuba City, $4,884 for re- grade, pave, storm drains, curbs, awarded to Silver St. Canst. Co., SACRAMENTO, contract award- Farmington, under Spec. 1388. pair exist. bridge across Fiddle gutters, san. sew. & water dist. sys., Fallon, Nevada, $1:38,980 for 3.0H eel to M. Malfitano, P. 0 . Box 750, SACRAMENTO contract aw ard-~ Creek, SIERRA COUNTY. '"' d r ystal Springs M·ap No. 1-A 'Sub mi. grade, surf. etc., Taylor St. Pittsburg, $68,699 for cons. levee ed to H. Earl P~rker, 12th St. & RICHMOND, contract awarded div., Hillsborough, under 1911 Act. in Fallon, and Soda Lake Road, setback and bank pr otection, Miner "F" st., Marysville, $114,162 for to Clmton Canst. Co. , 923 Folsom, CHURCHILL CO. SACRAMENTO, contract award- Slough, on Ryer Island, under Spec. canst. settling basin at entr ance of S. F_'., ~1,73 5 ,900 for canst. Mum. ed to A. Teichert & Son, Inc., 1846- J UNE 22, 1949 1401. 1 channel and training levee, Cache I A:uditonum. 37th St., Sacramento, $42,481 for STOCKTON, contract awarded SACRAMENTO, contract aw ard - ~ Creek, 4 mi. east of Woodland, un- SACRAMENTO, contract award- reconst. 12th St. betw. N "B" and to Karl C. Harmeling, 1710 Mt. ed to Carden & Cox, 5740-64th st., der Spec. 1402. ed to Arthur B. Siri, Inc., 1357 257 ft. south, and betw. "C" and Diablo Avenue, Stockton, $4,788 Sacramento, $34,531 for pltmx. SACRAMENTO, contract award- Cleveland, Santa Rosa, $79,747 for "E" streets. for canst. san. sew. in El Dorado surf. on Joe Green Road SACRA- ed to Baker Bros., 279-E 8th St., 5.5 mi. .E. Markeleeville a nd Mono REDWOOD CITY, contract was St., No. Line of College View No. MENTO CO. . ' Chico_, $157,942 for Sects. A & B, & Co. line', ALPINE COUNTY. a warded to L. c. Smith, lst and 2 to No. 3, subdivs. of Stockton, SAN JOSE, contract awarded to to A. Teichert & Son, Inc., 1846- SACRAMENTO, contract award- A. J . Raisch Paving Co., 900 37 Street, Sacramento, $29,160 for eel to Fred T. Judd Co., 1101-2nd Railroad Ave., San Mateo, $40,389 under cash contract. w. for pltmx. surf. on Harbor Blvd. HAYWARD, contract awarded to San Carlos, San Jose, $42,939 for Sect. C, for _canst. road, railroad & St., Berkeley, $24,888 for clean and under cash contract. R. A. Wattson, 5528 Vineland Ave., surf., drain, fence, etc., Santa levee embankment, in Harbor Area, paint steel bridge across Sacra :. RENO, Nev., con_tracts awarded No. Hollywood, will commence Clara-Alviso Road. Sacramento Deepwater Ship Chan- menta river at Capitol Avenue, . q.s follows -for grade, surf., etc. in canst. ·July 15, on 13.5 mi., 24" EUREKA contract awarded to nel Proj., under Spec. No. 1394. Sacramento, YOLO and SACRA- Sterling Village Improvement Dis- steel pipeline on Niles Road, betw. Tom Hull, 930 Carson St., Eureka, JUNE 30, 1949 . MENTO COUNTIES. t rict: • Hayward reservoir and Irvington $9,470 for canst. McKee Creek cul- SAN RAFAEL, contract awarded CARSON CITY, Nevada, contract vert and fill. to John Carcano, 122 Clorinda Ave., awarded to Isbell Canst. Co., P . 0. - Proposition I-To Geo. E. Miller, Portal, Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct 2351 398 186 2 111 Morrill Avenue, Reno, $70,!25. tunnel, near Mission San Jose, AL SACRAMENTO, contract award- San Rafael, $6,049 for canst. reinf. Box • Reno, $ · for .45 P roposition 11 _ To Isbell Canst. AMEDA COUNTY, Contract No. 1, ed to J. Henry Harris, 2657-9th St., cone. culv. at Taylor & E. Sts. mi. grade, drain, surf., etc., etc., Co., P. 0. Box 2351, Reno, $12,499 $744,235, from Irvington Portal, H. Berkeley, $64,879 for 0.5 mi. gq;tde RICHMOND, contract awarded from Hash Lane, 1.62 m i. S. of .<. 086 sq. ft.) H. tunnel to Decato. and pltmx. surf. on grav. base, in to Duncanson-Harrelson Co., 530 Reno South City Limits, t o Mt. c ·t f T Rose St., Reno, WASHOE CO. J UNE 15, 1949 SACRAMENTO, contract award- I y o ruckee betw. intersec. W. Cutting- Blvd., Richmond, $149,- SAN LORENZO, contract award- : SAR FRANCISCO, contract was ed to N. M. Ball & Sons, Box 430, Commercial Rd. with Bridge St., & 000 for repairs and alts. to fuel 1l.warded to L. A .. & R. s . Crow, Berkeley, & Harms Bros., 5261 Q.5 mi. east, NEVADA CO. pier at Nav. fuel annex, Pt. Malate, ed to John Pestana, 16411 E. 14th 1234 Rosemead Blvd., El Monte, Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, $888, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, con- Richmond, Spec. 22421. St., San Leandro, $31,080 for canst. t t d sew. lift sta. and appurts. $408,654 for 4.592 mi. grade, drain, 291 for 5.8 mi. grade & cone. pave. rae s awar ed as follows: ALAMEDA, contract awarded to SAN FRANCISCO, contr act was etc., on Western Divide, Sequoia on cern. tr. subgr. & pltmx surf. (1) Too ~le Co. (St. Proj. No, Barrett. & Hilp, 918 Harrison St., awarded to Leo Epp Inc., 317 Brod- N ational Forest, TULARE CO. on exist. pave & on various types 1094): To Germ ~ r , Abbott & Wal- San Francisco, $137,471 for reloc. 48 8 7 REDDING, contract awarded to of bases: misc. drain. strucs. and· dron, .Tremonton, Utah, $70,292, for & canst. Nav. & Marine' Corps Re- terick,_tsh. Fd., t$ MY· 7 Rfo rk Tconst. 2 276 · 2" d b' f . ransi s e a ISSIOn oc erm- J . P. Brennan, Zeis Bldg., Redding, water suply system to be canst. or . mi. r mx. It. sur . road, serve Tram. Center from Oakland · 1 & M. W. Brown, Box 222, Redding, installed, & hwy. light facil. furn. on U. S. 40 and 50, on Grantville to Alameda, under Spec. No. 22344. ma · * * * $151,391 for 3.698 mi. grade and & inst. betw. Greenville & 1.5 mi. Main St. SAN RAFAEL, contract awarded , surf., etc., Shasta Co. Hiwy 5-A, W. of Livermore, ALAMEDA CO. (2) Uta.h Co. (St. P roj. No. 1095) to E. A. Forde, 640 Sir Francis i Lon·g Range s·l-il · l?etw. St.ate Hiwy u. s . 299 at Tow- SACRAMENTO, contracts were To W. W. Clyde & Co., Springville, Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, $7,1661. • I' · erhouse, 'h mi. N. of French Gulch awarded as follows: Utah, $99,910 for 6.677 mi. 3 112" for 137,810 sq. ft. armor coat pave. · · SHASTA CO. (1) Eldora.d'o Co.- To Tyson & pltmx. bitum. surf. road, on 'u. s. on various city streets. I On Hous·lnn P-asses · SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, con- Waters, P. 0. Box 1914, Sacramen- 91-89-50, betw. Lehi & Pleasant CARSON CITY, Nevada, contract ~ . · · ": t racts awarded as follows: to, $54,700, for 3.9 mi. grade & Grove. awarded to Dodge Canst. Inc., Fall_- W ashington _ The House b~ a. (1 ) Iron Co. (F ASP S-289 (1): surf. with imp. matl. & apply pene. JUNE 28, 1949 · on, Nevada, $39,816 for 0.277 m1. . · T o Reynolds Canst. Co. , Springville, treat. & sealcoat, betw. Lotus-Res STOCKTON, contract awarded canst. brdg. & ap rs., Truckee Car- narrow margm ~ushe~ through a $227,392 for 13.419 mi. canst. gravel cue Road & State Rt. 65, (II-E-D to J. D. O'Brien, 716 N. Ora Ave- son Ir. Dist. Canal, 1 mi. s . Fern- long-range housmg bill lat e June nue, Stockton, $6318 for restore ley, LYON COUNTY. 29, giving Pres. Truman action on ~ urf. road, sect. S. R. No. 20, betw. 1097). Paragonah & Orton. (2) San Benito Co.- To Granite premises at Stockton- Field, Stock- OAKLAND, contract awarded to his first major piece of domestic ' (2) Salt La.ke Co. -(FAP Fl-97 Canst. Co., Box 900, Watsonville, ton, SAN JOAQUIN. Oakland Sewer Construction Com- Fair Deal legislation this year. The (15): To W. W. Clyde & Co., $28,958 for 0.3 mi. grade, place SAN FRANCISCO, contract was pany, R. R. Box 282, Walnut Crk., bill goes to conference t o settle .S pringville, $393,641 for 2.777 mi. imp. sub-base & base matl. & awarded to E: T. Haas, 391 Sutter $62,454 for canst. sewers in Gaul- ·minor. differences be ween House canst. 3" pltmx. bitum. surf. road pltmx. surf. & seal coat betw. St., San Francisco, $8,625 for const. din Road, Alhambra Ave., Aspin-~ an.d Senate versions befor e .formal on ' Sec ~. U. S., l'{o. 40, betw. Sum- Tres Pinos & 0.25 mi. North, (V-S- steel main for Royal Container Co., wall Road, et al, under 1911 Act. 1 d . t Millbrae, under SFWD 521. JULY 1 1949 approva an signa ure. lpit ·Co. Line & Lambs Canyon. Bt-119-E). · ' , t d d t The main part of the bill, a _pro- J UNE 16, 1949 SACRAMENTO, contract award- SAN FRANCISCO, contract was OAKLAND , con t rae awar e o I . . f f d 'd . . 1 1 111 1 SAN MATEO, contract awarded ed to Miles Bailey, P . 0 . Box 1169, awarded to Hetch Hetchy Water Ed J. Tobin) Co., 1000. Carlton Dr., VISIOn or ~ era ~ ~ Ul ding t o Peter Sorensen, P . 0. Box 790 Madera; $29,947 for 1 mi. furn. & Supply, 42.5 Mason St., San Fran- Ber.J This new office at '1969 South In order that our membership Main Street, Salt Lake City, will working out of the old Provo office be the only office maintained by may continue to. receive service in your union in the State of Utah, that area, ·Representative C. R. Van as the Provo office has been closed. Winkle will operate out of his res The phone numbers of this new of idence at 1098 •North 5th · West job. Wherever possible, members fice are.: Salt Lake .8-8551 and street. The telephone -number · will Closest to the job will be given the Drumffllg Coratrador }' 8-3021. . be Provo 3695-J. When in·. •Provo, ·preference in order to avoid un- 23· Years Experience · ' -~ c he will attempt to be available at . cessary trave:Hing to and from . The offi·ce hours will be between 1 HOLES FOE ANY . 8 a, .m. and 5 p. m. Through this his home between 8 a . . m. and 9 work. PURPOSE - office a master membership list a. m. each week day morning and Regular meetings of your union 10" to 6' Dia. ·x 200'. _Deep >~-! · wii! be mainfained and a master 5 p. m. and 6 p. m . .each week day Will be held as follovvs: 0 evening, and. at the ·Labor T~mple Salt Lal'e City- 2nd Wednesday, umi.mployment list, and all dis 133im2B1d Street .. '/j patching to jobs will be coordinat in Provo betw,een 9 . a. m. and 10 8 p. · m .. In ·new Salt Lake city of Berkeley ed so that the member's)1ip nearest a. m. each Monday and 3 p: m. and 'fice. · ,·,:-. LAndscape- 6-8622· the job will be quickly dispatched 5 ·p. m. each Friday. As his work Provo:_2nd Fricjay, · 8 p. m.; · La ··,i. to the available work. will necessarily keep· , him· out of bol' Temple. ·. Og·del\- 3rd Friday, 8 p. m., La Temple. Ukiah- Cedar City- 4th F riday, 8 p. m., City and County Bldg. BJ.ngham Canyon-4th Tuesday, DOBYNS TAK ROD -AND REEL; 3:30 p. m., Eagles Hall. i It is to be hoped that the mem bership will avail themselves of the opportunity to attend one of HUNTS. . FOR·'BIG . ONES' ' HE- -LOST. these regular meetings each month 1343 W. J()lcksan St. By GLENN L. DOBYNS, Business Age·nt, Local 3 so that your representatives ·can be ..: ~ :-_;. Hayw!lul .~- .. Yes, it's that time of the year when.?- man's thoughts turn advised at all times of the condi LUcerne 1-4433, to • , etc. So, I'm eagerly awaiting this week-end'tO go tions of the work. Any advice that you have to improve the general LOckhoven 8-5755· out into the wilderness with a rod and .reel and seek that conditions of our membersh.ip in ~------~~. ::t<) big one that got away lp.st year. Now my fishing can be done the state is needed.. · · ., from the bank or in a row b0at-but from what I have seen a i:ow boat·do to some people in the line of sea sickness they .Report on Ne~ot· iations should do .. their fishing from the bank. .The status of . the negotiations CAlifORNIA . TRACTOR ::' · .GuY F. Atl~insqn Co. has ~om~ -· --,------.,.----- remains about Hie same as in our last report. The Iron Mines Agree & EQUIPMENT ·CORP;: pleted its job ~[Ca lpell.a; on Hig11~ T L H t st· .ff ' {J. way '101. ·J: ; '-.. -, .,_ ~' .. . -TWelve ,ENGINEERS' NEWS July 15, 1949 ~- ~·~·--~------~~~------~--~ · ------~· ------~ · rHE GIGOLO· first Water flows at Orange Cove I lobbvists. .0 . Have. As Big friant-Kern link is Feted MAY I HAVE THE. Plenty to Say There was a big celebration on reporting the event, a lot of or PLEASURE OF THIS July 10 at Orange Cove, in Fresno ganizations were mentioned for DANCE ~ County, as the first 75 miles of their efforts on behalf of the proj • About Your Pay ti:e 153-mile Friant-Kern Canal ect. But scarcely anything wo.s Two hundred million dollars of v; as completed and began carqr- said about the boys who sweated ,, . youP money is frozen in an unused ing water for the thirsty country~ and schemed and improvised to reserve fund largely because . of· make it a reality- the Operating side. the activities of a handfi.ii of men Engineers. With Wells in the district drying The Friant Canal, like the rest in Sacramento. up and dust storms threatening of the huge Central Valley Proj- 1 They are: Adrian Kragan, Leob to make a desert of the rich land ect, has been strictly an Engi- and Leob; Gil Rowland, Pacific around Orange Cove, the water neers' show. Though the Team- American Steamship Assoc.; Leland. came none too soon. sters and other crafts have been Grozinger, American Mutual Alli- CEI:.EB'RATION well represented among the crews, ance; Leslie Cooper, Pacific'Mutual Orange Cove citizens marked it was the Engineers and their Life Insurance; Harold Leavey, the oc_casion by ~ - gala celebra~ion huge earth-moving machines that Western States Life I nsurance; that mcluded_ a1rplane stuntmg, were principally responsible fm· John ·McFariand, American Recip-- - ~arades, feastmg and speechmak- the progress made on th.e 75 miles rocal ·Assoc.; Stahley Burke, Calif. mg. In the newspaper accounts of ditch just completed. Self I nsui·ers Assoc.; Reginald 1 MACHINES Vaughan, Guarantee Insurance; The Engineers themselves aided Perry Taft, Casualty Insurance; in developing some of the special Frederick Hawkins, Life Insuran.ce ~Alabama Reporters machines used up the Valley. One Assoc. of America. · of the more spectacular of these These are SOI:J1e of the chief. life ·· rell Congressmen was the giant machine used to insurance and big business lobby- line the ditch. ists in Sacnimerito. And they have It is really a huge mobile form. been successful in getting the leg-• ~of Hooded Violence Capable of propelling itself, in one I islature to !\:ill off every. bill to. im.~·. ·washington. - Three Alabama continuous operation it lays down · prove· disability insurance benefits. - newspapermen .June 29 . outlined the concrete for the sides and bot- · :_the. money for ·which comes:. en- for a House judiciary subcommit- tom in a continuing operation- tirely out of YOUR paycheck. tee a pattern of night-riding ter- quite a job when it is considered INSU~ANCJl} QO)\'IPAl\'Jli:~ have ror by hooded men which has that the canal is 17'h feet deep, a big stake in keeping DI payments swept the Birmingham, Ala., area 36 feet wide at the bottom, and low- several hundred million del- in recent -weeks. Involvement of 80 feet wide at the top. -tla·.~l~l"" a!l:li::>oa Iars worth. ,the Ku K lux Klan was suggested Consider that a four-lane pave- That's because the smaller the but not specifically charged in all ment is only about 30 feet wide, payments, and the fewer the peo• cases, though the methods were and then visualize the dimensions. Engineers ple getting them, the more m()neY, those . for which the Klan is of that waterway! It has cost T E they can, keep for themselves. kncwn. $29,793,307 to date and it is esti- c Archifecfs Under the . present "Voluntary Speaking from personal know]- mated that nearly $30,000,000 will . . Plan" program, employees · may edge based on i,nterviews with vic- be spent before the 78-mile section . Draftsmen choose-either the State ·or a private tims of as~aul t, kidnaping, threats 1 extending to Bakersfield and the company as their insurer: . and beating were Clarke Stall- Kern River is finished. By AL BO. ARDMAN, Busines,s Repres_entative The catch is that the privat~ . w01:th Jr., reporter. for the Bir- DROUTH RELIEvED · · companies,' by .Jaw must giv;.e> at 'mingham P9st, Clancy Lake ofthe The water which reached Orange This office has>received many quedes conceming with~ least ' the sam~ benE;!fits as the Birmingham News and Paul Tra- . Cove on July 10 got there just in drawal· cards, To clarify in the minds of metnbers of this. or- State·.-That. means if· the State in;, -ivick.: or the Union News, Jasper, time. The area was parched by, g'anization the l'Ules governing this procedure, we pr:int the· creases its payfuents or. cover_ages, 4lfl, . o~e ~f the worst drouths in the following fforri the .·Cdnstitution . of the· Intetnational · Union the pjivate companies must do}ik!'!.-:> .IJOZEN CASES .. h1story of the Valley. Wells we.re : · .· ·.· · .. . , : , . •: · .. , . . . . __. wise. The en heard nearly going dry and some . SlNCETa::E DISABILITY insur:-· · · congress~· · · . · · · · · · irrigati~n· · . of ·.t}ie • , :· Operatmg ·...... • E.ng!neers:.-., ··.· ·.. ·: ·. ' Iars. of. .wh1ch· . . sha. .ll .be · placed. m. . the-. · · .. · · " . ~1 d~:ta~l,c~~ees ~J '~~ilce~c~a~e~~r~t~ f~~ps could -produce only salt wa,: JtrLXV;:Secti .dn l(at· . ~<:neraL fund;. but: he ~hall .!lot be ;i~; ~~l~~=~;~~rt::e · i~~!!PY~~~ . · · . . : ·· • , .. . .• · ·. ,. . ·. . . , .• .. .i•-: >-: .. m good. ;>tandmg ·m any other re-. · · .tack upon Stallworth merely for . Abous 35. m1les _of ~he uncpm, Any11wmbel' oHhei!l,t%;t'l.t1qnal .spect. , . · · . · · -~ , ·. ment lnsutani?e' reserves DI -pay~ carrying out his reporter's job of pleted t8-mlle sectwn lS now ~H- Union whh -ceases to perfdrm·· the . . • ' ...... merits to' i.vo;kers 'whenthey· get investigating·' an abduction and der construction. Contracts for the work of, ah engii1eer, . inay ' ~t' the ·.A··r·t ' ·XV·'.Section 4{e )· sick never:.. haw~ ·: kep( up with. ~hi{ ' beating.. ,,...., . .in . Dora. • a small· town balance. . of the _big .. .ditch . . . are_· ex-. . ,.op· 't· wn · · 'o t ' 'hi ..·.. ·. .s :··1,.oca · . ··1', umon,· • . ', :·>b· 'e · . ...given ··;, · .· _ · • _ .· ·.· I . · · . . · .. . · ·mon.ey' ' comin'g ]_fi : fr_o _m iwtorha.tic. .·... 'c.- · near B1rmmgham. In th11t case pected to be let by the. Bureau· a withctraw.al.:_ca,r'd; . but 'no. with- Howe .vei.~. rnerr\b~rs holding with~ paycheck .(jedli,ctiQns, Th~ , Sta{e . alone arrests have been made and, of Reclamation sometime. this drawa,} . c~rctsna!I'hi~1ssUecl':to ii:ny di:awaLcarqs. and · desiring: to .con- nci\vhas:a·l'eserv'eiif.$:200 million . ; ·_. the case will go to trial August 1. year. , ...... _ · niember·Of the Iriterrtatiorr~F .'(Jnicni. - tinu.e .in good standing in the dea,th all ' ~f ~hiGh ' has: been· docJsed:.ftptn < ·. In the other incidents, most~y. in- When c?mpleted in its .eptiret)f.,' who js' erl);pioye~~ a .s a~ : 'efi:ilrtee~. ··· benefit fund must : make ~ .' liPJ?liea- your paychecks~ ;,: ~ >: : . ' ·. • .·· ; :;,~ ':: .·· yqlving white Ileople only, v1ct1ms the canal w1ll c~rry water:. from A> •/''·x··.· \/ ~ s· ,< ·. :.· ·: . ,;:.·. .·'. (! ..') ' · tion to .the gener(J;l ·secr~tary - treas~ , : Private ' cliniparues; .· who:,.. l!rurdle. · were uniformly .afraid . to talk to Friant Dam, .on :the \\(estern slo{le Arh y,>. ethon·..4· .• •. IJ .· urer \Vit.hin thl~tY: <3.0>. diiYS .·from -40 cper cent• ot:th'e ;pilople : ~?ve~e