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Design [] inventory Control ] Calculus 'J Economics LI Mechanical Engineering LI TV and Radio Servicing Plumbing [ J Aircraft Mechanic 1 I with Equip Training [ Managing a Small Store COMPUTERS ENGINEERING I Plumbing & Heating I 1 Personnel Labor Rel'ns LJ Hydraulic, Pneumatic I 1 COBOL Programming (Refresher Courses for Power WRITING and ENGLISH Reading Arch. Blueprints I I Purchasing Agent LI Fortran Programming r ' English and Writing I Refrigeration Graduate Engineers) n Industrial Engineering I I Retail Business Mgmt. U Programming for I I Chemical i Civil i 1 Industrial Instrumentation' 1 Free Lance Writing ART and DESIGN IJ Traffic Management Digital Computers [ ] Electrical [ I Industrial 1 I Machine Design LI Reading Improvement I Commercial Art BUSINESS' SALES r 1 Programming the 360 I 1 Mechanical [ I Power Plant Engineering D Other (tell us) Commercial Cartooning [ Creative Salesmanship [ I Programming the 1401 f I Sanitary I 1 Structural ( I Quality Control GENERAL OFFICERS THE INTERNATIONAL OPERATING HUNTER P. WHARTON General President LOCAL UNION 66, PITTSBURGH, PA. 1125 17th St., N.W. Washington, D. C, 20036 laHMIMM NEWELL J. CARMAN Genera/ Secretary-Treasurer LOCAL UNION 39, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. April, 1970 1125 17th St., N. W. Washington, D. C. 20036 Volume 113 Number 3 JOHN F. BRADY First Vice President LOCAL UNION 399, CHICAGO, ILL. NEWELL |. CARMAN 9S44 S. Damen Ave. Chicago, III. 60543 Editor and Manager J. C. TURNER Second Vice President CONTENTS LOCAL UNION 77, WASHINGTON, D. C. nil L. Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20005 President's Comments 3 Kentucky's New Wage Law 5 LEO BACHINSKI Third Vice President LOCAL UNION 148, EAST ST LOUIS, ILL Editorials 6 1750 Brentwood Blvd, Suite 602 St LoLiis, Mo. 63144 Salute to the States IV 7 THOMAS A. MAGUIRE fourth Vice President Housing, Consumer Problems 8 LOCAL UNION 15, NEW YOPK N Y Housing, Construction Starts 12 ?6S W. 14th St. New York, N. Y. 10011 Labor Calls for Policy Change .... 13 RUSSELL T. CONLON Fifth Vice President Canadian Section 14 LOCAL UNION 302, SEATTLE, WASH. Wfstern Avenue & Cloy St. Seattle, Wosh. 93121 Navy Seabees in Viet Nam 16 On the Safety Sector 20 DALE BURCHETT Sixth Vice President Ports and Shipping 2! LOCAL UNION 49, ST. PAUL, MINN. 2611 Central AvenLie, N E. Minneapolis, Minn. 55418 Legal Notes 22 Monthly Buying Guide 23 AL CLEM Seventh Vice President LOCAL UNION 3, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Almanac 24 474 Volencio Street San Frnncisco, Calif. 94103 In Memoriam 25 Death Benefits 26 PETER WEBER Eighth Vice President LOCAL UNION 825, NEWARK, N. J. jjji»i««_pitss|ji; 4 Fleming Ave. Nev.ark, N, J. 07105 JOHN POSSEHL Ninth Vice President LOCAL UNION IS, CLEVELAND, OHIO 3515 Prospect Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44115 CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOURNAL Connmunirations must reach the office before the twenly- filth of the month preceding that in which they are to JOSEPH H. SEYMOUR Tenth Vice President appear. The fact that a signed article is publishod does not lommit THE INTERNATIONAL OPERATING ENGINEER to LOCAL UNION 12, LOS ANGELES, CALIF all opinions expressed therein. Contribulions and ilems of 2323 West 8th St. Los Angeles, Calif. 90057 news (oncoming the craft and labor movement are re quested from our readers. 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C. 20036 POSTMASTERS—ATTENTION: Change of address on Form 3579 should bo sent 'o International Operating Engineer, Mailing List Department. Third Floor. 1125 • 17th Street. N.W Washington, D. C. 20034. Se^ond-cl JSS postage poid at Wastiinglon. D. C. By Hunter P. >Vharton \jQeneral President American Labor's Global Concern MERICAN labor has a concern with working name of Samuel Gompers was prominent indeed. A people everywhere. This means that Ameri It is the tradition of trade unionism that we can organized unionism has a global concern re work together for the advancement of our breth specting the welfare, living standards and ad ren. Those in skilled and well paying trades vancement of working people all over the world. do not neglect to work in behalf of the lower As the United States continues to exercise a role paid workers, particularly in the areas of mini of leadership in the world, it might be well to take mum wages, improved conditions, etc. It is as a look at the role which organized labor is play much a part of trade unionism to be concerned ing in behalf of the advancement of workers with our fellowmen as it is with religion. We abroad as well as at home. exercise our philosophy through many ways and Involvement of the labor movement in inter in many manifestations. I have mentioned the national affairs is not a new development by any founding of the ILO.