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·, SAN ·· FRANCIS·co, -CA!JF. NOVEMBER 16, 1945 r lie at k n f f
. ---e--- m-: .· - :'; n f Ship r I -es o·k'$65cMinimuni I Unres~. i~espfead,; I,oc;al ( - ,Large atte·ndcmce· at l~t ·'-----'------·· Macpi~_isltllnions T-ie-lJp ,· [ : 1 m~eting greets Converseu ,- .~:;t:~". :,-;,n· •.- .;,. ct •p ·._ -.· ·Br,riu Ya&:,U.i.iJi: .J1, .·. :· wa.,r. - .. • u. i [-' -6th Inti Vice-President ,, . ' . ' - Sa n,.Fra.ncisc·o~:r,iews-~\was~xecei:v-ed--recently by i r · - By- VICTOR S. SW ANSON t. ·the 'Bay Cities :Metal Trades· Gou-rtcil from Washing. Local ·union Manager ton that the Shipbuilders ~:Wa.ge:.,Stcrbilizcrtion Com:. t A very large number of brothers .attended our lasf regular mittee has-at1;thorized · a tri-party: zone con1erence of r · meeting, held Saturday,-Noveinher 3rd. Brother Frnnk P. Con-:r labor, management and government to be held a:t : verse, our Sixth International Vice~President. war,n~lso present:' Spokane, VJashingJon,,.-Monday, .N0v.,2I. .Local . 3· is . This was his first visit to Califoriii_a and it was a re.al pleasure to very much- interested jn this ·conference. It is an - h~ve· him her·e with us. Brother Converse came here primarily , affiliate of the Ba:v · Cities Metril· Trades Council rihd. : to m~~f w_ith . Mr, Bec;_k, Vice~Presid~ht of t·he Brotherhood of ,,::s"'::s"''"'/,,r,,}::st,},,',r,,,::"::::t'?';:] is -vitally concern:i:d ·in the· out~ome of-discussions ort C Tearn.'sters, to s,ettle a dispute case between the two organiza: ,•, wage increases:. axid:working conditions a:s concerns ,· t_ioris over . the ii~al · purpose trucks, now being operated on ,: the Pacific Coash ; " Rough, a11c;1;:: Ready ' Island, Stock------~---- . The · calfing of -- this· tri-party stilute for many_6ther resoluUons · ' ;,, .. ·• \..,.- -- · ' ' · ' zone conference comes in the mid- ,submitted on. the_ wage qu!estion) :,. __ :. t~y:i:;; e_a'l i~ol:n.i:a:?rhe·- tw? ~n\01}]<:: ftt.fure tro __ a_ttep a'..ttemled ' tl1is meeti11g and to urge_ the Chicago Association -of Com- IJ-e held in New York City. I! at Sea t tle Sept. 24: At tha t 111eet- "Q;1; we got p,itcb, stri>mberry, tri'at ~·ou· 111ake every effort in the merce. '------' ing "Resolut ion No. 48" (a sub- epP.le, ancl mii~~e." ·.EDITORIALS COMMENT E. ·ng1neer . gelsII. ci·t a t·ion . r IReport oUast meeting. I . ,. . i11. for·- heroism· action . _ 11 .~e.etin~· w<:15 called.·. to ',ord. :_.~ 'a.t 8:20 · p.'xµ._•. · Pr. esidE:nt eI~oy · . . s. . preSidmg. 'l;here _were.crppro~ately 350 mem,bex:s. pr~s~nt,. _... By T. · D. BRY$0N . . The ·Minutes of the previous meetings were .read --~d 13usiness Representative adop.ted c;i:~ rea_d. . San Francisco~inpe .our . Brother Frank 'Cox:iverse, Si#h Int!,!rp,ationql Vice·-Presid~t, last issue went to press there was a ~isitor; . ~~ -~~-. Brother 1bomas . Ro,~erts, of Static:m,q!y . have been few ch~ges in the Local No. 508, -0 .akland, a dredge . situation. The San .· Among .the ~ommunicaHons was one ·from the Office of the, Francisco Bridge Co. has both Gen·eral President, announcing the resignafo;m of Fifth Vi~e the San Pedro and Duwamish President · Carter, and the eiection of Brother Charles B. Gram ' dredg~s working at Mare Is ling as Seventh Vice-Pre~ide1s1:t, Brother Frank Converse being land, where they have con advanced to Sixth Vice-President and Brother Joseph J. De _siderable work for the Navy. laney bein~ advanced to Fifth Vice President. The Pearl Harbor has been de; Letters of thanks were received from Mrs, Frank Thompson layed on account of the disposal and Mrs. Williams and-Jqne. area not being ready. They expect d d to get on the Benicia job by Nov. The following Resolution w.crs presented for the secon · rea .. 15th. i.,,.g and adoption. It was adopted by unanimous vote: The Associated Dredging Co. RESOLUTION has their dredge Liberty No. 3 building levees for the disposal WHEREAS: Heretofore members of long standing who are area at Benicia. The Curlew is on retired from active service as operating engineers, have found Sonoma Creek working for the it too burdensome upon their sa~ings to continue to pay dues Sonoma Land Compariy and the No. 1 is in the yard at Pittsburg and for that reason have been obliged to sever their connec... undergoing some repairs. The tions of this Local Union, and Palmer is still at Sacramento WHEREAS: In the past proper consideration has not been working on a U. S. Engin.eers job 011 the .Sacramento River. The accorded members who, over a long period of time, have given Monarch is working at the United of themselves, their time and their money to establish and main Engineering shipyard in the Oak- tain the present status of this Union, land Estuary. The Goid~n . ~ o~k s16Ws down gc5qq. ,Qit f ~oys busy ~eep Iii • Redfield I 1n Sacramento atea· a.ood: mn. S~n _Ra~ael · .. · · · · · · · · · ' · :-: .- · -· on less·er 1obs ,set-up seen- in- levee Job By H. O; "HEINIE-'' FOSS . . . Busi.'less . Repre,sentative By F. A. LAWRENCE (Sacr.amento) San Rtifael ~ Vie stiil find · CHET ELLIOTT (Farfield) and BILL WAACK (Marysville) Brothers Hoover and Eck down Business Repre-sentciti~~s Tiburon way! working on a Socramento~Work has sloweJ h~ · 1asf ·month.' office rec~ently ·signing · our ne-iv . of Knights· Landing. This jOl:J should They·Ji:~ve ab'ol[( four rigs working ·contracts. Speaking of contracts, · : . ~eEip a siz~able '. group. Of Local. 3 there Jl6'vV. ' yoti.r , i'epresen~tiv~ Jias been -very •• men 'till 'the ~e;ay,, Tains. · - Gai>ld & S6:ri ofStocktort, havel :busy: in the;i>a:st, ,veek in the vicfo.~ -..· -. . . a.~J.b_~ . busy ·R:: 1 1 -l(Are::the nasty unions, pushing daddy around again ?' . -.-_.-,:p:;: -~e :.;~~:::~:::~~:1!~~i:~.-tl~~~t~ :- ~!\t:~ttti;::i:tt;i~ct \ ~~lV!;~::r::!~-~:::~!::~- . Plant. ' T_his '. is . Brother~ N ornian· rafu~'nfo; :T~t are :erhployirig: lLj inb ..this · vicinity·,w}fo' are not mem- MAC-RINIS TS'. ·Kelley snob. _ memb.ers at present-. ers of the ,\.G.C, ACQIDENTS I '.' - i Bids; are Qeing receiveddby the . . ' : . • . . • .. . u.··· s . . E~gin.eers '6ffic~\intil :No,. ·-Faitfield'Job·Slack'·· Ado to 5ravelPlant OPPOSED· TO ·vember 'fa-jJ{,'-for the · enla-rgem.~nt . . The,Fairfieldjob'. has been pretty .. , We find the Marin. Gravel Co. of NOT ALLON: .,_ · of th~ ··'west'.'·le~ee o(the: Sacra- :well shut.-do\Vn for. tlie, past-week, l p9fn't Reyes· whh :l3rofh~r H. ¢. TRAINING nie11to river and slough levee ·of due to the : rains, but a1L-0the,:-ineh Phillips, .-super~~.tendent, and an_ ·wA-R FR·ONT Sy.camore Slough 2.5 -mi'les. above are- .. back on-: the job at- the 'time addition .of their r>lant. Installed a New York City · FreTI1ont·Weir to· Sycamore.Slough this goes- -to pte~s. . Tfiere ar~ still hot plant .and are rio.";" in opera- . Denounc!ng Presid~nt Truman's San Francisco, Cali-f . . h' otitfall . gates . .To date there are about- 5l)O\members w'oi'king, }ven I tio1'.. This i} a ni_c~ 'location for this I ~!an fqr uni~er~al, military_ train- In what is the most . th th • .· -thirty-one·· companies bidding... though 'in• the past tw-0\veeks .i25 venture_and .1r0m iny observation mg, e· e~ecutive ~o~ncil c,f e startling information_· vet ,. · ·· - - ,., - .. . · : · · - ·n 100 k t · ·. t d 1' 0· f International Associat10w of· Ma" J ·Pr~posed·Jobs .~o -le.t: . menwerelaid_off,They.~usehave y,e~I ose~agrea ea .. · · · • •. · . . rdeased, the Natio-r(al. · · , ' · : , . . · -:- : activity from this. outfit chims:ts said here its adopt10n Sa~rament.o- gone elsew.hereAo -:work, _smce _I ., ...... · . · . ·~ would mean "that the u. s. is,get- Safety Council has reveal- . · · . Soiithside .Park.(sw;im- : do~riot ·haye many ··idle me'n .Iisted _but . We fin~ ~rowncElyh· not t ttoo ff busyd ting.. ready' for. another . -\.var." ed the : staggering h0111e:..· ming pool) ...... , ...... :... ,.$ . 100,00~ .at 'Fairfield. . - : .·· runnmg, some_ o s u an ._"Against whom?" de,ma,.;ded the · ~- · Improvem:ent.of. :City •. The excavating isc practically ha-:erecentlyacqmredthe. services)A.M boar_d. "Is it 'agafo"st one of frontaccjdent t611 ,suffered , · tlorporatiqn Yards .... , ... ,.· · 75,00Q through, but ~ -f~w,~:cre~vs are'stiiL on\1 Kfng_weiljas PA~her f5>r t~em. the ·ailied · natfons? We- were toid by ·the American workers , Exfunsion-:of se,ver.mains .-. . .busy.on the-fuii.i,µhtg up work.:M.-K I w~ !ee1_ that Al _will build up a 01: v~_E andyaJ_day _s that our ene- from Pearl Hatbor, De.:. . and replacements ...... %0.-09,0.0.0 .has tlre',Batsh :p1arit r-unning and - ~~c~ ~r~a~izati~n . aiia ..;vm makf ~l~S were ~viped out; Can we a_f.~ cember 1941, to V/-J Day• . ·on to· wate-'r'·s·y· stem.. n o'oo v h · · ·t· - ,f-- · _ b · · · some money for this· outfit. ford to have such fear abroad m , Additl 50 ,,., l e. ave· .qw ec a ew mean e.rs .on - , . , . . · · Id · h' h · ··- t A t 14 1945 · · . ! . ··' - -- ... -.. _ · _. In s ·anta.Rosawe ,findJohnSpa- a -wor_ · mw _ic we -aretrymg o. ugus_ , .. . : IS ...... 1 Street . nnprovements:..... ::.. . 300,000 this work• . The ~ek e- Cru_s~es, estabhsh a chmate for --peace?"· Few, if any, Americans haw .. ; ~ark in S~utheast.'Sac~ also·busy and:itf will-be next Spring_ letta and.. Onsrood. ·hav.e a small · , , t t t t d · .*· * * been even faintly aware. of these . _·_.·_: ·r··1l'ann,~1:-!tB_ou;il:·:d:·m;:--g·:••· _-.-..--·· :·:·--·-- . 50,000 pr~bably;_before the job is finished. con rac ·on .. s ree s' an -sewers m shocking facts. The National Safe- "" $tolte has ~botiffifty men ·wdr-k- 'that: town...... 1' · : . . . - . ty Council reports that 36,355,000 f'' f. S~r~iiiento: . .. : :, ,. ing op:the'.bu_il~ings_a:ridthis:num: _.. We' ~nd tha,~ :Bas~lt _h\ !1.eald~-. Real Re~son to·Cuss people were injured and killed -in . ,., . '.!,0th· & K Rei;i.todeFBt \, \ f'o\ir ENGINEERS'.:NEW5 .Stockton v1ork -slows·, but Elbert·H,ilf"· ~-- Ber1d --- electiori pr0ves _big ,·· fu.ture bright; contracts se;es;:ple;nty;<- /disappointment -in, -S. l~; av0arde 1d for local wharf of action '" :!Moffett .Field-jobs loom 0 By ED DORAN !.:~~:s:,of Al ~ • . / By~ G. .MURPHY . . · Business Representative mac~ini~t . for: Ria~otti, wa§"'_ ii'. _·1 Bus_iness Representative Sfoclcfon~Work in the Stockton'area has been·ve~y .slov.r , tl}e Jn_v~s~~n of :_ Af~_a_.-.·_,-_-... _Sic_)lJ_~, _5 Q:n -· J• OS;e -. -- FU.'1. d_ s tO tct 1· mg ... $1 , 986 ,000 . - _ h a.Ye b:een-- :a-llocat'ed· Italy, Anzio beachhead; :· salerno .. the pa.st few weeks, but the outlook 1s bright for the· future, if He landed in Southern France · by th~ Navy Department for construction of a new 7500 foot run~ - we can only .ihold on until the future gets here. on D-day on, Normandy ,aeach, way cmd an accompanying . .system of taxi-ways ,at Moffett The .. A. S. Vinnell Conipany were low bidders on a freight . went through France ancl Ger- Field. An ~dditional s_um has been allowed to complete Cori- ; haiidlirig contto:ct let by the U. S. Engineering Department. ,many, and then into Austria, stru<:tion of. Hangar No. 3, on which _work was discontinued · This company has been signed on an agreement with the Oper He. was with the 3rd Division, with . the end of the war. The riew runway will parallel the _ ating Engineers and are paying ,the new wage scale which is Army Engineers. He was a bull- present main r_u. nway, running ~bo\it 600 yards eas.t ofit and •. doze1· .operator through all oper- $2.00 per houi· on the crawler ations. will be built heavy enough io handle ".The Big Babies," the cranes, and $LB5 per · hour on -the If the person who., dill this_ -will. Hill was ilischa.rged October 125,0QO .. pounders. -Bids ·on this work, no doubt, will be opened ._ tr~;c_k cranes: This contract when call I will gi~•e him0 a box of shells 25 5 nd5 th under_ way wiH employ approxi~ and they -are hard -to get. I will I ' lH , and int~ to get back · bef~re you recei~e is issue. f ~vhrch \;ill mean an inci·eased pay- - to work aft-er a well-earned rest_ Pittsburg-Des Momes Steel were·'i .r·oll. - · ·_ mate.Jy 100 mem.ben of Local No. also give a sub.stantial re,vard for. d "tl and, aecording to his da , · 1ere the lucky bidders on the new su- _ "Tnll brother's · thi's i's about t-ha 3. To date ·five crane operators, any fofo1·mation which will lead to n ~ , ~ 14 oi lers, and 5 heavy duty me- the return of my gun. is damned little hurry!" personic wind tunnel. I und~rStand 1 extent -of my report I ~ealjze i.t -is _ chanic;, have been · dispatched to The N & M Ball job at Ione is Raym~nd Concrete Pile will .. s~b ; sho1:t but there _is nothi'ng -new of , the job. -The crane boss is Brother finished and the skinners and ·Many new jobs llie piling. Carl N. Swensen will ! real interest at this· writina. There Samways with -- Happy. Ar_bUthnot . equipment have moved to t_he P!Affl;M!ift up for· have ~he :conc~ete • work which Iare se~'eral large jobs i~ t~e offing as llfa-ster Mechanic. Merced Airport job. . I"''° !llli'!J amoun~s to con~ide~able. 1such . as .the Bayshor_e H1ghw;:i.y __and : ·A. Teichert & Sons contract · at · R ..!LJ" • EvenSt , & Kle\_vit have almoSt i the new Los Gatos-Oakland High- · There has been lots of activity · euulftft renaon 1 d h b. · b III 0 ff · Rough ·and Ready Island is about around th_e city of Stockton ':a ':» com~_ete t , eir ig JO at ' _ett. / way, ' but ·· to date _· there have-· been _; 011 th th to fold Up, But the company has commercial building. Brother _Dur~ng, e ~... n~: ho~irs ~y ~~ve I110 _ n_e_w develop~ents 011 either ,oi e-rec"Lec', a t h 0 t 1 t - ~y ~- A. HESTER, tne boys a big _Beer Bust wl11c_h I these_ proJ·ect_s. - ._._ - .· - permanen . - P an Clare1,1_ce Sands h0s 1?een diggirig Business Representative - seemed to he greatly appreciated ! - and expect to keep several mem- with a ·· cat"loader acro~s the street Redding-Apparently notfi- by all. Ye;, I was there,. too: News of_Our , Brot_her~ ' hers of Local 3 busy doi_ng small from the Labor . Temple. Brother . h d l .· d . h" d' Many of our membe1s have _been_ . b . th' . -. . . . mg as eve ope m -t is is- t -d . ·1· l'f d . th Jo s m is -area. Bob Warnick is runmng a base- . . --M0 dern1z1ng . . Pl ant ie, urne to .c1v1 ian I e urmg •h Rough & Ready Johs_-- - ment excayator, the_ rig looks like I ~net m th~ last m~nth. Accord- The Pacific Coast Aggregates is rpast ·_Al_l _ o{ _th_ road_ -work north -of a_ mother could love. Calla'han Nevada, They are also operating t ere. I 6 e Construction Co. will C 1 A" S A_r_cata is fi_nished . until n. ext vea1', Mercer Fraser Co. is · shutting their flotation mill -· in Silver City. _ omp ete 1r - tahon J • finish the _repairing on the tunnet,. . although .M_ercer Fra.ser -will · keep down for the· wi11ter and are just betw.eeri Florence Lake. an\i Hunt- This· mill has a capacity of ' 500 Dodge Br_others Constmction--,------t l)"eir -l)o't.- _plant _going ?- _few days doing , odd jobs aro.und Eureka, in- ington. · Lake , th.is mo:i.oth , but t _J:ie . tons per day. They are now wo~k- Company have completed their r ~- -t o fil1isl; !he job at: Heatrice. . clud\ng - a . couple of piledriving job they . have -rip News from the San... ''\ ·Francisco Office 1, and;-Pat~ I By P. E. Van dewark Clancy, ·s usiness Represent atives San · Francisco; _ Work ~st~rt Oil the erectfon of ste.el of the ·Wa~e Demands Up . ' , this office.: Brother Verc~\ iy:Sseri . is tion. He also 1·ealizes that paying ; ·conditions in this _area have· b~ller and plate shop before ~he_y · The Bay Cities · Meta.I Ti:ades now out of the service and ready' the equal scale · by contractors in ..J f' . l - . -d. . d · will have.a chance to start on their C-:c,.. . d ··t ffil' ted · . . .· the territory makes his department ue 1n1te y p 1owe :. own- since- - - . · . · . ounc11 an 1 s a• 1a orgamza- to fo 1low his o1 d occupat10n. our last report. At ·the present 1firs t_ J~b, tha.t-- bei~g the erectwn of I tions have been_in consta1;1t meet- · able to get the · highest type of , _time there are quite a larg_el 1: the big hamme1. head crane and ings since the 29th- of October at, In San Ma_teo County - skilled operators in tp.e territory. - - number of brothers unemploy- runway_s. tempting to iron out their ·diffi- Macco M&K job at Mills F ield is ,ve wish to thank Mr. Grant f pr- th nd th - ed: Of cours~; the Machinists' -Along the Waterfront culties. A deniand for an increase winding' up. The Califo~nia Paving e wo erfui cooperation e : strike in the shipyards .has Several piledriving contractors in wages has been presented by the Co., L. C. Smith and various other County' Engineer's office of San : - - Mateo Comity v.ave to this Local · so_mewhat enlarged our' out of are bu~y r epairjng and rebuilding Bay Cities Metal Trades Council , small contractor s i_n the territory - w ork list. Information concern- the piers which includes Mercer arid a Pacific Coast conference has have had considerable small jobs. union . . ing this strike will - ];,e found Fraser Co., J. Proctor Co., Tyler been requested to deal for all of The contractors not members of Rock Plants Hold Up later in this report. Co. and_Duncan & Harrelson. M. J. the shipyards on the Pacific Coast, the A.G.C. are planning on signing The rock . plants in the territory Ii1 the construction field at McGowan Co. have a pile driving _ tentative date being November 21. up, -including Union Pavin g· . Co., are r unning about as usual. The · Hunter's Point several contractors .job, new building at Seventh and T his being a tri-partite a.greement P eninsula P acific Construction Co. Por t of Redwood, wher e so m any are still busy, - erriploying_ a large Townsend Streets. H ealy Tibbetts between employer, union and gov- and others wh o are n ot members of - our members were employed number of brothers. Kerwick, lvfor- Co . .ha ve two jobs ill operation at ernment, it is ne,iessary that all of the A,G.C. The new wa-ge scale loading gas and such for t he N avy,,. . rison & Twaits· are, still busy_ on present, a se,v.er outfall job. at 48th three parties agree to such- confer- is in effect· on most jo:bs, as far as has closed q. o,vn. There ,a r.e a large . t h eir fo ur contracts for the Bureau Ave~ e and a sewer extension job__ ence. The answer for the conf er- we know, A ny brother not 1;eceiv- number of real .estate projects in of Yards and Docks,. incluging pile on Napoleon Str eet. Several rigs ence . will probably be . forthcoming ing this- scale in my teiTitory, the t erritory which have kept · driving, ex·cavation and fill wor'l\, are_busy on both of ,these jobs. this week aml will undoiibtedly be please. notify this office inunedi- many of our m embers empi'oyed ... plus a sand-dredging and import A. D. Shader Co . have about favorable to all three parties .in- ately so we can <:orrect the_ mjtt- Guy Atkinson Yard, and t he vari- job from , off the Alameda side of completed their track removal_and volved. No fur~her -state.rnent can ter. It has come to our attention ous yards in the territory have t l:;ie bay. Eaton' & Smith have about replacement job on Mission Street. be issued at thi~- time in regard to -that..; some of the contractors are been slowing down on ' their repair\ . one more month.left_on their large Eaton and Smith's sewer job . on the Machinist, stri¼:e until such reltictant to pay this increase. You work as they seem to be caught up excavation job an9 are still work- Delores and Army Street is rapidly time as,~ a Pacific Coast .sjlipbuilq, kn.ow. this increase was grantee! to for the {vinter. Kenroyce Co. re~--. ing_on a two-shirt _basis: Raymond ne;i.ring completion.- Cariqo & Gall- ing co11fi rence is. )leld. .. us l:ly the \\lag~ Acljustmf;)nt Board newed their ag1:e.ement with the _ C<:mcrete & _ Fife Co. have thre.e tier have a large building contract of .the _\'Var Labor Board, and if Engineers at an incre·ase, ma.king ·, drivers in operation· on a two-shift for a warehouse for : Bethlehem Among the Brot)1ers the, increases .are not· paid ·ancl the that yard a pretty good winter oa.sis. Steel at'16th>and 3rd Streets. The · Br other Tom·Free1and, a former matters .are not straightened.- out spot for some of our Heavy Duty ,- - · · excavation· for this· job · recently· member· of Local 45 and a,1rumiber- with,a ·.few .con·tractors who are re- mechanics. The excavating job on .:_ :s _,··.::_.,t_,..,_a__ - a•.:_ rr,_tr:_:e;___E _- t::.t:_x_. _·&·~-· ~H.:_:v1:l~,.P~,t.~~-hho:_:_,-_ h,:,a. ·-v···e'_. a·_--- 1-a·r' ge ;yas ' c'0mpl-e'ted< by Piom'bo· Bros. of Local 3 . Sil)ce~i ,ts: i!1{fep~iq11( me(luct ant to_ pa:y ,·it, it will' p~obably the -Belmont Airport has heen h~ld: '. ,- JD " - T,h_}s-:,.. v iil;furn.ish .-_ ql;! it-e ·,:_.f J~w ·Jobs w it h an untimely_and wnfoi·tuifa:t~, .. :µieim an -argument Oil the job. The up due to t.he pµrchase 'of addi- -" con:~ra cT-for. the .efection ·of a_boiler Jo~ our:·br.ot1lers sbecause thei~e is ' a . death_ on October . 29." He:\;,,as ~!).~ Board ~f Supervisors in San Mateo-, tional lands to . make it a large ~nd -plate shop,. •have -_ started .exca,--large ,amourit "of steel erection_ in- loading. a :shov,e_l , from a lo~v bed Count y has, granted. tJ:ie increase to lfield. : . , - ,vih_o~1 -for theit wor~--:-:t;v~ ~igs. .-_are v.~lv; d: . St_and~rd::. fuilding Co. ::aTe -t;an~1' -"~Vh:en°:tq.e .shovel sliq_- from ·o~~ em_ploy~e~ , s -~?f :N' ~-v~~~~er;-~st. ·Bo-nb Is.sue Cal'ries-. , ' • . , ;I now -111 operat10n. Const l:'uc.t;i.on,Ag,, .still- keep mg q mte',. 'a _ few of our . .the.. t railer, and · crushed hm1, to Th~s keeps _this county m _lme w1tl~ The ,, $20,_000,000 · Bond Issue is _ .. ~ ~eg~Je~· Gor P; :are;. s~i'!i ~i:I~gtli~,;,j), ~f~t h~ri ' b,usj ,~on}% e :i)~rf'<:;;tio,n,,.p_L -. -~ th jn °' w~ cab;,'We ,extend · our _t,he -coristr~cticin "pay''in ··the 'terA~ Uir9ugli . irn t v~e doni e¥p~ci ..: tl_le '. s½nct ,, \vi!~:_, ,~J:1ei:i,:;4 b~·~t-; ·(t h_i .i.c::~i7i1fi.: :iie~v- ~omes if( Ure :s {;ns.~t'~i~tri_s~C deepest. -and _mos f :heartfelt sym- torY., a~d ,~.½iµ e ~~ry p;roild of th". c6nt:ra; t ·: q_:f : enlarging Iviiils___ F)?ld( ___c r~ft. Harr y .Le~- is, still... ; eng;,i,ge:ru :Al¼-, oL the·· shipou iiaing:-aiid)-·stilp. p,ath_Y.- to his .family a11d friend~. ,co:n,~io'us , oil;,th-e,,,@mploy,ees ·of~ to,. get -:under : .way · until possibly : . i~) ?{~li1iW,ifi _~~ ~ff a~~:, k~~~~g ~ -paf ·~~f411i1;~i,~~t -'i ai~fi q;~i;· ::~~;h~~· ~]:° Vercruyssen, .,; ho-,ha~·:¼~ ~·:~;~ttt'hi,i~~~t{(\j f .ti~tc1) •.ii i~~t¥f11~: ~s·,!;:1lie _t/~theJ .;:_...;., tllt~e'°~~-pt1.;;;;~ro~her~ q,usy. Airier1; a_re :-closed · 90,1n , at ·:t~-e . ·present .bee!J. m J!'le, Sea l?ee;, .for the · 11;1-st -neel', ::lUr._.;,._Qr..a~} ,;,';l!~_f :Y: 7}'!,iJtt_l'ie,ti 4!h.f -;contractors will b~ 1 . e~~ -·.,Bridg~ --Co, _ wtlf .,.und-Oubteuly time· due to "the· Machinists' strike. ·three :v,ears,,\.vas ii', rec~nt 'visitor fo, /fair 'ii'i -dealing''-'vit1i°':"o'il >",-f' i!i-\:1cta'rti?to~sta?fsafa: j.ob;.' C: ;;4,;,, •• • -··..:;, - • '~ :. - - : · . "'·- ' • ,.,•. - <"' .•... .- .• >·: : ~ . ,-.;.. - r-r ~ ,,, .. ~ t ~ . .- :, ., .- .. _ - :~. .. ~- ' : . . Six · November 16; .f94·5 ·t 1s doin- e Oa~·l a.nd -'O-fflce By Al Clem, Joe Riley: and Joe \/Yafther~ Business .Repre·sentatives r,,n d E 'd e of facturers, plan immediate con- Air Reduction Sales Company, products distributing plant. have purchase_d the southwestcor- -' ·o - • .. @t/€. /0111 0 Vl enc jhe continued industrial activ- struction of a new plant in a 3½- Emeryville, has purchased 20,0-00 Blake, Moffitt and Towne has ner of 14th and. Harrison Streets acre site at 9009 San Leandro square feet- of industl'ial property purchased property on 21st Street and plan immediate construction ity i.."l i:he Metropolitan Oaklaucl Street. and plans to erect a new ware~ for t he erection of a $250,000 of a $300,000 amusement center. ,,..r~,,;..... c. "" ,_·;-;:, "',:, ·ont.a1·ned in a recent B erkeley p ump c ompany h as h ouse, 1a b orat ory an d saI es b m'Id - ware h ouse and o ff'ice b m· 1·dmg.· Big· Marcha}1t Boom . ,. r,_epo:d compiled by the Cham- purc.hased 100 feet of property at ing' for welding equipment. The Crown Body and Coach The Marchant Calculating Ma- -' her of. Commerce. -Among the Sixth Street and Bancroft Way American Brass and Copper Corporation will erect a brick ad- chine Company announces plans- Mcmwadurers and Industrial- for plant exp;msion. Company · has acquired- a building dition to its plant at 7425 San for a $1,500,000 plant rebuilding ' The' Warehouse Investment at 1920 Union Street .for the re- Leandro Street. and expansion program as soon a.s ·· · ists -pfomin.ing d_eve-lopment are . . Comp11ny recently purchased prop- moval and expansion of their busi- . General Aniline and Film Cor- the necessary priorities can be ob- , •&' he fol.l owing·. ·er t Y on Th'1r d Stree · t , b e t ween ness. poration is proceeding witih a $25,- tained, The new plant will. occupy·, West Moreau has leased a Magnolia and Union for the erec- Autocar Sales and Service Com- 000 expansion of its plant at 172S the site of the present plant in , large hangar at Oakland Muni- tion of a new public warehouse. pany is -erecting a building at 785 Poplar Street. Emeryville, and according to E. B . . cipcd A,irport for the purpose of Emeryville Expa,nding ~eventh Street for removal a:nd The Oliver Tirecap Supply Corri~ Jessup, president of the company, establishing regional sales and The Valley Express Company expansion of -its shops· and offices. pany is 'leasing a building at 1800· the facilities will be enlarged to :. service agency .for T-aylorcraft has purchased· a 1 ½-acre site in The Caine Steel Company has Peralta Street for a new ware- handle ·a normal employment of : Avicdi.o:n Corporation. Emeryville for a new truck and ·acquired 1 ½ acres in Emeryville house and offices. about 2500, approximately 500 . · Unit-ed Industries, paint manu- 1freight terminal. and plans to construct a new steel "\Villiam Sweet and W. G. Sweet above the ·present employment. Getting around the jobs . Things are very quiet in this Company have 5 m embers working truck crane -and Bert is doing the Electric on Washington Street in I Claude Pitts is on the dozer and · area Y.'ith constr uction work prac- on this job dl'i .- ing pJing. repair work. The type of work San Leandro. This plant will Brother W. A. Stringer is running 1 t ically at a standstill and not much done by- this company calls for event ually be the receiving sta- blade. in sight for the winter months. Pacific Bridge Office many floating rigs. Therefore this tion of a new cross country power Rio Vista: Meeting Many of our members employed in Pacific Bridge is now building should · be an ideal location for line. The Edwar.ds Brothers of San On October 29th a meeting was . t he shipyards are idle, due to the a home office between Bethle- them. Francisco are operating trenching held in Rio Vista for-the membei·s . J\']:achinists strike, and we have a hem's yard and Encinal Terminal machines on this job. U .. B. Lee working in that. district. The ·at v_ery large out of wm·k list a t the Dock on the Alameda side of the Hart-Weaver have. a job going Company has a sub-contract and tendance was very g1:atifying and _ pr esent time. Estuary. A considerable amoµnt at the· Groom and Gr"oom Housing Brother 'w. S. Roberts is running we are anticipating further meet- . of work is entailed, including con P1.'0Ject on 15th Avenue ·in San a dozer for them. ings in the near future. For the ; · .· _ According to Brother Morris W. struction of sea wall and dock Leandro. There are three engi .. benefit of the men in . that . area . Foss, steward at the Peterson piles, before actual building be neers on the payroll at this time. Bechtel - McCone .Company · is we· will iii;t the stewards on the 1'r actor and Equipment Compapy gins. Charlie Mullins is supervis B1:other Ernie _Miller is operating keeping 4 members busy on 6ver0 various jobs. If you have ·an:y o! Hayvmrd, things are picking up ing construction._ Brother Sully the d_ragline, which has just been haul work at the HiC:Octane plant .,grievance we suggest that . you . a little at this . plant. Durrenci is operator on the Amer moved· back from Stockton. in Richmond. . - contact the steward at once .. · ican Electric floating rig and Bro- Brother T: M. . Hatlunan; Delta · ·. TYn6l -.&mrnerican Bl'idge Company ther Ted Anderson is working \Vith SublStation Job Work ·is -coming right ' along on' Construction Co. is erecti:ng a ferry slip for the him. Brothers Bpb Davis. and Bert Barrett and Hllp have the prime the Lincoln Lumber Com'pany-yard' · · R; E. Waites, . Roberts . Island ~ ,,. W esteirlril Papific Railroad Com- Boland are also on th<;t jo_b. Bob co.htract for building of Sub-sta on .92nd Avemie. Brother Al· Aze- Dredging. pany iil!il Oakland. Pomeroy-Sinnick is bouncing. around the place on a tion U · for ·the Pacific ·. Gas and vedo is· operating roller, Brother ·. ·w. B. Lake, Slfeld ENGINEERS'.:· ... -.··,:..:: :--~ ·,., NEWS·.' · , . By C. L.. Casebolt, Salt Lake; T. I.. Clark, Salt Lake; C. R.. v-an Winkle. Pr.ovo-B~s. Representatives I your union. Don't g~ to ,:"ork wi~h- ~ompleted .. The goal il1 this proj~ct' open'.ng up ~~other pit. This may , attention ·of the membersh1p. Not :From-Salt Lake: out a dearance, this VI 111 not m- 1 1s 41,000 acres. · reqmr.e add1t10nal crews. Some Ithe le~t of these· subjects is wages~ Prospeds for \VOtk in the im- .convenience you too much now ·Other .projects, construction of troul:Jle is being experienced on a , So try. and b.e present. : . . m~diate fqt~re have begun to that gas-rationing is off. Strict en- which has •been authorized,· include lan_d leveling job near Enterprise. -C. R. VAN WI1~.KLE. · .. : loi:>fu' better; ·The ·_ Stat~ Road forcement of the working · 1:mles 'the Painrock project with a 7000 However, we are hoping this can *. * * ' ·Co ·· - · , . h. d will be the order of the day froni acre foot reservoir at Lake Soli- wo.. rked out by negotiations be- ·. . mm1ss1on a s. announce . . . . · be . that over $2,oo'o,ooo · c;;f . road I no,w on and .your cooper~t10n m tude, several pumping uriits along fore long. Sacramento .· , 'k ,. · t b . I t . · th .. this matter will b.e appreciated by .the Big Horn river to serve · about . Other jobs in the area are 9per- 0 <<;0ntinued from Page 3) :· wornear 1 .fistu · ure,.· 7a parte m f . ew · vhi':ryh c . -'aii . your officers. . . 20,000 additio naI · acres ~n· th_at ·!U'ea, · ating about the same, with the ex- O are· plannin~ on taking it easy for . . v.iiJ.I·· be dorte this winter. The T. L. CLARK. a.'ld additio~ · extensions of the ception of the McGraw Co. opera- a while. :) . ,.biggest part of this program -C, L. CAS~OL~- Sh0sl1oni, pro,ject, particularly th~ ti~ns, which have shrunk some- Brothers Ray Pennison and A. S. will · ··be done"· between- _Logan Oregon Bas.in Reservoir to store what due to the restrictions intros Labour are on the ;;i~k . list t his and Provo and will be let in From· Provo: 150,000 acre ·. feet of waller. Approx- duced at Geneva, The McGraw Co. month. Let's all hope ther will be . five. ·to nine mile stretches, so imately 76,000 additional acres in job at the .Pacific States Pipe Co, up and around ag,ain very soon. it: lopks-like a lfrge nu~~er of. . The gr·eatest part of my time the Shoshoni project .are ·expected is progressing pretty r~ pidly and NOTICE TO . ~LL l\'IEIYiBERS! ·contractors w 111 pa~hc1pat_~· I during the past month . has to be served. we only have one member left There is to be an informal meeting th th th Part . of t~e pro~ra;11 w1l~ be m been spent in the State of Wy- Approved by Congress er.e. Rumor. h~s it at ere will of Operating Engineers Local 3, · Th f · · 1 t f be additional work there as soon as . th e ou tl ymg d 1s t nc t s. A num- I oming carrying on work as- e oregorng 1s on y a par o at t!l'e Labor Temple, 8th am! Eye . .b~r of bridges will also ·be signed to me. Wyoming, from the 'work planned and is that materials loosen up. 'Brother John streets, Sacramento, on SU.NIDA¥, built. We believe there will be all indications, is to see an which will probably be started im- Curlee, · a, ~ember of Local 3., is NOVEi\·IBER ts, 1945, at 3 p.m, th work for ail on our out of work early start, earlier than i.,.,. , mediately. A gr.eat deal of the Bu- superintendent on e job a nd do- Come in and report conditions on list this winter if this program oth~r s ·tates, of the Bureau of reau of Reclamation work in Wyo- ing a bang-up job. your jobs, obtµ,in informatuon, et~. gets started. ' I Reclamation program and it is ming is part of a general plan al- Geneva: Plant Declines ATTENTION ALL ThfEMBERS At present wor~{ is .a little. sl_ow ready approved by Congress . .som ,e IN TIDS DIS.TRICT: .If you don't d fl necessary that we establish The· indications are that th.e Gen- ue to a number of Jobs mshmg ..,1 age scales , commensurate of this work· has alr.eady received eva Steel plant ,vil~ continue . to receive the n ew· wage scale, effec- up .. I.n ,thi.s category is Floyu S. with the skill and training re- 1 authorization- to proceed with the restrict production, until just a tive November 5, 1945, please Whitmg s Job at the Dugway Prov- 1 quired and the cost of living. construction, some of it has been notify the nearest office. · G d h d f t 1 • • • • small maintenance and stand-by NOTICE to any member of Oper~ / mg roun - e use our o ten , Failure· to do this will not only authorized but 1s awaitmg appro- . 1 ft TI . 1 . members for the last four or. five I affect Wyoming b u t would priation of the nec~ssary funds, ·crew is e . 11s, 10wever, is not ating Engineers who is :or who in ' months there on a road contract. unexpected by your officials. Infor- also, in all probability, have . and some •of the plans h~ve yet. to m_ation obtained from a pr.etty re- t ends to go t o work on a Gold L. Young has finished at Wendover. an a d verse m.ec'f t upon th e I b e a pp r o ve d by C ongre ss · I n til .e liable source is that the plant will Dredge: Please contact the nearest A number of contracts have fin- State of Utah. In fact, alrec,dy Ilatter category · is the Green Rive1; Local No. 3 office, ,for Local No. 3 · h d · th f ..._,.· only be operated on a month to 1s e or ·are m e process o. =mg we have had indications of . project. This project is in the Bu- is going to make an honest effort 1 t d ' · month basis · and if gas can be comp e ·e · this and_ the prospects are that Ireau of Recla~ation Region 4 "'.ith obtained to keep the coke ovens to organize the dredges. Lesser Jobs we are m for a long and hard headquarters. m Salt Lake City. IMPORTANT! Now that tYue war · Manv_ _ I warm the rest of the plant, .except Quite a bit of work is going fight before -the proper condi- 1Mr . E. O . ~arsen, Director of Re- the power plant, will probably be is at an end and gasolil1e ration- around Salt Lake · City; mo.stly tions are· established., . gion 4, states · that a report has closed down. To date, the cutbacks ing a thing of the past, each anill ·small jobs, however, on housing Wyoming is on the threshol} of been prepared and sent to Wash- every member should com!!)l"' w ith · I have not affected the Engineers to - " projects and the like. -Young and t.he gr.eate.st re.clamation develop- .ington to the Se.cretary of I_nterior a great extent. Section 9, of Local No. 3's Trade Smith still .. have .several jobs going ~ent m its history- development on the Gr.een River and the trans- · Under these circumstances .t1iere Rules as follows: "Ail members and are keeping a number ·of the , that w:m double the farm popula- 1 mountain . division from the Colo- hasn~t been much your officials , before report'ing for work must · brothe· rs busy. The· shovel work on !tion of the State, bring 125,000 rado river watershed. Commence- could do in regard· to· obtaining a I have . a cleo.co~ce·=-· card . if· rom th· e the Sears-Roebuck job is finished people into the State and encour-1 ment of this work wi~l depend on better agreement or in raising , Busi:rw,ss Representative- oowering but. half the. piles remain to . be age many .new ..industries. Accord- the outcome of that report. · . ! the area in which the work is to 00 ·-1. • · • . • h . · · · · wages. However, 'despite the CIO's 1 driven· _... · · ·and , the job will use a. cou- 1ng. to1 .an.. autl -.o.. ntat1ve · d sourcel the-, Pl an B"1q . R oa d prpgrg:m · · bombastic ,and . · exaggerated state- I performed." This is very necessary . ple _of hoist men and perhaps a overa l. -rec amatwn eve opment I' ddT th st t f vV _ now to enable us to establi·h our . .· . . .. . lanned in W omin will cost n a . I 10n _e a e .o . yo me;i.ts, your o~cers are not asleep ' ~ !_ - :derr.1~k.;. .. , p .. y . g . . ming ts planning a large road pro- and are carefully watching the sit- n ew rates. All members are re- 7 ... $239 000 000 and will double the ir- · · . ·. I t I t J • ·th tl ·- ti .. Sign Trades Pact . , . , , . . , . gram, . a .port10n of which should nation. Recently a hearing was ' ques e< , o comp -Y w1 us sec on . . _. , ·. . ngated area and provide badly I . . . ··· 1 , of W k . R I ·wmiam Lichfield of Provo ·has. . . . . be let this wmter. One port10n, 8 1'J held in Provo on the CIO's petition our or mg u es. . · . . , needed add1t10nal power supplies. . . . Th S t ffi 11 , signed· a · Building Trades Agree- . . . miles on the Lmcoln Highway, has for a new election, Information e acramen ° o ce wi con- . · . ,, . As the greatest port10n/ of this I tinue t 0 · h T UES ment covering his ho·usmg proJeet· k . . , · . . t h I. already been· · let to the Leach given me is that this petition will · remam open eac - . . . - . . , wor w1 11 . 1nvo1 ve eqmpmen an- 1 / · DAY d FRIDAY EVENI.NG f of· 160 'houses and the contract for , ' . I Brothers of <;:heyenne, Wyo. Other be denied. If it wasn't the A. F. of an • r om 4i,gging the basements h~ been let ~led bby our members it C?,n read-· work planned, so I am Informed, L . would win without'_any trouble. 7:00 p·.m. to 9:00 p.m. The office to Erank Perry. Frank is a mem~ i Y e seen why the officials of consists ,of considerable work, such is open for business on these eve- ber; One non-union engineer was your union are concerned that as pipelines, etc., for the various p respects 1n· p rovo nmgs,· so mem b ers may pay dues, taken· off the, job upon 'the signing proper wage scale& and conditions oil companies in that State. Outlook for work in the immedi- report conditions, and obtain gen- of 'this ·agreement. Part of the be established. \Vith an eye to an agreement ate future in the Provo ar.ea is not era I m· ".. ormat1on.· We are request- credit for getting Lichfield to sign Next Year's Projects ~ventuaHy covering all co~tractors Itoo o~ti:11i_st'.c.. The State Road ing that you take advantage of this go!)s : to . the picket line we h.ave In the following is _listed some of m the State;- Brother Casebo!t .~nd Comm1ss10n md1cates :hat sever~! 'opportunity and the office is kept .been· maintaining on the Bowers the work that present plans call I I have commenced negot1at1ons contracts for roads will be let 111 open on these nights for the con I Sr. job near the Lichfield job. On for starting early next year: Boy- with the Morrison-Iwudsen Co. for . the n ear future, as soon as ap- venience of our members. l this job the basements were dug sen Dam in \Vind Rive·r Canyon, an agreement for the State of proval has bee1; r eceived from . the The Fairlietd office wiff continue last July. Today tl).ey have sue- between Shoshoni and Thermopo- Wyoming. This was done . under 1 U. S. Public Roads Administration. to remain open until 9:00 p.im, 011 l ceeded in ·framing the roof on 01m lis, at a cost ·of over $8,000,000 a_nd authority given by the General How soon this will occur and FRIDAY EVENINGS. Plea,;e note ,· house. with. . a capacity of 920,000 acre I President to Bustness Manag'er V. whether · this will :?nean any work that it is FRIDAY and not ·Wednes- Utah Construction Co. has a new feet. The Owl Creek project Valley S,. Swanson to negotiate agree· starting this winter is anyone's day. job i1ear _Panquitch and have sent and on the Lucerne bench north of I m.ents covering ~yoming. We m~t guess. Included in the road pro- * * * a shovel and three terra cobras to Thermopolis. Glendo Dam, which i with the heads of the compa.TJy m gram for Utah County is 90 miles tne job, with three more to follow. will provide exchange water up- ,. Boise, Ida!{o, and presented them of. secondary roads, I have been in- ·f re §HQ Understand it is a road job in one stream on the Wheatland and Ken- with a proposal for an agreement. formed.