l- ·:. OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL .3 - · S"rATIONARY ENGINEERS lOCAL 39 VOL 8-No. U· SAN . FRANCISCO, CALIF. NOVEMBER. 15, 195(() Small Gain For R<Jbt. J. l\<Iurdocl( ... October 21, 1950 Thomas lVI. Eynon .. October 22, 1950 .OffiCIAL . NOTICE TO -MBERS Alfred J. Pen·y, Jr. ARE YOUR ASSESSMENTS PAID!!! Many mep1bers have not .... October 29, 1950 Pl!.icl .the Sick and Death Assessments which were levied in Julv · 1950 David Curtis REMEMBER that althc:mgh your dues may be paid up to d~te, IF ... November·3, 1950 THE ASSESSMENTS .ARE NOT PAID you are not entitled to bene­ B. J. Feliz fits: If in doubt as to whether or not. you have paid . the current ... November 3, 1950 assessments, check with the office when remitting your union dues. \Vm. C. Yenter · TECHNICAL ENGINEERS, LOCAL NO. 3-E meeting will be .. November 9, 1950 held in the union offices at 1444 \lilebster Street, Oakland, California, H. S. Nankivell ' a t 8 p.m., Friday, Nov.· 24th, 1'950. .. Novembet· 10, 1950 * * * ' EDITORIALS COMMENT AFTER THE ELECTION,. ! . N ow that election is over the{-e ·is a lot of talk go in o-· I Report of ·last m~.etipg . - · on in i·egard to the outcome: \vhich was plenty unfavor~ • .- • v • ~ -···~ ~ • ; -~- ~ '••• able to labor. Evidently labor is not yet fuliy awake to The meeting was called to order at 8 p.m., Vic.e Pr;esident Foss presiding. Roll call showed aU o'fficers pres'en·t with .the exception of to the emergency wh~ch right now confronts 'them and ·Presi(tel1t Clliricy, who \vas· away orl'liusiness·of the 'union. · ,. the-ir u?io~~- jt:ste. ~d 9£ making hea:dw~y lab'or slipped ·A ·synopsis'' of' the regu:'ia.r rheeting n'iiiiutes' of Oct. 7 was read au.dl backward 111 thrs 'electiOn.·· Some of the worst anti-labor bY. motion a,pproved as read. ' · ' · ' · m~mb. e1·s . of . Congress :were. - ~e-~1 1ecte' d ·and· ~orne of ·.·A synopsis·'of' the' E¥ecutive .Board ii1inutes of Oct. 18 and. ·of Oct" 25· read,· il:nd the ~cts "and . recmi1mimdai iorts of the Bo:ird \vere by ·labor's 'frien.ds: ~e r e de'feated but the bemo~r~ atic ·party motion approved as read. Minutes of the meeting· of the Executive· Officers held' on Oct: 25 retains control m both houses by considerably rGduced read. · · · · ' ... ... · · majorities. A Memoriam to Brother Thomas M. Eynon was read as follo,vs: . ' Su~mirrg it al~ up labor stands pretty much poEt­ . 1\·I'·E l\1 o· :& ·I A IV!' .... ' ... ,. ,·. re ally nght where rt has stood during the past two years, BRQT~R __T~Ol\'IAS M, BYNON · '· • Lo_cal Union No. 3 ' exc~pt that the. cha~1c .es of making any real progress It is with regret- and' sorrow we 1;-eport the passing of our dunng the commg two years are lessened. If the.Demo­ b e lov ed·' Fi ~an cial >se~retar.y; ' Brother Thomas i\I. By1ion. c~ ~tic part? were a u~ited and well-knit patty it co11ld Brother Bytiini>was'' niit'iated into LocaiUnion No. 59 o1i Nov. "SANDY'' WA"T,CHMAN 2, 1906'. In. ' t,i{ese ' ' 44 "ye'ars~ : a~nd through his service, he became strll fun~twn, even t_h~ugh its majority is slim. kno,~il; ·i·espect'ed .'imd·l,Oved ' by our inany brothers, andli.is pass- But . re~c_t1051ary a~1d ~rxrcrat Democrats are likely to will be deeply felt by · ·aiL . " . - · - · ' make tms rh1possrble rn . the newly elected 82nd ·Con- Alex '~· Sandvfi ' . .The'refoi'.e} ' it k res'olVi.id, that we, ·the officers and menl.bers, -- gress:. ·- • 1£1 deeply ·)11'oui·li' the ·passing ' of·our beloved brother· and ·e<rterid to ·· his family 6iii· SYIIJlpa'thy ;' and be it. ftl'r:t.her Hence there is no good reason for waitina to see 'Resoi'Ved, that th'~ ' C1~~rtei- be· draped for a period of 30 days what happens. Labor might as well. start its ca~11paign atchrnan -. in his '·n1einory, ·and that thi~ IVIe.moriam be published· in oui· of­ ficiaL' joui·nal; · tJw in,teniatio~ial Engineer. fo~ 1952 at once. Labor will have to do a much better It was reg·u1arly·\noved'':ind' seconded that the i\Iemoriam be ac• job politically than it did this time if it is not to b Ctpted as' I'eai:t Carfied' uritiuiii10usly. snowed under completely. Labor has the numbers and I!U!l: ii'ill~~[:;:i~ · Aw~y -Cards of thanks' wei:~· !:ecdved· from Hilda Hannan; Mrs. E . I. l\'Iur · dock 'and.'famiiy ; ~'\·Ir~ . Mlli'i. Sta.uft arid fa~nily; the family of Silvio ~ the votes to carry any elections· but there are millions Alexander "Sandy" Watchman, Albei:igi;' Lena Eileen Byrimi;· l\iel D. Byn,on; Ora l\-i. Harrelson. Re- ~vho have not yet ~earped the necessity for getting reg­ former president of the San Fran- ceiv~d ' ~1id :liled. · · ___ , · IStered so as to be 111 lme to vote. Over a million voters cisco Building and Construction 'Th'e fcillowing .·brothers were reported ill: Elmer Andreasen, Magor Trades Council, long-time member Bail~y, I. · 'E: ·· mauser, 'johi1 ·J. Vauer, R. L. B urns, John Blair, Ray vvho are registered in California, failed to vote Nov. 7th: of the United Carpenters, and a Cai·son, Ji>hri Cia.rk, ' ba~id". Camp, Ver yl VV. Dawson, E. S. Dolan, member of the Califoi'nia Indus- 'l\'Itu'el' G. Dodge, Lorenzd--:Eweii, Delbert Fox, w .. D. Foulger, Le~ ·A. trial Accident Commission, died Hmiter, Bobby 'Rallibrir'ton, ' Fr~nklin . D .. Hughes, Paul Krugh, W.m. Sunday at Stanford Hospital, San •J!' ...Krainer, John n :ugler,.. Roy T .. Linden, J oseph iV. 1\•IcFadand, James Threat Peps Up Construction Francisco. He had been confined D . McCrory, Clayton McNeely, \Vn;, lVIcCrosl{ey, Frank M-urchie, . Pe~ ry there for three months. i\'I. Nichols, Dan Olmstead, Joseph Packer, Harry Po;-ter, George Ric;h, , Th_rcat. of' 1?at~r~a l and manpower shortages under the impending W h - - - · Don J. Russell, Amory Rathbun, Ray. P. Reed, R. C. R-icheson, Vaal '-\ar s1tuahon ~~ g1vmg an_other ·needle to ·the construction industry to ate man l1ad JOng been a close get moving q1ycldy. on highway, construction, civic, and reclamation friend of Bro. Victor Swanson, F. R uffell, D. C. Reynolds, -Ray Smith, Thoinas J. Stapleton,, J. lVI. projects. business manager of Local 3, the Sikes, A. Strandberg, Hai.-ry P. T oft, Jacl• ·Whitefield., Thomas L. \V_il~ This sh?t in the arm is noticeable in the Southwest, as vvell as in all two having been active for many Iiams, Bert M . vVilliams, Lloyd Younkin. other secti~ns of the V/.est, as communities hasten to finish needed Iyears in t he Building Trades Couri- The f~llowing brother§ we;:e reported deceased: R obert J. Mur• p roJect~, pnvate enterpri~e hur~'ies its expansion plans, and states push ciL dock, Alfred G. Perry, Jr;, Thos. M. Bynon, B._J. Feliz. · the1r highway programs mto· h1gh gear. Funeral services. were held on The ·business agents gave their usual reports, which we1·e ac- Wh il~ the lid has been put on amusement building and another goes Wednesday, Nov. 15, and inter- · cepted as given. on ho~smg at th.e ~ear's end, promising sharp let-up in these fields, t t w dl c Bl'othei· Russell Swanson was installed by Brother Foss as- Fin an~ th. ere Is. no restnctwn foreseen for industrial or· hi£:11way,~ and these menA . wast ' . a. f S oot 'l awnd W emetert 1 y. cr'al Secr·eta"'v · f·or; the UI'e·~pi're· d te· r1n of the !a.te Brother T. l\'I. Eyno. n . fields w1ll no doubt take up the slack in· 1951. na we o co an , a ·c 1man •J • r. - JOBS AROUND ·cALIFORNIA had been a member of the United There being no fm·ther· business to come b E\fore the meting, it. ad- Walnut Creek, high · school, Haas t· S . t Carpenters since May· 2; 1910. He journed. n • -. d · acramen o, elem. schl. OK'd, was· a member" of S. F."'Carpenters' Respectfully submitted, & 1 1 1 I ·.. n >:ll1SC II , "···.S·..· F,:,'' $·"·"6· 46,997. $977,427_ Local 2164' since 1931. Before·com- C. F .. l\IAT~WS , Recording Secretary. South San Francisco, 300-house 235',000. ,!, ~ i_ng to California in 1922, he was '!' * active in early unionization and ------ subdiv. planned, Stonecrest Corp., $3, 000,000. Antioch, seivag·e plant Ol{'d, $12,- organization around Regina, Can- u A. T I!' A~~ M" e \iiff * 235,ooo. ada. nere Are_ UrfieS OJ .s~ · numum vw age. Stanislaus-San J oaquin, Tri-Dam '!' * '!' Always active in union affairs :J !t-jl ··wa:shington, n: c.-A new mini- project, survey by· Inti. Engineering- Sacramento, Ins u ran c ·e. bldg., and intensely interested in t11e Am «' t:Amlln~ B~J!l'ifl .mum wage for small anns amn'itl- Co., c S.F., Est. eost of 3 dams, $40,- plans, $1,00,000. problems of the workingman, his ' n!! -~~~ - ~n · § : . '!~~ ~~t> I nition': exptos.ives, and related prO?- ooo,ooo. * * * San Lorenz:, ;ch~·ols OK'd, $7,- ~~~l~:0:;~~!~1:~1t e:~~~ tr~~~~;O~'i:~i~ . 8:-uu~~d>bJI: ~~ ;p- ·A. [· ~~~~t r ~~~i~~~e~vf~~n~=~o~~~?e~:~~~~ . Bayshore fref way, San Mateo, 3'00,811. ness in matters affecting their in- 01-FJD ' fl~ , : J f'~o .