r .... : . _:::. ~ - /·· SAN :FRANCISCO,· CAtI£0RNIA FEBRQARY, 1958 ' :AN OPEN itETTER TG .TME > ' OFFICIAL NOTICE TO MEMBERS · . · . · . - . ·J. District l\ieeti:ngs s~heduled fo~ ·Mar~h 1958: M:E.MBERS .OF LO.··. CAL.. NO ..3 · ::~:: trr~~~;;i!:!!";::;!'.dliateStreet . - · l'i'Ian;ll 11 ·Salt Lake, 151 So. 2nd East, Annex ·Dear Sirs and Brothers:, _ . : · . , . _,... ~ . ·· · , ,: ...._ . ·· · .. · March, 12' Rend, Reno Musiciansl Bldg., 120 W. Tayl~r -. As eyeryone who ,reads the newspapers knows, Operating Engineers Local . l!i1ion No. · 3 has · · , · .. · ·· ~ · · . · .come in for quite a . bi~ of attention recently. T:here has. beef!. ru~oL anct. _speculation,_ and certainly 1, - . Register with your Local . No .. 3 distr_ict office on.:!_he first our ·members are. entitle~ t_o knm:v exactly . where,;t!1y.ir umon stal}ds nght_ n~w. · .,.• · · · - ·· ·. I _cfay o.· f unemployn1~1:t, fo -avoid · dela~ ~n re_ceiving. ~tate 1.Jn. , You are · a_ware that cnarges j . · . · , · , . ' · .:... employment Benefits. You are not ehg1ble for beneflts ·unl,ess :were ~iled .agafost Local 3's for· fo1< this i~s:1e _of tl;e IE~gineirs 1.: In t~e next series .of meetings I you are r.~gistei:ed or.the out;of-work list. · . !net ~usiness·M.anager,.,Vi_cto:r s. I~ews, dec1s10n ~a~~ 1cr1ot. ::et, b~e~ j I hop~ to ~1~ve someone ,along I .. Swanson, late last year and that:' 1 eac~ed as. t? f1lh1,b th ... i~can who. is,qt!ahfied to speak on the We are ·receiying W·2· forms {or meinbers .,whose form.er ' . d b th t cyforPres1dent.. .. , j .. d ".· ltt _. k". ·t· _emp!o.ye:rs· do nothavetheir,iorrectaddresses.· lksurey,omr _a_t a tna11_- 1e 1 · Y e . 1n er_na: , , .· . _ · .. s~-c.?_11. e · _ng 1_- o-wo~ _1-1~~ 1?:· · con:ettiaddress. is on file in your 'district office, as ,veil as tlh.e "'· trnn~i umon, _b..e w~s fotJ,pd gml_ty We . have ?een ms~ructed by I t1ve-m :CallfornJa, or what: might _main·~ffice;so that we_~an forward w:2 forms ·sent to us, . of 1mprope1 ,cond~ct ar.id _ _1e ,- the Inte_rnat10nal to take steps I better-. ·be called' th.e ···"r'ight-to~·.===.===.==-==.=="s_ -~===========""""= ,moved from all 0f1fces m the to recover .any funds or prop;/ · .·. , . 1 • , ,, · ':"- · • • • , t ]nternational ·and in -the Local. erty of_the Union tha~ _may havelf~re-wi l1out-reaso~ ,- bi_ll .. _- _· .: .HONOR 1RGLL O·f 8.LOOD DONOR·S! At that time_t he International b_een improp~r~y ~d1vert:d._. A At _recent ·~eetmgs m eaeli ·of . SAN FRANCISCO I . OAKLAND placed Local No. ·3 under super- firm, of_. Ce~tified Pub~ic Ac· , the 12 _a~e~S'two_memb~~.rs from Richard A. Wellmalj · ~Charles'i<'reebom vision and assigned me as .sus I counta~ts ha? bee:1 retame,d to each dl~Lnct Wfie elect:d _to. a Lyle Bonner Charles ·HQpkins . perviso:r. In October a commit-, go ·. ove~ all f1.nancial_r:cor .·as. of., By-La..~'! . Committee .wh~c~ : will · . _J;t~ym,cmd v. F.r~~er Dave Hayw~rd t ee appointed . by the General L9c~l No. 3 and to ~re~~re :,full ?e-ass1 0 ned the task: of prep_ar" Harold J. Maskowite Floyd Wagner· ·President held hearings in Sarr a_1:1d1t for th~ ~nt_erna~10nal. _F_u-. mg 1).e:,v by-1~\YS. under wh1c? . SAN MATEO Charles Crossland .,. Francisco before our member;- ,ture_~te~s will depend o~ \,,h_at.1 ~o _cal No . .3 _w1ll _operate when !t *Hugh -Meara · Sam Nettles .. 'ship. Tlie developments to date ·that ,au~1t show~. 1~ -_retu~ned to . autovomy._ We Robert C. Abbott Clarenc~-Br_ophy · ·were reviewed It was decided s· . ti b . £ . - hope tlus committee can be con- . Raymond J ·Brechtel George Larson ·, . · · · . , . lllCe le egmnmg. 0 super- vened in San Francisco at the ·. · · · · · Jo'hn Thompson L- t hat ,L9cal No .. S is ·to· re.main vision ·a · complete overhaul of · d "f· 'th' th' b . 'RoyJ 'Gingery . , . ·under supervision and that there th · · · t· f. L 1. N ·3 h . en .o. is mon _or egmnmg ·.. Cu'rtis'W. Chatfield Jerome 'Theisen .... '. · . · · e opera 1011 0 oca 0 · ai, 1 f t · · tl t ·g t ta ted n · · D o· H k' · wiH_be ~nother .heari_ng on this been in ·process .' ' - -· . I? 11;.x m?n 1 0 e s .. r O i . Natale J. R~pe_lt.9 · · · aw ms matter ,m a· year's; .time to, de- . - . · its ''- 0 r:k. .· · Raymond .B1sa11lon ':David .Byerrum 'cide. whether supervision should . .The ~t. step_ has been ·to . · ··· . - . · h· .. ·.. .:: ... Jam.es K Curtin · Jatk Nork '.be continued or ,~ihether the tigh. ten up the fmances our .. Th. ese. .are some _of the_ c _ai;igesl . Marion C. Morgan . HariyBu~ke · . · au-1 1 cal · · , · of that have been· made m Loca . · · · . : . • · . · .Herman Morris tonorp._y . of the local shoulq be . 0 . _:·. ·,. ;. • ;No .. 3 ·- and'~;t,e>!1ave" :reasoi1 ·to . · Mr_s, Nµl~r~tl ~~r~an \ . c.. E. 'Baker '.'' 'U . l'eStored. ·. ·,1 YI~ lTOW require warr-ants 'for 'believ~~Jhat:,they a1:e ·-belng ,wel- ',. ~.. R:-';[;hompson ·: ,_ . ' ; - .;_. '· . ·~ . , · ·.· . · ... 11· ·tt·d""·· ·- · · d -. d''- · ~· . - - b·-'-- J.. <.. ·b h' ·;.··:·Spe:e+al -~.ec_qgr!ltJ911:,,.goes .to ·. FRESNO ' _,: . Last m9nth "the ·tor.mer ··Busi- .a / ,;~ WI . rl 1:'.a\¥lllS . ai1 . .• e*p~IJ.SJ* ,,eome_d,;:.,._,, ,f '.c""(tne~ ynt.,e#i~,W-:., Bfofh&'""·Rfrg'r'l':l«Mfa'' \vh-cr · ha§ -. ness, Afanaer_ and three 'omters tur_es /rol:1· -tpe Def ens~, Furia.: . , ';h:se _are some of_( he th_ings _to \ j.Qiiated four :·.pints of blood. r:~~t:~r.k~ of.. Local _No. 3 were subpoena~d Detaifod reports . of th.e .in-, tg.l{e . mt~_. {l_C:~unt,. along -~:v~th, '.,'()_ne, each quart~r! Keep up t_he ,Wendell iuller: t o ~ashmg!on, D.C.; for_pubhc come ang expenses of th~ union t~e notouety and bad p_ublmty "good work Hugh,· we certainly Mrs .. Mal'garet (Lar.r.y) Work . h~anrrgs by the McClell_an Co~- are now given to each meeting given -Local N?. 3 __durmg !he appi·eciate your cooperation. Holland Tarver . m1ttee. ·These proceedmgs · m- f tl • L. · : N' E . t· . McClajlan hearings, 111 assessmg .. .· SACRAMENTO .· . · · · · · " 1 o 1e . oca 1 o. 3 xecu 1ve th t . t · T f · ' ----,.--.~-------- ·· vo_lvir;g ·charges ?f misappropri- Board. It is our understanding ~· rue curren pos1 wn o . our "': Olenri Ecker ~ . ,,. , ation °t Local No. 3 funds, were that this was not done before. um_on. · · · l Mrs: Gerlrude Adams wi.dely reported in· the news- · The statements of inc. om.. e. and I h · .. t · f f --1 1· · ' James C: Wood · papers. Conflicting accounts .expenditures are now read to . ave no 111 e11 1011_ ? g oss- .Fred E. Lacert . were given by the .witnes·ses; and the· membership meetings. · ~~~ ovt~; t~r comp1o1:us;~g .<!,~- James Gorham the government has their testi- ' mg .a oc_curr~ 1P. e pas · Orvil Olsen 'nfony under consideration. The ·pattern . of meetings I1as If any money_ has b,e~n wrong- Ja:tr).es D. Gordan ' · been revised in the interests of fully ta~en, it doesn,t matter Mrs. Celeste· Stockley . I am aware that the M~Clellan uemocracy · and to permit all ~rhethe! 1t was $1.00 or $100,000 ". Walt Gavrilka _ .: ~AYNE CURRY _ Committee, after concluding its members to know. about what . .. the pri_nciple ) s the ./:iame. Louise GavFilka Ukiah;: C_alif., Dec. '57, 1957 sessions with ·· regard to 'Local th · · · · d · b tt a· · · · · · · No. 3, ha. s held further hearinsis - eir _um~n · is omg Y_- ~ en - ·· Proper steps are. now being 1- ™ · · · .: - · 1! · ALL~N A._A MER _ ~ mg meetmgs. Whereas m the t k t · · d th . , ·{ IReno Nevada- Dec 14 195 t concerning the _9peratin_g Erigi- past there was only one meet- a ·en O guar e umon s reas- I, '·o ·n, ··:.. :-+·· . ' .T - ' • ' neers. ~ have been, gett:ng full ing a month, held in San Fran-- ury ~nd full re~o1:.ts and .. ac- · ~Cf.S. 0 I JOH;N BR_OO"KS __ trans~npts _of these heapngs and cisco and attended by an. aver- J countm~s are bemg_ ma~e. All R..,D,ay · * M~rced, Calif., Dec. 30, 19bJ studymg them closely,_ but until age of 15.0· members out .of our ,_persons who ,yere sh_adow~d- by , . · ,, . · 'K. D. BRADFORD . I attend thenex~ me·etmg of the me.mbersh1p of approximately'! t~ie ~IcClellan. Committee m_ves- *' April . 10 is R-Day, the last · ~ay on: 1. Ukiah, .C.alif., January, 1953 ~Gen.eral Ex~cutive,. B?ard and ..2 z,O~Q, we· have. divided. the jur- tigahon _have . been sep~rated ili~;"i1:;n!o3 c~ti~:~~'';r;,;,"a,;o':ie~~ , ., . · J .,get . the full story 1t is proper isdiction· of Local No. 3 into 12 I from their_ duti_es . and will .not. tion. There ·will be exactly 73 days I LEON_ D_UNCAW -that I withhold comment . d 'h·· 1a· . b'' h' I return. until they are- complete• '!rom February, 24- in w:hich you- can Montpelier, Utah, Jan. 8, 1958 · ' areas · an O mem ers 1p . · register. '--< • . · · The tµree Officers of Local meetii;J.gs o_nce · eyery - three ly clectred. The~e is· no itse-t~lking-abou,t : THOMAS R. KLEIN 'No. 3 who were called before mo1iths An each area. The substantial .fact remains, "right-to-work", or· good cari-: Oakland, Calif.;Ja~1. 23,' 1958 ·.the McClellan , )Committee; . Pat . ·. · · ··. ·. however; . that the .