SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. res ste el c m 1: rn I nts t. Condolences

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1 VOL TWO, No 2 n:r o: scul r SC es Geneva purchase proposed Fordevelopme inwes : (EDTORS NOTE: B ecau se he developmen of iron, coal and seel bases for he TF esern saes is of grni ineres o he membehliip of Engineers, Local 3, we are publishing in is renirey a public saem en on he issue released by Henry Kaiser of he Kaiser Company, nc, February 7 from his Oakland office) By HENRY J USER :The consan pressure from he press for our opinion wih reference o \r Fairless offer o he SAN FRANCSCO, CALF ny s res seel c m : rn ns Condolences The members and officers of Local No 3 exend heir deepes sympahy o Broher Frank Lawrence, Business Represenaive in he Sacr~meno area, in he loss of his wife, Mrs Leola Z Lawrence, who died on January 26, 945 Mrs Lawrences moher, n n Truman p:redics jobs for all in AF;L radio address WASHNGTON,, D CVicePresiden Harry S,,, Trumari, appearing an he AFL weekly radio program "America Unied," expressed confidence Hud full employmen will he aained in his ~ounry in peaceime indusry "wihin a reasonably shor ime" aher he war ends: Mrs Della Garner, arrived in The VicePresiden made his pr e provide am; le opporuniy for busihave advised us ha hij, characer Sacrameno o ake care of dicion in response o a quesion ness expansion afer hosiliies o"f coking coal is limied in he d Uah Area and we should conserve her daugher, and was sricken from AFL Pr~siden Viiilliam Green cease Enire new m US nes may F wih a hear aack and died develop ou of our warime reour asses afer he war rom qn a program devoed o a pre search Privae business mus be he same bed of coal we are sup he day bef:2re her daugher p l ymg b o G d F view on prospec:; fo r he "nex iven all possible assisance by he eneva an on ana passed away GENEVA STUDED Funeral services for boh four years" governmen o insure sound eco The Kaiser Company is making moher and daugher were Eric J ~lrnson, Presiden of he \ nomic expansion for he benefi Defense Plan Corporaion a sudy of Geneva wih a view of held on Monday; January 29 Unied Saes Chamber ~f Com of all Of l}e u ed Saes Gov d_eermining wheher Geneva woulcl """,_ R d,, merce and James G Pa_ on, Presi esj;)on m_g,, _ Johnson,, sa d ernmen, w erem h e u m e d S a es be a conribuion or a complemen R, + f den of he Naional Farmers lha expansn of n d usry w ill be Seel Corporaion is_ d esirous of o he Fon_ana _riill, _ or ~o _ Jil!JU~ l!;l!lllr v un_fon{ al"soo"ok par in he,bibad a n a, o; u _e ne_c_e~s_y : we are o he e ~!l"j!m! ff: )_~ar ~: 2 bs, f considering o purchase he Fon ~es, ancl if ~o r will h~~~se; ">;, n :~ : ;,",, fi",,,, ana Elan now owned,by he Teques _l,i;: s,pe OPP,llury 9 f au!i"! orr,e~i~(l!f,: cas " ~ ~ f ma<rar:maxmurrr ernp gymen K~\ser Company, compels me o ~ake a proposal o he Govern ~ ~;cepi=siden Trun,an epha He i greed ;,wil: ~ y frie nd Bill men fo_r he purchase or lease, ~HrfBlrU:!e A UC: d h d f Green," ha "we mus have uniy make he following announcemen ;,, F E v,;_i sze e ee or carrymg over r~garding Fonana, which be exacly as he Unied Saes Seel naional uniy ino he poswar of purpose and of effor among our Heve he public should know So Corporaion has announcecl i will is wih sincere regre ha, period for he soluion of he na naional groups if we are o conhnch misleading informaion is do Vicor S Swanson, Local 3 of ions economic problens He said: quer he problems of he fuure" consanly being released from becomes increasingly clear The business leader emphasized sources a na for purposes boh ha i is o he advanage of he he Operaing Engineers, re "The only real danger,o naion ha he policies of he Governmen known and unknown, ha he pub Unied Saes Governmen o have ceived he following communi al securiy, in _peace a,s wen as in can eiher encourage or discourlic should be informed as o he compeiive proposals on propery caion from Mr Paul R Po"rer, war, lies in h e p,ossibmy of dis age new busi_ness enerprise He facs, which are: which belongs o he Defense Plan Chairman of he Shipbuilding uniy As ong as we Americans, pleaded for a cooperaive aiude The Kaiser Company has now Corporaion when and if ha cor S bl, C d say unied anif preserve our cher l d h G a zahon ommee,,a by he Governmen a _ocae o e overnmen on s por an announces i s_ surplus f h, ished democraic idemls:, we n eed loans o he Reconsrucion Fi propery, vising: o s resignaion fear no fuure" Mr Paon, c!ssured by Vice n ace Corppraion for F onana, The Kaise Company is sill a a) "Mr VCTOR SWANSON, P residen Truman ha he Govsuffici~;n asses which i believes loss o undersand why he Unied Busmess Manager Mr Green declared h e grea ernmen will praec fair prices for a re now ample o pay onehird of Saes Seel Corporaion wries he Local No 3, nernaional desire of people h roughou h e farmers, called for acion "he is loans o, he Reconsrucion Defense Plai Corporaion mak Union of Operaing Engineers world oday is "peace wi h secur soonei he beer" _ on assuring Finance eorporaion from oher ing an offer for he Kaiser Com 6 Marke Sree iy," H e called for an inernaional full producion and employmen sources independen of any seel panys propei:y Ceranly he fai San Francisco, California organizaion o safeguard he peace H e said: plan ~arnings, and Fonana is no ser Company would no consider Dear Vic: and o sele inernaional dispues and will no be for sale making an offer o he Unied have been requesed o l!nder on he basis of jusice, adding: "\Ve can afford o ake chances P~OPOSES FNANCNG Saes Governmen for any prop again A new depression migh cos The faciliies now exising a ery owned by he Unied Saes ake an overseas assignmen, which "Vilhen vicory is achieved, i is us our freedom Fonana oday were buil for war Seel Corporaion, feel obll~ed o accep h~ve our deerminaion ha here shall purposes only an,d will require REAL SSUE NVOLVED herefore suomed my resgnan be no more wars of one naion soi::ie $37,,_ ad_d!!onal inves~ The real issue in he fuure of as C~airman of ~e Shipbuilding agains anoher is om h6pemen o provide faclles o manu Fonana is more han he quesion Sabillzan Commiee our grea hopeha fuure wars Union workers facure srip and oherwise prepare of ownership is he kind of Before leaving wish o express shall be waged only agains he he plan for he mos efficien America we hope for afer he war he personal saisfacion have common enemies of all mankindpe:;ceime Help open big uses On or before VJ is, firs of all, employmenno had in our associaion and he op agains povery, ignorance, suffer Day, he Kaiser Company pr o only in erms of jobs, bu is a poruniy i has given for forming ing and disease f we look a he Anwerp,, p, or poses o finance he needed capial worhy sandard of living is he from sucfr sources and in such a; creaion of real compeiion is a valued friendship problem, ~he_ad in ha ligh, hink manner as any Corporaion, in he decenfralizaion of power in Sincerely yours, i will be much e2sier o m ainain: The por of Anwerp, which is, eluding he Unied Saes Seel indusfrial organizaion; i is he in PAUL R POR_!:ER, in he poswar period he high run joinly biy B iain and Cor poraion, acquires is financial dependen indusrializaion of he Chairman Shipbuilding Sabili degree of naiona) uiy ha has Amexica wih, overall Briish srengh, and i will quie possibly Wes and _Souh, as well as he zaion Commiee_;, made Americas war effor so sue conrol, is_ an excellen example include shipbuilding and repairs in Eas is an econorpy in which cessful of Allied coopemfon Tlle Royal his Kaiser Company, exacly as more of our people ake par; i is "The AFL welcomes he oppor Navy runs he por while Amerbe Unied Saes Seel Corpora an America so producive and so A"llU_ ;_ "&VE rcans, Brr,r si: _;l!l,, canadians ~W \a uniy o collaborae closely,vih " = ion does prosperous in all of is pars ha A?!!dlPff JJAllfl@ Jf inan he defei,ses The Por \ANY ORE SOURCES i can help China, Brazil and ndia llfyw JWVli/J; ~ indusry,_ and wih agriculure for The Kaiser Company has van o ha developmen which will cons rue ve so u o_ f pos war Council consiss of he Briish,ms sources o f ore Al so l e naser Tr (Coninued on Page 8) *============* :: pro bl ems Po, Conu_uan(an, _he Aneii_ Compaiy owns approximaely, ~, "Vve are convinced ma,, he No can Por Coniimancler and he, ons of Eagle Mounain ore Belgian Civiiiall, Por Engineer domeslc,problem Oil he poswar ogeher \3/ih rep,seiiaives of in California, wihi~ 5 miles of ~l, u :; l A 4:bD "))c he plan, r~sricec, by a,;ell ~~ouce eo r"aemuers,; OCieS ~ J r,~g\j li s is h e aainmenf of fol! em k nown lessee conrac ploy}en l!lde a free a:n d sable he Eelgian Qivilian Sevedores h S k and Longshoremens U n i o n is now f urnishing coal from r f! l!v_l! e ~~ ~:"LG~ economy FuH ernpoymen will n ~ v~ ~~~~ ~m~u i R oyal Navy minesweeper s, i!_s mi_ne in Uah, form_erly by he brmg economic secun y o e namrecn of he Govern,men, a ions worker s;, i w il] assme high dre lges ancl divers work in he he rae of l5 ons of coal per On Saurday nigh, F,ebruary 7, 945, a 7:3 PM your producion levels o inrlusry, and channels; he U S Engineers,,,eek o hp_ Genev8: _ Plan The execuive board will mee in he Labor Temple for he con i wih provide an arnp]e domesic on,,ae,,_ he miusilalling yards for,mer drecve was issued on he v_ ~nienc~ _ of m, embers who have complains, grievances o_r mar k e for he f armers, Anwerp is he por h;ou2"h basis ha i w as necessary for he lljorma,on which he Ameican, Briish, War Effor in order ha Geneva J Ahy one who can no be presen a his ime should come Mr Johnson?sked VicePresi: Canadian and French Annies in mfgh have a superior qualiy _of o he Engineers office o obain a: prined form which we den Truman abou h e prospecs Europe rec_eive mos of heir Coal for coking purposes The Com h""e fo r l_ s prpose, wi"ll hen b e presened o he e_xecu for business expansion, in he nex supplies s gea, size and sra:_ pany has since c9ncluded a con ive board by your business repr,esenc:ive four years and r eceived his reply:, rac wih Geneva and is enhusi egic posiion make i a vial This execuive board meeing i~ being held especially for " believe he pro;;pecs are very clearing house dose o he a sically fm;nishirig coa ~ Geneva because of i s_ service in he War you, Plea~e ake advanage of i_ good There is a remendous back Wesern Frnn Effor: Kaiser Companys engineers log of civilian,,;,ans which should :,;

2 T~o Two ENGNEERS NEWS February 6, HM Sockon area o ben~fi frqrp many improvemen$ By ED DORAN Business_ Represenaive Sf::ockfoB L, Capps arrived in pany, and nany subconracors Euekc,;Things in he Redwood, corp ou,fi He is anxious o ge Empire are quie in he Engineers as a shovel oper Sol)kon afer being has beei:i, going, along full speed repored_ miss}n,g in acion o_ver _unil now, February ls!, bu a he Germany L Capps is a member presen ime i has been raining of Local S ou on service wih and mos~ of h~dir men are loafdrawal Broher Capps worked for i,g; bu expee o haye hem back Al Biasoi bef~re enering he air on h?, job as soon as, weaher ser;ice, perinis ~~vqdq mi;ing _ opera\i,9~s (? g,ive more jobs By JOHN DeLAGRANGE Bu~iness_Re:presenaive Aciviy in Redwood O:f_easlackened, repors Never By OTTO E NEVER Business Represenaive ~ """" ~ R eno;he Sie:i:r~ )\fagiesie nc, _n Crescen Ciy, he Public U~il aer Local 3 has wri~n o_ Cor~s a subsidiary of he Henry iies have been offe~ed a enaive of Engmeers o assis m his J, Kai~er Mag_esjum n(jusry of conrac by: LQ<_)al S Thi_s includ,e!i ransfer Gabbs, Nevada, reopened heir inerease in pay al)d a sriigl) 8 _ E B Bishop is sill moving dir can,,; " he we ek_ of Janu,a ry 22nd ~our day insead of 4 ho,urs, ac a B bo bu should b done L en Vy, e al)d "ill sar, m~ning ore on or cumulaed inie before overime here in anoher hiry _ days, Ray Oo is h,e proud papa of ~G POSTWAR PLAN& abou February s Mr Jones is a! e perming Mercer Fraser Company have we, r i a {oher boy, looh:s as if Ray is FOR SAN JOAQUN COUNTY back as superinenden, Bro!Jer * * * going o fmmish some Engineers San Joaquin Couny will benefi Charles Johnson is Maser Me finished up he wo access roads for he ne,x ge!_!e_i:~ion, Congra_ulai_ons, Broher Oo! rural highway improvemens if a le~berg_i,_r is shovel operaor on he shall Hanrahan s~ill have a P & H o he une of $87,56 in poswar chanic, also Broher Harolcl G ~eween Klamah and Orick Mar The following members of Local bill inrod_uced by Sen George Hafield of Merced is approv_ed by he f No 3 are waiing o be called for d ends a Lile Red Hen Broher :! o our cars a ay S f B Paul Monini of Lile Red Hen ~y nran acive duy in he Seabees Vern Sae Legislaure The Basic Refracories of Gabbs G H " 8 ~ " iliiolloil was aken o Labors eneral os Holmes, F Mahis, Anone Doa, Already 3 of 4 members of he Valley is also operaing a full c~ pial a Eureka for more rea B T D BRYSON and Harold Hi~deman We exend Sae Senae have subscribed heir paciy Broher Russell K Smelle Y men for Service conneced disour bes wishes and los of good names o he measure, which calls is shovel operaor abiliies Local 3 finally arranged Workers needed,, job They expec o ship from wo 7Q sored a Onck and odds and OR dredne s for Business Reoresenaive luck o hese fellows for oal expendiures of $3,, have been unable o secure any for Broher Monini o receive his San Frcrnciscon conras Red Russell has gone back o he, i was repored from Sacra~ definie informaion regarding he h h, wih m o s unemploymen msurance roug Bay Area Red has been working meno Basic Magnesium, nc However, he G Bill of Righs oher work ha our members folfor Twais, MorrisOnKnudsenGer The bill would appropriae funds have recenly been informed ha low, he Dredging game seems o wick on Rough and Ready sland; f rom pos war unemp_oymen re Henry Ford has lad sone engi Mercer Frase~ are sill busy on k eep very b usy ~erves and allocae hen o coun neers in_specinba he pr/ mises This pach jobs au d cons rucion for h e he being he firs blade operaor S Th The Olympian Dredging Como work on his job ies under a formal based rela would be a grea advanage for or Navy a~d ae ey w:re sue p;my has hree dredgi,s worldng a A Teicher & Company are se ions beween rural populaions ganized labor in Nevada if some cessful bidders _on a n~w bn~ge and Huners Poin Two are clamd h h y nieage n he manufacuring concern would se approach a Lile River; Job was ing up heir ho plan in J E an rura,lg wa bd $ shells, he_ Gol/li,n Gae and he cure he mne, mill and he smeler i a 3, {Hardrock) Johnons yard in coun ies Monarch, fishing for rocks and Sockon Teichers work a he Allocaions for oher counies a Las vegas, ~e\,ada, raher han Broher E Lamber me wih from he progres_s ha is being pres~n ime cc;msiss of es work lls area would be Alpine $5 84 some meal manufacuring com a ragic end when he was faa_lly made i loo~s like hey,viu be wih differen ypes of ho suff Amador, $47,39; Calaveras, $24, pany burned while lighin~ he fire in here foi: some ime, ;he ohe,r, The Rough and Readyls!and job,9; Conra Cosa, $523,4; Mari The Fl~frock Corporaion, of he ho plan a E~sex on Sunday, he Palme_r; a "pumper," is ~upbeing do; by_ Twai_>~o~riso: posa, $39,4_4; Merced, $649,38; Yeril}gon, Nevada, has had con January 2s He died Monday, he posed o finish here in a shor" Knudsen & Ben C Gerwick Com Sanislaus, $755,7, and Tuolumne, siderable rouble securing heir 22nd Local, 3 delivered a check for ime or as soon as he Navy will $625 drying ovens for heir wallboard $5 o Mrs Lamber Wednes h h re ease, as e company as a The Kennedy Co have aken mill Bu was informed recenly day noon Broher Lamber was : b M h h, C d 9 Jo a ar mez a ey are anx superinenden, buried a Marysville He had_ been ious o move ori 8 by he V\Tesern Freigh Handlers ha par of he equipmen has ar employed by Ralph Brown of Mer T H d e y rau D d C C re gmg om~ " ~ Q~ rq irl,,:9 over he operaions_ formerly dore by Mr Helmick,_ l, f f 9:~ q!; Jd<> A:~G,, Ja,g_ll, a he Lahrop Holding & Recon rived a_nd he_ res was on is way _cert FraCshe_r Co Bfo:d 2 yedars C parry has h~)r "pu~per," he signmen poin_ Broher rving Lo_ was,,,also old ha he Bureau of he ic~g~ J _ge an_ ron o P H, P H eser renar s d h l f apoose, a un ers om, a so r"" ganbaugh and Hobar Ray are Mines was going o repair he road ya_i: 8l! cv ~ el)}p, Y,ee~ r? The Case American Consrucion BE A HESTER Busi~ss Repr~senai;e saying on he job as Crane Super from he mine o he mill which is 32 o 6, On,e of he hrohers h f, R h:,, H had Company have heir dredge Olyminendens The same gang of locaed fify mn_es souh of Yering w o e was occ en e,,,,,, f ~ d i: h h pie a he Pacfc Coas Engmeer Crane Operaors are, a:lso saying on, Ne:va_c;la, bormhe:_,_al Pl!,:,n_e,rCsluph ",~ his i~g Company yard in Alameda, wilrhe ~W C~nra:ors : T~e A~ii~oJi~ Copi>,ei: <?RWl?ll¼Y ro ermdaw_lla l~ a ds:,~s where hey have been puing an Red ding:ge~rge R: Sacy is?, geing under way The B rol!ers_ Burn_ell and Cleave has jus abou compleed heir es mg on, an w con rac r,mov,, wih his Tule Lake draining projec which was rjceniy awarded by Sockol\ offi~e ci~ave is employ,ed,,wes of Yeringon and has found a re Y a!)qmre severa pieces o Wicham are w 9rlpng ou of ile shaf, approximaely five miles in g adand laii~~ledveling Th~y hav; ~::~~n ~n ~~e ~:c;l:::s ~~~n~o ~:~ in a few days,,,, ~ he Bureau of Reclamaion This is by R E McC ar_y a nd Burnell i_s, very rich co pper, gold, silver, lead equipmei Rocchi formerly was The American Dredging Co~ only a $7,;,job, b~ h_ere will,raising iron fqr, he:, :6e, a sl~y Com and zinc ~r~~ T~eir, fuure pos wih Barre and Hilp in he Ba_Y, pa~y _ has_ he Pea~l :arbm, on be oher work of his kind coming pany on Rough _a:rid, Ready sland war, plans for,"he, Yeiingon area Area H~ ~as h~re for wo Y~,ars Rough and Ready slana, and he, up in he near fuux"e Also a lo of Th~y b~h airee ha: hey can do calls fol;,ooo~or mill and smel as, ~eliel op~ra<>r " ~ wish him Richmond is a Kaisers Yard 2, in land leveling projecs i~ ha vicin h~ir be~in h~ swam~ com~ry, er Their mine\;iil be, an"oi?en pi los of lucj{ and_ sucql)~s, Richmond The Prono is in he iy; Some are under w~y i~ow Sev The SyKes Co~pa~y job a R,ail proces;, EN:G:~Eij~ :~MJS R,gJ: TO; Oakland yard for repairs, since fin~ eral of our members are on he road Fla is progq,~smg very slow rhe Joe ~i!ey Tungsl)n Mine, ; Cr:Q{JC\ Y~P :r,a?nc~;ng ish_ing he job a Pe~lur,na job, and here will be _roo for y on acco, un of he_ wea_ her Bro wenyfour nules norheas of Go_l he Operamg Engineer_s ear;ied Th C C C e a_se ons, r~c omp_a,ny more a lile laer on, such as rac her Frank S_porsma_n is running conda, is consrucing a new null he righ o conduc he launching ha~ he Alamios working on Seam or and dragline n:ien ca o~ his j~b Broh~r Pa Aza of h~ir ow~ lo~aed on_ he mine ofhe la_s drydock because o_f~eir Boa Slough, ne_ar Rio Visa: Broher E L Webb has been vedo s runnmg he shovel p~enuses _This wll! be qme a lar~e,~ ~bsenee rl)cord and hen: high The San Francisco Bridge Coµi~ promoed from ca skinner o mas Broher Lawrenq,Angi~ris run mlll T~er ores m he P?,S ha,e _effic~j?cy re<!~rd ~roh_er Al Mon~ panys dredge Duwamish, has Ji,ls er mechanic for Carrico & Gauier ning dozer_ for he Associaed Lum been refined by he Gechel G~ld_l grain,vas mase_r of cei:epl?pies, moved on a job a he Unied En He has quie a large sized job o do ber Co a Sandy Gu_lc)l Mining Comp~~Y, lo<;a,ed on~ mile an4 _dida fin~ jo~b excep, his, inro,~ gineering Comrany shipyard in now, and we wish him success and Ruddys job a L_e Grange should wes Mr Davies s he supermen! ducwn of A~mn;al, Brµns as~ Mr Alameda The San Pedro jus fine hop _ he keep_s, he_ siuaion be compleed s!jor,ly unless,ome den in charge Broher He~ry i Brun~, Broher Wm Goez, Sup,er, ished a job a Por Chicago and srai_gh unforeseen diffic:uly slows he_m_ Tonn is_ shovel operaor and Jus ; ine!lde of Mainenance, made, ~oved ino he Richmond yard for Brohers Jack Tucker, Al Wal down The job was scheduled for recenly cleared Broher \Val he address Needless o say, i was badly needed repairs ers and H C Jordon are doing he compleion in hree weeks, bu he Owen, a welder and_ me_chamc, for he fines hmnching o da_e; he There seems o be some misunheavy duy repair work for J P fellows have be~n here four his projec We hope o secure a Admiral even admis i dersanding _in regard o he agree Brennan Believe me when hese monhs cqnrac for he operafaon of his We expec C B & Co:_ o sign ) en beween Local No 2 and brohers overhaul a piece of equip The Sockon office is being kep mill a new conrac w ih he Navy Local No 3, whereby members of men i_ looks lik,e new, and runs open unil 8 pm every Friday Governor E P Carville, on Jan~ There is also he possibiliy of a lhe 2 c and 3C Locals are allowed h/:? same way Theres nohing like nigh for your convenience uary 24 released a sixyear plan~ conrac being le by he Army o ransfer wihou cos o he having a bunch of efficien Engi_ * * * ning program oulined for he Ordnapce for he r ebuilding of members: naeyesr:s, h a~s w~a Joe B renuan rmj~hi~,j@o,murh! Sae of Nevada fr_om 945 o 95 Army rucks This will be in addi rhe policy in Local No 3"is ha S,! l ;, The cos of he sixyear program ion o he conrac conemplaed when a 2 c member goes o work Brohe,,~~a:a Dod"e is abou AH yea; long Francis L Gaddis, is esima_ed a $62,69,268 $34,728, for C B & Co in he jurisdici~n of Local No 3 he only Engmeer we have lef on Seabee Cook Second Class of he is for highway consrucion Eureka Shipbuilding has finished and deposis a ransfer card when he big Columbia Consrucion 7i Baaiion had be~n baking_ Expendiures for developmen and! driving piles for heir marine rail going o work, no permis will be abandoned Gravel Plan pasriespies, doughnus, cales conservaion of he sae resources way and are now dredging a chan charged, bu if he goes o work Brohers Clarence arid Claude Especially cakes Then 6 miles will be $2,996,, $2,2, will nel Broher Henry Meadows is Barber are aking care of he ca froni home, Gaddis go a Chrismas be spen on he Truckee and Car running h? dredging job Conrac work for he Yreka Lumber Com presen, Yup, i was a cake! son rivers which will include en or Tom Hull keeps busy on recpany_ Yes, hey are geing he : largemens of he channel of he lamaion and Couny jobs Consrucion scale SrsB,f\ "~ff\( rq!lured Truckee River, beween Lake Local Manager Vic Swanson, wihou deposiing his ransfer he will be charged permis from he dae ha he go~s o work and unil his ransfer is acceped by he Execuive Board Broher Bob Kirkham, regiser al~ iv~:,\;, "7!B~ Tahoe and Donner Creek; increase Presiden Pa Clancy, VicePres W!l sill nee4 d~ckhands and number 63478, sewar on Shasa o~ehirdlas, y_e~r he size of Boca reservoir, diversion Heinie Foss, Recording Secreary leveemeii on a number of he Dam, repors everyhing is going canal o carry wcer o V/ashoe Clarence Ma,hews, :einancial Sec dredges Ariy one wishing_ o ake lovely \VAS:UNGTON; D C Time Valley; consrucion of \Vashoe reary Tom Eynon, and Treasurer on some dredge work, conac \Ve sill have quie a force of lo~ due o srij{es in 944 W!!,S valley reservoir; power plan a_ P E Vand,e~vark aended our eiher he San Francisco or O!llk: Engineers on he Dam Wih he reduced onehir_d from sril~e Seamboa Springs o be operaed m ~eing here on January 27h ff recen heavy rains he scenery is losses in 943, he Bureau of iand o, ices from waer from enlarge Washo_e Broher C Baird has aken * * * changing quie a bi ou behind he! Lal:>oi Saisics aniunced Lake o he Truckee River; lower over Pees Cafe a Buckspor and TPS FOR BENEDCTS D~m The lake is now 4 fee The bu;eau caiculaed ha idleness resuling from ::is_ channels in Trucke~ meadows; im is operaing a firs class resau The door of h~ iadies hairdressdeep Abou 2,, a_c:re fee of years work sop9ages amouned prove he Derby Canal and reser ran Broher Oscar Kampe has ing_ shop op~ne{ and in mii~e ~ W!!,er now sand behind Shasa o only oneenh of one per ; voir, on h~ Eas Carson River The lef for Pedro o ake over an meeklooking lile man, wising D!!,m, The reservoirs oal capaciy cen of ime W()l~ed Wes Walker river o receive Army En&ineers dredg_e a~ dredge his, p _a_ nervously in his ha,nd~ ~, is 4,5, acre fee n December, he bureau re $5,65: for flood co_nrol_ and! maser a~d proceed o Pearl Har One of he assisims approa,ched There, are several proposed proj porpd, her~ wer~ ly 28,, power projecs The Umversy of bor wih i lur ecs scheduled o sar in his dis srnalf srikes of shor duraion, ric his season, bu a his ime in~oi~ing abou 85, ~orke~s Nevada locaed in Reno o receive Broher Bill Reed has gone ino "Wpa_ ca,n hi:e h e ph,asnr~, " she cooed, $2,2,932 we have nohing o look forward! The ime los during he monh for new mprovemenls he ruckmg, busmess Hear d from "E r:cou_ d you spai:e a!, _onue, o bu dark clouds, lashing winds repr,esened one wenieh of and rain :o_n_e_ P_e_r_c_e_n o_f J,_!>_r_ki_n;;g i_m_e ; So he fuure consrucn work Broh;r Sanley Gilber He is a hair for my shoulde~?" he saiuin Nevada, looks very brigh and privae in he 8h Co a For mer~d " w~n o ~ake iriy wife (Coninued on Page 3) Monmouh, New Jersey, a signal jea!~~s", \ l J

3 , February 6, 945 Brigh pcis~war prospec for ~san Jose area looms ENGNEP?S :lews Jobs coninue o hold vip in norh _ bay area_ Sacrameno~ area keeping blsy, despie heavy dew By M G MURPHY By FRANK A LAWRENCE By H FOSS Business Represenaive Business Represenaive Busir:ess Represenaive San J ose?h~r~ ~re :~~~ ~~\~ capable ~f giving you a complee SacramenoThe coming of We have no furher informaion prospecs appearmg repor han San~lfcfife!Peer Kewi nd he i;ainy season on he proposed jobs a McClellan, on he horizon for poswar San now wish o repor on a few Haas are a Hamilon Fielclancl hive he coi:ac slow down enporarily in his area pors has caused some of he work o Maher, F airfield and Chico Air Jose, such as dams, waer coi:iser of he brohers here and here vaion, new highways, and indus regre o repor he deah of for he hangar and he paving of However, smhe of he boy~ sill There are o be abou 65 unis rial plans; unclersaml here Broher George W Friday of Per same This Will be qur;e a lile job manage o keep busy added on o he De Wi General are plans for a large sized dam o manene who was sricken wih a on he pavini and make a nice se, Levee woik is all clown clue o Hospial a Auburn The bids have be consruced near Los Gaos "for hear aack las Saurday llp for whilever ses he seel Bqd rains The H E Parker Company no been le as ye, however, work he conservaion of waer araining Broher R L Prince has aken, Hall, _ former, ~upcrinenclen, of sill :have some unfinished woil{ on should sar soon jrom he mounains beyond,,:lsci a his Service Wihdrawal Card and Teiger, now _ivih his oufi Mc several jobs ou of Marysville W number of small canals for he nee is headed for he Navy Donald & Kahn has he passenger e are happy o r epor ha essary and "equal disribuion ofhe BroherFrancis w Har has re ie~minal and Larsen has he The Lo rd & BishopA Teicher Broher Alfred E Smih is no \Vae for irligafou purposes uired from he frozen norh afer freigh er\ninal ivhich will i in & Company S:ae hi;g!iway bridge longer on he sick lis and is able, f, b job a Rio Visa are using wo o reurn o work More rumors are in he air re abou wo years vo ve many o ~ur mem ers b, c;ews on pile driving, B h L T gardi_ng he super highway over Broher Tiny Barker has een Porneroy has a lai;ge heavy ma ro er awrence hes visied he nounains o Paerson Some GOnfined o he hospial for some eria! W!frehouse invo]ving $8, MorrisonKnudsen a Rio Visa he office recenly, and we are of he "dads" seem o hink he ime plus he ouildhig o be over 6 sill using abou sixeen meµibers glad o repor ha he h_as dis cos of consrucing a highway of Broher Evere Mills of Naivi fee long and over 2 fee wide, on heir levee job carded his cruches and repors ha ype, c6mpounded wih he dad is sill }n he Hawkins Hospi concree pile and seel srucure a Pacific Pine Line Consrucion ha he is ready o go o work rough feri:ain which,wm be en al of Holliser, and improving Mare sland Sup Poyser of E E Company have jus compleed a Bes wishes for coninued good couneed, a)d he many bridges slowly Lowell Consrucion Company of small job for he P G and E a healh o you, _Lawrence ~ and culvers o be added wouid be Broher John Shai:p jus reurn Vallejo will have a good deal of Rio Visa Broher Myron W Jones, Local p{ohibiive s\ppose hey have ed from Alaska where he finished work for our merilbers as soon as The Sandard Oil Company have 3, is able o be around some, bu forgoen abou how he Ledo and a year wih M & K he weaher will permi Broher a job a Rio Visa building a small sill on he sick lis We hope hes Burma Roads in China and ndia Broher John Pedrazzi was in for Gari er doing he nu busing on bridge across he slough and sev wen a_gain real soon were buil a Seivice Wihdravral Card; gone his job, eral gasoline wells, also Broher Ernes Alameda, Local also undersand here are o h e seabees B ciheis Bi;dwell and Brand Leo Lenz has he excavaing 3, has been sick since November, many new modern srucures, such Br~her Joe Bo:ling has signed, a:re oveihau!ing heir Osgood one work on he hospial job a ood and we sincerely hope he will be as office buildings, and a new super up wh Consrucion Company for and a quarfer yard and will be land, and we expec o have a hois able o reurn o work real soon sore building (whaever ha is) Pearl Harbor ready o fake on some work in he man here in he near fuure Bes wishes o all our boys on o be consruced a Firs and Broher Alber Zarezka has near fuure W A Bechel Company are he sick lis, and we hope we can Sa, n~ a Clara Srees, sill poswar aken a Service Wi h drawal Ca rd ; Pa { s h p using a couple, of crews :on he repor all hes,e ellows back on headed for he Seabees r C ep, ens anc ierce \,Ve also undersand General have he conrac on Skaggs slancl Wesern Pacific jcib a Virgilia he "Good Heal h" lis real soon Broher Lan;y Croxon was in o s Elecric has a couple of heir m_en ancl have suble he grading _ ancl everal of our members are sill also wish o repor ha Bropay us a visi "illl decked ou in his & in own making plans for heir fu paving o he, Red Rock Quarries a Bressi Bervanda, Colusa, fin her Peer Moore passed away inure plan on Monerey Road, CPO uniform of Vallejo B{olier Rible is in ishing up he job here Sacrameno on February 4, 945 which may sar_ any ime; les Recei_ved a very ineresing lecharge of he crews Brohers Lamb F air f ie ld A irpor,,_ewi, J o h n H e s a f ormer mem b er of Loca hope is soon We have a few er froin Broher Peerson on and Nicnolson on he wo clrivers son & E vens, s 2 usrng severa and on wihdrawal from Local Ley,e, says i is quie over here b f h u d snall jobs a he camps dow of :he Rayml: Concree Pile mem ers, ims mg up n er No 3 souh, bu of no maerial advannow, sends his bes o all Conpany on his same job ancl groun d c ons, TUC!On c ompany an d AT"""NT,,, ON TO ALL OVR l also received a leer from u d h & age o our Engineers fruglas snolcl be compleing abou his n er i F is h er d OJ;g sewer MEMBERS: The rvlfarysville office and Tyson nave a smaii job on Sa Bioher Harley Davidson and Ray dae E E CabeUis he sewa~cl and road work for Moore & will coninue o remain open on linas Air Base, bu he orrenia_l Bishop Tony Syar receniy reuriied fiom Robers Frlclay righs only, from _7 pm o Broher H E Whiing jus ar w h "rains have reardecl _hem cons_icl Texas where he was successful in e lii ave several members 9 pm The Sacrameno office will rived from Seale He has been 7, erably, and m sure ha difficuly purchasing hree ;,veve blades, a Maher and McClellan Fields be open from 7 pm o 9 pm on gone for a bou en ~onh~ applies o every :dfsiic in Local 3, oie D8,, :w scriper anci i:iwe for A Teicher & Company:, ruesdays and FRDAYS \ Well, brohers,,i S, ime o; brn:n,g, ~,,,,,;:,,;,,r, ::Belyea:lTrucking:,Cornpany,aie Remember! Yoii iellozvs who Granie Consrucion Company h h F:P 4 Tony S biclclmg on a "lo~ sill have a, number of Engineers ~~:/o a a /n i r e, ne:x, 6f">ik,,~e~ping fuiii{y of he biiys exp~ncli~_g: ~e have a~ou!,hi~y can ge in dufing hl "aa},may seadily employed on he Was(/)i,busy a he presen fme Under n:embers a Ca~p ~?_hlei: a_ pres call a he office on hese evenings * ** sancl Brohei Tom Sha," s going e_ n, ancl expe_c o place abo u en and we shall be glad o help you w ;c : w o g o_ o work _for ville Navy Base, also a small re li_is o_u fi asimore _cre ws_ h_ere _i_n_ he n_e_a,r fu_ You can obain gasoline, ires, pay push,er Syar has he grading and ~urn Sev~r_a! ~3:es pera~mng o dues, repor work condiions ad pair crew_ on Camp Ord ar pro uc lvn Larry Karsed also has a number,; :J f fia, paving in is enirey On:he M o"ore working condiions here have been obain general informaion of seady employed operaors wih ochilfu,o CC ~µcl Robers housing projec a he adjused o he saisfacion of he Again, we wish o lis he folhis concern, which has gone in Qll!GlnS, d ra ~, norh gaea, Mare sl~rici members of Local 3 B roher C H owmg payro c h ec k s which are heavily for land leveling, and small! Covey is ctoing a fine job as sew beingheld here a our office as we k h d a l;arrish Brohers of Benicia wih cana wor m a isnc WASHNGTON D C WPB v ai:d ou here, ailcl from all re do no know where o send hem :: _ice he iisuai roµine and hree heavy Sana Cruz hardly shows any Chairman Joseph n Keenan, Jus ci: h h pors, he fel!ows are riiighy Please check he lis, and if your ;aciviy, _was in hopes of i sar baci from a visi o American ba u y mec a~ics m e shop over proucl of him, oo name is on i, conac us eiher in ini ou soon on some of heir con le frons in Fraiice declarecl he is h~ujihg equiprrien during h ~ lill Th G D d Company has,,,,, :, in he weahee, e umon person or by mail, and we will emp laed wharf work M<;merey sill opposed o!work or figh" i ~, a governmen conrac o overhaul forward checks: also,vas looked upon o sh6n ac legislaion which, he warii~cl, may A S: (SlOJ J,anes, formerly!he fifeen hundred racor racks for George Clemens, Doyle H Cql liyiy by his ime cu pifoducion 3 fol: ~en insead h:rn of ~ones ~nd Ki~g of Ha~ governmen anks They have son, Allen Amer, Ralph G Rogers Permanene, Naividad and Moss of iiicreasi:ng i" war,d, has purc!ased qme a ranch signed a working agreemen wih Lhding iire sill running along Mr Keeinan sa\d he oniy shor in ~apa on he Brown~ Valley Local No 3 We expec o have * * *,quiely and producing heir well a~_es ~e hea rd apo:u_ a h ~ fron, Road where h:e is overhauling and abou fory members here as soon Nevada :m"n"n g known produc, Mainesium be were ea"y ammum~wn a~ :en sorihg some of his eq\lipmen as he job ges ell under way, The Army, he explamed, s firmg B :h F,, d w lieve we have a figure very near heavy arillery a~ or 7 _imeshe ro e~s arnqms an_ i so_n; REPORTS WORK PCKNG JP 2 or nfore in he einl)loy ~f he rae originally planned There are long ime employ~es of Sid, are here are wo warehouses beihg percils O Company and will say ohe hing, shl large ammuniion supplies ih looking afer his ineress in his buil a he BercuRichards Can is a m\xed group, men, women, England and he con\rien bu he viciniy: Jones expecs o boom ou ning Company Leo Lenz and J R give more jobs boys and girls, and we can boas j:m:jblein is o ranspor he supplies in he spring Rii eves are empfoying several of df assisah ship launchers, ohe of o he baie lines Por faciliies Local conracors in he oher our members on he work (Coninued from Page 2) ur le 3E oiler g"ls, Fern sill iiave no been re~ored and a:eas seem o hav e pleny of work M A Jenkins has a pile driving we could sure use some of his M, er, pjayin g he role he,frehch T railwa_y_ s h_ h a_ve been d o open u p on as soon as " he job a h & Eye Srees, Sacra work now as we have no consrue _,,ry _HAS AP N " PR:o v E D l ciipp e :!~, resu)an eavy e weaher will permi on,vork a hs me mancl on moor ranspor; he, me_no, on a new bus depo befog };UPF;RSONC TUNNEL poined ou, has brough abou a Bro h er Yoder? w: u nd er~~a nd ereced here Saviers Elecrical Corporaion Moffe Field is in for more ac grea need for more heavy rucks is pr~gressmg ni~~ Y: a nd ; ;be The local sand and gravel quar are drawing plans f9r a large seel iiviy in he immediae fuure, he and ires back on h e job arou nd March s ries are sill going abou he same and concree warehouse on Wes Navy revealed i hacl approved he sfressing h_e gesirabiliy of in Broher Hill,, injured a {he Napa The Pacific Coas Aggiegaes a 2nd Sree in Reno expendiure of $45,(OO for he creasing producion hrpugh yolun Snipyard abou one year ago, is Fair Oaks have added a second Broher Les Colle, or should consrucion of a supersonic wincl ary mehods, Mr Keerim s~id: now home and his arm is sill ina shif say Privae Colle, passed hrol!gh \ "We sh6uid ry o ul e small con brace n a few monhs i~e he unnel a he laboraory This un, The Lawrence Consrucion CorYr Reno he morning of February 2nd cerns ha haye been cu back will know abo~ when he will be nel will be equipped o procluce air Give hem subconracs for essen pany coninue heir job a he spread mich faser han he spread ial war work insead of closing able o reurn o work u nd ers a nd on his way o an army camp in Board of Public Works Broher he Middle Wes/ We wish Broher bf soincl Tha will be some wincl hem down : and dispersing he Bro h er L L Olda~er has ~o~e j G Perkins is running a hois Co~pleion of he new 2 foo in workers whd, may ake six monhs back bus Colle los of luck and a speedy mg nus for Spalei m here nel,~hfoh has been uhder consrue o find new jobs a which hey are Sana Rosa Bro h reurn er Oldaker was J R Reeves Company coninues am in receip of a leer from ion for some ime will make a o bes qualified s more efficien veiy seriously ill Bro h er Sam o use several members The rou Broher Pfc Joe Riley from For al of five major unnels for air o use exising plans and he Sewar 9f he same own will be ble on he Tracy job was adjused Sill,_ Oklahoma, informing me ha ptone iesirig ahe iaboraory; ancl workers who ale herehen here ou aking care of his crusher in by our members receiving heir he was abou o receive his clischarge when he me wih an acci as i menioned m our las leer we are no n_ew /frobiemsof ranspor he near fuure Broher Archie room ren, aion and housing;" Edmonds wih Frederickson and expec aciviy on he unways K d h f d The Seinbrenner Shipy ard is den, aucl broke his righ wris and Mr eenan sai e bun no Wason a Hamilon Field had a soon aniuriion feeling among he rank sill rying o ge heir job fin said hi:i, i woulcl be some ime Well, orohers, his is abou all and file 6f soldiers in France Their hole prospeced ifi his belly (ap ished We have one crew ou here now before he would be clischarged he encouragemen can give you chief concern, he said, is o ge he pe nd iciis) bu JVill soon be back now am quie sure an he brohers of a lie presen, iirle ah;j can say war ove: quickly and reurn home on he job Jack Breen, wih Brohers Vic Local Uriiori No 3 will be glad o is very rhuch, bu :we may do * * * * * * Bonner a~d Ward Moyer, are ~ee Broher Riley back wih us bee~ nex ime No doub many TMES DO CHANGE Towarcl h e e nd of his life, h e working cleaning ou he diches again; S"~ET TmNG (disgused> capialis is usu~lly possesseci: by a A hs me he Reno o ffce C of you know was in Sacrameno "le, up around Knighs Landing, wishes o exend is deepes sympahy? Broher Frank A Law rence and family in heir hour of ber~averilen "My boy friend has cold fee" srong hankering for he~logy ancl a few clays wbrking wih Broher FOND AUNTE: "Shame in pliiianhropy The firs as a l iria Broher Marvin Cove is now La;Wrence, bu do no seei nee you, yoµng lady in my day we e~ of }~re i~~~ra~be; _he secoml superinenden for Hemsree & Jfssiiryo make any repor cbricern: didn ; fi;_d ou hose hings iinii bilbalse he cilih ake i wih liim Be!,l, and he anicipaes some new ;:;,, hi_;,;,disric as he is, far more we\~ere: mli~riecl~" ~seal MERNGER; wok soon:,, Tnree l

4 Four ENGNEERS NEWS, _; : :February 6, 945 EDTORALS COMMENT Repor of las neeing, Tbe pracice o! prining he minues o! our Regular Meeing in he Engineers News will be discohinued for he following reasons: () The Minues of our meeings are p rivae and should no become public propery: (2) The paper is disribued and avainable o ;nany employers and employer groups, as well as o hc, genera] public; (3) To delee any par of he T,inues for nrin \in9 would make hem incorrec a nd inaccurae, and i ;_,oukl no! b e fair o he members Therefore, in he fuure, he Secreary will commen upon maers and occurrences ha can be made public T he mceling of Febniary 3 was look furher rnh he maei bewell aended, wi h 3 members fore you qui your plesen jqb being presen All of he Execuive There was considerable discus Officer ~ were presen, T he m inues sion in regard o oher maers, of he Execuive Board meeings Respecfully submied, of J arrnary 2 and February 3 were C F MA!HEWS,,apprm,ed as read OFFCER ELECTON Under communicaions he declaraions of candidacy for office in he coming elecion show a lively ineres, here being one declaraion for Presiden, fo ur for Vice Presiden, wo for RecordingCorresponding Secreary, hree for Fi Recording Corresponding Secreary * * * Wesern Union poh proves an AFL w,alkaway Oregon workers hang up recoa~d for sixh loan PoirNcrnrJ The men and women of Oregons eleven large war indusries invesed $8,6,886 in Series "E" War Bonds during, he 6h War Loan Drive jus compleed, and hereby far exceeded expecaions of Federal Treasury officials, i was a~ounced by E C Sammons, Sae Chairman, Oregon War Finance Commiee Credi for negoiaing sales which aver aged $2,68 o every employee wen o H, J Deloff, chairman; Rober A Green, assisan direcor, and a commiee of A, F, of L coordinaors saioned a he plans, Sammons saed E, J, Barells Company employes esablished a firsplace record wih average sales of $224 n dollar volume Swan sland led wih an invesmen of $2,78, nancial Secreary, wo for Treas WASHNGTON, DC,_The AFL 63L Oregon Shipbuilding Corporaurer, one for Conducor, wo for scored almos a clean sweep in he ion employees invesed $,88,, Guard, five for Trusee, six for naionwide NLRB elecions among and \il/illamee ron & Seel Cor,Audior, hree for Local Union Wesern Union workers, poraion, $,554,425, Manager and eleve\ for members Triump~an in six of h e seven War Bond buying in he eleven Of he Execuive Board, regonal rls rcs se up fo r ballo,,, d d b ng purposes, uy, l e NLRB _, lie big war mdusnes _ excee e y lvenilljrf,ers REPORTED LL AFL won ioai,ni inino slidhs for all $2,32,35,6 a quoa esablished by Th ~ following Brohers were re,vesern Unioi " employes " " in he Washingon, D, C,, Treasury of f pored ill: Lawrence Theis, F, M, counr:v excep he group in he cials, Secreary Henry Morgenhau OConnell, Cur Colle and Guy, m eropolian aea of New York suggesed a $75 per capia quoa, F, woods, The oal voe in all disrics bu Mulnomah couny and sae T he following Brohers were re hfoughou he naion gave he war finance commiees sepped up pored as deceased : Clyde Elzy, AFL aimo s a wo o one majoriy, he local quoa o $ per capia, Herman B, Osrom, E,, Lamber was: _ which was besed by $2, 68, and Sam Maasci AFL2,85 ", C,634 "This recorf is ousanding when T ho? Business Agens made heir Commening he resuls, AFL i is cos~deied h~ very unsel~!l regufar repors, which can be Presiden >Ni!liam Green declared: condiions inerfered }Vih he found elsewhere in his paper, "By an overwhelming margin, smooh running of he d:ive," Sam FAV([i): HEALTH NSURANCE he workers of he Wesern Union moiis saed recenly "The de Umlier New B usiness, a moion Company regisered heir pref srucion of all records by fire a was TTmade o go on recor cl as b eg ion erence of for Labor he o,,er Amer he ican rival Federa CO Oreg, Shi>building Corporaion in fa~o r of a compulsory healh union, and he subsequen loss of $,, lnsu~ace " T hee "as " qe a "Only he device of holding seven war bo sales, le dis,urbing lenghy discussion on his maer, r egional elecions, decided upon by influen~e of he Chrismas buying ancr ii was finally voed o go on he Naional Labor Relaions Board season, as well as he shifing of recoi~ of being in favor of such ou of parialiy fo r he CO, pre building conracs, have consiued T he door prize was won by vened a complee vicory for he a hurdle which was squarely me Broh:, George Simon, 72 F air AFL, The Board saved he New by war plan employees All credi m on Sree, San Francisco York disric for he CO bu for he drive success goes o A F BLOOD DONOR APPEAL predic ha will be only emporary am confiden ha evenually all vvesern Union workers ook full r esponsibiliy for plan of L miions and members who A J;, :er was read from he San Francisco Labo{ Council making an will be represened by he American Federaion of Labor! ion" ning and carry ing ou he solicia a ppeal for blood donors, Those who wish donae blood should call a he San Francisco Labor Temple, 294 6h Sree, or elephone :viarke 634 and conac Broher Frank Fizgerald Mr ~, Mary l\acdonald, wife of a soldier EERS NEWS Formerly Monhly Newg, Lee;r Mannaiging Edior,) S, Swanson published each monh by LOCAL UNON No 3 of he f:nernajonal Union of Operaing Engineers Norhern California ; Norhern Nevada Sae of Uah Soscripion price: $25::per yeo:r Office: 6 Marke Sree F our AFL unions paricipaed in Deloff said credi was due o he elecion vicoryhe Commer, individual workers and war bond cial Telegraphers Union, wo F ed, commieemen in each plan ineral Labor unions and he nerna valved, ional Broherhood of Elecrical Workers, They had previously * * * agreed on jmisdicional lines, D L k R San Francisco, E nered as Second Class Maer S,epfeipber 9, l943;a he Posoffice, ~ of San F iancisco, Califqrnia, uder ii!:! Ac qf A;ugus 24; 92 ~ ~ ory, warire prosperiy, and failure of hose who have lef heir jobs o realize ha pay periods run,a full week behind he work periods Funds remaining unclaimed when he war ends will probably rever o he u:s Mariime Commission on whose accouns he checks are drawn This same siuaion is no doub rue of oher shipyards in he bay area may also be rue of consrucion companies in some cases where men have been laid off and no picked up heir checks Look over your own records and if you have,any mon~y conjing o you, collec i now! Repor o he members By VCTOR S SW ANSON Local Union Manager is now wo monhs since wroe anyhing for our Engineers News, so am going o ry o give you some repor on our Union and is aciviies Firs may say w ork is keeping up very well, considering he dron off of n ew consrucion, and he cold weaher ha has se in, in cerain secions of our jurisdicion, pcrric;la:ly Uah and Nevada, n spie of all ha our "ou of work" hs s small, and would be sill smaller were i possible o ge he members o acc,ep jobs a\vay from heir homes:?f course, his hey can~o_ do in many cases b ecause of he difficuly Of raveling, and ne gas and ire shorages Friendly Relaionships Beween Members and Represenaives n my visis o our various offices find a very happy and saisfacory relaionship exising beween our membership and he Business R epresenaives, is his friendly and cooperaive spiri which has helped o make our union sho¼ such wonderful progress during he las years, Yes, in spie of he arbirary policies of cerain governmenal agencies in some localiies he Bay area which includes apprnximaely 7 per cen of our en ire m embership, The Grievance Commiee is composed of Execirive Officers and Execuive Board members, which mee each Wed nesday nigh a 6 Marke Sre~, San Francisco, a 7 :3 pm, o hear alll gievances, boh r eal and imaginary, a nd hey ry, if possible, o arrive a a saisfacory undersanding and adjusmen f his canno be accomplished he member is asked o bling his grievance before our regular meeing and here he membership will give he correc answer, There, of course, have been imes This sysem has proven successwhen we were cerainly eniled ful in he Bay Area, H~wever, frio wage increases, bu were me asmuch as our jurisdicion covers wih he simple saemen, "We a large erriory and some of he are a war" This has made he membership canno come o S:m Business Represenaives job any Francisco as ravel is s,lmos prohing bu pleasan hibiive, would like o offer a Local No, 3 has an undersand suggesion for such cases, ouside ing m embership w hich ls our of his area greaes asse, and hey need no fully undersand ha when one be old we are a war, All of us believes he has a jus grievan~e have so~e dear ones in i, and are he is eniled o b~ h e,~d, visi all praying and hoping for heir safey our ouside disrics from ime,o and ha hey shall reurn home ime wquld fike, o have any soon "for keeps! Yes, "a nd when member who feels he has a jus hey do reurn hey shall find a complaif), wrie o me personally, beer union han w hen h ey lef, explaining he case, and sae ha if possible, Tha is our job our he desires o mee wih he Comjob a home, Brohers! miee in his localiy and perhaps n some localiies someimes we can do his, and arrive a an find m inor misundersandings, amicable soluion for he problem which, if permied o go on, would This will do much o promoe harcause difficulies in he long run, mony and good feeling beween \e There is al ways a sure remedy if membership, properly applied, A meeing can be called in such localiies and all he facs presened before he membership, and hey, hemselves, a r e Consrucive Criicism Builds Local Union always he bes judges, \Ve, of course, have hose among For insance: can cie a recen us who can only fi nd faul wih case in he disric of Eureka, Cali everybody, paricularly your offornia There wer e some rumors of ficers and Business Represena dissaisfacion over he Business ives, f hey lose a job i is jus Represenaive here, A m eeing "some one elses faul" They never serving overseas, has a he reques of he Saa Francisco L abor was called for January 27, A large can see _ ha i may be incompenumber of members showed up, ence; may be alking oo much; The elecion was made necessary TaycllieC S pe by he merger of Posal Telegraph ( " a The enire quesio l was discussed may be rying o mind everybody Council consened o her name wih Wesern Union Previously, Up Ci (lfser S, a lengh, wih he membership fi elses business bu heir ow, or being submied in a drive o selec he AFL had represened Wesern d J: nally deciding o ake a secre vo_e possibly all hree, f hey should a queen of he blood drive, f you Union workers in mos areas, while oes any OT T o see if here was any opposiion avail hemselves of he opporuniy desire rn give he A F of L credi PhoesaClO had gained a foohold in beiorrn o you? for your blood donaion, give your ":iii o he r epresenaive of being candidaes for office hey name w he San Francisco Labor The elecion was he mos ex The voe proved ha here was immediaely commence knocking CouncL " ensive ill _ rlrb hisory, alhough Henry Kaiser shipyards r,e no WOl:h while opposiion, n fac, everyone in office, promising evi proved beyond any doub ha erybody seady jobs if eleced; ye SELEDTVE SER\TCE WARNNG he number of workers paricipa cenly published ha hey were Bleler Vandewark warned of ing did no score * * a * new record, holdng $49, in pay check" he was one of he mos popular hey canno keep jobs hemselves h repi:esenaives of all Only six Wha men! And w ha a union if e mew S e ec Ye s ernce R egu a Tobacco is found hroughou he which workers in his area voes were _ cas agains him, This hey could be elecedwhich, of ions ~egarding m e n beween i e souhern U nied Saes a nd in an a lone have forgoen o claim enire, maer is now cleared up course, never happens, ages!f 8 aw 3, will pay you, occasional sore _ "SEN AT o R Explanaion of his oddiy is if J l[)u are beween hese ages, o soaper! di;ided among lapses in memand behind us, From now on,here These men spend much ime and will be beer harmony and co effor rying o creae dissension operaion and his will be of bene and rouble among our members, fi o all members, am sure Jus hink if all_ heir effor and Broher Oo Never is happy o ime were spen pronoing he know ha he membership in Eu welfare of he Union, wha a glorir eka disric appreciaes his un ous hing i woul <;l be for all! Local iring effors in heir behalf, for No, 3 is forunae indeed i is n o which also am happy, and wish cursed by many such individuals, o hank each and every member for his splendid cooperaion a nd suppor Grievance Commiee Can Sele Minor Dispues Mos of our roubles are caused by misundersanding, n San Francisco where he m ain office is locaed, we have se up machinery o ake care of grievances whenever hey arise, This office covers au Men of abiliy and he knowled_ge of how o apply i on he job,, and who demand and receive he wag s a nd condiions hey are eniled,o are he backbone of he Union, Crybabies, never build anyhing! You, yourselves mus do he jo,b; he Union can do i for you: T je Union can only figh o improye l~ wages a nd_ condiions in your work; Local No, 3 is indeed blessed i ~ (Coninued on Page 8)

5 February 6, 945 ENGN~ERS NEWS Five ews fr m e s n~ Fr ncsco office ::;: By P E Vcmdew:ark and Pa Cfoncy, Business Represenaives {\ford from he jobs Consrucion work" in his area number of our Brohers are busy Brohers are busy on he job, in receiving abou all he ship repair ino he plan sie; hey should drop"i:,ed down considerably since he job: eluding mechanics and welders work hey can handle a presei sar e:ecing he gravel plan in he las repor Of course weaher American Bridge Company is HealyTibbes is driving piles ncreased war freigh shipmens he near fuure; The oher quarry condiions have been qul_e a decid busy on heir seel erecion job; he Pacific Bridge Company job along he waerfron among he a Rocka,vay Beach has been geing faco, bu more so here has wo crews are working a Behlehem, and is also worl~ing sev~doring companies is keeping ing ou a lo of maerial for Tanbeen he lack of new conracs Barre a nd Hilp is sill puing on Yerba Buena sland on Navy our Brohers busy wih consider foran, and various oher projecs being le for m_ ore new work up buildings for he Navy, piers able overime involved Sorensons job a Mills Field is There are several proposed new Marinship a Sausalio is pro away behind schedule due o bad Joe Gerricks crane erecion job Dinwiddie Consrucion Comprojecs includig Huner!s Poin, gressing smoohly, wih only an weaher condiions, and i is prey is sill iri progress ~ pany is saring o build he new bu a presen no new conracs WAVE Barracks on Ocean Avenue occasional new hire Mos of he ough geing rock ou of he hill ạre being adverised N AND AROUND Brohers are saying on he jobs back of Souh San F rancisc_o The Charles Harney is applying he HUNTERS PONT SAN FRANCSCO finishing work o he Housing which is mos graifying under paving of he concree runways a Eaon and Smih have sared presen condiions Mills Field should ge under way NAVALPROJECT P_rojec off Carroll Avenue, gradheir rack removal and sree pav RAN SLOWS WOR{ ln abou March This willhe_one of As Pl ;obably has been noed ing and oiling srees and spreading job on Marke Sree They are SAN MATEO COUNTY he larges concree slab jobs ha 4 ing red rock over parking areas he dajly press an addiional $ 3, also grading and excavaing for a Ford J Twais Company a Tan we have ever had in his area, h as b een appropna e d f or new WAVE Barracks on Ocean Tom Harney is back in consrue foran have finished he\r projec Tobins pipeline a San Bruno is c;noh new large drydock, oufi Avenue near Brighon They have ion work, doing a job on Twin Engleson has abou anoher week abou hrough L C Smihs grading piers and quay wall along he abou compleed heir job for Soule Peaks for real esae developmen of cleaning up undersand here ing a he Housing Projec here is souhern edge of he projec This Seel Company, A ca a nd shovel are working on is abou $3,, ~~re o be ied up due o he weahere work will no sar for a leas wo Sandard Building Companys h e job spen here immediaely The Belair Shipyard has one crew monhs, Housing Projec a Third and CONSDERABLE ACTVTY,; Union Paving Company job in fron slil employed here The following jobs a Huners Army Srees, is moving along ON WATERFRONT of Tanfo;an and he Highway is;, All oher work in he couny has Poin are now in progress: Gei nicely wih several members em Considerable a civiy is eviden abou half finisheq TJlis isjg; a been more or less ied up due o v~ick, Morrisou and Twais job is ployed along he waerfron, boh among smaj( shouldet job anyway, he heavy, rains We ae hoping raher slow a presen due o he, Pacific Bridge Company is now he ship repa,r yards and he se: Ken Royce Gravel Plan a ha,,,ih he weaher clearing up lack of proper fill maerial, pre~ working wo shifs on he pier job vedoring companies Mason, Uzii Rocka\vay Beach has l:)eeri going here \Vill h~ los of new aciviy ceding he coffer dam work A a Behlehem Shipyard Several ed! General and Behlehem, are JJhead fuu blas, building ~oads J in he couny; Daily consrucion repor Janua~y 3, 945 awarded o Howaon Bros, $29, RCHMOND, Calif Conrac haul shop, Bldg 34; a Naval Dry TRACY, CalifConrac award 5 forincreased housing faciliies awarded o J Henry Harris, $8, Dock,ed o Pesana, $2,5 for _furnish a Salinas Army Air Base 959, for drainage an improvemen HUNERS PONT, CalifCona ing and laying 6 in, 8 in; and in January 2, 945 Richmond, under Projecs, Calif rac ~warded o G W Williams cas iron waer mains OAKLAND, Calif Con~rucio; SACRAMENTO, CalifConrac $74,33 for exerisio; of Admin LVERMORE, Calif Conrac Brief: A $2,, bond issue is awarded o Holdner Cons Co, Bldg, a warded o Macnsoir, $8,887 for being considered by Oakland, Cal, $89, for cans cade nurses EMERYVLLE; CalifConrac ~iddiion o boiler plan, N A S for consrucion of: Sorm & Sani home, consising of dormiory faciliies a he Hospial a warded o Cahill Bros, $45, Live_rmoi; ary sewers, $5,8,; combined for cans drainage arid_ pul)ping PORT CHCAGO, CalifCon jusice cours a_nd police adminisrac awarded o Moore & Robers raion ouilding, $2,,; sree ed o Palmer _and Son, $3,762 for OGDEN, Uah Conrac award cree office a_nd facory bldg, SUNNYVALE, Calif Conrac $38,75, for cans baery charg \vork, $J,OOO,OOO; cenral library, insulaing arld heaing warehouses awarded o Peer SoreSon $3,6 ing, elec ruck and overhaul shop $,5,; recreaion projecs, $2, a Ogden A::senal for resoraion of Ciy Park and sorage buildings, Janua; y 24, 945,, SAN FRANCSCO,, Ca:lifCon J)muary_3, 945, January 5, _i945, SAN FRANOSCO, CalifConrac awarded o A D Schader rac a_warded o M J Lynch, $3, OAKLAND, Calif ;: Conrac HAML TON FELD, Calif 863 for concree parkin g lanes, awarded o J D OConnor, $2,4 Conrac awarded o Peer Kiewi $59,997 for cans hospial car Mission S beween 2h and 25h for cans drainage an dpumping : OAKLAND, Calif _ Conrac Sons $27,865, for hangar erecion rackage a Cressy Field, Presidio plan a Oakland Municipal Airpor and lean~o a Hamilon Field: SAN FRANCSCO, CalifConrac awarded o W c Akard, awarded_ o W F Lynn, $9,869 for OAKLAND, Calif Conrac aleraions for N P faciliies a Oakland" Regional Ho~pial awarded o Runcanscin Harrelson; $25,687 for cans of new office VALLEJO, Calif Conrac ) for remodeling exising passenger building Pier5, awarded o Barre and_ Hilp, $88, =, January 4, 945 slip ino a freigh ferry slip 8 for cans of 3 man barracks O_AKLAND, Calif Coljrac HAML TON FELD, Calif a Naval Ammuniion Depo, Val January 6, :J945 awarded o Whalin Bros, $2,892 Conrac a,;arded o MacD o nald & lejo, California BELMONT, Calif Conrac BERKELEY, Calif =Work con Kahn, $9, for consrucio of awarded o Wesern Pipe and Seel emplaed, Congress has auhorized a passene:er erminai _a Han:iron $2,6 for consrucion of a 5 f he U S Disric Engineers o ;Field, diameer by 48 f high welded proceed wih surveys and sudies January 8, 945 seel waer ank for he conemplaed consrucion OAKLAND, calif Conrac SAN FRANCSCO; Calif :Con of he Golden Gae nernaional awarded o Fredrickson Bros, $4, rac awarded o Dinwiddie Co_ns Airpor; o lie locaed in he Eas 634, for consrucion unloading fa Co $93,8 for cans 8 frame Bay norh of Berkeley pier Work, ciliies a Oakland Army Base quarers for WAV~S including will involve consrucion of re January 9, 945 uiliies a Ba}boa Park, S F aining walls, dredging channel, HELPER, uah " Conrac J,anuary 8, 945 approximaely 72,, cu yd awarded o F H McGraw Co, SAN FRANCSCO, CalifCon fill, con~~rucion of airpor fa;:il $43,27 for consrucion of 2,, rac awarded o C F Park~r, i!ies and piers Toal esimaed gal: reinf cone covered reser $36,435 (9 days) for cans reinf cos $25,, voir cone church bldg a Geary and SAN FRANCSCO, Calif~Con RCHMOND, Calif Conra c Franklin Ss rac awarded o S J Amoroso awarded o R Goold & Son, for January 22, 945 Cons Co, $63,877 for addl emp $6,7, for addiional railroad rack ST, HELENA, Calif Conrac prefabricaed classrooms a uiioa a Richmond Class Yard awarded o Seward Pearson, $9, School OAKLAND, Calif: Conrac 77 for cons of shop classroom January 23, 945 awarded o Freehy Kimball Co; bldg a S Helena High School MOFFETT FELD,, CalifCon $3, for cons seel frame shop REDDNG, Calif Conrac rac award_ed o John Pesana, and office building a 555 High S awarded o H J: Boese and Paul $3,73 for consrucion of saniary January 9, 945 Boese for r enal of one only well sewers a Naval Air Saion TRACY, CalifCohrac award drilliig rig comp wih equipmen SACRAMENTO, CalifConrac ed o GrinneU Co, for $242,~5 for January 23, 94$ awarded o Mercer Fraser Co, cons sprinkler sysem in ware SACRAMENTO, Ca~ifConrac $3,324 for cans of cone bridge houses a Tracy awarded o Mercer Fraser Co, and approaches across_ Lile River, MODESTO, Calif Conrac $3,324 for cans of cone bridge 5 mi norh of Arcaa awarded o Sam Bisse, $24,96 for and approaches across Lile River, January 29, 945 insalling nurses _call sysem a 5 mi norh of Arcaa TREASURE SLAND, Calif Harriman General HospiaL RCHMOND, Calif Conrac Conrac awarded o Dinwiddie January, 945 awarded o Morrison Knudsen for Consrucion Co, $49,7 for con~ B EN C A, Calif Conrac cans 2 r einf cone finger piers a sruciori faciliies for assembly, awarded o Fredrickson Bros, $6, Repair Faciliies Basis, Yard No 3, nsrucion, b~g inspec_ion and 5 for expansion of Pos Ceme Richmond medical examinaion a Treasure ery, Benicia Arsenal RCHMON:p; CalifAward rec sland, HUNTERS PONT, CalifCon ommended o Macco Cons Co, SAN FRANCSC_O, CalirCon rac awarded o Tvyais, Morrison, Freigh and Ferry Ss, Oakland, rac a,,,,aded o Piorribo Bros, Knudsen( $242,725 for cans of a for yard piping,repair Faciliies $49,59, for ~ons operi sorage_ fabreakwaer for Dry Dock No _7 Basin, Yard No 3 ciliies Navy Overseas Freigh Ter H EL PER, Uah Conrac RCHMOND, Calif"Award rec minal, S F awarded _o F H McGraw Co, ommended o Emerson Newberry HlJNTERS PONT, CalifGon, $43,27 for cans of 2,, gal Co for insallaion of elecrical rac a,~arded o Cahill Bros, reinf; cons covered reservoir disribuion and communicaion $33,983 for cans of a 56_f: x 255 J~n~apy P,~{5 sysem, R~pajr Fa~ilifes ~asin, f reinfoiced: concree ahd seel SA,N~S! C~Jl c; :: Conrac Yard No 3, c; ~; o~side _m,cl)lnis(arid dfes~i over",~: J:i Piombo Bros, for driving piles in connecion wih cans operi sorage faciliies, Naval Overseas Freigh Terminal January 3, 945, RED BLUFF, Calif Conrac awarded o Lison Ehorn, $9, for cons uiliy buildings, Naval Aux Ferry Service Uni Februaly, 945 TURLOCK, Calif Conrac awarded o K R C Cons: Co $4,262, for insalling concree lini_ng in he Wemyss dich in m provemen Dis 33A on Paradise Road ALAMEDA, Calif = Conrac awarded o A D Schader, $36, for reballasiig racks and repaving rack ~reas along_ Clemen Ave from Walnu o Broadway February 5, 945 CHCO, Cl,lifConrac ed o M J Ruddy & Son, award $8,572 for shooing and arge bu, con MARE SLAND, CalifConfac rol house and paving a Chico awarded o M J King, nc, $26, Airfield, 92 for cans of addiional enlised February 6, 945 Waves Barracks SAN FRANCSCO, CalifCon VALLEJO, califsubconracs rac awarded o Lowrie Paving awarded as follows o M B Mc Co, $7,7 for paving Mariposa Gowan, nc, by: S, Yard Barre & Hilpfor pile driving SALT LAKE CTY, Uah:Conwork in connecion wih cons of rac awarded o Gibbons z Reecl, 3man barracks bldg N A D $2,773 for paving and drainage Vallejo faciliies a shed 34, Uah A S F J D OConnor Cons Co, for SAN FRANCSCO, CalifConfurn and driving piles in connec rac awarded q A S Dura, $, ion wih cans of drainage and 74 for recons reaining~levee a pumping plan a Oakland M,inc S, F Airpor Ai;rpor (Coninued on Page 8)!!,ff[«S (::;!/ FbRMER :GHiWEGHi CHAMP, NOW N HE COA5i GUARD "JAKES A MNUiE OFF FROM 5 LANDNG CRAFf DUilES FORA Brr OF CHOW DLJRNG "fhe N VA5N OF NoRMANDY 8Ji You C/N r!?ff ORO AK/: ANY i!4f Off fro YOUR BO!{D~B(JYNG )f!}es P (/:j:i~, : BUY l i MORE WAR ;, BONDS i ~

6 Six ENGNEERS NEWS February 6, 945 Big Pos War Prngram Sc~eduled for Coury n of,fic By A Clem, M VJ Mez, Joe Walher and Wm Speers, Business Represenaives r,emodelinrg, expansion and mens, $5,56,; remodeling, RCHMO\D SHPYARDS ENTER monhs as new ship consrucion consrucion program $6,4, TRANSTON PEROD FROM declines" The poswar program is sched ndusrial concerns expec o BULDNG TO REPAR WORK Meanwhile Yard Three has enough C4 commimens o keep uled o include expansion of pri build 35 new indusrial and com From his eas coas headquar workmen here busy he res ;Of n o: iecen repor o he Oak vae business for approximaely mercial buildings in Oakland a ers, Henry J Kaiser issued he he year and in addiion is preparihg for navy repair work Yad lancil Chamber oi Commerce, $56,635,4; ciy and Alameda he wars end following saemen: "The Rich Couny public improvemen proj Oakland deparmen sores ex mond shipyads are enering ino a Four, also, has he larger par of ecs, exclusive of Federal and Sae pec o spend $3,5, in modis C conrac o complee,ciy cf Oakland Work P i e o ship repair work" Tha here is no large scale layoff conemplaed here is emph~ approprians, $75,,; con ernizaion; moor car dealers, The Kaiser saemen coninued: CommiiUee, made he following srucion of aparmen build $,5,, and finance and bank "Shipyards One and Two have ye sized by his saemen from managemen: we urge every employe armoiricemen ings, $6,,; 85 new indusrial ing concerns, $75, o build,,and deliver, under exis Oak!lands work pile abula plan buildings o cos $,643,; "This huge volume of poswar ing conracs, 96 Vicories The o say on he job They are needed ion coocl is poswar program 5 new reail sore buildings, work ha is ready o go as soon Navy has Jong been anxious o semci among he brighes in as possible will provide work for have hese yards ake par in ma new h eaers, 3 new churches 46,372 men for one year, hereby jor repairs and conversion is ~he J~To:iion, wih scores of busi and consrucion of a major hoel; maerially Conribuing o he so expeced ha preparaions for his ness mod indusfrial firms of all consrucion of 2,8 homes; $77, luion of Oaklands employmen work will begin immediaely and,n H Biggs, Chairman of he ransiion period from shipbuilding classllilcaions awaiing Gov 2,; ransporaion, communi problem during he reconversion he ransiion compleed gradually ernmem word o launch he caions and public uiliy improve period," Biggs said over he period of he nex nine Geing around he jobs for many monhs o come in he consrucion of new ships, repair 4 of damaged ships and oher WO!k ha is o be underaken a he yards: will ake every _single one of he men we have on he payrolls now" T he General Engineering Com has wo new drydocks in Commis presen ime we have seven engi consrucion o repair in his yard rain se in There ar~ abou 2 pany is expanding heir yard o in sion in he Wes Yard one has a nee:s ou here of our members on heir payroll elude mos of he oid Pacific Bridge capaciy of 8 ons he oher The Lee mmel job oneasshore Companys yard The change wiff Guy Akinsons job a he Her Highway was exended o he Piazzia and Hunley repor ha be g can handle ships of 28 _ons p d k p radual and is no expeced o cu es ow er wor s mo e as Berkeley Overpass There are hough he rain has slowed hem inerrup he personnel of eiher New consrucion work will end slowed down considerably, here abou en members on his job a down somewha on heir Oakland he Vi!a]er Johnson Co, or he in July of his year w<ih he de being, a he presen ime bu one he presen ime Airpor job, hey expec o be prese:n General Engineering co livery of he las C2 ship From Ca in operaion n abou orie hen on boh he Eas and Wes week, however, hey expec o use Unied Engineering Company is yai;ds \viii be devoed o repair hree more as hey will be geing also e"panding heir yard Duncan The yards employmen levels ready for he nex building son and Harrelson are compleing w ill be lower on a repair han hey heir co:nrac of building docks on hey have been on a new con The Ted Wakins Company from he wes end of he yard: Unied srucion basis Linden, Cali{ornia, has a crusher h as an ARD seel floaing drydock This news prob~bly answers he plan in operaion a he Blake anchored permanenly o one of quesion, "why he graveyard and Bros Quarry he new docks This dryclock is par of he swing shifs were laid fied ou o handle ships of he off" Yard No in :Richmond is sardesroyer size ing o do some repair work and The W A Bechel job a Bren i is rumored ha here will be a The :Moore Drydock Company wood is coming righ along A he gradual changeover from new News abouhe brohers: The McGowan Job a he Richmond Sandard Oil Plan has jus recenly been compleed going again in he nex few days There are approximaely 2 members on his job Baker Bros have abou wo weeks work on heir subconrac Lewis and Close have a job in a he Oakland Airpor Livermoi:e is on he large housing projec going in ou here, and Clearances fell off somewha his \\e have abou 4 members working monh, 57 being cleared as cori on his job a presen pared wih 668 for he monh of December ilrhis slowing down is The Barre Hilp Ruherford and due parially o he weaher condiions and he fac ha quie a McDonald job a Concord has been going up ill he ime he presen few of he jobs are winding up Br oher Sam M Maasci, Crane Claude Elsea was kflled early hic Richmond Shipyard No 2 will leased wihin he nex day or so, las has jus reurned from he S Operaor in Richmond Shipyard monh \Vhile no a ~ember ol he be approximaely 3 more weeks Cur has been operaing for Bigge Francis Hospial where he undetbefore Tom can be back on he job, for some ime wen an operaion for he removal No J wa<, injured faally in an ac Engineers Mr Elsea was well ciden a he yard on January 3s bu we are glad o repor ha he of his appendix A he laes r:e Maasci, who made his home in known a nd liked by al!, He was is feeling much beer now, and is Broher john T Broderick me por he was doing nicely Le Roy is Sah Pablo, is survived J:iyhis young equipmen foreman for he Sole very anxious o ge back o work wih an unforunae acciden while one of he oldes operaors in he daugher, Diane Company, anl a he ime of his, crossing he sree near his home yard, having been on he payroll deah \vasworking on he Alameda Broher J L Jackson of Rich He was knocked down by a car since 94 Broh)r H O Osrom, who has job mond Shipyar No 2 is he new and suffered a fracured arm He Broher Roy Boroff is he seco!j,d been working in his area for some ime, pas;,ed away in Porerville Seward on swing shif Broher was aken o Highland Hospial for_ member who has been i He had Anoher of our members who has Jackson is a Whirley Operaor in emergency reamen, bu is goirig an emergency appendecomy he, he ea:jy par of his monh been on he sick iis is Broher his yard ino he Eas Oakland Hospial laer par of January a,nd has also van Wiley He was in Merri Hos soon for observaion and xrays jus reurned from he hospial We regre o repor he passing pia! bu has reurned home now Broher Chkk Polin is sill in he Broher BroderiJ:k has been operof he vvife of Broher G F Cumc Compressor house in Yard No 2 aing a qiching machine on he Broher C A Dinneen, Plae mins Mrs Cummins deah oc Broher Meyl Meyes has been We feel ha Broher Polin de Lewis and Close Housing job in Shop Operaor in Yard No ~ :Who curred o:n he 25h of January in Providence Hospial where he serves a giea deal of commenda LivermQTe was operaed on for an old eye in ion due o he fac ha, while he was severely injured in a acgi den in he yard jus before Chrismas, ; The members of he Engineers jury Meryl is home now and feel has been in he yard since May, has :ieen released from ne Two of he Crane Operaors in Union os a gooa friend when ing quie well, bii he hinks i will 94, he has ye o be absen wih Moores Wes Yard have been on field hospial and a he las repor he sick lis Broher Le Roy DoiJg he ~ as geing along; nicely OJcl books can be secured :by Ocrk members i{s w e have had numer Ollis ~equess from members Who dlesire heir old books (plliim o July, 944) we wan o remind you ha hey can be obained by conacing our liimch office in Oakland, o:i 222 Webser Sree, Phom\e,fW 22, wherb hey are being sored The books ccill! ibe mailed ou o you, or yow con pick hem up per~ soncdlily,jould be <X good hing fo "l:rr of us o check our duei&: cards ( or book if you can": a book), o see ha we imre paid up o dae Re member d,ues are payable on i!:e firs day of each mc: m h Many members choose o pay a quarer a a, ii:rie Jirlhich eliminaes many rips io he office, and which, helps o ~ure your card ~~~:img ipaid in o curren con chbozi J ~ L_ " ~,M, _~YN(?N _,,, be abou one monh before he is ou auhorizaion Keep i up, released for work Chick! Convalescing from a recen Broher Cur Colre is in Meroperaion performed in he Per ri Hospial recovering from an manene Field Hospial is Broher operaion following _ an aack of Tom Aylward, Crane Operaor in, acue He is o Our boys in service Broher Privae Joe Brooks, who Broher Marin Camera, who was formerly in he infanry, has worked in Kaisers Richmond been ransferred o he Army Con Yards No and No 2 is now a srucion Baalion and is now sa gunner on a Merchan ship He has ioned somewhere in he Souh jus reurned from a rip o Cal Pacific; cua ; Broher Waler Dudley, anoher of our members goingino he ser vice; is joining he Merchan Marine Anoher of our members leaving for he Service is Broher Vern Klein who has aken his Service Wihdrawal A visior o our office his week A recen visior in Oakland was, was Broher Joe Garrigan BM /c Broher Wasson A former leader Joe, who was ransferred from man in Pefab, Broher Wassonis S,RU o regular Navy, expecs o now a Lieuenan in he Mariime go overseas in he immediae fu Service and is serving wih he ure He was saioned in Alabama Flee in he Pacific for some ime bu a presen is locaed in Albany and would enjoy We received a leer from Brohearing from any of he members her Pfc Sanley Sipes, saion~d somewhere in he Pacific Area Broher L W Sraigh MM /c San closed his leer by saying: has been enjoying a leavebis firs "Please send my regards o all he sihce eneri~g he Navy one _year fellows, and especially hose _fighago He is saioned a he Naval ing, working and sanding in line,, Firs Seamsl:Jip Company OJJ,he Pacific Coas o winche Treasury Deparmen,"T,Flag for Merchan Seamen was THE McCORMCK Repair Base a San Diego, where away from home f any of he STE!AMSHP COMPANY, whose crew on he SS George H Powell he is mainaining and operaing Brohers can find ime, d appreheavy equipmen He says he likes dae a line" His address is Pf~ oday slib~cribed 22o/o of lie ofal }V~ges of he ship;s payroll, in he purchaseofus WarSavings Bonds, ~iider he PAYROLL SAVNGS lj,;an;, his work ou woildh be foo much Sanley Sipes, USMc, h :Am, U(der;~he freasiry Deparmen~s N~!V pay;roll,:s;udngs Pl~n for slirprised o,ge a definie change phil:iian Tracor :Bn, 5h Maiiie :Merchan Seamen, snips cre:ws!may bqy u; S Wik Savings Bonds on 5h~~lome~UplnYf!ilera sea ~ of scen~ry in he near fuure Div, c/o FP,, :san Franri"!o,, l

7 for February JG,945 ENGNEERS : NEWS Round up of e ne s fr m Br C L c;asebol, Sal Lake; T L~ Clark, Sal Lake; S~o Ledingham, Og_den; C R Van WikPe, froj~~bus R~presenaJwrez F p neers Loca~ No 3 now mees ev~ry f ~ L l small job of paving a 2nd Sree are doing a small job a Hill Fie!d rqm lvo: Tuesday nigh a 8 ~m in he La ~Qm ~(lji a {~ Sorage Depo Arsenal and 2nd Sree and have During he monh~ofjanuary?orers Hall, 35 Norh hirdwes, Th" )h k Uah Pomroy job a Clearfield is kep a number of engineen, seady s mon my wor pnmar here was lile change in he,prvo These meeings are proving d f ~h making good progress Subconrac hrough he pas year y conss e o vs mg, e va workin he area served by he excepna Y ineresing a nd every b Th h b ors are all union and have pro Clarence Waerfall is bli:l;c;i,irig a nous Jo s ey a:ve a een,,, Provo office The weaher re member in his disric is urg~d o h d vded seady work for our men new s_hop on WalJ Avenu~ e will d f k h somew a cur ai e owmg o mamed fmrly moderae, on]y aen you am WO mg a, e he weaher There have been, his far move his bach, pjan o his locaone sorm of any consequence Ge,eva Seel Pla! l:/:mg!! fe)j?y/ no new conracs le Olaf Nelsol} Company working ion We also unde_rsand he is having occurred, and lile ime woi:~er who, cl9em l:/elmw wih, a Cleprfield has had o shu down opening up new gravej pis was you Les ge organized because i The Uah Consrucbon Job a f d os b y h e mem b ers h p, B f ow~g o ros an w, no sar Th e MorrisonKnudsen CoN,J>any because of his The prospecs is only by, orgapi;i:i_iq;n ha we a~cus eml: oys 3 o our :en unil he ground hawsou are doing some work on h,e,bamf dd"f k d h can make he Geneva plan a fi an are gomg a ong very mce Sroud & Seabrook have finished berger Railroad beween Sa La, ke or ~ l ionahwdor unngl ke pla~e o work ly This job may be furher commg mon oes no d f h f heir Roy sewer job and are ship and Ogden T his job was going b h b f h CR VAN WNKLE s owe up or e nex, ew ping heir equipmen o California ff d a <:Y oo g, ecause o e,,,, monhs bu will mainain s ow on accoun o ros an, sr;io,u h~e of he year and ~e prog crewhe year around a Wheelwrigh Consrucion Com d_evelop considerable work his ress of he war which has F,,S L k pany are making good progress on spring and summer soppedheapproval of some roj;ll o; ~ a e: Apparenly we have h e firm of he Ogden sewer They are doing There are a few jobs niored Floyd Whiing doing some work d b l work which oherwis<e migh M a goo Jo {_eepmg a numb~r of in his par of he sae bµ a;s ye have sared o~ imporan_ hin,:! his he Governmen a Granie engineers busy here is no auhenic n,ews o p,r)n Two or hree conracors in he monh ll{as secµrmg G_qvem eiy No going along oo good Reynolds Consruclon Company SCO>ll;Ji ~D:{GHAM menal apprqval of h,e wages This rpaer is in he hands of he area may have need for addiional o b~ pai,d on he S~:nJer: f ; }:3uilding Trades Council as oher men if h e wea h er moderaes or Walker conrac a Cedar Ciy crafs are involved and should be Engineers saying on job if hey can ge h eir ceilings rais~d We r~cei~ed word b;y he sraighened ou in ije nex week While we haven been able o do grapf;l Vine h a, _ h ese w;ag_;! Young and Chrisensen Brohers n much abou he weaher, we are _ ra b k k d b f:s w,er~ emg_ 9 e a ou have compleed heir hangar job workmg on he quesn of ceilmgs in Washingon bu hrough h During he pas monh visied e a Wendover and w ill no sar gooc;i offges of Business Man pavinga 2s Souh and 4h Wes varioljs Nevada areas By H L "CURLEY" SPENCE he Cedar Ciy area Work m his ager, v c or s wanson an d h o,e " unil afer he ground haws ou Business Represenaive area s fully,, manned a his ime o f our n emahona p res "d en, Enoch snh and Sons are being ClyAfer reuriing from iny haul o Pinoch has come o a hal and he condiions under which our B h w E \A a;, _ ro er am a oney, hampered wih fros bu will main rip o San Francisco, Cali am old here was sorrie differ n_ embers work ha, e improved con hey Wer;! px;o~phy approved ain heir crews, fornia, found ha Ely, Nevada, ence in he pay Their local ore sde_rably The weaher ha_s proven Th~ Brohers_ w,orkm" g on he Morris_~onE::udson are worl~ing wasn so bad afer al was g ad haul is slowed up on accoun of a lile roublesome _here bu so proi=ec wish o expr,ess special wo rigs a N or h s a J L a J <e " vvl o = ire back, ancl see al my friends, he snow b eing so deep ah<>mne f ar, h as cause d b u l e l ass O f i hanks o Brohers 8wanson finish his in a few days and are w were righ dee,{ here, o T he,oun,f H ope Mme a E ur eka ime and Maloney for he quick ac sending heir cre,vs o Las Vegas see me when arrived They had is prey much under snow also ) regard o h e progress of h e on and good resuls obain ed Gibbons & Reed are he low bid aken care of my ineress very The R J Burch Leasing and Minag;~emen b~fore he _War Labor We are now negoiaing one n ew ders on a sl)rnll concree Job a nicely ing Company mine a Spruce Board, am informed by Br oher conrac a Ceda_r Ciy and incor B9ulder Dam _ and will move ou have ;found here are los of Mounain is going full speed C L Casebol,, Se~r~a,ryfreas~rer poraing one exising agr~emen soon The larger conrac was le realfy good Union minded people a head They ae shipping o he of he Uah Meal Trades Council, ha he A F of L and he com wih he Uah CojJsr,ucioh Com o Akinson and Coml)any here in Ely, Whie Pine Couny, smeler a Tooele, Uah pany fol h,e ron Mounain Min Ua~ Consruciim Compa;~Y have n he Sae of Nevada, and wan, * * * pany_ have _unil_ Februar) 5, 945 i,ng, ndusr,y in Souhern Uah Pl/rc h asm a ne~ of~ici a~ shop o ake his opporuniy o hank o f e h er b ne f s: M r : B P a d Th; d b dl ~ A "!,,,,, S U) OU e y Wl prove a a:ge sie on he D,enver and Rio Giarde each and every one df hem for ;j (;ire S]w:UCliC! way, of he A F of L legal safr, f i f d, 7 ) : / n e d m e u ure eve opmen s Ra,ilroad, 2s Souh They have he wpnderful suppor hey have s prepar,mg, h~ bpef for he A F in his sae : b of L, Broher, Casebol informs me firjshed grading ajjd ar_e i:noying given nie in my shor ime here cu:~~$ :~ ~lf ef Qlfil Jus when he,b6;~d wfr{ ac is no, µ ii! h!;l ll!na nasin a wild idle equipmen, o his locaion f hey will coninuf o offer heir ; J,, A n kn~wn bu everyo~~ hop~s fo~ an ca, oil, fiel~ is r~pi~y di;y_eloping They plan o move heir Garfield suppor wil do an, in my power JQllOr SrQ "~ ~~ ~ early decision as many of he ques There will be considerabl!;l ~9j;iiY, arid Ogqen shops: o his sie ajjd ~o do, a good job for hem in his viciniy We will have a _use i as a pei:manen bas; of WASH>lNGTON, DCThe Cabor ions ha are of concern o our fas so~ty_ ~ learn whili in ~n siuaion, on sae legislaive frn\j membership a he, plan will be beer r epoi:, ~ l!a er_ri,ory for opei:a~iorn, ExcaxaUng for h e Francisco, ha he Naional Labor looks far,more cncouragi,ng, han seled by he Boards d~cision nex n~,onl!s p~per, Bro~i;r J,o):m r~ijroad a~ R9p~r Yar<ls is CQJP: Re(ai~ns ~~!l,rdi h84 ur~ed down was a_nicip_aed, STEEL PLANT GREVANCES Helco is op,erang: a welding, shop Pl,eJe_d Brph~i: FraJ; Perry and, he r~ques of he Operaing Engi ) only a few of he "44, Sae BENG SETTLED RAPDLY in VernaJ (in h,a disric), em ~rhex:f,rank, Bui;d~,e,mqv,ed i~~ neers, Loc~l No 3, fqr a he!iri~g, Leg{?aiires due Q,niee~ h!~ year; Organizaion wqr½,,a h~ se!c!l _ploy_irig, w,o rne,ber~ believe cur ~ arj, i,iecjl/~, _for, h~~ Engi,ne~rs::a have anilabor measures, >,e~n i: plan is proceeding nicely and a hey a:e he only uruorme, em~ So, un:il nex monh we bd, you,he Ruh Pi, for if here was ever raduced Even moi;ehea,r:enmg _is, l, d i f i d b he fac ha many governors n" number, of new applicaions have P l e J! ia P~!, ~ s a e goo ye, a group of men righfully belong A h" h h uld h" T L CLARK heir messages o he Sa e, Legsbeen wrien during he, pas s nne, o:wever, s O is ; ing o he Operaing Engmeers,, cmpmunijy change from an agri : _ laures, have condemned_ smpmg monh Durmg he mon,h here, s ins grnup of fellows Tl!ey all a Jabors freedoms and nave,ex wele a, number of grievances filed c~lural _o a~ od P!:CJdU/)lllg:, sec From_: Q:g_den: carry a ~aid up card in he Engi pi:essed friendly aiudes oward affecing he engipeers Mos of wn, ~ere wdl be pleny, pleny neers Union LocaL No 3 \Ve hav,e he rade union mov~m~n h<,se grievances are in he process ~~ engi~i~rs ou, on he olcl "ou Ground Hog Day, Ogden, Pl;ready filed for an appeal, of, his For ex_amp)e, in California, Govof being processed and will be _a;w r~il U ahr{o sun~ no ground hog c~se wih he War Labor Board, e\n_or Earl: Warre? called u~on!he processed as rapidly as possible o This nonh spen some ime in nius have sopped in, our a!jd will keep you posed on he!,egislau~e o ~void any: Jeg_:sl~ 9n a final, saisfacory selemen Provo wi;h Brohei: Van Winkle, bargam ba~emen and forgo happenings ha migh sir up ammosu~ be ween labor and managemen" The majoriy of hese grievances a so spen some me,wh Broher; here is an ouside world and The sbell ConsrJ~on,Company_ : L d d,,, "n ime of war T consmer sue cancer~ se_nioriy or he _~mporary e _mg~am m _g, en and found,lef us o depend, er:;iirely upon s g!)g f_ull SJ?ee~, aheac) on hell a policy vial," he said "n":ime of reducwn m pay and poswn of an J~s as cold ~ Sal La_l{e Ciy he, weaher ~ans crysal ball,snppmg Job a Kimberly, Nevada peace consider i no Jess imporeniployee c;lue o : easons wi~in he as _n heir ern ones Hqwe~er, which is al:ways gu~ming up They have increased heir Heavy an Repressive legislaion:, in his conrol of he company s our ousc)e of he weaher everyhmg he game for, U$, The weaher Duy Repairmen crew some, and field will never be he answer o, opinion ha senio;iy should gov is :ell in hand an~ everyone doing is sill bad and will probably heir chun\ drill crews also: our problems" ern all proj!loions and ha when heir par be so for he nex few weeks Ther_e isn n:iuch urnover in he Similarly, in Pennsylvania, Gova man goes o work in he morning, A for m er broher, Howard Nich We have a few broh~rs on Operamg Engm~ers members, bu erl)or Edwa rd Marin, praised lahe should know definiely under olsen, dropped fn for a visi He he o\,lofwqrk lis N,o much Ol)e of our good blade m en did bor a nd followed up w i h r ecomwha erms he is going o work, was spending _a few days wih, n ew wor,k in sig,h a nis ime "pull a pin" las nigh However, me nd aions for increased une~ ploymen compensan; more libno be subjec o assigmen, as o Broher Blackie Vvebser, n Baun During he Pas monhs we have as a general rule hey are a good erai acciden compensaion; higher posiion and pay, afer he ges o iful He is now L Nicholsen, placed a number of brohers in he seady 9mch, alhg\,\gh he snow appropriaions for mine and safey work Needless o say every re u s Army Air Corp Supply Depq 9n emporary assign ges pr~y deepand he wmd inspecions; saefosered lowcos source of he A F of L will be We received noice ha Broher mens: The USKS has_ g)aran ~ure can howl up here on he hill! housing,, and oher forwardlooking, used o figh his pernicious sand Langford, Osler Jr, Local No 353, eed hey will be released when we Caskinners are prey ough and measures of he company was wounded while fighing in have consrucion work, for hem rough and hey sick prey cose Ohios new Governor F rank f any of our members employed France We have also rec~ived he \Ve have had ; many commenjs o heir warm ki,y_s! The ch,:rn Lausche declared ha "he, well have a gnevance hey bad n ~ws of Brqher Jo~ Riley rom "e ngineers in his viciniy ri crews say wi e e a he pan j f J E d h l J fare of our commonwealh is de are urged o consul he neares Broher Riley is saionecj a For, abou his paper Tliey all wish i punchers alhough hey a r e cold pe nd en o a rnos imporan degr:ee on harmonious relaions bejob seward or Grievance Commi Sill, Oklahoma and had he mis could be goen ou earlier in he a nd webu he sbeil Consrue, ween agriculure, labor and ineeman Sewards are now func forune o break his rigl_ arm in mon,h and are cl~ep},y ineresed ion Company,is prey gqod~hey dusry ; one canno prpsper wih ioning in every deparmen and wo places "Tough luck, Joe," bu in is progress Also we have many furnfsh an oil heaer and ry o ou he oher" on every shif (if hey aren we i will save you a lo of hard work favorable commens abou i owing keep he worhy Brohers vvarm "The righs of labor mus be prowould appreciae being il)formed) while in he hospia_lbu can you o he abs~nce of adverising They and coien ecep," he said and one should be working near shoo cra,ps wih yam: lef hand? all look forwarc o: receiving he The wild and woo]]y nck clrivers Anoher new gqvernor, Mauice you, Keeping, sill abou your com Oµr congraulaions o he fol laes news hrough oui papei are a ough o of fello:ws who go Tobin of Massachuses, insised plains will no help he maer, lowing brohers: We have Jad e rµeeing in con and come qui_e frequenly hink ha "he policy of our governmen on he conrary, i may only ag Broher Kenneh Vernon who is necion wih he, Laborers and her,~ a :re a EJ&S h;ee or f~ur should cons anly be direced o, V:,ard a full r ecogniion of he diggravae he siuaion by esablish he proud faher of a new son in Teamsers regarding he Rock, exi:a clrvers on each shif, and n,;y + o f l e m an an d woman w ho ing an unsaisfacory and rouble December Sand and Gravel agr eemen Bro llen again here are a couple o labors" some preceden Do no be afrai,d?roher F rederick Marin, also ~]el~ ca:i;~l)_o! a~f\h}};/:i~ :,e~} ;;~~y~s lr f~,in_,_h~ b~rn< r:;se :i\j,ck _ Howevgr, a nilaqor for:::es,are o file grievaneiis You are_ pro becam~ a proud faher of a son mg wih me and assured he con~ linvers seem, o ke he Nevada sill busy in Texas, ;Minnesga,and eced under he agreemen and, if on January 7h racor: vve,~ere~ w illing: o neg8 rea: awfuliy wen, and some of Colorado w ]:iere new legislaion,de any one aemi;s o discriminae BroJh!c!r vvm Brighon who was ia e an agreemen covering he hem ge "bar flu" (or ha is signed o hamsring unions has agains you for doing so, you have a proud faher of a daugher born enire Rock Sa~d~ and Gravel in wha hey call i) haven been been inroduced and where effors a~e beng m ade o co u,nerac every resource of h_e A F of L January 23rd dusry in he sae bu would no _rouplec~ wih ha errible disease cour decisions which have knocked an~ he Jaws of h~, Unied, Saes We are informed ha he be a pary o,signing wih a few ye, bu lfey el) me i is ca,ching ou previous aniunion measures behind you o proec you mohers, and c~ildren are doing conracors and~ no covering he The weaher; seems, o,jiold up * * *, The aenion of every ~ember nic~ly a,n~ ha,he fahers have ohers would have o be "all or Hall Broher nc, Co Dike joj?, Todays version of "Gon~ Wih in he Provo area is drawn o he qui shaking none" also Col)per Co_ The~ shovel seems he _ \VindJJ is igone \ Vih~ he w eek!:) meeings Operaing Engi C L CASEBOLT W W Clyde Company has a o fall apar quie ofen Their ore Smoke"

8 Eigh Fresno >ges _comp~iion from old Jupier Pluvius! ENGNEERS NEWS,: February :6/SJfS _ News from San Francisco c,ffice, _ :Here and here wih he brohers By WM C WAACK (Coninued from Page 5) saus is concerned This infor man is regisered wih an ou of Business Represenaive Broher Les Colle, u s Army, mo:ion is made available so sae board or any board no wihis saioned a Camp Beale, Cali ha our members ; h e age in easy disance, he may go o he,, r _rlli,,s, "",, The Souh San Joaquin a rooer double shifed and hes fornia " L oca B oar d neares w h ere e rev a e y has received bringing in wo well drilling rigs back group menioned may quide d d b F n C66~ fill Broher Arlen Beebe is s es an o am on, nlore han is share of rain in,he Brnher Jack Lynch is haudling from he service afer spending hem""elves, in accordance wih ou, an d h ave _cer e d oy a mas en days As much as a per hese unis, an!l Ray {epley (if he p he rulings affecing Selecive clerk of he Board, hen mail_ i o " some 22 monhs in he Souh a son froin he Bay Area enjoys see hasn a!ready changed payrolls Service, cific Broher Beebe said he going his own Board Cerificaion by a imr large bodies of waer, much from frizer o Uncle Sam) is rm_ E was prey ough over here and Under new rulings, any man in Clerk or member of he Board is refer looking a hem in heir ning he ca gang Broher P rme he age group of 8 o 37 and car" necessary before his own,board P d he sure is glad o be back in Gods more or less _naural boundaries, Granwine has Tony e_ r_ry an_ rying a classificaion of 2A, 2B, 2C, will ac upon a erminaion reques h counry He now is back a his old wih barges, pile divers _and ugs _Jonn De Banos busm, en or 2AF, 2BF, 2CF, is subjec o All d job wih Eaon and Smih laboring a heir usual work, and knuckles and Earl goo as Broher Ray Belli is home nursing a broken arm, he resul of an reclassificaion ino A by his Local This ruling does no apply o when you see a house on a spread welder Board a any ime, providing he any man who has been fired or of waer i is usually a lighhouse Floyd Adams is sill in he repair man does no follow he procedure acciden wih a ca loader laid off a he compleion of he The barns, ank houses, as well as shop wih his bused collar bone Broher Hugh Sharp is in Marys as laid down by Selecive Service 3ob The emploer " is required o rees are no ordinarily navigaion Brown, Doko & Baun have a ruck Help Hospial, convalescing from Direcor Any _man wih ~he above noify a mans respecive Board of marks So he Valley, inmany sec crane a Coalinga Their winer menioned classificaions and working on defense work canno qui a and his case is held pending his an opefaion his employmen or erminaion, ions a he presen is emporarily work is on he slow bell Albie opened o navigaion Three fee Gaylord js saying close o home job viihou suffering he penaly empioymen on a new job, ~ w_ae~ on he_ ~aili clr~g a for _he winer, _sill land levelilng ~ew Selecive Service of immediaely beiqg reclassified Visalia s somehmg Ceneville, Bigge moved mo Merced and s ino la f he wishes o qui a job on he Kings River, is in much he dismanling he Yosei;nie Cemen Regulaions Announced he firs mus file a form C667 wih same shape Hanfor~l is we as can Plan on he Selling road Brohbe aml is sill raining \Vha will ers Srobie and Parisio are on he der peraining o men beween sons for vvaning o erminae his The recen work or figh or his Local Board, saing his rea happen his spring a Tulare Lake ruck crane and Ray Pos on he he ages of 8 and 37 will seri employmen; he hen mus awai iis enireiy sp,;:=~ulaive We will re overhead This is quie a projec, por on ha laer he enire plan being carefully dis The old quarry a Piedra, in he manled and craed for foreign hills back of Fresno, is abou o shipmen co~e o fre Sharp_ and Fellows, Broher Morris Hayes wries who have handled mos of he from For Lewis ha i was his Sana Fe consrucion, is recon ambiion o run shovel for he diioning and planning o produce "Engineers" He ran for a few ons of ballas rock per day days and inasmuch as he couldn fo r Sala Fe pass his physical for overseas go ransferred o he MPs Thas a ledown ously affec a large number of! approval of h~ Local Bo~rd before our members so far as draf he can leave his presen Job f he Boh labor wings demand enlarged building program afer wargs over Bob Ayers is our firs engineer on he job and as he equipmen comes in and he plan develops Broher Frank Suon is supwe hope ha wihin 3 days Local posed o be hospialized Frank was Washingon, D C No 3 will have a sizeable number wounded in France; Ge well in a Demands of organized labor for of men on his projec A camp and hurry, Frank Cap Peersen is in a "grealy expanded poswar cook house s now being se up a he middle of i again, on Luzon housing program o creae jobs he quarry p /ld f d lf and provide decen living for all," Bill Lyles, for many years super e e su en Y oun mse m were voiced by he AFL and CO he cener of a bunch of Jap para before he Senae Subcommiee inenden of Pacific Pipe Lines, a Avenai, has launched himself ino he business of pipelines and enches Bill and he Pacific Pipe Lines has always been a supporer of Local No 3 and we wish him well in his new venure Broher Tyler Lowe of Brown Maerials, our genial seward of he A venal Disric, called a meeing on he 2h of January He was well suppored by his coworkers and much informaion and "shoochuers coming down They enjoyed he wingshos as hey floaed o earh, bu hose ha landed dished ou some misery Bu Pee says "he old Peersen luck holds ou" He is anxious o conac any of our members ha happen o be in his heaer of war Le us ry o ge some of our 3 men ogeher Pees Company address is: Cap H T Peersen, 92467, 839h Engr Avn Bn, APO 72, c/o Pos maser; San Francisco, Calif irig he breeze" was indulged in This disric is growipg fas and Service Wihdrawal cards were Local No 3 can res assured ha issued o Vine Holland, Russell hese good brohers carry he pres Wrigh and Henry Church All hands wish you welland a speedy ige and respec of his communiy Haddocks crane came down reurn from he Madera Canal, where * * * Broher Vvaller and Johnson wen The Naional Associaion of for a shor job and spen he sumi Manufacurers also opposes he mer Afer a shor o_verh~ul l;_eyre : naionalservice idea, so nmybe is gomg o he ne_w Bisceglia Vv mery okay, afer au ha Haddock is going o build on he ouskirs of Fresno Earl Wil Cl" h son is he;ding 9 rigs beween De lp!s ou, lano and Poplar, land levelling Their ripper is working day and nigh Bob Langon is one of he new hands wih he Haddock crew Ralph Sedgwick has a ca_rryall on he warehouse foundaion a Tip on and Andy Purvis has wound up he resurfacing a Miner F,ield Marin Krizer has boh fee _firmly se in he Fresno Disric His oufi is land levelling in he R,eedley Disric He has 6 cas and C,,,,,iJ Ac, >J <;,o2 W,, Eager Beaver and show i o hose who knock unions! Cleveland, Ohio Heres s juicy iem for Wesbrook Pegler, Mrs Selvins "\Vomen of he Pacific," he Chrisian Froners and laborbaiers in genera: Youve heard of ha "escape cla:use" wrien ino warime union conracs, under supervision of he \Var Labor Board, which permis a 5day period during which workers can qui he union wihou job jeopardy \Vell, Disric 28 of he Unied Seelworkers, has a repor o make Of 8, members, how many do yoli suppose ook advanage of he "escape clause" o qui he union before main!enance of membership ook af fee again? EXACTLY MEM BER! One ou of $, And ha one man says hes going o ge back ino he union again As long as heres a ciga&ee shorage on, le Messrs Pegler, Pappy ()Daniels and ohers of heir ilk pu THAT in heir pipes and smoke i! on Poswar Housing Leading a doublebarrelled aack agains he hrea of a poswar depression, Chairman Harry C Baes and Sec Boris Shiskin of he AFL Housing Commiee submied a deailed year program for he consrucion of 5 million homes, describing i as he "minimum program for meeing accumulaed demard" "The AFL program can be brough ino high gear wihin five years afer he cessaion of hosiliies," Shiskin declared He said i would yield nearly 2 ; million jobs a he consrucion sie alone and "full operaion of he plan would bring employmen o 6½ million workers direcly engaged in producion and handling of building maerials as well as he building iself" Advancing he CO program for poswar housing, Pres R J Thomas of he Unied Auo Workers and chairman of he CO Housing Commiee said he produdion goal in housing mus harness new and ever increasing produciviy of American workes o provide "everybody wih consanly improving places in which o live" To creae 6 million poswar jobs, T)omas said, here mus be 5 million more jobs han here were in 94 "A his rae of increase he building indusry would have o provide wo million more jobs in he poswar period han i did in 94," giving a minimum job budge for he indusry of 6½ million consrucion workers * * * Wholesale Cc c,p Mrnover his $4 bihicn mnark New York Ciy Easern Cooperaive Wholesale, which serves 25 cooperaive food sores in 2 easern saes, passed he $4 million mark for he firs ime in he 2 monhs period endiilg December 3 Acual pur chases hrough he wholesale oaled $4,88, This was an increase of 273 per cen over las years volume of $3,2, * * * Overheard in a bus: "Well, f he Local Board does no ap~ prove a mans,reques o qui a job, afer he man has _been noified by Local Board ha his reques has been denied, he has he righ o appeal heir decision, provided he does so wihin en days afer noificaion Geneva: purchase proposed for developmen in Wes (Coninued from Page ) scarciy, high ariffs, or an~, oher make world markes such as we resricions on producion behave never known We wan a lieve in he freed:om o produce, unified Americano a regional and hold ha, i is as basic o America We wan indusry o follow he populaion shifs unil he whole counry is enjoying he fruis of producion How can we plan o help China when we have no ye,developed our own fair land o is real poenials? f all we wan o do is make big indusry bigger, and consolidae concenraed conrols, we will go back o wha we had Then,, Americans will see he end of heir hopes for he kind of a world hey are fighing for FULL DEVELOPMENT ASKED am no ineresed in going back o any sysem ha means peace and libery as any of he freedoms hus far proclaimed Free enerprise does no mean he concenraion of conrol or supply means opporuniy for more independencefull developinen in every area This is no crusade for absrac ideals; i is an appeal f(!jji a \Ves and Souh compeing on equal erms no only for a share of Ameicas wealh, bu for a, par in her progress i inernaioria] o he exen ha i helps devefop markes no only for hose whom we can our Ames, bu for America, is enligh(lned: selfineresi is Viorld Peace Repor o he members (Coninued from Page 4) exposed migh become derimenal abundanly by many whose hears! o he Urnon as a whole and souls sand fo r he welfare of Local No 3 They offer consrue Repor njunes a OncE; Oi ive criicism, which is necessary /Your Bus Represenaive_ o any local More of ha ype of person s w a h e u d Now, would like o advise all nee s Th,, ey are Tl members, paricularly hose who ne >\,ea 3 uuuers ey are so unforunae as o be inare concerned no only for hemselves Their ime is jus oo val jured on heir jobs, o see ha ",, heir injury is immediaely re ua bl e o was e a rump mee mgs, or o consor wih hose who are pored o he Business Represe_na w l y d esirous o o ammg, f b ive in heir disric He will conno benefis for all members of he ac you a once He is m a pos Union ion o advise you jus wha o do Hones Differences of Opinion Ac As Safey Valves Hones differences of opinion are always acceped and welcomed in a democracy acs as a safey valve Whaever you dodo no sign any papers presened by any insurance company agen! migh cos you money! Do no engage any aorney before you have consuled your Business Represenaive f you are home or confined o a hospial keep your Represenaive noified, and some one will call on you and be of service if possible The righ, of seeking any office wihin he gif of he members, is Your Union, all is members, and he inalienable righ of every man officers, are dedicaed o a propo This mus always be so Each man siion of serv(ce o our fellow men should seek elecion upon his own meri; no upon his opponens demeris, if any This aricle mus no be consrued o insinuae, in any way, ha all riembers who are unem ployed are so because of heir lack of abiliy or shorcomings Circumsances and condiions beyond our conrol cio much o regulae our lives Who can deny ha? Neiher is his aricle o be consrued as a criicism of any broher seeking office on his own meri_ Tha is o be commended Compeiion has, helped o make boh America and Local No 3 grea he Why no? couldn afford o leave he job This aricle is inended o clean Afer all, i was his breadand up cerain unhealhy condiions margarine",which if _permied o coninue un M!M