SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. trouble as is being had in other construction during November and utahshc~an, for the kindness and courtessy which they have

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1 )5 ).5 )J )8 )9 l3 re. ~J. re re, re Lvng coss ~p.4.pe :.n Ocober \\'asbngon. -Real prces as!. measured by he Deparmen of l Labor's cos of lvng ndex rose! (four-enhs of one per cen be-! :;ween md-sepember and md-., Ocober, due manly o prce. n-,~reases for eggs, clohng and ms- ;. cellaneous goods and servce, S2c-!, reary of Labor Perkns announces./ The ncrease brough he oal! rse n he cos of lvng for wo jl monhs o egh-enhs of one per, cen, as compared wh a drop of.4 per cen n he perod be.'vveen! md-lvay and md-augus.. Secrear~ Pflrkns sad an n-j c crease of sx-enhs of one per cen ; n food prces was due largely o a seven per cen seasonal ncrease!.n egg prces. Curren OPA regulaons. provde for. lower egg prces from November 8 on, she sad, v..-h oonnung ncreasng hrough! ~0 -.:-<ear"j V March.. ' ~ o ~ \g :. n he aggregae, ' Secrehu y Peerkns sad, "he cos of all oher\ :. _._. f.00ds was u-nchanged beween Sep-~r Jember 4 and Ocober 9.",.:, The Ocober 5 ndex of lvng l!oss sood a 24.4 as compared 00 for he average.], ndex was 5.6 per cen ho'her l.fhan Sepember, 942, 7.2 per ~en ;':hgher han May, 942, and 23.4 per! '/.en hgher han January, 9, dae of he Lle Seel wage! j formula. l ~~ Th~re v\ as a consderable vara-! SAN FRANCSCO. CALF ~ A New Year's repor--! a Merry Xmas o all Vcor S. Swanson, Local Unon Manager, repors: ANOTHER YEAR wll soon hav~ reached s clmax... only a few more davs and we wll be celebrang Chrsmas, and hen he New Year!. 943 has been a mos unusual, and evenful year n he hsory of Local Unon No. 3. We now have One Thousand Three Hundred and Thry-Three members n he servce of our counry; fghng on every fron n a global war!.. All of us have frends n he servce, many of us have sons, daughers, brohers, and ssers, scaered hroughou he world. We all hope, and pray, ha hs errble war wll soon come o an end. Thewar has aken much of he joy ou of lvng, bu as Amercans we mus, and wll, carry on unl vcory s ours! Local Unon No. 3 has had.a mos successful, and mgh say, prosperous year. We have ganed n membershp and fnances. V ork has been plenful, and wages, alhough no wha we should have lked hem o be, are neverheless good. s, of course, rue ha wages have no kep pace wh he ever-ncreasng cos of lvng, ye hrough he uned effors of Local Unon No. 3 and wh he ass~ance of our nernaonal Offce, we have been successful n many nsances, n ncreasng our wages. Surely everybody realzes, and undersands, how uerly mpossble s a mes lke he;:;e o secure an ncrease n wages. n some cases we have been compelled o accep an unjusly low wage because of he war. am mos happy n he belef ha he membershp of Local Unon No.-3 feels ha s Offcers and Busness Represenaves as a whole, have done a good job! Of course, realze ' ha hs could only have been accomplshed by he uned effor of all members.. feel mo.s proud o have been prvleged o serve Local Umon No. 3m my presen capacy. However, whou he full and uned cooperaon of all he Offcers and members of he Execuve Board, Busness Represenaves, and Sewards, who have rendered such unselfsh servce, and each and every member, hs could no have been accomplshed.. Local Unon No. 3 oday, enjoys a mos envable poson... Harmony exss among all, and he frendles relaons exs beween us and all of..::jur sser Locals. We have gcdned he f:endshp, and respec, of all labor groups n hs commumy... We are n perfec harmony wh our. m he changes n dfferen ' c!es?ver.he. monh. Toal lvng coss m Brnungharr declned 0 2! p~ cen and n San Francsco ro~e nernaonal, v~hch has been mos frendly and helpful, per cen. and before vnsh a Merry Chrsmas o all, wsh o hank.. The range of changes n food each and every ndvdual for her knd, and consderae - was from a decrease of 2.6 help.. You have no dea how helpful you all have been. y, cen n Memphs o an ncrease!,. Fus. of all. my hearfel hanks goes o all Brohers n lo.8 per cen n San Francsco, re servce of our counry... r- wsh hem all he luck n he s:. ll.,w.ur: oal clohng coss were un- world. May God bless hem, and may hey soon reurn r n Dero and Phladel-j home! d.. u.rose.2 per cen n San wsh also, o hank all of he Offcers of he Local Unon le -!~franc~s<~o le for.her.l~yal suppor; each and every Busness Agen, for ndex for mscellaneous! her unhrmg effor n behalf of all our membershp, and and servces showed no each and every offce employee of he Local Unon, for her n four ces and advanced loyal and effcen servces. hank each and every member of Local Unon No 3, and all s branches, for her knd per cen n Kansas Cy. :l\kas and fsh rose h of one ness o me durng he year 943! ls.e_.g A k, e- ce.n as fresh and frozen fsh ' ncreased over 4 per cen, beef edged up slghly. nmarkeng of hogs brough/ of all pork cus ncluded n ndex down slghly, excep sal A fraconal declne was re- : for roasng chckens. "Prces of poaoes rose n 2 of.~ My han~s, also, o our General Presden-V\rm. E. Maloney, for hs help, kndness, and good advce. To General Secreary-Treasurer, F. A. Fzgerald, for hs kndness and help, and each and every member of he General Execuve Board of he nernaonal Unon, and o Broher Wm. H.!ho~c:rs: General Counsel, and Broher Herber Woods, Chef rouble as s beng had n oher consrucon durng November and uahshc~an, for he kndness and couressy whch hey have ~ locales. would lke o lake hs occason e, so gracously exended. Las, bu no leas, wsh o hank The operaon of he plan when o announce he score. 56 ces, resulng n a small my wo ~os worhy co-nernaona Trusees, for her undersandmg and olerance. goes no producon s a maer\. "The number of vessels delvered --~n<:re:ase n he over-all average and! ha s recevng a grea deal of our mo servce las monh was 64; And now May Wsh You All A MERRY CHRSTMAS AND re~ersng he usual se.asonal ~r end. aenon a he presen me., her aggregae deadwegh,692, A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!. lr~ces of cabbage, oruons, spmach, Broher C. R. Van Wnkle, he r763 ons. ncluded n hese oals Md sw~ po~~~ fullowed h~!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Labor Coordnaor, repors ha a were 6 hgh speed vessels of he e a.:;;us>ua! paerns, wh d:_creases: Dredgemen's Wafe rase pendn, meeng held n Sal Lake Cy on Commsson's unexcelled. C-ypes es..,.,...,.;...,.,. from. per cen for cab~! ': ~ hs maer was aended by a large and 9 fas ankers. Also, here n o 9.2 per cen for spnach.! Jaclf Foser, Busness Reprr- Nearly all dredges are a work. number of nernaonal Represen- were compleed 23 vessels of vaah'es. rose more han usual a! senave wm kng ou of he San One or wo of he larger machnes rous ypes for mlary and specal of me of year (6.7. per cen),! F.nu~dsco offce, repors: are n for repars, bu wll move was d-cdel o organze he uses, 89 Lbery Shps, and 7 h~ fresh apples d:clmed by 0.9! Owmg o he slow down of con- ou on new work shorly. The manenance men on he usual ankers adaped from he Lbery r cen. The supj?ly of oranges n srucon work n he Bay area, a! crews are a work on hem makmarkes craf lnes bu o organze an A. F. desgn. p was smaller n Oc- number of our members have aken ng he repars. ' of L. Seel \Yorker's Unon for he "The asonl'>hng performance of y c- han. n Sep:mber,. bu he jo_bs. on he dredges. The wage ncrease for he.. ;.e,r.a;g~. pnce r~~rmmed unchanged [ T:e. dredges are -n. n:ed of a few dredgemen submed o he WLB he monh.. deckhands for he sucwn dredges. (Connued on Page 7) DECEMBER Shpyards smash producon goals New York-The 24,000,000-on goal of new shp consrucon se for he wo years endng December 3, 943, already has been exceeded by a subsanal margn, Rear Admral Howard L. Vckery, USN, Vce Charman of he U. S. Marme Commsson, dsclosed n a recen address. Wh sll a monh o go, he sad, 25,284,387 deadwegh ons already have been delvered. Some,692,700 deadwegh ons of hs were delvered las monh. "Helen of Troy," Admral Vckery sad, "has long been known, among oher hngs, as he grl wh he face ha ~ launched a housand shps~ Curalmen a Geneva dened Now, anyone would hnk ha he face5 of Hler and Tojo would only be good for soppng docks, bu as maers sand oday he shps hey have caused o be launched make Helen look lke a pker." H. L. ("Curly,.) Spence, Bus- Revewng he achevemens ness Represenave workng ou of he wo years snce Pearl Harbm, he Marme Commsson _of he Provo Offce, repors: Vce Charman, who s -also Depuy Provo.-The pas few days here Admnsraor of he war Shppng has been a grea deal of conro- Admnsraon, whch. supervses he operaon of he Vcory Flee ha has been so swfly creaed, sad: versy n he newspapers and over he ar regardng he- possbly of curalng he work a Geneva. has now been posvely deermned hrough he \Var Producon Board "n he sprng of 942, he Presden esablshed as he merchan ha no such curalmen s con- shpbuldng goal he consrucon emplaed. of 24,000,000 ons deadwegh dur- As far as he consrucon wo k ng 942 and 943. Of hs oal, s concerned a Geneva, has 8,000,000 ons were scheduled o be reached s peak and from repors bul durng 942 and 6,000,000 hs ha we have receved, wll re- year. As an ndex o he mmensy man a hs peak from hree o of hs underakng, 'd lke o sx monhs; a he end of whch pon ou ha durng he enre me a gradual curalmen n he year 94 here were compleed n number of consrucon workers Amercan yards only 03 merchan employed wll be expeced. shps, of lle more han,00,000 There s no new work scheduled ons deadwegh. And even durhg a he presen me, alhough here he monh precedng Pearl Harbor, are rumors-despe he newspaper he oal oupu was. only nne and rado repors-ha addonal shps of some 06,000 ons. consrucon wll evenually be le. "To- be sure, on December 7h, Mos of he work of hs offce a m~my new shpbuldng facles he presen me s of a roune na- were n operaon or under conure, ha s, adjusmen of mnor srucon and que a few hulls had complans whch, however, may been launohed. Bu n he Marbecome bg complans f allowed me Commsson we've sopped o go, and fllng occasonal calls. alkng abou launchngs; a delv There are no so many calls as ered shp s he only knd ha here were as he men seem o be couns! sayng closer o her jobs and "By Sepember 942, shpyard fewer are qung for oher local- oupu had opped a mllon ons es. a monh, almos equalng he de \Ve have furnshed he crews for, lveres for he enre year 94. he operaon of he power house Amercan merchan shpyards no and are furnshng operaors for only me her 942 goal bu even he overhead cranes. A lle rou-\ exceeded. And hs year hey ble was had n obanng defer-~' have really urned on he power. mens for some of our membershp. so happens ha hs mornng However hs s probably he same receved he fnal resuls of shp producon workers. Ths s n lne he shpbulders n general, and he wh he nsrucons receved by specacular feas of ceran. yards (Ccnued on Page 2) (Connued on Page 6)

2 day fled. lao'n Two ENGNEERS' NEWS Mez rep,ors conracs Cur~a'lmen a Geneva n progre.ss. -of renewal Broher Harr:r 'Mez; <N-egofa- snce January, 9-H. Ths leaves den ed or for L ocal Unon Xo. 3, worl.:- wo ale naves: (Connued from Pag.e ng ou of San Francsco, repors: (l) An ncr"as> o >lmna.e he meeng rom? e3den Green, n e ar'. he process of nego-. subsandards of lvng. A subaccordng o Broher Van \Vnkle. ang renewals of several of om sandard scale of wag>s s an As far as he res of Uah Couny presen agreemens. The mos m- hourly rae under 55 cens an s concerned, he housng projecs poran aze.assocaed General hour. are n abou he same shape as re- Conracors,''Rock and Gra\ el Pro- (2) Gross neques-ra~ s pored n our las repor. There has ducers Assocaon, and Seel Erec-r pad by ohel' employers for he been no new projecs sared and ors Assocaon. same or smlar job classfc.aall engneer jobs so far have been Before an ncrease n wages can ons n he sam.e area and nmanned by members of Local Unon be graned s necessary o fle dusry where s ess>nal" o No. 3. an applcaon for appro\ al of he war effor.. We mgh sae wh prde ha wage adjusmen wh he \Var The concluson of an agreemen n Uah Couny we have more Labor Board. Ths s necessary s somemes a long and dscouragnon housng projecs n pwpor e\ en hough he frm may agree ng procedure. on o he amoun of housng proj- wh he unon ha hs employees recenly aended a meeng a ecs han n any oher par- of.he are jusly enled o an ncrease H. J. Kaser Company's magnesum Sae of Uah. n wages. plan a Maneca. Ths meeng Ryberg, Srong & G an s sar- The \Var La!J.or Board has also was exclusvely for he benef of ng a quarer of a mllon dollar ruled ha any decrease n he he op-erang engneers n he road job whch wll run feom hours of a workng week and also plan. Pleasan Grove o he plan. Ths a reques for a vacaon, where Broher \Vaack presened hs s one of he se\ eral access roads none pre\ ously exsed, consue complans o he managemen. o be bujl and \Vll be bul 00 an ncrease n wages and, here- was agreed ha mos of he dffper cen unon by agreemen wh fore, an applcaon for such ad~ cules could soon be elmnaed. hs frm. One of he access roads jusmen mus be appled for A new mxng plan s beng se was recenly compleed by he Olof hrough he War Labor Board. up adjacen o he Magnesum Nelson Company, whch conpany The Boa d \vll m arably urn plan whch wll mean some adds also under agreemen wh local he eques cclwn \vhere he n- onal engneers a hs plan. Unon No. 3. c ease exceeds he 5 per cen al- As he year comes o a close The srpp"ng job a Payson, he lowed under he "Lle Seel For- w~h each and every one of you a locaon of. he lme quarry men- mula" f an ncrease has been Merry 'Chl'smas and a Happy New oned n our las repor, has no gr aned of 5 pel.' cen or more. Year! as ye been sared. We have had some rouble wh some of our membershp who are Here are ~he mnues Wo:rk slow n Ogden area bu un.on ganncj December. 943 Brohers C. L. casebeu, T. L. Clark, worldng ou of he Sal ' a presen and more has been or Lake Offce; along wh Sco de red. Ledngham, of he Ogden Offce The Gah Consrucon Mne job repors: a Cedar Cy gong along ncely Sal Lake Cy.~ The nex mee- and he company has been awarded ng for he Operang Engneea s n a 400,000-yard exenson of h_er ' uah wll be n he Labor Tem[ple, conrac.. T~e U~ah Cons'UC~lOrl '- o.. s o...::n " d E as,. S a L a k 'e c y, ha3 a srppmg JOb a. he Uah. December, 943, 8:00 P.lY. Copper Company a Bmgham. Taus job s slowng up some\vha owng A Provo, 35 Norh 3rd '\Ves, o bad \veaher. Ths company has Dec-ember 8, 943, 8:00 P.lU. been awarded a 5,000-foo sngle A Ogden, h Sree, rack ralroad unnel a he. Bng:, Dl"Cember 3~, 9!3, 8:00 P.:.\:L ham Mne. Ths job s somewha,. Agan we are compelled o eepor smaller han frs ancpaed. he loss of a good Busness Agen, \'\'(' have had a grea many n ' Broher B. M. Sewar, who was qures abou work on hs job.. ~' foeced o qu Local No. 3 n order There wll no be much dong her'= o ake ca e of personal busness. hs \\ne' and any member who n he few monhs of \VOrkng wh \Yshes o work here should be us n Uah he made many sncel'e sure he has a job before comng frends n he Labor movemen all hea e. of \~'hom hope he wll be \\"h usl The Carl Nelson, Jm Whng, agam soon. Hebe Glenn, Clff Prnce, Larsmr. \York n Ogden s gong along Housng job, he Shope Housng slo>vly, no large jobs a,wesen, job, are all on he \Ve Don' Pa only one comng up n he near! f!:ronze ls. We are agan askng fuu~ e. wll b.e a mll.on doh a~. ou m. embers o say away fro.m hospal. Howe\ er, her e are a hese conracors. grea many small jobs n hs area. There s a endency on he par Unon condons are mprovnp'. of overzealous supernendens and seadly n Norhern Uah wh a foremen n Uah o rv o hre En few more men beng avalable and; gneers whou cle;rance cardo; he conracor beng a b more from he unon. Ths s a drec vo enl:~hene~. w~ have_ ~leny o: :. of he sablzaon. program,. Enomeers m lu~ locah:> and an}, makng boh he employer and he employed on ralroad equpmen a brohers who wsh o come here employee subjec o fne and rn (;eneva. These men nssed on jon_. of e,.e, m.: be r o m~ e ef. n CJ.. should nqure abou wo~k!before prso_nmen by he Uned Saes ng eher he Broherhood of Ral- ~ dong so. way Tranmen or he Broherhood: Go\ ernmen. of LocomoYe F emen and En- ;){e"ng of Local Unon No. 3 Sansbury and famly. Receved and Sal Lake Cy and surroundng \vas called o orde a 8:0 p.m':, etory s gong along farly \\ ell gnemen. These members were called no a meeng and her December 4, 9-3, a he Buldng BUSNESS AGENTS REPORTS Hun and Frandson ha\ e been error expj.aned o hem. Tra~es Temple, San F ancsco., The followng busness agens awarded a $500,000 road job be ween \Vendover and Knol:s. \Ve They clamed ha hey were Presden Clancy presdng. Roll made her rep~rs whch were accall showed Guard O'Bren absen.. ceped: 'Foss, Clem, Doran, Waack, are -dong so because hey.vere afrad u glad o d see h hs company back he CO would ake over he plan. MNUTES Heser, Mez, Murphy, Vandewark, m ah an. o~e ha hey ge'" Afer beng explaned o hem The. mnues of he Regular Fose-r, Eynon, Walher, Clancy, oo e work m hs sae. ha he A. F. of L. does no nend Meeng of November 6, 943, were swanson, and Casebol.. \\'ork a \\"endover dropped off,o relnqush jursdcon over he by rnoon acceped as prned n Broher Joe Rley, recenly n- las week. W~ do ~o expe: m~ch plan, hey whdrew from hese he Engneers' News. duced no -he armed forces, old ~ o~ e work m ~s hrvmg Cy our unon. \Ve are callng o he aenoll. of all mem hers of Local No. 3 ha gong on he job whou a unon clearance s a volaon of by-laws and workng rules of hs unon. Se\ er-al brohers have been fned. for hs recenly, and any members beng found guly of hs \'olaon a e beng dscplned accordng o he. consuon and he by-laws of.organzaons. The Execuve Board mnues of of hs experences n boo camp unl O\Ya~ds sprmg. Dugway sll : n closng we would lke o pon November 20, 943, were read and whch were well receved by he Brohers do no le hs happen Uf los 0 gravel o spread, l>u o you! ou ha he Uah Couny Cenral he acs and recommendaons of membershp. few.conracors are neresed. Ths ;Labor Unon has. prove d o b e o f h e B oar d were b y mown approved NE\V BUSNESS job has been a ough pll for. he grea asssance o he unons n as ead. A lenghy dscusson was. held on wo conracors who red. There :hs area and s a he presen me The Execuh e Board mnues of he maer of sck members n, hosare hvo road jobs gong aong okay B;ullclozer akes.c;rryng on a vgorous organza- December 4, 943, we e read and pals. was suggesed ha a comonal drve among he Culnaey he acs and recommendaons of~~ mee be se up o see ha hese Tooele sll has some work '.vh n hs vcny. care of Jap nes Work-ers, Real Clerks, Cy and he Board were by moon approved brohers are vsed and gven such abou 00 of our Engne~rs n and Guadalcanal~An Amercan bundozer dou>lng n an emergency as Couny Employee:> and Offce as read.. asssance as possble. was regu- around here. The Kellogg job a Workers. All our members are CO~L.,UNCA.TOXS ar.ly moved and seconded ha he he Uah 'Ol Plan s.,.. orrng day an offensve weapon knocked ou urged o ad n hs dd\"e vhere\ er From he Tom Mooney Labor maer be referred o he Execuand wh-enever hey lun-e he op- S'chool expressng apprecaon for ve Board for sudy, 'COlnmHee o all happy. ng he land\ng on Treasury and ngh and he Engneers are a Japanese machne gun nes dur. poruny. donaon made by Local Unon No. repor a he nex regular meeng. We wsh o repor brefly on he slands, was repored here. 3 o he school. Receved and fled. Carred. Organzng Conference hed n Sal A Nev.. Zealand offcer, whose. One of he mos sgnfcan sgns From "he Veerans Hospal was.regularly moved and.sec- Lake Cy on November 2s and men were held p a few yards ~ our mes s a sgn above he Chrsmas Commee leer of ap- onded ha a commee of fve be hrough he 24h, 943. :\fany neresed nernaonal.unons had from shore by srong enemy rna World Theare n he Tmes Square precaon for donaon made by chne gun fre, saw an unden Wsrc of Xew \"ork. reads as L l U. N.., R. d d apponed o vs he known sck f.0 cda mon 0,.).,ecen:e an n hospals. Carred. commee s represenaves here and \Vas a fed Amercan drve hs gan bull f()llows: ''l\'orld-closed for Aler- e... o be composed of Brohers Mah bang-up affar. We wll leave he dozer from a landng craf whch ons. '\Vll reopen :soon." Card of hanks from.:'ylrs. George. ews, Clem, Paers, l"oss, Murphy deals o Broher H. L. Spencehad jus beached. ~d Broher C. R. Van Wnkle, as "The lgh of bale came no and Law ence was ovex he Geneva Seel :\Uls he Amercan's eye," he New FOR THE. GOOD OF THE ORDER and ha s n her dsrc.. A -dseusson- was held Jn regard o. he.newspaper.. was requesed \Ve also wsh o announce a. ha a' queson, box.column be se change n he offce hours for he up. o answe!r. sqch quesons as ~rce offce, :~;ll be open au day mgh be. of neres o he mem- m he fuure msead of he half bershp... was agreed ~a f, day as n he pas. All brohers n enough. quesons. were presened Carbon Couny and vcny can h ough.he mal.ha.hs.column, oban nformaon and work deal'- would be se up n he nex paper. ance cards from hs offce. Zealand offcer sad. "Wh blade uplfed as a sheld he barged hrough he undergrowh and hen as he reached lhe enemy pllbox: he dropped he blade, scoopng up earh on he Japs and buryng hem. ~ "Halfway over he hole, he swe~ved hs mprovsed a n k a ound and hen pulled away, leav. was ca~led o he aenon of.-~e\ eral jobs gong along okay n ng a fla, smooh area and. no he membershp. ha he nex regular!us par of he sae. The Schofe~d race of he Japs or he machne meeng would be held Jan Dam job has been shu down for guns.~( Oakland Trbune.) :. uary 3, 944, snce he frs Saurof. he new year would fall on January. was also called o he aenon E.NGNEERS' NEWS. of he membershp ha hs mee Formerly Monhly News Leer lng would be for he purpose publshed each monh by nomnang. delegaes o he con venon n Chcago and all members were requesed o aend. of he LOCAL UNON No. 3 There beng no fu her busness lne:r,na onal Uno:n of OperaUng Eng eers o come b<2fore he meeng, adjourned. Norhern Calfo:-n.a, Norhern Neva<::la Respecfully submed, AFL Pres. Wllam Green (lef) les fly wh a burs of bulles : Sae of Uah C. F. MATHEWS, from a.50 calber an-arcraf machne gun a he Armored Subscrpon prce: $2.50 per year Sec eary. SchooL For Knox, Ky., as Organzer Parck Drew {cener) of he Seamfers. and.a.fl Secreary-Treasurer George ~eany j Cong n ss wll plac" pre _ war look on. The AFL leaders were called o For Knox o dlscuss fahers a h ' boom of he draff. ~.h ro~b~lem of pre-nducon rannrg.. (Armored Cornman Sg pool. A pap.a never g es hs head 'o va. Federaed Pcures) above waer. anyl\l ay. Mu qu De~ ] cu o Sa erro erro l.o su K men comng don' Sal las me a he ha G anoher l\foff \:\70rk c are go have c of he Shpyar Have por.. W ]n he offce r no lon broher: her d head ol hs wl Broh he So: Parks ~:resn Anhon: ca and d:ra\\."al. see San Broh Servce F orceshree cl' :lf.ar~ Br way o :o ne l hs call., Receh Dave H wans $..75 pe 7 days :men SU 40 hour~ pernen any of work fo Sorry of Broh manene and fv fr~nds " Recev phone la wdow o nformed from a h ngl:l. 'r by many Brohe ls wh H. Pank he same Bee am on Chrs o dspe: :mee~ng wll be as usual. hane an) canno r~ he offc' he even Rem en Unon a may feel aned ev ng he p, aned so only hope feel h and mor years. R -srong--a Well, b repor f0 bu n cl each and famles <.and a HH. he boys hose wor Offce: 6 varke Sree o know San Francsco) Calforna 0.~ o hem Enered as S:cond Class Maer Sepember 9, 943, a he Posoffke on: S.:n Fc:lncsco, Calforna,. under he Ac of Augus 24, 92. ]le pra~ back and f her own

3 encouragng dspues. of f S he o :. _,. The was msson, ~.ember-. 943' Murphy says San Jose que wh lle eh.ancje: December meef'ncj off l\, G. (";\lckey") ::\lurphy, Ru~mess Represenave workng ou of he San Jose Offce ~.epors: Labor school free o meo of Local 3 A youhful member among educaonal nsuons, he Tom Mooney Labor School wll soon be a year and a half old; on Feb ruary 7h, he openng dae of s San Jose-:-Agan mus repor lh'< \\'Orkng condons n hs rrory are que, and abou he same n he Souhern par of my errory. Sll have a lle acvy here and here bu no enough o su me. new semeser.. ' canno clam he aged vv and Kng Cy has no ye had he o ahead Sgnal on he enlarge-. men job on he Arpor as ye. ::vo~e rey Couny has a lle '"'ork 'ance~ sone b.uldngs o~ Harvard comng up-hree small brdges. Doesn' amoun o very much and and Yale, bu can clam a con don' expec any grea relef of unemploymen here. sanly ncreasng enrollmen n Salnas and \Vas.onvlle: Acvy s he same as repored n my hese war days when colleges are las monh's repors. Hollser s showng progress on he expanson \vhou sudens. Three housand Sacrameno, offce plan s for addonal mleage compleed and 'n, ef fec!h.ree. F. A. Lawrence, Busness Represena.ve workng ou of he Sacrameno Offce repors: Sacrameno-A number of good jobs are sll gong on n hs: secon. The men, however, seem o be <5ckng o he jobs hey have so ha he urnover s Yery smah and few men have been sen ou n he pas monh. A Techer & Company are 'sll workng on he enrance roads o he Auburn Hospal. nsde he grounds all work s compleed. Ths company also has a shovel crew workng a Newcasle loadng rucks whch are haulng supples no he hospal. Lord & Bshop haye fnshed wh he crane a he Upper Narrows Dam bu sll have a dozer ef on he job. They have anoher a he Arbase and jus heard T' lk b monh and a half's work lef a sudens have aended he School a,' a OU \" ha G ane was law bdders on. K k. d L L v hea an. eo enz has a shove! alser as _anoher job here....,.. durng s bref exsence. crew un oa d. mg co bbl es ones f or The School s dedcaed o edu- h gh, wa g es Techer's leyee job a Grdley. Moffe: No news on he new caon fo \'cory and s fulf'll'ng.. ' ' N'ne cas are on ha job. Parker work comng up, as o when hey a- lof or a need for rade unonss who h.. are gong o sar. Guess we wll ' l f, repor. & Ball are sll workng on he v.:an o know wha he war s all Prnceon, Glenn, and Colusa levee have o wa unl afer he frs posw ar aobs :abou and wan o know he hs- jobs. of... he year. No repor on Alvso, _. and. ad. ons of he gr ea. \\' as h' mg on, D C - All h e h u - A. Techer & company have Shpyard as ye : _..ner can labor mo\'emen b l b h' h d '\ hl D C H J.~. Have a lle good news o re-.. as ng on,.. - enry. a a oo a ou g wages soun s compleed he le\ ee J'ob a Colus"'.... s aracve bmldmg a 68 prey )'wllow alongsde a shockng and have mo, ed he equpmen ou~ porl. We are o have a dues samp Kmser. \Ves Coas shp and mr- Tul k Sr ee, CO'ner of Van Ness repor ssued by L. l\" f.~.ecal e \"all- \Vork s progressng rapdly on ln he San Jose offce, also n our craf bulder, v. arned ha unless, Avenue, houses he only labo; d f h W offce near Permanene, so wll mg, a nunrsraor o e. age Larsen & Harms' levee job ou of. "somehng s done nmv" on pos- school wes of Chcago, and he and Hour Ac. \Voodland on Cash Creek. The." no longer be necessary for he \var '~l oducon plans and prov- 'larges labor lbrary n Calforna. Unbelevable as he fgures see-m, presen secon slould be f.n ~llec" brohers n hs dsrc o eave -' - - ~ her dues cards o be sen o he sons for l\ ng condons of labor,! :eference. and crculaon abou ,000 workers are em- shorly bu anoher exenson has head offce o be samped. Knov, he,,-ll onlv be able o rean "a: books he lbrary are free o ployed n ndusres for whch a been graned. A he presen me hs wll make he boys happy. maxmum ~f 5 per cen" of he he mem.bers of Local 3.. mnmum wage of 40 cens an hour hey are workng 7 rgs wo shfs, Broher Dck Dennson n from employes now a hs plans.. Ernes Green,. he head of he was esablshed durng he year, whch means approxmaely 40 he Solomons. Locaed a Camp Addressng he 'Nomen's ~a-: vvorke.r~' Educawn. Movemen of or for whch applcaons for wage members are on he job. H. Earl Parks a presen. ad some n- onal Press Club, :Mr. Kaser as-! he Bnsh Trade Umms, remarked hkes are pendng, Wallng sad. Parker s workng on a small le-vee ~resng ales o ell. Broher sered ha curren problems are :ha he Tom Mooney Labor School Even afer he 2,500,000 \vork- job n hs same area. Anhony Corsgla back from Afr- "\ ruallv solved" and ha aen he.only genune labor school ers ar.e gven a guaraneed 40-cen A repor of he workng cond~ c-a and has pu n hs Servce wh- on shoula be pad ' now o con- n he Uned Saes. m mmmm, \" va mg;..asser e d, h ere 0ns m hs ernory wouldn' be drawal. Tony says he s happy o nung large-scale producon no,., The School s a labor school be- wll sll be many workers n oher complee whou a menon of he see San Jose. he pos-war vears. cause has he acve suppor of, felds beng pad less. Vlorrson & Knudson job a Ro Broher Ward Boyd n for a "We ha.ve go o do somehng leadng rade unons and race; "Despe a publc mpresson ha Vsa. 'Vork s sll gong on here Servce whdrawal o he Armed ha our solders wll no be' unon bodes n he Bay Regon: warme wages are hgh," Wallng wh a small crew dong he fnfqrces,.a boy wh a wfe and sellng apples on sree corners San Francsco Buldng Trades emphaszed, he \Var Labor Boa~d shng. An addonal shf was emhree chldren. seems a lle un- agan," he sad. ' Councl, Alled Prnng Trades has deemed necessary o allow ployed for a few days o repar a :fa,r. Broher Charles Agard on hs EnYsonng he fuure of pro- Councl, Seamfers Local 590, emplo\ v'ers, \V'h ou spec! f lc per- b rea k ll h e evee b u. 0 h er h an way o he Army, also, and seems ducon. he declared: Dryd6ck, Marne \"aysmen, Sage- o rase raes o 40 cens ha hs job now furnshes work 9 be n a very good mood over "The;e s nohng que so \VOn- r~gers and Helpers Local 26, he an hour. Ths was done h.ecause for only he "regulars..-; hs call. derful as he opporuny we haye Jom Board of he LGWU, Tech- :he board was flooded 'vh r.e~ The larges job gong n hs ds-,. Receved a leer from Broher, o be a grea and prosperous na- ncal Engneers Local 89, Shpyard l quess from employers and em- rc a presen s a Camp Beale!)ave Haney n Alaska, and Dave: on and make oher naons pros- an~ ~arne.laborers Local ~86, ployes who had prevously no where Hanrahan, Ruherford, & wans Heavy Duy Mechancs a j perous along wh us." Bmldmg Servce Employees Umon,' been payng or recevng hs Parker are all workng. Ths s a ~75 per hour, 0 hours per day, l n addon o ncreased produc- Operan g Engneers Local 3 and J much.' road job wh he orgnal conrac ' days a week. Also some Blade on, :\r. Kaser sad s hghly many ohers. Wallng recalled ha employer for 36 mles beng exended fo 90 men $.60 per hour, overme over! mporan ha lvng condons for \lany of hese unons pay scho-~l members on commees named o mles of addonal roads hrough- 40 hours. Dave says he has a Su- \vorkers. be of he bes, sressng arshps o he School so ha her ~onsder wages n wo large ndus- ou he area of he reservaon. pernenden's job and am sure~ he need for proper healh facl- members can aend he school free. res voed almos soldly agans The urn-over on hs job s no any of he brohers gong up o! es, housng and hghways n n-. Every member of Local 3 s en-; esablshng raes "as hgh a~ 40,-ery grea sa we do no expec WoFk for hm wll be reaed rgh.! dusral areas. : bled o aend classes free~all: c.ens an hour." Ths would nd- many nore members o oban em-. Sorry o have o repor he deah: He old he club how effcency you haye o do s show your ljnon: cae, Wallng sad, ha lower raes ploymen here. Around 90 mcm ~Broher Murl D. Frank, of Per-! had been ncreased a hs plans Book for admance. were sll beng pad and ha labor hers are workng on he job now.: }JR.nene, who s survved by a wfe by esablshmen of hospals and (Connued on Page 6) could sll be obaned for less han Tsdale & Haynes are dong fve small chldren. Many communy facles, bu declared 40 cens an hour. land levelng near Woodland, fur-. ~nds wll mourn hs passng.! hey were ye nsuffcen. The prncpal reason employers nshng employmen f~r a few, Receved anoher shock over he; ")anpower can be ncreased are fghng he 40-cen mnmum, 'members. Leo Lenz s workng <'% phone las Sunday ngh when he from 5 o 0 per cen by beer! was ndcaed, s ha hey kno\y draglne crew and a ca double wcjpw of Ben Farrell called and care of employes," Mr. Kaser sad. when once esablshed he rae \vll shf on he McClellan Feld Dc,l'l nf.ox:med me ha Ben passed away The shpbulder was parcularly "sand as a bulwark for boh em- ou by Ro Lnda.,. from a hear aack, 7:45 Saurday complmenary abou hs women players aod workers agans com- A. Techer & Company are sll n&q. 'm sure hs loss wll be fel' employes, recognzng ha many peve wage slashng n he perod dong some work a McClellan by ~a.ny.,..._ of hem carry he double burden of readjusmen afer he war Feld. A presen hey are pung.. Broher Earl Hagle on he sck ' workng and keepng he house. when our solders come home." n some urnables. The exen~on. Jswh an nfeced hand. Broher w despread of hree runways a McClellan }l. Pankosk s also sufferng from -~~ same llness. Unon plans ~cause he hrd Frday falls,; ~ Chrsmas Eve, we have decded mos effcen chselng on wage! raes was declared o be due o he Feld has been proposed bu as ye we' have had no defne nformanably of he admnsraon o on of such a job. am happy o announce ha underake proper enforcemen because Congress had cu s nspecon saff beween a fourh P.nd a, ffh. Engneers have val war role (O dspense wh he December plans have been compleed and are'.!mee~ng n San Jose. The meeng By far. he bes producon s now n effec whereby our members may oban suffcen sup;>le-.,.., wnj. be held nex monh he same obaned n plans where manage _.ll$.usual n he meanme, f you : mens s down wh unons and menal gasolne o enable hem o :-~~ any compalns o make and ~djus her quarrels a he bar ge o her jobs, hrough he offce... ~ reach me durng he day a ganng able, Secreary of Labor be ofce, feel free o call me n Frances Perkns declared. neares hem: Sacrameno, Marys vlle, or Grass Valley. ~he- evenng a home. "Good ndusral Felaons grow Ths se-up was accomplshed.= : Reember o suppor YOUR ou of he experence of labor and The war n he Pacfc has de- wh some dffculy and hrough, ; ~non a all mes, boys. Whle you managemen workng ogeher," veloped no an "engneer's war" he cooperaon of your unon andl:. may feel ha you }}ave no ob- she sad. "Where labor and man- ' n whch our forces far surpass he U.S.E.D. Your unon earnesly.. aned everyhng you desred dur- agemen sele her dfferences any oher counry n he world. requess your cooperaon so ha: : ~he pas year-a leas, you ob- drecly, he resuls show up n So sad Maj. Gen. Eugene Rey- we can keep hs plan n effec. ~ned somehng. The Unon s he erms of hgher morale, greaer bold; chef of Army Engneers, re- You can bes help by applyng for. ~only hope of he \VOrkng class and: plan effcency and ncreased pro ~~ feel ha we wll need more duc on. cenly reurnng from a 27,000 mle gasolne only when you really needc flyng nspecon our of Amercan, by askng for only he amoun $'ld more durng he nex few, "Plan experence clearly ndy,ears. bases n ha area. necessa'y for drvng o and fl'ohl. Remember, uned we are_ caes ha fuller ulzaon of ::when our boys land on an work, and by parcpang n he>. -sarong--alon~, we are weak. grevance machnery hroughou enemy beach here's nohng whn "Share he Rde" plan whenevermles ; Well, boys, guess hs s alr can Amercan ndusry would maerepor bu jungle and Japs," he de- possb-le. Only hrough your own for hs monh so wll close rally reduce he number of dsbu clared. "The comba roops al"e effors wll we be able o connue n closng DO wan o wsh pues comng before governmen care of he Japs and 's up o he \Vh he presen se-up. ~h and everyone of you and your agences oday." engneer corps o punch a hole All supplemenal mleage s ~ow {famles a. Very Merry Chrsmas Secreary Perkns sad he De- no he jungle. They pck a se ssued for a 30-day perod only ~'hd. and a Happy New Year. Also Wj:ln parmen of Labor would soon s for a base or arfeld, buld a road f your job s conpleed befb\-> :be boys n he Armed Forces and sue a pamphle enled, "Selng. Tny, sreamlned Jec:ln Por o, consruc he base, and hen ha me unused samps mus b~. uwse workng n foregn counres Plan Grevances," for he gud- er, a member of he Screen go back and buld docks on whch urned n o he neares unon of o. krww ha we wll be hnkng, ancc of ndusry wh he am of Acors' Guld (AFL) has been we can land supples." fce. Agan may earnesly solc.of hem hs year and sayng a more collecve bar- chosen swehear of Uncle Greaes ad o engneers oday your wholeheared cooperaon. lle prayer ha hey wll all be! ganng and less governmen n-: Sam's orpedo flolla. Jean s s he C-4 ranspor plane, he A jon offce of he Engncen:. ~ ljck and enjoyng Chrsmas n. e: yenon n he adjusmen of PT-boa crews favore sad. Laborers. and Teamsers has beer!\ faer own homes nex year. pnup grl. (Federaed pcures.) ~Co:-onuec~ on Page 6 «Connued on Page 6 ~ l j '' :!

4 ... Four ENGNEERS' NEWS December EDTORALS COMMENT Gve a man a horse he can rde Anoher job for labor By Ray C. Krkparck. Drecor Labor Relaons Federal Works Agency When he frs World War ended suddenly n 98 our solders were brough home from Europe as fas as shps could be found o ranspor hem, and as each man landed agan on Amercan sol he was gven $60 and a ralroad cke o hs home own. Wh ha he governmen washed s hands of furher responsbly for her vrelfare. 'Whn a few monhs unemploymen was becomng a serous problem all over he counry, bu especally n he larae ndusral ces. No pcms had been made for easng he ranson back o peace. Afer hs war he number of solders a"'d salors who wll have o be demoblzed wll be wce as lar9e as las me. n addon some 5 or 20 mllon men and women wll be whou jobs '\;.rhen war conracs dry up. We expec prva~e busness evenually o provde hese people 'Nh ne\'t jobs, bu busness canno do unl has "reconvered"-and reconverson. akes a lo of me. Consrucon acves can he made o provde jobs for mllons whle manufacurers are reoolng, provded plans are made n me. These 'plans mus nclude se ac quson. fnancng, engneerng surveys, he preparaon of workng drawngs, specfcaons and conrac documens. Obvously, here wll be no jobs n consrucon mmedaely afer he war. however, unless hese prelmnares are dsposed of hefore he end of he war. ways. srees, sewer sysems and waer sysems. Now s he me o plan hese projecs so ha men can be pu o work mmedaely afer, How many men wll be em- he Armsce. Bu as ye pubplayed n -prvae buldng s le offcals, wh a few excepproblemacal. do no know ons, are no farher along wh of any prvae busness ha her plans han are prvae s now acually geng plans busness men. prepared for pos-war con- n he consrucon srucon. We hear alk abou ndusry employed beween a bg housng boom o sar wo mllon and hree mllon afer we have hanqed Hler men a be se. Bu for every and Tojo, bu here agan do man employed a he se, no know of a sngle famly oher men and women mus ha has bough a se for a be employed off he se n fornew home, or employed an ar- ess, mnes, n facores and on chec o desgn, or a con- he ralroads o produce racor o prepare cos es- ranspor he needed maerals. moes. The Bureou of Labor Sascs f here s o be a prvae made _a sudy o.f hs. off-se buldr:g boon; he chances ar? work m connec:on Vflh he ha won develop unbll non-~ederal par, of he old monhs afer he war; because Pubhc Works program (no o prvae buldng n he pas al- be confused wh WPA) and ways has been carred ou n found ha for every man hour boom mes, and no rr a me worked a he se, wo and a of depresson; and, second, half, mar:-hours w.ere worked because he plans for hs pr- ~ff ne Se. Applymg ha :avoe buldng are no n ex- ho o h~ consrucon sence-and here are no volume, appears ha some sgns ha hey wll be unl seven o en and a half mll~on long afer he war. My opnon persons. we:e n work. dunng s ha prvae busness s go.: ~ha p:no? m C""'"~?sruchon and ng o wa for monhs o see s alled mdusclp.s. whch way he wnd s blowng f we could have an equal before nvess money n con- volume of consrucon n he srucon. frs year or wo afer he There s no reason for war, would be of help n hesancy so far as publc headng off a downward buldng s concerned, how- s P r a of unemploymen? ever. There are an enormous Would anyone care o argue number of publc consrue- oherwse? on jobs ha need dong- hope ha prvae bus[::-jes:-; flood conrol works, recla- wll sar a large volume o maon, so conservaon# consrucon afer 'NFJ hav~ new schools, hospals, hgh- (Connued on Page 5) The Amercan answer The Amercan Federaon of Labor. formed by Samuel Gompers and Adolph Srasser on December 8, 886, celebraed s 57h brhday las week under ha name. Gompers, he foundng presden served from 886 unl hs deah n 924. The champon a labor, born of Duch-Jewsh sock n London n 850, arrved n he Uned Saes as a chld. Lke so many mmgrans who express he Amercan spr, he became more Amercan han many Amercans.. Amercan organzed labor. nspred by Gompers' deals, s playng a major par n wnnng hs peqple's war for he.j dgny of he common man, w haever hs orgn, race, or creed. s clear oday how Nazsm sared he war agans humany and all free nsuons by a smokescreen aack agans Jews and- labor unons. ~ The members of he A. F. of L. are parners n urnng ou \ more shps, planes, anks and guns han ever before n hsory. And we sand shoulder o shoulder n ressng Naz and nave ermes of democracy. We gve he Amercan answer o hose' who would dvde us and slow up producon by $.e ng Chrsan agans Jew, worker agans employer, nave agans foregn-born, Negro agans whe. We w.an our eamwork n warme o connue hrough d cooperave peace embracng all he people n one ree world. 6,002,500 bole ops Global war consumes remendous auanes of manoower and maeral. n sp~e of o~r vas nau;al resources-;-our c?a:l lead, copper and ron mmes; our peroleum and chemca deposs; our foodsuffs, foress and waer power-he needs of our armed forces and fghng alles have resuled n a scarcy of some necesses. All are scarce n erms of he manpower and equpmen needed o urn hem no weapons of war. Bu each one of us can help o make our lmed supply of men and maerals do a successful fghng job. We can conserve a every urn and pu a sop o wase. The savng of a n can or a paper box by one person wonl wn he war. Bu f 35 mllon Amercan famles do, our combned effors wll go a long way. Two years ago, a 3-year old grl n Sydnef, Ausrala,. heard ha sx mllon bole ops would buld a Spfre_:_so she se ou o collec hem and has rounded up 6,0'02,500 oos. Mulply ha spr by hry-fve mllon and we'll all go o;er he op. * * * Speak up now~ Your Congressman and mne are our servans. We elec hem. We pay hem. They are supposed o represen us. For ha reason he Amercan Federaon of Labor now urgenly calls upon s 6,500,000 members o le her Con- gressmen know how hey feel abou pendng legslaon whch wll dermenally affec he neress of Amercan workers and her rade unons. Tell your Represenave and your Senaors hs: ' : -Tha you demand approval of a comprehensve subsdy program o keep he cos of lvng whn bounds. 2-Tha you nss on defea of he ax hll "joker" whch would requre unons o dsclose fnancal daa for he benef of labor-haers and an-unon employers.. DO THS NOW! r

5 - ' -l''. -December 7, 943 ENGNEERS' NEWS fve Oakland offce repors on members. obs Brohers, Al Clem, Ed Doran, ' Joe Wnlbers, Busness Rep. r~senavcs workng ou of he Qakland Offce re{)or: Bll Brown, Local 3 member, had a very good reason for no arrvng a he regular meeng held n November. Whle crossng he Brdge hs car was crowded no he curb along he l sde of he Brdge. The car lef he: Brdge and landed n he Bay. Hs wfe had all her rbs broken. Bll was forunae o come ou of H wh a broken shoulder and a fev;r mnor scraches and bruses. Broher Paul Harper, ''Vho been n he Navy for he pas hree monhs, s home on leave. Paul s saoned n San Dego....,., Burrall (Scoe) Doug as, perm man a Yard ll, Rch 'mond, sngs a he launchng of all shps. He says he doesn' 'make anyhng, bu s good 'publcy for he l:non, as hey :nroduce hm as, "Scoy" Doug-. las of he Operang Engneers Loeoal Unon No. 3. Lous Baso Conpany s fnshng up s surfacng job a Dubln Canyon. Broher A Regallo s supernenden on he job. The company repors s movng o new job close o W.es Pon, forr.a. George French has moved n on hs surfacng job a Lvermore. \Ve have 4 members on he job a he presen me. Many came from he Vna Arpor. Fredrckson & Wason are sll busy on her job a Flee Cy. Broher "Hop" Farl's s foreman on he job. Barre & Hlp are sll busy on her job a Camp Parks. Maenson Company s pung n he Ules. Broher E. Jarvs s equpmen foreman. Good luck, Erne! 4 members are employed on he job, Lous Baso's Housng Projec n Albany s comng along ncely and s a very busy place a he presen me. Broher J. Carlson s acng foreman on he job. Broher H. F. Dooley s seward. There are 4 Dchng Machnes workng on he job. They ancpae beng hrough he major par of he conrac by December 5. palbrah has 3 dchng machnes?pera:ng on he job., Sandard Bulders are sarng an 85 un projec a Sege. 2 members arc employed on hs projec.. a he pres o me. Raymond Concree Ple Co. have sared o drve ples on Hh S., n Rchmond for a : warehouse for Yard ll, Moore and Robers-, Conracm s, are n charge of he buldng. We have approxmaely 6 members on he job. Brohe Al HU has been acng as Maser Mechanc a Sole Company Shop n Oakland. Hll has aken over he dues of "Doc" begrood emporarly as "Doc" has been CH he. sck ls. Guy F. Aknson Company s movng s equpmen from Den- 'nson, Texas, and Pasco, 'Vashngon jobs o s Oakland yard, o be epan~d and moved o he new ~ard n Souh San Francsco.. Broher Jerry Waller has been workng on he Desel equpmen ~or some me now. Some of he ~embers of Local No. 3 are re :urnng o he Bay Area afer an absence of several years. Broher Roy Hosman, Fore. man of he crane deparmen of Moore Dry Dock Company, \Ves Yard, repors ha one of hs \Brohers n Yard for he,\ l~[\('~;:(;\)[ ;~~~~~~~lf-;':\j[\;[)';j\;[', ;.; :..,\.:![~\ couresy shown hese men. ;; The follo\,>ng s prned as a warnmg o careless members. Don' le hs happen o you:! Herb was handsome as he dck~~s, Bu hs bran was lke a chcken's.. Crane approached wh heavy load Herb go ALMOST across he road! Broher Fay Lacy, who has b0en workng around Sana Rosa, s...-: :. : :..:... now workng n Oaklad for Radch & Brown. He repo s ha hs b r o h e r, Rober Lacy, Local No. 3 member, who operaed for Parrsh Brohers for some me ' around Marysvlle s now Crew Anoher Gold Sar was add- Chef Mechanc wh he U. S. Ar ed o Local 35 servce. flag Corp, saoned a Foser Feld, by he deah of SaH Sg. Vcora, Texas. Rober has baen Charles Frankln Royse; who n servce for abou 2 years and was klled n a plane crash now wears he srpes of a of a Maher Feld Navgaon gean. Tranng Shp near Mlford. Uah las July 4, 943. The Egh members of Local No. 3 shp was found las monh. employed a Moore Dry Dock Com- Royse and fve oher mem- pany, were successful n ge~g a hers of he crew of he ll faed wage rae change. Afer sx plane pershed n he accden monhs of negoaon he War Lawhch occured whle on a bor Board has ruled n favor of he roune ranng flgh o Peer- Unon. Ths new rae wll no afson Feld, Colorado. fee he day shf, bu wll ncrease n July 942, Sg. Royse be- he swng and grave;y:ard shfs came a member of he Oper- consderably. ang Engneers, workng ou of he Marysvlle offce on he Congraulaons are non: n or Camp Beal job. Upon he der as one of our broers, L. 0. compleon of hs job he w.as (Lawrence) Johnson and Georemployed on h e Eaon & ga Safford were marred De Smh Meropolan Housng cember 2. Broher Ed. F. Qunn Projec as an operaor. wrs bes man. \Ve undersand Saff Sg. Royse was a nave of Bakersfeld, and resded ferred by Broher Johnson, so he name "Lawrence" s no pre n Berkeley a 867 Alcaraz possbly Mrs. JQhnson wll have Ave., before jonng he U. S. o be hnkng up anoher one Army Ar Force. Hs parens, for hm! Elmer T. and Una Vva Royse We wan o exend our bes and a sser, Jesse Royse, sll wshes and. wsh a lo of happness o boh "Lawrence" and resde a he Berkeley _address. Georga! operaors recenly receved a leer from Ralph Davs, former crane operaor before enerng he servce. Ralph s now a Frs Class Naval Freman servng overseas. Some excerps from hs leer are as follows: -"hngs are no so bad wh me, bu 'll rade places wh any of ~rou who hnk ha hngs are ough where you are. wan you o know ha am sll one of you even f have o be here. am ryng o do my par~ are you dong yours? To all of you, don' lay down on he job, le's ge hs war over ''h so ha we boys can ge home o our famles. Tell he boys wsh hem all he bes of luck and o keep pchng. Tha's wha,we wan over here-" \Ve feel ha he above message should nspre all our presen shpyard workers o do a much beer job here on he home fron so we can feel we are dong our par and workng wh our fghng men so ha he war can be speedly ended. \~Te undersand ha \'.'O of our Crane Operaors, Broher D. Humphrey and Broher Ber Crow, ogeher wh a crew of slngers a he Moore Dry Dock Company se an unusual record operang a 5 on crane a 9h and Unon recenly loadng a carload of ppe. The job, usually requrng four hours, and n some cases a whole day, was compleed n an hour and 5 mnues! U. S. Commssoners, Rober My-j' her, Bll Hckerson and Harry Mc Ewen were guess of he Busness Represenaves of he Oakland Offce, November 20. A rp was made o Yard n Rchmond. Local No. 3 wshes o exend We hnk you'll recognze! hree of hese fellows 'as mem- bers of Local 3. V. C. Gupll (rgh sandng) sen he snap-j sho from a Sea Bee base. n addon o GuplL he pcure shows Duch Massken (lef sandng) and (seaed. lef o j rgh) Ed Pdderd and Sd \ Rosenburg. ers hey had beer sar walkng behnd he.equpmen, as hey are geng pleny of, and s lard o ge user o. "REME;UBER'' \\'hen Presden Roosevel was nauguraed he spoke over he rado and wh hs very frs words poured fresh courage no he hears of all Amercans He enuncaed he smples of ruhs,. hu few of us had' sopped o reflec on before he remnded us. He sad: "\Ve have nohng o fea.r bu ".FEAR" lke all wse Docors ha fear s a dsease ha can be cured, and he assured us, hs paens. ha we had o cure ourselves, no one else could. And we dd. Afer all hese years hs doerne sm holds goo(l -Cheer Ull An opms however lgh who s sll game o ake hold and lf, s more helpful han he mos powerful pessms who has le go. hers can ge he rue pcure. There were no members on r he Operang Engneers Unon l who sop{led workng a any -me, and as was a. srke [ f any of he brohers know any agans Local No. 3 as well as f oher Brohers who are on he agans he Company, we hnk sck ls wll hey kndly nofy he our members dd a fn~ job of [ OaklaGd offce and we wll ry and l>.eepng he rgs operang. :call on hem and ry o scaer a There was a sgned agreemen lllle ray of sunshne. whch he Machnss were sg- --- l naores o. Had hey lved up o j Broher Rudolph "Lob" Kocjan, he erms of he Agreemen j who has been saoned, wh he here would :have been no cause Seabees, n he Aleuan slands for he soppage of work, for he ; for he pas year, dropped n o he work n queson s ha of he J offce. He ells us:, he: wll now be 0lerang Engneers by vrue of! saoned a Camp Parks, Pleasan a. descson beng handed.down on, Calforna. by he Buldng Trades Depar-.,_rnen. n closng hs news em for he year, your Oakland Busness \Ve have jus~ receved a noce Represenaves, A Clem, Ed Doran, and Joe Walhers, wsll o ake hs opporuny o hank he members for her co-operaon and suppor hey have gven us durng he pas year. T:he grls n he Oakland Offce jon us n wshng each one a Merry from he Naonal War Labor We regre o repor he deah Board ha here s o be an elec- of Broh(;!r Edward Camera, 3A on for members-of he Behlehem member and Oler, who was faally Shpbuldng Corporaon n he njured n a fall whle workng a Alameda Plan o elec a represen Pacfc Brdge, graveyard shf. ave o represen hem for Col Funeral servces were conduced lecve Barganng P u r p o s e s. by Fowler and Anderson Funeral Thanks o he unrng effors of Drecors n Alameda. he Sewards and he memb-ers; We have jus receved a card from Broher Ray Ferdg who s a Sea Bee saoned a Camp Perry Vrgna. He says o ell he brohher hanks o Bll Sone and he L!'a~T~.. P.~B.).'Y~f~_QMS;p No doub many of you have read n he papers abou he soppage of work n he Rchmond Shpyards by members of he Machns Unon. We are hankful ha we have a paper of our own so a leas our memhe men \vorkng under he jursdcon of Local No. 3 and 00% organzed. TO SJAY...QJ'!J-!f;~~Q~_!_~.:_ _; Chrsmas and a New Year. Very Happy Broher Jack O'Bren, conducol" of Local No. 3, and former sewar a Moore-Dry Dock has gone no he gas and ol busness. We. _undersand he has aken over h~ General Peroleum Saon locaed a 8 h & Cypress Sre.es, n oakland. \Ve sncerely hope Jack s successf.u] n hls underakng. We kno\v ha he wll have a bg bm:ness f ju' hs fr nds, are hs n<s.. omers! Labor's ob Connued from Page 4) lcked he Axs, bu sec: no sgns ha wll do. Therefore we mus look o publc buldng acvy o ake up he slack. Labor s dong a marvelous job durng he war. hope wll do jus as marvelous a job n preparng he naon for he comng peace. can do ha by usng s nfluence o see hg Saes, counes and ces gef o work a once on her pos... war buldng plans. Labor has a rgh o make s voce heard, for has mos a sake. f we ake anoher nose dve no a depresson when he shoong sops wll be labor, more han any oher group n he communy, ha wll ake he rap. l '}

6 Sen m~ cr a h~ an pla fac Sp o Be su A m; s.: Tr vl h! hl jo bej m Jaj a "R jo d0 Sx Jobs drop offp: San fraresco'''c P. E. Vandewark, Treasurer and. Busness Represenave workng ou of he San Francsco offce, repors: San Francsco-Consrucon work n he San Francsco Area has dropped off consderably, wh mos of he large jobs eher comp:eed or rapdly nearng compleon. Four shor }e,ssons n socal se~\].ry ~-;,~. s ~ ~~.f.:;.~. {~-~ ~~ NEW- soca. securrv rax" Gvb~ NCHAsv!Nco~ oa SA!:B rax Gves: BE HE fts llj ALL JYPR~ERS A' N'fd'EMEKTS MANY JC' NOT REwrr efnhff.s. [Labor school free o men f l. ' ~.; o oca. (Connued from Page 3) The School s unque also be- December: 7~ 943 Eurek a says. work has slowed ~up- ; Oo Never, Busness Represenave workng ou.. he eureka Offce, repors: l oj La a po h~ H~. r _,'; an ) be m; bo Engneers buld feld n day Calforn a labor Engneers have \Vashngon, D. C.-Avaon en- h d d' Vl al war role n a producon communque o <Connued from Page ) gncers of he Norhwes Afrcan: QS prou f&c,qr he workers, Admral Land quoed n parcular, have receved wde Ar ServLce Command dd cne of San Francsco. _ "Calforna's <Connued from Page 3 ), he mas~r of he shp, who re- ~clam, and well hey should. The he ousandng jobs of he war n srke record durng warme s n- "Wh he asssance of hs pored ha n 7,000 mles whou breakng of records, however, does consrucng ar f.elds under fre deed a proud one, and Calforna's plane we've been able o ouf a ral rp, he shp never sopped no begn on he shpways, bu n on he Salerno beach-head, he labor unons mus be made of a specal arborne uns wh mna-: -had no engne roube, no even a he seel mlls, engne facores, \Var Deparmen dsclosed. superor clay," Paul Scharrenberg, ure equpmen whch can para-! ho bearng. and boler shops, for he modern The engneers, many of whom drecor of he Calforna Sae De" chue no he jungle mles from "Her maneuverably s excel- ; shpyard s merely a fnal assem 4 workeu n consrucon rades n parmen of ndusral Relaons, our neares roops and hack ou len as she handles lke a small bly lne of a naon-wde plan. cvlan lfe, landed jus behnd old he San Francsco Common- our arfelds n no me a all." sal boa," he maser sad. "She "Acual consrucon of he he nfanry and arllery of he wealh Club las week. He ced one nsance where he makes beer speed han specf- world's greaes Merchan Marne Ffh Army, and whn 24 hours Scharrenberg poned ou ha arborne engneers flew,000 mles, caons call for and does hs con- has. been he handwork of farmers, })ad l~d ou and consruced an daa compled by he U. S. Bureau par~.chued o he ground and had ssenly. n Chle, 0,040 ons of shopkeepers, and house wve s, ar feld n a culvaed feld of of Labor Sascs reveal ha fgher planes flyng from an ar- copper pgs and beans were un- workers recrued from every walk wh,2a and coon. whereas some 5,000 Calforna feld n weny-four hours. loaded n 3 /z days,~ hanks o fne of lfe o learn and carry ou one By he end of a week, he en- workers were m olved n srkes operaon of he wnches. The' of he mos dffcul jobs n ndusgneers had compleed hree ar monhly durng he perod beween : weldng s absoluely beyond cr- ry. The exen of her conrbuelds, wh rumvays for fgher , ha fgure was reduced Sarame.no p'ans! csm. on oward vcory may be vs4 arcraf, ax srps around hem, o 887 for he monh of June, 943, (Co)nued from Page 3) "The workmanshp of he Sun Ya ualzed by magnng he shps and parkng sands on each feld. opened n Grass Valley. s locaed s fne and he men who are hey ha\ e bul snce December 7,., Praccally all her work was The German army has fnally n he Labor Temple, Holbrook Ho-! responsble for are o be com- 94, seamng n a column and accomplshed under fre. Enemy succeeded n dsengagng self from el, and s for he convenence of mended hghly," he concluded.. spaced a mle nervals. An unarllel'y urned a furous hal of he roublesmne cy of Kev. As members n ha secon n oban- n relayng hs message, Ad-' broken lne would be formed ex Sh lls en he beaches. \vhle Ger- one a.rmy w pus : "~ohng ng clearances, payng dues, and; mral Land joned wh he maser: endng from Mane o Scoland, man fgher planes made sneak, ca.n now sop he Rechswehr n s applyng for supplemenal gaso-! n congraulang all who had par 0'. f you ll-:e, from Duch Harbor rads. l rumphan march O\vard Poland.", lne. n buldng "hs splendd vessel." o Tokyo.". for ec hal ml pa Lu: Pll wo My,mu er wa:. aro m res: he BU a' J fog h~; me Jac pla< ma som 0 owr are nn~ he Wy T So< sru a eng wll ssu a H p Egl wha Con ''La l bon {er ) by j los. ers wer m~

7 w-h WLB There he acres Relaons a~ Permane;nfe mpfovncj' How abou your card? \Ve have made every effor o Gong.m.o.he servce? San Maeo work "'holdss own Jobs easng up n San Rafael area- A hf" close of Ocob4."r we \Vm. C. ("Bll") \Vaack, Busness Represenave workng ou hs membe shp card as soon as see ha each menber receves H. O. "Hene" Foss, Busness fnd ha a oal of 333 members of Local :So. 3 have been Busm,ss R'{}resenave workng Pa clancy, Presden and Represenave workng ou of of he Sockon Offce, repors: possble. However, has come he San Rafael Offce repors: graned s e : \' c e whdrawal ou of he Sa,n Francsco off<'e, o our aenon ha many ~ ' cards. repors:.,o"ldon-permanene lveals a brohers complan of no havng San Rafae.-Consrucon \vork La h b Any m-mber \Vho has >nered ' \Vork n San lvaeo Counv has rop has een gven a lo of receved a card, n proper me. s very que n he San Rafael ds-.j -. f L mlary servce (ncludng he- J us abou held s own for he pas a en on o ae. Afer ch"ckng many com- nc. ocal conracors manage o. j k l\lerchan :'\larne) s enled o monh. There had been a slg:h de- Many problems o: serous peo- plans receved, he offce fnds eep her regular crews busy, a ser,-c4." n~hdrawal card, pro- -! crease bu here were a few lle jobs sared so ha evened hngs poron have been adjused and ha here s usually a. reason ho\vever. here s sll a lo o be ().one. he card has no been sen. (n Heafy-Moore workng on road Harry Mez has vsed hs plan mos nsances, he member does exenson job, Tburon, Calforna.' Wh me on wo occasond n he no have hs proper address on Reese & Reese housng projecs bu-: -las monh, and on our las con- fle!) oned up. Fredrckson & \Vason vdng hs dues are pad lo dae. For 4."xanple, f he meuber requess a ser, ce whdra\val card bew4:.4."n he frs and he las day of Dec>mher, hs dues nus ference wh manag-emen, - n he Therefore, f any member has fnshed Hamlon Feld and F. be pad for he monh of Deflpresehce of Mr. Todd nch con- no receved hs card, conac Barry. cenber. sderable progress was made. he Branch Offce n your loeal- Peer Sorenson s also on he The card s ssu'd nhou 'lursdcons 'are behlg clarfed y or wre drecly o he l\lan fnsh end. Soda & Son, Pealuma charg>, ad when he member s and seve al nasy condons ha,-e Offce (6 Marke Sre-e, San Creek a Black Pon compleed. A. releas4."d f om s4."rvce he 'ard s been elmnaed. Mr. Ray Wood- Francsco) and f you are en- G. Rasch on fnsh end. All a pors depos4."d whou charg e. Theman wll handle, personally, al la- led o a eard, wll be maled n Sana Rosa dsrc fnshed. Few: me'mber should depos he card bor conroverses on hs job. mmedaely; f for some reason members employed by he U. S.! promply upon hs rele-ase from am sasfed ha Mr. Wood- you are no -nled o a card, Engneers Dsrc on ma.n.e-~ mlary servce as he s no 4."nman wll go a long way oward you wll lye nformed as o he nance. led o work whle he holds he creang a harmonous operaon 'r"ason. Burman Bros. go some equlp- servce '" hdrawal card. a hs plan. Regular meengs of VCTORS. SWANSON, men rened ou and have \vood's f he card_ has ~en }os or Local Unon 'nlna<e:er. he engneers are beng p anned ~ jobs makng roads for saw mlls. mspl~ed by he me he m>mand he dae wll be posed a he Governmen closed down Mendo-~ ber wsh"s o depos, he plan as soon as possble. B. ds cno Arpor unl lae sprng.. : should conac he San Fran- The Olaude Woods job. resur- on o we o operae. F. J. Mauer. csco offce by mal or elephone facng and gradng beween Valley makng good progress c-: Abon and a duplcae card wll be de- Sprngs and Mokelumne Hll, hen canal J ob Brdge. True, Shelds & Fsher posed. Dues should &!'conpany o Wes Pon s under way. Jack o Napa rver, workng on Wes he member's reques o depos Bea)e s super and wouldn' be due SOO.n half and dong good! he- card. surprsed f our old frend Ray Local conracors n he Vallejo Don' neglec o reques a Ausn doesn' ake he grade fore- dsrc are puerng around on ser\ ce w.hdmwal card f you T. D. Bryson, Busn'ss Repre- man job n addon o ha of small jobs. Techer & S. ons wh are elgbl4.". YoY' ma~ 00<'04." senave workng ou of he. seward. Ray s soppng a he Bud Hall, Supernenden, and suspended r>garaless of he fac Fresno Offc~, r>pors: Trea Hoel a San Andreas. Brohers A Kngwell and Henry ha ~ on are n he servce. Basso won' sar he Ala- Fresno.-The Bureau of Recla- Carpener push:ug are rapdly ")erry Chrsmas and a \" "ry vlle-murphy's job unl he ges maon has announced ha bds fllng n MorTow Cove. Top crew Happy New Y4."ar o AU." hs equpmen ou of Dubln abou wll be opened on he balance of on. hs job, vvorkng \vo en-hour T. M. BYXOX. he loh. Al Regala wll push hs j he Fran Madera Canal on De-, shfs 6 days per week. Fnancal Secreary, LO<'al So. 3 job, b, o dae, have no cember loh, bu have learned Casson & Ball have go gradng.' be., much equpmen he nends o use. been advanced o December 22nd. o sele on ValleJo Napa hgh-.. en able o fnd ou jus how ha he dae for ope.nng bds has n a.rn<:e shape, fo~.. \Yner r~ns ' Q,.:.JS..S l::',. J,acK- Reeves has a small levee job Ths work exends h~ man canal way. McDonald & \Vesbrook go,. a Paradse c~, wh abou 6 rg~. from ~e F~esno R~ver o he Napa Arp~r. n good shape. and pay pac ld Poole s mechanc on hs Chowchlla Rver, a dsance of 7 should be fmshed by Xmas, f no. job; Boh he and Ray Ausn came mles. We are hopng ha he ran! am nved o parcpae h. d - do. wn from he Pasco job. '. Madera rrgaon D' s'c. wll. soon ~ - a celebraon f \~eaher h.olds s.. Tom Shaw fnshed a small job sar on he laerals whch should, clear... Broher Bll Sone and!. pya. r s for Ruherford a he housng proj-l make a lo of work for engneers.!bro~er Cu~s. are Mas:er Me- \\'ashngon, D. C.-The 0;a.onal -ec across from Pollocks. Techer Pazza & Hunly wll fnsh or! chancs on hs JOb. Earl Walsh he l War LabOL' Board approved pro. has a..sree job a Mornngsde her road job. a Lemoore n abou Supernenden on hs job has j posals of managemen and Jabor.-a. h. k T h.. Sh' ld & progressed very smoohly j Ulll\. ousmg P OJec. wo wee s. rew e s.. -. for elmnaon of nerplan n- aended a meeng he laer Fsher are gong rgh along on Ths crew of No. 3 men can sho\v ~... her flood conrol J ob on he Kngs los of 'em ho\v o lay cemen and eques.. m 56 \Ves Coa;:; shp- Jlal of las monh a he wezel Rver nea r Hub Corners. They are M. Valsh apprecaes he fac!... Lumber Company, 20 mles above yards employng mare han.400,000 Plymouh. Ths was a saw mll usng 8 ca sknners and a ple Few jobs progressng n ~enc~ j workers. workers meeng. Clyde Evans, Ng drver crew. Mos members employed m hls The WLB on July 30 had dened Myler and he sknners we e ver y The Amerkan Dredge Company dsrc a he presen ~~; and a general wage ncrease requesed. nwch -n he lmelgh (wo lan" has s crews prey well lned ou, only hope he fuure \Vll look by he. unons bu advsed 'he ; up a b. The Unon Pavng Company ha: ; he payng job for he new Arpor! a Mlls Feld. wh hree of our : brohers \vorkng a he presenl, me. Guy F. Aknson Company s l movng s yard o Souh San Francsco where purchased ffeen. of land. There are hree Of our brohers workng here levelng off hs new yard. vvesern Ppe and Seel and Belar shpyards have been proceedng abou as usual, Ther e should be a couple of new rgs comng no he Belar yard before long. The Pombo job a Mls Feld was abou complee, alhough he Governmen s askng for bds on. : approxmaely 800,000 yards more..! The Housng Projec a Souh San Francsco s compleed. Schulz and Company a l\ll ~ brae has he excavang job ab-ou ; complee, and a few of our members are workng here now on h e srees and sdev.. alks. Th"re sn' much acvy over on. he coas hghway. One small slde job whch wll be compleed n a couple of days. W. 0. Tyson R ock Plan a Woodsde now has an engneer operang some. The McDonald and Kahn job a Wesern Ppe and Seel.s abou complee. A lle more new consrucon work s o come a Wesern Ppe; a per, clock and a lle oher suff. Ousde of a few <>dds and ends around, ha s all have <> repor. n closng, \Vsh you all a Merry chrsmas and a Happy New Year and los of luck and acvy fo?. 9-!4. WL upholds closed shop \VQShngon, D. C.- The War erns), -and a 0:30 he meeng and he Dredge Prono s runnng!'beer. pares ha would consder ad- Labor Board has unanmously or. Was.adjourned, he jug passed smoohly. They are usng around Also, please remember ha you jusme'ns o remove njusces bedered ha a unon shop clause be. around and he ~~oang com- 30 of our members on he Tulare! can' voe.aga.r.ls he polcan ween raes n he exsng schedn'ee go under way Wha prog- Lake job neae Corcoran.!\vho voed agans you, unless you ules. reaned n a conrac beween he Weber Showcase and Fxure Co. -ress was made, \v:ll repor n The J. E. Haddock Company s are REGSTERED so please The board's fual acon was of Los Angeles and four AFL he nex ssue. keepng 8 engneers busy on her j ake all members of your famly aken on wo proposals--one, an buld!ag rades uhons.. sopped over wh Broher Jack landng feld job a Woodlake. Ths who are elgble o voe and vs agreemen submed by Am_ercan '. ne company had clamed ha -Burns a hs "Golden Sar Hoel"! s a small job an:d wll be fnshed! your Couny Clerk's Offce. You Fed&aon of Labor aflaes and he unon shop clause and l:le conrac we e ermnaed when he., a lone for he evenng, as he ule ln abou four weeks unless hey j have a permanen address and you he. managemens.of 50 yards wh,.fog'reaches que.hgh n he hlls ge an.addonal appropraon, J can ge an abse~ee's ballo, a~d whch he AFL has conracs, and unon asked for a reopenng of he ;.hs me of. he year. Any of our whch hey are expecng..your. L~al Busm:ss Agen \Vlll j he oher, a proposal f om a CO convac under a provson gvng passng lone should gve The wage scale negoaons w:h: :noarze so Wll ypu members unon and sx companes wh eher pary he.rgh o serve no-. ~ ' l' lack a umble, as he runs a nce! Rock and Gravel companes s go- of Local No. 3 do your par o whch has conracs. ce of a desre o "modfy, amend.-...,.,,.,,. He s plumb full of nfor- ng along okay, wh all pares' move hese "bums" \vho voe Abou 7 per cen of he more or ermnae." abou hs counry, whch s! seemngly.vllng o cooperae. agans you! han 400,000 employes wll receve The WLB found ha. on he cc-:-,. mes a help. Larsen and Harms are movng \Vshng all he members of Loncreases under he equal-zaon rary, he record sho\ved ha he Our shpyards are holdng her~ r~h along on he' Canal Job cal No. 3.a mos enjoyable "Hol 'Own, very few rehres, as he men program. unon's nen was no o ermnae ; number of our members day Tme" and bes. v.rshes for he Through >qualzaon of ceran he conrac, bu o modfy and. sng gh. Mke Hun s l:un-, busy.. New Year: raes, he yards now wll be able amend. The board herefore ora small job a Vernals, for [ Que a large number of our.. Unon Pavng Company. Joe members ha\ e passed hrough o nerchange employes from one de ed employes who were hred.. job o anoher and hus wll speed durng he perod n whch he. ;,Wynss s cranng on hs job.. Fresno recenly makng nqures lfum8s kee.p up producon and effec econo- company clamed ha was no. 'These are he only jobs ha keep abou work. They haye come from... mes whch he pares esmae bound by he unon shop clauses, o 'Sockon on he map as o con- boh norh a.nd souh, whch sh~ws Off 0b wll sa\-e he governmen from become members of he unon ~ -l srucon. Ths s a very dead area ha work s none oo.plenful a he presen for he ran~lrg anywhel e. Le's hope ges heer. \Va.shngon, D. c._ More han $50,000,000 o $75,000,000 a year. good sandng whn \VO weeks o:- 50,000 manufacurng workers are nerchangeably of employes &:>ek jobs el:ewhere. engneer. Bu one can' ell wha wll happen nex, so unl he nex absen from her jobs every day be\veen jobs mus be placed no ssue, a yery Merry Chrsmas and because of ndusral njures, Sec- effec by he yards o gan h<a Happy New Year o all. of Labor Frances Perkns benefs of he ncr'ases. he board Dredgemens repor Accden raes repored. ruled. fall n shpyards (Connued from Page Publc relaon offcers of he "ndusral njures dsabled ap- The board approved, wh one on February 6, 943, s now pend- Eghh Ar Force have dra\'vn up washngon, D.' C.- The U. S. proxmaely 69,000 manufacurng; modfcaon, he agreemen sub-' ng before he Board. \VhaeYer wha hey call a "l\lod4."l German Marme Commsson repors a \:'orkers durng Augus wh a re-: med by he AFL and em:;,j:oyers. resuls we \\-ll receve. canno b8' o;mmunque." reads as follo\vs: drop of 3 ~ per cu. n he cumu- sul:.g loss of,300,000 man-days The mcdf.caon pro ded ha he fol:eold a hs me. However, he ''.arge formaons of Amercan lave accden rae for s conrac of producon,' she sad. "Ths loss, basc hrng-n rae for labor shall men wll be nofed of he acon brlbers aemped o pen -raf" shpyards for he 8-monh perod whch does no nclude any allow- reman a 88 cens an hour wh as soon as s receved n hs ~many oday bu were drven off endng n Augus. ances for he connung economc progresson, whene\ er such labor s offce. hordes of our brave fgher p- Coverng 9 yards, he r~por effec of he many deahs and per- produc\'e labor, o 92 cens afer are sll some jobs open on :Fonr hundred enemy ~ombers shows a connung mpro.-emen: manen physcal mparmens, s 30 days and o 95 cens afer 60 Pacfc. You can ge nformalko: 'down; hre-e of our fgh- whch has reduced he accden equvalen o full me employ- days. The pares had. proposed a on regardng hese jobs by callng ~~were los. One <Of our ce, s s ra-e from 37, he average for 942,: men durng Augus for 53,000 fla 95 cen hh ng-ln rae> for pro- eher he San Francsco or Oa-;:- mssng." o 32 for he frs 8 monhs of 9'3. workers. ducve labor. 'land offces., ~!. ll. ~~ ' ~

8 power $.x J~ 0' F \\"0 ha: me p~e o h on 6 h:: he w of a : F r rr [)., s a b s j ] Egh Ar base may sar a Aluras E. A. (RP-() Heser, Busness Represenave worl:ng ou of he Reddng Ofce, rf'pors: Reddng~From Aluras comes a rumor ha Harms & Larsen wll soon sar o work on he frs un of he Aluras Aeronauc Tranng : Base. Ths consss of one 7,000-foo run way and some road \VOrk. Morrson & Knudson are gong ahead wh he. new work a Tule ;Lake addon o he dsloyal Jap camp. Wlls & Son of Los Angeles are dggng he dches. However, :-hs job wll no las long. Morrson & Knudson are also dong a bg job a Klamah Falls. Due o he fac ha Porland has ENGNEERS' NEWS Funconng of \lv ar Manpower Commsson descrbed n new seres So ha he membershp may havf' a beu?r undersandng of he varous Boards se up by he governmen o accom{llsh lw g reaes amoun of s?rvc> wh he avalable manpu\vf'r, am ha he membershp would have a beer undersandng as o h>se ams and objecves of hese varous governnenal agences, here wlll be a seres of arcles publshed n he Engneers' News from me- o me. To hose of he mpmhershp who are neresed n he subjecs covered and have quesons whch hey desre answered, hey nay do so hrough he medum of he Engneer's News by drecng her nqures o he San Francsco offce. as of Aprl 8, 942 and requrf'd The procuremen agences of he over one year o place no go\ ernmen know he requremens December 7, 943:'' OWl looks a causes -of urnover operaon n he Bay dsrc. for \VUJ' necesses bes and hrough \\'ashngon, n. C.~Approxma. Under he erms of he Execu- hem comes he paern for pro-, ely weny-sx defne causes, ve Order a vgorous and unfed ducon. For example--- would be~.- sngly or n combnaon, underle prognm foe he allocaon and. moblzaon of he Naon's man- waseful of manpmver o buld a! he heavy labor urnm'er n Amergrea supply of shps f he engnes can \var plans, he Offce of vvar s made possble. The frs.. sep n he program s he deer~ and machnery o pu hem n! nformaon repored. m.naon of he basc mlary needs operaon v;ere no ava.lable. f The OV sun'ey showed ha for manpower, whch wll now be. done by he Secreares of vvar and' he bulder of shps had an over- many of he causes are famlar Navy n consulaon wh he supply of manpower a sysem of ones n ndusral crcjes, whle Charman of he War Manpower dve>ng avalable manpower o ohers {re new and ofen can be Commsson. he manufacure of engnes and prevened. machnery and curalng he sup- Desre o secre a J'ob a beer Second, he needs of ndusry and - ply o shpbulders s se up by a. agrculure have been esmaed wages conmues o be a major mo prory sysem, hus prevenng a. wh specfc reference o war pro- lvamg facor n \YOrkers qung. waseful dsrbuon of manpo\ver. ducon schedules and crop goals. Anoher re<u>on s a feelng of he The oal populaon of he Naon The fmdamenal obj-cve s \Vorker ha he s no dong enough s now consdered as a naonal o elmnae waseful labor urn- for he war effor~even hough he 'a lo of dle men, a No. 3 man does ( h f f h 'no ~:and much of a chance of C. F. Mahews, Recordng- pool from \vhch he needs of he over s mg 0 e wor :man may be workng n a war plan. "'. from one job o anoher), and Secreary has Compl.led he armed forces, ndusry, agrculure A worke_ may qu hs J"ob be gong o work. There have been a, f ' nf ' h. h and essenal cvlan acves wll o drec he flow of avalable cause here seems o be no chance few ca calls and cres ha he'~ 0 owmg o_rma lon, w lc d " b f be suppled. labor o emp oyers engage for advancemen; anoher may feel,are conran.' o our sv. sem where j may e 0 m eres 0 our h b h The allocaon of men and ac lv es nnpor an e war ha he job gves hm no chance. s so close o he border. Ths J"ob mem ers lp. ff b h women can now follow n an or- e or S 0 Vous a uncon- o express hs deas and ha, here -comes under he J ursdcon of The War Manpo wer Board, d f b ld derly process, boh because vol- ro e mgra on a or wou fore. hs ably s gong unrec Local No. 70. conssng of he followng h f una'y enlsmens have been resu n e.oss 0 many man- ognzed. Poor healh causes some. A he )resen lme \Ve have a govern. menal agences, was h s c al elmnaed by he Execuve Or- our 0 dusr",r c.j qus. few men ou of \vork, and no esablshed Aprl 8, 942 by k. der and because he Selecve Th:; does no mean ha a \VOr - A worl{er ofen qus because he _much new work n sgh. :Mos of!execuve Order 939; he De- Servce Sysem and he oher man canno choose hs place of canno fnd adequae housng- or he hg jobs are _aperng off and parmen of 'N ar, he Depar- " b ~ manpower acves wll be employmen or ha he Wl e because he ges red of balng.?-. few men are beng lad off. men of he Navy, he Depar- f d h horoughly coordna{ld. orce 0 accep emp oymen e hs way long dsances on crowded W('! sll have abou one hundred men of Agrculure, he De- d b Fnally, o nsure ha he man- oes no wan, u smp Y a e sree cars and buses. He may no and hry engneers workng on parmen of Labor, War Pro- b k d h. -k l power program s properly dove- \Vl. e as e 0 use 5 s " m a lke hs hours, hs workng condhe Bg Bend Hydro-elecrc proj- ducon Board, Labor Produc- d d r ec. All of he ralroad \VOrk be- on Dvson of he War Produc- aled wh he oher elemens of pace w lere 5 mos nee e, ons or hs foreman. he war economy, he Execuve for a number of reasons, an emween Klamah Falls and. Red on Board, Selecve Servce and He may consder hs work oo he Uned Saes Cvl Servce order provdes represenaon for ployee desres o qu hs presen )3luff has been shu down. hazardous. These are he longfamlar reasons for workers qu- he Charman of he Vv'"ar Man- employmen, he s requesed o There s no much dong around Commsson. power Commsson on he Board mal~e applcaon o do so n he Reddng ousde of he Shasa Dam Ths Board was esablshed for of Economc Sablzaon. form of a hree-day noce whch ng. and he Columba Consrucon.he purpose of assurng he mos can be. obaned hrough hs fore- Then here are newer, lesser effecve moblzaon and ulzaon of he naonal manpower. A program has been formulaed Company projecs. vvork s very by he War Manpower Commsson slow n hs dsrc. Abou all we durng he pas several monhs and have o look forward o s he The dues ~f hs Commsson s now beng expended and nensfed, along wh he necessary or Aluras job. are o formulae plans and pro Wh all good wshes for a l\erry grams o esablsh polces o asganzaon for pung no effec. Chrsmas and a very Prosperous sure he mos effecve moblza The fve prncpal pons n he. New Year. on and maxmum ulzaon of,program are: he naon's manpower n he pros-. Allocaon of manpower o ecuon of he war; o assure such he aume-d forces, war ndusres, Ves' benefs polcy and operang drecons as agrculure and oler ess-~al necessary hereo; o esmae he cvlan acv('!s. '' n Congress requremens of manpower for n- 2. Effcen use of labor for dusry; o deermne basc polces war ndusres. \Vashngon, D. C.-Congress s and ake such oher seps as are 3. ~oblzaon begnnng o ge busy on provdng of he Naon's ad for demoblzed servce men and necessary o coordnae he collec- labor reserves. women, afer repeaed demands for. on and complaon of he labor 4. Transfer of workers from such acon from Presden RQose- marke daa by federal. depar- less essenal acves o acvvel and he Amercan Federaon mens and agences.,, es essenal o he suppor of of Labor. ~s. dues also are o esa~lsh he war. Blls jus nroduced n boh pohces and procure regulawns 5. Provdng labor nenled for 0uses call for: governng all federal programs re- essenal agrculure. Up o $.300 muserng-ou pay on lang o he recrumen of voca- Much me was spen and many. leavng he sen ce. onal ranng and placemen of meengs were held by he Man- $5 o $25 a week unemploymen workers o mee he needs of n- power Commee and Labor before compensaon, dependng on he dusry and agrculure; o procure he plan was pu n operaon o number of dependens, f whou a basc polces governng he fllng preven he wase of or hoardng of -dvla.n job a any me durng he of federal go\'ernme_n's requre- manpower. Care was aken ha frs 5 monhs afer leavng he mens for manpower excludng he freedom of he aver age servce. mlary forces; o formulae legs-! workman would no be oo grealy Socal secury creds, based on lave programs desgnng hose J nerfered wh, realzng ha he pay of $60 a monh, for me spen faclang he mos effecve mo-: average workman s paroc and n he servce. blzaon and ulza-on of he ~. desrous of performng work.- mos Presden Roosevel urged n a manpuwer of he counry. necessary o he war effor. message ha Congress provde now Each of he above agences was - ' for fnancal ad o hose leavng requred o conform wh hs he armed servces. He sad such Execuve Order and each of he acon would gve a bg boos o above_ commssons was dreced morale of fghng men. o supply he nformaon re- Under he May _ Barkley plan, qured for he Manpower Comnuserng-ou pay would go o anj msson. Ths Order ~vas ssued ' :personnel below he grades of major n he Army and leuenan Conrac commander n he Navv. would be $00 for less han. 4 monhs' shps servce, $200 for 4 o 6 monhs', servce, and $300 for 6 monhs or for awarded Award of conracs for he conmore servce. srucon of 25 renforced concree The program of unemploymen lghers o be bul by Concree compensaon calls for $5 a \veek Shp Consrucors, of Naonal Cy, for sngle persons wh an add- Calf., was announced by he Mar~nal $5 a week for a dependen j me Commsson oday. _ man or personnel deparmen or a known, bu jus as poen reasons. member of hs Local Commee, f a worker s a sranger n own, whch he Commee mus ac he may become resless and unupon whn 48 hours, and f he happy because of a lack of socal. reasons for quncr are, ald he conacs or recreaon afer work. G,.,.. be ssued a clearance. Should he! He ofen becomes dscouraged. Local Commee rejec he em-! because of enforced delays, layoffs:', ploye-e's applcaon, he employe>/ or work nerrupons ha he does,, may hen, f he beleves hs case j no undersand even hough hey vald, fle a Noce of Appeal whch! may be jusfed. There may no' wll be forwarded o he Area D-] be proper facles for provdng recor. meals near he plan. There are welve regonal plans j Th('! worker may hnk he war whch are applcable where no area j s nearly over and wan ~o fn~ a plan s n effec. Areas whn he! more permanen peaceme JOb. regons have formulaed volunary! And hen some men are naurally plans whch are now n force.! resless and perodcally ge he Those affecng members of Local\ urge o look elsewhere for a job. Tnon No. 3 are he Nevada Area )Vomen have a whole se of rea Employmen SabJzaon Plan, ef- sons of her own for leavng, such fecve as of Ocober 5, 943; Re- as he desre o jon a husband gon, whch embraces he Sae/ who s n servce or nably o of Uah, has a emporary plan ef- cope wh he double' job of house fecve July, 943; Calforna keepng and workng. Area No. has a plan effecve \Vomeu ofen ake jobs o ge Aprl 20, 943 and Resdual Cal-, money for a specfc purpose and forna Area Plan effecve May 7, qu when hey ha\'e earned 943. l enough. Women qu o ge mar ' Tle full h x of each of hes> j red or o gve brh o a baby. plans wll be publshed n laer Some decde her chldren need edons of he Engneers News j more han par-me care. f he membershp s suffcenly neresed. AFL exposes ax ' 'jok~r" \\'ashngon, D. C.-The Amer." can Federaon of Labor exposed an an-unon joker n he. new ax bll now beng consdered by he lhouse of Represenaves. j AFL Presden Green proesed. ~ : emphacally o House Majory Leader McCormack agans a pro- ' f vson n he bll whch would requre labor organzaons o fle wh he Bureau of nernal Revenue an annual reurn, specfyng all ems of ncome, recepls and expendures. Wfe and $2.50 for each chld up o The lghers are o be consruca Snce labor organzaons are oal of $25 a week. would be ed a he reques of he Army handled hrough he Socal Secur- whch plans o use hem as sorage y Board, cooperang '>Vh Sae barges n he Souh Pacfc unemploymen agences, ancl would zone. \Vh a carryng capa<gy of :: exemp under exsng law and also. unde he proposed amendmens! from payng ncome axes, he only possble purpose of he new pro. be dened o hose refusng "su- approxmaely 2,000 long ons each, ::: vson would be o force rad able employmen." he lghers wll be 265 long and : unons o hrow open her conf. E The socal secury prodsons 48 fee wde. : '.: : denal daa o fshng expedon' f would have he effec of brngng Concree Shp Consrucors s Hollywood glamor grls don' have a monopoly n he pnup by an-labor congressmen. under old age an.d survvors' nsur- now compleng delvery of 22 conance housands of serycemen and cree ol barges whch he Com A war worker a Chcago and Souhern's Modfcaon. Dvson feld. Mary Elzabeh Donnan can gve hem good compeon. "These reasons are absurd. a!l b appled o labor organzaons," Mr... women who were no covered n msson s havng bul for he a Memphs. Tenn. Mary Elzabeh was. chosen "Mss Vcory" Green declared.n a.leer o Rep-' ~vlan lfe. Navy. n a recen beauy. cones. resenave McCormack