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·. -Oce-an~-'oc-ks-, ~-~or -. i LI COLN lw. Coast steel !Executive c.oundl urgeS ·Pittsburg Steel · I Labor !industry grows unii,ed Campaign to · solVe

. I I Five major expansions in Pacific critical housinn problem ' In ·its ~;25 million expansion. 'pro- . i ;;:J

. gram at :.Pittsbui-g, C~lif~rnia, the l Coast steei industry have .been an-, MIAl'/ll - Invigorated and encouraged by t ·he Columbia Ste.el Compa~y .willbuild I· I nounced in recent weeks.: 1: Oak- dramatic return to the fold of the "'United Mine Work-do~ks. to ~ccommodate ocean"goirrg:! ! land building expansion on a· large I ers · Union, the American ·federa:Hon of Labor· is on vessels · for c;lirect transfer:of incom- I scale foy ·Earle .M. Jorgensen) cd~·· 'its way to big new developmetl~S in the coming

1 one o the coast s largest stee ts- h -· ing · raw .materials· . and _ outgoing ·, I .b

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1 b' St 1 mont S. , · - · tn utors. _ .... new '-'o urn 1a ee I .,..... . ·. · •

finished prodt~cts, .i_t was·,announced I l t . P'tt b . . " Fo ·mation of I The .t.xecutive . Council _ ma.:pped plans for mcqor .last .week, . _p an a{ . 1 . s urg . . .:>. • 1 - • . l . l d tl f ti' ".

1 the Bet'h!E:-hem Jf~cific company a t ! orga:mzmg anves ana. pc1ve~ n~ wa.y or nego .qtmns

The planes . size .will ~ ciiquire its .,. ! Los Ang~?les: ·.· 4. · .pi,_in.n'eci''.~n~~rg~- ~~ looking t?w~rd .• the; aHili_. ation ~t~ othe~ m_ C:jo.J( un. ~o.ns eXtension to tidewater; with a net- ment of . Henry J. KaJse.r plant at I before >'Vvlndlng . Up llS news-pa~o.Ked mld Winter meet-\~·ork of railroa~ ,. cf'Q<;:~jn o-s anci . ' . . . . . ' . ' • h

· -·· · - . ~- - "' ' ·. Fontima. , 5: Appointment of Cq.lif. mq ere. _· st~pplementary traffic facilities . The Wire .. Cloth Corp., Oakland, as coast J . Foi: sttategic reasons, specific home constniction wa,s pledged. to firm has-aSl(ed Contra Costa si:rpet'- ·

0, ,~.olorad.o Fl'el &- de_tails on the important moves .the gove'-:nment: . . . . - . representative J. ~ ·• 1

visors to . abandon 2500 feet of In- I under way· were withheld for the 4- The council ~all~<l · upon ... the Iron Corp. .

d1,1strial :Road ' rul'_lning thrm!gl:. its · ·,~,:.:.f 11

I time being but it was understood 1 United · sta~es G()~ernmen~ to break property. ~ .

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Plans .for the firm's new s:leet II '- . President Trum~n for <

metal and 1Jin:plate plant, vvmch "La'bor . is . priol; to :cmd ii'l II ~~ ~ -' t. ! same. ·:-}vj1~- tui·n- Ollt ·3'25,000 _ton1 oi g;od~ "dcpendm1t oLoapitah C:apitqk -~r ~~·..: . ~p'i,G"fi: ~~~e!

· is o~ly the fruit ,o.f Fabor, / a1J:d· - · a year valued .at, .:$50 ·million, are i co:ulcl never T-tave .e . . \.isted i{ la - .II' After b'eing- i11vited bJ;-I. - lV~ . . Orn-

·.coming near to t !1e .construction 'I -stage. . . . bor had n ot fi!·st existed. L~bor 1 ~urrl to a'ddre3s the 1.946 AF_L_ ~n-. * *. * 1 is the supe1ior · of cdpital, .and 1wn Label .and Industrmi-Exlabitwn

deserves much T1igher con- i in St . . Louis Oct. 29, President

Eno~neers . Ta ie. : sideration. . Harry s. Truman wrote back : • <iii) · "All · that harms labor is HI trust .that the 1946 Union La-

'W. ~~-~-~l ~,.~· ~. ~. t.~J .. g~trm. ~ · ·.,' •. ··9. treason to .Ameri~a. ·If any

bel and Industrial Exhibition ,•I'm W ~, ij M~ A l.!ill\1-il@h .. 'tl one man says he loves A mer-. be· an ohtstanding· success in full

l{eeping 1vith its la-uc1able aims. · Operating Engineers Local '6.3 in ir,a, yet h;ttes lcdJor, he is-' a Los Angeles is negotiating with the lia/ . . . there is no America The pttr.~p~~. of such an exhibition, board . Of SUperviSOrS, COUnty ad·- , 111itlwnt tabor . I and of the .) thtH-.. WOl'lr Of your de­ministration· office, . and · Civil Serv~ ·_.c..;...;.:.;;.;;..;...;_:_:..:.:;..;;..:..'-'-.:.-------'

ice comm.ission for _an agreement AFT 'Gets 15c. covering AFL m~mbers employed &.a . , ~ · by the.se agencies, according t-:J J. 1\ .g. G ~Trt'lev!l'a S..;.aP, 'i C. Fitzgerald, international repre- , l:"i.L ~~!.l. w . lv--.,.,1 sentative of the uni0n. · \iVage iilcreases of 15 cents · an

partment,, is .. important. Through other types of labeling the con-§U;1>er 11as .a . g-uide to the content and qnaiity. ().f ' the goods he . pur ­chases. Through the union label he

"Although some progress has hour have been -given to AFL em- has knowledge. that the men and ·' been made, it .is- "one· ·of the most ployes of the government-owned women ·.who make . the '· product :. ;-confusing . and · buck-passing pro- Gene~a steej plant at GenevR.; work . at fafr wag·es im'<.l under de­

JOl"i:N L . . LEWIS . WILLIAM GREEN . ~edures on the part. of the .:ou.nty 1 ~tah, bringing raises t~ .more th~n . cent Ml:dH:ions. By _E.'_ducating con- \1

· m _ the ~!story qf_.th1s. orgamzatwn: \· tOO . A~I: membersc, ern,p,o)le~ there. : ~ume1·s m .gemn:al to t. h~ full mea~1-1 or,. f01. that ;n~tte~,' any .Labor _. Worlun"'_ force h"'s be.en reduced .

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. U:mon .. !n the natlon, accordmg to : from 4000 employed before V -J day 1· hl t' t . d 1 . . t' that ~t least , 6 suqstantial · organ- off relation·s with the Franco l'e-- . ·• . . · · . . . . . ena. e 11enr ·o give a ( ea 1mpe us , , Brother Fttzger<!.ld. 1 m makmg steel tor West Coast 'I t tl tab. 1. h .d · . t i izations includi •1 o- one independent gime an<l · recognize the exiled re-"\iV d · · c1 1 • - • . • o re. es · lS m~nt an mam .en- • · " . e . o not- mten .t? ~mula~e I shipyards. I~ crease applies also to • . . . ; . . , ' : union, are knocking on the AFL's publican gove.-ament of Spain. the ostnch by merely st1ckmg our I affiha,ted Ke1g!ey quarry at Payson, ance of mu labor stanuaids. 1 . . . . . .·

. - heads in the san:d,. and"'Ne ... c.an as-1 Utah. The picturesque ·mill in the . I . ~L OrnbuTn, St-ccretary-Treas- , door for admlsswn. 5- lt warned the United ~ations

' sure ~ounty .cofficials . that our )'nen1" : ~nountair:s south of S~lt Lake·. City urer oi the lmion . Lab~] .· Trades i. U nit_y :~s :Jtressed against according- consultative r?c-. ber~lup: as w_el.ha7 - ,0th~r , 1ab~r o~- 1 :~ one of . the cquntry s !argest. It Dell~~t;r1ent of the Amer~can' ,Fed- ! vVith labor's enemies making ognition to the World Fed,eration

. ~·a.mza.twn,s, \VIll o.e ·.y1t~.ll_Y. . mte1- j 1s up !or sale by. Apnl · ~· ., .b?t.h emtwn_ of_ Labor,- and Director of des erate-ef{orts to crush the trade of Trade, l.Jnions, which :'k "domin-est~dm~all county el~ctlve officers! U. S . :::;teel and Henry Ka1ser m - the .. AEL Union ·Label · and Indus- .P . . . . _ . a ted by So vie~ Russia anll' ~vhich from ·now oii:" ·, .J·c1icating· they may bid. ~ · · · ·: " · .· ···· ' · ''. ·. •- ' ·. l umon movement, tJ:e. dynamic re- ~he AFL ag·ain. refused 'to 'join. ·

. · . trml Ex'hibt.Io.n, . stat. e.d tha .. t plans 1-. surgm1ce of the .. An~erican . Feder-

·' t d 6-Plans for ·more effectiYe and anu prepara rons al e no~" un ~r atioii. o{ Babor is expected to un- . . . · "1:. i · f · ·th .... t t · 1 ''-1 1 . · .order'tY or~amzatwn of ··.·workers 1 wa~ ... or ... _ .e . ,_.,_re_~ .:es ·Ull!On a.,., I derline ·. the need .-for umty · in. la- ·• ' ·' ·" ' ·· -• ··· ' ·_

, , 1 exhib'tion · ·. ·, ld ' · · · · 1 into trade unions· in the Amerkan-• •• 1l ·' .~... ·e\ei ,·"1e · · · . bor's. ranl.;:s .• and start many. of its . , ·. ·._ .. ·' · ·_f . ~ . ·

· ·- -· - - ~ · · · . . - 1 occupied ~one' .of .Germany _ W!lre 1 w.avward umts on the way home. · · " · ·. ., , . .,, ... ..

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:'TI, "~· .The .Calil~rnia State :Federation of Labor ·this week -r.emmds ctll.-a.ffiliatefd:m:cLAFI. unions in the state that. . -)hey have 'a registration job t) 4o'.wit11iz;the next few weeks! . .· . . . . -::.- Election .Calen<far jor 1946, iSSue(!. by Secret<Xry of

. State FrctnkcM.:Jordan;. shgws that Thursday£cApril2.~, ·is· the:-Iast day, to registeir for ' the primary elections ,

. whic~ wiH,~e·heia June 4. . . . _ · .· · ~ • · . ~ · . j Um6J.ls. ''c:ue,· s,trop.:gly urg_ed to .. make a .. strenuous ef-·1

-;~~~~~~~.~~: · ·1.~~!~t,~~ir, ~em.~er~h~ps •ar~-. :f.ul!~ -.~e~stered ·[ ·.

I · · . . . · · · • pr,oposed. · ~

. 1 . Outst~i:ng . l')ews announced by 7.,-'-To 'furthe~· the . .Yoo.d.onelghbor l

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! .the . Executive C?unc1l durmg .its polic~', fhe .AFL arra:nged: 't 0· ·ex-j final sessions includ.ed: . ten~ invitations t'o · :Latin. Ameri~n

·1 1-'-Jolm L. Lewis, _taking· hi!! ne.~' . labor . leaders to visit the United . 'I sea. t on the Executive Council as States and stmly . labor. conditions

· the .. representative .of 600;000 co·ai .here. miners; declared that the dominant 1 · 8- Unylelding . opposition 'fo t!J.e · 'I position of the. ·AFL in organized new anti-labor Case bill; which has labor will be '~hrcreasingly recog- been given the right of \va~ in the

. , Iiize<r' by American workers .· ·and House of _ Representatives, ·.· \Vas _

I the - ~ubiic in the m~_nttis ahead .. I im~n,i.l~1ou:~y voted by t~~e ~ co~ncil i· 2- <>:enerous reaffi!ia.tion .terms I w~I~h directed AFL . Pr ... esrdent , were· offered to the Brew!'lry 'Work- Wilham . Green to send a telegram ~~s un~on, which ,-i·il! · hold_ ·a ~on,- I ~Q, a.ll members of the Ho_tjse urg- · fereuce · late ·next month to con-·! mg rts defeat. . _ . sider hn~1e~ate return to the AFL. . . The. :teleg~·am charged ' that the

. 3.:_Full :cooperation to .overcome I Hpuse Rules Commjttee , had gii,ren I the nation's housi.ug -criSis and ~to labor a raw deal by ~·ailroading I . ·' , . - . . . 1 .meet .. lo~g"r!ln:e need for· .. new 1 . (Continued on Pa~;e" ~)

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s Managing Editor, ..................... , ........... _____________ ________________________ v, S. S~·anson

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LOCAL UNION No.3 of the

Rnt-ernortioncd Union of Operatin9 Encaineers ·Northern California, Northern Nevada

State of Utah -Subscription price: $2.50 per year

Office: 1161 MarkefStreet Sari Francisco, California @~

Entered as Second Class Matter·September 9, 1943, at the Postoffice of San Francisco, California, under the Act of August · 24, 1912.

COMME-NT

CCon ~i:med from Page 1) Jlocal subordinate bodies to join. in th :·oug h th ~s bill, alth;ugh no pub- ,1 the drive to prevent its adopt:on.

\ l ie ~1.eariil gs \:Vere held on it and 1

Summing up the accomplish­' iw ·o;::- ;-- ortunity was given to rep- ~ ments o{. the council meeting, Mr. ; l" ') ~:; : 1;.1tives of labo r, industry ~r Green sa_~d it_ h~d pointed the :"~Y r t;lc' government to express the1r to a umted laoor movement m ' vic\\·3. America, drafted policies for the .

1 Mena:;:;e of Case Bill

economic bett~rment of the nation and charted a clear course for im-

lVh·. Green warned that the Case proved international relations with

I bill would revive ·the hated doc- _: the objective of world peace and trine of conspiracy against work- ~' prosperity. ·

· ers, subject labor once again to ------.,...--------1 government by court inj tmct ion, · 1 and expose uni ons to destruct ive

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"This bill will not bring peace . · and harmony in industrial reia- I i tions," M r. Green declared in the 1 te!egram, "but on the contrary will I cause confusion, chaos, injustice i and disrupt~d industrial, relations. "

Mr. Green said the AFL will fight this legislation to t he -limit and will call on all its · state and j

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' , .. ·· .· . I his face. ·. . I Heroes Shoes. One item · for Vic· Interesting thing about Barbara · "Ch ief Vlampum," · he declared, tory Bond investments. Pvt. vV. J . Hale's bathing suit is that it's 'dec-

1 "you a!"e the fathe r of a bouncing ·Hubbard, New Orleans, La., che:cks

orated with coins .fron; a ll over the :"eigllt-pound baby boy. Do you want footwear for men redeployed home· . world." Not to b~. worn for swim, I to take him .with , yti)-1 or will you ward·Rat .AsseFmbly .Area S:ommand, . • . . - . ,, , I ra:ar e1ms, ranee. _ . mwg. (Fe_derated PlCtu!es) . -eat lnm here • .U.S, T reas11r:y Departm-enl

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· February ' 15~ 1946 .· i ENG!NEERS' NEWS .· . ,.

T"A 7or"'k rn· ·-B· e:"d. '·uirood. ~E· ': · · ; '· < I:Minilv, : r.anidl~ . vv _ . _. . _ . _ v.v . . . . _. ; _ mp1re .

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· .· · . · . · · Redehng· reg~on saw mrlls· reta ... J .. ds.- .··J·_·obs · · ., .... ,.,..,"' .. .-·;· -··· · ·., ··· · , · Bi;E,. A.HESJ,E;R . · (For more detailed\ nfonnation as to yot/1" benefit i-

~Y or:rq E. NEY.E;R Business Representative I .

. B~Fi,nes,!?,Jl:epr~s-~~t.atiye .. ' R:e._d,di.n,g~The·.:9;1d.· '-minersl status under the· Act) consult yo.ur Social Security · Ewrek~-Y~r.y-: littl~ ._actiyit! is :in · the mc#ng _ in~ fh~• Hed- ar~ rap~~l~ ge!}ing under":a,;r·l office. F.or exactl'o cation of this office) inqtiire at yoz~1' 1.

w~oa Emp1~:e~ D:~e .. to the . rru.n.Y :neath~r, lumb,~r co_ID:PanY 1 . S~verc;x,l- mm:~ hav~started 1n I -lo c(J Post 0 ffi c e ·) . . _ . . . :

. : ~~=~:;::tl~~~cp~::·~::;\~:. pri~~h~:l:~ r~o:~~\l:S t~~s ::; ~ ~ ~=~t~as~a;:l·~~yee~ar:~n~~r~:~ I ... ~ial , s~t.~~ilty be~eflts for -. ,a;tc..this time wha,tsqeyer. altpough.there isJo ?e SOl!l.ef~a.d·.W?rk I tween the Gold Dol!ar Mi.n~~g I c:nrv=vinn 'lii;_Jl~w -~.nd· ·. c[' ]tJr' .@~ I '

qnd s~me h,arl;>or , develop~ent _ w;hen th~_ weath,er clears. B_e- Compan,Y -cmd the Operatmgl ~M vi J.e · ~ nJU~ . .. U~~ . ln~U \9~~ cause_ of the increase of t~e COI:i,t _of: l?ate.rials, all..bids on the Engineers Local N_o. 3 .. W,e also · You all know John Blac~stone. That is not his r-eal name. b~t.

h~rbor_ ~ ~ate have been· ~ejected. I . . .. .. . .. . . . . . , . have the Enterprise Dred_~j.ng 1 it will do. ~hen !ohn B1acksto_ne d:ied last year, he left his w~fe Two la~ber1uml;Jer compame~ ~1a:e

1 stllrted _orgamzing_ tlJe D,ooclle Bpg Company of French Gulch and two chrldren mJhe same s1tuahon thousands of other.{Young

taken tltle .to a good. deal of·vn·gm. Gold Dr,edge~s, ap.d so far w~ have d . t Th I f T. r d th 1 J "•hn ... ··b . l 30 H ' ,· timber~·in Del Nort~ County and been successful . in apniy~ng the UI_l . er · a~ree.rnen · e wa~e amlleS m emse ves. 0 :vas are Y • e was a power·

. t wo small~r ·companies have al- .Sand and Gr~vel sc~le. This. o~gani- sc:ale on the~e . _agreements · brake op_ercxto~ at th~ Cr~()wn .A1rcr.aft Plant N9. 3 and was .mak· . re~dy acquir.ed mill sites. It w,ill zation, •knowi1 as the Gold Produc- show: . . _ ing about $45 a week. With pric~s what .tl1Eiy are.John couldn't

. be; approxin:ately two_ r:1on~~s b.~· ers Association, has been. han~- D~·aglinc & shove.I operator .... $1.7~5 save much on that sa~ry, an(I all there ·was f9r his wife ai1d fore there IS .. any actlv1ty_ m tlus · capped for lacJ{ of four to SIX· y;ml Oiler .... : ............. ~ ........ : .................. 1.125 childten when he died was· a ' life irisur,ance policy for a thou· industry, however; I dry lines, but . should . in six to B,oat man ............................... , .... 1·35 sand dollars and a hundred. dollars or so in War Bonds . .

In Humboldt County, Mercer. twelve months tal•e over a ·large Tracto1· Operator ..................... 1.60 - : . . · · ·. . · · . ·. · I .,. · · ,.. ' . · · . It looked as 1f John's w1dow 1 . Fraser nave . been·· .doing some , pa;rt of ,our . surplus :membership,: H;eavx cluty repall'mim . . . · ·d · . . · . . . . . · . . - '. · . · - : 1 . . . . .· ... ·• .. , · · · · ' 1 3 ~ would have to get out an earn <;t I family understands that socml se.

gr.avelmg for the .·road· of the Cah- especially some of .the old. shovel ! and \\elder · .............................. ·. o r . r . If d 1 1 'ld 1

fornia Barrel above. Orick .. · The I and .-dmgline . operators. We have The ·Enterprise Dredging Co~n- blvmg_ ~or herslel ban! t 1de cf•11 brebn; 1 curity benefits MUST BE CLAIM· · ·. ,· ·. · 1· · · . · · I · . · · · · · . · . · ut that wou c e 1ar , or a y ED· they do' not just come. To file

woxk for the ,. Hammond Lumber. had some opposition fr.om some of pany at' French Gulch 'Nlll be 111.1 l\ ' •. , · . . . . 1 1 '. · ·• . · · · :::.

· : . . . ... . . . . . . .. . . . · · IJ:ary was only tlu'"e m0nths o d, I a claim o·et m touch wtth the neaT-Company wh.lch. was .supposed. to J the .larger compam.es, but have n_ow I operat1::m m a few days and Will . . .... W J "' · · ·• · · . . ~. · . . · · • · · . and Johnny threa years ho 1 est Social Securit-- Board fieid have started . by tlle 15th of Jan- been able to negotiate with them have another boat in operation as . ~ · · · 1 · J' . . '

:. .. . : · · . . . . . . . . . · . wou·ld take care o£ these youna- · office. ~ . uary, , was sto.pne.d / because· of the as an mdustry, rather than an m- r soon ·as they can get delivery on a .. . . . . b I

•· · .. .. · · · ·• . · . · . · · .. · . . . . I . . . . .- . sters ·whlle ·then· mother was away * * * l~mber anl!l. saw.m1ll V.\Orkers.strike . €h¥Idna.I. \Ve b.eh!Jve thl,lt by com- 1 new draglme wh1Gh they thmk Will . . T~is. has a)so . stop pee{ pile .,driving , bined effort. and perseverance, ·this !' be in -about ~!wee months. I y/aS at wor~? . . , ; J u .U ~g >!; THAT I work and :dir.t fill jobs contl~acted :_will prove to be a lucrative field- SUGCe~sf.ul jn signmg up all_ ~1en . Th~t- IS wnere Blackst~ne ~ S.OCl~l ll ~~ol 1'40=-a~o~ ~ o .

·t o sta:rt before February 1st for -members of Local 3 workma for the Yuba Consohdated secuuty account came m •01 h!s . . · · • • ... •. • • • •. • ·~ · • , . . • • 1 A story of the world bemg· de-

B.· k. -u· · B * * * · t Gold -Field Companv operating at fan11ly. Johns local and - a social , , · . . . ac •n10n !Others ' • · . · · 1 ' ' • • ·. • '1 stroyed by atomiC hombs JS bemg . · .... · . ' .. . · ·. ·u· · · d h d' · d V{"dd Calahan California' se·veral rio-sl secunty committee that was al· . . , . . ,_r . R' . . ' . n. or :ln Q ·I ' . cr . , . ' ~ b ' . ·. . .' • ' '. 'I told. As the story goes -a .few davs

egardless . of · our_. feelmg about .. l ,,i , .• ~: -.:-~~II . ~~;< .. , B . , ,\.., ..: workin;,. up on tha Klamath and ways on 1ts toes lookrng qut for . . . ' .. •·· t h d · bTt f · • 'k t · h' "·. · · "' · "' - ., .. · . · ., · · . . · after what seemed to be total cle-. e a ¥!sa 11 Y o , a Scl'' e a t 1s . Tl}.e '.Blac~ . W-1dow . has, now a . Salmon i·ivers tha• v;e have ·not the um0n members, and It Imme· .

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Poisonous In~ect.; Sl~e isn',t _.quit~ so a verv shott time P"ior to the shut Board -of his death, and ·told ·Mary, ; . . ' · . · . · . · ,: . " · th t th b th 1 d · • · . · ; · " · · · • · . . . . · . · cnppled but still alive monke'l·s :lZe a· · e ro · er-s emp oy~. m - (lead!~' as. mo_s~ folk tlunk .O!!IY· down ' in 1942 . there were 114 ·John's Widow, .how Important It . ' . ' ;,.·

th r b · d t h I · '· · · ... · ' I · . · · • emer(Yed from a deep caver'l 111 :e l!ffi' . er-m us ry · ave a ways 1291. bite~ are .r.ecorq-ed. in tw.~? cen- ·dobdle-bua · dredges ·operating in 1 was to file her cl'alm for survivor's ~ · . · · ·. : . · -·b · · d· ·• 'd d t . t · · · · ' · J "' • • •

1 • • • · · • · · Central Afnca. As they looked ~ een -UR ,}IJ:l8:l , an we mus a. tunes, and only .55 of tiUJS!l . w:ere Norther11 California< and I do not : msurance. .John's own--benefit at ,· · ·

r ·. 11 .. ·- · -' ·· · · · .. · . .. ·.· , · · ... . · '····--. '· " · ·, · . ·' · · · about and saw notluno- but de-. a .: tlrn~s··-v.~spect_rhelr PI_cket .lJnes fa~l)l .. . ~ut she Is d~. ~id'~_(l!t indeli- know 1; 0~_- , many bucket dredges i't~~t tin~e .woyld h.ave ,been worth · . . ·. · ·. ' ._· . . "'"' · , , -: ' .. and-· ass1st:tliem m ever-y way ·pes- i cat~ and malicious. It appears that b ·t there ,,e;e m-anr If Hie ' pres- ·$36.75 a montn, · so Mary, · as his structwn,andconclu~n, the) "' ~} 8

sible . . , ' . I . . 'a ' • '· . .. • . ," ' ' .,, ' • . . u . " •. . '". 0 a • • . . I the only creatures ahve, the ))la-le ... . _. , . . , she hl~vs to spm he~ ,'\~}J u~d~I the '·ent acti·vity .and preparedness keep, widow,_ g~ts three-four ~hs of that, I, · . · ... . . . ',

: · The writer · attempted ·to .have. seat ott.oi.lets an. d plo·.·st.· of·.· th~ b. ites I . I·'·th' k Ir . f th"m ~ill be back! or $2756 a rnonth, Each child gets monl,ey propose~ _to Jus compamo·n ... 'tl I b · d' •. · · · ·· 1 · .. · .· .. · ...... •· · · "'·· · .. ·-~. up, In a 0 ~ ' · t ·· · · ~ She shool• her head sadly and

:· .~e _un~ ~~-- ~r .'. :~a.'\'. Pl,l!l '~o·rk~~!f · W!;r(l. gP.t ~_W!:!lJl.jQlk)v~~(l ,"en~~~~d in 0 eration by the ·end of 1946. . half its. fathet"s benefit, or $18.31 a . " , , . . ,-·,. · district cpunc1~ allow constru'Ctr()Ii 1 in .iimocent ·personaiaffairs! · p . · · · . · inorith .. This makes a total of $64.30 : answer.ed, _And .JOU "ould sta.- ·t

· c·::,:~:;, - ::l::ti:~::~~;-;:::1~:; I ~ · ' .. f_; ~ * -~d:\ .. '*b ; ' ·· 1 B~~~:. ~f.d~~.JiF~;~ Bddg.l ~,;;'j",~ ~f:'~:,.:~w,:~i~~;·,~;f"'' :mmned =tin; a~ m: agWn'~ -work done at this tinle, particu- .\;tase,o na~ ta or m S!S~lyou County have been re- children. I JL , &.A st· ' . lady .in the rainy weather, would I They tell . about the ~laU - W~lO JeCt~d~ New bids will be called·. for Mary Blackstone will get h~r ' nere Srv.~·any ·a . lp'· be·· of ·no value to them when . they· ·ca.Hed· at the home .of .Jus fanuly .at .a: ·la.ter date. J. D. Proctor . of ·, $' 2~ "•6 · · • ' tl t·,1 tl · ·t . . . . . .. · · · ·d' I.Q a mon 1 un 1 1e younges _A labor leader up in tlie North-

. ·started -logging. Therefore some doctor: Point. Richmond have·.been awa1;de 1

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- · -' · . . · . · · . :. · · 1 c n IS · yea.rs o . ac 1 c u west I'IIclude(] th1's bi't of \V 0 ''llJ.·I' 'Z. tw t fi f b th I . "Is the : clo,ctor bi ?'' ·he asl{ed. $378 76" bndge JOb The wor ( · · · · · · · · · · · ~ '~ ·. en ·Y- ve 0 · our · ro . ,ers uwe a:· : ~ · ·.>. • • :J . · . : ·. • · ' • · w.llL continue · to get l)is ' $18.75 a - in the Iette1' lui sent out· to the · , been forced to lay off and wru;_'t "No, sir,"· replied the maid, "he 'Nill be Situated b~tween R!"C\ Bluff . ' tl ' t' il 1 · . 16· · ' 11 d : _ . · · .. · . .. · ' · ... · · mon 1 un 1e IS years o '(, an n1im1bership rece.ntly: . ·for other wol'l{.. ·ain't." · and Los Molmas on Highway 99-E. 1 • t'l 18 ··£ 1 . t'fl . .; 1 1 S

\ > ' . "Do you know when he'll be -The Phoe;~ix Construction c;~- un l . 1

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0 "You Liunber• an'd. Sawmill 'Work~ . ·:K·ward· Se·u·er Contr.a t · · · · ·· the pr_oceed. s 'of john'.s socia_ 1 secur-·n , · . ~ '- . ,: v,v ,., ' . ·'· ' C · · -bacl;:?'! persisted the caller. ._pany and OlJ Field Trl}cking .C_om- . ·· · .. · . · ers may havt:\ :.Yotii' strike on t.he . T H 11·/.t· . ' ..... d . . .. ' '. ity ac·cotirit will a.t l.east take care · t · ttl ' .. t b t . thi · 0m ·. · ~ :r.~<;ewe . a sew,er con- '"I don't kriow, but ·I 'spect it'll pa.I:JY of Ba:l<;er.sfie~d· .. h a;ve · b~en · · • · · · · way .o • se · elpcn' u . any ng·

t ract froln t " ·e c·ty 0·f E r L·a and · o:f'the children's edU:c:itioil through c till 1 · · · 1 , 1 b tt· .. . · . .· _ .. '.·'.· · . I. · .< . :-. u .e ,~ ' .. . " ' b. !l a long _ti_Ine," said .· the ·servant. ·I awarde.d a. _highway job_ near Red· ·· · · ·· · · · an s la,ppen, -aJH ·you< · e .er h tl f b

the grade. ~ and ' llig_h scl~ool. . . . ' . ' ~· . . . ?:S . }ree, _or ~_- o~r. r:p_ther .. s s~~?:d1ly .''When he left he tQ}' me ·.he. . was ' -Bluff at '$508 ,\?~.7 .. Mr:.. Bntt ~~gh of ... . . • be carefnl. '.·R;eJ:ii<cplper_the 'girl who

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· Wheh the childrei1 _are. ol_d'enough t . k · ' · · .. , e~np ,0 Yft : · ·0.P.,1 .~_ .1s . . a _so:_a . meip_.. er. goin, ' . out o.c11 a et.erili_t_ y case.;' · tl}e Phoenix CohstJ:u.c.ti_pn GoP1_. :Pany 00 • a course iii• charm cultui·e' ·

Of Lo l 3 Th r t for· th. eir .m. othe_ r ' to leave. them, b t fl n1 1 t.h · · · · · ca. . . e_ v: 1 er was. sue-. 1 ' . *: . * * . . sa.i.d that th!,!Y e~peqted . to · get u u {ec, e .c·ourse because on cessful m . ne~Gtiatlng , a C()J;lt,~;_act ~ • G.r. JOE: "Sure is dry outliere. ,st&rted aqput ,thti Jirst of M.\):r,ch ,if Mary ~plans t9 try . for her old job ~ the way up th_~';-aisle to get he.r be..tween Local 3 aml.the Farr.alone in the 'desert; .isn't it?"''·.· . w~atb,er _pe;rwJts. Before she p.nd John-_ were niarried! diploma-s'he belched .. " Di\ .. dsion:· of. th. e Eo.· r, den Com_pan .. Y.·. - · · · she had also worked ·at the Crown " . G;I~ J:Thl: "Sure is. 1 h!n'eiJ.'t Da:m Woi:lt· He.ld Up . . . - . . .... This will keep :three. membet~s busy 'P",· . s.e., d.· .water Jo.r fo.u._ r ... days." ' . . Pla.nt ·.and was m~Jdl1g .aLmost a E' s' thr~ugh~ut .th~ .yeal; as. Station~ry . ...,.. . - 'No_· work .has started yet . on dollar an hour as 3. Class A welder. . 'IN ,TEIN · · I , .. KesnrJ'cl' . or· Shasta .. Dam:s, but _we _.,"' -~ · .. E_ngine~rs . . Ralph .Bi·own was the . ll " ' - As ' sf!~ _ca11 ea,·n JTiore, than ... the , . .. : ..

. su~cessful bidder ai).d was . a\~~arcl,ed I T_ e, ·- ~ . '-Em Off . know there will .be soon from ~he apio~nt ·of ·her·-sqeialsecm;ity bene- I .PRAISES .. / tl b 'd th M d R' t I amount of .. bids .· that are b.emg fits froJfl . John's account, , she can l · '· · ~1e ~\ ge across . e : a , elver a . . c_all e'd .for .and.iet ·ay 1he.,B.ureau:-of UNII-Qi\'!\S Es~ex. . . . .. afford .tq. give up her ·monthly check I' , , U

· · · Reclamation. Do_n't look for . too f $2~ 56 · · ll tl 1· ·1 We .undeJ:stf!<!ld tha_t the U. S. 1

°.1' · 1· ' espe(!Ja · Y as -le C-11 - ' Albert ;Einstein. the ·g· 'reat in_uch, Br<'lthers,- ·for a while . . You d , ·, · k · : 1 1 · · '

.. Bureau ·of _;&pads will comm~nce ren s chec s wil wep on · coming mathematician, is a ·· iml.on know we are still . l:avil}g_. a to.ugh t'l th ·t f h. 1· Wh I · ·

corstruction .. of a · new road be- un_1 . ey are ou 0 _sc oo ., ~~: .J man. .., . . ·. . · time with the weather. l\ 65 f h J t\yeen Sawyer~ Bar arid Happy ' - 1m:r lS ye·~:u·s old, l ,s e 1 as not'!'' Jiere's .;what he .had to say

Camp. · \Ve have bzen unable to .• Brothers L. T. Th9~rton, i't'l. C. married ,again, an¢! is no longer at . to the third national confer- '

I . h tl . . . ? Haag, Dale -Bryant, -B: A Brossard work, she _can ~la_im ·h_~r m~nthly I en·ce.• of' sci'ent·.·fl'c, pro.feS. Sl._'?n .~ earn w o. !e successful con_ trac- , .. 1

· 1 t · • tor is, or if bids .have aiready bee~ i and Leo Naltamy have broug 1 m benefit checks agam. Or if she has ' aL art. .and white ·collar or-

. their Sei;vi~e Withdrawals ami are· d 1 b fit 1 · · · · h' · h .. · accepted. i \"arne a arger ene op 1er own .·1· ·gamzahons w 1c · met re"

:", :Regardless . of the strike -- <;~ridi- 1 read~. to . go .to_ worl{ as soon as social sec;urity account than what 1 .cently in Ne_w York: , tions, there. will be sufficient work! conditions. P~rn}It.. . ' sl:e .would _,get as John's widow, .sh~ ~ - "As long- · a~ intellectua •. l

: .to .. t~ke c~re of most - ~f :::e brotJ-1.1:: * *. * w1ll get that larger amount fot: the I workers · r,en'lam unorgan--ers m th1s area on h1gliway co. _11- l,JH, HUH, SO WHA~? rest of ther life. ' ized m trade unions. the in:

GI· Have you any four-volt two- I . . I ·d. "d l . - . · st'l;uction as scion as the weather 1,1. • · · . - Now It rs doubtful ·whether John 1 1v1 ua remains Eo com~

. watt bulbs? · · 1 I 1.... 1 · d ·. d ' t h' .c,lear's. , · J.: SUPPLY CLERI{: For what? Blackstone could ever have save<. p e,e y epen en on • IS Gold Dr.ed_ger GI: No, t'Yb: · enough money to leave his familY .i employer that he will n o t

Report . CLERR: Two what? anything like so well protected as ' be able to defend success ~ _Your Representative has GI: ·Y:::ah. · · · he wa..~ able to ' do through his so- l fully any normal respon~

given the. assignment of · organiz- cia! security account. What they I sibilities . or basic principles · inba. the_ B\.1cket Line Gold. Dredgers. · 1 · · 1 ' wh1'c'• his ·profe-si'on ·

P · · h go' t· for 1is six years of soma se:- 1 • •• . . - :::r · recog-

.·:. By the tL'Tie this . paper 'goes to r.ett:~J . t .· e·a.".·· . . C\~rity t~~es was lllmost $14,000 i :1izes. he -must always cou nt I

· ·press, we · will have organized ap- J if worth of insurance. ; on i m mediate dis.misscil · ·proximately eighty per cent ,of 'the A.n . illustrious . ·statesman Sometimes· families lose needed I once he refuses to carry ou~ . ,

employes in this indl.lstry. We have On~ city official . who won't be once . said: .~I do not prize sociai security benefit payments be-· : a commission. . ' b ff d . ] d . ) t t . . . '• . the·. vrord ' '.ch~ap' : It iS UO. ,t " . l ' d l I ' · een o ere a c ·ose s 10p cor: rae pressured· by management is l\Iayor . " cause they do not know that they I · · · sa ane emp oyes by one of the large companies, to- Charles E. c i'tloore . of $tanifo,rd,' I a ·, wqrd . oL hope; it i:::; j:lgt a are entitled to them and do not file ' IL'1.d their natural o:llies in . ge ther with an increase which was .. Conn., above. Wlien a comp· any · wbrd of . comfort; ·it · is .not a industrial workers. ~ · claill}S until many months after

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-:J.·ejected, . and your negotiating attorney mourned that unions' were , word of cheer; it is n_ot• a "Within the fr~m~'work of · d f . . . .1 . the b_readwinner has died. , if they I . committee has .asked for additional intimidating Moore by .their ·1-day i wor ·O msp1rahon. t IS a the present political and · , · . file at all. Back payments can be increase for. all classifications. . ge.neral sympa_thy_ strike wit~1 .Yale I badge of poverty; it is a sig- ·econ.om_ ic. system,· they can "" T I · · made only for three ·months before · There is intense· feeling amongst I."" . O\V.~le wor 'ers, · the· .ma.~or nal of distr.ess. Cheap mer- · be safe from immediate ex-

. I . . tl . . d t - f . snapp.ed b~k, "Th.e only intimida- chandise 'and dieap labor ·th'e mont_hthe cl~iri1 ~s filed. - I ploitation ~d politically . in-. emp oyes In liS ·In us ry .. or I tion · I've ~een is from Ya:le ·& . . <. Tell your farmly abofil: your so- . -

· · · t· d h h · · · · · · · me~s ciw,ap men ·; ·_qnd . . · . · . ! flue_ntial7 only t h r o u _g 1-i_ ... ·uruoi,uza IOn, . an .' t ey ave giVen . T_o .• _\_;v. ·_.n ... e ' Wj.d I've st_o_ ~~- .~P ... ·. an ... <l. tO_ld · · ' · · mal secill'ity account and . where '

th R t t f L ~• 3 · · . 1 cheap ,.mf,ih,' m.~.an : ·a ,9h,egp 1 q_rgcini~.ation in trade · urt. -.. e ·epresen a IVes o OC<U ·,them, 'To hell with you.'" (Fed- counfry.'' • · , .. . · ... ·: .. ·· .. you keep · your social · security ac- ioris." · 1ll11aJlimous support. They have a:l&o I erated ~ictures) J count c::rd. Al5o, b.c sure that your-1 '------------------1

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f' our :~~·-- ' .. ·ENGINEERS' NEWS ·Febr.tr~rry Hi, .:1946:

Big things in store·'for 1 Work ~in -Fresno -·Location· ef :new -industry:·

. Stockton in near future; . ar-ea quiet, but · m Santa Clara Co. helps · · · · prospect better coned -contracts June . -3·0~ ByH.r.PETERSoN give work for e-:qgineJ~~rs

. .__., · By ED. DORAN Business R~presentcrlive I By'M. G~ MURPHY ': · · · ·

•· . :· Business Representative . Fresno-Work in this area) Busine5s~Re~resentative ·· . . . ·. .

,. Sfoc'k:fo:n:....:..The prospects for Sto-ckton an:d. vicinity look I like most Of the rest· of our 1 : S a)I ·J_ ose- N. M. Ball ~as finally-s~arted the e:xcavaholl; o~ I

Very-_' ~b6d with some 'large .proj·ects to b,e let'in February. Most j jurisdiction, has been slow; t~e 7'new' ' Bays~ore Hi?hway. : ~t ~resent ~e -has. ~bout ~lev~n . ,

ofth~e will be State Highway jobs. , . , . . _ 1 although ~ we. _ h~v.e;· working at: p1~es · of eqUipment. m opez:xhon ~n . a smgle· sh1ft bas1s. He . .

Tl:le. si:x-lane freeway on the east side of the City of Stock- the Er~f,mt: _ time . 5 landing expects to double -.sh1ft somehme thiS w~ek. ,However, brothe~s • .

ton is. _showing signs of activities as tp;ey a. re ' mo.vin~ sev,eral leveli .. ~g: outfits with some 30 1-1 pleas~ don't. get th.e impression that ,th;re~s -~oom for ev~rybody dozen ; l1ou<es -off the right-of-way. . . . . . . . . I cat skinners .employed. . '?n thls part~cular .~ob. !:t most, I .d~m t believe we Will hav~ .

, Orf' · '~~~~·ter '!'ay, Fisher Bros. · . . . . · · . _. 1 Hanrahan c_om~any are_ .gettit:J.g ~~ch ~ver fifteen Cats an~ ~oss1bly two or three shovels, b_ut have ··be€!1 • movmg houses for the .Contracts W!IL cover ~xcavatwn star ted on-their highway .Job n.ear - ~ lt lS still too -early to say definitely. . ·. . .

past' 'inonm: · This right-of-.way . is of a 13-mile and a 10-miJe section I Fresno, which job, .:vviH . probably To date Earl W . Heple has no.t l :-.· · · . . .... · .

~or t~1·i' new Bor~en Highway t~at northof Newman and a four-mile acc~mi11~.ci<'l{e .1'5· engin-eer,~: :-. . sta·rted on his bridges ·ana ove~~- - Sondir;ottJ:_-,&:sons; :an;a 'Douglas: & 1s to '-'connect .\·Vlth the .Industnal waterway ·from. the cana~ to the Tlw Keebo & Caputa . Company passes on Coyote Creek but work;s Woodhouse:

high1,: i:ty: at' Brentwood. San. Joaquiil .river near Westley. have a highway ~on tract to widen expected to start soon. This is also . Permanente ·News . M} '·J i cB.' :construction Company Contracts also 'will . cover manufac- bridges on Hi way · 180. This . firin part of the new Bayshore ·High" The :Natividad Plant is running

of Stockton wen~ awarded the . ture_ of equipment for a huge !~as moved in and · at _the pi·esent vvay. · ' along about :as usual and . the Moss ·

h ighway contract between Moss- pumping ·plant near Tracy for lift- time doing detour work. I N Store Excavation J-anding Plant has no unusual ac~ dale Bridge and ·Grant · line road. ing ,w;ter 200 feet -into. the Delta Railing Company are low · bid - , ew tivity to reporLother than .the new ·

This· is: f6t.u· miles ot concrete· l'Oad, Mendota- Canal. · 1 d~rs on a str€tch of highway ne~r J Contracto:· Hepl.e has completed Br ick ·Plant, -which has been· under

. fourdanes. wide. This job is to be 'I'lu~ big .Canal, with .. a capacity i Stratford in . Kings County. I t. is1, the .excavatiOn of rhE' new,_ modern constructionAor , so long. -It is 1~q\, . stai-ted .' immediately arid should .go of 4600 feet per second, will carry i expected they will start in the near l J . C. Penney s~ore at First and about ready for operat_ion . . The Los

aH -summer. - ~ Sacram:ento river water from the i future. · I Santa· Clara and- Raymond Con- Altos (or San Jose) Plant · has not

· · ·A d d >Delta --Cross ctUumel to the l.Uen- I · • • · ·p .. ' crete Pile (with Vernon Bellah at too mucl1 .duing. other. than quarry Bridge Jobs . war e· . d' t p 1 tl . I . t' ""'nal l Pipeline . rogressmg I t he controls) have moved their . . . . . '

.. . ,. . - ' 0 a 00 Iroug 1 eXIS. lltg vu 'I . . . . . Gperations and cemimt. This .is d_tte Tl~~ . Ste.ckton ·.Construction Com- 8· t. Th t r .. 11 Bechtel 1;3ros . .. & McCone p1pe "Driver" in and have started driv-

Jlal1y· , .lle_acl_ed by Ivar- _Swanson, ys ems. ese wa er supp Jes \\·1 . . . d C I . . to the 11!-rge contract which the· irrigat e the crop lands of the 1lme JOb w1th hea quarters at oa - ~- ing their piling for t he . foundation company h·as for the. supply o.f base

wer~ .. lo':; biclders on two bridges lower San Joaquin Valley. ~ ~ iqga is progressing statisfactorily. which will be in t he neighborhood rock for .M()ffett·.Field. (After tliis

betwe.en Tracy and the Manteca Y. S J . W • t d be I This company expects to start an- I of three hundred and fi fty pile. · ' an oaqum aLer s ore - ·1 · . · · Thursday, February 7th, I belieye

These two bridges should keep sev- h. d F . t D . f d' ·s1.011 other spr€. ad with headquarters The $250,000 IHonarch Match Co . .. · . ' · m n an am IS or 1ver · · we. \-Viii ·have some d~finite .good

·eral o,f our members €mployed for . · . & I' at Los Banos, however, pipe for plant (which is also being con- · to the Madera and Fnant .>.€rn news-- for ,o_ur :boys· employed· at the

some time. the job is not available at the pres- structed by Bud Heple) is well un- _ Canals. above-mentioned plants.)

- Rice Bros., with headquarters in I t t t t l d tl f 1 ent because of the steel strike. der way and our part of the W!>rk R S 1• .

Stockton,. have had delivery of two Peter Kiewit Company's canal is practica.I~y · completed. Bud has · Brother Frank Sportsman, whom . . . . . . A. Teichert Co. have

regre 0 repor le ea 1 0 I . eport on aunas

Koering Truck . Cr:anes and have 1 f 11 .11 JOb at Fnant IS progressmg satJs- purchased some new equipment and . a ot of you e ows WI remem- started excavation on their n ewly

Brothers Jack Stampen and Norlyn . t S t k'll d ,.factorily with approximately . 26 has really been going to. town late-. . . ber. Bro her por sman was 1 e I . . . . acquired highway job. There" is

not yet

AmrcK operatmg them at the Rock j il sh' t H engmeers at work. ly. He JUSt recently got delivery . . f

Pla1it in Rh1er:ba'nk . Brother Bill 1wh e. pu fu~gl\oiveJr -rReesd_.d ec. wa~ Bids were to be opened for 3 ad- ·~ -of a spankin g new Lo'rraine Truck- much_ clearmg anLl relocatmg 0 . ·, . . . . &H·t-wo:rking oi I • • • u Y om . . . . . . telephone and· telegraph. lines to ]_)e

Cnsmru1 1s Qperatmg a small P · l\I d t 0 d t . ' , ditJonal sectiOns of the Fnant Kern I Crane and I understand he rs also· . . _ · . pany of I o es o. ur eepes sym- ~ _ . . . . . ~ . . made before. the c.onstruction work

Shov:elA-e.edmg 'the sand plant. 1 t . . 'f d f .1 _ Canal on F ebr uarv ::Jth. It IS to be. I negobatmg for a new 101 L1ma. · . . . . pat 1y goes o his WI e an ann Y· • . . · . cai1 ·begin . . There are also the cul-.

-FreileTic"kson Bros. are fimshed L - S C . 1 rl expected about 6 weeks · ther€after 'N .: F' L t · ' · Brother . . unumg 1am was . . . ew 1rms oca e verts - ru1d several small bripges to

at tl~e Heinz Cauhery and from re- . . . . these JObs will be star tmg. 1

. · v.ery senously InJUred. wh1le work- ~ . . , . . · . . Many new industries are ocatmg be constructed first. Superintende11t

l>orts .a.r_e g:ettili'l! ready t o disman- Roma V'mery and t he Wahtoke ~ ing for Swinerton & Walberg. It . ·v . . in San Jose and construction is Bowers informed me it will be

t le 't"h-'e crush. er · and hot plant to \"net Co JObs of Contt·actor vias reported that his back and I ·v

1 ·y · · . either already started on them or thirty · days·. or more before the

move· to another job around Vaca- . l f t d . I Louis Franchesci cu·e commg along 1 one eg vi ere rae ure . expects to · be started very shorty. actual . .excavation get~ under .way.

ville. Brother Eddie Violett . has op€ned ,. nicely. Although we don'~ have Carl N. Swenson has broken ground 'fhey . anticipate using about two

Erecfing-- Sawmill a Sporting Goods Coi1cession with too many . brothers \Vorkmg on and. is progressing n icely on the shovels ai1d· Mississippi Wagons .on

The Larsen ·Company of San the Turned Hardware Company in 1 th€se jobs, those. that are are mak- Milli!Jn Dollar Beech-Nut ·Packii1'g the ovethaul. . .. _ Munson Bros.

Franci-sco is building a new . saw ·Lodi. Any of you Brothers needing ing good money. I Company job at Senter and Phefim,. are ·progressing n icely on the Tele-

m ill. , a t ::Otandard City east of So- huntlng or fishing equipment, con- Fip.ish Merced Paving · i also on the California Fruit Ex- plJone Building in this city .. ; •

n ora,, for the Pick.ering Lumber tact Eddie and I. am sure he has N. M . Ball & Sons are.;just fin- / change job located at Campbell Granite Construction and· Central Conipan'.'·. Brother G. B. Slack, for- 1 A d N l ~11 Str·eet s 1 · ·t b · tl · 1 - 1

J it in stoc <. ishipg their paving · job at the venue an · ew 1~ · · · · upp y are qm e usy m 11s oca ~ meriy · o. f_ Marinship, is. operating r p h 1 · · · / A tl 1 t t ·b b 'It sl ortly · 1 G ., C t t'

Brother rvin orter as a 1eavy Merced Air base and are · ready to no 1er P an o e UI .1 1t_y, a so . . · .... · ram.e ons r ue mn the t. -- ~·l;,c_ k crane, and Charles Kels- · f th I t t' 1 M" 1 & R i\" b ·

equipment repair shop on .Hi way move to San Jose on their highway

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, IS or . e n erna wn. a mera s is going into the eady-hix usr-

hiin~r is oiling for him. 120, 2 miles east · of Manteca. Bro- job. Chemical Company. This company ness, as I ·have .. >aid before, and

Kie,;v·it, Everest & Johnson on ther Porter is equipt to take on NOTE: Brothers w"orking for 1 manufactures a ::ood flavoring tl1eir plant is now · completed . . • ' ,

Roug.h _ and Ready Island are j~st any job large or small, so if any this Company please check in : known as m onosodtam glutumate. -Cahill Bros .. are goil;lg along-- nicely

· aboutr-l?.uttoned up as far as Local[ members of Local No. 3 have w_ ith San. . Jose office b~fore going I The plant will be locate~ on Mon- ~n their new theater job in . the

3 is ··~OJ1cerned . vVe have about 20 equipment that needs working 'on to wo.rk. . . te1-ey Road and I lmderstand the Alisal District .. - .· - :<

m em})er:;; employed on Rough and take· it to Port~r. - He can do the Since the last edition of the news contractor for the construction will This, · brothers, . ab6ut concludes

Reaqy.' ' job in fine shape. Brother Spence has been transfer- be Stone & Webster of Los .An- my rep.ort on activities in this dis-Al;~m;cl ·Turlock we have a few gele~ The .Pa,..ific Can Com t · t •·

Reminder to Brothers! red · to Reno ·and is now in charge · -· · · · -. .. - nc . members of Local 3 leveling land. . . of that diiitrict. Yours truly is back .pany of. San -Francisco ... h as pur-. N-ews ofihe Brothers . Brother·s Earl He1'st and Lance J ust a .remmder, SectiOn 9 of . I chased thr·ee ac-e~ on the Alvi·so- · · · · · ·

. · at the old stand . and anxwus to • " · Brotrt·er ·Charley Duncan- has re-Bouski have a c9uple of cats work- your workmg rules .says: . . ·1 see the old timersc· once :more. Santa Clara Road in the Pasetta. turned from the European theater

ing. Brother Roy Clark also has "All m embers, before reportmg Hope to submit ·a more progres- j Tract for·· construction of machine aftel' approximately three years. t\.' '0 ·'cats o·f h1's O\'~ le\rell·ng la11d for_ work .must have -a Clearance· . . . . 1 t st re t han $100 000 . .

., · · ., ., · ' ~ . . · ! sive report in the next ·succeediilg ; s 10PS 0 . co · mo . . •· .. · · . .. Brother D.·J : La Cro1x has re• Brother.- Glenn Gilliam··is r unning a · card from -the .'Bnsmess-Re.presen- ; . , ! · J C Bateman .se"ms to be keep- t ed t · -

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· · ··Issues · · · · · - . ·- urn o CIVI 1an 11- e a er rna ·cat .~or· ·a .' ~e-\l·ow named Hamm01~ ,- ·iative <loveriJ'O' .the area in which · · · b on 1 · mal1" proJ·ects ·1·n . ·

L " ., · - • ..., · , Don't forget the regular me~t- . mg usy 11s-. J • _ . ~ ·· months :serV1Ce"m tte aTmed· forces. who pays the union scale of wages. the ·work Is_ to _ be . performed. . ing-- \\~ilr be Thursday., ·FelJ.ruary ·· ZS~. ,and:. about San.- Jose. wh1ch- are _too, : : ·. Broth.er . Eugene Brown (son

Earl Parker has three cats at the If ·you will just dr,op a penny, This .office is open -every· ·Thurs- numerous: to:mentiGl. . j of Ralph- Brown, contractor) is nciw

• prese-l~t time wor.k:ng out of Mo- post ear~ t-o _805 E. Weber, ,Stock-+ day-'everilng ·n·om ~i -t-o· 9 p.m: for I Peters_~ Schwartz, plumbin g, con-- also· a civilian after· twenty-ni!le

desto Je,ieling land. Br·other Bert ton, tellmg w~cre and - ~or wh~~1 ~' the' --convenience ·of the brothe.rs. tractor.>, who employ steadily. a months in the European and Fa-

King, Bob· Salisbury and Art you ·are .workmg; you·- ~nl!: receive * * * numbe;: of our men, have a _co ns1d- cific theaters . .... Brother Leona.rd .

Thomas are operating the equip- a clearance by - re.turn_ .Ina.Il. Then Th Q I SIU erable amount of . work 111 and_, VaJD.iv:.ia .has · ret urned after - three

ment. Charles Rowe is superimen- ~e will know where. you are Work- ~ e · · ueen S . . around San Jose. . . ·years and -n-ine months spent i n the

dent. ,. : · mg. . · A proud sea queen Moffett Field Work service in the.-S0uth · Pacifrc and is Leo . Patterson has a spread of If you wan t 'a copy o,f the work- . is the Cape lVIartin, .. · Fredrickson & Watson are still now ready. ·to resume ·his ,· forrn'e.r

ten cqts , and scrapers leveli!1g his ing rules, you may have same by As she plows through employing about thirty of our m_en/ occupation ·as an engineer . .... ·.

r anch· b.etween Stockton and Dyron. writing or calling the. Stockton Of- the water blue. on their ·project and at preserit are ,· Brothe·r J. A. Pnce (nephew -of

PattersPn. stated the best way to fice . · The Phone. is 2-6847. Home And many a tide laying the base rock for the new·j Brother - Herman· Hooks) : has re-· k t · · 'f 1 · · t phone is 2-7J97. . she'll surely ·ride. . .

eep as 1:mg o · cats wornng 1s o F or slie :anstvers · her runways and then will come-:the·· turned :. i rom servke after three

buy a rarich, and this he has done. Bullock Bctck Home rudder t rue. concrete whi~h will be a major job. years 0 r more .... Brother L. P .

Oil 100 acres there were 120,000 Brothe r Frank Bullock has just Most of the exca:vation; howev'el', Me yet'S · has. ·.-depO.sited fiiS,. .. Se'I',;ice

yards of much t.o move on another returned from 'the Army after 39 The Skipper smokes, is completed. Gar! N. Swenson· is. Withdrawal Card after three years'

100 acres yet to be leveled. There :months. He was in on t he Nor- laughs a.nd ,tokes, still in the ·field · but .nas almost absence: ... 'Brother Earl Btwh-

is more than 120,000 y.ards. Pater~ mandy invasion and went all the As ,he pilots his proud finished his work Oil the hangars; holz has also returned . from Oki-

. son ~~~y' h~ul the fill for M. J . B. way to Victory. · Brother Bullock craft through. Pittsbm;g- Des Moines Steel. ·al'e •n awa . . · . . · 'Brother Donald -R: Cass ·

Co. jot'' at Mossdale. tells a story about fighting like For·he's sure~ heH much a.fraid of being retarded in has deposited his Service · With~

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~~~ . R. A . Farish has thre_e ca_ts and hell a1f' niiht a·nd when .. ' daylight !the const ruction of the ~ind Tun-. ·dr-awal Car:d after two years wi-th -

- - By a crew pledged • scraoers \·\(Ol'king on V1ctona Is!- came ·he "took. sheller · in an · old SJ.U. nel due to the steel strike in the "Uncle Sam's" Navy. . . Brother

and -lev~li i1g land. Brother Herring house in Mainz, Germany. There 1

-AFL Seafarers Log. j East. Union Paving Company have H. V. Myers - is a.'L:;o back: aft~r has heen woeking for Farish level- 'he picked up a . copy: of our Engi-

1 ·-·· -. * * * I completed · their portion, of work, I spending twenty-three m01:ths 1~

ing .land for:· two years. neers News· and · as tired ·as he was 1 NOT \VELL POSTED namely streets, cul'bs, gutters and ·the Solomons and South Pacific. : -.•

Big .Contracts Loom he didn' t rest until he read every The irate pr&secut.or whirled on lighting facilities and at present Brother Lawrence · Keeler -has ·'" ·

Contracts will be let by June 30 page. . '.. ··the · --.defendant: "1\lada.m," he I are in the Santa Clara ·Housing put · in his Service Wi:thdTawai -and

for init-ial work oi1 the 110 mile Brother Ivan ·carden was in the sh?ute~, } 9ing: ~ . prove. a _vital rract: . . . , is now back at his old ·job wi_th

Delta.cMendota Canal to bring Sac- Stockton offi.ce, after being· a :pris-[,PI1Wt, ~_ W~il~ ,y~u ~'er~ ~akiJlg _,~.our _ ·: .There . ·seems t<> he · -consuieraole 1 P ermanente; ... ~rather Ha~ly ~· .

r"amente , river to replace San Joa- oner· of-· the Japs from Dec. 23, ,.dog 1~!-- a ·walk, did ~·-ou •. srop any 'housi-ng-constnrction iJt:and around · Be att-~k: has. ,discarded ·hilL u11_l'forrn

q-uin r_-iver -w-ater· sto_red behind Fri- 194i·uriiil ::kug' 1945 He has some·· ,plae~ • . · . · . · f ·: ·,Sunnyval~,' ·Mountain. ·· Vie\1\'' . .-and: ;fOl' · civvies.,:am:i<is-- ready--to -resume '• · · ' ' · · · ., · The spectators wrut~d- tensecy . or ·· · . .. . .

ant Dan-( accm:ding ·-to the Depart- mibelieva-ble "tales -to tell. ·He was h · .- .· · . . · · · · · Palo Alto .. · Much -of the ·construc-.l his forme. r ·o-cc. u.paho_ n - as--al! · engl-. .. .. ,. . . er a.nswel!'. . I . h b ts. . • - B . th. , G E . Ross

ment qtJEe· Interior Bureau of Re- take'n--·off Wake Island in , a cattle "Su;" she- 5aidc quietl:£i:·:"did yo.u Jion: .work for t e asemen IS ·neer . -.. ; ro er · reg . - .-. .-.

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··o~Jkl'ii1Jd; ~··· Iri ' assemhtfugr t · \~'ill-; be· emplo~ed again:'_At· least ·we I D~n-·Rise'r, Jack .Ll~yd, ·Pete 'Lam- than half of the:t.ot~l, a,e~-orqin~ to 11379 East 14t~ St~ee:, is being~ ~y·:r : : the _ '· material for th~ nev.Ts I s1.ncerely hope the~·e wrll be · work I bert, Harry Lawley, T . D. Macon, a ·survey by H. W. Pyentz, editor . panded ·to a dtstnout10n center ·fer · , .. .-.. f·· d h' \;.:· . · -... ,. ·tor all by that; tirhe.. · -:. ·R. H. ' McAlister, - G. :w. McAtee, of Daily Construction Seniice. the · eleven ·western States was

report we- m t lS uas .ueen. . , . "-r· A p c l'f · t f · · ··d b El H H d ; --- N . . A: lVIIller., F . .L' Jchols, · . · lahn, a.I orma con rarts or maJor ma e y mer , ammon ; m·an-~ne ·. of t~e slowest' · monihs~~ Bethl~hem Problem .· . .. ·. IE:d··· ~arks, ·Leo Post, Tom Rager, I projec.ts, . costing. $5D:·OOO · or more; ager of the Industri.al~ Depalrt;?~~~t: · m ' the . East Bay <for · a c~t.t~ .·we e xtend. out :thanks_" i:o -· the· i ~E~rl Robinson, JVL · L. Rose, . C. · W. totaJ'ed close ·~o $.!,l8;0QQ;QOO in .J:an- of the :Oakland. Chamber · of··.',C?l"?~v ,,.,. si~erable . length .o! ·· time<. 'f;~·e· , memhers .. who,_ ·~thro:tigl'i ·the ' pas~ St~. ~a_ •. r~,·Tr~nk . Silva; Fr'ed' s _chlue-' uary as t,he :ar · West se. t a .. n.· ew merce, full0Wi~· negbtiat.im~~ ~~t~~j~ . . . 'out of work' · hst contmues month, have lent t heir support <;1ur- ter , k '!,'av-rs, W. P . . Schmidt, J. hrgh recor !01 w.rth ~p9,84f,O?O .. <;:om- company officials and1 Robert <?:. t ··-... · ·. ·· · · Th. · t . b · - . ·t d . ing the· difficulties at Bethlehem in SotellO, Grover Shearer, Leon·. Tad- parative .totals for· last . Jantiary Philps of Norman Ogilvie:.·· and', o grow. ISis o e expec e ·I , 50·· .· ·: · . .. ... ...... , .. ' .. . ·-··:

d · . . . h f . h · . . f 1 Ala;meda.. We .feel . that. this has die; C. A. · Theriault, Ray Wilkes, were $37, 0,000 for Cal!forma ·and Company. . -ue, .to t .. e act t . at many .0 ' been a job we'll · don~ ~s. the ·pla!ilt C. · Xavier, Perry Wing, Paul $100,646,000 for the entire area. S. · I. Harris, Pacific · Coast o:naJ1'· .::,~ r;·

the . JObs · are shut ·· down · be- is · now ·completely closed :- :FollovJ-" You·ng, 0. A. Wiegelt: Pyei'i'tz ' said' manpower problems ager for the company, said that:.the: . · cause .of ' the weather ·- condi- }ng'.js ;a .:·pal~tial 'Jist of ·. uiose men are diminishing but machinery is office and parts department will be ..

tions · and tP.~ diHiculty· in .- :t~~ '.~hic~?t .. :~.ahy~ be~:n helpingb.· \bvl~ realize ..•.. N Q T.I.C£! :~~~e~scapr~:·tii:l::~~~t;eg:a .. rod~ngpop~eer J52d

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shipy.o;rds. Along with ·. , this'-- :a ;-· t ere . are . pro a y some , · J · 1. - e r .· · . ···: .. , many . of ' our . m~mbers who w.hose-names ' we ha'V!'! no! obt.aine,? ~TO 'IIJFA\r8.E~ IN ' ~HE liminai'Y construction work He I' mainder .of the site is' being-.m~,ead- . ' _ ..

·~ : · · · · · but to . all who .have participated ·FAIR:f!.IELD. AREA· commented that Nav~ c.onstru.ction· amized for storage of graders, . bu).~-: , •-;;. ; hav:e ,been: in the . service .. are ""·e ·are sincerely · grat~ful·. · · · · work . now plan.ned wrll closely ap- · dozers . and otlter types of : road · ·. · now: home and signing up .for · · · .. D-g~ t? the · f.act that. th.ere is proximate. the ·wartimerecord i·ate, I buildine: machinery·. ' '· work. . . , A.~ J. Aikens, F . G. Burns, Clar- $oiittle · acti\~~tyin the tei:ri!o~y ~

ence Byers,' F :. E. Biven; Joe. Black~ . it has becom~ . 1l.ecessar~' to close · exceeding anything ever previously We realize that jt. seems to . some \vell , fi.ugust Bader, .woodr·¢w Bird; I . tl~~ :F~ifi~hi : l'!:tl1e~ . . Howe~·er, experienced in peace·· time. The Steel Strike

of the brothets'that they have been Jack ·Boyd, H.·. C. Bonds;_. Joe No doubt .you have all beenlleal'-ou.t .. 'of·. "· 'O .. rk to' I' ,·a . r·onS1· d~. ra"-le'· pe· - . . . . . . • ~ sta~ting- . F,'riday, ,:fepruary _22, PI t . 0 Qffi. . .

,, - - " ' u Baker, SaD'!' Cozad, . C. B: Crossland; 1946, u1~ ' (jffice ,~,ill b~ open . ~i1 . an pens · . ce · ing conside'rable discpssion -about ' · riod · ·of time, but c.t· the present A. : J. · Clayi1~ld "li'; H . · .. · <'::~i·d~vell; · · the Se~~nd -~nd ' Fo~rth · :Fiiday ·,Western headquarters for the ·La I til.e steel stril{e. We are please~r ;to

·. there is nothing much we · can d0 . V. G. Cox, S. · E . . Cramer, .K; S . · ·0

f tlie. Illonth,. betweeii the h~ut·~ ' Plante-Choate Manufacturfng Com- report that the, only steel .mill _il;r< to alleviat.e the situation. With the Corn~ing, GuT : Conyers,> F> Cough~ . of 1 p.il~,· ruid 5::30 ·p.tll, ·· · ·, l·pai1Y,. Inc~ national :road buildin'g , ;this , area.:;with : w~ich ' Ye· h~ve 1~ri co~operation of· those· brothers -who Jon, ·Arthur Dethlefs; Roy Davis, · · · · · · · · I 'equipment concern have , been· es- , agreement," the Pacific ·States St~el

are working we are able to :place August. Fernandgz, .P.· f:'errari, '·F. $19,0QQ;OOO,OOO in Hecrvy- j tablished · at_ 344 Davis Street; San ' Corporation of Niles, has agreel!l a few · me,mbers on. -various ·smali L. 'Golden,' Carl Haley; Roy: Helm~ • • . . · - Leandro, where the company has to a 25 cent an hour raise, pendip.g job~ where the contractor is at- Ed Hackman; Vern Hammer, A. N : Eng1neenn~ Building . le,asecl', 20,000 eet of industrial the settlement of the strike in the te111ptirtg to · cut · corners. Johnson, C. · P. Joy, Johnny ··John- .. Heavy engineering construction property from ·the Par Soap Co~c , 1 farger _mills, with 'the mHlerstari<f·""

.It looks now, weather permitting, son , ·H, M . .:j'ack'son, R : B. Kre'tz, in the ·ll Western States is moi.int- pany. . . · ·· .. ·· ~.ing .<.that the wa.ge agreed upon .ilm: . ,that iti about a month or six ··v•eeks · F : L. Xinby, vV. J. Kerr, E. J . Kiras ing to a total of · $i9,000,000,000, Announcement that the small these . larger mills · ~vill apply ilffi

the majority -of those out 'of 'i~'ork: Jr., Larry Kinkead, Frank Kratz, with Califori1ia accounting for :rho~e 1 branch office, form.erly located at their case ..

. Thing_s are v~ry q_uie:· ~tthe~air" -; Things. are ;bout th<' sa~1~ at th_e_: ,·· moved one· 'of · their rigs into the I Com .. · pan~' h~s a di.·tch job on Co]Jege ., ''we :.'i;av.e ·.:also · been successfql in . ~eld-Smsun . _Arrp~rt_ JO~ ... at ·· th1s ··Peterson Tractor C~mpqny - .m .Hay- Rio Vista area- and is doing drain- .·Avenue m Oakl~nd : Tl:ere are five si-gning an agr.eernent with . the ·J . tune· . .Stolte IS fimslung ·Its opor twm/:ward ··•:and ,there JS .considerable · 1 . f th . . . d' · . ·. ·mernb:ers•:o.pera.tmg -a d.Jtcher .blade ! . .

" . · . . .. . . . . . . · · age wor < or e rrngatwn rstnct. . . · . ' · ' H. Baxter Company covermg then:' of the JOl;> and has laid •off"several ·l ·,work ·m · the "Shop at the · pres~nt 1 . ~ two lo'aders ~and a compressor. .

. operato~s. ~he ~r'l_ly . bri_ght ·s~~t to time. ·· I There are two shifts running w_ith ' · yard m Alameda. Uilder this agree--

regort rs the h1png of addrt10nal ·. . --- · f Brother L. L. Kerthley operatmg R k S d A ment the members will receive .. a · ' ' l ' h l' . I d d B ti Louis Arata oc I an greem~nt repairmen, w 10 · are over au· mg P aris ; Brothers of Berkeley. have on ays an ro · 1er . -. D.twing the past month an agree- substantial ·increase ·in · w·a.ges' .. as·

equipment The M K section . is ·"54 ·ooo . ·· ·b 1 · · · b · · 1 Jd I on the night shift. . 1 . · · · · . a '" ~ JO w 11cn rs emg · 1e ment was ·.signed between the Op- well as an nnprovement m workmg also very quiet and· there· is ·not·: up. at .the pres.ent time clue· t o the . erating E.ngineers and Hie Rock I · · .

· 1 · · · t · • , . .I . .· · . · .. • conditiOns. muc 1 a,ctlV!t:' · e~pe:~;.ed until about ' lack; of steel pipes. 7he1:~ ~r: f~u. 'r · ·There are .several small .jobs in! Sand and <:;rav~l Produc~rs ~s. so: ,. . • _ ,_ · .- .· ·~ . _,_. .. .'·' the 20ta of March. I members .out there now . ana 1t lS -the Vifalnut Creek, Lafayette · and ciation of Northern California , Due · · ·· · · .' - .-- expect~d that when the j.ob ' gets 'I O~·inda locality whP.Fe work is pro- to the fact that.. there wer~ ~e,veral New Oakland ~t~dium Pittsburg Activity ' I under; ,\\ ay .:there :'.vill-.. be jpbs for. ,g7'e~sing{l}1 - the .. ,;pr:?parat~on of ya- classifications added to ~he agree- . Wod{ is getting under way fo:t

There is· consider'able activity- at /.four more: · · · · . - ~ nous ~ew ,,,c•b.tJil~hng Sites. Van ment we have been quite . busy in the "Oaldand Stadium," which wH!l ·· the Dow Chemical. Company in I . ... --.- . , Houten Brothers and Kaufmann th'P. variolls plants adjusting vvages be constructed on the site of the P ·tt b h · t t· A. J . lVIcCosker, who .ls aoing a 1 have moved their cat~ to San Le- to the different classifications. old Oatdand speedway, by "\-'Villianm 1 s urg, w ere a r econs rue wn .. · . .. . ' . · . .

· · Tl A · .,1 number of small Jobs m thjs dis- ~ andro, hmr ever, and ·are working "\-Ve feel that this agre_ement is a I L"nn and Charles Currier. With_·'·a..· .·. program .Is m ,progress. 1e· ustm . \ . J

c . h 1 th f t rict, has 24 members on Ius· pay- on the r:rew race ~rack. definite improvement over .the one f seating capacity of 65,0GO there rs ompdan1 ~' w

0 las .1 ~ contract, or roll at thi~ time. . · · we had IHeviously,. due _to the fact to be a quarter-mile midget aut .. (} remo e mg the bm dmgs, has six · . ·

·l'nembers on the job with Brother --- The C. Dudley De Velbiss ·hous- that the classification of plant ap- track and a half-mile ·stock · c.aJt Mar uel c b 1 t· t cl Intrusion Prepakt, Inc., have just ing pr.oject job _ne.r.r . ·Concord is prentice has been eliminated in its track as , well as a football fiel<ll. " 1 a ra ac m g as s ewar · finished tli eir tunnel job in R.f:::h-

Martin B. rothers are handling not going •full swing as' yet due to mond.

the grading and excavation and the weather · conditions.

are employing fi ve members. Bro­ther Lawrence Wixson is steward.

The Buren Equipment has just The 1)ndergrotmd Constl' uction

entirety, and under this new wage According to Brother Jack •Brow­structure setup there is a definite ers, who is· in charg·e of l)arth mov-· classifi'cati~;m to cover eac~ job pe1·-~ ing, t)1e jol_J is to be completed by . formed. . June first.

received several pieces of new

equipment. There is a lot of activ- N · ·. · b t th · b. th Due 'to . the steel stril{e, five of I ity ·around the place and the shop ! e·ws a . ou . ·. e . ro· . e rs:

~ ·our Illemb.ers, wh~ are employe(1 .by·! seems tc be pretty · busy, ·. I ' · the Amencan Bndge Company a.t - .- · _ . · · During - the · :past month quite a [n Cement Business ing .heavy duty as well as ·light

' tl(e Columbia Steel Plant ' in Pitts- Chicago . Bridge has.: two repaii•p 1.arie(\' of-< new 'business ventures Brother Lee Patters and his" son' ,e .. quipment. :~· Stan -is .·.now 'vorkiilg·. - burg, are out of work. , . jobs at Standard Oil in Richmond : have been annom1ced by members, Al, who is also a member of tri~ ·fvO.m :his,J wmc;,-arul ' Cl'],trbe "Ileachedt

. . --- . . .... <· •. <an·d ·has •thr:ee en~neers working I and ~e take this opportunity t~ Engineers, ha\'e gone into ·the ce- . - by·:citHin_~;·BE -"0360;~''· McDonald and Kahn ·have ·-daeen,l.:out ,·there·. I · · . · · · ment business. They will be located

a_war_d~d a contract for .. the· excava-. · · .. ____ . WISh . them all suc:c.ess and good · -

I at 568 42nd Street, Oakland, and Brother Lee Clement ·has taken . ~on work on the New •. D.enn.is on 1 ,Th __ e·re ·are ·three members work- Ju __ c_k. / t t f ·' d · ·""' are equipped to handle all types of ~u a r~ns er ca:c. an Is r-tc\:ll'il-

Food Products Plant. There JS a

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· cement work, including .garage and mg to Jus home m Bakersfield: -new Northwest shovel and a D 8 Compan't of Alban" . , , Brother Paul Bennett, who has

" " basement floors, sidewalks, patios dozer . on ·this job .at .the -.pre'Sent _ ~·--- been working in this area since ,_ I . . and retaining walls .. ' .Brother Albert vVollner, who \va~t: ' ' .. time. · Brothers -Box ·.ay;d 'Lamb'ert are' .1941, .. has ~taken,' out ·a withdrawal .

I injured while working for the ' t- : · --- -keeping. busy on sn~all jobs around I card and is returning to his former .

A11 ar1ny '''capons t uck has been er.ection .de.partment of_ the Moore Stanley Davis h~s. g1-anted a ·con-.1 this territory. . . . , ho . . me in Richm~nd, Missou~i,' wheroe · · r · ' .

tract_ for e~cavatron on- a new . . J:he plans to ·go mto th~ dairy bus!- converte(i into a portable st~;:tm Dry Dock Company, is in Proyi-' housmg I_JrOJect, · to· the U, B. Le:e . R. G. King of El Cerrito: has· one~ ness. · clealling unit · by Bi·other 'Stan dence Hospital, Oakland. He is get~ C · Th' · .. · ·· 1 · Sipes. The n1n.cliihe, ~hich ·he de- ting-along. nicely, however ; and "e·x~; · ompany. . . Is .proJeCt ·PJbj.ns that I ·.dozer ~nd ·a cat loade_ r working at

f G d G · 1··•nt "' · signed himself., is tully automatic, pects to be hon;.e b~fore long, ~ '' .. · ·o .. · room an· ·~" room· at · ~ 11' h\le-1:thts tir'ne. · - · · · < A'iJ.'aiierc·i;'eTi't al'-"service has been

d E 12 S B .. "' · l1as 200 feet · o" ste'a1n· hose· suffi- (Con. tinu. ed on Page 6) nue an . . · th treet. rob.er starte'd by .Brother· George Gisel at ,,, ~ · . , ' Spence-· Robetts:·•ha-s·:fl<leo;d .ozer .:and , ·E. P . Lindquist has a loader and , 5'548 'Va1lejo ·She'et, Oakland. He is ·cient lighting to permit' ope·rating G:arrya:ll and:Brother- Ra;y Meyers is ·la::-D-6 eat· working on the ·cn!she'r I specia:lizin-g ~in cainp trailers. These at night and i~ desi~ed f.or .cleanc It's a Gift! operating the blade. ·plant a f Orinda. ·

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compact little T igs ·,sleep two, have • --- _ ___ ~ kitchen facilities for six, and are A REAL · TOUGH ONE · I\'IOE: "Say, · these chorU:s gl~1J ~:

The Fl.uror Conporalion of' -Brd B1'other Ault is running··the cat · ideal for fishing o~· hunting .tril)s. She was a I:eguJar. vis~t~r .at ·the are . not . as . dumb as you ' ~11i'gl; ;} ."-. . . . . . .. ' ' zoo an.d: her favorite. spot was : the thinl~:/' •'

and Virgiilia Street; · Bel'ke-l·ey, is · ·iaader foi- tli:e' M·cE>onald C6nstru·c- monkey vipage'. · Om~ .d,ay sl~e 110_ , ·employing" three of- ·our, Il}ernbers · tion''Companv hi Richmond. · · ., . .-Br_o_ !her ·A_ ... M .. . ·.Alden, who oper- · ·· .. · · .. · .. · .. ZOE: ·~Yea::h. How's that?'' . .

J • ticecl wit~i · some concern that the ·.- ·.·. · .• - i"

on : a ., plant· reconstruction. job in . --..,. · .. . ·. , late.d 'crane in· the ·· Richmond yards monkey village ·see,ued· to be de- . MOE: ":Well, who . else ·. C<!Ql<l. _~l{,i~~' ;,.:. ; ' · Berkeley. John ·Pestana ·:is· employing-· :five·> fot-·-nea1:Jy · four- . years, ·'has\· pur- serted ami asl•ed'· ~· attendant ~v1iat a .wolf:· and get .a mink?" .··. . .~ _

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' members on · a w;:<ter :job in Hay.; I chased a . commerci~l boS:t and . will ·had .•happimed to 'her: pets. ·.. ; .. , · .. ;. *. * *' . .. .. ' ' , · ... Moor,e·" Dry Dock is-·er.e.cting•iron ward where . he<.-is ·insfal·ling . a 1~- · ·spend hiS' time .fishing ·in. the vicin" . "They'1·e · . all. . ~!n .~:.tlie ' · houses;" .T:ALK UNl'TED - ~TAT:ES! .. ~ ~ .. · · • . :r on ·· several :.small.'.jobs.mrom1d··town. ·inch·:main··for . the M.unicipal'c\~afet · ,jty of·'Mbrro .Bay;' ,·•· · · .· · , .. - .,: . : l\Ja'ain," ' ·replied···· . .the •'· attendant. ! 'PROFESSOR:. "\V.ho -was Ttt:llt;Y" '· 'Jl.

. '· :' ~:~: ·;~~~~~e:~ ~~~e~:.:;:s~ew-" and) JJistrict.:'.':• ·; _ .. _. _,_ · .. · :,. .... ,· .. l' ·.·Another :· ~e~ber ··;h~ ·";~~s de- ::~:~;.: .:~~ - i~:~n~el:~:01~o~~: ra~*~~ENT: "A fa11 <lance1~alult· ·,

·--The ' MaecO: ; Construct ioit '-" Com.- ·cided•to·,work; for himself·'ls'"Broth- outside .,at suc~l a time:'~ . . . . , cut the baby talk." ' · · · · · · .. '~\Vhat ~ .. cpity !" ·.-she exclaimed; * * * , ·· . .... :.N '."' M. '-B. :;:J:_lEs~shop·, in _:.B_ erkeley .. is·,··p'a. ·nv:: is buildi_·ng.;;:roads .;to•."'i!e\v. ' lo. ".'.1 ~er ·i··\Vil_liarn·- · D_brrestey.n_ ·.· '0. f_ ·. :.Gf-0_·. 5' · · • · ·

· " "I '·miss tlleJ'l} ~o: Do .:you , ~uppose 'YEAH,, -sL~CI{ -sUIT . , · one of·' the· .. ,busiest :~plaees,;~;a'l:;ound' ' :cations ·· for ,cgas~·welJs ,, around ··cRio· Orchard'A'venue) Ri:c'hmond. He not: tl Y oull c · _ ut"if. ·I offe . d ~-JOru"''--.;l' .. wimt··.-3 ~uit 40 '"tnafcfut

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--Plenty ~of V'Tork looming in · I\Jortl1 Bay regi0n ·as gro'.u~n-d dri-es ·from ·rains

By: H. 0. FOSS

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-~ew. jells ahea.d fog· Sa_cra~ento re·gionu -_ repo~"'t

By F. A. LAWRENCE and

Bill WAACK .,., Business Representative Business Representatives

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1 Spence-,:_ tra-nsferred 'from Fresno_ to Reno, reports sagebrush. state's -doings -

By H. L. SP~CE Business Re_pr.ese~tativ~

San R.f3faef---:We fi11d Fredrickson Brothers on their joint SacreHhEfnto -We are

cont_r.qd; two jobs from Vacaville_ to Dixon, bring-ing in some of happy to report that we have

/ theiz: eq~ipment that they have recen11y finished on contracts in i been- able to ' remove ,a -few of

. the area. 'I am advised> by Glen Fredrickson, who will be the I our boys fr-om the "out of

superintendent on the job: that they will probably be found - at 1 work" list since our last writ­

this point for the next year. They have established an office at ; ing, although there are still

Reno- Since I hav,e been lr<fUderred to the Reno o.!fice1 li have quite·_ a job ahead of :me to take the, place of form-er B.usi­

ness Agent Brother DeLagrange, who has resigned to go into the cont;a:cting busLTless fo-r himself. However, irith. the ,assist-

ance which Brother LeLagrange has given me in the past two weeks !hope td do as good a job as I possibly ccm for the.

Midway on the project. At the about 100 members registered brothers in thi§ are:;t. I have spent I _ present time_ doing what work the In Santa Rosa we find Art Siri on _our list here. There is much I a g.r·eat de.al of time getting ac- Reno's storm drai;1 and they also weather will permi~ on the rea}ign- trying to _get hold of some more work sla.ted for _ this area and if quamted w1th all of the brothers I i have quite a number. of other _jobs ment and widenipg from Vacaville equip'inent and keeping its usual i weather ~onditions continue _ in knew when I w~s here b~fore . They j ~r~und. Reno. Naturally . they ate East. - crew busy. John Spaletta still con- our favor, we hope a more favor- . all seemed ve1y coope1at1ve and, l!vmg nght up to the book of rules.

· Glen advises tlu~t he will not stru-cting on his rock and gravel able report in our ne-xt issue. I glad to see me back, and -even the I :inade a· trip over through Vir-expect to really open up until the plant east of S'lnt-a Rosa and Belyea Trucking Co. a~ Camr contractor-·s \~ere pleased to . kno:" . ginia City to Goid Mill where the J~Tound gets harde:1ed up to hol d i should be ready to . go 'in -the near Kohler has increased its number that I wa~ gomg to be back m thiS Con-Collar Mining Company moved up the Yukcs and Pulls that he j future. We find ,Brother Sam Stew- of crews since- our last rep~rt, and ' area again, wh:.ch is half the battle.

1 in a NQrthwest shov~l, one cat and

expects to place on the east end i art loas purchasNl "'- small shovel we have about _ 15 or 20 members I I made a tup over to ~ly, Ne- four trucks. However, they haye of the project. We find Brothers ,.and is loadinr; Clllt a little fill for employed . there at present. ·we v~da, and met all my vely go~d quite a lot of repair work to do._on Butler, I(elier and JVIcNutt, pushers various pr;!ccts aro•pdhere There expect work there to continue on fnends I knew when I was up m their equipment, and no doubt they 011 "h1-s J'ob Br-otlle·rs Drsart H·am t b -t t , -f ' · . • - Ely from the ' different crafts · 'll ·· · . -h

. c · · J ' - seems - o e qu 1 e a enc,ency or the up-grade m the very near fu- _' !' · . . .wi start operatmg 111 t e near ,_. mersmith, McMull-?n, busting nuts. some of the bovs . ;o n.urchase va- ture. which I represented wh1le I was 111 future, ,~eather permitting. -

C. M. Syar is keeping ·a very small rious pieces of con-truction equip- Tl N th- S t F that district, as well as the dear I - -_1e or· _ acramE!n o reeway , . . Bill Donoy·an's Mining Company ci·ew - doi11g loc_al cleaning up in IT'Ptlt a~r! ao ;n 0 - 1·1, for themsel"eS . b 1 t ted t H b1others on the Isbell Constructwn . ' - "- "' ·--n -- ~ ' · JO 1as not s ar _ as ye . ow-

1 , : _ . at :Silver .City, Nevada, is now op-

tli.e,_ Vallejo vicinity and -has been Der<onally I Sl'O'ITASt · to tl1e mom· t th' . t t b Company s JOb at Kimberly, Ne-L ~ • - . • - uoo-- · · '- - i·ever, we expec · IS proJeC o e· erating 011 a small scale.

_successful on pinch!ng off a $60,000 bers and brothers hat they ~be very I under way . by . the time our next vada, who also seemed pleased to I d t . . t p 'd . p a~'ine: c~ntra'Ct ·on the waterfront · --- · - - · see ·me back, including the u·uck ma e a np over 0 yl:arru

~ cautwus on these ventures. On 'the issue is- out. Guy F. Atkinson is · -l·n Valleio. E. E . Lowell has fi_n- . ll . t t t' . . . - drivers who have always been very Lake, where the Lodi fertilizing ·

• overa pic ure on cons rue 10n m '-the contractor. ' · -ished his project -around the Con t11 is entire district it aDpears that Tl B - d & ·~ C . . b cooperative. While I was _in that company, is loading lime to· b~

· . _ · ' - • · ' 1e on amen ·me am JO shipped to Lodi, Calif. Also -the , Valley Dan: lookmg for. other work I there will be _a lot of work as soon at Vlashing.ton has been shut dovm .. district we elected Brother Nj:_. H. and p_uttcrmg aro:.md 111 the Val:,· ~s tl1e grotti1d \',•I'll 11.01 d up the · - Crump as "Steward" on the Isbell Nevada Lime Company has a Pit

u - The company has moved its equip- T

lejo district. We find_ Parish Broth-~ equl'pmc_11t . job, and judging from his repoFt, I at Pyramid -"'ake which -ships fer• ~ ment back to Los Angeles. ·1· c l'f ·

ers at Benicia at a pretty low ebb, * * * am sure he will make a very good tl lzer to a 1 orma.

having laid off theii' pusher, Pauli n ~"h" R, R . Rock & Gravel Pact stewar.d and I trust that all the Start Fallon Highway ~attos, and nut-buster, Lacey. ur a t< ICA\en oos-t Remember the . new Rock, Sand brothers will give him their whole The Silver - State Construction Ba)ance of the crew mostl-y busy A -pretty nurse, ,lust returned and -Gravel Ag-reement .for North~ hearted support, which]- am sure, Company is - getting stai:ted ·011 }{eeping. out of sight. ern California has b~jen si1,rned, they will. h · · f from service in the South Pacific, _

1 t q r por tion of highway_ west o

\Ve find Proctor e:ettine: strung be' t'n"' retroactl've· fr'Ol'l September H' . 1 r· b- u . F l h . : ~ . was describing an air raid over the ·· ''" · · • . · . · o.SPita · o - n1on - '· . a lon, and av~ called in for a, out on the p1le-pullmg proJect at, b 1 , 1 'd b t t' d 1st, 1945. Any of our members fail- l few operators ·• -Call-fol'nl·a Poi·n-t. At ~"el'Cer al1d I a.se w tere s le een s a wne . . . . - . k d-. ' tl. I visited .the Robert McKee job . , . . - -

1VJ. " · 1ng to receive bac- pay ue tem, -' - · ,- - . 1 I d t - · t th Ut h _ V.'hen the Jap ·bombers came.1

-, • _ _ • • - on -the Veterans' Hospital, wliich IS _ ma e a r:,tp over o e _ a Frazer's Yard at Sa_usalito, there , 1 ' d "I . d . ht I should not1fy the Unwn Office, so . c -1 st. t' - c ' . · " t over, s.1e sa1 , JUmpe ng now under constructiOn here in - o 1 . I uc Ion _ ompany s-_ JOu - a does not-appear to be any activity. . , _ that such matters may be properly· - - . . · · . D -1 c· rf d -h-. -.- ·

mto· the nearest wolfhole. _ _ Reno, and find this JOb_lOO% .umon. oy e, a I ., an met t e _supe:pp-'.Vhe Healey a-nd Harrelson job at tal{en care of

"Don't you mean a foxhole?" in~ . ~ Quit_e a .number ___ of George -Miller's tendent, Mr. Harry Walker, as well Vallejo, piled riving and making a t - t 1 1-. t """ b a. fox After bemo shut down, M. A.- · . _ as 111·s assr'stant Ml' Tomn1y Lane erruo €( a IS ener. m.ay e - . _ rio-s are working - on th1s JOb and· . _ ' · . • herthing space for the returning d . . ~t, 1. d tlte nttr·se Jenkms JObs have been completel-y o - · .. ' ·. h th · b th G

1 , - • _ _ • • t · _ __ ug 1 ., rep 1e sweetly, . _ they -an · have been very cooper a- w o was on e JO on ·_ e _ ene:va

suos, IS a big pro]ec. and they I "b -t th _ a '''olf _.1.11 it when adjusted, with our members bemg. · Steel Plant at Provo, Utah. Nat-. - . 1 u ere was · tive. He also has some of his rigs seem to be gettu:g_ stn_m,_g .out _wi_t_ 1 1 got t]1e-re." paid their Petroactive -p_· ay. _ 1 1 I " working on the Close & Lewis ura ly these two -men in charge ,of the: Navy and accomp IShm-g, some * * * Hooper Construction Co. have this job will .go along,_with the _As-good :work at the present writing. a warehouse job going at Walnut housing project.

· ~A k 0! w s !1. The Isbell Construction Company sociated General Contractors.agree-R·-,_ector Dam .. _·· Progress : svn·a_ ue:»e"al· as-- inHl Grove, and -w.e an_ti.cipate a li.ttle ·ment. ~ - r is . also. very ' coop~rative -in -their'

0 11 the- R ect01. Da·m - J'oi11t - ven- 0- . t' tl ; trouble on this particular proJect. ·I .. left F · h t '• ' _ , . nee upon a 1me tere wrts _ a -•_ - . . __ - . sli<!Pl'·,-ya~d a1~d -at ,the gravel-plant. · resno on .very s or .no• ture 'with Ball and· Park"r super- b' . . t 'ddl . d . t l 'I However, we expect to have Local T ki h . - tice .an:d , I .-am soi;ry· I did not get , _ ~ ' 1g spms er, a nu e -size spms er _ _ . . . hey _. ane .now. wor ng on t e au-

-jntandent Donald Ross asst super- d -l'ttl . t Tl 3 members on the -JOb Wlthm the d t • 1 b t ll th · ~ - -, · an a I e spms :er, tey came · _ field at Spa-rks, Nev~J.d:i,. and th!lre a~oun _;_ o say goo(~ ye - o a ·· e intendent, Brother -E . E. Frost as- ho,nw one night _ al).d the big _ spin- . next _ few days. - . are quite a number of the brothers brothers who -gave me such won:- -.

siste~ by Brot~er Ramse~, are . ste; looked in her room and sa,id: 'Tayl'or _ Milj_~ Starts [ enwloyed there·. derful co-operation while I '''a_s workmg -a ,-few pleces of equipment -"Somebody's been- sleeping in my The Taylot Chrome Mine locat- I visited Smit:I)_-Peterson's _gravel -there. I am sure if you - will >all

1 gettin-~ •down on - th~ foundation, bed!" _ ed just out of Au)?urn,. in. El Do- plant and pit and find everything ·Continue to give Brother Peterson expectmg .to b:·mg another shovel - The .middle-sized sphtsteJ:· looked lrado County_ has started opera- to be 0. K. with them. the same -cooperation as you gave and dr,aglme 111 the - r,ear future a•td sa'td · "Somebotlv's been s1eep-' t ' - · d- - t t h th- Earl· Games I's cloi'ng _some small me everything will go along 0; K.

· · · - - ·1 • · J " - . wps, an -we. -expec O· ave 1s and I: IS their . mtentwn to be , ing in my bed!" - - · - -_ - ~job straiglttened out and an agre<;- jobs around .Reno .and going. along -in the Fresno area. re~dy ~~ a.bout :huty cl~ays to three I The little spinster looked iil her' merit signe,d by the tim_e our next 100%: with the Union. * * * sh1ft th1s JOb · with a bunch of -pulls bed ·anrl yelled,_ "Oh, boy!" -.issue is -out. _. - . • I REGAINJNG NORMALCY · and jeeps. We find Brother Rq_m- 1 * * * . · · Storm D.ram Work · . JQE: "How~s your patient -iri sey pusher on . the afternoon shlft NOT COl\llviUNICABLE . Ne:w Wo~k L.ist~d_ John_ Powers Company With _ room thirteen today, doctor?" .· at the . present time. Brothers I LITTLE GffiL: ''Come in, Amtty, H . \V. Robertson, ~acran:ento, whom John DeLagrange is associ-' MOE:- ;;Fine-! He took _a--.tum for

S S I . -- : . -, was low bidder on a $15 887 JOb at ated, -is - working on the City of' the nurs_e Ia~t nig-ht.'' " -noowden and tore-y are master. and see our new baby. - _ ' - -mechanics on the respective shifts.! VISITING AUNT: ''Tha:nk you, i ~1st and . J Street, Sacrarr:ento. The This project- will employ quite a I dear, . but _ I'll wait until your· I JOb cons1sts of construct.mg a one few members of Local 3 a-nd wilL mother is· well.'' - story bmldmg for Ravensau Tool take up quite a little of the- slacl~ I~ITTLE Gffi.L: "0h, dOJ:'t be Co. ~ . . · 'tl .. d' t . t I afraid, Amtty. It's not catclung." A. Teichert & Co. submitted low

hal! s .. -doing in Oakland Our boys in service .ln 1IS 1IS nc .. - . *: * *

I bid to the City of S.acramento for

. ~e.lly and Lundgren have the eli - ALL CROSSED UP , the improvement of 58th Stl'eet verswn tunnel, a small tunnel · DRUGGIST: "Well, what's the (Continued .fr om Page 5) a . former steward in Richmond

from M to Folsom Boulevard, Sac­about 800 feet in length, and are matter with the medicine you

ramen to . ($11,734 .00), T. Sgt. Ray Sidbeck, who · has Yard No. 2, is back on 'the job fol­

been in the _Army Airforce for the lowing his discharge from - the _making good progress on the west bought?'' p'ortal. \Ve fii1d Raisch and Harms MORON: "'\Veil, 't'ain'_t no good. 11ot intending a great deal on their It says here on the label, 'For project from Ignacio to Petaluma adul.ts only' au' I never had 'em."

until such time as the weather and conditions will permit to get under way. I am advised that Harms _ in all probability will do nearly all of · 1 he grading on this project.

Raisch's equipment being busy on smaller contracts in this vici-nity. The Walsh eqUipment with his I hunch of Pulls and couple of cats· }\aYe p;ulled in1 on the~ Palm Hill at i I.arkspur. a1'ldhave an all summer's ' job filling for the 600 home Jlroject. Th'ey 'vilJ get under way as ' .soon as the ground will hold up this· equipment. ·we find the Basalt boys.

- and equipment busy at ·ali points · -:flliing ol'der's on their present con-. tract. I understand that Ben C. I ·cerwick is tai-ing 0ver and is go- ' _ Si.gn~I Corps Photo

_-jno- to make a pei:manent yard at I Hard Work. Army ~ngmeers h<l:ve __ "' - . · _ to operate heavy drills on remams

· I'etahnna a-S. a _-Pile and precastn:g 1 ?£'buildings ~11: the_ ~lean-up pr9ce'ss yard. The vanous contractors m.i m wrecl~ed, Cities. -'Ilu:~y ar_e _qpmg a

;llhis vicinity seem to-b'e as busy as gra!ld jol? - and need . your- h~lp -. _ _ . _ ~~ throug4 V1.ctory :)3qnd mvestments. ~he weather Will perm1t. · .Cl. s. r_,·c:~silryDepartme"t

Contract has be!'n awarded to .. 4 past three years, has just re-enljst- army. construct a two -story _ building for

Associated -Oil Co. at foot of Broad- ed and expects to be assigne([ to way, Sacramento. Job amounts to overseas duty in the near future.

$120,000, with the Markwart Co. Studebaker Re-ensists

B-roU1ers Tom Pugmire .anch Robert . Stowe are also civilians again. Brother Stow~, Who spent

scheduLed to do the work. Brother - Jack Studebaker, Pfc., 18 months in the Navy, .was dis-

. who was in the office _ tl1e other charged on January 21st, and T9m, Qrland is to start work in the Berlinger Construct~on Co. of

very near future on a $200,000

l day, tells us that be too "has re- who was overseas for a good .long

warehouse in Willo~ii!S, Glenn C~un- enlisted. He said th3.t a GO-day fur- stretch, has . just oeen discharged lough, mustering out pay, coupled also and is bound for Los Angeles

i ty. This warehouse will serve as a f with_ - the educationa_l advantag-es ,. or a vacati_on. oulk storage plant 'for grain and

rice in Williams. offered by the Army seemed a little " • . --.. -_- , , Contract has been let by R. A. too good a deal to pass up-and See1ng the World

_Renaud and C. G. -MehJ;ing, oper-.:--ators of the Willows. Rice Drier.

! Re,n1inder: Qm_- Sacramento Of-

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fice is no longer open on Tuesday eveniligs. All Unio_n business must be transacted between 8:00 a .m. and 5:00 p.m.

* * * THE ETERNAL PUZZLE FRIE:ND.: "Wl1en your husband

so, 'he is in the Army for three Br.other ''William Cusack dfdn't more years. join the Navy to see the \vorld but

succeeded in covering a good por­Several more of our members I tion of it during his - enlistment. ~

have" recently returned from over- A-former crane operator iii Yard 1 A

seas, among them Brothers C. J. 1-in Richmond he has been through Daigh, Kenneth Sowers and Bill Southern France, par-t - of Africa, ' 1\Iurphy. Daigh, who was discharg- Sicil~;, Italy, the Canal Zone, Pead ed on -December 30th after 19 · Harbor, several islands in the Cen-_months -in tbe Na, vy, \vas -formerly ·tral Pacific, Korea and 1Shimghai. emplo_-yed by ___ P _acific Bridge in -He was discharged in January and cr,aves ~ kis~, d_o you .always give

'it to him?" - Alameua. Sowers who spent 18 says he has had plenty of travel,. JEALOUS 1VIFE: "I ·wish 1 ·months overseas with the Seabees ing to do .him for some time to,

knew!" was . discharged J!muary 18th. Bill, -come. ___ .__)

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,s t .· 'h _By C. L. Casebolt, Salt Lak~'i T. L.. Ctark, Sal~ Lalce; C. R. Van Vlinkle:- Provo..;..;_Bus. (t.epresentatives

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From Salt Lake: to these brothers and ' a:ssu:e the m 1 - ~he 'offiCials of_ the Gene; a .Steel fob ' Situation So-$.o _lforce a:count_ work' ~irect throtigh .that they are :velcome m _D_tah Co. in r egard 'the granting of a I Jobs ·in the area remain· on abcnH the umons. , -Whether -this can oe

Th-e fl.rst ma-1.0. ·r strl;k"' 1-n~ Uto:h where the sun IS always 'shmmg. b t t' 1 . f th 1 . . _ done remains to_ be seen but it's "' , - · · . su s an 1a · n;use or e emp oyees the same basis with li t tle or no

· · .. - C; L. -CASEBOLT. · . ___ . . ·. 11

' 1 worth a try. Most of the men in a long time is now at -Bing- f th t 1 t D t th d ff 1 · · h am Canyon, Magn· a Mills ·o:n_ d - T . L . . CLARii . .- o a P_ an . espl e . -e 1 Icu :I changes. The ·Wau;en Co. h as put I \Vorking for the Burea~ are mem- -ties of the situat ion (the plant llOL ., a few of ' the men they la id off. bers 'and all ·are e-etting . We ad-. the American and U. S. Smel" 1 ~

ier. The CIO fi.11.ally got around 1 From p · ·--O being in operation, etc.) a nd tbe , back on the payroll · and it is an- vantage of the . -Local's efforts to it o:nd have succeeded in . . rOV. : sta!ements of the CIO -to t he con- ; ticip~te'd that there will be open- which has raised the · wage seale to tyiJJ,g .these plants up tight. The weather still remains trai:y, every effort is being put ings for others if they get th e lay- the level of that paid by t he con-About. soo AFL members were one of Otlr greatest difficulties foi'ward fo~· the weifare of the ! ing of the high head steel pipe. tractors. directly affected : along· with in ·this area (as this is written:. · . -. ~ However, the contract has not Meetings of the _.Locll.l hr this •

· · - · employees. More actually has been 2'00 members of the engL~eers. it is snowing and ha3 been for . , . - · , been sign~cl at this writing al- l are::--, '1-Yill ·be held every second · TH.e thr.ee · AFL g roups. the two days) and this. with the secured m the way of benefits for . though the company expects it to Friday of each month. Attendance 1\'!a{)hinists, Electricians, Operating mo:terictl shortage, has added the AFL · members at Geneva in

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be signed in-imediately fo1lowing at the January meeting· was v€n'y _­Engineers, were 'successful in oiJ- up to a very" slow month. The eighteen months than the CIO has\ Feb. 1st. T h-e Bureau has signed good. IA•,t's keep up the good woi:k. tainlng the · out-of-work benefits prospects for the 'future still re- be-en able to secure in other plants ! the fabricating . contract with the ·n~e office hours are still the sam6 fo r otir members at Bingham Can- main bright a .nd 1946 ,bids 1 Utah Construction Co. and is ex- and we remain open on Fri~lay yon: The favorable decision was fair to see the greatest boom j n years. H you don't ~lieve so,;pe.cted to get started witl1in . a few nights between . G:uo and 8:(}0 p.m. handed down last ·Tuesda.y and our in. private building (depen~ing on read som,e of Ui~ letters of m en; days. The work will be done a t for your co:Jveni ~nce: Bring -~'(mr members should be .getting out-of - the material situation) this area who have left t h1s area and gone the Salt Lake City plant of -the problems in anytime, we'll be glad worl• checks this week, while C!O has ever see1~. All architects with- . to plants~in the E as-t: In fact, the

1 c~-cipany and the Southwe!?t Waid- I to do everything we can to help strilrers . ca1inot obtain any benefits. out exception, a1·c more than busy AFL has never · r eceded from ~ts

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ing Co. of Los Angeles vvill do most you, Another. outstanding occurrence an'd are a(l:ding :to their - forces demand fo1· a 30c an hour rmse of the vvork under a sub-contract.

was t he securing of a flat 1~ cents and '1-vorldng.space: straight across tl1e boa1'd ancl we Negotiations have been under-per hour pay raise for all the hour - While this does not ordinarily_ wi}l g·et it fn the end. , - taken w ith the idea _in mind of ly r ate · employees at the Geneva m ean a great deal of work for ollr i G.

0 m · -• Q·per""'tion? havi ng the Bureau of Reclamation S ,_ I I t o .· . I d b . . . t h J l ··I vern~ enl - ..._ 1.. cee pan . ur oiJgma emands :nem e~s, _It IS gomg . o e p a O_L

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Talk is still ram pant about the -employ hourly rated employees on were for a fl a t ;:,u cents an hour : m r ellevm g the unemploym ent . . . . · . 1 . . - - I . . . . poss1blllt1es of Geneva bemg re- . mcrease and we were told that ·we problem. By s1ftmg confhctmg 1 · 1

- . . · opened either by ··the government ~ M~.!!.A"l! ~~~.!"<li0"9'ill I?> M were crazy for askmg for such c.n statem ents Issued to press by the 1

1 . C d .;j~~u;-f~toH> ~~'ili>~ ~ -~'li.i'~ . . . . or by a pnvate operator. olo:-a o ,

· . . . Fuel and Iron off1c1als mspecte on mue r o H owever , we were successful in m g 1t to our own knowledge 1t ap- .

- 0. R. VanVi/INiii;E.

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(Continued from ?age 4)

Boat to 'vVoosung prison, then \Yas transferred to · a prison - betwe-en Yokohama and Tokio. Iva_n has gained back 45 pounds of the 65 he had lost. · He is now wotking fo r

exorbrtant amount at that time. State Road - Comm1sswn and add~ I . . . d I (C t' d f 0111 Pao-e 4)

t h f th S t , d the plant last month, which led to has r eturned after three. years m ·getting half of _it and are still in pears at some o e ta e s roa . G p tt · o Broth er· Cai·dei1

_ . · ' . · . , • , . . . o- a fiock of new rumors. Henry ; the Manne Corps .... Brother Joe eo . • a ers n. . · _ negotJatwns for the balance, An- pr ogram may get to the b1ddmo . . . ' · - . i\II th . h 1 t d f tl · s~ys that he will be able · to do · · . . . . . . . Ka1ser 1S still bem!?' mentwned as a J a ms as a so r c urne rom 1e '· other outstandmg fact Is that th1s stag_e some time durmg the month I . c ! S h P ·r. (W t'll h - 'witl'out' barley and r'ce 'from' nO\V ·

. . . . 1 - • • poss1bJ.e operator and the news- out ac111C. e s 1 ave one - · ' ' . . raise was o t a m ed w1tho.ut any. I:1- of Febrt~ary. T he membership IS - s· ·. 'I i\I ) B th B -M I on - . . · · . . papers report that U. S. teel 1s more ' eyers ro . er ·ruce 11ey- , · crease lll the pnce of ste-el. warned however to keep their · · · t • I B th \"' It R 'I h ·t J- n . ' ' . . a gain interested however there is · ers arnved home F ebruary 1, after ro . er ~a er I ey as a .e -R l .. d S d p fmgers crossed about tins program . ' ' ' . . +h ff' -. 1 · ~h s• I oc ;{ an an ads ' . ~ t he $25,000,000 that u. ~- Steel is twenty-SIX months jJ1 the Seabees. _" e .0 .ce nor { over m " e .oc ,_

V" - t' . t · t' and to not expect too _much os t d . t P' t ' b - C l 'f t I L a t but not Je.ast , Edwin L !-ton office. Brother Riley also has ·ve are con mumg nego 1a Jons "h . . .d "l 1 bt if th o spen a 1·cs urg, a I., o 1 s . · · • • ere IS cons1· era,_, e · c ou - e · 1 1 1 · · 1 with the Rock, Sand ahd Gravel 8

t h , t t consider . . In the .meantime all any Burke has just received h is dis- i me some mmsua expenences n ta ·e . as enougn money o mee - · . 1 1 · ld Lh' ··a .._.. ha n 1 years serv1"ce Companies; also with the Associat- . . · . . of us can .- llo is guess pen dina- the . charge and IS now bac < on 1IS o

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1ts part of the Fe~leral Ard Pro- ' "' . , ·, th A · 18 " ed General Contractors and expect g'ram. F urthermore, inost f th opening of. the bids April 1st, but 1

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t o meet with the latter group 0 • e there must be . something in' the ' sick list are the Pankosk i brothers, 1 at Ris.ka Island, ami from there

h' , program, so fa._r ll1 Qntioned, is .out- ~ind bec;,use- of the number of Joe and· H. J ., also Bro~her G. E. to the . E uropean j;heatre of war, · sometime t IS week. However, . the side the Provo area. . . t . th t ' l .. ,..., D · out~ome .. of the m~eting is - still different inqui-ries being m ade in Bothwell -who is !lOW ready for s aymg ere un ' .. ..,. a,y.

nr t 111!.1 1 B f · · ' 1 · ft 1 · b 1 'd p . The Stoc_itton office _will be opel'l somewhat in doubt and . "vve are un- v_v a er vv or {S ee - this area about different conditions . wor < a er 1avm g een aJ u _ able to state as to whetber we can Considerable· concern . has been tha-t affect la~or, etc. . I with a heacl injury which easily until 8 p.m. every Friday ui1til

· - • · ld h ~d £ tal fm·ther notice. agree or not. caused us, especially by the new Prog,ress in e il , · con ave prov, a · ,;: The State of Ut?.ih has advertised may,or's a nno.uncement.that part or . ·- ..... ----· , . . .. I;------;--------...;,;.---'----.,--------:----:-, _.,_ · · ·· · · -- - , · · In answer to a number _of inquir- .

,.,.,out $2,000,000 of road ·work jlnd all of the n ew million dollar Provo • th' e, bi"ds ---Wi'll be opened on' F. eb- C k- - ld ies about work in the Vernal area ity water wor s program wou. Herre ~s -the 1946 schedMie en ruary ll'iG1~ As soon!as the weather be done force account .with City

where the · current oil boom is in p1~ogress, the .work lies principally . -weekl:y \~Othi'BOidi~9s · breaks work \Vill commence. employees. This m.atter has been, !,_ __________ .......JL--------,-,...--:--.::=:..-------....: T S . . . . . , in ·colorado which is in the 'juris- I · . . . . . . 1 . d he tate of JVyommg ·lS con- of course, -discussed . very thorough- . . . ' · _ . I The 1946- schedule for weekly . wtthholdmgs from pa y enve opes an .

·t' . t 1 d . b · . . . . . . . . . dictwn of Local -9. The work, how- 1 1 ,_ ff t· 1 t J· 1 ary 1 follows· mumg o et roa JO s and they ly :w1th the Comm1sswners -and we . · . 1 sa ary -c 1ec ... s, e ec 1ve as . ru u · · , · _ · . . _ . .. 1 .. h · 1 t ·t · 1 t' :. . b ' h · · b .· · - - d th t _ th <:t t ever, IS .slowly movmg towards - ' (Th_e cohi.mn headed by the-figure-1 represents·the wtthhol'dmg agamst -a so ave e wo rec ama wn ·Jo s ave een assure . -a -· e ~ a e, . . . · . · .. h h'ld 3 · · d 1 · . • . . . - -. · . . · _ the Utah line -and r -eports have it · a • smgle person; 2-marned couple· wit out c 1 ren; ·· -,-marne c.o-up a

In ·that State §llld It looks ]Ike the re I laWs WllJ be observed (the State . . · . J . . _ with one .chiid; 4"-COUp!e ·, with t\vo children; -~ouple· with three· chil· . ·11 b· t d 1 f k - - .. . .. b''dd' - the 01! .pool runs cons1derab e d1s - . ) WI . e a _grea ea . o wor -- next Jaws. 'reqUire competitive 1 mg. . · . · clren; (h.-four children, and 7- five ·children.

· th t · . - . . . . - . . , . · ·tance mto Utah. At present, work W .11 .summer m a state; for publi c JObs anu the -payment . -. . _ . . - ee { Y 1:' · H d d. J t:l f th - T · .. 1 .) ' h - m that area IS very slow on ac~ Earnings· (1) '1 '0Uf. ,. Un re 6-J:J ess~ 0 e_- p~eval mg wage sea e_ - o~v- 1 count ~f · 3 feet . of frost and below $ 25 to $ 26 ___ __ __ : .... $ ·2.50

At the present time - v~-e ha-ve ever lt .JS understood the ·ex-City zero weather. As : soon --'as the $ 26 to $ 27____________ 2.70 over 400 engineer~ unemp'loyed and i Attorney had given _the City Com- vleailie/ cl~~rs up I. intend tO J'»a ke . $ -27 . to $ . _28__________ __ 2.90 -

_the ·- prospect ·in Utah 1s very, very

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mission ·some advice ~n how to get . _$ _28 to $ .29 ____________ · 3.0_0 a trip into that·area and look, into $ 29 t $ 30 3 20 poor as we do not see :any relief around certain_ sections 'of ili_ e . $ 30 too .-$ 'l l·.-_-_-_-_·_·_·_·_·_:-. '3·_ 40 the .possibilities. In the l!leantime, ~ _

for the next 60 days. There are State laws. . _ . I \vould ad vi~~ staying a\vay_ from $ 3.1 to $ -32 ____ ______ __ · 3.~0 a number of ·smaller jobs . employ- There has also• been some sent1- . . . $ 32 to $ 33............ 3.70· _ _ , . . the -area unless you have · the tJme 3? , 34 3 90 •lng an. engineer h er-e and ·there but ment noted among some -pub,Ic of- . . . _ $ ~ to $ ------------ _. altogether there is· very little to ficials towards the old WPA idea · I and money to spe nd 'or a deflmte. $ 34 to $ 35 .. .,.. ...... 4.10 \"rl·.te abo-ut. th t · b d · 'th - k b 1 d' proposition. · I $ 35 . to $ 36-------- ·' -- 4·20 " a 1s, y omg e wor y 1an • _ $ 36 to · $ 37__________ __ 4.40

We are printing a paragraph of mor.e m en could be put to 'Nork. I D1esel School Plans $ 37 to $ 33____________ 4.60· a le t ter we l'€Ceived from· the Mea t suggested, when this matter was Plans · for the diesel school are-- $ 38 to $ 39............ ·4,80 C utters · Local Union, · Salt · Lake drawn . to my attention, that in- proceeding slowly, ·too slowly in $ 39 to $ 40----------- · 4-SO City : stead of having the men work .with fact, and I'm afraid that due to $ 40 to -$ 4L ____ __ ____ 5·10

$ 41 to $ 42____________ 5.30 "The .l\Ieat Cutters Local Union shovels, tha t they · have them work the delay there is little c;hance of $ 42 to $ 43 ____ ________ 5.40

N9. 537 of Salt Lake County, Utah, \.v ith tea ·spoons, by doing so they · getting a school started -this Spring. ' $ 43 to $ 44 .. ________ __ 5.60 request you -to prevail upon the could put more men to work In Our plans for an apprenticeship $ 4~ - to $ 4~ .... -........ 5.80. Iile_mbers of · your Union . w'ho live ,

1 passing it might be well to point plan for our _veteran members .are:: !~ ~~ : !~::::::::::: : - ~ :~~

and purc'h~~;se their meat ~d food out tha t the po~iticians are eagerly also proceeding at a snail pace. i $- 47 to $ 48 ... ~ ......... . 6_.30 within the said vicinity of Midvale, eyeing the $30,000,000 in the St?te's Despite their assurances to · the _ $ 48 to $ 49...... .. .... 6:50 Utah, to make said purchases froin unemployment fund with the idea contrary it would appear that the I $ 49 to $ 50............ 6.60 0. P . Skaggs and &feway st;res in ~ind of building th~ms.elves up "'·~~ is · n~t too willi~g to . ·enter!: ·~~ ~~ ~ · ~L::::::::: t~~ of this said city, hi _ as much as political power by startmg another int~ negotiations on this matJ er. $ 52 to $ 53............ 7_20 . both places are under · contract. WPA with this money. Keep your 1 Local conferences have been ar- 1 $ 53 to --$ 54 .. .......... 7.30 with our Local Union and both .eye on· this issue, it may · become ran·o-ed on th€se matters to see if $ 54 to $ 55............ .7.50 ~ave 100 percent Union conditions." hot ~ne of these days.

1 som~thing cannot be clone for the 1 ~ 55 to $ ~G ........ ____ 7-70 Wh , · · · I "' 56 tq $ u7...... .. .. .. 7.90

Le this _paragr_aph deals vvith Picket Ufah Plants Utah County are0. . · _ I $ . 57 to $ 58-............ 8.10 the local problem such conditions t"'o .' A n_umber of mem_ b_ ers_·who have I $ 58 td $ 5_9 ... :........ 8.30 Pick~t · lines appeared on ,. as these exists everywhere. In or- been 111 the armed service of our . $ 59 to $ 60..... ....... 8.40 der to protect yourselves as well as Country . have been , dropping in ? · 0 . .~---------,-- , · ·

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plants in Utah County when the I S 60 t $ 6? 8 70

c.gur se, not affected Geneva as that to 9.50 7.50

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others, insist on seeing a Union steel workers stri.Jck. This has, qf lately·, and depositing their. service I $$ 66~4 to $$ 60~ 46·_·_·_ ·_ ·_·_·_ ·_·_·_·_·_ 9·10

Shop Card and always patronize withdrawal cards .. I wotfld 'like to 1

$ 66 to · $ 68 .... _........ 9.90 '7.80 plant is under an AFL agreement G·.'lO-others who employ -union labor and 1 take this time to welcome these I $ 68 to $ 70 ............ 10.40""' 8.20 ~

and is on y 'On a · stand-by status · · $ ~o t '72 10 60 s.·6o · in making purchases demand the members back to the. fold, express _ ·~ 0 ~ -1.o ----- .. ···: · • 6.70 , and is n ot inanufactu_r_ ing steel. $ 12 to $ 74 11 00 9 00 · 7 00 tn'o labl R b b b .. · - · t' f u -- · · ............ · ·· ·- · J, 1 n e . emem .er y . uymg Actually there are-less men work- our apprecw wn o - 1eJr services $ 74 to $ 76 ............ 11.4-0. 9.4U ?.30 union made . goods you n ()t only ing at Geneva, in propovti_on to the in our behalf and· express our rec I S 76 to $ 78 ............ 11.70 9 .. 70 7.7·0 protect' the union man 'but 'your capacity of th:l.t plant, - than there gret that we·· don't have a job to 1

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$ 78_ to $ 80: ........... 12.10 10.10 8.10 money goes to help finance t!'Je put all of them on at. this time. $ 80 t o $ 82 ............ 12.50_- 10:5D 8.50

is at Ir_ onton, as the Ironton plant $ 8? to $ 84 12 90 ·'l Q.ClO 8 SO fai · employer h d t t <: · d " · 't t · · · ~ .. .. .. .. .. .. · v • · 1 w 0 pays an rea s is being, operated to provide ' do- ~pac~ oesn .L p-eum me 0 men- $ 84 to- $ 86 ...... .. .... 13:20 -11.20- 9.20 his ei_nployee right as h e would 'rike tion any by name · or to spe~k of • $ s·6 t $ 88 · 1~ · · ll·-.-6·o·· mestic gs.s to the surrounding ter- - - ''" ' · o - .: .. :....... 0.60 . .- 9.60 to be trea[ed. ritory. _ thei r e'xperience~ - but a:l of . them I $ 88 {o $ 90 ............ 14~00 ' 1~.00 10.00

During the past month a great have had some mterestmg exper- l $ 90 to $ 92 ............ 14.40 12.40 10.40 many of our brothers have re- Geneva -NegoHations i,ences and all of them express S 92 ·. to $ 94 ............ l 4.70 12.70 '. 10.70 t ·· d f th ·. f - v li · 1 b . - d ' $ 94 to $ 96 ............ 15.10 13.10 11.10 urne · rom e -armed orces. 'v e At the time this ·is· peing written t emse ves as emg gla to be . $ 96 to $ 98. .. .. ....... 15·_50 13_50 _ .11.50 \¥ish to · extend a hearty. welcome negotiations are in progress Wi th iion\.e. j $ 98 to - $10,0.·-"· •- • ..... 15.90 13.90 11.90

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E.NGINEERS' NEWS FE!brugry 15, ·l94S . . · · ~· .

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·., Scm· Franc.is.co - ~ large I present wrecking the old btlilding. :' 0~ the most import::t;1t items up fo~· : before he started to work and I in the rock busines3, having_ t_ai~el;-amo.unt of . construction c~n- i Twop . ~rothers - are emplo}.'ed at I d1scusswn. . _ . _ I ~vould not per~~lt .h1~1~ t~- start his I o·~ev .• the Tex Donovan quarry . at _ tracts have be!'ln let which J pre~.Jh.. . . - . , ·. ' One l: eanng has been held so far I Job until ~n agr ee,n<c~,t "'as Signed I \"I; oods!de . . . -. .... ld 'd 'd bl Gerwlck Morn-son &. Twalts are I on the unemplovrrent insurance. ' by Lo. cal 3 . . Tnts took care of th;s II 'T'Jle offirt'als of Locat' 3 "'ere SLJC . ·wou prov1 -e cons1 era e . . .· . · . . - · · . · . - · . ··- -" n · -

_. , : ·. •.. . . . 1 still busy on . the1r.· JOb at Hunters 1 cases for our members locked out l gemlen' .. an . The agreement lS now , -·f 1 . . ·t· ·L., _ _ ·work for our members m the . . , ·· · · . . . . · . . . . . ·" ._ . , . ce~s u 111 nego 1au.1g a new con-.. -. .. .. . . . . Pomt a.1d. st1ll are -employmg a [ of the shipyards b~'>Ca' -\Se of , tl1e Signed and e'•e1) cnmg IS sac!Sfac- t - .

1 h S _ l\' C · -.. . ·· -·-· -f -· -· S. . ,. · ' _, · " · . . ract witLt e an l 11ateo ·ounty

n~cr,r mme • . o.ne of :he con- large number of our - brothers.

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Machinists strike. No decision has I tory with Hns. contractor fro m Ok- . '· . . . ·. · · . . -·· ,. _ t · l t . f 11 _ . c- P' b B. - . . . - . _ ; · ·. · . · - ! . T' . ·- . . · Bmldmg .I\tia.tenal Dealers AssoCJa- · ,rae_;; e · ~re as .o o,vs. o:~ears wm o . r_o~ .. have -starte_d wo1k ~.1 ·bee.n rendered 011. the hearmg held,_

1• lahom.a: .· .m~ 1_" a.ooL,t all I have to -

R b C 4 500 t h L H d R I t • h H b tion -plant __ engine_ e_rs )'or_· these fir;:ns . . 1 oe uck onwat}y, S , . ,000 for e new aguna . en a ceserv01r, 1.but .from 'every inclication- it ~ool;\:s · i report . a "' 1s ume. ave een

new building off l\Tasonic in Old three rigs are working at present lil'e it will be favorable . More hear- f busy chasing- down small contrac - Commendable actio_Ii was taken · . C9-lvary Cemetery; Barrett .& Hilp (clearing trees off the site. They ings are slated to be' held next I tors and jobs in q1·ious parts of by a group of Local 3 men em­$,2,000,000 for new Medico Dental I also have a shov,-'1 working off week 011 the other yards involved San Fra1'!cisco . Hoping the next ployed by the Guy F. Atldnson Co. Bldg.; Post Street; Cahill Br os., Alemany Blvd. getting out red and it is hoped that they will be news letter will find work mu.ch at South §an Francisco yard. · On . $1,QOO,.OOO Wells F.argo Bank Build- i rock for Hunters Point. Standard completed speedily so that our better in this area and more of our the death of the teamster employed

1 B 'ld' c 1 t · · , h b l 1 in this yard our members took up k ·- a collection amounting to two hun-

ing, Washington Street, and there I' m mg ompany las wo ugs members can draw their unemploy- oro c er rnem ers emp oyec · a._r .. e.. ,se_.veral large building remod- ,wor ·ing near_ s_ loat Blvd_ .. clearing ment insurance, which they are

d~·ed dollars which w~s matched by __ elil1gjobs which are to be started trees for additiOnal housmg space. rightfully. entitled to. Doings in San Mateo George Atkinson fo j· the widow of

in the near future. New Contracts Opened Bldg. J:VJ:aterial Pad Construction 1vorh:: in San Mateo the deceased teamster. '·· (:;onstruetion work has ' been d - CHET ELLIOTT. ~egotiations have been completed We now have the agreements istrict is improving as the weather

sornewi1at slow due to inclement on the· new contracts with Haviside 'o- • ' • . "' ·'" ,. ' • [ clears. T he Keeble job at Baden is * * * th lth 1 1 1 s1,ned co' ermg Lile -._-,an F.ahclsco 1 ·n . . h 'ft b .

we a . er, a oug 1 severa arge a.nd Smith Rice Company J\ scale B "d" l\I t . I Dea' . As c'a 'I st; operatmg on a one · s 1 : aslS, Jlk.~ !?tll.J!~£11!IT!11§~ .~~·· .. Fd:;jlt.·~A~ifl J'obs are in prog-ress such as: Chas. · .llll Ing [ tl .ena ,,ers - so 1

.- this firm also has quite a di r t job • nl; i\~ili'b'bH~M~P • {;y. MJ~ 11;; ~ of $;2.00 per hour for their ·derrick t d th G b D Tl

Harney; excavation for Sears Roe- 1011 an · e ar age ump. us 1at South San Francisco. barges was agrcetl upon, starting · d t' f t ., t l' 1 1

bucic . Bldg. and leveling sand in was stgne sa IS ac . orll~' 0 a_, col - ' Peter Sorenson has moved into t he . Sunset Area for new housing. as of ,January 21' 1945' Neg·otia.- cerned. Air Compre~sor woi·k is not I the San Mat<?o aimort tD ·install a E·aton -, & Smith contract tions are in progrllss at the present very plentiful · in the l_ocality, .but 1,· drainagg system, o~ly one dragline

have a tim'e with the Consolidated Chemi- J b ' tl tl "'I · _,: t_f 11 · b t we 1ave een ousy WI 1 .Je 1.- a - ·1 working .at pre§.ent. but prospects

.Lor - a new sewer ou .a JO a cal Com_pany for a 1iew contract. -terial Dealers Association. of San : fo t· more equipment. later: Lake lVIerced. There is - .a small The plant is closed at the present iVIateo County and an · agr~cment i The California Jockey Club plans

Then' there's the story about the colo1·ed mammy in the deep South who was making- a deposit at tl~e· bank \Vhen· she in()luded a nmi1-

be~· of g·old .coins the banker look~pl a~ her reproachfully and.. ex- _

tw~nel to be driven · on this job. I' time because -of the Machinists. · I is about to be. sign. ed. Th_is calls ·1

on .doing q,uit e a lo t of .constructio_n claimed: Healy-Tibbetts -hav<? t wo jobs in strike. f b t t 1 k t t t k Th ''Why, Auntie, you've been hoard- . . , operation at the present time at l · or a su s an .Ja - wage mcrease

1 wor .. >- · ne race rae ·.. ts com-

A\;elltle . Ship. buildina Confab and vacations for a.Jl m.embers em-· pany . is now advertising fot· a red ing·!" Lincoln \Vay and Evans , .• . . . . . . . rock quai·rv· ., .... , -

- • . A meeting- has .been arrane-ed for .1

ployed m._ th1s kmd _of work. J' 'no, _suh,. Bo!is, not altogether," . Both are sewer jobs. ~ ~ -February 18, 1946, to be held in I Work in the area-has been rather T he L . C. Smith Co. of San Mateo [ replied lV!ammy, ·"At ; least t}vent"y ,

. , . .. . are workmo- on mne different sub- doi'<>'--- f · I t · ,. ;~ ' _,, -San Francisco, for lne Pac1fic Coast slack due to the weather however . · . . "'. . . - . . · i · '"""" ·O -<a am wasm,.f, Inoney · -:Hunters .Point Job B .. & H' . . . . - ' '- chvtswn proJects a t th1s t1me em-, · - * * -* -

·- anett · ilp have two large . Sh10bmldmo· Conference. Neo·otia- there is a lot of .worl' cont.emplated ·1 1 . . . 1 · " ' . j : - -

~ t - - . • . • . • 1 . · "' . . "' . -.-· . --p oymg severa ot our members. _ ·. · -. · . : ?bs m pro~ress at present, one at i hons broke down m Washmgton, at the. presenttime. vVe are hopmg I The qua1-ries along the coast ar.e I!~ ... _ . -f , f d I BuntersJ?.otnt and one_ O~l the N:w! D. C., after t he refusal of the East- ' it will be let in the v:ery .near fu- I picking up, the Rockaway running. I ~oo~ay .· or ree . om. - . Wells Fargo Bank Dmldmg. Swm- 1 ern Shipbuilders to accept the Gov- ture, weather per!1littit1g. Beasley, : with a full crew, also t he -Kenroyce I· Newspapers· thS:t ·never heard · of e,r~or~ & ~Val berg _have tvvo . large I ernment's ~roposal of 18c per hour an Oklahoma S~eel· Contra~tor that i ~~arry. _The . Califor::i~ Paving Co_-. th-e manpfacturers' sitdowri strike;_,­

_nu~ldt~g . JObs st~rtmg .. the -Matson j ~cross the ooard for _all employees w~ have consrdel'able . dtfficultJes I are settmg up ~~: a~:JI:alt plar1t· -a~ I which haU~_d,,production until. taxes '- · :BUJld1~g on Mam Str:et, ar:cl an i m the _ s.~1pyards. It 1_s hoped that w1:th jn the. Stockton Area, . due. to·: the s~te . of ___ d1e:1 1-·~e,en,t~ qua~ry .;pv-e. ntdo_wn Ja. n: 1, a_re suddenJ:Y-.ful .... 1

_ :xt_en_s.wn ~o _t h: :toe...:· _ Excn~~ge some satisfactory . adJust:n~nt can a JunsdictionaLdispu~e between the ·.~~~ )l~.'e~~er_, 01 · our .un,un bemg 1 of ·:Jro~t"pa_g·e_. ·· st?rres . a,Qout how Bmldwg. cah1ll B. os. -are wa1hng < be reached at the hearmg to be Teamsters and Engmeers, moved . l Y . , . J .• tdker .. -are keepmg .go!)ds off .the · .L. t ·t t' · . .1.. C 1. I 1 ' T-..vo old ttme m·'mbers 01 this.1.Jllarket ll? s.ar nei-r new ou1 mng on a 1- l he.d here in San Francisco. The into San Francisco to do a - small ·o· --,. . . • ,_- , ·· . . . ·- --- , • - . . · _ -

f . St t S B t . or ,am..,att.on, Fran" .Arclltbald a nel l Isnt freedom of 'the press a won ornra ree . ymon ros. are a- ' slup reoair ag-reement will be one steel J'ob 'Pe v·J·st'tecl +,J1e ~entl-ema11 Cl '· - · · · · · .. -· · . ~ ~ · " ~ .arence Barnes are now engaged de:rfuJ thin!("? · ·

@I l r rt f ,r January 8, 19413 I ing a 412,500 gallon welded steel

SAN MATEO, Calif.; contract I water storage tank in Sonoma, Cal. awarded to Union Paving Com- ---

pany, $4604, for grading, paving on AUBURN, Calif., contract award-

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proximate!)· 6,000,000 cy. of fill the S. F. Airpm:t .

t G) .. l at : sur,facing- in Victory Village, 'San

LJose , Calif.

-I January ~4, 1946 j SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract 2 .. 9t_h Ave., between Flores Street' d t G S H · t '<'l~ 195 f e o . . ernng on, '"~.:>, , ~or

aJ1d ,Edison Street, San lVIateo.

· •. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., con­tract awarded to Maceo. Const. Co., $7~00, for constructioi1 of rock fac­in&' .and earth emb::mkment on. sea-

construction of .an isolation ward at · the Placer Coimty_ Hospital, Auburn, Calif.

awarded to Oilfield~ Trucking Co., $408,837, for 7.1 m i. grade at1d plantmix surfacing on cement treated base between 6 mi. No .' of Red Bluff and Shasta County lne, Teham'l County, Calif.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract awarded to W. C. Hailing, $70,408,

SACRAiYIENTO, Calif., contract • awarded to Sto~kton Canst. Co ., a\vardecl to l\I.J.B. Const ruction <;:o ., $119,997, for .· const of bridges -$372,813, for about 3.8 ·m iles grade 1 ac:·oss Paradise Cut .overflow · and concrete paving between.Gra.nt i about 6 miles E. i"lf Trac",. San : ·:

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January 10, 1946 for . 1.5 mi. grade and road-mix OAKLAND, CaL, contract award- surfacing in King County, Calif.

v'vall at the San Francisco Airport.[ ed to Fred J. Early Jr. Co., $136, ­. · --- · 577, for construction of extension

' .. CARSON CITY, Nevada, contract! to San Pablo Filtel~ Plant .

awarded to Silver State ·const. Co., '$~89 ,73'1, for 6.589 miles grading, surfacing, bridges, etc., portion Of State Hiway System, for jet. with

January 11, 19-,16 SAN FRANCISC0,° CaL, contract

Ja1iuary 22, 1946 OAKLAND, CaL, contract award­

ed to E. T. Haas Co., $26,448, for · construction of 6" water pipeline crossing. -Camp John T. Knight, Oakland.

Line Road and Mossdaie, in the San ~ Joaq uin .County. Joaquin County. J.

i SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. , contract PITTSBURG, · C'llif., ccmtract , awarded to- H. C. Reid ·~ Co., $35,-

awarded to Howes Sc Vv hitaker. for 1177, for const. street lighting sys­construction of a • ;:.ew reinforced tem on L6n1bard and Richardson coucrete office building at Shell i Ave. , fro m· Van Nes5 to Lyon St. Point. near Pittsburg, Calif. _ . 1· . ·_. _ _ , - -

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SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract ALAMEDA, California, contract

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U- S . No. 50, 5 miles west of Fal­lon to a point approximately 8

awarded to Charles L. Harney, $4824, for asphalt concrete surfac­ing on 36th Ave., between Noriege and Ortega Sts., S. F.

' •! SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., contract awarded to Rockalv<J ~i Quarry Co., awa1·decl to Haas C.Jn;t. Co., $183,- '!

I $'l ?"' . f · ' . ' . n00 6~4 f t· del.,_. t awarded to - L . . C. Parkinson, $1612 ;- ~--0 per ton or ,unusmng 0 1' , 6i· construe Jon a . JLions o for drilling water well on Old Tut- tons light stone rip·ap, furnished water system for fire hydrants and - -J

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., contract 1 tle Ranch, Colusa. . and delivered on Road IV at north , domestic supply at N.A.S., Alameda.

. awarded to Charles L. H~rney, 1 City Li:11its of BurliP.garne, Calif. [ t ~:~CR.AMENT~, Calif., . CQ~ltr:ct 1-$7817, for grading and surfacing on SAN JOSE, CaL, contract award- ~- FRESNO: Calif ., contract av.rard- -. · ~

~"1\,ardea to ~- vV. Ruby, ., $o8;5uO, i Rivera Street, between · 42nd and eel to Earl W. Heple, for construe- . January 25, 194u . ed to Kov1ck Bros,,. C~nstructwn : .:) fo r .constructwn. .of steel beamspan.l 43rd Avenues, S. F., Calif. tion of a 100 x 360 ft. frozen food I SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., contract : Company $(526, for ,furnishing and · ·; overhead, crossing over S.P. _ R.R. I · plat1t 1, 0 rth of New!1all St. and awat~ded to: l\1. B. l\!IcGmV<J.Jl., .-for •_f;installing sewers in_ Fairview ·.Gar- · ·~ tra,cks:, in City . of Aubur-n, Placer 1 J 18 19'6 s · c b · 1 1 · ·r t- t' -v- · ht H · cl A. F c n ' anuary · , · -. . - outh of amp ell Ave ., · San Jose. , Tep acn1g- ptes _a - ·ne -~ac -' ·' ar·-_i' "en.:_ .mwx, · resno, . a 1. 1' ,County. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., contract I ---· -

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bol', San. Franclsco, Cal!f. ·- .' ' . ·-_-,-- · \

. . . awarded t~ Charle3 L. Harney, for 1 ~ · Ja11uary 23, 1946 . I --- J ~Febniary 1: 1946 ' .. · MOFFETT -FIELD, Callf., con- pa.vmg- insJde of ·wm·ehouse at 3Td I .. ·SACRA'iVIENTO, ·. Calif.; . contra:cl 1 .January 28, .1946 . j _ STOCh.TON, . C2pf., - contl'act J

·. • t ract -awar.ded to Fredric.kson -~ j and Mariposa Sts., S. F. . awarde~ ' to J. D Proctor, · Inq I SACRAM;f':NTO, Calif. , co1;rtrac~ _.a.wa1):led to A Teichert !k Son, Inc., •j

:.\:Vatson,. $86;;988,fol~ construction of' - ·-- ' $378,765, fOr construction of five i awarded to A. Teichert & Co., $11,-1 $80,421, for additional drainage and _

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1l?fretc· taxiway .at JVIo,ffe tt Field,,. .SANd .dF-RANFrcrs

1co, Qal., _ contrcact I reinforced concrete sl~b bridges ~ -dt31 4 , f~~~ ~a3ving. , ~etc ·N?n 5

1, 8t:, ~id- 1 eNxten

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3n _ .of

1 ~otor paSrtkinkgt.area, _ J_~

' · a ·I .• - . a war e to ay_ mprovECment o., .and widen ·two brid;~es between Los e o, eli - t 1·eet to l Ol'LJe.l''Y t l1le i L a\~a . upp :y -"nuex, oc • on. , · J $4636, for construction. of Hubbell I Molinos a-nd Red· 'Bluff in Tehama! of Folsom Blvd., Sacramento. .1 _ . . 4. , '

SA:N LEANDRO, Calif., contract , Stree.t Sewer between 16th and 17th County at various locations. I I February 4, 1946 . . awarded to Swinerton . & Walberg. Streets, S. F. I . --- I SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., sub-con- I SACRAMENTO, Calif., contract . C_?mpany: .for . c~nstruction of. . a 1. · . --- _ -SACRAMEN,TO, . Calif. , cor,ttract tract awa1·ded to lVI. B. McGowan, I awarded fo . C. lVI. ~yar, :ji27,494, ': can.nery on a site . in San Leandro, I January ~1, 1946 I awarded to Maceo_ Const. Co., $281,- 1 Inc., for driv~ng o<1ly of piles ~or 1 ~or about 0.3 m~le. grade and pav~·-.

Calif. SAN JOSE, Cal., contract award- 956, for constl;uctwn oi steel over- ! foundatiOn of Macson Navtgatwn mg between Vrrgima and · Santa . .

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ed to Binder . & Curtis, $552,935, cr_Qssing. Bayshore · . Freeway at 1 Co ., o.ffice . buildmg. Main & Mar- ] C:la,ra _ Street~, Yallejo . t S. AN FRANCISC.O, ca:., coi1tract . ~or general construction of a re' Peninsular Ave., City.of. San Mateo. 1

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ket Street, ~- F. . I --- / 4 awarded-; to vVm. Martm & Son, J mforced cannery for the Beechnut - . --- - "· ·· - - · - .-- ; SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., contract : ' $23,107, fol" construction of a two- ! F'acking Co., San Jose. · SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., James ; SAN FRANCISCO, Cal:, sub-.con- : awarded . to_ Barrett - & . Hilp, , for : ' st_ory f~·a:me office . building 01r the I · .H. -- Turner, lVIana_g~i·, Publi~ T?"tili- 1 tract awarded to. lVL B: McGowan, I· construction of .. th~ Medico .DentaJ· '· s;out1"! ~ide . of Tnrlc-Street between STOCKTON, Calif., ,, contract ties Comm., City .HaU, S. F., an- ~ for . fumishin.g and driving un" ! :Sldg:, oi:J, J:?ost .. Stre~t,, S, F :. Ap:;: I(Ve~ster -and Fillmore Sts., S . F. awarded to S. C. Giles, for construe- notin<'!es plans ,an.d specifications for .

1 tr:eated pj,les at California · and· .Bat - I proximate . cost. :p,OQO,OOO .

. · ,:.· tion. of ~ · commun~ty building, the first_ job unde1· · tl:!? $~Q:O?O,OPO 1 tery· Sts., _S. F. ! ·• ' 4Janua.ry 9, 1946 Stockton, Calif: S . F . . Au·port · boncL· tssue w1ll be ' . . -·. , ·. --- I _ LOGAN, -.Utah,. contract awarded .

SONOMA, Calif., contract award- --- out in about 10 .days a;1d ,bids will. II - J~nmry 29; 194>6 ! to·YO\lllg & Smith, $24-,387, fo r ~on- -~d to · <Shicago: Bridge.· & Iron Co., , .:. Januar~'-- 2.2, 1946 be :ope,ne·d ~arpro~-im_ate_iy -:2! :d:ays , SAN JOS~, Cal ; ~::ont-r~ct award~ i struction· of a weld: d steeL wat~r. , i1i;085;-' for .fur~ishing _ and• erect- SACRAMENTO, · Calif.; contr.act 1-later:,-The_ ~vor.k - \vill,. consi~J . of ap~ }~d to. J. :c, Eatennil; ·' $11,82;. Jor ;-pipe_Jirie, ;?300Jt· in L<?gari :Ca_il.v_o~;

miles S .E . on portions of F AS rtes. Nevada.

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