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• 'r. Men1bers of Local 3. deinonstrated again last mor:h ., ". that they ~hall· not forget the older members whos'e con t~i· :butions to ,the union paved the way for .our current suceHs:. ' \ ·· In an overwhelming vote, the members approved a resc0 states -before the lJext "The · eff1cii:mcy and ·· produc- ··general contractor~-'-IS bmldmg -claimant is· relieved·· of the . obli- ~ their ·being fDrced to remain in presidential election." But ·the tion record· at the San .F'rancisco a 25.-story commumty apartment ctation to be . iwall

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Page Two ENGINEERS NEWS Seotember. 1961

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1 Jobless .Get. · Paymerrt ··:fo·~

Qjo.r F_in __ h_ t . _ . . .. . _ N (Co~tinUed from l'!e I) !.· . · _;,· ' ues . . . ncrease - ~ Retraining ... -.;- ... ,. ..... ,·, : -(Continuzd from ]?age 1)

ptomises . to the p~ople,:-antl u ~ own good; .and th€ good of 01

still has a cash balance in the § This is the tex;t of-the resolJ]tion to i~crease d,ues by ·$1 a month,' effec- . · ~ ; · busirtess and industrv." barr~. ~ . tive October 1. Tt was approved by a marg1n of 21~;~eAf!:~E; ' • ~< . r10p.raJ)1JP~. c9_urs.e. < -"-Wot king· together-to do)t. · I ~ _ pears . to the Local Un.I~l) ·Ex.ect.J. tlv_~ . Bpa.r~L that. there · Is. s.uHici.el)1: , ~ ' _ ...::.. .. .:-,· ,.,-_ ------

''BNt I am confident we will .", I· B ., m,c;ni.ey in t~e l)efe~~~ · Fu~~-] t9)·!i_~vf,e.'.~~~tig¥;_tH~. A~l~~~-f~-8~~)~(th~,'. ~ ~- . •r··

I ~ DefeJJse Fund and the prompt and proper compensatwn >or,·plckets ~ ·· Au·~oma~tfon

P ! ~ • ~ . ~ - the Local Union Executive Board may direct that one - half of the . ~ ·

. rke 'sr~C10X at . ~ecm~d ' 1\1 amount hereinabo 'e alolcated t th D f s· F d be alol ted to tho ~ Demands Adion ' , , . ~ . . v . o · ·,e e en e un ca v ~- ~ · . . • :. ;, .>. · The Consumer Price. inqex I ~ Gen,eral ~und oJ the Local Union, and that when it appears 'to the ~ Solution'· of ·America's mo

r ose by 0.2 oer cent bet'Neen l . ~ . ··· -Local Union Exe~utive Board that in order to meet the obligations of ~ pressing economic · probleri1-1VI?y,'an.d Ju,n~. to 127.6 pe_r cent · ~~ - ·· · the Defense Fuv.d, including the ·prompt ct'nd proper compensation cif ~l . the continuing high n ite of ' u: o.~ .t~e 1947-4_9 _ l~vel, the U.S. De- u picl):ets, the Defense Fund should.be,increase, the local union Execu- N employment -resulting frori1 a

partment's Bureau of LabOr ~· tive Board may direct that the one-half previously allocated by them ~ - torriati?n-cries out for inim.ec Statistics reported. Inr!eases . ~ to .the General Fund be re-allocated to the Defense Fund, and ~ ate action at every level of go 'for ·most transportation items :;:::) .- - · u eminent, business a11d ].ibo aha for housing combined ,~;ith ~ . BE IT F URTHER RESOLVED that with. respect to those members who ~ the AFL-GIG has deClared• a seasonal rise in food prices to ~ have paid · their dues beyond October J., 1961 prior to the adoption of ~ ·From 1953 to 1960, a s~uc bhn.g the index_ to a new high. ~ this resolution · by the membership the foregoing shall have no effect · ~ has shown · automation has co

As . compared with Ju\le · of ~ to the extent of such pre-payment, and fJ · tributed tQ: ending 3 million- jol last ye~r, prices averaged 0.9 · B BE IT FURTHER ·RESOLVED that Article VI be included to conform to ~ in mining, manufacturing ar ·p:er cent higher, mainly as. a re- ~ fhe forego ing. g railroading alone and added st1lt of a 2.0 per cent rise . in ° ~ .millioll persons to the ' une1 ~ices of services. ~~~~~~~~Q~~~~~~~~~- ployrrient rolli

n r er n n l By BILL RANEY and . 1 top soil bit to H. 0. Rutherfora, ready for houses in approximate- dirt in this one, and at least ' office you may hear a new voi<

_ DAN MATTESON · This will put 10 to 20 more men ly 14, months. To accomplish $5,000,000. ! The dispatcher is Jim Dani' The long-awaited job at Brew- to work on the start-of this $500 I this, 13 miles of lagoon will. be . AIRPORT 1 who has been working thee

er Island has been started. Gran- million project. dug and 18 million yards of sand M & K Corporation and Stolte i insul~ for some years as an o ite Construction has started with Jack Foster, the owner of .is to be dredged from the San Inc., in a joint venture, were low er . . the lagoon excavation. It looks these 2600 acres; stated recently Bruno Shoals to fill the island bidders $8,482,000) for the con- Work _is finally underway • like Granite will sub out the 1'that the first sectiqn should be from ·2¥2 feet to 7 foot deep. struction of terminal additions the new gymnasium at the Eo

. . This work has been awarded to and piers. Charles Harney start- I Club in San Mateo County. n Midwest Dredging Co. and sub- ed back on two shifts again last ' eritire club and --its future ha let to Assodat~d Drydging Co. 'I week. ·. . · · . been _buiit and sponsored by 't

It is expected that 1360 acres . Pipe-Linings Inc. , is back in Buildiqg Trades Unions in S of land will' be covered with the ar

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Aany SmalL : awaii ta-nd Of the Vanishing ~adory Pa_y ~ J1, - £ - . . • . ·- · 1 . .: k -- I ReeoTd Set .on~rac~~.s _.. Pmeappie Wor er In BC!y rea ~ ~ ·(J( .• lle;O · 1 Bv ·:HAROLD LEWIS - RUPERT · agreement should · keep a - ed its proposed eight years

, ·' · I · TEVF;S "a.rid BERT. NA)\:ANO sharp ear and report any_,tal~ . job ·of subdivisiori · work at The average weeki~ paycheck 'w·o· ~r .. Bky_··,·I· nA_ At'nR.eO~v· a·_lslNe·,~--~o~H--.f!- r• ~- p~w_er . w.as .also the h~ghest · 0~· d~-~ .ster Was recently ;>watd.- 1· I:lationai,iy -knowri food proces" . · - . · ' ···. k·.· · · . ·· ·· ~. . · · . . . · . .. · ··· record, Johp F . ;Hennmg, Cah-·a ·- o·b .on the. Lemon ·St. san- Constructipn .Is .prc mg up ·. - ed to be down (deep .m mud:) f -, . ·D.. t f ·I .. d ·t · · I ·R· ·

. . . ·sl· ... C... .t ", ' sots , has decideq .to slmt ;qown very slowly. If the trend con- .· - .. J·· . . M .. . . ,T· - ~na_ ka's· , ;a· t.er: li'ne lotrpi~ ·- Irec_ otrdo n us na , e-rny hsaesw. ebre.en Ia~~ea.nr._ dad~J1aS. ruc_.·I'tcy- 1 its lVIa,p.i Divi~ion of "pine'' tinues and . all jqbs . coi:ne' up . tun~el .back of H~~ia-Kea "is a Ions, repor e ' ~

" "' proce_ssi .. _n, f! pla. nt ne_xt ~u. m_ · _m¢r. · · h~-'l 1 d · 11 b th - · .... G ~ · kl · · f 1tr;:l.Ct for $114,B97 .. and will ' Lasr' yea~ the · Hawaii' Can- as sc, e:uu e ' ~ ro ~rs progressing'· as .scheduled and · ross .wee Y earmngs o .man-•lt·l~; e·· sa111·tary and drai·.n·af!e ·. h d f K ·. should . be workmg by nlld- · Brother Clarence Kapa ona is ufacturing production workers· - ~ neries qn t e islan · o .. _-aum · 0 t b Th t f th · · d · · · · t · h ' h ~ $11.4 NBr (lnd· toad construction on , announced that it would close . . c o er . f e rOll e o . e p_ro- keeping a . wary eye out fot e gect up o a ne~ , Ig Ol .-

. St · N posed de~ense highway s~t- soft spots as he .is "mucking" 17 in June. The buying power of own . m apa·. next year . Both these com- · p 1 H b h t - - th · · ft d ..'l t' g~ Altermatt and Fedrt'ck ·wa.s · b . mg ~ar ar or as · no as · with his "cat" loader. ese earnmgs- a ,er. euuc m · n. - panies have la or af!reements t b h d th · · F d·. 1 d st t t d d arded another section of ir- ~ ~e ee~ e osen, an e same . JoePao h·as again been pe- e era an a e axes an a -~aH9n pipe by ' the Soiano' Ir- wiWitt~1\~;!'·y;~yhc~ming lay- ~oes_ for the Walpahu-Nan.aku- titioned for representation by ju'sting fo r the ·rise in consumer -

· · li' Highway · · · · prices,--exceeded the all-time :ation ·District. 'l'he contract offs, and past reductions in · ·.,Local' 3 ,and a -contract is ex-$. . 1 K·al·ser's Ha·wai''I'-TKa'l' pro'·]'ect· ' .. d f hig' h est-ilblishe_ 'd in s~ptember ,s for '284,237 and it' :; tne 1 the sugar· and stevedor __ fng'· in- ~ pected by lhe . next e ition o

· has had to slow down, because 1943 when lengthened wartime rd ' contract . of this type ' they dustries, beca.use of niecha!\i- p' lans for t __ he second iiicre.- this raper. . lw_ .. ork . schedules swelled weekly~ ve received iiJ. t~is area ·,vith· ' zation and containerization; ·our aloha to t he brothersrat tl.li;_ past few months. · ',· I the I.L.\V,.U. is >ffindii1g itself ment back of the Kuapa Pond Kennecott Mines and a maha- earnings. H~ . Tibb~tts was · the low . with , dwindling membership. ha.ye not as yet peen approved ' lp niu (tha!lks V~JY much) . too Between June, 1960 and June. iders ·on the Napa River : To offset this, tlie ·. organi~a- : PY .the F.H.A. ... - Brother .Everett Hibbard, 19.61 · average weekly earnings idge foundatiori job in Valle~ tiori .has ~E:!i very active in · Territorial' Contr~ctors roiid .. chief . stew·ird for Kennecott incr~ased by $3.69, or 3.3 per Syar and HarJ;Us has_rec~ntly 1 "the construction ·· industry, try- job on Kauai is finally und er who took time offfrom his va- cent.' After taxes and adjustment ·

~ked up two IUOi"e jobs at ~ ing cle.sperately to refurbish · wa . yafter a few delays due- cation'> in Hawaii to drop into for price rises 'oyey: the year; the avis . They have completed. the · its resources . . · .;,· primarily to lack of adequate . the : :offic'e': , B;rother Hibbard gain ' in· terms . Of purchasing· avy grading on the Capehar.t_ · · Brothers · who work for con- funds. . . brought us ·up to date with power amounted. to' 2.0 pe_r cent ,using at Travis, but. t.hey_r still tractors under the modified A. c. Chock Lt(L has start- the -latest news from Utah. for .tl;le worker with 3 depend-ve the fine grading and 'pav- · '· · · · · . --- ents.· ' · · ·

~J1 ~9~ · .· , · .· , .. · Appreri'tic~ship · ()-ut~of:.Work ,(.;i.st ·: ., ·: ~~nnil;-~:;~t~A:~t ·hourly Williams and .Bur·rows has 'p' ., . · s· · u· · . . ., ·. . . . . . . . .. . · · "' - . ··. .. . :. : e~rnings of . factor y wo;r.J{er3> ~in_ · ~~~~:.i~e~~:t!1ii:ed!~;~6~: ;. 0 : an _,_: ~ . e_tk·.·., ' p ~- 'SI'inl· .. at:: Sa·n----R:af·e.el' ·. ·, ;~l~fi,~;h~h.aT~;r;~~~s~~t}a:~·~-mt·:between_ Imola_ an~ hl~n+For Coo 5 . . - '. ·~ - ' ·, ~.- . . . ' ~ ~ ··. I or '~2.92 -p~r ·ho~r represen~ed .a .y ,29 at Na~a. This will _co~~- ; ~ · .. - .. · · · , · By F. A. LAWREN_CE _ 'f:he Iylarm Bay Lagoo~::. ·L: E. go,i:tr,of l3 .cerlts from June 1960.-t:. , canals :;.Jromdh~ , l'faiJa-J., . Lead.ers ln tl)e: lwtel and re~, We ~-e_-!1appy to report . that Smith jfob has about six more· :• : · :. · . ~- .. -~- - .· . : , · , ; ;

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ver/ Wi,th . approxi~a#JY.( ~0 . . tau;ran~ bus~n~~s ;', in · Califor_ni~:. the : Broth'e:s . ar:~ :s~ill h~rd . a~ I weeks to -A!~ : ou~·· ._th~ . -l.agoou:r,, .• ·, Worku:g- -~In:~~ ave.ry.g~d. 39.\ • " ~:;; each 'Of w.hrch . wilt have .Its : have signed articles . of ,orgamza, , wor:}\.aRd will be untibthe~ weath• ' Brother

Local 3 Wi 1n ew greement

E.:, HAROLD HUSTON, C. R. VA;\1 WINKLE, W. R. WEEKS

AND JIM HALL .

On August 10; 1961, the Na-tional Labor Relations Board conducted an election at the Yuba City Steel Products Com-pariy, 526 Stevens Avenue, Yuba City. The majority of 26 .em-ployees voted in favor 0~ the Operating. Engineers ' Local 3.

We are going to re-enter ne-gotiations with the· company im-mediately and hope to have an agreement in · the · very near fu-~ra ~

This is the second lilrgest steel · fabricating shop · in this district

. in which employees have chosen Local 3 to represent them.

: .. RECORD BREAKER-A mucker enters the Forbestown Tunnel on the South For-k Project, s.it e o·f the new world's record for

/ ''- a six-day excavat ion ·job.

The Sol,lth Fork Project tun-nel crew yvorking on Oroville- -

rs 603 feet in lhat .time to eclipse the forme1: recb~d of 589 feet, .

ecor major tunnels.

We wish to .thank the brothers who attended the special called meeting in Marysville. This proves the brothers in this dis-trict are interested in their local union. '·

Wyandotte Irrigation District's · . set several years ago on . an

ternational agency. The new m·ark is acknowledged, . how-ever, as· a world record iri ex-cavation. -

The work is spread outover ·• the length of the projeCt (about 50 miles) and requires

.. ~ r'50 mil~s of traveling .. to cover all the headings .

The work in this area is still $62 million· project has brok- Australian project. The tunn.el · in high gear and should con- en tl:}e world's record for ·ex- -in Australia was the same-size ·

Both the Forbestown and Woodleaf tunnels are in more than 1.2,000 feet. Foroestown will be 18,750 feet when com- · pleted, and Woodleaf will be 18,450 feeL Tunnel work on ·the entire project entails a to-tal of 90,000 feet of excavation to be accomplished on five

. tinue for some time. . cavatioJ:l. ·· through rock in .a as · · the Forbestown Tunnel Slate Creek and South Fork tunnels have holed thrqa;

· Woodleaf, . Forbestown, 1\tYn-. ers' ' Ranch · and Kelly -Ridge

tunnels wi11 be completed be-tween October and February of 1962.

We have cleared a total of 330 six-day period. The crew was ·and the rock. _through which operators and oilers so far· this. · working in three shifts. )uly. · the tunnel was driven was month and· most of the brothers 10-15 .on the · F.orbestown tun- similar to the inaterlal here .. are working. nel, . which is 12 feet in dia- The record is not formal in

Baun ·Construction Company meter. the sense · that it is maintain-has started work on the con~ ' They advanced the heading ed in a record book by an in-struction of 2.2 miles on High-way 24, beginning at .Berry Rd. one-half mile south of Rio Oso, days after the awarding of the . put · up for bid at this ·time in- ~-Carl N. Swenson Q.oing the job. length ·and,)yill_ provjP.~ AS~~ea~ at a cost of $350,016. The new contract, . · . I eludes a dam at Camp Far West Jotmny Ray Haase, who subbed roadway w1dth ol 28 feet :·· In section will be .built. on . a new The Orovil_le Project contrac- : on the Bear River, . about seven the underground work, has com- ' eluding the new lJ:ighway ap

·alignment just to ti1e west ;of tors a.re progressing rapidly on ; miles above Wheatland. The pro- pleted.this part of the job. Work proaches oh the new alignment the existing- high\~~ay and will be their job. of moving dirt , \yith ! pos'ed dam will be 175 feet in on the Yuba ·county Courthouse the project will total 1.1 ·miles the initial,tw.o lane~ of a future about 30 days to go on the Little height from the stream b:ed, in is on schedule. 'J'he· existing bridge will remair four-lane fret:rway. The north Grass Valley end. They are put • . contrast to the present '75 foot Craw's job at Forest Ranch is in use during construction. 11 end of t-his job will connect with ting material into the ·Sly Creek i dam. The estimatecj . cos~ of the really in high gear. · Brot~ers will later be removed. There ·an the new highway. and Bear River dam at the rate of 50,000 yards I revised specifications .of the first Buck Lash and Mike Day · are four Engineers working on.lh project now under construction. a day. Concrete is also being i phase of the proj ect is· from $3 ,- doing c.t-he shifting. Clarence job at the present time. Brothel On the south it will extend to poured into the spillways at each '500,000 to $4,000,000. The eritire Squires is master mechanic, with Lloyd Hanna will be pushing.

' just beyond Cornelius Avenue, of ·these dams. Two rock 'crush- project, · including · distribution Paul Travis as super1ntendent. G. S. Herrlngton has started ., which is one mile north of East ers are go)ng full 'blast, and canals, ha~ ·been estimated at .There are. 26 operating engi- his job at Cohasset Highway .·· . Nicolaus. This latest improve- three batch pl·ants are busy. Two $6,102,000 . with ful}ds already neers on this job. The way the which will go- from the Chicc

mentof the short route between crevvs are kept busy installing provided through federal and muck is flying, they will -all be Airport to Keefer Road. The) · '. the Yuba-Sutter area arid Sac- the penstocks for the power- state loans. ·· in by'· the time the rains come. figure about . five curves and

ramento is expected to take four houses, but construction on the Bids were opened August 22 Construction is underway on widening the highway to 32 feet to five months to complete, de- powerhouses · hasn't gotten un- on a $140,000 channel clearing the new Colusa basin bridge on A new briqge will be built over pending on the weather. derway as yet. project in the Feather River. Highway 20 between Colusa and Mud Creek south of the Rich TUNNEL JOB BIDS OPENED This clearing and excavation Williams. .. ardson ·Springs Road .

. The Frazier-Davis Construe- Bids · on the first phase -of wor-k will take place in the river The job, which is under con- Work at the Capehart Housing " tion Co:rnpany submitted a low construction of the Browns Val- between Marysville and the tract to Harms Brothers of Sac- has reached its peak and ha~

·bid of $6,193,685 for the con- ley Irrigation District, Virginia mouth of Bear River. It will in- ramento for. $403 ,500 is expect- begun to level off. There is sev-struction of a 4,333-foot tunnel . Ranch Dam project on French vol¥e the clearing of 295 acres, t ed to take eight to ten months eral months work ~or Engin~n

· to divert Feather River water , Dry Creek have been opened. and the excavation pf 65 ,000 cu- ! to complete. · left here yeL • which is · the first major con- Bids also were opened for con- b1c yards of d1rt. Plans call~ for I Located about 21f2· miles _west The 1\11sslle Bases hav8 ap· struction project preliminary to struc_tion of the major portion th_e completion of this project of Colusa , the new reinforced proxtn:ately 80 Engine~rs bu1 building the Oroville Dam. The of the Camp Far West project w1thm 60 days after the contract I concrete structure will 'be built these JObs are also levelmg off 35-foot-diameter tunnel is the of the South Sutter Water Dis- lS awarded. . immediately upstream from the HIGHWAY WORK first of two to be built on the trict. Bids were opened May 15, YU.BA COLLEGE · I existing 1915 bridge, which Work has started on the · re· dam site, five miles north of l but were found too high and re- . W?rk o~ the_ Yuba Coll~ge cro.sses ~olusa Slough. Its ~0 surfacing of nearly nh'le mile~

) -Oroville. Work will begin in 30 jected. The construction to be JOb lS . movmg rl,ght along .Wlth spans . Wlll total 800 feet m I of U. S. 99:W from Arbuckle ii1 ' Colusa County to a point of 1.7 miles south · of the Colusa-Yolo County line north of Dunnigan. Concrete Conduit Keeps Safety A Ma.nage_ment Matter

The improvement is part of an overail project under con· tract to Granite Construction

sidered unsafe · or of poor bouse- 1 plates indicating three years Company · of Watsonville for keeping, and a copy is presented I without a disabling accide~t; the $302,400, which includes thflllle· to the manager of the plant in- Chico plant has two date plates. paving of a total of 46 mile!l'ol valved . As we said before, when we selected sections of state high·

Go~d Pr~gram, But Bosses . Balk 14. t Employee Participation .. Last month in reporting on the United States and Canada.

the results of the negotiations The home office is in Chicago, with the Concrete Pipe · Plants, where they employ a safety dir-we said considerable time was ector. From his office traveling consumed during the negotia- safety inspectors make regular tions discussing safety. And safety inspections of all this while we were unable to change company's plants. the wording of the agreement, , In addition, another inspector we could not understand why makes random inspections at the employers would ·not agree,, unscheduled times. While plant as they .have a fine safety rec- managers may prepare to some ord. extent for tl".e visits of the first

Illustrating what we meant is inspector, they haven't been able the case of the Concrete Conduit to plan on the second inspector's Company, which has plants at visits-to many manager's em-Yuba City and Chico . It is a di- barrassment. vision of the American-Marietta In making the regular and Company, a highly diversified random inspections everything company with some 17,000 em- is checked, such as housekeep-ployees in a large number of , ing, safety, etc. , and pictures different type plants .throughout l are taken of any .conditions con-

The plan does NOT. exclude wanted to formalize the system ways in six Sacramento Valle~ employee participation. Every and provide for positive· em·

1 counties. . .

week there is an employee safe- ployee participation in the plan, 1 Yet remammg are several sec-ty meeting conducted by the em- the bosses balked. Why, we just tions of State Sign Route 16 in ployees themselves on company can't figure out-unless they Colusa ana Yolo Counties. All time, and r ecor ds are kept of just can't bear giving their em- work has been completed ill any employee 's suggestions for ployees and their employees' un- Butte, Glenn, Sacramento and El the improvement or betterment I ion_ any share o~ the credit. Dorado . counties , and the,J?·S.R of the safety program. j Nevertheless, 1t 1s a good pro- 16 sectwns are expected to bE

The plan is paying off. The gram that ·is producing good re- completed before the end o1 Yuba City plant has operated sults, and most of the dangerous September.

~-three years without a lost-time conditions in the various plants accident and the Chico plant, have been taken care of. So it is two years. with some pleasure that we

In each plant hangs a hand- briefly give credit to an employ-s~me plaqu"e and on the Yuba I er who is really trying to make C1ty one ther~ are three date safety pay.

ENGINEERS NEWS

Published monthly by Local Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operat-ing Engineers, 474 Valencia St., Stm Francisco 3. Calif. Second c:laM post-age paid at San . Francisco, Cedi!.

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. BIG SCRAPER-Br.o: her ~prion ~lhifso.n is. +he j+he VVes+em· Divi~e l~lighwa): job of Ch:rf Broth-- o.p·erator of thi~~ Tw1n-en·g1ne Eucl 1d scraper or. srs _and Sand kay 1r. tne JohnsoDdale, Calif. area.

f·resno Area •• . -·· . ork its a so. eak

Bv JOSEPH "JOE" MILLER a.nd . Brothel: . Clifford Stofle, a tions about the San Luis project , • B. F. "TINY'' HELLING member of Local 3 and a volun< and seeking vvork on it. · Fresno reaches its season teer fireman at Planada, Mert:ed, C' This project has no~ ;tarted p~ak as of this \.\;riting. The out- Comity, was seriously inJured : yet and will not get started un-of-work list is -very low and at while attempting to rescue Reu- ' til 1963. There ,will. pe, some various times \;Ve ha;ve had dif- ben iohes of the same city. : highway work and re-routing'bc-ficuity in filling some jobs. The Jones ' car smashed into a power ifore the main project starts, but work ranges from Ford tractors pole south of Planada and a high ! even this will not start until late

Reports-your officer~ . attended 12 district meetings throug~cut

rhe territory during tl1e. past month, discussing the questb ri

I of incr ; asing he dpes i~1 LocaL3. While Vj e would_, have liL :-o! · to discuss the problems of the union with more of the m ec1. ..

. bers,- we feel that the Brothers who did attend themeetir -::·s. "\Vm relay the~:111essage tQ others who were on the job and ~:;t able to attend .

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The results of the voting was very gratifying~ It indi~a ~ 2s that the member~ are genuinely interested in supporL lg . their union financia.lly. ·We were extremely prou~d of the ;_ '2 · suits in California and the two ' "right-to~work" states-Ui: Jn and ·Nev-ada. Also, · the in embers in Hawaii voted ovenv11e ~ ·1.':' ingly Ior the dues increase . . .

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The vote in Hawaii, a new state with workers comp&.;.::r·· tively new in our organization, gave a forceful endorsemt,Jt

to the necessity for the dues increase. ·It demonstrates m ' :·e than ever that the Hawaiians are greatly interestd irt sec,_·•:'-ing he future of Local 3 . · . -

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on landscaping of housing proj- tension power ·line fell acro.ss i i1ext year, . eds to dams, levees arid power his car and set ·it on fire. Volun- ; There w.ill be no large proj- pectations for this time of he year. In mst of the offices tiLe plant construction, and is sc~t- teer fireman rushee! to t~e I ects of th~t ~ype _or. size in the out-of-":'ork list was very light, and in some instances, t:-~e

. tered from one ,end of the d1s- scene: Davis Chavez, the fn st ! Fresno distnct , U!ltll 1963 as 1 ff' ·' . · h , . . , . .: "'- ~ · . ,, .. • ct to th.e. other. f1·r·eman to approach the acCI- 1 · t·l t d but dtie to 0 _Ices \\eer s rt men of certam classifiCatiOns. By the t , ,,1e

In our talks with . the Brothers ·around the various c: ;'}• tricts, We found that the WO~k pfcture. is living up to OUr eX··

- . . i presen y repor e , ... . . . . _ · Most of the projects are on a d~nt with a hose, stepped on the lthe newspaper publicity on . the th1s Issue of the Engmeers News gets to you, the fall work 40-hour schedule, but some of hot line. It electrocutP.d) um . m-1 proj-ect, people .are coming from .push will be ui1derway. the mountain jobs are, working stantly. The ~ · current went i all over the country and. calls · from ·50 to 60 hours per week. through his bOdy and l~it Broth- : are coming in from. c·oast to A few of these jobs are on a er Stofle . )n ' :the thrgh . and ! coast: All I can say now is: do two-shift schedule and- as a re_- grounded · .out :; under · his · ~oot. 1 not plan on _the San· Luis proj-

... _sult hiwe a fair sized crew ; of Othet firemen ·temoved -Brq,ther) ect in this district for two years. · . engineers worl\iiig. . Stoflefrom th~ ·7"ire with ~ .?j~e· J Pass the word along. · ·

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Because of the dificu.lty the Teamsters are having ih get·· ting a suitable agreement with the Readimix indush"v;h~':I'V··

' . - . ~, ) , '·· ever, work has been· slow ·in the East Bay area. MERCED LEYEE. ,. · pole. an~ admu:Istered ar~lft~I~ll ·· Sheri Bros. and Sand way at

Charley .. Harney . iS w9rk~ng resp1ra~10n, \yluch save? his 11te . I Johnsondale have be€m keeping ' -~ t:wo shi~ts c;m ,the l~v~ ~ob at .~rotll~r ~~ofl~ y·~s .. seriOu~ly _I~l- I 20 of the. brothers b.tlSY on theii; Short-form ,agreeiTlen:ts signed the past mcmth: ' 62; :Merced ·and l~as ~ large _cre~r . ]ur~d qut 1s rec~veu~g fro:n th~ road job in the SierrlJ,s: The . reg'\J::· · ~~rking. The J.Ob ~~ - ?nly wo!·k- a~c1~;nt. He may lo::;e ~ ;•ntpl~ ·hea.vy d1ltY repairmen and ;w0 ld- lar~. ~gre~ments , sigrl(!d, 15 . . . · JUg 40 hours, b11,t iS. a ggod Jo.b gf lu::; to.~s fro mthe .i;)ui~l" . .1\].1} . ers are \YOI:kiiJ.g 60 Jo . 70 nours _. ~ac-.,at will last for qmte , a while . . brother m Merced c~n, VlSlt hun 3: \veek and , the-dirt ·crew has . . -.,he j?~ has peen going a~ong t,n the J\~~rced :Hospital. .,, ':1een working 50 to 60 11ours a . The Executive -Board approved appointment of thE; follow'·• fairly well without too many SAN LUIS PROJEC

1 week. ing delegates to th'e Nevada State AFL-CIO convention h;oTdl

beefs. Those that we have had Many brothers , as welt as ,..., . " . D Sha kli:n is 0

_ . · , · . · . ' . .. . . were straicrhtened out -withotit manv travelers have been com- D~Otl1vr T: · . nE . I'd ,P September 8, ,g and 10. AI Clem, H . L. Spence and Dmmy

. "' . · . :' . :. - . . · eratmcr a twin encrme uc 1 uo- D - · . . . . .. - · too much difficulty mg mto thrs office askmg q~1es- . . h"' t . · "'g lot "f rncJr . ees. Attendmg the Utah State ConventiOn of the AFL-C.O · ·-- - "----~ · · zer. t a JS movm · s 0 v "· · . , - - ------- Llo,yd H. Gough is on a D~9 do- on August 21 were. T. J. Stapleton, Clarence Bruner, L. J . . T. ·e·_,_. h .E.ngmn.~e~s. ~ ", .-~n· ·· _(~Ud_~. zer. Jim Saling also on D-9 do· Neeley, M. F. Bowman and John Thornton. ~ li Iii II 'iiOj; 111 ~V I ..... zer. Robert Reidlen and Illation

Whitson ar-c. operating two twin Anpren' t;~e·· ti':!.h; p Pact engine Euclid pulls. William Wa--~. . . I'- . bl · . m · · , . ters is on a Pioneer dozer. Harry By AL BOARD.MAN and Civil Engineers & Land Scmlcal d H old Mounce is oiler. Ev-

ested in entering the . apcp!·~n- · E;ngineers' workiq~ under ~E I a~ett afunner · is operating \a . ticeship pr~gram should n.ot~fy & LS master a~reement receiv- ~rencher and Bob Hays OJling.

tls so we w~ll be abl~ to notify ed 16 cents. to 2~ cents ~nd.on l Jerry Howell is on a ,blade. $and-all th~ parties concerned as the . July . und~r · the constru;twn kay and Ransome were awaraeu program progresses. . . . ! master . agreement 18 cenLs to .I the contract at Madera for a can-

- AGREEMJ

Work· Slow ·· a·ut ·steady ·At Sto·¢ktoti

By ·wALTER M. TALBOT, AL McNAMARA and GLENN

L. DOBYNS

r· Good Jobs Are In The Mountains Tl1e situation in this district

is . much the same as reported in la.st month's issue of the En- By ERNIE NELSON, EDWARD gineer's News, with very little HEARNE, WILLIAI\1£ METTZ, activity in the job placement C. E . . COCKAYNE AND ..

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ENGINEERS NEWS

:plase of oubr operatiotntsh. . t ' A. V. ·DALTON j. This is eca1:1se_ a Is . Ime 1 The Sacramento area 'is still in lit:::::tm:;:g

?f ¥ear the. m~Jor~ty of proJects I full swing. We -cleared 786 (''';:]:::·a:&11Ji;j~(~;';]M!I:.·:':·:.::o=;: :'I::'i,:)'l,'=,'i=::·:::·::·:;·:\:i::':':il:':,'·i ln progress Will, m most ' cases, I brothers last month. We have a !? be completed by the cre'A s that j l t f h t · b · 'h ·t b t · h · t o o s or JO s m L e CI y, u are now mannmg t e eqmpmen . t f tl d · b · th :However, it has been particu- mos o . le goo JO s are m e larly slow this past month be- mountams. . -cause our out-of-work lists are . B?yle ~ Broth;rs have a dnl_l-beginning to gain over those :ng J?b m Fr~nc.1 Meadows. This being dispatched. 1 JOb Is 97 miles from the hqll.

Harms Bros ., of Sacramento,r ·They have set up a small camp PROTESTS l:iY ·.ORGANiZED LABOR against presence in lobby of Baroness Erlangar Hospital,

was low bidder on 5.7 miles of for the boys. Chattanooga, Tenn., of American Med ical Associa t ion propaganda blast against health cw

.relocation and grading of State G_ordon H. Ball has started the for· the aged under social secu rity (left) forced hospital authorities to permit display of a•

Route 88 in Amador County, pavmg on the ~outh Sacrame~to swer to medical association attack. Mrs . Charles Crable, chairman of- -citizens' C.ommiHee between Peddler Hill and Cor- Freeway and IS really mov~ng for Medical Care,. Under Social Security, examines the two posters. ral Flat , for $1,114,865. Inas- down the lme .. They are usmg

~much as this job is at 7500-foot a Guntert & Zimmerman dd~~el- can finish this year. progressing with tourist traffic . er until such time the dredge is eleya_tion, w~ do not exp~ct m~ch oped slip _form ~a_ver /n f ::y Thermal Construction Co. has delaying the operation. Road in operation. This . company act1v1ty until next spnng with waste no time waitmf ~r _or s. a small crew at Chambers Point rock of the right caliber is hard keeps around 30 engmeers on the exception of some clearing They are . present Y aymg a I putting in a couple of streets to come by on a site near the the pav roll who can uroduce

b . d t'l th two-lane stnp that IS · 24 feet . · . . • L

to e un er way un I e snow . . f Brntber Rrw Peooles IS the op- pro]ect so the company 1s set- any type of aggregates , concrete

:flies. Bozarth Brothers, of Plac- ~Ide and will add 1~ o_ot sec-. eratoi' .on this J. ob ting up a plant on Highway 89 1 products and asphalt pavinO' ina· ·11 h th b-contrnct for tion and pave 36 feet Wide or I · . I 1 ' . "" ervi e, as e su " . ' ~ 1~ urth1 op Gonstructwn Co. has near Deer Creek to supp ement terral. ·

t he clearing. 1fl:l ?t

1hedr wor~s, tthr~lellabnes . bThvt a crew putting in a ski lift at the correct mix and use for sur- 11 Isabell Construction Co. has

U S JOB . ' mis 1e proJec WI e a ou D p k Tl . .11 f . . . . .

. . : h lf . 1 d I lf f . -1 II eer · ar . us WI open up an acmg. [ fimshed the surfacmg of High-Ralph Larsen & Son, Inc., of ! a . SI](· a-~~e ta~

1a o~r ~nr entire n~w ski area. In connec- Wright Brothers have finally way 89 north of Truckee . This

South San . Fran~isco, was lo':" ~gvmg ;I ~ e app~o~r:a ~ h tion with this job will be a new finished the sub-grade on the 1 was a rerouting job around the bidder on a federal commum- wor. mg d ty~ an t' e J~ l1 two-lane road from Highway 89 Truckee cut-off to Kings Beach I future Prossor Creek Lake. cation froj_ect adjacent to the comple~wn a r IS some Ime 111 ~o the ski lift. This 3% mile road 1 and the prime contractor, Geo. The Guy F. Atkinson j. at Owen-Ilnnois Glass P~a~t prop- Novem er. E EE OB ]ob has yet to be let. Nomellini Miller from Reno, has moved Soda Springs is out in front with erty, west of ~racy. This mvolve_s L V J Construction Co. is building the in to do the paving. Clements production and will finish ahead t he constructiOn of a commum- Eugene Luhr and Elmer bridge and the. approaches. and Co. is furnishing the base of schedule. ·

c~ti?n buildign t~at will be ra- Wendt are making good prog- PROSSOR DAl\1 aggregates and black-top. EMIGRANT GAP . diatwn fall-out proof, antennae ress on their levee job at Lib- Prossor Creek Dam is begin- SUMMIT JOB . ,

fields and the required paving erty Island. Blasi Trucking & C. ning to take shape with a fleet Briggs-Conley-Dennis on the ~lso at G~y F. ~tkmson 5

and grading, which has been T. S. are moving the dirt that of DW 20s scrapers and wagons Donner Summit job have every- E~1grant Gap JOb we fmd every-

a':"arded to Eugene Alves, of has to ·come out of the pit. They going two shifts. At present this I thing under control now with a -~ thmg . go_mg SJ_l10oth. !he :L:>O Prttsburg. have two Cat l~~ders loading out high-ball crew is placing 5000 1 grade "A" crew of shovel run- E~ectnc I~ puttmg out Its sl~ar

A. Teichert & Son, S. M. Mc-1 of the_ ·muck WI~h Brothers -Dave yards of material a shift. More · ners, cat skinners and ·nut-bust- /.r roc~ with a cou~le of old trme

Gaw and Claude C. Wood Co. 1 Woodie on one and. Al Leerburg equipment will be added to ers. The big push there now is I trght-lme oper~tors at the_ c?n·

.a~e picki~g off t_he grading and , .on the other.. . . bring . the production· up to an to get all the metal pipe in be- , tr?ls. All old timer s or: !his JOb -pJavmg Jobs bemg let by the ·j Work contmues. slow m . the estimated 12 000 yards per shift. fore it rains so to have proper ! with a go-ahead spmt t:hat

cities of Stockton ·and Lodi, plus 1 Lake Tahoe area with very little It is either too wet or too dry. drainage throughout the winter. l makes the cont~actor m_oney and

work for San Joaqu~n, Amad~r ! new work t? co~e up this sum- A month ago the material was Poor drainage this spring was take ~1ome ~ay m the ~IP poc~et and Calaveras Counties. To this mer. Most Jobs m progress are too wet, now Hientz is having a the main cause for. the joo start- ~or tbe engi~eers. Th~ _me~n

date A. Teich~rt,& Son has bee_n not :vorking ve~y ma~y h?urs . problem trying to get enough ing so late in the season. 1cs +have the1r end . o_f It u er

gettmg the lions share of this . Vm~ent R odnquez Is still plJ.t· water mixed in to n'ieet the min· Clements & Co.'s dredge was ! co~crol on three s.~1Ifts and a work. ~mg PIPe 111 the ground, but he imum compaction of .96. not completed at the time plan- 1 ne"' shop to ':'ork I, ·

SMALL · JOBS IS havmg probl~ms . He IS hop- Madonna's job along the ned. so rubber-tired equipment / The pavmg IS well un_der ':"ay In addition to the three grad- ing for a late wmter ·so that he North Shore of Lake Tahoe is was moved in to feed the crush- . on r1~adonna's Monte V~sta JOb.

i.rrg and paving contractors ~en- [ · I The broth_ei~s are w~rkmg long tioned above,~ other small JObs p 11 1 p. - hours t9 fimsh on scnedule. that have been awarded the past Oi ock 1 nes month are: Sidney L. Wright, -,---levee reconstruction and outlet Bin Science , repair at the South Plant oxida- e.~...... ~ ffA I J A n ,II ~ t ion pond; Gordon L. Capps, ;;J~ VI 'l.f;;' ~ g a :~v s id ~ erwa}y ~ .fk ~~ two sewer pumping plants on1 "" 1'\wenter r50n s-wain Road; R. Goold & Son, J J. W. Briggs is n:oving ajong they will finish this job on time about fo ur miles northeast of ! F !§ ~ sewer line Morada Acres; Man- on the Highway 5 JOb between if th~ weather holds out. Placerville ad jacent to the south I ,· 0 r r • Ue,l Smith', storm drainage in Pollock Pines and Riverton. fork of the American River. 1~ • e Gibbons and Reed has a job Escalon. i This construction company has going at Gurley Creek. Tliis is The tunnel was driven in two (Continued from Paae 1)

The East Bay Municipal Util- done very good despite heavy an Operating Engineers' para- directions from a _100~-foot adit, I months to complete. The hotel ity District .opened bids Septem- traffic . They are almost ready dise. They bought all new equip- located at the midpomt of the .ll h , 200

Ch .1

ber 8 for the construction of for the hot stuff. This has been tunnel. The alignment contains •1 WI ave_ .L rooms. . ar es ment to start the job including h t p river crossings of the San a long and rocky J·ob. four horizontal ,bends and one r Harney IS on t e excava IOn, a 80D shovel. They are putting Joaquin, Middle and Old Rivers The Fredrickson & watson up a crusher. This job will not grade chan~e which complica~ed & Z is on the drilling, Sper_rcer

for the Third Mokelumne Aque- Construction Co. is set in at the be finished this year. the surveymg and cons~ructwn White & Prentice of New York

du_ct. This job will involve· pile- Placerville Freeway job on Th P t . K .t . , . h _ somewhat: A 17-foot-diamet~r is doing the shoring. It apriears drrvmg and. dredge wor~ ?n the Highway 50. This will turn out . e e er IeWI ) 00 rs ~ ang concrete-lmed surge chamber Is . · three crossmgs m addrtron to to be a good job. Paul Fields is ~ng ~very d,ay. This Is the bigges_t I located 345 feet upstream of the I there Will not be a water prob l eve.e excavation and_ bpckfil~ . I the project .manager and John- JOb 111 the area. It has ap?roxi· outlet portal and the tunnel is lem on this project. .

Bids for the $3 mil_ho:f! Hrgh- ny Owens is the ramrodder.· mate~y 216 ~oca~ 3 Engmeers steel lined from this point down I , OUTLOOK , 99 b f L d 11 b working at this time. I t A' h t b h' t· I , · · · way y-pass 0 . 0 I WI pro - ~ They are also putting up a Th J c t r c s ream. s or ranc sec 1011 The work picture m San Fran

ablY,_ be called m _OfctoJ:ler, _a~- crusher plant at Caloma -and d e thames on~ ::uc wnf. tho. of tunnel was driven just up- cisco remains about the ca'me d t t h c 1 D ~ · un er e superviSion o e t f th h b ·' . . . ~ . ' c_or m~ 0. e a IM_orma tiV

1I· will furnish material for the Pi- Ch f B tl · ' s ream 0 e surge c am er but there IS an upswmO' m the

+ H h t f er ro 1ers, are movmg on f t· t £ t t . • . o .slo:n .0 L 1g ways. os 0 _1e ombo job at the freeway in Plac- th · · R bb p k t 1 Th. or connec 10!1 ° a u ure un- sh1p repair yards and at I.1t bmltdmlgs albong the 5.2d mThl~e erville. ht~~el owil~ b~a ap~~~:i~ate{~ nel. ers Point. rou e 1ave een remove . Is J v· · · 1 th 1 · Tunnel construction was start- ---------. ·1 -1 th · t oe Icim 1as e c earmg 17,000 feet long and will take proJect WI l entai ree m er- b t d f th F d · k ed in July , 1960, and was J·ust 1 d h . a ou one or e r e nc son- the water fro m Gur

ley Creek Tl ,-< d t ' t c 1anges an t ree over-crossmgs. W t C t t· C d h. eompleted. Both headings are . 1e a~my campe ~ex · o

Becctnuse of the delay r'n the a so_n ons ru.c lOll o._::J.n IS and put it into Union Valley crl d pri"ate " 'a

b G b holing through perfectly both as JUn, e -nver, an a· • ,••' construction .of the new asbestos· road J.O _at _eorgetown IS 2. out Dam. This is a beautiful gran- to line and grade. . I sent out to get some_ water;, f:I~ mill. near. Copperopolis, we are ~on

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At Kennecott Copper, where' ::t: f2 million yardsfrippin8 . job 1s unde'r. w·ay, an 8,cyard lo_a-ds a I 00-yard ~u~lid:

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!EAST ~AY A note has been received about an old friend of J-,opl 3,

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J; R. Feeney, 64, who ' started a cable business in Berkeley. in: 1948 and. \Vas for many years an advertiser in the Engineers

l News. l iis wife, Th'ia.e, reports that he .was hospitalized for I cancer of the throat and stotnach and died on. Aug. 31-. A na-ti've of Ne;~v York, he came to the Oakland area in 1940 and ·

i setv~d i~. ·fhe Navy SeaBees during World War It Iv'Irs. 1 Feeney ·· J:iv€s · at . 2306 . Arlington Boulevard, El Cerrito~ ~ BEacm'Ji ~~86j4 ... The James Lelnrian farp.ily (he's with Me..: Guire & pester in Oakland) recently had a pe~k of trouble~ There Vila 'S a. seige. of mumps, tpen. James Jr. broke. his leg, and, at ].as;t ,report, James Sr. was ·in the his pi tal for surg~ery .. .

I SAN :fRAN.ei;iSCO I Brother Larry Zimni~~- has opened a shop at 17th ana. ! Folsom streets, and .is ready to work as a mechanic for an:'r who need him ... , Brother Je~y D9wd has been named Dis~

· trictRep. for District One ... BrothE;r Mac; ·Lee was in to say . hello. He's · still on crutches" from an accident while working·

Marion -for· Charles Hari1ey Co .... Brother john Williams is back to worl,{·for GU:y F ,/Atkinson after a recent illJ.;.ess ...

_, ___ RENO

Brother H. -L. "Curley" Spence, District Eepresentative , has been reelected · president of the Building Trade~, a, ·po;;;t he .. has helcl ·fm~ 15 yeats ... James :Mott has .been elected tg, .. serve orj. the -Grievance Cornrnittee in District 11. . .

FRESNO .. Brother James D. Mark~ dispatcher in the Fresno office,

retired September 15. He and . hi$ -wife will live in Oregon, where they say the . fish in~ and

Published each month hy Local Uni(m No. 3 of the .

International Union of Operating .Engineers

(Northern California, Northern Nevada, St•ate of Ut ah,

the Hawaiian Islands·)

· . Office~ 474 Valencia St., San Francisco 3, Oalif.

_.\L. CLEM .. .. ....... .............. ..... .... Editor and Business Manager

PAUL EDGECOMBE ...... . ·-·······--·· ··- ·-·--·----·- ··-· -·-···-··· ···President

JERRY DOWD ... ........... ..... ......... . : .... .................. Vice-President" ·

W. V. MINAHAN .... ....... . Recording-Corresponding Secreta_ry

A. J. HOPE. ............................ ................. .... Financial Sectetary

H. T. PETERSEN ... ... .. .......... ....... ......... ....... ... .-............. Treasurer

,lfembers Vote for

Continued Strength The members of Local 3, by an approximate margin of

21;:. to 1, have voted to increase due5' $1 a month effectiv~ oc·;ober 1.

ENGINEERS N~WS

· . By their vote they have demonstrared their belief th~! a st· ~,ng union is the best union. TheY. know the monthly m-:VP~ tment will return itself manyfold in the future. d

Union strength, they know, is the .best weapon availab~e Consum.er ' A .vice at ;_he bargaining table. · ,, · '

September, 1961

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. For the great majority in Local 3, , the dues have not ~:n:- .nged since 1952 although the memb~rs have receiv~ nu-1Cci'O·~:·ot1S . sUbstantial wage incte(lSeS,. : '

Some Prices Have Fallen ~;;'i!Sf/"~ - :.,~..... '{'~ _,' ___ _ .. ~ ...... ... ..~ • ... ~·- · ..... ,-•:\) ,J, •. - - • '"" · · ' ~'· ' ,.. ' '~~ ....

-.. ~ut th~ expenses of our uclon have.:eontinued to .rise-

Jtiai-U~ularly because ot' ·the La~1di1im-Griffin and .the Taft- 1 By SIDNEY MARGOLJUS · •

Hi;l;i:ley AGts: · ·

1. The strict application of . these laws imposes a gr~a~ an~ou:ot of extra paper work; and

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2. Arbitration is made necessary more often by the em-p1,.:~vers' insistance on taking adva11-tage _of the laws ..

Other costs have increased as well- higher salaries for ot':ice personnel, telephone service, postage and printing, au-to;_.,obiles, gasoline, insurance, and so on.

'Nith costs increased so substantially, a . decision had to b:t made: Should services be reduced or slwuld dues be lbr~;ught in line with other Engineer locals on the West Coast?

We must always keep in mind that Local 3 must continue I tc ; row and progress, endeavoring to continue securing ben- I .e:L:.s for . members and their · families, so they may enjoy a Ibe~ter way of life.

.Those who attended the B special meetings demonstrated !by the overwhelming vote of about 2% to 1 that they are fvTy aware of the importance of carrying out our program. 'I'h~ rnandate of the members is to maintain a strong financial pdsition in order to maintain services they are receiving nmv, and, in some instances, improving them.

. This will be done; the future of Operating Engineers Lo-{:ru Uzlion No: 3 has ~een assured by the outcome of this vote.

State ~lJ'ildin.g Plan Told {Continued from Page 1) ·. 1 tration-classroom · b u i l d i n g s

Cl\~:10 by May, 1962. When the worth $3.5 million each at San jp€~·:nanent center · is completed, Diego State College and · Sqn I tbt: Chino building will be used Fernando Valley State College. ~·~ ;;. conservation camp. Among the proposed Northern

~. :. ate colleges in Southern California projects were two (;;;; . fornia will be enlarged by conservation centers for the_- de-$2:-; miliion worth of construe- partment of corrections, worth ti.0:,_ Among the projects is a $5 million each, in Tuolumne I $'i . :, million classroom at San and Humboldt Counties. . Ft:: ~1 ando Valley State College, San Jose State College will Nc, thridge; $5 million engineer- get a .women's gymnasium \vorth :inr building at the Ke-llogg- · $2 million. The same amount Vc~Ahis campus of tfie Califo-r- was also scheduled for construe-rue: State Polytechnic College tion of a new ward building . at 1th.":: Pomona ; and two adminis- Stockton State Hospital.

Wh~n : you go shopping this month,. you'll _ find a imrrihe~ .. .Of ·prices_ be~ ow a year ago,. al-though not. on food. · ·

Child~en's b_ack-to-school clothes and . other fal'nily clothing needs are priced about the same as a year ago. The chief red~1ctions are in house.hold equipmel).t. W

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DISCUSS1NG area problems at t he Eur~ka offi9e ·during a br-eak :in the last sp~cic3l membership meeting there v.,rere ( fron1:left) Bu~iness· Repre-sentative .Bill · Tomperlin, ·pr~sideni· Paul Edge-combe, Business ~ana ger _' AI Clerri,--Tre,asurer

Eureka Report

ENGINEERS: NEVIS

.By~ LaWs ·~it sh@U be· a cJgty of a member to · beeo~f.!. f'

· f~mmar with these By-Lawse tin~ l!lte:r~~tt(ll~~iu .' Qomsti'hetion and the Working Rules in the spe_¢i~~ fie CQ>ntr.~et u~der wi1i~h ' h~ is work inc:~. II I

l :.....f:rom _the By-Laws of Operating Engi~eers, Loeal No;h3 · J.

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. ! (b) Eligibility shall be -U~~;;·i H. T. Petersen, District R~presen.tative \Varren

8_ Thet Recording-Correstpofnding same as that for a - Constituti!)rt~E\1 ·

I . · R ,. s· t' · w· -·" •1· h , ecre ary upon reques o any Officei·, except that the membet:, .emo1ne, ecora:ng ecre ary . ~_-.. _ 'lt_ .h, ,\'l~~~lJ.:. P_ ayroD~~- o_ f. ~~~q"p,QO mg _t.wo_. S~I- ft __ s.] n __ oYI_P_K~d. , I1'. tB,all/Jllgh~way,)Q ·1·:· > .C_ommonly ca!l£_4_ N:_om~na_t~o.n._; . a.ad ·l-\~.~:ep_ tfnee oLzatwns; sba11 be .h~l. d- by _, ~_ ~S¢_@1;,/i: -~ ,to "-$lQO;OOp - ~or :§Om~ 200. m~en. & Simpsonwill' db-th('!);;_truct:ur.es the. l\fcK~nleyvillef~.oeway, tntls ~pmr~ayon an5l~ ~le.ch?lf records ballot and adequate -safeg .· ,1-;:

.·_.·_ ··: AJ . 1,'1adel; builc1il,1g the $4% i ori thtis projecf:".z: :'' .. · '- · . , _I project . would . complete iciur_ mcludri?-g ' but not hmited_to the to insure a fair election · sh @&.; 1:1 · · - ,,,. n1iJ.Hq~:,~ Proj.~c.t; . ~- - sits · l_oo!fiilg • Clifford c. Bong is progress- Ilanes · from Trinidad in A he li~t of~ligi_ble_yotets; :1he ballots . provided by the Un,ion inJ: flC,t ,~~

do_\vil,. ..i~.to· th.~ ~anyon .t~ta~ f~ll ing, on £he Fortuna by~ pass free- ! north to_ S~otja_ in the south-. r:ast a~d all challenges ~~-4 ·chal- corda~ce_. with th~ Internati@[.~h.t , rams. ~rJ:J Jurn mto ·a la~e. Ram i w a y project. Superintendent I about 50 ·mrles. · i Iengea b_a~lots , th~ certificate Qf ConstitutiOn, applicable ~~ws a~1! · 1

- ~I~rn~~~ --~e .. PBwer, :rlus ~7 milliOn . A:l(t~l~ xm . . . I hoi-Management. Rep·orts~, F~fPY1 '~: . · the _cohtractmg · fum, Fadel- Hal~g1nment19Jo9b A:nea8r0.DGashquec 1 o_~ tpr.?ject . would- mcl~de a new CO , IN~ERNATIONAL · .8 I one are-·pafd nothing, 30 reif~i¥.(;); , 1 Gram~. -,_ _ , .. _1g 1~~ay _ . ; n s .ove I" l· bndge across .~he_ nv:r. _ · _NYENTION DELEGATE less than $5,000 and . 38 jn~~l_ r[l __ ~ -AT.¢e : , ·S:qnra...,_· Rqsa ,

accom{t' of 1llness Scc~rhce 'fo · $300. . Ca'lif.. Phone .. I:i'Berty · 5-3746 evenings. Firsi clas shaoe : Write ·: W. H. McNutt , ~ Reg: No . 1059628-. Route I, Box 27IA, .Su!sun, ' Calif. Phone: HA. 5-4312. Reg. N~. 26866. 1960 DETROITER, 46' by 10 ' . $500 cash for

m·{ eql.lity. _ Cooler includetiOn. Phone: GL · -0-L"O• Reg. No. 879763.

"hop t .~,.,ls. Phone: Me rrill · McCarthv , EL ' 7-2959. (San Leandro ) . Reg. No. 402912.

TO SWAP H OUSE - TRJULER HITCH: Hemcy~duty I -. • -----. equa iizer . - Original price . $137. Will '! ROCKS AND MINERALS. 'wm - buy good

sell haif-price--$65. Vfrite: Dean R. rocks . Want information on rock loca-' Frazie r, 1824 21st St. , San ?ablo, Calif. lions. Write: Eugene Russell, 2087 28th

Reg. No. 939542.. _ Ave· .. San Franc1sco . Reg. No. 1058913.

UPRIGHT FREEZER. 20 -cu·. ft. Ben Hur ·· GO KART. Titan all aluminum with l-!fC . Sunreme. 2· ve-ars old'. Exce!ient condi- 10 engine. Includes helmet and oxt\·a

for perating l~ngineers·

elite

.m-. _,! for

""'"1.arry L. ,-in~ . Hamlin Lake . . Write· Rn bin~ . .MIIil !Is Jge' 105, T

BOAT, H ' , fiberglassed Thomr. speed, . fisherman mode' Mercury motor, delux .. · er, accessories '·

·write: Lyle 1181, 900-1"

E• ~"''rRr

sin, insulatea cuHasc .. living rm., kitchen, , nished, open- be·am . glassed end gables, ·rL 3Jl5' d. $6,800. Wn hams,~ . I;:~. sau, Wise

BUSINESS BLOCK, · indust. central N. Y., fully -eqm, .' cheonette; 2 stores, 7-rm. ; ·· · · , $15,000. Owner retiring. wii .; _ ~-Write~~eth R. ·Hans

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-/ ,'i t\loye; , e _,( ,h i:; r.'c, vin g Lmder 'rh e. le .Je,·ship of fore mai1 .Do n Tuc.ker. · Don ~ Vn! ey is crane ope rator , Harry Gales i , oiler. Also on the job are operato rs .\:'' ' rgil Smith "n.-1 G'"0rqe Be !l, oile'r· He · ' .., ... is and mech'an ic Floyd Burger:

·Th at' s Brother Charlie McCaffrey on he· rig, and +he blac~ object just under his a rms is his constant companion, a lo:1g-ed,red and alert spaniel. They're to-gether on jobs constAr:tlv.

A.~nEye ·. on f_he· s·ky as Fallis on Us

By .RU~SELL S\:VANSON . r

. Action has . been good during

-:ne· last few months, but it is

now noticeable that some of the ~ontra~tors · are . eyeing the sky ~nd thipking about the weather.

We hear tha~ Drake Construc-tion· of Oregon is the low bidder

for the Santa Rosa Creek Dam-Spring Creek diversion job. This

is the same job that _was called

for last month and there were

no bidders. It is still up in the ::tir as to ·whether or not the job will be awarded. It is our under-standing that the original. en-gineers' estimate was $~.300,000

' and the low bid is $1,800,000; 30 it will be up _to Washington to decide . .

Bids have been called for Sep-tember 27 on a $359,000 road j~b ih Redwood Valley. L. A.

· & · :R. , s. Crow was low bidder o~ abr,idge and road job at Dun-can Miils a t $616,000. Work has :rrow: 'started on this project. E. ·T. Baas have started on pipeline. jobs; bOth . in . clear Lake Oaks and Chanate Road in Santa Ro-

concrete \ sa. Power Construction is begin-L -::: m r:;uHs cut en t he driver at the Yulupa Avenue i;:J job. Walter Fahje is the operator. \ ning th~ $15_7,?00 ~iner Creek ~~h i dles s und er t he sun on th e !:iiri j ob near Longvaie. T,he crew · i Dam-Ar t. Sm IS gomg nght to 1s George Casey, Cuz Leon ard, Norm Gebhart, and Fred Camp-

&.i g Savings A va,i lable I ;1°e:~1 0~o~~~~l~~deB~~~ov~r1~~ I bell. ~ ~~ mn.c.~mnr1-~t D-rftnds . g=~~y j~~ot~~~~ ak~vii:~n a~~~g~ CJt'ning: Ill! ~M~~~ · ~ K~- U W stre,tch at Lower Lake road job

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, ,,e·re pri·ced. the

S~pt~mberJ 1961 ----- --

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ON T}iE JOB ...

... wh~_n·,emerg_encies arise, plus regular -follow- up of equipment sold by Bacon, means _ b~tter and more reliable performance from your machines. . -

- Our servicemen, both shop and field, are e~ perieQced and competert When you buy your equipment-from Bacon it is- backed by -real service.

9et:it fuuu·. R. H;u:o.ru [uMPAl\JY

CONSTRUCTION EQULPMENT Folsom at 17th Street, S'c:.~n Francisco 10, Cal ifornia HEmlock 1-3700

Socrome'nto · Oakland · Fresno

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,.-High~ay 40 ·I ot Plant on I

·Two .Shifts By ·H. L. ''CURLEY' SPENCE,

and SAM COBURN

Silver S t a t e Construction Company; better known as Andy Drumm Jr., has two shifts ori. t he hot plant on Qolconda Sum· .mit job· on Interstate 80, High-way 40. Drumm hopes to finish the job within the time limit even with all of the shut down time by the Bureau of Pliblic Roads. ·

"Drumm's job on Highway 6 at lVIontgomery Pass is well ,along with the dirt spread. :Brother "Chip" Montrose and.l 'Solaegui have really been push-ing the job. Some of the dirt spre;,d of Drumm's outfit w11l be moving to his job near Topaz

·Lake ori Highway 395 and the , junction of High\¥ay 3 in the n ear future . The Drumm crews have been really busy this sea-

. ..son. Drumm had some Iigs on . t :b,e cleanup of the hash flood on Highway 40.

AIRPORT JOB

. The George E. Miller Com-11

· -pany is well along with a pav-. i i1g job at the Reno Airport. The

Miller Company also has quite a: project going down at the Fal-lon, Nevada, N~val Air Stat ion:

,' streets, water mains, sewer lines .and the sewer disposal plant. They are having, some trouble on the cave-ins at . the disposal plant. . .-. ,P. W. Burge has the water

·. main work on the Jan-Mar Con-. s truction Comp;any job at the

.Fallon Naval · Air Station . .

EN.GINEERS NEWS

I' ·gineer at leis re

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.. Ready•Mix at Orovada hqs fin~ · ..ished- tlie· first 14 miles of the ·.

. . ·U ighway 95 job al).d vi;ere Iayiqg . . 1Jle bl~cktop on the seco;nd sec-

Speed~ter ~Mike M.c;Gr~evy Be.tween Races

tion until a cloudburst hit the . ' .~tliei n!ght: :a.ri4 th~y h_~q to .~gyt M· . . ·G· ·· . B. u· .. · t h w · k

.-:fl.ow .. p.. · ·r_~I;)Y . ,_~re Gla:i!TI,in~ t11~ . •· ,._, \ C -re,evy- .. ,.-urns . . ~ , · ,. e.::·· :1 rae-·· S l"ec.on;l .f_or laymg bla~ktop, put- ~ -, . · · ··· · ~ · · ·.· ·· · .•"''" -:~ · · · ··• · --- ·' t ing doWn. 360 tons an hour with . · . ·

. . a·;n~w:· systein: ·Dreqge .Truckirig · .. ~: ~rother ~A!k;e. ~cgreevy, ':'!'h:o for .five days_ a 't,'; ~ek vv?~k~ f?r . ' ll~s fixe~d a meS~SUfiilg box for. s.a!l : ~eandro \ Prpel.me O(l thetr g_r~ase .true~·· . IS one of the Bay the belly dump trucks-and they Area s most prommeflt automobrle , race drrvers. . . .

.have a new pick up loader that Mike, w~o lives with his wife Cathy and children Renee, , "-picks up the windrows when the Des,iree and Michelle in Castro Valley, has been racing since · 'Barbergreene takes off. It qoes 194.6. He has driven on all. local tracks, at the wheel of midgets,

n ot stop until lunch. sprint cars; hard tops and · st ock cars. Here'·s his record:

STORM HITS 1956, Spririt Car Championship; 1957, Sprint Car Champion-Wells-Cargo is just startii1g ship,; 1958, Midget Championship; 1959, Midget Championship;

t heir 14 miles at Rye Patch Dam 1960, Midget Championship. ·

to Humboldt' House on Highway He presently is running in the top three for this year's Midget -40. ·They are clearing the right Champi_onship. Brother Mike drives under the flag of the Bay nf way of brush and starting to Cities Racing Association. He also has raced three years in put down pipe. This highway Midwest and Eastern circuits. section was closed by a cloud-burst the other night for seven The 1956 and 1957 Sprint Car Championships were won in hours with three feet of mud a car owned and sponsored by Br.other John Pestasa of San

oV.er it, cutting some new ra- Leandro Pif?elin.e. . . yii{es _through .the new right of Mike weM to ,Indianapolis , last May to try ,for the 500-mile

way. ra.ce, but was unab~~· to get a car. H.e weighs on,fy 125 pounds ,, , .. · ~ r:~ 1 •• ., . ,, . ,,··:;-Dodge Constn1ction is well and sta.nds 5 feet , I ~4 inches, but has the skill ari'd the spi rit of .' . M_C:Gfeev)t c( No. 14 )' le

a_'c;ls racer Joe Soa;:es around

Un.derway on a section at Orinda three big men. . corner in a midget auto race .

. on Highway 40, putting in the . n ew bridge and culvert. They ·San Jos··e Ar .. · ·ea .. ~re moving in borrow on . t,h.e -¢ast section of their · job, \.voik- --.,.-------'--'-..----

iri,tci~~~ti;n~fr~~~o~~~t~~~s.at w.·.· ·ork Picks Up...;.40. o.· · .. Refe.rr. als Eastgate is down to laying black-

q tight

. top. They were goinggood until. By A. J. HOPE, WM. HARLEY pita~ or .a large sub-division job. good-sized job in th~ amourit of -The ·most northerly section of

. . a flash _flood .came along an~d ~ DAVIDSON an. d G. L. l\1. OORE. J Rl:)isch was low bidder on a $49,- . $475,099;-' for . the grading and the freeway from ·Mountain -cut a big canyon across the1r · · ,

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475 contract for the resurfacing pavincr · Of Curtner Ave and v· . t S 1 . . . · ht f 1 ,· t·l · w k 1 · k d · t · .. . . . "' · . ., 1ew o unnyva e...:......apprOXl· n ew ng o way, s ovong .1em I or . 1as pic e up o. so~e , of a section of Bl?ssom Hill , ?tone A~e. , m S~n Jose iand the . . . ~- . .• :down some. . . degree m the San Jose D1stnct. ; Road. lmstallation of signal llghts. mately 5.4 nule~:> should be fr.

, RYE PATCH -I During th~ past month, more ! Oscar c. Holmes Company i L. c. Smith Company was the ished by the ~irst of the year. Wells-Cargo or their Highway !han 400 dispatch refer~~ls were was low bidder on a $i69,252 low l:Mder on ~contract for the .L. C. Smith is the prime contrac-

40 job, west of Lovelock, will Issued. ~he demand ~or men has contract for ·the rerouting of a widening of Middlefield Road tor on this project. The Allen start getting b~ack top. They are been fair, b.ut the Jobs ar~ of ! canal for the flood control dis- . west · of Mour:tail~ View ~o the Campbell Construction Company just moving the hot · plant b~ck short ~urahon, so the ou -of- ; trict, between Homestead Road Bayshore. This bid was m the has the next section of the free· from Idaho where· they had work list has remau:ed long. ·and the Bayshore. At present : amount of $~88,060 . , way, about 6.1 miles. some ,work. The dirt spread is Onl~ a few of the larger com- ,_ they are using three 20's , two _ San Jose ·and San Francisco Granite Construction Com-finished and waiting to start the pam~.s h~~~ seen fit to work I Cats and a-Northwest 2Ej Shovel. will be solidly linked 15y a stx- . pany was awarded several large Rye Patch job. . over Ime ·. 1~ sumn:er. 1 / William & Bur~ows .has com- lane freeway by. April of 1962. contracts. Work has started on a

Standard Slag expects to hold A. J. Rmsch Pavmg Compan?' 1 pleted the excavatwn ·on the res- ! Work IS proceedmg on schedule $419,000 contract for t he resur-

a pre-job conference with all the has had a busy season. The pro)- I ervoir on Prospect Avenue, and I on the last twq contracts from facing and rebuilding of section Building Trades on the starting . ect on the San oJse· Airport has

1 is pi.ltting up the structures for , Charleston . Ro~d in Mountain of Highway , 1, south of Dave~ of their new $1 million i.ron ore I kept the Brothers busy for sev- the roof. · 1 View south to Brokaw Road in port. Granite also was low b• mill. As you know, we have some eral months. About two \Veeks Piazza Paving Company has ! San Jose. The two projects will ders on a $162,000 contr~ct for

30 brothers working for them. are left to complete the paving had crews busy on construction 1 connect with the portion of the . the construction of a road to La·

?'hey had to build a new road I on this job, and most equipme~t w?rk and at both of their plants. 1 freeway al.ready complet.ed f~cm 1 Torre 's Chicken Ranch on l\ilaker J.ll to. the plant. has been moved to north of Mil- Piazza recently was awarded a i San Francisco to Mountam Vtew. :Road.

Canada;oito-California Gas .· Line

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Two drur:n hoist which wa.li used t~ pull pip~ line across S~~rame nto River. First of such two lin.es is in place, )Nith cable -shown pulfing the second

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Page Sixteen

-Your Pension Plan ~t:T!~Ir ,_ ,_-.I -

Ll! ~ ~~\J OperaHng- Engineers * * · .. :;;

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ns .er.s NOHCES f ~ . · 1-· The' follOWi~ · al: regular ' . (IQ irectofy • '!

Here are more questions members ask about the Pension Plan · ~w.hich is supported solely by ·employer payments- and some · ;answers.

meetings for October and No- ~ MAIN OFFICE-SAN FRANCI$CO, CALIFORNIA ¥ember: 474 VALENCIA Tel: HEmlock 1-1568

_ SAN FRANCISCO , A~ CLEM, Business Manag:r -------···-·--·----·······-·- .... ........ WYrr;tan 2-0~94 --. - G - ~ PA:UL EDGECOMBE. Pres1dent -·--------------··-· · ... ..... ______ Misswn · 7-4 t48

Oct. 4 (Wednesday), 200 · uer- · JERRY DOWD, Vice P i·esident and Represe.ritative ~-----UNion 7-9369 rero. . . . . ........ LAndscape 4-4023 ART PENNEBAKER, Business Repre_s entative .. .. CL 4-8681 (Ol'inda) THOMAS ECK, Business Represet1tative _______ ___ .. ... : ... __________ ... .Oakland ,

STOCKTON, California 2626 ·No.' California. St HOward 4-768:1' 1

WALTER TALBOT, District Representative .............. HOw,ard 4-1092' AL McNAMARA, Business Representati\·e ....... . . ... .. HOward 4-070(J;

MODESTO, California I521 K Street . LAmbert 2-0833l GLENN DOBYNS. Business 'Representative ............ LArnbert 2-7632!

EUREKA, California 2806 Broadway- .. IDllsi!le 3-7328 WARREN LEMOINE. District Representati ve __ __ __ __ ______ _, ___ HI 2-8628 BILL TOlVIBERLIN, BusinessRepresentative. _ ...... ..... Hillside 2-4089

FRESNO, California • Q-Do the pensions provided under this splan affect , Social ' Security benefits in aJ1Y wa-y?

A- No. The benefits are in addition to penefits paid under

City and County Building 2nd Tuesday of each month B:po p_,m·. 1 3121 East Olive ' ADarm; 3-198-]. t · JOSEPH MILLER. District Representative ------··-·· · .. .. :,: __ ___ _ J3A 2-8232

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Q- Who administ:::rs the Pension_ Plan? _ A~A Board of Trustees consisting of seven employee r epre-

: sentatives and seven employer representatives. _ (End of Series)

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1961 .i'p.,Cg, No. Name - City Di-ed

·. 'i 14956-Ed!lie Brown, Concord, Calif .................. -- .. ··--- --- ____ .August 3, 1961

: 449693-Jam~s C. 1Cauthen, Phoenix, Ariz ..... ______________ _______ ... August 1, 1961

_· 'i2S743-0. R. Burks, . Stockton, Calif ........................ ------ -- -----August 3, 1961

; :260003--Jess Mora, Stockton, Ca.lif .. ............................. __ __ .. ____ August 16, 1961

·-~77056-C. W. Matheny, Stockton, Calif.. ................ .. . ----------Augn.st 11, 1961

-,452038-Ralph J. Guthtrie, San Jose, Calif ........ :. _________________ Au gust 21, 1961

---858006-Joe B. Phillips, San Jose, C~ ................................. August 22, 1961

_ · -186319-H. Clayton ,Smith, lVIidvate, Uta.h .............................. August 4, 1961

,:285474-'-Gabe C. Bernal, San Jose, Calif ............. : .. ·---------·------A~tgust 24, 1961 · .. 486132- \V. R . Austin, Citrus Heights, Ca.UL ............... .. .... .August 25, 1961

· 369S77- \Villiam R. Barrett, Richmond, Calif ....................... August 28, 1961

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