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Fiberglass and chronic bronchitisBy Dr. Thomas A. Mancino

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An I AM member from California writes:

“In our shop, which is situ­ated to the for side of an open hangar, we do fiberglass repairs on (he cargo containers inside toe DCS airplane. The fiberglass dust from the grinding is con­stantly in the air and on the floor which is constantly kicked around and kept in suspension. I have heard a lot about the dangers of asbestos dust and was wondering if fiberglass dust is equally dangerous. Some workers wear a small white fiber mask that Is held on the head with a little band. Otters don’t nse them at all, they fig­ure they can take it. I use the Wilson Respirator, which is available for all workers, but the otter workers tend to scoff at my using a respirator. We use polymer resins and the cata­lyst agent methyl ethyl ketone

- peroxide that are mixed. I am wondering about the dangers from these fames.*’

I was interested in the atti­tude of the other workers when you wore a respirator. The others who didn’t apparently think it is more manly not to use a respirator or any protec­tion. This is a foolish way of trying to show hovg/ strong a man is.

If a worker is exposed to a cancer causing chemical, like asbestos, chromates, or beta naphthyl amine or benzidine, etc., is it wise to increase the risk of getting cancer just to temporarily show off, and then years later, leave your wife and children, without a husband and father, and no money to carry on for the remaining years of their lives?

Such men are expressing a wrong type of bravado. When a worker takes a risk, it is not only his own life that is affected, hut his family as well.

Now, back to your questions. Fiberglass dust, depending upon the particle size, (the smaller the size, the greater the chances of effects), can cause chronic bronchitis. We do not know die potential of the cancer-causing effect. That’s because fiberglass is relatively recent, compared to the decades that asbestos has been around. One animal ex­periment with fiberglass, has demonstrated the development of a cancer, mesothelioma, which is the same type as oc­curs following exposure to as­bestos.

Your repeated reference, to the very fine cloud of fiberglass in the air, means that the par­ticles could get into the lungs.

I am very much concerned about the catalyst, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide. It is ex­tremely injurious to the eyes. Safety goggles must always be worn. There is an explosion risk, too. Whenever you have a chemical with peroxide in it, the potential of an explosion exists. '

The chemical fumes from that mixture you mentioned would irritate the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs.

The solution to the work ex­posure you described is the pro­vision of proper ventilation in­side the planes. I would suggest when problems are identified, that requests to correct them be made to the industrial hygiemst of the aircraft company. Ask them to send the reports to me.

Vinyl tolueneAn IAM member from

Iowa writes:“Enclosed find Information

relative to a plastic mokUng operation bring performed at one of our plants. The em­ployees, when performing this . operation, complain of feeling nauseated, very unstable and have experienced irritation to areas of the skin and eyes.The operation involved con­sists of an operator placing the chemical product on a scale then in a heated mold.The operator is then required to deburr toe product by hand with a file. We use two types.The solid chemical product doesn’t seem to emit as tnnch rfyrene-or vinyl totnene vapor

- as tlie bulky chemical prod­uct. I wonld appreciate what suggestions you can offer con­cerning caution to be exer­cised In toe use of these mate­rials.”

The vinyl toluene is another form of styrene, called methyl styrene- The symptoms would he similar to styrene.

A summary of the effects, which may occur following ex­posure to styrene, include: sen­sation of burning in the eyes; irritation of nose, throat and lung; headache; drowsiness; de­pression; weakness; stupor; in­coordination; dizziness; tremors; confused state; unconsciousness. Other symptoms are nausea; vomiting; loss of appetite, and potential effects on the liver.

Animal experiments indicate a cancer effect with styrene ox­ide. Contact with the skin will cause dermatitis, and a rough, dry, fissued skin can result The skin reaction can be severe, with swelling, marked redness and very tender. More important, however, is that absorption of styrene through the skin does occur so that toxic effects can result.

In essence, the skin repre- &- seats an important route of entry of styrene into the body. Measures for the prevention and control of exposure to styrene and vinyl toluene must recognize this basic fact Usu­ally, the focus is on the inhala­tion of toxic fumes and air sampling is done for this pur­pose. The results may show concentrations within a permis­sible level, yet toxic exposure to the workers could be occur­ring by absorption through the skin.

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claims have been denied in

some cases because the inves­tigative process never included the recognition of skin contact and absorption through the skin.

The other chemical used in one of the processes is benzoyl peroxide. This chemical is highly irritating to the eyes and skin. In addition, workers ac­quire a sensitivity to the chem­ical so that severe reaction can occur on the skin and other workers may develop a chemi­cal asthma. Once a worker Iras acquired a sensitivity, reexpos­ure to even small amounts will bring about . attacks of the asthma, severe symptoms of wheezing, and gasping of breath. There is another impor­tant point to remember about benzoyl peroxide: there is a serious explosion and flamma- bility hazard.

One of the components of the bulky mass material is fibrous glass. This is, of course, irritat­ing to the skin and to the eyes. The suggestion by the supplier is that the worker use loose work clothing. Long term ex­posure to concentrations of fibrous glass dust can lead to chronic bronchitis.

Since you reported that other workers had developed symp­toms, this is evidence that an excess exposure to the styrene in the work place has occurred and effective exhaust ventilation is required.

Filing for compensationAn IAM member from

Florida writes: ‘“M y doctor wrote to the

company and told them that my lung*> had been badly af­fected by toluene diisocyanate on the job and that I have also become sensitized to that chemical. The company does not want to admit this lung " problem is work-related. The company mentioned some­thing about sickness insur­ance, instead of compensa­tion. Can yon advise me?”

If you accept sickness insur­ance in this particular situation, as I understand it, that also means accepting the company’s interpretation that your illness was not caused by chemicals on the job and therefore it is not work related, which is the opposite of the truth. Your doc­tor identified your lung prob-

lems and your acquired sensiti­zation to toluene diisocyanate (TDI), as being work-related based upon medical and labora­tory data.

frequently, workers sign statements on insurance forms, but they do not read what is above the signature, which says that the illness is not work-re­lated. When that is done, this virtually rules out any subse­quent compensation claim.

So, this is an easy way out for a company to avoid a po­tentially important compensa­tion claim. The company, in es­sence, baits the worker with a quick, easy resolution of the immediate problem; to be re­lieved of work because of sick­ness. But that is temporary re­lief, because there is a time limi­tation of how long that type medical insurance coverage lasts.

In contrast, the compensa­tion claim, if approved, means complete medical and hospital coverage without a time limit, and further, provides disability coverage. This does not mean that compensation claims go through easily. Unfortunately, companies and insurance com­panies fight the claims as a rou­tine procedure. :; My next concern -is, frankly,

that there is too much of a risk for you to be re-exposed to toluene diisocyanate. Once you have been sensitized, as oc­curred in your case, the tiniest amount of TDI, even from quite a distance, can bring on respi­ratory difficulties.

Most workers, like yourself, have a normal reluctance to file a compensation claim. But, your work took something away from you medically that, I am sorry to say, you can’t get back. The compensation law is set up for that purpose.

ft is important to proceed with a compensation claim for you and your family for the long term, and also for other workers who have been, or will be, similarly affected by the toluene diisocyanate on the job.HAVE A HEALTH QUESTION? Or.Mancuso will write about specific problems encountered by IAM members in their work, it you have a problem, send the details in a letter to Or. Thomas F. Mancuso, The Machinist, 909 Machinists Building, Washington, D.C. 20036. Please include your JAM Local number.

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I A M M e d i a P r o j e c t l a u n c h e d

Nationwide television monitoringwill check images of workers, unions

The tools are ready. The training has- begun. v-

It’s being hailed as one of the most imaginative, ambitious and potentially far-reaching programs ever undertaken by any American trade union.

It all started last month in the historic ballroom of the National Press Club in Washington, DC. There, IAM President Winpisinger faced a battery of micro­phones, TV, and news cameras when he announced that' the IAM was launching a $100,000, year-long nationwide television monitoring program.

The program will involve thousands of IAM mem­bers and their families monitoring nightly television: Their notes and observations will provide a wealth of information on the impact of television on the overall image of American workers and the trade unions that represent them.

‘Lousy’ imageWinpisinger told the reporters gathered that he per­

ceived that Image to be a “lousy” one that is steadily deteriorating. But, he added:

“As I’ve said in the past, a lot of that blame for that poor image must be placed on the labor movement itself. But much, perhaps most, of the blame should be placed on the television broadcast industry.

“In the last two decades, television has grown into the single most influential force in our lives. The im­pressions, feelings and ideas held by most young Ameri­cans today were molded within the perimeter of a tele­vision screen.

‘Television has dominated their lives from early child­hood to such an extent that most of their impressions of many elements of American society are based almost exclusively on what they’ve seen on TV. Many of those elements of our society—unions, religious groups, minori­ties—have not been portrayed fairly on TV.

“And, as a consequence, these institutions and groups, which have played major roles in the growth and prog­ress of this great nation, are now suffering from sagging images, reduced effectiveness and less or no growth.”

The IAM Media Project moved into high gear almost immediately. Throughout this month and next, nearly 400 members of the IAM’s full time staff—Grand Lodge Representatives, Special Representatives, Business Rep­resentatives and some full time local officers—are attend­ing one of 13 territorial training sessions around the USA.

;■ ^Thct day-long training sessions will brief union reps on some of the basic rules and regulations governing the television broadcast industry and teach them how to train thousands of TV monitors needed to make the program work.

The training sessions began on Oct. 2 in Portland, OR. Dates and locations of subsequent sessions are: Oct. 3, Seattle, WA; Oct. 10, Dallas, TX; Oct. 11, At­lanta, GA; Oct. 15, Chicago, IL; Oct. 17, Kansas City, MO; Oct. 25, New York, NY; Oct. 30, Cleveland, OH; Nov. 1, Louisville, KY; Nov. 5, Washington, DC; Nov. 8, Hartford, CT; Nov. 28, Los Angeles, CA; Nov. 30, San Francisco, CA

• At the conclusion of the territorial training sessions, the IAM reps will return home and begin training local lodge television monitors. The goal: at least 3,000 moni­tors ready by Feb. 1, 1980, to begin a month-long assign­ment of watching television to see how workers and unions fare in news coverage, documentaries and regular entertainment programming.

Using a specially-prepared television monitoring form, members will begin their daily assignments by checking the early evening national network news on ABC, CBS and NBC. They’ll stay tuned through the prime time entertainment programming and conclude nightly with an examination of local news coverage on the late night news.

In their news monitoring, IAM members will look for glaring inequities in reporting such as: a strike caused by “unreasonable union demands,” or details of a new union contract that “will surely increase the price of the product,” with little or no mention of positive economic impact of the contract on the entire community. As IAM President Winpisinger points out:

“The facts are rarely explained on television. The truth is that wages have been, and still are, chasing prices. Higher prices trigger bigger wage goals,' not visa versa.

Victims, not culprits“Television has painted the American worker to be

the culprit of inflation rather than its chief victim.”In regular programming, IAM monitors will be check­

ing for the imbalance between the TV" image of the American businessman as the pillar of the community and the blue collar worker who ik frequently seen as a selfish, bigoted, almost illiterate person.

The monitoring will end in early March. From then

until early May, the thousands of forms will be carefully analyzed and tabulated. From them will come a'com ­prehensive profile of the prejudices and shortcomings of the television broadcast industry with respect to its im­pact of molding the image that the American public has of working men and women and the unions that repre­sent them.

The results will cite specific grievances and name actual TV stations and networks. They will be announced at a national news conference in May.Action programs

From then on, a variety of action programs will be geared up to file official complaints and to discuss those complaints with station and network managements. Those action programs will range from local advertiser boycotts all the way to filing petitions to deny TV stations license renewals with the Federal Communications Commission.

The Media Project will be coordinated by the IAM Public Relations Department in Washington and directed by William Young & Associates of Chicago, one of the nation’s top media consultants. A similar program con­ducted by Young & Associates was highly successful in assisting the National PTA to improve its image by mobilizing successful action programs against violence on television.

Reaction to the IAM Media Project has been interest­ing. An overwhelming number of favorable calls and letters have come from IAM members, members of other unions, and from workers who have never belonged to any union. Workers’ wives have been particularly vocal in their support of the program.

But, right from the start, the television industry has dug in in solid opposition. While their reporters and correspondents have been quietly cheering the effort, network executives have been blasting it every chance they get calling it an attempt at censorship.

Even in reporting the launching of tbe IAM Media Project, the television industry showed its true, anti­worker colors. On CBS Evening News, Roger Mudd accurately reported the goals of the IAM program, then followed it with a fragmented report on the low pro­ductivity of American workers. That report did not de­tail the facts behind that low productivity, leaving viewers with the image that American workers are work­ing less, and that they're lazy.

That’s the kind of one-sided, half-accurate reporting that IAM members will soon be monitoring and com­plaining about.—R J .K .

OCTOBER 1979 THE MACHINIST PAGE 3

Workers take the brunt of Carter/Congress energy scheme

Ever since Corporate America began imposing its inflation on Americans, IAM members have seen more and more of their wages go up in smoke, literally burned away by the rising costs of gasoline and home heating fuels.

Three years ago, the IAM started doing something about it. To protect the wages it was winning at bar­gaining tables, the union launched a campaign to leash the unbridled power of big energy conglomerates.

Today, even though tiie campaign has lost battles in the halls of Congress, it has mushroomed into this na­tion’s strongest grassroots movement, and has propelled the IAM into the national spotlight. Millions look to the union for leadership. IAM’s strengthened muscle is respected by a growing number of legislators across the country and in Washington, D.C.

The IAM campaign first gained national recognition when .it attempted to stop Congress from taking controls off of natural gas prices.

It was an uphill battle all the way. President Carter, who as a candidate had pledged never to decontrol en­ergy prices, proved himself to be tied to the pursestrings of Corporate America. With the muscle of the White House, he forced Congressman after Congressman to back his about-face.

Furthermore, gas corporations said they were about to run out of natural gas and needed additional funds to find some more.

After an 18-month effort, the IAM lost the fight by one vote in the House of Representatives. Price controls on natural gas were lifted. But every IAM argument against lifting controls proved to be true. Many Repre­sentatives who had voted for decontrol eventually acknowledged that they had been wrong.

Not one additional cubic foot of natural gas was found or produced because of decontrol. In fact, investigators i discovered that there had been a gas glut all along. The corporations had been hiding their supplies, just as the IAM claimed. .

The IAM had predicted that if the cap was taken off natural gas, consumers would be hit hard. Less than one year later, prices jumped by 40%, at thesam e time that President Carter was trying to hold workers’ wage in­creases below 7%. Consumers were shelling out a total

of $2 billion extra for natural gas, according to official government figures.' Homeowners were paying $2.40 a cubic foot for gas which six years previous had cost 170 a cubic foot. ,

Inflation was pushed up by an additional 4%.The IAM lost the fight, hut gained a reputation for

accuracy in the press and among legislators.

IA M District 50 reps meet with U .S .' Rep.Lionel Van Deerlin in an accountablity session.

Early this year, we sounded the alarm again, this time to prevent President Carter from letting price controls on crude ofi expire.

Once again, Big CHI trotted out the argument that there was a shortage, and that higher prices would mean greater supplies. Once again, the IAM said that higher prices would mean nothing but more suffering. And once again, President Carter kowtowed to Big (Ml, letting controls expire.

The IAM’s predictions came true.For most of the summer, motorists were forced to wait

in gasoline lines. Vacations were ruined, and jobs jeopardized. Inflation soared. . . . -

Americans were blackmailed into paying over $1 a gallon for gasoline, only to be told by oil company spokesmen a few weeks ago that there was no gasoline shortage last summer, after all. Oil imports from foreign countries were up 9%, despite the cut-off of Iranian 6il._ World-wide oil production was at an all-time high, and federal oil reserve tanks were bursting at the seams.

■ Holding back gasoline paid, off well for Big Oil. Energy prices went up at an incredible 64% annually adjusted rate, and oil companies raked in profits at a 66% faster rate. Americans had to shell out about $3 billion extra in blackmail money for the “privilege” of buying gaso­line.

Now, Big Oil is getting ready to pull the crudest rip- off of all. They have threatened to hold back heating oil this winter if consumers don’t cough up almost twice as much as ever before.

Heating oil prices have been raised from about 49 cents a gallon to an average of 81 cents. The mark-up for refiners and wholesalers is up 134%.

By mid winter, many, homeowners win 'have to pay $400 a month for heating oil. For retired people trying to live on Social Security checks of $300 a month, this could mean ruin. Even Carter Administration officials are saying that many people will have to decide between food and fuel

This time, oil corporations are not even bothering to make arguments—they’re simply demanding exorbitant prices. "j But by now, the IAM campaign has grown to a mas­sive, national movement. The Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition, headed by IAM President William Winpisinger, has .become a vital and timely representative of Ameri­can workers and consumers.

There is legislation before Congress which aims at putting the brakes on Big OO. The Luken-Jackson bill calls for reinstituting price controls on crude oil. IAM representatives have been meeting with Congressmen in accountability sessions to determine whether legislators will vote for Big Oil, or Luken-Jackson and the Ameri­can people.

Pictured above is one such session, held in San Diego with U.S. Rep Lionel Van Deerlin (D, CA). He pledged to back the bill. Shown in the picture are (left to right): Ray W. Bryant, District 50 President and Directing Business Rep;, Robert Moeller, AFL-CIO Community Services Director;-'Van Deerlin, and Grand Lodge Rep Hughie Quick.

.Whether Luken-Jackson passes or not, the struggle for passage, is sure to swell our ranks. Because, once again, we are right.—L.W .R.

IAM leads Oct, 17 drive to cap oil pricesOn October 17, in small

towns and big cities across the nation, the IAM will protest the oil industry’s tightening grip on America.

With the IAM will be more than 200 other organizations co­operating in the Campaign for Lower Energy Prices. They will demand that Congress consider the Citizen Energy Program and enact the Luken-Jackson bill,

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which puts controls back on crude (til prices.

Participating with the IAM will be some of the nation’s largest trade unions, consumer groups, senior citizens’ organizations, and farm alliances. The Campaign Few Lower Energy Prices is spon­sored by the Citizen/Labor En­ergy Coalition and the Progres­sive Alliance. IAM President Wil­liam Winpisinger is president of the Coalition.

At a Washington news con­ference last month announcing

the October 17 day of protests, Winpisinger outlined the Citizen Energy Program.

“First and foremost,” Winpis­inger said, “Congress must put caps back on the prices of crude oil, natural gas and heating oil.

“Congress should appoint a special prosecutor to investigate so-called ‘shortages’ and find out who is to blame. It should pass legislation to force oil refineries to operate at full capacity.”

Winpisiuger called for the cre­ation of a taxpayer-owned energy corporation to explore for oil and gas on federal lands and pro­mote new technologies.

The corporation could also buy oil at the lowest possible price from foreign.countries, and dis­tribute it to companies in' the USA, insuring that prices are kept down.

The Citizen Energy Program also demands that the federal government provide money through grants and tax credits to subsidize heating fuels and to lessen the impact of energy costs on low-and moderate-income peo­ple.

The program urges federal reg­ulatory agencies to prevent the major oil corporations from buy­ing up other large corporations. It asks that Congress eliminate the oil depletion allowance and other tax breaks that are presently given to Big OiL _

Finally, the Citizen Energy Program calls for strict enforce­ment of all laws against price gouging by the major oil corpora­tions.

Winpisinger said that Ameri­cans in northern states are “wor­ried sick” about the cost of fuel this winter.

Oil corporations have nearly doubled their prices, from 490 a gallon to 810. The markup for refiners and wholesalers is up 134%.

Speaking with Winpisinger at the news conference was William Hutton, Executive Director of the National Council of Senior Citi­zens. He predicted that “if the oil corporations don’t get their price for heating oil, they will withhold it, freering many older people out.

“They withheld gasoline this summer until they blackmailed the nation into paying a dollar a a gallon for gasoline.”

'Hutton said that by mid win-

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ter, many homeowners will be paying $400 a month for heating ofi. ‘T ot retired citizens trying to make ends meet on Social Se­curity checks of under $300 a month, this could mean ruin,” he said, . * ■

He pointed out that many old- . er persons die each year from the cold because they cannot afford to pay their heating lulls. .

Consumer advocate Ralph Na­der told the press that* “oil in­terests can buy Congressmen, but on October 17, average citizens across the country will force Congress to pay attention to the people.” .

The theme-for October 17 will be S.T.O.P.—Stop the Oil Prof­iteers.

The day’s activities are part of Phase H of the IAM’s program to curb Big Oil. Phase I was the collection of close to one million cards demanding reinstatment of price controls.

Throughout the summer months, IAM members and leg­islative representatives have been meeting with Congressmen. and Senators in “accountability ses­sions” to determine which legis­lators back tiie people, and which belong to Big Ofi.

On October 17, 1AM repre- senatives and members in Wash­ington will join with others in a march to the White House and the Capitol.

Across the country, IAM mem­bers will, phone Congress and the White House to demand that con­trols be put back cm crude oil prices. They will collect signa­tures cm cards to be sent to Con-

will wear S.T.O.P. buttons,

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and will put S.T.O.P. decals in .public places.

IAM members wifi also hold lunchtime rallies at worksites and will join informational picket lines at the offices of oil corpora­tions and utilities. ,

Most important, IAM members across the country will meet with Congressional aides and hold news conferences to announce whether their legislators are for their constituents or for Big CHI.

Every district and unaffiliated local is being urged to buy space in tbeir daily or community news­papers for an ad announcing the October 17 protests. A copy of the ad appears on page 5.

—L.W .R.

PAGE 4 THE MACHINIST OCTOBER 1979

STOP THE OILPROFITEERS

The big oil corporations are thumbing their noses at ns.They ant off oar gasoline this summer and forced ns to pay over $1 a gallon in most places. Now

they glibly admit there really was no shortage of imported oiL In fact, oil imports were up 9% over last year.

The big ofl corporations figure their blackmail scheme worked, once, so they want to try it again. Now, they’re threatening to freese ns out this winter if we don't congh op their price for home heating oil.

The oil corporations can blackmail ns because President Carter recently took the lid off of oil prices. And now the Carter Administration says that this winter many of ns will have to choose between food and fuel.

Despite President Carter, we, the members of the Machinists Union, aren’t going to take it any more. We’re more than one million strong. And we’ve joined with millions of others in the Campaign for Lower Energy Prices, sponsored by the CitUen/Labor Energy Coalition and the

On October 17, we’re going to give Congress a message; pnt the cap- - - - - - - - - - - ^ biJ1 on oil prices. Beinstitnteprice controls oncrude oil by passing the Lnken-gackson

If you’re like most Americans, you’re as angry as we are.Join ns October 17. We’ll be demonstrating and meeting with Congressional representatives. Start now by signing the card below, and mail it to your Congressman or Senator.

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(This ad, prepared by the 1AM Public Relations Department, was mailed last month to all Locals and Districts for use in dally and community publications in their areas.)

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Legislative Reports TH TT

IAM helps kill scheme in Congress to tax workers' fringe benefits

The IAM Legislative De­partment was on the front lines in a fight that killed a Carter Administration plan to tax work­ers’ fringe benefits.

The President’s Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Jerome Kurtz, has been trying to broaden the federal income tax base by declaring all benefits re­ceived as a result of employment should be taxed.

Ever since Kurtz let his pet idea slip shortly after his ap­pointment by President Carter in July, 1977, the IAM has been fighting in Congress to kill it.

Now the scheme appears dead, at least for the immediate future.

The Senate acted against the new tax on workers by approving provisions in an appropriations bill preventing the IRS from us­ing any of its funds to collect taxes on workers’ fringe benefits.

Then the House Ways and Means Committee voted to block the IRS from collecting such taxes through June, 1981.

“At first glance, taxing fringes

appeared to be a blow aimed primarily at IAM members, espe­cially workers in the air transport industry,” commented 1AM Leg­islative Director Jerry Thompson. “But as we studied the scheme it was obvious that it would affect millions of workers. There is a laundry list of benefits that would be taxed if the Carter commis­sioner got his way.”

This list would include free parking, tuition for children of college employees, railroad and airline tickets for employees and families, company-subsidized lunches, public transportation employees’ free or discounted rides to and from work and countless other items—all for workers’ benefit.

C o n g r e s s r e v iv e s V A T t h r e a t

From another quarter comes yet another scheme to tax workers unfairly and benefit the corporate state. This proposal is the value added tax (VAT), which is just another name for a federal sales tax. IAM Legisla­tive Director Jerry Thompson

said this regressive form of tax is “an income tax in reverse.” The concept of income tax is to fairly distribute the tax burden so that those in a higher income bracket will pay accordingly. VAT would put the burden on workers, re­tirees on fixed incomes, on the poor, the unemployed and the underemployed.

VAT would tax most of the necessities of life, for which these people pay the biggest portions of their income.

VAT, a scheme that rears its ugly head nearly every year, is being supported by the chairmen of the two Congressional tax- writing committees. Rep. A1 Ull- man (D, OR), chairman of the House Ways and Means Commit­tee, and Sen. Russell Long (D, LA), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, are pushing the antiworker tax. They are now billing it as a "tradeoff” so that taxes on businesses, plant equip­ment and dividends could be cut. As a sweetener, they propose to also cut Social Security taxes a b it

B a t t l e a g a i n s t d i s a b i l i ty c u t s

Still a third blow to workers, comes in a proposal made by

President Carter’s Social Security Commissioner, Stanford Ross, to reduce future disability benefits. That menacing bill is now mov­ing through Congress with the IAM legislative department fight­ing it all the way. The Carter Administration has proposed a number of other cuts but the dis­ability section is now the only one Congress is seriously consid­ering.

B e t t e r t r a d e a d j u s t m e n t b i ll

The IAM Legislative Depart­ment is working in the Senate, pressing for passage of a measure to improve. trade adjustment as­sistance. The IAM wants .the Sen­ate to pass a bill at least as good as the House measure that ex­tends coverage to workers who lose their jobs with suppliers of parts, products or services to plants that are closed because of imports. At present, only workers directly employed by such plants are eligible for benefits.

The assistance program is seen only as a temporary solution to the problem of American job losses until the nation adopts a program that fully protects its workers from imports.—P./.Z.

I A M i s a p p e a l i n g O P E C d e c i s i o n

The IAM is carrying its case for eco-,; nomic justice for union members and alli workers against the powerful Organiza­tion of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

On Aug. 24, Federal Judge A. Andrew Hauk in Los Angeles washed his hands of the political hot potato by ruling that he had no authority to assess damages against OPEC and that OPEC was exempt from Sherman anti-trust action because it (OPEC) is a sovereign body.

According to James H. Davis, the attorney who has handled the landmark case since it was filed last December, the central issue in Judge Hauk’s ruling was whether or not the activities of OPEC nations are sovereign or commercial.

Hauk ruled they were sovereign because, in effect, all OPEC is doing is “imposing a tax on the production of ofi.”

The basis of the IAM’s appeal, Davis ex­plained, is tfiat if it were simply a tax, as Judge Hauk ruled, any OPEC country, such as Saudi Arabia, could impose that kind of tax at home by analyzing Its own needs and imposing its own individual tax.

“Instead,” Davis declared, “sheiks and shahs of the 13 OPEC nations gallop around the world together and meet in such places as Bali, Geneva, Panama City, FL, and other places behind dosed doors. There, they de­cide what production quotas to fix to keep inflated prices more inflated; how much an increase the world market will bear or toler­ate, and how high to raise prices.”

All of these things, Davis contends, are “clearly commercial, not sovereign, and there­fore brings OPEC’s action under the pro­visions of the Sherman anti-trust act.”

In addition, Davis noted, there are two bills currently pending before Congress that would impact on the IAM suit against OPEC.

The first is a bill by U.S. Sen. Ted Ken­nedy '(D, MA) that would..make it pos­sible for “indirect purchasers” (in this case workers and consumers) to sue for anti-trust

.damages. - - ■ •The second is a bill by U.S. Rep. Albert

Gore (D, TN) that would require any multi­national corporation, such as oil corporations, to report immediately any approach by a foreign government or company to enter into a cartel, such as OPEC.

The IAM’s bold legal initiative in the OPEC suit brought worldwide public at­tention to the stranglehold in which tire OPEC cartel holds America and most of the industrialized world.

Publicity attendant to the suit increased dramatically last July after the Carter Ad­ministration toyed with the idea of fifing a “friend of the court” brief with Judge Hauk on the side of OPEC against American workers and consumers, an option which tire Justice Department later decided against.

Kennedy '80 bandwagonmoves south

As the Kennedy-for-Presi-dent bandwagon steamrolls across the country, the biggest IAM effort for the Massachusetts Democrat this month is in Flor­ida where statewide caucuses and a state convention will be held.

Glen Powell, president of the Florida State Council of Machin­ists and a key person in the state’s draft Kennedy committee, said the major push this month is to elect delegates to attend the state Democratic convention Nov. 18 in St. Petersburg.

Slightly more than one-half of those delegates, 875, wfil be chosen democratically at county caucuses on Oct. 13. The other 842 will be party officials or ap­pointees, hand-picked for the most part by the President’s po­litical operatives.

Powell recalled that a strong caucus showing'for Kennedy will be 'important, because a straw vote will be taken at the conven­tion. Four years ago Carter first got national attention as a Presi­dential candidate by defeating former Gov. Wallace in the straw vote in Florida: -

Despite many obstacles, Powell said IAM activists and other Kennedy supporters are optimis­tic. Some of tire obstacles include a large flow of cash for Carter into the state, and the presence of several White House staff members who are working in Florida for the President

“This is being offset by the enthusiasm for Kennedy we are finding all around the state, though,” Powell reported. “Peo­ple here read the polls and are part of those polls and see Carter as a political cripple and a leader who cannot, or will n o t lead.”

Meanwhile, support for Ken­nedy continues to mount else­where across the nation. New Kennedy committees are being formed with increasing frequency and 1AM local leaders are play­ing key roles in many of them. Recent states where IAM mem­bers are active in newly formed committees include: Alaska—Special Rep Art Minton; Hawaii, Grand Lodge Rep George Bowles; Nebraska, Special' Rep. Dean Korina, and Rhode Island, John Capobianco, bus'rep, Dis­trict 64, Providence.

C A R T O O N C O M M E N T : Big O i l G a m e By Hutch

Still playing the tune C h e c k . . .

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$246,030 b a c k p a y a t U n i t e d T e c h n o l o g i e s

One phase of a 19-year legal battle by the IAMjended in a court order requiring United Aircraft Corp., now known as United Technologies, to pay 45 members nearly a quarter of a million dollars, plus interest, in back pay.

The union’s perseverance paid off when the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2d Circuit, directed United to pay $246,030.89, plus interest at the rate of 6% from March 20, 1969, to 31 employees of Hamilton Stand­ard Division and 14 employees of Pratt & Whitney Division, bath United plants located in Connecticut.

The decision was hailed by Gordon Sawyer, directing rep of IAM District 91, Hartford, CT. “This decision by the na­

tion’s second highest court means that finally these mem­bers of Local 743 and 1746 will get the money that’s been due to them all along,” Sawyer said.

A parallel case, covering other strikers whose rights were violated, is before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the IAM is now awaiting that decision.

The Court of Appeals judges, who ruled in favor of the 1AM members, put it this way, “Thus, after almost 20 years, the case, practically equalling in time the sleep of Rip Van Winkle, comes before us for a hopefully final decision.”

That decision awarding the huge back payment stemmed from the nine-week strike

against United Aircraft during the summer of 1960.

When the strike ended, the IAM won a settlement agree­ment that would protect the strikers in being recalled to work.

SawyerThe IAM went to court and

to the Labor Board after charg­ing that United violated the strike settlement terms. The seniority and back pay rights of many strikers were adversely affected by those violations.

Among those hurt by the vio­lations were the 45 strikers awaiting recall, who were passed over for promotions to jobs that were filled by more junior employees.

The complicated case then moved through the courts for the next 19 years.

On March 20, 1969, U.S. District Court Judge T. Emmet Clarie ruled that United Air­craft had violated the terms of the strike settlement agreement and set the 6% rate of interest from that date as the appeals to his decision began.

In 1975, the Court of Ap­peals handed back the case to the District Court noting that “With regard to the 45 promo­tions found by the district court to have breached the Agree­

ment, the district court should inquire into the reasons for these promotions. If they were made simply as a matter of per­sonnel policy and not as a pro­duction adjustment, then the promotions w e r e i n d e e d breaches of the Agreement. . . ”

In upholding Clarie’s deci­sion on the 45, whose promo­tion rights were violated, the Court of Appeals in its final judgment declared he was right in finding that “the challenged promotions in question were primarily attributable to the de­fendant’s (United Aircraft’s) normal personnel policies and were not attributable to an im­balance In production (as United had argued); as so car­ried out, this conduct violated the Strike Settlement Agree­ments.”

Union at WorkHourly rates increased to $12.50for 1,000 Chicago area tool & die makers

Nearly 1,000 members of IAM Local 113, who work at 40 major tool aud die shops in the greater Chicago area, are working under recently ratified contracts.

Victor J. Horvath, directing rep, reports the local and indi­vidual shop committees “per­formed the almost insurmount­able task of negotiating 33 separate contracts within a three and a half-month period.”

All contracts are for a three- year term. The total value of the contracts average $3.32 an hour over die three-year period, Hor­vath reports.

Under the pacts, minimum journeyman tool and die rates will increase from the present $10.50 an hour to $12.50 an hour in the third year.

Other classifications received proportionate increases estab­lished in past agreements.

Extra benefits varied from shop-to-shop, Horvath explained, depending on members’ needs. Extra benefits include some or all of the following items: dental plans; vision care plans; in­creased pension contributions; additional paid holidays; im­proved vacation schedules; sever­ance pay plans; improved health and welfare coverage; jury duty pay; bereavement pay, and dues check-off provisions.

IAM members at the follow­ing companies ratified contracts: Advance Transformer; Amity Die & Stamping; Automatic Elec­tric; Bally Mfg. Corp; Bethlehem Industries—T.R.; Borg Erickson; Burhrke Tool & Engraving; Cro-

name; Diebel Mfg. Co.; Dry co Mfg.; Electric Metal Products; Four Word Industries; Harig Mfg. Co.

Hillside Tool; Industrial Preci­sion Products; International Tool & Engraving; Krasberg; Linde Tool & Engraving; Lynch Bros.; Maleo; Maxant Button & Supply; Mercoid Corp.; Midwest Ameri­can Dental; Molon Motor & Coil; MSL Steel; National lam ­ination.

National Metal Products; Para­mount Die Mold; Plastic Mold Service; Peerless Metal Fabrica­tors; Portage Tool; Powers Label Co.; Precision Phenolics, Inc.; Ramcel Engineering Corp.; R. J. Randel Tool; Reliable Electric Corp.; Service Tool Co.; Wille Tool; Wittek Mfg. Co., and York Tool.

General Dynamics Photo

Wages up in Electric Boat pactPictured above , are members of the negotiating

team which hammered out an agreement between the Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics and the Metal Trades Council (MTC) of New London County, CT. T h e 1 Electric Boat Division builds and maintains submarines.

The three-year pact yields wage increases > of $1.85 an hour over the life of the contract for First Class Mechanics, and hefty boosts for work­ers in all other job classifications. In addition, the pact provides cost-of-living adjustments (COLA’s) totalling 200.

The Group Health Plan, the finest in the Gen­eral Dynamics chain, is improved to include de­

ductibles of only $50 per family per calendar year. Among other gains are a stock option plan, a new dental plan, pension increases, and sick leave im­provements.

Signing the agreement are, seated 1 to r: J. Mes­sier, Recording Secretary, MTC; R. Manning, at­torney, MTC; T. Kiddy, President, MTC; T. Velio- tis, General Manager, Electric Boat Division, and T. Sotir, Labor Relations Director, General Dy­namics. Standing: C. Yeremian, Chief Steward, IAM Local 1871; W, Cunha, Business Rep., Local 1871; G. Chop, Vice President, General Dynam­ics, and J. Fogarty, Labor Relations, General Dy­namics.

Machinist Photo

Plastic workers win IAMWorkers at the Kusan Plastic

Plant, Nashville, TN, have chosen the IAM to represent them for purposes of collective bargaining and other matters. The vote was 136 to 126 in a re­cent Labor Board election.

Grand Lodge Rep. Coney Rogers, who headed the cam­paign, credited the victory to a strong in-plant committee. Many are in photo above. They assisted in handbilling, home visits, wear­ing IAM T-shirts and caps, and most important, taking the pres­sure applied by the company during the long organizing cam­paign.

A partial list of committee members includes: Skip Hughes,

Charlie Watson, Jim Gates, Bu­ford Taylor, Jim Pardue, BiBy Estes, Christine Taylor, Mary Lou Watts, Imogene Rogers, Gladys Ashburn, Frances Dansby, Ruby Adkins, Ann Osborne, Marie Rodgers, Dorothy Car- routhers, and Ray Staggs.

Others instrumental in the suc­cessful campaign from District 155 were Edgar Perry, directing rep; Tommy Maynard, organizer; and Roy Covington, union rep.

The new local will be affiliated with IAM District 155, Nash­ville, TN. The IAM has-active campaigns in progress at two other Kusan plants in Franklin, TN, and in Henderson, KY.

Machinist Photo

Illegal tiring nets $5,250Ann Hembree, of Cookeville,

TN, shows check for back pay totaling $5,250 after she was il­legally discharged by her em­ployer, Volunteer Foam, Inc. Shortly after the IAM conducted an unsuccessful organizing cam­paign at Volunteer Foam, the company fired her, claiming she refused to work overtime. Even though the IAM lost the elec­

tion, Grand Lodge Rep. J. D. Richmond and Jimmie Gaunce, rep for IAM District 169, carried her case to the Labor Board. They: proved the corporation really terminated her for express­ing her rights as a worker favor­ing 1AM representation. The Board ordered the corporation to pay Mrs. Hembree for all lost time.

OCTOBER 1.979 THE MACHINIST PAGE 7

Across Hie notion— This ship re­pair facility in Portland, Oregon, is similar to shipyards where 1A M members work in Wisconsin, M is­souri, Illinois, Alabam a, Texas, In­diana, Kansas, Kentucky; O hio , Connecticut, Mississippi, Florida, Virginia,; Washington, Georgia, California, and Pennsylvania.

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Inside machinist — Ralph W ean, 1A M member, works a lathe for Lock­heed Shipbuilding in Seat­tle.

■ -i The IAM works for over 25,000 m en and women .■who work to keep America in shipshape. These ¿Vmembers build, repair and maintain military and ; commercial ships, barges and boats in 18 states on >every American seacoast and on the shores of the Great Lakes. : ■ V ■ '■

The IAM's Shipbuilding Conference meets : .; regularly to discuss industry-wide problems. It insures

that IAM-represented shipyard workers receive the highest wages and benefits in the industry

The Conference gives IAM members the muscle to counter the two biggest threats facing all shipyard workers: hazardous working conditions and loss of jobs.

In 1946, the United States was the greatest shipbuilding nation in history. But in 1978, only 6% of merchant shipping tonnage was completed here, making America a poor third among shipbuilding nations. American shipyards completed 124 ships; Japan and Sweden completed a total of 823.

“The cause is simple,” explains IAM Vice - _President Stanley Jensen, Shipbuilding Conference Coordinator. “Our own government seems bound and determined to give away American shipbuilding jobs to foreign countries.

“Shipbuilding and repair workers need the IAM’s muscle to reverse this trend.”

Jensen points out that the IAM was in the forefront of pressing Congress to pass the Merchant Marine Act of 1972, which created thousands of jobs. Now, however, Congress is considering proposals which favor foreign shipbuilders, even for the construction of American defense ships. _■ Aside from representing shipyard employees in the halls of Congress, the IAM has an intensive safety and health program, which helps shipyard workersto understand the dangers they face and to receive the compensation they deserve. IAM experts press for stricter health and safety standards, inspection and enforcement.

“America has neglected its shipbuilding industry long enough,” Jensen declares, “ft’s time we made our nation’s maritime programs seaworthy again.

“And, I believe that through the IAM, we can do it."— L.W .R.

Shipbuilding coordinator —IA M shipbuilding members get double duty from IA M Vice President Stan Jensen. H e heads the union's Ship­building- Conference, and is spokesman fo r the Pacific Coast M etal Trades District Council, ’ which negotiates for shipyard workers belonging to 11 different unions.

Skills produce strength— The U.S. N a vy needed the skills of IA M Local 1871 in G roton, C T , to produce this proud beauty, the La Jolla, the nation's newest high-speed attack sub­marine.

H ig h seas safety— Am erica's sea defenses are guaranteed by missile launchers like this one being built fo r the USS Duncan

- by members of IA M Local 79, Seattle, W A .

Extensive training — Ittakes years to acquire the skills possessed by Mike Rambush, graduate of Local 1871's apprentice­ship p ro g ra m ..

Safeguarding fobs— IA M Local 79 helps, preserve jobs with Tiip end skill upgrading programs at Todd Pacific

Shipyards in Seattle. Shown here is Machine Shop Lead Person W ayne Steele, an apprenticeship program graduate.

O n ce over— -IA M Local 824 shop steward Roscoe Johnson, right, finishes careful inspection of propeller on a dry-docked tugboat in Richmond, C A . Johnson is reporting to Plant Superintendent Charlie Kitchen.

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BN Photos Steve Prochazka works on diesel; Ed Damrau on truck frame, background.

Machinist Richard Cox trues wheel on underfloor lathe.

Inside new light/heavy loco­motive repair shop a t Alliance.

Machinists are mainstays of huge, new BN shopsBurlington Northern’s $54 million Alliance, NB,

shops is home away from home for 217 IAM mem­bers— machinists, apprentices and helpers. And, ac­cording to Mike Batinich, assistant general chairman for 1AM District 3, it’s also become known as the “show- place of the railroad industry.”

The Alliance Shops have come a long way since 1974, when only 10 journeyman machinists worked there. An­ticipating the need for skilled machinists at the strategic­ally-located facility, BN introduced a training program at Alliance. The 10 1AM journeymen helped train most of the current workforce at the shops, Batinich reports.

By 1981, a total of 2,400 BN workers are expected to call the Alliance Shops “home.”

Coal is the reason that BN has spent so lavishly at Alliance, which lies astride BN’s major coal routes from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming east toward Lincoln and south toward Denver and on to the major coal markets of the Midwest, South, and Southwest.

Considered the most modern railroad facility of its kind, Alliance is expected to be the busiest maintenance and inspection spot on BN’s 25,000 mile line. More than 600 locomotives, nearly one-fourth of BN’s „entire fleet, eventually will be assigned to Alliance for maintenance.

The rail industry’s new “shop showplace” is comprised of five separate areas. The two largest , will be used for the repair of diesel locomotives. Adjacent to the loco­motive repair areas is a wheel truing shop, where lo- motive wheel surfaces will be restored. The shop is equipped with an underfloor wheel lathe for truing. The one-man operation can true 10 to 12 pairs of wheels per shift. The fourth area is a freight car repair shop with two tracks for light repairs and two for heavy re­

pairs, mostly of coal cars. The fifth component is the material storage area, the shop’s only two-story structure.

Twelve tracks w ilt run through the facility, which currently is in partial operation. Photos above show IA M members at work in the new Alliance facilities.

Jobs threatened—The Railway Labor Executives’ As­sociation, meeting in Washington, DC, recently, came down hard on legislation aimed at lifting tariffs on freight car imparts until June 1981.

IAM Vice President John Peterpaul, RLEA chairman, said the bill, HR 3046, could permanently export pro­duction and jobs from an industry essential to U.S. energy and agricultural needs.

“Freight car production directly affects the jobs of a number of union members, including Machinists, as well as others whose output is shipped on the cars,” Peterpaul said. He pointed out that many repair fa­cilities throughout the nation have the potential for railcar production. In June 1979, some 63,000 jobs were reported in rail equipment production alone.

“The railroad industry is vital to the future as the USA faces energy problems o f the 1980’s." Peterpaul sitid. “We have the work force to supply our needs. We oppose this bill because it would provide a tax break to expand production abroad o f a product vitally needed in the United States."

B & M n e g o tia tio n s—One of the last national railroad settlements in the nation involving IAM members on the Boston & Maine was still hanging fire as this issue of T h e M a c h i n i s t went to press. Joseph Burns, d ire c t­in g general chairman for IAM District 22, reports a standoff. The carrier refuses to apply the national wage

agreement retroactively to 1978. The IAM pact with B A M expired Dec. 2, 1978. Back pay is the issue holding up agreement. Talks are currently taking place before the National Mediation Board.

B & M workers, their wives and children, have participated in parades and demonstrations monthly in Boston during the latter months of the stalemate to protest the high cost of living and lack of pay raises.

A t presstime, IA M negotiators were awaiting release from the Mediation Board to permit them to pursue whatever actions the committee deemed necessary to achieve an equitable settlement.

Coal slurry goes down—Chalk one up for the IAM,whose efforts to prevent coal slurry interests from build­ing their pipelines across railroad rights of way were rewarded in a House vote recently.

The final vote to support the Maguire amendment to the energy legislation was 24-16 in favor of eliminating coal slurry from the bill. Several Congressmen changed their votes to support the IAM position after union

' representatives paid them a visit.

This victory means that the Secretary of Energy will not be able to mandate the granting of “eminent do­main” over railroad rights of way to coal slurry pipeline interests. The slurries would have drained part of the profitable coal traffic now carried by railroads, and snatched away much of the expected increase in coal tonnage.

It’s also a victory fo r environmentalists, who feared that slurry pipelines with their enormous use of water, would deplete the sparse water supply in western states and dump toxic pollutants at the delivery points—S.E.

Ê Republic Airlines’ workers vote IAM

Despite government attempts to undermine IAM representa­tion, mechanics“ and related workers on newly-formed Re­public Airlines voted recently to come under IAM protection.

The 1,300 employees voted 724 to 455 to join the IAM, re­ports Chuck Easley, District 143 President and General Chairman.

Republic, which was formed by a merger of North Central Air­lines and Southern Airways, be­gan operations July 1.

The majority of mechanics came from North Central, and • had been represented „by the IAM for many years. They were in the " midst of contract negotiations when the merger took place. Southern workers had been rep­resented by a small, independent outfit but had no contract.

Instead of granting all Repub­lic workers the right to IAM protections, the National Media­tion Board disregarded its own rules and let the small outfit file for an election without the ma­jority of workers showing interest in having one.

“Republic workers c l e a r l y wanted the IAM. And who could blame them,?” asked Airline Co-

ordinator Elton Barstad, who led the IAM campaign.

Grand Lodge Reps Bill Schenck, R. King McCulloch and Alex Bay, and Special Rep. Frank Ce- lona provided Republic Airline workers with union services since the new carrier started business and helped in the campaign.

A lso helping in the IA M elec­tion campaign were Dwight Car­ter, Business Rep. fo r Local 2444 and Local 780 leaders.

Organizing conference — IAMTransportation Vice President

- John Peterpaul reports that the IAM’s -first conference on orga-

' nizing for air transport local leaders was a huge success.

More than 50 presidents and organizing committee chairmen from 30 air transport locals took part in the intensive two-day meeting held near union head­quarters in Washington, DC.

They brainstormed techniques for organizing men and women who work at fixed base opera­tions and-for subcontractors doing work for carriers around airport properties.

These workers do not come under the Railway Labor Art,

which covers air transport em­ployees. Their right to choose collective bargaining representa­tives is protected by the National Labor Relations Act.

IAM Organizing Coordinator Des Smith and Grand Lodge Rep. Jim Pinto discussed Labor Act procedures, and outlined a typi­cal organizing campaign. They stressed the need for accurate worksite surveys and strong in­plant committees... , ;

Peterpaul

- Bill Scheri, assistant airline co­ordinator, reviewed IAM orga­nizing drives. -

“The conference was an his­toric event," said Peterpaul, who chaired the meeting. “It was the first time IA M air transport rank-

and-file leaders got together to discuss organizing. They ham­mered out an effective program, which will pay dividends in the future." -

Tig« flying again—Close to2,000 1AM members on Flying Tiger, the world’s largest air cargo carrier, returned to work September 12 after successfully concluding an 18-day strike.

The members won a new three- year contract yielding $141 an hour- for mechanics,. which in­cludes cost-of-living adjustments totalling 480-, an hour. Similar

. percentage.increases were won.by workers in other job classifica­tions. - ■ • ,

Harold Funkhouser, 1AM Dis­trict 141 Chairman, head of the IAM negotiating team, reports that workers also won a fully company-paid eye care program, triple time for all work 'done in excess of eight hours on holidays, and an improved pension plan yielding $26 a month per year of service. ' '

“Most important,” said'1 Lou - Schroeder, District-141 President and General Chairman. “We had a solid strike all the way. We went out unified, and we re­turned unified, all together, on

the same day.”

D oyle Hoyle, Vice President, West, o f District 141, assisted the negotiating team.

O z a rk p a r t okayed •—■ IAM members on Ozark Airlines— agents and reservations, office and clerical personnel—have rati­fied a new three-year part with the company, after having turned down the first tentative agree­ment; "

* ' . .'. * rl/ ‘ *. Quentin Kerr,., President and

-„General Chairman qf District 142, reports fhat: the members won wage increases . bringing agents’ salaries up to. $2,037 a month, . including cost-of-living adjustments' Previously, agents’ Salaries were $1,560 a month. Salaries for workers in other clas­sifications went up by identical percentages.

Ozark employees also, won, among other benefits, increases in the past service provisions, of the pension plan, an additional. holi­day, and substantial improve­ments in the insurance and- wel­fare plans. , '7 ... ‘ . . ’

On the negotiating team-, were Tom Higginbotham, Cart; Laws, and James. 'Fawter, all General Chairmen of D istrict 142.

—L.W.R.PAGE 10 THE MACHINIST OCTOBER 1979

As the debate rages on whether the federal government should hail out Chrysler Corp., the example of Lockheed is cited as a major argument for federal aid to the beleaguered auto manu­

- facturer.

Lockheed, with a major assist from the IAM, which spear­headed the legislative appeal to Congress to approve federal help eight years ago, now has become a thriving giant agaiu. .

Rick Celebron, president and directing rep of IAM District' 727 in Burbank and Palmdale, CA, reports that since the L-1011 Tri­Star program began in 1968, the- company has delivered 167 of the commercial jets with total orders for 301, including 226 firm sales-and 75 options. Lock­heed is producing 14 TriStars this year, expects to produce 23 next year and predicts higher produc­tion figures in 1981 and beyond.

In 1978, the company posted a $65 million profit. Financial experts expect the company will duplicate or exceed that figure this year. It is no wonder then that the aerospace giant is now being- held up as an example of how federal aid can turn a com­pany around. *

Just a little over eight years ago, the company faced bank­ruptcy and IAM members faced unemployment. In addition to the loss of jobs for 30,000 Lockheed workers, the closing of the com­pany would have meant an addi-

tional loss of jobs for another90,000 workers in related and support industries.

. At- least 156 companies in 25 states were directly producing parts for the L-1011 TriStar.

Capitol Hill observers cited the IAM’s dramatic legislative battle as being the key in the successful effort to save Lockheed,

Ironically, the UAW, which is backing a federal bail out for Chrysler, was opposed to similar help to Lockheed. Then UAW president, -Leonard Woodcock, testified against a loan guarantee for Lockheed, predicting that even witfc. the guarantee Lock­heed would collapse anyway.

That prediction, happily for the - country, .the company and its employees, never came true.

The guarantee package was ap­proved by a single vote after a bitter congressional debate all during the summer of 1971.

It paved the way for continued production of the Lockheed 1011 TriStar.

Now Lockheed is reducing its long-term debt dramatically.

The federal government, which never actually advanced Lock­heed a penny, collected $32 mil­lion for guaranteeing $250 mil­lion in bank loans to the giant aerospace company, which had faced bankruptcy without the government guarantee.

The government’s expense for administering the guarantees was less than $1 million, leaving the U.S. Treasury with a profit of more than $31 million.

With the governmental agree­ment to guarantee $250 million in loans, the company’s lenders agreed to a new $650 million credit line. Lockheed never used all $650 million and paid off the money that had been guaranteed last year.

“I must admit that the loan guarantee at Lockheed was terri­bly helpful,” said former Lock­heed chairman Robert Haack.

One big argument used in the legislative battle eight years ago for the guarantees was that the company was then the nation's biggest defense supplier and its failure might endanger the na­tion’s security. Critics o f the Chrysler bail out note that the auto company has little defense work other than the one A rm y tank contract.

Japanese subsidies—The Jap­anese government is seriously considering subsidizing a joint program with Great Britain to develop new jet engines for com- merical airliners. The Japanese have been talking with Rolls­Royce about the project. The Japanese' would like the British to pick up half of the develop­ment cost.

What they want to co-produce is an engine to power the next generation jetliner in the 100 to 150-seat capacity.—F.J.Z.

Wk

Seniority suit dismissedA U.S. District Court Judge

has dismissed federal govern­m ent attacks on seniority pro­visions negotiated between the IAM and the trucking industry. The case has been in the courts for five years.

In 1974, the Justice Depart­ment and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a suit claiming that trucking indus­try policies and practices deprived black and Spanish-surnamed em­ployees of some opportunities ac ̂corded white employees.

Most of the issues raised by the government were settled by the parties involved almost immedi­ately, However, the government insisted that seniority protections in the National Master Freight Agreement, and in agreements signed by the IAM, were illegal.

The case gathered dust until 1977, when the Supreme Court ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act specifically prevents chal­lenges to job seniority rosters that are products of collective bargaining agreements.

After the Surpreme Court an­nounced its decision, common sense would have seemed to dic­tate that it would be a waste of time and taxpayers’ money for the federal government to pursue its case against the trucking in­dustry’s seniority provisions. Nevertheless, the government in­sisted that the courts spend time with the matter;

The case finally came before U.S. District Court Judge Wil­liam Bryant, w ho dismissed it. AU IA M autom otive locals will receive copies o f the judge’s de­cision.

OSHA wheels turn—-The Oc­cupational Safety and Health Ad­ministration (OSHA) is proposing new work place safety standards for shops servicing multi-piece­rim truck wheels.

The proposal - would require specific training for employees who service tires; establish safe practice procedures for servicing multi-piece rims; require restrain­ing devices where the tire is in­flated, and require that rim com­ponents be interchangeable.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Rubber Manufacturers Association and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. have been trying for a number of years to have the servicing of multi-piece rims standardized.

The principle hazard -with mounting, installing, storing and handling multi-piece rims occurs when they are assembled and Ihe unit is inflated.

If a component is not set or seated in its proper position, the rings or removable flanges may separate violently from the as­sembly under a force of nearly4,000 pounds.

OSHA is proposing that serv­ice shops be required to use re­straining devices capable of re­taining all parts of a multi-piece wheel should it explode at 150% of its maximum tire pressure; that a clip-on air hose check be available to the mechanic so he will he able to stand .clear of the trajectory of an exploding ring, and that only defect-free (not bent, corroded or worn) parts be used in putting the wheel together.

OSHA held a public hearing on the m atter recently, and is ex­

pected to promulgate new regu­lations by the end o f the year.

Harvester’s harvest — Interna­tional Harvester reported record sales and profits in its fiscal third quarter, with net income increas­ing 89% over last year to $67.91 million.

IAM represents some 5,000 International Harvester employ­ees.

Company sales were up 23%, for a total of $2.08 billion. New sales and earnings records were also set for the first nine months of the fiscal year.

N et income was up 95% over 1978, from $113.65 million to $221.98 million, while sales for the first three quarters were 29 percent higher, up from $4.58 billion a year ago to the current $5.90 billion. _- IAM training—The IAM Au­tomotive Apprenticeship Training program, which is federally fund­ed, has been expanded to include Machinist, automotive and metal trades.

The Field Coordinators for tins expanded program are Thomas Roach, in St. Louis, MO, and Conrad Patch, in Oakland, CA.

The new National Coordina­tor and representative for the East Coast is Earl M.-Chambers, from Local 1414, San Mateo, CA. Chambers replaced Ken Lewis, who retired March 1.

A n y local or district needing information or assistance may contact Earl Chambers in Room 911, Machinist Building, Wash­ington, D .C . 20036 Phone (202) 857-5173— -L.W.R.

Chairpersons of over 1,000 IAM local safety committees have received the spanking-new IAM Safety and Health Commit­tee Manual, reports IAM Safety and Health Director George Robinson.

The Manual contains basic in­formation to aid safety commit­tee members handle on-the-job safety and health problems. Among other things, it outlines the duties and responsibilities of safety and health committees; how to use the Occupational Safety and Health Administra­tion (OSHA), and the law; acci­dent and. illness investigation; model safety and health contract clauses; safety and health haz­ards, and where to find addi­tional information. Supplemental material wifi be mailed periodic­ally to all safety and health com­mittees.

“Machinists know their jobs better than any government in­spector,” IAM President William Winpisinger wrote in the intro­duction to the Safety and Health Manual. “Machinists can spot potential safety and health haz­ards quicker than any casual ob­server. Our union can correct hazardous working conditions

Have a Safety & Health experi­ence to share?

The Health and Safety Column is airhed at keeping IAM members up-to-date on the latest develop­ments affecting occupational safety and health laws and regu­lations. It will also present the latest information about ' work safety/ and health hazards and how to prevent them. IAM Local Safety Commtttes are encouraged to share accounts of problems and solutions. Write; IAM Safety & Health Dept. ATTN: Safety Column, 1012 Machinists Bldg., Washington, DC 20036.

with minimal red tape, bureauc­racy, and time. We feel that the OSHA is better suited to func­tion as an enforcer of last resort, after all internal mechanisms have been exhausted.”

Winpisinger outlines the his­tory of the federal job safety act. “Our union lobbied many years for House and Senate passage of the Act,” he writes, “we are proud of our success.

“Regrettably, however, the OSHA, an agency of the Labor Department, . . . was subjected to political abuses in its forma­tive years . . . now, the agency

finds its staff and financial re­sources seriously overextended.

“Our union has supported OSHA’s efforts in the past,” Winpisinger continues, “and will continue to do so in the future. But we are realistic. We do not expect a government agency to single-handedly assume the re­sponsibility of protecting our members’ health and safety.

"IAM members,” Winpisinger concludes, "deserve nothing but the best from their safety and health committees.”

Ignores facts—While we fight to strengthen OSHA, we cannot ignore its weaknesses. For exam­ple, Congress’ watchdog, the General Accounting Office (GAO), has revealed that OSHA has been ignoring its own data in promulgating regulations aimed at curbing accidents.

The GAO found that OSHA has levied new regulations to pre­vent types of accidents that rarely occur, while turning its back on the causes of more com­mon accidents.

OSHA often bases its regula­tions on the requests o f interest groups, the GAO charges, rather than on information it has in its own files.

Him available—“Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang” is a grip­ping investigation of nuclear test­ing in the 1950’s and the result­ing personal tragedies found in the _ 1970.’s . among exposed cit­izens and soldiers. Paul Jacobs is a newspaper reporter who de­veloped leukemia after covering many nuclear stories.

The film compares the public’s naive enthusiasm for nuclear power in the 1950’s with the bit­ter feelings of today, after many residents in test areas have suf­fered through major tragedies.

The film is about 60 minutes long, and is excellent for local meetings and special educational programs. It is intelligent, factual and absorbing.

To reserve the film, write to George Robinson, Director, IAM Occupational Safety and Health Department, 1012 Machinists Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20036.

The film is 16mm, in color.Locals are asked to be respon­

sible fo r Insured returns and any damages.—L.W.R.

N e w 1A M Safety and Health Com m ittee Manual: cornerstone of union health and safety libraries.

OCTOBER 1979 THE MACHINIST PAGE 11

By Sidney Margotti/s' ■n*’'

Consider offernofive heat sources carefullyPredictions that heating oil prices will

jump to 90* and $1 a gallon this winter— twice last year’s price— are driving many families to hunt for alternative sources of winter warmth. One result is a booming mar­ket for fireplace fixtures and wood stoves. Another is the creation in the U.S. Depart­ment of Energy (DOE) of a new Wood Burn­ing Task Force.

In cents per heating unit (BTUs), wood is no cheaper than oil—even at OPEC prices. The heat value from a standard cord of hard­wood is about equal to 130 gallons of No. 2 fuel oil. Depending on where you live, hard­wood is already selling for $80 a cord up to $130, stacked, in some areas. It will be even higher this winter.

The saving from burning wood comes from the fact that stove or fireplace heat can be concentrated in one or two rooms while the thermostat controlling the temperature for the rest of the house can be lowered to 50 or 60 degrees.

Anyone thinking of installing a wood- burning stove or adding a fireplace would be wise to investigate carefully before parting with any cash. Attempts to outmaneuver the OPEC cartel can cost you plenty, unless you know the basics of .woodbuming.Fireplace inefficiencies

Take the fireplace. That cozy open fire flaming in your living room actually adds dollars to your fuel oil bills instead of saving you money.

A fireplace is only about 10% efficient. James Dollard, head of that Wood Burning Task Force at DOE, put it even lower.

Most heat in the fireplace goes straight up the chimney. Combustion sucks warm air

from your house, air which must be replaced by cold air pulled in from outside through cracks, crevices, doors and windows.

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air still floats up the chimney. The fireplace actually is cooling the house—like a hole in the roof.

Step one in turning a fireplace into a room heater, instead of a room cooler, is closing it, preferably with a glass screen—^fire-hard­ened glass doors that control the flow of air. With glass doors you lose the aroma and crackle of the open fire but you increase the heat and you can control the rate of com­bustion.

Even with glass doors, 90% or more of the heat still is going up the chimney. If you want more heat coming into the room, you have to invest in a recovery unit. The market is flooded with such devices.

They’re called fireplace inserts. Many have only been on the market for a few months, and not all are safe. Dollard urges prospec­tive buyers to look for the Underwriters Label that tells you the product meets mini­mum safety standards. .

One of the more common heat recovery devices is a tube grate built into glass doors. It operates with the glass doors closed. The tubes that form the grate suck air off the floor, heat it as it rises in the tubes - and pushes the hot air out into the room above the glass doors. The tubes can be equipped

' with an electric blower. Prices for this device range from $500 to $700, depending on the model and the size of your fireplace.

Another device, called a heat exchanger, uses a blower to draw cool floor-level. air into ducts behind the fire and then vents the heated air hack into the room.

The head of the Wood Burning Task Force warns against heat exchange devices that use water. At least one near-fatal acci­dent has resulted from the explosion of such a device.Stove’s more efficient. A stove will produce more heat than any fireplace, of course. You can buy stoves that can he inserted into the fireplace opening or that-stand on the hearth in front of the fire­place. In either case, you can use the fire­place flue to vent the stove. If you don’t have a chimney, you’ll have to install a metal flue with your stove. The price isn’t prohibitive, but correct installation is all-important to protect your home against fire.

Efficient stoves are airtight to give you control over the rate of combustion. Wood is 40% oxygen and needs little air to burn. A draft on your fire actually cools it. That’s why airtight stoves burn the wood more completely and leave a minimum of ash.

Efficient, airtight stoves sell at prices rang­ing from $150 to $1,000 and more for the larger imported' models. Many American stoves are union made.

Landlord/tenant law changes“Buyers Beware” is a good

rule to remember when sign­ing a contract to lease o r buy a house. But it’s no longer a statement that sums up the whole law, as a recent apartment dwell­

, er’s case illustrates. The court’s decision also changed the law of the plaintiff’s state, Pennsyl­vania. ■

When a woman rented her apartment it had a broken lock and, she alleged, a leaky roof and plumbing, no hot water, roaches and dangerous steps. She signed the lease anyway but the landlord never got around to repairing the lock or any of the other things. The tenant got it repaired and deducted the cost from the rent check.

When the tenant refused to pay any more the landlord took her to court He argued that she had no right to complain about the deficiencies because she had had a chance to inspect the apartment, and didn’t have to sign the lease if she didn’t like i t The rule, the landlord said, is just that: “let the buyer beware.”Big controversy

These people landed right in the middle of a big ongoing fight about what the law ought to be. The trial judge said that if “buyer beware” was indeed the law, then the law would have to change.

It is not a law passed and written down by the legislature,

but a piece of “common law," which means case law or cus­tom, and dates from the Middle Ages, an ocean away. It was made by judges. And judges can change it-when it no longer suits modem life.

Instead, the trial judge said, “implied warranty of habitabil­ity” should be the law that ap­plies to housing space rentals. That means nobody has a right to rent any dwelling place un­less you can assume it is livable. A certain minimum standard has to be guaranteed whether the landlord says so or not.

The landlords, of course, were outraged and they appealed the case, since it clearly did not fol­low the existing law. However, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that the “buyer beware” rule “has outlived its usefulness and must be abolished.”

The trial judge was also right about what should replace it. “In order to keep in step with the realities of modem day leas­ing,” the State Supreme Court said, “it is appropriate to adopt an implied warranty of habita­bility in residential leases.” This means that by the very act of offering property for rent, you guarantee a certain minimum quality.

This was not that unreasona­ble, and not too much of an un­expected shock to the landlords, because the majority of places —40 states and the District of Columbia—now have adopted this rule.

The reasons for the change in the law are that modem tenants are usually not interested in the piece of land a building stands on, but in getting some tiving space for themselves. Secondly, the courts just have to recognize the reality that “prospective ten­ants today have vastly inferior bargaining power compared with the landlord.”Implied warranty

Also, the consumer protection laws of Pennsylvania, for some rime now, have given the “im­plied warranty of merchanta­bility” to buyers who bargain for anything else than leased housing.

We agree with the trial court, the State Supreme Court said, that a modern lease is a con­tract and. is governed by the rules of contract law. This had to be said because in the old days a lease was regarded as something special: part of the complicated relationship be­tween a knight and the baron he fought for.

The courts were slow to ad­mit that this has completely changed. ' . '

Since it is a contract, the court said, we can hold that the tenant’s obligation to pay rent, and the landlord’s duty to keep the place fit to live in, are de­pendent on each other. This landlord argued that the defect has to be a violation of the housing code, but the court re­jected that view.

So what does that mean the tenant can do? To use the new rule, a tenant hitó to give the landlord notice of the defect and be able to prove he did it. The landlord has to.have a rea­sonable chance to fix things. Then the tenant can choose any of six different methods to see that justice is done.

First, the tenant can leave, thus breaking the lease, and not be sued for it. Or, he can stay, without paying the rent, and as­sert the defects as a defense when the landlord sues. He can pay only part of the rent and hope that the court later agrees the amount unpaid was a rea­sonable amount.

Though a tenant can put his rent money “in escrow,” the court refused to hold that a ten­ant who withholds rent has to go through this procedure. If the matter comes to court, a judge can at that time require an escrow deposit until the re­pairs are done.

Also, the tenant can come to court himself and sue just to have the repairs made. Finally,

- the method the tenant used in this case, “repair and deduct,” was approved as the best method. '

If the tenant gets the work done himself after giving the landlord notice and a reasona­ble chance to do it, and if the repair bill is a reasonable amount, the amount can just be deducted from the rent check.

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Real estate prices are “just ridiculous,” the country is “floating‘on a sea of credit,” and the average consumer’s debt-payment burden, in tern» of his income, is “at the high­est level in history.” IAM In­flation Watchers across the na-

| tion reflect these feelings, hut the quotes above,- reported in The Wall Street Journal, are from a form»' chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the na­tion’s “bank for banks.” And he thinks he has problems?

The exorbitant price of en­ergy—from buying gasoline to paying home heating and cool­ing costs—leads the list of read­er complaints to T he Machin­ists. And people aren’t just angry:—some are desperate.

A Belvidere, IL member’s wife writes: “Husband had to take early retirement (heart) and I can’t work (health). He has to use air conditioner but 'even so we use it as little as we can .. . . He is also on a strict dirt that seems to include more expen­sive foods and medical expen­ses are sky high even using generic when we can. We only have our Social Security check and what we previously could save but with the above , phis rising utilities—I am at my wit’s end . . . .

A member in Chicago won­ders “Why is it in Europe they don’t have to pay doctor, hos­pital or medical (expenses)? We get a little raise in Social Se­curity. and pay more out :be- * cause medical insurance goes up,” he writes.

From Jamestown, NY, amember notes: “I am a careful shopper—there aren’t many ways left I can cut down. Heat­ing (natural gas) and electricity anil hit us hard this winter. So will gasoline and there’s no bus route.”

An 1AM member in Sapulpa,OK, laments that “Public serv­ice company and Oklahoma Na­tural Gas both are asking for increases in rates . . . and food continues to climb.”

Some members try to cope with inflation in ingenious ways. But human ingenuity only stretches so far, they note.‘ From Oswego, NY, a mem­ber writes: “I shopped the same store every week for both months. It took more compara­tive shopping this month. Ex­ample: two-pound can coffee $4.59; two one-pound cans cost $1.89 each or $3.78. Saving 81*

A Seattle, WA, member re­ports “We buy less than most. We run a 23 cubic foot and a 17 cubic foot freezer . . . about 150 quarts of home-canned - foods each year; about 10 to 20 pounds of home dried foods, and an extra refrigerator full of apples.”

*1 am doing my part,” writes a member from Miami, FL, who writes editorials and a con­sumer column for the neighbor­hood newspaper. In his column he warns against overuse of credit and notes that recent legislation in bis state permits small loans to rise from 10% to 18% and credit cards “can go to 21V2%.” The member asks: “Is this within President Carter’s guidelines?”

PAGE 12 THE MACHINIST OCTOBER-1979

Here’s a special treat to serve your family on. Halloween. Mrs. Eva Adams of Ft. Worth, TX, has contributed her recipe ’ for pumpkin Chiffon Pie for Mrs. Lena Fedro of Cleveland, OH.

Kitty Calipers1 latest patterns

9254—Blouses—beautiful ward­robe basis. Printed Pattern, Misses Sizes 8-18; Half Sizes 1035-1836. Yardages in Pattern.9198—No waist seam! Gather in with a soft sash. Printed Pat­tern, Misses Sizes 8-18. Size 12 (bust 34) takes 2% yds. 60 inch.

For IAM families, patterns are offered at a special discount rate of $1 each. Add 400 for first- class. Send orders to: IAM Pat­tern Dept., 232 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011. Print clearly. Be sure to sure your zip.

Pumpkin chiffon pie for Halloween

Pumpkin Chiffon PieBaked 9” pie shell

1 env. unfavored gelatinVt cup dark-down sugar, packed Vi teasp. salt Vi teasp. nutmeg Vs teasp. cinnamon Va teasp. ginger2 egg yolks1 cop undiluted evaporated

cold waterpumpkin

Vt 134

234ViCombine gelatin, Vt cup brown

sugar, salt, spices. In double­boiler top, beat egg yolks; stir in milk, water, pumpkin, then gela­tin mixture. Cook over boiling water, stirring, 10 min. Refrig­erate, stirring occasionally, until as thick and syrupy as unbeaten egg white. Beat egg whites until fairly stiff, gradually add Va cup brown sugar, beating until very stiff; fold in pumpkin -mixture. Turn into shell. Refrigerate until set. To serve: spread whipped cream on pie.

For those in your family may prefer another desert, is a nice recipe for French apple pie contributed by Mrs. R. Gar­ner, Livingston, MT, for Mrs. W. Maher, Brighton, IL. "

Apple Pie

Pare and slice apples. Add sugar.,and 1.tablespoon .flour, and cinnamon to apples. Place in an unbaked pie shell. Mix separately inown sugar, butter and 36 cup flour thoroughly in blender. Place this mixture on top of the apple mixture. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400* and bake until apples are tender and top bubbles. Makes one 10" pie. '

wanted: Mrs. I . V. Maffucci, Jamaica, NY, would like a recipe for making tomato juice. Mrs. Truskowski, New Britain, CT, would like a recipe for a Polish dish called Oatmeal Bossch. -

If you can supply any recipes, please send them to Family Fare, 909 Machinists Bldg., Washing­ton, DC 20036.

DENNIS AT HIS BEST

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O C T O B E ROctober 1— Jimmy Carter, 1924

• Yom Kippur, Jewish Day of Atonement

October S— Harvest Moon, the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox extends the hours of tight and helps the harvester with his long day’s work.

October 8— Columbus Day, byPresidential proclamation.

iaM CdLCNDdR..h e lp s y o u b e g in t h e

D e c a d e o f D e c is io nN ext year, 1980, begins a new decade. F o r all IAM m em bers, and , fo r

th a t m atter, all w orkers, it could righ tly be called the start o f the Decade o f Decision.

- E arly in 1980 are im portan t P residentia l p rim aries across the USA. Then comes th e two national political conventions next sum m er, followed closely by th e 30 th IAM G rand Lodge Q uadrennial Convention in Septem ber. The events culm inate in Novem ber w ith the P residential and Congressional elec­tions.

T o help you and your fam ilies keep abreast o f the im portan t decision dates next year, we p resen t the 1980 IAM wall calendar. It continues the them e of o u r 1979 calendar, o u r m ost successful- ever. Each m onth , four-color, orig­inal, detailed paintings h ighlight th e skills o f IAM m em bers in 12 industries.

And, at ju st $1 each, including postage and handling, th e 1980 IAM wall calendar will stack u p as one o f the year’s best bargains. As always, there’s room fo r noting your own im portan t days and events. It’s a calendar you’ll be p ro u d to display on your k itchen , den, o r w orkroom wall. Use the handy o rd e r blank below to o rd e r your 1980 IAM wall calendar now— while sup­

' plies last.

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SACRIFICE; 61 LINC. CONT.. 4-dr., auto, XLNT IN T. Needs engine work. Good body. $350. H arry H. M arino. Local 2132, 5200 S traw berry Lane, Sacramento, CA 95820.

10» CHEV. % ton 350 engine. Mag wheels w ith camper shell. Orange $2050. Good shape. Marvin Fisher, Local 31, 923 7th St., Bock Island, IL> 61201. " -

AUTO MANUALS, Motors; 1957 (49­571; 1959 (52-59); 1963 (53-63); 1964 (55-64). Chiltons; 1971 (64-71): 1973 (66-73); Glenns 1967 (57-67); Truck repair 1974 (65-74). $13 each, ppd. A. W inters. Local 1470, 133 Queens Ave., F loral P ark , NT 11003.

15/ECONO DRAGSTER, 170" Logghe chassis, 311 small block Chevy pro­stock m otor; A -l shorty glide and trans b rake; fully encosed tandem axle t r a i le r—tu rn key operation. Ask­ing $7,000 or best offer. Je r ry Pod- gorniak, Local 693, 11742 L uts Dr., W arren, MI 48093. Phone 313/979­3842,

1976 CADILLAC factory shop manual, l ik e new. $12.50. Gordon A. Peterie, Local 1186, 2350 Fru itdale Dr..Grants Pass, OR 97526.

1970 GMC V-8 school bus. Excellent running condition. Very clean. Good tires. Low mileage. Ideal fo r church or R.V. conversion. E, Marden, Lo­cal 727. 7337 Ethel A ve.,’ #40. N. Hollywood, CA 91605. Phone; 213/ 982-5627.

CHEVROLET 1957, 4-dr., hard-top.283 autom atic. 90% restored, (gray prim er). $1,200. E. J . Miller, Local 21, 215 So. Oak St.. LaCrescent. MN 55947. Phone 507/895-2457.

ATJTO MOTOR REPA IR MANUAL1973-1978 model. Never used. Price $18. ppd. A. E. Bakalar, Local 584, 2024 W. 98 St.. Cleveland, OH 44102.

50 ENGINES, trans., rear and front ends. From 1915 D art to 1963 Pont, wheels 12" to 24". 5-6-8 and 10 holes, o ther parts. Bill Bassett, Local 1305. 4135 Lskeshore Blvd., Lakeport. CA 95453.

For ado AutomotiveOLD CAB PARTS, points, rotors,

brushes, caps, m aster cylinders, win­dow rise rs for Ford, GM, m opar to 2/3, lenses, skirts, gaskets. Lots more. SASE only. Rick Santos, Lo­cal 700, 745 MUlbrook Rd., Middle­town, CT 06457,

1979 GMC 1-ton p / u loaded. Uses reg. gas, low mileage. Must sell. $8500 or best offer. Call 213/241-3247 a fte r 4 p.m. A. LeFrancois, Local 727, 125 N. Belmont, Glendale, CA 91206,

FOUR W IR E WHEELS w ith tires and innertubes size. 475/500—19 in. rim for Duzenburg. two w ith hub caps. Stanley Grey, Local 1855. 4410 N. Gil­lette, Appleton, W I 54911.

1958 EDSEL CORSAIR, 2 door hard top, running condition. Auto, radio, body straight. $1200. George L. Brown, Local 260, 803 N. 9th St., Van Buren, AR 72956. Phone 5017474­6650.

CHRTSLEBS: 1955 hemi-New Yorker. DELUXE: 1959 rare Saratoga. Both fou r doors, original, drive anywhere. Some rust. $750 and $850. Orville Sondreal, Local 21. 725 N. 4th Ave., Onalaska, W I 54650. Phone 608/783­2428. .

1971 OLDS CUTLASS supreme. M int southern car. Pow er steering, brakes, air, reg. gas. $2000/offer. 1966 OLD£ 98. Cherry NTS car, no w inters or rust. 3 spd. auto, full power includ­ing trunk. Near showroom condition, $3500/offer. Phone 716/254-7686. Pau Macalua, Local 1439, 43 Texas St., Rochester. NT 14606.

B o o k s

BOOKS FOR SALE. Older authors Magazines of 1960’s and 1970’s: C.Q's, Saturday Reviews, Car and Driver, P opular Electronics, etc. SASE. Dav­id Pacheco, Local 1518, 1173 Louise St., San Leandro, CA 94578.

LABOR HISTORY, read the history of the workers’ movement. Many books on labor, politics. Blade and Cblcano liberation, women’s rights. Send for list. M. Friedman, Local 685. 1065 15th St., San Diego, CA 92101.

POPULAR SCIENCE magazines, years 1963 through 1967. F a ir to very good

1932 CHEVY ENGINE, rear end. fron t end, starter, generator, transmission, shocks, windshield wipers, 16, 17. 18 inch 6 lug Cbecy wheels. John Cac- clator, Local 1509. R FD Box 245, F rankfort, NT 13340.

MOTORCYCLE, 1969 BSA Thunder­bolt, all original, m int end it ion. very low mileage, asking price $1595. Charles J . Pastor, J r .. Local 1053, 151 June Rd„ Kenmore, NY 14217.

1919 CADILLAC. Come run me home. Good shape, no rust, new tires. $3500. H arry Rexroad, Local 431 (re­tired), R.R. 2. Box 15. Adams, NB 68301. P lease call evenings 402/483­1332.

CONVERTIBLE, 63 FORD Gslaxle XL. fa ir condition, easily restored, $1,000. K. S. Shuck, Local 612, Box 449. W auneta, NB 69045. Phone: 308/ 394-5721.. . . . . .

F IF T H W H EEL TRAILER. 27' coun­try squire, sleeps live. Center bath. Reasonable. John M. Cummings, Lo­cal 1437, 4 South 340 Meadow Rd., Naperville, IL 60540.

1951 2-DB. STANDARD sh ift Chevro­le t .M u s t be in g o o d condition, clean and reasonably priced. Charles Uhlir, Local 49, 1638 So. W isconsin Ave., Berwyn, IL 60402.

197$ CADILLAC sedan De Vi He, hard top, leather upholstery, full power and windows, seat, m irrors, AM-FM, stereo, A C . and extras. W. W. Vouge radials. Color body beige, no rust, m otor A-l condition. Asking $1800. Joseph A. Kwilos. Local 742, 4209 S. Tal man Ave., Chicago, IL 60632.

MODEL T 1923, Lightswltch key, amp m eter combination. Lug wrench and pliers. $15, You pay postage. John B. Larsen, Local 1972, 830 Carlton Blvd.. Staten Island. NY 10312.

BODY SERVICE MANUAL and chassis service manual for 1974 Dodges. Like new. Two books. Covers everything, including motor, ignition, and acces­sories. Price $10. Postage paid, A G. Lucier, Local 252, 823 Lasuen St., Sonoma, CA 95476. - - -.if. U ...... r, ,_^__

condition. A few months missing.ding shipping. R. 1972, 2636 Cropsey

Make offer, indudin; Guralnick. Local 197) Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11214.

THE TIME IS AT HAND (Series I and H 1889); Bric-a-Brac (Seríes I 1875) ; Uncle Tom 's Cabin 1889; Gun- sigh t P ass by Raine. 1921. Please make offer plus postage. Leo John­son. Local 1510, R t. 1, Dolgeville, NY 13329.

ANTIQUES, (1) The Holy Bible, dated 1366; (2) The American pulpitSketches, biographical and descrip­tive of living American preachers, w ith portra its of steel. By H enry Flower, dated 1956; (3) W orld F a ir of 1393 Through A Camera, St. Louis. A.R. PerruccI, Local 1894, 1513 W il­liams St., Merrick, NY 11566.

4 VOLUMES ILLBS. over 4,450 pages "Revolutionary Radicalism " by NY Senate Committee Investigating Sedi­tious Activities in U.S. 1920 $24 ppd. Ira Wittlock, Local 198?, 14 Crescent Dr., Farm ingdale. NY 11736.

197» NASCAR MUSTANG, . Boss 429 motor, blue'ext., w hite int.. excellent condition. 6,000 miles. L. H. Turner, Local 1060, 4125 R t. 910, Gibsonia, PA 15044. 1 ' , - -

195» FORD WOODXE wagon: Historic. Needs-' wood work. $1.000 o r best offer. Runs real good. 1969 2-dr. Cadillac yellow. W rite or call George Hammerstone, 343 N orthrldge Dr., St. Louis Co., MO 63137. 314/867-8025,

LIBERTY AUTOMOBILE radiator nameplate. Red, white £ b lue shield. Shows some wear. B est offer. Money refunded if not satisfactory. H. B er­lin, Local 1862, 1023 C arrington Ave., So. Milwaukee, W I 53172.

GAS SAVER FILTER $8. More miles and pep per gallon for ca r o r truck th a t b u m s gas. No tools needed to pu t it on. All instructions w ith fil­ter. Proven that it works. No VW. A. V. Tremblay. Local 264. 32 H il­d re th St., Lowell, MA 01850.

1964 CHEVROLET 6 cylinder, % ton, P.U. 1963 Ford Country Squire. 1949 Buick, super, sedanette, /astback* All in excellent condition* B est offer* W rite f i r s t A. S. Wims, Local 504, 25365 Spanish Ranch Rd*. Los Gatos, CA 05090.

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10 INTERNATIONAL correspondence school instruction books : 1 arthmetic. algebra, elemen, mechanics, geom­etry : 1 tool, die jig-m aking; 1 mw- chine design, gearing, m aterial streng th ; 1 hardening, tempering, forging; 1 wood patterns, core­m aking; 1 geometrical drawings. 5

• more - books. Will sell cheap. V. D. Denman, Local H23784. 329 Jeffer­son St., Elkhart, IN 46514. "

C oins

1990 MIXED W HEAT cents, $33, post­paid. Anthony C. Riess, Local 777. 10916 Tesson F erry , St. Louis, MO 63123.

LINCOLN BOLL SET 1940PDS—1979 PD. Complete except 1943PDS. Best offer over $130. Silver W ashington set complete except 1932 DS. Good to AU, Best offer over $135. G, M. Nelson, Local 1728, RFD 7. Mtn. Home, AR 72653.

UNCIRCULATED COINS, 6S-S, 69-S, 70-S Lincoln cents. 68-S, 69-S Jeffer­son nickels. All 6 coins $1 plus SASH. W rite M. Francisco, Local 315, 9 F leet St., Jersey City, N J 07306.

WHEAT PENNIES, 3,500 for $175. Plus shipping and insurance. Merton F. Brown, Local 68. 1906 Rock St., #4 , M tn. View, CA 94048.

CANADIAN COINS, 2—10 pieces dated 1945 and 1965. 1-nickel dated 1961. 1- quarter dated 1970. W ant best offer plus postage. A. Benko, Local 7160, H ayw ard Ave.. Mt. S inai L .I., NY 11766.

SILVER CERTIFICATES. 220 in all. M ostly 1935's and 1957's. Will sell whole o r part. Make offer. Robert A. Nisse, Local 37, 2317 Ramoncita Dr., Chalmette, LA 70043. Phone (504) 279-1750.

"I'd lilce a favor, Crom pton. I need three men for over­time. . . . C an you dig me up tw o m ore?"

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BEER CAN COLLECTORS, send trad ­ing list, all letters answered. Have Wise. & Minn, and some others. W ill also sell W. H . Wellhoefer. Local 2053, 343 Grand Blvd., Mayville, W I 53050.

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RECORDS 78’s, Tommy Dorsey, H arry Jam es, Glenn Miller. Send SASE fo r list. A. Sampson, Local 1546, 4061 39th Ave., .Oakland, CA 94619.

LOCKING DEVICE PATENT for sale. $¿000. Em ire G. H aram ija, Local 126. 1945 So. 55th C t, Cicero, IL 60650.

CROCHETED TOTHOLDERS instruc­tions. An original doll pattern. $1.25. R. P. L indquist. Local 1591. 7133 Oak P ark , F o rt W orth, TX 76118.

OUTBOARD MOTOR propeller, bronze.

City, MO ¿4128.HANDMADE GUITARS & banjos, very

fine. One p re tty old Gibson banjo w ith most elaborate neck Gibson ever made—an RB-3SO. G uitars $400. $500: banjos $700, $900. P a t C. Mathis, Lo­cal 837, 3730 Eminence Ave., S tLouis. MO 63114. Phone: (314) 428­8236.

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MiscellaneousRAG DOLL PATTERNS: Mrs. Beasley.

Shirley Temple, L ittle Lulu, Ginny, L ittle Ned, Carol Burnett, Hansel & Gretel. $2 ea.. plus SASE. M. Cavl- ness, Local 709, 150 Old M arietta Rd., Canton, GA 30114,

COUNTRY HANDBAGS, quilted cali­co or canvas, handcrafted to order o r k its and .instructions fo r do-it-

ourself. N. E. Hollis. Local 1189. M. 2, Box 162, Iron City. TN 38463.£ t

AVON BOTTLES, aftershave lotion, 14 full bottles: cable car, bucking bron­co, gold Cadillac, silver Dusenberg, Model T Ford Touring, side wheeler riverboat, gavel, pump, L iberty Bell, log, 3 eagles. $175. plus shipping and Insurance. Merton F. Brown. Local 68, 1906 Rock St.. # 4 Mtn. View, CA 94943.

OLD PICTURE POSTCARDS in very good condition. 20 of Mexico—$3; 28 of Chicago—$4; 34 of New York S tate—$5.10, plus postagej A Benko, Local 7160, H ayw ard Ave.i Mt. Sinai, L .I., NY 11766..

BOARD EXERCISER w ith rowing a t­tachment, also bicycle attachment, $50. Dominick-'Garofalo. Local 701, 7611 W. Forest Preserve Dr.. Chicago, IL 60634.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS, 527 cop­ies, many special collectors issues, dates to 1912, 26 hardbound volumes, 2 m ap chests. John C arter Ferrell, Local 1319, 328 H ill S t , Edison, OH 43320.

FR E E SOLAR HEAT. Passive solar room heater fits South-facing win­dows. Specify either sliding or doublehung plans desired. $3 each. W. Hobbs, Local 1605. 45 Glendale. No. Kingstown, R I 02852,

For Sale—Real EstateGMC MOTOR HOME 26' Eleganza

1976 w ith 36,000 miles, Zip Dee awn­ing, snap-on room, vacuum, tw in airs, storage pod, intercom, CB radio, and more. Book wholesale. C. E. Brown, Local 1501. R t. 3, Box 3025. Manchester, TN 37355. Phone: 613/^28-7972.

CEMETERY. LOTS, 6 grave spaces in d e a r Creek Cemetery, Springfield, MO, All 6 for $600. Sherman R, Tuter. Local 208. 7037 Tholozan Ave., St. Louis. MO 63109.

PEQUOT LAKES, MN, 115 acres, 40 timber, 50 plowed, 25 pasture, good building sites. A. Haugland,' Local 289, 8810 45 SW. Seattle, WA 93136.

$9 ACRE WOODED lot on an island. Lake Mahopac, NY. G reat for camp­ing and investment. Boat access only. Mainland shore parking and launch­ing area included. $7,600. Phone 914/ 628-3055. John Donelon, Local 1589, P.O. Box 385, P leasant Valley, NY 12569.

GEORGIA, 8 ACRES, ju s t one hour west of Atlanta, has running water, good building lot. Good re tirem en t., area. -Price $5,807..''' f o r " all good ’ ft- ■ nancing. John Hembree, Local 709, R t 2, Tallapoosa, GA 30176/ Phone; 404/574-7349,

WISCONSIN. 40 ACRES of good sandy loam highland, $5,000. North Central Wisconsin, near state and federal forest. Leon Eddy, L ocal 2054, 219 EL Lake St., HoriCOn. W I 53032.

REGISTERED HYBRID IR IS for sale, a ll colors and varieties. 20 .for $7, 100 for $29. Send check o r mony or­der. postpaid. T. U. Swaw. Local 1296. R t. 1, Box 76, Southside. TN 37171.

ENGLISH POINTER PUPS, one white & orange, one white & liver. Both have class, style and a super nose. F red Reitz, Local 1918. 309 Beech­nut. Bridgman, MI 49106. (616) 465­6709.

GELDING, BEAUTIFUL show quality. 4-H 2 yr. old. Reg. half arabian and half quarter horse, EE. Weltxel, Lo­cali 2572, 2019 Ashland Rd., Mans­field, OH 44905. Phone: (419) 489-5918.

SH1H-TZU PUPS, AKC., white, gold and white, or hold. 3 litters. These a re the little Chinese Foo dogs. Qual­ity in type and tem peram ent J . S. Scardino, Jr ., Local 1862, 3011 S. 9th St.. Milwaukee, W I 53215. Phone; (414) 744-9722.

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1976 R EX MOBILE home 14' x 70' with 7 ' x 12' tipout in fron t room. Two complete baths. 2 bedrooms, deck and canopies—landscaped. In adult court. Barney R. Weeks. Local 751, 10105 194th E., Graham, WA

FLORIDA, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, family room, eat in kitchen. 20 citrus trees, 160 x 198' lot. 50 miles from Disney. $29.900. U. LaRoehe. Local -126, 35 Smyrna Dr., DeBary, F L 32713.

NO. FLORIDA, 100' X 140' lot in Ava­lon Beach near Pensacola. Retired neighbors, convenience fishing. $3.300 firm, Steven Feher, Local 113. 4026 M arian St., LaMesa, CA 92041. .(To see contact Serfozo. 1119 H a m son St., Mikton, Avalon Beach. FL 32570.)

COTTAGE, NO. WOODSTOCK, NH, on1% acres of land, fully furnished, sleeps 4, gas heat, winterized, great fo r year-round fun. Asking $15,000, Carl Turner. Local 1836. 90 Ravine R d., Medford, MA 02155.

60 X 220 LOT on Small Lake, all u tili­ties underground. Beautiful restricted area, Lake of th e 4 Seasons in P o r­te r Co.. IN. $18,000. Will finance. Em ire Haramija. Local 126, 1945 S. 55th Cf.. Chicago, IL 60650._________

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 10 acres. 35 a ir ml. from LA. N ear Lake LA. airport, railroad, Crystallaire- coun­try club. $1,900 PA *2.000 dn E. K. W heelbarger. Local 727F. 1924 H il­ton. Burbank, CA 91504.

NO. s t . LOUIS CO., MO. Beautiful brick. 7 rm, ranch. 3 bedrooms. 2 baths, double garage, fireplace, on wooded common ground. $63.900. R, Elam, Local 337C. 14631 Soho Dr., F lorissant. MO 63034.

CEMETERY LOTS: 3 graves in Rose H ill between F o rt W orth and Dallas, TX. Choice section $500. each. Lots M. Nemshack. Local 2193. 2912 Broad­way, San Diego, CA 92102; Phone: (714) 232-3308.

ONE ACRE, all utilities In. 70 mi. South of Las Vegas. W rite fo r details to G. A, Chaffee, Local 2024, P.O. Box 386, Oakrldge, OR 97463.

29 LEVEL ACRES, large house car­peted ; barn, garage, mechanic shop, recreation house, stocked pond, mag­nolia trees, orchard, -ideal fo r busi­ness o r housing development,. Rus­sell Horton. Local 777, P.O. Box 196. P leasant Plains. AR 72568. Phone: (501) 345-2605. $72.000.

85 ACRES H ILL FARM, 20-plus now In beans, small house now rented. B ara, peaceful and scenic. Lots of potential, Bollinger Co., MO. Clar­ence Gilda, Local 688, 14525 Mon- doubleau Ln., F lorissant. MO 63034.

CHICAGO AREA, NW suburb near O’Hare. Hanover Park, F u lly car­peted 3 bdrm, 2 baths, separate din­ing room, 2 kitchens, Lge, panelled fam ily room w ith jvetbar and fire­place. Central air. A tt. garage. Lot 120 x 65 with stone barbecue and storage shed. $69,900. Lou Bonetti, Local 1487, 1541 Maplewood Ave,, H anover Park. IL 6010®, Phone: (312) 837-3873.

3 ACRES, 24 x 60 double wide, asphalt shingle roof, lap siding, barn 32 x 50 w ith stalls and tack room, Shaded holding uen, breaking oen on paved rd. $38,000. Also available 544 acres w ith new fence. Owner financing available Located near Lake Okee­chobee. F L Tom McClure. Local 57. 1308 Cabbage Wav, Clewiston, F L 33440. Phone: (813) 983-6481. '

GMC MOTOR HOME, 26' Eleganza *76 w ith 36.000 miles, zip dee awning, snap on room, vacuum - twin airs. stORPA intercom* CB fliwxmore bo^k wholesale. C* TO Brown. Local 1501 Rt. 3. Box 80M Man­chester, TN 37355. Phone: (,615) 728­

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84 ACRE FARM, fru it And nu t trees, some equipment. P riced right. A, M. Williams, Local 933, R t, 1, Boa 97A, Lee. P L 32059. Phone: (904) 9?l-5803, o r (3(e) 298-5396.

CEMETERY LOTS C & D ,'P lo t 220, L aurel Section, Glen Haven Gardens, San Fernando, CA.. 3325 each, N. Price, Local 7278, Boa 271, Sun Val- lejr. CA 91352, o r call P a t (213) 767­5689. , .

PLEASANT PLAINS, AS, 29 level acres, large house, barn, garage, mechanic shop, recreation house, stocked pond, magnolia trees, or­chard, ideal fo r business or housing development. 372.000. Russell Horton, Gen. Del.. P leasant Plains, AR 72568. Phone: 501/315-2605.

7-ROOM H O SE, fu ll basement on 1 acre lot. In small town. 1 hour’s drive from St, Louis. Perfect for retire­m ent or growing family. H. Wotnble, Local 955, P.O. Box 66. Hoyleton, IL 62803. Phone: 618/493-6224.

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CHICAGO PNEUMATIC %" impact w rench '‘butterfly’' model CP-720, $45 postal money order. W » . Sonin, Local 1546. 54 Colorado Ave., Berke-

• ley, CA 94707.SNAP-ON TORQUE wrench 150 Inch

lbs. $25, S ta rre tt No. 4SZB, cylinder d ial bore gage 2" to 8" *25. S tarrett Dial indicator 2" to 8 ' $25. S ta rre tt D ial indicator 2" face 0 to .250 travel $26. p lus postage on above. F. R. Freeberg, Local 289, 1539-NW 62nd St.. Seattle, WA 98107.

FLORIDA, lo t 60" x 120', high and dry, unimproved. U tilities available. On Hwy. 41, 4 mi. So. Punta Gorda, Zoned for homes only. $1,500 cash. H arry E. Seward, Local 68, 721Grand Ave., So. San Francisco, CA »4080.

RETIREMENT PROPERTY, RioRancho, NU. F u lly developed area w ith golf course. Swimming pools, etc. Sacrlflce less than half price, % acre $2.200. 1 acre $4,000. John M. Szllagyi, Local 1987, 2100 Leonard St., SB. Rio Rancho, Albuquerque, NM 87124. Phone: 505/898-2750.

RANCH-TYPE HOME in SW indus­tria l town, tw o bedroms, 10 ft, clos­ets, slidimjr wood doors, bath, shower, avocado fixtures, kitchen with birch cabinets, living ran., family rra., 12 x 24, 2 patio drs. Carpeted floors, easycare panelled walls. Central heat and air, self-storing windows, 6" fiberglass insulation, completely rose- covered, fenced, landscaped lo t 98 x 98. F ru it trees and berries, garden, in Spanish speaking area. Price $20,500. H. R. Stager, Local 113, 103 Nixon, Monett, MO 65908. Phone: 417/235-6675.

KINGMAN. AZ. 3-br, 1% bath, u tility rm „ large closets, nice carpet, drapes, carport, near shopping. House 545,000. Naomi Smith, Local 906. 2345 Gordon I>r,, Kingman, AZ 86401. Phone: 602/753-2662.

BUILDING LOT. .90 x 120. near Moun­tain Home, AR, access to Norfolk Lake. Good fishing. Club house, pool, etc. A good place to retire. Price reasonable. Particulars on request. Leroy Mergy. Local 1518. Gen. Del.,

' Rock&way Beach. MO 65740.VIRGINIA, L o t in Glebe Harbor. Just

a few m inutes from Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. 110 mi. from W ashington, DC. First-class residen­tia l community w ith many recrea­tional facilities. A nita McClure, Local GL, 8918 Andover St., F t. Myers, F L 33907.__________________________

NM, BIO GRANDE ESTATES, Beteu. Valencia Co., 25 mi. So, of Albuquer­que. 4 adjoining lots, reirement o r Investment. Sacrifice all fo r $2,500. H. Schweder, Local 2024, 2543 ColbyAve., Lbs Angeles, CA 90064.

BIO RANCHO, NM, Vi acre of land. Golf course, country club, etc, in Im­mediate areas. B argain $3,000. M arvin Oldstead, Local 282, 146 H art PI., Poulsbo, WA 98370. Phone 204/779­3147. ._________________________

CEMETERY LOTS, 4 H arbor View lots. Green H ills Memorial, San Pedro, CA $1800 for all four. D, H ardie. Local 720J, 3212 Hardwick S t , Lakewood, CA 70912. Phone 213/ 633-1239.

MACHINISTS’ TOOLS w ith tool box, owned by m achinist ju s t deceased. Micrometers, inside and outside sur­face gauges, w ire gauges, calipers, p rotractors, etc. H .L. Price, Local 174, 2500 W isconsin Ave.. NW, W ashing­ton, DC 20007. Phone: (202) 333-0154.

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OLD PADLOCKS (with o r w ithout keys) and old keys, will pay cash o r swop. Also old combination locks, combination no t necessary, b u t pre­faced . V. Adaplan, Local 1249, 53 N orton R<L, New Britain. CT. 0Ä053.

CLUTCH D ISC and pressure plate w anted for a 1965 Rabbit Scooter. R. Bender, Local 2058, R.D. 1, Mount Wolf, PA 17347.

RUNNINGBOABDS for a 1935 Chevro­le t standard coupe. Ronnie Payne, Local 10, 1828 W. Grace St., Rich­mond, VA 23220, ,

CUSHMAN MOTOR SCOOTER, run­ning or not, Brady trac to r wanted. R obert Celznick, Local 1363, 450 Pa­norama Dr., Seven H ills, OH 4413.

SANTA CLAUS SUIT, wig, mustech. eyebrows, to glue on- natural hair. Motocycle boots 8-9. H erb Stecbmes- ser. Local 66, 5350 N. Lover Lane Rd„ Milwaukee, W I 53226.

CHINA in rhythm-white pa ttern by Thomas, Germany. Will pay top price for pieces in good condition. F . Stenborg, Local 323, 1536 Princeton Ave., S., Minneapolis, MN 55416.

NEON WINDOW SIGNS, interested in automotive, beer, bicycle, etc. Must no t have broken tubes, working con­dition o r not. please help. William

■ Reese, Local 1894, 79 Clay p its Rd., Greenlawn, NY 11740.

SHOP MANUAL for 1964-68 W ards 125 motorcycle w ith Dansl engine. Also, pre-1972 in d y 500 programs, especially mid ‘60s. M. J . Rogers, Local 1269, FO Box 24, Genoa, IL 60135.

ZANE GREY BOOKS, indicate titles and prices. Send information to E sther Dorsey, Local 1561, 1909 W in- ford Rd., Baltimore, MD 21239.

RAILROAD MEMORABILIA, dining car chime, lanterns, locks and keys. Also Buffalo po ttery : Deldareware, Abinoware, etc. R. Sobon, Local 2116, 193 Reeves Ave., Aingola, NY 14006.

ANTIQUE BLUE DEC. stoneware. Jugs, crocks, also blue and white, and sleepy-eye pieces, also old cow creamers, T. D, Simonton, Local 850, 3120 Del Rancho Rd., Okla. City, OK 73115.

GUITARS A UKULELES made in Ha­w aii by Nunes, Dias, o r Santo, In any condition. Also interested in any old Hawaiian-made Ukulele, guitars, books, sheet music o r paperback books on Hawaiian». W anted for re­search. L. Nunes, Local 1245, 613 Kaimalino PI., Kailua, H I 96734.

DIONNE QUINTUPLETS silverplated spoons. Must be reasonable. State condition and price. Send le tter first. C. D. Stephens, Local 727. 1009 W. Olive. Burbank, CA 91506.

GAS PUMP GLOBES, glass, from tops of older type gas pumps. W ill Pur­chase most types in good shape. K . Rau. Local 1313, 235 E. Viking Dr., Apt. 145, S t Paul, MN 55117rPhone: (612) 483-9710.

W ILL BUY 1951 Chevrolet 2-dr. stick s h if t Must be in good condition, clean and reasonably priced, Charles Uhlir, Local 49, 1638 S. Wisconsin Ave., Berwyn, IL 60402.

TRADE m y Arizona Highways m aga­zines fo r 1974 issues, I have some 1970, 1971, and 1973. Good condition, K. Frantz, Local 233, 12000 Kensing­ton Rd.. Cleveland, OH 44111.

OLD EMBOSSED BOTTLES of all k inds such as poisons, fiqurals, b it­ters. m iniature whiskeys, colored drugstores, etc. R. Troll. Local 776 712 Simpson Terrace, Bedford, TX 76021.

67 EL CAMTNO wanted. S tandard trans. Absolutely no rust, prefer original paint. John Demartinl, Lo- coal 68, 2364 14th'Ave., San Francisco, CA 94116. - -

NATIONAL GEOGBAPHIC, issue Dec. 1920. W illing to pay fair price. State price and condition. A. M. Keller, Local 727B.. 1842 Spruce St.. Long­m o n t CO 80501. '

SHOP MANUAL fo r 1963 Buick, to cover Le Sabre model. Advise condi­tion and price when answering. W rite R, Curchev, Local 479, Box 27. Sheldahl, IA 50243.

OROSSFEED w ith toolpost fo r a 12" Americn tool lathe: Stanley Grev. Lo­cal 1855. 4410 N. Gillette. Appleton, W I 54911.

SHOP OR MAINTENANCE MANU­ALS. for Allis Chalmers trac to r mod­el C. about a 1945 year, William Huenefeld Local 837A. R t. 2. Box 152K. St. Peters, MO 63376.

ZEISS and o ther German folding roll­film cameras. Especially Ikonta or Ikom at. German photo annuals. Das Deutsche Lichtbild, esp, 1930’s. R. van W ormer, Local 244, 472 W alcott K ent, OH.

COMIC BOOKS in good cond. Wilt pay 350 for i t i Amazing Spiderman; $50 for # 1 Fantastic Four: $10 for # 2 through 6 Amazing Spiderman, and Fantastic Four. J . D. Helms. Local

‘ 20003, PO Box 471, 202 Johnson St., Daleville, AL ~

LOWER UNIT for 5 hp. Mercury boat motor. Model KHR8247—1951, o r en­tire motor for parts. R udy Kriaan. Local 1061, 6434 Channel Rd., W ater­ford, W I 53195.

1966 BONNEVILLE PONTIAC. 2 dr. hardtop in good cond. Send picture if possible. George M atura, Local 15. 7418 Deadwood D r., Houston, TX 77040. ,

UNUSUAL SHOT GLASSES for m y collection. Send description and price, R. Gallaher, Local 822, Box 66 KB. Loralne, IL 62349.

UKULELES made by M artin ; Smith: Stew art; Weyman; So. Calif. Music Co.; Ditson; Jenkins- o r National, Uke’s o r guitars made by Nunes: Dias: o r Santos. Any very old or small uke. L. Nunes, Local 1245, 618 Kaimalino PL, Kailua, Hawaii 96734.

DIRECT CONTROLS for M ercury mo­to r model Mark 78A E. Serial No. 1250281. Believe it is a ’60 o r '61 70 hp motor. All help appreciated. J . j , Johns op. Jr ., Local 776, 5508 Jacks- boro Hwy.. F t W orth, TX 76114. Phone: (817) 626-6085.

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Retired rdHmon on right pension track.

Fighting Machinist Bud Demers, right, and guests a t first anniversary meeting of N A R V R E chapter in Northeast.

Retired IAM machinist Mel­vin “Bud” Demers of Dedham, MA, is proving that a “fighting Machinist” can get results even after retirement.

A retired railroad man, he was shocked to find his pension much below what he felt was due him. He started a crusade to right the situation for workers like himself and for the widows of railroad men.

A year ago he founded the first chapter in the northeast corridor of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Em­ployees (NARVRE) with 32 mem­bers. Today the membership is over 470.

“One of the reasons for our success is that we are aggressive and are trying to correct some of the wrongs in the 1974 Railroad Retirement-Act-instead of becom­ing merely a social gathering,” Demers said. “We have also been successful in having interesting matters pertaining to railworkers.” speakers involved in politics or

Their unit is stressing the im­portance of having four bills passed which would be beneficial to woikers on the railroads. He urges all IAM members to write their representatives in Congress asking their support for:

« HR 2223, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Claude Pepper (D, FL), en­titling the widow of a railworfcer ' to her husband’s full pension as is done under Soda] Security, in­stead of half the amount, the present practice;

• HR 1870, sponsored by Reps. Joe Moakley and Brian Donne l ly (Democrats , MA), would prevent the reduction of railroad retirees’ pensions because of working under Soria! Security;

• HR 3058, sponsored by Rep. James Oberstar (D, MN), would assure those who had completed 30 years of railroad work that they would have a “current con­nection” for pension purposes.;

• HR 4937, sponsored by Rep. Edward Markey (D, MA), stating that a railworker whose job was abolished through no fault of his or her own shall be credited with having a current connection. This pertains to widows and survivor benefits.

Photo above shows Demers, right, presenting former Con­gressman James Burke (D, MA) with an honorary membership card. Others attending the first anniversary meeting in Dedham, M A , recently are I to r: Jack Hannigm; Joe VaJlery; "Honey" Capone; Julian Klein; Norah Bullock; and Jim Reynolds.

Help asked — Retirees from IAM District 6, Rochester, NY, are seeking advice and tips on forming a club for their nearly 500 retired members in the area.

The N A R V R E example above and the I AM 's publication, "Guide for older workers and retired members programs" may furnish them with some ideas. Anyone else with tips on “getting the club from the planning stage into a reality," should write Dontdd C . Nobes, 45 Farnsworth Rd.,Rochester, N Y 14623.

STOP big oil—A national day of protest on Oct. 17 against high gas and oil prices has enlisted thousands of retired workers as campaigners because of the im­pact of big energy bills on the elderly.

A recent Washington, DC, news conference heard from W i­liam Hutton, executive director of the National Council of Senior Citizens,

“For the average retired couple forced to survive on Social Se­curity checks of under $300 ‘ a month, a heating season worth of bills amounting close to $2,000 is a real calamity,” be said.

The campaign, ted by a coali­tion o f tabor; consumer and en­vironmental groups including the JAM, calls for passage o f a "citi­zen's energy program" consisting of price controls on crude oil, heating oil and natural gas, and the establishment o f a taxpayer- owned energy corporation, among other measures.

Senior cost hikes — Retired couples’ living costs showed their largest increases since 1974 last fall, the Bureau of Labor Statis­tics reports. A man and wife with an “intermediate” standard of living in Oct. 1978 needed $7,846 to pay for the essentials of life. That’s an 8.2% hike be­tween autumn 1977 and autumn 1978.

Since that time, consumer prices have risen another 8.1%, bringing the total mid-level budget cost to $8,481, $5, 960 at a “lower’" standard of living, and $12,535 at a higher level.

7« all three budgets, the areas showing the largest increases were food and medical care, each jumping about 13% . The aver­age Social Security benefit for couples in October 1978 was $433 a month, or $5,196 a year. The maximum possible Social Security benefit—$374 a month, or $8,808 a year fo r a couple— was stilt well short o f the higher BLS retiree budget.

Applying for food stomps—The Food Stamp Program, run by the U.S. Dept, of Agriculture and state public assistance agencies, helps households with lower in­comes buy the food they need.

A new booklet from the USD A called How to Apply For and Use Food Stamps is available free by writing to the Consumer Information Center, Dept. 686G, Pueblo, CO 81009.— S.E. .

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- Machinist PhotoMilwaukee, Wl — George Lajsic, third from left, directing rep for IAM District 10, re­cently received the City of Hope National Medical Center's Spirit of Life Award. In photo, he accepts an AMX mobile x-ray machine for the world-famous hospital complex, located at Duarte, CA, from Walter L. Robb, vice president and general manager of the medical systems division, General Electric Corp. The x-ray machine was donated by GE “in recognition of George Lajsic’s humanitarian achievements." Others at the cere­mony included IAM Vice President Tom Ducy of Chicago, IL, second from left, and Hal Reinholt, City of Hope representative, right.

Chicago, IL — Daniel G. Rheaume, center, was honored re­cently by members of IAM Local 113 as the Chicago area’s outstanding tool and die maker apprentice. Dan, who Is employed at Sunbeam Corp., is in his third year of appren­ticeship. He was selected for the honor by the Washbume Trade School in such areas as craftsmanship, attitude, safety, and social values. Social values are defined as the "ability to work with and for others; cooperation, and respect for authority.” Dan was honored at a special awards cere­mony and was presented a certificate and watch by Herb Wirtitsch, left, chief iAM steward at Sunbeam, and Victor J. Horvath, right, directing rep for Local 113.

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Washington, DC — IAM President William W. Winpisinger was fea­tured guest on NBC-TV’s "Meet the Press” show on Labor Day Sunday. He is shown being ques­tioned by the show’s moderator, Bill Monroe (extreme right), and panel ists Phil Shabecoff, New York Times; Robert Novak, syn­dicated columnist, and Irving R. Levine, NBC correspondent (left). Winpisinger was questioned on a wide range of subjects.

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WASHINGTON, DC— Thirty-seven business representatives and general chairmen were in Washington, DC, last month for the first IAM Class of ’79. These union leaders spent a

-week at IAM Headquarters attending a staff orientation institute directed by George Kourpias, Executive Assistant to IAM Vice President George Poulin, and Charlie Crown, Education Director. Headquarters staff members addressed the group, explaining services available from Grand Lodge, union policies and procedures.

Members of the class were: Sam Angona, dr., District 8, Chicago, IL; Steve Bellano, District 1, Philadelphia, PA; Loukas Biniaris, General Chairman, District 2, lie Perrot,

First class of '79Que.; Clarence Bremner, District 148, Winnipeg, *Manit.; James E. Brown, District 9, St. Louis, MO; Walter Butts, District 8, Chicago; Kenneth W. Capehart, District 50, San Diego, CA; Norman Cherry, Local 712, St. Laurent, Que.

Donald M. Clemens, District 751, Seattle, WA; Patrick H. Davis, Local 701, Chicago; Bernard Duraski, District 837, Hazelwood, MO; Carl Galiman, District 8, Chicago; William Garland, Local 289, Seattle; Leo M. Glass, District 9, St. Louis; Fred Gomez, General Chairman, District 19, Albu­querque, NM; Edward A. Guess, District 6, Rochester, NY; Charles L. Harris, District 37, Houston, TX; Frank R. Joa­quin, District 115, Oakland, CA; Gilbert A. Kamin, District 10, Milwaukee, Wl.

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George Kirkpatrick, District 68, Delavan, Wl; James Lyon, Local 850, Oklahoma City, OK; A. M. Martinez, District 70, Wichita, KS; Craig McClure, District 130, Spokane, WA; Eugene J. Mendez, District 120, Ontario, CA; Edward Miller, District 105, Fairfield, IA; T. J. Nicholson, Local 1857, Sur­rey, B.C.; Allen Parker, Local 15, Houston; Lee Pearson, District 50, San Diego.

Bill Phills, District 120, Ontario; James W. Seidl. District 21, Louisville, KY; Sam Sinor, District 126, Dallas, TX; Michael Schoen, District 837, Hazelwood; Richard L. Schneider, District 24, Portland, OR; Sigismund Walesa, District 8, Chicago; David A. Volkmann, District 69, Everett, WA; Charles Wilson, Local 1607, Ithaca, NY.

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