Masonry Magazine May 1969 Page. 7
Mason Contrctor News...
SHULTZ MEETS WITH INDUSTRY
Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz on May 1 met in one of a continuing series of discussions with 30 leading representatives of national contractors associations and presidents of international building and construction trades unions to discuss disputes settlement problems and manpower and training programs in the construction industry.
The Secretary and Director J. Curtis Counts of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service reported to the group that more formal arrangements have been implemented by the Government to provide more effective assistance in the resolution of labor disputes affecting the construction industry.
The new program will provide closer liaison between the national offices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the contractor associations and building trades unions.
Coordinators for the construction industry will be assigned by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and by the employer and union groups. In addition, special Federal mediators with construction industry background will be available to handle problem cases.
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COMING
EVENTS
1969
June
21-25.. MCAA Summer Executive Board Meeting, Broadwater Beach Hotel, Biloxi, Mississippi.
22-26.. Joint International Convention of AIA-RAIC, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois.
July
31.. Annual Meeting of the Associated Masonry Contractors of Texas, Beaumont, Texas. (Meeting runs until August 2nd).
1970
February
14-17..20th Annual MCAA Convention & Educational Trade Show, Sherman House, Chicago, Illinois.
masonry • May, 1969
Appoint Griffith
Pittsburgh Corning Corporation announces the appointment of Lawrence O. Griffith, Jr., as Manager-Market Development in their Pittsburgh General Offices. Mr. Griffith was previously Works Manager of the company's Port Allegany, Pa., manufacturing plant.
An employee of Pittburgh Corning since 1948, Mr. Griffith will be responsible for the development of new markets and uses for the company's products.
Mr. Griffith is a graduate of Alfred University, and holds a degree in Glass Technology. He is a Navy veteran of World War II and is a native of Steubenville, Ohio.
BEARING WALL STUDY
The economy of brick bearing wall construction is disclosed in a recent case study by the Structural Clay Products Institute.
Designed by DeVries & Associates, architects and engineers, the new 11-story Muskegon Retirement Apartments for the elderly at Muskegon, Mich., were built at a cost of $1,983,483, or $17.22 per sq. ft. This is $100,000 less than the original estimate. The architects attribute the saving to the 8-inch loadbearing cross walls that separate apartments and at the same time provide structural support.
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IN MEMORIAM
Harry C. Bates
Harry C. Bates, President Emeritus, Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers' International Union, died April 3rd, in Golden Beach, Florida, at age of 86. Mr. Bates was elected President of the International Union at the Convention held in Buffalo, New York, in 1936. He retired from office in 1960 but continued to live in Washington, D.C. Recently he had gone to Florida to recover from the effects of a heart attack suffered two months ago. Until two years ago he had served as a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
Hold Masonry Promotion Clinic
Under the sponsorship of MASONRY the First Masonry Industry Promotional Clinic was held on Friday, May 9th, at Stouffer's Inn, Oak Brook, III., with six Industry Promotional organizations represented. MCAA President, Donald Bidwell presided with Robert Hansen, Chairman, Publications Committee. The purpose of the meeting was to explore various avenues of approach to the complex and vital area of Industry Promotion.
Featured speakers were: Paul Rosensteel, Arizona Masonry Guild; Ray Wimer, Oregon Masonry Guild; John Walker, The Harpham Co.; Ray Lackey, Henry J. Kaufman & Associates; Les Barron and Robert Shuldes, Vermiculite Institute; Ronald Ryner, Structural Clay Products Institute and W. E. Swanson, Portland Cement Association.
Attending the meeting were: A. W. Booth, Salt Lake City; Eugene George.
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