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_ FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1976 Feb DOC PAINT042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal FEBRUARY 1976 CIRCULATING MATERIAL DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT JournalJournal among those battling NEWS AND FEATURES ~ page . Inside Front CoverCover From the General President 4 IBPAT Other Crafts Quit CBCC 6 Brotherhood Efforts Win Survivor Benefits Health Tests Come to Kansas City 8 IBPAT Labor Battle Food Stamp Critics 811 Labor and the Bicentennial A More Perfect Union 19 The General Treasurer Reports DEPARTMENTS page . : 15 Local District Council News 20 Labor Beat 21 Canadian Labour 23 The Sports Scene 26 Financial Report RESIDEVOTED TO THE TRADE INTERESTS OF RESIDENTIAL 0 COMMERCIAL S. FRANK RAFTERY General President - 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 ROBERT J. PETERSDORF General Treasurer 1750 New York Ave. N.W. TILE ' PAINT AND VARNISH MAKING BRUSH MAKERS AND TO THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN GENERAL Any member or subordinate body publishing programs souvenirs or other oe . ; . Washington D.C. 20006 General Vice Presidents BERNARD SNIEGOWSKI , 1st District 1443 Westchester Blvd. * designate them as The Official Journal of the Brotherhood or as The Painters and Allied Trades Journal either upon the publication itself on their advertising Contract forms or stationery Westchester Ill 60153 A. L. MONROE 2nd District 7909 Bayberry Drive Alexandria Va 22306 ROBERT J. PETERSDORF Publisher and Editor 750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 JAMES WOLFORD 3rd District 100 Devon Lane Williamsville N.Y. 14221 JACK T. COX 4th District - entry Published monthly by the 2212 DuPont Dr. International Brotherhood of Painters and Irvine Calif 92664 Allied Trades Second Class mail VOLUME 90 No. 2 GUY LEBER 5th District authorized at Washington D.C. FEBRUARY 1976 1930 Bishop Lane _ , i POSTMASTERS : ATTENTION Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to THE PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES JOURNAL 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 The official journal of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades organized March 15 1887 and the only publication issued under its auspices . Louisville Ky 40218 JAMES B. COX 6th District 8800 Blue Ridge Ext No. 10 Kansas City Mo. 64138 Subscription Price 2.00 per year Single copy 20 cents PRINTED ON UNION MADE PAPER PRINTED WITH UNION MADE INK LABOR Tm 4 WILLIAM A. DUVAL 7th 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 District PRINTED IN U.S.A. Decade of Job Safety Health Tests Come Kansas City A weekend of football in the area didn't deter mem- bers of Kansas City Local 1179 from turning out in force for physical examinations administered by spe- cialists from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine as part of IBPAT's health testing program More than 50 Local 1179 members each with more than 15 years in the trade underwent special pulmonary cardiovascular and other examinations And although testing covered a wide range of physical functions Mt. Sinai medical specialists placed special emphasis on examinations to determine the effects of inhaling sand- ing dust Local 1179 members specializien flooring installation and frequently sand asbestos and as- phalt flooring materials os - The examinations were part of our Brotherhood's testing program which is a cooperative effort of IBPAT and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH which has contracted with Mt. Sinai School of Medicine's Environmental Medicine Sinai environmental health group is Dr. Irving Selikoff Two physicians and five health technicians adminis- tered the tests to Local 1179 members during a week- end late last year According to Local Business Repre- sentative Richard Meyers the members took the ex- aminations very well and turned out in force A full weekend of including a Kansas City Chiefs home didn't keep them away oueeiens Above a Mt. Sinai health technician administers laboratory In picture at bottom right two Mt. Sinai specialists check IBPAT test results in New York laboratory Lb .. Ee ee hedBY,eyes tdh heee s2st tL SS tt 9ratte se ge8Saab oie <y