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Page 1208 1 The first blow was outlined in my letter of 2 April 25, 1957 which indicated that a wage premium had 3 been demanded by the New York local in their wage 4 negotiation agenda. This, we were successful in 5 having deleted. 6 The second blow and a more alarming one was 7 dealt recently by the union during their western 8 states conference held in Oakland, California, which 9 was attended by business agents from all over the 10 western portion of the United States. 11 In the published minutes of their meeting, 12 which was mailed to each of the 20,000 members, the 13 following statement was made: 14 "The problems of asbestosis and silicosis 15 were discussed at large, stemming from the report of 16 Local Number 16, in which it was revealed that 11 17 members passed away this year. 18 A large number of the men had definite 19 symptoms of the aforementioned hazards of our trade." 20 MR. McGOWAN: Your Honor, may I ask him to 21 read the whole thing?