Convention Chairman Darvin Faust welcomes everyone to Biloxi, Miss., for the 72nd annual SMA. Hotel reservations can be made by calling the newly-constructed Beau Rivage at (888) 567-6667. Write Brother Faust for convention details at: 709 Burke St., Saraland, AL 36571; or call (334) 679-4818.

Chairman Allan McGunigal announced that Calgary, Alberta will be the host city for the 1999 IWC. Guests will stay at the Holiday Inn Downtown, and can make reservations by calling (800) 661-9378. For details, write: 8989 Macleod Trail South, Suite 309, Calgary, Alberta, T2H 0M2, Canada; or call (403) 640-4115; or fax (403) 640-4140.

The NASLBC holds its annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. For details, State Legislative Board Chairmen should contact the BLE's Washington D.C. headquarters at (202) 347-7936. An agenda and schedule of events will be available soon.

The 64th annual SWCM will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans, La. Chairman Bill Morris will welcome early arrivals on August 8, but registration and the annual golf tournament will begin on August 9. General sessions for the BLE and GIA will be held on August 10-12 and the final business meeting is on August 13. The Fairmont Hotel is adjacent to the French Quarter, and reservations can be made by calling (800) 527-4727 (U.S. only) or (504) 529-7111.

Recently confirmed for August 17-21, 1999, at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center in Hershey, Pa. Register at the hotel by calling (800) 533-3131, and be sure to ask for the reduced BLE group rate. For conventions details, write Arrangements Chairman John Rupp at: 333 W. Main St., Mechanicsburg, PA 17055; or call (717) 766-5723.

Advisory Board April Activity

By action of the delegates at the Fifth Quinquennial Convention, summaries of BLE Advisory Board members' activities are published monthly:

International President Clarence V. MoninInternational Office: General supervision of BLE activities, meetings; BLE advisory board mtg.; Rail Labor Division, TTD, AFL-CIO, Washington; Rail Safety Advisory Committee mtgs.; Advisory Board; BLE-UTU talks.
First Vice-President & Alternate President Edward DubroskiInternational Office. Assisted president supervising BLE activities; BLE Building Assoc.; Vacation; Subcommittee, Railroad Retirement, Washington D.C.; TTD mtg., Washington; TTD reception, Congressmen; National & legislative mtg., St. Louis; Mtg., passenger general chairmen, Philadelphia.
General Secretary-Treasurer Russ BennettInternational Office: Supervision of BLE Financial depts.; Records Dept.; BLE Job Bank.
Vice-President Paul T. SorrowInternational Office, Assisted president and first vice-president in performing duties in connection with Chief of Staff position; Cincinnati, OH town mtg.; Mtg. w/ Division 850 and GTW General Chairman John Karakian; Mtg. w/ Wheeling and Lake Erie, General Chairman Steve Speagle, Section 6 Notices; GTW Section 6 notices, Detroit, Mich.
Vice-President Joseph A. Cassidy Jr. Division 163 mtg.; Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range mtg.; Holiday; Mtg. w/ UP divs., IC divs.; Mtg. w/ BNSF divs.; Work at ID under direction of President; Joint Drafting Cmte. mtg.; Mtg. w/ multiple UP divs.
Vice-President & U.S. Nat'l Legislative Representative Leroy D. JonesWashington D.C. Office; Holiday; TTD Rail Div. legis. mtg.; Mtg. w/ congressmen on Hazmat legislation; Mtg. w/ AAR on STB Reauthorization; Speak before Railway Progress Institute legislative conference and AAR's Legislative conf.; Receptions, Cong. Hill, McCarthy, Thompson, Hoeffel, LaFalce, Capuano, Serrano, Miller, Gilman, Boehlert, Sanders, Berkley, Shows; Full RSAC mtg.; AFL-CIO Political Dir. mtg.; State/provincial legislative board mtg., St. Louis; Mtg. w/ delegation from State Railways of Thailand; Cong. Udall, Carson, Obey; DCCC 2000 incumbent luncheon; BLE Drafting Cmte. mtg.; Cong. Lowey, Clyburn, Phelps, LaHood, Thompson, Oberstar; BLE/UTU Joint Drafting Cmte.; APTA mtg. on passenger car construction; College democrats of America.
Vice-President James L. McCoy General office duties; Conference w/ J.R. Koonce, IC GCofA office; Up arbitration, LA Hub agreements; UP 18 hour rule mtg.;BLE Western General Chairmen's mtg.; PLB 6094; Town hall mtgs.; UP-SACP mtgs.; PLB 5943; UP-SP merger mtgs.; Dallas/Ft. Worth Hub agreement; El Paso hub agreement. .
Vice-President William C. WalpertInternational Office; BLE Education & Training Dept.; Internal Organizing, Mobilizing & Strategic Planning Dept.; Publications Committee; Public Relations Dept.; BLE Safety Task Force; BLE Special Reps.; Western General Chairmen's mtg.; Div. 28 mtg., Tucson; Presenters' Training, Nashville; Div. 239 mtg., Knoxville.
Vice-President Edward W. Rodzwicz BLE Dues Structure Comm./Peat Marwick; Kasher Award review on Eastern & Western Seniority districts of CSX; Assignment under direction of the President; SBA 894 submissions; Commuter general chairmen mtg., PATH, NJT, SEPTA, Amtrak; General office duties.
Vice-President Don M. Hahs BNSF-ATSF mtg.; General office duties; Dallas/Ft. Worth hub; UPSP LA Hub arb.; Western General chairmen's assoc. mtg.; NS Work/Rest committee mtg.; UPSP East, Ft. Worth hub & UPSP West, Southwest Hub; Town hall mtgs.
Vice-President Richard K. Radek International Office; BLE Decertification Helpline services; Director of Arbitration Dept; National Railroad Adjustment Board (NRAB) executive session; UP/SP merger arbitration, NY Dock arb., LA Hub; Western General Chairmen's Assn. mtg., engineer certification presentation; METRA disc. invest., settlement conf.; BLE/UTU Drafting Cmte.; Part 240.409 proceedings, EQAL 97-83, 97-63, 97-77, 97-65, 94-57.
Vice-President & Canadian Director Gilles HalléOttawa Office; VIA/CN arbitration; RCTC mtgs.; BLE/UTU mtgs.; Mtg. w/ Jim Shields, VIA Rail; Mtg. w/ Paul Tellier, CN; BLE/UTU Structure Cmte. mtg.; CN/IC presentation; CN Annual Shareholders mtg.; CN Pension Board mtg.; CN system of pay mtg.
Vice-President & Canadian National Legislative Representative T. George HuckerOttawa Office; Canadian National Legislative Board; BLE/UTU mtg.; National Legislative Board mtg.; CP Rail negotiations; Prairie Alliance of Canada mtg. w/ Saskatchewan Provincial ministers, Eric Upshall, Minister of Agriculture & Food, Eric Cline, Minister of Finance, Judy Bradley, Minister of Highways & Transportation & Berry Wiens, Minister of Intergovernmental & Aboriginal Affairs; WESTAC annual mtg.; RAC safety sensitive position mtg.; Transport Canada Inaugrual mtg. of consultative cmte.; CP Rail negotiations.

THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER NEWSLETTER
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Since 1863, a Tradition of Forward Thinking
 
BLE Publications Committee:
Clarence V. Monin, International President
Edward Dubroski, First Vice-President & Alternate President
Russell W. Bennett, General Secretary-Treasurer
Leroy D. Jones, Vice-President & U.S. National Legislative Representative
William C. Walpert, Vice-President & Editor
John Bentley Jr., Associate Editor

 

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VOLUME 13 · NUNMBER 5 · MAY 1999

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