Clipper, Vol. 3, No. 62, March 15, 1947

              12TH YEAR PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
Voi. 3, No. 62
Pm Americas World Airways
PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
CLIPPER
Read From California to Calcutta, From Alaska to Australia
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
15TH YEAR PAA HAS FLOWN IN ALASKA
March 15,1947
Mechanic'sAgreement Is To Be Signed Soon
Contract Is for One Year; Accounting in for Busy Time
To Pan American mechanics based in the Pacific-Alaska Division came good news from the big city of New York on March 7. PAA and the mechanic’s union (TWU-CIO, Local 505) announced simultaneously the highlights of the arbitration awards.
Negotiations for the new contract began early last December between a committee composed of representatives from TWU locals in PAA fields and Company officials. When the conferences became deadlocked, the parties agreed to submit the disputed points to arbitration, thus avoiding the possibility of interruption of operations.
It was pointed out that the agreement marks another example of management and organized labor reaching an accord through the orderly processes provided by law, to the mutual advantage of both parties.
The contract is for one year’s duration, from January 1 to December 31, 1947. The signing of the agreement is expected to take place before the end of the month. Since many of the features of the award are to be applied retroactive to Jan-uarly 1, it looks like a busy time is in store for the accounting department.
Local union officers are pleased by the way things have worked out. It is felt that the new contract will foster a better understand, and, naturally, higher productivity will be the result.
Newly elected president of Local 505, San Francisco, is popular John-(Continued on Page 2)
Communique on Ski Trip
The Panair Club’s evacuation from the San Francisco Bay Area to Yo-semite National Park commenced at 4:15 p. m., yesterday, March 14. It was very orderly.
The objective of the group of 125 PAAers was to tackle the ski slopes of Badger Pass, attempt to master them—or, break their collective necks.
Supreme commander of the party is Miss Madge McWilliams who acts as assistant librarian while on duty at PAA. The sign-up for the big party was so successful, a rush call was made to Yosemite headquarters this week to add an additional 25 names o the list of 100 reservations made several months ago.
The party is due to retreat to the Bay Area on Sunday, March 16. Reports on casualties should be flowing in by next Monday.
Clipper Changes Face
Meet the new Clipper.
Clipper, with this issue, appears on your local newstand “from California to Calcutta, from Alaska to Australia," boasting of an additional column per page. Result: More pictures, more newsprint, and a better looking “miniature newspaper” while conforming to the system-wide standard size.
The advertising policy of Clipper, “the biggest little newspaper in the world," is unchanged. No paid ads!
Panair Club to Change Policy; Board Votes To Charge PAAers Annual Membership Dues
The Panair Club, San Francisco* may throw tradition into the ash can in the not too distant future.
Yes, the day of automatically belonging to the club because you work for PAA is possibly drawing to an end.
The Board of Representatives decided at a special meeting recently that the club should charge dues. Principal reason: the club should be self supporting and not dependent on the company for help. Sec-(Continued on Page 2)
Duplicating "Team" is Rewarded
Joe Baker, Office Manager, has just handed Mrs.
Carlyle, the lady with the scissors, a check for $350 that has been awarded the group by the Suggestion Committee. She is proceeding to slice it into five parts.
You say she can’t do that? Okay, so it’s just a gag shot; but the $70 each "team” member received was by no means a gag. What a ‘‘team’’ the group
is, too. Giving up many evenings, they pooled ideas and tried them out in the kitchen sink at home. Now they have come up with a special chemical solution for use in duplicating work that has proved far superior to any on the commercial market. The secret to their success is this: in Duplicating, San Francisco, everyone pitches in and helps the other fellow. No one person has “just one’’ job.
From left to right: Herb Hill, Virginia Davis, Roland Glassey, Mrs. Carlyle, Bob Pfeiffer, J. Baker.
For more suggestion prize winners see Page 6.
Goodman New Club President
Cliff Goodman, Alaska Region’s go-getter Flight Radio Officer and chairman of the Recreation Club’s La Fiesta Carnival last Fall, will take over as Recreation Club president for 1947. He was chosen at the Club’s annual election March 4-5.
Milt Sutton, maintenance, will serve as vice president and Margaret Rochel, traffic, as secretary-treasurer.
Two year trustees are Loren Fer-nald, maintenance and Joe Atkinson, service of supply. Auditors are Bob Currey, service of supply, Hugh Sprague, express and Dick Ford, maintenance.
RED CROSS BULLETIN
As “Clipper” went to press, Ivy Lee, Jr., Chairman, Pan American’s Red Cross Committee, reported that partial or complete returns have been tabulated for San Francisco and over $400.00 has been raised. Six departments (including all flight personnel and maintenance) have not made any report yet.
To Airways, Building and Facilities, under the chairmanship of Joe Long, and to Legal, under the leadership of Dorothy McElroy, goes a “Clipper” bouquet. They report a one hundred per cent participation among their members.
For complete departmental participation see page three.
If you haven’t given—Give!
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Simpson
Panair Flying Club Holds First Big Dinner Meeting
The first annual Panair Cooperative Flying Club dinner was held at the Villa Chartier last week. The meeting was presided over by LeRoy Simpson, secretary t r e a s u rer, who gave a brief resume of the history of the club, reported on the financial condition (which is very stable), and presided over the election of officers. The following were elected: John Aikens, president; Tony de La Torre, vice-president; Simpson, secretary (re-elected); Ed Barnett, operations manager; and Curt Dun-woody, chief mechanic.
Johnny Cooke Returns to S.F.
Johnny Cooke is back from Tokyo. As PAD’s special representative, he spent more than three months in the Japanese capital, leaving there February 6. After a brief stay at San Francisco, he journeyed on to New York to report on the problems involved in establishing Clipper service to Japan.
Quam
Clipper Editor:
As of this date, that very capable young man, Jack Laird, who, oddly enough, is also a Dispatcher (in his spare time) will be your “Clipper” correspondent from Guam.
He has assumed his tremendous responsibility and has agreed to sacrifice his time to bring the new Paradise of the Pacific (Guam, that is) a little closer to your hearts.
Mr. Laird will bring you the news and views of Guam, as he sees it, Bear in mind that at times this might seem a bit warped, but consider the source and remember the sun gets awfully hot out here.
By copy hereof, we are requesting that each department supervisor submit each week to Mr. Laird any information or pictures that might be worthy of publication in the “Clipper.” JOHN BARBAGELATA
Jack Laird’s interesting column appears on Page 6 of today’s Clipper. Regardless of where you are stationed—Seattle, Canton, Wake, or any other PAA base—we know you’ll enjoy it.