Masonry Magazine August 1972 Page. 33
Washington Wire
(Continued from page 30)
he even get all he asks from a Democratic-controlled Congress in 1973? Or will the law-makers further modify or simply reject these new approaches?
SOME ECONOMIC CHANGES MAY OCCUR if the President wins reelection, too. Nixon may well turn more conservative even contrasted with his first term-especially if it's a landslide victory, giving the GOP control of Congress. Nixon would prod the Congress to clamp a tight ceiling on Federal spending. This would mean no big new social programs and reductions in existing ones. On the other hand, defense spending would edge up under a re-elected Nixon.
Massachusetts Apprenticeship Contest
Going over last-minute details for their annual apprenticeship contest are (from the left) Frank A. Sonsini, Treasurer and Legislative Agent, Massachusetts State Conference branch of the BM & PIU; Charles Velardo, MCAA Vice President, and John McDonough, Department of Labor & Industries, Division of Apprentice Training, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The affair was staged recently at the Shoppers World mall in Framingham, Mass.
History-making Agreement in Canada
The Hon. Fernand Guidon, labor minister for the Province of Ontario, witnesses the signatures of the new province-wide agreement between the Ontario Provincial Conference of the BM & PIU of America and Masonry Employers. Standing, left to right, are John Tiefenback, labor relations director, London & District Construction Association; Neil Fraser, executive director, Ontario Masonry Contractors Association; Don Williams, Canadian vice president, BM & PIU; Dan DeMonte, president, Ontario Provincial Conference of the BM & PIU, and Vino DeCarli, president, Tile, Terrazzo and Marble Guild of Ontario. The new agreement is the first ever for a major construction trade covering an entire province and will replace most of the local agreements which varied greatly in format, wording and conditions.