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University of California, Los Angeles                                Vol. 1   No. 10

Institute of Industrial Relations                                   June 3, 1960

I1FJWAL C0N REICE PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE

The proceedings of the first commnity-wide conference held in the United
States on prepaid dental care programs are now being compiled, and will be ready

for mailing within the new few days. The proceedings will be released in two parts;
the first part, which contains the papers delivered at the conference is now avail-
able; the second part, which will contain the most recent information available

regarding the extent, cost, and benefits of the present plans should be ready for
distribution in about thirty ds.ys*

Papers were given at the conference by Walter J. Pelton, D*D.oSP*, Chief of the
Dental Resources Division of the U. S. Department of Public Health; Max E. Schoen,
D.D.S., Donald G. MacQueen, D.DoS., and Murray T. McNeil, D.D.S., directors of the
three largest and best known labor-management dental clinics in the Uhited States;

Hrold Klein and Mrs. Goldie Kantz, administrators; Ralph Eliaser, labor economist;
Carlton H. Williams, D.D.S*, and F. Gene Dixon, D.DS., for organized dentistry;

A. B. Halverson for the insurance industry; nd Milton Jeanney and John Sperry for
management anld labor respectively.

The complete proceedings can be secured for $2.00 from Department K, University
of California Extension, Los Angeles 242, California.

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CARSTENS ROM  FROM ENGLAND

The many friends of Arthur Carstens, Administrator of Labor Programs at the

Institute of Industrial Relations at UCLA, will be glad to hear that he will return
home on July 7. We are sure that Art will have many interesting yarns, fact and

fiction, concerning the labor movement in England and Europe and the British Niational
Health Plan.

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VOCATIONAL FEHABILITATION CON NT 1N3

On Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11, a conference on Vocational Rehabili-
tation will be held at the Statler-Hilton Hotel, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles

County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and the Institute of Industrial Relations at

UCLA. The conference will include workshops on voluntary welfare programs in non-
occupational situations; the Social Security rehabilitation program for early

disability retirees; and Workmen's Compensation. Some of the speakers scheduled

for the program are: Kenneth Pohlmann, Director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the
United Mine Workers; Elizabeth Austin, M.D., Chairman of the California Medical

Association Committee on Vocational Rehabilit-ation; Andrew Marrin, Chief, California
Vocational Rehabilitation Service; Albin J. Gruhn, President, California Federation
of Labor, AFL-CIO; Phili-p Schafer, Regional Representative of the Federal Department
of Vocational Rehabilitation; and Earl F. Cheit, Associate Research Economist,
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LOCKEED TOUR FOR ALtMI ASSOCIATIIO;N

On Friday, June 17, instead of the regular dinner meeting of the Alumni Associ-
ation, an interesting tour has been scheduled at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in

Burbank. There will be a brief description of Lockheed's functions and a film on the
Fl04. The tour will include the Lockheed Fabrication and the Hall of Giants facility,
and also the Electra final assembly and flighlt line area. For further information,

please call Mrs. Margaret Quon at BRadshaw 2-6161, Extension 425, by Monday, June 13.
Since Lockheed requires security cleerance, and there are also certain age limita-
tions, it is necessary to make early reservations. For those who are interested,
dinner is available at the Lockheed Terminal Sky Room.

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WORKSHOP IN GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES AND ARBITRATION

OFFzRED FOR ADVANCED CERTIFICATE

On June 21, a six-week course, Workshop in Grievance Procedures and Arbitration
will begin at the James Monroe High School in the San Fernando Valley. This is one
of the courses which can be credited toward the Advanced Certificate in Industrial
Relations. -'Students will participate in mock grievance meetings of foremen and

stewards through "role-playing" methods. The course will include the actual pre-

paration of different types of cases for arbitration and the presentation of the cases
to arbitration. Students will alternately take the parts of union representatives,
company representatives, and the arbitrator. Highlights will include talks by

representatives of labor and management, and by nationally known arbitrator, Ben-
Jamin Aaron.

Enrollment is open to all graduates of the present Certificate Program, stuxdents
who have completed Grievances and Arbitration, and others gaining the consent of the
instructor.