MAY 23,1980

NO. 19VOL. IV

the WheelagramI

THE SUBJECT WAS "SAND" - "Foundry Sand Rec­lamation" when Technical Manager Ray Leliaert ad­dressed the May dinner meeting of the Michiana Chapterof the American Foundrymen's Society.

Ray chairs the Sand Reclama­tion and Reuse Committee ofthe AFS, in addition to servingon the Executive Committeeof the Mold, Methods andMaterials Division and is theoutgoing chairman of the So­ciety's Research Board.

ENGINEERING REORGANIZES ... In line with thecurrent restructuring of our Materials Cleaning Systemsorganization, Bob Lindner, Vice President-Engineering,has announced the following appointments within ourEngineering team:

Ray Leliaert has been named Technical Manager. He willbe involved with rapidly changing technological needs, aswell as coordinate Engineering patent activity.

John Bergh has been appointed Chief Engineer-Productand Process Development and will be responsible for ourEngineering activity in the South building.

Dave O'Dell will serve as Chief Engineer-Special Prod­ucts, responsible for PrecisiDn Finishing, Portable Blast,and Balcrank products.

Eric Daum has been named Engineering Manager-Pre­cision Finishing Products.

John Pokorski assumes responsibility of Product Man­ager for Balcrank products.

Gentlemen: Good luck in your new assignments!

WHAT IS IT WE SAY? A Customer is the most impor­tant person in any business! Marketing Vice PresidentJim Cooke circulated the following letter in the Market­ing Department, not only as personal recognition, but toonce again point out the importance of serving our cus­tomers:

"We would like to express our appreciation for the ex­cellent manner in which our recent purchase of a CarType Peening Machine was handled by your ContractAdministrator. Mr. Larry Huemmer.

"He kept us informed on a regular and continuing basisthroughout the manufacture of this machine. Our re­quests for additional information, changes, etc., were allhandled promptly in an efficient manner.

"In the majority of our Capital Equipment purchases,considerable time and effort is expended in obtaining re­quired information from the supplier. In view of this,when we receive service such as Larry rendered here, webelieve it in order to convey our gratitude for a job welldone. "

T. H. Langston. Senior Purchasing Agent, Fiat-AllisConstruction Machinery. Inc.

Larry obviously practicesthe Ten Commandments ofGood Business. Larry, inthe words of Jim Cooke,"Our thanks for a job welldone."

ON CAMERA ... Harold Schulte (I), Director of Engineering-International and International Operations Engineer GeorgeMcNeile (r) during the Wheelabrator International Engineering and Equipment Applications Seminar and Workshop heldin Mishawaka early in April. Participating were representatives from OUf sister companies in Canada, Mexico, Brazil,Australia, and West Germany.

ANNUAL BOWLINGSWEEPSTAKES...

Strikes, Spares andLots of Fun!On the sport scene early this Spring, WFI bowlersparticipated in our Athletic Association'sannually-held Bowling Sweepstakes.

Following is a photo story of some of ourbowlers in action, as well as the introduction ofthis year's "champs!" JOHN VISCEK

Singles Champ

JIM BROCK (I) & CHUCK WAGGONER (r)Doubles Champs

(1 to r) GEORGE SMITH, JIM FARRELL, BOB FARRELL,JIM SMITH, and KENNY GRISE / Team Champs!

KENNY GRISEAll Events Champ

Special thanks to BRUCE McCONAHAY (I) andRAY CELIE, JR. (r), coordinators of the eventand to all personnel who worked to make theSweepstakes a success!

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PUZZLE CORNER ...

Ted Zielinski rates the following "brainbuster" three-star (moderately difficult):

Take a cube of wood three inches on eachside (3 x 3 x 3). Paint it black. Slice the cubeinto 27 one-inch cubes. Eight cubes will beblack on three sides. Twelve cubes will beblack on two sides. Six cubes will be blackon one side. One cube will be black on nosides.

We now have a cube of wood which, whenpainted black and cut into one-inch cubes,has twice as many cubes black on one sideas there are cubes black on two sides (justthe opposite of the example above), andeight times as many cubes black on no sidesas there are cubes black on three sides.

What is the cube's dimensions?

Solution to last week's teaser solved and ex­ecuted by Mike Unruh, Machine Shop:

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REPORTS ... A bus tripis scheduled for Sunday, June 15 for the Cubs-Atlantagame. See your area AA rep for reservations. The $12.50per person (father & son or couples) tab includes refresh­ments on the bus, as well as dinner after the game.

WFI TRAP CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS ... Serving asofficers for the 1980-81 season are "gunners": JohnSmith, President; Walt Meckley, Vice President; JoJoCukrowicz, Secretary; Mike O'Connell, Treasurer.

BOWLING IS ROLLING! Bowling has been describedby an industry spokesman as a "relatively recession­proof and inflation-proof sport." A. C. Neilsen projec­tions show industry sales increasing 40/. a year over thenext five years. The game saw a 16% gain in participationover the last five years, a figure bettered only by tennisand basketball. The average adult among the nation's 64million bowlers is described as 30.6 years old and earning$16,000 a year.

AND ON THE SUBJECT OF BOWLING ... DodgeManufacturing captured the traveling trophy at the FirstAnnual Wheelabrator-Dodge Manufacturing BowlingTournament held April 12. Final score: Dodge - 22,160;Wheelabrator - 22,063. Wheelabrator's Don LaPlacetook individual first place honors with the highest threegame total; WFI's Don Waumans, the high three gamescratch series; and our Engineering Department's LarryBaker took the high single game handicap series.

FOR THE RECORD ... The 10th Annual St. JosephRiver Run from Leeper Park to Niles found WFI's WillGlusac and canoe mate Mike Smitz clocking a 1:29.45 ef­fort over the 12.5 mile course, to take first place with oneof the fastest races on record. Meanwhile, Will's wifeStephanie teamed with Donna McClure, secured a firstplace win with a time of I :43.23 in the local senior womendivision.

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HITTING THE LINKS ...

Dawn Golf League Results: After the first two weeks ofplay, Team 6 (Bob Smith, Jake Smith) and Team 4(Chuck VanOoteghen, Mark Lanning) were tied for firstplace. Individual Low Scratch (37) Cal Barnes; Individ­ual Low Net (33) Maurice Bonne; Low Team Scratch (88)Team 12 (R. Coleman, Joe Jenczewski); Low Team Net(72) Team 4 and Team II (Ben Gasko, Maurice Bonne)tied.

After three weeks of play, Team 6 (Bob Smith, JakeSmith) hold first place. Individual Low Scratch (40) CalBarnes; Individual Low Net (35) Jake Smith and BillKarling tied; Low Team Scratch (84) Team 9 (Cal Barnes,Jerry Christy); Low Team Net (74) Team 6.

Twiligbt Golf League Results: Round I - First place toTeam 3 (R. Barrier, J. Gottlieb, L. Wilhelm, L. Baker).Individual Low Net (31) D. Ansbaugh; Individual LowScratch (33) D. Ansbaugh; Low Team Net (140) Team 15(D. LaPlace, D. Ansbaugh, B. Wolff, B. Cholasinski);Low Team Scratch (156) Team 15.

Round 2 - Team 3 continued to hold first place. Individ­ual Low Net (29) D. Banaca; Individual Low Scratch (33)D. Ansbaugh; Low Team Net (135) Team 12 (D. Banaca,D. Barton, D. Love, J. Coleman); Low Team Scratch(155) Team 15 (D. LaPlace, D. Ansbaugh, B. Wolff, B.Cholasinski).

The 10110wing article by Lee Anderson, editor of the Chattanooga News-FreePress, appeared in that publication on 21 March, 1979 and was awarded theFreedoms Foundation Medal lor outstanding editorial in 1979.

How the System Works

"With the report that corporateprofits last year rose 26.4 percent,President Jimmy Carter's inflationfighter, Alfred Kahn, called it a'catastrophe', and almost every reporthas pictured the situation as thoughsomething terribly bad had happenedto America.

The saddest fact of all is that suchreactions indicate that people inplaces of leadership and public opin­ion do not understand and appreciatethe wonders of the free enterprisesystem.

Increased profits are good news,not bad!

In the first place, the meaning of a26.4 percent increase in profits needsdefining. It does not mean that allAmerican companies made profits of26.4 percent on their sales or on theirinvestment. It does mean that the rateof profits increased by that percent­age. Many will misunderstand. But ifprofits were, say, 4 percent in theprevious year and increased by 25percent, that would mean a profit levelof only 5 percent. We should notconfuse profits and the percentage ofincrease in profits.

Profits are not an enemy but a friendof all the American people.

From those profits come some ofthe money that goes into buildingplants and buying equipment. Andthat makes jobs, putting money intothe people's pockets.

Some of the profits will go to paypeople for investing their money in theenterprises that serve us by producinggoods, services and employment.

We wonder if those people who arecomplaining about profits being highand are calling the situation a catas­trophe would be happier if the reportwere one of losses rather than ofprofits.

If that were the case, there reallywould be a catastrophe. Unemploy­ment would be higher. Businessfailures would be increasing. Everyonewould be hurting.

The more profits are earned, thebetter off our country and its peoplewill be.

But some will say, is it 'right' forsome to earn big profits?

Hamilton Jordan, Mr. Carter's spec­ial assistant who is not noted for anyexpertise in economics, said 'we thinkprofits are inordinately high' and 'wewill take steps to deal with it'.

Now, there's where the real dangerlies. There is the invitation to realcatastrophe-for the federal govern­ment to suggest that it will determinewhat level profits shall be.

Once more, here is proof of a lack ofunderstanding of the free enterprisesystem.

If profits are too high, that will invitecompetition. If somebody is getting abig handful of 'goodies', rest assuredthat the nature of mankind willstimulate others to rush into themarket to grab a piece of the action.

The obvious result will be an offerby others of goods and services at alower level of profit, so that they canget a slice of the market by offering alower price.

That kind of competition sharpensboth the price weapon and the quality

weapon. All of us are looking forbargains. High profits not only makeour economy expand but make com­petition expand, meaning that thepeople are offered the best quality atthe best prices.

But let government step in andthere's real trouble. If governmentseeks to hold down profits, it holdsdown competition. It takes away therewards for good service. It reducescompetition and quality and oppor­tunity.

Before the American people acceptthe social istic propaganda about highprofits being a 'catastrophe', theyshouid remember that in the Commun­ist and Socialist countries, there maybe no profits. And that's not goodnews. In those countries, there may befound a lower standard of living, moregovernment control, less really gainfulemployment (jobs are assigned andunproductive), less opportunity, lesshope.

It is amazing that the free enterprisesystem based on the hope of earningprofits made the United States risefrom a wilderness to become thegreatest nation in the world - withpersonal freedom for its people - andyet its leaders deplore the system thatis responsible for this achievement,and copy all of the systems of failure,instead.

If the news had been that there wereno profits, we all would have some­thing to cry about. But the report thatprofits have been good may be themajor explanation of why we have notyet fallen into the terrible depressionthat too much governmental economicerror has long been threatening."

NEW FACES ... Welcome to: Blastrac's Richard A.Dotson, District Manager-South Bend; Martin J.Leroux, Service Engineer-Eastern Region.

RETIREMENTS .•. Best wishes to Andrew Conklin andAndrew Rupchock, who have been on long-term leave.on the occasion of their Wheelabrator retirements. AndyConklin, Shop Lift Truck-Materials Handling, retiredwith 24 years of Wheelabrator service; Andy Rupchock,Boring Mill Operator-Machine Shop, retired with 36years of company service.

TODAY IS ABSOLUTELY THE LAST DAY to turn inmonies to Mary Lou Rethlake for the Toastmasters ClubCharter Dinner, June 6.

Congratulations to Chester Bukowski, Process ControlOperator Helper-Plant 2, who celebrated 25 years ofcompany service April 26!