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VOLUME 2 NUMBER 11 JAN., 1965
Soulé News
Soulé's "People" Departments
Not many Soulé oldtimers remember the original predecessor to today's Labor Relations and Personnel Departments. On the door was the name, "Edward L. Soulé, Sr., President."
But those days are gone forever. At Soulé Steel Company and throughout modern American industry, the area of employee relations has grown so complex and so important over the years that the job has been delegated to specialists.
The first step in the evolution at Soulé was the designation of personnel functions to the various department supervisors as
Photo: *Shulenbergger*
the company grew and the number of employees increased. With the coming of World War II and the company's resulting expansion, employment managers were provided to help management at various locations.
The current departments—Labor Relations and Personnel—represent a further refinement of this evolution.
Ralph E. Shulenbergger is Director of the Labor Relations Department and heads a team of specialists who furnish advice and service to all the company's employees.
Ralph sums up his department's mission this way: "We strive to maintain employee-employer relationships based on the dignity of the individual, through mutual respect and confidence."
He divides "employee-employer relationships" into four basic categories: labor relations, employee benefits, safety and medical services. Providing a staff of professionals to administer this program demonstrates Soulé Steel Company's concern for the human resources of the business.
Frank Kleman, Safety Manager in Los Angeles, is assisted by two industrial nurses—Bea Cross and Thelma Sharp. Mike Mickel, whose safety column appears regularly in *Soulé News*, runs the safety program in San Francisco, assisted by Industrial Nurse Nancy Sanders and Secretary Beth Juhl.
PERSONNEL
Last November 2, the Personnel Department was created and Ted Lusk was named its Director. From his office in San Francisco, Ted directs his staff's efforts to provide maximum personnel service to all areas of the company.
The company-wide personnel activities include personnel recruitment, training programs, salary administration, liaison with approved company clubs and organizations, Business-Education Day, as well as direction of the cafeteria in San Francisco and coordinating drives for United Crusade and U. S. Bonds.
Assisting Ted in San Francisco is his secretary, Michele Dunbar, and stenographer Andréé Kavanaugh. Don Garner administers the program as Personnel Manager in Los Angeles with secretary Marjorie Mills.
Ted explains that his new department's most pressing obligation is "to distribute the greatest possible amount of personnel service to the company and to all of our employees."
*(More photos on page 2)*
Photo: *Lusk*
INSIDE: CHRISTMAS 1964 AT SOULÉ
Photo: *President Lee Soulé with recently-retired Soulé employees at the Christmas Party in San Francisco: (left to right) Joe Fabbri, Lee Soulé, Earl Raeside, N. O. Millar and Sam Hodes. For more photos from the Christmas celebrations, see page 3.*
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From the President
LABOR RELATIONS AND PERSONNEL PHOTOS
THE NEW YEAR
The year 1964 was an active one and a good one for our company. Take a quick look at this list of accomplishments and see if you are not pleasantly surprised.
We expanded our operations and added to our facilities throughout the West, including a new office in Phoenix. The new continuous casting system at the mill in Long Beach makes possible a faster and more efficient steelmaking process.
The Special Products Division began operations early in 1964 and the Personnel Department was created toward the end of the year.
Soulé Steel Company was licensed last year by the Freyssinet Co. to use the Freyssinet system of pre-stressed and post-tension reinforcing materials.
Our Architectural Products Division developed new aluminum sliding doors and hand railings and added extensive color anodizing facilities.
The Steel Structures Division rounded out its steel building line with the introduction of the Sierra and Mainstreeter buildings, as well as developing a new T-Hangar for airplanes.
Bar mill steel products, including our new fence posts, were rolled by the Special Products Division and the Commodity Products Division marketed aluminum residential windows for motels.
It was such a busy year that I may have overlooked an item or two, but I am certain the message is clear.
Even more important is 1965, which can be and will be exactly what we want it to be. I know you join me in welcoming this opportunity with confidence and enthusiasm.
“Tomorrow,” said a poet, “is a new day, a new world; go forth to meet it with a joyful heart.”
Edward Lee Soulé, Jr. President
Photo: Garner Photo: Kleman Photo: Sharp and Cross Photo: Sanders and Mickel
THIS MONTH'S NAMES IN THE NEWS
James Bedford has been appointed General Manager of the Architectural Products Division. He joined the firm in 1954 and was promoted to Sales Manager of the Division's Southwest Region in 1963 . . . Howard Crom has been promoted from Manager of the Steel Structures Division's Southwest Region to General Sales Manager for the Division . . . Robert Horn is now Advertising Manager for the entire company, assuming the responsibility for all company-wide advertising and public relations, including supervision of the *Soulé News* . . . Assisting Bob will be a new Soulé employee, David Brancoli, a 1964 graduate of San Francisco State College . . . The many Steel Structures Division personnel changes include these promotions: Robert Weyand, Manager of the Los Angeles District . . . William Evans, Manager of Southwest Dealer Sales . . . Donald Cunningham, Manager of Commercial Sales in the Southwest Region . . . Milton Kelley, Dealer Representative in Phoenix . . . and Robert Haller, promoted to Production Foreman at the Los Angeles plant . . . New appointees are Peter Gacs, Los Angeles Operations Manager . . . Young Paik, Regional Engineer, Southwest Region . . . Myron Walker, Industrial Engineer, Los Angeles . . . Joseph Straus, Sales Engineer, Los Angeles District . . . and Albert Hotard, Dealer Representative, Southwest Dealer Sales District.
Photo: Bedford
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Merry Christmas Throughout The West
Soulé employees gathered at company installations throughout the West last month to celebrate Christmas together. President Edward Lee Soulé, Jr., led the festivities in San Francisco and Executive Vice President Stanley Soulé represented top management in Los Angeles. A feeling of gratitude dominated the gatherings as Soulé employees raised their voices in song and offered a prayer of thanks.
*Photo: The guest speaker in San Francisco was the Rev. Harold N. Englund.*
*Photo: The Rev. L. David Cowie, D. D., spoke in Los Angeles.*
*Photo: George Ford again led the singing at the San Francisco party.*
*Photo: Shop choral group at San Francisco party: (left to right) Benny Bennight, Lucious Parker, Don West, Eugene Lagrimas, Johan Snetsch, Del Garner.*
*Photo: Digging into the buffet line following the program in San Francisco.*
FIELD JOB OF THE MONTH: HEWLETT-PACKARD IN PALO ALTO
The Carden Brothers—Bill and Bob—are co-foremen for Soulé's $85,000 portion of the Hewlett-Packard project in Palo Alto, California.
They are installing more than 70,000 square feet of one-piece dome pans in the two-story building. The pans measure 30 feet by 30 feet and are 14 feet deep.
Hewlett-Packard Co. is a major manufacturer of electronic test and measuring equipment. It has an annual sales volume of approximately $125 million and has 15 plants, including two in Europe and one in Japan.
Its Palo Alto headquarters is located in what has become known as "the electronics capital of the world" because of the incredible number of technical firms that have built plants and offices on the peninsula south of San Francisco in the past several years.
Architects on the Hewlett-Packard project are Clark, Stromquist & Potter of Palo Alto and the engineer is Clarence E. Rinne of Palo Alto.
*Photo: Pan men on Hewlett-Packard project: Front row (left to right) Joe Collins, Irwin Hass, James Carter, James Smith, Curt Collins; second row, Bob Carden, Plumber Peeler, John Snavely, Earl Collins, John Devooren.*
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WE'RE MAKING DRIVING SAFER
SAFETY SCOREBOARD
Through Month of November, 1964
| PLANT STANDINGS | Doctor Cases Month Of Nov. | Doctor Cases To Date | Lost Time Cases Month Of Nov. | Lost Time Cases To Date | | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | San Francisco | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | | L.A. Plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | | L.A. Rebar | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | | L.A. Mill | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | | Phoenix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Portland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | San Diego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Fresno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FIELD STANDINGS
| | Month Of Nov. | To Date | Month Of Nov. | To Date | | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | No. California | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | | So. California | 16 | 35 | 2 | 6 | | Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Seattle | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | | Portland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Photo: Glare barrier on San Gabriel Freeway.
Southern Californians who drive at night along the first open stretch of the San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605 at Los Angeles) are participating in an important experiment aimed at reducing after-dark highway accidents.
Dividing the roadway along a three-mile stretch is an installation of aluminum expanded Glare Barrier, developed by Soulé and the California Division of Highways.
This unique aluminum fencing significantly reduces the hazard of headlight glare by preventing it from interfering with the vision of oncoming drivers.
State Highway Transportation Administrator Robert B. Bradford had this to say about the tests:
"We are particularly interested in the results of this test. Anything which can materially improve driver safety is important to us here in California, where we have more drivers and automobiles than anywhere else in the world."
Scott Anderson's Commodity Products Division fabricates the Glare Barrier fencing at the San Francisco plant, under the supervision of Ray Harding, San Francisco Production Control Manager and Roy Fisher, Shop Foreman.
George Von Arx, salesman at San Francisco, promoted the Glare Barrier material with the State of California. Lou Howell, salesman at Los Angeles, promoted and sold the Glare Barrier material on the San Gabriel River Freeway job. This was a coordinated effort between George and Lou.
The three-mile San Gabriel test stretch is the longest glare barrier span in the United States.
Driver reaction to glare screens in other tests has been uniformly enthusiastic. While blocking oncoming or direct headlight glare, the barrier allows an almost unobstructed view of the surrounding countryside when viewed at angles of about 90 degrees.
Other advantages include long life and aesthetic beauty of the green tone coated aluminum, freedom from maintenance and an added safety factor: two cables running along the glare barrier prevent out-of-control vehicles from crashing through.
Look for more glare barriers on highways throughout the nation.
FORGET HARD HATS
by Mike Mickel Safety Editor
I knew that headline would attract some attention. After so much emphasis on wearing Soulé hard hats for protection, you come across the opposite idea in the company Soulé News.
My point is that safety on the job cannot be bought or put on your head or posted on a bulletin board.
It is a state of mind. It stays with you from morning till night.
If you develop the habit of "thinking safety" you can use such things as hard hats to good advantage.
But if you simply refuse to lose those careless habits, then you are an odds-on favorite to become injured on the job.
Got any ideas about a resolution for 1965?
**Soulé News**
Published monthly by the Soulé Steel Co.
Howard Soulé, Editor Associate Editors
Mike Mickel, San Francisco
Andree George Salt Lake
Jo Davis Fresno
Esther Longnecker San Diego
Don Garner Los Angeles
Dee Henderson Seattle
Rod Newton Phoenix
Frank Kleman Dominguez
Dolores Bedgood Portland
**ERWIN EUGENE BECK**
It is with deep regret that we inform you of the death of Erwin E. Beck.
A native of Germany, Mr. Beck joined the company in 1927.
He was in the residential aluminum windows department of the Commodity Products Division in San Francisco.