[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]
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                       TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM SIDELL

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the late 
general president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners 
of America--William Sidell.
  Sidell was born in Chicago in 1915, the son of a carpenter. From his 
father, he learned the need for civic and social responsibility.
  His career with the Carpenters and Joiners started with his 
apprenticeship with local 721 in 1920. Within the local, he worked his 
way up from recording secretary to organizer to president. He became 
secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County District Council in 1957 
and served as executive board member of the California State Council of 
Carpenters. During the 1960's, he rose to first general vice president 
of the national executive board.
  In March, 1972, upon the retirement of General President M.A. 
Hutcheson, he assumed the office of general president of the 800,000 
members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. 
He was reelected as general president in 1974 and 1978.
  Although his duties with the Carpenters and Joiners kept him busy, 
Brother Sidell still managed to devote time to many civic and social 
interests. He served on the California Governor's Advisory Commission 
on Housing Problems, the Los Angeles Mayor's Labor-Management 
Committee, and the executive board of both the California and Los 
Angeles Committee on Political Education.
  Sidell achieved what many of us strive to do in our lives--balance 
our professional careers with the need to give something back to our 
community.
  We send our condolences to his family, friends, and brothers and 
sisters of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. They have 
lost not only a good friend, but a role model for all members of our 
community.

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