October 27, 1977
Page 35594
MAINE LABOR SUPPORTS DICKEY-LINCOLN
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, the Maine AFL-CIO meeting in convention in Portland yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution supporting construction of the Dickey-Lincoln hydroelectric power project.
The resolution was presented to the convention by Joseph Penna, an officer of local No. 895 of the International Association of Machinists and chairman of the resolution committee, and by John J. Joyce, international representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Mr. President, I direct the attention of my colleagues to the resolution by representatives of Maine's working people and ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:
RESOLUTION No.29
Whereas the proposed Dickey-Lincoln Hydro Electric project represents a valuable source of energy with clearly measurable environmental and social tradeoffs, and
Whereas the continued supply of electric power is of the utmost importance to the continuation of our way of life,
Therefore, be it resolved that this Convention strongly endorses the construction of the Dickey-Lincoln project and the creation of an Energy Policy Committee within the Maine AFL-CIO to study and report to the next convention on the problems and prospects of other forms of electric power generation within the guidelines of National AFL-CIO policy.