41.   Joseph Rypkowski, the local union president, said talks would soon be held with GM officials.

42.   Johnson, the technicians union president, estimated that half the technicians were already eligible to retire or would be within three years.

43.   Last year, Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin and Smith walked out of a meeting with union president Gene Upshaw after hearing details of the settlement Upshaw was proposing.

44.   LaVoy, the union president, was fatalistic.

45.   Leroy Thom, the last union president before the closing, agrees.

46.   Legg, the UAW union local president, toured the Boeing plants in thePuget Sound area.

47.   Marian Flickinger, Norfolk teachers union president, says quality education is possible in segregated inner-city schools.

48.   Mike Scarver, right, a former local union president in Cleveland, made his case along with Pat Gallagher, center, and Dale DeWolf.

49.   Most came from anonymous callers, but the principals union president also called to complain, she said.

50.   New voices that might ask uncomfortable questions within the council are rare because the union presidents tend to hold office until death or retirement.