James A. Paddock Additional Papers, 1954-1988
Collection Number: 5833

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
James A. Paddock Additional Papers, 1954-1988
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5833
Abstract:
This collection consists of the papers of James A. Paddock, former president of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, documenting the industry-wide effort to curb drug and alcohol abuse in railroad operating employees.
Creator:
Paddock, James A.
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

James A. Paddock spent his entire life working in the railroad industry. After completing his education at the University of San Francisco in 1937, he entered train service as a brakeman and switchman for the Bingham and Garfield Railway, part of the Kennecott Utah Copper rail line in Salt Lake County, Utah. He was promoted to conductor in 1941. Starting in 1938, Mr. Paddock became active with the Order of Railway Conductors [ORC] as a General Committee Member. In 1948, he accepted full-time employment as Assistant to the President of the International Union, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 1954, he was elected to the office of Senior Vice-President, and in 1958 to the Office of President. During his tenure as president of ORC, he served on the Presidential Railroad Commission from 1959-1961. In 1961, Mr. Paddock retired from the ORC presidency in order to seek treatment for his alcoholism.
In 1963, Mr. Paddock returned to work in the railroad industry, joining the Association of Western Railways as a Special Representative to the Law Department, working on matters where labor and management had a mutual interest, such as safety on grade crossings. He retired from active railroad employment in 1970 because of a health issue.
In 1971, Mr. Paddock began training as a counselor specializing in alcohol and drug addiction. With his new training, Mr. Paddock began to work as an independent consultant in the area of industrial programs and other aspects involving alcohol and drug related research and development in the work place. In this capacity, he assisted the Milwaukee Road, the Illinois Central, and the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway in setting up Employee Assistance Programs [EAP] and other services designed to improve safety and operations. In 1973, he began consulting for the Federal Railroad Administration in this capacity. He took part in two major studies of alcoholism and drug abuse in the railroad industry in 1976 and 1979, conducting research and writing the reports. The 1979 report became known as the REAP report. He continued his work in this area with officers of the United Transportation Union [UTU], specifically Daniel Collins, in the 1980s. Using the EAP of the Union Pacific as their model, the UTU championed a labor- management supported program called Operation Red Block designed to help railroad operating employees with substance abuse problems and to help their co-workers know how to appropriately respond and help their fellows. A key component of these programs are the so-called "Rule G By-Pass Agreements." Rule G is the prohibition against operating while intoxicated. The By-Pass Agreements allow for voluntary self-reporting or co-worker reporting on a one time basis so that an employee might avoid serious disciplinary measures for the first offense and be put into a counseling program to address their addiction.
Mr. Paddock, in a speech he gave in 1983, called this work his avocation.

Inclusive date range: 1954-1988
Bulk dates: 1975-1988
This collection consists of the papers of James A. Paddock. The majority of the papers document his work in the 1970s and 1980s combatting drug and alcohol abuse in the railroad industry. This collection also contains some records of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen [ORC] and the report of the Presidential Commission on Railroads.
Of note in this collection are the records documenting the ways in which the railroad industry, both labor and management, attempted to address problems of substance abuse among its employees, in particular among its operating employees. The programs include various EAPs, including Operation: Red Block. Records documenting industry research, substance abuse research, employee training, and counselor training are found in this collection. Also found are the records of various Senate and House bills, hearings, and committees which attempt to address substance abuse issues through federal statutes and operating guidelines. The lawsuits filed by the Railway Labor Executives' Association [RLEA] in opposition to some of these proposed guidelines, such as random drug testing, on constitutional grounds. The clippings files give a broad overview of the national mood at the time, and demonstrate how some of these programs intersected with President Reagan's War on Drugs, and the disastrous consequences it had.
Of note is the correspondence sent to Daniel Collins, Assistant General Secretary and Treasurer and Director of Employee Assistance Programs for the UTU. Some of these letters humanize the individual struggles faced by railroad employees during this period. One employee wrote to Mr. Collins to discuss how the use of sniffer dogs sparked PTSD flashbacks to his time as a Prisoner of War in Germany during World War II. The speech by lawyer and recovering alcoholic J. Paul Molloy gave to the Senate in 1984 during subcommittee hearings on substance abuse in the workplace also highlights how a humane approach to these issues might be more successful than harsher disciplinary actions.
Finally, this collection contains a Betamax VHS cassette from the Union Pacific Railroad used as a training tool for Operation: Red Block and its EAP.
Processing Information

This collection was received, processed and described with no original order. In July 2017, the collection was re-processed, arranged and described with respect to intellectual order. The previous arrangement, with folder titles, is available upon request.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS

Preferred Citation

James A. Paddock Additional Papers #5833. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 5148: Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen Records 5484: Railway Labor Executives' Association Records 5552: Railway Labor Executives' Association Additional Records 5728: Railway Labor Executives' Association Additional Records 5139: UTU Records

SUBJECTS

Names:
Collins, Daniel William, 1921-
Hardin, Fred A.
Molloy, J. Paul.
Paddock, James A.
AFL-CIO.
Amtrak.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.).
Burlington Northern.
Conrail.
CSX Transportation.
Norfolk Southern.
Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen.
Railway Labor Executives' Association.
Seaboard System.
South Pacific Railroad.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
The Chessie System.
The Milwaukee Road.
The Soo Line Railway.
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
United States. Federal Railroad Administration.
United States. Federal Railroad Administration.
United States. National Transportation Safety Board.
United States. Presidential Railroad Commission.
United Transportation Union.
Subjects:
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
Alcoholism -- Treatment -- United States.
Alcoholism.
Collective bargaining.
Drug Abuse -- Treatment -- United States
Drug addiction.
Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
Employee assistance programs -- United States.
Operation Red Block.
Railroad accidents -- United States -- Prevention.
Railroad law -- United States.
Railroads -- Employees -- Drug testing
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States.
Railroads -- Management -- Employee participation -- United States.
Railroads -- Passenger traffic -- Government policy -- United States.
Railroads -- United States -- Rule G.
Railroads -- United States -- Safety measures.
Railroads--United States.
Recovering addicts.
Substance abuse
United States. Federal Railroad Administration -- Rules and practice.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 71.
1954
Box 1 Folder 2
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 72.
1955
Box 1 Folder 3
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 73.
1956
Box 1 Folder 4
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 74.
1957
Box 1 Folder 5
"The Conductor and Brakeman." Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Volume 75.
1958
Box 1 Folder 6
Proceedings of the Forty-Sixth Grand Division. Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen.
1958
Scope and Contents
June 16 1958. Miami Beach, Florida.
Box 1 Folder 7
Presidential Railroad Commission Report.
1962
Scope and Contents
February 26 1962.
Box 1 Folder 8
"The Crew Size Dispute in the Railroad Industry" by Douglas McCabe
1977
Scope and Contents
US Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration.
Box 1 Folder 9
"Air and Rail Labor Relations, A Judicial History of the Railway Labor Act" by John W. Gohmann.
1979
Box 1 Folder 10
"An Implementation Plan for Recent Legislation." (Concept Paper)
1980
Scope and Contents
Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act of 1979; The Rock Island Transition Act of 1980 as amended by the Rail Deregulation Act of 1980. October 1980.
Box 1 Folder 11
Texas Rail System Evaluation: A General Overview of Railroad Safety in Texas
1977
Scope and Contents
Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University. August 1977.
Box 1 Folder 12
Report to the President by Emergency Board No. 209 and related
1986
Scope and Contents
articles and correspondence re crew consist, Conrail, and railroad labor
Box 1 Folder 13
Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 1988
1988
Box 1 Folder 14
United Transportation Union: Unification Agreement and Constitution
1969
Box 1 Folder 15
UTU Constitution, revised November 1, 1983
1983
Box 1 Folder 16
UTU brochures and promotional materials
1988
Box 1 Folder 17
UTU promotional materials for Amtrak On-Board Service Employees
1988
Box 1 Folder 18
UTU Correspondence re administrative matters
1986-1987
Box 1 Folder 19
UTU News: volume 16, issues 11, 23, 25; vol. 18, no. 3; vol. 19, no. 5
1984-1988
Box 1 Folder 20
Short Line Agreement between Kyle Railroad Company and the UTU
1985
Scope and Contents
Includes "Rule G" By-Pass Agreement
Box 1 Folder 21
Collins, Daniel W., UTU Asst. General Secretary: Correspondence to and Report by, in re drug and alcohol testing
1983-1988
Scope and Contents
Report by Dan Collins was to the Canadian Parliament o March 24, 1988.
Box 1 Folder 22
Miscellaneous personal correspondence
1973-1987
Box 2 Folder 1
A Proposal for Technical Assistance in Training
1980
Scope and Contents
Development and Production of Alcohol Abuse Training for the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and the Railway Labor Executives Assoc., and 12 month support for RLEA. Submitted to the Federal railroad Administration, July 25 1980.
Box 2 Folder 2
Report on Buffalo, New York Alcoholism Conference.
1980
Scope and Contents
May 12 1980.
Box 2 Folder 3
Progress Report to the New England Task Force on the Feasibility of Employee Assistance Programs on New England Railroads
1981
Scope and Contents
May 13 1981
Box 2 Folder 4
Final Report on New England Task Force Seminar on Alcohol Abuse. Philip C. Fedewa, Ph.D.
1981
Scope and Contents
May 29 1981.
Box 2 Folder 5
Report on the RLEA/EAP "Train-the-Trainer" Pilot Presentations.
1980
Scope and Contents
The Railway Labor Executives' Assoc. Employee Assistance Program Workshop.
Box 2 Folder 6
The Railway Labor Executives' Association Employee Assistance Program Workshop. Instructor Manual.
Box 2 Folder 7
The Railway Labor Executives' Association. Train-the-Trainer Manual for the Employee Assistance Program Workshop.
Box 2 Folder 8
Iowa Teaching Guide on Alcohol.
1967
Scope and Contents
Iowa State Commission on Alcohol. 1967.
Box 2 Folder 9
Proceedings of 1975 Conference on the Detection, Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Problem Drinking Employee in the Railroad Industry
1975
Scope and Contents
New York State School of Industrial and Labor relations. Prepared for federal railroad Administration.
Box 2 Folder 10
"A Survey of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs in the Railroad Industry"
1976
Scope and Contents
November 1976. US Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration.
Box 2 Folder 11
"A Proposal to Study the Effectiveness of Railroad Alcohol and Drug Programs"
1976
Scope and Contents
Submitted by University Research Corporation. December 30 1976.
Box 2 Folder 12
"Counseling Alcoholic Clients. Basic Communication Skills. Trainer Manual."
1977
Scope and Contents
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. December 1977
Box 2 Folder 13
Training in Communication Skills. Evaluation of Pilot Program for Amtrak and Conrail Counselors
1978
Scope and Contents
Submitted by University Research Corporation. November 1978.
Box 2 Folder 14
Prevalence, Costs and Handling of Drinking Problems on Seven Railroads.
1979
Scope and Contents
Submitted by University Research Corporation. Final Report. US Department of Transportation. December 1979.
Box 2 Folder 15
Problem Drinking Among Railroad Workers: Extent, Impact, and Solutions
1979
Scope and Contents
University Research Corporation (2 copies)
Box 2 Folder 16
Project REAP. A Report to the Industry and supporting documents
1979-1982
Box 2 Folder 17
"Preventing Alcohol and Drug Related Accidents on Railroads." T.A. Mannello, J.A. Paddock
1982
Box 2 Folder 18
"A Resource paper on railroad alcohol and drug abase prevention programs." J. A. Paddock
1983
Scope and Contents
Folder contains drafts of paper
Box 2 Folder 19
Speech by James A. Paddock on Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention in Railroad Employees and on Employee Assistant Programs
1983
Scope and Contents
Contains biographic information
Box 2 Folder 20
Report on Employee Prevention Programs. James A. Paddock
Scope and Contents
undated
Box 2 Folder 21
National Conference on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Railroad Industry
1982
Box 2 Folder 22
National Planning Conference on Drugs and Alcohol Prevention in Railroad Industry - papers, drafts and correspondence
1980-1983
Box 2 Folder 23
National Planning Conference on Drugs and Alcohol Prevention in Railroad Industry
1983
Box 2 Folder 24a
National Planning Committee on Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs [folder 1 of 2]
1984
Box 2 Folder 24b
National Planning Committee on Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs [folder 2 of 2]
1984
Box 2 Folder 25
National Planning Committee on the Establishment of Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention Programs
1985
Box 2 Folder 26
Working Group, National Planning Committee on Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs. Subcommittee on drugs
1983-1984
Box 2 Folder 27
Working Group on EAP Counselors
1987
Box 2 Folder 28
Draft Standards for Accreditation of Laboratories Engaged in Urine Sample Drug Testing
1987
Scope and Contents
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Box 2 Folder 29
Atchison, Topeka and San Francisco Railroad anonymous questionnaire on drug testing
1988
Scope and Contents
by University of Kansas professor
Box 2 Folder 30a
Clippings on drug and alcohol abuse and the railroad industry [folder 1 of 2]
1983-1988
Box 2 Folder 30b
Clippings on drug and alcohol abuse and the railroad industry [folder 2 of 2]
1983-1988
Box 2 Folder 31
NTSB reports on alcohol and drugs as contributing factors to railroad accidents
1974-1983
Box 2 Folder 32
Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole and Dug and Alcohol Testing
1984-1987
Box 3 Folder 1
UTU correspondence re "Rule G" implementation and by-pass agreements
1984-1986
Box 3 Folder 2
Statements of J. Paul Molloy before Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee
1983-1984
Scope and Contents
On voluntary alcohol abuse prevention programs
Box 3 Folder 3
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations
1984
Scope and Contents
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. June 5,1984.
Box 3 Folder 4
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations, Final Rule.
1985
Box 3 Folder 5
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Correction and Amendment of Final Rule; Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations
1985
Box 3 Folder 6
Department of Transportation, Regulations and Programs Regarding Alcohol and Drug Abuse
1985
Box 3 Folder 7
House and Senate Hearings on Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Transportation
1986
Scope and Contents
Includes testimony of UTU President Fred Hardin
Box 3 Folder 8
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Informal Safety Inquiry; Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations
1987
Box 3 Folder 9
Transportation Employee Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 1987
1987
Scope and Contents
Requires drug and alcohol testing of employees
Box 3 Folder 10
Testimony of James R. Snyder (RLEA) before the House Subcommittee re alcohol and drug testing
1987
Box 3 Folder 11
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Railroad operating rules: random drug testing program. Final Guidelines, Amendments
1988
Box 3 Folder 12
H.R. 4748, "The Railroad Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1988" and response from labor organizations and carriers
1988
Box 3 Folder 13
Lawsuits filed by RLEA against drug and alcohol testing of employees
1985
Box 3 Folder 14a
Lawsuits filed by RLEA against drug and alcohol testing of employees [folder 1 of 2]
1987
Box 3 Folder 14b
Lawsuits filed by RLEA against drug and alcohol testing of employees [folder 2 of 2]
1987
Box 3 Folder 15
Lawsuits filed by RLEA against drug and alcohol testing of employees
1988
Box 3 Folder 16
Union Pacific Railroad: Employee Assistance Program, Activity Report 1972-1988
1988
Scope and Contents
Origin of Operation: Redblock
Box 3 Folder 17
Union Pacific Railroad. Operation Red Block, making "Rule G" work
1985
Scope and Contents
Betamax video cassette, TRT 16:00.
Box 3 Folder 18
Resume of James P. Whalen, EAP counselor for Union Pacific System
1984
Box 3 Folder 19
Proposal to Federal Railroad Administration to Implement Operation Red Block
1984
Box 3 Folder 20
Operation Red Block, general correspondence
1984-1987
Box 3 Folder 21
Operation Red Block Promotional Materials
Scope and Contents
stickers, flyers, posters, brochures
Box 3 Folder 22
Operation Red Block, handouts and posters
1984-1985
Box 3 Folder 23
Operation Red Block, training materials
Box 3 Folder 24
Agreement between UTU and Union Pacific for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1982-1985
Box 3 Folder 25
Agreement between UTU and Green Bay and Western Railroad Company for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1984
Box 3 Folder 26
Agreement between UTU and Port Terminal Railroad Assoc. and between UTU and Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Co. for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1983-1984
Box 3 Folder 27
Agreement between UTU and Southern Pacific Transport Company for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1984
Box 3 Folder 28
Agreement between UTU and Burlington Northern for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block program
1982-1986
Box 3 Folder 29
Agreement between UTU and Soo Line Railroad Company for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1986
Box 3 Folder 30
Agreement between UTU and Seaboard System Railroad Company for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1986
Box 3 Folder 31
Agreement between UTU and Conrail for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1984-1986
Box 3 Folder 32
Agreement between UTU and CSX Transportation for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1984-1987
Box 3 Folder 33
Agreement between UTU and Amtrak for Rule G By-Pass and Operation: Red Block programs
1984-1987
Box 3 Folder 34
UTU correspondence re carriers unwilling to agree to Operation: Red Block programs
1986
Box 3 Folder 35
UTU correspondence re confidentiality issues in Operation: Red Block program on Union Pacific
1986
Box 3 Folder 36
Operation: Red Block, clippings and press materials
1985
Box 3 Folder 37
Proposal for case study of Operation: Red Block by Institute for Human Resources
1987
Box 3 Folder 38
Operation: Red Block Research Monograph, A case study of peer drug prevention program for railroad operating personnel (draft)
1988
Box 3 Folder 39
"Operation Red Block, Case Study" (draft four)
1988
Box 3 Folder 40
"Operation: Red Block Case Study"
1988
Scope and Contents
(3 copies)
Box 3 Folder 41
"Using Behavioral Techniques to Improve Safety Program Effectiveness"
1988
Scope and Contents
Data from "Operation: Road Block Case Study"
Box 3 Folder 42
Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents
orphaned papers found in collection at time of re-foldering