Mr. Alex Corns
Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer
Hod Carriers Local 36
Laborers' International Union of North America America
6229-A Mission Street
Daly City,CA 94014

Dear Mr. Corns:

This will acknowledge receipt of your facsimiles dated February 17 and March 1, 2000, requesting details pertaining to the former General President's compensation package and Emeritus position. In view of the nature of you questions, I have referred your inquiries to the General Executive Board Attorney as they would be more appropriately answered by his office.

In the future, if you have additional questions relating to the above, I would request that you direct your inquiries to the General Executive Board Attorney.

Sincerely yours,

W.Douglas Gow
Inspector General

cc:

Robert D. Luskin, Esq.
General Executive Board Attorney