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Chath am Blanketeer Vol. 5 AUGUST 16, 1938 No. 6 Has Charge of Custom Shipping* Fred Shamel of the Shipping Dept. Fred has charge of the custom shipping and he and his assistant mail many blankets to all parts of the United States. He has a beautiful view from his third story window of the City and especially the Reynolds build> ing, which can be seen in the distance. A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Employees of Manufacturing Plants Receive Average of 83 Cents of Each Dollar Made Some time ago, interviewers acked more than five hundred workmen coming out of Chicago factories just one simple ques tion: “How much of each income <^cllar produced by the manu facturer do you think finds its Way into the pay envelopes of the workers?” Out of the 518 persons ques tioned, 135 thought they got less than 3 cents of each dollar pro duced in their industry, 378 (in cluding the 135) were convinced they got less than 5 cents, and *^nly four in the entire group thought they got as much as 10 cents of each income dollar pro duced. There is a government report, summing up the actual facts on country-wide basis, which has an entirely different story to tell on the same subject. Etere is what the government report, en titled “National Income in the United States — 1929-1935,” shows: Of all the income produced and paid out by the manufacturers of the United States in 1929, the employees received an average of ^3 cents of each such dollar. In 1934, they received 84 cents of each dollar. And investigation proves that the same ratio has held good in 1935, 1936 and 1937. If these facts were more wide ly known there would probably be entirely different attitude to- '^ards the question of profits. No one can blame a man who thinks that the employees are getting only 5 cents out of a dol- of profit for feeling resentful ^hd demanding that something be done about it. But there is a '^orld of a difference between a nickel and eighty-odd cents. Sometimes a simple glance at the facts can radically alter our fettled notions concerning things! COAL TO OIL Chemical engineers have devis ed a method for converting coal into crude oil by reduction of the finely divided coal by hydrogen 3^t raised temperatures and pres sures. Industrial sources report a inethod of preventing ice forma tion on airplanes by use of metal Paint through which electrical current is passed. FEDERAL COST AMAZING SUM Seventeen dollars a minute is a lot of money. No doubt about it. Yet if you take $17 a minute and multiply it by the number of minutes that have passed since the year 1 A.D. you have an amount of money just about equal to our present annual cost of government — Federal, State and local. In these days when people talk so glibly of “billions,” it some times takes a little simple arith metic to drive home the idea of what all that money actually means. Here’s another billion dollar figure converted into terms that we can get our teeth into; On January l of this year the na tion debt was well over 37 billion dollars. Put in simpler form, this is a debt amounting to $288 for every man, woman, and child in this country, or $1,180 per family. And sooner or later this debt must be paid. The next time you see one of these dinosaur-sized figures, why not stop and think what it means to you—^not in billions or millions, but in just plain ordinary dollars and cents? ARE TO HAVE NEW BUILDING Winston Plant Recreation Build ing Will Be in Readiness for Employees Within 2 Weeks Within the next two weeks a new recreation building will be in readiness for the employees of the Winston-Salem plant. The old office building has gone through a period of renovation. Plans are to have one large recreation room, a card room, library and club room on the first floor. The second floor will be used for parties, dances, etc. Showers for both men and women have been installed, which will prove a great help to the employees. This build ing will fill a great need and each employee is looking forward to the data when it will be opened ior their use. L. H. C. CLUB STAGES WIMPY PARTY TUES. Members of the Lucy Hanes Chatham club of the Winston plant enjoyed a delightful “Wim py Party” at the home of Miss Hazel Jarvis, Hanes Town Road, Tuesday evening, August 9. She was assisted by Misses Levada Hanks, Lorene Dunlap, and Julia Florence Jones, joint hostesses. Games and contests were enjoy ed and prizes were awarded Mil dred Poole, Bill Dixon, Arnisha Rothrock and Jim Hodgins. The entire lower floor of the home was given over to the guests and the party was voted to be the best outing of the summer. The height of the evening came as the group gathered in the kitchen, where delicious hamburgers with all the fixings were served. Fol lowing the supper, the group re tired to the lawn, where an old fashioned singing was enjoyed until a late hour. Punch and cakes were served as the guests made their departure. Approximately sixty members and friends enjoyed the hospitali ty of the hostesses. Mr. J. B. Ramseur, of Lincoln- ton, N. C., recently took the first- aid course offered by the Depart ment of Labor and had occasion to use his training while on a visit to New York City. Walking down 42nd street he saw a lady fall to the street in a faint. He took the situation in hand, kept the crowd back, administered first- aid and had the woman well on the way to recovery when the po lice and ambulance arrived.
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