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PAGE EIGHT THE ECHO DECEMBER, 1947 | '^tlhihe sMfw CAGVAT 'V j to Last year I was deprived of the pleasure of meeting with you and talking | Christmas party, which, practically since we started, has been one fi get-together meetings for all of us who work at Ecusta, Champagne, an am glad that my health is again such that I can attend to my duties and st l|i If anything, I am working harder than ever before in the interest of all ° ijef**! make our enterprise a still bigger one and a more important one than eve I*!: % Now we are celebrating another Christmas. Christmas is more than , cheer and the giving'of gifts Christmas is even more than the feast fJioA of children, the feast of love and friendship. It is more than all of Christmas is the spirit of justice and charity, of freedom and peace. T ® Christmas is a joy that war cannot kill, because it is the joy of the soul- And, yes, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and ge j] devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its nig and joy. Thank God he lives, and he lives forever. It is with the greatest pleasure and satisfaction to be able to tell you is again remembering you with a Christmas gift, which will help to brig Christmas celebration in the circle of your families. a f Since I have the opportunity to address you only about two or three would like to tell you at this time about some of the plans which we are now for the mutual benefit of all of you. the’ I want you to know that I am deeply interested in your security. To me, pf. SECURITY takes in a lot of territory, and covers most phases of our all, we here at Ecusta are fortunate to have secure jobs. Our mill oper® on a year-round basis. We have never been faced with seasonal lay-off®- many industries, and I do not think we ever will be. re “‘11’ Another thing that affects your peace of mind is how well you can take 'i self and your family when you are sick. Last year, at this time, I told y°^ Accident and Health Plan we were placing into effect. Since last year, 0,®*'** have drawn pay while they were sick, and in total they received almost ? ^jjji sick benefits, which certainly relieved the unfortunate ones of a good dea worry while they were unable to work. T ‘ I realize that you not only need income during a period of sickness, as mentioned, but in certain illnesses hospital expenses are an important i* j] already have the standard Blue Cross Plan of hospital insurance. It is and has helped hundreds of you out when you went to the hospital. Same of living, the cost of maintaining a hospital has gone up. Practically all tals in the country are operating at a deficit. Therefore, we are studying.^j,# your hospitalization insurance benefits. The matter is being discussed surance company now. We are going to have a new plan which will contr greater extent to your hospital expenses than under our present policy- / bring this new plan to your attention through a special announcement in near future. r P Another thing we plan, has to do with the two days each year on which oU closed down Christmas and the Fourth July. I want all of you to get P® two days. So, beginning with this Christmas Day, all hourly workers, jj)* work or not, will receive one regular day’s pay. If you happen to be one k
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