Finishing Mill Mutual Aid Committee
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Copyright, t iciu 6t Compa*y
Issued Every Two Weeks By and For
the Employees of Fieldcrest Mills, Divi
sion of Marshall Field & Company, Inc.,
Spray, North Carolina
OTIS MARLOWE Editor
No. 1 Monday, July 24, 1950 Vol IX
Tax Dollars Are Your
Dollars
The average American is working for
the government 11 hours in a 40-hour
week. This means he is giving the gov
ernment 27c out of every dollar he
earns. Or, to put it another way, one-
fourth of the nation’s income goes to
the government in taxes of one kind or
another.
Even with this big tax bite on the
individual wage earner, the federal
government makes no pretense of try
ing to balance the budget this year. In
fact, the federal debt goes up about
$15,000,000.00 with each passing day.
Looking at your weekly paycheck,
you might think the amount withheld
for your personal income tax is all the
tax you pay. But you would be wrong.
Taxes are tricky. There is the matter
of hidden taxes on everything you and
your family buy. For example, on a
loaf of bread costing 15c you pay 5c in
taxes. Your wife might be amazed to
know that more than 100 taxes are in
volved in producing an egg and making
it available at the corner grocery. Such
hidden taxes are just as real as if the
amounts were deducted from your pay-
check.
It all adds up to the fact that the tax
collector is reaching deeper into the
pockets of everyone. As big government
gets bigger, the tax load becomes
heavier. In Socialistic Great Britain
where taxes are staggering the economy
and have the people on their knees, the
tax load is 40% of income. With taxes
now taking 27% of income in the
U.S.A. we are approaching the danger
line.
It is later than you think. Citizens and
voters should give thought and action
to economy in government. With the
large expenditures for national defense
and foreign aid which will become
larger according to the present outlook,
it is high time that wasteful spending
on non-essential services be stopped.
Huge government payrolls, the
bureaucracies and overlapping agencies
should be curbed. Then we will be able
to give sound tax support to national
defense and other necessary govern
ment functions.
Pictured above are members of the
Finishing Mill committee for the United
Mutual Aid Association. Left to right
are: Rebecca Barnard, secretary; Wil
liam Ernest Smith, Durwood Smith
(shown in inset), C. B. Rakestraw, vice-
chairman, and M. W. Hayden, chair
man. Mr. Hayden is the representative
of the Finishing Mill on the Mutual
Aid’s central board of directors and is
treasurer of the Association. Durwood
Smith is the representative of the Elec
tric Blanket Mill which formerly was
located in the Finishing Mill. The
United Mutual Aid Association covers
approximately 4,000 employees in the
North Carolina Mills. These members,
together with their dependents, total
approximately 10,000 persons eligible
for Mutual Aid Benefits in the North
Carolina area. The Fieldale mills have
a separate Mutual Aid Association.
With weekly dues of 35 cents, the Mu
tual Aid Association provides hospital
ization insurance covering the entire
cost of most surgical cases as well as the
expenses and other situations requiring
hospitalization such as maternity, etc.
Mutual Aid benefits cover the employee
and his family or other dependents.
Although the plan is voluntary, virtu
ally 100 per cent of the employees join.
SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES
Fieldcrest Mills extends congratulations and sincere appreciation to the follow
ing employees, who since our last issue, have observed notable anniversaries of
continuous service:
Thirty Years
Nannie Manuel Sheeting
John H. Gregory Blanket
Houston S. Jones Rayon
Twenty-five Years
Willie A. Berry Finishing
Twenty Years
William O. Thompson Rayon
Fifteen Years
Vernie F. Shively Finishing
Jessie E. Hylton Towel
Augusta R. Hill Blanket
Columbus William Tulloch . Bedspread
Rachel A. Roberts General Office
Sadie L. Angle Finishing
Annie Ruth Collins Rayon
Inez G. Smith Finishing
Martha H. Edwards Karastan
Vernie L. Jenkins Karastan
Florence F. Crews General Office
Ten Years
Susan F. Wilson Rayon
Opal R. Bateman General Office
Beulah M. McBride Finishing
Lucinda L. Martin Rayon
Madeline Oakley Bedspread
Myrtle Pickrel Rayon
Helen Mae Webb Rayon
James W. Wilson Hosiery
James H. Tuggle Towel
Blanche M. Clark Hosiery
MR. AVERAGE ClIjZEN
YOU PAY 27^ OUT OF
every dollar earned
TAXES
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CONGRESSMEN
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