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mam The Caromount News PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS ^ VOL. IV—NO. 11 SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND COMPANY. INC. NOVEMBER, 1946 Pictured aboA^e is a model room using materials woven at Caro mount. This gi’oup of chairs made by the Selig Manufacturing Company is covered with veleda quality wiiich was Avoven here and printed at the Shelton Division. The pattem, known as leopard print, has been familiar for some time. Originally de signed as a cloaking material, it found Avide use in raincoat linings. HoAA'ever, decorators are alAA'ays on the lookout for neAV ideas in upholstery and Avhen this fabric Avas introduced as a chair covering, it met with instant success. Export Club Hears Company Official After pointing to advantages of ihe American system of individual enterprise, Herbert H. Schell, Chairman of the International Economic Relations Committee of ^he National Association of Manu facturers, warned acwocates of Cartels that their program Avould faring about the nationalization of *hdustry. Mr. Schell, addressing a lunch eon of the Export Managers Club ef New York City on October 22, explained that the NAM, which Represents 16,000 members credit ed with producing 85 per cent of America’s manufactured products unalterably opposed to cartels. Declaring that no group of men C'^er sat around a table and fixed |ow prices, Mr. Schell added that if private industry tried to fix prices that consumers must pay government would step in and protect the consumers against the price fixers. When government steps in to extent there is no possible to prevent it ultimately from (Continued on Page Two) YMCAMembers Listed The ten YMCA memberships contributed by the company ha\m been awarded to sons of Caro mount employees. In his letter to the boys receiving these member ships, J. A. Harper, YMCA Gen eral Secretary, stated “You Avill note that this is a full-privilege (Continued on Page Three) President Schell Appointed Delegate For Conference Held At Brussells Harper Joins The Personnel Office George Harper joined the staff of the Personnel Office on Novem ber 4th. Mr. Harper is a gradu ate of Wake Forest College, hav ing received his B. S. degree in Social Science there in 1942. As a Lieutenant in the Navy, Harper had additional training at the University of Notre Dame and Columbia University. During his service in the Navy from August 1942 through March 1946, he spent considerable time as an offi cer on an escort vessel also. Mr. Harper is devoting much of his time toward interAuewing and selecting applicants at pres ent. He welcomes the opportunity of talking with employees and be ing of service to them also. Feel free to contact Mr. Harper and talk with him concerning your problems. During the past eight months Mr. Harper was employed as an interviewer at the U. S. Employ ment Service in Rocky Mount. He is a native of Nash County, hav ing received his high school edu cation at Castalia High School. Employees are reminded to re port change of address, change of name or change in dependent stat us to the Personnel office. The Harvest That God Wanted America’s harvest picture has altered greatly since the Pilgrim fathers gathered in their first crops three centuries ago. And of the harvest of this year 1946, there is a remarkable story to tell. Harvest time came to the Texas Panhandle around the end of May. In June it moved north to Oklahoma, then on to Kansas, where a sturdy crop had sur vived every setback of nature ... a winter’s drought, dust storms in February, abnormal heat in April, a sudden freeze in May. By July it had reached Nebraska and the tallies were in: the harvest that should have been, by all odds, lean, was the second biggest in history! Even the farmers were amazed. Said one, “It looks as if God wanted this one.” Undoubtedly. After six years of war all of men’s stored food has been exhausted, and the Avel- fare of the world depends on the current crop. So Thanksgiving approaches, and all over America the table is spread. But there are more of us at the feast this year . , . more of us than ever before. The world’s hungry millions are our invited guests. And their one sus taining hope is the assurance that America certainly, will “pass the bread.”—Dyelines and Bylines, November 1946, Galco Chemical Division, American Cyanamid Company. State Department Requested Mr. Schell to Attend International Conference. Herbert H. Schell, Company President, was requested by the U. S. Department of State to at tend the International Labor Con ference in Brussells, Belgium No vember 14-22. He Avas appointed as a delegate representing the American textile industry. Mr. Schell left New York on November 11th and was expected to return on November 24th. An article in the NeAV York Times made the following observations as result of an intervieAV with Mr. Schell: A “modest ’ rise in prices, which may level off Avithin thirty days Avas predicted by Herbert H. Schell, a director of the National Association of Manufacturers and chairman of its international eco nomic relations committee. Mr. Schell, who departed by plane from La Guardia Field to attend the International Labor Confer ence in Brussels, said: T am convinced you will see production rise very quickly and favorably. In all probability there will be a modest rise in prices, but there will be a leveling off Avithin thirty days at which time some prices Avill be slightly over present prices, but somewhat under.” Regarding the possibility of strikes for higher pay to meet in creased costs, Mr. Schell asserted that increased production Avould bring “cheaper prices.” “We be lieve in high Avages and high pro duction Mr. Schell declared. (Continued on Page Two) Community Chest The total contributions to the Community Chest from the Caro mount Division amounted to $969.00. The employees conrtib- uted $219.00 and the company contributed $750.00. In Wilson this organization is known as the Wilson Community Budget and there Avas a total contribution of $219.50 from the Wilson Division. The Wilson em ployees contributed $69.50 and the company contributed $150.00 to the Wilson Community Budget.
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