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A ' ? ? ? THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER^^ ?5 -cssrr ? ? PAUSING for a chat just before the picnic dinner at Lake Junaluaka Sun day were, left to rights* Brandon Hodges, assistant secretary of champion. Senator William Hadford. Mrs. Reuben B. Robertson, Sr., and Mr. Robertson. PICNIC tables were loaded with everything one ooold wish to eat, ana here la Just one of the many tables, with the people passing down the line. In the center is Patrolman W. R. Woolen, one of the many officers who directed traffic. ? ?I r. Ill firaWWITflW e 4 SPECIAL tables of delicious food were arranged for the several hundred members of Champion's "Old Timer's Club" who attended the Haywood County Day program on Sunday. This was one of the two tables, from which the hundreds were served. MAafCK BKUcE WAKHK/S shows he is happy to be at HayWood County Day. He Is the 7-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Warren. Jr., Canton. (Mountaineer Photos). Keuben b. Kobertson Praises Relations Of County And Local Industry Says That Industry Balances Economy Editor's note: Following is the complete text of the address made by Reuben B. Robertson, president of Champion Paper and Fibre Company, at Haywood County Day yesterday at Lake Junaluska. On this Haywood County Day, Industry is being honored for its contributions to the progress and welfare of our community. In this world of ours, some peo ple achieve a certain measure of distinction through the simple process of continuing to live. I have been most fortunate in my enjoyment of good health and have J had responsibility in the industrial world for a much longer time than most of my contemporaries. For this situation ? fortunate for me ? I claim especial credit ' because of the choice of parents 1 which I made ? parents who pro- 1 vided me with an inheritance of health and longevity. < So ? I am here, today, speak- i ing on behalf of Industry in Hay- i wood County, no doubt in substan- < tial measure because of the "an tiquity" which has fallen to my lot. ' My friend, Gerald Cowan of The i Wachovia, tells of a chat which he ? had with a x vigorous gentleman I obviously well advanced in years | who came into the Bank. Gerald, i struck by his patriarchal appear- | ance, asked him his age, learned < that he was in his middle 80's, and i then acked how he accounted for his good health and longevity. The old timer replied, "I stay mad all the time and I don.'t take nothing off'n noj>ody!" I want to assure you, that as far as I am concerned, I am't mad at nobody and do not seriously ac cept the' philosophy of that old timer. Far more enduring is the philos )phy of the writer who said the great things of life are accomplish ed when coercive ill will is chang ed to cooperative good will. In this work-a-day world of ours, we cannot live a well rounded life in an ivory tower of isolation. In erder to convert existence into a life we must have contacts with people. Our lives are a complex of impacts, the Impacts of economic, political ana social forces, on each me of us, the impact of each in dividual on the conditions that sur round him. This is true of the In dividual ? it is equally true of that man-made, legal entity which we call a Corporation. You and I enjoy many conven iences, many luxuries which are the result of what we call "mass production methods" ? and mass production, to maintain its flows, must coordinate the efforts of many men and the flow of many materials. We will always need the Enterprises of small and medium size, for, from them, come a host of new ideas and improvements on old ideas that represent the self expression of resourceful men. But, from mass-production Enter prises, come most of the articles of daily use such as automobiles, radios, television sets, refrigerat- , ors ? formerly luxuries ? now, necessities. The magnitude of many of these Enterprises is such that their financial requirements 1 transcend the resources of any in dividual no matter how well-heel ed he may be. The repayment of funds, borrowed for corporate needs, also calls for the assump tion of obligations extending far beyond the life span of an individ ual. The Corporation provides a form of synthetic immortality which permits planning for gener ations yet unborn. The necessary capital comes, in large measure, through the pool ing of the savings of thousands of citizens through the device of stock ownership in Corporations. Our system of Free Enterprise is built to a large degree on such a foun dation, and, while it is by no means perfect, it has beyand a doubt been a vitally important factor in creating for the USA the highest standards of living this world has ever known. If we were to attempt, for ex ample, to duplicate today by the hand methods of a century ago, the simplest automobile now being offered on the market, and selling in the $2,000 range, we would en counter the prohibitive cost of not less than $50,000. Many similar instances can be quoted. So, for its production methods, free Enter prise needs no apologist. As Winston Churchill has said, "free enterprise has provided the worst economic system the world has ever known, except every oth er system that has ever been tried." Free Enterprise, as I see It, has been well described in these words: FREF. ENTERPRISE The power to choose the work I do, To grow and have the larger view, To know and feel that I am free, To stand erect, not bend the knee. To be no chattel of the State, To be the master of my fate. To dare, to risk, to lose, to win, To make my own career begin. To serve the world in my own way, To gain in wisdom day by day. With hope and zest to climb, to rise, I call that "Free Enterprise." Since the Corporation, through vhich so much of Free Enterprise functions, is deathless and may live on beyond the life span of many men, it is often referred to as being soulless, and the use of that word "soulless" carries the implication that corporate manage ment is devoid of the finer attri butes that differentiate man from animal. Tolerance, consideration, char ity, friendliness are looked upon as human characteristics that do not exist in the Corporation ? but I that concept is wholly wrong, for M the Corporation U of necessity, man-managed, and Its corporate behavior takes on the personal at tributes of the men who create its policies. ^ "Might of the roaring boiler, Force of the engine's thrust, Strength of the sweating toiler, Greatly In these we trust. But back of them stands the * planner. The thinker who drives things through. Back of the job, the dreamer Who's making the dreams come true Inasmuch as Champion Is cele brating the 50th anniversary of Us coming to Haywood County, it Is only appropriate that the verse I have just read should be in hon or, and In memory, of Peter G. Thomson, who was the Thinker (CoaUaaed on Page 3) - ' r ? v y|^/ir J ? * i ?? ? - r 1 ? .? ? ; ^...:.' 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