TextilesJßatl
dtßoonoou Stabiliaatio
enunent iasued, May Bti
|ivia| to Mjor sections
ilk industry * "Band
with nspeet to product:
Tina is the highest rati*
bo given an entire indusj
1 and 8 an applieable  -
elal emergency situatiol
to particular commodity
priaea. I
The now production ul
ing gives Erwin plantfj
equal to tanks, airaaft «
It represents reoognitki
Gonmrnent that textilw
military and eivilian red
now constitute an extreur
production problem.
FIGHT IMFUIN
sitMtion salvag* aatta
And do ywr country ft dl
Bave i||» war bonds, life insurant
savings. That's the way to hea
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Harris Named to
WLB Commission
Ctrl R. Harris, vice-president
and assistant treasurer of the Er
win Cotton Mills Company, has
been named alternate industrial
member of the Southern Commis
sion of the War Labor Board
studying the rate structure of
Northern and Southern textile mills.
This eommission has been set up
along with one for the Northern
district by an order of February
20 this year. The order involves
twenty-three Southern ootton tex
tile companies and twenty-five New
England cotton and rayon com
panies. In addition, there are in
cluded with the order six New
York and Pennsylvania rayon com
panies.
William Pollock, of New York,
general secretary-treasurer of the
CIO Textile Workers, will serve as
labor member for both commissions,
with Prank McAlister of Atlanta,
an executive member of the Atlanta
WLB, aa alternate labor member
of the Southern Commission.
. Richard Lester, of Durham, N.
C., is chairman of the Southern
Commission.
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two
on year^^^^^^^^^^^H
Now more
tant to participate
War Bonds and then
than to hold on to them.
in the Pacific has now
come free for the full focus of puP
lie attention and it is up to the
home front to aid in every way in
helping to "clip the nips." This
can best be done by sticking to
jobs. Not only can the worker
actually do his bit in helping pro
duce the essential war goods, but
also he can earn money to pay
taxes and to buy bonds so that now
in war, and in the peace to come,
the American economy can stand
the tremendous strain put upon it
Ennn employees have been par
ticipating regularly in payroll allot
ments for bonds and it is believed
that most of the family (6,400
strong) have been holding on to
their bonds in the drive against in
flation and in preparation to in
sure the rainy days that may come
in the wake of final world peace.
Bond eommittees have been ap
pointed in each plant and depart
ment It will not be difficult for
any employee to find someone to
help him in* getting his share of
these investment bonds. With a
sure return of four dollars for
three, a bond is considered the best
buy of the. year.
While Erwin enjoys the distinc
tion of bong one of the companies
of whieh every plant has 90 per
eent of its employees participating
in payroll savings plans through
War Bonds, it still has not reached
that goal of "every employee a ten
percenter." Those in charge of put
ting this drive over do so with pride
in their expectation that every
worker will try to raise his or her
purchase to an amount of ten per
eent of the paycheck. IT CAN
BE DONE.
Axis
121,363
fronts,
cancer of their
mothers, their sisters,
their brothers, jlreir friends, and
even their children. Right now
600,000 more are suffering from the
cJf ~d and cruel disease. Every
hour, cancer is killing 18 Americans.
One out of every eight of you
who read this will die of cancer —
unless your contributions to medical
research and medical control cen
ters to be set up with contributed
funds are made realities.
Cancer is not the spectacular
killer and crippler that infantile
paralysis portrays. It is not epi
demic. It is not contagious, it is
not sensational in its sweep. It
creeps quietly into a system and
then slowly and tortuously kills.
People have not given to cancer
because the facts have not had the
publicity that other campaigns have
carried to net as high-as $12,000,000
for combating diseases that cant
even compare in scope. Although
cancer is the seoond greatest killer
of Americans, its program was sub
scribed to only $750,000 last year.
With the funds, American medi
cine can bring the cure and preven
tion to cancer as scientific research
has managed to virtually wipe out
smallpox, once the scourge of na
tions; yellow fever, typhoid, diph
theria have all come under control.
Those who have found the sulfa
drugs and penicillin can find the
answer to cancer with our help.
GUARD THOSE YOU LOVB
QIYE TO CONQUER CANCER!
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ly Record
it Plant 4
that Plant No. 4
having completed
0,000 boors with
moeident, had its
ien a warp hand
en lease sod which
the floor, causing
strain his back,
lest lost time aoci
for many months,
[on how this will
r performance in
jLerview with Mr.
endent, he stated
-'ere they disoour
>ey wore ready to
[ million man hoar
ien farther stated
>f employees with
nd desire to work
? about better rec
ire regardless of
irt of a contest or
, performance.
ifying to note that
| the employees of
ot letting a broken
down but rather
mason for trying
'ne. —W. G. Marks.
*QUEK CANCKK!
I—NOW!
READERS
Erwin Cotton Mills
to know more
activities and happen
our friends in other
other communities.
to answer this need,
publishing this issue of
pages covering all plants
asking for our readers eom-
on this to guide the future,
policy. Due to the paper Short
age, it is necessary to keep this
combined edition of The Chat
ter within eight pages. Those
who may have submitted pictures
and have not seen them pub
lished as yet, will be interested
to know that cuts have been
made and the news and pictures
will be published as soon as space
permits.
The Editor-in-Chief.
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Ruffin Named to
NAM Committee
It was announced month by
Ira Mosher, N.A.M. president, that
William H. Ruffin, vice-president
and treasurer of the Erwin Cotton
Mills Company, has bean appointed
to the National Association' of
Manufacturers' special committee
on labor-management relations.
The committee's functions will
be to advise the association prest
dent and the board of directors on
labor-management problems and
policies. The committee has just
been formed and no statement of
specific problems to be immediately
considered is yet available.
This appointment is particularly
one which the entire personnel of
the Erwin family is proud, for Mr.
Ruffin is the only southern manu
facturing executive to be appointed
to this very important committee.
All others are from northern con
cerns administrative staffs namely,
Aluminum Company of America,
National Cash Register Company,
American Cyanamid Company,
Pratt and Whitney division of the
Niles- Belmont-Pond Company,. Al
lis Chalmers Manufacturing Com
pany, Sun Oil Company, General
Motors Corporation, and Republic
Steel Corporation. It is also to bo
noted that Mr. Ruffin is the only
member representing the textile in
dustry.
WOKE lARLT BVBBT DAT!