“I AM NOT AFRAID OF TO
MORROW, FOR I HAVE SEEN
yesterday, and 1 LOVE TO
DAY.”
—WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
T'ire$ton«
NEWS
GASTONIA
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
BLOODMOBILE WILL BE AT
THE GIRLS’ CLUB JUNE 11.
OUR FIGHTING FORCES NEED
BLOOD. ... BE A DONOR!
Volume i
GASTONIA, N. C., JUNE 5, 1952
NO. 3
May 19, 1952
J'o the Employees
Firestone Textiles, Inc.
Gastonia, N. C.
Dear Friends:
Permit me to take this opportunity and method of expressing
each of you the deep ap^Jreciation of the people of Gaston
County for your splendid personal contribution to the recent cancer
drive in Gaston County. Through your generosity and magnificient
contribution we were able to meet our quota.
The total sum contributed by the employees of Firestone
cxtiles totaled $802,64. This contribution will enable us to con
tinue in a very large measure the research and educational work
to help prevent this terrible disease which strikes 1 out of 5 people.
The spirit and generosity shown in your contribution is another
^agnificient illustration of true American democracy.
Sincerely yours,
• R. Morgan, Chairman
i^arge Industries
Materials Handling Equipment
Proving Worth Through Plant
1 accumulated
for tires and other
in ^ products had been met
t, war period, the re-
^ ^ buyers’ market or
th selling created
^ need for maintaining
production at the
M Possible cost.
^’^^^strial plants had made
teriaT^ the handling of ma-
22 jj was determined that
manu-
this average is due to
in tv,- use of hand labor
onl 01 materials is
IveJ ^ ^®stly item, but it also
in the t ^ nand lac
Onl ^^'^^P^^ting of materials
'•‘y a c(
-■ ' OlVpD “
a sloAv H safety hazards and
''^heneve°^^ niachine efficiency
flow nf ^ ^here is an interrupted
ApJ ®««ials.
“ Stove years ago,
partment ^^^ade of each de-
benefita th to determine
^hrougjj ”^^Sht be gained
^®i^ial ^^stallation of ma-
Was equipment. Not
reduction ®^®^^eration given to the
PJ*oblen^ Qf labor but the
^®avy , lifting and pushing
^ Possibl a^^lyzed, as well
ol^tained bv^ ^^'^^ease in production
W'ateriai b ^ '^^i^terrupted flow
etween processes.
IN ivij, ******
economieg the possible
*^echav.!- ,
‘‘CLnanicai« ‘ installation of
^ollo;^. ^^Jipment, we included
Cost of ^ ^actors:
Cost of
Cost of
repairs,
of ^
of operate.
Cost of 1 ,P^®ciation.
or to operate.
® ^®llo\vino. we compared
. . T'
^Fr in\^K^ equipment will
^ injuv- hazards,
brought
P^oyee machine and em-
a-
j
THE NEWEST materials
handling installation is the tray
elevator. It was designed to
eliminate the bottleneck in mov
ing beams and yarn between the
weaving and twisting depart
ments. Several beams or boxes
may be transported simultane
ously at varying positions up and
down the shaft. It carries no
operator.
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.,
Gets Brotherhood Award
Decrease in floor or box truck
repairs.
YOU will note from the above
that the elimination of labor was
but one point covered in determin
ing the resultant economies from
the adoption of electric tow trucks,
mechanical material handling. Who
can dispute the fact that through
fork lift trucks, electrified hoists,
spooler conveyors, and other me
chanical equipment which were
purchased and installed resulted in
greatly improved v^rorking condi
tions without considering reduced
maintenance and improved effi-
Continued With More Pictures
On Page 5
Speech Cites Tie
Between Freedom
And Brotherhood
“THE SPIRIT of brotherhood is
the spirit of our American Way of
Life, just as the concept of free
private enterprise is its body,”
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Chairman
of The Firestone Tire & Rubber
Company, said recently in a
speech accepting a citation award
ed him by the Massachusetts Com
mittee of Catholics, Protestants
and Jews at a dinner attended by
1500 people at the Statler in Bos
ton. Other recipients of citations
at the organization’s 15th annual
dinner were General J. Lawfen
Collins, Richard Rodgers and Oscar
Hammerstein, II.
“America stands before the
world today as a living example of
the power of free men,” Mr. Fire
stone continued. “Never before has
there been such an opportunity for
us to demonstrate what freedom
means and how vital it is to be the
peace and security of the world.
“The war in which we find our
selves now is not limited to the
far-off lands of Asia. There is
also a war of ideas which is being
waged in the minds and hearts of
men everywhere. There is only one
way to defeat a bad idea and that
is with a good idea. Fortunately,
in this country we have that good
idea. Freedom will always be more
attractive than bondage.
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“FREEDOM is priceless because
it endows each individual with
personal rights and privileges.
Brotherhood is equally important
because it is opposed to any viola
tion of these personal preroga
tives,” Mr. Firestone said.
“A word which is often over
rated is the word ‘tolerance’,” Mr.
Firestone stated. “To me it implies
a mental reservation. It is negative.
It cannotes a grudging acceptance
of a person who is not really re
garded as an equal.
“Brotherhood. . . . implies no
limitations. It is positive in every
respect. It cannotes recognition of
every man as the brother of every
other man and, therefore, an equal.
“Brotherhood does not mean that
we have to open our hearts and
our homes to everyone we meet.
We have the right to select our
friends because we like them or
our associates because we have
interests in common. Brotherhood
asks only that we look upon others
on the basis of their individual
worth rather than on the basis of
the accidental factors of their r‘&ce,
their color or their creed.
“In brotherhood,” Mr. Firestone
concluded, “we have an atomic
FOR THEIR WORK in the cause of brotherhood and “for
exemplifying the principle of brotherhood,” (left to right) General J.
Lawton Collins, U. S. Army Chief of Staff; Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.,
Chairman of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company; Richard
Rodgers, composer, and Oscar Hammerstein, II, lyricist, were honored
in Boston at the annual dinner of the Massachusetts Committee of
Catholics, Protestants and Jews, Mr. Firestone was cited as “a
citizen whose fidelity to our American creed of fair play and equal
opportunity has been conducive to dignified and friendly under
standing among fellow Americans of different faiths and different
racial origins.”
Shrine Honors
Dormitory Head
MRS. ZULA L. EISENHOWER,
resident manager of Firestone
Dormitory, has returned from
Toronto, Ontario, following a con
vention of the Supreme Session of
the Order of The White Shrine of
Jerusalem. Mrs. Eisenhower was
accompanied by Mrs. E. J.
Mechem whose husband is office
manager.
Mrs. Eisenhower was installed as
Worthy High Priestess of Judean
Shrine No. 13, the local unit of
the order. She, also, received the
chapter for the four-month-old
Gastonia unit.
The Toronto convention met at
the Maple Leaf Gardens, an audi
torium seating 25,000. It was a
joint Canada-United States affair
and was presided over by J^eta
Pointer, Supreme Worthy High
Priestess of Toronto, and John L.
Pettis, Supreme Watchman of
Shepards of Los Angeles. Conven
tion headquarters was the Royal
York Hotel, largest hotel in the
British Empire.
The next session of this organi
zation will be held in Milwaukee
next May. Mrs. Eisenhower will
serve as Supreme Page at this
session.
idea whose chain reaction can
spread to the hearts and minds of
people everywhere. Let us use this
powerful force widely and wisely.”
Vacations Can
Be Safe, Sound
MOST people usually look for
ward to a vacation as a mental and
physical relaxation from normal
routine. This does not mean that
they should relax in their safety
vigilance, as unforseen hazards
are always in our paths, and we
must be continuously on the alert
to detect and correct or avoid them.
Off the Job Safety is important
to the vacationist, especially in
new and strange environment.
If you drive, ibe cautious. Watch
your speed, curves and those hid
den road intersections.
OFF-THE-JOB, TOO
I DUNNO
WHAT'S UNDER
THE SURFACE
—BUT HERE'S
WHERE I ,
FIND OUT.'
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