quality
FIRST
THEN
quantity
Vol. 7; No. 3
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
NOT
HOW MUCH
BUT
HOW WELL
March, 194i>
Most Ecustans To Have Victory Gardens
K BEING FORMED
Pirst Rehearsal Held March
^9th. Around 20 Now
Taking Free Lessons.
On Monday afternoon, March
®th., a group of Ecusta children
ho had been participating in the
®Usic project, gathered for the
of starting a beginners’
Thes6 children had been taking
J'struniental instruction for sev-
Weeks and had made such ex-
®*lent progress that it was decid-
° to start them into band work.
Quite a number of children are
taking instrumental lessons
are learning to play instm-
0 of their choice; however,
an advanced ones are
, ending the beginners’ band re^
!?®®rsals. As soon as the others
made sufficient progress
have
taW lessons they will be
into the band group,
j, Approximately 20 children of
^^usta employees are taking in-
, Umental lessons and more are
‘^g added to the list as rapidly
Possible.
are between 50 and 60
cou taking part in the free
. ^se of musical training being
by the Company. All are
sicT^ Part in the choral and mu-
appreciation class.
I^CORD GIFTS TO
RED CROSS MADE
^.?**>Panies Match Contribu-
Made By Employees.
Total Is $6,000.00
,^*?Ployees of Ecusta Paper coi
Champagne Paper cor-
tion Endless Belt corpora-
Ig^Y^Fve a total of $3,000 in the
iujt Cross drive which has
ttijj .‘Closed, This amount was
three companies,
to j^?’^_tributing an amount equal
.j-dividual employee donations.
Ploy ® practice of matching em-
for j ® 2nd company gifts dollar-
"'hot!' • ^ has this year poured a
the j six thousand dollars into
CrojJ®3sury of the American Red
Cfgj • This amounts to an in-
Ust ^ almost two-thirds over
donation, an increase
Ofgg larger than the Red Cross
tiongi'^^tion expected on a na-
many employees live in
county, a check for
beg '^0 of the $6,000.00 total has
Of o forwarded to the chairman
Cfoj”® Henderson county Red
Con^t ‘^’^^''0. The Transylvania
^ organization has been
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scale.
3.
4.
Message From The President
At the time that the hearings before the National
Labor Relations Board commenced, I promised to
keep you informed concerning all developments.
Since the hearings have now been concluded, I feel
that I should make another report to you on the in
tervening developments.
As all of you know, the charges which remained
against us involved six types of complaints. They
were:
1. That we had discharged Lambert Baker be
cause he was a member of the union.
2. That we had discharged William Brevard for
the same reason.
That we had threatened to assault various un
ion agents and representatives.
That we had actually assaulted certain un
ion agents and representatives.
5. That we had sponsored and approved the
campaign of the Citizens Committee of Tran
sylvania County; and
6. That members of our supervisory organiza
tion had at various times made anti-union re
marks designed to interfere with the rights
of employees to make their own decision
about trade unionism, without coercion or in
terference from the Companies.
I am happy to report that four out of six of these
charges were dismissed during the hearing, on the
ground that there was no proof to support those
charges. In other words, all three Companies have
been acquitted and found innocent of charges 1, 3, 4,
and 5. The remaining charges \vill be decided by the
trial examiner within the next few months.
I want you to understand that this is not a final
decision, because everything that happened during
the hearing is subject to review by the National Labor
Relations Board in Washington. However, the devel
opments which I have mentioned' above are highly
important, and are to be regarded as a distinct vic
tory for the position of the Company.
I am, of course, deeply grateful and appreciative
to the more than 1,000 of our employees who volun
teered to testify on behalf of the Companies. Because
of developments during the hearing, it w'as not nec
essary to use your testimony but I am still thankful
to you for your willingness to contribute support if
needed.
Let us all now return to our \vork, and forget
about the issues and arguments \vhich a trial of this
sort always creates. We have a very important job to
do, but it cannot be accomplished unless we give it
our entire thought and attention.
I take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt'
wishes for your happiness during the Easter Season
and it is my sincere hope that we will all soon cele
brate with our brave men and women in the armed
forces a lasting and enduring peace.
HARRY H. STRAUS, President
ECUSTA PAPER CORPORATION
CHAMPAGNE PAPER CORPORATION
ENDLESS BELT CORPORATION
COMPANY PLOTS
AGAIN OFFERED
WITHOUT CHARGE
Food Situation This Year Is
More Critical. Bigger And
Better Gardens Wanted.
In compliance with government
requests for more food, it is under
stood that most every Ecusta fam
ily is planning a Victory Garden
this year.
For those who do not have space
of their own and who wish to plant
gardens, a few of the company
plots are still available. Applica
tion for one of these plots can be
made in the Mill Office.
The company land is now being
plowed and prepared and as soon
as this work is completed, it will
be divided into plots and will then
be ready for planting. It is expect
ed that Ecustans who will use
company plots will be able to be
gin their planting within a few
days.
Last year a large part of the na
tion’s food was produced in indi
vidual Victory Gardens which were
planted and cared for by millions
of patriotic Americans. The gov
ernment recently announced that
approximately 40 per cent of the
nation’s supply of table vegetables
in 1944 was grown by these Vic
tory gardeners.
Ration points have again been
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TO ORGANIZE A
BASEBALL LEAGUE
Much Interest Is Shown.
Hope To Have More
Teams This Season.
The Recreation department has
been given the go-ahead signal for
the 194V baseball season and as
soon ss plans can be made and
weather permitting, the new sea
son will get underway.
Last year there were four teams
in the Ecusta league and there was
much fun for spectators as well
as players.
A meeting will be called this
coming week with representatives
from all departments attending to
discuss plans for the formation of
the 194V league. It is hoped that
several of the departments will
be able to enter teams.
Since the weather has warmed
up and the sun started shining in
earnest, most all of the regulars
and the fans have been clamoring
for action. With the amount of
interest already shown it looks
like a good bet that there could
be more teams this year than last