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ciple is called "SENIORITY,” and is the well recognized policy in practically all industries where lay-off becomes necessary. In other words, and in plain language, we used the principle— the employee who last joined our staff, is the first one to be laid off. I realize that any plan for governing lay-offs is bound to create hardships. The seniority plan is no exception. But it is the best plan I have been able to discover, and the fairest way I know of handling this very difficult problem. Time does not permit me to explain to you how this seniority plan might have applied to any particular person, but any qestion on this subject can be answered by your superintendent or by our Personnel Di rector, and if you cannot get satisfaction from them, you are, as usual, at Liberty to come to see me, by appointment. I do want you to know that your length of service is the ruling factor. De partmental or job seniority has been followed and always will be followed scrupulously, so that every man and woman may be sure of fair im partial treatment, free of favoritism or personali ties. What about the brighter side of things? In the first place, I want you to know that your man agement is not discouraged. We believe the loss of our foreign market is temporary and that it is only a question of time before we will be able to recapture them again. We believe it will be possible to find new uses for our paper in this country, and therefore to create new customers for Ecusta. This takes research and salesmanship— two things for which Ecusta is famous. I have gone into this situation with you so thoroughly because I want you to see. for your self how absurd rumors can be. Ecusta will be here for our children and grandchildren. Our job now is to produce the world’s best paper at prices that will attract new business. You have been splendid in the cooperation you have given us. No company could ask for a finer group of men and women with whom to work. Even in the face of the problems I have dis cussed with you today, we have decided to de clare a JOB DIVIDEND, covering the past six months. While we are not in a position to be quite so generous as we were in February of this year because our business has not been so profit able as it was then, I know you will welcome this dividend. Of course, just as rumors come to my attention they come to yours. I personally do not pay any attention to them and any loyal Ecusta employee should do the same. I have heard that our former export orders have been turned over to French mills to fill. This is an absolute lie. Ecusta is my only love. Every penny of my money is invested in it and I am spending day and night—and I start to work at 5 in the morning until late at night—in expanding and finding work for all of our manufacturing facilities, same as we had it once before, before the export markets were suddenly swept from under our feet. I heard rumors that we are going to manufac ture automobiles. I have even heard that we are shipping our machines to France and closing down the plant. Each and every one of these rumors is just a falsehood, not even worthy of being mentioned, and I depend on your coopera tion to kill and deny these rumors once and forever.”
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