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Volume VI
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH, 1952
No, 4
MESSAGE
FROM THE
PRESIDENT
(Jack Rives, vice-president and
manager of production, is Presi
dent Kirchofer’s guest columnist
this month.)
March 15 has come and gone.
Each of us has settled up with
Uncle Sam and the State. Very
likely most everyone figured,
fussed, fumed, and then paid, won
dering why the operating cost of
our government runs into such
high figures. Should every “John
Q. Public” realize that more
hidden tax is paid than these very
obvious March 15th taxes, he
would really be in a quandary as
to the high cost of operating the
United States of America.
Let’s take a look at this operat
ing cost. The U. S. Chamber of
Commerce reports that one dollar
out of every three goes for taxes.
This means the buying power of
the dollar is only two-thirds what
it appears. No one will question
the fact that it takes money fo
operate a government such as ours
—to maintain our fighting forces,
and supply aid to our allies.
One out of every 10 people em
ployed in the United States is on
a government payroll — another
part of our operating cost. Govern
ment spending, excluding the Mar
shall plan and military spending,
has risen 50 percent while our pop
ulation has increased six percent.
Is it not time for us to do some
serious thinking about this situa
tion? Is it necessary for one out
of every ten (o work for govern
ment? Will taxes remain static or
will they be increased? Who pays
the salaries of government em
ployees? You and I, the American
taxpayers. It is a known fact that
for each dollar paid out by the
government, 50 cents was spent in
the handling process to pay it out.
History has shown that govern
ments fall when the people become
complacent and expect the govern
ment to solve all problems and
provide security. Rome is as good
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^'OUSEKEEP'^
WINNERS—Manager of Production Jack Rives (center) is holding one of the new safety awards
won by the overall and pants department. At his left are Artie Oakley, safety committee repre
sentative and Azzlea Frith, both of the overall department. On his right are: Esther Hrooks su
pervisor, Margie Coleman and Betty Saltz, safety committee representatives, all of the nants de-
partment.
Overall And Pants Departments First
Two Winners Of Safety Award Banners
Sv
Nearly Perfect
Scores Made By
Sewing Rooms
Overalls and pants were the
first two departments to earn An
vil Brand’s new safety award ban
ners, the safety committee decided
at its last meeting. Both had “ex
cellent” ratings which means they
had almost perfect scores.
The big red, white, and blue
banners, which carry the Anvil
Brand emblem, were to be in
stalled this week.
Although these two depart
ments carried off top honors in the
safety field, there were a number
of runners-up, and indications
were that the winners will have
some stiff competition from other
departments intent on taking the
banners away from them next
month.
There were three departments
which received “very good” rat
ings on both of last month’s in
spections. This rating is next door
to “excellent.” Departments re
ceiving it were shirts, utility, and
pattern. The dungaree department
had a “good” and a “very good”
rating on its inspections while
shipping, maintenance and cutting
received a grade of “gooi.”
Most of the faults found by in
spectors during the past month
were of a minor nature with the
exception of the first inspection
made of the offices. The house
keeping in the offices proved to be
about on a par with that of the
sewing rooms when they under
went their first inspection.
Committee members enjoyed a
laugh at the expense of their
chairman, Ossie Wright, who plead
guilty to having a pair of shoes
out of place, of their secretary.
Aline Carter, who had a fly swat
ter decorating her window sill and
blueprints in the corner, of Henry
Short whose office floor held
pasteboard boxes, and of Jack
Rives who had a filing cabinet
loaded down like it was going to
market. The last two also are
members of the safety committee.
Jack expressed the appreciation
of management for the coopera
tion of the supervisors, the sweep
ers, the maintenance department,
and indeed of all Anvil Brand
workers. “You couldn’t have done
the job you have done without the
cooperation of everyone,” he con
tinued, “and when the operators
stop to think about it I’m sure you
will have their thanks and appre
ciation also. Because you have
saved some of them from pain.”
New representatives have been
named from the various depart
ments to serve on the safety com
mittee for the ensuing three
months. They are: Mary Murphy,
shirts; Ruby Jenkins and Virginia
Reece, pants. Frances Russell, util
ity; Delores Myers, overall; Edna
Worrell and Louise Lester, dun
garee; Warren Shelton, cutting,
shipping, maintenance and pat
tern; and Anna McKinney and
Clayton Holmes, offices.
V I S I T O K
Abbie Jean (Juick, personnel
consultant of Kurt Salmon Asso
ciates, paid a brief visit to Anvil
Brand earlier this month, but saw
few of her friends here outside
the personnel office.