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(Registered with U. S. Patent Office) yolume VII HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER, 1955 No. 34 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Nehan Emphasizes Tariff Tlireal TO MY FELLOW WORKERS: Most people seldom think of their work as connected with religion. Perhaps it isn’t thought of enough. So I was particularly interested a few days ago when a member of the Anvil Brand organization con- siderately sent a newspaper clip ping to me. In it a columnist of fered some thought-provoking ideas on that question. Of course personal ability and skill count heavily in any task. But the author declares, “A definite re lation exists between the caliber of work a man performs and the degree to which he has tied his life to religious principles. The skilled worker whose purposes are anchored to a firm religious faith will be all the more skillful. “The important thing is to apply the strength and courage and con fidence and wisdom that come from a daily companionship with the Source of all good and gracious gifts, to the activities of the work day. Then, with reasonable skill, a man cannot fail. “Mankind has been working since the earliest days of recorded history. He wants to be productive, make a worthwhile contribution to society, be a useful citizen, with honesty in effort, honor in accomp lishment and loyalty in his associ ations. “The worker who injects these principles into his job finds his labor more satisfying, as it also contributes to the growth and de velopment of his inner sense of well-being.” Worth of thought, isn’t it? Sincerely yours, Continuing his efforts to show the drastic effects the new tarriff cuts are having on this country’s textile industry, Floyd D. Mehan last week spoke to the board mem bers of Associated Industries. Mehan emphasized that the tar riff cuts allows Japanese goods to riff cuts allow Japanese goods to undersell, by a large margin. Low wages in Japan, 11.3 cents an hour in textile mills and 13.6 in apparel factories, are the main factors in these foreign goods being sold for so much less, he pointed out. High Point has 3,200 persons in textile and apparel plants who stand to be affected eventually by this competition unless the tarriff law is changed to bring prices on foreign goods in line with those produced in the United States. Mehan has vigorously stated that the seriousiness of the tarriff cut’s effect on the nation’s econ omy cannot be overestimated and has urged steps be taken now to rectify the situation. Locally a committee is being set up to study effects on this city’s industry and similar groups are to function throughout the South, with the combined findings to be presented to Congress, Mehan said. Garments now being manufac tured by Anvil Brand, with the ex ception of blouses, are not being imported from Japan, Mehan pointed out. Tar Heel Hero Funeral Held In Arlington (The following dispatch appeared in the Sept. 15 issue of Greens boro Daily News:) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (A-P) —A heroic Tar Heel soldier who died in a North Korean prison camp was buried in Arlington Cemetary today with military honors. Only members of the fam ily of 1st Lt. Roger B. Kirchofer of Raleigh, N. C., attended the serv ices. The Army had decorated Lt. Kir chofer for bravery in action, and (Continued on Page Two) Committee To See If Bi-Monthly Inspections Needed Careful observance of safety conditions in Anvil Brand plants was urged by Ossie Wright at last week’s meeting of the new safety inspectors to see if the bi-monthly inspections need to be resumed. When the safety program first was set up weekly inspections were made, then bi-monthly and finally the program progressed until monthly checks "were considered ^ sufficient. Ossie emphaized, how ever, that if a need for the more frequent inspections is found, they will be made. At this initial meeting of the new inspectors, Ossie pointed out that many changes made in Anvil Brand plants to further the safety program have been quite expen sive, but that management and executives of the company always have cooperated to the fullest in the program. She told the in spectors that the company enthu siastically backs the safety pro gram and the work of the inspec tions. Joyce Chapman spoke briefly on a supervisor’s responsibility to ward safety and Kathryn Johnson spoke on employee responsibility (Continued on Page Two) NEW SAFETY INSPECTORS — Ready to start on their new jobs as safety inspectors are, left to right front row, Katherine Anderson of Pants, Marolene Stanley, office; Evelyn McMahan, Pants; Louise Stroudt pattern at Sherrod; Ollie Beck, sport shirt. Standing are Charles Odom, office; Opal Johnson, Overall; Thelma Smith, dungaree, Patsy Fraley, dungaree; Angela Hunt, shipping; Frances Wells, Ladies II and Freida Pope, Sherrod.
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