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Spray, N. C., Monday, November 3, 1958
NUMBER 9
Employees Getting Free Chest
Mobile Unit Will Visit
All Mills In N. C. Area
The free chest x-ray program for
employees in the North Carolina mills
will get under way today (Monday).
The mobile x-ray unit of the N. C.
State Board of Health will be in the
Spray area from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
The unit will be at the Draper mUls
Tuesday from 9 p. m. to 3 a. m., Wed
nesday from 12 o’clock noon to 6 p.m.,
and Thursday from 9 a. m. to 3 p.m.
Leaksville employees will get their
chest x-rays next week when the unit
will be stationed near the Karastan
Rug Mill and Bedspread Mill on the
following schedule; Wednesday, No
vember 12, 9 p. m. to 3 a. m.; Thursday,
November 13, 12 o’clock noon to 6 p.m.;
Friday, November 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Employees will be released from
work long enough to have x-rays made.
The schedule is arranged so that em
ployees on all three shifts will have an
opportunity to get the free chest x-rays.
Unavoidable circumstances caused a
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MEETING—W. C. (Dan) Daniel, Carolina Council speaker, is shown
left as he talked with officials following the meetingr. At left are President
Whitcomb and W. B. Lucas, assistant secretary of the Company and —
(^./^''^sident of the Council. At rig:ht is Robert A. Harris, vice-president, manu- (MO ilOA ni -I J I
and immediate past president of the Council. wXO 4oU I l0Cl£f0U 111
Imports Harming Textile Industry Drive At Mills
States has become the
ground for textiles made in
tioij • foreign mills and this situa-
hot likely to improve under the
policies of the U. S. govern-
®^3ted W. C. (Dan) Daniel,, assist-
°president of Dan River Mills
Vgv.. na'ional commander of the
t(ig ^can Legion, in an address before
Cooperative Council
'3y evening, October 16, at Con-
Central YMCA.
of the trouble, he said, is the
HerT^^ent’s two -price cotton system,
foreign mills are allowed to
Tt^.U. S. cotton at 20-25% less
^bof V*iited States mills, and cheap
r**' foreign mills where hourly
from 10 to 50 cents an hour,
\ew ^he high wage scales of
“As ??
'-ongress closed up shop until
next year, the textile industry saw the
Trade Agreements Act extended for
four more years, and the two-price
cotton program still in force. The
United States textile industry will have
to continue to suffer under a govern
mental policy which gives all of the
advantages price-wise to foreign tex
tile producers,” Mr. Daniel said.
He urged that textile people let their
congressmen know of their feelings in
this matter. “Let them know we are
not looking for government favors, but
only for an opportunity to compete
fairly and equitably in the market
places without undue government res
trictions,” Mr. Daniel said.
R. A. Harris, outgoing president of
the Council, opened the meeting and
called on C. P. Wilson, to give the in
vocation. Mr. Harris installed the new
officers and in turn was presented the
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Fieldcrest employees pledged a total of
$13,480 to the Tri-City Community
Fund in the solicitations recently com
pleted in the North Carolina mills. This
is approximately the same amount as
given by employees in last year’s cam
paign.
In addition to the employees’ con
tribution, Fieldcrest Mills as a corpora
tion gave $5,000, making a total con
tribution of $18,480 by employees and
the Company. This is sligh'ly more than
half of the community-wide goal of
$36,790.
At the latest report, a total of $29,500
had been contributed in the over-all
campaign, leaving $7,290 yet to be
raised in the community.
Participating agencies which bene
fit from the Community Fund are: Boys
Club, Boy Scouts, Consolidated Central
and Henry Street YMCAs, Draper
YMCA, Girl Scouts, Rescue Squad, Red
Cross and Carolinas United.