The CuroMount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. IV—NO. 10
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND COMPANY. INC.
OCTOBER, 1946
FIELD HOUSE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES RAPIDLY
On October 21 the employees sho^vTi above were very busy erecting
the walls of the new field house now under construction. Reading
from left to right: Front row, Elbert Roberts, John W. Vick, Jus
tice Boyd, Frank Brock, and Richard Edwards; Back Vow, Paul
Hill, Louis Trevatlian, John Ellis, Walter Thompson, and George
Drake. See article below about this project.
Employees Assist In
Erecting Field House
The construction of the field
|touse adjoining the athletic field
progressing rapidly. Once the
foundation, including 832 square
^®8t, had been properly construct
ed by D. J. Rose and Sons, some
*^tty employees devoted their
®pare time toward erecting the
"^alls of the field house in a race
Against oncoming cold weather.
On the day that the photograph
made, a group of employees
^rom the Converting Building
lending their assistance,
f^roups of employees from other
^“partments are helping in this
Construction on other appointed
days also.
This building will include three
®*hall rooms two of which will
provide showers and dressing
f^om facilities for athletic teams.
, rie of these rooms will be used
the Boy Scout Troop 13 for
storage of their equipment. This
roop 15 sponsored by tbe Caro-
^ount Athletic Association.
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Navy Day
October 27 was Navy Day and
pause to pay tribute to the
greatest Navy in the world. We
indeed proud of our Navy
the contribution it made in
''^ihning the war. Its many heroic
^^ploits and exciting victories
I dl go down in history with ever-
^sting glory.
Accidents Decreased
Accidents have been decreas
ing. The careful attention of the
employees to the safe way to work
has been the major factor in im
proving the safety record for
1946. Let us resolve that we will
make our plant a safe plant and
in the next nine months there will
be no lost time, accidents.
Fifty-two accidents have occur
red in our plant from January 1
to October 1 requiring medical at
tention either at the hospital or
doctor’s office.
Sixteen of these accidents have
been classified as major accidents
for the employee was absent from
work due to injuries received.
Five of the sixteen major acci
dents were due to strain from
lifting or awkward steps; four
were caused by hitting or backing
into stationary, objects; two were
caused by falls; three accidents
were caused by foreign objects
in eyes; one was due to being cut
by a broken bottle, and one of
the sixteen major accidents was
caused by “horseplay.”
These sixteen major accidents
resulted in in 90 days lost time or
more than 5^/^ days per accident.
Community Chest
The 1946 Community Chest
Drive has featured red feathers to
indicate contributions to this most
worthy cause. Employees made
their contributions October 14
through October 22.
COMPANY PRESIDENT RETURNS
FROM MISSION ABROAD
Honored by Federation
Of Swedish Industries
Mr. H. H. Schell, president of
the Company, returned Septem
ber 17th from a six-weeks’ trip
to Sweden, Norway and Den
mark, where, as a member of a
Research and Industry Mission,
he studied large industries, re
search laboratories and educa
tional establishments. The mis
sion was composed of represent
atives of many United States in
dustries, and its purpose was pri
marily to examine new develop
ments in the Scandinavian coun
tries and to establish a basis for
an exchange of ideas.
The group landed at Gotten-
burg, Sweden and proceeded di
rectly to Oslo, Norway, where
they visited the Oslo University,
various laboratories and manu
facturing establishments, includ
ing a viscose rayon manufactur
ing company. They proceeded to
Denmark where the manufac
ture of dairy products received
much of their attention. It was
in_ Denmark where they met Dr.
Niels Bohr, one of the world’s
leading nuclear physicists. Then
they crossed to Sweden where a
considerable amount of time was
spent in visiting all types of re
search laboratories and indus
trial plants. Mr. Schell was very
much impressed with the clean
liness and orderliness of all man
ufacturing plants in the Scandi
navian countries.
While in Sweden, a luncheon
was given in honor of Mr. Schell
by the^ Federation of Swedish
Industries at Stockholm on Sep
tember 5th, where he addressed
them on the possibilities of post
war international trade.
Mr. Schell is chairman of the
International Economic Rela
tions Committee of the National
Association of Manufacturers.
He emphasized a need of all bus
inessmen in all lands to speak
frankly and honestly about the
free private enterprise system
and it was in this vein that he
addressed the group.
Following is a condensation
of Mr. Schell’s speech.
HERBERT H. SCHELL.
Free Compelitive Enterprise
The Only Way.
“A technological revolution is
beginning to take form in post
war America. Machine tools that
produced at a low cost before
the war, were found to be too
slow an(l have been replaced by
postwar tools of greater cutting
speeds and feeds and production
effectiveness. This process re
duces unit labor costs and per
mits higher wages. It reduces
the cost of goods to the con
sumer, gives a fair return to the
investor and provides greatly in
creased employment. . . . This
is the American system of free
competitive enterprise.
“The vitality of the American
system proved itself again dur
ing the last war. It proved it is
strong in withstanding even the
most vicious efforts of the the
orists to undermine its founda
tion. The practical free enter
prise system supplied enormous
production ^ to state-controlled
monopolistic systems, and let
history record the fact that no
state-controlled monopolistic sys
tem supplied any production of
consequence' to the countries
represented by the free enter
prise system.
“Today the American people
have proved that free competi
tion, and not monopoly and gov
ernment control, is the best
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