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PISGAH FOREST - COVINGTON
Vol. XXI, No. 2
SECOND QUARTER 1975
Emphasis on Training at all Levels
COMPANY-UNION COMMITTEES, ACTION STEPS AGREED
UPON TOWARD IMPROVED RELATIONS, RESULT OF RBO
Nancy Logan has
just finished a
report at the RBO
conference. Others
left to right are
Gurley Owen,
Jimmy Reese, Jr.,
John Link and
McArthur Morgan.
Joint Company-Union committees
are taking shape at the Pisgah Forest
plants to begin implementation of
steps toward better relationships
agreed upon in late June.
With heavy emphasis on training
at all levels of both Company and
Union organizations, the steps were
agreed upon by 27 Company and
Union officials who took part in a
three-day Relations by Objectives
(RBO) program at the Great Smokies
Hilton in Asheville. Five members
of the Federal Mediation and Con
ciliation Service (FMCS) assisted.
The participants will meet quarterly
for follow-up.
Results of the initial session were
REORGANIZATION OF GROUP IS
IMPLEMENTED SECOND QUARTER
Changes of organization in the Fine Paper and Film Group to effect a
closer knit organization were announced May 23 by Group President Garza
Baldwin, Jr.
Two new vice presidencies were created effective May 23 along with
centralizing at the Group level a number of functions that will serve the
Ecusta Paper Division and the Film Division. The new posts are vice presi ¬
dent, technical, and vice president,
international marketing and group
services.
The Group staff thus includes
the four vice presidents whose re
sponsibilities reflect the organi
zational changes, plus those per
sons repsonsible for finance, legal
and industrial relations: L. H.
Staples, vice president and general
manager of the Ecusta Paper Di
vision; J. D. Link, vice president
and general manager of the Film
Division; R. N. Clark, vice president,
technical; G. A. Wallace, vice pres
ident, international marketing and
group services; W. T. Nowakowski,
financial officer; R. G. Cunningham,
group counsel; and J. S. Candler,
director of employee and community
relations.
Baldwin's May 23 announcement
followed extensive study to deter
mine how the Group organizational
structure can become more effec
tive and efficient in achieving the
business objectives. It read in part:
"The highly decentralized organi
zation form in use up to this point
has been effective in optimizing sep
arate Divisional business opportun
ities and in running such businesses
largely as separate entities, each re-
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announced immediately in a joint
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OLYMPIC BOUND — Former World
Champion archer, 0. K. Smathers
draws the bow he will use in Olym
pic archery eliminations next year.
His white uniform is characteristic
of competing archers.
(See story page 10)