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30 BALDWIN (cont’d) we have a high degree of coopera tion between management, labor, and government. I think that is something that we are now ex periencing, and I hope it will con tinue in the future. I can't over-emphasize the fact that safety must be an attitude that becomes a way of life. This is one of the key objectives I hope we will strive for in the future. I am delighted we have made the pro gress we have thus far, and I look forward to continuing progress. As I indicated previously, I think everyone is entitled to be con gratulated for the achievement we are commemorating today. Because of the large number of Let’s shoot for a world record in safety achievement right here at Olin, Ray Boyleston of the North Carolina Department of Labor, told the assembly. He said that two of the three plants holding the world’s records for safety are located in North Carolina: Western Electric at Winston-Salem and duPont at Kinston. He said also that North Carolina has half the injury frequency rate of the nation as a whole. “Were you not operating under the excellent safety program you have here at Olin, the averages are such that in the period of time it took to accumulate 5,000,000 worker hours 50 persons among you would have been injured,” he said. hourly people involved, however, special mention should be made of the significant contribution our Union has made toward the im proved safety record at Pisgah Forest. In addition to support from the officials and general member ship of Local 1971, the Union side of the Union-Company Safety Com mittee, chaired by Jimmy Reese, with Dewey Sizemore and Betty Harrison as members, has been a very important force and influence in causing safety to happen at Pisgah Forest. I want to especially thank Jimmy, Dewey and Betty, along with the officers and mem bers of the Local 1971 Union, for their interest and involvement in our safety program. In appreciation of the Union’s involvement and commitment to the safety effort, I would now like to present this plaque to United Paperworkers International Union Local 1971. Olin products produced at Pis gah Forest are known around the TARDINESS AIDS UNITED WAY - For years anyone late to Film Divi sion general manager’s meetings at Pisgah Forest was fined half a dollar, a jokingly-imposed penalty that had people scurrying to John Link’s office at the appointed time. Sometimes two or three persons, even more, lost four bits by a hair of the second hand. That had gone on for eight years or so as the con tainer got heavier and heavier. When eventually a count was made there was amazement that it totaled Arnold Brown, vice president of United Paperworkers International, expressed the hope that the Olin employees would add another 5,000,000 at this location. world for quality. I hope today we will launch another world-wide reputation, and that we will become known as the safety leaders of the industries in which we compete. over $50. There was quick agree ment with Mildred Reese’s sug gestion that it be given to the United Way in the current cam paign. Simulating the penalty are, left to right, Robert D. Eklund, director of sales; James H. Mc Ilwain, maintenance superintendent and one of the United Way cam paign co-chairmen; Carroll M. Bahnsen, director of production; and William F. Boswell, director of business planning.
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