Stop That Welfare Staie
BY HENRY BERNE |
A SUGGESTION that business
take the initative away from the J
government in providing welfare J
and security for its employees is [
brought forth by Russell W. Dav
enport in the current issue of
"Fortune."
In his article entitled "The
Greatest Opportunity on Earth"
Mr. Davenport calls attention to
a trend in the United States that
runs parallel with the socialistic
trend in Britian and Europe. He
points out that the mounting tax
es required to meet welfare costs, I
the rigidity of the economy, the
destruction of open markets and
the growth and concentration of
government power are leading to
socialism.
j As an alternative to the "wel
fare state" Mr. Davenport sug
gests that business can provide
the necessary elements for the
"right of life" as embodied in the
Declaration of Independence. He
[maintains that this right means
I more than merely the opportunity
to breathe, but has an economic
j connotation. The principle under
lying this conception of "the right
to life" is "to protect the worker,
at the economic level, from risk
and human vicissitudes that could
otherwise ruin him. Through such
(measures he is given a chance to
live in his society on a continuing
basis and in a confident way."
THIS CONCEPT is in line with
the idea of decency that is includ
ed in the American way of life.
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Let us
welcome the season
nth open hearts
and the music
ot carols.
D. C. Andrews
General Merchandise
Shallotte, N. C.
Its maintenance and implementa
tion is also one of the best argu
ments in favor o( our system as
against those of other, less free, ]
nations in the world.
Various companies is Cincinnati ,
have plans through which they,
are trying to accomplish what Mr.
Davenport advocates. One of the ^
most outstanding programs, both:
'in its aims and in its practical!
effects, is that of the Proctor &;
Gamble Co. We can trace it brief
ly here as an example of whatj
can be done and is being done by j
certain companies. However, the
officers of P. & G. are quick to
point out that their particular |
[program is not the cure-all for i
every company, nor that is is the
only plan that is worthwhile. They
i do, however, feel that it may
I serve as a model for efforts by
other firms to work out plans for
themselves.
First of all, and probably most
important, is the company's policy
of stabilized employment. Basical
ly, the company guarantees an
hourly-rate employee 48 weeks
work, or its time equivalent, in
the calendar year. Included in the
48 weeks are paid vacations, holi
days with pay and time lest for
personal reasons emergencies, etc.
Stabilized employment was not
achieved overnight at P. &. G.;
but, through a carefully worked
out process of even selling, good
storage facilities and, thus, even
production, it was made possible.
The theory behind the program
was that soap and shortening are
consumed evenly all year 'round
by the housewife. Therefore, there
must be a way to produce them j
evenly and reduce the waste of
plant and the turnover of labor.
PLANT CAPACITY has been
reduced from 140 per cent of de
mand to 105 per cent. An article
in "Printers' Ink" points out that
if the company still had to main
tain that extra plant capacity to
meet the demands of "feast and
famine" production, an additional
plant investment of $100,000,000
would have been needed.
Labor turnover has been re
duced greatly. In 1919 the plant
at Ivorydale had 1,250 separations
resulting from layoffs, in 1920,
1,116. But, when stabilized selling j
was started in 1921, the separa
tions fell to 430. In 1923, the year
when guaranteed employment was
inaugurated, only 106 men were
separated and in 1924 and con
tinuing to the present, no perman
ent employee has been laid off.
Trained employees, and improved
morale bring savings that are
difficult, if not impossible, to com
pute in dollars and cents, but the
officials of the company feel that
they have been great.
A SECOND FEATURE in Proc
ter & Gamble's program is profit
sharing. The company and the
^ CHRISTMAS IS HERE!
WE WISH FOR YOU AND
YOUR LOVED OMES THE
BEST THAT THIS HAPPY
SEASON CAM BRING...'
Kirby Hardware
SHALLOTTE, N. C.
employees each make contribu
tions to a fund which is adminis
tered by a board of trustees, ap
pointed by the company. Another
fund is set up to which the com
pany alone makes contributions.
A share of the profits of the
company goes to each employee
who participates in the plan.
Thirdly, the company maintains
a pension plan by which It supple
ments Federal old age benefits.
Beginning on January 1, 1948, the
company began to contribute,
quarterly to the pension fund, 5
per cent of the base wages or sal
aries of all participants in the
plan and is continuing to do so
for 10 years. Thereafter the con
tribution is to be 3 per cent. This
plan, too, is _ administered by a
board of trustees appointed by the
Directors of the company. A death
benefit of $360 is paid to any
beneficiary the participant may
name.
A disability benefit plan is
maintained. The fund of this plan
receives contributions from each
participating employee at the rate
of 1 per cent of his yearly aggre
gate earnings, to the limit of
earnings amounting to $3,000. The
company also contributes to the
fund. For the first year of dis
ability the fund pays the employee
at the rate of 66 2 3 per cent of
his wage rate at the time of dis
ability, not to exceed $2,000. The
second year, benefits are 50 per
cent. If the disability continues
after two years a graded scale of
benefits is paid, the amount de
pending upon the employee's
length of service.
EMPHASIS is also placed on
working conditions, with both
safety and morale taken into con
sideration. Recreation facilities are
provided and employees are train
ed in safety measures to help
them avoid injury while at work.
Richard R. Deupree, Chairmui
of the Board of the company, in
a talk entitled "Management's Re
sponsibility to Employees" before
the Alumni Conference of the
Harvard Business School in 1948
stipulated what he believed to be
the five most important respon
sibilites of management to em
ployees. They are (1) A success
ful business? one that earns re
gular profits. (2) Steady employ
ment. (3) The opportunity of the
individual employee to develop to
the fullest extent of his abilities.
(4) The employee's chance to be
come a capitalist. (5) Good work
ing conditions.
Mr. Deupree amplified each of
these points, beginning with the
first. He explained that a profit
able business was necessary to
employee's benefit and security.
Without profits with which to ex-i
pand the business and , thus,
establish new jobs, and with
which to pay wages there would
be no benefit to the employees.
He enumerated the various
plans by which the company ex
tends benefits to its employees.
He pointed out that a man who
is secure in his job, who is paid
according to his ability to produce
not only does a better job, but
also gains confidence in himself
and becomes a better and happier
citizen. He can plan on long term
projects, such as buying a home
and educating his children. Such
a man is an asset to a com
munity.
In conclusion, Mr. Deupree said
that the most important of all
improved working conditions for
the people of America represent
the best possible insurance of the
continuance of a free man society
and our way of life, which has
proved its superiority over any
other known to mankind.
Proctor and Gamble's exper
ience proves that there are alter
natives to government sponsored
welfare and its consequent loss of
individual freedom.
THE OPPORTUNITY is here,
and there is an alternative 'to a
welfare state, an opportunity to
provide more than any total state
has or even will be able to pro
vide. Business has to run effi
ciently to stay in business. The
benefits accruing from efficient
management of welfare benefits
can be much greater than those
provided by inefficient govern
ment agencies velying upon what
some people seem to think is a
never ending supply of tax
dollars.
Along with industry's contribu
tions, made in the American spirit
and made without loss? but with
possible gain of profit, some co
operation should be extended by
the government, in its fiscal pol
icies. Perhaps an arrangement
whereby tax exemptions are
granted for at least part of the
expense of honest and generous
company welfare programs can be
worked out.
If management can acquire the
confidence of its employees by
showing them that the company
considers them important as hu
man beings and not as just so
many dollars and cents, and if
government will put aside certain
antimanagement policies when
this is done, the greatest indus
trial nation on earth can move
ahead into an era of prosperity
and happiness such as the world
has never seen. The basis of our
democracy will be sound and the
envy of it in the hearts of people
all over the world will be as
effective a barrier against total
itarianism as anything we can
produce in the way of arms and
munitions.
All this can't happen over
night, but it can happen. If we
start now, it may not be too late.
?Reprinted from the Cincinnati
Enquirier, Sunday, October 9
1949.
Wolf pack Cagers
Favored To Take
Fourth SC Crown
Coach Everett Case's North
[ . Carolina State College
Hardwood Quint Expect
ed To Rule Southern
Roost" Again
RALEIGH, N. C.? For the past
three years Everett Case's North
Carolina State basketball squads
have ruled the Southern Confer
ence with an iron hand and
followers of the Wolfpack have
come to expect nothing less than
& winner at the hands of the
grey-thatched little man who hails
from Anderson, Ind.
This year finds State once
again hailed as the team to beat
in the loop case for the hard
wood title and Case, himself, is
willing to admit that his 1949-5C
aggregration will be a potent
crew.
But as optimistic as things ap
pear to be on the surface, Cast
needs the answer to the problem
' of reserve strength. True, such
aces as All-Southern Forwards
| Dick Dickey and Sam Ranzino pro
I
CATHOLIC INFORMATION
A Merry Christmas To You And Yours !
Merry Christmas! It's easy to
say it; and it's easy to mean it
when we say it to you, our read
ers.
We, your Catholic neighbors,
feel that we owe you much for
the reception you have given our
little messages in the columns of
this paper week after week ? for
the encouraging words of good
will and interest which we have
received by letter and word of
mouth.
We feel sure that you now un
derstand more about your Catholic
neighbors and how they worship
than you did before the com
mencement of our labor of love.
We believe that you consider us
people sincere in a faith, which,
although hot your own, has be
hind it goodness, authority, and
reason which command, at least,
respect. We are convinced that by
now you appreciate the single
ness of purpose in our work of
providing this information, there
by gaining mutual tolerance and
understanding; and we think you
have likely witnessed with us the
good that this has accomplished
among religionists of many types
in this locality.
So in thanking you for your
kindly reception of our articles,
we wish to offer to you and to
yours our most cordial wishes
for a mighty merry Christmas,
together with the prayer that you
will receive In abundance the
blessings and graces which the
Christ Child brought out of
Heaven for you and for us 1900
years ago.
"Peace on earth" is our prayer,
now and always ? "peace on earth
to men of good will."
MAY WE EXPRESS
OUR APPRECIATION
V
of your patronage, assuring you of our always
having a nice , fresh line of groceries,
meats, etc.
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Serve ? Yourself Super Market
A. B. WILLIS & CO.
Shallotte, North Carolina
i vide tbe 'Pack with the front
line scoring punch and the five
other letter winners, Centers War
ren Cartier and Paul Horvath,
j Guards Joe Harand and Vic
,'Bubas and Forward Charlie Stine
I look like enough material to make
I the Wolfpack a shoo-in for the
I conference flag.
i Case, however, has been deeper
I iA reserve materials in previous
I years and in many instances these
' reserves have played key roles
I in seeing the Wolfpack through
their long-season grind. This sea
I son the reserve material must
come from the ranks of five
promising sophomores and while
each Is V clever player in his
own right they each lack the
knowledge of the Case-system,
which is an intricate part of the
Wolfpack's successful attack.
I Four lettermen are gone from
i the 1949 title team. Forward Jack
McComas passed up another sea
son of eligibility to sign a pro
fessional baseball contract and
Center Bob Hahn has inked a
pro contract with the Chicago
Stags of the National Professional
Basketball Association. Guard
Bob Garrison transferred to the
University of Tennessee and
Guard Norman Sloan gave up the
hardwood game to try his hand at
football.
Thus Case must fill the shoes
of four reserves with sophomore
talent. But the picture is one of
optimism.
From the 1949 frosh team
which lost only once in 15 games,
Hferrtj
Christmas
let us give
thanks to
gether (or
the priceless
gift of
Christmas.
R. GALLOWAY
Supply, N. G.
Case has Forwards Bob Cook, a
6-4, 205 pounder from Columbus,
Ind., and Joe Stoll, a 6-2, 165
pounder from Princeton, Ind. Both
averaged 15 points per game as
yearlings. At the guards Case has
clever Lee Terrill, a six-footer
from South Orange, N. J., Pete
Jackmowski of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and Harry Johnson, a set-shot
artist from New York City.
If the reserve materials mea
sures up State will be tough, if
not, the Wolfpack might have a
rough time retaining Its confer
j ence title. The Pack has already
I opened their defense with a trio
of SC victories.
Body Of Woman
Found On Road
Mrs. Rosa Bell Hall Of Fay
etteville Is Victim Of Tra
gedy In South Carolina;
Husband Arretted
MYRTLE BEACH, S. C.? The
nude body of a woman, scratched
and bruised, was found on an
ice-glazed highway Thursday and
police arrested her husband after
hearing that the
ed In an all-night iW*
Coroner John S. *
the woman as y,, JH
Hall, about SO, of f.'S
N. C. She apparency
knocked unconscious
the road to die ot ttrJjE
coroner said.
Deputies aneste<i (vj
her husband, in
Drive. Another maa]jJj|
Uamson, was also jkwJ
both were held as trvjl
nesses, officers sail
Deputies said they w
the Halls spent most tf.J
at a drinking party vrgjl
other persons, new J
church in rural Hum- [
Hall admitted he was ?1
ty but denied any y
with his wife's tievi .
said.
The sheriff's office
quoted an unidentifm
as saying the woman \
ed out of a parked i
road and left there, i
and stripped of her c?q
j A bus driver, J. f,t
1 found her body as he s,
| route to pick up chili.,
| for their classes.
Read The W
am
The warmth of spirit
that accompanies
/every Christmas season
is with us again
in 1949 Our wish is
that you can
participate to the fullest
in a universal
MERRY CHRISTMAS
M1NTZ & CO.
Harry L. Mintz, Jr., Mgr. - Supply, M
1950 Tax Listing
NOTICE
?
LIST YOUR REAL AND PERSONAL PROP ERT
DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY
All property owners and tax payers are required by law to return to the Li-^
for Taxation for the year 1950, all the Real Estate, Personal Property, Etc.. v: '
own on the first day of January.
All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years must list for Poll ^
the same time, except those exempt by law for physical disability.
All persons to whom the foregoing applies who fail to list their Heal and
Property, and/or Poll Tax will be guilty of a Misdemeanor and subject to a
pnsonment upon conviction.
LOCAL LIST TAKERS WILL POST NOTICE OF
MENTS IN PUBLIC PLACES? WATCH FOR SAME !
The Board of Equalization and Review will meet at the Ta*
fice at Southport on March 20, 1950. Any complaint about
tion should be taken before the Board at that time.
PLEASE LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH The LIST TAN
IN YOUR HOME PRECINCT
W. P. J0RGENSEN
TAX SUPERVISOR
Come Prepared To Give Farm Census