ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS
CAROLINA GLEANERS
All Articles Insured Against Fire and Theft
ONE DAY SERVICE
Dial 5-5041 209 Firestone St.
GASTONIA, N. C.
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(RIM'S GULF SERVICE
COMPLETE ONE STOP SERVICE
STATION
171 West Franklin At*.
Phone 5-5431
GASTONIA, N. C.
Labor’s Business Appreciated
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WALLACE FURNITURE COMPANY
Complete Line of
FURNITURE A ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
Telephone 5-1841
STANLEY, N. C.
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McCLUNEY’S IKC.
QUALITY APPAREL FOR MEN
Hone of Lee Hats
269 W. Main Ave.
Phone 5-3931
GASTONIA, N. C.
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CAROLINA FEED STORE
279 E. Main Aw.
Telephone 5-3476
GASTONIA, N. C.
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AFL Tobacco Workers Negotiate
One of Best Retirement Plans
Washington.—Some 3,500 em
ployes of the Brown and William
j 5 on Tobacco Corporation won one
of the most liberal retirement plans
in the nation under terms of an
agreement negotiated with the
! company by the AFL’s Tobacco
Workers International Union.
The agreement, calling for the
payment of 1100 a month for men
and $85 for women for the duration
of their lifetime, also provides to
employes totally and permanently
disabled while in the company’s
service; wage increases up to 5
cents an hour; upward adjustment
I of some job classifications; and a
more liberal policy on vacations
and holidays.
Benefits under both the retire
ment and’ disability plans will be
inelbsive of primary social security
benefits that employes may be
eligible to receive at the time of
retirement or‘disablement, mean
ing that the $100 or $85 will include
normal social security benefits. An
employe to be eligible for an old
age retirement benefit must have
reached the age of 65 and must
have completed 20 years of con
tinuous service with the company.
“We believe we now have with
the Brown and Williamson Corpor
ation one of the best contracts in
the tobacco industry,” John C. Tay
lor, general representative of the
Tobacco W’orkers International
said yesterday at the signing.
“Naturally our members are
Anniversary Greetings
Gaston County
Dyeing Machine
Company
Stanley, N. C.
highly pleased over the retirement
and disability benefits as well as
the wage increases granted by the
company. According to figures re
leased by the company, an uncov
ered employe should have to pay
to an insurance company at age
65 approximately $4,520 in the
case of men and $3,520 for women
I in order to get the same retirement
benefits now offered free by the
[ company."
According to the agreement, dis
ability benefits will, be paid em
ployes who become totally and
permanently disabled after 10
years' service with the company.
Disabled employes, while ths
total disability lasts, will receive
$60 and $42.50 monthly. Higher
disability benefits of $75 and $63.
75 will be paid employes after they
reach the age of 60 and complete
16 yean of service.
Disability payments will continue
as long as the employe remains
totally disabled.
In addition to the retirement and
disability benefits, employes have
free hospitalisation and surgical
benefits paid by the company and
a free death insurance benefit paid
by the union.
The new contract also calls fot
two weeks annual vacation with
pay, six paid holidays, bonus pay
ments for overtime and holiday
work ind an arbitration procedure
for hearing grievances between
the company and the union.
SOLD ONE TIME FOR
DEBT BOUGHT BACK
WASHINGTON, May 10— Pres
ident Truman once saw hi* family
farm go for lack of money to cover
the' mortgage. But, in the beat
American tradition he has been
able to buy back part of the old
homestead.
The story is told in "Missouri
Lawyer” written by John T. Bar*
ker, now special .assistant to the
Attorney General. Barker is an old
friend of the President and was
formerly Attorney General of Mis
souri.
He recounts in his book that
prior to the depression Mr. Tru
man’s mother, a widow, owned 360
acres about 10 miles from Kansas
City. In the early 30's she mort
gaged the farm for $30,000. But
she couldn’t pay it off. Mr. Tru
man was then a senator.
“Truman saw the farm . . . put
up at auction, and sold for the
price of the mortgage,” Barker
says. “A hundred banks in Missouri
would have renewed the loan for
him if he had asked them to do so.
He did not ask . . . because he did
not want to be under obligation to
anyone while he was occupying the
responsible position of a senator
of the United States.”
Later the President was able to
buy back part of the old farm.
CONCILIATION AND
MEDIATION SERVICE
QUSETION: “How many of the
individual States maintain conci
liation and mediatilon services to
aid tabor-management relations,
similar to the Federal Service?”
ANSWER: According to a rec
ent survey, thirty-five States and
three Territories have mediation
services legally set up, and two
other States have enabling laws,
but do not have the service set
up. Also, of the 36 service# that
are set up, only 21 are active. So,
really, only 18 States and 3 Ter*
ritories have mediation cervices
actually functioning. These in
clude of course, most of the big
industrial States, like: New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Massa
chusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsyl
vania, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
California. The States which do
not have laws authorising media
tion services are aD regarded as
agricultural States.
LOCAL 375 P. O. CLERKS
ELECT GIBSON PRES.
Scott Gibson was elected pres
ident of Local No. 375 of the Na
tional Federation of Post Office
Clerks at its last meeting.
Named to serve with him in a
term of office that begins June 1,
were James H. Ferguson, vice
president; Jack M. Fisher, secre
tary; and W. Layton Freeman,
treasurer.
S. F. Blackwelder, James H. Fer
guson, Ben A. Houston and Wil
liam H. Moon were elected dele
gates to the Central Labor Union
here.
The following were named as
delegates to the state convention
in Asheville June 10 and 11: F. L.
Austin, J. L. Baxter, John F. Cul
lingford, James H. Ferguson, W.
Layton Freeman, David Garris,
Scott Gibson, D. L. Holbrook, Ben
A. Houston, W. Eugene Lee, Wil
liam H. Moon, Frank Osborne,
Perry Vance Stroup, Jerry Surratt
and James Ray Washam.
ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS
ABERNETHY FURNITURE COMPANY
370 W. Main Ave. Telephone 5-0381
GASTONIA, N. C.
GASTONIA CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPMY
Manufacturer* of
Moose Patented Concrete Block Silo
Septic Tanks — Building Blocks
Precast Concrete Steps — Chimney Bases '
Stepping Stones — Fence Posts
523 West Airline Avenue
GASTONIA, N. C.
Floyd McLaud, Owner—Phone 5-5461
Russell McLaud, Plant Superintendent—Residence Phone 1625-Y
Claude Pasour. Pre-Cast Plant—701*4 W. Airline
*
ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS
BRADLEY FLYER & REPAIR COMPANY
1318 W. Second St. Telephone 5-1692
■ *
GASTONIA, N. C.
Aesirersery 6reetiogs
Smith Textile
. Apron Co.
Spiked eed Plata Heroes Far
All Make Pickers
NrscMer Beeler Legs
Spiked legs fer Waste MecNce
6AST0NIA, R. C.
PHONE 5 5181
NITE 5-3144
YATES D. SMITH DAN C. GUNTER, JR.
Anniversary Greetings
BARBET
MILLS
Gastonia, N. C.