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Fl D. LEWIS & SON
CONTRACTORS
READY MIXED CONCRETE — ASPHALT
601 Tipton Place
Phone 2*1506
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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HUES FUNERAL HOME
“THE HOME OF THOUGHTFUL SERVICE”
401-405 West Market
Phone 5158
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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HUBURD-PETTEE MASONRY CO.
Manufacturers of
SLAG AND CINDER BLOCKS
Dealers in
BUILDERS SUPPLIES
431 Prescott Street Telephone 3-3430
GREENSBORO, 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
son 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 $100 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
of some job classifications; and •
more libera] policy on vacations
and holidays.
Benefits under both the retire
ment and disability plans will be
inclusive 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 Workers International
said yesterday at the signing.
“Naturally our members are
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DICKERSON
INCORPORATED
KHEWtnniiicnG
Monroe, North Carolina
highly pleased ever trie 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
66 approximately $4,520 in the
case of men and $3,620 for women
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 the
total disability lasts, will receive
$50 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
15 years 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 for
two weeks annual vacation with
pay, six paid holidays, bonus pay
ments for overtime and holiday
work and an arbitration procedure
for hearing grievances between
the company and the union.
OLD TRUMAN FARM
SOLD ONE TIME FOR
DEBT BOUGHT BACK
WASHINGTON, May 10.—Pres
ident Truman once saw his family
farm go for lack of money to cover
the mortgage. But, in the best
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 ti
aid labor-management relations
similar to the Federal Service?”
ANSWER: According to a rec
ent bggvey, 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 35 services that
are set up, only 21 are active. So,
really, only 18 States and 3 Ter
ritories have mediation services
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 authorizing media
tion services are all 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 Centra] 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.
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WILLARD W. DYER
» REAL ESTATE—AUCTIONEER
516 No. Edgeworth Telephone 8540
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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C. 6. TRULL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS OF WINE
311 So. Davie Tel. 3-3272
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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CECIL CONTRACTING COMPANY
ALL KINDS OF CONSTRUCTION
1407 Mill Street Phone 3-1329
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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J. H. GRIFFIN & SODS
ROOFING
407 Walker Avenue
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Phone 2-3441
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WILBERT AND MONARCH BURIAL VAULTS
SOLD BY LEADING FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Manufactured by
ARNOLD VAULT COMPANY
Phone 2-1194 915 Warren St.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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PEEBLES ELECTRIC COMPANY
ELECTRICAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS
101 East Sycamore Phone 2-0537
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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