"g * ■■ - I NATION-WIDE PAY ROIL ORIVE HOW 6E1TIRG UNDERWAY A secure A meric* is needed to maintain unity of purpose and to support our‘beliefs and freedoms. With the objective of support ing: our fighting men in Korea, building our national defense, fighting inflation on the home front and building personal and community security, a nation wide Payroll Savings Drive wiU take place during the next two months in an effort to give every employee an opportunity to io- j vest in U. S. Savings Bonds reg ularly and systematically. The goal of the drive is to ob- , tain at least 50 per cent employee ( participation in each firm. Dor- j tng World War II the goal waa; 90 per cent, and a great many firms in North Carolina achieved this figure. North Carolina cer tainly can cirr"f its share of the responsibility in this important, patriotic endeavor. Slogan for the Drive is: Now, Let’s All Bujr Bonds. | Posters combining the slogan with a fall color picture of the American flag will be sent to all firms for bulletin board use. Your Arm can be of great as sistance in the saeeess of this Drive by arranging to pet on a operate the Payroll Savings Plea this office will Be glad la send Attached is a leaflet entitled “How” which gives saggestiaas on hew to make successful per son-te-psrson canvass among em ployees. If yea would Hite to have ad ditional materials or asaistanca in petting on your canvass please do not hesitate to call on this office. We must do everything we possibly can to succeed in this important Drive. Many thanks for your past co operation and best wishes far success in this most important Payroll Savings Drive since World War HI ALLISON JAMBS, State Director, U. S. Savings Bonds Division. Apprentice Training Meet Attending an apprentice train inng conference in the Labor, Building here Tuesday fcnd Wed nesday were R. P. Hadley, Washington, supervisor of train ing in Region IV; R E. Paachal, area supervisor for N. C.; J. B. Archer, Charlotte, and W. M. Chisholm, Winston-Salem, field men, and State field men, headed by & L Beddingfleld, State di rector. EXTENSION HUNTED FOR REDEFINITION OF . AREA OF PRODUCTION Interested persons have been granted a 1W»V extension of time in which to submit proposals with respect to possible redefini tion of “area of production” un der the Fair Labor Standards Act —the Federal Wage-Hour Law. As a result, proposals, support ing information, and accompany ing staf its on the matter may ^ be su U to "the U. S. De* j part mi of Labor's Wage and Hour and PubU© • Contracts Di visions as late as October 25. Administrator Wm. R. MeComb of the Division* so reported to Secretary of Labor Maurice To bin, today, pointing out that the extensions of time from October 10, as announced in the Federal Register on September 7, was made to accommodate a number of persons who asked additional time to prepare their proposals, Under the Wage-Hour Law, employees engaged in specified operations related to the pro cessing and handling of agricul tural products may be exempt from the law’s minimum wage and overtime requirements when performed “within the area of production,” as that phrase is defined in regulations adopted by the Administrator. Notice of his proposal reconsideration of the definitions was announced by Ad ministrator McComb following the receipt of representations “that in particular instances substantial economic discrimination exists as between establishments which meet the requirements of the present definitions and those that da «t" Mere than 1,000.000 employees are estimated to be engaged in Bpsaatfa— gjirtad by the “area at nodmtieg* regulations, which V Keller Gets ScmUt Key Beach Keller, VER, Asheville office was awarded the coveted Scouter Key la colorful monies at the annual Scoutmas ters Court of Honor at the Ashe ville City Auditorium, October 9, the highest honor given Scout masters annually. Keller has been active in'Scouting for sev eral years and is Scoutmaster of Troop M at Sand Hill. Keller is also commander of the Asheville post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, and, as such, pre sented two VFW citizenship awards. His troop attended the receat National Scout Encamp ment at Valley Forge, Pa. The Scouter Key was awarded by Dr. Samuel Robinson, chairman of the Rhododendron Scout District. Fayetteville Office Reworked: Manager Thad Cherry and his staff are rolling in luxury along now. Their office, located on the first floor of the Prince Charles Hotel, Fayetteville, has been ren ovated and repainted and now presents a very pleasing and comfortable appearance. ' Too, they claim they can work better in the pleasant surroundings. WILLIAM GREEK PRESIDENT AMERICAN FEDERATION of LABOR WILLIAM GREEN GIVB8 SUPPORT TO 1*51 COM MUNITY CHEST CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON. — AFL Pres ident William Gre«n esjwmmd confidence that AFL member* will join wholeheartedly in mak ing their local Community Cheat campaign* “a real •uccee*.” Following i* the text of hi* letter to Charle* E. Wileen, chairman Community Cheats of America: HIt ia a pleasure to officially and personally endorse the Com munity Chert campaigns which »«W|. place in moat American communities this fall. A* you know, by convention action the American Federation of Labor has strongly reaffirmed oar in ternet in and support of Co**r inanity Chants and Council*. ■We '•%■** enfhnsiaetieany watched the widening appeal of Community Cheats to nil groups in the community, among thorn organised labor and management. Taking place at the earn* time has been the year-round partici pation by these same groups not only in policy-making and plan ning for Red Feather agencies but also in volunteer activity in their program*. “We also commend the trained and competent professional work* era of Red Feather agencies but also in volunteer activity in their programs. “We also commend the trained and competent professional work* era of Red Feather agencies whose guidance and assistance to individuals and to groups have been a strong asset in communi ty welfare. “We are confident that this year, as in other yean, the mem bers of the American Federation of Labor will wholeheartedly Join with management and all groups to make the Community Cheat drives a real success.” States are as the men are; they grow out of human char acters.—Pluto. Buy Gorapers stamps! THE FIRST *i*L jtU-O COMPMiy tULEtof.MY fo MSCOURACCD HI OFFfSfD TO SELL. rt»S EMTifcE. k BUSINESS re*.-'® I i BUYERS/ STORING SOYBEANS ' SEASOML INDUSTRY UNDER WISE LAW Effective October 5, I960, the receiving of soybeans for stor age by cottonseed crushing mills is subject to the 14-weeks-per year limited overtime pay exemp tion under the Pair Labor Stan dards Aet — the Pederal-Wage Hour Law—as an industry of a seasonal natures Therefore, employers in the in dustry will not be required to meet the Act's overtime pay re quirements of time and one-half an employee’s regular rate of pay until an employee works more then IS hours a day, or M hours in • weekweek. Ordinarily, ths overtime pay provisions of the Act apply ’after 40 beam e( work fti V w«* week. ■ • -v Announcement ox ms action granting the exemption wax re ported to Secretary of (abor Maurice i. Tobin today by Wm. R McCorab. Administrator of the U. 8. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour and Public Con tracts Divisions. McComb’s action makes final a preliminary determination, an nounced in the Federal Register on September 12, 1960, in which he held that a prime facie ease for the determination had been shown in the application for the exemption made by the Missis sippi Cottonseed Crushers Asso ciation of Jackson, Mississippi. No objection to the preliminary determ innation was filed with the Administrator daring the 16-day period for objection set forth in his September 12th notice. Bowling Team Railing The ESC Bowling Club is on the go and headed places. The boys aad girls have leveled off and are now putting the finish ing touches on their skills in practice games at Maa - Mur Bowling Cepter. Hillsboro Street, every Tuesday evening at 7:30. The club is going- in for regular and concentrated practice in preparation for a heavy schedule that has been worked out and will be announced soon. The club really has prospects to go ing to Baltimore in the spring, if the schedule moves along aa expected. The club is planning some social events for all to at tend to build up spirit and en thusiasm. Something's in the air. Wait. Smokey Says: p ftoMM-lffcBEMMM* 'JVON. TOC STOPPING A |^/JWW F« “ & JWWY Bey■ « • * - Funeral services were held at : the home in Marion at 10:80 i Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, In terment was in a Marion ceme tery. John C. Memory, a fellow ap ; peals deputy, represented the I commission at ths services, j Flowers were sent by the BSC Fellowship Club. Honest mediocrity is the meet suitable condition for states; riches lead to softness and cor ruption.—Frederick the Great. States are great engines, mov , ing slowly.—Francis Bacon. Belle From La France Cecil* Aubry, who i« the la teat find from La Prance, acta a new style in jewelry for the style-con scious American woman. Cecil* her self inspired the original of the pin named the "Mack rose." It is now being mad* available through a special offer mads through grocery stores. This unusual pin is fast bo coming a collector’s Item in costume jewelry. It gets its name from Ce cil e’s latest motion picture. UTS CREPE SUZETTES MD SUFFERSHESULT OF WISHH6T0I TRIP NEPH Trip To Washington Not the least of the after maths of a poster campaign la Charlotte as a phase of NEPH week recently was a series of fever blisters acquired by Man ager George H. Everett, Jf«* Charlotte office, from eating aa 3*c