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2 Published monthly un Claude A. Crocker, Di and Employee Relatio A Wish For A ? A tL. ? \ v v occurs on the highways, arc resort. Here at Clinton Mills wc provide safe working cond practice on our vacations tl cautions that we practice h< of the year. So please be i around the home?or wherev We look forward to welcoi safe, and sound. * Who Pays F As we prepare to take ou it would perhaps he well to consider just who makes vaca just who it is that pays for So often we are prone t only because customers are t make that our company can payroll and provide other e vacation and vacation pay. 1 cloth, if there were no cut sell our production, there 1 ployee benefits at all. Tir;*i. 4-x.i- *1 1* ? yy llii mis inuuyni xii m customer who pays for our 1 selves again how important stantly toward reducing cos taining high efficiency, and i we can sell the cloth we mc competitive market. Only ii to please our customers, wh possible the vacations we each year. Profits a Since 1950, in a typical manufacturing company, wage rates have doubled and the cost of "fringe benefits" has tripled. If the employee had to pay the cost of his fringe benefits? retirement, nospitanzation, vacations, etc. ? he would realize what a tidy sum they represent. Fringe benefits, like wages, are the cost of jabs. Inevitably, one man's income is another man's cost. In order to afford jobs, a company must make a profit. Competition today ider the direction of rector of Community ns. lappy Vacation Soon most of us at Clinton Mills will be enjoying a well deserved vacation. Whether your plans are to stay home, take it easy, and catch up on some things you have wanted to do?or to visit the mountains and beaches?I wish for you a good time and restful week. I hope this time off will bring many happy experi ences for you and yours. A safe vacation is a good vacation?and an accident is an accident?whether it >und the house, or at some s are constantly striving tc itions. Let's remember tc le sound and sensible pre;re during the other weeks careful?on the highways? er you spend your vacation ning you back . . . refreshed d-U'drM* D. H. Roberts Vice-Pres. of Manufacturing or Vacations r annual vacations this year pause for a few minutes U Hons possible, to think abou them. o forget the fact that it i villing to buy the fabrics w( continue to meet its weekh '.mployee benefits, including f we had no buyers for ow itomers to whom we couli would be no jobs and em ind, that actually it is thi vacations, let us remind our it is that all of us work con ts, eliminating waste, main keeping quality high, so tha ike at a favorable price in < i this way can we continue o in the final analysis mak> look forward to so eagerh ind Jobs is so keen that the com pany often cannot resort t undesirable, but sometime necessary, price increase* Therefore, higher manu facturing costs result in re duced profits. This is no a good thing for share holders, obviously, but i is not a good thing for em pioyees, eitner ? tor it i profit that enables a com pany to be progressive competitive, and to expan and provide jobs. Job: wages and benefits ca continue only so long a they can be of forded. THE CLOTHMAKER Fourth of July - '68 Q On Independence Day, 1968, it might be well for us to remind ourselves that the freedom which we commemorate is not selfperpetuating. It is some- of thing we must work for, Hi conscientiously and contin- an iir?ncl\7 di ion ac H irl nnr T^c forefathers. They were ready to die for freedom; sei can we do less than strive he to nurture and protect it? thi Of the fifty - six who an 1 signed the Declaration of coi Independence, five were on captured by the British and re; executed as traitors; nine 1 others died from wounds or " 1 the hardships of the Revo- r lutionary War. Still others ^ L saw their homes and plantations destroyed. For those who lived the reward was ^ poverty ? their possessions I commandeered, their lands ^ laid waste. | These were the men who ? gave us an independent ' Amprioa nnp hnnHrwl anH ' ninety-one years ago. They are the men who pledged: 5 "For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection cf ? of the Divine Providence, pe we mutually pledge to each w] other, our lives, our for- dt tunes, and our sacred m honor." he \ Through their sacrifice m we do have freedom. We do have our unalienable yc rights of life, liberty and b , the pursuit of happiness. nc ) Let us not take these t sacred rights and our God- Ni given freedom for granted. m s There are those who would be ? chin awav little hv little iu r --'-j i ?? ?J "???i LI 1 / these things we cherish hi 7 most. It's up to us to prove sa r that we will not be deprived ar 1 of our heritage. " COMPANY-WIDE . . . B (Continued from page 1) _ plant are participating in _ the program to minimize _ waste. t Nine groups, comprised a of 30 to 38 men each, are e attending three two - hour e sessions weekly to increase y their knowledge and skill in control of manufactur ing processing waste, re duction in usage of sup plies, and better utilization l" of raw materials. 0 The Conferences will run s until late July. 5. i" FOR THE LOVE OF... ei Most people get it wrong. They say, "Money is the 0 root of all evil." That's not ni is the way the Bible says it. u i- It says, "For the love of f( 3, money is the root of all il d evil" There' quite a differ- u s, ence. It all yets back to the q ?> / /(f II /if ? f in ?l/\f f? ii jute/ iriui; it io rtisi u\juu rrtULrt i( is money is made, but what is e done with it. It is not un- ti linton No. 2 Wins Csfnhi A I#uivij n William Fred Ponder, South Labor, has advised Clinton P iguley this week that Plant nual State-Wide Safety Co apartment among all industri< In his letter Ponder said, "V it this Award in person, I ] avy schedule of commitment is type of program impossil enviable record, you and y mmended. Only through coo e in your organization can alized. We congratulate you.1 BE* ^ gi "ATI STIC I AN HWa ? EMSMM ^XRE IN YOUR P1 IY ^ What's A Vat It's time for "relaxation and vacations, but for many pec xiod of the year. The dictio: hen "work is suspended," ye iring vacation?painting the aking clothes for the children >me and take it easy; others w inute. So, what's a vacation for? 1 >u to do what you like ? wl >ach, or sightseeing, or kee] >thing. Perhaps a vacation should ] ew places, new people, new i ents. Perhaps just a break in ; a time for contemplation, 1 ie months behind? How wou id the opportunity? And tl itisfied with our accomplish nbition? Away from plant or offici tutine, our thoughts flow into ' doing things. New invention: l our lives. What's a vacation for? It's $ucce$$ Graduated?June 1 Loafed?June 1 to June 26 Looked for $1000 a month jot Looked for $750 a month jot Celebrated?July 4 Looked for $550 a month jo Vacationed?August 1 - Augu Looked for $400 a month jot Accepted job with uncle?J month thical, even by the rules V f most religious societies, f > make money?even a lot t f it. It's whether the r j m ?._ iviitzy us uuku iv matce me p torld a better, more com- I ->rtable place to live in t iat counts. When it is f sed, as profits most fre- v uently are in a competi- t ve society, to make man's p fforts more productive, t hen there is no conflict be- t I ; Industry-Wide ward Carolina's Commissioner lants Manager George M. No. 2 is a winner in the ntest sponsored by his ;s in the state. /bile I would like to preregret that an extremely s for the summer makes ( ble. For compiling such our employees are to be perative efforts of everysuch a performance be t9 A very attractive all en aved certificate attesting ?the Plant's 1967 outstandig safety record carries Dth Mr. Ponder's and Gov nor McNair's signatures. The award will be protcted by the Perma Plaque rocess ana aispiayea in le reception area outside lant Superintendent Jim ybrand's office. nation For? rest," says the dictionary iple it is the most active nary also says it's a time t some people work hard house, building a boat, . Some people like to stay fant to be on the go every Well, possibly it's just for hether it's lolling on the ping busy or just doing provide a change of pace, nterests, new accomplishthe long routine. It could !or stock-taking. What of ild we re-live them if we ne year ahead? Are we ments? Our plans? Our e, away from day-to-day new channels. New ways s. More purpose and order a time for fresh thinking. At Last >?June 27 to July 1 )?July 2 to July 3 b?July 5 - July 31 ist 7 i?Antrim* R_ Anmic* 1i ? -n-"1 " M * August 15?Salary $300 a ween profits and ethics. In act, freedom of choice is he very foundation of norality, and a free comietitive society, in which egally-earned profits are he motive, provides the reedom. Profits are the regard for providing somehing people are willing to my for. It is hard to see ohat is "unethical" about hat.