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Producth Productivity is a word you'll probably be hearing more and more about in the coming years. It has a lot to do with other words that are more familiar to most of us: inflation, jobs, profit, liberty and security. But what is productivity? It is illustrated well in this photo. The hands of Lester Gosselin, a Geneva 2 Spinning Doffer are a blur of movement as he rapidly doffs this spinning frame. His speed?his muscular coordination?is a part of what productivity is all about. So are his concentration and his ability to keep track of all the spinning frames in his section, knowing when each needs doffing?his intelligence and mental attitude. One can increase productivity by physically working harder or faster. It can be in creasea Dy tninking things out and making good decisions. One of the simplest and most dramatic ways to increase it is through suggestions of better ways of doing things. One other very important part of productivity in this photo is the machinery itself. Anything that enables you to turn out more work within the same time period?an improved machine, a better plant layout?improves productivity. The steady increase in the standard of living in America over the last two centuries ran hp linkprl tn inrrpa?;p<; in thp nrndnrtiuitw ? ? ? ? f* ? of its people. Human liberty is one ingredient underlying U.S. productivity?liberty to invent, to compete, and to grow. The government orders no one to produce, yet our unique formula for productivity under free enterprise has enabled us to out-perform the whole world up to now. This productivity has given us the highest standard of living anywhere. A V Mf * JM Pap Lawis Ganava #2 Spinning Ws ' ^ ' M Elort* Cunningham #2 Spinning fity?the In nv? 111 rcv^cni ycaio, iiuwcvci, uic iaic ui piuductivity growth in the United States has not kept pace with that of many other industrial nations, notably Japan, Italy, Germany, and Re< Retire I VI K*w I I dM Charlie Justice Geneva #1 Weaving Key to Tt jr. Hr W. 4 K fl K^. - fl France. But. with all of us at Clinton Mills working together, there is every reason to believe that Americans can continue to enjoy a high rate ;enf iments HEf* i I Sadie Powers #1 Weaving Page 7 ie Future \ '-v "If "f MMM a/ . t ^yf j mm l Mtm J, Jj/iA of productivity increase and its accompanying benefits: beating inflation, increasing wages, and successfully competing in the world marketplace. J -9 EL 'v '^PHr v JMnnttte Woodward #2 Spinning ! Y . y^zx jK *^^4 i3Bf>l( m.vT ^ te\\\\Vu\\\\\ Eva Smith Geneva #2 Spinning