The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 18, 1946, Image 10

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For the year 1945, $35,000,000 in addition to wages was spent by General Electric in extra benefits (or employees It isn’t a new. thing for General' Electric tp*put mow than money into pay envelopes for ha employees. S “Job dividends”—these extras that G-Eempfloytes get in addition to u«ges—have a sound business reason. To be successful, a company must be efficient. A man with fewer worries can produce more efficiently, whseh makes further benefits possible. Profit-sharing plans, relief and loan plans began bwat yews ago at General Electric. life inwrance fer em ployees, cash for suggestions began over 20 years ago. Pension plans were started 33 years ago. And vacations with pay began 63 years ago. * Every employee has a stake in the future of General Electric. For out of he success—and only out of success ■—can 'Come further advances in living standards. That is the aim of General Electric, not alone for its employees, bet for the public, who gain by new and better products.