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Philadelphia* Fa* January 7# 1944 At a regular Miiini of the Directors of John f * lowie 4 Bros* Company hold thlo day At thoir offlooo in the Vldener Building, thoro were present! J* V* Gardiner* President S* Tm Reeves* VUo President A* M* Wilson, Tin Prooidoat V* K* Xirxitl. Secretary tm T* Direeiar Tho Mooting woo called to order by hr* W* Gardiner who presided* and Hr* K* R* Morritt reported tho minute* of tho Mooting* Tho minutes of tho Mooting of Beesmber XT woro rood s4 approvsd* Hr* Gordiner roportod that tho oalo of tho A* Wilhelm Company dry ooXor booinooo to tho GaXoo Ghemieel Company wao largely a mottor of vilholn bo o ding noro opaoo for paint plant expansion and haring to modem* loo thoir dry ooXor plant if thoy continued In tho dry tolor bueiaoee* Hr* Ro o t o o roforrod to tho labor situation at our factory and aftor eonoidorablo dissuasion, on motion nado by Hr* 1* T* Boalo and aooonded by Hr* Gardiner* it wao R230LYSD that Hr* Reeves bo given tho powor to ant in connection with tho now labor union contract* along tho linoa dicouscod at today's Mooting* . Zt wao duly norod and ooeondod to oontinno tho following firo non on tho disablod omployoos list on tho oano bools os in tho post* subjest to rorlow in onothor tin moathoi Hilton Bowman Joseph Aajeskl Richard Crawford Sdmard Ropp George Kapusta #9*00 por wool 20*00 por month 40*00 per month 20*00 por month 40*00 per month Hr* Gordiner presented Hr* Rockwell*! lottsr of Jenuery 4* 1944 thanking oil of ns for tho noay problems that hors boon satisfactorily sottlod daring ths post onorgonoy and urging our particular ottoatloa to oar ooloo strategy in tho future and to tho exercise of initiative* imagination and lntolligonso in order to develop offioioaoy In all fioldo of opomtion* Hr* Rockwell's lottor of December 21* 1945 outlining tho generous policy of tho Hatloaol load Company la oxtending retirement benefits to all returning veterans was also prosontod* Thoro being no further business* upon motion tho mooting adjourned* N 26743