The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 47, No. 23 (June 4, 1958)

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PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME  0A4K2RON EDITION
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BUY GOODYEAR-AKRON,
OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1958
SELL GOODYEAR
Emp/oye Has Job To Do
Help Sell Our Products
Start Talks Next Week By H. L. Hyde
Negotiations between the
company and the United Rubber
Vice President and General Counsel
Workers (URW) on the general "Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I give you
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wage scale will begin next Tues- America'S best tire buy today Goodyear.
day ( June 10 ) at the Cai'ter
Sounds like a lawyer trying to sell Goodyear prod-
Hotel in Cleveland.
The company had received ucts, doesn t it? Hard to believe? Not at all.
letters from the International , Good, ir lawyers, 2 ' ng with cost clerks, insurance
Union on May 2 reopening the experts, and secretaries, are
wage agreement for negotia- .Re«**Y ",-.. N 44....:Il,4/  036
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of both the basic 1 , '5*Immeler'.r,:
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The agreements cover some 4 GOODYEAR"
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in Akron; Gadsden, Ala.; Los -
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Angeles, Calif.; Jackson, Mich.;
St. Marys, 0.; Muncie, Ind.; '.
Lincoln, Neb.; Windsor, Vt.;
New Bedford, Mass.; Topeka,
Kan., and North Chicago, Ill.
F. J. Carter, vice president,
industrial relations, will head
the company bargaining team.
He will be assisted by N. G.
Ball, director of personnel; R. Howard L. Hyde
B. West, factory personnel man-
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year's 100,000 employes. PACE-SETTER-Board Chairman P. W. Litchfield (right)
Each of us becomes a new set the pace in the Scout-0-Rama ticket sale by buying two
member of the sales depart- tickets for the June 7 spectacular from Karl L. Lange ( left),
ment. Each of us has a new managler of lighter-than-air flight operations at Goodyear
job to do: to help sell the Aircraft and general chairman of the 1958 Scout-0-Rama.
things we make. Looking on is Stanley Woodhead, executive of the Akron Area
Boy Scout Council. sponsor of Scout-0-Rama. Thousands of
Maybe our job descrip- Boy Scouts, Cubs and Explorers will take part in the event.
tions call for us to splice a Mr. Litchfield has long been associated with Scout activities and
belt, or add up figures, or is a member of the executive board of the National Council.
drive a_car. But another
line has been added to Parking Lots, Offices
ager; 0. M. Sherman and R. N. every job description. That line is: To buy Goodyear
Whitcomb, assistants to the di-rector
of personnel, and W. E. products ourselves, and to sell . Goodyear products to
deBruin, attorney, law depart- others.
ment. What are the products? Everything from Super
Presidents and policy com- Cushion tires to Pliobond cement, from Airfoam mat-mittee
members of each of the
tresses to Neolite soling, from No-Scrub tile to Pliotron
11 United Rubber Worker locals,
covered by the agreement, will air filters.
participate in the talks.
Scouts Perform 'Safety
Good Turn' On June 17
Final plans were completed this week for the "Safety
Good Turn" proJect scheduled for Tuesday, June 17
Who are the customers we can sell? Certainly the
throughout the Goodyear-Akron organization.
Local 2 policy committee next door neighbors, cousins and relatives, friends and ---I-.-il.i-. ..I
members are Dave McCann, acquaintances, especially the store keeper who himself Several hundred Boy Scouts -
president, Local 2; Max Artis and Explorers, members of of the " Safety Good Turn" proj-
Walter Givens, William s' carries Goodyear brands. Goodyear-sponsored units, will ect which is the first of its kind
Parker, Katherine Parry, A. R. Those customers really are the jury that we're try- converge on parking lots be- to be held in the Akron area.
Sharpless and Herman D. Smith. ing to persuade. Now, more than ever, it is in our own tween 11 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. to P]ant chairmen, units and the
Umpire In Akron •self interest to sell that jury more Goodyear products distribute leaflets and other areas they will be responsible
than ever before.
literature to employes as they for are ( in parentheses are the
Impartial Umpire G. Allan are going: home. units to which the chairmen
Dash will be in Akron June 9, · The public's favorable verdict means mere sales. Coverage will be made of all belong):
10 and 11 to hear grievances more jobs, in these toughly competitive times. parking lots at Plants 1, 2 and Glenn Barber (formerly with
that have been certified to him. 3, Research Building, Plant C, Troop 44 ), Research and Blue
After the decisions are handed BUY GOODYEAR - SELL GOODYEAR ! Chemical Division buildings on Pond parking lots, Research and
down, they will be reviewed in Archwood av. and Goodyear Air- Plant 1 office areas.
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The Clan. Former Airship craft. Each unit is assigned an Oscar Szymanski (Troop 40)
An opportunity for em- area for which it is responsible. and Ray Vogel (Troop 42 ).
· Two Decisions . ployes to take advantage of Orkers TO Meet Inasmuch as 1958 is the 45th Troops 41, 42 and 44, Seiberling
Decisions covering two griev- the fifth annual May sale of anniversary of Scouting at Field, Research visitors lot,
ances have been handed down Members of the Goodyear
the Employes Store will soon Goodyear, a special patch has area between Seiberling Field
by the impartial umpire and are Zeppelin Club will gather at the been. designed which will be an(i Post 011'ice lot, Plant 1
reviewed in this issue of The : be over. The sale will be open
Sons of Herman Club, 241 East presented to each boy and leader office areas, Post Office parking
dian. Complete text of all de- for only three more days South st., at 6:30 p. m. Thurs- who participates. Arm bands lot, bank lot, Market st. garage,
cisions may be obtained from after today, with the doors day, June 12 for a dinner meet- also will be issued. Goodyear Hall lot, executive lot,
department supervisors and di- of the gym in Goodyear Hall ing. The Zeppelin Club includes Patches and arm bands and Kelly av. garage lot and inside
vision chairmen. closing at 3 p. In. on Satur- . persons who worked on the final instructions will be given Kelly av. gatehouse, Goodyear
Grievance No. 4492 I day, J,une 7. The doors will Akron and Macon airships in on Saturday June 14 at 9 a. m. Hall ofTice area. *
Decision No. SD-537 open at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow any facet of the operations. at a mass Scout meeting in Leroy Weese (Troop 59) and
Union and Friday and at 9 a. m. on Persons interested in attend- Goodyear Theater. On that same Dave Griffith (Troop 41 ), Troop
claim that company
violated Article VII, Section 2 ' Saturday. All merchandise ing the dinner may contact Ben day the Scouts and Explorers 59 , all lots on Martha av. and
(a) (1) d, and Article X, Section · normally displayed in the Colyer, manager, pension de- will distribute safety literature inside Plant 2 ( except Kelly
2 (a) of the 1955 Local Supple- store catalog, will be on ex- partment, on inside ext. 9461, to every desk at Goodyear Tire. av.), Plant 2 office areas.
mental Agreement by assigning hibit at special prices. for further information and C. T. Wig, former scoutmaster W. T. Fisher (Troop 45 ),
( See REVIEW Page 2) i reservations. of Troop 59, is general chairman ( See SCOUTS Page 2) - - .0./.i
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