The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 48, No. 14 (April 8, 1959)

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"Our Red Rivals." a challenging report on Russian production. The articles 45 5,33 4.49, p4...6..<:9 Goodyear will begin con-are
copyrighted by the author, Harold Mansfield, director of public relations, 941'
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rpFLE spirit of the Russian industrial worker does not ** tire manufacturing plant in
i have the airy exhilaration of freedom, but it has France as soon as plans
the determination of grim reality: "There's a job to which are well under way
be done and it's up to us to do it." can be completed, E. J.
It is a spirit that has had a . Thomas, chairman, an-frightful
past: First the czar- al performance and percentage , nounced at close of a board I. I
ist's "Work, you devils, work." over plan. The shop's record is *1 404*0*MI meeting which followed the 1 ''. ,
Then the revolutionist dictator's compared with other shops. Else- *. *** ' 44..:
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"Work with us, or Siberia!" Now where, the record of whole de- annual meeting of share-the
march-words, :'Together partments is charted, and that , ./. .I
holders here last Monday.
workers, work." It is the song of the plant itself, compared 4/#".
of a new Volga boatman, with with a national plan. 'ROUND THE BEND-"Show Boat," the Goodyear Musical
Thomas said Goodyear is now
the boatmen owning the boat. It is one huge, systematic, Theater production, is just around the bend-May 8 and 9, to be
studying site locations in France
and a decision is expected short-
At a machinery plant in Mos- production competition, man exact, in Goodyear Theater. Tickets ivent on sale today and
cow, you enter a dark hallway, against man, shop against shop, among the first ticket buyers was Dave McCann ( left), presi-ly
as to the plant location. He
said engineering work is already
emerge to a sawtooth lighted department against department, well under way.
dent of Local 2. He's making the purchase from Bobbie Kachner,
factory area, dirt floored in part plant against plant. Bonus mon- factory accounting, while looking on is Carl Jones, production
but orderly. Unlike the old Volga ey is provided for the individu- control, Plant 2. Jones plays the role of Capt. Andy in 4'Show The new overseas plant will
days, you see no line of men als, shops and departments that Boat." Tickets are available in the employes activities office, be the first such facility in that
make the best record. At the Goodyear Hall, members of the cast and Sheraton Hotel. country to be built and owned
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gets a bpnus to distribute if it 630 Pints In Three Days The French facility will bring
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to 29 the number of overseas
1 Back to the worker who is Set New Blood plants where Goodyear tires are
Zim*&121•484,51 •11% not fulfilling his •csocial obliga- total number of Geodyear man-manufactured,
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tion," you find that his shop- ufacturing operations world-
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11 wig ' 11 1 whole plant take an ,interest in Shareholders of the company
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4 1 bringing him into line. He is Goodyear employes can pat themselves on the back authorized an increase in the
m holding up their own chances
-Im-Firli•• for a bonus, their own record for for a truly outstanding record of blood donations to the company's authorized common
8 00 stock from the present 15,000,000
- exceeding the plan. The star Red Cross Bloodmobile. shares to 40,000,000 shares and
1 •7• im' worker, on the other hand, is as other reasons, bringing the a change to no-par value from / =-C Last week, during a regular
00 i / . popular as the star on a foot- three-day visit of the mobile actual total of donors to 630. the present $5 par value. At the
: 0 A-t ball team. The team doesn't The Bloodmobile was contin- end of 1958, the company had
0 3>/ want to lose him. unit at Goodyear Hall, a total
ually jammed as the Red Cross 10,815,057 shares outstanding.
-\,4 * You marvel that communism of 630 pints were donated. This volunteers and nurses worked The shareholders also re-has
taken free enterprise's feverishly to register and ex- elected 16 members of the Board
is an all-time Goodyear record
,/1 + *4444. *r strongest drives... conipetition and, as best available 'records amine donors, and process them of Directors. Goodyeili· execu- 4 4
- · and incentive - and put them to indicate, it is the • highest three- through the donor room and tives on the board include E. J.
pulling together on a rope, but work on an individual and group day total in the seven-year his- canteen. Thomas, chairman and chief
you quickly learn that collect- basis to an extent never dared tory of the Red Cross Blood Because many more employes executive officer; P. E. H. Leroy,
tive discipline is the system, by free enterprise. Program in Akron. showed up than the Bloodmobile vice chairman; Russell DeYoung,
though each man tends his own
machine in modern plant fashion. thI..I 'e'% 042to""a1r,t•, neggtoe" * cancelled appointments rather ecutive vice president; Howard
aould accommodate, a number president; Victor Holt, Jr., ex-
On it are listed the names of '•Nyet," she replies. "We have was 577, established last July. The three-day total pr"obably general counsel; Sam ]DuPree,'
men and women in the shop. no competition." The three-day totals from last
After each is a number-the would have been considerably vice president of production,
You are baffled. Then you dis- week were. 201 on Wednesday, greater had the Bloodmobile not and F. T. Magennis, president
man's "social obligation" in units cover there are two different 214 on Thursday and 215 on experienced an unfortunate de- of Goodyear International.
Other board members re-of
work. Squares are filled to Russian words for competition. Friday. The latter figure also lay Thursday mdrning. A phy.
show his work performance, with The one you have been using-- was a one-day Goodyear record. sician, required for all Blood. elected are Joseph B. Hall, Cin-a
percentage over his quota. konkuryentsiya-- means ."rival. the previous total of 209 having mobile visits, did not show up cinnati; J. C. Hunsaker, Boston;
"How do you reward them for rv," with . a capitalist connota- also been set last July. . so the operations were delayed John P. McWilliams, Cleveland;
going over the quota ?" you ask tion-a bad word in Russia. The Out of the 630 donors last about an hour and a half: W. A Patterson, Chicago; Rob-the
manager. one they use-soryevnoviiniye- week 161 were •ffirst timers." * ert G. Payne, New York; Ken-
"Extra * pay." means also " emulation.'.' This The labor department· scheduled neth A. Spencer, Kansas City;
"And if they fall behinti?" they approve. 866 men and women as prospe62.--- Both Goodyear and the Sum- C. F. Stone, New York; John C.
* visit and 617 of this number apologize to employes for the liams, Cleveland.
* tive donors for ,the three-day mit County Red Cross Chapter Virden, Cleveland; L. B. Wil-
You find there is more to the The incentives in this socialist Ahowed up. In addition, there delay Jarnes Maples, chair•rnan Directors also declared the
systeni. Another chart with the Competition.are negative as well were 90 *'walk-ins," persons who of the Blood Program, said the regular quarterly dividend of
same layout shows the weekly as positive, you find. You talk showed up at the Bloodmobile chapter regrets the unfortunate 60 cents per share on the com-quota,
called the "plan," for the with the editor of the plant without appointments. Out of delay but is greatly apprecia- mon stock, payable June 15,
shop itself. Chalked in adjoin- paper, a heavy woman and el,erY the 707 who registered to give tive of the fine blood donor rec- 1959 to stockholders of .record
ing columns are the shop's actu- (See BAN Page 2) 77 were rejected for medical or ord set by Goodyear employes. May 15, 1959.
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