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May 26, T:9t,:3 701 A reau?.:ar meeting of the Executive Cbmmittee of P. ::orillard Comnxny was held' today at t!ie office of the Cbmpany, 119' West 40th Street. New York City. There were present Messrs.: G. H. F3ummel H. A. Kent G. D. Whitefield E. S'. Bbwling, W. J. Hal l ey J. S'. Freeman J. T. Keel H. F. Tem ple Todd 4YooZ. Mr. Hummei,, Chairman, presid'ed and the Secretary acted as Secretary of the meeting. On motiion duly made and seconded, the read'i'n7 of' t:ne minutes of' the previous me~e~tine, was dispensed with. On motion of' Mr. Halley, seconded by Mr. -Ahitefielci, it was unan3:mousla RESOLQED: That the following,employments of'salesmen, as listed below, with the authorizatiom of the Sales Dept. and the approval of' G.D. Whitefielidl, Execu- tive Vice-President and M. Halley, Vice-President, be and the same hereby are in alll respects approved', ratifieo!, and confirmed: At the rate of: Effective: Troy W. Brazell W' per week 5/24/43' n Hilliard Richardson Terry 25 n1 " On motion of' Mr. Keel, secondediby Mr. Bowling, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the following increases inisalary of' salesmen, being incident tot'heterms of wageagreementsortoestabl:ished wage rate schedu]escovering work assi,pnments and' in operation of' an establishe& olan of' wage increases based upon lengt:n off service, be and the same hereby are in all respects approved!, ratified, and confirmed: From the rate of : to the rate of : Ef'fec t i ve : John Elihzi Perkins $43 per week $501 o-r;r week 5/2:{/43 John Leo Clark 28' n n 301 n, m 5/31/43 Paul Francis Haggerty 2$' n n1 3C, m m n On moti~on of Mr~~. Temple,,secondedi by~ Mr~.~ Kee1',~ i~~t~ was unanimously AESOLUED: That the increase in salary of'Percy M. Franks, promoted to Field Manager, from the rate of $4,,056 per annum, to the rate of'94,500'per annum,, effective June 1, 1943, be and the same hereby is in all respects approved, rati- fied, and confirmed. On motion of Mr. F7reeman, seconded' by Mr. Hglley, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That by reason of additional responsibilities and incident to established salary schedules covering work assignments and in operation of'an established p3an of salary increases besed upon length of'service, an increase in the salary of William J., Garvey, Supervisor at t!ie Old Gold Branch, from the rate of $300 per month,, to the rate of'S350 per month, effective Jun:e 1,,1943, be and the same hereby is in all respects approved', ratified, and confirmed. Ch1 motion of' Mr: Bowling, seconded by Mr. Whitefield, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That this Company contribute the sum of S250 toithe Colored 5%7624~'j

Y.M.C.A. of Jerse" City, N.J. on moti-+n of Mr. Bo-3,ina, seconded by Mr. Temple, the follnvrin,- adver- tising exnenditi7rQ was in aIl' resperts an=oveci, ratified, and ' confirmed: Contract dated May 2[?. 1943 for a half page advertisement of OLD GOLD'Ci.-ar- ettes in the year book ' to be rriblished in connection :vith the two-day meet of' the Hb''v Name Federation of Hudson County at Pershing Fie2d, Jersey City,. N.J., .Iune 5-6, lq0', at a cost of ~10C. Qn motion duly made anc seconded, the mpeting adlourned. Secretarq