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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Robert York Is Named

Manager-Mfg. Eng.
Robe r t E. Yo rk, J r. has been named
Manage r , Manu fact uri ng Engineeri ng for the
Spec ialty Contra l Department . The appoint me n t , vJhich became effective January l, was
announ ced th i s 1veek by David L. Coughtry ,
Manage r-Manufact ~ r i n g .

l n thi s pos i t i on, Bob ' s responsibi l ities

1vill i nc lu de manufa cturing development work,
processes , me th ods and procedu res , as we 11
as th e manufact urin g t oo l desi gn and t ool
room, l aboratory and certain production
operati ons .
A na t ive of Sc ottsb oro, Al abama , Bob
graduated from t he University of Al abama
wi th a de gree in e lectrical eng ineerin g and
joined t he Company in June , 1960 . Whil e
comp let i ng the Manu facturin g Train ing Program ~e hel d positi ons at the Rece i ver
Tube De partment at Te 11 City, Indiana; the
Large Jet En gi ne Department in Evanda l e ,
Ohi o; and t he Atomic Products Operation i n
Hanfo rd, Was hington .
He mov ed t o t he Specialty Control De par tment in \laynesboro in June, 1963, as a
Man ufact uri ng Eng ineer an d tra nsferred to
the Char l ottes vill e Pla nt as Supe rvi so rMan ufact uri ng Engi nee r ing in May , 1966.
Bob 1-1ill leave J anuary 6 for a month ' s
t raining at th e Lompany ' s Man agement Deve l opme nt Institute at Crotonvi ll e, N. Y.
He i s married and has three chi l dren.
The fa mi ly prese ntl y re s ides in Charlottes vi ll e , but pl an s t o r et urn to Waynesboro
ear ly th i s year. Whi l e living i n Waynesboro,
Bob was a n~mb er of t he Waynesboro Jaycees .
Emp l oyees ma y s t i l l pur chas e f ull sp ools o f
nyl on co rd a t 35 cen t s pe r spool , p lus t ax ,
f r om t il e ~laint e nan <.:e Off i ce durin g l un ch.

.Jar:uary 3, 1969

A New Look For 1969

'i'hi s week 's m::.;:..; h as a new
n,as thead, enti t ler.l "!laynecbo ro
Planl NF;;.1s . " :.;e think this heading wdl help to r>e;"lee:t that the
l'lant has more than one componenl
presently operating here and the
paper carri es news of" :JCD, il2'CD,
and !ll'CBS .
In addition , we am ex peri r:1e;iting -..;ith a two- page ;>aper
which will allow shorte1' printing
li1,1e and, thus , faster news .

Social Security Rate Increases

Roy Beckerle , Supe rv i_ sor- Pe r sonne J
J\c c ow1t i ng , h as annow1 ceJ that t he r:.ite
o r empl oyee ' s p ayroll de J uc t ions for
Soc i a l Secu rit y Taxes ( i nc luJ ing \ ledi ca r e) h" LL L be i n c r eas e d Jur ing t he yea r
1969 from 4 . 4% to 4. 8 ~ e ffe c tive 1.;ith
s a1 a r ic s and \\:ages paid on o r a ft e r
Janua r y J, 1969. The \\age base on which
tl1C tax i s imp osed 1vi ll contin ue t o be
the li r s t S7 , 800 of t axab l e 1va ges .
Accor J i ngly , the ma\.imum t o t a l dc ciuct ions !or thi s purpose \\"ill be 5374 . 40
fo r the year 1969 . The i nc r e as eJ contr ibutions res ult from the 1967 d 1anges to
the Soci a l Se cur i t y r\c t . The Company
i s r equ i rcJ t o matd1 the amoW1t de<lucteJ
rrom e mpl oye es ' paychecks .
"J\Jthough Pens i on Plan contribu tio ns \\i Jl a l so con t i nue t o be 1.; ithheld
on the s ame bas i s as fo r the yea r 1968 ,"
l~oy s ;i i_J , " it s eems appropriate to point
out t h;:it the rate of h' i t hlwlding 1.;iJ J be
O '~ 0 11 Lhe Ii r s t $6 , 600 of annual compcn s a ti on a s de f j ned i n t he 11 Jan and 3':i on
compens a tion in exce s s of" $6 , 600 . "

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Waynesboro Moving Firm

1969 Holiday Schedule
Earns Vendor Award
Westcott Transfer &Storage, Inc.,
of Waynesboro has received the Waynesboro
Plant's "Vendor of the Month" award.
Annollllcement of the award to Westcott for December was made by Clifton
L. Smith, Manager-Purchasing.
In a letter to Curtis A. Glass,
president of the local moving finn, Mr.
Smith said, "You are being given this
award as a result of the continual excellent service provided to the many
employees whose household effects you
have moved so efficiently and timely."
Mr. Smith went on to ccmnend the
employees of Westcott for adding a
"personal touch" to service to General
Electric employees.
Westcott Transfer &Storage is the
local agent for North .American Van Lines.

Housewares Div. Makes

Special Offer
The Housewares Division has annotmced
a consumer premium offer of a free Tensor
lamp for the purchase of any current model
in its floor care line, excluding the model
SV-1 vacuum sweeper.

For the benefit of those who may have

missed the Employee Bulletin of Dec. 27,
the 1969 holiday schedule for the rest of
the year is printed below:
Good Friday
Memo ri a1 Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Eighth Paid Holiday
Christmas Day
Ninth Paid Holiday

Fri day, April 4

Fri day, May 30
Fri day, July 4
Monday, Sept. 1
Thursday, Nov. 27
Fri day, Nov. 28
Thursday, Dec. 25
Fri day, Dec~ 26

Explorer Post Offers

Computer Training
Boys and girls who are at least 14 years
old and have had courses in algebra, now have
an opportunity to learn computer programming.
The opportunity comes from the Waynesboro Computer Explorer Post which offers the
fundamentals of computer training.
On visits to local computer centers,
the group will de-bug and run programs
which the Post members have written.
Employees with sons or daughters who
wish to visit a meeting or gain further
information, please contact R. E. Killian
942-1968.

The Tensor lamp currently carries a

retail value of $8.95 and will be shipped
to all floor care purchasers when they mai 1 SCOG EE Sponsors Game
the fact tag that comes with each tmit. The
offer connnences on Januaty 18, 1969, and is
The SCOGEE Special Activities Committee
effective tmtil midnight, Februaty 28, 1969. is a co-sponsor for a basketball game for
the benefit of the Staunton, Waynesboro and
Plainville, Conn., Plant
Augusta County March of Dimes.

Votes No Union
Production and maintenance employees
at the Circuit Protective Devices and Distribution Assemblies Departments in Plainville, Conn., voted to remain without a
llllion in a representation election ~c. 12.

The game between the Washington Redskins

football team and a local basketball team is
set for January 18, at 8:00 P.M. at John
Lewis Junior High School in Staunton.

The results: No tmion-704; IUE-461.

Gilbert Monger of Magnetic Winding wishes
Three ballots were void. This was the fifth to thank everyone for the sympathy expressed
representation election at Plainville. In
during the recent illness and death of his
the previous one on March 29, 1967, the
father.
vote was 657 for no lD1ion and 448 for IUE.

_...,WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No. 2

January 10, 1969

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Plant Completes 1968 Without A Disabling Injury

The Waynesboro Plant completed the
year 1968 without a lost-time injury, according to a statement made today by H. W.
Tulloch, Manager-Relations.

Mr. Ponzillo noted three factors which

were responsible for the year's record.
"First," he said, "employees have been well
trained and maintain the proper attitude
toward accident prevention."

Mr. Tulloch said that the plant logged

a total of 7,226,704 manhours during 1968
without incurring a single disabling in-
jury. The figure represents ~he total
hours worked by all employees of the
plant.

"Second, we constantly stress the importance of safety with supervisors and insist
that they maintain high safety standards in
opera ting their areas," he continued.

"Of the injuries which did occur,

none was serious enough for any employee
~o miss a day's work or to be classified
as a disabling injury under the Company's
safety policies," Mr. Tulloch said.
The past year's performance is not a
first achievement for the plant, Mr.
Tulloch noted. From the time the plant
opened in 1954 until 1959, there were no
disabling injuries.
"However," he continued, "we now have
much higher employment than we did nine
or ten years ago."
Joseph F. Ponzillo, General Manager
of the Specialty Control Oepartment, commended the performance of all plant personnel in keeping the plant free of disabling injuries
"Our year without a serious injury is
the result of concentrated effort on the
part of everyone," he said. ' 'Working
without disabling injuries is not something
that just happens," he continued, "it
~equires the cooperation and attention
f every person in the plant, and this
record shows that everyone here is doing
the job in safety."
...............

"Finally, our plant's personnel are

continually seeking out potential hazards
which could result in an injury, and we take
steps to eliminate or guard hazards wherever
they exist," he concluded.
Mr. Tulloch noted that the Waynesboro
Plant ranked fourth among 139 General Electric
components for accident-free performance for
the first half of 1968. Based on the plant's
record for the year, he stated that the
ranking may be even higher when the Company's
annual figures are compiled.

Flu

Bug

May

Delay

Medical

Claims

The flu bug, which is currently causing

a major number of the medical claims under
the GE Insurance Plan, is also causing delays
in the payment of claims.
So say the benefit plans specialists
in GE plants across the country, as well
as the experts who are in constant contact
with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
Metropolitan carries the Plan's medical
coverage.
"The flu has caused unusual absences
among GE people who process claims at some
locations," comments Bill Perry, benefits
specialist here in Waynesboro.

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FLU BUG--(continued from Page 1)
He adds, "The situation in Metropolitan
is even worse. Located in the heart of New
York, where constant crowds tend to spread
the bug, Metropolitan reports an absence
rate of approximately 40% these past few
weeks. This absence rate has caused work
to back up in processing GE employees'
claims, and the epidemic hasn't yet reached
its peak."
Mr. Perry said that medical expense
coverage claims have recently jumped to
more than 5300 per week across the Company. This compares to the average of
4200 claims per week for this time of
the year.
Also ccmmenting on the flu, Dr. J. E.
Stoeckel, plant physician, notes that the
Waynesboro Plant has had relatively few
employees hospitalized as a result of
the flu.
He adds, however, that the flu
incidence rate among dependents could
generate some insurance claims.
Dr. Stoeckel comments, "Actually
Waynesboro has not expecienced the large
number of cases reported elsewhere in
the country."
Total

Compensation

Wages

,_.

Plus

Equals

Benefits

Employee benefits are an integral

part of our paychecks--ail.most as important as our actual wages. You find
that hard to believe?
Well, try a figure in excess of $3
billion on for size. That's how much
total compensation in benefits and pay
was received by General Electric people
around the world in 1968. Yet, we tend
not to appreciate our benefits--or worse,
we are little more than remotely aware
of them--until the need arises.
Improvements in General Electric
employee benefits over the last year or
so have meant continued progress and
security for Waynesboro Plant employees
and their families. These changes were
put into effect by the Company--at no
additional cost to employees--to keep
GE jobs among the best in industry.

Recently, we saw the cost of Personal

Accident Insurance for employees drop 10%.
This is an example of a progressive benefit
offered by GE that is not available in very
many other companies.

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The Company's benefit program is designed

to fit the needs of many different groups
of employees. All of us use benefits such
as paid vacations and paid holidays. But
some benefits the Company offers are not used
by every employee.
Young women planning to work only a few
years, for example, may have little interest
in a pension plan but it is a benefit that
is there for those who make a career with
GE.
The Savings and Security Plan and Educational Assistance Plan are benefits that are
useful only if you elect to take advantage of
them. On the other hand, sick pay and life
insurance provide protection and security
when you or your family needs them.
Some employees are more aware of the bene- ~
fits available to them and have the occasion
to use them more frequently than do other
employees. But in any case, the benefits program is there to provide every employee with
a degree of protection and security.
The next time you are in doubt about the
value of your GE employee benefits, compare
yours with those of someone working somewhere.
else. You just may become a believer.
Bloodmobile

Due

Feb.

12

Mark a Red Letter Day on your aaiend.a.r

for Wed:nesday, February, 12th. That day marks
the first visit of the Bloo<inobi'Le to the
Waynesboro Plant.. You will be contacted soon
and given an opportunity to sign up as a donor.
Report Absence Promptly
Recognizing that the flu season is here,
don't forget the procedure for reporting absence. If you should be absent, please be
sure to call in to your foreman or supervisor
within one hour after the start of your shift
on the day of your absence, letting him know
of your problem and when you expect to return
to work.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwr1e XIII, No. 3

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

January 17, 1969

Rules For Medical Deductions

From Tax Are Explained

Parking Lot Regulations Are Reviewed

In filling out 1968 federal income tax

returns, General Electric employees should
keep in mind the rules on deductibility of
amounts paid for medical expense insurance.

Fred B. Curto, Manager-Plant Utilities

and Maintenance, today reminded all employees
of regulations regarding use of the plant
parking lots .

The Internal Revenue Code provides that

a taxpayer who itemizes his deductions may
take a deduction (not to exceed $150) for one
half of the amount paid by him for medical
expense insurance for himself, his spouse and
other dependents.

Mr. Curto stated that some employees are

parking in the wrong zones and that a number
of employees do not have parking stickers on
their automobile bumpers.

Any portion of the amounts paid for

medical expense insurance which is not de~tible in this way may be added to any
ucher unreimbursed medical expenses incurred
by the taxpayer for himself, his spouse and
other dependents and de_ducted as "medical
expenses" to the extent the total of such
expenses exceeds 3% of the adjusted gross
income of the taxpayer.
In the case of the employee's personal
coverages under the GE Insurance Plan, if the
employee is enrolled for full coverage, his
contribution rate is 0.9% of his nonnal
straight time annual earnings. This pays his
share of the cost of not only medical expense
reimbursement coverage, but also his life
insurance, weekly sickness and accidental
death or dismembennent coverages.
For an emp~oyee enrolled for full coverage, l/3of his contributions represent the
cost of medical expense coverage and, in
accordance with Federal Tax Regulations, may
be considered as "medical expense" insurance
costs for income tax purposes.
Obviously, this would not be applicable
employees who are enrolled for limited
coverage, which excludes medical expense
coverage .
(continued on Page Two)

He urged all employees to be certain that

they are parking in the proper zones Any employee who does not know his or her correct
parking zone ntunber should call the Maintenance
Office for the infonnation.
Those employees who do not have parking
stickers must make application :immediately.
Parking applications may be obtained from
Relations, Maintenance, or through the employee's
supervisor.
Mr. Curto also noted that some stickers
presently in use have faded or are otheIWise
not clear. He requested that employees who
have faded or defaced stickers request new
stickers from the Maintenance Office.
J.P. Lyons Promoted In NECD Engineering

Darren B. Schneider, Manager-Engineering

for NECD, this week announced the appointment
of Joseph P. Lyons as Manager-Control Modification Operat~ons in the NECD section. Mr.
Lyons appointment became effective Jan. 1, 1969.
In this position Mr. Lyons' responsibilities
will include modification of previously designed
control systems to meet the requirements of
lathe, boring, drilling, milling and overseas
machinery manufacturers. He will also provide
technical support for Manufacturing, Ma~keting,
and I & SE.
(Continued on Page Two)

J.P. Lyons

Page Two

(Continued from Page One)

Important aspects of the operation
are the reduction of engineering and
documentation effort by modifying previously designed and built control systems.

Benefit Basketball ls Saturday Night

A basketball game for the benefit of

~
the Staunton-Waynesboro-Augusta County
March of Dimes is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
this Saturday night in the John Lewis Junior
High School gym in Staunton.

A native of Pittsburgh, Penna., Mr.

Lyons graduated from Youngstown University with a degree in electrical
engineering in 1962. He joined the
General Electric Company that same
year as a field engineer for the I & SE
Department in Cleveland.

The game, between the Washington Redskins

Football team and a local basketball team, is
being co-sponsored by SCOGEE. Some tickets
are still available at $2 for adults and $1
for children under fifteen.

He transferred to the Specialty

Control Department in 1965 as a senior
product engineer in the numerical control section. He has continued in
that position until his recent
promotion.

Mr. J. E. Montalbano, Director of Manufacturing for Aircrafts Annaments, Inc., will

be the speaker at a meeting of the Shenandoah
Section of the .American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. The dinner meeting is set for 7:00
p.m., Thursday, January 23, 1969, at the
General Wayne Motor Inn in Waynesboro. The
social hour begins at 6:15 p.m.

Tax Deductions

(Continued from Page One)

Employee contributions toward the
dependent coverage (2% of normal straight
time annual earnings up to $5000) are
entirely for medical expense coverage;
therefore, the full amount of contributions for this coverage may be included as medical expense insurance
costs.
U. Va. Offers Courses

Twenty-three courses will be offered

in the Valley area for the spring semester
by the University of Virginia School of
General Studies. Most of the classes
are scheduled to meet beginning the
first week of February.
Hours for registration at the
School's Valley Office, Westover Hills
Building, Route 250 west of Waynesboro,
are as follows: Monday thru Friday,
9:00-5:00 (Jan. 20-24), Saturday, 9:002:00, (Jan.- 25). Monday thru Friday,
8:30-8:00, (Jan. 27-31), Saturday,
9:00-2:00, (February 1). Copies of
the catalog with class offerings are
available at the Relations Office.
For further information, employees
may c~ll the University Office in
Wayne~boro, 942-2065.

ASME To Meet Jan. 23

Mr. Montalbano's topic will be "Captive

Dynamic Testing." The program will also include a film on the subject.
A graduate of VPI in aeronautical En- ~
gineering, Mr. Montalbano did graduate work
at John Hopkins University. He joined the
AA! corporation in 1951 and has held positions
there in design and mechanical programs before
heading the manufacturing operations.
Infonnation regarding reservations for
the dinner meeting may be obtained from Bart
Conlon or Tom Haught.
SCOGEE-DuPont Dance, Jan. 25

A SCOGEE-DuPont Dance will be held at

the DuPont Recreation Center Saturday, January 25, 1969. The dance will feature music
by the "Flames." Hours for the event are
nine tmtil one. Tickets went on sale last
Monday, and reseIVation infonnation may be
obtained from Barbara Fickes. Reseivations
should be made by Thursday, January 23.
Stock And Fund Unit Price For Dec.

Average GE Stock Price and Fund Unit

Price figures for the month of December,
1968 were announced this week.
Stock Price
96.049
Fund Unit Price 29.063

r-e.--.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII,, No . 4

January; 24,, 1969

Em ployccs Will Receive Savings

Plan Payout Next Month
Mos t of the mi 11 ions of do 11 a rs worth
of securities that make up the 1969 'payout'
under the Savings and Security Program as
well as the Savings and Stock Bonus Plan
will be on their way to eligible participants early next mo nth.
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This statement was made last week by

H. A. Goodwin, manage r of GE' s Employee
Savings Operation, whose group maintains
the acco unt of each individual participatin g in the savings plans and assures
L~at p;nper payments are made at the end
o~ L~e hu ::~rig periods under each plan.
Nt 2rly 140, G~ O individual s will be on
receiving end 0f the 1969 ;ayout . They
will receive the mi ll ions they invested
duri~ g th~ period for 1-Jhich the 1969 payout is bei ng made, as well as the millions
the Company has added as matching payment
or bonus.

Betty Lou Cook (left) and Joet ta Wriston of

the Relays Office learn details of the Red
C~oss Blood Donor Program from Relays Superv-isor Bob Broughman . Bob has contributed
over five gallons to the Red Cross program .

t~e

Mr. ~oodwin said that 106,000 Savings

and Security Prog ram participants will be
receiving U. S. Savings Bonds and GE stock
shares for their participation in the S &
S program during 1965. He said about
33,000 individuals will be receiving a payout under the Stock Bonus Plan for participation in 1963.
The two savings plans have holdin g
periods of different lengths. Under the
Sav~ngs and Security Program, employee
savings, plus the Company matching payment , are held in trust for a specified
three -year holding period before payout.
Under the Stock Bonus Plan, savings and
the stock bon us are held in trust for
a specified five years before payout.
(continued on Page Two)

Bloodmobile Due Feb. 12

The firs t visit of t he Red Cross Bloodmobile t o the Waynesbo r o Plant for 1969 is
schedu le d fo r Wednesday , Feb ruary 12. Donor
cards are now being distribu ted to all employees i n order t ha t th ose who wish t o donate
may sign up . The cards a r e to be r eturned by
January 31 to Blooclmo1"J ile Coor dina t or Ril l
Perry.
Bi l l n o t ed that the Feb . 12 visi t will
b e th e 27th v i s it of the Bloodmobile to the
Waynesboro Plan t . The first visit was Ma rch
20 , 1956 . Two visits a year have been h8ld
since t h a t time, and a g rand tot a l of 6211
pin t s of blood have been donated by General
Ele c tri c emp l oyees in Way n esbo r o .
On t he last visit, August 7 , 1968, a
t o t al of 253 p~nts were col l ected . Bill said
that the Bloodmobile hopes to co l lect at least
an o the r 250 pin t s at the \.Jaynesboro P l ant
on the Feb . 1 2 visit .
(Continued on ?age Two )

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Savings Plan Payou t

(continued from Page One)

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TH E \R l c1< ,D10<, I S To
llUT

!HEM ~AcK ''

According to present pl ans, securities

resulting from Savings and Security program
parti cipation in 1965 wil l be mai l ed on
Feb. 3. The GE stock certificates will be
mai l ed on t ha t date from the Company's
Schenectady Offi ce , and the U. S. Savi ngs
Bonds wi ll be mai led from the Phil ade lphi a
Regional Disbursing Office of the U. S.
Treasury Dept., on the same date.

lij

Under the Stock Bonus Pl an, U. S.

Savings Bonds wi ll be mai l ed from the
Employee Savings Operation in Schenectady
to Department payrolls s o that they can
be de li vered to e li gible employees about
Feb. 3. Stock certificates covering the
S &S stock bonus wi l l be mailed to home
addresses of Stock Bonus Pl an participants
on Feb. 17.
Under t he Stock Bonus Pl an checks
coveri ng income beyond employee savings
and the stock bon us wi ll be mail ed in
mi d-1969.

Bloodmobile

( continued f r om Page One )

He no t ed t he r equi r ement s t o be a dono r
a re : 18 t o 60 year s of age , no pregnan cy
with i n p as t year, no se r ious i l lness or
ma jor ope r a ti on wi t hi n pas t 6 mon ths , no
s i gni f i cant illness in pas t month , weight
of a t l east 100 lb s ., an n o bloc,d don ation
with i n the p as t t wo month s .

Income Tax Note

Employees who worked f or some company

ot he r than Gene r al Elect r ic during 1968 may
claim anyt hi ng withhe ld for s ocial secur i t y
over $343 . 20 in 1968 as a c r edit agains t
their 1968 income tax .
If the maximwn withhe l d for soc i a l
securi t y by Gene r al El ec tric an<l nny ot her
employe r is mor e than $343. 20, t he max :iJnLUn
deduct i on for 1968 , the n the amolll1t ove r
tha t fi gure may be credited agai ns t f eder a l
i ncome t ax .

Tom Bar Y'et t (above) of :..<echanical Product s

drew the cartoon at the to!" of the page .
Tom , an employee at the Yaynesboro Plant
since January , 1965, has been interested in
drawing all of his lire .
~!hile a student at AHnstY'ong High Schoo l in
Rich~ond, he did illustY'ations for f;he school

7Jea.r-book . !lie interest in art has also

prQl71rted hi."I to take art classes through the
Universi ty of Virginia 's extension prograJ11 .
SCOGEE-DuPont Dance Tomorrow Night

J\ SCOGEE-11..lPont Lb.nee hill be hel<l this

Sa turday evening from nine lmti l one at t he
DuPont Rccrc<:1tion Center . ~lusic for t he
dance wi ll be provided by "The Flames ."

Tickets no1v on sale arc $2 . 50 for

SCDGEE membe r s an<l $4 for non -membe rs .

-WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

January 31 , 1969

Chainnan Borch Discusses Outlook For 1969

"These included nuclear energy, information systems , new chemi cals and pla~t ic s,
advanced jet engines, and new Genera l
Electric contributions to professional
medica l care, education and other conmunity
services.
"Most of these new endeavors are high technology businesses involving very hi gh
start-u p and development costs . But we
felt that we had to bear these costs if we
were going to gro~ our earnings long - term
the way our share owners expected us to .

Chairman Fred J . Borch

General El ectri c Chairman Fred J . Borch re po rted last week that preli minary, unaud ited re sults i nd icate that sales reached about $8 .4 billion for the Company in 1968, some 8% above 1967 .
Mr. Bo rch told reporters at a press conference he ld in New York, "As for earn ings, you
wil l recall that at the end of nine months we
were 6% be low the first three quarters of 1967 .
We have had an i mproved fourth quarter and now
expect net income for the full year 1968 to be
no mo re than about 2% below the $4 .01 per share
earnings reported for 1967."
Prior to the 1962-63 period, Mr . Bo rch
said, "Ge neral Electric had been on a sales
pl ateau at the $4 billion l evel for severa l
years . Management realized that the real growth
~n 't going to come unless we struck out i n
directions, into new bus i nesses . So we
made the decision to push forward on a number of
technolog ies that we judged wou l d have a great
impact on the future.

"The sa l es results for 1968 show that

these plans are succeeding. In the first
pl ace, sales passed $8 billi on last year
for the first ti me . And much of this
growth came from the new businesses .
"Secondly, we put behind us in 1968
a substantial po rti on of the development
costs of these new ventures , and now we're
entering a phase in which the negative
impact on earnings from t hese ventures
col lectively wil l di minish and in wh i ch
our inves tments wi l l progress ive l y begin
to bear fr ui t . "
"To handle the growth I 've been tal king about-and to gear ourselves for the
years i mmediately ahead," Mr. Borch
reported, "we put 60 new ope ratin g departments into place during 1968. He now have
170 decentralized departments turning out
more tha n 3000 categori es of products in
200,000 mo dels and sizes .
R eviews Segments of the Business

In reviewin g di fferent segments of the

Company's business , Mr . Barch stated, "The
Company's industria l markets were mixed.
(conti nued on Page Two)

Page Two
Mr. Barch D iscusses Business

Blood Donors Wanted

Orders for mo re soph i sti cated automation systems

and communicat i ons equipment, part icularly for
the stee l industry and railroads, were down
somewhat fro m 1967.
"Genera l Electric makes a wide range of
components used by other man ufacturers, such
as motors, compressors, t i m=rs, and contro l s.
Sa l es of these i tems rose in para ll el with the
r i se in appliance markets.
Mr. Bo rch also noted, "Genera l Electri c
ranked third during the year among contractors
for the Department of Defense and ranked fifth
among contractors to the National Ae ronau tics
and Space Administration. Most of our de fense projects are associated wi th long-range
programs which will not be too great ly affected
by what happens in Vie t nam. We estimate
that a ha l t in the fighting- -which we hope
wi ll come--would have an i mpac t of perhaps
10% on our aerospace and defense business.
Comments on Relations

Commenting on company-wide empl oyee

relations, Mr . Barch said, "A factor for us
in General Electric i s t he fact that in the
fal l of 1969, our three -year contracts with
labor un ions representing many General
Electric employees expire . .. We wi l l make
every reasonable effort to insure that all
Ge neral Electric people conti nue to apply
their talents uninterrupted ly to the i mportant an d satisfying work that l ies
ahead. "
Mr. Borch concluded that despite some
conti nu ing inflation wnicn is forecast for
1969, "America and its free enterpris e
system are goi ng to continue to grow,
quantitative l y and qualitati vely, and we
in Gene ral El ectric are going to contri bute to that ~Jrowth ."
Protect Your Car

F red B. Curto , Manag er- P l a n t Utili ties and Maintenance, has n o t e d that
employees who are l eav ing their cars in th e
plant parking l ot ove rnigh t s ho uld park
in Zone 4 n ea r the Gu ard House . By doing
so , the gu ards can keep bette r watch on th e
ca rs.

So many blood donations that it takes

era adding machi ne to get the grc.nd total In Cost Accounting , Judy Cri tzer totals
up ,Jim Kennedy 's donations . Two more pin ts
and .rim will have donated .f'ive ga llons o_f
blood to the Red CPoss pPog ram .
!iis next contribution wil l be made
on Fec'f'Uar-d 12 when the Bloodr;o!-ile visits
the waynesbo Po Plant . Bill ?erry, co- ordinator o.(' the pPogr ClJTI, noted that cards have
been C.istributed ''o r ano;w who wis hes to
sign up to donate . ':he~ carc!.s sl:ould be
completed and yieturned to him today .
~e als o poinied out lhat th~ goal
f or the drive is a t leas f; 250 p-ints of
blood from the ;.;a,i!nesboPo i-' l anl.

Still Time For UVa Classes

The r e is still time t o r egister fo r

Uni ve r s ity of Virginia Sch ool of General
Studies courses being offe red in the
a r ea.
The School' s Va lley Of fi ce in the
Westove r Hills Bui ldin g , Rout e 250 we st
of Waynesboro , wil l be open thi s evening
until 8 p.m . and tomo rr m-.1 f rom 9 : 00 un til
2 : 00.
Most of the c lasses begin next week.
Addi Lion al inf onna ti on is ava i l ab l e i n t he
Re l ation s Office .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERA L@ELECTRIC
Vo lv:T"!e XII I , i.'o . G

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Elec trical iveek- -Mayor Ben Cooper s i gns a

pr oclamation recognizing February 9 - 15 as
Electrical 1./eek in vlaynesboro . Obs eY'Ving
are (~rom left) Joseph F. Ponzillo, General
f;Janager of :JCD; llarren F. Kindt, General
Man.ager of ll2CD : and Harr'!f S . Sechrist,
Manage r of AECES .
Electrical Week Feb. 9-15 Is
Recognized By The City
1'- layo r Been Coope r today i s s ued a pro c l amation nam ing th e week of February 9- 15
Electrical \\'eek in lfaynes boro .

In i ssuing the p r oclamat i on , 1'- !ayor

Cooper sa i d t hat \faynesboro j oins in ob servi ng National El ect ri cal \\'eek whid 1
includes the 122nd annivcrs;:iry of 'ln omas
A . Edi son ' s bi r t h, r:eb ruary 11 .
" Elec t rical ::eek gives us an oppor t unity to recognize t he man y \\ays tha t
e l ectricity serves us da ily in our homes ,
and on our j obs to he lp make our lives more
co.,.-.rtabl e and p r oductive ," 1'-layor Cooper
sa.1..- .
'I11e pr oclama t ion was signed here a t t he
Pl ant in t he presence of the manager s of the
( continued on Page l \vo)

Februar y 7, 1969

WHEREAS

el ectricity and the el ectrica l ind us try contribute su bstantial l y to the

social and economi c s t rength and
growth of Waynesboro, Virgin i a; and

WHEREAS

through extensive research and con tinuing i mprovements the electrical

industry helps l ead the way to human
betterment and the prosperity of
Waynesboro; and

WHEREAS

it is fittin g that a period of time be

set aside to direc t attention to the
importance of public services performed by el ectricity and to encourage safe and efficient use of
el ectricity and el ectrica l eq uipment :

NOW THEREFORE I, Ben Cooper, Mayor, do hereby

proclai m
THE WEE K OF FEBRUARY 9 - 15, 1969, AS
EL ECTRI CAL WEE K
and urge the citi zens of Waynesboro to
participate in t hi s s i gni ficant occasi on.
Parking Lot Speeding Creating A Hazard
Spe eding in t he pla nt pa rking l ot i s going
t o res ult in s omeone b e ing se rious l y injure d,
David L . Cough t ry , Manage r - Manu f a c t uring , n oted
th is we ek .
Mr . Coughtry s t a t ed th a t on e mo rni ng las t
week a large number of car s we re obs e r ved exce eding the 15 m. p . h . speed l i mi t in t he parking l ots . " Some of them we r e a ve r aging 35 - 40
mi l es pe r hour ," h e s aid .
Mo t or i s ts who exceed th e 15 m.p .h. l i mi t
will be i ssued speeding t icke t s , Mr . Coughtry
s t a t ed .

Blood donors still needed .

Contac t

~I .

R. Pe rry .

Page Two

Electrical Week

Relay Sales Rate Is Steady

three components operating here. At the signing were Warren F. Kindt, General Manager of
NECD; Joseph F. Ponzillo, General Manager of
SCD; and Harry S . Sechrist, Manager of AECBS .

Relay sales for the first quarter shou1d

continue at the same rate as the fourth quarter
of 1968, accordinq to Robert C. Gill, Manager
Relay Sales.

Speaking on behalf of the Company in

Waynesboro, Mr. Ponzillo said, "One of .America's
leading industries, the electrical industry,
puts billions of dollars into the economy each
year. It spends more than $2. 5 billion in
research and employs over 3 million Americans."

Mr. Gill noted that two substantial relay

orders have been obtained in the last several
weeks. "These orders for ~-size and 40 mi 11 i watt will help maintain the order rate but
wi 11 not change the forecast, Mr. Gi 11 said.

"Progress in America's industries," Mr.

Ponzillo continued, "is powered by more and
more electricity each year. The amount of
electricity used by manufacturing industries
has increased by 54 per cent since 1956. The
average use of electricity per production
worker has risen about 43 per cent. The
factory employee now gets help from electrically powered equipment equal to the combined
efforts of a work force of 523 persons.
Of all electricity sold, industry uses 45
per cent, residential consumers use 30 per
cent, conunercial consumers use 22 per cent and
govermnent uses about 3 per cent.''

D. C. Law Promoted

In NECD Engineering
Darren B. Schneider, Manager-Engineering,
NECD, this week announced the appointment
of Donald C. Law as Manager for the Turning
Machines Operation Unit in NECD Systems
Engineering. The appointment becomes effective March 1.
In his new position, Mr. Law will work
mainly on numerical control systems for vertical and horizontal lathe machinery manuf acturers.
A Delaware native, Mr. Law received his
B. S. degree in mechanical engineering from
Drexel Institute and did graduate work in
electronics at the University of Pennsylvania
before joining the Specialty Control Department as a design engineer in 1959.
During the past three years he has
served as a Product Planner and a Planning
Specialist in the Market .lusiness Planning
Group here in Waynesboro.
Mr. Law, his wife, Jacqueline, and two
daughters, Carolyn and Holly, reside in
Waynesboro at 545 S. Ellison Lane.

11

He noted that a general decline in the

demand for relays has created stiff competition
between the Specialty Control Department and
its competitors. As a result, Marketing's
field sales group have been called upon for an
all-out effort to obtain orders.
L. L. Trott, Manager-Relays Manufacturing,
also pointed out that the relay business has
remained steady for the past four months.
"Although demand for different types of
relays varies--some up and some down--the total
number of units that are ordered has stay~
consistent," Mr Trott said.
Both Robert Gill and Lou Trott commented
that last year's down turn in demand for
relays affected all relay manufacturers. They
noted that the Specialty Control Department
maintained its relative percentage of the
business. With the competition remaining stiff
Mr. Gill emphasized that the sales group must
continue its all-out pace to obtain orders.
Mr. Trott stated that maximum quality and a
minimum of waste are necessary in production
to maintain and improve our market position.
Standings in the Shenandoah Valley Industrial League following last Friday's bowling
are as follows:
Won

Lost

ASR

14

Crompton II 1
DuPont II 2
DuPont II 1
Dawbarn II 1
G.E. II 1
Dawbam II 2
Crompton II 2
G.E. II 2
Porter

11
11

2
5

10
9
7

5
6

7
9
9

10

11

16

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 7

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

February 14, 1969

~~~~~~~'--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dan Chrismer ( left ) and Dave Sitter inspect

the ifyper- Trol Drive be f or e shipment to the
Miniatur e Lamp Depar tment .
SCD and NECD Cooperate
To Build Hyper- Trol Drive

On January 31, the Specialty Control

Department shipped a l lyper-Tro 1 Dr.~ ve to
the ~liniature Lamp Departrnent in Cleveland .
Therein lies a story of cooperation between
General Electric Departments with lit t le i n
common--except pr ogress for t he Company.
The ~!iniature Lamp Department , which
received the experimental l lyper-Trol Ori ve ,
manufactures lamp-making equi pment fo r other
Departments in the Lamp Di vision .
Through long experience and extensive
kno\\-ho,,, >liniature Lamp has zeroed in on
the critical , limiting factor in lamp-making
equipment . ~!iniature Lamp can build a mach~ that will produce light bulbs at a fa r
ater rate of speed than is presentl y
used , but always the process has been slowed
by the \\inding of the fi l ament for t he bulb.
(continued on Page 1\vo)

William E' . i<iarden (center) receives Silver

Shoes Award from Darren B. Schneider, ManagerEngineering for NECD. Looking on is Gordon
~I . ~ladsworth , ManageP- Systems Engineering .

W . E. Warden Is Cited For Customer Service

William E. Warden of l\ECD Systems Engineering

t oday received the Silver Shoes Award from
t he Company ' s Eastern Region Industri al Sales
Go- for-Improvement Council.
The presentation to Bill Warden was
made by Darren B. Sch neider , Manager - Engineering .
In a let t er to Mr . Sch neider, J. P. Lavery ,
Chai rman for the Go-for- Improvement Council ,
sai d t hat the award was for Bill Warden ' s
" per sonal effor t s in conjunction with t he
des i gn of a Cus t om Mark Century Con t rol fo r
t he Bullard Company . "
The award was established last year by
t he Council to recognize outstanding performance by individuals in other components
of the General Electric Company .
The Silver Shoes Award was conceived in
order to cite employees who "truly place themse l ves in the c ustomer ' s shoes " in p r oviding
service from th i s Company to its customers .

Hyper-Trol Drive

PAGE TWO

(c ontinued from Page One)

SCOGEE Meetings Are Set

In other words, no matter hrnv fast a

lamp-making machine might turn out bulbs,
it can actually operate no faster than
filaments can be wound .

Two SCOGEE membership mee tings have been

set fo r Th ursday , Feb rua r y 27 , 1969 , to
discuss proposed chang es in the by-laws of
the or ganiz ation.

Now , 1vhat has this to do wi th General

Electric in Waynes boro?

The f ir st mee ti ng is se t for 4 P . M.

to accomod at e fact ory personne l, a nd th e
second will be he l d at 4 :4 5 P . M. for offic e
employees who are membe r s . Both meetings will
be held in the plant a udit or i um .

I n t he firs t place, NECD used a new

Hyper-Servo motor, made by the Specialty
~lotor Department in Fort \\ayne, in the
A vote on the proposed ch anges wil l
ne1, 7500 machine t ool control. To do so ,
NECD had to develop their own control for the also be taken at each mee ting . Copies of
motor . ~leanwhile Miniature Lamp was develop- th e presen t by-laws and t he proposed cha nges
ing a brand-new lamp-making machine. But the will be availab l e in the cafeter ia for
old filament -winding problem was s till ther e . study pr io r to the mee t ings .

Drives Engineering set out to develop

a control that 1vould conquer this limitation .
To do so , Drives Engineering made use of the
Vacation Shutdown Repairs W ill Restri ct Services
experience and knowledge of NECD Engineering-the know- how that NECD had gained i n developExtensiYe repair and maintenance 1wrk in
ing a control for the Hyper-Servo mo t or in
both offices and ln.ctory i s schedulen fo r the
the 7500 NC .
summer vacation shutdrnvn. Th:i.s will dr as ticallv
curtail nonnal services in the plant and off]...-\
Dave Sitter of SCD Drives Engineering ,
facilities ! D. L. C.oughtry, ~ lanaeer-~ lanufactu, . . ng
who designed and developed the control for
armowKed this 1veek .
~ lin iature Lamp , called upon Bill Hanger of
During the vacation s hu tdown , se t for
NECD Engineering fo r \!ECD's experience in
~
lonclay
, J uly 7 through Friday , J uly 18, 1969 ,
developing its control .
there will be no hot water or air conditioning i n the buil<l.ing . Also food service wi ll
\l!ith NECD' s cooperation , Drives
be minimal. ~Ir . C.oughtry also said that
Engineering produced the Hyper-Trol for
there "ill be a nu11ber of roped -off areas
Mini ature Lamp . Through long hours of
and smoking will be prohibited .
har d work, experimenting and testing, Dave
Sitter and Lab Technician Dan Chrismer,
spear-headed the product ion of the first
Hyper-Trol unit.
The r esult? If the tests now unden vay
in Cl eveland are successful, ~ l iniature Lamp
will have a brand-new lamp-making machine
for their Division, and this mad1ine will
have a llyper-Trol Drive that licks the
filament-winding limitation--thanks to the
Specialty Control Department and the ~unerica l
Equipment Control Department in Waynesboro.

SVIL Bowling
Bo t h GE teams won in l ast Friday night's
SVIL bowling . GE Ill defeated Dawbarn fl 2
4 t o 0 , and GE fl 2 won over Cromp ton fl 2
3 to 1 . GE Teams fl 1 and fl 2 now rank 6 th
and 7th respec tive l y i n le ague s tandings .
Fo r complete r es ul ts, see the SCOGEE
bulletin boards .

j
Mrs . David Tyler, a Bloodmobile worker, checks
Carl Durrett ' s (Relay s) blood pr essure before
he donates . 'The Bloodmobile collected 235
pin t s here on :-lednesday .

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL@) ELECTRIC
VoZwne XIII, No. 8

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

EXTRA EFFORT BY EMPLOYEES

IS MADE FOR RELAY SALES

On December 31, 1968, Specialty Control

Marketing received word that there. was a possibility of receiving a sizable order for HalfSize Grid Relays fran Hamilton Standard of
Windsor Locks, Corm., provided the plant could
ship 200 units by January 6.

Since the order was not one for a standard type, Relays Engineering had to engineer
special adjust limits. This done, instructions were sent to Relays Manufacturing
Engineering at 3 P.M. on that same day.
Two hundred and fifty relays were difrom another order and reworked to
) required limits by Relays employees who
volunteered to work late on New Year's
Eve.

~ed

Thanks to the extra effort of manufacturing and engineering employees who were concenied with improving the Department's business, the order was shipped on schedule.
Relays
this effort
position to
provided we

Sales now reports that due to

of the factory, we are in a
compete for a much larger order,
can be competitive in pricing.

NEGOTIATIONS NEWS

Following an established practice,

General Electric and UE representatives met
in New York on February 4 for the third in
a series of informal meetings being held
prior to this fall's national negotiations.
Equal employment opportunities and skilled
trades were the topics discussed.
~

There is no evidence that GE's skilled

are too low in the areas which the
Company competes for employees, said James
Reid, Consultant on Employee Relations.
(continued-second column)
x~ces

February 21, 1969

He reminded UE representatives that in the

contract negotiated in 1966, adjustments
were made for all top skills. He reported
that despite highly publicized increases in
construction and the auto industry, the
majority of negotiations in industry still
do not result in special increases for skilled
trades.
He urged that further studies be made of
the entire skilled trades situation, and UE
representatives agreed that this was necessary.
Turning to equal employment opportunity,
the Company's chief spokesman, E. W. Bickford,
pointed out that all General Electric components must comply with defense contractor
guidelines on fair employment even though some
do no defense work.
Mr. Bickford reminded the UE representatives that the Company has been trying to
practice equal employment for decades and
had put its policy in writing in the mid-1930's,
long before the government emphasis on the
matter.
TAX REPORTING FOR
S&S PLAN IS EXPLAINED

Most participants in the Savings and

Security Program will have to report a certain amount of the 1968 payout (received a
year ago) as taxable incane for that year.
Personnel Accounting Supervisor L. F.
Beckerle states that if y~u received a payout last year, you should locate the combined
"Annual Statement" and "Tax Infonnati on Statement" issued last fal 1. This statement will
be needed in making out the 1968 federal income tax return due in April.
Last year, for the first time, each
participant's S &SP Annual Statement and Tax
Infonnation Statement were issued as one report.
(continued on Page Two)

PAGE TWO
Tax Reporting . . .

(continued from Page One)

The combined report furnished a 11 status of account 11 as we 11 as tax information on the
l atest payout. A tear- off stub furnished a
duplicate of the tax information and partici pants were asked to file the report for tax
return use this year.
The amount of income to be reported as a
resu l t of the 1968 payout is shown on the
statement, Beckerle points out. He emphasizes
that the S &SP payout just made shou l d not be
reported i n returns now being filed. 11 State ments on the 1969 payout wi l l be i ssued later
t hi s year and the taxab l e i ncome is to be re ported in 1970 on returns covering 1969 i ncome,11 he said.
H. E. VIGOUR COMPLETES
THIRTY YEARS WITH THE COMPANY

Hervey E. Vigour, Senior Development Engineer in NECD, celebrated his thirtieth anniversary with General Electric yesterday.
Herv' s first position with the Company
was in Schenectady where
he began work on Feb.
20, 1939, in the Radio
Transmitter Department.
That same year he also
held an assignment in
Pittsfield, Mass. From
there he returned to
Schenectady.
He transferred to
the Specialty Control
Department in Waynesboro
in March, 1955, shortly after the plant opened
here. He began working with nl.D'Tler1cal control
engineering in 1956 and was assigned to NECD
after the department was established last year .
Herv Vigour

A native of Kansas , he attended the University of Kansas and received his BSEE in 1938.
Herv commented yesterday that the most re markable thing about his thirty years with
General El ectric has been the continually accelerating pace of technological change and the
way the Company has been able to follow that
change in its development.
Jay H. Co le expresses his appreciation
to all those who made blood donations on
behalf of his father during his illness.

GE EMPLOYEE IS PATIENT
AT REHABILITATION CENTER

Waynesboro physician Dr . J . T . O'Hanlan ,.-...

and Bob Blankenship of the Relations Section
in the Communications Products Dept . in
Lynchburg have both urged Waynesboro's GE
employees to visit a Lynchburg employee now
in the Woodrow Wi ls on Rehabilit a tion Center
in Fishersville.
Harold Martin , a production control clerk
in CPD's Metal Parts Area in Lynchburg, suffered a broken neck last September while
diving into a swimming pool. Paralyzed as a
result of the injury, he is now a patient at
WWRC where he is beginning his rehabilitation
training.
Dr . O'Hanlan , who is assisting in his
care, said that he is progressing nicely but
it would be beneficial to h ave visitors with
whom he could "talk shop." Martin has been
at WWRC for a month and may remain for about
two years .
SCOGEE TO VOTE ON BY - L AWS
~

SCOGEE members will vote on proposed cha._0 cs

in the organization's by- laws at t wo meetings
scheduled for next Thursday, Feb. 27, 1969.
The first meeting is set for 4 P.M. to
accommodate plant personnel and the second
will be held at 4:45 P.M. for office employees. Both meetings will be held in the
plant auditorium.
DANCE PLANNED FOR MARCH 8

SCOGEE has aga in made arrangements to cosponsor a dance with the DuPont Recr eation
Association . The dance, scheduled for Saturday,
March 8, 1969 , will be held at the D.lPont
Recreation Center. Music will be provided by
the Royal Virginians.
Tickets will be $2.50 for members and $4
for non-members for the semi-formal affair.
Employees should contact Barbara Fickes for
res ervations .
The "Sto ck Price" and Fund Unit Price "
for the month of January , 1969 a re:
Stock :
Fund Unit :

$9 1. 6 70
27.797

See t he Bulletin Boards for SVIL Bowling

Scores.

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XIII, No . 9

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

GENERA L MANAGERS OF
SCD AND NECD
EXCHANGE POSIT IONS

The exchange of positions for Mr . Kindt

and Mr. Ponzillo becomes effective tomorrow.
As announced earlier this week by Dr. L. T .
l~adcr, Vice President and General Manager of
the Industrial Process Control Division, ~1r.
Iv. r:. Kindt will become General ~ lanager of
the Specialty Control Department , and Mr .
J. r:. Ponz illo \\ill become General ~ lanager of
the NLDnerical Equipment Contro l Depart ment.
Both ~Ir . Kindt and Mr. Ponzillo Hill
continue to maintain their headquar ters
~c at the Waynesboro Plant.
However ,
,y will switch offices in order t o be
closer to their respective staffs. Mr.
Kindt will be located in Room 12 7 and Mr .
Ponzillo in Room 131 .
P RESIDENT NIXON DEFINES HIS
LABOR POLICY A S , "HANDS OFF"

Feb ruary 28, 2969

It ' s anticipated that intervention

will be handled largely by the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service . Business
f.leek reported this month that the " respo nsi bility (of settling difficult disputes) is
expected to be the jiggest in the agency ' s
dozen years of existence. 11
Mr. Shultz told a news conference that
disputes in which he gets personally involved \vill, he hopes , be "f ew and far
between. " His own belief, he said, is that
unions and management are the " real experts "
and it is up to them to work out their
pr ob l ems . "My i nstinct would be to leave
matters as much as possible in their hands ."
MECHANICAL PRODUCTS AREA
MAKES SPECIAL EFFORT
FOR A CUSTOMER

NEC D' s Ind ustrial Automation Sales has

commended t he Mech ani cal Prod11cts area f or
a speedy re -work job fo r a customer .

Both President Nixon and Secretary of

Labor George P . Shultz have indicated t hat
they hope to keep a "hands off " policy
toward majo r labor disputes during the
present Adminis t ration .

The GE Se r vi ce Shops of Schene cta dy ,

a buyer of numerical control s, speci f i ed
t he wrong pi ckup units for one of the i r
contr ol s. They nee ded t he correct un i ts to
ship the i r equi pment prior to the end of
December t o meet the i r customer ' s require ments .

On Oc t ober 21 , 1968, Mr. Nixon said,

"I do not agree wi th those who say t hat
government should sit at every bargaining
table . That would dest r oy collec t ive
bargaining and undermi ne f ree en t erprise ...
The Feder al government will step in only
when the failure of t hat process endangers
the health or sa fety of our nation, or when
other l egis l ation such as t he Rai lway
Labor Act requires it . "
,-.

Whi le the units were be ing fl own to

Waynes boro, special gears were secured fro~
Ri chmo nd. One day later the Servi ce Shops
rep resentati ve was on hi s way back to
Schenectady wi t h the rebuilt pi ckup units,
t hanks to the outstandi ng performance of
the Mechanical Products operati on under G. H.
Sheffer.

lf the goverrunent has to get i n , Mr .

Nixon said, "that intervention must be as
a neutral, favoring neither management ::.. or
labor. "
(continued nex t co l umn)

Ef forts like this keep customers comi ng

back to Genera l El ectri c- -and to Waynesboro .
I n addi t i on to qual i ty and competitive
prici ng, our customers are looking for se rvi ce wh en t hey need i t.

PAGE 1WO
STRIKE IDLENESS HIGH

SCOGEE SPIKERS ARE

VOLL YBALL CHAMPS

Time lost nationally because of strikes

during 1968 came to 0.27% of estimated working time, up from 0.25% in 1967 and the highest ratio for any year since 1959, the U. S.
Dept. of Labor's Board of Labor Statistics
%eports.

The SCOGEE Spikers have won the city

recreation department's volleyball league
championship in regular season play. In
the last of the season's 9 matches, the
Spikers defeated the Brandon Bullies,
2 out of 3 games.

Total stoppages begun during 1968 came

to 4,950, up some 7% from 1967. Workers
involved totaled 2.6 million, and man days
idle came to 47.3 million. The largest
strike of last year, at AT&T, involved
some 250,000 workers and lasted 18 days.

The Spikers team consists of Ralph

Wimmer, Will Sutphin, Tom Kyzer, Don
Hughes, Frank Polito, Army Wellford, Bill
Prudhomme, Ray Conner, Jack Swnmerford, Paul
Stoner and John Dvorscak.

NOTABLE QUOTE

"One fact of life, which in my opinion

too feuJ ~in this country understand, is that
the foreign buyer, as well as the foreign
seller, is the unseen thir-d party at the
negotiating tab le betUJeen U. S. management
and labor." -- John C. Trackman, president
of BrOlJJn Boveri & Co. 's U. S. operation.
EMPLOYEES EDUCATIONAL LOAN
PROGRAM - 1969

The General Electric Company has continued for use during the next academic
year its program of educational loans for
college study by Company employees, certain
fonner employees, or their children.
Under this program, department general
managers and service managers may lend the
following amotmts to an eligible individual
for full time college study for himself or
his children:
Amaximun of $1,000 for the education
of any one student (employee or child of
an employee) in any calendar year.
A maximum of $4,000 outstanding for the
education of any one student during the
tenn of such education (including graduate
or professional school study).
A maximum of $8,000 for the education
of two or more children outstanding at one
time during the tenn of such education
(:including graduate or professional study).

Other teams in the league are the

Shamrock Toads and the SCOGEE Inmates.
This year's win was the second championship
in a row for the Spikers.
SVIL BOWLING

In last Friday's bowling, GE Team #2

defeated Dawbarn #1 three to one, and GE
Team Ill split with Crompton Ill two all.
GE #1 now ranks fourth in league standings and GE #2 is eighth among the ten teams.
See the bulletin boards for complete
results.
SCOGEE-DUPONT DANCE
SET FOR MARCH 8

SCOGEE and the DuPont Recreation

Association will jointly sponsor a dance at
the DuPont Recreation Center on Saturday,
March 8, 1969. Music will be provided by the
Royal Virginians.

Interest at a rate established by the

Company on the date the loan is made will
be charged fran that date. The rate of
interest in effect is 6 3/4% per annun.
Educational loans may be granted by
the Company to employees and their children
in several categories. The types of
schools for which loans may be granted
range from 2-year jtmi~ colleges through
~
graduate schools
For further infonnation, interested
employees should contact W. R. Perry, Specialist-Benefits, in Pmployee Relations.

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GEN ERAL @ELECTRIC

Volwne XII, No . 10

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

COMPANY RESU LTS IN 1968 :

JOBS, COSTS, SALES ARE UP

The Company ' s worldwide employment

averaged nearly 400 , 000 l as t year, wi th
305,000 of these in the United States,
announced Chariman Fred J . Barch . The
mrrnber of GE jobs in t he U.S . was at an
a11-time high.
Empl oyee compensation, including
benefits, rose 9 ~ from $3 ,081,695 ,000
in 1967 to $3 , 366,281,000 in 1968 , both
because of increased empl oyment and pay
boosts . Materials and other costs also
increased 9% , from $4 , 018 , 602 ,000 i n 1967
_ .-_ J $4,367,538,000 in 1968, for a 1968
total of $7,733 , 819, 000 in compensation,
benefits , materials and other costs .
Earnings of General Electric in the
fourth quarter of 1968 rose to $122,815,000 or $1.35 a s~are , up aln1ost 10% from
$ll2 , 038 , 000 or $1. 24 a share in the
f inal quarter of 1967 .
Fourth-quarter sales were $2 ,357 ,534 , 000, an incn~ase of 8% over sales of
$2 ,174 , 902 , 000 in ~1e last quarter of
1967 .
Sales for tne full year 1968 were a
record $8 , 381, 633 ,000, a rise of 8% over
~1e 1967 total.
Earnings for the year
totaled $357,107,000 or $3 . 95 a share ,
a l i_ttle below the record level of
$4 . 01 a share in 1967 .

FACTORS AFFECTING EARNI NGS

,-.

Mr . Barch noted that 1968 earnings

had been affected by the federal i ncome
tax surcharge and i ncreases in the cost
of l abor and materials . He added that

March

?, 1969

the Company's rapid sales growth has itself

been a limiting factor on ean1i ngs , " requiring new investments in plant and equipment both in our new ventures and in many
of our established businesses as well."
Annual e:>-.-pendi tures for plant and equipment
have more than tripled since 1960 . They
totaled $514 ,700,000 in 1968 .
Nevertheless , Mr . l3ord1 said, "our
steady sales growth over the past four
year s gives the Company its s trongest
long-tenn opportunity to improve earnings . 11
Until the fourth quarter, earnings
last year were running behind 1967 by
6%. The $1 . 35 per share earned in the
final period is the highest the Company
has recorded for a single quarter .
Mr . Bord1 said mud1 of l ast year ' s
sales growth came from ne,, businesses
General Electric has developed in the
l ast half dozen years . llowever, sales
\vere up in mos t of the Company ' s ol der
established businesses, too, and ivere
particularly strong in comsl.lll1er products
and in equipment for electric utili ties .
BURLINGTON, IOWA, PLANT
VOTES NO UNION
Production and maintenance employees of the Low Voltage Switchgear Department ' s Burlington , I owa, p l ant voted
February 20 to remain without a union .
The results : no union- 224; IAM- 1 5 1 ;
void- 2 .
This was the fifth representation
election at Burlington -- two in which
the IAM and three i n which the I UE un successfully sought to r epres ent the
employees .

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7500 NUMERICAL CONTROL
NOW CUTTING CHIPS,
MAJOR PROGRAM IS COMPLETE

Last week, one of NECD's customers began cutting tests using the new 7500 Series
Numerical Control. These were the first
chips to be cut using the integrated circuits control and represent the culmination
of a major Engineering program that began
four years ago.
Since that time, approximately 550,000
Engineering man hours have gone into the
design and Engineering of the 7500 Numerical Control. The first customer to cut
chips is Brown &Sharpe, North Kingston,
R. I., using a 3-axis positioning control
on their hydro-tape drill.
The acutalization of cutting metal
is a welcome milestone in an extensive
Engineering program and signals the
beginning of a new era for Mark Century
controls in worldwide industry.
COOPERATION IN SCD
MEETS CUSTOMER NEEDS

SCD's Specialty Electronic Devices

business, like the power regulation business mentioned in last week's NEWS , is a
long-cycle business. Generally, when a
customer outlines a requirement for a new
Specialty device, development and production
may take a year or more before deli very
can be made.
Concern for customer requirements and
a desire to improve the Department's
business can produce the extra effort to
shorten this cycle. Such was the case
when Idea-Mation, Inc., a new company in
Martinsville, Va., came to the Specialty
Control Department last October.
Idea-Mation has developed and is marketing a method of automatically dispatching materials for production in textile
plants. As part of the system, they re. quired a code-reading system to identify
co~e patterns in distributing materials to
different parts of a mill.
When Idea-Mation came to SCD, they had
already found that conventional optical

systems would not endure because of vaporized oil and spray which would fog lenses.
Also, mechanical limit switches simply
wore out too fast.
Specialty Electronic Devices concluded
that the best solution would be a magnetic
sensing approach which would solve both
problems. A proposal and cost estimate
were prepared by Engineering, and a proposal made to Idea-Mation in mid-December.
Idea-Mation replied that they liked
the proposal and wished to purchase the
units. However, they needed delivery by
March. Following a normal schedule, SCD
could not make delivery for such a new
product before fall.
Since the custom.er could not wait until
fall, SCD Marketing, Engineering and Manufacturing personnel discussed the problem
and then agreed that they would make shipment of the first units in June.
To do so, required completion of the
prototype by February, Engineering did '
the job. Between December 26 and February
1 the prototype was built. It was shipped
to Idea-Mation, found satisfactory, and
the order is being placed. SCD will
begin delivery of the units in mid-June.
To speed up the schedule in this way
is an excellent example of maximum cooperation between sections in order to meet
customer requirements. This kind of
performance keeps our business healthy.
SVIL BOWLING

In last Friday's SVIL Bowling League,

GE Team # 1 defeated Porter 4-0; and GE
Team # 2 defeated Dawbarn # 2, 4-0. Of the
League's ten teams, GE # 1 now ranks fourth
with a 20-12 record, and GE # 2 is sixth
with a 15-17 record. See the bulletin
boards for complete results.
SCOGEE DANCE

The SCOGEE-DuPont Dance will be held

tomorrow evening at the DuPont Recreation
Center. Music will be by the Royal
Virginians.

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GEN ERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volw>Jc

XIII,

t:o .

11

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

B USIN ESS N OTE S

Relays Ma r ket-- Re lays market continues to
appear t o hav e l evele d o ff, bu t price c ompetition continues t o g r ow ti ghte r. Howe ver ,
SCD does ap pea r to be ma int aini ng i t s posi tion in t he r e l ay~ ma rke t.
Or der Re ceived--Orde r s f or th e mag n e tic co d e
r ead ing system (re por t e d in th e NEWS March
7) has b een r ece i '1e d f r om I dea- Ma t ion , In c .
Units a r e t o be s hipped beginn ing June 13,
1969 , and e xte nding throu gh J un e , 1970 .
Hypcr-T ro l Drive--The Hy per-Tr o l Driv e
( see NEWS , Febru ary 14) has been de live red
to t h e Minia t u r e Lamp Dep a r tmen t and i s
now ope r a tin g sa t is fac t orily on a f il ament
windi ng machine . Mini a tu re Lamp r e p o rts
,.,..-.t:hey are p l e ase d \v i t h t h e i n itia l s u ccess .
Order Lost--A l a r ge order for military q ua l i fied ha l f - s iz e r e .l ays was l os t t o a com pe ti t or . SCD ' s r e l ay cos t Kas above the :soin g
market p r ice .
Data Comm uni c atio n Printer- - S i x pre- pro du ction Termi '.'\et mach ines h ave been ch e cked
out by Eng inee r ing a n d f ive of these h ave
been g iven t o Manu f ac t u ring f or as semb l y
into cases .

T W O EMPL OY EES G RA N T ED PA TENTS

Patent Couns e l M. Masnik anno un ce d

t hi s wee k t hat patents have been i ss ued
t o t wo employees in t he Hay nesboro Pl an t .
A patent was i ss ued i n t he name of
Geo rge Lukens , ~g r . -Circ u its & Components
De velo pme nt Opera t i on, NECD Enginee ring , for
an in venti on re lati ng to an arran geme nt
f or s ubtracti ng two numbers emp l oy ing
r eg i s te rs ope r ati ng in a bi nary coded
deci ma l radi x system .
~~

A patent fo r an i nventi on was al so

awarde d i n the names of Edward H. Dinger,
De vel opment Speci al ist , SC D Eng ineering,
(cont inued on Page Two)

March 14, 1969

GENER A L E L ECTR IC BA R G AI N ING

INVO L V E S FIVE S TEPS

During this year , t he Company wi ll ente r

inlo negotiations with t he unions which represent employee.., in plants ihroughou-c the
country . Yhi le less than ha l r or oui employees ar e represented by wiions , the out come of thes e negoti ations and whether or
not they are concluded peace fu lly cou l d hav e
a seri ous e ffect on t he entire Company .
For this r eason, it i s essential that every
employee understands the importance of a
sound settlement . In this e:onnnection,
vlaynesboro Planl News presents the j'irst of
a series of articles ex plaining the Company 's
five - step approach to bargaining .
STLP II I :

PRLNLCOTIATION PRLPARJ\TIO. S

" Doi ng its homewor k" i s a phr ase com monl y use<l t o describ e the firs t o f the
Company ' s five - s t ep appruad 1 to barga in ing
\\'ith the W1ions 1vhich r epr esent General
Electri c employees . As 1vi th any othe r mat t er that has a11 important bearing on our
bus i ness , prc puri.ng for ncgoti. a tions re quire s constant s tudy and invo lves the f ullt ime effor ts 0 r many peopl e throughout the
Company .
What do t hese people s tu<ly? Ile re arc
a fe1v examples- -the future outlook of our
various businesses , t he cow1try ' s economi c
condition , the federal wage guidepos t s , reports from GE plants about emp l oyee 1,an t s
and needs , suggcs tions f rom pl a11t manage rs
on possib l e improvements , publ ic annoW1ccmen t s
of uni on offi cial s about i mpr ovements t hei r
membe r s hould 1 i kc to have , an d many other
i t ems .
\vl1il e th e Company continues t o gather
s ud1 in form a tion i.n preparat i on for negotiations , unions conduct the i r 0\'11 i ndepe nde nt
s tudy of t hose t opi cs t hey expect t o expl o r e
1-:ith t he Company <luri ng negotiations .

!3y doing its hanework, each s i<le will

(continued on Page 1\vo)

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BARGAINING . ( con t'd page l)

be better prepared to enter serious and

fruitful negotiations which hopefully will
finally result in a peaceful, mutually
satisfactoiy settlement.
CONNECTICUT PLANT CLOSING

A plan to phase out electric housewares manufacturing operations at the New

Britain, Conn., plant next spring has been
announced by the Company.

the
the
the
has

According to the Housewares Division,

phase out action is necesarv because
three and one-half year effort to turn
plant into a sound business operation.
not been successful.

ASME TO MEET MARCH 20

Guest speaker at the Ladies 1 s Night

meeting of the Shenandoah section of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
will be Mr. Lewis P. Shannon of DuPont's
Public Relations Department, Wilmington,
Del aware.

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The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 P.M.

Thursday, March 20, at Granny's Coach House
in Staunton. Mr. Shannon will discuss
"Spacecraft in Trouble, a comparison of the
eartn to a spacecraft, in which he talks about
depletion of natural resources, environmental pollution, and world hunger.
11

lnfonnation regarding the meeting may

obtained from Bart Conlon or Tom Haught.
CAFETERIA SEEKS COOPERATION

The Company is assisting employees in

finding other suitable employment.
JOHN S. SJOSTROM

Food Services Specialist W. R. Perry

today asked that all employees give special
attention to the self-bussing system in the
cafeteria.

Waynesboro Plant employees were saddened this week to learn of the death of John
S. Sjostrom. Mr. Sjostrom died Monday,
March 10, following an illness of several
months.

"A number of employees are leaving

dishes and trash on the tables, particular)~
at 7: 30 and 8:00 A.M. and at 4 :00 and 4: 30
~
P.M. , " he noted.

Mr. Sjostrom joined the Company at the

Waynesboro Plant on February 28, 1955, as
an Engineering Assistant. He
was promoted to Engineer in

Mr. Periy asked that eveiyone using the

cafeteria be mindful of the self-bussing
system and properly dispose of dishes and
trash.

~.;

~956thansdchoeEld ~ario~s psosit~ons

in e
ng1neer1ng ect1on.
At the time of his death, he
was Supervisor-Evaluation
Relays in the Engineering Lab.

Funeral services were held for Mr.

Sjostrom in Louisa, Va., on Wednesday. He
is survived by his wife and two daughters.
BLUE RIDGE CLASSES OFFERED

Copies of Blue Ridge Conuntnlity College's

list of courses being offered in evening
classes this spring are now available in
the Relations Office.
Blue Ridge's spring quarter will offer
a variety of technical courses relating to
business and manufacturing. For a copy of
the schedule, see Maiy Ann .Antonoplos in
the Relations Office.

SCOGEE CIRCUS TRIP

A bus trip to Washington to see the

Ringling Bros. and Barntun &Bailey Circus
on Saturday, March 29, is being jointly
sponsored by SCOGEE and the Du.Pont Recreation
Association.
The bus will depart from the DuPont
Recreation Hall at 9:00 A.M. and return
arotnld 9: 00 P .M. Reservation infonnation
should be obtained from J. R. Bodkin before
March 19.
PATENTS (cont'd from Page One)

and W. L. McNai r, a fonner Wa.vnesboro employee. The invention related to a circuit

for controlling full-wave power to a motor~
so that the speed is unaffected by load current at the beginning of each half cycle.
SEE THE BULLETIN BOARDS FOR BOWLING NEWS

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GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 12

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Ma:rch 21 , 1969

GENERAL ELECTRIC
BARGAINING INVOLVES FIVE STEPS

This is the second in a series of articles explaining General Electric 's five - step
approach to collective bargaining . Step No.
1 concerned pre- negotiation prepa:ration .
Har lOIJ

Musick

FOREMEN CHANGES ARE ANNOUNCED

Two foremen changes were announ ced this

week in the Manufacturing Section. C. Bill
Musick has been promoted to Foreman-Quality
Control, 2nd shift, effective March 17,
according to D. L. Coughtry, Manager- Manufacturing, SCD.
Mr . Musick will replace George E. Har' as the 2nd shift Q. C. Foreman. Mr.
Harlow, effective March 24, moves to a
new assignment as Foreman, Data Communications Printer Assembly. In this post, he
will replace Martin A. Hill, who will be
transferring t o another MMP assignment,
Mr. Coughtry stated.
Mr. Musick, who joined the Specialty
Control Department in 1959, is a graduate
of Washington County (Va.) Technical School.
Prior to joining the Company, he completed
a tour in the Air Force as an electronics
technician.
He has held various testing and technician jobs in the Waynesboro Plant. Before
his promotion to foreman, he was a design
techni cian in Quality Information Equipment.
George Harlow has held the position of
Foreman, Q. C., 2nd sh ift, s ince April 1,
1966 . A native of Lexington, Va ., he
gained his e l ectronics background in the
armed forces . He joined the Company at
the Waynesboro Plant in 1958.
.-...,

STRIKES OCCUR AT
TWO PLANT LOCATIONS

Ontario, Calif .: Members of UE Local 1012

at the Housewares Division's Ontario Plant
remained on strike at press time.
Approximately 700 employees are en( continued on Page Two)

STEP NO . 2:

DISCUSSIONS WITI-1 UNIONS

The second of General Electric ' s f ive point approach to collective bargaining centers arolll1d discuss ions with lfilions. Once
the Company has "done its homework" by re viewing rj1e results of the year-long research on present and future business conditions, employee desires, costs of various
improvements, and many other matters, the
management team enters into detailed discussions with lfilion r epresentatives. Through
such meetings, the Company explores with
the lll1ions all those matters which are open
for negotiation and exchanges views with the
lfilions on the pros and cons of al ternate
courses of action .
Discussions of this type serve to pro-
vi de ead1 party with the other's viewpoint
and give the Company a clear idea of the
relative importance l.ll1ion representatives
give to the various topics being discussed.
PARKING LOT SPEEDING
HAZARDS CONTINUE

Speeding in the plant parking lots con tinues to create a hazard as a sma ll group
of employees still do not observe the 15
mph speed li mi t, F. B. Curto, Mgr. -Plant
Uti li ties &Main tenance noted this week .
In spite of a request in the NEWS of
Feb ruary 7, for observance of the speed
limi t, a few people continue to i gnore the
posted speed limits, Mr. Curto said .
He al so poin ted out that, if the violations persist, it may beco111e necessary
to increase the height of traffic control
bumps in the parking lots in order to slow
down the speeders.

PAGE TWO
Strikes . . . (cont'd from page I)

gaged in the stvike, which began Feb111ary

20, while about 200 have continued to work.
The tmion claims the strike is over nine
expired grievances.
Plant management fotmd it necessary
to obtain an injtmction to reduce the
munber of pickets from 100 to two at each
gate. The injtmction remains in force
as the strike continues.
Schenectady, N. Y.: Some 700 employees
at the Small Ac Motor &Generator Dept.
retuTiled to work yesterday with virtually no change in the circumstances surrotmding a strike which began March 11.
IUE Local 301 cited use of video
tape equipment in the plant as the
reason for the strike. The Dept. has
been using such equipncnt for the past
six years.
UNION ELECTION AT
MERCED, CALIFORNIA

Employees voted on February 28 to

have the Teamsters continue to represent
them at the Distribution Transformer Department's plant in Merced, Calif. The
results: Tearnsters-56; no union-46;
UE-4.

In May, 1967, less than five months

after the Merced Plant began operating
with only 40 production and maintenance
employees working, the NLRB held a representation election which the Teamsters
won.
After nearly a score of negotiating
sessions, no contract could be reached.
In July, 1968, the Company stated that
the Teamsters did not represent a majority
of Merced employees and that therefore
it did not recognize the union as their
representative.
The Teamsters filed an unfair labor
practice charge, which was dismissed by
the NLRB. The union then filed for the
election.which was held February 28.
FOUR PATENTS ARE ISSUED
TO EMPLOYEES

Three Waynesboro Plant employees have

had patents issued in their names, Patent
Council M. Masni k announced this week.
Mr. L.U.C. Kelling, NECD Engineering,
has been awarded two patents, bringing
to twenty the number issued in his name.
Of the two just awarded, one is for an in-

vention relating to a velocity control

circuit for numerical contouring controls
and the other is for an invention relating
to digital contouring control circuits
for limiting the absolute feed-rate of multiaxis machine tools.
Mr. E. B. McDowe 11, SCD Engineering,
received his fifty patent for an invention
relating to a differential amplifier to
eliminate leakage current problems with
amplifiers for photoelectric cells.
Mr. D. N. Sitter, SCD Engineering, received his first patent for an invention
relating to an amplifier for a photocell
that isolates variations in cell current.

SCOGEE SOLICITS NOMINATIONS

Nominations for SCOGEE officers and

a board of directors for the year commencing
June 1, are now open for the period March

21 through March 28. To nominate an individual, print the name in the appropriate
space below and deposit in the boxes provide~
in the cafeteria.
f
'
Anyone nominated for office should be
a qualified member of SCOGEE willing to
perform the duties of the office to which
he or she may be elected. The election will
be held during the week of April 14.
OFFICERS
President
Vice President
Secretary__________~--~----~~~~~-Treasurer

--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

--~~~~~~----~~~---

--~------~~~~~~----~--~

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Special Activities__~~~~------~----
Cultural
5 o c i al ~-----------------------------Recreation & Athletics
Publicity__~----~--~~~~~~~~~-Membership__~--~--~--~----~~~--~
Building Fund__~~~~~~~~~--~~~
Finance
------~~~~~~~~~~--~~~

--~~~~~~~~--

~~--~~~--~~~~~~----~~

BOWLING NEWS

In SVIL Bowling, GE Teams # 1 and # 2

rank 4th and 5th respectively in the standinr~
in the league.' s ten teams. See the bulletin
.
boards for more information concerning
-bowling and tennis scores.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL @ ELECTRIC

Volwne XIII, No . 13

WAYN ESBORO, V IRGINIA

QUAL ITY IS FOREMOST CONCERN IN

AECB S PROD UCTS FOR L UNAR MO DULE

15th ANNIV ERSARY OF

GR OU N D - BREAKING IS TOMORROW
Fi fteen years ago tomorrow, March 29 ,
1954, g r ound-breaking ceremonies for the
Waynesboro Pl ant were held . Dr. Louis T.
Rader, who was then the first Genera l Manager
of the new Specia l ty Control Depar t ment,
shook hands wi th Waynesboro Mayor Harper A.
Browe r .
The actu al ground- breaking occurred
when Dr. Rade r and Mayor Brower cl aspe d
hands and comp l eted an e l ect rical ci rcui t
which r e l eased a shove l in f r ont of the
pla t form.
Dr. Rader t ol d the audien ce of approxima t e l y 500 th at the Company expect ed t o s tart
-~e ope r ations i n the new building i n the
.t e r part of 1954 and to be in f ull produc tion by the en d of 1955 , and t h at the
Department would eventually employ 500
people .

G E N E RAL ELECTRIC BARGAINI NG

INV OLVES FIV E S TE PS

This is t he third in a series of articles explaining General Ele ctric 's five step approach to collective bargaining .
Steps # 1 and # 2 dealt wi th pre- negotiation preparation and discussions with
mions .

STEP # 3: MAKING THE OFFER

In negotiati ons, the Comp any st udies

all available fac ts in advance , pays careful attention t o union propos al s, makes a
full and fair offer t he first ti me, modi~ s the offer on the basis of new or
1nged facts , and t ries to keep employees
rully infonned. Let's tal k about Step # 3-making the offer.
(continued on Page Two , column 2)

March 28, 1969

In

Buildi~

Eight, Kenneth Mor ris (left) and

Morris , both of Aerospace Q. C., pre pare to test a control unit for the Lmar
Module descent stage . The unit wiZZ be sUD jecte d to vibrations that simulate flight
condi tion.s.
Rob~rt

The Apollo 9 flight, which successfully

compl eted its mission on March 13, 1969,
carried equipnent manufactured by General
Electric here the Waynesboro Pl ant, according to H. S. Sechrist, Manager of the
Aerospace Electrical Control Business Sect i on .
The earth orbital flight of Apollo 9,
the first manned flight of the Apollo Lunar
Modul e, represents a major step in the
Uni t ed States ' space program. The Lunar
Module is the first vehicle designed to l and
American astronauts on the moon ' s surface and
start them on their return to earth .
The flight of Apollo 11 lat er this year
wi ll be of special interes t to empl oyees in
the Waynesbo ro Plant. Astronaut Mi chael
Collins, United States Air Force, who was
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Lunar Module (cont'd)

PAGE TWO

Bargaining (cont'd)

recently selected as Command Module pilot

for Apollo 11, visited the Plant in October,

The Company attempts to include in its

initial bargaining proposals everything it
1964.
believes to be the right thi.ng to do, thus ,-..-.
During his visit, the S~~cialty Control
making it unnecessary for a show of bellige,
Department employees presented him with a
ence by union officials in order to get the
gold relay made in the fonn of a papetweight.
right offer.
The relay was a replica of those which will
After making this full offer, the Combe used aboard the spacecraft in which Colonel pany understandably stands fi nn. un 1ess new
Collins will orbit the moon.
or changed facts are introduced calling for
The Ltmar Module, designed and built
reconsideration. This procedure is in marked
for National Aeronautics and Space .Adminiscontrast to auction-type bargaining, which can
tration's Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston,
start out with unrealistic claims on both
Te..~as, by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Cansides and then lead to drawn out haggling.
pany, Bethpage, New York, contains control
Advocates of auction-type bargaininq
equipment for electrical power distribution
propose that the union should start out dewhich is engineered and manufactured here.
manding far more than it really expects to
AECBS provides four different pieces of conget, while the employer offers originally far
trol equipnent to Gnmnnan. This equipment
less than he really expects to give. At the
is used in the distribution of the Module's
last minute, negotiators dicker to agreement
electrical power.
at about the level they know they would
Essentially all of the Ltmar Module's
reach from the beginning. But, all too often,
electrical power is supplied from special
one fumbles in his attempts to outbluff the
batteries which are located in the vehicle.
other. and an unnecessary and costly strike
This equipment is used to cormect the batensues.
tery power to various power circuits.
We do not think this kind of bargaining
The Ltmar Module program at the Waynesis appropriate today ... particularly in a
boro Plant has involved over Jne htmdred
Company as well known as General Electric for
people in the engineering and manufacturing
planning in depth.
~
developnent phases, and has been l.lllder the
We feel it is entirely possible to trar. -,
direction of Mr. James L. Bowen, Ltmar
late the Company's years of study and work
Module Program Manager in AECBS. Assemblers
in employee relationships and its intensive
were given intensive training to provide
research of bargaining factors into an offer
the special skills and knowledge necessary
that is fairly based on all available facts.
to build the equipment to meet the demanding
We think an offer based on all the facts from
requirements of outer space.
all sources will be fair and worthy of firmness.
The assembly work was done in special
PAY LOSSES FROM STRIKES
"clean room" areas. The design and qualiCONTINUE
fications testing of the equipnent covered
a period of over two years, including
General Electric employees at several loexhaustive testing at the Co~pany's Space
cations continue to lose pay as a result of
Technology Center at Valley ~orge, Penna.,
strikes. At press time, the following details
in addition to the testing here.
were available:
Mr. Sechrist connnented, "The quality
control aspect is paramotmt in manufacturing
Ontario, Calif. - Some 700 employees of the
equipment for the space program. Here in
Housewares Division Plant remain out on a
Waynesboro, we must test equipment tmder
strike which began February 20. An injunction
conditions that exceed the flight condition
limiting picketers to two at the gate remains
extremes."
in force.
Testing of electrical control equipment
Fort Wayne, Ind.- Members of IUE Local 901 reinvolves environmental testing as well as
turned to work at the General Electric plant
extensive electrical testing. In Building
following a two day walkout over eight exhausted
Eight equipment for the Ltmar Module is
grievances. The walkout was supported by the
subjected to vibrations simulating those
IAM lodge.
~
which occur during lift-off and flight of
Allentown, Penna. - Approximately 900 employ
the spacecraft. The equipment is also
participated in a one day strike last Friday
tested for perfonnance tmder extreme temcalled by UE Local 128.
peratures which would exist 100 to 300
Coshocton, Ohio - Also at press time, details
miles in space.
were incomplete on a strike by ninety employees
at the Laminated Products Department.

PAGE 1HREE
OFF-JOB ACCIDENTS TAKE 124
EMPLOYEE LIVES IN 196 8

E, L. BOTTEMILLER TO RE ':.' IR E
MARCH 31, IS HONORED AT DINNER

Off-job accidents claimed lives of 124

General Electric employees during 1968, according to figures released this week . The
total is one mo re than the 123 who lost their
lives in off-job accidents in 1967.
Benefits Specialist W. R. Perry reported
that according to Company-wide figures, insurance claims submitted thus far indicate that
the greatest loss of employee l ives came in
the area of motor vehicl e accidents, the cate gory in which employees have the greatest opportunity to prevent accidents. Seventy-five
employees were killed in auto accidents in
1968, a decrease of 14 compared to the 89
GE-ers who lost their lives this way in 1967.
Of the 75 who lost their lives in traffic accidents , one was an employee of the
Waynesboro Plant, Mr. Perry said.
He also remarked that continued speeding
offenses in the plant parking lots are just
the kind of conditions that cause such accidents.
There were five air craft deaths and three
deaths by fire . Other deaths in 1968 came
as a result of shooting, drowning, poisoning,
~ ctrocution, as well as other kinds of

Mr. Edward L . Bottemiller, AECBS Eng i::eering,

was honored at a ret irement
dinner held at Ing l eside
last night.
Approximately 75 peopl?
attended the dinne r to gree t
Mr. Bot temil l er who will
retire on March 31 .
Mr . Bottemiller wil l
have completed over 41 years of continuous
service with the General Electric Company at
his retirement. He joined the Company August
22, 1927 , as a test engineer in Schenectady
and moved to the Specialty Control Department
in Waynesb oro in May, 1955.
Mr. Bottemi ller noted that he ' and his
wife, Dorothea, plan to travel following his
retirement. He also hopes to devote more
t i me to his outside interests such as ph otography .
Mr. Bottemiller has two sons, Edward, an
assistant professor of philos ophy at Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Ala. : and
John, who is an employee of the Picker X~Ray
Corp ., in Charlotte, N. C.

a.~cidents.

Mr. Perry pointed out that the figures

once again show how much safer GE people are
at work than at hane . "A total of 8 people
lost their lives at work during 1968," he
noted . "The greater loss of life in accidents off the job underlines the need for
everyone to fo llow the safe practices required on the job during all of their daily
activities.
Mr. Perry also reported that beneficiaries
of the 124 GE people who lost their lives off
the job in 1968 received a total of nearly $3
million under the GE Insurance Plan and its
accidental death benefits.
"In addi tion, those who had coverage
under the Company ' s Personal Accident Insurance Plans received added benefits for
their beneficiaries ," he said .
He added that "while financial help
can aid a fami ly in the loss of a loved one,
no amolmt of money can replace the loss."
He urged employees to be more fully aware
of the need for safe practices both on and
~the job, not only to save their own lives
, ~heal th, but al so for the sake of their
families .

S &S STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICES

The average stock and average fund unit

prices used in crediting participants' accounts in the Savings and Security Program
are as fo 11 ows for this ye a r:
January
February

Stock
$91 .670
89. 715

Fund
$27. 797
27.690

PAID HOLIDAY N E XT WEEK

The second of nine paid holidays for the

year comes next Friday, April 4. Good
Friday will bring Waynesboro Plant personnel
the first of si x long weekends made possible
by paid holidays. After Good Friday, the
next paid holiday will be Memorial Day, Friday,
May 30.
JOHN W. LOVELACE

John W. Lovelace, 35, died suddenly

Wednesday night. Mr. Lovelace, who had been
a foreman at the Waynesboro Plant, trans ferred to the Charlottesville Plant as Foreman , Assembly Program Control in June , 1967 .

PAlil: rUUK

SVIL BOWLING

DAVE HARRELL SETS BOWLING RECORD

Dave Harrell, SCD Production, rolled up

the whopping total of 773 points SlUlday night
in the Couple's Bolwing League sponsored by
SCXXIBE at Wayne Lanes
Bowling ten pins with his wife JlUle, and
another GE couple, Ron and Dean Assid, Dave's
scores were as follows: 1st game-278, 2nd
game-267, and 3rd game-228.
In setting the high, he completed 18
strikes in a row. Wayne Lane officials remarked that this score was the highest recorded there.
NUMERICAL CONTROLS IN NEW
GENERAL ELECTRIC PLANT

Ntmlerical Controls manufactured by

NECD were featured in a special supplement to the Wilmington Morning Star, the
daily newspaper of Wilmington, N. C.
The supplement, published March 20,
covered the dedication of General Electric's
Nuclear Energy Division's plant just completed in Wilmington. The plant houses
the newly formed Reactor and Fuels Manuf acturing Operation.
The paper cited the use of ntmlerical
controls for machine tools in discussing
the new plant's efficiency in methods and
machinery. The Wilmington plant brings to
five the total General Electric plants now
operating in North Carolina.
EMPLOYEES ARE RECOGNIZED
FOR BLOOD DONATIONS

The Waynesboro Chapter of the American

Red Cross last night presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the Waynesboro
Plant for the cooperation of employees
with the Blood Donor Program.
Benefits Specialist W. R. Perry
received the Certificate for the Plant
in a presentation ceremony in the NewsVirqinian auditorium.
- In a letter to the Plant, S. D.
Fendley, Chapter Chai nnan sa1 d, 11 We are
especially grateful to the General Electric
Plant in Waynesboro for its continuing
cooperation and to the many employees
who have so generously given of their time
and energy during the period1 c blood
collections."

In SVIL Bowling last Friday night, GE

Team II 1 defeated DuPont Team II 2 by a score~
of 4 to O. GE Team II 2 also defeated DuPont
II 1 by a score of 3 to 1.
STANDINGS
Crompton II 1
ASR

GE II 1
DuPont II 1
GE II 2
Dawbarn II 1
DuPont II 2
Crompton II 2
Dawbarn II 2
Porter

36
28
28

16
16

26
25
21
21
21

14
0

8
18

19
23
23
23
30
40

LAST CHANCE FOR SCOGEE

NOMINATIONS
Last chance to nominate candidates for
officers and board members for SCOGEE is
today. Please print the person's name for
the appropriate nomination in the space provided below and deposit the slip in the
box provided in the cafeteria.
~
The election of officers and board
members will be held during the week of April

14.
OFFICERS
President

-------------------------------------~

Vice President

-------------------------------Secretary
------------------------------------Treasurer

-------------------------------BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Special Activities
-----------------------------Cultural
-----------------------------------------~
Social
Recreation & Athletics______________
Publicity______________________________
Membership______________________________
Building
Fund
Fin an ce________________________________
_

---------------------------------------

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
..-.. GENERALELECTRIC
VoZume XIII, No. 13

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

GENERAL ELECTRIC BARGAINING

INVOLVES FIVE STEPS

This is the fourth in a series of articies expZaining Generai EZectric's five-step

approach to coUective bargaining. The first
three deait with pre-negotiation preparation,
disaussions with unions, cmd making the offer.

STEP # 4: MODI fYING 1HE OFFER

In negotiations, the Company studies all
available facts in advance, pays careful attention to tmion proposals, makes a full and
fair offer the first time, modifies that offer
on the basis of new or changed facts, and
tries to keep employees fully infonned. Let's
~lk about Step # 4 modifying the offer.
Critics of the Company's approach always attempt to give the impression that once
General Electric makes an offer, it never
changes This is simply not true. The
record proves that in negotiations spanning
more than 20 years the Canpany's original
proposal was modified in significant ways in
every year except one.
Whenever additional facts or a significant change in the facts indicate that the
proposal needs further revision and development, the Canpany will pranptly and willingly
make the change desired. However, there
comes a point beyond which the Ccmpany cannot go.
Or, in the words of a decision by the
full National Labor Relations Board, "One
need not listen to argunent endlessly. There
comes a point in any negotiations where the
positions of the parties are set and beyond
which they will not go." (140 NLRB# 90).
Even though General Electric's offer
based on the facts stenuning fran painstaking research, study, and negotiations, the
Company remains willing at all times to consider changes, if necessaiy, to be sure its
offer is fully fair to all.

Ap'PiZ 3, 1969

WHERE DID 1968's REINVESTED

PROFIT DOLLARS GO?

In an article on Page Two of this edition, we show how the 1968 General Electric
sales dollar was shared. A significant slice
of the pie went for reinvestment in equipment and facilities in order to stay competitive and develop new business.
Of special interest to Waynesboro Plant
employees are the projects requiring major
investments in this pl ant.
Development and manufacture of the
Data Communications Printer are requiring investments in new machinery and equipment for
production, in extensive engineering time,
and in sales promotion.
The installation of the 300 H. P. Lab
for AECBS is another example. This lab
was necessary for measuring the perfonnance
of VSCF generators.
New quality control equipment such as
the three dimensional measuring machine and
the 30-inch optical comparator were also
acquired in 1968 for the Waynesboro Plant.
EASTER HOLIDAY
BEGINS TOMORROW

Waynesboro Plant employees will enjoy

the first three-day weekend of 1969 beginning
tomorrow. This three-day weekend will also
be celebrated by other people, and the resulting traffic will be heavy.
If you plan to travel, drive with care.
Allow yourself more than enough time for
your trip. Remember the somber facts of highway fatalities: 75 General Electric employees
lost their lives in auto accidents in 1968;
a total of 55,000 Americans were killed in
traffic deaths in the U. S. last year.
Enjoy the holidays and make them safe for
you and your family.

How General Electric's 1968 Sales Dollar Pie Was Shared

Last year, our sales went up, but our profits went down

supplies &other cost

51~
( 50.U)

NOTE: Figures in
parentheses are 1967's
for comparison.

When we examine the way GE's sales

dollar was shared, we discover that the
job ahead for all of us is to bring the
slumping profit figure back into balance.
Last year GE's sales reached a record
$8.4 billion, up 8 % over 1967; but
profits were at $357 mi llion-a drop of
1 % . GE's profit on the sales dollar continued the downward trend of the past
several years. For example, in 1965, it
was 5.7 cents on each sales dollar ... in
1966-4.7 cents ... in 1967-4.7 cents
... and last year-4. 3 cents.
Here's how last year's GE sales dollar was shared.
For employees-more than 40 cents
of each dollar, for a record total of pay
and benefits amounting to $3.4 billion.
For materials and other costs-just
under 51 cents of each dollar, for a total
of $4.3 billion.
For taxes-a little less than 5 cents of
each dollar went for federal, state and
local taxes-a total of $391 million.

~(4.H) )
taxes

for employees

40~
(40.2 )

\profits ONLY

45..

for dividends and reinvest

ment in the business
the reinvestment needs of an $8 billion
business, it's small-too smal l. There
were $235 million paid out to share owners (including 170,000 employees) for
use of their $2.5 billion invested in GE.
That left $122 million to reinvest in the
business-less than we had in 196 7 for
a business that had grown 8% bigger
than in 1967.
To meet the investment needs of the
growing business, and customer demands, we had to seek other money from
investors. Funds actually invested included $5 14 million for new plant facilities and equipment.
Where did I 968's reinvested profit
dollars go? To help us stay competitive
by aiding in developing projects such as
these:
A new altitude facility in the Evendale, Ohio, jct engine plant. Here we
can simulate speeds up to three times
the speed of sound, and altitudes over
80,000 feet, for use in development of
still more improved engines.

For profit-Only 4.3 cents of each

dollar, for a total of $357 million-substantially lower than the $361 million of
1967.

Options on 1100 acres at the new

city of Columbia, Maryland, for manufacturing and warehousing major appliances to help us meet competition for
the Eastern m arket.

Still, $357 million in profit sounds like

a Jot of money. It is; but in relation to

New fac ilities for producing large

steam turbine generators at South Port-

land, Maine, and Charleston, South

Carolina. And massive additions to Schenectady's power generation product producing faci lities.
A new plant for producing gas turbines at Greenville, South Carolina.
At Wilmington, North Carolina,
the Compa ny's new nuclear equipment
and fuel ma nufacturing plant began operation.
In Pittsfield, Mass., the new power
transformer building was dedicated.
In the field of research and developme nt the Company's investment resulted in 1000 patentable developments
- an average of three a day. From many
of them will come the jobs of tomorrow.
These are just a few of the areas in
which profits must be invested if we are
to meet competition that is investing as
fast as we are-some even faster. It is a
challenge to all of us who are sharing
in the climbing total of pay and benefit
dollars to bring a reversal in the downward trend of profit. We must bring
about the reversal if our GE job package
is to continue to improve.
All of us in our own way can help
improve the picture-by avoiding waste,
doing a quality job, and devoting our full
sk ill, care and effort to winning satisfied
customers.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~ GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 15

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

April 11, 1969

GEN ERAL ELECTRIC BARGAIN ING

IN VOLVES FIVE STEPS

This is the fifth in a series of arti cles explaining General Electric 's five - step
approach to co llective bargaining . Steps 1,
2 ~ 3 an~ 4 de~lt wi~h pre ~negotiation preparat&on, d&seuss&ons W&th un&ons , making the
offer, and modifying the offer.

STEP NO. 5:

KEEPING EMPLOYEES INFORMED

.
Employees ~ave a ''right to know." !his,
in a nutshell 1 is how General Electric vi ews
its resp onsibility for keeping employees
fully informed on matters which may have an
effe ct on thei r jobs. Mo re than that, the
Company considers it essential to keep em~oyees informed on important, sometimes
ntrovers ial, issues such as union contract
11cgoti ati ans.
Many union leaders object to this approach a~ an infringement on their role to
"interpret" information for employees who
are their members. The Company, on the
other hand, feels that givin g empl oyees as
much information as possible and as much of
the Company's thinking as possible is entirely proper. The Company nlso believes that
employees prefer that it do just that.
.
Why all the stress on keeping employees
informed? Because onl y by being fu l ly informed can employees determine what they
need ~o do to help strengthen their own job
security. And only by being fully info rmed
can employees determine wh i ch course of
action would be best f or them.
Employees should know why the Company
makes the offer it does make, the kind of
fact-findinq and discussion that went into
it an~ wh~t the Company thinks acceptance
....,,.,--. reJection of the offer can mean in terms
, their welfare. Employees need to hear the
story of negotiations from both sides of the
fe~ce, not merel y from the Company or the
union alone.

(Le ft to right) Harold Stover, and J . Kirk

Snell ~isten as Harold R. Knueppel explains
operat&on of the TermiNet 300 Printer at
the news conference held at the plant on
Tuesday morning .
TERM INET 3 00 DATA COMMUNICATIONS
PRINTER IS AI\NOUNCED T O
AR EA N EWS MEDIA

Formal announcement of ~1e Speci alty

Cont:ol Department ' s new product, the
TermiNet 300*Data Conmunications Printer
'
was made Tuesday morning to r epresentatives
of the Waynesboro area news media .
At a news conference held here in the
plant, ~!r. Warren F. Kindt, General Manager
of ~CD, welcome~ ~eporters from newspapers,
rad~o CU:d television stations and gave them
their f irst l ook at the TermiNe t 300 Printer
developed and des igned here .
*Trademark of General Electric Co., U. S.A.
(Continued on Page T\vo, CollilllJ1 One)

TermiN et (cont'd ) . . . .

PAGE 1WO

Annotmcement of the new product to be

manufactured by the Specialty Control Department in Waynesboro was given front-page coverasze by area newspapers. Both the Waynesboro
News - Virginian and the Stawiton News Leader
published l ead stories in their Tuesday,
April 8, editions.

Reporters were given a tour of the TermiNet Manufacturing area by Mr. Harold R.
Knueppel, Mgr . -TermiNet Manufacturing Operations.
Following the tour, Mess rs. Kindt, Stover ,
and H. W. Tulloch, Mgr . -Relations , discussed
the potenti al for the new product and its
possible impact on the Speci alty Control
Department' s business. Mr. Kindt said he
believed the TermiNet 300 Printer could become one of the principal product s of the
Department.
Mr. Stover told the reporters, "The
data corrnntmications printer market is a
rapidly growing one, and printers will soon
comprise a larger share of computer systems
than computers themselves."

Loren Swanson, Mfg . Eng. (left) and Bob Trader,

Q. C. Eng ., intently study t he first pre-

production unit of the Te rmiNe t 300 Printer

during its assembly by t he TermiNet Manufacturing Operat i on in mi d- January, 1969.

Local radio stations WAYB, WNW and WTON

also reported the story in their news broadcasts that day. WSVA television in Harrisonburg ran a film in their newscasts of J. Kirk
Snell, Mgr.-TermiNet Engineering, demonstrating how the printer operates.

A Ce lebrity--Carolyn Roberts (seated), SCD

Marketing, autographs t he pictur e of her
operating a Te rmi Net 300 Printer which
On Wednesday, April 9, moming editions
of the Richmond Times Di spat ch and the Roanoke appeared in Business We ek Magazine last week .
The sarne pic ture also appeared in vlednes day
Times newspapers also reported the story.
morning 's Roanoke Times, and Demmie Layne
(standing, ) SCD Marketing, decided it was
lhe TermiNet 300 Pr inter had previously
time
to get the aut ograph.
received nati onal publicity in a full-page
article in Business Week magazine ' s Apr il 5
edition. Articles have also appeared in
ST O CK A I\D FUN D UNIT
Ele ctronic News and Ccmputer vlorld , trade
PRIC ES FOR MARCH
publications for electronics and data commW1ications.

At Tuesday .s news conference, following

an introduction by Mr . Kindt, Mr. Harold
Stover, TermiNet Sal es Manager, and Mr. Snell
demonstrat ed the printer in operation and
explained briefly how it works using large
scale integrat ed circuitry.
1

Average GE S t ock Price and the average

Fund Unit Price used in crediting p a rtici- ............._.
pants' accounts in the Savings and Se curity
Program for March a r e as follows:
Stock Pri ce
Fund Unit Price

$88.825
2 7 .050

PAGE THREE
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN SCD
ENGINEERING ARE ANNOUNCED

Mr. Moore stated that General Electric

a p~blic position in favor of free,
fair
international
trade where the rules are
_,,,,-.....
~ffe~tive April 1, 1969, the following
the
same
for
all
the
players. He pointed
Jrganizational changes in the Specialty Conout!
~owever,
that
nationalis
tic buyi ng
trol Department's Engineering Section were
policies
abroad
hamper
free
international
~nounced by Mr. C. A. Ford, Manager-Engineertrade. He noted that the Japanese have ining.
creased their share of the u. s. ma rket for
suspension insulators from a 5% ratio in
. Mr .. E. W. Hutton has been named Manager1964 to more th an 35%.
Engineering Support Operation. Mr. W. w.
Walker has been assigned to the pos ition
of Manager-Engineering Laboratory. Mr. B.B.
Nichols has been appointed Senior Laboratory
Projects Engineer, and Mr. J. R. Bodkin
has been appointed Relay Evaluation Engineer.

R. L. WILBUR IS PROMOTED
TO COMPANY HEADQUARTERS INN. Y.

Mr. Robert L. Wilbur, Mgr. -Finance for

the Specialty Control Department, has been
promoted to Consultant GoveTillllent AccoWlting
at the General Electric
headquarters in New York,
according to an announcement
made late last week by SCD
General Manager Warren F.
Kindt.
Mr. Wilbur's appointment is effective June 1.
A native of Raynham,
Mass ., Mr . Wilbur joined
the General Electric
Company in 1936 at the Bridgeport, Conn.
plant. He was named Manager-Finance for
the Specialty Control Department in 1954
a position he has held since that time. '
R. L. Wilbur

U.S. MARKET S 11 FAIR GAME 1 1 FOR

OTHER NATIONS, MANUFACTURING
COSTS AR E HIGHER IN THE STATES

Douglas S. Moore, Vice-President

Marketing and Public Affairs for Gene;al
Electric, told the Electric Utility Management Marketing Conference that in 1968 the
U. S. Gross National Product of $861
billion was larger than that of the next
five nations combined--Russia, West Germany,
France, Japan, and the United Kingdom .
I t is
. no won der, Mr. Moore said, that
uur markets are fair game for those trying
to catch up .

,,..-....

11

11

11

11

ha~ t~ken

Part of the reason for the in- roads being

b~ foreign competition may be due to
~uch higher labor costs in the U. S. than
in countries such as Japan.

made

The average pay of Japanese eJectrical

workers, including fringe benefits , is about
$1 an hour , according to studies by the IUE,
~AM and IBEW . The three unions have joined
~n an effort to get voluntary limitation of
imports of electrical and electronic products.
According to the union's survey, most
Hong Kong electrical workers are women
assemblers who earn 12\ and 19 cents an hour.
In South Korea, the average wage in electronics
was found to be $30 a month for a 48-hour
week, which is just under 15 cents an hour.
Women are paid $23 a month, which is around
11 cents an hour.
OUR BEST ADVERTISEMENT IS
A SATISFIED CUSTOMER
Extra service to customers builds
business and that extra service was provided
recently by the Waynesboro and Charlottesville plants for the John Wood Company of
St. Paul, Minnesota.
When a DC motor and its GE voltage converter blew out in the Wood Plant, the
company called our Waynesboro Plant for a
new converter. Mr. J. L. Archambeault, Mgr.2nd Shift Operations, who received the message contacted the Charlottesville Plant
where alterations were made to adapt a converter for the Wood Company. It was shipped
to them in record time.
In a letter of thanks, the Wood Company's
Plant Superintendent said, "This was the most
fantastic service I have ever received and a
situation I will long remember . "
(Continued on Page Four)

PAGE FOUR
Satisfied Customer

(cont'd) . .

BO YD MITCHELL COMPLET ES
THIRTY YEARS

In the Numeri cal Equipment Contro l Department, Mr. B. L. Peck, Mg r.-NC, OEM* Sales
received a letter from Mr. R. R. Birney , OEM
Manager~Cus tomer Service, in which Mr. Birney
acknowledged, "the superior j ob done by many
people i n ge tting a numerical control and
special pick-up units shipped to a customer."
The customer, Exce llon Company, required
fast de livery of a control in order to keep
from losing a machine tool order. Delivery
of the con trol and i ts additional equipment
was made by NECD ahead of schedule .
*Original Equipment Manufacturer
JOHNNY R. CAMPBELL

Funeral services were held Monday for

Mr . Johnny R. Campbell, a Waynesboro Plant
employee , who died. suddenly l ast Friday
evening, April 4, at his home.
A Machine Operator in Metal Parts
Fabrication, Mr. Campbell had been an
employee of the Waynesboro Plant since
1959.
Speaking for all those who knew and
worked with him, Mr . J. H. Whitesell ex pressed sympathy for Mr. Campbell's family
and regret for the loss of an outstanding
fellow worker.
SVIL GOLF LEAGUE TO BE FORMED

Pl ans are now being made to form the

Shenandoah Vall ey Industria l League's 1969
Golf League. The first match, scheduled
for April 19, will be a Golf Day at Lakeview Country Club .
Complete schedu les for the league are
to be announced l ater. Anyone interested
i n playing should contact Ken Kent.
*****************************************
Eastern Daylight Time begins the las t Sunday in this month, April 27. Clo cks should
be set ahead one hour on Saturday night,
April 26.
Memorial~

is Friday , May 30, the next

paid h '1 liday scheduled for the Waynesboro
Plant.

Boyd H. Mi tcheU, Personnel Accounting, (center)

receives a 30- year service pi1: from Mr. R.. L.
Wilbur, Mgr . - Finance , SCD, (r&ght). Look~ng
on is Mr. L. F. Beckerle, Supervisor-Pe rsonnel
Accounting . Mr . Mitchell joined the General
Electric Company on April 8, 1939 .
SCOGEE NEWS

Inaugural Ball
Tickets go on sale Ap ri l 16
for the SCOGEE Inaugura l Ball to be he l d
Saturday, April 26, at the DuPont Recre ation
Center. Ticket prices are $3 per coup le
for members and $4 per couple for n onmembers for the danch wh ich will feature two
bands, "The Original Chancell ors " and "The
Townsmen Orchestra."
To pur chase ticke ts, check the bulletin
boards. Reservations should be made by Apri l
24 with Barbara Fickes .
Bowling
Officers elected for the Specialty
Bowling Leag ue for the 1969- 70 season are:
John Dvorsak, President; Hank Sanabria, Vice
President ; and Don Theado, Sec retary- Treasurer .
H OLE- IN -ONE FOR COOPER

A gol1.- r 's dream came true for >Ir . Ben

Cooper, Mgr.-Drives &Devices Engir:eering, SCD,
last Sunday when he scored a hole - in-one .
Pl aying at Beachwood Country Club in
Cherry Grove, S.C., with his son-in-law, Mr .
Cooper made his perfect shot on a Par 3, 198 yard hole, using a No. Four Wood.

~WAYNESBORO

PLANT

GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 16

WA YNESBORO, VIRGI N IA

April 18, 1969

Final detennin ation on all c l aims still

res ts with Metropolitan and some claims will
s t ill be sent to their offices for r eview
befo r e checks are issued , Mr . Ueckerle noted .
S&SP PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE TAX
INFO R MATION STATEME NTS ; ANNUAL
SUMMA R IES TO COME

....

L:onne So n 'ells and Leo Huntley , PeY'sonnel

Accounting, Y'eview pY'oceduY'es foY' pY'oces aing
insUY'ace claims locally .
LESS PAPERWORK, BETTER SERV ICE
FOR EMP L OYEES ON INS URA cE CLA IMS

Improved se nri ce to employees is the

reason for a new arrangement worked out
between the Company and ~letropoli tan Life to
handle insurance c l aims .
\Ir . L. F. Beckerle , \!gr. -Pe r sonnel
Accounting , this 1veek <Umow1ced t hat w1der
this arrangement checks covering claims 1vill
be is sued l occ1J ly which 1vill result in fas t er
senrice :md l ess paper "ork . In the past , empl oyees have submitted claim forms for insurance benefits i n duplicate. Under the ne1v
arrangement, only a singl e copy of c laim
fonns 1vill be requested in the future.
:\Ir . Beckerle explained that this change
should also be good ne1vs to doc tors and
hospi tals who have also been required to pre pare forn1s in <llll-llicatc .
Claims curre ntly in the o Cfices of Mc t ro pdi tan in Ne1v York wi ll be processed by them
'15 soon as possib l e .
Claims s ubmitted from
no1v :on 1vi ll be covered by General Elec tric
checks j ssued here at t he Waynesboro Plant .
1"':-.e firs t gr oup of che cks is schedul e d t o be
is sued a "'eek from today .

I n dividualize d Savings and Secu r i t y Prog r am tax information s tate::ients we re mailed

Ma r ch 24 to S & S participants who recei ve d
a Program "Pay out " in 1969 . The stateme n ts
provide ea ch participant with tax information
on th e distribution of his 1965 S & S savings
and Company payments .
Benefi t s Spe cialist W. R. Perry emphasized
t ha t the tax informati on i n the s tatements is
for use next : ear in reporting 1969 taxable
income . The i nfonnatio n a l so i s necessary if
any stock received in the payout is s ubs equently so ld .
This year, the upper portion o f the tax
informati on s t atement does not show t he usual
Annual Sta tement information of tota l S & S
i nvestme nts n o\v being he l d in each participant ' s
ac count. This information will be in co rpora t e d in t he " Yo ur Personal Sheire " s t ateme nts
to be distri but e d to employees during the
s econd qua rter of 1969 .
The s tatemen t furnishes tax information
i n duplicate for the conv enience of participants . The large section of th e s t atement can
be det ached and retaine d fo r use in preparing
i ncome tax r e turns . Th e smalle r sec tion can
be attached to stocks ( and bonds i f th ey were
a cquired wi th Company payments) . It is for
f ut u r e tax re ference in determining g ain o r
l oss in the event secur i ties are so l d.
Mr. Perry emphasized th :\t participants
wi l l want to s a fe g uard t he two parts of t he
s tat eme n ts in separate pl aces be cause of
t he important information which t hey contain .

PAGE TWO
ONTARIO EMPLOYEES END 7-WEEK
PAY LOSS, COSHOCTON STRIKE CONTINUES

Ontario, Calif. A 52-day strike called by

UE Local 1012 ended this week when employees
returned to work at the Housewares Division's
Ontario, Calif., plant.
Approximately 700 employees returned to
their jobs Monday morning following a vote
Sunday evening in which 78% of those voting
decided to end the walkout which caused a
loss of pay for more than seven weeks. Plant
officials stated that full production resumed
on Wednesday.
The strike which began February 20 was
reportedly called over unsettled grievances.
Details of the settlement were not available;
however, the Company refused to reinstate
four employees discharged for picket-line
vi o1en ce du ri ng the st ri ke .
Repeated incidents of violence had
drawn an injunction against mass picketing
from a county court and a federal court
restraining order. Contempt~of-court
proceedings against union members for violation of the order are sche<uled for
Apri 1 24.
Coshocton, Ohio At presstime, the strike
against the Laminated Products Department's
plant in Coshocton continued. Some 850
hourly employees have remained out since
the strike began on March 22. The issue
is exhausted grievances on a variety of
subjects.
NECD TAKES CARE OF ITS CUSTOMERS

General Electric has long recognized

that you caIIDot sell a customer a product
and then forget about him. Conscientious
product service builds repeated business,
and NECD gave this kind of s~rvice several
weeks ago when the Ingersoll Rand Plant at
Painted Post, N. Y. , called ab out the need
for rush repair of an NC pickup lll1it.
The unit was flown from Painted Post to
Waynesboro by chartered plane, arriving at
1:50 P.M. By 6:30, replacement of the
bearings for the lll1i t was complete, and the
unit was enroute back to a satisfied customer.
Mr. L. B. Barringer of NECD Product
Service noted, "Special thanks to Archie
Barnett, Charlie May, Ruth Madison and the
Mechanical Products test people for their
fine response to this situation."

SHENANDOAH ART EXHIBIT

SET FOR MAY 3 & 4

The sixth annual Shenandoah Art Exhibit,

featuring works of General Electric employees
and their families, as well as other residents
of the area, will be held May 3 and 4 in the
Waynesboro Plant Auditorium.
The dates were announced today by Mr.
James R. Bodkin, chairman of SCOGEE's Cultural
Committee which is sponsoring the event.
Mrs. Ernest Hutton and Mrs. Armistead Wellford
have been named co-chairwomen for the Exhibit.
More details concerning entries will be
announced shortly.
An estimated 2000 people viewed the
1967 Exhibit, indicating a high level of
interest in the works of local artists. Mr.
Bodkin said that he believed that this year's
Exhibit will be an even bigger success than
1967's.
SCOGEE sponsors the event in cooperation with the Waynesboro Chapter of the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
SVIL BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP
TO BE DECIDED TONIGHT
ASR, champions for the first half of
the season, and 2nd half champions Crompton
Team # 1 will have a five game roll off,
total pin fall, at 7:00 P.M. tonight at Wayne
Lanes to decide the season's victor in the
SVIL Bowling League.
Final standings for the second half of
the season left GE Team # 1 in second place
with 35 wins and 17 losses. GE Team# 2
finished fourth with a 29-23 record.
In last Friday's competition, GE Team # 1
and Dawbam II 1 split two all. GE Team II 2
was defeated by ASR 3 - 1. See the bulletin
boards for complete results.
INTRAPLANT SOFTBALL LEAGUE
IS NOW BEING FORMED
Softball enthusiasts who are interested
in forming teams for intraplant play should
submit rosters to Jim DeWitt, Room C-2.
SCOGEE INAUGURAL BALL -APRIL 26

Tickets went on sale Wedensday for the

SCOGEE Inaugural Ball to be held Saturday
evening, April 26, at the DuPont Recreation
Center.
The dance will feature music by two
bands, "The Original Chancellors 11 and
"The Townsmen Orchestra. 11

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL @ ELECTRIC

Volwne XIII , Ho . 18

WAYNESBORO, VIRGI NIA

BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS &

SERVICES SUBSECTIONS WILL REPOR T
TOD. R . NEMEYER

DIVISION NAME IS CIJANGED ,

NEW DIVISIO N IS EST AB LISHED

Both the SCD and NECD Bus iness Infonna tion Systems and Services subsections 1vill
report to >Ir. D. R. Nemeyer , ~lanager-Finance ,
\ECO, it was armounced this 1veek by ~Ir . \\1. F.
Kindt, Gene ral ~lanage r-SCD , and ~ I r . J . F.
Ponzillo , General ~lanager - NECD .

Ef f ecti ve May 1 , 1969, t he name of t he

Industri al Process Control Division will be
changed to Communications and Control Ui vi sion ,
and t he Process Meas urement and Control Di vi sion, formerly a deputy di vi s i on under Indus tri a l Pro cess and Contra l , becomes a sepa rate
di vi s i on i n t he Industri al Group .

According to the armouncement, the subsections under ~Ir . J . R. McEckron in SCD

and i\lr . D. P . Russell jn l\"ECD were so
establis hed in order to ge t full utili zation
from the computer operation in t he Waynesbor o
Plant and the bus iness inforn1a ti on sys terns .

...

ApY'i l 25, 1969

Personne l in the s ubsections 1vill remain on tne payrolls of their respccti ve

)le.oartments .
GE AND UE CONSID ER E ARLY STA RT
IN CON T RACT NEGO T IA TI ONS,
DISCU SS SKILLED TR A DES

Dr . L. T. Rader continues as Vice Pres i dent an d General Manager of the Communicati ons
and Contr ol Divi s i on which wil l i nc l ude four
product departments, Specialty Control, Nurne r ica l Eq ui pment Control , Commun ications Products
and Mob il e Radi o Depa rtme nts .
(continued on Pag e T1.:o)
D ON ' T FORGET TH E TIME CHANGE

The Company suggested to th e UE a t its

i nformal mee t ing in New York April 16 that the
two parties begin prenegotiati on s ubcommittee
mee tings in May and th a t t hey start formal
bargaining about J u ly 1.
James L . Matles , chairman of the UE
represe ntatives , said that t he union would
give a formal reply to t he p r oposal, but
that they we r e pred i spose d to g ive it
p r omp t cons ideration .
In a letter fo nn a lly making t he pr oposa l ,
E. W. Bickford , ch a irman of t he Company
represe ntatives , wrote : "This approach of
s che duling negotia ti ons subcommittees next
month and us i ng their insigh t s in formal
negot i ati ons i n J uly cou ld give us a fair
l ead t owa rd a sound and peace f ul se t tlement
this year ."
__...-..

At the meeting the s ubject of skilled

aroused discuss i on a f t e r a presentat ion
by the Company . The UE indicated that th ey
-~ ades

(continued on Page Two)

Sandra Clark, SCD Engineering , checks

the date be_-'-'o rn netting tl.r clock cihead 01:e
hour .{or dayliJ;,:., . -::i-v ~Y?.g :; ..,L . :a :;t,,I''- 'Ja~1 ligh l Time begi1t8 l;ii:- .rii: l <., , ;;:.i c lo k .;
shou ld he .s ei aJrr..1 one iww 1,or.01P01j 1:iJ;it .

PAGE TWO
EARLY NEGOTIATIONS (cont'd)

might nominate the matter as one of the

subjects for the prenegotiation subcommittees.
GE's chief negotiator, John R. Baldwin,
stated that despite various skilled trades
problems recognized in some locations
1.
The findings do not indicate a need
so critical as to move on a crisis basis while
the current contract is in effect.
2.
Special treatment for one segment
of employees at this time is not feasible.
3.
With national negotiations due this
summer, the subject of skilled trades can
then be considered in depth and in perspective
with other broad contract elements. Of
course, the Company is under no obligation
to bargain now on a request for a general
increase for skilled trades occupations.

4.
The opportunity now under consideration to advance the national bargaining
schedule should ensure a thorough review of
skilled trades problems at the same time
that the needs and desires of all employees
can be studied.

UNION VOTES: WIN, LOSS

AT CLEVELAND, STROTHER

Production and maintenance employees

in the Lamp Division's Chemical Products
Plant in Cleveland voted April 10 to remain without a union. The count: No
union--63; IAM--33. This was the third
representation election at this facility
since 1966. The IUE lost the other two.
Employees at the Aviation Service
Department's Strother Operation in Ar~
kansas City, Kansas, voted April 11 to
have the IUE represent them. The result:
264 for the IUE; 243 for no union. One
ballot was void.
This was the fourth representation
election in the 17-year history of the
facility where military and conunercial
jet engines are repaired and overhauled.
In 1963 and 1964, the UAW unsuccessfully
sought bargaining rights. In February,
1968, the IUE lost an election 306 to
206.

NAME CHANGE (cont'd)

~

Headquarters tor the Division wi 11 remai.

in Charlottes~ille, including the Communications
and Control Systems Operation, formerly known
as the Process Systems Operation. Dr. Rader,
in addition to management of the Division, will
also assume responsibility for advanced technical planning in the Industrial Group.
The new Process Measurement and Control
Division, under General Manager Howard Kurt,
includes three components, the Instrument and
Process Computer Departments and the Analytical
Measurements Business Section.
SCOGEE INAUGURAL BALL

The SCOGEE Inaugural Ball will be held

tomorrow evening at the DuPont Recreation
Center. The dance will feature music by
two bands, "The Original Chancellors" and
"The Townsmen Orchestra."
CLUB OFFERS SCOGEE MEMBERS
SPECIAL PRICE
The Swannanoa Country Club has extended
a special price to SCOGEE members wishing to
join. Members who paid in full last year
may join for $40 and new SCOGEE members may
join for $60. Members who are interested
should contact Mr. Jim DeWitt.

SCOGEE GOLF LEAGUE

An organizational meeting will be held

this afternoon in the cafeteria at 4:30 P.M.
for the SCOGEE Golf League. The League is
open to all SCOGEE members and matches will
normally be scheduled for Tuesday afternoons
following work.
JUDGE NAMED FOR ART EXHIBIT

Guest judge for the Sixth Annual Shenandoah Art Exhibition to be held May 3 & 4 in
the auditorium of the General Electric Plant,
will be Mr. D. F. Cossitt, co-chairwomen Mrs.
Ernest Hutton and Mrs. Armistead Wellford
announced today.
Mr. Cossitt is currently art critic for
the Richmond Times-Dispatch and for the Norfo~
Virginian-Pilot. He also teaches at the University of Richmond and Virginia State College
in Norfolk. In 1959 Mr. Cossitt started working in sculpture, and in 1963 he turned to
sculpture as a full time profession.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~ GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
May 2, 1969

Volume XIII , No. 18

PERSONNEL CHANGES IN
MANUFACTURING AR E ANNOUNCED

SATISFYING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS

Promotions and a r ealignment of assignments in Manufacturing were announced this

week by D. L. Coughtry,
SCD Manager-Manuf acturing.
Mr . Jerry A. Tisdale,
Winding,
has been promoted to Supervisor- A & D Production Control replacing Wilbur G.
Summe r s who has been promoted to Advanced Materials
Specialist.
Foreman-~agnetic

~I.

G. Swnmers

Mr. Harding W. Lonas, Foreman- Aircraft

Assembly, replaces Mr . Tisdale in Magnetic
,,.,-...
Winding, and the assembly
foreman position will be
filled by F. E. (Gene)
Reasoner .

J. A . Tisdale

Promoted t o foreman to
replace Mr . Reasoner in Aircraft Sub- assembly, is Frank
L. Monger, formerly a Manufacturing Technician in the
Magnetic Winding area .

In_the ~hoto above, from left, Paul Luck,

SCD Eng1neerl.Ilg; Paul Back, Production; and
Foreman Gene Bradshaw, Industrial Electronics
examine one of nine regulators to be installed
on Brazilian Navy ships.
These fi rst nine, part of a total of 72
which will go- -3 per ship- -aboard 24 ships,
were shipped last Friday from here.
. The regulators for ship service generators
will all be shipped by mid-19 70 . The f irst
prototype was scheduled for shipnent on March
1, but engineering difficulties were
encountered.
In spite of problems--among them were the
language barriers since the Brazilians speak
Portuguese-these first nine were completed
and ready to ship in record time, thanks to
the efforts of many people in Engineering
and Manufacturing.

F . L . Monger

Mr . Tisdale joined the Company here in

September, 1963. He became Foreman-Magnetic
~ nding in 1966.
Mr. Sununers, who joined the
Jmpany in 1955, has held positions as
Production Order Clerk, Production Man , and
Manage~-Mate rials, LEM, before becoming
Supervisor-A & D Production in April, 1966.

H.

vi.

Lonas

F . E. Reasoner

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE SIXTH ANNUAL ~

...............................................-..._.

GE empl oyees are

showi ng a great deal
of interest in the
Sixth Annual A-rt Exhibition which i s bei ng
sponsored by SCOGEE
with assistance by
the Waynesboro Chapter
of the Museu.-n of Fine
Arts.

Mrs. Ernest Hutton anc

co - cha i rmen of this yE
final plans with Jim E
SCDGEE t s cultural co:nn

J ack Moren and his daughter Sally

look at Sally ' s entry in this
year' s Exhibition.

Mrs. R.C. Pardee, chairman - Luncheon, is shown

with Mrs . Helen Dedrick, chairman - Hostess and
Refreshment committee.

Seated l eft to right

Eloise Mabry, J oan C<
Doris Crai g , Rosema:r
Sta.11ding left to rigl
Dorot:iy Harti n, Phyl:
Charlotte Harris, Hi:
Warren, Virginia Ack(
Gib son. Sandy Hall n
Missing when picture
Ellen Ross, Ell~Co
Sue McGann
Sixth Anm

Art l

Saturday from 3 pm until 9 pm

HENANDOAH ART EXHIBITION EITHER TOMORROW OR SUNDAY

The pictures on this

page show employees
who have been and who
will be working with
the Exhibit. Also,
many employees or
members of their families have entries in
the show.
Mrs. Armistead Wellford,
Exhibition, review
xlki n, chairman of
Lt tee.
~r ' s

Mrs. Fleming Hurt, chairman of the

Publ icity Committee goes over pl ans
with Mrs. Alice Wood and Robert
Kerby who are working with her on
publicity for the Exhibition.

rroll, Eleano~ Ellison,

Myers, Sharon Coo~e.
~

is Fisher , Nancy Mackey,

ia Kestner, Br enda
~, Margie Raynes , Pat

J
j_

~~ -

lin;..._ Patsy Massie,

,.1'1
rl

Mrs.w.c.Smith, chairman-Entries, watches Claude

Smith and Cor bin Dixon, co-chairmen-Arrangements,
show their skill at hanging pictures.

tl Shenandoa h
[hibition

Sunday from 2 pm until 6 pm

CON TRACT TALKS TO BEGIN EARLY

MANY WON'T PAY LO NG TERM DISABILITY

PREMIUMS IN S EC OND HALF

An early start to 1969 contract negot i Most participants in the Long Tenn Disations was agreed upon this week by the Company ability Insurance plan will pay no premiums
and the United El ectrical Workers (UE) .
during the las t half of 1969.
John R. Baldwin, GE's chief negotiator,
said that a pre-negotiation subcorrnnittee on contract language is tentati vely scheduled t o
begin talks on May 20 . Formal contract talks
may start as early as July 1 , or nearly four
months before contracts expire.
WEAR THOSE SAFETY GLASSES

Because of favorable claim experience, ,..-.,

the contributions for participating employel
who were in the plan at the end of 1968 will
be waived beginning with the payroll period
in which Jan. 1, 1970 occurs.
The action will result in a savings
totaling $500,000 to employees in the plan.
Not affected by the waiving of premiums for
the last half of 1969 will be employees who
joined the plan since the end of last year
because they will have made contributions
only at a lower rate. A reduction in employee contributions for LT D! from 70 cents
per $100 of month ly benefits to 50 cents took
effect January 1, 1969 .
S &SP PARTICIPAN TS TO RECEIVE
ANNUAL PROSPECTUS ON PROGRAM
INCLUDING MUTUAL FUND REPORT

Waynesboro Plant particip ants in the

Savings and Security Program wi ll shortly
receive copies of a new Prospectus dated
April 1, 1969, according to Mr. L. F.
Beckerle, Supervisor-Pers onnel Accounting.

What 's going on here? If you look closely

you'll see that Pat Gibson of the NECD Production Office has her safety glasses on her
head, which is fine .. . as long as she's in
the office.

Mr. Beckerle pointed out that one of

the interesting sections of the Prospectus
for most employees wi ll be the financial
statement of the General Electric S & S Program Mu tual Fund as of the end of 1968.

into the factory area, however,

1,,S a d?,,fferent story.
Everyone who goes in
the factory area must have safety glasses in
front of his or her eyes--not on the top of
the head.

"The Mutual Fund is one of the new investment options which went into effect under
the program in July, 1967, although, of course,
the Prospectus shows only the first 18 months
of the fund's operation," Mr. Beckerle said.

Recently, some employees have become

la:r:. Plant personnel are not putting their
glas_ses on until they reach work stations.
Off?,,ce personnel are entering the plant
W?,,thout safety glasses . Neither condition
is acceptable .

He added that the section on the Mutual

Fund lists the Fund's investments in securi ties as of December 31, 1968. The Prospectus
shows the s ize of the Fund as of the end of
1968 at $63 .2 million as compared to $19 . 9
mil li on at the end of 1967 .

All employees must wear safety glas ses

while in the factory area. It 's the least
you can do for yourself.

INTRA-PLANT SOFTBALL

G~ing

SCDGEE NOTICE: Family Day--June 21.

your postman for more detai l s.

Watch

Last call for persons interested in

playing intra-plant softball. Anyone
interes t ed, should contact Jim DeWitt,
Ext . 205.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GE NERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volume

XIII~

No. 19

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

May 9, 1969

BETTER UNDERSTANDING NEEDE D OF

WAGE - PRICE RELATIONSHIP, SAYS
VICE PRESIDENT VIRGIL B. DAY

The biggest single need in the public

education field is to build more understanding
of the basic economics of wage-productivityprice r elationships , corrunented Vir gi l B. Day,
General Electric ' s Vice President of Industrial
Relations u1 a tal k sponsored by the National
Education Program at Harding Coll ege i n
Searcy, Ark.

~tron

of lhe arts -- this l itt le f ella carefully

_ cudies one of the entries in the ar t exhibit
held i n the plant auditorium .
ART EXHIBIT HELD HERE
D RAW S L ARGE C ROWD

Fifteen hun dred peop le at tended t he Shenandoah Art Exhi bit held he re at the Plant last
weekend to view t he 279 exh i bits entered.
The t op award of $100 went to Priscilla A.
Rappol t of Earl ysv il l e, Va., f or her oil
painting , "On the Groun d" whi ch was judged
best in the profess ional clas s .
Of the 279 entries in the exhibit sponsored by SCOGEE , 139 we re in the beginning
class, 67 in t he novice cl ass, 40 in th e
semi-professional class , and 33 in the
profes sional class.
S COGEE O F FICERS ARE NAME D

Newly e l ected SCOGEE office rs are:

Dan Dondiego , pre s ident ; Frank Gum, vi ce
president; June Aldhizer, s e c r e tary; and
~ len Johnson , tre a sure r .
Board of
rect ors: Ke i t h Daggy, John Dav i s,
~arbar a Fickes, Lisa Files, Br ian Ga llagher,
Mi lt Hrebinko, La rry Martin, Bob Myers,
Bi ll Perry, Bob Poole, Hank Sanabria,
Joe Smith, Sally Surr e tt and Wi ll St uphin.

''More people need to understand the new

realities of tougher world competi tion," Mr .
Day said, " and how American jobs and pay
checks will tend to dis appear the mo re we
f ail to keep costs and prices D1 line . These
harsh facts need to be Wl<lerstood not just by
the D1fonned few , but by the many, not just by
union officials, but by the broad membership)
as we 11; not just by labor and management,
but by all segments of society, including
governnent . 11
Mr. Day cited five elements he felt were
essential as linrnediate steps to be taken in
the fi ght against inflation. They are, in
addition ~o the need for more public economic
education, a vigorous resolve by government
to stop D1flation, the need for government to
avo id intervention that increases the cost of
se ttl ements, the need to rais e producti vity,
and a stiffening of management courage D1 ne gotiating wage settlements.
i'- lr. Day not ed that already there is evi dence that the new adminis tration has displayed
a serious intent to pursue both fiscal and
monetary restraint and, in effect, is warning
management and unions "that they negotiate at
their own peril; excessive settlements are
not going to be validated by easy money. "
" In specific negotiations, " he s aid,
"government can also hel p-by not trying to
help so mudL" lle re again he note d that the
admini s trati on has given "a pretty clear under(continued. on Page 'T'wo)

VP Day Talks Wages & Prices

PAGE TWO
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standing that the parties are going to be

expected to settle their own differences.
Mr. Day said that in most industries
management and tmions both have ample opporttmities to increase producitivity.
Employers have the responsibility and
must have the courage, he said, to begin
to show restraint by not negotiating increasingly inflationary wage settlements.
PROFIT IS NOT A DIRTY WORD

even if the union would have you

think so when it says about companies
"That's their thing--making profits."
Wrong. It's not "their thing,"
it's our thing.
Doesn't UE know that
profits keep us in business? Don't
they know that profits create more and
better jobs? Don't they know that without
profits, we go out of business? Don't
they know that without profits we would
not be able to develop new products like the
TermiNet 300, the Transistor Sized Relay?
Don't they know that sales were up in
1968--$8.4 billion total--not $7.2 as the
union said--but that profits on each dollar
of sales are going down each year. Here's
what has happened:

YEAR

PROFITS PER SALES $

1965
1966
1967
1968
1st quarter 1969

5. 7
4. 7

4.7
4.3
3.9

Making profit is -2!:!!. thing--all of us

are working together--and we need to do a
better job of it to insure and improve our
jobs.
EMPLOYEE COMMENDS MEDICAL
STAFF, CITES BENEFITS

The following letter was written to Mr.

H. W. Tulloch by an employee in the Waynesboro
Plant. It is reprinted here to show how employee services are put to use in a real
situation:
"There are some things around us we just
take for granted and don't quite appreciate
(cont'd column 2)

until they are really needed. I am referring

to the dispensary and its outstanding personnel.
Last February 20, I developed a sharp
chest pain, the likes of which I never encountered before. It concerned me enough that
I decided to take advantage of Dr. Stoeckel's
friendly nature. What happened in the next
half hour was a masterpiece of efficiency.
Dr. Stoeckel, aided by his Nurse Mrs.
Shiflett, quickly, accurately and calmly
diagnosed the source of the pain and carried
out a whole multitude of activities rapidly
and in the proper sequence. Leaving nothing
to chance, Dr. Stoeckel accompanied the
First Aid Crew, adminstered oxygen enroute,
bypassed the emergency room and got me to
the coronary care unit without wasting a minute.
He didn't leave until everything was under
control at the hospital. He also made frequent visits to the hospital during my stay
there--which made me feel like a valued employee and not just a number on the GE employee register.
I might add that during and after my
stay in the hospital it has been a great
relief to both my wife and myself to know
the GE employee benefits are helping with
the expenses that are being incurred. 11
PAUL D. ROSS IS ELECTED
VICE PRESIDENT IN THE COMPANY

Mr. Paul D. Ross, formerly General

Manager of both Specialty Control and Numerical
Equipment Control Departments, has been
elected a Regional Vice President of the
Company by the Board of Directors.
The Board's action came in a meeting
held April 30 and Mr. Ross assumed his new
position effective May 1. As a Regional
Vice President, he will be responsible for
marketing in the East Central Region of the
United States.
Mr. Ross became General Manager of the
Specialty Control Department in 1962 and
General Manager of the newly formed Numerical
Equipment Control Department in 1967. He
left Waynesboro to become General Manager o~
the General Purpose Motor Department in For~
Wayne, Ind. in November of last year.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL @ELECTRIC
lolwne XIII , No . 20

May 16,

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

HALP H F. TUFTS IS APPOINTED

MANAGER -FINANCE FOR SCD

The appo intmen t of Mr. Ralph F. Tu f ts as

Manage r - Finan ce f or the Specialty Control Depa rtment, effective June 1, was announced Monday by Mr . Warren F . Kindt, General Manager
of the Department.
Mr. Tufts, who joined
the Company in 1954, is
presently serving as Financial Ana lyst fo r the
Corrununications and Con trol
Division at its headquarters
in Char lottesville .

1969

"PERSONAL SHARE" STATEMENTS

O N BENEF I T FIGURES WILL
B E R EA DY SOON

A huge employee relati ons project, now

nearin g completi on, will soon provide each
General Electri c employee with a personal
report on his specific state i n GE benefit
plans.
"Your Personal Share in GE Employment
Benefi ts" goes to empl oyees every fev1 yea rs
and is in the fonn of a four - page folder.
The contents i nc lude brief summari es of all
GE benefit pl ans , plus statis t ica l data on
the individual' s status i n each of th e major
plans .

He has also held positions at the General Engi neering Laboratory and
Gas Turbine Department in Schenectady, the Corporate Audit Staff , and the Lighting Systems
Department in Hendersonville , N. C.

"With t hi s individualized information,"

comments Benefits Speci alist W. R. Perry,
"each employee will have a cl ea re r idea of
what is provided f or hi m under GE benefit
plans--his own investments i n them and
General Electric's contri butions.

A native of Eas ton, Mass ., Mr. Tufts is

a g r adua t e of Bentley Institute. He is also
a graduate of the Company 's Finance Managemen t
Progr am and Manager Deve lopment Course. He
presently res ides in Charlot tes ville with his
wife , Bet ty , and th ei r s ix children.

"Equally i mportant, the 'Personal Sha re 1

statement wil l help each empl oyee ge t full
usefulness for our GE bene f i ts and help hi m
in planni ng the ' outs i de' programs he carries,"
Mr. Pe rry noted .

M~.

Tufts

P RENEGOTIA TIONS BEGIN

Company and UE represen tatives will

mee t as a subcommittee on con tract language in pre negotiation sessions May 20,
21 , and 22. Previously, the dates had
been on ly ten tative.
The GE and IUE prenego tiation meet~ begin May 14 on Pens ions and Insurance.
he r on contract language starts May
2U. This had originally been scheduled
for May 15 .
All ses sions will be in New York.

Personal ized stati stical in fonnati on in

the statements in clude fin anci al i nfonnat i on
on your stake i n the Pens ion Pl an, Insurance
Pl an, Savings and Securi ty Program, Personal
Accident Insurance Pl an, and others. All
da ta will show your s tatus as of the end of
1968.
S&S P A V E RA GE STOCK AND FUND
UNIT PRICES FOR APRI L ARE ANNOUNC ED

The average "Stock Pri ce" and average

"Fund Uni t Price" used i n crediting pa rtici pants' accounts in t he Savings and Security
Program for Apri l were re l eased th i s week.
Stock Price:
Fund Un i t Price:

$91 . 66 7
$27.684

PAGE TWO
SUGGESTION IS MADE FOR EASING THE
TRAFFIC CONGESTION LEAVING
THE PARKING LOT

TWO PLANT EMPLOYEES TO COMPLETE~

THE CREATIVE ENGINEERING COURSE

A nunber of employees in the Relays

Area have offered an excellent suggestion
for easing the congestion of traffic leaving
the plant's north parking lots in the afternoon.

Two Waynesboro Plant engineers, Mr.

Albert C. Foss, AECBS; and Mr. Charles
S. Vincent, SCD, will graduate Monday from
the Company's Creative Engineering Course in
Schenectady.

Presently tie-ups occur as drivers tl)'

to cross over lanes in order to go east or
west on Hopeman Parkway. A car leaving the
lot in the right-hand lane has to cross lanes
in order to tum left and go east on Hopeman.
The reverse can also be true for going west.

Messrs. Foss and Vincent are among 69.

engineering and manufacturing employees who
are completing the course designed to broaden
technical awareness and to develop greater
insight into opportunities for innovation.

To solve the problem employees have

suggested that drivers park in the area
that will prevent having to switch lanes
when leaving. For example, employees who
wish to go west on Hapeman when leaving
should park in the lower part of Zone 8,
across the road fran the plant entrance.
Thus, they would leave iJi- the proper lane to
tum right onto Hapeman.
Those employees who wish to go east on
Hapeman when leaving should park in the
upper section of Zone 8 nearer to the plant
building. By doing so, they also would not
have to switch lanes to turn left at Hapeman.
The suggestion is vel)' worthwhile and
deserves a tl)'; however, no enforcement of
this proced.Ure will be made.

Completion of the course marks the end

of an eight month review of trends and new
developments in fundamental technologies.
The group met for a full day every two weeks
beginning last September.
PURCHASlliGSAYSTHANKSFORTHE
HELP OF MANY PLANT
EMPLOYEES

Mr. C. L. Smith, Manager-Purchasing,

today praised the cooperation of many em- ~
employees throu~hout the plant who assisted
in holding the Vendors' Show here on Monday
May 12.
"We had a very successful show, Mr.
Smith stated, and those attending were
impressed with our efforts for them. A large
number of people here in all sections help~d
to make the show a success. We appreciate
their cooperation. 11
11

11

Over 100 machine and tool manufacturers

from throughout the eastern half of the
United States attended the show to view samples
and drawings for items which they may bid on
to supply to the plant.
DEDICATION AND OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW
WAYNESBORO LIBRARY SET THIS WEEKEND

Open House for the new Waynesboro Public

Library, located at 14th St. and S. Wayne
Avenue, will be held tomorrow from 9A.M. to
5 P.M. and Sunday from 3:30 P.M. to 6 P.M.
At the dedication ceremony, set for
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 P.M., the speaker
will be Virginia's U. S. Senator William B.~
Spong.

********************************************
Anyone willing to belp with the SCOGEE
Family Day Picnic, Jtme 21, please contact
Joe Smith, Ext. 403

WAYNESBORO PLANT
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GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Volwne XIII , !lo . 21

WAYN ESBORO, VIRGINI A

May 23, 1969

COMPA NY CONTRIBUTES $67 MIL LION

TO 1968 INSURANCE PLA N COS T;
B E NEF ITS HIT RECORD HIGH

Nearly $7 million more in benefits paid

l.Il1der the General Electri c Insurance Plan in
1968 than in any pre\ious year . Tirnt ' s a high light of ti1e report on 19b8 operations of the
GE Insurance Plan r eleased last iveek. A statistical report on the Plan is on the back page
of the NEWS.
A highlight of the Insurance Plan here
in Waynesboro is a new arrangement \,hid1 be -

gan last month whereby d1ecks covering cl aims

will be i ssued locally. Also, l.Il1der ti1e new
arrangement, only a single copy of a c laim
fonn must be submitted by Waynesboro employees.

SCD General Manager Warren F. Kindt r eviews

the Plant 's business with employees.

Total benefits paid to empl oyees throughout

the company and their beneficiaries reached the
GENE RA L MANAGER REVIEWS BUSI NE SS
record of $104,764,968. There we re 37 , 000 more
FOR PLAN T EMPLOYEES THIS WEEK
claims paid than in 1967 - -a total of 484,000 ,
that kept local GE and insurance company acbninis Mr. Warren F. Kindt, General Manager of
trators hopping all year.
t he Specialty Contro l Department, held "state
GE has issued annual reports on the
Insurance Plan for many years and r ecently
the government has required such a r eport
f rom all companies or Lll1ions sponsoring
employee welfare or benefit plans.
~lore than 99 % of all
to have the protection of
neered in the development
medical expense insurance

GE peop l e continue
the Plan whid1 pioof canprehcnsive
in 1955.

Cost Reach es New High in 1968

The total cost of the Insurance Plan

reached a new high of $111 million in 1968.
This exceeded the cost of the first year -1 956 by $64 million.
The Insurance Plan gave the average GE
empl oyee gre ater li fe and health insurance
protection in 1968 than ever before . 1he
Insurance Plan coverage for employees in(continue d Page 'I'wo)

of the bus iness" reviews fo r all Waynesbo r o

Plant production and maintenance employees
this week .
In a series of meetings held in the
plan t auditorit.nn Tuesday and Wednesday, Mr.
Kindt dis cussed Specialty Contr ol, NtDnerical
Control and Aerospace business for 1968 in
the Waynesboro Plant. He also told employees
wh at the outlook for the rest of 1969 appears
to be for the Waynesboro Plant operations .
" I am very optimisti c about ou r f uture
here in Waynesboro, and I look fon.>ard t o
taking fu ll advantage of the change s th a t
we are maki ng n ow to improve both our business and our jobs," Mr. Kindt told e mployees.
At the end of the business review, he
narrat ed a slide p resentation showing the
development of t he TenniNet 300 Da t a Communications Printer .

>;.

PAGE TWO
INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS (cont'd)

eludes life insurance, accidental death and

dismembennent insurance, weekly sickness and
accident protection, canprehensive medical
expense :insurance and maternity benefits.
Dependents similarly had higher protection for
the medical expense insurance which covers
them. Each employee and dependent is covered
for the $100,000 lifetime maximun.
The report shnws that in 1968 an average
of 314,512 employees had coverage under the
plan, while an average of 211,090 also had
coverage for their dependents.
As in previous years, the major cost
incurred in 1968 was for employee coverage.
This amounted to more than $ 71 million. Of
that total GE paid more than $48 million or
31.9% of the total cost.
"Updating" Is Major Advantage

Many observers have pointed out a major

advantage of the GE plan--that it has canprehensive medical expense benefits that increase
with any increase in medical costs. Since
medical costs have been on the rise for many
years, GE employees have not had to wait several years for their insurance benefits to
be "updated" to meet higher costs. The GE
Plan has "updating" built into it and the
increased protection occurs automatically.
The 1968 report shows that lUlder the
Plan, GE's objective has been to allot most
of its contributions to employee coverage.
Pmployee contributions for dependent coverage was supposed to provide for all but administrative costs of that part of the Plan.
The objective was to insure that employees
shared equitably in Company payments, whether
or not they had dependents.
But payroll deductions for dependent
coverage in 1968 fell far short of claims
incurred by dependents. As required by the
Plan, GE paid the balance of the costs not
covered by employee deductions.
Total payments by the company to dependent coverage reached $19 million or 47. 6%
of the cost. Total payroll deductions for
those with dependent coverage was just tmder
$21 million. Only 3 years ago the Ccmp... s
contribution to dependent coverage was ju..,t
over $9 million and employees contributed
just tmder $18 million.

For the ccmbined coverages, both

~
employee and dependent, GE paid more than
$67 million out of the $111 million total.
THREE PLANT EMPLOYEES
AWARDED PATENTS
Patent Counsel M. Masnik announced this
week that three Waynesboro Plant employees
have been awarded patents. They are Paul
W. Caulier, E. H. Dinger, and Earle B.
McDowell.

Mr. Dinger, SCD Engineering, received

the 15th patent issued in his name for an
invention relating to an improved feedback
control system.
Another patent was issued in the names
of Mr. Caulier and Mr. McDowell, both of
SCD Engineering, for an invention which
relates to switching circuits having snap
switching action in response to a varying
signal.
AHOY, SAILORS!

The first SCOGEE sailboat regatta of

the season will be held Sunday, May 25 at
2 PM at Beaver Creek Dam.
Bring your sailboat and enjoy an
afternoon of fun and relaxation. If you
don't have a sailboat, join in the fun
anyway.
UMPIRE NEEDED

An umpire is needed for the intraplant

softball games played three nights a week
in back of the plant. The fee for umpiring
is $2 per game. If you are interested,
contact Will Sutphin, ~xt. 436.
NEXT FRIDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY

Next Friday, May 30, will be the third

paid holiday of the year for Waynesboro Plant
employees. Eight of the nine holidays are
scheduled to provide employees with long ~
weekends, four 3-day weekends and two 4-day
weekends at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

PAGE THREE
NECD'S REDESIGN O F A CONTROL
WILL PRODUCE SUBSTA N TIAL
COST SAVINGS

FIVE PLANT EMPLOYEES DONA TE

TIME AND EFFORT TO
FIRST AID CREW

Five employees in the Waynesboro Plant

have "moonlighting" jobs which cause them to
lose sleep, expend energy, and for which
they receive no pay . They are members of
the Waynesboro First Aid Crew which provides
ambulance service, as well as f i rst ai d and
rescue service.
The GE employees who volunteer their
time and effort to the First Aid Crew are
James Dtmcan, 'v1aintenance;
Jack Plurruner ,
NC Test, Paul Ross, White Print; Al Scarbrough, Aerospace Engineering ; and William
Smith, SCD Manufacturing Engineering.
The Waynesboro First Aid Crew, foun ded
in 1951, now has 37 members, 5 motor vehicles,
a boat, and thousands of dollars worth of
life-saving equinent. In addition to the
life -saving work, the Crew, s ince 1967, has
provided the city's only ambulance service,
without charge to the area residents.
Pictured ahove i s a re- des i gned 7500
NC built for K & T. With the unit are five
members of the team which comple ted the
re- design of the K & T Model II control.
They are (from left) : E. E. Johnson, J .P.
Bakel, 1-1 . W. Massie , E. D. Fickes , and D. O.
Sch legal .

The Crew's annual fund drive i s now

underway with a goal of $25,000. The f unds
are us ed for the Cr ew ' s oper ating cos t s and
fo r the purchase of new equipment. A major
piece of equipment which the Crew hopes to
replace after this year ' s fund drive i s the
crash truck. The present vehicle i s a 1957
model. A new, larger truck is needed for
the growing community and the inter s tate
highway sys tem.

The use of integrated circuits in the

7500 control will produce 12-month savings of
nearly $70,000 according to the best cost
figures available now. The re-des igned
product takes up less floor space, l ooks
better, and is expected to be more re li ab l e
than the older vers i on . These control s are
now in producti on and t he first units are
operating successfu l ly at customers ' plants.
Other members of the team which redesigned the control are: J.C. Kenyon,
J.P. Lyons, G.L. Rogers, M.O. Bassett,
J .T. Evans , L.U.C. Kelling, W.A. Hanger,
and G.B. Lukens .
E. G. Menaker, Chai rm an of th e NECD
Cos t Improvement Commi t tee, also noted
t hat t here are many others wh o contribu ted t o t he pr oject over t he pas t se vera l
years .

_ ,. _

,~~Acc;~ENT ~~
~

AHEAD

iSLOW

Jack Plurroner, NC Test, shows one of the signs

the First Aid Crew uses to prevent further
damage at accident sites . Behind him is
the old crash truck the crew hopes to replace .

Report for 1968 on Your General Electric Insurance Plan

In l ~"68 the benefits pa id unde r the Plan to e mployees and the ir beneficia ries once again re ached a new hig h - nearly $7 mi llion
mo re than in any previous year. More than 99 % of all General El ectric employees continue to en joy th e va luab le protecti on of
t he Compa ny Pla n wh ich pioneered in the developme nt of co mprehensive medica l expe nse insurance in 1955.
This report shows the 1968 fin,,Ki al activities of the General Electric Insur
.1nt c Pl.111 which h.1s prmidcd broad, llcxihlc protection for emp loyees and
their dependents, the cost of this protection and how this increasing hospital

and medical cost "'"shared. \Y/e bcl ic,c it essentially meets regui remcnts for
a summ:ir~ of t he :mnual report under the Feder.ti \Y/df.trc .111J Pension Plans
Disclosure Act.

. HERE'S HOW THE COST WAS SHARED

Employee Cove rage

. . . .. . . Total Cost $71 ,302,926

(Includes Life Insurance, Accide ntal D eath or Dis memberment Insurance,

W'cckly Sickness and Accident Insu rance, Medical Expense Insurance, and
Maternity Benefits.)
Amounts received from:
General Electric Company and
part icipating affiliates

$48,548,891

( 68.1% }

Employee Payroll D eductions

$22,754,035

(31.9%)

Claims incurred during the year :

Life Insurance
Accidenta l Death o r Dis111embcrn1c1u

The Company's objcct iYe is to provide General Electric employees wit h the
soundest possib le group insurance protection. T he porti on of the total cost
paid directly by the Co mpany for this protection was 68. Vio in 1968.

Dependent Cove rage . . . . . . Total Cost $39,892,576

(Includes Med ica l Expense Insurance and Maternity Benefits )

12,984,008

$ 19,002 ,406

(47.6%)

Employee Payroll D eductions

$20,890, 170

( 52.4%)

Employees with Coverage ( at year end)

215,507

The original aim of the Company was to devote the major portion of its
contribution to employee coverage and to assume only the administrative
coses of che dependent coverage with employee payroll deductions covering
rh e cosc of incurred claims for d ependents. T his p rocedure would help to
assure chat all employees will share equitably in the Company's contribut ion,
whether or not they have dependents.
However, in 1968, employee payroll deductions agai n fell far short of the
amount nec<led to cover the cost of claims incurred by their dcpen\lents, and
the Company paid the balance of the claims cost as well as the administ rat ive
(O; t of dependent co,erage.

Combine d Cost of Plan

To t al Cost $111, 195, 502

Amount> recei,ed from:

G eneral Electric Company and
participating affi liates
J:mployec Payroll Deductions

$67 ,551 ,297

(60 .8%)

.. .. $43,644,205

(39 .2%)

The combined cost of the Plan - includ ing the cost of coverage fo r both
employees and dependents - was nearly S 111.2 million. This amount is an
impressive all -time high. Since 1956 t he ann ual cost of this Plan has increased
by over S64 million .

ERA 167 5 15169

65,800.235

B )' d e/1 end ents

TOT Ai. I NCU R RED CLAIMS

38,892.480

L"ndc r the Pl an 5 7.0(10 mo re

cla im ' " l'rC p.:tid in 1968
1han in 1967 :t11d h cncfit'i
of S I OL 76f.9 68 wt.rt. pa id

d in ( t h to or for t:mpl o \CC'i

an d the ir hcnC'fil i:tr ic~." In
add it io n. 1hc ru nd .. h1Jd in
rcscrvl' 10 pay l l:t i!ll") fo r
(O'+CrC'd c:\. pcn'L'' imur red
h \ c.:mp l1n t'C ' and dair de
rcndcnb in a ,L:i \ l ' ll nar.
hut "h n h M T n P I rt. po rted
in 1ha1 n :.1r. we re n.duccd
In Si2 .1'i ' Tlit,t ! \\'o iit~m ..
n~.tkC' up rh1.. inu ir rcd <.b i m s
roe.ti o f S IOl.69 2.71 ').

104,692,7 15 ~

Addition to reserve for retired em

ployees

7,498. 144 ~

Thi.., j., 1hl' amot11H ' l.'C as ide

in 1968 "i rh th1. ~l l' cropo li
wn I.if(_' fn.,ur:ln<- c Com pa ny
w hdp pro vide lif(_' insu rance cc1vcragc fo r pcmione rs .

Other cha rges

3,672,2 I 1 ~

This is chc amo unt for taxes,

cxpeno;c;;, necessary adjust ment o f o ther rese rves and
a ll or h cr purposes.

115,863,070

Less interest credits

General Elect ric Company and

participating affiliates

1, 105,889
27 ,656.686

Gross Cost

Amounts received from :

24,053,652

Medica l and Maternity Expense

Medical and Matern ity Expense

321,905

\Veekly Sickness and Accident

TOTAi. BY EM P LOYE ES

Employees Covered (at year end)

NOTES ,

By emplo)'ees

4,667,568 ~

T h is is the amm ~riter

cst credited by th.
a nce
company on rc~en c~ b uilt
up over the years.

N et Combi ned Cost of the Plan in

1968 ..
.. ... .... .. .... ...
S l ll,195,502

G e n e r al N otes Regardi ng The I nsurance Plan

Co st of Pla n . . . Durin.: 1968 benefi ts p ro vid ed dire<'tly by the Company amounted to

$ 62.73 1,742 an d the balance o f th e net cos t (S48,4 6 j,760) rcpr c"i:e nts p re mi um paymen ts
to insura n ce carriers. ~ o co mm i ss i on~ were paid.
Rese rv es
. . At 1hc end of J96S, the ins ura nce carriers we re ho l d i n~ re'ie rYes tof.'tlini:;
S l 27. I mi lli on to meet Pla n obligations. The p r inc ipa l obl iga ti o n is to provi d e life insuf
ancc to pens ioners.
Advo nce Deposits . . . The Com pany al so made a dva n ce depo;;it~ to t he inrnra ncc carriers o f
add it ional mon ey f rom co rpo rate funds to p rov ide fo r u np re dicta b le claim costs. Afn1rar e
fo re<.a s ri ng , h a scd u n exper ien ce. a nd dose lia iso n with the in~urance car rie rs h e lped kee p
this cxnss a d \'an r c d epos it to on ly S29 'l . O .~i in 11J68 - Jes ., than 3 ~ o f 1r-r o f thi.: to rn!
premium paid. Th i~ tcmporu~ adva n n.-, having bee n paid f rom corpor.llc fund;;. wa s, o f
rour:-.1..-. return ed to the Cl>rt1 p:my and is excluded fro m d1c figu re s in th is r<.po r r.
Other Co\ts . .. 1\ ~uhstant ial item of co.,t is created hy the ckri(:t ) and o tht_ r adm ini,1rat ivc

work which is r rformcd t)\ the Compa n y to o pcra 1.:- the ln~ u rance Pb11 a nd the ro ~ t of
thi 'i \\ork ( othe r than the adrni m stra1 ion uf the C:tli fo rnia V(l lunta n Pl an) j.., no! nn encd
in the fig ure s in t hi~ re por t. In 1968 thi ... \\'Ork in dudt:<l the preli m i n~ry prm <.."':-.ing of ahout
48f,ooo insu ra n('c d ai ms.
Nc ~ rl1 c r do the fi~u rcs rcfl C<.t 1he bl'ncfi1;; nf SI,SA7,iQf fu rn is h ed in 1968 to pensioners.
their spo u ses and surv ivi nJ.! s p ouse s under the Gen eral Elecr r ic Med ica l Care Plan for
Pensio ners.
~mpl oy ees Protected . . . The a ctual pa rt ic ipati o n s h own above is at the er.1 <l o f 1 9 6
Dur
:'.J.
ing the year an average of 3 l.f, l 52 e mployees had personal co v era g e, while an average of

211,090 also had coverage for their dependents.

GENERAL. ELEC TRIC

-WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 22

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

ANNUA L REPORT OF PENSION TRUST

E MPHASIZES NEED TO COVER PENSIONS
O F FUTU RE; COMPAN Y CONTRIBUTED
$50 MILLIO N IN 1 68

May 29 , 1969

COMPANY MATCHES SCOGEE DUES

General Electric contributed $50,483,351

t o the General Elec tric Pension Trust during
1968 , according to the annual report on the
Trus t' s operations which was released this
week .
Employee p ay roll deductions for the
Trust, minus refunds for deaths, and withdrawals, amounted to $18,493,964 . Employees
contri bute d only on earnings above $6600.
Cost o f pensions on e a rnings below $6600 is
covered by the canpany in f ull.
The statistical report wi ll be found
on Page Tlvo of this week's issue of the
Plant 1'H: WS . General Electric has used
annual statis tical r eports on the Pension
Trust's operation for many years , beginning
lon g before the en actment of the Federal
Di sclos ure Act .

W. R. Perry (left) presents a check

to SCOGEE President, Dan Dondiego for $20 13.
The funds contributed by the Company to
SCOGEE match the dues for the last 12 month
period. The f unds will be us e d by SCOGEE
to continue i ts many social and recreational
activities.

I n 1968 , there 1vas a net increase of

$10 7 mill i on in the asset s of the Trus t. TI1e
repo rt po inted out the need t o keep the
Pension Trust large enough to pay Pensions
of those already retired, and to provide
future pens i ons for the increasing nunb er
of employees who have not yet retired .

The next major event planned by SCOGEE

i s the Family Day Picnic set for Saturday
June 21, at Shenando ah Acres.

Payments to pensioners and t heir beneficiaries during 1968 amounted to more than
$73 million. These payments 1vill increase
with the increase in pension rolls as more
present partici pating employees r etire. It
i s necessary that the assets of the Trust
increase corresponding ly so that it will be
large enough to provide the pension payments
,...tJ:iat will be required in years ahead, the
port said.
The Trus t is administered by trustees
who invest it according to sound investment
principles and policies. None of the assets
cai1 ever revert to General Electric.

GUARDS WILL DIRECT TRAFFIC AT

CROSS-WALKS STARTING N EXT WEEK

Guards will be provided at the crosswalks outside Gate 12 in the North park i ng
lot beginning Monday, June 2, Mr. Fred B.
Curto, Mgr.-Pla~t Utilities and Mainte nance
announced this week.
The gua rds which will be present at 4 P.M.
when most of the traffic occurs will he l p to
insure safety and expedite th e flow of pedestrian and automobi le traffic, Mr. Curto
said.
KEEP YOUR HOLIDAY HAPPY.
FOR YOUR FAi\llI LY'S SAKE .

DRIVE CAREFULLY

REPORT FOR 1968 ON YOUR GENERAL ELECTRIC PENSION TRUST

This report shows t he financial act ivities of the Gener al Electri c_Pension
Tr ust duri ng 1968 and its st atus at the end of 1968. It contains inform a
tion sim ilar to t hat which the General Electric Company has provi ded

voluntarily to employees during the past several years and. we believe,

essentially meet s the requirements for a su mma ry of t he annual r eport
under the Federal Disc losure Act.

The Genera l Elecrr ic P ension Trusr was esrnhlish ed in 1927 to prov ide for General Elecrr ic pensio ns. Ir is adminisrered hy 5 trusrees
who invesrTrusr fu nds in accordance with sou nd invesrmenc princip les and policies. T he assets o f chis Trust are for the ben efit of
those receiving pensions and chose par ticipants who will b e

eligible co r eceive pensions in ch e future. None uf the assets can

ever revert co GC'nera l Electric Company. Genera l Electric p ays all
the coses of admi n i s ce ri n~ the Pens ion Pla n and Trust (brokerage
fees and transfer taxes :ire created as part of rhe price of the securities w hen purchased or so ld ) .

HERE ARE THE CHANGES DURING 1968

... ... $ 1,523,331 , 226

NET FU N D 12 / 3 1 / 67 ...... .. .
i\nun1nts rccci\'l'd frun1:

In te rest. D ivide nds. and Other

Gain from Dispo~ition of A s~c t s.

l ." nrcal ized Appreciation Recog ni1cd . , ..

$ 77,436,875
$ 13,481 ,901
$ 20,301 , 395

Employee P ayroll D<duct iom. k"

refunds for death and wit hd rawa l

$ 18,493 ,9641 1

l n\'estrnen t >fo t Income ....

:'\T<: t

(~t: rH:r:11

Elc:etric Compan y and

p.irticipatin g affilia tes ..... ............ .. ..

$ 50,483,3 5 J lb

H.csu ltin g fro m investm lrtt of co11trih u 1ion s m ade hy th e Company since 1927
,.. and hy tl1c Con1 pan y ;ind employees si nce 19-16.

These arc tlu.: contribut ioth 1111llk during 19(18 hy p:-inicipant s on the exctss u ,cr
..,_ S(l.600 of sal:uie~ or wage~. le.:~~ rLf und~ n ( cont ributions as a result of death or
wi thdrawal fro m participation .
This is the amount which w11h 1ncnml' and c111ploycc contr iburio n !-1 is rcqu i rLd
._. co co\'cr till: co~t o f pcn ~i on hcncf1t~ \\ hich appl~ to ~rYi<.:c during 1968. plus a

payment o f SJ .l) million on unfun d ed prior 'l'n ice l iahili ri cs.

Pensions Paid Durin g 1968.

T hese payments to penc;;ioners :1nd hc nc:lic ia rics will increase w ith the increase
in pcn~ion rolb a s mun: prc!'lcnt panicipatint: cmployccs-276 .298 at D cccmhcr
.H. 1968- rcti re. Tht number on the pcn,ion rolls at December 5 1. 1968 \YaS
-~7 .5 88-a n increase of 8"'"' i O\'l.'r the n umh1:r 10 years ago a nd :)';"~( OYer the nun1~

$ 73 ,074, 1681<1

$107, 123, 318

.,. The assets of the T rus1 arc retpi ircd s pecifically to provide for ( I ) pensions payable to presen t pcnsio nen and hcndiriar ic:-. a:-. well as for ( 2) pen sions built up
through I iJ68 hr present e mplo yee:-. and n.:~tec~ who wi l l re t ire in t he future.
Pensio ns a rl: pa y ah h: o nl y from the a:-.~ct:-. Df d1 t Tru.s 1 and they will continue to
grow as cmplo yct~ ~Ln ice a nd La rn i ng ~ inrre.1'-tc. It is n ccc~sar ~ . thcnfort-, that

he r just 5 years ago .

:'\'ct Increase in Asset s ...... ................

NET FUND 12/ 31 / 68 ...

$ 1,630,454,544

<.q fn cludcs s2.rn 1. <1->l inf ludcs S20.S\2 ( !wfon._ ddnntl gain ... ) and
,._ )i11d ud c ... S).928 applicahle to l ntcrn :11 io11;1I c;llll ra l Eh:nric Pu t'flO
Hin Inc.:, P;.:11si on P lan.

th e to ta l a~sct' of 1hc Tn1"it i nrn.1:-.t: to rr L'"i lllllldint:IY ~o t here will he c;;ullic icn1
fund s to pay these pension' w he n tmp loyce' retire.

HERE IS HOW THE PENSION TRUST STOOD AT THE END OF 1968

FINA NCIAL STATEMENT

A UDIT AND ACTUARIAL REV IEW

ASSETS
C .S. Go,c-rn m cnt obligations .
Corporate and o ther obl igatio ns .
Co m mon stocks ..

5.010.586
iOl.-i61J.57'i
681.'i I 2.'J72

1.088,002.9.\.\ 1 ")
,\ !ortg .1gc>- I ndustria I
1\f nn_g,tge~-L.S.

115. 1!02.r.,

Guv't. gua ran t eed

Heal estate ( leased to oth ers )

1\fi n cral in a.rcsts
Other in\'CStmc ru c;

56,752.902

2-i6. l.16.75.;
.\ 1,988,806
70.1%.9.\6

Total in vestm ents

l/i09.171,105 1h>

Ca>h ...
Hecei, ahlcs

I ,8 cii,2 lI
li.977,58.\

Tota) a ssets
Le ss mi.'lcellaneous liabiliti es

I />.\5.'!92.902

P ART ICIPANTS' EQU ITY

For pay 111cn1 of pensions to .\7,588 prcspc_-n~ioncrs

AC:T l 'ARI AI. RE\.11: \\'. llh fi r m of 11ah p t.'1Hknl Lo11sul1111~ .1uuar1t:\, T he \\ \.HC Lompany. ha~ rqiort l'.<l .1-. follu" ' : \\ l. h ,1 , 1. fl ' \ h" ,,.d 1'11.. c:.dtul.u1on' of liab1liul'.~ :1ppl1tahle
to the \l,:<l r 19(,8 Uthkr tht. ( 1t.fH.:r.tl I lnlrH 1'1.11 ,1011 Pl.Ill . an d nott. th.it -,lah l.tllul.111on'
arc b.ti~<l on thi.. ~.t mi.. mc_1hod.., .111d ,tltu.1ri.il .1" u111p11 on\ th.u \\ t'.fl'. U\c<l w dctcrm1ne 19(,li;1hiltt1n. I n our op11111m, ' ' 111dt. 1w11du11 .u 111,tru' d11,. pr()(.. nlur1,, ' u,1,,d tor lht. 19hl'\ 1...tlcu~
l.1cion') ,Ht: in ;1uord:1n1..t. \\1lh .111lp11d .lt tu.1r1.d pr1111..1pl1..' U.1,t.d on tht. J.1t.1 \llhm1tt1..d t-,,
(,cnt.r al l:.lt.1 1nl for ou r .111.il ~'1' .111d .rn .t"umt.d t..1rn111,L:' r.Ht. of (1,-.( . \\e trnd the r~')ulh
he rt'a ')onahl t. 111 rqnnu11111 ~ tl1 t. l1.1hd11 1n ot th1._ Pl.111 .q 1pli l.thh: lO th .: ~1.:.1r 1968." Tht.
\\ .)atC Comp.in} h.1-. .tl ... o re\lt'.\\t.d .ind .1p prm1._d !ht. \,tlu.tt1on of li.1b1htin for hl.'nd1h
a ccn1t.d throu~h D ...t 1.1n ha 'J . ll)(1-.

,;>

Fl":\Dl:\G PROGH r\M : Th1.. pro~r.111 1 "hid1 \,,,, 111 dfru 111 1')(1 - and 19()K rnd udn th .,,
')Sti..1n~1tic rt.CO,L:ni1ion of u11rl'..d1 J' u! .q1prn1.1t1on 111 d1l romrnun '101.:h. portfol10 wh1lh 1t l<t
run scr\atiH: I)' t.,tim:1tl'.d will hl_' ,l\ ail.thk lor tlw p.1~111 t. 1u nl puH1on ht."11dlc-.. Apprni.1t1on
wi ll not be rc_'Co~n i1: nL howi.., l r. d th t. rnult 1 11~ hook' .tlu1.. ot lommon 'tock, 1..x1..1..c<h -5ri
o f dair ~\ \'t..ragl'. 111.trh.c_( \ al lll' for dll u1 r r c_111 a nd prncd1 n_i..: two r 1..1n. l "n fundcd i.~1hd11u.:'
art'. hci n~ amo rtii'l..-<I O\ t.r a lO} l '.tr pt.r tod . I tw .tl lll:tr1.d nv.. umption' u~.._d in 19(18 1ndudt.. in
add1t i~11 to tiw (,r; c\timat nl r.111.. ol fu cur1 '"1r111r1,.:'. rnort.d itr. un plorn turr10 \'1..r. o ptional
<tnd d 1sab il i r~ rltirt.flll'lll r;11n d1ri\nl lron1 l ''!Wf1c_fll'l ' maier the Pl an .

'i,5.\8 ..\58

s I />50.- i5-f. 5.;., (' )

Net Fund.

l'n t

ACDI T : The_ rn o r1..h of dw ( ,c_nc_r.tl l.lnlfll l'lt1,111n 1 ru~l :lfl'. <1uJ11t.<l c_,trh \t. .tr In P c_:u.
"1 :trwi<k. ~1 rn.l11..-I\ "' ( o .. 1.. t.rt1hc_d puhl1, .1({oun1.1111\. Ttw l;ltt.'!lt :md11 \\,t, m.1Jt.: .1 .. of
Scpttmh1.:r :W. 19(18

and h c ncf1cia ri cs

S 50.\,5S7, \56

Hcquircd to pay pe n sio n s for scr\'icc

t h rough 1968 to presen t emplorccs
who will retire in the futu r e ..
Tot al P.lrt1c ipanr, Fqu i1y ......

N ote~

b > ~1arki:t valu..: approx ima tdy

( b ln' t:"lml'.nh a rc 1arr ied al :11no rl ihd 10'1 ph i-. 1111rt,tl1rlJ ,tppnri:nion n CO ,L:llltL'd. i\'o
.1sst:C s Wlrt. in , c_)>rnl in \cniri ti 1.., or JHOlll' rt ~ " ' (I) Glmr.d U 1..ctri1.. Company o r atlili;-itt.~ or
( 2 ) any otliccr. tn1 ~ t t.'l' or l'lllplo~l'l' o l dll 1 n1~1. ;'\.'o loan' wc_r ... made during cht. }Car. nor
\\' Cfl' an)' ou1s1andin~ al )car l'lli..I. 10 (,lnc_r.d 1: 11< tr1t. Company or atlili~Ht' or to an~ otl1nr.
tru~tc1: o r cmployct. of th e T r u st.

I . I 26.86-, 188
Sl.6\0.-i'i-1.5 1-1 '"'

t o fi n o n c i a l St a t eo m a nt

SI ,(.J ).)09,0111) ,

~ l ndudt' s IH' t ' ""t't') .1pp!tl:ihk IO lntt.'m.1t 1011al Ct.nt.ral Ell'nric Puerto Rico I nc. P ension

P lan

amountin~

10 S2='>8,.1XO ''hi~h .1r1. lOflHH111,1.:k<I lnr 1n\tstmt.111 purpo'l''

L' nfun<lt.d li ;-ihd11\ :u the.: trnl

nrnt1.:ly $20.000.000. '
Id)

ol

l 1)(18

\\ "

1., t1 111.t{t don

:t

p r d11mn.1ry ha''"

10

ht. .1 ppr o x1-

HERE ARE SOME FACTS ON RETIRED EMPLOYEES

A-, of DL'lt rnhcr )I. 19(>8. there wa'\ a 1otal of
.~- . )8~ p1..: r...,.>n\

rLcci' ing benefits under the G en

l r.i l iIL'(..tr1t Pcn~ion Plan of w h o m 51.866 were
pens io ner~ 1 2-.0(>I men a nd 8,805 w o n1 cn) an d
1.51- iwrn.: fiuaric~ . There were also 5 perso n :-.

retired under the IGEPR Plan .

ERA 166 4 / 30 / 69

During 1968 chcre were -1.620 add itio n '\ to th t.:

pcn>ion rolls. Of these 1.095 employee' and 2 1'!

hc n cliciaries w 1:rc

adJ~d

tu the regular 111on1hh

p:inoll an d 'i8 e m ployees and 2-i8 bcncliciarie.s

wt.:rc given Jump su n1 sertlemencs.

T h e a ,1.: ragc age at re tirement of the e mployees added to the regular mon th I)' pension payroll
w .l"t (> 1.0 yc .1 r;;;: I he 1r a \'era gt length of ~crv ice

rLltri..'llll'lll

at
\\'.l'i 16.0 ~Tar-; an<l their :ncragc

monthl y pay ment under the Pens ion Plan to raled

$20 1. 12.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL @MELECTRIC

Volwne XIII

No . 23

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

FOUR PROMOTIONS ARE

ANNOUNCED IN SPECIALTY
CONTROL MANUFACTURING

DOW JONES ANNOUNCES P URCHASE

OF TE RM INET 300 PRINTERS

Mr. Wi lli am F. Kerby, president of Dow

Jones & Co., announced t his week that the
Dow Jones News Service wi 11 be reequipped with
General Electric Te rmiNet 300 Printers.
Mr. Kerby said the company plans to be gi n insta lling the new printers in cities
served by the Dow Jones News Service as soon
as possible after delivery from GE beg~ns.
Delivery is schedul ed to start la te th is yea r .
Accord ing t o Mr. Kerby, changeover of t he
news servi ce to an initial speed of 100
-words a minute from its present slower rate
.ill be made for all customers simultaneously
once reequipment with the TermiNet 300 has
been completed. The change i n spee d will
be made at the earliest possible date.

June 6 1969

Four promotions i n SCD Manufacturing were

announced this week by D. 1 . Coughtry, ManagerManufacturing. Assigned to new positions
effective June 1 we r e Glenn A.. Keller, Supervisor- Manufacturing Engineering, DCP; Paul
C. Schatz, Supervisor- Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial and Power Generation; Robert
L. Trade r, Supervisor-Quality Control, DCP;
and John P. Witry, Supervisor- Metal Parts
Fabrication and Magnetic Winding, Industrial
and Power Generation.
Mr. Keller, who previously held the
position of Supervisor-Manufa ctuLing- Engineering , Industrial and Power
Gene rati on, joined the Company
in 1963 and moved to the Waynesboro Plant in February, 1965 .
He is a graduate of Lehigh
Unive rsity and of the Company's
Manufacturing Management Program.

Printer's Advantages Are Cited

Albert A. Anastasia, general sales manager

of the Dow Jones News Service, said the equipment's design, size, speed, quietness and
cost were factors that led to its selection.
"We had a variable-speed printer under
deve l opment in our own laboratories and we 've
examined many kinds of equipment. But none
of those, operational or under development-including our own machi~e--had as ma~y ad~an
tages as this one does, Mr. Anastasia said.
"What s more, we wanted equipment that combined the simplicity of operation and the
dependability that's characterist~c of t~e
Dow Jones wheel-type printer . This machine
has that."
1

"Unlike most high-speed printers used

,,.-.... n computer operations," Mr. Anastasia noted,
"this unit is extremely quiet. It makes
less noise than an e le ctric office typewriter and in fact in the cabinet we desi~ned
(continued on Page Th ree )

Mr. Trader had served as a Q. C.

Engineer before promotion to Supe r visorQ. c. Engineer~ng for Data
Communications Printer Manu~
fac turing . He received his
~~
B.S. in Electrical Engineering
from Union College and joined
the Company in 1962 . He completed
Trader
the Manufacturing Management
Program course in 1965 and came
to the Waynesboro Plant in Augus t of that year .

Mr. Schatz joined General Electric in

1963 and came to the Waynesboro Plant in
April, 1965 . He is a graduate
of the University of Nebraska
flA:O
in Mechanical Engineering and
comp l eted the Manufacturing
Management Program. He served
three years in the U. S. Air
Schatz
Force prior to joining the
Company. He had served as a
Manufacturing Engineer before his promotion.

(continued on Page Three)

PAGE TWO

Fr>om left, Rodney LOJ;)son, OT'T'in Wand.snider>,

and John Nolan watch the scr>een as a pr>ojected image fr>om the "Electr>owY'i ter>" (behind
them) communi cates the pr>ofessor> 's equations
fr>om a Univer>sity classroom in Char>lot tes ville .
TEA CHE R IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
W R I T ES ON ELE C T RONIC
11
B L A CK BOAR D 11 IN WAYNESB ORO

When Dr . Cliffor d Siegel teaches his

electronic analysis course at the Univer sity
of Virgini a , not all of his class assembles
in Charlot t esvil le.

Dr . Siegel is trying out a program of

remo te teaching" that uses a comb ination
of col ored slides and tel ephones and an
electronic device known as an elect rowriter
that carries his instructions to three
General Electric engineers in 11/aynesboro .
11

The three Waynesboro Plant employees ,

Rodney A. Lawson , SCD; John J. Nolan , NECD;
and Orrin F. Wandsnider, NECD, meet at. the
University ' s Valley Offi ce in Waynesboro
at the same time as the class meets in
Charlottesville .
The el ect rowriter trans lates the
movement of a pen on a special writing
surface i nto audio tona l pi tches that can
be repro:iuced as writing on anothe r mad1ine
in anothe r pl ace .

As Si egel jot s down equat ions in his

class room at the Unive rsity, a r emotecontrolled pen inscribes them on an acetate
shee t on a r ecei ver unit just behind him.

This is the picture students in ~laynesboro

ge t on t he scr>een- - as it is being written
in Char>lottesville .

A pro j ect or throws the writing onto a

scr een that his 12 st udents in Charlot tes vi l le use for a blackboard . At the same
time , the same thi ng happens for the three
General Electr ic engineers in Waynesboro
some 25 miles away .
A r egular t elephone l ine is kept open
between the two cl ass es for Siegel's
l ect ure and f or discussion and Siegel emphas i zes that the colored slides and other
mater ial prepared in advance and sent to
remot e class locations t ake much of the
pressure off the electrowriter machine .
The major advan tage of the sys tems lies
in its relative cheapenss--canpared to the
closed circuit t el evision , ~vith its special
cables , more often thought of for such
teaching .
The clectrowriter' s particul ar advantage he said was t o "persons in almost
every industry around the state 11 who want
to take extension cours es , but who may be
too few in a location to support a class.
He noted that the same course could
be taught to several remote groups at one
time i f only a few s tudents were t o take
a course in a particular location; they
wouldn ' t even ne ed a pro jector and screen
he added, since they could watch the r eceiver w1it di rect ly .

PAGE THREE
Current participants in PAI will have
DOW JONES BUYS T E RMINET 300 . .
(c ont'd from page 1)

--'or i t , the printer will probably make less

Jise than our wheel - type model , wh i ch our
customers know t o be very qui et.

their coverage renewed automatically at the

l ow premi um rate of 45 cents per $1000 of
coverage. The cont inuation of the l ow pre mium was announced last week.

11

Dow Jones, the worl d' s largest bus iness

news-gathering organization, operates its news
service i n more than 1,000 communiti es in
this country and Canada. It is served by a
news staff of more than 330 people in the
U. S. and Canada and has access to overseas
news supp l ied not only by its own fore i gn
staff, but al so by the severa l thousand
newsmen who provide news for the AP -Dow
Jones Economic Report and the AP - Dow Jones
Financial ~l ire. There are two bus i ness
news services that Dow Jones operates in
conjunction wi th the Ass ociated Press;
th ey are available in Western Europe, Asia,
Africa and Latin America.
Dow Jones al so publi shes The Wall Street
Journal, Barron 's National Business and
Fina:acial Tileekly and The National Observer .
It recently estab l ished a broadcast service to provi de news for radio and t el evision stat i ons.

Mr. W. R. Perry, Benefits Specialist,

pointed out that the 45 cents premium per
$1000 was a 10% reduction over the fonner
rate and went into effect in 1968.
The coverage provides employees wi th
s till greater protection fo r their families
or beneficiaries on top of that provided by
the GE Insurance Plan . PAI is one of the
extras available in General Electric which
is not available in many other companies.
The Pl an provides employees with accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
Under it, coverage may be purchased in
$10,000 units up to a maximum of five times
armual earnings; but any employee can purchase up to $100,000 of coverage .
Mr. Perry said that the average coverage now held by participating employees is
about $30,000 . He pointed out that to obt ain $30,000 coverage under the Plan, an
(continued on Page Four)

PROMOTIONS IN MANUFACTURING .
(c ont'd from page 1)

Mr. Witry, who joined the General Electric

Company in 1955 at the Waynesboro Plant, is
a graduate in Mechani cal
Engineering of VPI . Since joining the Company , he has held
several engineerinr, positions
and one assigrunent as a buyer.
Be fo re his promo t ion he served
as Advan ced Manufacturing EngineerWitry
Relays .
PERSONAL ACCIDE N T INSU RANCE POLICY
YEAR B EGIN S JULY 1, SIGN
UPBYJUNE 15

The Company ' s Personal Accident Insurance Plan 's policy year begins July l and
non -par ticipating employees who want to take
advantage of the Plan as of that dat e should
sign up by June 15. Also, participants who
wish to increase or decrease coverage should
~omp l ete an enrollment fonn and return it
to Personnel Accounting by the deadline date
of June 15. Enrollment fonns can be obtained
at the Per sonnel Accounting Office .
( continued on colwnn two, this page)

COMPANY AND UE MEET IN

N EW YORK, DISCUSS INSURANC E
AND P E NSIONS

Company and UE representati ves met May

20 and 21 in New York s ubcommi t t ee meetings
on i nsurance and pensions .
E.W. Bi ckford, chai rman of the Genera l
Electric group, pointed out that t hese were
prenegotiation meetings to col lect facts and
l earn each side's vi ewpoi nts. No formal
bargai ni ng was inte nded at these sessions.
Company representat i ves outl ined pro vi s i ons of the i nsurance and pension pl ans.
Mos t of t he di scuss i on co ncentrated on t he
i ns urance pr ogram because of t i me limi ts .
Mr. Bickford descri bed the di scussions
as "construct i ve."
Four other prenegoti at i on meetings
are schedul ed for J un e.

PAGE FOUR
PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE
CONTINUES LOW RATE . . . .
(c ont'd) from page 3)

employee pays a premium of only $13.50 per

year.
"I t ' s unfortunate that more employees
have not taken advantage of the Plan at this
low rate," he said . "Of the 124 employees
who lost their lives in accidents last year
only about half were covered by PAI . Nhile
all were covered by the GE Insurance Plan
which paid out a total of almost $ 3 million
to beneficiaries of these emnlovees
.
' PAI
cove~age could have brought much extra protection to families of those whose lives
were lost, and the cost would have been
small."
SCOGEE SOFTBALL STANDINGS

Marketing # 4
Drives Engineering # 1
Machine Room &
Sheet Metal
Engineering Lab ff 5

4
1

0
0

O
1

NECD ff 3

3
3

BA1TING AVERAGES
R. Blough, Team

c.
A.

R.
G.
J.
L.

H.
D.
D.

# 1

Liebal, Team ff 1
Willis, Team # 3
Johnson, Team # 1
Diehl, Team # 4
Overfelt, Team # 3
Martin, Team # 4
Sipe, Team # 5
Phelps, Team # 5
Drumheller, Team ff 5

. 800
.800
. 800
.750
. 714

.700
.687
.666
.650
. 600

DON'T SPOIL YOUR VACATION WITH

AN INJURY .
FOLLOW THE SAFETY RULES - THEY
ARE FOR YOUR PROTECTION!

Debbie Harrell points the way to the SCOGEE

Family Da:>J Pi cnic. Debbie is the daughter of
June Harrell, Finance; and Dave Harrel l ,
Manufacturing .
F AMIL Y DAY PICI\ IC TO BE
HELD A T SHENAND OAH ACRES

SCOGEE's Fami ly Day Picni c i s set fo r

Saturday, J un e 21, at Sh enandoah Ac res. The
event, which is sc he dul ed to run from noon
until dar k, i s bei ng hel d for al l SCOGEE
members and thei r fa milies .
Tickets f or th e picnic were mai l ed to
SCOGEE members on Monday , and members who
do not receive the ir ti cke ts i n the mai l
should co ntact a SCOGEE offi cer . One t icket
wi 11 admit a membe r and hi s or he r family ,
or a member and his or her gues t .
One area of t he Shenandoah Ac res resort
will be res er ved exclus ively for the Fami ly
Day Picni c . SCOGEE will provide free i ce
~rea~ and soda for all.
Each family attendrng is to bri ng thei r ow n pi cn i c lunch .
Featured among t he events f or the
outing will be a wate r cl ow n show , sack r aces
for children, vo ll eyb all, badmi nton, and
basketball. Speci al entert ainment vii 11 be ..-,.
provided by t he "Grapes of Wrath " dance ba n-.
Prizes will be awarded to all ch il dren an d
lucky adu lts will also rece i ve door prizes .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 24

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

GE FOUR TH IN SALES, DROPS

FROM 271ST TO 298TH IN
PROFIT STANDINGS

The 1968 league standings are in-- the

standings of America's top 500 companies as
compiled by Fortune rnagazine---and they lend
va li dity to the need for all of us to eliminate waste, improve costs, and work to
brighten the Company's profit picture." So
said Mr. H. W. Tulloch, Manager-Rel ations
for the Waynesboro Pl ant in commenting on
the annual ranking of companies issued by
11

Fortune .
Fortune 's ranking of companies should
show concerned Genera l Electric employees
that there is much to be accompli shed to
obtain the profits that can be reinvested
in the business to keep us competitive and
r---upport good jobs," Mr . Tulloch said.
11

Mr. Tull och noted some of the pertinent stati stics of interest to GE people"
"The Company is fourth in sales and
third in number of employees among the top
((continued on Pr:1e Four)
GENERAL MANAGER REVIEWS
NECD BUSINESS
Mr. J . F. Ponzil lo, General Manage r of
the Numerical Equipment Control Department,
spoke last week to exempt sal aried employees
of the Department who are located in the
Waynesboro Plant .
In the general business r eview of the
Department, Mr . Ponzillo said that the had
g reat confidence in NECD' s personnel and
their ability to expand the business .
He emphasized the importance of
continuing cost imp r ovements in the NC business .

.-..

June 13, 1969

UNION MISCALCULATES WALKOUT

A recent one-day walkout called at the

Syracuse Operation of the Company--the first
of two one~day strikes announced by IUE Local
320--grew into a four-day work stoppage. After
what appeared to be the announced one-day walk ou~ on Ma~ ~2, an apparent miscalculation by
union of'.icials caused a picket line to be put
UP by skilled trades emp loyees which kept about
50% of the employees out of the plant for
three extra days.
0

Local Syracuse employees were informed

that the "in crease i n stri ke action is a customary union tactic to arouse their emotions
and c~u~e u~rest with the approach of national
bargaining.
The second one-day strike beleived to have been scheduled for May 19 did
'
not materialize.
WILBUR H. SHOWALTER NAMED MGR.
PURCHASING FOR N ECD

The promotion of Mr . \'lilbur H. Showalter

to Manager-Purchasing for the Numerical Equipment Control Department was announced this
week by Mr. Carl W. Gemi, Manage:i:--Manufacturing
for NECD .
Mr. Showalter, whose
appointment i s effective July 1,
will report to Mr. Leo Simonetta,
Manager-Materials for NECD . In
his new pos ition, Mr . Showalter
will be responsible for organizing and locating a purchasing
function in the Rid1ffiond Plant
ShoUJalter
f or NECD . For the present time
he will als o r e tain his buying responsibilities
in Waynesboro.
Mr. Showalter, who is presently a Senior
Buyer for SCD Purchasing, joined the Company
at the Waynesboro Plant in February, 1955,
as a Foreman. He was later promoted to
Supervisor-Production and named a Buyer
(continued on Page Four)

SCOGE'E

DAY P
SCOGEE Membership Committee: Dan Dondiego,
Frank Gum, and Bob Myers review membership
lists. ~ant to go to the picnic?
JOIN SCOGEE NOi-l I

SATURDAY, JUNE 21

Publicity ( connni ttee) : Don Hall and June

Aldhizer go over layouts for posters
advertising the Family Day.

SCOGEI:: members and their

fami l ies will usher in the summer
season with a picnic, swimming,
children's games , dancing and
many other events on SaturJay,
June 21 at Shenandoah Acres .
A water show featuring the
SCOGEE c l owns wi ll be but one of
the highlights for children of all
ages . The clowns will also be.-..,.
distributing prizes to all
chi ldren throughout the afternoon .

~AMILY

ICNIC
Entertainment Committee: Hank Sanabria Carlo
Pacione, and Joe Smith polish up a trophy for the
kids' sack race winner.

NOON 'TILL DARK

The Gra pes of ':lrath 11 , will

provide nrusic for 11 roof top 11
dancing during the afternoon and
evening.
Pack your picnic lunch,
load the family in the ole 1 bus,
and join in the fun, SCOGJili will
provide the ice cream, sodas,
and entert ainment .
DON 'T FOl1GET YOtH TICKET 111
...-NON-member s - join SCOGEE and
come a l ong, see any committee
member for details.
11

'..Jhat' s he got? Jim McKay checks prizes to

be awarded at the picnic.

Page Four
SALES AND PROFIT STANDINGS

(continued from Page One)

500, the same as in 1967, but we've slipped

in every other category.
"Our profi t--a little over 4 cents on
the dollar- -puts us in 298th place, 27 steps
lower than in 1967 when we were 271st on the
Fo rtune list. In total net income we dropped
from eighth place to eleventh.
11

Mr. Tulloch pointed out that in the invested capital ranking we dropped from 12th
place to 13th place. "And even when our figures met net income as a percent of invested
capital, others moved past us. We dropped
from 97th place to l35th place in 1968, Mr.
Tulloch said.
11

"Our assets--the value of our facilities,

inventories, etc.,---dropped from 10th to 11th
place in the 1967-68 period."
The rankings don't tell the whole story,
of course, Mr. Tulloch said, but they are an
indication of the challenges that face all
of us if we are to achieve the kind of profit picture that can increase job values and
job security in General Electric .

MATERIAL SHORTAGES CAUSE

TEMPORARY LACK OF WORK IN AECBS
~

A number of employees working in the

assembly area of AECBS have been given one
and two day temporary lack of work furloughs
because of growing material shortages an d
an unusual product mix. The magnetic winding
unit and the machine shop, both of which supply the assembly area, are increasing their
work forces and working overtime to meet the
production requirements and reduce the lack
of work.
Management has minimized the time off
through a realignment of work in the assembly
areas to take maximum advantage of flexibility
in the work force. Additional delays in
delivery of transformers and parts caused by
unnecessary work interruptions, absenteeism
or failure to work overtime in the supply
areas could cause the lack of work to spread
to other areas in the plant and to increase
the time off in AECBS.

SHOWALTER PROMO TED

(continu e d fr o m page 1) . . . . .
in

DARRE N B. SCHNEIDER COMPLETES

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

Mr. Darren B. Schneider, Manager-Engineering, NECD, completes 25 years' service with

the Company tomorrow. He joined General
Electric on June 14, 1944, as a Test Engineer
at Schenectady.
Mr. Schneider moved to the Waynesboro
Plant's Engineering Section
in March, 1955. He became
Numerical Control Sub-section
Manager in 1959, and was
named Manager-Engineering
for the new Numerical Equipment Control Department in
February, 1968.
Schneider

He is a recognized
authority on numerical controls in the United States and Europe and
has published technical papers and given
talks on mach ine tool controls here and
abroad.

1958.

He became a Senior Buyer in 1966.

A native of Harrisonburg, Va ., Mr .
Showalter attended public schools there and
received his BS degree from Virginia Pol ytechnic Institute . He served with the U. S.
Army during lforld \Var II and Has employed
by the Berol Pen Company in Waynesboro prior
to joining Gene r al Electric .
Mr. Showalter and hi s wi fe , Anne, have
three children: Michael, 1 7; Patti, 15; and
Kathy, 10 . 'Ihey reside at 331 Alphin Avenue
in Waynesboro. Mr. Showalter expects to relocate at ~1e Rici11Tiond Plant at a later date.
I

STOCK AND FUND UNIT PR ICES

FOR MAY ARE ANNO UNCED

The average Stock Price and average Fund

Unit Price use d in calculating employees' shares
in the Savings and Se curity Program for May ~
1969, are as follows:
Stock Price:
Fund Unit Price :

$95.994
$28 .717

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~ GENERAL@ELECTRIC
Volwn e XIII , No. 25

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Jwie 20, 1969

ARE "fOU READY

FOR THE PICNIC ?

The SCOCEE picnic is scheduled tomorrow

fro!Tl noon until dark, weather permitting, at
Shena ndoah Ac res.
Swi mming volle yball. horse
sho e s . water shows featuring SCOGEE c lowns,
sack races -- fun [or e vervone . The "Grapes
of Wrath" will furnish music for " roof to p "
dancing during the afternoon and evening .
Every child will re c eive a pdze. Two
GE dealers l n this are a . F reed Company, I n c .
and Co hron Hardwa re Sto re . have donated 18
prize s va l ued at ove r $200 . Thes e wi ll be
distributed b y a drawing late in the afte r noon .

Mr. Hershner Cross (left), Vice President and

General Manager of the I n dust ria l Group , observes as D. L . Cough try , SCD Manager - Manufac turing , explains t he pr oces s that f.Ja Y"tJ Glenn.
follows in assemb ling DCP coil hous ings .

I c e cream and soft drink s will be given

away free; don ' t fo rge t t o bri ng yo ur picnic
l un ch.

GROUP GENER AL MANAGER

HERSHNER CROSS VISITS PLANT,
VIEWS DC P OPERAT ION

Mr. I ierslm er Cr oss, Vice Pres i.dent and

Group Executive for the Compa.ny ' s Industrial
Group , visited the \\aynesboro Pla nt th i s
week to review the OCP operation.
~Ir. Cross, one of the t en Gl~ group execu tives who report di r ectly to the corporate
execut i ve olfi ce , met 1vith members of Specialty
Control's nwnagement to rcvi eh the plans for
the Data Conunw1iGJ tions Prin ter. I le also toured
the manufacturing and engine e ring l.:icil i ties
for DCP.

r:ollrnving

~l r .

Cross's one-clay visit, :-Ir .

~rren F . Kindt, SCD General i\ lanagcr , conm1ented ,

. ,r . Cross 1vas pleased 1vi th the progress we

have made hi th the new product. i le agreed
that DCP based on orders already received,
(continued on Page Two )

DON'T PORGET YOUR TICKET to t he Family Day

Pi cni c: . From lej' l , ~and11 Mo1etz, Ma rketing;
lJiana :nayior, !JCT' :.:ar:u.;'aciur:i!{J ; Rosie
Mye r s , Indw.;t r~ al ,i; Power Generation ,~fanu
f actuPing; and Do11na. :.iwte!-' , He lay s make
sure lhe' liavc ,;;~c:: -r t.,~1:ckei,c ."or ihc oici!ic
t o be 11e.l-d j'rom noon until J.a;,k. to10or'row
at Shenandoah /lc:1 c~ .

GE - UE SUBCOMM ITTEES MEET ON

INSURANCE , PENSIONS, A N D CONTRACT
LANG UAGE

PAGE TWO

Company and UE representatives continued

their s ubc ommittee meetings la st week on insurance, pensions and contract language.
On June 11, the union cited various insurance plans which had been negotiated elsewhere
re cent ly and also drew attention to several pension provisions which had been in the news in
other r ecent settlements. Company represe ntatives re vi e\<Jed improvements made in pensions
i n 1960, 1963 , and 1966 . Much of the discussion
centered around changes made for past servi ce
credi ts.

-.,=
!

-=

In contract language, the UE rehearsed its

argumen t s for the union shop. The chairma n of
the Company representatives, E. W. Bickford,
pointed to General Electric 1 s tradi t i onal stand
in favor of allowing employees the freedom t o
decide for themselves on union membership.
Another prenegotiation meeting was schedul ed
for this week.
U.S. INSPEC TOR FINDS PLANT HAS
E XC ELLE NT HEA LTH & SAFET Y PROGRAM

Reid Warner, Re lays, wears one of the

luminous jackets thal traffic control l e rs
will don for p lant emerpencies .

A U.S . Depa rtme nt of Lab or Safety Inspector E ME RG ENCY SC E NES BECOME CONGF~D ,
found th e Waynesboro Plant in good o rder in a
TRAF FIC COI'\TROL WILL EASE SITUA'1 . . ..JN
safe t y inspe c tion he l d he r e last week, according
to Safety Speicalist W. R. Pe rry.
To ease t he congestion caused by
The i nspection of the plant , cafe t eria and
medical clinic was made in accordan ce wi th safe t y
an d health standards is s ued las t mon th by the
Secretary of Labor unde r th e Walsh- Healey Publi c
Con tracts Act. Th e inspec t or said that th e
Wayn esbo ro Plant, which completed 1968 without
a lost- time injury, had one of the best safe ty
and he a lth programs he had seen .
MR . HERSHN ER CROSS VISITS PLANT

(continued from Page One )

should become a major portion of our Department ' s

business. I le a l so point ed out t hat the next
few months will be a critical period of sta rt up problems and could l ar gel y affect the pro duct 1 s future s uccess ."

curi ous on -l ookers at the scene of a plant

emergency , two or three traffic co ntrol l ers,
weari ng bri ghtly col ored, luminous jackets,
will respond to each alarm.
Their duty will be to cl ear ai s l es
that become bl ocked by emp loyees tryin g
to see the cause of t he al arm.
Acco rdi ng to Mr . Harding Lonas, who
i s coordin ating th e traffic con troll ers,
firs t aid crews have been experiencing
diff i culty in reaching alarm scenes because
of crowds. The control l ers can also serve
to di rect vehiLle traffic outs ide if
necessa ry .
At left :

Dow Jones News Service , the world ' s l argest

ne1vs ga the ring organi zation, recently announced
that they had place d an order wi th the Specialty
Control Department for printers t o r e-equi.p
their entire system.

Th e n e x t paid holiday for th e W a y nesbo!"o

Plant is Independ e n ce D ay , Frid a y, July 4.

!Jrig htl.11

co lore a jackets
are also used Uff
r;v.arJs directing
t raffic al 4 n ~ .
l!e r>c , peden lr
us e cross 1Jalk[;
wh-ile a guaid
stop.'; vehicle
t i-ajfic .

~WAYNESBORO

PLANT

GENER AL@ ELECTRIC

Volume XIII, No . 26

WAYN ESBORO,VIRGINIA

Jun e 2?, 1969

UE, COMPANY T A LK IN
PRENEGOTIA TION SESSIONS

Company and UE representatives met in

prenegotiation sessions Jlille 17 and 18 and
discussed a wide range of subjects.

iob Pardee receives his doo r prize, a GE

Sp r rry Stecon and Dry Iron, from a clOLJn
at the picnic .
SC OGEE FAMILY DAY PICNIC
AT TRACTS LARGE CR OWD

SCOGEE membe rs and their families turned

ou t over 500 s tr ong for the Family Day Picnic
held last Saturday at Shenandoah Acr es.

In t al king about reduction or increases

in forces (Article XII of the contract), the
union compl ained of the failure of some
locations to arrive at local supplements that
implement layoff and r ecall procedures.
E. W. Bickford, chairman of the Company
representatives , pointed out that great efforts had been made in all locations to
arrive at a local suppl ement. The usual
reason for fai lure to do so was the union ' s
insistence on some provision which local
management felt it could not live with, or
vice versa. However, in cases where no
local supplement had been negotiated, layoff
and recall procedures were detailed in
writing, and the l ocal union had copies. (A
layoff and recal] supplement is in effect
in Waynesboro.)
(continued on Page Two)

PRODUCTION NORMA L
Emp loyees winning door prizes which we re
FOLLOWING WALKOUT
donated by Freed Company and Cohron' s Hardware were : Ali ce Wood , Ulri ch Schneek l oth ,
Nonnal production resumed yesterday
Charles Spangler , Don McKee, Don Hughes, Sandy
following a two-hour strike Wednesday cal led
Gros e , James Whetze , Dot Burford, Di ck Sharrock, by UE Local 124 here.
Gloria Wampler , Bob Pardee , Dave Ellefson,
Mark Simpson, Everett Bishop, Sam Pidhirny,
Less than 40% of the production employees
Gene Bl ack , La rry Sanders and Russ Culver.
walked off the ir j obs two hours earl y on the

Winner s of trans is tor r adi os in t he

sack race were : 5- 7 years , Mark C ul v~ r;
8-10 years, Dale Bu rford; 11- 13 years, Doug
Bur ford , and adults, Mark Simpson.
~

SCOGEE officials thi s week said that

the picnic was a s uccess and th ose attending
en j oyed the outi ng.

first an d second shifts . The strike, which

had been cance ll ed last week and reschedu l ed
for Wednesday, was called over a grievance
concerning an additional break period.
H. W. Tu lloch, Manager- Relations, commented that such strikes often are cal l ed
by unions to generate interest in contr~c~
negotiations. Mr. Tulloch noted that s1m1lar
stri kes have occurred at other General
El ectric plants in the past several months.

PAGE TWO
P R ENEGOTIATION S . . . .
JOHN L AR E W NAME D
MANAG ER - SPECIALTY E LECTRONIC
DEVICES IN SCD ENGINEER ING

The promoti on of Mr . John J. Lar ew t o

Manager- Special t y El ec tronic Devices
Engineering was announ ced today by Mr . C. A.
Ford , Managcr- SCD Engineering.
Mr. Lar ew, whose new assignment is
effective August 1, rep l aces Mr . Ben Cooper i n
the position . Mr. Cooper
will assume duties as
Manager- Power Regulation
Engineering .
Other appointmen t s
announced by Mr . Ford we r e
Larew
Mr . Cliff M. Jones, ManagerDesign Enginee ring, DCP ; and Mr. Don F.
Rogers, Manager-Product Engineering , DCP .
Mr . Larew , who recei ved his BS deg r ee
in e l ec trical enginee r i ng f r om Georgia
Institute of Techn ol ogy , joined the
Company in 1943 . He moved to Waynesboro
with the Specialty Control Departmen t
in 19 55 . In the Waynesbo r o Plant , he has
held various engineering assignments .
Pri or to his latest promotion , he was
Manage r-DCP Des ign Engineering .

(continued from Page One)

~
The UE asked for basic "principles" t ~
be inserted into this articl e of the national contract . The lfilion also asked fo r a
definition of a "t emporary layoff" and for
''minimum amount of training ." The l atter
phr ase has significance in rehi r i ng after
l ayoff when a criterion for such rehi r ing
is the amolfilt of t r aining needed for the
candidate .

The Company's James F. Duncan re viewed Income Extension Aid, poi nting out
t hat i t had been sparingly used r ecently
because of few production layoffs . The
lfilion renewed its arguments for SUB. The
Company pointed out that only 2. 5 million
empl oyees in America now have it , mos t ly
concentrated in s t eel , auto and rubber
indust ries . Furthermore, the device , particul arl y in steel , has proved disincentive .
Theodore A. Bauer of the Company pointed
out many of the hidden va lues in the S &S
Pl an . This l ed to canpar isons bet ween t hat
progr am and t he ol der Stock Bonus Plan . -...
PA ID HOL IDAY AND VACATION
SHUTDOWN ARE DRAWING CLOSER

Waynesboro Plant employees will ce lebrate Independence Day, July 4, as a paid

ho l iday next Fri day .
The fourth paid holiday of the year
will make a th ree- day wee kend. Ei ght of
the nine pai d hol idays thi s year are arranged t o create long weekends.
Fol l owin g t he Ju ly 4th weekend, th e
pl an t' s ann ual vacati on sh utdown begins .
The two week cl os in g commences Monday , J ul y
7, and operati ons wi ll resume in full on
Monday ,
July 21 . Employees wo rking during
t he sh utdown have been not i f i ed.
SCOGE E YACHT CLU B REGATTA
SCHEDULE - 1969

Hank and Mil Sanabria and June Aldhizer

were conong the group who had lunch at the
Fconi ly Day Picnic .

J une
July
August
September

29
27
31
28

Fi rst race starti ng time- - 2 p. m.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No. 27

July 3, 1967

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

EMPLOYEES ARE CAUTIONED

ABOUT RUNNING

Mr. w. R. Perry, Plant Safety Specialist,

today issued a plea to all Waynesboro Plant
employees to obse rve established safety
rules about running in the plant and in
the parking lots.

Mr. Richard Thomas (center) receives a recogniti on plaque f rom NECD General Manager, J . F .
Ponzi llo. Looking on is Mr. D. O. Dice, Manager, Marketing .
NECD EMPL OYEES AR E RECOGNIZED
F OR PRODUCT PROMOTION EFFORTS

Two NECD Marketing men were cited last

week by the NECD Publicity Colll1cil for special
efforts at product promotion. Receiving plaques of recognitio~ were Mr . D. ~ Law , Manager-Project Planning; and Mr. Richard A.
Thanas, Canputer Software Sales Specialist.
Both men wrote articles which appeared
in trade publications l.ITlder thei: ?y-line .
Mr. A. V. Brancati, Manager-Publ1c1ty and
Promotion and a member of the Publ icity Council, noted that such signed art icles are
(continued on Page Two )

Mr. Perry said, "Most of the violations

occur at the anticipated times--end of the
shift, lunch, and break times . We must
not become lax about running in the plant
or on the grounds. It is too easy for
someone to be injured in a collision or
struck by a moving vehicle."
Mr. Perry noted that all members of
supervision are being asked to insist on
observance of the no-running rule.

SHUTDOWN COMMENCES TOMORROW

The Waynesboro Plant closes this

afternoon for a paid holiday and the
annual two-week vacation shutdown. The
combination of the July 4th paid holiday
and the vacation shutdown actually will
provide 17 consecutive days off. Full
operations will resume at the plant on
Monday, July 21.
Extensive maintenance projects are
planned for completion during the shutdown
and some employees have been scheduled to
work .
HA VE A HAPPY

VACATION

AND MAKE IT SAFE WHEN

YOU

ARE:

DRIVING
Mr. D. c. L())J) (center) receives a plaque from
Mr. Ponzillo while NECD Manager-Engineering,
D. B. Schneider watches .

BOATING
SWIMMING

PAGE TWO
E.;MPLOYEES RECOGNIZED .
(cont'd from page one)

importa..1t to the Department since they

reach and influence potential customers.
Mr. Law wrote an article entitled, ''What
to Look for in Your Next NC System," which
appeared in Meta. 7, Working magazine. Mr.
Thomas wrote one article, "Are You Ready
for Computer Prograrrnning?" in NC World
maga zine and a second, "A Postprocessor
Personified," which appeared in A.merican
Machinis t magazine.
R. E . K ILLIAN IS PROMOTED IN
BUSINESS IN FORMATION SYSTEMS &
SERVICES

The promotion of Mr. Robert E. Killian

to Supervisor-Systems/Programming was announced this week by Mr. J. R. McEckron,
Manager-Business Information Systems and
Services.
Mr. Killian, who was
formerly Consultant-Progranuning and Mathematical
Techniques, assumed his
new position on J uly 1.
A native of Webster
Groves, Missouri , he joined
the General Electric ComKi 7,7,ian
pany at the Waynesboro Plant
in October, 1962, as a Senior Programmer.
He received his B.S. degree from Washington University and se rved three years i n
the U, S. Army. Prior to joining the
General Electric Company, he was employed
by McDonnell Aircraft Corp., in St. Louis.
Mr . Killi an succeeds Mr . John Chadderdon
who is t ransferring to Bethesda, Md.
PATENTS ARE ISSUED TO
AIRCRAFT E NGINEERS

WOLVES, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING

ARCHAEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION
FEATURED NEXT SEASON ON
NBC-TV ' S "GE MONOGRAM" SERIES~

The wilds of Alaska, the soaring peaks

of the Himalayas, the steaming jungles of
Africa and the sandy expanses of the Sahara
Desert wil l all fall into focus next television season when the "GE M:mogram" seri es
joins the NCB-1V lineup.
Four hour-long special s exploring nature, wildlife, and science will be aired
one each month in November and December of
1969 and in February and April of 1970.
Specials included in the "GE Monogram"
series are:
"The Wolf Men"
From werewolves to
the big bad wolf, this creature has been a
source of mystery and fear to man, The
MGM Television Docl.Illlentary Department explored
the 'wolf mystique" and clarifies some of
the mystery with startling film of wolves
in their natural habitat. This special
also focuses on a group tagged ''The Wolf
Men" who are working to save the wolf from
extinction.
"The Man Hunters" - - A detective st o_
covering millions of years, this program
f eatures international experts who have
founded an informal anthro- archaeological
Interpol to crack one great case--the mystery of the origins and evolution of man.
"Sahara" - - This NBC News special f ollows a caravan of Tuareg nomads across 500
miles of hot sands in one of the most inaccessible regions of the Sahara Desert.
During the tortuous 1, 000 mile roundtrip
journey, viewers will experience every
hardship and pleasure with this ancient
tribe, including bi ting sands torms which
threaten the very existence of everyone in
the 300-camel caravan .

A nunber of patents have been issued

recently to aerospace engineers, according
to Mr . David L. Plette , Manager-AECBS Engineering . Issued to Philip D. Corey were
four patents, making a total of 18 in his
name. David L. Lafuze has also received
2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th patents.

"Once Before I Die"

This is a breathtaking filJri of a mountain climbing expedition to the top of Koh-I-Tunciy, on of the
most fonnidable peaks in the Himalayas.
The
expedition includes eight novice mountaineers
who wanted to experience the thrill of climbing a 20, 000 ft . mountain once before th~
died.

Mr. Lafu ze and Larry Peas lee were issued a patent dealing with r everse current
indicating circuit. ~ Ir . Pl ette and Robert
R. White wer e issued a patent dealing with
solid-s t at e overvoltage protection circuit.

Specific air dat es for each program in

the "GE Monogram" series will be announced
at a later date .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GE NERAL ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

Volwne XIII_, No . 28

July 25_, 1969

COMPANY & UE SUBCOMMITTES MEET

General Electric and UE representatives

met in subcorrnnittees on July 9 and 10. Discussions ranged widely throughout the 32
articles of the GE-UE National Agreement .
But most of the attention went to the following articles:

HE'S BEEN TO THE MOON SIN CE . .

Union representatives made proposals for

language changes in Article VI (wage rates),
Article VIII (vacations), Artic l es I X (holidays) and XXV (military pay differentials),
and Articl e X (transfers).
On the transfer subject, UE requested
that provision for a job posting sys tem be
added to the national contract. E. W. Bickford, chairman of the Canpany representatives,
~ inted out that General Electric has already
~perirnented with such a system and found
wiat it created more problems than it solved.

A . E. GROAT IS PROMOTED
TO NEW POSITION

Arthur E. Groat has been named ManagerShop Operations, second shift, for the Richmond Plant. The announcement was made by
Carlton W. Gerni, Manager- Manufacturing for
NECD. The appointment becomes ef fective
August 1, 1969.
Mr. Groat will transfer from the Waynesboro Plant, where is currently a specia list
on sheet metal, tooling and methods. A
veteran of more than 22 years' service with
the Company, Mr. Groat is a graduate of GE's
apprentice machinist course and has held
various assignments as a toolmaker, specialist,
and foreman of sheet metal operations .
He attended Trinity College in Hartford,
Conn., and was in military service during the
Korean conflict. He and his family will relocate to Richmond in the near future.
, ..-... JUNE STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICES

The average GE " Stock Price" and "Fund

Unit Price" for the month of June are:
STOCK PRICE
FUND UNIT PRICE

$91.095
$2 7.369

Octobe r 29, 1964 , Astronaut Mike Collins

(second from right) vi sited the t~ aynesboro
Plant. In photo above he thanks emp loyees
for the relay presented him. Looking on are
David L. Coughtry, Wanda Morri s, and Joseph
F. Ponzillo.
The relay was a gold replica of those
being used in Apollo s pacecraft. Since then,
the Waynesboro Plant has also produced
electrical controls for the Lunar
Module.
Collins piloted the corrrnand caosule
for Apollo 11 which landed the me n ~n the
moon and brought them safel y back t o earth
yesterday .
On the back page of the NEWS is a reprint of an ad which wi ll appear in today ' s
News-Virgini an concerning the mission of
Apollo 11.
BLOODMOBILE VISIT IS SET FOR
AUGUST 6

The second visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile to the Waynesboro Plant for 1969 is
scheduled for \lleclnesday, August 6.
Bl oodmobile Coordinator Bil l Perry note d
t he r equirements to be a donor: 18 to 66 years
of age, no pregnancy within past year, no
serious illness or major operation within past
6 months,
no significant illness in past month '
.
weight
of at leas t 100 lbs., and no blood
donation within past t wo months.

GE WAYNESBORO EMPLOYEES
HELPED REACH
THE MOON
W'i. ARE PROUD ...
that cm~I 'vces c1 tne Gencrol Eltci" .... P....v"lt
1r1 vVoynvc;. b?ro hod a rlt rcct 1 pers"nai par: !Ii
th.s fl.gnr II wos rig 11t here rn VVo yncsbGt~
he.: re! ...~,.'\ f ') t Ap:lllo 11 and controls for + 1e
Lunar .\'\ .1oulc, ""h ch octuo !ly :anded on ;he
mWi"l, .-.er<. prod.Jced

WE CONGRATULATE ...
a ll of t ho~c. 1n our Plant ..... ho were inv0! ,ed 11"\
the dc,clo;H11'J, de.,19ning, and production of
these 1cloys end c on l ro!s The. rs was o succCS!>
ful demonst rot1on of teem effort To coch who

hod any por t 1n the wo:- k done here. we ore

cxtrcmelv grore'ul Theirs was a lobor

ot

d~fi,_

cotmn, core. conccr'n ond consc1ent1ous wo k

mansh1p

WE ADMI RE ...

O>l ronou~s

the three intrepid

Neil A A rm strong, Edwin E A ldr n. Jr. and M1chocl
IM1kc Collins Theirs was a mos1 ou tstona1ng
demonst 1oh on of individu al c ourage and learn
effo rt

WE ARE PLEASF.D . . .
port1culn rly w ith Mike CoH; n~ the A C"ollc 11
C ommar"ld Pilot H e is V./(lyncs~orn's "odc:>ted
son", he come here m 1964 OP.l rnodc several
opp~oronccs
Or.e of rhesc was at th.:Gencrcl E!cctrii: t'l'Jnt . . .w.~rc :~.'- .... ..,.. rr~';)cnt..!d
a : old 1c:1r.;\ p.-c~d ... ccc.J c.:I \\lovnc .1_, ;.> GE b\
Ou rc1:u ......... o r ....~.=>

WE ARI: HAP PY . . .
to be po::rt v f Woynf'sboro and the surrounding
con1.n:.r11r y V\/c or(' proud of the role ployed
bv GE Vv'o,,ncsboro cmplovees in the succeS';) o f
thi s m 1ss1ori

GENERAL. ELECTRIC
Woyncboro Plant

'"Jill~~atial!I!

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
~ GENER AL@ELECTRIC
Volwr,e XlII., No . 29

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

MAI\Y PR O J ECTS COMPLETED

DURING VACATION SHUTDOWN

August 1., 1969

PLANT EARNS SAFETY AWARD,

IS ONE OF TOP FOUR IN THE COMPANY

The Waynesboro Plant has earned th e

SAFETY AWARD OF HONOR from the Virginia
Manufactur ers Association.

EMPLOYEE -~= ' srEC!ALP ;JNHOL ~~~A~_TMENT LL MAIN

PAR~ ING ~~NLMfkl AL fQU1i MtNT CON 1 Kul Jt rA~TMtNT .,0 ENTRANCE
ArnOSPACt tLECTRICALCONTRCL StCTION-.

11 3!f,1f'JD HE'ii SIGN--erected dur>ing vacation

shutdoun ., the new sign wel.comes visitorn

::a il:e Plant and names the thr>ee componen tD located he r>e .
The new s ign was one of the many project:-; completed during the shutdown. Besides
i_nst;.illation of new equipment and extensive
machinery maintenance and repair, the
shutJmm work fo rce completed major house cleaning jobs, repaint ed parking lot markers ,
ovC'r-haulcd the gravi t y 1vat er tank.
During the s hutdown, the exit road from
the north parking l ot 1vas a l so 1videned to
ease out -going traffic conges tion.
EXCLUS ION K KEEPS MEDICA L COSTS DOWN
JREVENTS INSURANCE CLA IM PHOFIT EERING ,
DOES NOT PREVEN T 10 0% REIMBUR SEMENT

The pu rpose of Exclusion K, and prov isions

li ke it in group insurance pl ans-- 98% of al l
p..J..-.qs have such a prov i s ion-- is to help ins ~ .nee carriers ma ke sure that an emp l oyee
who has heal th coverage under several different employer pol icies can coll ect up t o
100% of hi s or her medical costs. This is
done through close coordination among in11

(continued on Page Two)

The highest saf e ty award given by the

Association was presented to the Waynesboro
Plant fo r its record of no disabling injuries during 1968.
Announcement of the award came in a
l e tter to Mr. War ren F. Ki ndt f rom the
Virginia Manufac turers As s ociation .
The Waynesbo r o Plant ranked f ourth
of 171 components in the Gene r al Elec tri c
Company for 1968, based on accumulated injury-free manhours. This announcemen t
came la s t week f rom Edward N. Deck,
Corporate Saf ety Consultant.
Mr . H. W. Tull och , Manager-Relations
for the Waynesboro Plant, commented, "We
a r e extremely proud of our record, bu t,
more important, we are thankful that we can
run a productiv e business without injuring
peop le."

ROANOKE SU FFERS BLOOD SHORTAGE

ROANOKE (AP ) --The shortage of blood became so

acute in Roanoke and wester-a Virginia yes ter>da.y that hospitals were for>ce d in s ane
cas es to postpone operations .
The Appalachian Red Cr>oss Blood Center>
in Roanoke, which serves 12 hospitals , de clo.r>ed an @ner>gency status because supplies
had dr>opped to l ess than a da.y ' s normal
supply of blood.
A hospital spokesman said thr>ee operawer>e postponed yester>da.y . The hos pital
had only one pint of blood on hand at the
time, he adde d.
tion~

(continued on Page Two)

Pll.GE TWO
R . A . H O L CO:viB COMP L ETES 30 YEARS

of increased cl ai ms , home costs would r ~

because so many peop l e wou ld be bidding
for hi gher-priced houses and other costs
would climb, too . "
Mr. Willi s underlined the fact that
Exclu sion K does not keep any cl ai mant from
receiving the full amount due him under GE' s
pi oneeri ng Insurance coverage. It ' s on ly
effect is t ha t, i f he rece ives benefits from
other group pol icies, as we l l as his GE
benefits, then t he total re ceived cannot
be more than 100% of his covered expense.
B L OOD SHORTAGE . . . (c ontinued)

.'.'1' . Po'f.,;:fr~ .l. . .'; J l'.J,.,"!'/b ( secor.d frO"I? left)

;..ian1ae1 -Hela:1 .'e~ .doi"'?ent. "~ginGe ring , is

awarderl a 30.-y ear service pin by General
flfanager ..1anen 1.1. r:i;zd.-i of sri1 . Looking on
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7
,, nn ..;nee"'ar e r:_,eo1.1
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re&:lv
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"

iri..g ; and r. il. Fonl, Mauaum"- '~'ng1:nee1"1:ng,

SCD .

i'1r. Ho lccmb , 1Jho came to the f</aynesboro

Plant in 19!)5, joined Genc1 al 2,'lect r>ic
,-uly o, 7939 .
1

EXCLUSIO.:'\ I<. . . . . . . . (c0nti.nuc d)

sura nce companies when cl aims by empl oyees

with sev era l poli ci es are t ~rned i n.
"At the same t i me such provis ions as
Exclusion K are one way of holding down the
rate of i ncrease in medi ca l costs. In
these days when me di ca 1 cos ts a re grm-1i ng
fa ster than any other i tem in the cost of
living, that's i mportant, " s t ated E. S.
Will is, manager of benefit programs at
General Electric. Mr. Willis was ta l king
about the provis i on of the GE Insurance
Plan which helps an employee col l ect up
to 100% of costs if he has several group
policies and ye t prevents overpayment
of benef i ts to individual s so that they
are reimbursed f or mor e tl1an the amou nt
of covered expenses. For examp le, th is
coul d happen if an employee were to co ll ect ful l benefi ts under the GE Plan an d
also col lect fu l l benefi ts as a dependent
under the pl an of his wife ' s employer.
Mr . \!i llis pointed out that "it ' s
much li ke the approach to fire insurance.
If you could coll ect triple the value of
your home by ha vin g three poli cies, fire
i nsurance premiums \Jould cli mb beca use

You can do your part to see that

\\'aynesboro is not faced with the si tua ti on
described on Page 1 in a recent newspaper
article . Don 't forget the BJooclmobilc
visit to the \\'aynesboro Plant on Aug . 6.
If you are not signed up to donate , Bill
Perry says that he can s t ill take cards
submitted no l ater than today .

BOWLE RS WANTED

The SCOGEE Mixed League is now being

formed. We wil l bowl a t the Staunton Lanes
Friday nights at 7: 45 p . m. We will have
a maximum of 14 teams, each team as us ual
will be two couples. The first sess ion will
be on Friday , Sep temb e r 5 , 1969. Anyone
interested pl ease contact Hank Sanabria ,
Ext . 386.
The SCOGEE Men ' s League will be startin
their 15 t h year of bowling this Septemb a r.
Th ey will be bowling a t the Staunton Lanes
on We dnesday nights at 6 : 30. Any interested
bowlers nor a lre ady on a team, or anyone
wanting t o ent er a new team s hould contact
H. Mabry , Ext. 619; or John Dvorscak , Ext .
65 5 .
SOFTBALL STAND INGS

Team
Marke ting fl 4
Eng . Lab. ti 5
Drives Eng . II 1
NECD En gr . ff 3

0
3

3
1
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,.WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENE RAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII, No . 30

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

THREE PROMOTIONS ARE ANNOUNC ED

IN MANUFACTURING

August 8, 1969

BLOODMOBILE VISIT S PLAN T

Thre e promo tions were announced this

week by Mr. David L. Cough try, ManagerManufacturing , SCD. Jearl W. Wade has been
promo t ed to Foreman-Sheet Me tal. Mr. Wade
r ep laces Bobby T . Downs who has been named
Specialist- Shee t Me tal Methods . Bobby W.
Hoy has been promoted to Foreman-DCP Assembly.
J earl W. Wade , who j oined the Company
at the Waynes boro Plant in July, 1955, was
formerly a Monitor- Sheet
Metal . He had also held
positions as a Sheet Metal
Fabricator and Specialis t Instruct or. He i s a residen t of Fishersvill e , and
he and his wife, Pauline,
have two sons.
Jea:t>l ~lade

Blood donor Randy Meek of the Plating Room

has his arm swabbed by Nu:t>se J:,'lma Legard
be f or e his donation is taken . In background
are the caseD which the Red Cross us es to
transpo:t>t b looc which is co llectea . On
~leJnesday _, the Red C':t>oss Bloodmobile collected
231 pints at lhe Waynesboro Plan t .

Bobby T. Downs, who has been named

Specialist-Sh eet Me tal Methods , joined the
Company at the Waynesboro
Plant in December, 1954,
as a Receiving Cle rk. Af ter serving in various
hourly and salaried jobs,
GE FOUNDAT lON TO HONOR EMPLOYE ES FOR
he became a foreman in
PUBLIC SEHVICE WITH PHJLLIPPE AWA RDS
1965 . Mr. Downs, a Marine
General Ll e ctric empl oyees \,ho have r enCorps ve t e ran, and his wife,
dered outstanding publ ic service will be
Bobby Downs
Ruby, r es ide in Grot toes.
annua lly by the General ElectrLC
honored
They have one son .
FoW1dation beg inning in 19 70 , 1,,;i th mvar<ls
estab lished in the memory of the late Gerald
Bobby W. Hoy , a native of Waynesboro,
L. Phi llippe. former chainn;m of the Company' s
joined General Electric a t the Waynesboro
Board of Direct or s .
Plant in November, 1956,
as a Sheet Metal Fab r icator .
The Foundation has authorized the preHis las t assignment before
sentation o r a maxjJnwn of rj vc a1varJs each
becoming a Forema n in Data
year t o employees or team s o r empl oyees
Communications Assembly
for " outstan<l ing pe r sonal leader ship and
was as a Methods and Planning
accomplislunent
in t he area o r public service ."
Technician in Industrial
and Powe r Regulation. Mr.
The awards wi ll consist o f aol<l
medals
b
Hoy and his wife, Nata l ie ,
to be presented to the h'irn1ers and $1000 grants
have three children and
to be aharcled to the public charit i es desigBobby Hoy
reside in Lyndhurst.
nated by th e 1virming employees . All employees

( co11tinued on l'aee Two)

PA GE T WO

). ')~ ,' 'if

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!

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':

In th e le tter to Mr. Hippeard, Astron,......,_

Cernan said, "We kn ow that the success of our
Apo l lo flights depends upon the skill and
dedicati on of persons, such as yourself, who
are wil li ng to accept nothing sho r t of perfection in getting th e job done for manned
space flight."
Mr . Lo uis J . Rosen, Quality Assurance
Program Supervisor, poin ted out that this
was the only award made in a region which
includes Pennsylvania, Ma ryland, Vi rgin i a,
District of Columb ia, and part of West Virginia.

Dick Hippeard (center) o.f the Deot . of De f ense

is congratulated by Quality AssuY>ance Supervisor Louis Rosen for winning NASA 's "Snoopy "
Award. Looking on is Jim DeHart, DOD Quali ty
Assurance Representative for the Waynesboro
Plant.
QUALIT Y ASSURANCE AWARD IS MADE
TO PLANT'S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
INSPECTOR DICK HIPPEARD

Mr. Preston "Dick" Hi ppeard, Dept. of

Defense Quality Assurance Ass i stant, ass i gned
to the Waynesboro Plant, has been awarded
NASA 1 s "Snoopy" Awa rd. Announcement of the
award was made this week by James DeHart, the
Quality Assurance Representative for the Dept.
of Defense at the Waynesboro Plant.
Mr. Hippeard was notifi ed of his selection
to receive the award by a persona l le t t er
from Astronaut Gene Ceman. The "Sno0py "
Award is presented to a se lected few in NASA,
the Dept. of Defense, an d indus t ry, who have
made special efforts to the Apollo program.
The cartoon character, "Snoopy" is the offici a l
NASA mascot for the Apollo program .

Mr. R. T. Hammond, Manager- Qual i ty Control for the Waynesboro Plant, added his
personal congratu lations for Mr. Hi ppeard.
Mr. Hippeard wo rks closel y with Waynesboro
personnel in qual ity control of equipment
manufactured here for the Apo l lo program.

BOWLERS WANTED

The SCOGEE Mixed League is now being

fo1111ed. The League will bo1<Jl at the Stallilton
Lanes Friday nights at 7:45 p .m. and will
have a maximum of 14 teams, each team as
usual will be two coupl es . The first session
will be on Friday , Sept ember 5, 1969 . Anyone
interested, please contact Hank Sanabria ,
Ext. 386 .
The SCOGEE Men's League will be starting their 15th year of bowling this September.
They will be bowl i ng a t the Stallilton Lanes
on Wednes day n ights at 6 : 30. Any interested
bowlers not already on a team, or anyone
wanting to enter a new team s hould contact
H. Mabry, Ext. 619; or John Dvorscak , Ext. 655.

(continued-colwnn 2)
AWARDS . . . , (c o ntinued from Page 1)

nominated for the awards will receive certi ficates of recognition [or public service .
All employees of General Electric are
eligible for the m<Jarcls. Normally, candi dates will be nominated jointly by department
and division gene ral managers with
res pons ibility for the component in ~<Jhich the
employee works. Selectjon of a\\1ard 1-Jinners
will be made by an a1<Ja rds commi ttcc of the
General Electric Foundation .

Safety is eve1~ybody 's job--everywhere .

To keep people from getting hurt, you have
to follow the rules of accident prevention-not just at your work station, but everywhe re
in the plant, on the parking lots , on the
highways , even in your own home .
Remembe r, too many people who work sa~
at their jobs get seriously injured in the
cars or their own backyards . Foolish as it
sounds, too many people who wouldn ' t think of
touching a grinder without safety glasses in
the plant win go right home and stick their
hands under a rotary mower while it 's running .

WAYNESBORO PLANT
~

GENERAL@ELECTRIC

Volwne XIII, No . 31

WAY NESBORO,VIRGINIA

1970 S&SP "PAYOUT" AUTHORI ZA TION

FORMS DUE; RETIREMENT
OPTION IS ATT RACTIVE

August 15, 1969

NEW TEST EQUIP MENT FOR

PRINTER USES LASER BEAM

Across the Company nearly 125,000 Genera l

Electric people will soon be receiving Authori zation Forms relating to the " payout " of their
securities purchased under the Savings and
Security Program i n 1966 . Many General Electric
people here in Waynesboro will be receiving
Authorization Fonns when distribution is made
about August 22 , 1969 .
The holding period for savings and invest ments under S&SP in 1966 ends on January 1 ,
1970, and the "payout" will be made early in
1970, according to H. A. Goodwin, manager of
th e Employee Savings Operation in Schenectady
where S&SP records are kept .
Under Savings and Security the Company
pu ts $1 into an employee ' s account fo r each
$2 s aved by the employee . The employee' s account is inves t ed in GE stock, US Bonds , a
Mutual Fund or life insurance . These savings
and Company payments are held in trust for a
specif i ed three- year holding pe riod when a
" payout" is made .

(continued on Page Two)

BALDWII\" COMME NTS OK EARL Y
NEGO TIATING SESSIONS

As the first session of contract talks 1vi th

the IUE got undenvay Tu esday. John Baldwin
chief Company negotiator , made the fo llowing '
statement concerning negotiations with both
the UE & IUE :

" From all I can see now , most employees

that are represented by unions in Genera l El ec tric share the same concerns that all of us
feel throughout industry :
1 . \Ve are all concerned about inflation
,..-.,d rising living costs .
2 . \\e are all concerned about the future .
\Ve knrn\ that the economy is beginning to cool
down as steps are t aken to dampen drnvn inflation.
\Ve are all seeing a mi.xed pattern of cutbacks
and customer caut ion that is still difficult
( co-ri tinueil Pnne>, 'fi,io)

Pau l Bruce, Qua lity Control , watches as

Harold Knueppel, Manager -DCP Manufa cturing ,
adjus ts haline rs v.s iYI~? the new .=! amme r
!!cijv.s t Sta tio;. . ~,;J3v c~1 li"2C.e1 ir:. ;he l01Jer
r;art o..r the ::;1~0::0 emit:.; -crze Laser beOJ7i .

Most interesti ng of th e variety of

new test equipment devel oped for the Data
Commun i cations Printer is the Hammer Adjust
Station . This elaborate equ i pment, whi ch
went i nto operation this week, uses a Las e r
beam to measure fliaht ti me of ha mmers in
t he printers .
The complex electronic device, which
wa s devel oped and built in the quality
in formation equipment lab here, measures
the time between the point at which a
ha mmer in the printer is activated and the
po i nt at wh ich it stri kes to print by the
us e of the Laser bea m. The beam is trained
on the row of ha mners in th e printPr ,
Process Control Engineer Pau l Bruce,
who headed the project to develop the Ha m-

PAGE TWO
S&SP AUTHORIZATION FORMS . . .
(continued from Page 1)

The S&SP Authorization Form contains information pertaining to the individual's savings
and investments under S&SP as well as the Company's matching payment. Each person receiving a form should examine the information shown
to determine whether or not he will have to
fill out the fonn and return it to Personnel
Accounting. Forms must be returned prior to
Sept. 5 by those who have changes to make.
Mr. Goodwin said that it will be unnecessary to fill out the form unless there are
changes to be made in addresses or in the
registration and distribution of securities
to be received in the 1970 "payout," as compared to those received in the "payout" early
this year. Anyone who has never before received a payout will also have to furnish
instructions for registering his securities
and authorizing the payment.
For most S&SP participants of the payout
year 1966, there will be no change in addresses
or in the way U.S. Bonds and GE stock to be
paid out will be registered, Mr. Goodwin said.
"The major question for these participants is
whether they want to take advantage of the
Retirement Option provision of S&SP or want
to receive all of the bonds and full shares
of stock credited to them in 1966."

Many Use Retirement Option

Benefits specialists point out that many
more employees are now taking advantage of the
Retirement Option under S&SP. They indicate
that amendments which went into effect in 1967
now make it possible to draw on retirement
option funds for educational purposes as well
as serious financial emergencies and that this
has made the Retirement Option more attractive.
Under the Retirement Option a participant
can leave securities from the Company's matching payments, and all income in his account
until he retires or leaves the Company. He
receives only securities bought with his own
savings at normal "payout" time. Use of the
Option makes it possible for a participant to
build up a large ntnnber of securities in his
account and have them ready to increase his retirement income when he retires. In addition,
the eventual "payout" of the securities held
under the Option would come after normal income
had decreased to a retirement level and the tax
on the payout might be a lower rate.
(continued column tuJo)

In the past, Retirement Option fund~

could not be withdrawn for educational
purposes and many people could not take
advantage of this method of building retirement income. However, with this barrier eliminated by the 1967 amendments,
benefits specialists urge that those who
receive Authorization Forms for the 1970
payout give new consideration to the Retirement Option method of building income for retirement years.
BALDWIN . . . . . .
(continued from Page 1)

to translate right now into realistic

decisions about the business outlook for
the next couple of years across the whole
economy.
These are basic considerations which
all of us in General Electric have to face
with realistic conceli\ particularly all
of us participating in these negotiations,
as we try to work out new agreements on
wages , hours and working conditions for
the innnediate future.
~
Our mutual job in the next few
negotiating weeks is to narrow our general
deliberations from what might be a level
of broad expectations to the level of
innnediate realism as to what can be done
in the next contract period.
As you surely must be, we are seeking a sotllld and peaceful settlement well
before any lllUlecessary strike deadline."
STOCK & FUND UNIT PRICE

Here is the average GE Stock Price

and the average Fund Unit Price used in
the crediting of participants'accounts for
the month of July under the Savings and
Security Program.
The Stock Price is the average of the
closing price of GE stock on the New York
Stock Exchange for each trading day in the
calendar month. The Fund Unit Price is the
average of the daily fund unit prices, d~
termined for each trading day of the New
York Stock Exchange in the calendar month
by dividing the number of fund units into
the net asset value of the fund.
STOCK PRICE
FUNT UNIT

$86.554
26. 380

PAGE THREE
NE W TES T EQUIP MENT . . . . .
(c ontin ued fr o m P a ge 1)

participation in the S&SP, according to

the best estimates.
The semi -annual report lists invest ments of the Fund as of June 30, 1969. It
also compares the net asset value of Fund
Units as of June 30, 1968, and Decemb er
31, 1968, with the value on the last day
of June this year.
The value of a Fund un it increases and
decreases with changes in the value of the
many stocks held by the Fund. The Fund was
started under the S&SP in July, 1967, when
Fund units were set at an initial price of
$25 and the first Fund uni ts will normally
be paid out at the end of the specified
holding period in 1971.
Haro ld Knueppel (left) and Paul Bruce watch
as readings appear for hammer strike times
on the Hamme r Adjus t Station.

mer Adjust Station, pointed out that by using

the eq uipment an operator can make adjustments
,-.....; t he Laser beam measures the time for each
i nd i vidual hammer.
The t i me intervals are measured in microseconds and each measurement is displayed
on a screen in front of the oper6tor . Min i mum and maximum times can be pre - set in the
eq uipment so that a "no- go" signal will be
di splayed if the hammer's time is not within
the to 1e rances .
Mr. Bruce also noted that NC l ogic is
used in the equipment to fire the hammers.
He said that work on the project to develop
the Hammer Adjust Station began in June,
and ac tual construction of the equipment
began in Ju 1y .
M UT UA L FUN D'S REPORT SHOWS EM P LOYEES
INVESTIN G $40 M ILLION IN P AST YEAR

Dur ing the pas t 12 months GE employees partic i pat ing u1 the Savi ngs and Security Program
h;:ive i nves t ed more t han $40 million of their
0\\'11 sc:.vings and Company matching payments in
the Gener al El ectric S&S Program ~lutual Fund .
,.........he net asset val ue of the Fund was $82 ,072,
_63 on June 30, according to the semi- annual
report re l eased thi s 1veek. (See Page Four
o I the >JE\vS) . Ab out 80 , 000 employees have
chosen to i nves t in the Fund as part of their
( continued column -two)

The net asset value of a Fund unit

was $27.75 on June 30, 1968; it was $28.41
on December 31, 1968; and the report l ists
the value at $27.05 on June 30 of this year.
In March of this ye ar, investment
income of the Fund was distri buted so that
36 cents was credited to each Fund unit
outstanding. For participants in the
Program, t his was r e invested in additional
uni ts .
In a mutual fund, many individuals
JOln together and pool their savings to
invest in a mm1ber of companies rather
than invest indivi dually in just one stock .
This spreadina0 of inves tments in the
securities of many companies and industries
helps prevent the sharp fluctuation in
the va lue that can occur with just one
security .
The large si ze of a mutual fund also
has another advantage. It enables the
Fund t o employ experts to select the i nvestments and the experts are likely to
be better qual ified than mos t i ndividuals
in knowinao how the Fund can best be invested.
The S&SP Mutual Fund does not have
a sales --or loading--charge f or purchasing
Fund units , and there is no charge for
redeeming uni ts .
QUALITY fiORK MEANS JOB SECURITY

GENERAL ELECTRIC S&S PROGRAM MUTUAL FUND

Semi-Annual Report, June 30, 1969

To Program Participants and Fund Unit Holders: This report shows the net asset value per Fund Unit
on June 30, 1969 and December 31, 1968 and alist of investments on June 30, 1969.
Asset Value. The net asset value per Fund Unit was $27.05 on
June 30, 1969. This compares with $28.41 on December 31,
1968 and $27.75 on June 30, 1968.
The value of a Fund Unit decreased 3.6% for the 6 months
ended June 30, 1969 and decreased 1.2% for the 12 month
period. These decreases have been adjusted for the distribution of $.36 per Fund Unit paid in March 1969. (The distribu-

tion was credited to participants in the form of additional

Fund Units in accordance with the Savings and Security
Program.)
* * *
Note: Employee savings and Company contributions are credited at the average Fund Unit Price in the month for which
such credit is made, and not at the asset value as of the end
of particular periods specified above.

General Electric S&S Program Mutual Fund List of Investments, June 30, 1969
Principal
Amount

$150,000
Number
of Shares

CORPORATE BONDS .31 %

Control Data Corp. Conv. Sub. Debs.
3% %, February 1, 1989
COMMON STOCKS 94.45%

13,300
12,100

Automotive 1.90%
Chrysler Corp.
General Motors Corp.

28,200
11,200
25,400
39,600
12,000
19,700

Building 8.84%
Armstrong Cork Co.
Boise Cascade Corp.
Carrier Coi.
Fischbach Moore, Inc.
Sherwin Williams Co.
Trane Company, (The)

11,800
6,700
9,700
13,500
22,100
20,450

Business Equipment 14.40%

Burroughs Corp.
Control Data Corp.
International Business Machines Corporation
Mohawk Data Sciences
National Cash Register Co.
Xerox Corporation

34,500
27,900
16,182
32,000

Consumer Products 5.78%

Burlington Industries, Inc.
Heublein, Inc.
Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc.
Standard Brands, Inc.

27,400
19,900
6,000
20,500

Drugs 4.79%
American Home Products Corporation
Baxter Laboratories, Inc.
Betz Laboratories
Squibb Beech-Nut, Inc.

12,400
19,800
11,900
15,400
22,300

Electrical 4.84 %
Emerson Electric Co.
lnt'I Telephone &Telegraph Corp.
Narco Scientific Industries, Inc.
Pickwick International, Inc.
Raytheon Company

16,700
7,000
29,900

Insurance 2.54%
Aetna Life & Casualty Co.
Fidelity Union life Insurance Co.
Travelers Corp.

39,500

leasing .81 %
U.S. Leasing International Inc.

13,300
41,200
14,600
26,000
7,600

Merchandising 5.91 %
A.R.A. Services, Inc.
Mammoth Mart, Inc.
Mercantile Stores Company, Inc.
Penney U. C.l Co.
Woolworth (F. W.) Co.

At Market
Quotations
$ 258,000

618,450
942,288
1,560,738
1,029,300
714,000
962,025
1,079,100
621,000
1,044,100
5,449,525
1,600,375
999,975
3,276,175
1,137,375
2,826,037
1,981,094
11,821,031
1,207,500
892,800
1,201,513
1,428,000
4,729,813
1,592,625
952,712
294,000
1,089,063
3,928,400
654,100
970,200
535,500
862,400
788,863
3,811,063
764,025
420,000
897,000
2,081,025
871,500
1,399,825
844,600
938,050
1,391,000
278,350
4,851,825

Number
of Shares

At Market
Quotations*

37,200
38,400

Metal and Mining 3.83%

Kennecott Copper Corporation
Phelps Dodge Corporation

22,200
35,500
54,700
7,600
17,800
1,200
28,400
24,200

Miscellaneous Manufacturing 9.88%

AMP, Inc.
Caterpillar Tractor Co.
Goodyear Tire &Rubber Co.
Minnesota Mining &Manufacturing Co.
Perkin-Elmer Corp. (Thel
Raychem Corp.
Textron, Inc.
TRW, Inc.

15,700
24,300
4,200
22,400
22,700
17,600

Oil 8.95%
Louisiana Land &Exploration Co.
Mobil Oil Corp.
Schlumberger, ltd.
Shell Oil Co.
Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey)
Texaco, Inc.

37,000
20,870
40,800
34,800

Paper & Containers 8.11 %

International Paper Co.
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Scott Paper Co.
U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc.

22,400
15,000

Photography 4.20%
Eastman Kodak Co.
Polaroid Corp.

20,000
32.400
27,900
34,800

Public Utilities 5.21 %

American Telephone &Telegraph Co.
Duke Power Co.
Public Service Electric &Gas Co.
Southern California Edison Co.

17,200
21,000

Publishing and Services 2.07%

McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Pinkerton's Inc.

8,400
25,000
16,800
12,200
26,000

Soap and Cosmetics 6.81 %

Avon Products, Inc.
Gillette Co.
Rayette-Faberge, Inc.
Revlon, Inc.
White Cross Stores
Total Common Stocks
Cash, corporate short-term notes,
receivables, etc., net
Total Net Asset Value

$ 1,525,200
1,617,600
3,142,800

1,018,425
1,792,750
1,606,813
767,600
867,750
303,600
891,050
847,000
8,094,988
971,437
1,424,588
407,400
1,453,200
1,762,087
1,328,800
7,347,512
1,424,500
1,273,070
1,167,900
1,148,400
5,013,870
1,680,000
1,770,000
3,450,0QO
1,085,000
1,085,400
878,850
1,226,700
4,275,950
584,800
1,113,000
1,897,800
1,299,900
1,315,625
1,024,800
1,047,675
900,250
5,588,250
77,516,090
4,298,173
$82,072,263

securities listed on national exchanges are valued at the closing sales price
at June 30, 1969: securities traded in the over-thecounter market are valued
at the last bid price at that date.
SOS-July 22, 1969

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volwne XIII , No . 32

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

HOPEMAN WATERWAY - TEMPORARILY

August 22, 1969

S&SP AUTHOR I ZATION FORMS

OUT NOW , TIME TO CHECK VALUES
IN RETIREMENT OPTION

The holding period for savings and investments under the GE Savings and Security Prog ram in 1966 ends January 1, 1970 . Participants in th e program during 1966 are now
receiving auth ori zation forms for the payout
of their securities in early 1970 .
There will be no nee d to fill out and
return the f orm unless there are changes to
be made in addres s e s or in the registration
or di s tribution of the s e curities to be
received in the payout as compared with instructions for the payout in 1969.

~"7-

n~s was the scene on Hapeman Par kway just

south of the Plant at approxima.te l y 9 : 00
a .m. Wednesday morning . Flood waters from
South River tempora.rily restripted traf~ic
movement along the Par kway .

METROPOLITAN HONORS GE IKSURA NCE

PLA N FOR 5 0 YEARS WITH MET

As of the end of 1968, active and ret i re? GE employees and their dependents had
received more than $1 bil l ion in benef i ts
under the General El ectric Insurance Plan
since it began . Payments l ast year alone
amounted to $104,000,000 noted Metropolitan
Board Cha irman Gilbert W. Fi tzhugh when the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company last
week marked the 50th ann iversary of General
El ectric ' s Gro up Ins urance Plan with Metropo li tan. In mak in g the presentation the
Metropolitan Board Chairman also com~ented
on General El ectric's outstanding involvement
i n modern plan design .
Mr . Fitzhugh pointed out that when the
GE Plan began , fewer than 44,000 employees
were covered by Life I nsurance~ averaging
(conti nued On Page 1hlo)

W. R. Perry, who is the benefits specialist here in the Waynesboro Plant , points out
that a pa rti cipant can determine whether he
should fill out and return the authorization
sec tion of the form which is labeled Part II,
by ex amining th e information in Part I.
Each participant should review th e
information furnished, and if he want s his
1966 securities registered and dis t ributed
in the same way, he can ignore Part II of
the form.
Part II of the form is for use by participants who have never before returned a n
authorization form for an S&SP payo ut, or
by those who wish to change instructions on
the dist ribution or registration of their
Stocks or Bonds or chang e their Retirement
Option election. If it i s used , it should
be r eturned promp tly to the partic i pant' s
Personnel Accounting unit.
Saving s Bonds may be registered in the
name of one pe r son, or in the names of two
per sons as c o- owners, or in the name of one
person payable on death to another designated
person as bene ficiary.
If Bonds a re regis t e red in one name only ,
they belong s ol e ly to that person an,l he will
have full rights of ownership . If Bonds

(continued on Page Two)

INSURANCE . . . .
(cont'd from Page 1)

PAGE TWO

less than $1 ,000. He contrasted these

figures with today's average coverage of
approximately $16,000 for each 325,000
active GE employees. In addition there
are more than 35,000 retired GE employees
who are protected under the plan.
Health Insurance with Metropolitan was
to some General Electric plants
in ~939. It grew to full company-wide
basis by 1950. In 1955, General Electric
pione~red Comprehensive Medical Expense
benefits for employees and their dependents
which now pays for all reasonable, necessary
and customary medical expenses up to $100,000
for each person insured.
.

~ntroduced

S&SP. (cont'd from Page 1)

registered in co-owner form, they may be
cashed by either of the persons named on
them.

However, if Bonds are registered in

beneficiary form, they belong to the registered owner and can be cashed only by him
during his lifetime. Upon his death they
become the property of the beneficiary named
on them, who then obtains full right of
ownership.
General Electric Stock can be registered
in the employee's name only, or in the employee's name and the name of one other person of legal age as "joint tenants with the
right of survivorship, and not as tenants
in connnon." Unlike Bonds, Stock cannot be
registered in co-owner or beneficiary form.
If the Stock is registered in the
participant's name only, it belongs solely
to him and he will have the right to receive
all dividends which are declared, to vote
the Stock at Corporate meetings, and to
sell or otherwise dispose of it as he wishes.
If the Stock is registered in two names, both
parties have joint rights of ownership of
the Stock while both are alive.
. N;AME OF APOLLO PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT
i
The NEWS is interested in obtaining the
names of any and all employees involved in
wo.rk on the Apollo Program. The Company's
participation in the program has been so
extensive that we would like to see how many
~n our plant actually worked on some product
of the Apollo Program. If you have participa~~d, send your name and location to Pat
Th~mpson, Relations.

UVA TO OFFER FIFTEEN COURSES

. Fifteen courses will be offered by the

Urnversity of Virginia School of General ~
Studies in the Waynesboro-Staunton area.
Registration is scheduled for the first two
weeks in September. Classes start the week
of September 15, 1969. Infonnation may be
obtained by calling the UVa Valley Office
942-2065.
'
SAILBOAT REGATTA SET FOR AUGUST Z4

SCOGEE will sponsor a Sailboat Regatta

on Sunday, August 24, at 2:00 p.m. at
Beaver Creek Dam. Bring your sailboat and
enjoy an afternoon of fun and relaxation.
SOFTBALL NEWS
The final softball league standings are:

Team
Team
Team
Team

Marketing
# 1 Drives Eng.
# 3 NECD
# 5 Lab
# 4

4
4
5
8

6
6
2

The league batting averages based on

a minimum of 25 times at bat are:
B. Dulaney
D. Phelps
H. Sipe
C. Pacione
D. Cooke
C. Bowles
W. Massie
D. Miller
B. Poole
W. Dove
C. Liebal
D. Dondiego
R. Blough
J. Kaczmarek
J. Smith
T. Denlinger
G. Baker
J. Thompson
W. Brown
K. Mohler
B. Sager
D. Hoge
B. Gunn
H. Lotts
O. Grant

Avg.

Team

.607
.572
.572

.568
.538

.536
.500

4
5
4
5

1 &3
3

.500

.500

3
1
1
4

.482
.471

.469
.466
465
462

.450
.448
.406
.394
.394

.394
.385
.371

.355
.346

1
1
3
3
4
3
5
5
1
4
4
1
5

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRI C
VolwH:! XIII, No . .53

August 29, 1969

W AYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

NEW DIVISION GENERA L MANAGER S V ISIT

WAYNESBORO PLANT
(S ee Story on Page 2 )

A MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES

On behalf of the Company, we

extend sympathy to the friends and
re l at i ves of Robert Huffman who lost
his life in the disaster i n Nelson
County last week.
The trag i c events of last week
will l ong be remembe red . Remembered
too, are those who helped. We
commend the employees of this pl ant
who so willingly gave of the i r time,
their effort, and their property to
help those struck by the fl ood.

,......, , Howard D. Kurt (front right) observes while

J . F. Ponzillo , NECD Genera.l Manager, ex plai ns
the NC Test area during a touri of the Plant
on Tuesday . Other NECD management personne l
are D B Schneider C. W. Cerni, C. J . Romeo,
D. R. Ne~eyer, G. ir . Wadsworth and R. L . Beaver.

...-....
_,r. Richard P. Gifford (left) toured the DCP
Assembly area Wednesday. Here, he has special
feature s pointed out by D. L. Coughtry . Look ing on ar e H. R. Knueppel (2nd from left ) and
General Manager W. F. Kindt .

To recognize all the people who

responded to the disaster wou l d be
difficult. Their deeds are numerous
and varied as the situation demands.
Employees hurr i ed into the flooded
areas of Waynesboro to help evacuate
and shelter those whos e homes were
flooded. They returned to offer
assistance in everyway--cleaning up,
lending cars, prepari ng food, every thing that was needed. As the full
weight of the trag i c toll in Nelson
and Rockbridge Counties became know n,
emp loyees quickly volunteered to do
whatever could be done--the grim work
of searching for the lost, t he sorting
of contributions which poured in, the
giving of food, clothing and furniture
t o help those left homeless.
In the aftermath of th i s tragic
event, although we cannot forget the
suffering of so many people , we are,
nevertheless, stil l very proud of our
employees and of the job they are
still doing to he1p those who hav~
been victims of this disa st er. ~ ,t.

l.. PONZILLO
~;~~H._/{?~SE~HfYSJ
~(
_,.J,. _,i ,, /~ ~lt-

~::;--r~ c

W. F. KINDT

J.

PAGE TWO
N l:..:W DIVISION GENERAL MANAGERS VISIT
WAY NESBORO PLANT

INV E N T ORY T IM E AGAIN

Two newl y appointed divis ion heads visited

he.; \\'aynesboro Plant this we ek. Mr. Howard
D. Ku r t , Acting Deputy General Manager-Manufacturu1g Automatic Equipment in the Process
i\leasurement and Control Division, visited the
Pl ant on Tues day . The NLDTierical Equipment
t'.cin t rol Department is part of the division.
On \\.c Jnes day , Mr. Rici1ard P . Gifford , General
~ tan age r of the Communication Sys tems Division
v i sited the pl a nt .
Appo intment s of both Mr. Giffor d and Mr.
1ve r e annot.mced earlier by Mr. He rshne r
C:i uss, Vice President and Group Executive for
th e Indus trial Group. Mr . Cross als o an11ou11cecl t he r eorganization which placed NECD
:.mJ SCD in s eparate di vi s ions . At the same
- imc . i t was announced the name of the Specialty
ntrol Departmen t will be change d to Corrnnuni..:a Li un and Cont rol Device Department.

1\ll 1 L

Mr . Kur t met with NECD General Manager

.J . F. Ponz illo and the department s t aff during
his vi sit he r e . He a l so toured the Waynesboro
Plant . Later in the week, he visited the
Cha rlottesville and Rici1rnond Pl ants .
~Ir . Gifford , who has s erved a s Gener a l
1ana2er of the Corrununica tion Products Department in Lynchburg , met with ~Ir. Warren
F . Kindt, Gene r a l Mm1ager of the Conununication
<JJ1 J Control Devi ces Depa rtment, on Wednes day .
I le a l s o made a t our of the Waynesbor o Plant .

In the reor ganization, the newly -named

Connnunica tion and Control Devi ces Department
aJong with t he Telecommunication Products
Department are components of the Communication
Systems Divis ion. Mr. Gifford, who is also
\ c tj ng Gen er a l Manager of TPD, wi ll be
Jocated in Lynchburg .

The Proces s ~ le asurement and Control Di vis i on incl udes NECD and the Manuf ac turing Automation Sys tems Operation .

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.. . Peop l e are count ing .

At left , Jack Fisher and Ma:r:i ne Helton, both
of Re lay Production, count i terns i n the
..-..
Re lay Stockr oom . ~l right, Donald Cookes ,
Ai r craft Product i on; and Lenora Swecker,
Sheet Me~al, tal l y items in t he Aircraft
Stockroom .
CUSTOM E R PRA IS E S PLAN T 1S WORK ,
N OTES IM PO R T A NCE OF QUAL I T Y

In a lette r t o t he Waynes boro Plant,

Mr. M. F. Hil son, Quality Co ntrol Director
for Coll ins Rad i o Company , commended Genera l
Electric for su pplying hi gh relia bili ty parts
for the Apol l o 11 mi ss ion.
Mr . Wi l s on note d , We a t Co11 i ns Rad i o
Company wi sh to ack now l edge t he i mporta nt
contribut ion ma de by yo ur compa ny of hi gh
reli abili ty componen t pa r ts and ma t erials
to th e succes sful perfonnance of t he Command
Module Communi cation and Data System and
the Lunar Modu le s i gna l process or.
11

11

R E N TAL HOUS ING SOUGHT

An urgent need exis ts for r e n tal p r operty
fo r new Waynes b o ro Plant employ ees. Mr. W. R.
Pe rry , Re lati ons , said that b oth h ous es and
dp artmen t s a r e needed. He as ked that anyone
1..; i t h informa tion about availab l e rental houses
u r apa r t ments contact him at Room 105E, Ext . 241 .

Th rough out th e yea rs of th e prog ram,

our pri ma ry goal has been a succes sful
lunar l and i ng mis s i on . \.Je extend our wannes t
appreci at i on t o your compa ny f or your cons cienti ous ende avors i n ach i evi ng th i s g oa l~
an d hearti es t congratu l ati ons on the s u cce s~
ful performance of your produc ts ir. this
mi ss ion. 11

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL @ ELECTRIC
W A YNES BO RO,V IRG INIA

MILLER AND TRUSL OW PROMOTED

IN MANUFACT U R ING

Promo tions for Jolm T. Miller, Jr.

and

.J;unes D. Truslow were announced thi s week

by Dav i<l L . Caught ry, i'lanager-Manuf acturing

fo r the Corrnnunication and Control Devices

J)cpartment . >Ir . Truslow has been promot ed
from Foreman-Relays to Buyer in t he Purchasing Department . >Ir. ' liller, fonnerly
3. >!easurement Teclmician in Relays , has
been promo ted to Foreman-Rel ays . Both
appointments became effective Sept0nher 1 .
James Truslow, who joined the Company
at the Waynesboro Plant in 1955 as a
machine operat or , has held
various s tockroom and quali ty control jobs in the plant.
! le became an Expcdi tcr in
1965 and has held expediting
jobs in Production and Purchasing . He was promoted to
J . D. Trus low For eman-Re l ays in 1966 .
A native of \elson County and a residen t
of Nc llys ford , i'lr . Truslow is a gr aduate of
Rockfi sh Valley High School. ! le and his wife ,
Twilla J ean, who is also an employee of the
Waynesboro Plant, have three children , Darlene ,
11 ; and t win boys, Geof f r ey and Gr egory ,
aged 6.
J olm T . >Iiller , Jr . , joined Gene r al
Electric in 1966 as a Measur ement Specialist
in Relays . l le was promoted
to ~1easurement Technician
rn February , 1969 .
i'!r. Miller i s a native
of Brooklyn , N. Y. , and a
vet eran of the U. S . Anny .
J . T . Miller lie and hi s wi fe , Conni.e, who
i s a secretar y in \TECD Enginee ri.ng , have two
sons , Alfred and Jolm . Alfred, who recently
returned from Viet \!am is empl oyed in the
Relay i'lachine Room , and John i s emp l oyed in
i\lri. intenance . i'!r. and Mrs . ~1ille r r eside a t
100 Hudson Avenue, St aunton.

September 5, 1969

H. S. SECHRIST ASSUMES NEW

POST, WIL L STILL HEA D
AECBS WAYNESBORO

Mr. Harry S. Sechrist, Manager- Aerospace

El ectr i cal Control Business Secti on , has
been appoi nted Acti ng
Ma nager-Aerospace Motor
and Generator Business
Se cti on i n Erie, Penna.
The appointment, which
became effecti ve September 1, was announced
t hi s week by Mr. H. B.
H. S . Sechrist
Fancher, Ge neral Manager
of the Ae r ospace Electri cal Equi pment Departme nt .
Mr. Sechri s t will cont i nue as Manager
of AECBS and wi l l have offices both in
Waynesbo ro and Er i e.
After earning a BS degree in electrical
engineeri nq f r om Leh i gh University in 1945,
Mr . Sechris t joined the Compa ny in Schenectady as a Test Er.gi neer. He ~1as permanently
ass i gned to t he Control Division in Schenect ady in 1947 . In 1953, he 1vas named Unit
Supervisor of Aircraft &Mi l itary Control
Product Engineering. He was transferred to
Waynesboro in April, 1955 .
In 1958 , Mr . Sechrist was promoted to
Subsection Manaqer of Aircraft &Mi l i ta ry
Product En q in ee ~in q at Waynesboro . He moved
to Evendal e , Ohi o, in 1966 as Ma nage r - Engine
Control Systems Ope r ati on . In Apri l of last
year, he return ed to the Waynesboro Plant
as Manaqer-AECBS .
SER V ICES HE LD FO R W. L . EAST
Funeral se rvices we r e held Monday fo r
Mr. W. L . (Bill) East , who died last Saturday .
Mr . Eas t, Dat a Manag ement Engineer f or AECBS ,
joined the Gen e ral Electric Company at the
Wayn esbor o Plant in Novembe r, 1956, as a
Desi gn Enginee r .

Mr . East had bee n ill sinc e mi d- Ju ]\

He i s s urviv e d l; y hi s wi fe , Ann Loui se , ...11 1d
four childre n , hayne , \~e ndy , Amy and Al yson .

PAGE
EMPLOYEES REMINDED TO WEAR
SAFETY GLASSES IN PLANT

,Jeanie Lewis, Relays, doesn 't forget her

safety glasses when enteI'ing the plant .
Safe ty Specialis t W. R. Perry noted
this week that employees are becoming
lax about wearing safety glasses . He
noted es pecially that employees entering
and leaving the cafeteria and other routes
to and from the plant neglect t o put
glasses on promptly or remove them before
actually being out of the plant.
Mr. Perry pointed ou t that proper safety
g lasses are furnished for employees to
avoid eye injuries. Failure to wear them
in all plant areas at all times could
result in a s erious eye injury or even
blindness. He urged a ll employees to use
th e i r safety g l asses for their own protection .
WAYNESBORO PLANT DONA TES
TO VPI ENG INEERING SCHOOL

E~UIPMENT

Fluidic control equipment from the

Waynesboro Plant has been donated t o the
VPI ~lechanical Engineering Department.
Mr. Darren 13. Schneider , NECD ManagerEngineering, announced this week that the
equipment which had been used in the NECD
Development Laboratory , had been shipped
to Virginia Polytechnic Institute in
Bl acksburg .
Mr . Schneider told Dr. J. B. Jones ,
Cha innan of the school' s Mechanical
Engineering Department, that General
Electric was pleased to assist in expanding the school's program in the
area of fluidic controls .

rwo
FOREIGN COMPETITORS A IM
AT U. S . , CANADIAN MARKETS

"As our foreign competitors expand ill

size, scope, and financia l strength, they
increasingl y have the capacity to compete
in the most advanced technological businesses .
But to support this capability they must
seek out large, open, and technically demanding markets as the United States and Canada,"
sai d \lilli am H. Dennler, Vice Chairman of
t he Board and Execut i ve Officer, before the
Edi son Electric Institute. He pointed out
that our foreign competitors are supported
in such efforts by their governments by
investment incen t ives of 25% or more vs.
the current 7% investment credit in the U.S.;
lower tax rates, and by nationalization of
t hose i ndustries that lie in t he public
sector, such as uti lities, transporta tion,
stee l and aircraft .
"Hi gh home price levels, which are
in effect aovernment- supported, allow
foreign industry to go after the all - i mportant export markets at prices that
frequent ly cover only incremental prices ."
Mr. Dennler added, \iJhat this means ~
is that they can, in effect, buy a share
of U. S. markets, at a price which their
governments are willing to pay for balanceof-payments reasons whi le at the same ti me
being protected from competition in the ir
own national markets."
11

As a mu ltinational Company, Mr.

Dennler said, "General Electric is in
favor of free, fair trade--where each has
eaual access to the other 1 s ma rke t . General
Electri c is going to fight as hard as we
know how against ' loaded ' situations -- al l
we ask for is the same opport unity abroad
that our fore i an competitors have in this
country."
EVENING CLASSES TO BE
OFFERED BY TWO SCHOOLS

Re gis t ration for 49 undergraduate

and 35 graduate courses in Madison College ' s evening studies program will be
held at the school in Harrisonburg on
September 15 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
A variety of evening courses '.1i 11
also be offered by Blue Ridge Commun i ty
Coll ege in the fal l semeste r. Complete
course offerings and registration information may be obtained from \I . R. Perry ,
Relations, Room 105E.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
!olwne XII, .Vo . 35

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

HAPPY
ANNIVERSARY
\\'e \\ ill complete 15 years of nwnufacturing operations here Saturday . 1nese
first 15 years have brought continued growth
and st r engthening of our business, increases
in \\ages , development of skills , countless
promotions and family security . TI1e pros pects for future progr ess for all of us are
unlimited as we work together with mutual
re spect and understanding .
Our grrnvth over this period could not
have been achieved without considerable
effort , ability, co-operation, and pabence
from all of you . On the back of today ' s
0Jl:\\"S , \ve have reprinted an advert i semcnt
which \\i ll appear in tomorrrn\'s :--JE\\'S-VIRGINI AN.
,,.-..... Today ' s NE\\'S is proud to salute each ;md
everyone of you for making the first 15
years so successful . /\ HJ\PPY 15Tll J\NN IVERSARY
TO ALL!
1

TRAFFIC ARROWS MARK

ENTRANCE TO
NORTH PARKING LOT

/lrro1,;a to mark l e fl - lum lane have been painted

on the road at the enlmnce to the No Pth Parking lot . The job wac conzp leted tnis week bu
Chai les '1inter, le ..""';, an.; c;zarles .'fcr;u_rfin,.
both o:~ .'!c.inter.c:r:c<. .
0

3eotember 12

1969

FREE ADULT EVENING COURSES

OFFERED IN COUNTY
An Adult Basic Educ;i.tion program, sponsored by Augusta County Public Schoo l s , \vill
offer free courses this fall to meet the
needs of adul ts hho have l ess than an 8th
grade education.
Classes Ki ll begin Tuesday , September
16 , a t five different county schools . In fonnat i on on course offer ings may be obta ined
by calling Mr . Walter flora, day : 886-2 151 ,
evening : 943 -5234.

PATENTS AWARDED
FOUR ENGINEERS
Patents have been ah'<.f fded to four
Waynes1:::::ro Plant en~inccrs , Pat ent Counsel
M. Masni.k rumounced this 1.;eek . Mr . Leroy
Kelling, '.'JECD, received his 21s t patent
Khile 'Ir. l:dhard Dinger, CCDD , \\as granted
his 16th and 17th patents . Samuel Harris
\las granted his 3rd patent and Charles
Sp;mg l cr received his Jst patent.

S&SP AUTHORIZATION FORMS

DUE LAST WEEK
Personne l AccoLmtj ng today urged all
employees \\ho have not examined and retun1cd
Part Tr of the S&SP authori:ation forn1 to do
so immedj a tcly. r=om1s , \\hi ch \\ere due
September 5, ha,e not been returned for nearl y
200 employees , ~tr . L. r. Beckerle , Supervisor- Personnel Accounting noted .
I le explained that parti c i pant s who have
changes to be made in addresses or i.n the
reQ,istration and d istribution of securities
should return Part IT. J\Jso, anyone who
has ne\cr before rece i \"Cd a pa;out 1-.: ill have
to furnish ins tn1ctions for reg is tcrj ng
securities and author i: i ng pa;ment .
/\ m~1jor question for most S&SP partici pants of the payout yc:ir 1966 is whether
th ey 1va.nt to take adva.ntage of the Rcti rement
Option provision or w~rnt to receive all of
the bonds and full sha r es of stock credi te<l
to them in 1966 .

It's Our 15TH Anniversary

GENERAL ELECTRIC &WAYNESBORO

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WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
'loZUfl'le

XII, No. 36

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

THREE PLANTS VOTE

NO UNION
AT

PORT.~'MOUTH--

The Color Television Department has

released the results of the election held
last Friday. IUE was defeated by a vote
of 875 for no tmion, 613 for a tmion, 91
challenged and 4 voided.
AT UATTOOIJ--

Lamp Plant employees voted on September

S to remain non-tmion. The unofficial tally
showed: no tmion-734, and for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-239.
Certification of the results from the
National Labor Relations Board is expected
shortly.
This was the third representation election held at ~.Jattoon Lamp Plant in the last
18 years. The two earlier organizing campaigns were by the IAM in 1951 and 1957.

RELAY MARKET TIGHTENS

Relay sales continue to be af fectcd by
recent Department of Defense program can~el
lations reductions, and stretch-outs. Ihc
recent ~ancellation of the Manned Orhiting
Laboratory C'-10L) following on the. hce ls of
the Cheyenne Helicopter cancellation COUJ?lcd
with recently reduced programs such as A1 rbome Warning &Control System have led to
a soft market condition in military relays.
"Electro Procurement," a purchasing magazine,
recently stated it was a ?uye:s' market.due
to excess capacity resulting in decreasing
military demands. We recently have los~
business at prices below our manufacturing
costs due to these conditions.
Best industry estimates arc that this
situation will continue for at least 6 to
12 months. Marketing is continuing to try
to find new customers and encourage our
distributors to seek out new accounts to
try and offset these mar~eting c?nditions. .
We have been successful rn lo cat rng some nc\.
accounts but these have not offset the general decline in the mar~et place.

AT .':/IELB!VILLE--

Production and maintenance employees voted

to remain without a tmion on September 11 at
the Industrial Heating Department in Shelbyville,
Ind. The results: 281-n~ tmi~n; 260-Sheet
~fetal Workers.
This was the tenth attempt by various
unions to win representation rights since
Industrial Heating established the facility
in Shelbyville in 1955. The Sheet >fetal
Workers Union last tried, unsuccessfully, in
.July, 1968.

DID YOU KNOW?

More than $1 billion in benefits have
been received by active and retired GE e~
ployees and their dependents since the Company began its group insurance plan with
~1etropolitan Life Insurance 50 years ago.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of
"Constitution of Binary Alloys" please contact R. A. Hol~~mb, Room 239.

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
Negotiations with the UE have reached
the end of their sixth week. Discussions
through September 12, between the Company
and the UE were devoted pr:imarily to a further exploration of contract lan~ge. Among
the topics discussed were the grievance
procedure, progression s~~edules for hourly
and salaried employees, lateral transfers
and upgrades, job inventory skill fonns,
and seniority.
There have been no meetings this week
between the two committees, as the union
holds its national convention in New York.
Next week, the Company and the tmion
have agreed to move into discussions o~ .
economic matters. \\"ages and cost-of-hvrng
are of course, princi~al topics in the
'
. matters.
scheduled
discussions on economic

THE WINNERS

SPACE SYSTEMS JOB CUT

Total employment in the Space Systents
organization at Valley Forge , Penna., will
be r educed by about 2600 people by year's
end. The reduction is the result of the
cancellation in June of the Air Force's
Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program.
The General Manager of the Space Systems organization said that, as expected,
the programmed reduction over the six-month
period will involve about 2600 people in
the organization .

LOCAL TALKS START

Top Row, left to right, Wayne Dove, R~n Blough,
John Dvorscak Jack Kaczmarek, Ray Cl~ne and
Harry Lotts . 'Botton Row, left to right, Ron
Wesner J Charles Liebal, Charlie Bowles,
Ron

Vanderpool, and Wayne Kite. M~ss~ng ~re

Bill Sager, Reed Hoge, and Larry McCl~ntock .

For the second year in a row Drives

Engineering Team I ~as won ~he intra~ural
softball championship. Their.14-3 victory
over the Marketing Team IV clinched the
crown.

HELP THOSE WHO HELP US

The Waynesboro First Aid Crew will
hold a carnival Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. It will be for the benefit
of the Nelson County Rescue Squads whose
funds have been depleted as a result of
the r ecent flood.
LOCATION:
TIME:

Across from first aid

building
6: 30 p.m.

There will be a parade beginning

downtown at 6:00 p.m. Saturday evening. Remember--all proceeds go to the Nelson County
Rescue Squads.

WATCH FOR IT
Watch for a special supplement to the
NEWS during the first part of next week .
It should provide insight for the negotiations.

The national-level negotiations with

the IUE and UE may have obscured the fact
that many local bargaining sessions are
also progressing with lffiits certified locally.
Mos t of the local contracts expire on
October 26 , the same as for the IUE and UE,
but some rlffi out on other dates.
,-...,
Locally, lffiion officials and managemt
have exchanged views on practices followed
in Waynesboro in the assignment and divi sion of overtime. Discussions concerning
the lay-off and recall suppl ement to the
national contract are planned to begin
in the near future .

STRIKE CHRONICLE
About 1300 employees at the Lamp Divi sion ' s Euclid Lamp Plant in Cleveland returned to work Sept ember 9, following a
strike which started on September 4 when
some third-shift employees began picketing
over shift transfers. Most of the production and maintenance employees refused to
cross the picket lines. The strike was
illegal and not sanctioned by IBEW Local
1377. Disciplinary action will be t aken.

SCOGEE-DUPONT TENNIS
TOURNAMENT TOMORROW
Arrangements have been completed for
the annual GE-DuPont Tennis Tournament t o
be held at the Ridgeview Park Court this
Saturday , September 20.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Vo lwne

XII~

No. 37

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

GE COMPETITION TIGHTENS

September

26 ~

1969

DID YOU KNOW?

LOCALLY

~ower Regulation recently lost an order

S~nce GE s igned its fi:st fonnal union. conto Bail ey Meter Company. The customer dec:ided tra~t 111 1938, onl y two . s~nkes connected with
against us because our price was a little too nation<:tl c?ntract bar garn rng have occurred- -a
high, our actuators were not pToven in the
l!E strike rn 1946 (9 weeks) and an IUE strike
111
field~ and the competitor ' s product had some
1960 (3 \~e eks )
.
.
additional attractive features.
W~ believe our practi ce of r esponding to
the union's demands with a comprehens ive package rather than by piecemeal offerings has been
Relays lost an order to Fil tors of Mara major factor in our record of peaceful settle coni, CanaJa, when they quoted a price which
We make t his r esponse , of course, only
ments.
we could not meet profitabl y.
af ter an ext ended period of discuss i on wit h
the union during subcormnittee meeti ngs and
f onnal negot i ati ons , and after extens ive reELSE~IHERE IN GE
search of our own .
We thi nk a package respons e is t he best
way
because
i t gi ves both union offici ;:iJs ;:md
"For the second time this year, Hitachi
employees
the
oppo rtunity t o make j ud.qments with
,,-lt d. of Japan has infli cted a set -back to
some
kind
of
per
specti ve on i ts tot al worth . It
.G&M ' s hydroelectric generator business future
focus
es
attent
ion
on the vaJue of our offer and
by successfully underbidding us on generator/
personal
i ties and pol i t i cal maneuvers .
minimizes
motors for a new multi -million-dollar plilllped
storage power project."
So declared the General Manager of t he
Large Generator and Motor Department, in
focus ing attention on the inroads bei ng made
by this competitor into the hydroelectric
generator market . Hitachi secured an order
f or six generator/motors at 40% lower than
GE ' s bid . Earlier this year, I-Ii tachi underbid GE by 35% for a New York State project.

SERVICE AWARDS

M.T.S.D. AFFECTED BY NASA

Management and Technical Services Department announced a reduction of i ts work force
at t he National Aeronautics and Space Admi nis tration ' s Mississ i ppi Test Facility in Bay
St . Louis . The reduction i n jobs and employees
is mandatory, because of the decrease in opera)ioi.onal support r equirements at the NASA faci l ity.
.1eral El ectric is prime contractor to NASA
for range and base operations and for t echnical
services in support of s tage contractors, governmental and other users of the 142 , 000 acre t est
faci lity .

Twenty -year servi ce prns \ver e r ecently

awarded to David Coughtry and Michael Masnik
for their devoted contribut ion to t he Gener al
Electric team . On the left , Warren Kindt ,
Gener al Manager of CCDD , presents David
Coughtry, Manager of CCDD ~!anuf ac t uring , wi t h
his service pin . On the right , J oseph Ponzi l lo,
General Manager of NECD , pr esents Michael Masni k
the local Patent Attorney, 1vith his pin .

BUSINESS INDICATORS
INDUSTRIAL HIRING

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports

factory hiring fell more than usual during
July, declining from 66 to 52 per 1,000
employees. New hires alone declined from
54 to 40 per 1,000, while layoffs rose to
17 per 1,000 workers. The factory quit
rate, which usually reflects the availability
of job opportunities, was 27 per 1,000, up 1
per 1,000 from the preceding month.
INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT

Industrial output in August showed the

first dip in a year, slipping 0.2% on a
seasonally adjusted basis. The long downtrend in private housing starts continued,
with a 1.6% drop from July's rate which, in
tum, was 8% below the previous month's starts.

~_:\\

NEW GE FACILITY BEGUN

General Electric Company's Medical
Systems Department in Milwaukee, _Wisc., has
annotmced the start of construction on a
$500,000 educational_facili~ to meet the
growing need for trained medical systems .
teclmicians. The new school will be the f:rst
such facility in the nation_d~voted exclusively
to the fonnal technical training of x-ray
and biomedical systems maintenance pers?nnel,
installation teclm.icians, and sales engineers.
Called the General Electric Medical
Systems Institute, the sch?ol is scheduled
to enroll its first class in January, 197 ~
The Vice Presid:n~ in ch~rge of GE's Chemi~~l
and Medical Division, Brideport, Conn., sai ~
"As the nation's largest producer of J?ro~essional
and medical apparatus, ~e hav: fotmd it_impe:ili
tive to match advances in :q~ipnent design wi
increased maintenance proficiency"

Your Eyes Instead of Dicel

Foolish Gambling Substitute
IT'S DIFFERENT AT THE CRAPS TABLE. Some win.
Some lose. But if you lose shooting dice, you
can always hope to ... and often do ... recover
your losses.
NOT SO WITH YOUR EYESIGHT! Any gamble involving those precious mechanisms can cause you
untold pain ... and the loss of sight, which -those who have had such a loss tell us -- can
transform the beautiful world around us (which
we take for granted) into drab shadows!
SO DON'T YOU TAKE A CHANCE WITH YOUR EYESIGHT!
Protect your eyes in every way you know: with
a regu 1a r exami nation and by regularly wea.Ping
safety gZasses in our faato~ at aZZ times ...
and eZsewhere (even at home) when doing chores

which might endanger your eyes and your eyesight!

IF YOU GAMBLE WITH YOUR EYES . .. you may nevez

reaoup your Zosses!

AUGUST

QUOTATION~

The "Stock Price" and "Fund Unit Price"

for the month of August, 19na, are as follows:

1IJ4tc/f(,/f>f-ON

GUARD FOR YOU

Stock Price
Ftmd Unit Price

$84.048
26.734

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL ELECTRIC
Vc l i 1e XII , No . 38

BUSINESS WEATHER

Oc tober 2, 1969

DICK THOMAS RECEIVES

25 YEAR PIN

Cross National Product Cr01.Jth Cloud!'

''The July incr ease in privat e wages and

salaries was the smallest in a year. Retail
sale's are trailing the advances posted earlier
in he year . Factory sal es are expected to
level off in the fourth quarter . In Augus t,
private nonfarm housing continued to decline .
The gross national product, adjusted for
pri ce changes , grew at an annual r at e of only
2% i n the second quarter, compared with a
7.4% rate a year earl ier . And industrial output fell i n Augus t for t he first time in a
year ."- -WALL STREET JOURNAL , Septembe r 18.
CHAIRMAN MCCRACKEN SPEAXS OUT

"The evidence is not dramatic . The

usual month t o month wobbles in this data
still l eave a mar gin of uncertainty about
what it all means ." "But," said the Chairman
of Pr esident Nixon's Council of Economic
Advisor s , "there is some evidence that the
chronically overheated s tate of the economy is
beginning to cool."
Paul \\f . McCracken, the Council Chairman,
made the s tatement in a speech to the Economic
Club of De troit las t week . For t he aver age
American , Mr. McCracken was saying that the
product inventories ar e piling up, business
profits are flatteni ng , business spending plans
show smaller capital outlays- -all of which may
signify a slowdown and job insecurity .
In a news conference , Mr . McCracken pre di ct ed sl owdowns in jobs and housing construction. "I f we ar e to avoid slack in the economy,
al ong with higher unempl oyment i n a less inflati onary situation , it is obvious that wage
increases must become smaller than we have
been seeing this year .' ' He said the mnnber
~ workers involved in maj or wage negotiations
2X t year wi ll be more than 60% great er than
in 1969, and these i nclude the auto workers .

(Left to right) Brad Peak-Manager, Industrial

Automation Sales and Joseph Pon zillo, General
Manager, NECD, look on as Dick Thomas is
presented his 25 - year service award by Don
Dice, Manag er-NECD Marketing .
Mr . Thomas began his car ee r with General
Electric as an App li cati ons Engineer in Fo rt
Wayne , Ind . , in 19 44 after r eceiv ing a BSEE
fr om Case Te ch. He moved to Waynes boro i n
1954, where he has se rved as an App l ication
Engineer and Long -Range Product Planne r. Curr e ntly Mr. Thomas is an I ndustrial Au t omation
Sof tware Coo rdina tor . Mr. Thomas has also
been cited fo r his recent article in THE
AMERICAN MACHINIST , " A Pos tpro ce ssor Personified ."

RACHAEL FRYE RETIRES

Rachael frye , nurs e on the second shift,
has r etired effective October 1. Rachae l had spent
10 years wi th General Elect ric, all in Waynesboro.
Before j oining the staff
here, she had assisted
Charles C. Freed, M. D.
(Waynesboro) for 25 years.
I !er hones t y and s incerity
will be remembered by all
thos e who worked with her.
Miss Frye
Rachael says, " I
would l ike to express my
gr atitude to all those who made my days here
so enioyable . "

JOE DAVIS COMPLETES

25 YEARS

FILE NOW, AVOID WAIT

Each year there ar e many employees who
feel they are r equired t o wait until the end
of the year bef ore filing a claim for r eimbursement of medical expenses . Tilis creat es
a backlog of work in January and results in
delays in payment of claims .
Roy Beckerl e , Personnel Accounting , says
that employees should file claims now . If
additional expenses are incurred later, an other claim can be f iled to cover the additional expenses.

Above (left to right ) Warren Kindt , General

Mana.ger- CCDD, presents Jospeh Davis his pin
symbolizing 25 years seY'Vice to the Company ,
while Charles Ford, Mana.ger- CCDD Engineering,
and Ben Cooper, !.fana.ger- CCDD Power Regulation,
look on .

WHAT KEY INDICATORS NOW TELL

SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKNESS Home building: In a slump. Home starts down 29 per
cent from January.
Retail sales: Showing little zip. Dollar volume barely
above spring level-meaning actual drop in physica l volume
after allowing for price increases.
Wholesale prices: Down a bit in August, first monthly
decline in a year.
Unemployment: Rate edged up in July, though still low
by past standards.
Business profits: In a squeeze. Heading down for the
first tim e since early 1968.
Stock prices: Down 14 per cent since mid-May, despite
some recovery in recent weeks.
Auto sales: Slipping. July decline continued into August.

Mr . Davis began his career with the Company in Schenectady in 1944 as an Engineering
Assistant . lie 1vas one of the ori ginal trans fer s t o t he Waynesbor o Plant i n 1954. His
fi r s t position her e was in the Mot or Centro-..
ar ea . Currently , Mr . Davis is r espons ibl e
for hydrogen control equi nent .

DID YOU KNOW?

General El ec tric employees ar e among only
4% of all employees in Ameri can industry who
have any cost-of-living pay adj ustment
sys t em .

U. S. NB\TS & IVORLD REroRT. 9 - 15-69

WE HA VE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING NOTE FROM THE APOLLO 11 ASTRONAUTS I N RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRI BUTION MADE BY RELAYS AND THE AEROSPACE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENT:

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GENER AL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XII, No . 39

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA
EDITORIAL:

MIL L ER N AMED DCP FOREMAN

Joe Mi ller has been named Foreman-Data

Coillffiunic ation Pr oducts for the first shift.
He ass llllled his ne w position
on October 1.
Joe came t o CCDD in
Oc t obe r, 1962, as a Numerical
Control Test Te chni cian. In
1966 he b ecame a Te chnical
Le ader and was promoted to
Senior Quality Control Planner
in July, 1968.
In hi s new role, Joe will be responsible for coordinating the quality control
a ct i v i t ies in the new TermiNe t 300 line.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pe nn a ., and
a residen t of Greenville, Va., Mr. Mille r
is a g raduate of South Hills High School and
~nn Techni cal Institute.
He and his wif e ,
icy, have three children, Kenneth, age 8;
Dale , age 6; and Dawn, age l~.
DAYS GROWING LON GER

October 10, 1969

A FAMILI AR SCRIPT STARTS
TO UNFOLD

Wi t h the prompt and automatic rejection

of Genera l Electri c ' s 1969 contract proposals
yesterday by the UE in New York, the f i rst
steps of the "standard union strategy" began
to unfold . We call this "standard" because
it ' s happened so many times in the past.
Un l ess offi cia l s i n charge of the coali tion destiny have been struck by some new
i nsp i ra ti on, employees can expect the fo ll owing events to unfold fair ly f ast:
- -A press conference on Monday announcing that the coa li tion commi ttee an d
the UE conference board have unan i mously
rejected the Company offer and ca l led
for strike votes .
--Highly publicized strike votes at each
pl ant with employees bei ng asked to back
up their negotiating committee and to
give them a strike authorizati on to
streng t hen the union's hand at the bargaini ng table.
--Unfair l abor practices charges f il ed
by the union against t he Company.
- - Publ ic comp l aints by union officia l s
that the Company is somehow forci ng
them to strike.
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--A midnight cri sis on October 26, with

union officials seeking a day - by- day
extension of the old contract-- t hus insuring a crisis every midnight.

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no nove l ty t o member s of GE' s national bargaini ng teams. He re, l ed by chief negotiator
John Baldi,;i n (right center), Company representati ves r eview the recent contr act pr oposal.

This is t he familiar path fol l owed almost

every time they come to the barga i ni ng tab l e.
I ts purpose is to try to extract under pres s ure some extra concessions from the Company .
The danger, of course, i s that when the
Company refuses to throw something extra on
the table to help union officials look good,
a stri ke that nobody wants occurs. And the
more that the union officials talk the offer
down, the more they may find t hemselves out
on a l imb where t hey find it difficu l t t o
end ~uch a stri ke.

Page Two
NEW SEASON FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC
CO LLEGE BOWL HAS BEGUN

TI1e 12th season on na tional t el evision for

the General Electric College Bowl began when
Boston University met Geor ge lfashington University on Sept ember 27 . Robert Earle, popul ar moderat or of College Bowl , has returned
with new ques tions to cha llenge the collegians
who will be appearing on the program this season. The newcaners of the 1969-70 season
will have to be super stars to better the
recor ds set duri ng the past season when
six different schoo l s won the maximl.Dll alloKed
five games and re t ired as "undefeated champions ." There have been 340 differ ent schools
in the 376 previous games and their intellectual
recall has proven financially worthwhile.
Scholar ship grant s given by General
Electric and the ot her fi nns cooperating in
the program now total $1,172,500. Each week
t he winning schoo l receives a $1500 grant
from GE and a similar amount from the publishers of Seventeen Magazine . For those
schools who win five games, both donate a
like amount as a bonus for that noteworthy
achievement.
Again this season, College Bowl will
be a Saturday feature on NBC-TV until the
end of the pr ofessional foot ball season,
when it will be moved to Sunday, beginning
at 6: 30 p .m. The remainder of the proposed
fall schedul e will include Bradl ey University
of Peor ia , Ill.; University of Minnesota,
Morris, Minn; New York Univers ity of New York
City ; Cleveland Stat e Univers ity; Bel oit Coll ege of Bel oit, \Vis . ; University of Connecticut , Storrs , Conn; John Hopkins Univers ity ,
Baltimore, Md ; Merrimack College , North And over, Mass . ; California State College at
Fullerton; Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
of Terr e Haute, Ind .; and Vanderbilt Univers ity, Nashvi lle , Tenn . Check the local
TV listings for times and dates of College
Bowl tel ecasts.

REOPENERS SOLVE PROBLEM

For many years, GE hasn ' t considered a

cost- of- l i vinq esca l ator to be an idea l way
of protecting . empl oyees and the busi ness
against infl ati on . I t's like a tiger chas i ng
his tail. Under a c- o-1 arrangement, ri sing
costs aut omatica ll y trig ge r pay i ncreases .
Then as payrol l costs are pushed up, more
pressure is appl i ed on product prices, and
around and around we go in an i nflati onary
spira l that hurts everyone. We tried an
esca l ator in the 1966-69 contract, despite
research that indicated that less than 5% of
U. S. workers were covered by any c- o-1 prov1s1on. Under th i s contract, it was agreed
to share the burden of infl ation, and -- as
i n most such arrangements-- there wa s a fonnu l a
providi ng c-o- 1 protection with a fixed max imum. In 1966 neither GE nor the un i on wa s
ab l e to forecast ~ccurate l y to what extent
l iving costs wou l d r i se in the next three
yea rs. As inflati on picked up s team, there
was considerable unhappiness amonq employees
with the c-o- 1 escalator.
So this year, GE neqoti ators -- rather
t han re lyi ng on either a crystal ball or
t he varying predictions of economists--took
a bold step by offering the union the opport unity to re- open the contrac t for negotiations on pay in both 1970 an d 1971. At those
times t he facts on living costs wil l be on
the record. No gue ss ing wil l be necessary .
And the uni on wi l l have t he right to s trike
if not satisfied with the pay offers .
Th is dec ision hasn ' t been made in haste
or withou t serious t hought. No company
relishes exposing i t se l f to a possib l e stri ke
three years i n a row. Two pay reopeners-rather than one unpredictab l e c-o- 1 provi sion - appear to be the best way Ge nera l Electri c can
try to avoid shortch angin g both its emp loyees
and i ts business ope r ati ons. It's t he onl y
s oluti on th at seems to make solid se nse in
these uncertain times.

MEDICAL PROGRAM RECOGNI ZED

HAVE YOU RETURNED YOURS?
The Occupational Health Ins titute has
recently cited our plant in a letter to
Mr . Warren F . Kindt, General ~anager of
CCDD. They have grar1ted our medica l prog ram the " Certificate of Health Maintenance."
Thi s certificate, recognized as the
officia l symbol of accreditation of emp l oyee
h eal th services by the medical profess ions ,
indicates t h at our medical organi zation is
among t hose in the Uni ted States wh ich have
achieve d disti n ction for t h e quali ty and
quantity of cons tructive hea lth mainte nance
se rvi ce f or employees.

Leo l-llll1tley , Fmployee Benefits Specialist

in Personnel Accounting, says many employees
have not returned Part II of their authorization for Delivery and Regi s tration of Securit ies. Leo s aid employees should examine the
S&S s tatement they recently received. If t~
form states "Registration Required" under
either U.S. Savings Bonds or GE stock , Part II
of the statement should be completed and returned to Personnel Accounting before October
24, 1969. The securities cannot be delivered
i f a r egi s tration i s not r eceived .

WAYNESBORO PLANT /
GENERA L@ELECTR IC

WAYNESBORO , VI RGINIA

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GOBBLL!Jl::GOOI\ i s sa:iJ1,; t hat c:~ ~'.is
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pr oposes no r a i ses in 1970 and 1971. If
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not pr ovide \,age re -orcners on hh ich t:--tc
Wl ion 11i ll h<n-e t he r ii::;,t t o strik.c .
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cconanic i nd i cat ors do~' t sho" i'l ixcd
signs . Signs ,,h i ~h s:-1.Ji-., a11J I quote
c;ecrcta n of Labor Geo r ge Schult: , "t'.1is
~s an ext r cTiteh c.!if'.. . icult time for nc
~otiation,:-; , such 1S ll '5 , \\hen tl.c c:c nomic outlook is in th{: 1rocess of c~1a:~e . "
(;(%~UDEGC'0!\ is i'1a}.:ing the accus2tion that the cm;1an:- is d i sc ri :nin:1tinc
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ploycc from makin~ his i nJ iv i<lual choice
on the mc r i t of the t rue proposa l.
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p r ohahly not seen t'.-.c end cf GOlWL[JL y::.. .

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tc both pe r centage and ce n ts - per- hou r
i:ic r e a s~s .
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t h at t here is curren t ly a need to apply
a bas i c cen t s - pe r- hour adj ustnent un i fo nnl y a c r oss the wage st r uc ture in
orde r t o ma i ntain a c ompe titive wage
st ruc ture a n d app r op ri a t e relati onsh i ps
in our p l ant commun ities .
Because of these r e a son s a nd because
t h e trend in recen t se tt lement s t h rough out t he coun t r :; has be en t ow ard a cents re r-h ou r (or:nula , Genera l Elec t ric ag r e e d
it was right to o ffe r this ar r angement
th is year .

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;:css i ble t:::ter:: . fur t hemo r e , all ecploy cE:s should co::e: t u 1..:ork . You have the
!~;a l r ight to do so wi tho u t coe r cion ,
~~ti~idat i or. , er ha r assment of anv ki nd.

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c r~d~ting of par::icipa:its ' accounts for t he
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GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XIII, No . 41

October 24, 1969

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

EDITORIAL:

GE Counsel Interviewed
WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS IF PLANT IS PICKETED?
EDITOR 'S NOTE: In response to many
questions by employees, WAYNESBORO PLANT
NEWS conducted the follou.Jing in t eY'View
with Ar thur Joy ce, Counse l fo r the Depar t ment, regarding sane of the lega l aspects
of picketing during a strike .

Q.
MR. JOYCE, THERE IS ONE QUESTION MANY
EMPLOYEES W
ONDER ABOUT WHENEVER A STRIKE
OCCURS: DO EMPLOYEES HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT
TO CROSS A PICKET LI NE?
A. There is no doubt abo ut the answer
,....-..._to that question . Every person has the
1egal ri ght to cross a picket line. Persons who want to come to work have a rig ht
to do so, and no one can legally in terfere
with this right.
Q. WE READ ABOUT UNIONS USING MASSED
PICKETING TO BLOCK PLANT ENTRANCES ALL
THE TI ME . WHAT ABOUT THAT?
A.
Once again, an empl oyee has the l ega l
right t o go to his or her job. Anyone who
interferes with this riqht i s breaking the
law. You have as much ri ght to come to wo rk
free from fea r of assaul t as you have to
walk on Main Street wi t hout beinq mol ested.
Q. WHAT TYPE OF PICKETING MAY STRI KING
EMPLOYEES ENGAGE IN ?
A. Peaceful picketing only~ It i s a criminal offense under Virginia l aw for any
person, s ingly or in concert with othe rs, to
interfere wi th another person's ri ght to
work by the use of force , threats, of vi ol ence or inti midation, or by the use of
~ threate ni ng language directed toward s uch
person. I t i s also a crimin al offe nse to
obstruct or in terfer with the free use of
public s treets, sidewa lks , or other public
ways. In addition, massed pi cketing and
picket-line viol ence cons t itute un fair

WHY?

The strike call now put out by top lll1ion of- 1

ficials doesn 't seem to have much to do with basic
pay and benefits improvements for empl oyees. It
seems to have more t o do with whe t he r or not t hey
can claim a "per sonal victory" for t hemselves .
For example , if Gener al El ectric bargained
the way the top Wli on off ici al s seem to prefer,
the Company offe r woul d be onl y about t hreefourths of what it now i s. Then after a str ike
call- -or perhaps atter t wo or t hree weeks on a
strike--the Company would add t he other fourth
that was on the shelf . Union offic ial s would
then claim a "vi ctory .
The Company would have
pai d out no more than it intended t o i n t he
first place .
The thing we find wr ong with this approach
i s that it practi cally guarantees a s trike every
bargaini ng pe r iod, because after a whi l e nobody
beli eves anybody so they strike to make sure of
ge tti ng everythin~ that was coming .
\Ve put all our cards on the tab l e the first
time. Nothing i s held back t o give l at er . \Ve
try to practice what we call Truth- in- Bar gain i ng .
This way , Wl i on offic i al s , empl oyees and manage ment know t he scor e . It doesn't t ake a s t rike
to find out .
All sumner t op Wlion offi ci al s have been
trying to get the Company t o pr esent a "pi ecemeal" offe r. Since we di dn't , they have tal ked
down the offer and called a strike , hoping t o
get something mor e they can claim as a "vi ctory. "
\Ile think t hat almos t everyone would agree
that calling a polit ical strike i s asking t oo
much of empl oyees who pay the pri ce for the i rr esponsible behavior of t heir offici al s.
11

l abor practi ces under t he National Labor Rel ations Act.

Q.
IF IT IS ILLEGAL FOR PICKETS TO PREVENT
EMPLOY EES FROM ENTERING A PLANT, THEN WHAT ARE
THE PURPOSES OF A PICKET LINE AND WHAT ARE
PICKETS ALLOWED TO DO?
A.
The l aw recoqni zes a picket line as a
form of free snP.P.Ch, a method of publicizing
a point of vi ew and a means of dramati zin g
s trike acti on . In other words, the l aw permits peaceful pi cketing for a proper purpose .
(continued on Page Four)

THIS LOOKS LIKE ..... .

THE WRONG MOVE ...

AT THE WRONG TIME ...
-WHY THE WRONG MOVE ?

Pay increases of

The pay and benefits improvements being

offered for the first year of the contract
are too good to strike over. The 20-cents-per
hour general increase for all employees, plus
an additional 5 cents to 25 cents-per-hour more
for high-skill day workers, is the highest
single-year pay boost which the Company has
ever offered in union negotiations.

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Plus Important Pension

~

and
Insurance Improvements

This proposal compares favorably with

other recent settlements across the country.
A strike does not make sense in light of what
the Company is offering for the first year
of the agreement.

1000
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The Company is offering to re-open the

contract a year from now (and again in two
years from now) for renegotiations on further
pay adjustments for the second and third years
of the contract. This is the most realistic
protection employees could have against future
increases in living costs. In these re-openers,
the Company will give full consideration to
changes in the cost of living and to settlements in other industries which have occurred
in the meantime. So why strike over a first
year proposal which offers good pay increases?

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NOW

Also included in the first year offer are

important benefits improvements. Pension minimums of $5 to $7.50 per month multiplied by
the employee's years of service will mean
higher pensions for a majority of hourly people. Improved hospital and non-hospital insurance benefits will give added protection against
medical expense.

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WHAT CAN EMPLOYEES DO

ABOUT THE PROPOSED STRIKE?
COME TO WORK

The word from the coalition has gone out to local union
representatives to "prepare for any eventuality." The union strike machine is rolling, the
Canpany's offer is being talked down and misrepresented, and the good points in the offer
don't even get mentioned.
At this point, there probably isn't much any one employee can do about the coalition's
plans. So the strike will probably start.
Now the coalition has decided to strike; what can you do? There is no better way to
show your disapproval than to come to work. The plant will be open and operating normally.

HOW LONG WILL THE STRIKE LAST?

At this point, who knows?

~.

The Coalitionists seem to be planning for

a long one, maybe like the eight-month copper
. UNTIL THANKSGIVING?
strike two years ago.
But employees probably don't want a
. UNTIL CHRISTMAS?
long strike in the face of a fair offer, and
sooner or later will say so.
When employees tell their union leaders
. UNTIL NEXT SPRING?
emphatically that this show of force has
All strikes end scmetime. and so will this gone too far, the strike will soon be over.
The best way for your voice to be
They end when employees want them to end. heard will be to report to work.

SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

We doubt if even the top tmion officials
who called this strike have given enough thought
as to how they plan to end it. So all we can
do at the moment is to speculate. Here are
some possibilities you may want to be thinking about.
(1) A big pay loss before the strike is
over. 'Ihanksgiving as an ending date would
certainly be optimistic. Christmas might be
a fair guess. Even next Spring is not beyond
the botmds of possibility. These ending dates
all spell big pay losses.
(Z)What possible change in the Company's
offer could come by the end of the strike?
For example: rearrangement within the. ori-

ginal framework of the Company's proposal .

which is always possible.
Changes in the contract language .. which
are always possible.
Changes like longer or shorter contract
duration ... which are always possible.
Major economic changes? It's hard to
imagine. Since General Electric puts a
complete offer on the table only after
thorough investigation of all the facts, it
is hard to imagine what new facts could come
up now which would justify major changes in
the offer. General Electric doesn't change
its offer just because of a strike. GE puts
a complete offer on the table the first time.

WHAT'S THE ANSWER?

(l)The length of the strike isn't up to
Electric negotiators. GE has made a
)d proposal which compares well with other
recent settlements across the cotmtty. We
have done our best to get a peaceful settlement.
(Z)Apparently, the answer won't come
from the far away coalition officers either.
They just lit the fire.

~eral

(3)That means it is up to you. You must

decide if you want a strike, and if so, what
a strike will mean for you personally. By
reporting for work, you will not only eliminate payless paydays, but will encourage
the coalition to reach a reasonable settlement with General Electric so your proposed
increases can become effective.

But whenever a picket line interferes with

free movement in and out of a plant, either
by threatening people to the point where they
are afraid to go through. or by physically
interferring with them in any way, then it
is illegal even though there is no actual
violence. If that were to happen, the Company would ask the courts for an injunction.
Q.

WHAT IS AN INJUNCTION?

A. An injunction is a court order. In this

case, it would restrict the number of pickets
allowed at or near a plant entrance. Courts
will grant an injunction when it can be shown
that a union is massing its pickets, encouraging them to hold up traffic or otherwise preventing employees who wish to work from entering the plant.
Q. WHAT IS THE PENALTY IF STRIKERS REFUSE TO
ABIDE BY A COURT INJUNCTION?
A.
If strikers do not abide by the injunction
they are subject to arrest, just the same as
they would be for refusing to follow any court
order.

go out of their way to avoid orovocation. We also

hope that they will report their experiences to
the nearest police officer and to their supervisor.
Q. CAN STRIKERS OR UNIONS BE SUEO FOR
OR OTHERWISE INJURING EMPLOYEES?

A. If a person is assaulted or injured by a picket,

not only may he bring suit against the picket but
criminal proceedings may also be warranted.

Q.

CAN STRIKERS BE ARRESTED ON A PICKET LINE EVEN

WITHOUT AN INJUNCTION?

A.

Of course they can. You may recall that during

the UE strike at Westinghouse in 1963. some pickets
were arrested for illegal activities on the picket
line and later received jail sentneces.

Q.

CAN WAYNESBORO PLANT MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE

EMPLOYEES FOR IMPROPER CONDUCT ON A PICKET LINE?

A. Yes. The Department has the right, and has,

in fact, disciplined employees and will continue to
do so when they are guilty of improper conduct on
the picket line.
WHAT ABOUT PASSE~ THAT UNIONS SOMETIMES
OFFER TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO ENTER A PLANT? SHOULD
I TAKE ONE IF IT IS OFFERED?

Q.

Q.

PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY THAT THEY WOULD NEVER

CROSS A PICKET LINE. IF IT'S LEGAL TO DO SO,
WHY WOULD ANYONE SAY THAT?
A. Perhaps they don't understand what a picket
line really is. There is nothing sacred about
a picket line. Any individual or group can
picket over any subject he or they want to. It
may be for a proper purpose or an improper purpose; it may be legal or illegal. But to assume
that a union picket line always is going to be
right or that it will always represent your
point of view is unrealistic. Before you
say you won't cross a picket line, you should
see who is doing the picketing and why. Then
you can decide.
Q. IF UE CALLS A STRIKE AT THE WAYNESBORO PLANT
ARE PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORK GOING TO RECEIVE
ADEQUATE POLICE PROTECTION?
A. We have the assurance of the city, county,
and state officials that they will do everything
necessary to maintain order. They are aware of
the importance of keeping picketing lawful and
orderly. If the rights of any individual are
interfered with, he or she has the right and
duty to complain to law enforcement officials.

Q. WHAT SHOULD AN EMPLOYEE DO IF HE IS PREVENTED

FROM ENTERING THE PLANT OR THREATENED WITH BODILY
INJURY BY PICKETS?
A. While every person has the legitimate right
to defend himself against assault by using reasonable force, we will not encourage anything that
might provoke or add to the violence. We hope
that persons who might be bullied by pickets would

ASSAULT~

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A. Absolutely not! The union has no right to say

that only those with passes can enter--and then~
back up their position with illegal mob violenc~
or imtimidation.
Q. THERE IS USUALLY A LOT OF NAME CALLING AROUND
PICKET LINES. WHAT DOES VIRGINIA LAW SAY ABOUT
CALLING PEOPLE VILE AND OBSCENE NAMES?
A. Employees who must cross a picket line to get
to work enjoy the same protection from abusive
name calling by pickets as they do from a cranky
neighbor. Under Section 63, Title 40, of the
Virginia Code, it is a misdemeanor for pickets
to use insulting or threateninQ language to intimidate employees who are going to work.
Q. CAN EMPLOYEES IN VIRGINA DRAW UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION WHILE ON STRIKE?
A. No. Employees in Virginia cannot draw unemployment compensation.
Q. DO EMPLOYEES WHO FAIL TO REPORT TO WORK
HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR JOB AT THE TERMINATION
OF THE STRIKE?
A. Employees have the right to return to
their jobs if their jobs are still available
at the end of the strike. Employees should ~
understand that the Company may find it necessary to replace workers during the strike or
to eliminate jobs altogether.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volvr1e

XII~

ilo . 42

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Octobe r 31 ~ 1969

PROOUCfION CONfINlJES DESPITE STRIKE

Since the strike began , the plant
has remained open anct a substantial
amount of production has continued . 0 .
L. Cough try, '1anagcr-~1anufacturing, said
today, "In spite of some empl oyees r emaining out, production has continued at
a relatively high level. The cooperation
of all the people 1vho are workin~ is
excellent . TI1c i r experience and versa tility have made i t possible to solve
many of the problems . "
Almos t hal f o f the hourly employees
reported to work on October 27 , the fi r st
full day of the s trike. Since then, the
mnnbe r of people report ing to work has
increased each day. Over half of all
hourly employees arc now on their jobs.
In a letter mai l ed to a ll striking
employees , II. \\' . Tulloch , >tanager-Relations,
r evie1,ed the e ff cc ts of the strike on
various Company bcncfi t programs . I le
outlined how a striking employee's cove rage under some programs is altered .
~fr. Tulloch added that the employee
benefit coverai;c of employees who continue
to report for work during the str ike 1vill
not be affect ed. l le said office employees
have continued to report for work as usual
so that the plant' s engineering, financial
and marketing 1vork has been proceeding
without interruption .

Both ~Ir. Coughtry and ~ Ir . Tulloch

praised the effort s of employees in every
part of the plant who are r eporting to
their jobs every day.
" It makes you fee 1 pToud to sec ho1v
versatile our people can be and how quickl y
they can respond to unus ual situations to
protect the business and future jobs," \ Ir.
Coughtry corrunentcd.

"/l.s for the strike , 1vc have tried to keep

everyone infonncd of the issues and developments. \\11ile the str i ke r emains in eff ect ,
thi s means that some emp l oyees ,,ill continue
to lose pay; our business 1vill lose some
procluctjon; and we may l ose some customers .
All of thi s demonstrates that no one wins
in a s tri ke ."
P,\TENT Al\'J\RDS ANNOUNCED
.Jolm Larch and Ed";-in.l Dinger hme recently
r eceived patent ahar<ls fo r their r espective
inventions , '1. \ lasnik-Patcnt Counsel announced
th i s "'eek.

'fr . Larch of Da t a Cornmunic;-it i ons Product Engineering

rccc i vcd his patent for an
i.menti on relating; to a modulated 1 ight arrangcr.ient. This
h;:is \fr . La r eh' ' s t e nth a1,ard .
Mr . Larew

Mr . Di ng~i

\1 r. ]) i ngcr of Specialty
El cc tr i ca J Devices was gran t ed
hi s e ighteenth pa tent for an
invention r e l at ing to gating
c ircuits for Shitching devices
s uch ;.i s power SCR ' s , "hi ch provides a pul se output of des irable qu;i l i ty to ins ure turn on
of t he SCR ' s i n a ll conditions .

LNITED CO\f flJNI'J'Y ruN!J PLANS BEG IN

Bi.11 Perry , Specialist. Benefits, Se rvices ,
Safety anJ Sccur .i. t y , has been namec.i to head
the i n-pl:int drive !or the 1969 Unitcc1 Communit\
fund of \\:i:"Tiesbor o -East ,\ugusta Coun t y . Plans
for this :'e~ir ' s <lri ,.c ". i 11 be aimounced in
ncx t 1vcc k ' s PlA\T \T\\s.

W\\fELL HOU\1ES HONORED FOR RECENT PUBLICATION

APPEALS COUITT HANDS OOWN DECISION IN

1960 CASE
The Second Court of Appeals in New Yorl
which has had the 1960 National Labor Relations
Board-GE negotiation case before them since
last June, announced they upheld the NLRB
findings ill the case. The decision was split
with 2 judges upholding the case and 1 dissenting.
The Company's attorneys are studying the
decision and possible courses of action. The
Company has the right to appeal this decision
to the Supreme Court of the United States,
and it is certain they wi ll do so.

(Left to Right) Joseph Ponzillo, General

Manager, NECD, pr esents Lowe ll Holmes ,
Planning Specialist , NECD Marketing, with
a plaque of r ecognition while Don Dice,
Manager- NECD Marketing , looks on .

Lrnvell Holmes, Planning Specialist

for NECD Marketing, has published an
article ill AITTQ\1ATION MAGAZINE. His
article , "New Opportunities for Nume rical Control" appeared in the September
issue of the magazine.
The article dealt with new opportunities for improvement of Numerical Control
capability through increased equipment
sophistication and expansion of numerical control techniques in non-machine shop
operations introduced into new industries.
SCOCiGEE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Anyone interested in playing in
the DuPont Basketball League which starts
soon, should contact Larry Martin, Ext .
641, or Dan Dondeigo , Ext . 619, as soon
as possible.

***************
The SCOGEE/DuPont Halloween Dance
will be Saturday night, November 1,
at 9:00 p.m. There will be a prize for
the best costUJne. The Flames will provide the music.

Since the decision deals with specific

and limited events of nine years ago, the
impact on the current negotiations is expected to be slight.
EXECUfIVE OFFICERS HOLD PRESS
CONFERENCE ON OFFER
In Minneapolis, Messrs. Barch, Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and
Vice Chainr.en Dennler, Parker, and Weiss he1 ,--...
a press conference and answered some questio1._
as follows:
Mr. Barch was asked if the present offer
was non-inflationary. "No," he replied .
"We realize that our 28-cent (plus) proposal
is inflationary by any valid economic measurement." But he explained that this level of
offer was necessary to treat GE employees
fairly and equitably. "Our offer is fully
in line with the labor market for this year."
In the first half of 1969, median settlements
were 19.4 cents per hour . The Chairman reempahsized that "we have tried not to comm it
ourselves (and others) ill 1970 and 1971. This
we have done through the reopener concept . "
In the question period, the issue of reopeners again came up. Vice Chairman William
Dennler said that"wages will be increased in
1970 and 1971 under our offer. The size of
the increases has been left open." He pointed
out that the best way to protect both the Company and employee interest is a reopener when
the economic outlook is cloudy and uncertain ~
not guessing on what the economic picture wi
be like in 1970 and 1971, but negotiating at
that time the size of the wage adjustment.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
:\o\ember 7 , 1969

WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA

Volume :X II, >Jo . 43

RIO-IARD IVOLKE RETUR\JS

BORCH DISCUSSES STRIKE WITH SHARE OWNERS

Richard \\' . l\1o lkc hns been

appointed ~1 ;:1n agc r -Rcsourccs
Plarming c H ec t ivc November
3. The annotmccmcnt h a s made
by ~lr. J. F . Pon z i ll o , \ TC n
Gene r al 'Tanager . Tn th is
ne\,ly cr eated pos i t i on , 'lr.
lfo l kc "ill have the r esponsi bi lity for the p l annin~ and
deve l opment of bo t h the Jmnan
and mat eria l r esources of the
Depar tment ro r it s l ong-tcnn
gr o\,t h . lie hi ll a l so scn rc
as >lanager -Contract Shops , an c l eme nt or t he
Departments loca t e d i n Schenec t ady h'ilicl1 prov ides se rvices utilizing mnne rical cont r ols t o
other Gener a l Ele ctri.c components i n t'Lnt ar ea .
~ lr . l\1o lke ' s office s ,,,ill be l oc1tcd i n lfayn cs-

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counts on employees " good sense" to help end it

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DRIVE STARTS MONDAY

RECORD GOAL SET

UNITED CAMPAIGN BENEFITS

FOR UNITED FUND

A United Campaign--tmiting the fund-raising

efforts of practically all health and welfare agencies into one drive makes sense.

''With a record goal of $150,000, the

United Fund needs your help this year
more than ever before."
So said Bill Perry, Plant Campaign
Chainnan of the United Cammmi ty Ftm.d
of Waynesboro and East-Augusta Cmmty,
in discussing the forthcoming kickoff
of the United Fund drive here at the
Waynesboro Plant.
''Over the years General Electric
employees have been among the most
loyal supporters of the Flmd Drive,
and we are hopeful that they will
continue their support of this worthy
cause,'' said Mr. Perry. He also
pointed out that this is the only
regular appeal made to the employees
in the course of a year.
The Waynesboro Plant drive will
be conducted from Monday, November
10, to Friday, November 21. Key solicitors will be announced in various
work areas and they will ask employees
to contribute a fair share gift.
"Np one likes to be told what
to contribute," said Bill. "Fair
Share is merely a reconunended answer to the connnonly asked question,
'how much should I give.?'"
Brian Jellison, Publicity
Chainnan for the plant drive, announced the slogan for the campaign
will be "One hour's pay per month for
a better connntmity." He said that
figures out to be .6 of 1% of pay
(the fair share nonn which will be
applied to most of the corrnnuni ty.)
As in the past years, employees
may contribute through payroll deductions.

Everyone benefits--the contributor, member

agencies, connnunities--and, most :importantly,
the people the agencies serve.
1HE CONTRIBUTOR BENEFITS BY:
--eliminating the annoyance of many separate
drives.
--assurance that the amounts requested are
justified.
--an opportunity to give systematically and
intelligently to a balanced program of
necessary services.
1HE MFMBER AGENCIES BENEFIT BY:
--having the cost of fund-raising reduced.
--spreading the interest of the contributors
to a broader view of the needs of the whole
conrrnunity.
--freeing the staff and volunteers of many
of the burdens of fund-raising, enabling
them to give more time to service.
--provides each agency the opportunity to
reach a larger public.
1HE cavMUNI1Y BENEFITS, TOO:
The United Ftmd serves you and your neighbors
in many of our surrotmding connnuni ties. As
you see by the names of the organizations
served, service isn't limited to the ill or
the penniless. Agencies served by the ftllld
include the Boy Scouts, Children's Camp
Council, Children's Home Society, Cystic
Fibrosis, Girl Scouts, Mental Health, Red
Cross, Retarded Children, Salvation Anny,
USO, Emergency Welfare, YMCA, Expenses, National Arthritis Foundation, United Health
Foundation, Waynesboro Area Workshop, Virginia Artifical Kidney Association, Flood
Relief and Emergency Reserve.

********************************************************************************************
PLAN NOW TO GIVE YOUR FAIR SHARE
DURING GENERAL ELECTRIC'S UNITED FUND CAMPAIGN NOVFMBER 20 - 21

Chairn1an Answers Questions On Fund Drive

GIVE

THE INTED WAY

Q.- - I f I l ive outside this area , should I be expected

to support the United Fund?
A.-- Thc practice i s to give 1vhe re you \\ork . If everyone folloh'S thi s practice , all our United Flffid campaigns would benefj t .
Q. - - Docs the Company make a pledge to the United f Lmd?

A. - -Yes , the Company "i ll share in a substantial pl edge

to the Uni tcd Ftmd .
\\'ith the start of the United fund drive
in the \la)11esboro Plant , the \]]\s asked Bi ll
Perr;--, the Plant Campaign \lanager , t o ans1ver
question:; ahout the fun<l .
Q. --l!m, \\as the goal arri.\ecl at?

A. - - The campaign goal 1,a.' ~ct1.' rn i ncd after

many hours of \\o r~ oy n,o gr oups of volunteer
ci ti :ens : a) the ~uclgc t Corrm i t tee, 1d1 i ch revicivs the ago;;ncies' r equests for funds needed
t o guarantee conbnuation of ;;cni ces , ~md
b) the L"ccuti ,-e Conuni t tee , hh i ch :maly zes
the reports of the Budget C:onm1 it tee and arrj ves at a goal basccl on their rcconuncndations .
~.

- -I !oh' much money is given to eRch agency?

A. - - [ach a~rcnc:.- is a llricat ecl o;ufficient funds

to Lmdenff i tc the di ffc rencc he thecn the i r
01vn income and the actual costs of thej r approved programs.
Q. - - \\n o dec i des hm, much money i::: spent?

Q. - -~ly husband and I both work . \llould it be best to

make t1vo pledges o r one for the family?
A. - - In keeping "'i th t he spi r it of the c ampaign to
spread participat ion as wide l y as possible , it
woul d be bes t to make two pledges .
Q.-- Are campaign volLmt eer s paid?
A.--. ot one penny. The only costs incurred by the
f und are adminis trative--paper , printing , etc . , and
these arc he ld to the bares t miniml.DTI (usually l ess
than 2% . )
Q.--\\'hy do other agencies have separate drives ?
A. - -The United rw1d maintains an open-door policy
and any reputable organi zati on that can meas ure up
to the standards required of al l agencies i s el i gible
for membership in the Fund. The United Fund campaign
is not a police o r ganization- -they cannot prevent
go- it - alone groups from conducting dr ives f or funds .
Onl y you can call ~1e s hot on these separate drives
by suggesting they join the United Corrunlil1ity Fund .

A. - - Your representatives , sen i n~ as volw1teer

members of t l1 e Budget Canmittce , dec ide . This
corrunittee is nade of cjtizens from ever;- "alk
of l i fe throughout the coLmty .

Q.-- If I have a ques t i on about the United Fund o r

the different agencies that it supports , where can
I find the ans1vcr?

Q. -- I s this the only in-plant drive request

!or the a.L'.encies 1"110 b(mefi t?

A.-- Call the agency that you have ques t ions about, o r
call the United Fund office . These calls are al 1Vays
welcon1ed by the agencies and the United Fund .

A.- -Yes, one pledge (one fair Shar e gi ft ) from

you is t he only campaign for agency- operating
Cun<ls . 111 i.s one yearl y approach prov ides you
the opportw1i ty to meet your o h] igat ion to 16
different agencies and co1runw1 i tv se rv i ccs . I n
add ition, o~e r a period of rca r~ , a pa r t i cular
capital fLmd - bui l d ing program fo r a vita l community facility may be endor sed for volLmtary
contri butions .
Q. - - If I subscribe to the in-pLmt c31npaign ,
......-.i.n I obliged to cont ri but e to the r esidentia l
mvass?

A. - - \o , although there may be some un~l\'o i.dable

duplicate co\-erage in the campaign .

Q. - -I low many people henefi ted from these services

las t yea r ?
A.- - Everyone bene fited; some directly, some indirectly. The money spent on r cscard1 this ye::ar may save
your 1 i fc next year . I low much is a ht.nnan life worth?
Q. - - \\l1y s houl d I use the payroll deduction plan ?

A.--\\-ith the payroll deduction plan , a small sl.DTI deducted each payday amow1ts to a Fair Share contribution by the end o f the year . In addition , i t i s in
effect only 1vhile you ar e 1vo rking ; no paycheck , no
obligation.

HOW TIMES CHANGE!

COMPANY TO APPEAL DECISION IN '60 CASE

Appeals Court for Second Circuit rules 2-1 against GE in
matter involving IUE negotiations 'half a generation ago'
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Oct. 28 upheld by 2-to-1
an NLRB order which had found the
Company in violation of its duty to bargain in 1960 negotiations with the IUE.
The Company will appeal the decision.
No Conflict
"This decision, coming on the second
day of the first strike we've had since
1960, has raised speculation in the press
and among our employees as to its relevance to our present situation,'' said
Philip D. Moore, Vice President-Employee Relations.
"We've re-examined our actions of this
year, and we find nothing that conflicts
with the law as interpreted by this decision. The central point of the 1960 case
is the Board's ruling that we were literally
unable to alter our bargaining position.
We disagree, and that is the reason for
the appeal," he said.
"General Electric is repeatedly on record this year with our unions as being
willing to modify and rearrange our offer
as new facts warrant," he said.
Mr. Moore noted that the IUE had
filed its 1969 charges against GE (see the
following story) before the court's decision was made public, and he pointed out
these charges are different in substantial
ways from the union's 1960 charge.

The Court also said: "In order to avoid

any misunderstanding of our holding,
some additional discussion is in order.
We do not today hold that an employer
may not communicate with his employees during negotiations. Nor are we
deciding that the 'best offer first' bargaining technique is forbidden. Moreover, we
do not require an employer to engage in
'auction bargaining' or, as the dissent
seems to suggest, compel him to make
concessions, 'minor' or otherwise."
In his concurring opinion, Judge Waterman also criticized "GE's widely publicized stance of unbending firmness." He
also said: "A company, of course, can
advertise its belief that its offer is fair,
and that, at the particular time, it sees no
reason to change its offer even to forestall a strike. This kind of statement is
different from advertising that it is company policy never to change any offer in
response to union pressure."
The Dissent
Judge Henry Friendly's dissenting
opinion takes issue with both the facts
and the law of the majority and concurring opinions. As to facts, he said: 1 find
no substantial evidence that GE got itself
into the predicament the majority depicts. The best evidence to the contrary
consists of the changes the Company in
fact made."

The Majority Holding

In essence, the majority upheld the
findings of the NLRB that General Electric violated the law by refusing to give
cost information and by certain instances
of local bargaining. The majority also
found that the prenegotiation proposal
on Personal Accident Insurance in 1960
was improper because the Company was
unwilling to bargain on that subject until
formal bargaining started.
Beyond these specifics, the majority in
the three-man court panel (Judges Irving
Kaufman and Sterry Waterman) found
the Company guilty of overall failure to
bargain in good faith. The Court basically found that a combination of GE's
"fair firm offer" approach with a communication campaign stressing the Company's determination to remain firm had
"frozen" the Company into a position in
which it was unable to change.
The key to the majority's holding is:
"We hold that an employer may not so
combine 'take it or leave it' bargaining
methods with a widely publicized stance
of unbending firmness that he is himself
unable to alter a position once taken."

Judge Friendly also said: "Since a policy not to give in just because of a strike
is not a violation of (the Taft-Hartley
Act). I cannot understand why communication of that policy to employees
should be."
In his conclusion, Judge Friendly said:
"It is beyond debate that if this decision
should stand, it would open up wholly
new problem areas in the application of
(the Taft-Hartley Act). I cannot perceive
any sufficient reason for doing this when,
as I see it, the order cannot be enforced
in any practical sense and deals with
events of half a generation ago ... For
the reasons I have indicated, I believe
the majority's decision to be deeply mistaken."

GE FILES NLRB CHARGE

General Electric has filed an unfair1:\bor-practice charge with the NLRB
against IUE Local 301 in Schenectady.
The Company charges that the local
prevented employees who wanted to
work at Schenectady from doing so by
mass picketing and intimidation on
Oct. 27. GE also pointed out that the
local has likewise violated the provisions
of previous settlement agreements in
prior Board cases.

''The AFL has never agreed to the

principle of basing wages on cost
of living or on price inflation. ~
The established wage policy of th~
cotmtry has always been based on
raising wages as increases in
productivity made this possible.
This is the only possible basis
for an expanding econany with rising 1iving standards.'' - -George
Meany, president, AFL-CIO, in
a statement in 1945 to the War
Labor Board.

WHO'S KIDDING WHO?

UE Local 1114 has negotiated

wage reopeners in the second and
third years of a new contract with
W &M Metal Products, Inc., Chicago. The contract also provides
a 13-cent-an-hour general wage
increase. In negotiations with
GE, the UE has tenned a 20-45
cent-per-hour pay boost the first
year and wage reopeners in the
second and third years as "totally
tmacceptable."
~

EMPLOYEE LETTER MAILED

In a letter mailed to all

striking employees on Nov. 6
Mr. H. W. Tulloch, ManagerEmployee Relations, pointed
out the statement made recently
by Mr. William Dennler, Vice
Chainnan of Board of Directors,
which states "wages will be increased in 1970 and 1971 under
our offer."
Mr. Tulloch also pointed
out the recent settlement between
the UE and W &MMetal Products.
They settled for a 13 per hour
first year increase and wage
reopeners in the second and third
years of the contract.
The possible length of the
strike and the cost to those who~
remain out was also covered.
Mr. Tulloch closed by saying,
"Your efforts are needed here
in the plant and we would-like
to see you back on the job to
stay."

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Volwne XII, No . 44

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

EMERGENCY AID HELPS

November 14, 1969

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

The employees below were hired November

15, 1954, as the first group enrolled in the

drafting training course . Ernie Hutton was

their supervisor and Charlie Young (since
transferred to GE in Phoenix) was the instructor . All of the people in the group
have remained here with the exception of
Charlie Young (Phoenix GE) , Ilarold Harvey
(retired and living in \Vaynesboro), and
Cl.int Hevener who has left the Company.

Bill Perry, local Emergency Aid Plan Administrator and Joe Archambeault, Mano.ger- Second
Shi f t Operations, are seen presenting Delores
Randolph of Relays with an Emergency Aid check .

1'1ost of the group was hired locally and

as one member put it, "\Ve sort of came with
the walls ." Eleanor Ellison r ecalled their
classes were held in what is now the Trophy
Room, as this was the only space lvhich was
heat ed at t he time.
Ne wi sh all of you a happy anniversary!

Del ores Randolph and her family were the

victims of a fire whi ch completely destroyed
their home in Fishersville. The f ire occurred
on September 23 and although they were not
injured, they lost all of their heme's fur nishings. One of the things most disheartening was that the house had just been remodeled .
Delores applied for and received an
.Emergency Aid Loan . The Company, upon learning of the severity of her l oss, decided to
make the maximt.nn grant available under the
provision of the plan, in addition to her loan.
Delores ' case is precisely the kind of
catastrophic occurance for which the .Emergency
Aid Plan has been designed .

CHESS ANYCX'JE?

SCOGEE is again sponsoring a class in

,..Q:ess . The classes 11 i 11 begin i n January .
e time , place, and evening will be selected
at a l ater date . For further details , contact Frank Gt.nn, Room 12, Ext. 482.

Seated--Eleanor Ellison, Harold Harvey (retired) , JoAnn Sims , Clint Hevener (left Company ) , Stan Shi rkey, Cecil Thompson, Guy
Rusmiselle, Dave Wampler, Ernie Hutton (supervisor) , John Waite, Bill Henderson, Sonny
Miller and Charlie Young (instructor- trans ferred t o GE, Phoenix) .
GIVE YOUR FA IR SHARE

THANKSG IVING DINNER

A Thanksgiving Dinner will be availablE;-._

for Waynesboro Plant persormel one week bef
the actual holiday, Hot Shoppes Cafe t eria
manager Art Smith said today.
The cafeteria's armual turkey dinner
wi l l be served Thursday, November 20 . The
meal will be available for both shifts and is
priced at 89, tax included.
Art Smith, cafeteria manager, discusses the
menu with the evening cook, Robert Brya-at .
STOCK SALE OPTION BEG INS NOV . 17
Beginning November 17, eligible employees
wil l be able to sell to General Elec tric s ha res
of GE stock which have been received under the
Savings and Security Program or the Savings
and Stock Bonus Plan . This benefit, proposed
as part of the 1969 improvements in the GE
job package, will offer employe es the chance
to save the brokerage fee usually paid when
se lling stock-- a minimum of $6- -and will eli ~
minate the inconvenience of having to arrange
for th e sale of stock through a broke r or a
bank . Of co urse, the Company cannot make the
benefit available to emp l oyees wh o a re membe r s
of a union bar gaining unit which has not accep ted the benefit.
There are a number of rule s wh ich apply
to se lling the stock under the new benefit.
Here ar e some of the impor tan t ones;
Only stock certificates originally distributed under the Savings and Security
Prog ram or t he Savings and Stock Bonus Plan
can be sold unde r the pl an . The ini tials
SS or SB appear on these certificates except
for Stock Bonus Certificates issued before
1962. These earlier Stock Bonus Certificates
wi ll be accep ted under the Plan, however . It
is a l so necessary for the total share s s hown
on a certificate to be sold in any transacti on . If an employee has a certificate
for 5 s h ares it will not be possible t o se ll
only part of them .
The value to be paid for shares being
s old i n any transaction under the new benefit
will be the c l osing price of GE s tock on
the New York Stock Exchange on the day the
ce rtificate is r e ceive d in the Employee
Savings Operation in Sche ne ctady .

1enu for the dinner includes tossed

salad, roast turkey wi th bread dressing and
gravy, whipped potatoes, green peas, roll
and butter, choice of beverage and pt.nnpkin or
mince meat pie.
The Blue Ridge Room will be closed on
November 20, but vending service will be
available as usual for those wishing to have
a lighter meal.
If the market is closed on that particular
day, the closing price on the most recent
trading day will be used.
The rules emphasize s t eps which se lle r s
should t ake in selling their s hares r eceive
through Savings and Security or the Stock
Bonus Plan.
On the back of each certifi cate the
selle r should fill in the words "General
Electric Company" after t he words "hereby
sell , assign and transfe r unto ... " On the
line labelled "d a ted" he sh ould fill in the
date he s i gns the certificate . When he
signs his name, he should sign it exact l y
as it appears on the face of the ce rtificate.
If there are t wo owners of t he shares, both
names s hould b e signed. In the space at the
bottom , of the certi f i ca t e the se ller should
fi ll in the address information requested
including zip code .
Ce rtifi cates to be sold should be s ent
by registered mail t o the Emp loyee Savings
Operation , General El ectric Company, 1 River
Road, Schenectady , New York
12305 and sho~ld
be i ns ured.
To obtain the ins ur~nce value to give
the Registered Mail clerk when the cer tific~
is mailed , multiply $4 times the numbe r of
shares included in the certificate. This
insurance covers the cost of r eplacing a l ost
certificate.

PLAN NOW TO GI VE YOUR FAlR SHARE NEXT WEEK

WHAT IS THE COURT ORDER ALL ABOUT?

.The court order issued by Federal Judge Widener in Lynchburg on November 13 lists the WaynesPolice and the United .. Electrical, Radio, &Machine Workers of America as parties to the
~rder .
. The police will provide at Gate 20 a platfonn approximately four feet wide by twelve feet
long by eight inches high, across the median strip in the highway about twenty-five feet
south of the said main gate.
bo~o

:From six a.m. until eight a.m. there shall be not more than three pickets occupying the
incoming lanes of traffic, and five pickets occupying the outgoing lanes of traffic
From eight a.m. until four p.m. there shall be not more than four pickets in the incoming
lanes of traffic and four pickets in the outgoing lanes of traffic .
. From four p.m. until four-fifteen p.m. there shall be not more than three pickets in the
outgoing lanes of traffic and five pickets in the incoming lanes of traffic .
. From four-fifteen p.m. until four-thirty p.m. there shall be not more than three pickets
in the incoming lanes of traffic, and five pickets in the outgoing lanes of traffic .
. From four-thirty p.m. until six a.m. there shall be not more than four pickets in the incoming lanes of traffic, and four pickets in the outgoing lanes of traffic .
. Pickets shall have the right to march back and forth across their respective lanes adjacent
to said gate, but they shall not have any right to obstruct or interfere with the orderly
movement of traffic entering or leaving the premises of the General Electric Company at
the said gate.
platfonn to be constructed shall be occupied by not more than two pamphleteers or soli.tors, or a combination thereof, at any one time, plus two other street pickets for temporary occupancy only in order to avoid traffic .

~he

. The plantiff unions obligate themselves to furnish picket captains to assist in the
implementation of this order .
. Otherwise the paved surface of General Electric Boulevard from the Main Gate south to Concord
Place will not be occupied by pickets, pamphleteers or solicitors .
. At Gate lA, a platfonn approximately two feet wide by six feet long by eight inches hioh will
be constructed .
. When solicitinq or oamohleteerinq is not taking place, four pickets may patrol back and
forth across the roadway adjacent to gate lA .
. When pamphleteering or soliciting is taking place, three pickets may so patrol said gate .
Not more than one person may occupy the platfonn constructed at gate lA at any time for the
purpose of pamphleteering or soliciting and not more than one person shall occupy the existing
traffic island .
. There shall be no pamphleteering or soliciting by the plaintiffs on the paved portion of Concord Place, or the paved portion of General Electric Boulevard south to Hapeman Parkway and
there shall be no picketing on the paved portion of General Electric Boulevard from Concord
_Aace south to Hapeman Parkway.

General Electric has tried to provide a rewarding offer for

employees that's in line with the needs of the nation's economy.

So whats this
regrettable strike
all about?
General Electric's offer is rewarding for employees.
General Electric has made the highest single-year pay offer in its historyan increase of 20 cents an hour across the board. And up to 45 cents an hour for
highly skilled daywork jobs. This is fully competitive with the trend in manufacturing
settlements in 1969.
Further, we are proposing that there will be wage increases for 1970 and 1971.
The amounts of these increases will be negotiated at that time, so that they will
fairly reflect economic conditions then.
Further, the 1969 offer includes a continuing series of major improvements in
employee benefits across the entire three-year contract term. These include
liberalized insurance, higher retirement benefits, a new sick-pay plan and added
vacation time.
In one benefits area alone - liberalized insurance - proposed improvements will
have the effect of an additional 1f., pay boost in 1970. More important,
General Electric's pioneering Insurance Plan substantially protects employees
from one of the fastest-rising elements in the cost of living: soaring medical costs.
General Electric's offer is in li ne with the needs of the nation's economy.
For years, inflation has been eating away at the buying power of everyone's
income. Now there is strong evidence that the country is finally being successful
in its efforts to bring itself under sensible fiscal control.
Federal spending alone has been slashed by over $7 billion a year. But
business and labor must do their share, too.
Unless we all do, inflation will continue. Buying power will continue to erode.
U.S. products will face stiffer foreign competition. Markets will be lost.
And jobs will disappea r.
Th: General Electric offer on the table is already inflationary. It had to be
in ord0r to recognize the employees' need for a competitive increase today.
But i. avoids setting super-inflationary trends - today and tomorrow - that could
be as bad for employees as for the entire national economy.
So what's this regrettable strike all about?
Money? Right now un ion officials are demanding an increase that is more than
double the average settlement in manufacturing made in 1969. They're also demanding close to the same amounts in '70 and '71 - regardless of economic conditions
in thosP years.
If this is what it's all about, then the unions are striking for st: per-inflationary
increases. Th is approach clearly disregards the nation's efforts to halt inflation - and
could work to the long-term detriment of employees.
If the strike is for another reason - General Electric's supposed "inflexibility"
once we have made an offer - that's wrong, too. We're already on record with the
unions, our employees and the general public as being willing to modify or rearrange
our offer as new facts warrant.

We want an early, sound settlement so we can all go hack to work.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @MELECTRIC
Volume XII, No. 45

November 19, 1969

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

WHEN YOU GIVE THROUGH THE LNITED C0"""1UNITY

FUND, YOU HELP LITTLE GIRLS LIKE MARY !X)NNA

WHY SHOULD I SUPPORT THE UNITED COMMUNITY

FUND? HERE ARE SIXTEEN GOO D REASONS!
Boy Scouts
Children's Camp Council
Children's Home Society
Cystic Fibrosis
Girl Scouts
Mental Health
Red Cross
Retarded Children

Mary Donna must sleep in this "mist tent"

every night . The t ent enables her to
breath more normally during sleep .

Salvation Army
USO
Emergency Welfare

Mary Donna Brown , the seven year old daughter of GE empl oyees - -Donald and Mary June Brown-of 1424 ~lonroe Street, Waynesboro , is familiar
with the service provided by the Cystic Fibros i s
Agency (Blue Ridge Chapt er) .
Her par ents l earned of Mary Donna ' s i llness in the fa ll of 1964 after the death of
her five-month old brother, Mark, who al so
had Cysti c Fibrosis .
In addition t o daily ther apy, the Browns
take Mary Donna to the CF Center at the Uni versity of Virginia once every three months .
They are grat eful for the services which the
CF Agency provides their daughter .
Donald and Mary June ask each of you
.:o support the United Connnunity Fund and Cys..~t ic Fibrosis so you "Give every child a br eath
0{ life,
II

YMCA
National Arthriti s Foundation
United Health Foundation
Waynes boro Area Workshop
Virgin ia Artificial Kidney Assoc.

FAIR
SHARE

SHOW
YOU

CARE
USO

Won 'I You Please Give To

Be a Be tter Neighbor !
That's the word General Electric '
the United Community Fund campaign swi1
Current UCF participation is far 1
ings designed t o point t his out were b1
Some 16 agencies throughout Au~
provide necessary community service
to meet its commitment to these cha1.1..t .
ticipation in the fund must be achieve
While the cost of ope r ating these
the demand fo r expanded services is al:
been declini ng .
Although g i ving is a personal thi1
considered a fair share . Administrati t
Electric, so that a ll of the money con
ectly to the agencies supported by the
Why not show you care by giving 01
16 worthwhile agencies?
BOY SCOUTS

ONE HOUR'S

PAY PER
MONTH

SALVATION ARMY

GIVE

YOUR
FAIR
SHARE
RED CROSS

ake Our Communities Better ...

loyee s have been getting this week as
into high gear .
.ow a des irable leve l. Employee meetig he l d as the NEWS went to press .
County de pend on UCF con tributions to
t
Unite d Community Fund is going
.e 01gan izations , a high l evel of par.encies has been going up s t eadi l y and
incre asing , our participation has
one hour ' s pay or 6/ lOths of 1% is
co s t s of the fund are paid by General
but e d to UCF by employees goes dir.nd.
hour ' s pay pe r month to support these

CHILDREN' S HOME SOCIETY

RETARDED

CHILDRE~ ' S

ASS OC.

FOR 16
LOCAL
AGEN CIES

Pick one to die.

Pick one for jail.
Pick one to waste away.
Pick three for happiness.

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Some children find happiness easily. Others need the help and guidance only a tra ined person can
provide, medical attention they cannot afford, love they have been denied. When you decide to give
to your United Fund or Community Chest, you may change a life.

Your fair share gift works many wonders /THE UNITED WAY
27 m 1ll1on f am 1l1e., t(:neit bf ch il d care. fam d y ~crv 1 ce . ;iouth guidance, health p rog rams, d sastcr relief and servi ces t o r the Armed

forces

~ ~m"
f rom 31.000 United Way a gencl ll!s.

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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGI NIA

Volume XII, No. 46

November 21 , 1969
GROWIN 1 U P A IN ' T
ALL T H AT E ASY

11 c rowin 1 Up /\in ' t All That E.8. s y 11 will

be the theme of a !Y'3 nel ciiscussion t o be held
at the Waynesboro Hi gh School /\ud i t orium on
De cember 2 , 1969 at 8 p . m.

Employeec are shown enjoying the annual Thanks giving Dinner . This year 's feast was offered
at no charge in appreciation of employees '
efforts . The text of the Novembe r 19 invitation is reprinted below.

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.t i- v c~ptc1n. l ly thankful. \V l hope you e njo y the Thanks g l v ing
;n11>rrt.l\\ -- and. as an 2n d 1ca t 1on o f Du r <-t?precial 1on. th~ tab

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tncct1ng Cl:S t o n1cr n t: ed s . ._ nd p r o tec ting job s .

Sponsored by the Pa rent Teachers

1\ ssociations of 1:Jaynesboro and Ea st /\ugusta
County , t~is program will center on child ren 1s emotional hea lth anci the role of
p:i. rents , te'l che r s , and the pro gessional
communi ty i n he lping chil dre n grow up
emotionally healthy a s well a s physicall y
hea l thy .
The panel me mbers i ncl ude Mrs . Robe r t
L. Mi ller , Pres ide nt of the Waynesboro - Ea s t
Augusta MentA. l HeR.lth Association, who will
~ct as moderator ; Dr . Alej andro E . Posa da ,
Sta:f Ps ychi::i. trist , Valley Menta l Hea l th
Ce nter ; Dr . 1,Jil l iam C. i\a ppe s , Pedi;::itrician ;
Mrs . Ann Vinc e nte , Educational Consultant ;
a nd Rev . Loui s I! . Jrache r , Pastor St . J ohn 1 s
Episcop-3.1 Chur ch and In stru ctor at Univer sity
of Virginia Medica l School .

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PRO DUCTIV ITY DOWN

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nr-i v, '.. -: :,conom:,- rose 1 . :: 7.- ir. the J ul y- t or-- ml. 1c__, r pnrio..;
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~:k r;n inr~ i n the r a te of climb '''J.Sn 1 t sti1 tis .l l y s i e;n -L ficant , A n ri.m l yst S8. i d . The
11 very hi gh r ntes 11 of incre;:se in Ul"i t
l abo r
(. :osts 11 'H'9 primarily a refl e c t io n of the low
productivity ga ins 11 thus f'8. r i n 1969 , the
'5.epci:-". me r.t stGted .
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The ::ia nel d i scussion will be int roduced

\.ii th an a ad ress by Mrs . '.,/ . Hamil t on Cro ck ford
=rr , Presi dent- e l e ct , Virgi n i a Pa r ent Tea c hers
Associ'"t i on and Cr.a irrren of Richmo nd City
School Boa rd .
Thi s pr ogr ;::i m i s open t o ;:i.ll pq r e nts a nd
educ;:i.tors , as well a s a ll c iti zens of t he
commun i ty wh o h::ive a n inte r e s t i n the wellbe i ng of chil ci r en .

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FOUR - DAY WEEKEND

Employees will have ;:i. f our day weekend
next week . Two pg. i d holidays for e li gi ble
e mployees fa ll next week (Thanks givi ng and
the plant 1s 8th p'3.id h oliciay ) . Be s t wishes
f or a 11 Ha ppy Tha nksgivi n g . 11

A Month Later...Still a Good Offer!

General Electric's 1969 contract proposals, which were
first made on October 7, tend to be forgotten in the midst
of the current strike. Following is a highlight review of the
Company's offer:
HIGHEST SINGLEYEAR PAY
BOOST
... pay is up 20t to 45t per hour.
20t per hour general increase
St to 25t per hour more for highskill day workers
con.OF-LIVING PROTECTION
... in these inflationary times.
Two pay reopeners, with the right
to strike, in the second and third
years or the contract
GREATER PENSION PROTECTION
... for higher retirement benefits.
Pension minimums at age 65 will
now range from SS to $7 .SO per
month per year or service
Higher early retirement minimums
S125 a month exira to disabled
pensioners not eligible for Social
Security
New Long-Term Disability Insur
ance Plan to be now available
LIBERALIZED INSURANCE
COMING
... a boost in take-home pay or
practically I % in 1970.
GE employee insurance coverage
is free in second year
S2S hospital deductible eliminated
Full hospital expense protection up
to$SOO
Now 85% of non-hospital costs
over SSO are covered
Added dental coverage. New cov
erage for eye exercises and hearing aids
Higher Weekly Sicknrss and Acci
dent payments
Plus 7 other improvements
VACATION PLAN BROADENED
... many will get longer vacatiobs
sooner.
2 weeks after one year
4 weeks after IS years

NEW SICK PAY BENEFITS

... also apply to personal business.
2 paid days for S thru 9 years
service
3 p~id days for I 0 thru 14 years
service
4 paid days for IS years service or
over
CITIZENSHIP & DEATH-IN
FAMILY BENEFITS IMPROVED
Military service paid time off liberalized
Court duty pay when subpoenaed
Death-in-Family provision liberalized
SAVINGS PLANS IMPROVED
Employees may now sell stock di
rcctly to Company
It saves at least $6 per transaction
BETIER INCOME EXTENSION AID
IEA available sooner
Your credits reinstated I year
after layoff if working (instead of
rebuilding 4 weeks per year of
service after returning)
Four weeks pay (eight weeks of
benefits) available after 24 months
service
NEW INDIVIDUAL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Tuition refund up to $400
Identical benefits to employees on
layoff
GE to continue local training programs

STILL OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

Emergency Aid Plan available
sooner
Service credits extended for absences due to layoff, illness, or ac
cident

AT WESTINGHOUSE

Most Westinghouse Electric Corp. employees

were working this week after the company rm.de
a change in its contract proposal and union
officials announced a day-to-day extension.
Although union officials hailed a promise
of 5 weeks vacation for employees with 30 years
service, effective Jan. 1, 1972, as the basis
for the extension following the Nov. 10 contra.ct deadlines, not all employees agreed.
Some 4400 IUE-represented people at the
imjor appliance plant in Columbus, Ohio,
struck amid violence which necessitated a
court injunction. A srm.11, IUE-represented
plastics plant in West Mifflin, Pa., also was
struck, as was an !BEW-represented small-motor
plant in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The IUE, !BEW, and the Federation of
Westinghouse Independent Salaried Unions
announced the extension. The UE did not act
on an extension, but it did not strike.

BOYCOTT COMING?

There is considers. ble rumbling by union~

sources that the AFL-CIO is planning to announce some kind of consumer boycott. Appar~
ently some radio stations have been sent a
tape with IUE's James Compton's voice on it
saying that the union is considering the boycott and has not quite finalized its plans.
It is likely that something will be heard
soon since there was a high-level union
executive board meeting scheduled in New York
last night which could serve as the source
for some further announcement.
Let 1 s talk frankly about boycotts.
First of all, they don't end strikes.
It seems to us that no union would resort to
such a pressure tactic if it were constructively seeking an early, sound settlement.
Wnat can be some of the results of a
boycott against any company during negotiations? It can serve to embitter a strike
situation. It can tend to hinder negotiations
and delay a final settlement. Even worse,
~
boycotts in the long run almost always injure
the very people they are supposed to help.
In any boycott of General Electric
products, some customers for our goods and
services will turn to the hundreds of our
domestic-and foreign-competitors who are
always aggressively seeking more sales.
When the boycott is over, some of these
customers will come back to General Electric.
Some never return. Lost customers mean lost
business. And lost business means lost jobs.
Thus, both General Electric and its employees
suffer lasting injury from such a needless
and destructive union tactic.
A boycott injures others not directly
involved in a strike. Any boycott against
General Electric products would inevitably
jurt thousands of srmll businesses like
suppliers, distributors and dealers; hundreds
of SJmll and large communities where we have
plants and do business.
We don't believe that our employees
want to see a customer boycott of the products they Jmke on. their jobs. We don't
either. We want an early, sound settlement
so we can all get back to work.

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ELECTRIC
WAYN ESBORO, VIRGINIA

Volume XII , No . 47

QUARTER CENTURY CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING

Among people introduced at

the meeting were (le ft to
right) lv . H. Schenk, new pres .;
M. 0 . Bassett, retiring pres . ;
D. B. Schneider, J . E. Davis,
...-._
Earle McDowell (al l new
1nembers ).

S . "Doc" Fendley, seated at

right, is shown enj oying dinner
befor e he addressed t he meeting
on his Far Eas t t rip . John
Larew, CCDD Engineering, is
seat ed on t he l eft of Mr .
Fendley.

The members of the Waynesboro Plant' s Quar t er Century Club

gathered Nov , 19th at the General Wayne Motor Inn for the Club' s
annual dinner .
The Club's new president W. H. Schenk, CCDD Manufac turing
Engineering, was presented to the meeting . Mr. Schenk repla ces
Mr. M. 0. Bassett, NECD Eng ineering. Other new of f ice rs are
R. A. Thomas -- Vice President , and C. L. Hughes--SecretaryTreasurer.
S. "Doc" Fend ley, retiree, addressed the gathe ring. He
gave a slide presentation of he and his wi f e Trudy ' s trip
to the Far East in 1968. Currently there are 87 members of
the c lub (72 active employees and 15 r etirees). The ac tive
members are made up of 40 employees of CCDD, 18 members from
NECD, 10 f r om AECBS, and 4 from Divis ion Headquarte rs.
Mitchell E. LaBelle, with 43 ye ars se rvice, i s the ac tive
employee with the longest service. The Cl ub's oldest member
is Mr. A. W. Tulloch, age 87, who completed 51 years ' service
with the Company in 19 47.

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CHILDR~N ' S

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Plans are be ing readied f or t he Chi l dren's Christmas Party

This year ' s party will be he ld on Saturday , Dec. 20 . Final

arrangements f or t he party will be announ ce d in nex t wee~s News .

December 5, 1969
COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY MOVES
TO HEAD OFF PICKET LINE
INFRACTIONS

We have a ll been subj ec t ed to unwarranted h ar r assment from time to time

when ente r i ng and leaving
the plant. The use of abusive language is mos t di s g usting and totally unneces s ary. The i ncreasingly aggress ive delaying tactics by
the pickets when wo rking
emp l oyees are ente ring and
leaving the plant accomplishes no ob jective other
t h an t o great l y inc reas e the
risk of an accident . Most
of the abusive language and
neg l igent acts by the picke t s occur when outside union
officials are present . You
can be ass ured that your
plant management is well
aware of what is happening
and is doing everything
possib l e to see that approp ri a t e steps are taken to
i mprove the s itua tion.
We have been informed
that the Commonwealth
Attorney in Waynesboro has
filed a notice at the Federal
Distri c t Court in Harri sonburg th at he will present
evidence before Judge Widene r
on December 10 concerning
the recent activity on the
pi cket line. The Commonwealth Atto rney's notice
s tates that he plans to s how
that the ac tions of pickets
a r e in vio lati on and contempt of the order issued
by Judge Widener.

1969-70 WAYNESBORO HIGH SCHOOL

BORCH SPEAKS OUT ON ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

In newspaper interviews, he highlights
foreign competition and 'less ebullient' 1970
Chairman Fred J. Borch has been interviewed on several occasions recently
on the economic outlook.
Although he emphasized that he was
leaving to the people in charge of negotiations the d irection and communication in that area, "M r. Borch's views
on th e state of the U .S. economy and on
the strike a re intertwined" necessarily,
reported Scott R. Schmedel in the Wall
Street Journal of Nov . 20.
" I don't like the looks of the co nstruction situation or of reports on consumer
confidence," he told the Journal. "That
leads me to the conclusion that a year
from now the economy wi ll be considerably less ebullient than it is now." The
reporte r said that Mr. Borch returned
repeatedly to two principal concepts that
"explained the reasoning behind GE's
. . . bargaining stance. One is the potential effect of what he considers inflat ionary wage increases at a time when
dettationary policies are having a desirable effect. The other is the competitive
advantage that he contends fore ign manufacturers gain from th e increases m
U.S. labor rates."

'Not Mad at Anybody'

.. We arc not trying to break anybody's
back: the Cha irman told Victor Riesel,
the columnist who appears in ma ny
newspapers. "We are not m ad at
(George) Meany or anybody. But looking al it (infl ation) from the standpoint
of the country, this is my m ajor concern,
very frank ly . . . We a rc no t o ut here
carry ing the flag fo r the administration or anybod y else : Columni st Riesel
added that Mr. Borc h "does not blame
labor or profits for the runaway infl ation .
"Bu t wh at J am sayi ng.'' the C hairman was quoted as commenting, "is that
1 don't think th at what these fellows
( I U E President Paul Je nnings and other
coaliti on leaders) are ta lki ng about is in
th e best interest of our employees, short
and long term."
Co l umnist Riesel co n tinued : "Mr.
Borch, in effect, said that his company
could not increase its money and benefit
package now and stay compet it ive in the
worl d market . .. He asse rts the elect rical ind ustry is quite different competiti vely from rubber. auto and steel. GE
now is the only major electronic firm
producing radios in the U.S. . . . This is
virtu a ll y the case in television receivers
. . . There is jet engine competit ion from
Britain 's Rolls Royce. The margin between American hourly wage costs and
those abroad is ever widening.''
On the domest ic fro nt, Columnist R ie-

sel repo11ed Mr. Borch as indicating:

"Gove rnment military orders have been
dammed down to a trickle. Retailing is
slowing up with consumer resistance.
Industrial sales are down."
The Wall Street Journ al reported:
"GE's order books began to show the
effects of deflationary policies in August,
Mr. Borch said, and this should be reflected in a slowing of the rate of growth
in dollar volume. In fact, he noted, the
impact of the strike is less currently than
it wou ld have been a year ago, when the
rate of incoming, long-term orders was
'substantially higher.' The GE executive
said he couldn't measure the daily cost
of the strike to GE ... He also had no
indication of how long GE was prepared
to withstand a strike."
As for GE's custome rs . the Journal
quoted Mr. Borch as saying. "I think
they are pretty understanding of the basic nature of the problem we're fighting.
I think they're sym pathetic because of
a fee ling that 'there but for the grace of
God. go I'."

BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DEC. 6

.. WILSON MEMORIAL 6:30

xDEC. 12

LEX INGTON

*DEC. 13

PATRICK HENRY

xOEC. 16

. . ALBEMARLE

DEC. 19

FORT DEFIANCE 6:30

DEC. 29-30
HOLIDAY (OH) at John
Lewis Jr. High (Staunton) 7 tr 8:45 PM
HAR RISONBURG

x*JAN. 2
xJAN. 6 .

. ROBERT E. LE E

x*JAN. 9 .

PARRY McCLUER

xJAN. 16 .

. AMHERST

x*JAN. 23.

. ... .. LEXINGTON

xFEB. 6 .

HARRISONBURG

FEB. 7 . .

. PATRICK HENRY
(Raanoke) 6:30

x*FEB. 10 .

. ALBEMARLE

xFEB. 13 .

PARRY McCLUER
. ROBERT E. LEE

x*FEB. 17

AMHERST

x*FEB. 20 .
FEB.

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.. . DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

Game Time 6:15 unless indicated

* Home Games
xDistrict Games

A number of G E 's customers .. aren't

hav ing any great o nrush of business
themselves." he added. according to the
newspaper which also reported : "The
order level for industrial equipment has
been declining. The s ituation for appliance dealers is m ixed . In ve ntories of
consumer e lectron ic products. includ ing
televis ion sets, were high, and the strike
is providing relief from excessive buildups. The government hasn't yet ind icated
th at it's suffering severely from any GE
production delays. he said."

HIGHLIGHTS
Electrical Profit Lag: The nation's
electrical manufacturers have experienced mediocre profits in the last 20
years and face a further decline by the
end of 19 70, Clarence C. Keller, president of the National Electrical Manufacturers Associ ation and of Holophane
Co., sa id at NEMA's annual meeting in
Chicago last week.

* ... *
October Output Fell: Industrial production in October fell for the third
mo nth in a row. the longest s lide since
earl y 1967 . The 0.4 % decline was attributed by Administrati on eco nomists to
a damped "inflationary psychology,"
stri kes at General Electric and in auto
plants, a nd lower consumer goods productio n because of slow persona l-inco me
growth .

THE SUMl-IER MOWING SEASON may we 11 be over ...

and we admit that rotary mowers are numberone on our list of dangers for feet . But big
toes have a way of needing protection four
seasons of the year -- whether you're around
heavy items in t he shop, or are subjected to
them when you're doing spec ial projects around the house.
PLAINLY PUT : feet need adequate protection
on anJ off the job.
AND the simple answer - - whethe r you want
plain or fancy shoes - - is Safety Shoes. The
price is right (yo u get an industrial dis count); the quali ty is right; and so is the
style (you wou l dn't even knew there's a steel
pl ate there protecti nq you).
..-.,
WHY NOT take a look i n the Dispensary tod;
where they are havin g a half p r ice sale on
some shoe styles in the fol l owing sizes:
men ' s-- l paio eacl-\, t!n, f>l<n, 7n, Rl.r., 9n,
qr. , CJE, 9l.;C . 11~ . and 13EE , and 2. pairs
each , 8C and lO~D ; ladies '-- 1 pair each,
8~AA , 4 ~C, 7~D.

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WE CAN BE PROUD

1969 Uni tea Communi t y Fund Ca mpaign is completed . Employee contribut io ~s , coupled
.ith the company contribution, b~ ve netted $34 , 260 for the local UCF agenci es. Hats '
off to each of you !
This year ' s contribution is far grea ter than any in the history of Waynesboro General
Electric. Last year ' s campaign netted $21,356 and the 1969 t ota l represents a 60% improvement
over the 1968 mark .
The success of this year 1 s campa ign can be attributed la rgely t o the numbe r of employees responding to the fa ir share contribution request of "one hour 1 s pay per month 11 Thi s
employee response coupled with a conscienti ous approach toward soliciti ng each person has
set a standard for future campaigns here in Wayne sboro.
Bi ll Perry, Plant Campaign Cha irman, expressed his appreciat ion to all soli citors for
their efforts in this - 11 the best campaign in the plant1 s history 11 Bill said a specia l
thank you should go to the organizing efforts of the nine area solicitors: CCDD Fi nance & Adm. --1 . F. Be ckerle ; Relations--W. R. Perry; all of Mfg. --F. B. Curto (CCDD ,
NECD & AEED) ; Engineering--E. W. Hutton; Marketing- J. A. Schlick: NECD - Engi neering-D. C. I.aw; Finance & Adm . & Marketing--D. P. Russell: AEED - Engineering--D. L. Plett e ;
Finance & Adm . & 113.rketing--L. A. Lynch; and Publ icity Chairma n Brian Jellison .
This year 1 s efforts a re especially commendable in view of fact that those employees
currently on strike were no t solicited in thi s year 1 s plant campaign.
SA VE THE DELAY

GENE RA L

ELECTRIC

Each year t here a r e many employees who

feel they a r e required to wait until the end
of the year before f i l i ng a claim f or r eimbursement of medical expenses . This creates a
backlog of work in January and results i n delays in payment of cl aims . Roy Beckerle ,
Personnel Accounting , says that employees
should file cla im s now .
He added that some employees had felt
t he insurance plan improvements beginning in
January 1970 would be appl i cable to their
current claims if they waited to f ile until
then. Thi s i s not the case . All expenses
occured during 1969 wi ll be reimbursed according to the 1969 pa yment schedul e .

CHRISTMAS DANCE
The SCOGEE Christmas Dance has been set
for Saturday, December 20 , at the Nationa l
Guard Armory in Staunton . The dance wil l
feature music by the " Cooperation Quintet"

~~~~~~~~~[;;~~~~~~~~~~~ from the Shenandoah Conserva tory of Mus ic.

TOTAL PLANT CONTRIBUTION

Ti ckets will be available from a list

of employees now posted at the cafeteria
entrance . Prices are $3 pe r couple for
membe rs and $4 . 50 per couple for non- membe r s .
Reservations for the dance may be made by
contacti ng Barbara Fickes , Room 230 .

END OF AN ERA
NUMERICAL CONTROL PRODUCTION
DRAWS TO A CLOSE

HOWARD KURT ELECTED NEW

COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT
Howard D. Kurt, 42, a native of Marvland, has heen elected a vice president 0 ~
GE. Among the units under Mr. Kurt's dir
ection is the Numerical Control Department.
Mr . Kurt, who grew up and was educated
in Maryland, now serves as vice president and
General Manager of GE's Process Measurement
and Control Division with headquarte rs in
West Lynn, Mass. In assuming his new position, he becomes one of the Co . 's youngest
vice pres idents.

Pictured above is the last Nwnerical Control

to be bui U in ~laynesbo ro. Mr. Joseph
Ponzillo~ General Mana.ger-NECD~ is shown congratulating Mr. C. H. Lee~ Manage r-Industrial
Electronics on the successful completion of
Nwnerical Control production here in
Waynesboro .

With the ~omp letion of the above equipment numerical control production ac tivity in
Waynesboro has drawn to a close. This is the
end of an important e ra at the Waynesboro
Plant, wh e r e numerical controls for machine
tools grew a t our time into a major segment
of the plant' s business.
The numeri cal control business began here
i n the earl y s ix ties. The first equipment manufactured uti lized r e lays and tubes. In 1961 ,
printed circuits replaced the earlier equipment , and within the last two years integrated
circuits were introduced. The Waynesboro
Pl an t had been the wor ld leader in production
of numerical contro ls.
A r apid increase i n employment accompanied the growth of their b usiness , ris ing
from just a few employees in 1960 to a peak
in 1967. Relate d processes in the printed
circuit board area and else where also increased emp l oyment.
Now, wi th t he discontinuing of production
activities locally, the h ome of numerical
con trol production is in Richmond, Virginia.
The previous space a llocated to NC p r oducti on
will be turne d ove r to the production of
Data Communication Products .

The division which he heads comprises

GE ' s Process Computer Department in Phoenix,
Ariz.; the Instrument Department , Analytical
Measurement Business Section, the Process
Measurement and Control Systems Operation and
Advanced Development Operation, all located
in West Lynn; and the General Electric Instrument Corporation in Puerto Rico.
The Co. 's Manufacturing Automation Equipment Deputy Division is also under Mr. Kurt's
direction. It includes the Numerical Equipment Control Department in Waynesboro , Richmond and Charlottesville; the Manufac turing
Automation Systems Operations i n Charlotte
ville; and the Automat ion Equipment Operat~Jo,
and the Compute r Applications Operation , and
the Numerical Control Contract Shop, all in
Schenectady, New York.
Mr . Kurt graduated from the University
of Maryland in 1950 with a BS degree in electrical engineering. He joined GE on the
test program that same year and has held a
number of positions with GE in Lynn, Pittsfield, Baltimore, Philade lphia, Schenectady,
and Plainville, Conn.
In 1958 he was transferred to the Switchgear Department, Philadelphia, where he held
positions of product planning manager and
product engineering manager . In 1960, he was
appointed manage r of marketing for the same
department and in 1965 was named general manage r of the Instrument Dep artment in West
Lynn. Mr. Kurt has been general manager of
the Pro cess Measurement and Control Division
Since May, 1969.

OCT. STOCK & FUND PRICES

The " Stock Price" & "Fund Unit Pri ce"
fo r October, 1969 are as follows:
$85 . 701
Stock Price
$28. 244
Fund Unit Price

WAYNESBORO PLANT

GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

NEW POSITION FOR R. A. PRUDHOME

C. T. Humphrey, Marketing
Manager for CCDD has announ ce d. the appointment of Mr .
R. A. Prudhome as ManagerCus tomer Service Operati~ Data
Communication Products . Mr.
Prudhome's new position carries
t he r esp onsibility f or t he Connnuni ca ticn and Control Devices
Department ' s interface with the
customer on Terminet 300 field
service, service and maintenance
training & documentation, and administra tion of
product se rvice and support policies and procedures.
Mr. Prudhome came to Waynesboro in July 1968
from a customer servi ce position with the General Electric Industrial and Service Equip .
'e partment 's regional office in Denver, Colo.
He b egan his car ee r with the company in 1953
at Evendal e , Ohio with the Aircraft Engine Dep t.
In 1956 he moved t o Denver to join the Apparatus and Servi ce Engineering Dept. where he
remai ned until accep ting the I&SE pos iti on in
1965.

JUAB BROWN NA.MED FOREMAN I N RELAYS

The appointment of Juan L. Brown
as Foreman of the Relay Coil
Winding Area was announced today
by David L. Coughtry, ManagerManufacturing for the Communication and Control Devices Department . The appointment became
effective Dec. 1, 1969.
A graduate of Ohio Technical Institute where he received an Associate degree in Engineering, Mr.
Brown came to the General Electric Company at
Waynesboro in March of 1967 as a ManufacturingEngineering Technician. In July 1968 he was pro,..-....1oted to Technician Autom atic Machines and Processes, the position which he held up until his
present appoint ment.

FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY ARE MADE

The principal performers in the Santa ' s Workshop skit are left to right : ''Merry Christmas "--Barbara Fickes ; "Toy Soldie r"--Ed Croft;
and "Bozo the Clown"-- David Kern . Helen Ded-rick is chairman for SCOGEE members helping
with this year 's party .
Santa's Workshop will be the theme for
1969 Children's Christmas Party t o be held in
the auditorium here on Saturday , Dec . 20.
The children wil l view sparkling new cartoons
prior to the present ation of the "Santa's
Workshop" s kit. Santa Clause wi ll be introduced during the skit and wil l later visit
with the children and present them with candy,
toys, and fruit . Compass watches will be
passed out to the children to wish them away
to Santaland.
The firs t party will begin promptly at
9:00 a.m. Five other parties will fo l low at
10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m ., and
4:30 p.m. Tickets fo r the party will be mailed Monday, Dec. 15, t o supervisors for distribution to their emp loyees who requested
tickets.

SAVINGS & SECURI.TY REOPENER

UNION BOYCO'n UNPOPULAR
DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR

There are only a few days left to take

advantage of the annual investment reopener available to participants in the General Electric
Savings and Security Program, according to R.
Beckerle, M9.nager of Personnel Acc 1 t. This reopener is the feature which allows participants
the option of changing the allocation of their
S&S savings among U. s. Savings Bonds, General
Electric common stock, Insurance, and the S&S
Pro gram Mutual Fund

Mr. Beckerle said that this opportunity to

change the type of savings or investment applies
to both the employee's payroll deduction savings
and the 50% matching proportionate Company payment, and is available once each year.
Participants who wish to change their investment allocation for the year 1970 should complete payroll deduction authorization change
forms immediately and not later than the end of
the year. Forms may be obtained at Personnel
Accounting, Room 126.
For more complete details, participants
should consult the S&S Program booklet available from Employee Relations.
CHRISTMAS DINNER ANNOUNCED

Plant Cafeteria M9.nager Art Smith announced

today that the cafeteria will serve its annual
Christnn s dinner for both shifts on Thursday,
December 18. The menu will include baked ham,
candied sweet potatoes, green beans, roll and
butter, cole slaw, pumpkin or mincemeat pie, and
choice of coffee or tea. Tha price of the dinner
will be 89, tax included.
Mr. Smith also said that he wished to extend
season's greetings to all on bAhalf of the cafeteria staff and the M9.rriott-Hot Shoppes Corp.

CHRISTMAS TREES ON SALE--FIRST AID CREW

The Waynesboro First Aid Crew has started
its annual ChristID9.s tree sale on the lot next
to the Squ~.d 1 s building on BroR.d Street. The lot
will be open from 8 a.m. through 10 p.m. daily.
Profit from the sales is used to aid in supporting
the Crew's operating expense from year to year.

A boycott campaign against GE prod~

ucts in Virginia was launched yesterday as
the IUE opened a "boycott headquarters" in
Roanoke. The NEWS has also learned tm t
some Staunton merchants have been approached
this week and asked to take GE products off
their shelves. It has been reported that
merchants have apparently refused to do so.
In some quarters, strong reaction has
occurred against the boycott, even among
unionists. An official of IUE Local 201 in
Lynn, for example, said he has never liked
the 11 rap the product approach". He adds,
"We don 1 t make a bad product; we make a
darned good product." The union official
said that support of a boycott campaign
would be a tantamount to "knocking our own
craftmanship".
And commentators outside General Electric have critized the boycott. A. H.
Raskin, the labor specialist for the ~
YORK TIMES, pointed out that a boycott i
a "weapon that can inflict as much longrange damage on workers as it does on
nnnagement."
The SYRACUSE POST STANDARD, said, "Why
a merchant or supplier nnrketing General
Electric light bulbs, TV or radio equipment,
or any other kind of GE appliance or machinery should be penalized in a labor dispute
to which he is not a party is beyond comprehension. And why men and women whose
livelihood depends on the continued sale
of GE products in a competitive nnrket
should try to kill that sale is a riddle
they should ask their union leaders to
explain. 11
THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE editorialized, 11 A
lot of people who have tried to stay neutral
in the GE strike will find it a little
harder. In a strike-bound town, to ask a
defenseless retailer, who is an innocent~
stander, to commit suicide is a bit thic1. '

CLOSED
The Blue Ridge Dinm g Room will be
closed on Thursday Dec. 18, and Fri., Dec.19.

NECD HOLDS SALES AND

CONGESTED PARKING

APPLICATION CONFERENCE

~ Pa rking i n the sou thsi de l ot is becornrning

i. ~eas i ngly congested while open space re mains avail abl e i n the morti lo t . A sicie :ron
the congestion , snow pile u ps may be a possibility as maintenBnce tries to keep t he roacii...ra.y clear . If any of you a::-e able t o pa rk i n
the north lot as conviently as i n the south
lot, i t would be appreciated if you would do s o.

JAYCEES NEED YOUR HELP FOR UNDER

PRIVILEGED o-IILDREN'S SHOPPING
TOUR
The Waynesboro Jaycees are at tempti ng to
raise Sl, 500 :or tteir Uncierprivleged Children 1 s
Shopping ~our s cieciuled for Saturday , December
20 , according to Oliver Grant , project chairman .
'The annual Christma s shoppi ng tour will be
held this year for 1 50 children between the ages
o f four and thirteen . Jaycees and the ir wives
wi ll ta ke the children on a tour , beginnin g at
7 a . rn . , o:.. 1.-ia ynesboro stores which will a llo\.; the
c ,,.-..dren t o buy gifts for their f1-1mi li es at disc0 ~.1 t price s.
Stores p<lrt i cipating Are : Gr a nts ,
Roses , Ne wberrys , and Corner Hardw::i.re .
:~r . Gr ant said that the Jaycees hope t o
raise the 21 , 500 by :::ec . 19 . Anyone wishing t o
contribute may l ea ve ti1e ir contribution 1-i i th
Ol ive r Grant , ~oom 2~7 , or ~uss Culve r , Room
2368 , or any member of the Jaycees .

Walt Thompson of NECD Engineering is shown

during one of the presentations at the
Sale s and Application Conference held here
this week . Approximately 80 persons
attended t he event .
The NQ~erical Equipment Control Depa rt ment held ;:-, Sales \ Application .2ngine e ring
Confe r ence this week for Gene ral ~ l ectric ' s
sa l es and Appl i cat io n people f rom various
lo ca t i ons a round the world . The Department
holds this conference approx i mately once
e very three yea r s to in:..orm these people
about the ciepntment ' s nei..: procucts as 1-1ell
as applic.q r, jons P.nc ci18.r.ges i~ tf-_e technology
o: r.wneri ca l con trol equipment . ~igity
guests attended the con!~r~ r.ce from throughout the United States ris 1-1011 as Canada ,
Ge rmany , Englnnd , J-rA.nce , and Italy .
The croup ..''l. s he r e on >'.or.cay ar.C. Tue sci~;.y
listeni nt; Lo Vfl rious presenta tions incluciing
first h1-1nri rlPt1-1 i ls on the d~sign of the now
7500 se ries 01 numericril contro l equipmanL
utilizin g intccr ated circui ts . On Wednesdny
tr.ey toured Lhe Char lo ttesville ~nd Richmond
?l::o,r:ts to vl nw e xtensive improvements in the
IT6.nu:'acturi np :n ilities at tho se locations .

- - -- -- - - ' i

11.1- -- -

"Sorry"

:.:ost 01 the grou p le f"t:. the conference

f ollo\-:in g their fl!ECD plAnt t ours on ,;ednesd11.y
1
,.'hile somr' rnrcrnbe rs r e t urned to ':."a yne sbo r o
.:or adcii L.ion'1 l rr.ca tings \.' h i ch 1-1ill conclude
'.:oC.o-, :.- .
i-iost j"or tli'' r on''~renc13 i s J-:r . D. 0 .
J i ce , fV;:i rlrn r. i n p; :-:n n'1 ge r f"or :0rDJ .

''LET ME BE VERY
CLEAR ABOUT THIS ''
FRED BORCH, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

General Eleatria Board Chairman Fred Borah was the speaker yesterday at a meeting of the New York Society of Security Analysts .
His straightforward answer to a question asked at the aonalusion of his talk is very significant and ought to be aa:t'efully
read and unders tood by all~ especially any striking employees who
mistakenly believe that the Company is not determined to r esist
union strike or boycott press ures:

1HE QUESTION:
the strike?

I s General El ectric going to improve its offer to settle

TI-IE ANSWER:
"Let me be very clear about this":
"We have to ld the unions that the new offer we made las t weekend- -and which i s
now on the bar gaining t ab l e- -represents our best judgment of the maximum economic
package that General Electric can make , consistent with the carrying out of
sound management responsibilities . We do not intend to offe r more.

"This offer is fully canpetitive with other settlements in manufacturing in

1969 . The new offer is responsive t o those feature s in our original proposal
which union officials s aid their members didn ' t like . And the offer produces
the best balance we can arrive at, in terms of real wages and the protection of
U. S.-based jobs. Beyond this, it would be a question of how many U.S.-based
jobs should be traded for how much inflation--and we don ' t believe t his would
lead to any constructive solutions.
"With each general wage increase , some GE jobs leave the country permanently .
Consider radios: In 1966, we had 4,877 employees making radios in the U. S.A. In
August , 1969, we had 2, 505 and were the last major U. S. company making radios in
this country . We know that foreign competitors are waiting to take over our
markets and our employees ' jobs. We believe we know this better than the national
union offi cials do and have brought this knowledge to bear in our talks with
the unions .
"General Electric management is clearly charted with responsibility to be
fair to employees and to protect GE jobs. We feel that we have gone the lirni t in
fully meeting that responsibility in the new offer before the unions."

..-.._

WAYNESBORO PLANT
GENERAL@ ELECTRIC
Volume XII

No . 49

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

December 19

1969

Reviewed Your
Beneficiaries Lately?
Has there been a marriage in your family ,
a birth , a death ; a re you about to ret i re or
are you just getting started or about to get
married?
I f t he a nswe r to t hese or similar queries
is 11 ye s 11 t hen give some thought to t he way you
have your be neficiaries listed under Gene r a l
Electric benefit plans .
employees tend to give little attention to the need to periodicall y review bene ficiary designation s under various General Ele ctric benefi t pl ans . It is an oversight that
can cause proble ms fo r famili e s should anything
happen to an employee . I f you wanted to make
a change , but have not done so officially, it
can be impossible fo r your he irs to make a
change afte r your dea th . This is the reason
that employees are urged to review the ir list ed beneficiari es and make any appropriate
changes at least once each year.
~~ny

Mr. & Mrs . Joseph Ellinger are shown looking over

the $l000 reward given them by the Company for
the part t hey played in the conviction of two
v~aZ.s .

GE GIVES $1000 REWARD

The Company announced today it was giving
a $1000 reward to Mr. & Mr s. Joseph Ellinger .
Mr. Ellinger wo rks in Industria l El ectronics
while Mrs . Ellinger is employed i n Relays.
After r eviewing their case, the Company
found it met all the requireme nts of the Nov.
22nd r ewa rd offer and the refore authori zed the
$1000 payment to them .
The arr est and convictio n of two men for
sla shing tires on the El li nger's vehicles was
achieved after Mrs . Ellinger called Augus ta
County She riff John Kent and indentified the
guilt y persons.
,.-.... The two men, one of which was a striking
e .oyee , were sentenced to 30 days in jail for
their actions. The Judge suspended 27 days of
the sentence provided t he men made full restitution for t he damage to the Ellinger ' s prope r ty .

The f ollowing GE benefit plan s require

employees to designate beneficiaries : Insurance
Plan , Pension Pl a n, Savings and Security Program , Savings and Stock Bonus Plan, and Personal Accident Insura nce Plan . For those who
wish to change a benefici a ry, necessary fo rms
can be obtained at Pa yroll Accounting , Rm . 137 .

Registration Set At
Blue Ridge Community College
Registr ation for the second quarter evening session at Blue Ridge Communi ty College js
set for Jan . 2 from 8 : 00 AM through 4 : 30 PM and
from 6 : 00 to 8 :00 PM . Registration will also
be held on Jan . 3 , f rom 8 : 00 AM until 1 :00 PM.
Se cond qua rter classes are scheduled to start
on Ja nuary 5.

GE'S SECOND PROPOSAL

TO UNIONS
General Electric now has made a new three-year offer to unions.
GE tailored a new proposal because both the IUE and UE, in
particular, called the original "totally unacceptable."
Union representatives expressed concern over the uncertainty
and possibility of strikes posed by the reopeners in the first offer,
dissatisfaction with the absence of a cost-of-living escalator, and
disappointment that there were not more benefits for longerservice people.
This new offer responds to all these concerns. This fresh alternative, detailed below, provides a new avenue to a settlement.

Highlights of the New Offer

PAY RAISES EACH YEAR
First year general pay increase of 20 cents per hour (same as in the original
proposal)
5 to 25 per hour more for high-skill day workers (as in original proposal)
Second and third year general pay raises of 3% plus cost-of-living increases.
The total possible increases are shown in table below:

Pay will go up like this on Oct. 26, 1970

and again on Oct. 25, 1971 ...
IF LIVING COSTS*
HAVE RISEN:

TOTALPAYWILLRISE: 3%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

3%

3.5%

4%

4.5%

5%

*based on Consumer Price Index changes-October 1969 to October 1970 for I 970's adjustment
and October 1970 to October 1971 for 1971 's adjustment

PENSIONS

VACATIONS

Pensions Rise for Long Service

... effective: Jan. 1, 1970
Present monthly minimum of $4.50 per year
of service increased to new levels ranging
from $5 to $7.50 at age 65.
GE to pay supplemental benefits of $125 a
month to disabled pensioners not eligible
for Social Security.
... and further provisions effective Jan. 1, 1971
Past pension credits rise for all employees
with service prior to Jan. 1, 1961, based on
their average earnings during 1959, 1960,
and 1961.
Improved Survivorship Option facilitates
election of option and liberalizes employee
pension.
Improved death benefit guarantees lifetime
pension for surviving spouse of eligible employees who die before retirement.
a The $5 minimum climbs to $5.25 (and to $5.50
on Jan. 1, 1972).

Vacations Improved for Longer-Service Employees

... effective: Jan. 1, 1972

SAVINGS
Savings Plan-Increase
... effective immediately
111 Stock acquired under the plan may be sold
directly to the Company at a savings of $6
per transaction.

INSURANCE
Insurance Plan Improved
... effective: Jan.1,1970
Hospital expenses and surgeons' fees are in
Type 11 A" coverage, with no deductible.
Company will pay first $500 of Type 11 A"
costs instead of present $225.
85% of Type 11 8" expenses over $50 are
covered.
A new Long Term Disability Insurance Plan
(employee-paid) is available to all hourly
employees who elect to participate.
Expenses for eye exercises are now covered .
. . . and further improvements effective later in
the contract include these:
GE to pay employee's Insurance Plan costs:
practically an added 1% pay boost (Oct.
26, 1970)
Added coverage for dental care and hearing aids (Oct. 26, 1970)
Higher weekly sickness and accident payments (Oct. 26, 1970)
Plus other improvements

5 weeks after 30 years

4 weeks after 15 years

SICK PAY
Sick Pay Benefits
... effective: Jan. 1, 1972
2 paid days for 5 thru 9 years service
3 paid days for 10 thru 14 years service
4 paid days for 15 years service or over

CITIZENSHIP A
DEATHINPAMILY
Benefits Improved
. .. effective: Oct. 26, 1970
Military service paid time off liberalized
Court duty pay when subpoenaed
Death-in-family provision expanded

INCOME EXTENSION AID

Better Income Extension Aid
... effective: Oct. 26, 1970
IEA available sooner
Your credits reinstated 1 year after layoff
if working (instead of rebuilding 4 weeks per
year of service after returning)
Four weeks pay (eight weeks of benefits)
available after 24 months service

INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
New Program To Improve Skills
... effective: Oct. 26, 1970
Tuition refund up to $400
Identical benefits to employees on layoff
GE to continue local training programs

EMERGENCY AID PLAN

... effective: Oct. 26, 1970
Emergency aid plan available sooner

SERVICE CREDITS
... effective: Oct. 26, 1970
Service credits liberalized for absences due
to layoff, illness or accident

LONG TE RM DISABILITY PLAN REVISED

Second Monogram

Special Tonight

"SAHARA , " t he second Ge nera l El ectri c TV

spe c i a l of t he 19 69- 70 se ason , wi ll air i n ..-.,o:
or. NBC- TV t on i ght at 7 : 30 EST .

"S.llJ IARP." was p r od uced by Peabody Awa r d winner Lou Hazam who says , "This is t he most
u n ique f ilm I hav e e ve r prod uced i n a ll my ye ar:
at NBC.. . o r i n te l e v i sio n , 11

OUCH!
Begi ~n i ng Ja nua r y 1, 1970 a ll non- r e presented
sri l a r i ed e mpl oyee s pa rti cij)"l t ing in t he I nsu rance
:'l A?C and the :?er. s i on ?lan wi ll be e li gi b l e t o jJ3. rticipate i ~ tne Long Te rm DiSA.bili t y I nc ome Fl an
for Salnrie d Empl oy ee s . The r e will be no $ 7000
'l nr. ual e;:irni:: gs require ment as i n be pg. s t.

The r e v ise d ?lan p rovides i ncome equa l to

about 55% of p::.y f or e ligible di sa b l ed e mploy ee s
whe n the Pl a n, So c i Pt l Se cur ity a nd Disability
Pe ns i o n 8T e cons i ce r e d . Forme r ly t he Pl a n pr ov i de d abo ut 50% of pA.y .
Unde r t he r e vi s e d LTDI , be ne fits wi l l now
begi n afte r tne e xpirat ion of the peri od fo r whi ch
the e mployee is e l i gible t o r e ceive We e k ly Si ck ~ e ss and Acc i de nt I nsu rance Plan be ne f i t s .
This
will usually be a f t er a bout 26 wee ks , as conpa r ed
to the previ ous one ye ar wa it .
~rr.p l oye es

not r e pre s ented by unions who have

bee n i ne l i gi bl e f or LT DI be cause of the e arnings
r equ ire me nt can e nroll within 31 day s of Ja n . ( or
t he da t~ t hey a re f irst e ligi bl e ) without a phys i ca l e xami na t i on or a sta t e ment o f heal t h .
Those who have bee n e ligible but ha ve no t pa r t i ci pate d will ha ve to f u lfill hea lth r equire me nts
i n o rde r t o join t he Pl a n ,

RID ES NEEDED
The f ollowi ng pe ople need r ides for t he
7 :30- l :OO s h i ft :
Jud y Burns ( xL21 ) to a nd f rom New Hope .
Ruby Gilbe rt (x J0 7 ) t o a nd f rom the cor ne r
of Cha r l ott e and >'la in S tree t s.

Erie 1 s Ge ne r a l El e ctri c Lo comot ive De partmen t lo s t a n o r de r fo r 20 lo c omot ive s d ue t o

unce r ta i n de live r y schedul e s . The ord e r , wh i ch
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THANK YOU

I wish to e xpr es s my t ha n.k s to a l l my

f ellow e mpl oyee s f or the i r k i nd and con s i dP..-..te
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WAYNESBORO PLANT
GEN ERAL@ELECTRIC
Vol . XI I

No . 49

WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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Santa, We Love You!

We love you, Santa , was the message of the day at the 1969 Children's
Christmas Party held in the plant
auditorium last Saturday . More pictures and a story on the party can
be found on the reverside of today's
NEWS .
In additi on to the Chirstmas
Party, the Waynesboro Plant will sponsor a series of Christmas broadcasts
on the rad io. There will be a half
hour of Christmas music on radio
station WAYB and WANV from 5 :00 to
5:30 p.m . this evening . On Christmas Day, WAYB will air a program
.......... ~m 2:00 to 2:30 p .m. and WTON
wi l l present a f ull hour of music
from 1:00 t o 2 : 00 p.m.
Once again, MERRY CHRISTMAS
to one and all.

CHRISTMAS
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