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The Cio News
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
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In Cumberland, a joint labor-management war bond drive in the Kelly-Springfield rubber plant achieved strong participation, with 90% of one department and 50% of another signing up for 10% paycheck deductions, as reported by union president Raymond C. Burkhart on Sept. 26.
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Cumberland, Sept. 26—The joint labor-management war bond drive that has been developed on a national scale in the rubber industry brought favorable response in the Kelly-Springfield plant, Raymond C. Burkhart, Local 26, URWA president said.
The war bond drive, aimed at making every worker in the plant a "10 per center," placing 10 per cent of the weekly pay check in war bonds, began in the Kelly plant two weeks ago under the direction of a committee from the union and company, Burkhart explained.
Ninety per cent of the workers in one department have signed up for a 10 per cent war bond deduction, while 50 per cent of another department have voluntarily placed 10 per cent of their pay in the hands of the government, he reported.
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Cumberland
Event Date
Sept. 26
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90% of workers in one department signed up for 10% war bond deduction; 50% in another department voluntarily placed 10% of pay in war bonds.
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Joint labor-management war bond drive in the rubber industry's Kelly-Springfield plant aimed to make every worker a '10 per center' by placing 10% of weekly paycheck in war bonds; began two weeks prior under union and company committee direction; developed nationally in rubber industry.