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April 11, 1945185 A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of P. Lori].lard Company was held today at the office of the.Company, 119Westi.40th Street, NewYork City. There were: present Me.ssrs.:H.: A.. Kent G'. D. Whitefield E. S. Bowling 1";. J. Halley Ji. S.. Freeman F., Hopewell J!. A.. Glascock I.H., Peak H. F. Temple F., Gladden Searle J'... T. Keel Todd Wool In theabsence.ofdAr.. Hummel,. :'.hairman,H9r.Kent, President, presided and the Secretary acted. as8ecretary of the meeting. On.motion duly made and'seconded, the reading of the minutes of the pre- vious meeting was dispensed with. On motion.of Mr. Halley, seconded by Mr. Bowling, it was unanimously n.ESOLV,EDr That the firm of Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Company, Certi- fzed.Public. Accountants,. of 49 Wall Street, New.York City,.whohave heretoforee been serving this, Company as. Anditors„ bee andthey hereby are appointed Auditors of this.Compat~y for the year 1945.On motion ofMr. Temple,, secondedd by Mr. Bo:^ling,, it was unanimously RESOLVED: Thatthe action of the proper Officers of this Company in execut- ing and issuing a prox,y or power of attorney to G.D. Whitefield and 47.J.. Halley, or either of them, to~vote at the annual meeting~of stockholders of Federal Tin :..onnany held on MErch.30y 1945s all of thee stockof'that Compatlywhich th is~onrany is entitled to vote, be and the same hereby is in all respects approved, rstifiedl, and confirmed. On.motion,of. Mr.. Freeman, seconded byMlr. Hopewell, the following adver- tising expenditures werein: all respects approved, ratified, and.confirmed: :;ontract dated PAarch~21, 1945 for a full page.advertisement of Company products in crogram to be published in connection with the Annual Smoker of the ChicagoCirar, Tobacco & Cigarette Salesmen:'s,Union„ Chicago, Illinois., at a cost of 2-25 s nstimates of Lennen & Mitchell Inc. asfollows: #17 revised, dated april 3, 1945, for an additional expenditure of $756..57 to cover change in radio advertising of OLD:GOLD: Cigarettes in Pittsburgh,, Pa., (ruZtom Leuisbroadcasts)',s n35dated March 29, 1945: covering advertising.g of BE'ECH-NUT'Chewing Tobaccoo in The Sporting News, as therein set out,, at a cost of $2,l.67.50.. L37 dated April 3, 1''945 covering newspaper adve:rtisingof OLD GOLD Cigarettes,, as ''y.i,e:.ein sett out, April 9~througM April 27, 1945.,: at a cost of $39,962.12. On motion duly made.and seconded,, the meeting.adjourned. 88112046 Xi->-e A4c A I Secretary A