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March l8', 1942 A regular meeting of the Executive Committee of P. Lorillard Com+- pany was held today at the office of the Company„ 119 West L,0th Street, New York City.. There were present Messrs.: G. H. Hummel H. A. Kent. G. D. VlPhhitefielid W . J. Halley J. S. Freeman J. J. Driscoll! F. Hopewell J. T. Keel T. L. Perkins, Asst. Secretary The Chairman~of'the Board presided and the Assistant Secretary acted as Secretary of'the meeting. Onmotion duly made and seconded, the reading of the minutes of the previous.meeting,was dispensed'.with. On.motion of Mr. Kent, seconded by Mr. Halley, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the action of' the Officers of' this Company in Withdrawing, $400,000 face value U.S. Treasury Notes of Tax Series B' from the Treasury of' the Company at the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, 140 Broadway, New York City, for the:purpose of'using,said tax notes to make pay- ment on account of 1941 Uffnited States Income Taxes of the Company, be and the same is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed in all respects. On motion of Mr. Kent, seconded by Mr. Driscoll, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the employment of'william A. Schienk Jr. as assis- tant cost clerk at the Louisville Branch, at a salary at the rate of 9_k25 per week, ef'f'ective March 3, 1942, be and the same hereby is in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed. unanimously On motion of Mr. Halley, seconded'by Mr. Hopewell, it was RESOLVED: That the following,employments of'salesmen, as listed below, with the authorization of'the Sales Dept. and the approval of G.D. Whitefield, Executive Vice-President and 1hi.J. Halley, Vice-President, be and the same hereby are in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed: At the rate of s Effective: Johnson Daniel Scott Jr. $20 per week 3/16/42 Robert Max Coleman 20 n n n John Albert Glasscock Jr. 20,n rn n Roy Bainbridge McGee 2p n n n Val Charles Hrabak 20,11 n n Gerald John McComb 20 n n n Albert Ste3!ma. 25' n n Q' n Owen Bryant Lemerand 25 n, n ~ n Joseph Mathew Curtis 25' Harold George Keeler 25 rr n ~ n Armel Edward Richardson 25 n n Ge n John Sherwood VPilhite 25, Robert Lee Anderson 25, n n n Guy Leslie Herman 25 n n n Drisco]Ll, it sas. Oti motion of' Mr. Hopewell, seconded by Mr. unanimousl,y

47 RESOLVED: That thn following increases in salary of salesmen, as shown below opposite their respective names, each effective March 23, 1942, be and the same hereby are in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed: From the rate of: To the rate of : Walter Francis Davis $20 per week $23 per week Haywood' Harris Sherrod 23 ~r n 25 n n Joseph Edward! Rink 23 n n 25, n u Harlan Greenley Kimball 23 n n 25 ,r n Russell Francis Burne 23' 25 " " Joseph Michael Bruncz 23' n u' 25 n n M'arwin Daniel Horrom 23 25 n n Willis Frederick KammAm, 25 n n 27,' rr n Daniel Irwin Sternberg Thomas Patrick Hughes 25, n 25 n 2g, o1 28 n n n Gerald Louis Buxton 25 " n 28 " m. Robert Patrick Delaney 25 n n 2g'n ,r James Edward fileehan Jr. 28' 30 n n Daniel Lewis Dieterich 28 30 n n Frank Herring 30 n n 35 n n Clifford Alter Gheen (pro- moted to Field Manager) 68' ° ° 76.92'per week On motion of' Mr. Keel, seconded by Mr. Hopewell,, the following adver- tising expenditures were iii all respects approved, ratified,, and confirmed:. Contract dated Ma:rch 5„ 1942 for a half page advertisement of Company products in the Hebrew Sheltering & Immigrant Aid Society publication "Rescue Through Emigration", at a cost of $275. Contract dated March 10, 1942 ' for a half page advertisement of' OLD GOhD Cigarettes in souvenir programIof the Third Annual Banquet of the Cigarette Merchandisers Association of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.,, at a cost of $125. Estimates of Lennen & Mitchell I!nc. as follows: #43 dated March 5, 1942'covering advertising of'MURIEL Cigars over Station WEMB, Milwaukee, Wisc., for a period of thirteen weeks from D'&arch 23, 1942, at a cost of $650.. #44 dated March 5, 1942 covering advertising of MURIEL Cigars in newspapers therein set out,,for a period of thirteen weeks from March 23, 1942, at a cost of $15'r 69S'.37'. #4'5' dated March 10, 1942' coveri:ng advertising, of' MUFtIEL Cigars over Station VPLOL„ Minneapolis, Minn., for a periodl of' thirteen weeks from March 23, 1942, at a cost of' $1,,823.25. #46 dated March 10, 1942 covering advertising of UNION LEADER'and BEECH-NUT' Tobaccos over Station MUM, Rochester,, N.Y., for a period of'thirteen weeks fromI April 6, 1942, at a cost of 92,925• Estimates of J. Walter Thompson Company as follows: #60-Supplement B datedlMarch 9, 1942' covering advertising of OLD' GOLD' Cigarettes over Stations WIRE and WISH, Indianapolis, Ind.,, for a periodlof'thirteen weeks from April 2, 1942, at aicost of 93,4.06, #62-Supplement A dated March,9, 1942 covering advertising of OLD' GOLDiCigarettes over Station WINX, Washington, D.C., for a period of thirteen weeks from April 2, 19/i2, at a cost of $5,200. # 6 dated March 10, 1942 covering advertising of OLD GOLD Cigarettes in the b8G7sQQ(;'.

48 April 13', 1942 ' iissue of' hong, Island and Brooklyn nevrspapers therein set out, at a cost of $838.20. There was laid' before the meeting agreement da.ted" March 3, 191w2 xitli 3tandardOil Company (',of Kentucky) for the gunr_bese of lubricating oils and greases for use at the Louisville, K'y. -p]lsnt of the Company, for onee year froa March 15, 1942, under terms and conditions therein set out, which. On motion of Mr. Halley, seconded by Mr. Vlhitefield, was in all respects approved, ratified, andiconfirmed. Otr motion duly made and seconded, the meeting adjourned. Assistant Secretary