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April 1, 194Z 5) ' 1 A regular meeting of the Executive Committee of P. Lorillard Cbmpany was held today at the office of tzqe Company, 119' V~est 40th Street, New York City. There were present Messrs.: G'« H. Hummel Hi. A. Kent G. D. Whitefield E. S. Bowling W. J. Halley J. J. Driscoll J. T. Keel F. Hopewell Todd Wool The Chairman of'tiie Board presided and the Secretary actedlas Secre- tary of the meeting.. On motion duly made and seconded, the reading of'the minutes of the previous meeting,was dispensed with. There was presented to the meeting a letter from i,br. Aiilliiam R. Perkins to the President of'the Company,, reading as follows: Mr. H. A. Kent, President, P. Lorillard Company, 119' West 40th Street,, New York City. April 1, 1942. Dear Sir: Effective today, myself,, Mr. Freeman J'. Daniels, and my son, Thomas L. Perkins, who have been associated with me for some while in my law practice, are form~~ing,a firm under the name of PERKINS,, DANIELS & PERKINS, and I trust it will be entirely agreeable to continue in that form my representation of the Lorillard Company, which has existed so pleasantly for so many years. With all good wishes to you and the Company, and my kindest personal regards, I am Sincerely yours,. (Sgd: W. R. Perkins) After consideration thereof,, on motion of Mr. Kent,, seconded by Mr. Hopewell, it was unanimousl~y RESOLVED: That the legal representation of this Compazyby, ;d'r. . William R. Perkins be hereafter continued by his firm, Perkins, Daniels & Perk:iins,, on the same terms as heretofore. On motion of Mr. YhThitefield, seconded by Pdr. Halley, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the action of'the President and the Treasurer of this Company in borrowing, on riiarch 30, 1942, on behalf of this Company from Guaranty Trust Company of New York, 14& Broadway, New Yorlt. City,, the sum of Five Hund,red. Thousand Dollars ($500,,000)' and in executing, and d,eliver3ing, in the name of th3is. Company its promissory note evidencing saididebt, bearing,sa3d date and payable

52' at said'bank sixty (60) days from said date, with interest at the rate of'l1~ per annum from said date, be and the same hereby is in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed. Un motion of Mr. Halley, seconded by Mr. Bowline7 it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the employment of Robert F. Wict4aunhton as clerk in the Sales Ledger Dept. of the Nev~7~ork Office, at a salary at the rate of z~30 per week, effective Warch 23, 1942, be and the same hereby is in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed. On motion of Mr. Halley, seconded by Mr. Keel,, it was unanimously 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 W.J. Halley, Vice-President, be and' the same hereby are in all respects approved„ ratified, and confirmed: At the rate of: Effective: Robert Hi]llis McHale Jr. $20 per week 3/30/42 Robert Shelby DeHart 20 n n It Willard Wesley BrownI Re1.ph Hamilton Boyer Samuel Warren Winters Edward Thompson Steen Stanley Lawton Linn 20 u 20 n 25 u 30 n 23'n n n n n n. n ~r m n 4/6/42 Harold Edward Weiss 25 n n n Edward Elliott Sweetser 25 "' "' "' Lawrence Edward Cornell 25 tr n ,n Eugene Maynard Harrison 25 n n 4/13/42 unanimously as shown below opposite their respective names, be and the same hereby are in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed: On~motion~of Mr.~Hop~ewel]l, seconded by~Mr~.~Driscoll,, it was RESOLVED: That the following increases in salary of salesmen,. Grant ErminIRafferty From. the rate of: To the rate of: $25. per week $28 per week Effective: 3/30/42 Kenneth Gandy King 20 n n 23 n n, 4/6/42 Roly HansfordStephenson 20 n n 23 n n n Lester Dwight Moran 25 rr n 28' u n n Robert Thornton Denham 25 m n 28 n n n Adrian W. ZThlein 28 n n 30 n n iT On motion of' Mr. H'alley, seconded by Mr. Bowling, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the following increases in salary of employees, as shown below, be andithe same hereby are in all respects approved, ratified, andd confirmed: Danville Leaf' Dept. R. R. Patterson Fromithe rate of: $17, 000 1per annum To the rate of: $18,000 per annum Effective: L;,/]i/42 Kentucky Leaf Dept. I.H. Peak 11,000' u n 12,000 ° n n H.D. Seeley 3y900 '° u /~,400 11 n m Louisville Branch Ji.J. Blackna]ll: 7,500, "' n Sy500 n It n bss"7s0`31.

ld Br h Old G From the rate of:. To the rate of : Effecti~ ~ o anc E.I. Yahle $7,500 per annum. $5,,500 per annum 4/1/4,2 . J . R. McDermott 4,100 ~t rr 4,,600 ra n rr Ndiddletoyan Branch. A.,d. Cheek Jr. 6,000 n n 7,000 " n a R . W. Bowman 6,000 n n 6,, 5C0 r, n n E.A. Stahl 3,300 n n 3,,500 r, n r, A. LaFayette n 3,400 3,600 " Albert M. Kincaid. 44 per week 46 per week 4/6/42 Lawrence L. Lenharr 41 " n. 43 "' n rr Russell E. DeBo]:t 36 " n 40 n. n1 n Edward P. Hahni 48 50r, ,r. ,1 Stanley Clark n 41 n 43 n It n Tom D. Snyder n 44 „ 46 „ n n Miss Mary L. &cChesney rr 30 r 33 r, „ Arthur J. Schneider 45 „ rr 48 r, rr'. Miss Frances I. Lickert. 31 " rr. 33 rr "1 rr Regina G. Flynn 27.50I~ per week~ 29 ,r rc n n Alice M. Fishbaugh 23 . 25 u'. 25 ° H ti „ Clara B. Jordan 23.25 11 r,. 25 „ n T, Mrs. Lucille N. Hart 21 per week 24 n n n Miss Katherine Duncan. 21 n n 24 u n n m May A. Kznapp 26.50 per week 29 n Mrs. Jane.E'. Leslie. 22 per week 24 Miss He1en,Mi. Murphy 22 n r, 24, rr n u Mrs. Amanda Y. Tymon. 26 " n 27 „ n 4/2/42 " Bertie C. Moore. 23 n n 25, u n, n m Margaret M. Hutchinson n 23' 25 r, „ If Oscar E. Sponsel 39 rr n 42 n n n William A. Greenf i eld 44 n 47' r, n o Marshall Corson 591.50 per week. 62 " n n John W. Busseer 66 per week •70, rr u n. Edward Rl. Fogarty 55, n rr 60, rr n n. Marvin T. McKoy 30.25 per week 33 n u n Miss Ruth A. Nelson 27'.50 " m 30 n n n On motion of Mr. Bowling,, seconded by Mr. Hepewell, the following ad- vertfis:iing expenditures were in all respects approved„ ratified, andi confirmed: Contract dated March 6, 1942 for aipage advertisement of Company products in program published and for tickets in connection with the 14th Annua]~~: Smoker on April 23, 1942'of the Chicago Cigar,, Tobacco & Cigarette Salesmen"s Uniony at a cost of $125. Estimates of J. Walter Thompson Company: as follovrs : #64 Supplement B d'ated'Ndarch 23, 1942 covering radio advertising of OLD GOLD Cigar- ettes in connection with the OLD~GOLD Radio Variety Show, April 3 through tipril 24, 1942, at a cost of 947,874.24. #64 Supplement C dated _Ma.rch 25,, 1942 ' for additional expenditure. of' $900 in connec- tion with broadcast of the OLD GOLD'Radio Variety Show from Camp Haan on hlarch 27,. 1942. #78 dated March 24, 1942 covering radio advertising of'OLD'GOLD'Cigarettes over Station WGN,, Chicago,, Illinois, April 13'through September 30, 1942, at a cost of $1.46,,153'-56. On motion of Mr. WYiitefield,, seconded by Mr. Driscoll, it was unanzmoush,y

54 RESOLVED: That this Company contribute to the Navy Relief Society the sum of' ro1,5G0'. on motion duly made and seconded,, the meeting adf ournedi., /?, Secretary