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170 March 10, 1943 A regwlar meeting of the Executive Committee of P. Lorillard was held today at the office of the Company„ 1719 VYest 40th Street, City.. There were present Messrs.: G. H. Hummel H. A. Kent G. D. Rlhitefield. E. S. Bowling W. J. Halley J. S. Freeman F. Hopewell J. T. Keel J. A. Glascock Todd Wool Company N'ew York. Mr. Hummel,, Chairman,, presided and the Secretaryr acted! as Secretary of the meeting. On motion duly made and seconded, the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with. On motion of Mr. Keel, seconded by r~'ar. Hopewell, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the following employments of salesmen, as listed!be.- low, with the authorization of the Sales Deptd and the approval of G.D. Whitefield, Dcecutive 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: Henry Bruce Welch $25 per week 3/g/43~ Ernest Newton Matthews 25, Andrew Junior Amerine 25 " " 3/15/43 Anna V. Knutsen (Whse. Clerk) 20 " " 3/4/43' On motion of' Mr. Freeman, seconded byrMr. Kent, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the increase in salary of' Mrs. Florence heal,, pro- moted to Timekeeper in the Smok:ing, Dept. at the Middletown Branch,, from 53a¢ per hour to $23.40 per week, effective March 11, 1943, be andi the same. hereby is in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed. On motion of Mr. Halley, seconded by Bdr. Freeman, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the employment of Miss Pearl Leichter as National Machine Operator at the New York Offiee,,at a salary at the rate of $30 per week, effective March 3, 1943, be and the same hereby is in all respectsa approved, ratified',, and confirmed. On motion of'M'r. Halley, seconded by Mr. Hopewell, the following ad- vertising expenditures were in all respects approved, ratifiedy, and confirmed: Contract dated February 25, 1943'with Circus Publishing,Company covering ad- vertising, of Company products in the Official Magazine and! Digest of Ring- ling,Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Cixcus, durzng the 1943 season, at a cost of $2,000. Contract dated March 1, 1943 withiDavis Outdoor Ad!vertising Company,, Detroit, Mich., covering posting of 101additional 3-sheet panells in F'1int, Mich., ad- vertising, BEECH-NUT C'hewing, Tobacco, Uarch 1 throughiDecember 31, 1943, at aa cost of'$2.25 per panel per month, under terms and conditions set f'orth in contracts dated! April 22, May 12 and August 11, 1942. SSG7G209

Supplement ddted'Niarch 1, 1943 to contract dated April 17, 1942 wwith Morton Outdoor Advertising Company, Baltimore, Md.,, covering posting of lll additional 3-sheet panels advertising BEECH-NI7T Chewing Tobacco, under terms and conditions set out in~ said' contract dated April 17', 1943 • On motion of'Mr. Bowling, seconded by Mr. Freeman, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That this Company contribute to the American Red Cross the sum of $10,000 to be allocated between the New York Office and the various branches of the Company on such basis as the proper Officers of the Company may determine. On motion dully made and seconded, the meeting adjourned. awe Secretary