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198 May 1,'-', 194'3 A regular meeting of the Executive Committee of P. Lorillard Company was held today at the office of the Company,, 119 Viest 4C-th Street, New York City. There were present iviessrs.: C. H. rIummel H. G. E. W'. A. D. S. J. Kent Whitefield Bowling' Halley F. Ho-pewell H. F. Temple Todd Wool Mr. HuumrneT, Chairman„ presided and.the Secretary 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. Temple, seconded. by Mr. Bowling, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the following emplo;;rments of salesmen, as listed below,, with the authorization of the Sales Dept. andithe approval of G.D. Whitefield,, Executive Vice-Yresident, and W.J. Halley, Vice-President, be and the same hereby are in all respects approved,, ratified', andconfirmed: At the rate of: Effective:~ WilliamLeo Knoll $25 per week 5/10/43 i3oy ijigham Arnold 25 rr rr. " Don Charles Rayle 25," n " William C. 4Yhitmire Jr. 25 Samuel Lewi s Chandler 28I Miss Mary Teresa Austin 35 " er n On motion of uur. Halley, seconded by &r. Hopewell, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the following increase in salary of salesmen, being incident to the terms of'wage agreements or to established.wage rate sche- dule& covering,work assignments and'.in operation of an: established plan of wage increases based upon length of service, be andithe same hereby: are inn all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed: From the rate of: To the rate of: Effective: Ollie John Antonelli V5 per week $28 per week 5/17/43 Chester Miller Johnson 25 r, r, 28 o it r, Derald' Jacob Eshelman 25' " " 28! , n~ rr " Billie Snider 25, n n 28: it George Donavon Uenees 25 't n 28 , rr r, rr Frank Ward Schumpert 28' n " 30 n " n Dave Robert Jones 28', n " 30 Ernest Joseph Speziale 28 30, ~r rr " Daniel Talmadge Sturkie, 28 n n 30, n n " Richard ti.nslem Barley 28I r' n 30' rr n " On motion of Mr. Halley, seconded by Ur. Hopewell, the following adver- tising expenditures were in all respects approaed„ rat3fied.,, and confirmed:. Contract dated May 4, 1943 eovering,advrertising of OLD GOLD Cigarettes and FRIENDS Smoking Tobacco through participation in the 20th Annualikattis Plan Merchandising Campaign conducted in the Philadelphia Record,, Philadelphia, Pa.,, at a cost of $71,775 • 68G762,4'2 Estimate #4-A of'Lennen & Mitchell Inc. dated Apri1 29, 1943 coveri:ng.rad3io

advertising, of" FRIENDS Tobacco over Station ;'XAE, Pittsburgh,, pa., May 10: through August 5, 190, at a cost of $1,591.2C. The Secretary laid bef ore the rueeting l.ease dated November 1, 1942 to the United States of'America of this Comcanyl's two-story building knovm as the Grane Warehouse, located at Calumet and ha.mneck Streets, Middletown, Ohioy from October l, 19J.,.2' to~ June 30, 1943, at a monthly rental of $1,666.66, with options to the Government to~renew this lease at the same rental for various periods up to but not after six months after the termination of' the War, provided~notice in Kr:iting is given to this Company by the Government of its intention to renew thirty days prior to any expiration date; which Onimotion of' Mf. Kent, seconded by Mr. Temple, was in all respects approved, ratified!,, and confirmed. Onimotioniduly made and seeonded,, the meeting adjourned'. Secretary