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378' Febiui~.ry 28, 19'w5 A regular meeting , of t'Ie W)I_ecutive ;,ommittee of P. Lorillaro :,ompany was held touay at the ofi'ice of the Com,:,any, 119 :;est 40th Street, iveV: York :.ity. There : ere ::r~sent *,qessrs. : H. A. Kent G. D. Whitefield ,,.:J. Halley J. '" D. Freeman F. i-Iope*•rell H.F. Temnle ^.L. Perkins, Assistant Secretary I'n~ the absence of' A~m. iiumniel, Chairman, i;jr. Kent, President, :,rzsiciea, and the Assistant Secr° t.ry - ctedd as Secrete.-~~j of the meeting. On motion c:uZy made and seconded, the rF<<ding, of the minutes of the previous' meeting was dispenseci lrith. On motion of ~'ir. Freeman, seconded by I.ir. Hopewell, it G+as unanimously RESOLVED: That 2iidnufactur.ers Trust :.ompany, 55 Broad Street, P.evr Yprk City, Ni.y.,, be and it is liereby designated as a depositary for the funds of' the Company. FJRTH.EFt' R'ESOLVED: Tlia u all checks drawn against any of the funds of' the Company on deposit with ,danufacturers Trust Company shall bear the signa- tures of any two of' the following: Hi., A. G'. D. E. SI. LKent M-itef ieZd Bowling, Pre sident Executive Vice-President Vice-President Todd Woo1! Vice-President & Secretary 51i. J. Halley Vice-President & Treasurer J. L. S'. E. Freeman, Clemens Vice-President Asst. Secretary & Asst. Treasurer in conjunction1with each other,or any one of the f'oregoing, in conjunction with any one of' the folloLr,in~, provided that when the amount of' the check does not exceed ;;25y,000 the same may be signed by any two of the three imme- diate following,w2thout conjunetion with any of'the foregoing: E. E. F. C-. J. H. Hunter Kelly Weiske Asst. Auditor ,t ,t Cashier and provided further that when the amount of the check does not exceed $10',OJO' it may be signed by any one of the follo;-:ing in conjunction with any one of' the foz•egoinb, or by any two of' the following without conjunc- tion with any of'the foregoing:. H. F. Barning, G. H. Slater A. C. Nuber On motion of' Mr. '+ihitefield, seconded by Mr. Freeman,, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That the employment of Ralph~ E'.H. Blomeley, as Chief Engineer,. s%7s4z2. - -

3'79' at a sa'inr, y o':'a2,o0J per annum, efiective February 26, ly-5, be and the same hereby is in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed.. on motion of Mr. Hopewell,, seconded by 11ir. Temple,, it v;as unanimously RESOLVED: That the reinstatement of ^obert iA<,;:rcus ';;e:oster, Salesman, at a sal ry at the rate of w37' per week, effective Februury~ 26, 19.~,5, °;ithi the authori- zution of the Sales Dept. and the ap-roval of G,T". V,°'nitefield, beecutive Vice- President, and 11ii.J. 11alley, Vice-Presicie1li,, ~e ar.c t: e same :~ ~eby is in all rus;uects approved, re:ti:fsed, ane! cori,firmedf on motion of Mr. Freeman, seconded by Mr. Y:hitefiel,3, it was unanimously PESOLVEDe That the following increases in salary of Assistant Sales Ma_''lU-urs ' and FielCl: -Idn8.'sei's', beif';~ in accordance L1ifiT Sal'c:'_",jr~ rate schedule in effect on and p rior to October 3, 1942, and oeing inc;iviciual merit increases in operation of'an established plan of saiary increases based upon merit and/or lenoth of service within established salary rate r.anges, be and the same hereby are in all respects approved, ratified, and'confirmed'; From the rate of :', To the rate of: Effective: H.F. Temple y 13,,500 per annum 41.4,,500 per annum 3/1/45 L. Gruber 10,500 u n 11, 500 " It m G. W. Berkley 9,500 „ 10,500 n f, rr 4i;.J. 0'Meara 8',,500 "' F, „ n 9,000 n J.J. 0""Vonnor rr 8,,500 n 9, 5UU n u' n J.J. A.I. McNeish C'orby 7,400 '~ 7',200" , n 8,000 7,700' P.E. uheney 6,500 „ 7, 0000 n', ,r n H.E. Gercken 6,000 '~ 6,5100, k. L. Dzon. 5,500 T' 6,ouo V,~. Perry 5,500 „ n 6, OUV' n n' n' C.A. Gheen 5,000 n. „ 5,500 E.J. Rohmer ° 5,000 n 5,5UJ n n It P'.adL Franks 4,500, ,~ n 5,000 „ „ It On motion of' expenditures were. Mr. Hppewell,, seconded by P;tr. Temple, the following advertising in all respects approved, ratified, and confirmed: Estimates of Lennen & Mitchell Inc. as' follows: ;~13' Supplemental B datedl February 13, 19L,5,, covering, radio advertising of OLD GOLD Cigarettes over Stations PJEST, Easton, Pa., and 1;AZL, Hazelton,, Pa., May 6 through July 8, 1945, at a cost of ~:445.5U. n113 Supplemental C dated February 13, 194,5 covei~-ing' radio advertising of OLD' GOLD Cigarettes over Stations ViENY, Elmira, N.Y., and ~c?FBO„ Cumberland, Md., March 4 t:nrouL~h July 8, 1945, at a cost of f;1,o15•74• On motion of Mr. Freeman, seconded by ;.r. riope-well, it was unanimously RESOLVED: That this Company coatribute the sum of q 5,,0:1O to the Y'oung M!en"s' Ghristian Association„ Jersey City, i:e-w Jersey. On motion duly maae and second'ed, the meeting adjourned. Assistant Secretary i ses'7s4z3