Convairiety, Volume 13, Number 2, January 20, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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Fort Worth and
Daingerfield
EDITION
Fort Worth news office:
ext. 2961; Daingerfield news
office: ext. 424
SAN DIEGO, POMONA, ANTELOPE VALLEY, VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF.
AFMTC, CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA., FORT WORTH, TEX.
Twenty-Five Qualified
For President's Award
With $2 Million Saving
Twenty-five Convair FW sal-
aried employees who racked up
a total of over $2 million in in-
stalled savings during 1959 are
eligible for the annual President’s
Award.
The 1959 candidates contri-
buted 40 installed suggestions,
which totaled about 60 per cent
of this year’s total savings, ac-
cording to M. J. Scott of sugges-
tions.
Those eligible, with department
numbers, are: H. L. Bomar, 81;
B. H. Brown Jr., 19-3; L. T.
Clark, 29-2; R. E. Davis, 55; A.
R. Dixson, 22-1; C. W. Doyle Jr.,
22-2; T. E. Eccles, 19; J. R.
Ewen Sr., 27-5; R. D. Ferguson,
28.
C. G. Gilliam, 81; M. J. Grace,
29-3; D. Green, 22-4; 0. E. Gry-
der, 58; J. H. Herbert, 6-5; A. H.
James, 82; R. P. Johnston, 22;
R. B. Lanyon, 24-4; W. B. Long,
7-2; P. S. Newsom, 27; E. B.
Palmer, 6-4; R. B. Ramsey, 58;
E. J. Roberts, 25-5.
R. R. Tompkins, 4-1; T. P.
Vrotsos, 6; and M. Weinstein,
24-1.
“Both the number and quality
of this year’s CIPs were out-
standing,” Scott said. “The re-
vamping of our suggestions pro-
gram early this year, plus the
highly successful ‘Ideas to Esen-
wein ’ campaign undoubtedly
created added interest.
“In addition we feel that the
jewelry and certificate awards
added this year caused our peo-
ple to become even more aware
that their suggestions are gen-
uinely appreciated.”
Quality of this year’s sugges-
tions is attested by the fact that
six employees submitted ideas
netting over $100,000 each in in-
stalled savings.
The number of eligible candi-
dates this year is second only
to the number in 1956, when 27
qualified for the honor.
“It is interesting to note that
L. T. Clark, one of this year’s
candidates, was also a candidate
in 1954, first year the award was
presented,” Scott said.
Customarily, the winner is an-
nounced at the Management Club
meeting in March. The president
of Convair usually presents the
awards, which include an en-
graved trophy, a gift not to ex-
ceed $250 in value, and a certifi-
cate of commendation from the
president.
To be eligible for the Presi-
dent’s Award, a salaried em-
ployee must have netted installed
savings of over $25,000 during
the year.
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CANDIDATES
959
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H. L 80MAR
B H. BROWN ,
L T CLARK
R £. DAVIS
A R. DIXSON
C. W DOYLE . JR.
T E ECCLES
J R. EWEN , SR
R D FERGUSON
C G GILLIAM
M J GRACE
D GREEN
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81
19-3
29'2
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22-4
WEINSTEIN
TOSS UP—M. J. Scott, right, of suggestions quizzically presents
list of 25 candidates who have qualified for 1959 President’s
Award. Pointing out candidates is T. F. Paniszczyn, Dept. 6-1, last
year’s winner.
Aircraft Requirement
Cut by Missile Boom
(Shortened slightly to meet space requirements, following is a
year-end statement from Gen. Orval R. Cook, USAF (Ret.), president
of Aerospace Industries Association, in which he gives his views on
the future of aerospace companies.)
The year 1959 was marked
by significant changes in the
aerospace industry, its structure,
composition and field of activity
as the result of the continuing
progress made in air and space
science and technology. Although
these changes have been under
way for several years, they ex-
erted an especially acute impact
on the industry’s activities dur-
ing the past year.
Two national policy determin-
ations have been the major fac-
tors causing these changes. First
is the increasingly prominent
role played by high performance
guided missiles in our defense
weapons inventories with a con-
current reduction in aircraft re-
quirements. Secondly has been
the determination to provide for
these new weapons, and at the
same time maintain an existing
offensive-defensive military or-
ganization under a relatively
fixed budgetary ceiling.
The impact of technological ad-
vance has resulted in reduced
weapons inventories and has
brought a shift from volume pro-
duction to precision fabrication
of very limited quantities.
One result of this is that
more and more companies are
competing for fewer and fewer
contracts. Another result is
that the need for an unprece-
dented degree of reliability in
components has made precision
fabrication more essential than
ever before. This requires an
extensive realignment of our
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MANAGERS MEET—Managers of Convair plants held two-day business meeting at Convair FW
Jan. 11 and 12. Shown left to right: C. F. Horne, Pomona; J. E. Arnold, Daingerfield; A. C. Esen-
wein, executive vice president; F. W. Davis, Convair FW; J. R. Dempsey, Astronautics; and B. F.
Coggan, Convair SD.
Increasing Competition Is Making
Economy of Growing Importance
“There never has been a time when cost reduction was more
important than it is now.”
Frank W. Davis stressed this fact in an appeal to Convair FW
people to “think and practice conservation every day” to make
our 1960 conservation program a success.
Davis said: “The progress we’ve made in the past three years
reflects our capability to reduce operating costs.
“But, as you know, the aircraft industry is becoming more
competitive every day. A plant will stay alive and provide jobs
only as long as its costs are lower than the competition’s.”
Davis added that our cost of operation will continue to go
down in 1960 if each employee looks for better and more economic
ways to do his job.
Quality Leader For 195? at FW
Will Be Announced Tomorrow
“Quality Leader of 1959,” a
title which possibly may be split
between Depts. 35 and 36 at Con-
vair Fort Worth, will be named
by B. G. Reed as a highlight of
21) Convair
on “Getting Oncken
People to Want To.”
Third event on the full meet-
ing schedule is installation of
new Management Club officers.
The annual quality leader
award goes to the department
which has won “Quality Leader
of the Month” award most times
during the year.
Dept. 35, plastics, under E. C.
Costantino, scored three wins in
1959, for a sure first place in
the year’s race. But moving up
rapidly is Dept. 36, special
projects, under J. B. Everheart.
Special projects has won two
monthly awards, and a win for
December would put them in a
tie with Dept. 35.
Quality leader awards are
based on percentage reduction of
scrap and rework losses. Dept.
35, in an all-out loss reduction
drive, improved 56 per cent in
monthly average dollar losses for
1959, in comparison with 1958
figures. This represents a sav-
ings of about $4,000 a month.
Their 65 per cent impi'ovement
in production hours lost in scrap
and rework represents the dif-
ference between 8.7 hours lost in
every 100 in 1958 and 3.1 per
100 hours lost in 1959.
Dept. 36 reduced monthly per
cent of production hours lost by
26 per cent. Dollar value of scrap
and rework losses in the depart-
ment has been reduced 36 per
cent. These figures are based
on a comparison of 1958 and
1959.
Oncken, the speaker for the
evening, is a widely known au-
thority on supervision, communi-
cations, motivation and personal
development. His Management
Club topic will deal with motiva-
tion at all levels of management.
He is now an adviser on man-
agement development at Alex-
ander Hamilton Institute and has
been a featured speaker on this
subject for the American Man-
agement Association.
Installation ceremonies will be
conducted by S. J. Middleton,
formerly a national NMA direc-
tor.
SURVIVAL CAPSULE
TESTING STARTED
IN LAKE ERIE COLD
Cold-weather testing of the
B-58 survival capsule was sched-
uled to begin Monday, Jan. 18.
Tests are being held at Marble-
head Point, near Clinton, Ohio,
in the icy waters of Lake Erie,
according to Gene Bledsoe of en-
gineering furnishings.
Bledsoe and Dr. Zane Gaut of
the medical section reported to
WADC headquarters last Satur-
day.
“We plan to put a dummy in
the capsule during the first three
days of the test,” Bledsoe said.
An Air Force volunteer will
then serve as “guinea pig” dur-
ing the final three days of test-
ing to determine what would hap-
pen to a B-58 survivor who had
to stay afloat in bone-chilling
waters for a period of time.
Forms W-2 Mailed
To FW*s Payroll
Withholding tax statements
(Form W-2) are being mailed
to Convair FW employees this
week.
“Forms are mailed alphabet-
ically,” said H. R. Bean, ac-
counting supervisor. “Most
should get them this week.
However, some may be de-
layed so we are asking em-
ployees to wait at least until
Feb. 1 before reporting fail-
ures to receive.”
QUALITY—Dept. 35, represented by E. C. Costantino, left, is
leading contender for “Quality Leader of Year” award, but J. B.
Everheart of Dept. 36 grasps part of plaque, since his department
still has chance to tie for top honor. Winner will be named at
January Management Club meeting.
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General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division. Convairiety, Volume 13, Number 2, January 20, 1960, periodical, January 20, 1960; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117949/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth.