Kodak Magazine; Vol21, No. 2; Feb. 1942
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" TIME WAS " By A rthur Young, Hawk-Eye Works IN THIS ISSUE Lincoln Speaks to His People Page 1 Announcing Kodacolor Page 8 His words will be long remembered I n vivid pictures, text For Kodak Men in the Armed Forces P age 2 The Editor's Page Page 10 Company policies described in brief The thirtieth wage dividend Tenite's on Active Service Too Page 2 How Giant Cameras Aid War Work Page 11 H erewith, an example f rom many Photography aids plane production Kodak Plant Makes Aiming Circles Page 3 Snapped at Sales Convention Page 12 And the camera tells the story A page of informal pictures Panorama Page 4 In the Armed Forces Page 13 Starts with a close-up The second roll of Kodak employees The Emphasis Is on Waste Control Page 5 Activities In and Around the Plants P age 14 Get the most out of everything Notes from the recreation clubs Seven Stores Reach 40-Year Mark Page 6 Teaching Films Enter a New Field Page 15 as do twelve Store men Prove valuable aid in ordnance manufacture Star Sells for Uncle Sam Page 7 Out of the Hat Page 16 M iss Lamour on Def ense Bonds tour Mink raiser Copyright , 1942, by the Eastman Kodak Company Trade-Mark KoDAK R egistered United States P atent Office Volume 21 FEBRUARY 1942 Number 2 Lincoln Speaks to His People IT DOES NOT SEEM too much of these States and the to say that in all history, liberties of this people shall no other man ever earned a be lost, it is but little to respect and an affection so any one man of fifty-two universal as did our coun- years of age, but a great try's martyred president, deal to the thirty millions Abraham Lincoln. His rug- of people who inhabit these ged simplicity, his unwav- United States, and to their ering honesty, and his posterity in all coming time. courageous devotion to the It is your business to rise up principles of righteousness and preserve the Union and gave him a stature that liberty for yourselves, and may well cast its benevolent not for me. I appeal to you influence over the affairs of again to constantly bear in men for centuries to come. mind that not with poli- ticians, not with presidents, Speaking in Columbus, Ohio, not with office-seekers, but on September 16th, 1859, with you, is the question: Lincoln declared: Sh'all the Union and shall the liberties of this country I believe there is a gen- be preserved to the latest uine popular sovereignty. generations? I think a definition of genuine popular sovereign- Speaking at Albany on Feb- ty, in the abstract, would ruary 18th, 1861, Lincoln be about this: That each man shall do precisely as he suggests the true significance pleases with himself, and of political parties : with all those things that In this country, and in exclusively concern him. Ap- any country where freedom plied to government, this of thought is tolerated, principle should be, that a citizens attach themselves general government shall to political parties. It is but do all those things which an ordinary degree of char- pertain to it, and all the ity to attribute this act to From negative presented to New York Public Library by Mr. Robert Bruce local governments shall do the supposition that in thus precisely as they please in respect to us, nor frightened from it by menaces attaching themselves to the various those matters which exclusively con- of destruction to the government, nor parties, each man in his own judg- cern them. I understand that this of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have ment supposes he thereby best ad- government of the United States, faith that right makes might, and in vances the interests of the whole under which we live, is based upon that faith let us to the end dare to country. And when an election is this principle. do our duty as we understand it. past, it is altogether befitting a free people . that, until the next In his famous Cooper Union address Following his election to the presi- election, they should be one people. on February 27th, 1860, Lincoln dency, Lincoln spoke to the people In his first inaugural address, March submitted a creed for free and honor- of Indianapolis: 4th, 1861, Lincoln said: able men: ... And I want you to remember, By the frame of the government Neither let us be slandered from now and forever, that it is your busi- under which we live, this same people our duty by false accusations against ness and not mine; that if the union (Continued on paae 16) Page 2 K 0 D A K For Kodak Men in the Armed Forces Company Policies Relating To and the Company will, of course, duty will be allowed wages in lieu of Employees on Active Service comply with the Federal statutes vacation, provided that six months dealing with re-employment. Are Here Described in Brief have elapsed since his last vacation and that he has not taken a vacation Continuous Service MANY HUNDREDS of Kodak employees within the calendar year in which he have already volunteered or been The same rules for determining is called to duty. Upon re-employ- selected for military service. Many benefits that now apply to leave of ment, reinstatement for all benefit more will undoubtedly follow them absence will govern those leaving for coverage will be made immediately in the months to come. The Company, military service, that is, reinstate- on the basis of continuous service. reflecting its continued interest in ment upon prompt application and Employees in military service will, the welfare of these men, has formu- re-employment after discharge from if otherwise eligible, participate in lated certain policies to serve as a military duty without any break in any wage dividend which may be guide to its future relationship with Company service. Time on military declared on the basis provided by the employees who have left to serve duty will be counted in computing regulations set forth in the Employees' their country. In the belief that every length of service after employment. Guidebook. Since the Company pays Kodak employee will be interested in This rule will be used in determin- no wages during the period of military learning the general nature of these ing eligibility of the returning em- service, there are no additions to policies, a summary of the plan is ployee for all benefits, such as wage annuity credits during the period, presented here. Individual notices dividend, sickness allowance, vaca- but credit for the entire time will be are given all employees when they tion, insurance, disability, and an- given in calculating length of service leave for service. nuity. His wage dividends and for annuity eligibility. annuities will, of course, continue to Insurance Re-employment be based on his actual earnings with the Company. At the close of World War I, the Group life insurance and total-and- permanent disability benefits will be Company made every effort to re- Benefit Coverage continued for a period of four months instate in active employment on the While no sick-benefit payments or after an employee leaves for military same or comparable jobs all employ- vacations will be provided for em- service. After this period, the Com- ees who applied for re-employment ployees while on military service, an pany will assist employees with after demobilization. This policy will employee who is eligible for vacation respect to the National Service Life be followed after the present war; at the time of leaving for military Insurance available to men in service, by reimbursing them for premiums paid by them for a period of ten Tenite's on Active Service Too months for an amount of National Life Insurance equivalent to the amount of group insurance for which they were covered during the first four months of military service. Such reimbursement will be made upon the employee's application following discharge from military duty. Financial Allowances Employees receive a bonus of two weeks' full pay if they have completed six months but less than a year of continuous service, and four weeks' pay if they have completed a year's continuous service. These allowances are included in earnings for benefit purposes. Though it expects that the policies outlined here will continue for the duration, the Company necessarily reserves the right to modify them should circumstances so require. Should any changes be made, how- Tenite handles fo r the troops' toothbrushes: they are produced in multicavity molds by the iniection proc- ever, they will not affect employees ess, require only a few seconds fo r completion. Many other Tenite products are on active service today previously called to military duty. K 0 D A K Page 3 Kodak Plant Makes Aiming Circles Page 4 K 0 D A K Close-Up finder as the lens, and peering down Further Explanation at the lens as if it were the finder! A SUGGESTION received recently asks WILLIAM (BILL) WEsTON, of the Naturally, the pictures resulted in a us to reconcile our advising early Eastman Kodak Stores, Lincoln, close-up of the face of the person preparation of Federal income-tax Nebraska, was mulling over this and taking them. that the other day when he happened returns (see January KoDAK, page 6) to remember the Strange Case of the Composite Soldier with the fact that employees will not Lady and the Brownie Reflex. receive their earnings statements A lady approached the counter, THE AVERAGE YOUNG MAN starting from the Company until the week of relates Bill , with a Reflex in one hand service in the United States Army February 23rd.