Show Per Year Might Hire Eleven Of Foremost U. U S. S Business Executives i ij j 1 31 Li Crawford NEW V YORK Aug 3 How 3 How would you like to hire some high powered executive ability to put your business business busi buM ness on its it feet next year Well you might get 11 U of the greatest executives in the country by ay offering a salary substantially above for the year At least that's what you'd have to offer if It these 1 11 ii men are doing as well as they did in 1934 as indicated indicated indi indi- by figures compiled by the securities and exchange commission In n Washington That's one of the Byproducts of the S SEC It EC-It it compiles figures showing the compensation paid to highly valued officers of great corporations For 1934 at least 11 men each re received received xe- xe compensation of a year or r more total more total compensation of the 11 was above according according ac ac- c- c cording to the S SEe SEC E C figures First of these is T. T J. J Watson whose income in salary and from several other sources mounted to the neat total of ot Hes He's president of the International Budness BusIness Business Busi Bud ness Machines corporation the vast agglomeration which manufactures computing bookkeeping and similar similar simi Mini lar lax machinery in a half hal dozen countries coun coun tries Then come Charles M. M Schwab and G. G G. G Crawford with a clean quarter million apiece Schwab is well known as chairman of the S I T. T J. J Watson Vatson Bethlehem Steel corporation whose plants dot New Jersey and Dela Dela- ware But Crawford H Hes He's s 's another another another an an- other steel man president of the Jones Laughlin Ste Steel l corporation Close behind these steel men comes W. W S. S Gifford who is re renowned renowned re- re as president of at the American American Amer Amex ican Telephone and T Telegraph com corn pany For running practically all the tho nations nation's telephone lines Mr Gifford drew down Philip came next in inline line Uno with line with a little matter of Never heard of him Hes He's president president president dent and general manager of at Best Co a big New cw York department store with several branches Nicely over the mark with was Fran Francis FrantIs ls B. B Davis Dayis Jr chair- chair c 74 Schwab Gifford man of the board and president of ol the the U. U S. S Rubber company one of ol the big four our of rubber rubber And close behind him was wu E E. G. G with witha a stipend of ot Didn't I recognize President of the Standard Oil company of at In In- diana During this hot weather you arc arcIn arcin arcin in a a. position to appreciate the salary paid in 1934 to R. R V. W. Woodruff Hes He's president of at the Cola Coca-Cola company Just under the tho wire with apiece came three more executives V. W. A A. Fairburn S. S I. I L. L Avery and W. W E. E Levis What Didn't know IW them either Fairburn is president of the Diamond Diamond Dia- Dia mond Match company which also makes toothpicks clothespins am and golf tees Avery Is chairman and president of Ward Montgomery-Ward th the big mail order house And Levis i is president and general manager o othe of the Owens Illinois Glass company I which has done especially well with bottles since repeal I Figures are not available on on compensation com corn of these men for the year yea 1935 But most of at these companies companie are doing at least as well and several several several sev sev- eral better than last year and th the chances are that it will cost you a aleast at least the sums above to hire th the highest priced executive talent in America 5 S Woodruff Fairburn Levis Avery Davis |