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Show r, y 4 11 I iiiiiiiiii' i V'Mdh 'V' WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Featurca-WNU Service.) NEW YORK. "Incentive compensation," com-pensation," frequently cited as the sparkplug of business in the gutter's gut-ter's resistance to governmental intrusion, in-trusion, Is Cash Incentive narrowed Is 'Spark-Plug' down to an - intra - mural For Executive engagement in George W. Hill's argument with certain stockholders of the American Ameri-can Tobacco company, of which he j is president. He fights a resolution to reduce the profit percentage bonuses of the five top officials of the company, and says, "I cannot. ! with self-respect, continue in the , company if a decision is made i which I must regard as a ropudia- , tion of proved successful policies." . In the depression year of 1020, Mr. Hill funned up sales to a figure I which yielded him $2,283,003 for his ; year's work. In 1923, his was the top salary of American executives $331,343, in addition to his bonus, j He did nicely in the years between, and reminds his stockholders that, during the 14 years of his presidency, presi-dency, the company paid JC'AC'.O.-131 JC'AC'.O.-131 in dividends and increased its surplus. He thinks rr.ar.aerr.e:.i like that needs "incentive." If it comes to a strike, it won't be a sitduwn strike. 15.11 never I I kes to sit do wn if he can help i it His staff discovered that when i he was pioneering rod.o a dvcrlis.r.g j with his personally jur.crv.sed it-j it-j chestra in which he ran reheanali I and whipped up a terr.r.c r-i.ee. He tim put a fast tap-danrr j tempo into his promotionil i work, and has fu-lded more hot advertising nlo:in thin probably prob-ably any mau In the bu-inr. Several of the mo-t famou and durable arr his. He i a rather small, ood-looking man uilh a vivid personality, highly corr-cixed. corr-cixed. the Daniel Iloonc of nrw salef Idras. :.:r. n.:i ;.$ cr.-.d-.i.-.t.-j fr.m v.-.:- s cilijp, ; .1 the Arr.er.can Tobacco ccrr.p.iny in :: a.-. 4 t-. came pres i.i. :n Doo cr. juccci his father, the I.. to ir- c.val S. li.il. nHlS c .ir.rr hearJ an a:,: .:r.r: the ether day bilunn a r.i.i.j '.echn.cian an 4 an a:r.atr-.:r i c. !o-i:.st !o-i:.st The raj. a mart sa.4 .'.. r.cw ( modulated, ir ita'.icloi rad.o. J i S'ew Radio Idea uVurrVran Has Possibilitirs frre air f , r For a 'Free-Air' ,h? rc ; that it w:4 provide space f. r all c, :.-., r tj ay '.heir say, that r.o v-rr rr.rr.t cr wavc-tand n-.oiu p co.ih! lU ck it. ; and that It marked a trrmr:-. .! gam f-r free speech. The . c. , !Kit ai4 the innovation cai-.-.e at a :timc when the air was Uaord with international snarl ar.J wh.r.c. worse than static. Kor tood or 111. II U MJ. I d-ln d-ln V. Arm.lronc, Columbia professor, who brine In the rhancc. Morc u,an ;9 Jrin "f. bark In U10 dar ( the rat a wliklrr and crystal ,-t, ho ha been crowding- the future with new radio device. Warn are apparently proplil,.n for ht I InrcnUve Plrlt In t,P World i war, wc rouldn l catch (Irrman ' f'tnals. Hc rautht them, wlih 1 rlE which brouxht r,c (,p mirM-r-hrtrrodnc. and other fK-ltiK fK-ltiK which led him Into , vrar leSa i,a,Mc ,, , rc dp I "rest. Ho , hayloft radio experimenter, and ha brr a professor of rncl,,ccrlnc al Co. Imiihla ulnee 1P.H. This writer drive, by hi, Erra, s eel tower rn the cliff, M Alpin. M. J.. on w hich he staked J.VO (wi !' l-ring ,hrml.h today. frr,J;ir;u.T m.Hlu.a,,.,,. We never tindCs,, ".' ,bll(- with red lich , uilht to warn RvU.r,, u . U.an look of the "shape of ,hit, to come. 1 AOK.KIX,, CAKKOl.T.. v,o 1 1 moving pU.Ul,0 l:i,ck fn"" 1:"-Pe rxvrr.smsllr'"! concern over the faot th at 1, "".lind .be V:VntrZr con , ,,, A! nolh,( : Ms." Carroll organired n ,, , . t.-fulo for distress,, I ron " he - -"I;,;; n,l girl, f ' " r Xp wh"''' i'--Mt;;' l 'be Universe J y '". V ' rn' h ''-.'.land, where hr f, ','nU,;h"'"-l'iifrs,r. ','nU,;h"'"-l'iifrs,r. She ,a , . . - ,V"" " pM.V cheok of 1" "() .., ! ,,vh hrr "' St - ..v for ,o' ":;; " " ''nnpanv. B j , J""" '' '"'be,', cV",' ; " "- ' ''. "'"Ib-n. Later ,H,rr ';' '"''bsb -- be InlBI, .lu "" fid.- ""p " w, .;': rn-. |
