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Show Over 500 Geneva Employees Share In Cash Awards More than 500 employees at U.S. Steel's Geneva Works "cashed "cash-ed in" on their ideas to the tune of over $20,500 last year by suggesting sug-gesting better ways to do their jobs. George A. Jedenoff, general superintendent of the big steel mill, said today that this is the largest amount ever paid in any one year since the money-for-ideas program was inaugurated at the plant in May, 1957. "This whopping new record for last year, in spite of the 116-day shutdown, brings the total money paid to Geneva Employees for suggestions to well over $40,000," Mr. Jedenoff said. According to a report released this week, 949 employees participated partic-ipated in 1959 by submitting over 2,000 ideas. Of these, 687 ideas were adopted and more than 700 are still under consideration. Since employees are paid for each worthwhile suggestion adopted, adop-ted, several "cashed in" by submitting sub-mitting more than one idea. Latest award winner at the plant is Keith L. Holman, Payson, a crane operator in the rolling mill, who recently received $286 for suggesting a new way to band steel plates on railroad flat cars. Mr. Holman is a threetime award winner and has several other suggestions sug-gestions being considered. Payments are made under a U.S. Steel suggestion program that rewards employees for each idea submitted which results in savings in operating costs, as well as those which promote safer and more efficient operation. Mr. Jedenoff pointed out that last year the ratio of participation participa-tion at Geneva was 41 suggestions for every 100 employees. Of these one out of three was adopted with an average payment of almost $30 for each worthwhile suggestion. Twenty-one of the 1959 awards were for more than $100. "We are especially proud of this new record," he said, "and proud, too, that Columbia-Geneva Steel Division, of which Geneva is the largest unit, ranked first in over-all suggestion program performance among U.S. Steel's operating division." Last year's top award of over $1,600 went to Richard H. Forsyth For-syth of Provo. Other significant awards went to Tom M. Nicol, Provo; Dale B. Gebo, Orern; Paul J. Kuhni, Midvale; James M. Davis, Da-vis, Orem; William J. Reeves, Orern; Or-ern; Charles J. Quintaraa, Lehi; Ronald L. Carson, Pleasant Grove; Merrill R. Wiley, Provo; Robert E. Nuttall, Provo and Rodney Rod-ney B. Tripp, Pleasant Grove. |