Ex-Servicman Gets
To See More Action
By BEVERLY JAMES
When Clifton James, who is
playing the part of Steve in “La
dies of the Jury,” said, "Yeh, it’s
a pretty good part. I get in a
couple of fights,” it seemed a bit
ironic because, being an ex-service
man, Clifton has done nothing but
fight for the past three years.
During those years, which were
spent in the South Pacific, he ac
quired quite a reputation for put
ting on shows and keeping up the
morale of the other boys. Also,
Clifton edited a small newspaper,
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which wasn’t the best literature;
but, at times, was the only reading
material the boys had.
Clifton was active in dramatics
in high school and had many parts
in different plays. Then he was
interrupted one December 7th to
play a larger part in a more im
portant play, a play which took
lots of practice and four years to
complete.
“Do you have any comments to
make about the play?” he was
asked. Clifton hestitated, then said,
“Yes, we have a wonderful direc
tor and a swell cast.”
“I’m going back to the South
Pacific and run for governor of
Mindanao,” was Clifton’s reply to
the question of what hi§ ambition
was. As he is majoring in dramat
ics, we wonder what kind of a
governor he would make.
As any of his 41st division bud
dies will tell you, Clifton had more
narrow escapes than anyone in the
company. He was known to all the
rookies coming over as ‘‘Sergeant
James, the guy they couldn’t kill.”
Clifton received the silver star,
the bronze medal and the purple
heart for playing so well this dra
matic part.
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1« Arithmetic sometimes makes more sense than
headlines. The following figures are a matter of pub
lic record - checked and verified by Uncle Sam’s tax
men. If you have two minutes to spare we think
you’ll find them rather interesting.
2* Last year Union Oil Company took in 127V2
million dollars in round figures. This was from all
sales of its products and services. 91 million dollars
of this was promptly paid out for things—rent, mate
rials, transportation, equipment, depreciation, inter
est, and taxes.
3* This left 36V2 million dollars to be divided
among people-the employees and the owners. Of this
sum 27Vi million dollars went to the employees, in
wages, salaries and employee benefits. 4% million
went to the owners in dividends. 414 million was
left in the business.
4« In other words the employees got 75% of
what money there was to distribute, the owners
13% and the business 12%. This doesn’t mean that
the owners got 13% on their investment. They got
13% of the dollars left over after the company’s ex
penses were met
On the capital invested in the company the
owners received just 3.2% in dividends. For that 3.2%
they have financed all the oil wells, service stations,
equipment, etc., with which the employees work —
$43,525 worth of "tools” for each employee.
©• It also happens that the 43i million was di
vided among 32,000 Union Oil stockholders, whereas
the 27k! million was divided among less than 9,000
employees. Consequently, the employees got an aver
age of $3,108 apiece —$259 per month.
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