PORTLAÎïip/QBSÇRYER Oct. 1, 1970
hair goods company.
D r. Cleon C. Arrington, Vice-
President of quality control and
production, holds a degree In
MAKES GOOD
B lack cosm etic line success
The a b ility of black business
men to succeed in the national
market place has been demon
strated anew by the Cannolene
Company, manufacturer of a
new $1 -m illio n plant in Atlanta
that Incorporates the most mod
ern production technologies.
The dedication cermony was
attended by government and
business leaders, including Sec
reta ry of Commerce Maurice H.
Stans, Whitney M. Young Exe
cutive D irector of the National
Urban League, and H. P. Smith,
Vice-President of F. W. Wool-
worth Company.
Although the Cannolene Com
pany Is 46 years old, its current
substantial g r o w t h began only
three years ago when It expand
ed into the national market, ex
plains Robert O. Cannon, P resi
d e n t , who Is the son of the
founder, W. S. Cannon.
Sales topped $1-m illio n 1969
and company o fficia ls are pro
jecting annual sales of $6 m il
lion to >8 m illio n In the near
future.
"W ith our new plant and
broadening marketing fa cilitie s,
we now are able to take fu ll ad
vantage of the greatly improved
earning power In the Negro
m a r k e t , ” said Cannon. The
company manufactures a line of
beauty products fo r distribution
in the South and in major met
ropolitan centers of the U. S.
The one-story 51,000 square
foot fa c ility is situated in Atlan
ta's Great Southwest Industrial
Park, a Giant complex that In
cluded manufacturing and m ar
keting fa cilitie s for many of the
nation's leading concerns.
Production fa cilitie s Include
an aerosol packaging machine
capable of producing Its "M y s
tery B lack" cosmetics at the
rate of 100 eight ounce cans a
minute; two liquid fillin g tones
that are capable of producing
300,000 bottles of shampoos,
rinses, setting lotions and co
lognes weekly; a tubing line with
a capacity of 200,000 tubes a
week, and a cream fillin g line
with the same capacity.
"T he Mystery of B lack" line,
introduced a little more than a
year ago, has met with "sensa-
t l o n a l success," according to
W illiam R.Glles,Executlve-Vlce-
President fo r sales. It in
cludes a men's cologne and af
ter-shave lotion, a natural hair
sheen spray and natural easy-
comb hair spray.
The high capacity of the f i l l
ing lines has enabled Cannolene
to diversify from its standard
cosmetics, item s, and to pro
duce goods under private label
contracts. Among the materials
now formulated and packaged
are pine o il, ammonium compo
nents .
Both Cannon and Giles give
credit to national marketing au
thorities for guidance In dis
t r i b u t i o n methods. During the
dedication ceremony they pre
sented an "In Depth Market
Judge Charles V. Johnson
Awarness Aw ard" to Wool-
worth's cosmetic buyer, J. H.
Swon for his assistance and ad
vice In packaging and merchan
dising.
Speaking of Woolworth, which
was one of the fir s t national re
ta ile rs to merchandise canno
lene products, Cannon said,
"a fte r proving to Woolworth
that we could meet a ll require
ments, not only In packaging but
also in dependable delivery and
service, we were treated In the
same manner as any other com
pany. They did not Imply that
they were extending us any spe
cia l consideration In fostering
Negro entrepreneurship. They
are merchandisers - and this
you need."
T O P NOTCH MANAGEMENT
TEAM
Cannon, a graduate of Fisk
University, has created a strong
executive team composed of
men with sound educational and
business backgrounds.
Robert G. Lewis, V ice-P resi
dent of marketing, Is a graduate
of the University of Mexico and
gained practical experience with
J. Walter Thompson advertising
agency before joining Canno
lene.
G e o rg e C. Allen, Executive
Vice-President, is a graduate of
Northwestern U niversity.
Giles, Executive V ice -P re si
dent of sales, who Is based In
regional
headquarters
In
O r a n g e , N. J., form erly was
with David and David, New York
of Seattle, Washington
Extends congratillations
to the
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Conference of Poor
plants strong seeds
By W ILLIAM R. DEIZ
Oregon's firs t "Conference of
the P o o r", which met fo r two
days in mid-September at the
fairgrounds in Salem, has ap
parently planted some pretty
strong seeds which have just
begun to germinate. Another
session is planned in mid-Oc
tober and by then a new class
of politica l lobby, made up of a
united poor, may begin to take
root.
Poor people don't need to be
told about the discrepancies that
exist between the vague prom
ises made by o fficia ls seeking
ROBERT W. BLANCHARD
th e ir support come election
tim e, and the hard realities
confronting them daily, not so
much by choice, but by societal
force.
I f it any wonder then that
some of them - in desperation
- turn on society's leaders?
If you are a farm worker in
I am happy to extend tne con Oregon you don't need to be re
gratulations of the Portland minded that your rights to
Public Schools and my personal strike and picket against unfair
best wishes to this important treatment are practically non
venture.
existent; that you are singly ex
One of the c ritic a l needs cluded from federal minimum
today is fo r efficient and effec wage regulations. If you are
tive c o m m u n ic a t io n s . Your urban poor you don't need to be
newspaper promises to provide reminded of the embarrassment
such a vehicle. Such a publica of nit-picking welfare re s tric
tion can also be a source of ac tions which, instead of working
curate information and become to help you back onto your feet
an opinion maker fo r an im por in tim es of stress, oftentimes
tant segement of our communi serves to keep you down and
ty-
"sub-hum an".
This is doubly significant be
One need only listen to the
cause of the many changes that resolutions that emerged from
are taking place in all aspects c o m m it t e e meetings to get a
of contemporary life . The need grasp of the real problems -
to know is greater than ever be beyond the obvious - confronting
fore as city governments, coun poor people, as seen by the poor
ty governments, schools, the themselves.
state and the nation undergo
One resolution asks that drug
change and adjustment to better lis ts be abolished for welfare
meet the needs of citizens. recipients, that it be enough fo r
Nothing is more sacred than the a c e r t i f i e d physician to pre
citizens' right to know.
scribe a drug fo r treatment, and
But equally important is the that the red tape and delay re
right to participate in the fu ll sulting from a patient’s request
development of an effective so of a drug not on the lis t be
ciety.
elim inated.
Another resolution
This newspaper can make an asks that ultimate authority - in
important social contribution. It mental illness cases - concern
can help to bridge the gap be ing the use of shock treatment
tween the many elements in so therapy reside in the individual
ciety today and replace d ivi to tie treated and not in the
siveness with cooperation and state. Another asks that s te rili
sound change. As the schools ty requirements be removed in
move forw ard in this era of cases where the recipient w ill
change, your newspaper can receive further aid only when it
play a key role in inform ing has been guaranteed - perman
your readers of the needs of the ently - that he o r she w ill have
schools.
no more children.
Your newspaper can also go
The lis t of resolutions, a ll
a long way toward extending an tentative and all to be form a
opportunity for all of us to lized at an October 17th meeting
share the rational discussion of of the newly-form ed "Council of
issues on which there are le g it- the P o o r" is a long one.
im a t e differences as well as
But the inescapable conclu
agreements.
sion is society’s "sub-hum an"
Robert W. Blanchard, Superin classification of poor people -
tendent
especially those on welfare.
Portland Public Schools
And in bringing light on this,
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the real plight of the poor -
th e ir "sub-hum an" classifica
tion by society - the conference
must tie considered a success.
For after a ll, when you s trip
away the word "p o o r" from
"p o o r people" you are le ft,
quite naturally, with only one
word: people.
And this recognition on the
part of the one-thousand o r so
delegates to the convention:
black o r white, English-speak
ing o r Spanish-speaking that
they are A L L people and all
quite lite ra lly in the same boat,
is probably the most construc
tive element fo r change to
emerge from the meeting.
As any prim ary student of po
litic s knows, the most effective
way to accomplish political ends
in this country is through use
of pressure groups. L a lxir uses
them, industry uses them, con
servationists use them; and now
a group as old as tim e, which
is short on money but long on
numbers may finally begin to
use the pressure tactic.
It w ill take organization, and
Frank Martinez and Co. proved
that can be done on a sm all
scale, it w ill take patience and
hard work, but most important,
it w ill take su pi«rt - active
support on the part of those who
stand to gain most from the ef
fective use of this particular
lobby.
Oregon's
fir s t
"P o o r
People’s Conference" Is a be
ginning along those lines. With
the notable exception of a few
extrem ists, most were of the
mind that they can improve
t h e i r conditions by working
within the system and not by
destroying it.
A fter a ll - to tw ist a phrase
- "w h at’s good for General Mo
to r s " (the political lobby in this
case), is clearly good fo r the
rpst of the country; and that
certainly includes the country’ s
poor.
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