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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1961 Eggers Elected To Head Retired Group Edwin Eggers was elected president of the National As sociation of Retired Civil Em ployees as their meeting Fri day. Other officers elected were E. A. Albert, vice president; Mrs. Lois Brent, secretary treasurer; and Henry Ernst and A. E. Hutchinson, execu tive board members. 1 Clarence Williams and Eg gers were elected delegates to the state convention to be held in Milwaukie April 13 and 14. Committees were also appointed. The district meeting of the association to be held March 8 in Grants Pass was dis cussed. Research, Development Plan Of Jeddeloh Firm Reviewed work, Jeddeloh replied that, "the whole progress of our country refutes the theory that machines throw men out of work." He explained that when labor-saving machinery is added to one plant operation, room is found for employees in other operations, or new operations are created that were impossible before. Asked how much competi tion he had in his field, Jed deloh said that in most of the company's machines "we en joy almost a monopoly," and added that the firm is dom inating the market in a cou ple of its products. Made on Order He pointed out that the company manufacturers ma trains from creating an in ventory. He noted that the company now has a belter back-log of orders than it did a year ago. The addition of some of the new machines, he said, such as the veneer lathe, have given the company two cate gories of products. One is labor-saving devices; and tho other is machinery that is es sential to the plywood indus try. Two years ago the Jeddeloh They are: a one-man patch- Additional expansion is contemplated, Jeddeloh said, as soon as the economy straightens out. Jeddeloh Brothers Sweed Mills now provides manufac turing and processing equip ment for plywood companies from central California to Canada. Also, the company is exploring market possibilities on the east coast, and hopes to make sales to that area be fore the end of the year, ac cording to Jeddeloh.. The only real motivation for this expansion of prod ucts and markets, Jeddeloh said, is "the anticipation of profits." ' Jeddeloh dwelt on the word "profits" for a minute, and said that in the last two de cades the word has lost its "ring of respectability." He blamed "alien philosophies" and "starry-eyed individuals" for this. Pursuit of Profits Jeddeloh said he does not subscribe to the philosophies that would discredit the re spectability of profits, and added: "I believe that the pursuit of profits is an honor able thing." He went on to say that, "profits, or the anticipation of profits, is what creates prosperity, and sustains pros perity," and "only through profits can the standard of liv ing be maintained or in creased." Jeddeloh indicated that re search and development have actually become the key to his company's progress. The company is now "constantly searching" for a vacuum in the plywood industry which Jeddeloh can fill with a new machine to do something easier, cheaper and more prof itably. The need for efficient, time saving machinery in the ply wood industry only became apparent during the Inst two years. Prior to that time, Jeddeloh said, there was a boom in the plywood busi ness, and all a company had to do was produce without any regard to efficiency. Improved Methods But, when the market lev eled off and fell, plywood manufacturers then became aware of the need for im proved production methods and time-saving equipment as a necessity if they were going to continue to make any kind of a profit at all, he said. Jeddeloh Brothers saw tills need at about the same time as the plywood industry real ized it, and they were there to provide the new machin ery. Questioned about whether his labor-saving machinery was throwing men out of Brothers Sweed Mills com pany in Gold Hill undertook a crash program of research and development. The pro gram has paid off for the company in diversified prod ucts, increased prosperity and a growing plant. This was the essence of a talk given Monday by Fred Jeddeloh at the Chamber of Commerce roundtable lunch eon in the Jackson hotel. Jeddeloh, one of the own ers of the company, said six new pieces of machinery were developed during the pro gram, most of which were de signed to save the plywood industry money and time. line, a two-man patchline, an unloader, a stack-turner, a icrap-chopper and s veneer lathe. Along with the new prod ucts came enlargement of the Gold Hill plant. In 1959, 10, 000 square feet of "floor area was added, bringing to 24,000 square feet the total space available in the plant for manufacturing. 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