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A SPECIAL ISSIJE OF

dedicated -to the winners of the Army-Navy"E"Award at the Anaconda Reduction Works

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Left to right, W. E. Mitchell, General Manager of the Anaconda Reduc-tion Department; Ralph. Thorson, Mayor of Anaconda; Sid McCallum,President of the Anaconda Building ,and Metal Trades Council; Comdr.Bert H. Creighton, United States Naval Reserve; Hon. Sam C. Ford,Governor of Montana; Col. Lloyd T. Jones, Air Officer on the staff of

Maj. Gen. Kenyon A. Joyce, Commanding Ceneral of the Ninth ServiceCommand; D. M. Kelly, Vice President in charge of Westel'n Operations 'of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company; Walter Dooley, RecordingSecretary of the Ana~onda Mill and Smeltermen's Union, and Major A. E.Cilbert, Public Relations Officer from the Ninth Service Command.

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ON January 28, 1943, at the Anaconda Junior High School, an awardof great importance was bestowed upon the em ployees of the Ana-conda Reduction Works. At impressive ceremonies, the coveted Army-Navy "E" Award was given by representatives of the Army and Navy, inrecognition of the outstanding contributions the workers at the -Smel-. ter have made in the production of vital war materials.

Starting with an informal supper given for representatives of La..bor, Management and Government officials, and ending with a recep-tion, the ceremonies left all those who attended with a definite feelingof accomplishment.

To you employees at the Anaconda Reduction Works, this specialissue of COPPER COMMAN DO is dedicated. Your official Labor-Man-agement Committee newspaper wishes, in this way, not only to paytribute to you folks who deserve tribute, but to provide you with a pic-torial report of the activities. We hope that all of you will keep this is-sue as a souvenir of an important occasion. It is true that the actualfighting is ,done on the fronts of the world. But, without the loyal andsincere and constant support of the man behind the gun, the United 'Nations cannot win this war. To the folks at the Smelter, who now havethis tangible evidence of the part they are playing to win it, the hats ofall other fellow workers are off.

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AT the left. we see a portion of the audiencein the Junior High School at Anaconda. TheAuditorium was jammed to the doors. andpeople were standing in the entrances to wit-ness the Ceremonies.

BELOW that picture we have a view from theside of the stage. showing Governor Sam C.Ford of Montana addressing the audience.Representatives of labor. management and thearmed forces can be seen- in the front tworows, while service veterans are in the follow-ing rows.

JUST above is another view of Governor Fordaddressing the audience. The Governor warm-ly applauded the folks at the Smelter for theirfine job in earning an Army-Navy HE" Award.

AT the left. the Governor, who served as Mas- "ter of Ceremonies. tells the audience aboutCol. Lloyd T. Jones, representative of the WarDepartment who made the presentation of theArmy-Navy HE" flag. Col. Jones. in the picturebelow, comes to the speakers stand to makethe formal presentation and to extol I the ac-complishments of the folks at the Smelter.

HERE are views of the awardbe i n g made. There's Col,Jones at the left making hispreliminary remarks; in thepicture below we see the Col.onel passing the flag to W. E..(Bill) Mitchell, General Man-ager of the Reduction Works.In the picture below, Mr ..Mitchell is seen expressing hisappreciation for the horror be-stowed upon the employees atthe Smelter. In the picture atthe bottom, we see the Army-Navy "E" flag being displayedwith Bill Mitchell at the left.Sid McCallum, representativeof the Craft Unions, and Wai-ter Dooley, of the Mill andSmeltermen's Union.

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AT the left is Comdr. Bert H.Creighton. A. V. G., U. S. N.R,; who addressed the gather-ing prior to making the awardsof the lapel insignias to vet-eran workers at the Smelter.In the two pictures immedi-ately below, we see Comdr.Creighton and Col. Jones greet-ing the old-timersas they comeforward for their lapel pins.The name of each veteran wasannounced from the stage andeach old-timer present fileddown to receive his pin.

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ON the lower half of this page,we see other views of veteransbeing awarded their Army-Navy "E" pins. This part ofthe ceremony was most im-pressive, with the representa- ...tives of both Army and Navypassing out the emblems andshaking hands heartily witheach man. Some of the old-timers, whose years of serviceexceed forty. are shown in thepicture at the left.

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STILL more views (some ofthese are close-ups) of thevet era n s at the ReductionWorks receiving their lapel in-signia. At the top of the page.we see the Dean of Anacondaworkmen - George Bertsch.who has devoted fifty-eight ofhis seventy-three years to theproduction of metals at theSmelter. The small picture atthe top right is a recent por-trait of George. Another sec-tion of the veterans is shownin the picture at the immedi-ate right.

JUST above, we see WalterDooley responding in behalf ofthe members of the Mill andSmeltermen's Union, and atthe right above is Sid McCal-lum, who spoke in behalf ofthe members of the A. F. L. Inthe picture in the center, wegot a good close-up view of ourtwo representatives from theArmy and Navy. Posed herewith Mr. D. M. Kelly are Col.Jones, Comdr. Creighton andMajor Gilbert.

IN the pair of pictures belowwe find George C. Heikes, Di-rector of the Zinc Division ofthe War Production Board,Washington, who termed ·theAnaconda Reduction Depart-men t "s achievements. "Asplendid job," and Mr. Kelly,who lauded Smel ter workersfor their fine efforts in aidingwar production. At the bot-tom, we got a shot of theschool band; at the right, bot-tom, is a view of the throngat the Hotel Montana follow-ing the ceremonies.

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AT the upper left, we see theceremonies be i n g talked overwith Jack Donovan. Charlie Lem-mon, Bob Newcomb. and BillMitchell. At the upper right, wesnapped Comdr. Creighton withE. G. Leipheimer and J. H. Dickey,Jr., who co-operated in ceremonyarrangements.

YOU can't blame an attractiveWAAC for wanting to get a close-~p of an Army-Navy "E" insigniaand above we find Lieut. BarbaraHadsell posed with veteran JoeDee. In the picture at the right,.center, we got a good close-up ofCol. Jones. Major Gilbert. HughMagui re and others of the boysin the Casting Division .

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ABOVE. Hugh Maguire points outa shipment of anodes to Col. Jonesand explains that these are theslabs ready to go to Great Falls.Col. Jones and Major Gilbertmade a quick but thorough tripthrough the Smelter and ex-pressed great interest in the ex-perience.

YOUR cameraman likes to sur-prise people, so at ~he left hesurprised Mr. Kelly as he glancedthrough his speech a short timebefore the ceremonies were held.At the right he got a picture ofBill Mitchell hauling down theflag at the end of the ceremonies.

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We Got the ··E~~... Let~sKeep It!

. MOST of us know that, once you win the Army-NavyI'E" . ., fA· t, It Isn t yours orever. S Winners, we mus con-tinue to maintain a high rate of production in order tokeep the flag flying at the top of the flagpole.

This means that we must not relax our efforts in anyway. It means that we must keep hammering away witheverything we've got. Only in this way can we expect tohold the flag and to keep the distinction which has beenbestowed upon us.

We got the "E" because we earned it. Now let's holdon to it! I~