MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
719 SOUTH DIXIE
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
Temple 3-7133
DONALD A. HOFFMANN
Executive Director
WILLIAM F. GUTWEIN
Labor Relations Consultant
December 30, 1960
The Honorable Farris Bryant
State of Florida
Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida
My dear Governor:
Congratulations on your election! May your coming years in office be rewarding, for the many hours of trouble, grief and pleasures you will experience. The continued growth of Florida will make your vast duties and responsibilities more interesting, and troublesome than any governor has ever experienced in this Sunshine State. You have our best wishes and support to get the job done.
One of your fast growing early problems will be “what to do” “where to use them” and “what are their abilities?” I am referring to the fast growing Cuban Labor force that is springing up in Florida cities. These people must work to eat in most cases, and they must work to avoid getting into community trouble. I feel that a close review of this new labor market should be made as to their ability to fit into the Florida business and industry picture. This situation could become a pressing problem. Such a sampling cannot be done in a few hours or days.
We offer you the services of our staff to find a solution and establish a pattern to help guide your administration on this and other problems, in the industrial relations field. I believe the usual technicalities can be worked out if you are interested in designating one of your able appointees to explore this situation in more detail.
I have attached a copy of our new Board of Directors and staff members.
Sincerely,
Donald A Hoffman
Executive Director
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cc: Jack Pridgen
Al Hill
DECEMBER 16, 1960
The annual meeting was held at the Palm Beach Towers Hotel on December 5, 1960. Those of you that were not able to attend or end a representative missed hearing (6) six excellent speakers. Any person that attended will vouch for the educational value, interest, humorous aspect of each session. The Towers Hotel offered excellent facilities, delicious food and a pleasant atmosphere for this gala affair. At the Board of Directors meeting the following officers were elected or re-elected to serve during 1961.
President, Lee Spencer
1st Vice-President, Ken Hill
2nd Vice-President, George Lainhart
Treasurer, J.C. Culpepper
Secretary, M.E. Rinker, Jr.
U & Me Transfer Company
Kissam Building Supply
Lainhart & Potter
Peninsular Supply Company
Rinker Materials Corp.
The directors that will serve you this next year are as follows:
Jim Baber
Badcock Furniture
John Crabtree
Crabtree Construction Co
Phil Igou
Central Fla. Lumber Co.
Bert Lebhar
W.E.A.T-TV
E. J. Patterson
Florida Public Utilities
Harold Beery
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Jim Hodgskin
Orange Plumbing Company
Cliff Johns
Seven Up Bottling Co
J. D. Letton
Ivanhoe Lumber Co
Lee Shirley
Shirley Brothers
Ernie Traynham
Fidelity Moving Co
The only request that these men ask of all members is that they would like your close cooperation and attendance of all meetings whenever possible. Each function is educational and we all can benefit from the time spent in attending these meetings.
WAGE & HOUR
Attached you will find a summary of the “White Collar” regulations governing exemptions under the Act. Read it and file it for further use.
FLORIDA TREND MAGAZINE
Clipped to this bulletin is a coupon for a free December issue of this magazine. Mail it for your copy, so that you will be informed on the “Transition and crisis in Dade.”
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE & HOUR AND PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIVISION
Pat Gillespie was our annual meeting speaker on the Wage & Hour Law. The reaction to his words of wisdom was excellent. Pat and I both know many of you have additional questions and might be able to use some from the department to be a speaker at some of your other business meetings. With 4 to 6 weeks notice they will be happy to speak to any management group. They want all businessmen to understand the law and comply to its many phases. The following are a list of their representatives in Florida. Feel free to contact them and express your desires.
Clem J. Denkicke, Investigation Supervisor
1200 S. W. First Street, Room 107
Miami, Fla.
Telephone: Franklin 7-3626
Charles A. Robert, Investigator
232 Poe Drive
Lake Worth, Fla
Telephone: Justice 5-7989
Clayborn H. Driggers, Jr, Investigator
Itinerant Station
Gainesville, Fla.
Rufus L. Stokes
Itinerant Station
Valdosta, Ga.
John B. McCutcheon, Investigator
Itinerant Station
Lakeland, Fla
Raymond G. Cordelli, Investigator
2631 S. W. 18th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Telephone: Ludlow 1-5345
Harold W. Glenn, Investigation Super.
311 W. Monroe Street
Jacksonville, Fla
Melvin J. Slacks, Investigator
Itinerant Station
Tallahassee, Fla
Felix T. Haynes
308 Tampa Street
Tampa, Fla
Kenneth R. Werts, Investigator
Itinerant Station
Orlando, Fla.
William H. Olson, Investigator
Itinerant Station
St. Petersburg, Fla.
NEW MEMBERS
Flavor Pict
Har-Car Aluminum
Rybovich & Sons
Robert Rauth Delray Beach, Fla
C.R. Schlike
Harold Sherwood Sanford, Fla
John Rybovich, Jr. West Palm Beach, Fla
We all, on your staff, want to thank you for another proressive year. We are thankful that no member has been forced to take in a union as a partner in his business. The gradual awakening of Florida businessmen to their legal rights is helping keep the union high on the defeated list. We have spent many hours developing additional services that have put about 300 of your employees through some phase of psychological testing, from company presidents down to the field hands. We have helped you on unfair labor practice, workmen’s compensation and unemployment compensation claims. Many of you have brought your wage & hour problems to us for assistance. We have helped set up personnel procedures and have aided in finding key personnel to work for you. We have assisted in helping you write manuals, put on programs for your civic clubs and assisted in sales and product problems, We have handled 1001 additional problems and questions where you have asked us for help.
Happy Holiday
Don
January 24, 1961
Mr. Donald A. Hoffmann
Executive Director
Management Research Institute
719 South Dixie
West Palm Beach, Florida
Dear Mr. Hoffmann:
Thank you so much for your kind letter of December 30 and for the congratulations which it contained. I do appreciate your good wishes and your offer of assistance to my administration during the years to come.
I am referring your letter to Mr. Worley Brown, chairman of the Florida Industrial Commission, and to Mr. Wendell Jarrard, Chairman of the Florida Development Commission, in order that both of these gentlemen may review the suggestions for assistance you made and give consideration to such possibilities as may exist for the utilization of your services by the state.
Thank you again for writing.
Sincerely,
Governor
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cc: Mr. Worley Brown, Chairman
Florida Industrial Commission
Mr. Wendell Jarrard, Chairman
Florida Development Commission
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