Hoover, American Broach Close Plants For Vacation

Hoover, American Broach
Close Plants For Vacation

Officials of Hoover Ball & Bear-1 weeks, a company official said

Officials of Hoover Ball & Bear- weeks, a company official said this

•ng Co. and American Broach & morning,
Machine Co. disclosed this morn'"" ! '.rcording to a spokesman for
that their plants are closed d« -rican Broach, the shut-down
for vacations. American Bro^-i ^,es the firm a chance to give all
will remain closed until next Mon- employes a vacation at a time
day, Hoover Ball until July 19. when business throughout the na-

Approximately 700 production tion is in one of its slackest pe-
and engineering workers are laid riods.

two-week period at Other plants contemplating shut-
,:il and 200 production, down periods during the summer
sneering, sales,, and office per- are Argus, Inc., and King-Seeley
inel are taking one week off at Corp. A King-'Seeley official said'
'.srican Broach. Skeleton office the firm planned a shut-down, the,
ces are still on the job at both extent of which is not yet deter-'
plants, mined, around July 31 for var-

Both firms have been following ^ons and inventory.
the practice of shutting down for Argus personnel officials said the
one week after the Fourth of July company would suspend production
for several years, but this is the tor two weeks starting July 23. Ap-
first year-Hoover Ball has extend- proximately 500 production and
ed the inoperative period to two engineering employes and those

—————————————————————— members of the office staff di-
rectly connected with the firm's
manufacturing departments will
take their vacations at that time,
they declared.

The Argus shut-down period,
which also has been extended to
two weeks for the first time this
year, will be utilized for inventory
work as well as for vacations.