Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1936 — Page 28

WiTH F4A4lTH IN

Indianapolis

am quite convinced that it is highly desirable for industrial man-

agement to recognie the importance, as a fundamental principle of policy, of decentralizing the operations of our great producing units

so far as is economically practical.’ Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.

Today General Motors takes pride in participating in the formal opening by its Chevrolet Division of the expanded Chevrolet Commercial Body Plant in Indianapolis. This important step is one of the recent outgrowths of a policy of industrial decentralization as practiced by General Motors—a policy intended to spread the benefits of modern American industry more widely so there will be more and better jobs for more people in more places throughout the country. D> General Motors has been a part of Indianapolis for many years, through the operation of our Allison Engineering Division, and more recently through the Chevrolet Division. Down through these years we have come to have the feeling that we belong here, because the character of the people and of General Motors are peculiarly alike. This is a city of home-owning folks—progressive yet stable—a city in which people like to live and work together, with regard for their mutual problems—in short, as good neighbors. We have been made to feel welcome through these years as neighbors. The expansion of our Chevrolet plant is, in part, an expression of our appreciation of this spirit.? We intend to conduct

our affairs throughout the years ahead so that we may become even

better neighbors.

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