The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-21
NEW BUICK HEAD
GIVES 1920 PLANS
Bassett Tells How Ten Million
Dollars viii Be
Spent.

II. II. Bassett, newly elected presi- .
dent Of the Buick Motor company, an |
nounces the plans made by his organi- |
cation for the coming year, involving I
the expenditure of ten million dollars /
Tor the new building and equipment.
The Back program is a sequence Of |
forward steps, OF which Mr.. Bassetts !
promotion to the presidency is one of
the most important. It represents Sc
ries Of the most pretentious develop
ments in Bucks history.
The new executive has won his way |
to the top step by step. He comes into |
more responsible duties after practical |
service covering many years with the
Weston Mott company, manufacturers
OF axles, and the Buick company. When |
the latter took over the Weston Mott |
plant, Mr.. Bassett became assistant
general manager of the entire business. !
His term as general manager of the
Buick and his latest advancement fur
nish another example of the natural
. course followed by the heads of so
many of the concerns in the business
world
For a year or more Mr., Bassett has
been the real Buick head. His recent
appointment comes as an official rec
,ognition of service performed in a
big way.
Discussing the plans of his company,
Mr.. Bassett said:
Our plans involve the expenditure
during 1920 Of approximately $4,000
600, of which S7,500000 will be invested
in new buildings and equipment at
Flint, Mich, and the balance in the
erection of a new assembly plant at
I St. Louis, Mo. These Improvements
and additions will enable the Buick
factories to increase their production
oh H1l1a N Ioi1
1.-THE building program, which is al
ready well under way includes the
i erection of nine buildings and large 'eX-
tensions to three other plants. Work
on these is being pushed rapidly. Com
Il pletion of the task will see the Flint
cars daily. In addition the plant at St
Louis will be equipped to assemble 200
cars a day, the chassis units being
# shipped to that point for assembling
Bodies for these will be built in ST.
Louis.
The new buildings at Flint include a
& four-story transmission plant, enamel
ing building, motor test building, CEN
trail power plant, drop forge shop, heat
Treating building for motor shop, hard
ening rooms for tool plant, extension
10 aluminium foundry, addition to gar
age building, pattern shop, pattern
storage, filling station and central oil
! house.
Buick proposes to maintain one OF
the worlds largest plants for the MAX
ing of motto. cars, if not the largest.
I'VE intend to make it ideal from the
Standpoint of the workers as well as
he management. We are seeking to
surround our employees with every
Safeguard, every improvement for their
health and comfort good light, good air
and perfect sanitation.
FL ITO the last detail we are interested
! in the welfare of our employees. Thou
sands of them are purchasing stock
Through the General Motors plan and
are thus becoming partners in the
business. We want to make them
*partners in every sense of the word, to
have them grow with the plant, share
sin the prosperity which is following
he extraordinary demand for the
Buick cornpany's product and appre-
tiate Buick as an example of the ideal
Factory organization"