10/31/1976
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"Cash awards totaling $1,442,536 were paid for these adopted suggestions, based not only on the tangible first-year benefits of $74,347,607.94 which were realized therefrom, but also on many additional..."
"Of those suggestions submitted, more than 296,000 have been adopted with resultant tangible first-year benefits in excess of $929,000,000."
"Cash awards totaling $1,343,224 were paid for these adopted suggestions."
"It is now time to act."