Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 176, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1928 — Page 11

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HAPGOOD TELLS HOW HIS PLANT i HERE SUCCEEDS Industry Thrives Because i Work Is Permanent, i , Senators Learn. Bn Times Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Williar- Powers Hapgood, president of the 'Columbia Conserve Company, Indianapolis, told a deeply interested group of senators, members of the senate labor committee, today of the success of his plant in providing continuous employment under democratic control. The business is growing so, Hapgood said, that he expects in the next few years to have a pay roll of 1,000 persons. He now employs about 100, who are permanent despite the seasonal nature of the business. “If every big industry in the country were to adopt our methods, I believe this in itself vastly would cut down our unemployment problem,” Hapgood said. “The time has arrived when industries should make their chief aim the permaJiancy of work for the workers.” Senator James A. Couzens of Michigan, chairman of the committee which is investigating the unemployment problem under a resolution of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, had invited Hapgood to appear because of his success in presenting unemployment. The Indianapolis plant is known among social workers and economists all over the United States because of the experiment. Morale Is Better Hapgood attributed the success of the plant under the system to the better morale of the workers. There is no malingering, he said, and indeed a shop committee had to b; appointed to send workers home iWhen they were too ill to work. In 1917, he said, the company [started the experiment, and in that year had five permanent salaried workers and fifty on wages, who iwere let out as business became Black. In 1928, he said, the company had ninety-seven salaried porkers, who were paid each week in spite of illness, slack time, or any other reason, and receive three weeks vacation a year. Three men were on wages throughout the year, thirty others had to be employed during the rush season last September, he said, but even these were guaranteed at least one week’s pay. The shop has a 45-hour-week, five days a week. Hapgood said the plant had made a satisfactory profit every year since 1921, and he attributed this to the increased efficiency of his workers rather than to any increase in business, upon being questioned by Senator Couzens. Profits at Record Mark This year’s profits, he said, are to be the largest ever made, and business has grown 50 per cent in the last six months. Every worker in the plant is trained at more than one job, he said, and during times of depression they are put at tasks like cleaning and painting the plant, labeling reserve cans, etc. Then, during the extreme slack season in June, the plant virtually is closed, he said, and every one goes on vacation with pay. “Your plan provides for the efficient worker, but we have to look out for the large number of inefficient people, who drift from job to job,” said Senator Tyson of Tennessee. “Our workers were especially chosen for efficiency. We took what came and trained them,” Hapgood answered. "Unemployment causes inefficiency and not inefficiency unemployment, as a general rule. Thinks Others Dould Do It "If we could do it, why can not the United States Steel Company cr the automobile industry do it' s if every major industry in the country made its chief aim to regulate employment in some such way as we have, the problem of unemployment would be almost solved.” Hapgood suggested the possibility jof a graduated tax upon employers of part time labor, the tax to be higher the more short time workers were employed. This, he said, would force industry to study the problem The company manufactures food supplies, its principal product being soups. UNION STATION READY Bn Times Special GOSHEN, Ind., Dec. 13.—Goshen’s new union railroad passenger station will be formally opened Saturday morning, after which twenty-five railroad and express officials will be guests at a dinner to be given by the city and the Chamber of Commerce. The New York Central and Big Four railroads will use the station, completed after several months work.

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VICTOR HERBERT’S MUSIC STILL GEMS Special Touring Company Presents 'Naughty Marietta’ for Two Performances at the Murat. BY JOHN T. HAWKINS FOR the first time in many years, Indianapolis theatergoers last night had the opportunity of hearing one of Victor Herbert's best loved operettas. “Naughty Marietta,” as presented at the Murat, was a welcome changge of atmosphere for those who desire a little pleasant seasoning with their annual winter fare of girl and mystery shows. A Victor Herbert melody, like those of Franz Shubert, always has an elusive quality that seemingly reflects the composer. In “Naughty Marietta” such melodies and musical themes abound. Not many of them were ever made popular, as the word is now in-

terpreted, but many years from now, when present “popular” numbers have been forgotten, Victor Herbert’s melodies will be as well liked as when they were being introduced on Broadway by stars whose names will have faded into the region of forgotten faces. “Naughty Marietta,” laid in New Orleans about the year 1750, tells of the romantic adventure of a little French casquette girl. To find wives for the hardy pioneers who were building up his empire was a serious question for the French king at this period. So, to settle the difficulty, he made an offer to all French girls who wished to go, guaranteeing them a husband and a rich reward if they would ship to Louisiana and other provinces and marry such single men to be found there. Marietta was the daughter of- a wealthy and powerful nobleman, and was just about to be married against her will to an old man whose beard she described as being like that of a goat. To frustrate this plan of her parents, she conceives the idea of shipping away with the casquette girls and at least finding a husband somewhat near her own age. So Marietta gets to New Orleans and falls in love with a young American, called Captain Jack. The story is full of romance and beauty, and, combined with the music of Herbert, it is of such a character as to always please, no matter how long an interval lapses between the time it was first produced and the last performance. The cast, for a road show, was excellent. Marietta, played by Era Briggs, and Adah, played by Juliaa de Revueltas, were perhaps the best sung parts, but full credit must be extended to Ferdinand Zegal as Captain Jack and James Blaine as Etienne Grandet. Other outstanding players in this cast are Dan Marble, who injects a lot of timely humor into his comedy work, and Helen Burwell, who does a colorful divertissement during the first act. Elizabeth Arens and Vaughn Atkinson also ofler a splendid dance during the last half of the performance. The melody of the show is appreciated in full when, in the last act, the orchestra plays Herbert’s “Dream Melody.” This is an exquisite melody written only as the dean of American composers could write, Victor Herbert. "Naughty Marietta” was presented at the Murat theater under the auspices of the Indianapolis PanHellenic Association. The Little Theatre Society last night presented “At Mrs. Beam’s,” at the'Playhouse. This will be reviewed at a xlater date. No reflection at all upon the society, but it was impossible to review the opening last night. Other theaters today offer:: “The Desert Song” at English’s; vaudeville at the Lyric; “Outcast” at the Circle; “The Midnight Taxi” at the Apollo; “The Awakening” at Loew’s Palace; “The Lion and the Mouse” at the Granada; Charlie Davis at the Indiana; “Social Maids” at the Mutual, and movies and girl revue at the Colonial. RILEY FUNERAL TODAY Burial to Be in Crown Hill After Church Rites. Funeral services for Charles B. Riley, 77, who died at Methodist hospital Tuesday following a short illness, will be held at 2 this afternoon at Broadway M. E. church. Burial will be at Crown Hill. Mr. Riley was secretary of the Grain Dealers’ Association and Indiana Millers’ Association for more than twenty years past.

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FRENCH TALK SLATED Professor to Lecture at Tudor Hall. An address in French will be given at 8:15 tonight at Tudor Hall by Dr. Daniel Michenot of the Conservatory of Strassburg on “Alsace Since the War.” Alliance Francaise and the Tudor Hall school are sponsoring the talk, which is open to the public. Howard W. Adams, president of the alliance, will preside. Miss Helen Chappell' will sing a group of songs in French. Miss Nell Farrar, Tudor principal; Wallace Buchanan, alliance treasurer, and Adams are in charge. A dinner will be held at 6:15 p. m. at the Spink-Arms in honor of Dr. Michenot.

DENIES MINE PAY VOTE Bn United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 13.—A report that union miners of sub-

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Excursion to Cincinnati Round Trip To Shelbyville . .$ .75 “ Greensburg.. 1.25 Sunday, December 16 Leave Indianapolis 7:20 a. m. Central Time, returning leave Cincinnati 7:00 p. m. Eastern Time, same date. Tickets at City Ticket Office, 112 Monument Circle. Phone Riley 3322 and Union Station.

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