Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1938 — Page 5
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1938 Service to Society Theme As Industrial Leaders of 21 Nations Open Congress
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Co-operation With Government Also Stressed: : ; Speed-up Systems, Which Once Were Favorite |] a Topics, Ignored by Delegates. By HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Service to society rather than to profits was the keynote today of 2000 industrial leaders from 21 nations, meeting here in the Seventh International Management Congress. The opening speeches laid stress on problems of meeting socia conditions, and on co-operation with Government. No mention was made of the speed-ups and Bedeaux systems criticized by labor, whick ; once were favorite topics at such gatherings. A. W. Robertson, chairman of thes Westinghouse Electric & Manufac- |the same time, Dr. Henry C. Link 5 turing Co. Pittsburgh, urged busi- (of New York, director of the
ness managers to smooth out the psychological service center disups and downs of employment by cussed “psychological foundations of oR : :
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“Management has been guilty of a development and organization of] No Phone Orders! No Mail Orders! No C. 0. D.s! Quantities Limited! AH Sales Finall | Lo : ; HE} SPE ALLL RTT LET ET LE ‘regimentation” and must offer its regard the personnel of an indus- | sail : i
day-to-day existence, which magnialents and service to help govern- |trial enterprise as a social organ- | 3 I) 1ent Government, on the other ization composed of various groups, | would do well to recognize a report prepared for discussion by gement's field of accomplish- |the congress declared. | in pricate enterprise. Though no specific mention of ree enterprise,” he said, “is the {trade unions is made in the report e thing which stands between us [by J. W. Dietz, superintendent of ina stale, flat, unhappy world of dustrial relations of the Western versal regimentation and indi- Electric Co., labor organizations conformity to a single pat- would come most prominently under {the head of such group organizaillis H. Booth, honorary chair- tion of employees. n, said it is management's task | Four distinct periods in the his“to work out harmonious and prac- tory of personnel management are tical readjustments” to a “social ev- described in the report. First, per-
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fies the plight of labor,” he said. “If {labor the “human mass would have | management holds out the hope of [been condemned to starve or forced; not into wars of extermination.” | |
employment today, it must shatter that hope tomorrow.” _- Ir. Robertson said that manage- | nent was not directly responsible Personnel Composed of © social conditions such as con- ‘Several Groups, Report Says living quarters, but that it accept the responsibility of T : . 3 rts 3 a echniques of personnel manage1elping employees obtain ‘‘safe and | : a : I ge A realthful surroundings in which to Ment have undergone marked lve"—Including parks, playgrounds change during recent years as a rend other means of outdoor living. sult of the growth of labor organi-
Frowns on ‘Scowls’ {zations and of group consciousness Management and government |i the United States, the Mange-
vhich now “scowls” at each other ment Congress was told. re both Wiong.. he said. ad-] Personnel managers used to deal- | > bl Ty. St "ling with employees as distinct in- |§
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If the solution found, he said, “we face the possibility of GovaTYTIM 3 ontr str y i 3 - ho . . “3 ernment control, destroyed INIta= a1” approach with the point of view tive, and unprogressive industry {that workers make up social groups Mr. Booth called on his listeners {which must be considered, dates “to weigh, with a sober and sane |from the beginning of the ‘thirties. view, and a proper sense of propor
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may > The Alcoholic Beverages Division Delegates sought practical appli- distributed $25.410,926.29 to Indiana cation of their conviction that freer schools, counties, cities and the Eg gl lqess mons State general fund between March ng world peace. Speaker after|29 1933, and June 30, 1938, records X stressed the belief that Of the division showed ih £ woh. ih 2 rw 1s money was collecte rom ey ed am permits issued to dealers and reas : tailers throughout the State, and _of human relations and ron eycise taxes and license fees omics can be developed. paid by manufacturers and wholehe feature of the day's program | cq jers. «Solis lor tonight when| Covering the period from the belegates will hear a four-sided dis- ginning of Indiana's postprohibission of labor relations by Robert tion law of 1933, through the reWatt, American Federation of |yjved 1935 law to the end of the last § official; Lewis H. Brown, fiscal year, statistics showed the | ident of Johns-Manville Corp.; total operaing cost of the division illiam Allen White, editor of the amounted to 4.67 per cent of the nporia (Kas) Gazette and presi- total income, or $1,285,945.53.
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Rceberts, London, chizf labor officer he Imperial hemical Industries, Ltd Asks World Agreements PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. Sept. Alex Brule, vice president of the! gg (U. P.)—Workmen excavating | National Committee of French Man-| the ruins of old Ft. Crawford unigement, told the Congress that the| earthed a gold half-dollar of 1856 organise for YB AT | which the inscription “Cali- § ction, distribution and con- : in § Sha Xs abr or MHL vies The thin coin is less 3 i Ras "OF i ut - ,/than half an inch in diameter. it as 1 Ue 1tmos r { i tor the world to anor | Three Spanish coins also were ce I0r the world 10 adopting on the site of the 120-year-agreements such as those | qq fort. They are dated 1781, 1784 3 Ie and distribu-| 01,4 1794 and bear the image of § °l, and praised the “in-| Kine Charles III. 3 solidarity” which re-| _ from organizing markets for
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