South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-11
5CORNS FATIGUE
AS He GREETS HIS
ARMY Of EMPLOYEES
J. M. Studebaker Presented
With Loving Cup at ReCep-
ton He Planned For His
Men-PraiSeS Their Loyalty
to Him.
Hes the same old J. NJ.
Hasn't changed "A. mite"

picture OF a sturdy Ola man IN MS ]
shirt sleeves. shaking hands-bOth |
hands-with a seemingly never end /
ing army OF men. exchanging greet /
ings, slapping a few men across mus /
cled shoulders. now calling some griz- !
zled veteran of the shops by his first I
name, now flashing "A fatherly greet |
ing TO a youthful member Of his great /
organization. smiling. happy. scOrning /
fatigue NJ Studeba<er, ST., in his I
prime on his S0th birthday.
World wide industry. big business. /
is a complex and wonderful thing !
nowadays. a mighty orga nization Of |
bOaTde Of directors and card indexes /
of high salaried superintendent and {
managers and production engineers I
and efficiency tests. Of distant stock |
holders and bond Issues and Wall ST.
and congress and legislation. OF great
sales organizations and wOndrous
factory organizations and yet withal,
a soulless thing, without a visible
heart with Newport and the opera
and Paris and the Riviera-and maybe
Reno at one end and an army Of men
listed only by number at the other,
q business where the owner is a thOus-
and men and woman and the only
boss the wOrkmen know is the paid
sub-foreman and the salaried super
intendent.
And yet sometimes in these days Of
huge corporations a man still runs
his own business. grows rich but not /
proud, lives in the same town wAere
he made his fortune. grows old simply
and plainly and regards his employees
as his friends.
Knows the Employees.
The scene at the Studebaker ad
ministration building Friday after
noon could probably not be duplicated
anywhere in the country in an organ
ization OF the size and industrial i'm
portance of the Studebaker corpora
ton.
The studebakers still keep close to
their men.
Seven patient old men stood beside
Mr. Studebaker, the veterans. They
had worked a lifetime there-41, 45,
AZ and As years
THE sight Of them takes me back
10 the time when I knew every man
in the factory by name-and what
he could do" said j. NJ. And it is
To their loyalty, their help, that all
this is possible"
Three thousand men massed in "A
great aisle, passed through and each
shook hands with the last surviving
Of the five famous brothers. Ten
minutes passed, Is, a half hour. The
massed group did not diminish.
Fearful Of the strain, on the veteran |
manufacturer. Clement Studebaker |
brought a chair and made him sit
down. But the next gray haired
workman that came along brought
terested. The room grew hot, the
crowd was close and packed. They
made the old man take off his coat.
and finally got him to rest against the
arm Of a great chair.
Has Word for Every One.
But the fatigue left no trace on Mr.
Studebaker He had "A word for every
IN n hfr11Ga1F md
his men were enjoying the event with
him
Here's one Of those fourth ward
FrenChmen," announced George Wit
wer. who was master of ceremonies.
And employer and employe grinned
together.
you know this fellow" said Wit
you old rascal" said j. NJ. Civ
ing the workman a friendly shove.
Here's Bob James
Il know him.
And so the line pushed its way by
for nearly an hOur-AmeriCan born
and foreign born-the Mary Ann"
club, composed of the Office girls, and
the men who came up hot and grimy
from the shops.-Old and young.
marching by the hundred and the
thousand To greet their chief
The presentation of the loving cup
as a UuNt lIOUl the men III lllt
Office and the shop that preceded the
reception came as a complete sur
prise to NJ. Studebaker and for few
minutes he stood silent, and when he
began talking. there was a choke in
his voice.
What can say" he faltered,
what can 1 say? 1 don't deserve
this"
Then he spoke briefly of his ap-
probation of the gift. Of the loyalty
and cooperation of his men.
He finished with a smile rs he adj
dressed the girls who were grouped
just in front OF him. and wished that
each of them would get a good hus-
band and be fine house wives.
Preceding the presentation was
brief reception 20 business men. head
ed 10y Edgar r. Bonds who gathered
I'm Mr.. Studebaker's office at 2:3O and
offered their congratulations. Among
those who called and Inscribed their
names on a formal greeting were.
A. II. Heller. Ralph NJ Seely Cecil
Franklin. J. l.. Wilkinson +. A Bryan.
John =. Haberle Gilbert A. Elliott.
Charles A. Decker. j. Quincy AmeS.
Charles Horn. II. q. Christman. ]. ".
Camper. Fred W. Martin. Walter G.
NIuessel q. r. Schmidt W. c. Elliott
Or. c. II. Myers, Samuel T. Applegate.
Fred l.. Dennis, John Beyrer, :. +.
Allen. Samuel Adler, l. T. Hardy,
Mayor Goetz. p. A. Joyce. w. c. BY
tngton. John T. Shafer. George L.
Bingham. Jacob Woolverton. Samuel
Perley. G. 3. Stephenson. Or r. q.
Conklin. Or. +. g. Frevermuth. b. J.
Graybill. D j.. BOwsheT. Richard
Elbel Rev. Henry L. Davis. Or. +. =.
Eastman, Jay G.. Bowsher. John n
Hibberd. Alec Staples. Hugh Allen,
Edgar T. Bonds. c. y. Fassett J. A.
NJ. LaPierre. Samuel Parker.
Factory Office and city at large
were all represented in the tribute.
whistles and Bells.
How united and widespread that
tribute was George Witwer can tes-
tify. AS Mr. Studebaker finished his