Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03
WAR MAYLAST YEARS,
EMPLOYERS ARE TOLD
Alvin Dodd, Adviser of Labor
and Welfare Committee,
Addresses Convention
NOT SURE ABOUT RUSSIA
Declares Washington Is Not Satisfied
That New Regime Will Be
Permanent

The Government at Washington is pre.
pairing for three years war, and is not
counting on the stability Of the new Gov
ernment OF Russia. according to Alvin Dodd,
director of the Retail Research Association,
in a statement today to the National EN-
ployment Managers In the auditorium of
the Chamber OF Commerce in the Wdener
Building
Mr. Dodd was called in as adviser to the
Advisory Committee of Labor and Welfare
Of the Council of National Defense yester-
day in Washington He said the Council
of National Defense has arranged to Or
ganize committees in each community at
once and to profit by the experiences of
England and other countries by guarding
against the dsrupting Of industries when
the Government would find 1t necessary to
take over certain plants. BE-.
During the next few weeks" he con-
tinued there will begin such a co-opera-
tion will be effective and necessary for
success.
SERIOUS FOOD PROBLEMS
THE food problem is regarded by the
committee as very serious, not only In
respect to what we will require for our
selves. but also as to what we will, he
expected to do for the Allies" The main
object of the meeting was to agree on
program. and although there were gathered
in the committee men whose ideas in the
past have been hostile to each other. vet
all were agreed on the program adopted
ana the result was better understanding
between capital and labor than before
John Fitch. editor Of the SURVEY. who
had also been called in an advisory ca
pacity, SAID that the committee wishes to
guard against demands at this time being
made on people who are willing to do moro
thah they should do. and gave as an in.
stance persons In England who were found
WORKING Tor the Government thirty hours
at a stretch. while it was found that N.
most efficient work was nerformod D., We
, setting the number of working days and
hours as little as possible from the normal
:, ways OF discovering efficient men wers
discussed by Roger W. Babson. of Boston
reading statistician He deprecated ~
use 'f vi STATISTICS as a means of learning
t'' "e % aaiue OF employees, and told of a plan
ny winch twelve firms in this country az
covered efficient men by placing short sta
, re- III ,heir pay envelopes. This he said
ptousht out certain qualities which could
not De ascertained in any other wav.
,,, "cn ey they want to select future sales.
n,,, ,a" rom among their employees they n,t
fi,d 49,. .a'h story with point to it. and
~ -. ',eir man from among those who
come pack and very often It happens 90
"e o"e they never dreamed of.
HUMAN ELEMENT
or, ,oi eieNateu the human elemept
r r" salu that many firms. in the selection
y. enpioyes for promotion. disregar raoa
S."tist'cs and had men watch what nictures
IN 'he movies most appealed 10 tbai,
ns.p, tne ones which brought the r,os,
ma nahdkerchiefs to their eyes. He annlamded
t .ne manner in which Mr.. Cattell. civ stat;.
IGlan .n handled statistics by nuttins 1t,s
olooo into them instead of the ,,.ro, ,,,
e,anicai method of placing them before th,
pupIlc, and appealed to the emnlovn,a''t m1
managers. not to fool one anothsr ,,i,,,
.neannsiess statistics but TO ren,.r,ta'
80 e'eat Jop was to pick out the mon ,vho
80, s anoltloh, initiative enterprise and
Ss.i'atioh. Men" he said with thee
Iuautles viii make money for canita, an1
,haoorers hs endowed with such Qualities snn,
become capitalists" s'''eS sooh
wafer Dill Scott. of Carnegie -reoh,i,.t
SCHOOL Pittsburgh read a paper on th.
eincients OF the correlation, and T. TT g,
ner, OF Cheney Brothers. silk m,nuf.o.,','n
or south Manchester. Conn. pava y Seu,
tSn VI ,heif plant and how they man.gs1
.ne r,npioyment situation in n city of 10 1H,,
pttp,u;iatioh' IN which the firm controls n,,h,,
ST. 90 anu Where they secure their r.,
,r, 'he iahliiles employed by tben,seIv.
A.. me afternoon session was also heId "
.ne auditorium of the Chamber of Co "
MI a paper was read by Uerber,
tias hs; general manager of Strawbridoa
~ '.nier s. on Organization and ,rrsi,,i,,
VI employees Miss Mary b. ellison ''''I
%s employment and service denar rtr,a,,,,
SS'o'ncrait shops, Cleveland read . ma
descriptive Of her work =" paper