The Washington times., 1918-05-19

his nibs, FRANK LORD. He 10 81
high up IN the shipping Board yoJ
can't reach him without wireless.
wirelessed him through BURTON
ROGERS, who. believe, Is the sec
ond wisest looking man in Washing
ton. The wisest looking man, IS yot
have all read in these paragraphs, L
ED STEWART, Of the Department o.
Justice.
Well. after q iock Of shipbuilderI
had finished with Frank. reached
him across q barrage Of mail thal
some one had dumped on his desk.
Before reaching him l tried to
wonder II Frank is as high az
IN the Shipping Board as are the
cuffs Of the trousers on Franks Of
fee boys pants. They AXE high,
Believe me, that boy has his pants
rolled up as If he expected a Hood
After we had discussed the Sc
riOus matters that ] had laid before
Mr.. Lord, he asked me:
How many applications for en-
plOyment do you think we have BE-
fore us"
Il couldn't say" was my reply.
Give a rough guess"
Five thousand? ?" I ventured.
Eve have 19,5oo," answered Mr..
Lord.
They can't get GOOD people, ex-
perienced people, fast enough.
Il reminds me Of what BRiCE
CLAGETT, secretary to Mr.. Me-
Adoo, said to me once, not long ago.
"Not a week passes that we don't
scour the Treasury Department look
ing for some intelligent employe.
with experience, who IS capable Of
fitting into a REAL job, where ex-
ecutive ability is necessary.
The majority Of the applicants at
the Shipping Board are persons Of
no experience who want soft jobs az
high wages
Il made me think Of a letter had
received from an Ordinances Bureau
clerk who wanted me to comment un-
faForably on the installation Of some
dme-punching devices that have been
installed in the bureau. Employees in
Washington who kick at time clocks.
who watch the hands, who manage to
Just get to the office at 9, and who
are out on the street with q rush.
viii NEVER be picked for executive
ability anywhere.
BRICE CLAGETT himself is a
conspicuous example Of a young man
who NEVER knew what Il meant 70
have a working day Of set length.
Only q few months ago Brice was .
reporter for the Associated Press,
covering the White House. His job
lasted tWenty-four hours . day.
Had It not, some day the President
might have issued a document Of
great international impoFtanee, which
Brice would have reported to his Of
fee, all but the latter hall. When he
reached the middle, he would have
stopped work, and Briee's account Of
II would be ended with these words:
There may be something more inn
portant IN this, but / have worked
eight hours today, and my time Is
now up"
Briee worked all the time, every
day and sometimes every night, and
when Secretary McAdOo wanted a
secretary he looked around for the
most industrious young fellow he
could find anywhere in the United
States and picked young Mr.. Clagett,
who is a Washington boy, and
we're glad to know him. you bet
These time punchers also ought b
know of the late Henry Hurt, Of
who died worth two
million dollars.
He came to Washington from Vir-
ginia with nothing and got a job
a horse car on the old Wash
ington and Georgetown line, the pre-
cursor Of the Capital Traction Co.
He worked eight hours driving
the horse car-or perhaps 1t was
twelve. Then he would 60 into the
office and let the cashier tell him
how to count the money and make
the figures. One day he actually
induced the cashier to let him do
the heavy work Of making reports,
and he kept up this double shift for
a long time, until someone higher
up found it out
At the same time the company
was shy a treasurer, 50 they looked
around for the most industrious en-
ploye they had, and they picked
Henry Hurt
You can find the industrious ones
getting ahead in this town anywhere
at any time.
1 frequently think Of wonder
full PERCY BUDLONG, one of the
stenographic reporters Of the Sen
ate, a post which carries with it the
fame always due TO men who have
-,arbad the hiuhaet mint in their