Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-06
Williamson on Efficiency
by o. r. w.

Hanson Is forever immune to. He
a live ono, OF tho up ana coming val
city. and like most msn OF his class
hasn't any moro use Tor inefitien |
or tncapaofty than he has for nd
In his foot. lie WON'T excuse t
anybody. 5stuase according TO n
view OF 1t everybody WAC made Il
something. and there's something til
every man oah do. II 4 t1aa isn't al
livcrinE the goods in his paStioull
line OF work IL 10 generally beeaul
the line dosen't suit tho man. ri
man may be TOO big or too little 81
the Job, or tho Job may b too b
or too little for the man. sus ne n,atti
which way It II, if there isn't .
there isn't efficiency and the ms!
ought TO get out because tho Job CAM
We were sitting around In the ell
tho other evening talking about TIL
very thing when the boy brought
tho papers with an account OF Il
tiles of the War Department
AS soon az tho rest Of Us had loot
the headlines over wa knew that WI
hanson would be heard from short
and we wero not disappointed.
"IIumph." ne said aftor he nj
been reading for . few minutes, tsi|
II strange how many OF our man the1
arc in public life who associate tAei|
sdives so closely with their Jobs thj
they can't realize that It's ths,r pei
formahceH and NOT their -psrsonalitij
which the Americas people arc looki.l
1t?
What IN The hoopinE janSorseAl
do We care who's TO blAm becau|
our soldiers haven't got anything 81
butcher knives and clubs to whip Gs!
many with. ITS tho fix We sYS
and not who got US there tnaSs cad
ing us to sit up overtime and worj
right now. Whoever is TO bad
knows ! this minute and knew itI
long time before these inau,s,t,l
Senators and Representatives borsn
stick their probes into the SITUATED
The responsible party, iS he Is q psy
riot ought TO be out on the road nd
looking for a new neid OF endeayJ
he ought 10 be doing IL on hts own II
ttiativo and volition and not be was
ing tho timo OF the legislators al
lawmakers by putting In pleas Of col
fession and avoidance In the hopa III
therll turn him loose and lot hi
try over again"
Gentlemen" and Williamson bra
ed himself for an effort. IT'S result
and not determinations that this AraA
can people are after and that IS VII
they are golns to get no matter wild
traditions they step on. no matd
whose feelings thAy hurt and no mi
ter whose fnely Aphn web OF reI
tape they tear all to pieces. We h n
not got time right now TO apofoSiS.
anybody and we've got whole
less to sit around and listen 10 ol
. man. shifting tho blame on to al
other. The party at fault, for I
stahoe In this arms and munftf|
business. might be crozier. II mig
be Baker or II might be me, bur M
isn't the question. it's Just tf.ls. Al
JOB hasn't been carried out aecof
inc tn specifications and The men
the job admit it In other wor,
the men don't Mt their jobs; they re-
tie around inside OF their official po,
tons like lone nickel in tin bar,
and they make just the same kind
noise. They sound just like q 1
dollar gold piece until they get Goa
ed out of the crack with a hair r
and then they aren't anything but I!
twentieth part Of one dollar wi
purchasing power OF cents.
There Amt any rhan'in this count
can tell me. and make me believe
that this present situation we are
In regard TO equipment for our SO,
1t could have been and II can
remedied right now by putting
up TO the proper people and tern
them to go TO It. Every now a
then you'll hear som ebody say til
Business Men couldn't have done a
better. but II you will start out on
stih hunt for the reason for that !
mark you will generally find out I'll
the author of It. or his third cous
vice removed or como other near .
iat,Vo or ht5. is In some woy liable
set hts feelings hurt ~ there IS.
SONS Justification found for this prs
ent disgra ceful state Of affairs.
AS l said before this thing can
Strengthened out by putting the rig
men on the job, but when they q
found the right men are not going
DC wearing their coat collars butte
ed tight around their necks and til
amt going to be putting in their ii,
IN making exhaustive studies az
~hich VIII produce the most eficten
IN Soldier, round shoe laces or &
ones. NO sir! the men who'll pull
out or this hole are going to we
shirt-sleeves for uniforms and they 6
going to hold the ranks OF Gene
RuStiers and Captains of Industry.
| Take Henry Ford for instance {
can do that now since he has gott
over teing a pacifst and believes
| righteous warfare) and imagine Ct
he's got key to the United Sta
Treasury. oil the power OF the COVER
ment behind him and an order In
| pocket for. three million rifles to
turned out Just as quick as he c
! turn them out; and then down at t
bottom OF that order there is a me
orandum signed Democracy VIII
reads Dear Henry: The sooner y
fill this order the. sooner will Trr
and Justice and Liberty be restoi
to the World" Just imagine that |
tie situation and then watch Hon
ALI the rcd tapes and all the bure
! systems that were ever made for I
embarrassment OF mankind could
have stopped Henry. He would lia
taken the American people into
confidence. he would have made tn
profit sharers In the Truth and J,
tice and Liberty that he was going
help win for Democracy and
would have had every wheel in cyl
factory In the United States turnl
out standardized rifles fast enough
give every man an armfui or til
as BOON as he was ready to step aboa
A ship and start for France. A
Henry isn't the only man who CO,
have done it: there are lots Of tn
who could, but there is one stipuiati
maybe two. that every one of the
they being business men, would ma
| They'd say: .r'll deliver the goo
but I'm going TO take the public /,
my confidence and give the people
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