Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-01


arbitrary, geographical boundaries.
have tried to fight against that but
they still worship counties. Make a
unit conference, and Immediately fol-
lowing these county conferences let
there be held community conferen-
ces. Carve out or delimit certain
arbitrary war administrative dis
tricts.
I'm this state you have the labor
question-in the northern part OF
the state the |. W. w. | refer to
those elements In the ranks of labor
which either from foolishness or
knayery are playing Germanys
game. Labor In nation Is loyal,
instinctively, but there are certain
agitators who are Selling upon this
hour to promulgate a gospel of in
ternationalism which would be de-
structiye of all orderly societies.
certainly of American institutions.
Insofar as that represents the honest
mistake of fevered mind we should
be patient wit 1t. Insofar as 1t rep
resents-and in my opinion 1t, to a
very large extent, represents some
thing else, part of the German
propaganda, who are spending about
| ha1 a al Ia nc In
ganda-we cannot fool with that;
cannot have any delay In production.
You have great opportunities here
we get lumber for areoplanes, also
copper and lead which we must have
spruce timber, and the American
people who are represented by you
and me, who belong TO neither fac
ton In this class You and | have
right to say to capital and labor at
this hour; II either one of you de-
lay production for single day in
this grave hour we, the American
pSOplc, Will Fioit upOu yoa q puuiSu~
ment that it will take generation
to recover from.
When we are fighting the Hun
we cannot spare peoples feelings. II
you have an incompetent in any
particular position In the state of
Idaho, use the surgeons knift and
cut him or her out of the 0rganiza-
ton and do not spare his or her feel
ings, because the institution of So
ciety Is bigger than any individual
and we are trying to serve organized
society under principles of right
eousness. II you have county
chairman who won't answer letters
when sent out by the state council
and hasn't good grace to resign, ask
hi INTO resign. You must have eff
cient people-cannot afford to have
anything else. The person who
thinks this war burden instead of
an opportunity has not even touched
the great moral principles involved
| 1t Is opportunity, glory. II this war
had to come should we not thank
God 1t came In our day; that He has
given us to live In and sc part in
the greatest crisis in all the tide of
| time? We are all enlisted for the
/
whole term of the war and If we can
not be efficient let's resign in good
grace and put someone else in our
place. Andrew Carnegie said he
was successful as manufacturer of
steel because he always surrounded
himself with group of men very
much cleverer than he was, That Is
the principle of all administrative
ability, The acid test of any person
is his ability to select efficient sub
ordinates, II you have county or
community chairman or official who
says he cannot do all these things
he is confessing his incapacity. Ii
he has the capacity OF organization
he can find plenty OF men In his
community to who he can delegate
these duties and will do them eff
GENTLY; but there is a. certain type
of administrator who, cannot dele
gate duties, trying to do everything
himself--he is hard worker but
does not get anywhere. Another
kind of administrator knows how to
delegate authority, which is funda-
mental in organization,