The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
No. IT DEAR FOLKS:

" EFT me tell you about a
 Wilson & Company 9 party given by the mem bers of the Fellowship Club of the New York plant at the Wal dorf hotel last Wednesday night. It was given in honor of Thomas E. Wilson, president of the company, who recently re- turned from Europe, where he visited his branch offices there. He made a special trip from Chicago to fraternize with his fellow-workers in New York. The New York Fellowship Club has an active membership and the members are very proud of it, so they wanted to show Mir. Wilson how it measures up alongside of the other Fellow ship Clubs that exist in other plants around the country.
 But most of all, they wanted to show MT. Wilson how much they appreciate his efforts in grouping his 25,000 workers into one big, happy family, where all share in the generous distribution of good will, re- wards and privileges.
 1 think it is great that one man has the power and ability to lead so many people into pleas ant paths and make them proud in his leadership.
 The evening party opened with
 a performance by a minstrel troup composed of workers, whose singing and acting and
 conversation delighted t h
 members and their wives who
 were present. After this part of the programme had been
 carried out, Mir. Wilson wss In- troduced and the cheers that
 greeted him certified u lis
 popularity among his fellow
 workers.
 It is easy enough to detect the di1- ference between genuine Nnd forced ovation; one is spontaneous
 the other shows it is given beealse | it is expected.
 When, however, hundreds of mea rst women stand and cheer and al plauuA
 and wave handkerchiefs-and do 60 l impulsively and heartfully-then
 there is no doubt about the spon- taneity of it, nor is there any doubt
 about their liking and honoring the | man.
 MT. Wilson talked to them very | briefly, but he said what was in his
 heart to say, and he said it so sim cerely that his fellow-workers knew that he meant every word.
 The secret of Mir. Wilson's success in
 his great business of supplying people FOOD PRODUCTS-such as hams
 and bacon, canned meats, vegetables and table delicacies-all backed UT
 also by the slogan, THE WILSON
 LABEL PROTECTS YOUR TABLE -is due to the faith he has i4l hs
 fellow workers and to their faith in
 him. He says so-they say sosn that's all there is to it-exc s3,s, of
 course, that all feel their re poFsi-
 bility in the preparation of th Wii-
 son & Go. products just the ssfze as they feel bound in honor to play on the level with one another.
 It is out of the question for people liv- l ing in the same household to act true l blue in one direction and false in | another-and in this particular house hold don't forget, there is absolute har- mony as affecting the spirit, the thoughts and the action of every mem | Der thereof.
 | MT Wilson remained with his fellow l workers as one of the liveliest and most | agreeable members of the party until | the evenings gaities ended,
 And so goes along merrily and happily the building of a great organization in matters more important than mere cold business calculations.
 Sincerely yours. William c. Freeman, 250 Fifth Avenue, New York City. MT YO YnNN