South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-30
NEWS OF MISHAWAKA
NeoTfnnes office Lincoln Way w Phone Anstauaka 10

IiFe elsewhere, we should see 20 o.
that they. or others who fu their
places. live here ga Nlsha waka buy
their supplies here. support our in-
-..Irior business houses. profess
s.oual men. churches fraternal orr
gauizatious schools. city service and
an home enterprises not cml-uug
tho Mishawaka enterprise.
Let tho Fellowship club of Nlsh-
awake be- the lever % which we
may apply our united power and put
MisEawaka mp So high ON the pin-
uacle Of community accomplishment
that the effort required TO sustain
The achievement viii Doe so voluntari-
ly. so bountfuily accorded that we
viii always be in the Izzer' class.
John Calder of New York, a
speaker of international reputation
at present manager of the personnel
Of the Swift and company packing
house, Chicago. was the speaker of
The evening His subject was In
aust~ial Democracy Through Team
Work" His address was intensely
interesting and was listened 20 with
rapt attention
Industrial democracy is neither a
plan. condition nor a theory, said
ar. calder IL is an aspiration for
for seIf-goverument for spirit OF
couradeship and good viii ana the
form IT. takes IS important, provided
it functions effectively i'm each par
ticufar incident Various forms OF
% #H..# HaE.r
icaIy. fail more or less because
they are not the genuine desire OF
either employer or employe. They
are condcsccuslous from the one
side and inn POSITIONS upon the other.
and are tolerated as necessary evils
av their bestowers. and utilized
eudengly by the recipients.
The Industrial Situation.
n has been aoundantly demon
strated that modern production
methods at their bost-though call
culatod through system and equip
meut 20 increase Individual and ma
ri0naI well-bciug will not OF them
selves produce industrial content
ment Economic friction, even i'm
the best ordered industrial families.
is the inevitable price we must pay
for the democratic basis of exist
encc The vital question that IS
facing lhe many executives is What
does the workman WANT
Mr.. Calder went on TO show that
the chief desires OF tho workman
are 20 have more liberty in indus
try. q share inn the policies of the
mana cement, but only insofar as
they touch his interests Tie wants
to- be treated ass am intelligent par
ticipator. not merely as The seller
Of commodity He wants TO be
consulted. 10 have some things eN-
planned TO him in the first instance,
not merely thrown at him or arbi-
trarily imposed upon him 10y bull
letins. orders or decisions 10 which
he was not d party.
According 10 Mr.. Calder it is only
natural that the employer should
raise "a dissenting voice TO these de-
mands and ask why ne is not rer-
mitted TO run his own business in a
manner that seems to him 10 be the
logical way i'm which the business
should be rum The answer 20 this
is simply that there is no law pro-
hibiting him from doing as ne
chooses. but that if he is wise he
won't attempt To play a lone hand
In the interest of others.
Mr.. calder showed that many
schemes that are constantly being
brought forward by radicals and the
guilt laid at the door of the work
man are in reality not the work of
the laborinS man himself, but are
instead the result of the ingenius
minds of the radical element which
has found its way to our shores UNI
welcomed and unsought. 1t was
pointed out that the workman rare
ly adopts any of these plans of So
ciaI reconstruction which are so
frequently forced upon him.
Tho Labor Problem.
The real labor problem as IL now
presents itself to- the people of Nh"
United States, according 20 Mr. Cali
der is thie- "Cau the industries 10
$50 organized and administered as to
bring To- the service of industry the
well tested principals and ideals OF
our political democracy without