Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-27

(. belief, his birthplaor, and his chief reuas-
| tion7 Where does he live, where has he
lived; and whsre will he live in the futiue1
How many jobs has he had before, and
what and whore wero they How many
| people nro in his family, and who are they
| All of these, and many more questions
are Akod. Ono young man, who re-
| Gently obtained Ar important position
in bank in tho Wall Street district, as
serts that its social service inquisitor
| even made him write down Che names of
oil his women friends and acquaintance
This extensive record is then filed in the
oofnpanya hlea, together with a photo
graph Of the employe, and his list If refer
ences investigated ff theae are found To
be satisfactory he ~ accepted ~ a per-
manent acquisition To the staff, but this
does not mean that he is exempt from
further examinations or investigations
The social service division still keeTs ap
eye on him. And no does The health divi-
sion. IT his work suddenly becomes ir-
regular IN efficiency, he n whisked up r.
The medical office for another examination,
and if this does not disclose the cause, tho
social service division rtrhes mp ~ his
neighbmhood and interviews his family
or Iandlady.
HOME LIFE AND EFFICIENCY.
Experience has shown that home con
ditionH have the greatest possible influence
on a mans efficiency An exfravagant or
complaining wife can drive man ~
strange acta Of crime, which Of course, is
matter Of history. n the Revolutionary
War staff had only had social service
department, Benedict Arnold might have
been rescued from an IgnominiOiIg i'm
mortality But even little nusauoes 81
home play an important part in mans
work. For instance, one social service
worker declares that All tho male WORKERS
on the staff n her company suddenly
evidence surprising ineffoiency during
the spring and fall houseoeauing sos-
sons, while one man made mistake. which
would have cost the firm thirty thousand
dollars had it not been discovered IN
time, during the period that his wife
was putting up cherries Any serious
illness al home, Of course, x always rcgis-
tered by q mans lack ~ concentration
on his work
Having proved this curious fart -
its own satisfaction, Wall street d0es not
confna it's surveillance to new employss
hut has recently extended is invev'iga-
tions 70 include the home conditions
of employees long connected with Il. I hero
are about ~. 900 Of these employed by
over 40 firms Some of them arr gray
haired and stoop-shouldered from ong
service, but they are 70 ~ investigated
and card-indexed Just as thoroughly as
the newest Office boy Most # tirs work.
however. Is not being handled by md
vidual social service divisions. b'lf by
the Bureau of Investigation of the Nation
Al Surety Company, which has been en-
gagged for the purpose by the Associated
stock Exchange firms.
AN Esl IowsoH sYeTvw
This Bureau ~ Investigation has had
ia staff Of investigators IN che field for
several weeks They are working quietly
but fairly and are trying ~ avoid en-
barrassing anyone Thsir information s
obtained from any reliable source A. hand
from the corner grocer, the apart
nsnt house isnItor, the neighbors or the
rsailman.
Upon unoover1ng any suspicious cir
climstAuce, the investigator Immediately
reports 70 headquarters and waits Tor
further orders
Some surprising facts have been brought
% light in this way For example,. IN in
vest eating the record of an employs of
= large Wall street firm, not however n
tho stock exchange business, the Inqllir-
eE Nt@a iHlDEHAtsu ly hNs ypAE-A man >
iandiadY that he left the house carving
satchel around ] o clock every evening
and did not return until ! or q clock IN
the morning The young man vas CON
sldered a model empiOye, and his former
employers had testified 70 bis honesty
and eff cheney. For = week or two the matter
remained a battling mystery. at the end
Of which time the young mans employer
suggested that It be dropped. Is he vas
rirn It was uninpor1ant But II the
meantime the bureau had placed de-
tective ON the young man ) trail, who
followed him n bis nocturnal wanderInZs
and brought 70 light the amazing fact
that they we're devoted 20 burglariRg
He WAS caught in the act. and confessed
quite coolly, explaining that his Wall
Street Job wss held merely - . blind.
We do not expect thefts and emDeszle-
ments 70 cease entirely because 81 this
work, says the National Surety Com
pany. but we DO expect 70 protect our
selves as far as possible. Wherever there