Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-13
HARMONY
IN HOMES
IS SOUGHT
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Collector of Customs
Declares Efficiency
I Of Workers Impaired
by Quarrels
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OUT-HAYSING HAYS.

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! San Francisco, Dec. Ia y
]. Here are the four guiding y
! axioms of william B. Ham y
! ilton. collector OF customs, y
i in "humanizing" his branch y
j. of government service; Y
b i. A married man or a X
g married woman must be hap X
X py while they are at work OF y
y they will not do their WORK y
X we'll. =
*. Q. A married man cannot y
u. reach full efficiency in his u
x work If he comes to the OFFICE y
X after fight with his wife. y
~ 3. A married woman-a r
u woman being more tempera- X
= mental than man7-isn' t any \
n good all day long II .she, quar- y
\ relied with her husband at v
X breakfast.
X 4. It is not alone a hui "
X manitarian duty, 1t is SER Y
X vice to the government, II by X
X patching up troubles at home Il
X | can make the 400 married X
X folks in the United States X
i: customs service all happy. y
X They will work more effici- y
X emily.
4, IL. L. IL IL n L. X
By Ellis H. Martin.
San Francisco. Dec. 13.-Post-
master General viii Hays has o
rival III his work of e'humanizing"
a great government department.
And his rival, William B. Ham
ilton, collector of customs, a
branch of the treasury department,
goes step farther than even the
intrepid Hays.
It contemplates patching up
trouble between hubby and wife.
Here is Collector Hamilton's
rule of procedure:
IF married man or married
woman is not doing efficient work,
look for trouble at home. Then
lend hand and help patch UP the
trouble. The result will be an In
crease of both happiness and eff
cheney"
Hamilton announced his new
rule to the 400 married men and
women in the customs service fol-
lowing an hours conference in his
private office with married man
of his staff, the man 3 wife, doc
tor and minister of the gospel,
Couple Leave Smiling,
Following the interview the
married man went whistling hap
ply back to his work, his wife went
smiling home-and Hamilton
stated that he believes the United
States will profit by what he did.
Accounting for the doctor, HAM
ilton said he had him on hand to
observe pathological symptoms,
The minister Of the gospel he in
yited In as a peace maker.
Following the new experiment
Hamilton refused to make public
any names Of those present, ut
would be cruel, - he insisted. "Be-
SIDES. 1t would undo all the good
have done, he declared.
But that he has faith in his new
theory Hamilton later made clear
when he assembled all OF his big
staff and told them what he in
tends TO do every time he observes
a married man or married wo-
man doing inefficient work. He
said:
you We al. got it In you to do
good work. Your records show
that, But you can I do good work |
II you're blue and IL, after dis
cord at home, you come into the
office with the idea that the whole
world is against you.
Offers to Mediate.
"Maybe your differences at
home are such as you cannot set
tie without outside help. II they
are, come to me. I will lend you
helping hand. BY doing so / !
will not feel l am interfering with
your private affairs--for by help
ing you I will be helping the gov
ernment.
''Uncle Sam will get more re-
suits from a happy man than from
an unhappy one. A married man
cannot reach full efficiency in his
work II he comes to the office
fresh from a fight with his wife, i
and a married woman--women be-
Ing more temperamental than men
any good all day long II
she quarreled with her husband at
breakfast. Il
In his address Hamilton paid a
glowing tribute to his own wife,
TO whom, he declared, he owes as