Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-06-09
FULL SPEED AHEAD
BY PILOT HARDING
UNCLE TED EXPLAINS HOW THE
PILOT AND CREW MUST
WORK TOGETHER

don't know. Tney may use IL
on train but 1 know they use it on
a boat" 1t was Jack talking to his
sister about an expression used on
boats whom the Captain wants the
boat to go as fast as possible.
What are lou Riddles talking
about this timer" asked Uncle Ted
as he came into the play room which
he had fixed up for the children IN
the old barn.
Ruth says that when they want
train to go fast they say, Full
Speed Ahead. / said l didn't know
but did know they use it on boats, !"
answered Jack.
you are right about the boats,
Jack, but there's no way to use such
an expression on trains. Orders are
given there by pulling a cord that
blows little whistle in the engine
cab. You will remember that when
we were on that big lake steamer
last summer took you into the pilot
house. There was a big dial with
a handle and an arrow that turned
to different words as the captain
turned the handle. One OF these
places lie marked Full Speed Ahead,
others such as Reverse, Slow, etc.
Down in the engine room of the big
ships, far below the pilot house, is a
big dial with the same expressions
on Il. When the captain turns the
handle in the pilot house 1t turns
the arrow on the dial in the engine
room and the engineer acts accord
ingly. When the pilot turns the
handle to Full ;ipeed Ahead, the
engineer orders all the steam pos
sible and the big ship surges ahead
in the water at its greatest speed"
II remember that" said Ruth.
"But kiddies," continued Uncle
Ted, there is another pilot who has
his hand on the lever that is direct
ing the affairs of our great country.
His name is Warren G. Harding. He
knows that there is such thing as
Full Speed Ahead and he is using
1t. His engineers have the machine
ry of government we'll oiled, and
plenty of steam in the boilers, and
so it has been a well-handled Ship
of State ever since Pilot Harding
took over the ship. / have told you
before something about the differ
ence in men. You know one man
can get you to do the things he
wants by getting you all enthused
about II and worked up to the point
so that you just simply go do 1t be-
cause you think it is not only right
but because you know 1t is the best
thing to do. Another man may come
along who wants you TO do the same
thing but instead of filling you with
enthusiasm to do it, he tells you
that you. MUST do it. That type of
man we know as dictator and in
our form of government we have no
use for such a man.
President Harding has shown all
the men with whom he has come in
contact that he is NOT a dictator
but sincere, capable man who real
ICES that his job as pilot of the Ship
of State is real mans job and ex-
poets every other man who is work
ing on the ship to work with him for
the good of the entire bunch. And
let me tell you Pilot Harding knew
that his ship must go Full Speed
Ahead, when he was picked for the
job. He didn't take Just anybody
for members of his crew. He took
his time and picked crew that falls
right in line with the idea of doing
things TODAY and not tomorrow.
That is why he is able to get quick
action when he gives the signal,
Full Speed Ahead.
TITS just as have told you be-
fore, Jack, you can't get team work
IL the members of the team aren't
the kind of men who realize the big
ness of their jobs. Neither can you
get full speed. But if they are men
who are on the job every minute and
are working with their captain. then
they can't help but win. II is the
same way with our government to-
day. Pilot Harding picked men like
himself who want speed and team
work and he is getting the results.
There couldn't be more of speed
king than the Postmaster General
Will Hays who has been called a
human dynamo Secretary DENLY,
former officer of the United States
Marine Corps, naturally knows the
value Of team work and speed. He
is real sailor and commander and
is making things hum in the navy.
Secretary Hughes is unlike many
lawyers. He won't stand for delay,
and, therefore, although most of us
may not realize it, our great foreign
problems are being put through with
amazing speed and with the results
that should have been accomplished
long ago. Then there is Secretary Of
War Weeks. He is man of long
training in business who goes right
after the problems of the War De-
partment and sees ahead those
things that must be accomplished.
But it is not only the heads Of
the various government departments
who realize the work to be done.