The Washington herald., 1921-02-11
Dime a Week
Was His Pay
VIII. Todd as q Boy Made
Pads on B0ilerndk-
er's Knees.

w H. Todd, president OF the Todd
Shipyard Company, said to be the
largest ship repair concern in the
world, with more than $4,000 en-
ployes in plants around New York,
was telling the home folks back in
Wilmington. Del, about some of the
incidents OF his youth. Mr.. Todd
was once a boilermaker, but at
present he is busy running some
thing like two-thirds Of all the ship
repair plants in the great port Of
New York. His income tax would
make those paid by men far better
known look small indeed, but tn
banquet in his honor was attended
largely by friends OF the boiler
making days. There was no dog
put on except on the table, but the
speaker who introduced Mr.. Todd
referred to his great success in lire.
IF you call success in life tn
making Of money said Mr.. Todd,
Il suppose l have been successful.
But when I was a boy back many
years ago my father was a boiler
maker. He was a good boilermaker,
one OF the best. Part of the time
he worked standing up, part of the
time on his knees, for he had club
foot. He used to give me 10 cents
a week for making him pads TO rest
on when he got tired of standing.
81 wish the money I make now
looked as big to me as the 10 cents
l got each week then"
Another story of Mr.. Todd is
about the way he strives to build up
the spirit of his organization. Any
body in 1t can walk into his office
and talk to him, man to man, and
will get a hearing. He wants CO.
operation through understanding
and sympathy and he gets it to a
remarkable degree. One OF his pet
fads is the giving of Christmas
presents not only to his employees
but to the children in the neighbOr-
hood Of his plants. This last Christ
mas his bill for these presents was
about 335,oOo
That's a pretty big bill" sug-
gested one of his friends.
Not at ALL" replied Mr.. Todd.
why in fifteen or twenty years,
those boys who got those presents
will be working in the Todd plants
They will be for the Todd Company.
first, last and all the time"
Senator Curtis, of Kansas, the
new vice chairman OF the Republi-
can caucus, is one of the best poll
ticians in the Senate. What he
doesn't know about getting a bill
through must have been overlooked
when they invented the rules of po
litical strategy. The Senator was
talking to a friend about a bill he
had introduced.
It's a pretty good bill" said Mr.
Curtis. but it needs one or two
amendments"
why don't you amend it?" sug-
gested the friend.
why" said the Senator, there
are two or three men in the Senate
who under no circumstance would
let a bill go through unamended.
When they hear mis- bill read they
will propose the amendments it
needs. I put it in this fashion pur-
posely."
There are a lot of golfng bugs
in the Senate. One of them is Sens-
owns a newspaper, yields to no man
in debate on foreign affairs and
can throw a wicked mashie shot
dead to any hole on the Chevy
Chase Course. He went home to
Omaha the other day and coming
back was due to arrive on Sunday.
His secretary. full of important
matters for the Senator's consider
alton, went to the ONCE that day
primed with business. He waited
for several. hours but the Senator
never showed up. He got anxious,
called up the station, found the
Senator's train had arrived safely
and finally went home. The next
day the Senator Informed him cas-
ually he had gone straight from the
train to the Chevy Chase Club
Insists the golf date was made by