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sible conditions for labor to give Its
service.
Relcnsc OF Good VIII.
Production In industry Is as much
dependent upon good will as Is sue
cess anywhere. So lonS as there Is
AN un!ntclligent and frequently bell
ligercnt control OF industry and con-
scuucntly Of Industrial politics, the
full release OF good Will on tho part
OF tho workers In industry IL an inn
possibility. Those battalIons fight
best where there Is mutual respect
and mutual understanding between
Officers and men, and where there Is
common outlook toward the end
10 he achieved. There is never a
complete release OF good will, which
is but another term for the expendi-
turc Of mental and physical energy,
except under conditions whcre strife
and conflict arc avoided and which
make for mental satisfaction. when
men are engaged In battle for a
cause to which they pin their faith
there Is an utter abandonment and
full release Of energy. There Is
IN almost equal abandonment and en-
thus!asm In the playing OF game
in which thcro is at stake merely a
test OF skill and dcXtcrity. In In
dustry there is tho nearest approach
to this enthusiasm and release of
energy in those cases where those
at work have tho deepest interest in
their tasks: whore there is tho best
development OF harmony in human
relations, and where tho conditions
and rewards for service are the most
Just and equitable.
Must lie ChnnEcd.
or course. no one contends that in
dustry should develop the temporary
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cent sclt-sacriflcc of war. and l have
cited those things merely to indicate
something of the possibilities of IN
dustry under conditions which are
not only possible. but which 1 firmly
believe arc Inevitable.
We cannot remain as We are We
ought not IL we could. As n people
we owe II TO ourselves TO bring our
Industrial organization TO tho high
est possible development in order that
there may be tho fullest and richest
outpouring of commodities, not only
to sustain life. but TO make life in SO
far as possible Intellectually and spir!t-
ually rich. II Is not necessary that
We shall always have drudges and
drudgery. Every drudge In the world,
every ignorant person in the world.
every person who feols himself ag-
grieved. and every person who Is un-
able TO ind a livelihood as the result
OF productive toll is a liability which
can be discharged only by reversing
tho conditions which create and main
tain the liability.
trust that Il will not be said that
have been painting picture Of
too much excellence. For my own
part l know that any excellence that
the human mind can imagine can be
achieved by human effort. II there
is any shortcoming II is with our In
ability TO imagine rather than our
inability TO achieve. Tho race will
ultimately achieve greater pcrfcc-
ton than any who are now alive can
imagine.
Problem of Human Relations.
But there is no royal road to the
future. The road will doubtless be
strcwn with many hardsh!ps. There
is no magic word which will com
pei the great and powerful organiza-
tons o! finance to withdraw their
bl!ShtinS grip from the world of
productive Industry. We have ahead
of US task In the going of which
we shall be called upon TO use all the
reason with which we have been en-
dowcd, and more patience than has
been given 10 many of us. The whole
problem In its essence is ono OF hu-
man relations. Those who have the
common good at heart must learn TO
think and act together for the com
mon good. Those who are engaged in
constructive work must learn to
think and 10 function together and
Management and la
Dor nave In reality common pur-