, 1923-08-19

plOyeS as over Inc River.
the play drop into d. NJ. LIS office and
PUNK down so cents. s dimes. 10 Jit-
neys. or just a plain half dollar. The
first one of the players who is put
cover the river" gets the pot-that is,
his relatives get Il. It's a regular
put and take' affair. There is.
however. no partial playing of the
game and you either win all in one
Jump by passing out n over. or you
lose the half PUNK and must REIN
burse the pot with another. No one
wants to win though the stakes come
In mighy handy for those in the fam
lily still remaining after the winner is
gone.
Seriously considered. the "Over the
River club is one of the outstanding
features in the work being done by the
industrial Relations department of
the Standard OIL company OF Indiana
1t supplements the moro complete
protection being offered workers at
the refinery by the shiftmen's bene
Git association, and 1t adds some spirit
TO even tho sorry matter of dying.
This benefit association provides
hompensation at the rate OF SO n day
for the member who is i'll and cannot
attend his duties. Should sickness
prevent him from working for many
days he will surely be paid SO n day
FOR each shift he has beer unable to
be on. And should death be the eli
max a sum OF 500 will be turned
over at once to his family. The pot
of the cover The River club. IL he
had been a member Of 1t. would also
fall to his bereaved. making a total
'smount of about $500 left his estate
from these two sources.
The dues exacted for membership of
tho Standard oil shiftmen in tho ben
eft association amounts to only 81
a month M snce real protection is
granted them it is a safe bet they are
'elreful not to let the payments run
IN arrears.
These first matters provide for sick
ness and death but there are many
other activities humming within the
walls of the Industrial Relations
building which are vitality concerned
with full time living.
Naturally every means is resorted
to in order to eliminate accidents and
for the purpose Of promoting a gen.
eral spirit OF w-atchfulness and care
fulness on the part of the men, fire..
Quent safety talks and demonstrations
are held.
- Committees are comprised OF EN-.
p'oyes and employers give dlligent
attention TO questions of fair prices,
or dit standings. wage grievances and
oth-r problems which are daily ssues
W. the $500 men working at the
STANDARD oil refinery. How best to
solve this or that knotty tangle, what
most offectual methods to apply to
tn or that situation, what most
beneficial ways and means to adopt
an certain cases Of Importance to
them all or perhaps only to n single
worker-these are recurring studies
for the different industrial relations
groups.
8. \ life of health and a good time all
around are still other and worth while
concerns dealt with. Several tennis
and horshoe courts and a baseball
diawond are all nicely fixed and cared
for.
p Those empowered to hire, discharge
Or discipline employees are privileged
TO take their MONDAY meals in the
large dining hall OF the recently erect.
cd edifce. This room is fitted out 20
iced $50 men at a sitting. In this
highly efficient age OF zip service II
81 the last word in preparing and
serving food. Potatoes performer
nN service kitchen details please note
This and what follows-are whisked
Through an electric peeler, and besides
all the other snappy methods used.
There is an electric dishwasher which
is capable OF washing and drying
$500 dishes an hour.
Practically all OF the second floor
of the l. r. building is devoted to the
auditorium. General airlngs OF gen.
eral plans and difficulties are carried
on here. Concerts and entertainments
have full sway at specified times in
the hall and gatherings of every de.
scription and intent fine that here
they now have room. seats-and
plenty of both.
Ofhand. one Is FIRST impressed
upon entering tho new building by
the employment department. Here
is the place where all workers at the
refinery get their first idea OF lust
what kin OF a place they are earning
Their pay at. And Il is here that
those who, for some reason or other
leave. go for their money. II any
grievance is being held by the dis.
charged employe he has his chance
TO speak his mind before the employ.
ment department. II he has not
been at fault he is then returned to
work in the refinery. II he has been
wrong he is told why. It's a prop
osition of a good, straightforward
dealing both coming and going-tho.
because Of such relations there is
very little going.
Things have been goiz- fun blast
at h new building for some time
but as yet. in a ceremonial sense, Il
has never been opened. Yesterdays
and today's pressing problems though
have not waited upon rituals and ora.
tory in order TO avail themselves OF
It's conveniences for discussion ana
t%hrashlng out matters. However.
the official seal will be cast from its
doors and there win be n formal omen.
Ing OF the Industrial Relations home
september fourth. This homo is one
or several. the others having been
o~utgrown rapidly. II has been built
from tho ground up for the men and
is modern in nil respects. All those
employed directly in the work of full
time attention to its various actlyi-