The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-03

| serted itself as. never before and now Britain is under the rule of a labor government for the first time in it's history. zs
 New Zealand and Australia had sl- ready set the motherland. an example. India has made progress towards free dom from governmental domination by Britain. Egypt rose in rebellion against British srulership, and now exercises Ian unprecedented measure of political
 The British colonies are no longer under the. thumb of Britain's foreign of fice. They have asserted their free dom. s. ~ fa
 At home, what is happening, politi. eally? ,sGec =
 The authority formerly exercised by the twosd dominant parties is .disintegrat; ling. The president can nosIonger is- kue commands confident that they will be oheyed by leaders or members of his own party. The power of party leaders over their followers has weak kned, not; to say disappeared. The ar rival of this new condition is illustrated Pyethe breaking up of the old line par Eies. into blocs. srs
 Like Britain, we have not been free From trouble with our non. English Epeaking wards, in Cuba and tine Phil ppines. The current agitation in the Philippines is strictly in tune, with the times. .sss% 3s1f
 But there is another trend. In cer- Iain. respects it is a contradictory, an hcongruous trend. fs5s7 fThsG so khn night say-toward dictators. Doubt ess it will prove temporary.
 Russia deposed and assassinated the lSar and set up Lenin and .Trotzky, Ewo5 absolute autocrats and Slictators. Italy switched from race toward sO- falism and communism to-. Dictator Hussolini. In Turkey, there arose Ke- hHl Pasha, who has acted the role of a Cromwell towards the eountryas Par Iament..ss The Spanish king became a lawn in the hands of Dictnfof Primo. The veteran Venizelos was called to hke hold of the helm in Greece with nt stipulation or restriction.
 Germany sought a dictator. and had here been n Napoleon or a Cromwell even a Trotzky ready to step for lard he doubtless would gladly have ben given. free rein to set up one Ian rulership. > 1t
 Hungary has herg rgdictator in the per n of Admiral yOn Horthy, - At home in church government, a kvolt against constituted authority is l Eitating many minds.
 What does it all mean? DoesSit con- l ladict, or does it harmonize with the a keory that men now resent authority. Ewer, orders, bossing? e1 r
 May not the explanation he that the l kyal rulers who. have been deposed 4 ere not chosen by their subjects, by leir citizens, whereas the new dicta- lrs have been chosen and set up, at hst theoretically-by the people them Ives? ,-v
 Does this same reasoning supply the ly to political, social and industrial EyelOpments at home? rr
 If we agree that all these develop Fnts and trends mean that the people, Ie rank and file,' the masses are as- Fting themselves, asserting their free Im, asserting their democracy, do they It contain lesson, a warning, for herican industrial and financial lead for all business executives, for ery one charged with the responsi- Iity of handling men or. employing bital? =
 Is is true that "for a that and d
 that '7EF
 Our tolls obscure and a that,
 The rank is but the guinea's stamp.
 For a that and a that, >ee
 Its coming yet, for a that. I That man to man the world so'er, { Ehall brothers be for a thatr'
 The onward-looking executive and Sployer will not ignore. plans or pro- kals designed to bring his organiza-
 In into harmony with the march of
 man progress. , He. will not scoff at
 ns for profit sharing. He will not Iut schemes for effecting "employe presentation" He will not neglect
 possibilities of stock ownership. by
 rkers. lie will not laugh Sats those kcutives who strive to run their or
 hizations through counsel and'co-oper-
 lon. He will not set himself up on A
 bone and seek to rule his people as
 many dumb driven cattle"
 He will not essay to arrest the rising
 e of industrial democracy. He will
 be governed by what was possible
 the past but by what promises to be
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