Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-24
AUTOMOBILE FIRM
RETAINS WORKERS
White Motor Co. Has Not
Laid Off a Man During
Depression.
BY JOHN F. SINCLAIR.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, october 24.-"Not a
man has been laid off in our factories
since the depression began" said Saun-
derS Jones, vice president and general
manager of the White Motor Co. of
Cleveland Eyes, we have reorganiZed
somewhat the system under which we
worked, and are using the stagger sys-
tenn whenever possible, but no work.
ingman in Cleveland is walking the
streets because of any program Of lay
ing off men by our company"
Mr.. Jones also called attention to
another change in the automobile BUSH
ness. -
''The day of the order-taker, with
his pencil in hand, is gone, he SAID.
''The buyer is harder to sell now imam
he was a year ago, but this Is coun-
teracted somewhat by his Willingness
to listen-a condition which did not
exist a wear ago. Life is full OF COM
pensation if we look for it,
"Buy Now Campaign"
E. Z. Shumaker, radio manufacturer,
urged the Manufacturers ASSOCIATION
of New York yesterday to inaugurate
q "b,Iv now campaign" as sure cure
for the present depression. The re-
cession in business, Mr.. Shumaker said.
IS only about 10 per cent, Whlcn
s'ghOllIQ NOT DC IldIQ W ONCANOAAS a.
ourselves, have confidence ana oll-
gently apply ourselves to restoring con-
fidence in others.
Mr. Shumaker is right Keeping fac
tories closed and keeping people out OF
work will not meet the problem, waiting
for the other fellow TO start VIII not 90
it, waiting for the workingman 10 puy
before he has a lob will not do it, wait
ino for times to get better Is not the
s;gl,t thing. 1t is too long suffering and
"The thing to do is for industry to
take the lead" Mr.. Shumaker SAID IN
concluding his remarks. Give our pup
lie reason for not fearing the future.
That will begin buying. The oinerence
between prosperity and hard times in
this country. after all, is only the addi-
tional expenditure of 81 per week per
capita"
Plea for Competition.
Merle Thorpe, editor of the Nations
Business before the same group, took
another angle He thinks it is not over
production out underconsumption that's
causing all the trouble. He said:
There will never be overproductlon
until the millions who want more ana
better food, warmer clothing, more
comfortable shelter and who are eager
to exchange their labor and services 1or
these things have been satisfied"
Mr.. Thorpe made plea for return
to the glorieS of competition, so essen
tial to growth" and he philosophical
thus:
IF the present adversely teaches the
lesson that neither the individual nor
any nation can pull itself up by us own
boot straps, that progress comes from
the bottom up, and not from the top
down. then perhaps we shall not have
passed through this depression IN vain.
George M Verify of Middletown,
Ohio, said prosperity is just around the
corner and that the next era Of pros
perity will far exceed any era that
America has ever before experienced.
This steel magnate cited numerous
examples of future possibilities. Here
is one: The production of steel ingots
and castings in the last decade in
creased from 100000 tons to 46,00O,-
600 tons. Is that the saturation point?
''Not at ALL" said Mr.. Verify, and pre-
dicted that on the basis Of natural
duction of $4,000, 900 tons will be
reached during the next 10 years.
Unemployment Remedy.
When Col. Arthur Woods, President
Hoover's manager OF unemployment,
reached Washington he Immediately
asked the business leaders of the coun-
try to take on every man that they
could use during the coming Winter
months.
II not only expect industry to do its
part" Col. Woods said in his first
statement. but see that 1t is already
doing So.'
The most heartening element about
It all is the recognition by the Fed
eral Government of the seriousness OF
the unemployment situation and the
= = 80 IHnfV1
undertaken, under Col. Woods direc-
ton, to effectively organize industry to
cope with the whole problem on COM
prehensive national scale.
And that decision was not formulated
D day too soon!
Check Forgeries.
Check forgeries are growing rapidly.
About $150,000,000 a year is now lost
in the United States in forgery cases
alone, according to William B. Joyce,
chairman of the National Surety Co.
The rules which Col. Joyce has
laid down for the guidance of the
public in the matter are SO important
that I take the liberty of recording
them here in full:
/. Never cash check for stranger
until he is identified by you through
some one you know and upon whom you
can rely.
2. Never accept a check just because
II looks "busineSslike." Criminals are
now counterfeiting checks of well
known concerns.
g. Always verify bank Qualifications
through the certifying bank. Certifica-
lions are frequently counterfeited by
criminals.
4. Never do what stranger suggests
in order to identify him, unless the
suggestion leads to identification
through some one you know and on
whom you can rely. He may have ar
ranged with an accomplice to give you
transformation.
S. Never sign a check in blank or
make it out payable to cash or bearer
unless imperatively necessary
6. Never leave your check book or
Cancelled vouchers where any one else
can get hold of them.
z. Always write your checks care
fully with good ink, typewriter or check
writer which will indent the paper
Leave no spaces between your words
Never let any one else check up your
bank book with paid and Cancelled
checks returned from the bank. This
is the one thing that every business
man should do monthly and personally
wherever possible.
(Copyright, 1880. by the North American
Newspaper Allance.)