The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-09
Sheehan Visions
 Brotherhood Of Man
Speaker Lauds American Ideals in Address to FOremen
 at Central Y

"All the barriers that have Sep arated the peoples of the world arc being gradually broken down and eventually all peoples will be work ing under a common banner for the common advantage of all peoples declared Thomas C. Sheehan in his address last night before 150 mem bers of the Industrial Foremen's $ club meeting at the Central Y. M. C. A.
 The speaker congratulated the h. dustriaI Foremen's club for doing it's part in the moving 'the reefs and shoals that have been wreckif1g the ideals of friendship and brother hood, in industrial communities like Waterbury. He paid his tribute to the generous and almost unanimous response of the employees of the Wa terbury industrial concerns to the unemployment fund of the mayofs committee on unemployment.
 Sheehan described in considerable detail n speech which he made De- fore the London, England Rotary club some years ago. In this speech he described three attributes of America CD America has develop ed a race from the remnants that were left on their shores. CD Amer ica is the land of the "gilded spend- thrift" Here the speaker went on to say that the man who spends IS the motive power of the wheels or industry and that there are great many mistaken ideas about thrl1, which ought to be combated. (a) America is the master mechanic or the world. Speaking of the machlnc and what it has done for United States, he said it had added years 10 the life of every human being. that it had helped to enlarge gram mar schools, high schools and col lcges, because the youth of the na- ton did not have to go into indus try, and so had time for leisure ana learning. Were it not for the inVeh- ton of the machine, according to Mir Sheehan, every boy and girl over 12 years of age would be in shop helping to supply the nation with it's needs.
 Speaking about the tariff, the speaker said eventually we must ad- here to the teaching of Jesus to "clothe the naked and feed the hun gry." It may be very well Tor us to maintain that we can and should become entirely self reliant as na- ton that we can and should De- come entirely self reliant as a ma tion, yet as a part of the brolhef- hood of nations we have responSi- bility toward less fortunate nations
 Corning to his announced topic ."rhc Men Who Make Us" he men toned the fact that he had learned 4 great deal about human nature
 hn taa h trade as a machinist in even differ .cnt shops in four years. The work man of tomorrow would be was largely a matter of the type of fore men under whom he learned his trade might be. He urged the ex- ccutivcs present to do al! in their power to help every boy in their de- partment to find himself and ge: ahead.
 Giving an example of what he meant, he told the story of a boy who worked at a machine near hlfn while he was learning to be ma chinist He said the youth spent half a day rigging up a current collector" which picked up the static electricity off the power belts and connected it with machine which would shock one of the work men. Through the help of the super intendent, he studied electricity and when he died. though but 29 years ago, he was on the way to being one of the country's best known elec- trical engineers.
 Speaking of installment buying, he said, "I do not say that it Is wrong nor do 1 Say that it Is right for any one to go out and buy q radio or an automobile on the installment plan: I do not know. But every automo- bIle we buy to-day. every radio we buy to-day and which we pay for by hooking next weeks or next months salary Is yesterdays wealth robbing tomorrow of the chance to serve us. The article which we pur- chase in this way is paid for in labor.
 If I ask you to work for me and serve me to-day and l promise to pay you next July. then l am rob bing next July. I know the chair you sit in tonight feels just as good 10 you as if you had paid for it,. Somebody's wealth paid for 1t once and you are robbing that someone