Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-31
The
Once Ouer
A One Year Plan for American
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Russia has q five-year plan, A
merican leaders are talking Of q ten
year plan and President Hoover
recently spoke Of q twenry-year
plan. We propose the following
ONE-YEAR plan for the improve
ment or efficiency In business. the
betterment OF industry and the re-
turn OF prosperity:
Ia so per cent cut In office
conferences" Anything that can
be accomplished in conference in
en- hour can be accomplished I'm a
dozen other ways IN fifteen min
utes.
Fewer interviews and more
work.
3.-Immediate intimidation Of
golf and adherence to the follow
~ program.
(a)-No discussion Of the lighter
ball during business hours.
Cbl-The number OF golf fanatics
on any board OF directors to be
limited TO 2 per cent.
Ca pledge by all business
executives never TO bring their
clubs TO the office.
tu)-A clause in all contracts
requiring that important executives
who find that golf interferes with
the Jobs give up their jobs.
A definite and final diScon-
tinuance OF the custom or settling
business matters at luncheon. chs
average luncheon takes about three
hours and nobody ever gets to the
point anyhow
5.-A return to the old-fashioned
business office that suggested work.
concentration and performance
instead Of Incidence. opium dreams
and Oriental splendors.
6-Piainer looking stencgraphers,
including a reasonable number
with hair on the upper lips.
IAN understanding among
young women in business
offices that they are dressing for
business and not for the ~Folliesr.
8.-Immediate recognition OF the
fact that nothing has slowed up
business more than the modern
theory that s~tenographers IN bust
ness offices should be chosen X
cllsively from the standpoint Of
the ornamental. ].
9.-Fewa yachts among exec
utives who can't afford them.
l0.-LesS singing or The Gangs
All Here" and more singing OF
I've Been Working on the Rail-
road
ia revival OF the slogan THE
customer Is always right"
12.-Less faith in the theory that
a string OF flashy billboards, a good
slogan, a million dollar electric
sign over Broadway. a radio quartet
and six vice-presidentS with IL
lustrious names are the chief es-
sentials To business success.
13.-FeWer charts showing what
caused 1t and more action TO pre-
vent its happening again.
IA law prohibiting the sale
or possession Of blue or smoked
glasses.
15.-The dungeon for chronic
pessimists, calamity howlers and
forSt-is-yet-to-cime-bOys.
16.-ReSt0ration or the lost a.
merican capacity for indignation
over wrongdoing and a more gen.
eral feeling that the bank pres
ident. business executive and in
dustrial leader who allows his name
TO be used on the literature or
questionable stock promotion
schemes should be boiled In oil.
l7.-ShoOting az sunrise for busi-
ness figures. some OF them direc-
tors Of great corporations. who sell
securities short, contribute 10 the
stock market collapse and prolong
business depression while posing
al outstanding Americans, good fell
lows and best minds"
ia more general acceptance
Of the idea that honesty is not
something YOU may consider your
self possessing as long as there has
been no grand jury indictment.
ia return To plain home cook
ing and more simple living. tHaH
the business men Of America have
been out or condition for the last
ten years as a result OF high living
and excessive wh0opee.
20.-MOre regard for the brother
hood Of man BY business men out
side of the Kiwanis club luncheons.
the annual Chamber oil Commerc6
banquet and the week before Christ
mas.
21.-Underemphasis or the apple
In American commercial life.
pa little more courage al
along the line
23.-Less faith in fairy god
mothers. wizards. magicians and
more faith In hard WORK, a COM
plete understanding OF the job and
an occasional night sweat due 70
OverwOrk.
"A KINDLY THOUGHT
Granting Germany a moratorium
was evidently like shouting TO a
man. sinking for the third time.
that he needn't worry about the
time-payments on his automobile
for q year or 50.
Let's hope 1t will not be said that
the moratorium was IN success but
the patient died.
Several cases Of whiskey were
stolen recently from the cellar OF
the German embassy in Washing
ton. Stolen Us a harsh word. Very
likely somebody took 10 as q loan
and will return It II allowed a
years moratorium.
Daily Health
TIL