The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-23

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the struggles in his own life
the trouble at home, the fear that
logged his mind. made him act
against his judgment. They spent
q lot Of time together during the
next days. Results began to show
Immediately and before many
months Browning had started q
new life--began TO look younger,
One by one. within q year and
. half. the seven main trouble
makers had begun to live on Q
new basis Of thinking and action
cleaned up instead Of fired out.
A united team had been produced
by what the director called the
new way that ducks the friction
method Of deciding things" Jeal-
ousy disappeared. They planned
their policy with all the facts in
the open. They reached decisions
through = common mind. They
could now do an effective Job. In
fact their work has been recog-
nixed In government circles az one
Of the most significant and con-
structivs developments In the
whole country.
MIRA Cures Friction
The problems Of business,
like the problems Of . labor union
or . home. are the problems Of
living together. America Ia re-
capturing through MIRA the art
Of living together because MIRA
cures the friction and feelings
that keep people apart
A large business house in the
middle west recently asked thou
sands Of tn employees what pro-
portion Of the problems In business
were due to jealousy. dishonesty,
selfishness and fear. The answers
ranged from so to e5 per cent.
A hundred trade papers repre-
senting the principal industries
here and In other countries have
recently carried articles MIRA
the restoration Of confidence In
Confidence il based on
trust. Trust 10 based on char
acter. Business today can only
stand just 10 much dishonesty and
lear before It disintegrates and
sollapses. But with moral recovery
comes economic recovery.
One head of . company with
|, 700 employees recently apologized
10 his men for being the cause
II q strike they were waging. III
had been In closer touch with the
works. would have known GER
lain conditions needed changing"
DO said.
Consult With Competitoss
some employers inspired by
MIRA have moved out Of their
homes into less spacious quarters
n order to keep their employees
IN and their business producing.
when II would have been far easier
o shut down. They have even
,onsulted with their competitors
,efore launching q new policy that
night be personally profitable but
prove injurious to the industry ~
! whole.
Such results led Peter Bennett.
president Of the Federation Of
British Industries and eight other
leading industrialists to cable to
The national meeting for Moral
In Washington this
message: Realizing that the true
function Of industry, commerce.
and trade II TO supply the material
needs Of mankind. we desire to CO.
operate with you TO abolish eco
nomic warfare, to establish the
standards Of Moral Re-Armament
in commercial transactions, to re-
store confidence to the machinery
Of business and thus to build on
sure foundations = saner and
kindlier world"
Confidence IN Business
Not only through q new IN
tegrity In business men does this
confidence come. MIRA brings con-
fidence also through a new spirit
moving through whole communi-
ties. So long as competitors, %
long a. capital and labor. nt IN
their respective camps and shout
demands at each other; so long a
they refuse to work together fol
the good Of industry a. q whole
for the nation as q whole-so long
win business be unsettled. There
In fault on both sides Of every dis
pute. MIRA means that each side
begins with itself. Trust grows
where honesty grows. Both side'
learn the power Of an hones'
apology and q spirit Of eo-opera'
ton. confidence In the futur'
grown. investment grows, busi'
ness grows. income grows. employ
meat grows
Here In America are the raw
material and the technical equip
ment sufficient to bring in thu
greatest age Of prosperity TN
world has even known All that y
lacking il the human factor, tn
ability of men to work and hv'
together. MIRA has brought hop'
to business men because 1t bring
the answer to that human factor
The vice president Of q iarg'
building material company ha'
this to say about MIRA: Mora
Re-Armament viii do four thing
f1) II win stimulate buyint
through return Of confidence and
thus relieve unemployment; 81
il win reduce taxes and cause
new flow Of money to go out int'
business and enterprises generally
(s) II win eliminate price war;
and replace competition with co
operation: ca it viii make bust