The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

Hs NhsNs NVoH NV NNAGNasNh AAa SNSVA9R next steps In the Moral Re-ArniR. cir industry. t along the waterfront and in many industrial cities from coast to coast, What Is the secret of MIRA in such situatlon2 How does it bring labor and management together in A COG operative determination to make the wealth and work available for oil and for tho exploitation of nono2"
 Started In Home
 It started with Taylor in his own home, He discovered, when he lot God take over his life, that he got on better with the wife and chil- dron. He didn't lose his temper or get irritGted SO often, He began to sec and apologize for his own faults and not always blame the rest of the family when things went wrong,
 He took the new spirit with him to tho office.
 My fears went" ho said, T recognized my own seltishnoss and lack of consideration for the men. I had to put certain things right"
 He called hiS staff Into hla offico and told them what had happened to him and tho new basis of honest, unseltishnesS, purity and love on which he was going to run his life and his business. Then ho came out from behind his desk, went down | on the docks and began to get to know the men, He took tho initia. tive In making apologies and | stralghtenlng out strained personal relationships. |
 As e practical by-produet of this now concern for the coMpAny'S ein- | ployeS he began to listen to God | for direction about their wages and working conditions He put through | a $76, 000.a-yoar pay raise above the union wage level and Introduced many Improvements in working con- ditlonS which h0 had previously thought unnecessary
 The men responded to this new loyalty and consideration in the managing,
 New Spirit in Fleet
 "fn the nationwide strike two years ago" Taylor explains, II asked some of the men what the reNl cause of tho trouble was, Its fear, they said; we've got no complaints about wages or working conditions now They felt they could trust my motives, Not c ship was tied up. So the fleet emerged with Q higher morale and no lost time Neither side had gone through tho folly and bitterness Of G fight"
 A few weeks ago I lunehed with MT. Taylor, He told me that Moral Re.Armament Is c lasting proposition, In another maritime tie.up this spring, his ships had again operated on schedule through out.
 The port superintendent explains: "There'S Q new spirit in this fleet, It doesn't take c very bright sea- man to know when he's getting Q square deal"
 Chris Taylor'S story Is just ono Of many that could Do told of how workers and employers are finding through experiment this Secret- that the forgotten factor in industry is, God has a plan.
 There Is Farrar ViekerS, managing director of G large oil company, of whom Q British labor leader says "That man has done more for his employees voluntarily through Moral Re-A Armament than any radical government could force him to do in the next 20 years"
 Boss, Workers Cooperate
 There is George Eastman, head of Q building materials company, who invites all his employees to meet with him in his office or the lum- beryard each morning before work begins, to listen to God and ask Ills direction for the day. "Thege times together have created a bond of honesty and confidence between truck drivers, yard workers, the of- flee men and the executives that nothing can break" he says.
 During a recent strike, his was one Of the few yards that was not picketed, although most of the men AAAAOAAASSds
 Moral Re-Armalnent means that the men know the boss now has their interests at heart. No longer are his favors due to self-interest with an eye to greater efficiency. The boss earns the right to the mems loyalty, and trusts them to give an honest days work and real cooperation, and they do.
 In his speech to the workers of East London launching MIRA in June, 1888, Dr. Frank Buchanan said:
 "Orly a new spirit in men can bring new spirit in industry. In- dustry can be the pioneer of a new order, where national service re- places selfishness, and where indus trial planning is based upon the guidance of God. When labor, man. agement and capital become part ners under Gods guidance, then industry takes its true place in the national life"
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