Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-04-18

HONARD BKUCE pany efficiently
organized that it was able
to send the American Expedonary Force the first Amer
ican-made ordnance supplies
When the Armistice was signed, more than $4,000
employees the payroll of the company, and the
original facilities had been expanded until they occupied
five buildings covering than 200 of ground
racing curtament OF business plants throughout
the country forced to close. Instead of closing
plants of his company however Mr.. Bruce began bring
ing new lines of work to Baltimore and thus creating
new jobs
Relations With Labor
His experience a ve-dolar-aweek beginner gave
Mr. Bruce an insight into the problems of the man who
works for daily wages and this insight has been manifest
throughout his dealings with employed in his plants
When the eghtho day was as yet almost unheard Of
Mr. Bruce instituted it in Baltimore and put it into effect
Long before the sort of compensation arrangements that
are in effect today existed Howard Bruce established
fund to be used to help needy employees in times of sick
other trouble and established life insurance fund
by which each employee insured equva-
lent to years pay, and the entire cost paid by the
company.
Community Activities
Baltimore knows Mr.. Bruce well indeed as an indus
trial leader, financial leader and leader in many
civic that required the talents characteristic
OF great business man; but he is by we'll
known as leader in humanitarian enterprises Yet the
truth is that In few phases of his has
ne worked more effectively and successfully than
when ne has assumed the leadership in the promotion of
His most conspicuous service of this sort has been his
leadership OF the community fund Another enterprise
munit placement bureau which dates from the day when
he retired chairman of the community fund In re-
spouse to the demand for speech the latter occasion
he began with the words, THE time has come when
must kill the prejudice against employing men over As
years DID," From that work he has never retired.
Views Current Issues
Howard Bruce, always man of definite convictions
and the courage to voice the has stated his position
major issues Of the day many times during the present
campaign. brief summary follows:
Neutrality: Il heartily endorse the recent policy of
the Roosevelt Administration and the legislation they
recommended which passed by Congress AS live
in world dominated by selfish interest we might as
well
in quarrel the best preventive is to equip ourselves
that it becomes Improbable to quarrel with u.s.
Social Security. The recent social security legis-
laton is part of world wide movement and has become
an integral part of our legal structure and is here to stay
Is gigantic experiment and inevitably will be- for
years to subject to Improvement and expansion
Labor Legislation. 'The National Labor Relations
Act granted to labor its charter of rightthe right to
to deal with the employer disputed points through
representatives of the organization selected by the
ployee to represent him."
Budget. II am not one of those who today call for
the memdate balancing of the national budget for the
simple that know perfectly well that in the
immediate future with the need for great expenditure
for defense, it not be balanced This however,
stutes greater argument for the curament of
oher expenditures. fvenuay ana as soon as possible
we must bring our outgo within our income or become
bankrupt"
Farm Problems "The farm problem not only con-
the farmers and those closely associated with
farm activity, all of whom constitute somewhere
third of population but it really the Nation
as whole for the Nation can not prosper unless there
is fair balance between the purchasing power of the
farmer and that of the remainder of the country do
not believe in donothng policy, and do not believe the
relationship between the farmer and the rest of the
try can be left entirely to nature and the law of supply
and demand"
An Opportunity for Maryland
Today Howard Bruce has behind him the records of
successful engineer successful indusiahst and bus
neSsman, and successful public servant-whch in his
case doesn't mean officeholder, but who has
grapped successfully with problem after another in
the interest of the public No in the State is better
acquainted with the governmental problems of Maryland
and the United States than Howard Bruce Maryland
fortunate in having opportunity to elect Howard Bruce