The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
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: Labor Headers"
: Wanted
: By DR.. Charles Stelze I
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Nothing seems worth doing today
unless it can be expressed in terms
Of billions, millions, or possibly thous-
ands. But after we have decided,
for example, that the government
needs billions of dollars to carry on
war, millions of men for armies and
naves, and thousands of airplanes and
warships, we make the discovery that
the whole thing will collapse unless
we can find the men who are capable
of taking the lead in each Of the di-
visions responsible for winning the
war.
While we need money, machinery
and men in putting over any kind of
q job, the most important factor is
men, no matter what the job may be.
But men the world round may be di-
vided into three classes-workers,
Jerkers and shirkers-men who stay
on the job, men who go by fits and
starts, and men who try to get out
of doing any kind of a job. There
never was notable thing done in the
history of mankind that did not have
the right kind of leadership. And
leadership is rare quality.
All this applies to Labor Day. There
| is power in numbers, but no organiZa-
tion is stronger than its weakest link.
By the same token the right kind of
leadership may give strength and sta
bility to the organization so that it
will be lifted to such heights that even
the weaker members will feel the pull
of the personalities qualified to in
spire and lead the entire membership.
Such men will take risks and dare
defeat, because they not only believe
that the day has not gone by when
zone shall chase thousand, and two
put ten thousand to flight" but they
also believe that "in union there is
strength" This means teamwork and
cooperation clear down the line. Such
men will not falter when enemies as
sail them with lies, or when friends
caution them to go slow for fear that
they may start something" They will
see the way out, or they are seeking
the way. They will say to their fell
lows, "Come in-let's do it, but they
will tackle the job whether anyone
comes or not. They will put ginger
into all that they set out to do, but
they will leave out the mustard and
the vinegar They will be all on fire,
but they will not scorch their friends
and associates. They will be humble
enough to accept what is "nobody's
business" as their business.
Labor needs more such leadership
today, when the world lags because of
bad conditions and dead organizations
and lame methods and Indifferent peo-
pie and languishing enterprises no
matter what the cause may be. This
situation will never be remedied by
high-sounding resolutions or pro-
nouncements. It requires men who
are not daunted by sordidness, the
failures Of others, nor by the plea that
the thing can't be done. They will
prove that it can be done by doing
it.
A small group Of such men in each
labor union would be a host in them
selves. They could make their organ
ization the wholesomest, healthiest
thing in the labor movement. There
is no organization so dead that they
could not bring it to life and send
it on the way toward the fulfllment
of its high purpose.
They could drive out of the organ
ization every crook, every CRATER,
every double-dealer-ifa any such ex-
ist-and impart strength and courage
to the entire membership. How is
it in your organization? Perhaps the
ranks are not so crowded with men
of this type but that you yourself
might slip into such place of lead
ership.