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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
,IItI3;19H
Should Labor Share i'm the
Management 'of Private
Industry:
As debated by

,MR,. SHISHKIN OPENS: Denial to
workers Of any share in management
means absolute control Of work.
1abpr's blind obedience to arbitrary
rules. Il is bad management; it bars
growth, improvement. The worker
who performs the job knows more
about doing that job better. If the
worker has say about the improve
ment of his job. he has share in
management at the job level. If
workers in department have say
about production flow, labor shares
in the management of that depart
ment. In plant or whole industry.
such labor participation in manage
ment is essential to progress. To help
achieve maximum war production. a
joint labor-management War Produc-
ton Drive was launched.
If competitive enterprise is to sur
vive, and its production grow. labor
must be a partner with manage
ment. Acknowledgment cooperation
achieves harmony of interests be-
tween labor and capital 1t eliminates
strife, prevents strikes, increases out
and profits with reduced unit costs,
It helps regularize production. stabil-
lie employment, enhance job security.
Mana CEMENT without labor par
/ tleipationi becomes totalitarian., Such
management commands the workers
Drawn, but not their initiative and
active cooperation. Denial of labor
participation in management denies
the very dignity of labor upon which
industrial democracy must rest.
MIR. COWDRICK CHALLENGES:
bor-management cooperation, re-
stricted to the advisory level, gave
good results in the Baltimore and
Ohio plan and in employee repre-
sentation councils. It is functioning
usefully in some plants under Mel
sons war production drive. But if "a
share in the management" means
authority to dictate policies or veto
the decisions of executives, it would
lead to divided responsibility, ineffi-
cheney, confusion. Without that kind
of management sharing, industry in
America has secured better results
for everybody, including labor, than
in any other country. Why trade the
system which has made America
great, for something untried and
alien to our traditions? $50
MR.. SHISHKIN REPLIES: Even
my opponent comedies that labor
should have some share in manage
ment How large a share?, Ask the
dress industry where the union devel.
oped the program making America
the worlds fashion center, the print
ing firms which for years have relied
on the engineering service of the
PreSSmen's Union; hundreds of firms
saved by the unions financial aid Lii
the depression; thousands Of firms
where constructive union MANAGE
ment cooperation, has brought better
production, greater efficiency and
lower costs, without any impairment
Of arrangements executive preroga-
tives Match this experience of Amer
lean Democracy against thet first rule
of Fascist Slavery that workers must
have no share in management.
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MR.. COwDRICK OPENS: Fore
merly labor unions did not interiors,
with management of industry They
bargained over wages and working
conditions but usually were content
to leave the running of the business
to those hired for that job. Recent
years have seen distinct evidences OF
a purpose to muscle in" on the fune-
tons of management - the Reuther
and Murray plans; strikes to enforce
changes in operating methods; union
demands covering subjects formerly
considered under the sole jurisdic-
ton of employers; persistent attempts
to secure labor representation in pol
iey-making levels of war agencies.
Through closed shop contracts and in
other ways unions attempt to take
over authority for discipline. "A. diff
ferent approach to the same end is
the attempt of some organizations to
unionize foremen.
Success in these efforts would re-
tard war production and replace
American methods with sort of coll
lectivism, which could not fail to
have disastrous effects during the
critical postwar period. Enlightened
management always has sought to
utilize the brains of labor. This has
been done successfully through per-
sonal contacts, suggestion systems
and Joint committees. But these
methods have been, and properly
should be, advisory. Authority should
remain with management. You can't
have two captains on one ship. Au.
thority and responsibility should rest
in one place.
MIR. SHISHKIN CHALLENGES:
There is no turning back to the
golden era of captains of industry. OF
Millionaire magnates like Vanderbilt,
Carnegie, and Rockefeller, nor to the
more recent dismal years of depres-
sion with its mass unemployment
An important portion of American
industry has already accorded labor
a. share of constructive responsibility
through union-management coopera-
ton. It is a wise choice. Through
partnership labor and management
can together make their greatest
contribution to the welfare of man
kind. In this war and after. such
partnership viii enable our system
to withstand the threat of fascism
and communism upon the American
way.
MIR. COWDRICK REPLIES: Just
what does Mr.. Shishkin propose? His
share of constructive responsibility
through union-management coopera-
ton" is not the same as divided
authority in management, which he
seems to favor. Practically all sue
cessful experiments have been con-
fined to the advisory level Beyond
that point, unions would have au-
thority without responsibility. As
partner" labor could force a conn
pany into bankruptcy through wage
demands, then cross the street to
another job. Employees make more
money yearly than is represented In
the physical assets of their corpora
lions, and ten times their net profits.
If labor saved ten per cent Of that
income, within five years il could
buy majority control
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
WORDS ARE WEEDS OR OAKS

Some words are weak and puny. like
some people; other words are strong and
hit hard, like Jack Dempsey's left in his
palmy days, packed with dynamite.
In speech as well as in writing, some peo-
pie say little in many words; others say
much in few words.
What was the question tipped on d
hundred tongues in Key West on WedneS-
ndayi afternoon 3uDid you read or hear
IChulrchiirs speech? Man, sir, he lambast1
ed them, - That and other comm en- were
madeothreughout Key West "Wednesday
afternoon and evening. W0 sniW9d5 x
The Citizen believes that Churchill
has knack or flair for choosing strong
words more so than any other man in the
world today. He is not an orator; he doesn't
strew colorful flowers in his sentences,
flowers that wither and die moment after
they are strewn His words are composed
of triphammer blows; they hit you be-
tween the eyes and set you to thinking. They
may come haltingly or in sudden burst,
but however they come sometimes they are
so punchful they make you bunch your
shoulders as though you were cushioning
blow
Churchill is, speaker, and ASA SpeaAkFIfi;
er he ranks the highest in4the world today
He would talk to you alone much III che
same way as he talks to large YddifeRhes
or to tens of thousandsdofI peoples eHeE2the
radio. 20 2idHI9i 9dI FtoW q 'nq p
Words, simple words, words that
stride through your mind like giants, strik-
ing mighty blows with clubs What differ
ence between what he says, in punchful
sentences, and what some acknowledged
orators say, in long, complex sentences that
are little more than tonal effects!
Thought-awakening words; they are
the kind Churchill uses; word here that
has scorpions sting, one there that has
the soothing quality of an icepack.
Words are wonderful things to some
people they are as weeds, to others, sturdy
oaks. The weed user is that person who is
ever ready to express himself, always fill
ed with anxiety to let you know what ne
thinks and champs the bit of impotence if
he is forced to listen moment to what you
have to say.
The Citizen believes it is safe to wager
every penny you have that Churchill;i is
just as good a listener as he is a speaker
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
NAILS CALL INVASION IMPOSSIBLE

The German people ought to feel re-
lieved. DR.. Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda
Minister, assures them that an invasion Of
the continent is thing impossible"
Just few years ago the German peo-
pie were likewise assured by Hermann
Goering that no bombs would drop on
German territory They were led to believe
the luftwaffe would be strong enough to
prevent enemy planes from ffsiRg tovecl
Germany. -~------------------- -
DR.. Goebbels also advises the Nazis
that the perfernaanse CT -
were offsettipgs two and three fold, the
British air raidywhearra Neutrality-suspicious.
repaid and twill be evened up complete
ly one of these days.
There may be millions of Germans
ready to accept the statements of the min
lister of propaganda, but the number of
those who doubt the accuracy of his pre-
.dietions will grow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
HEN BOARDING SCRAP

FAYETTEVILLE. n C-When
she killed a SIX pound hen Mrs
p. 7. Blackburn found one ~nall
safety pin. opened, three straight
pins and a copper p caEhre shells
IN the hens giZZard
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
Today's Horoscope

Today may give a tendency to-
ward religion. The special aspect
of today's degree is a wide and
helpful influence. The native is a
favorite of fortune, but there is a
tendency to the luxurious, giving
way to which may be unfortunate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

1878.-Glenn H. Curtiss, avia-
ton pioneer, second only to
Wright brothers in importance,
born Hammondsport, N. Y. Died
July %. 1880.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Benjamin D. Trevor received a
telegram today advising him of
the death of George F. Morris at
Hendersonville, N. c. The body
will be brought to Key West for
burial under the direction of the
Lopez Funeral Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Melvin E. Russell, superintend-
ent of public instruction; Charles
Taylor, manager of the Porter
Dock Company, and Everett Rus
sell, who is in charge of an oil
distributing company in Key
West, went out yesterday fishing
and brought back $50 pounds of
groupers, porgies, muttonfish and
several other varieties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
Bang!

Smith lat the wheel: Do you
know, ! have a new theory about
tires
Nervous Companion: Good
heavensl What was that noise?
Smith (wearily): Only another
theory exploded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

1868.-Richard G. Cabot, Boston
physician, pioneer in social SER
vice work, born Brookline, Mass.
Died May 8, 1889.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

"At the end of this war American
business will have its greatest opportunity
to help put the better world for which we
are now fighting on the healthy economic
basis which will keep it better. Paul G.
Hoffman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Mrs. Leonora Roberts and Mrs.
Antionette Roberts. who had been
In Miami attending the annual
convention of the Degree of Po-
cohontas, returned yesterday af-
ternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

1836.-Anna c. Bracket, first
woman principal sof a normal
school lin ST. Louis, Boston edu-
Gator, born Boston. Died March
10. 1911.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Miss, Elizabeth Garcia, daughter
hofI NJ And Mrs, Pierre Garcia. ABS
Easpps sEef4tIs and Miguel Padron.
Jr., were marFed yesterday after
noon at IS o'clock by Father Maui
reaa OSF1 GSADo afAry's Catholic
Chufek "A eqot5l
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

1832.-First so-called Demo-
cratic National Convention opens
in Baltimore and dominates An
drew Jackson for President.
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ton in the interests of obtaining
a loan for the proposed bridges.
returned yesterday afternoon. \
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Mrs. T. T. Thompson left yes
terday for Miami where she viii
visit her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. N A. Clark. Mr..
Thompson left this morning to
join Mrs. Thompson.
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Today's
Anniversaries

1796.-Reverdy johnson, Mary
land lawyer, u. S. attorney-gen-
eraI senator, diplomat, born An
napolis. Died Feb. 10, 1876.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

An association for the promo
ton of fine arts is being organized
IN Key West. Miss Marie Cappick
and Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., are
leaders of the movement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
Today In History

1819.-The independence. first
steamboat on Missouri. starts first
trip.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Mrs. Edwin Roberts anddher
nephew. James Moss left yester-
day for a stay of a &aeek' 10 Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Mrs. Charles Saunders returned
Yesterday from Miami, where she
had been visiting a few days.
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1881 The National Society 81
the Anernan Bed Cross. alnaasi
wholly the labor OF Clara Barton,
founded in Washipetons
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The year 1943 is getting along, broth
ers and sisters, and, first thing you know
your resolutions will be postponed until
1914. !.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

General De Gaulle might as well poin
up; first thing he knows General Giraud
will be leading the fighting Frenchmen in
to France
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KEY WEST In
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF MAY 81. 1888

Porter More Confident Than
Ever to Secure Loan to Build
Bridges" is the headline of the
leading story in The Citizen to-
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Some Americans seem. to have the idea
that you can win wanq by grumbling at
home about war conditions
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LONDON.-Britain has fixed
prices of partridges and pheasants.
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:. Robert Montgomery. now in
Navy. screen star, born Yankton.
S. D., AZ years ago.
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William R. Porter. vice presi-
dent of the Overseas Corpora
ton, who had been in Washing
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1850.-Gustav Lindenthal, noted
American builder of bridges, born
in Austria. Died Metuchen, N. j.,
July 81, 1895.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

There are newspapers which print
more opinion than news, and strangely
enough the readers like it,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

y 1t. developed today that Joe
Gates, who is employed at Mara
fhon. is the man who rescued the
persons aboard a launch that was
Eadziif zizh engine. trouble. near
SonbTeTo, as told in story In
TING Citizen last Friday. -
20 , -Gsrys
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Our men in the service in this war have
pretty definite ideas about what they're
fighting for and the way they want to find
our country when they come back don't
You think 50. Judge2"
i certainly do. George. Just week or 50
ago was reading in national magazine the
results of poll taken among our soldiers
Each man was given QUESTIONABLE con-
tanning twenty-five assignments for the
folks at home. He was asked to check the
FIRST i've in order of importance to him.
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The business education is being
taken over by the army.
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There are no social security taxes on
the wages of sin. Cd -
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Some people should have the ether af-
ter the operation, to keep them from pes
tering everybody.
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sp-Thomas c. De Leon. Mo.
bile, Afa., newspaper owner sedf
tore noted playwright his day.
born. Columbia, S. c. Died March
10 lsl4N q
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SANTIAGO.-Chile NAY drafs
copper for its industries
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Cyrus s. Ching, War Labor
Board member, u. S. Rubber Co,
vice president, born Prince Ed
ward Island, Canada. 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
Greener fields and pastures
new are being created in the Ten
nessee Valley, and a lot of nonads
already have 'muscled in on
Muscle Shoals
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l927.-Charles A. Lindbergh
lands outside Paris, completing
epochal 5,61o-mile solo flight in
80 1-2 hours.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

1851 S. Department d
Agriculture created an executive
department.
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Capt. Arthur c. Robinson, COM
mander of the Marblehead, hero
of the Java Sea battle, born 81
years ago.
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Today's Birthdays

Maj. Gen. Dawson Olmstead.
Army's chief signal officer, born
SO years ago.
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1922.-U. S. Marines stop 8
hour revolution in Nicaragua
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1936.-Dr. Townsend walks out
on House Investigating Commit
tee.
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Two great takers are not friendly very
ng.
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Gen John L. Hines retired gen.
eral of the army, born White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va, rs years
ago.
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1937.-Russian airmen set Up
camp at North Pole.
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l940.-Germans reach English
Channel iatE Abbe6aa seutthO Stt
Bgg'fMReisiMS} fsYPrAF4fq
1941.-German sub sinks Amer
Icaffh freigfitefH 7Fabin nMotrJ in
SoutRSihtlahfic. bsIIso sloiois1sd
oyIaos1 OF a1mIki no soffi
l942.-SeveraT thotfsafidY Amer
lean soldiers reach Gibraltar.
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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-12-20

run lead, the Ruthian swat put
the Yankees back in the ball
game.
Peckinpaugh, the first man up
for the Yankees, tripled. Wally
Pipp then lifted a towering fly in
the infield which fell safely, and
there were runners on first and
third.
With Ruth at bat, Kerr threw
three wide ones, and then put one
within reach. The Babe missed
one and then fouled one, and the
count was three and two. The
next pitch would be wide or it
would be a cripple in the parlance
Of the ball player, which means
a good one.
Kerr chose to throw the cripple
and the Babe responded by Grip
ping the old nugget for a homer
over the right field roof. That's
what we mean when we say he
put the Yanks back in the game.
This home run surge is all the
more remarkable when it is con-
sidered that at this same time, the
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wall in the first inning with baseS
unoccupied. In the sixth inning.
walk to Peckinpaugh. Pratt's
double and Ruth's single accounted
for two runs which proved suf-
ficient to win the game. In the
third inning of this game the Babe
famed with two mates aboard.
The Washington homer was Ruth's
forty-second.
The forty-third homer of the sea-
son came in game played in the
crucial Cleveland-Yankee serie S,
which was a play-for-keeps series.
with both teams tossing all they
had into the arena for the right
to represent the American League
in the Worlds Series. In this
particular game the Yankees were
defeated 3-2, but Babe added to
his home run total by parking one
of Ray Caldwell's offerings in the
right field stands. The game was
close throughout, the Yankees get
ting but five hits off Caldwell, and
Cleveland amassed seven hits off
Bob Shawkey, on the mound for
the Rupert Rifemen.
Home Run Number forty-four
came in the series with the White
Sox, which followed the Cleveland
series. The homer was hit off
Kerr, then one of the best pitchers
in the league. The homer came
with man on base, and since the
White Sox had gotten off to a four
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-12-20

Babe was spending a great deal Of
time under the flicker lights, shoot
ing scenes that were to be q
part Of a picture to be released
after the World Series. This pic
ture work no doubt hurt Babes
batting. and 1t led to the first open
break between Ruth and the box
Office management of the Yankees.
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Some SideIighfs
On Rufh's Career


Do you remember this ditty of
early '20s?
Babe Ruth cost New York a
fortune,
So the sporting papers say.
And he costs another fortune.
When they hand i'm out his
pay;
And another bigger fortune
In the balls he knocks away.
Yes, at the height of Babe Ruth's
home-running proclivities, he did
cost a fortune.
It was estimated that in batting
practice, the Babe on an average
day would knock about ten balls
out of the lot. Good solid smashes,
that were hit off some batting
practice pitcher who would feed
the Babe a ball he could hit. just
for the edification of the fans. In
a game, he would average about
six more swats out of the park,
which would of course include
fouls over the roof of the grand
stand.
In the '20s that was about $500
a day for balls just for Ruth. At
such a price per game, and con-
sidering there were 154 games in
the seasons schedule. the average
fan can readily see that the Babe
was costly from the standpoint OF
baseball materials. But Ruth really
packed 'em in and so with all the
cost he was the greatest asset to
the game.
Let's review some of the history
making games of the early '20s,
when the Babe set out to make
fifty homers. No one took Ruth
seriouslyuntil he passed the forty
mark and then the papers took
up the cry and played the story
as the feature of the day. To
bring back memories, the writer
will recall just few:
On August IA, 1920, Ruth hit his
first homer in Griffith Stadium,
Washington, D. c., in a game with
the Washington Senators. The
win put the Yankees virtually on
the heels of the league-leading
Cleveland Indians, in fact only a
percentage point separated the
two teams. The Yankees won the
game 80. and Ruth figured in all
runs of the Yankees by virtue of
homer and two runs batted in.
Ruth hit over the right field