Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

tilC al 70 Va Sell OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Journal quoted Sa
sultant to this effect: 1.-THE
man who is competent and
ruthless and combines this with
skill at throat-cutting will prob
ably win out over the man who
is lust competent.
More than so industry execu-
tives interviewed by the
journal IN IL cities agreed that
throat-cutters nowadays meet
with disaster almost as often
as with success. Still, the al
Turing example of those who
are successful is keeping the
art very much alive, it reports
The rewards for the skilled
practitioners of the art remain
Highland SO do the risks for
the inept.
HOW IT'S DONE Among
the basic weapons Of throat
cutting. the verbal scalpel ranks
high. whether applied at the
conference table, in the execu-
tive lunch room or right in the
boss Office. reports the Jour-
nal. Many Federal Officials can
attest to the accuracy Of this
analysis.
The inter-office memo Is an
other traditional vehicle for
demolishing a rival. OF more
recent vintage: Introduction Of
an objective" management
survey to undermine an oppo-
nents' project.
The Journal reports some of
these schemes backfire occa-
sionally. One man who gambled
and lost-was aiming for the
vacant job of assistant sales
manager Of his company. Seek
ing to gain advantage over his
opponent for the job, he spread
rumors of his rivals addiction
to wine, women and song. AS
he expected, these tales reached
the ears of the boss. But the
plot backflred. The boss, who
liked to daily a bit, too, handed
the job to the high liver. The
more circumspect employe,
who had been careful to stress
his own purity. fell from favor
and eventually was fired.
EXAMPLES-Some Of the
successful throat-cutting tao
tics reported by the Journal:
An elevator company execu-
tive waited for his rivals spe-
cial project to flop. then SUBJ
mitted to the boss a series of
memos Carefully backdated) to
show he'd opposed the project
all along.
One veteran vice president of
a major West Coast manufac-
turing firm declared: Throat |
cutting frequently occurs in {
places where people don't have
very much to do. ! spent five
years in Washington-that's
where the pros are. In any
other spot you merely see minor
league stuff" R f
But the Wall Street Journal
comments that there also are
plenty of pros operating in the
ranks Of corporate manage
ment. And the game is
played at the uppermost rungs
of the corporate ladder"
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Mrs.
Moody Wharam. Mrs. Hazel
Crabtree and Leroy Reeves of
Interiors Office of Territories
have received awards for out
standing and consistently high
level of performance. The
Office of the Chief Of Army
Engineers has presented sus-
tanned superior performance
awards to Charles Webb, jr.;
Albert Goergens. Mrs. Hilda
MacDorman. Helen A. Davis.
Francis Persiani and Mrs. Mary
E. Thompson. Frank Peck re-
ceived two beneficial suggestion
awards. At Fort BelvOir,
sustained superior performance
awards were given Edward
Quinones and Mrs. Maxine
Kidwell. The Naval Powder
Factory at Indian Head. Nd,
has presented 20-year-service
awards to Robert Abel. James
Albers. Dewitt Alexander. Mar
guerite Baicar. Henry Bailey,
Ernest Baretincic, Francis Ber-
nard. Elmer Biles, Thomas
Billingsley. Robert Bowman.
John Bowie. Nolan Bramell, !,