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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT DuPont Insincerity (Continued from preceding page) tion chief, they do so on purpose. They mean it. And through subterfuge and make-believe they get away with it. They hardly dare tell Mr. Nelson to go to hell, so they make a grand pretense of complying with his orders while they do something else. They point their noses in the direction he indicates, but they drag their feet. Instead of complying with Mr. Nelson’s in- ment to demonstrate new methods in oratory. The committees have little time for serious consideration of opinions and suggestions from actual workers who turn out munitions. Committee discussions appear to have lit- tle to do with production problems. ‘The ‘Conest speakers’? orate on every imaginable subject except the urgent problem of increasing production and improving quality. Apparently the more remote the discus- structions to form a labor-management produc- sions are from production tion committee, along established lines, they organized a DuPont version which they called a ‘*War Production Drive Committee’’. In the Nelson type of committee labor names its own representatives. But in the DuPont type in vogue at the Utah Ordnance Plant, Remington, directly or indirectly, names every member of the committee. Labor has no voice in the selection or election of members, and has even less influence on policies and improvement in technique. Reports to the Searchlight indicate that Remington’s pretended production committees the better. They argue about juke boxes; benches along the highway; traffic problems; parking cars, and whatnot. Reducing scrap; amount to little more than social gatherings ‘They brought together for a little relaxation. listen with polite attention to ‘‘guest speakers’’ selected from supervision and manage- What's Back of Gus (Continued from preceding page) by the audit, then, in that event, the Searchlight will voluntarily suspend publication and cease disturbing the tranquility of the direectors of the Utah Manufacturers Association, provided that if the umpire, on the basis of the audit, shall determine that the charges heretofore published by the Searchlight are substantiated ‘by the audit, then the Searchlight shall be entitled to the exclusive right to publish any and all facts uncovered by the audit. Now, gentlemen, if you feel that your Association can stand an audit you have this wonderful opportunity to get rid of a publication that you have been unable to squelch or control. We challenge you to accept this offer. The Editor. » devising short euts to committee ‘business, facilitate production, and stepped up efficiency appear to be unattractive subjects. Out of the reports and data collected by the Searchlight we reproduce the minutes of a committee meeting held on July 20th. Twenty committee members were present, two absent About all that was needed and two excused. to make the shindig a complete success was sewing material and whittling sticks. The minutes read: Minutes of Committee SHARE-THE-RIDE : A guest speaker. Mr. traffic supervisor, gave ‘“Share-the-Ride’’ plan, Frank Higham, plant a short talk on the stressing the follow- ing points: 1. Share-the-Ride is a service which can only be of value to the employees if they cooperate by notifying the pooling office (ext. 4148) of any change in their ride status, change of address, change in passengers, ete. 2. The proper procedure to follow in order to obtain a ride or passengers is to send the request to the pooling office, Bldg. No. 152, or contact the matron on your shift. She works with the Share-the-Ride office in helping employees with their transportation problems. This is a far better means of getting satisfactory transportation than 1s posting a notice on the bulletin boards. 3. Because of the bus shortage it is nec- essary to load | them (Continued to capacity, even on following page) though |