Show t r rI I Other Points of View I CUT 01 OUT OIT TIIE THE I. Cli LACKADAISICAL ATTITUDE The ramifications of industrial disturbance extend Into nto e every I function of oC the tile nation go governmental or private Never er e has ilas l been heen called upon to meet such ra radical problems as have Im been heen put putt up to it during the last few fow months and among them none has been more moro vexatious or 01 destructive than the shortage of labor skilled and unskilled un- un sId skilled lied at the he desk or at th the forge fore The greatest organIzers organIzers organ organ- ers and executives e of ot the country have hava been heen called Into the he national service They rhey have h drawn on their own or organizations organizations or- or c for expert lieutenants There Thero is a constant c in every business from the bottom up and anti the thus created finds greater r and greater reater difficulty In n sucking In new human material for ordinary tasks s. The rho Immediate result o of this situation is the weakening of the discipline of oC competition M Men n caro little for their jobs as Jobs One lost another can bo be found at the corner What hat does the worker in m metals care what company pays puys his ils wage age Mone Money Is simply monc money and he can get it from fromi fromn i n hundred different places So the milkman and the gar- gar garba ba jageman bageman eman and the fireman and know that empl employment em em- pl m nt Is a huzzy standing at cr c every corner with outstretched outstretched out- out stretched hands Human nature Is human nature Decrees De- De crees cannot change It an and It laughs at nt statutes The Tho discipline of necessity Is suddenly relaxed even swept a aIO so IO what hat wonder Is it that a certain carelessness In servIce ervice Is everywhere apparent Individual independence Is s w wholly desirable and we may all be thankful that op opportunity opportunity op- op is so generous but the national exigency is now far ar greater than the exigencies of ot individuals ever were Can men be made to realize it and become as obedient to the he discipline of ot national necessity as they formerly former were to o the discipline of or their own necessities Money Is simply the measure of industry What hat the nation has to have ha Is Plo production irrespective of mone money alue value Its It's got ot to have production not only of specific articles but also in the in incidental l services which speed speedup up ur or retard as the case may be the functioning o of in in- in It Is IB a lime when the tho nation nallon expects the engineer to o drive his locomotive with more than ordinary efficiency and skill the street cleaner to 10 do better bette work the weaver of cloths to be more than over ever on the Job the miner to got get the last ounce of coal that one mans man's energy in a aday aday aday the the maximum from Com day should gl give skipper to get his ils ship the waiter In the restaurant to be a better waiter walter because he is part of the mon monster ter organism and anti his ef efficiency ef- ef may release some other man for needed service The lackadaisical attitude the free easy method of o doing work Is in thc these e days and In this crisis not alone deplorable it is positively posItive criminal an and superlatively el Unfair unfair un un- fair to the hosts who are about to lo offer their blood In defense of our Institutions No o man can cnn dare to be careless careless care care- less now without Inviting the reproaches ches of his neighbors Waste Vlaste of his energy a refusal to uso tISO It generously in service Is evidence of OC unworthiness and and of or failure to appreciate appreciate appreciate ap ap- ap- ap the reality of tho the crisis through which we arc are passing We Wo appeal to men everywhere particularly in the Philadelphia district which Is contributing so much to the prosecution of the war to realize that In their weekly envelope in addition to wages is a message of gratitude from tho the nation o of which the they are a part if during that v the they have h mixed patriotism Il with their laLor and I driven a few extra rivets for the he sake sal of Old Glory I I Wo We 0 hear a lot about Inefficiency In high places and md there have b been en blunders and will bo be more but there thoro is a abig abig big question for C every Individual to ask fisk himself Am I doing my share The answer Is not nol what you ou are getting getting- paid ald but the amount of soul and enthusiasm you yu ou are arc putting putting put tut- ting UnS' into your job an and your our at stick I We do not believe belie much in slogans or formulas but a t avery cr very good mo motto to for ever every person to carr carry In his head right now IJ is' is Cut out the lackadaisical l attitude phila Phila Philadelphia delphia Evening Public Ledger cr r JUl i L |