| Show MEN BEHIND THE CAR MAKE IT GO GOFred Fred Fled Sharman Claims Personnel Personnel Personnel Per Per- of Organization Responsible for Success Makers Makem of ot the Cadillac Ca automobile have lon long maintained that thIt It la 18 s the personnel p of t tb the organization behind this car and not merely the tho material which goes Into It Jt which has hns given it tho the right to tho the title Standard of 01 the World according according- to Fred Iced Sharman manager of the Sharman Shaman Automobile company d dealers lers and distributors locally lo locally locally lo- lo cally for tho the Cadillac and Oakland motor motor motor mo mo- tor cars s. Mr Sharman furnishes s some me Interesting Information and observations In support of the tho claims clairn of the Cad Cadillac i Probably th the most vitally Important part parl of any Industry Is s made up of or those men nh who have been connected with It during a long term of ot years and whose co operative efforts havo have resulted In n. n succession of achievements achieve achieve- ments meats A A. recent distribution of ot service medals me In the plant of or the Cadillac Motor Car company brought to light an astonishingly largo large number of or men who have o been Deell with tho the company forten for tor forten torten ten and fifteen years and a great body of ot mon men who vho have havo served five lve years ears or lon longer er Most lost remarkable however Is the way In hi which this list of or service long men mon Is divided up among foremen workmen superintendents and officials of the tho plant nt Indicating lin the tho degree In ot LO p o. o which not only ouy ino tho skilled artisans but also the tho men whose creative abil- abil HIos directed them havo have worked to together together together to- to gether toward a common end It is Interest Interesting In to note for example example exam exam- pIe that In the engineering department department department depart depart- ment more than ten years ear Is the average aver avor- ago age length of or service of or whoso whose combined efforts ts have boon been responsible ble for tho the many developments which havo have boon Important factors In making tho the motor car p what hat It is today This Includes the chief engineer the tho designing lle- lle de designing signing engineers and md their assistants the men who ho havo have been boen instrumental In perfecting the Cadillac car Farther analysis of ot the thc report shows tho the following service records Vice president fifteen years cars general s sales es manager matug r fifteen years assistant treasurer treasurer treas treas- fifteen years industrial manager fifteen years head bead of or nc accounting department department de de- t. t sixteen years cars construction superintendent sixteen years production production production tion statistician twenty years technical technical technical tech tech- manager fourteen years cars chief electrician seventeen years cars three su superintendents su- su fourteen years chief en engineer en- en nine nIno 5 years ears electrical engineer fourteen years cars experimental engineer twelve twel o years manager of purchases twelve years eight superintendents ten years eam or more nine nIno general foremen foremen foremen fore fore- men ten years or longer sixty five foremen moro than ten years In all an there aro are men who nho have havo been with Cadillac for periods varying from ten to tn twenty Vp oJ There Is s ono one man nn an nn Inspector who has bO boon been n connected with Cadillac for twenty five years cars two others whose term of or service extends extend over twentythree twentythree twenty- twenty three years and a number of or fifteen to twenty year men Tho list Hal of or those who havo have given their services to Cadillac for tor five years cars or moro more shows ho a grand d total of ot 1011 Including 1 11 I foremen twelve superintendents superintendents twelve general foremen foreman and anda a largo number of or a assistant foremen and inspectors It Is tho rho man clement behind any product that determines mines tho the place It shall shaH occupy In the tho world said an nn in industrial industrial In- In expert recent recently Their ex extraordinary ox- ox organization ors has long been beena a of or undo Ido among amon Cadillac people people peo peo- pIe and the continuous maintenance of I Cadillac standards In spite of or unusual o obstacles has shown hOWll tho the practical Ll value of or these many years rs of or closest ordination co After many readings of many reports reports reports re re- ports b by refiners and anti other experts anent tho the supply of or automobile fuel tuel accessible to American motorists we wo have havo come como to the conclusion that thero there I will bo ho enough gasoline for tho present present pres pres- ent generation and the thc next generation generation genera genera- tion and the tho generation o after th tint tt unless the tho supply becomes exhausted J Motor Life |
