Show 2 Business Today Toda taff aff Pruning flow Tells It n Business AUL GESNER and andEW EW YORK May 8 Telegram U al News Service A A scarcity Seamed ned business executives Is tuning ng one of the biggest bottle bottle- sn the defense program I r. r ere just arent aren't enough to handle the record ex- ex lion fi in business activity man man- sent experts say k it 10 0 years business have ave kept their executive S I Its ts pruned to the bone The deSi deion de- de sion ion decade forced older Si keep a death grip on their ibo tI dons s and postpone retirement ment ing of younger men was te ed Now industry and the try Itry are paying the price B 1 trouble isn't apparent to the j. j l ed observer Production men ever ver say it is very real and d l kie emergency has increased the ten len en of older executives to the where here their efficiency has ned sharply Green dI en have had to be thrown positions of responsibility and sink or swim Io inevitable result has been ller ler output and slower progress 3 sr management men now agree le e full force of this situation t it been felt yet It is expected come worse as new armament l open It will remain an imant imant im- im ant drag on production until I men develop their executive managerial talents from trial ret of actual experience a gement experts say the dif- dif Sity t ty lIs is not a shortage of men fible ble of handling the jobs It is fact tt that training of these men been neglected by many comIt comi com- com i It will will take time to give B tr consultants I 1 tS called in to untangle man- man pent bent problems problems are are working Hally ally day and night helping to difficulties of individual come corni com com- VeS e i ey say sized medium and andI I J Iller lIer Il- Il companies are the biggest slem Many large companies Uie the automobile makers are the situation smoothly 3 organizations have t maintained large staffs skilled k men which could be beo o into any emergency Where iary ary they have gone into the thet theto t to recruit capable men in positions and have haved H bed d them for big jobs ze policies are paying paying- divi- divi it 1 the speed with which auto es fers are swinging into defense 1 Auction ution an any iy smaller companies how- how fr lare rare are in a tough spot Their 1 aU W. W ns have been fairly stable executive staffs have been I jr small Training and develop- develop Tf of younger men have not re re- ii ni J proper attention if vy they are faced with abrupt sion without adequate man- man f j f J They are running into new I icS t pf of f production problems with jh they have had no I n ne of ot the most urgent j-j j says J. J Alex Smith partner I Co management is that of obtaining satiate r te production planning and andl rl l ling control I is problem applies I to te size medium and smaller s who o have not felt felL the real 4 for a modern planning pro pro- jr r ln the past There here is 15 a serious shortage of et I experienced in this type of tt |