Show employment for men displaced by mechanization must be assured by DANIEL WILLARD president baltimore and ohio railroad must assume the duty of providing steady employment the burden of providing employment for men displaced by I 1 the mechanization mechanisation of industry is upon industry in general it is for the benefit of society that we have mass production and reduced costs then society must assume responsibility to these men and the baltimore ohio as a unit of society has its responsibility at the present time the turnover in employees is less than per cent while five years ago it was 20 to 25 per cent we have the problem of having to handle large freight movements when freight shipments are offered and hence to have a greit number of men engineers go back to firemen and some accept employment in the shops during dull periods in the maintenance of way department employment has kept much more uniform than in 1423 fc admit that before the war and I 1 apolo gize for it we did not have a consciousness of the righteousness of try ing to stabilize our employment the philop liy which has been Am pressed upon me is that if society is going to take advantage of mass production and reduced costs society must assume the responsibility for finding employment for men we all accept the responsibility it 11 not only unjust but it is dangerous to have men idle men will steal for example I 1 would before I 1 would starve aad I 1 think most men if they are honest will ad mit the same thing I 1 agree with senator couzens chairman of the senate committee on education and labor that construction work should be postponed in pros berous times my company is following that plan |