| Show THE individual YET NEEDED BY BUSINESS by JOHN G LONSDALE president american bankers association S COME seem to think that the day ol of J the individual in business has passed but they are wrong while the individual 1 n d 1 v 1 d ual may not attract such outstanding attention as he did in the days ot of old when institutions were conducted on a smaller scale he nevertheless Is to be found in any large corporation dominating the situation giving john G lonsdale orders here co 0 operating pe rating t there h e r e an and shouldering the cespon responsibility si bill ty of keeping a large group of lieutenants captains a and nd privates working in ual son and moving forward under the banner of progress and all of these are held accountable to the tha public because the public has entered into a partnership agreement with the corporation po ration through purchase ot of stock welfare of workers worker even in ili the gigantic mergers that have taken place within the last two years there remains more than ever the necessity for a leader an aggressive personality whose duty it Is to see that basic principles are not forgotten that the tights rights and privileges ot of the individual workers and the customers they serve are as well provided for or as in the smaller business units it is gratifying to note that our corporations po rations are giving more and more concern to the welfare of their workers numerous benefit organizations have been formed opportunities offered for advancement of education and position hospital service established and insurance and retirement pensions provided this general humanitarian movement in reality la is the outgrowth of analysis which has disclosed the need of improving the well being of our individual workers realizing at the same time that our institutions wu will benefit |
