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Show HMDS WORKERS SOUND JIT CORE Ii TOUR OF U.S. Time to Stop Talk of "Labor Slacking on the Job," He Says Bj .ny.s in m i . I". . Staff ('orresiKiiulrnt. "RYV rQRK. Aug. 26 "The time has come for people, who ought to know better, to stop this talk of underproduction un-derproduction and of labor slacking on the job'" said Nevcoinb Carlton toda Carlton is president of the Western Jnlpn "lelegraph Co , which employ-about employ-about 4 0,000 persons. LABOR THE BACKBONE ' Iabor is the backbone of the country coun-try today," Carlton continued, and in Amerl.a is sluing the rest of the nations na-tions an example of patience and earnestness and loyalty. "There may be slackers here and there, but our average workingman Is sound to the core, anel can be depended de-pended upon a great deal better than some of those who take It upon themselves them-selves to criticise him. "In the face of higher prices which in many cases have v.-lp-d out wage Increases, In suite of discouragements and disappointments of arious sorts. In spite eif prohibition which many of them bitterly opposed American workiiigmen are keeuln right on th' Job and are giving the best that Ir In thenl to their work today. This Is th' conclusion that I have reached at the end of a 10,000-mile irlp through i he Country which I have jus., finished " l l l!Mi ER BL 1MED Carlton Is of tin- opinion that many of the results comrnonly attributed to the so-called "slacking" of labor arc In reality caused b the high labor turnover of many plants. This In turn, he says. Is due to the fact that the average workman Is under un-der the constant (emptaticui to quit his Job and seek another that will bet-ler bet-ler enable him to cope with the increased in-creased . ost Of living. |