Show wab THE THINKER LEADS J by ja JOHN HN G LONSDALE president american bankers banker association HE trea greatest test need ot of tho the world to aday day is interpreters ot at our times modern daniela in agriculture finance politics lidi industry stry W who w h a can canseco aee through tho the fog foe and hano baso that enshroud our ear difficult problems and advise in and inflow enco those who are either india indal t forent ferent or limited in their perceptions through the thinker and the john G londal lansdale interpreter u n known known situations are disclosed or puzzling conditions explained in logical light the american people are so BO constituted that they can meet and combat ani any situation once tt it la Is known and understood it Is tha unknown that cornea comes like the thief in the night and brings disaster some one has defined prosperity ss ax something eom ething the business men create for the politicians to td take tabe credit tor for but americas present day pros can be defined as a product resulting from the business mans ability to study and to interpret huge corpora eions maintain research staffs ind and special bureaus to interpret the times for them disaster Dl saeter looms la in the tor for any industry that goes blithely oia on its way day after day without due regard to significant trends in trade and 1 business keeping up with change leaders of finance have discovered that they cannot remain passive in an age when all tho the rest of the world is in a transitional stage the modern banker not only must know about the changing styles la in other lines of business but above all must be alert to the transformations which are taking place in his own he must be a man of keener broader vision because abe the order of the day Is tor for larger units of service mergers and consolidations haye have taken place in great numbers WO we now talk of billions where a taw few years ago we talked of millions we have only begun our changes what disposition la id to be made of the many problems that they bring will depend in large measure upon our le leaders adera upon the students and the interpreters terp reters who can read accurately the signs of the times so go that we wa may base future actions and hopes upon their wisdom the quickest way to go to the tha top is to go to the bottom ot of things and let u us s hope that among them will be found many who will not only aspire to leadership but will be successful in reaching their goal |