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■ , .*) tHE CHUONICIE • l Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable } I # ~n <4 It You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 25, 1950 Number 21 A Regular Chronicle Feature Babson’s Letter R«fer W. Baktoa • • 4 4 I* 1 a New York City, May 23—There is no easy way of settling strikes. Strikes signify what workers want and how they hope to get it. I am reminded of the old story about Samuel Gompers, one time head of the A. F. ofL. Once when someone ask ed him what labor really wanted, he replied, ’‘More”. The question is: More what? Many labor economists, as as well as newspa per columnists and phycologists, seem to think most strikes are for only one reason; more pay for less work. As a matter of fact, the May 1948 issue of Monthly Labor Review reported that only 74 per cent of all our strikes involved the issue of higher wages and shorter working hours. It is a mistake to say that strikers want only more money. Strikes have cost not only the em- — ployer but the employes huge sums. It will take years for many employ es to make up the money they lost through strikes. If money were the sole underlying • motive, why, then, do $10,000 per year workers, such as script writers, airplane pilots and locomotive en gineers, strike? In many instances workers get dngry because they are not receiving the “psychic” satis factions necessary to wholesome manhood. They flare-up, go on strike, then look around for something to de mand. More wages and shorter working hours usually is a simple formula. Rut, fundamentally inade quate “psychic” compensation is the root uf most of our industrial con flict. / Psychic Compensation Psychic compensation is the inner satisfaction and feeling of well-being derived from individual recognition, praise for work well done, "fair treat ment, and a steady job. This isoul-sat- iSfying compensation does not, of course, supplant an adequate wage, *but it is very important in keeping workers contended. Interestingly enough, the business executive’s inner wants closely par- Mlel those Of the workerr He ‘frants power, independence of action, a free hand to carry out ideas, recognition by associates and community. Psy chologists, economists, and college professors have all been wrong with their notion that ecenomic factors are the sole motivators of men. Except in economic depressions, neither labor nor management is motivated primarily by dollars and cents. * Both groups want certain “psychic” satisfactions of recogni tion, respect for the individual, reas onable personal power and prestige. It is the inadequate satisfaction of these wants and needs that drives men into conflict. Satisfying Psychic Needs We live in a highly competitive society which stresses and rewards individual achievements, pyestige and Operetta By Cast of Joanna Pupils At Auditorium Tonight The operetta, “The Land of Dreams Come True,” directed by Miss Betty Jo Sloan, is to be presented in the Joanna school auditorium at 7:30 to night (Thursday), with the public , invited. The cast: Betty, Judy Simmons; Bob, Larry Murphy; Peggy, Ethel Mae Rowe; Paul, Tommy Q’Shields;' Mother Goose, Emogene Wplls; The Old Wo man Who Lived in a Shoe, Nadine Wells; Bo Peep, Betty Rae Shealy; Jack Horner, John Earl O'Shields; Queen of Hearts, Ginny Addison; Boy Blue, Allen Frazier; Miss Muf- fet, Dixie Couch; Son Johq, Wallace Sanford; Jill, Brenda O’Dell; Jack, D. L. Gunter; Contrary Mary, Judy Dunlap; Nimble Jack, Sammy Wi n_ sper; The Giant, Jimmy Clark. Jixies: Eugene Byars, Diane Price, Barbara Addison, Eddy Stroud, Jean Ray Addison, Maxiene Sanford, Veda Jester, and Anna Margaret Dunlap. Playmates: Pat Carr, Linda Guy ton, Dusty Brock Reeves, Elbert Whelchel, Linda Buchanan, Rache. Morgan, Lillian Hart, Ann Lowman, Jeanette Davenport, Juanita Motes, Betty Ann Streetman, Toni Stroud, Bill Dobbins, Bruce Murphy, Alvin Thurston, Genea Adair, Carolyn Schumpert, and Mike Cooley. ^ Roses: Brenda Sanford, Joanne Ginn, Linda Abrams, Nancy Taylor, Jean Russell, Brenda Cobb, Allen Faye Johnson, Barbara Jo Boyce, and Toby Stevens. Blue Bells: Linda Ginn, Judy Campbell, Julia Humphries, Claud ette Crouch, Maty Linda Long, Carol Looney, Sheila Poag, Pat Wise, and Martha Sue Boyce. Daisies: Elinor Niver, Linda Cul bertson, Shelby Jean Oswalt, Sandra Salters, Linda Johnson, Willa Rae MtGowan, Mary Louise Schumpert, Marlene Humphries, and Frankie Jean Streetman. power. Executives and workers are all moulded from the same clay. They have attended the same schools. They have the same physical make up. There is no reason to believe that the economic and “psychic” motives of one group differ markedly from those of another group. It would be pretty difficult for union leaders to develop strike activity if the work ers’ “psychic” wants, as well as ec onomic, were satisfied. The trouble is, most executives know so little about human rela tions that they don’t know whefre to begin. If-the average executive would sit down and analyze his own basis “psychic” job needs, re cognize that .his workers crave the same “psychic” satisfactions, and develop ways to. share these satis factions, I believe he would be on the road to resolving his industrial strike, provided labor leaders would fairly cooperate. We must jack up the “psy chic salaries” of our workers. What About Investors The unfortunate fact is that in nocent investors are real sufferers because of this psychic conflict I, therefore, am coming to the con clusion that they—from their inde pendent position—must soon wake up and take an active hand in set tling this problem. SIX-INCH SERMON By Rev. Robert H. Harper MICAH PLEADS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Lesson: Micha 1:1; 2: 1-2, 3:5-12; 6:6-8. Memory Selection. Mican 6:8. Micah, who prophesied during the period, about 750 to 720 B. C., was of the common people. His home was near Gath, an ancient city of the Philistines. Like Amos and Hosea he spoke against the evils of the day, but, unlike them, his message was accompanied by some measure of hope. He has been distinguished for his prophecy of peace some day in a warless world. Micah found social unrest find eco nomic ills and oppression because of a shift of population to the cities. He was particularly severe upon these who laid schemes for their own self ish gains—at the expense of others. A severe accusation was brought against the priests, who taught for hire, and against the prophets who made their predictiotvs according to what they were paid by those con fer Both priests and prophets were prostituting religious things. As iniquitous as the religious con- | Such iniquities could not but brioc ditions were the political conditions, one result—the ruin of Jerusalem The prophet roundly condemned the and the nation. But the ruin might ruiers who abhorred justice, pervert ed equity, and judged, for reward— took bribes for rendering a judgment be averted by the right action the part of the people They e so turn unto God that he would pleasing to those who made the bribe, them. Goodyear Tires Tubes BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES McMillan • Station Sinclair Products Phone No. 2 LOANS LOANS ON AUTOMOBILES, SIGNATURE, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES Friendly, Confidential Service A. B. C. Finance Co. 101 PITTS STREET CLINTON, S. C. NEVER BEFORE SUCH VALUS! And we do mean value! 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