The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 25, 1950, Image 9
■
, .*)
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! Here's a earn pie »• ser
vice for 8 at a price you’d expect to pc/ lor a
much smaller service. We've taken iho twr
popular Ming Bed Dirmcrware — picturing a
famous lovo t'ory — and combined t! with a
complete set ol matching glassware PLU^ lile-
Umo atasteel cutlery ... all at a peice so
small :hct you'll hardly believe your eyes!
You've always wanted to own a tine matching
uinnprwc. ^ ensemblo . .. this is your chance at
a p-ice never before possible! Order now for
the buy ci a liieumc!
«-PC. NTtV M!NC F.E3 NMOWIME
8 Dumcr Plates • 8 Coupe Soup Plates
8 Bread and Butler Plates • & <<v>
Serving Platter • Vegetable Bowl • 8 Cops
’ 32 ft STAMSS Slttt CliTUt SET
8 Kruyes —. *8 Tablespoons
8 For** • g Teaspoons
r. KBS RE3 KCVJLTQ EUSHSt
8 teed Beverage Classes • 8 Juice Glasses
6 Water Tumblers • 8 Sifters • 8 Stirrers