bilities of this sort of house organ in the solution of the
problem of industrial unrest are limitless.
Publications for light reading among employees are usually called by
such titles as "Diblee Doings," "Tinkham Topics," "The Mooney and
Carmiechal Machine Lather" or "Better Belting News."
First of all, they carry news notes of happenings among the employees,
so that a real spirit of cooperation and team-play may be fostered.
These news notes include such as the following:
"Eddie Lingard of the Screen Room force, was observed last Saturday
evening between the mystic hours of six-thirty with a certain party from
the Shipping Room, said party in a tan knit sweater, on their way to
Ollie's. Come, 'fess up, Eddie!"
"Everyone is wondering who the person is who put chocolate peppermints
in some of the girls' pockets while they were hanging in the Girls' Rest
Room Thursday afternoon, it being so hot that they melted and
practically ruined some of their clothing. Some folks have a funny sense
of humor."
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Then there are excerpts from speeches made by the Rev. Charles Aubrey
Eaton and young Mr. Rockefeller or by the President and Treasurer of the
Diamond Motor Sales Corporation, saying, in part:
"The man who makes good in any line of work is the man who gives the
best there is in him. He doesn't watch the clock. He doesn't kick when
he fails to get that raise that he may have expected. He just digs into
the job harder and makes the dust fly. And when some one comes along
waving a red flag and tries to make him stop work and strike for more
money, he turns on the agitator and says: 'You get the h---- out of
here. I know my job better than you do. I know my boss better than you
do, and I know that he is going to give me the square deal just as soon
as he can see his way clear to do it. And in the mean time I am going to
WORK!'
"That is the kind of man who makes good."
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And then there are efficiency contests, with the force divided into
teams trying to see which one can wrap the most containers or stamp the
largest number of covers in the week. The winning team gets a felt
banner and their names are printed in full in that week's issue of "Pep"
or "Nosey News."
And biographies of employees who have been with the company for more
than fifty years, with photographs, and a little notice written by the
Superintendent saying that thi
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