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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1930)
T H U R S D A Y , D E C E M B E R 4. 1930 PAGE FOUR THE INDIVIDUAL YET NEEDED BY BUSIN > By JOHN a LONSDALE Präsident American Bankers Association OME seem to think that the day of the Individual In buslneaa has But they are wrong. While the 1 n d t v I d ual may not attract such outstanding attention as ho did in the days of old when institu tions wer» con ducted on a smal- 1 e r s c a le , he nevertheless is to be found in any large corporation, dominating t h e situation, giving John G. Lonsdale orders here, co operating t h e r e and shouldering the responsibility of keeping a large group of lieutenants, captains and privates working in uni son and moving forward under the banner of progress. And all of these are held accountable to the public be cause the public has entered into a partnership agreement with the cor poration through purchase of stock. Wslfars of Workers Even in the gigantic mergers that have taken place within the last two years there remains more than ever the necessity for a leader, an aggres sive personality, whose duty it is to see that basic principles are not for gotten. that the rights and privileges of the individual workers and the cus tomers they serve are as well pro vided for as in the smaller business units. It is gratifying to note that our cor porations are giving more and more concern to the welfare ot their work ers. Numerous benefit organizations have been formed, oppjrtunltles of fered for advancement of education and position, hospital service estab lished and Insurance and retirement pensions provided. This general humanitarian move ment in reality is the outgrowth of analysis, which has disclosed the need of improving the well-being of our in dividual workers, realizing at the same time that our institutions w ll| benefit. J S aß aß aß aß Order Your Christmas Cards Through The Herald Office. PREPAREDNESS | IN BUSINESS By R. 8. HECHT, American Bankers Association. My observations for many years, both as an employee and as an execu tive, have convinced me that the rea son some men and women go ahead and others do not is that some keep themselves constantly prepared to ac cept and fulfill larger duties and re sponsibilities as they offer, and some do not. Grant, as we must, that there is a certain element of luck in the condi tions under which opportunity for promotion comes to different men and women, we nevertheless must also see that It is each individual's own state ot preparedness which determines his ability to seize opportunity It and when It comes, and having seized H,. to sueceed In meeting the greater de mands which it Inevitably places upon him. Real advancement never means go- tng ahead to easier tasks, but always to harder ones. Opportunity for ad vancement is worthless unless in ac cepting It you are able to carry with you the abilities and qualifications that prepare you to meet the heavier exac tions that are an Inherent part ot op portunity. I t is far better to go Into action In the field ot enlarged responsibility prepared and qualified, Tather than that you and the Institution you work for shall he exposed to the hazard of your having to build up to new re- aponaibllltles after having assumed them. The new spirit of all business seeks to prepare its people in advance through education for the higher duties it holds in store tor them. Bank Bandit* Active ■n The greatest number ot bandit raids on American banking ever recorded In the figurea of the protective depart ment ot the American Bankers Asso ciation were reported during the alx months ending last February. Bank members of tha «Aaoclatlou reported for investigation S il forgery cases, 107 holdup robberies. I t burglaries, 1 aneak thefts and 8 mortgage swindles while non-member banks, numbering leea than half the total enrolled in the association, suffered 88 holdup robber- las and 9 burglaries, non-members be-' lag burglarised or held up once for^. every 88 banks, as compared with once for every 184 member banka. The as- sedation detective agents caused the arrest of 143 ot the 188 bank crimi nals apprehended during the period covered. The association's report on these conditions urges support ot the move ment to provide city police depart ments with radio-equipped cruising aatomobiles which hare proved par ticularly affective in Cleveland and Detroit In the broadcasting ot alarms and tha dosing in on criminals lmme-j dlately after or even in the midst of the perpetration of crimes. Last year the average time elapsed between the receipt of radio calls by these earn and the 1838 arrests which followed was one minate and forty-two seconds, tha report says. ■ r- Christmas Cards School Supplies The Herald Carries a Full Line of School Supplies. W aß aß aß aß aß aß aß aß aß Read The Herald For news of the home community. Drop in and see us when in town and bring in your items of interest, or Phone 51- Job Work done to your satisfaction when we accept your order for printing.
