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FRIDAY.. JULY I, 1M3 16 A - ttxtss Fellow Recast Criticism of Slow Pace of Congress Declared Not Altogether Justified MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON Bv DICK WEST v Washington - mm - Con- cress is now in the midst of its Fourth of July recess, which tradi tionally fol- lows its Me morial Day recess, its Easter recess its Lin coin Day recess and its Jeffer son Jackson Day recess. There was the Fourth of wt time when July recess would have been the last recess before ad journment, but the way thines are going this year it appears that Congress may have oc casion to take a Labor Day recess, a Thanksgiving recess and a Christmas recess. It is still too early; how ever, to forecast a New Year's recess. . All of this recessing has created the impression in some places roughly in an area bounded, by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Canadian and Mexican bor ders - that Congress has been dawdling. . . - ,-. That is not, precisely in case, however. ' On oc casionsi Congress has mOT d at blinding speed. Just the ether day, for instance, the House ef Rep resentatives passed a bill so fast it almost broke the sound barrier. The bill authorizes each member of the House to take two : additional trips back home each year at taxpayer expense. It was called up and ap proved without a word of de bate or explanation. Some observers in the chamber, including a few re porters, weren't even aware that the House had acted on the bill until they saw it 'Jr. isTJiil Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Ceeyrlaht, Hall Syndicate, tc. EXECUTIVE TURNOVER He is under SO, is earning a salary of at least $20,000, is a middle-management executive reporting directly to the top brass. If- he is this man, the chances are high he quit his last job after holding it only 24 to 38 months; 41 per cent of a cross-segment of this key group in American industry quit their last jobs after this short period. The chances are overwhelming that he stayed on his last job less than 10 years; 78 per cent of this group resigned their last posts well before the 10-ycar milestone The middle-management man in American industry holds a position of crucial importance to our economy's future. His brainpower, drive,, initiative, dedication can push a corpo ration to the top or doom it to dry rot. His ideas and free dom to follow through on ideas will help determine whether a company .is w becomes mediocre or vice versa. Moreover, this man costs big-time money to find, to hire,- to train, to keep.- i - , t Yet, this 41 per. cent figure reveals an, asU)U.ndinr, .turn over at this executive level. , : ' It represents a "hidden cost" to corporations which. never appears on a balance sheet, isn't even admitted, by- most leaders of industry but runs into countless millions of dollars year. "Why this tremendous turnover?" I asked Donald Wright, partner in the Now York executive recruiting lirm of Antell, Wright fc Nagel. new president of the ' Association ol Executive Recruiting Consultants and , the man who has been gathering these pioneering statistics on executive turnover. - : f '-t. was stunned by that 41 per cent figure mvselt. still am," Wright, answered, and. he's extremely concerned about listed .In Hhe -Congressional Record the next day. In fact, I. have heard it suggested that House leaders intended for the action to go unnoticed,' If possible. But I certainly wouldn't suggest such a thing. , , ,' I am convinced that they Were merely trying to coun teract the widespread feel ing that the congressional approach to legislation this session has been somewhat lackadaisical. After all, the heed for con gressmen to have two more free trips home is clearly evi dent. There isn't much mint In staying in Washington dur-l Ing recesses. Nor is this the only evi dence that Congress has been doing more this year than might be visible to the naked eye. .A resume of' the first six months of the session shows that our lawgivers have introduced a total of 10,629 bills and resolutions. wnicn is notning to sneeze at. A sneeze might stir ud the dust that most of the mea sures have been gathering in committee pigeonholes. Besides that, they have an swered 81 quorum calls and filled 11,938 pages of the Con gressional Record at $90 a page. As this shows1, Congress hat? been humming. I think it is unkind to say they ought to stop humming and get to work; Interest Acquired In Eugene firm San Francisco - IUPII - Man- inns s, inc., nas acquired a majority interest in Chefs rancy Foods, Eugene, Ore., frozen food processor and dls. trlbutor, It was announced Wednesday; ' . J. Marty Brill. Mannlno'. vice-president, said the trans action was completed with Fred W. Brunner. oresident of Chefs. He said future plans win include expansion of' in stitutional pack for 'hospitals and the application of frozen food items to Manning's vend ing operations. .. Chefs employs 75 Demons in a modern four-acre niant Brunner will continue as president and general man ager of the firm. the reasons given for quitting. The . three most-mentioned reasons involving the corporation were "reorganization and realignment or responsibilities,'! meaning, the-company was merged or bought out; "poor management,"-meaning tlm company was losing money; "stagnant situation," meaning the company, was going downhill and. the .man. wanted out. i ne tnree most-mentioned personal reasons ware: "promo tion, block," meaning the man's ambitions wtrs frustrated; "poor direction," meaning he made a. mistake, in the first place; "at ceiling," meaning he couldn't go higher. ..The hidden cost of executive turnover, explains why the " ret-iuiiing proiession, .viriuauy unknown before world war ll Is now firmly entrenched at the highest level of business management. These firms are not employment Bciicics. iney worn oniy lor ine corporation seeking execu tive talent, are paid a fee for professional services only by the corporation, and their .association, formed in 19S9 has set a stiff code of ethics. There Is a serious Indictment of American Ifidustry today Implicit in this report, and both Wright and Hardy Jones, of the firm of Ward Howell Associates and past president of the Executive Recruiting Consultants Association, were re freshingly frank in our discussion of It the other day. ;. , The strong trend toward mergers and acquisitions' Is making us more and more a society of "organisation .' men" who conform or else. "So many men of high a. c;"b,r frustrated and making compromises they ' ; shouldn't make," said Wright. "What we are creating HilL' " 01 mdi6"lT In our industrial society." ' IT ?!y, " '!w fm."lcs or doten or mrn nt"l the Industrial and social life of many major cities In this country profoundly worries me," added Jones. "This fact la collapsing the middle-management segment of our society. If a man Isn't accepted by these few; he's 'dead.' And once he gives up and resigns himself to staying on a plateau he r?t?inV,.Vf0 d?,W"-,nl50th Wrm ,nd JonM nmcd nm O' cities and families. They are deadly aerioua about this f wh.!en, "ny ""J 1U" .Botn mPn re"nt thl lre"d because of what they are doing to the individual man. but neither uTtive7',ydeOvUln0W' "ny man ' -rlv. and In" lZ. ? f. e I " J5eclaU' " "r'y " PM'bl In life as a protection" and, said Jones at one point: inin'HfT0 T ,?n't golng ,n, '"lutry. One is going Into medicine, the other Into newspaper work. They will not be caught In what we see day after day. . . " Dennis the Menace Officers Stumped In Petition Thaftt Oympia IUPII Offlr. investigating the bafflina m. 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