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.
L.I. . .
uiiug peuuon Durglary were
apparently against a blank
wall today, after a fruitless
trip to Seattle Wednesday to
cneck out a suspect named by
i wo upsicrs, , . ,
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