April 1945

Letters to The Grapevine

Dear Grapevine: An eminent confident that industry, after the war, has engineer with years of experience as a still more to offer. We are becoming consultant to industry, says that the aware, however, that we cannot fully average plant has ample buildings, enjoy material wealth unless our machinery, and engineering skill. Where industrial human relationships keep pace it fails, he finds, is in lack of human with scientific progress. Much midnight oil engineering – broken-down individual is being burned to develop blue-prints relationships. that will prove valuable in the Alcoholism, in the person of the development of better industrial relations. alcoholic executive or worker is one of In days past it was not considered the most challenging problems facing industry’s business to concern itself with production men today. To date, industry’s human relationships. In the words of the efforts to cope with alcoholism have met old type foreman: “It’s none of my with heartbreaking and expensive failure. business what these fellows think or what A.A. is the most potent force yet they do or if they are happy, but it is my found to help industry protect its business to get top production from investment in individuals, trained to fit them.” Today we know this is a shortjobs both big and small. We know that sighted attitude. It is industry’s thousands of men and women have responsibility to produce what the human returned to sobriety, have taken up their family needs, and what makes for human responsibilities, filled their jobs and re- happiness, at a profit to investors and created normal, happy home lives. As we workers. This can best be done by the , in industry turn to technical experts for best possible industrial relations. advice in any given field, so we can now We pay Alcoholics Anonymous a turn with confidence to A.A. for help in sincere tribute for the consistent work dealing with our alcoholics. being done for bewildered people. It has been the writer’s good The law of the universe sanctions fortune to become acquainted with and the principle of A.A. “There is nothing have the co-operation of A.A. groups and good but a good will; there is nothing bad to see their effective handling of but a bad will.” Dr. Alfred Adler, originator alcoholics. We shall ever be thankful to of the phrase “inferiority complex,” members of A. A. for the unselfish and attributes all human failure to inability to untiring work they are doing. Through grasp the fact that “it is more blessed to their understanding, and guiding hands receive.” A.A. folk know this true. Their many who were a loss to the war effort, usefulness to society springs from the to themselves, and to their dear ones acceptance of this principle. have been brought to sobriety and Clemens Mottenson happiness. Persome/ Manage4 The challenge to produce things Divison of TheAmerican Hardware Corp which make for more comfortable living has been met by industry. We can feel