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Job Today Gone Tomorrow As Whole Businesses Disappear Overnight , U.S. Steel President Cites
CHANGES COME SO
“In concentrating our attention on automation, are we not for
getting the fact that this is only one facet of the great techno
logical changes that are affecting job security -a relatively
small facet at that? Do we recognize that it is, perhaps, only
the symptom of change, and not the major change itself?”
Roger M, Blough, chairman of U. S. Steel, asked a few nights ago.
Speaking as the recipient of the Man in Management Award of
Pace College, Mr. Blough told a dinner meeting of business
and civic leaders that the furious pace of technological change “is
not only rendering old products, services and processes obsolete,
but is creating whole new industries so rapidly that the development
of required skills within our work force just does not seem to keep
abreast of the changes.
“We are concerned,” Mr. Blough declared, "by what is happen
ing to our established positions in the arrangement of things, and
we are alarmed because the job that was, is no more. But do we
also realize that in many cases, the product that was, and the
company that was, are no more, either?
“I suppose,” Mr. Blough noted, “that no one enjoyed a greater
measure of job security in his day than the healthy artisan who so
ably performed his special work.' Like the blacksmith —for
example. So far as I know, no one ever produced a machine which
made abetter horseshoe, or could fit it, at a lower cost, to dobbin’s
hoof. So the blacksmith’s job security was not destroyed by auto-
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GROUND-BREAKING FOR NEW C OF C BUILDING
Snapped at the ground-breaking ceremonies Tuesday for the new Chamber of
Commerce Building was this large group of dignitaries. The five men in the
center (four with shovels) are, left to right: P. K. Dixon, Clayton County Com-
$20,000 Near, Ground
Broken For CC Building
Groundbreaking exercises were held Tuesday at the site of the
new Clayton County Chamber of Commerce building, Fayetteville
Road at the South Expressway. It Is the result of a successful
drive for funds which continued to mount this week.
Attended by cdunty and city of
ficials and members of the
board of directors of the Clay
ton County Chamber of Com
merce, the exercises were
brief but meaningful.
The “Watch-It-Grow" goal of
$20,000 for the building's con
struction had reached $18,120
at the latest exact tabulation and
officials confidently expect the
goal to be more than exceeded
this week.
The new building is expected
to be ready by April 1 this
year, weather permitting, ac
cording to Chester Lane, sec
retary-manager of the organi
zation. It will be a one-story
modern brick veneer edifice,
fully air-conditioned and with
central heating. It will include
a conference room, a visitor’s
working office, a lobby and re
ception room, and a manager’s
office designed to accomodate
small, Informal group confer
ences.
H. C. Traylor of the Bank
of Forest Park is chairman
of the building committee.
Mr. Dean stated the list of
contributors to the fund Includes
businessmen and citizens from
every area of Clayton County
and Metropolitan Atlanta, For
this we are very grateful and
their positive response to this
campaign signifies a Chamber
of Commerce at work.
As previously announced, all
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contributors to this campaign
will be Included on a plaque
Brooks Files In
Sheriff’s Race
It Jias been announced that Charlie Brooks, a resident of
Forest Park, has qualified as a candidate for sheriff of Clayton
County. Mr. Brooks, who Is 41, has had over ten years* experience
in law enforcement work Including police and correctional work
in a federal institution. At. the present time he is employed
by an air line.
Several changes in the manner
in which the sheriffs office of
Clayton County is now being
conducted are being advocated
by Mr. Brooks.
He resides on Lee Circle here
with his wife, the former Mild
red Bishop of Hapeville, and
their three daughters. Mr.
Brooks and his family are ac
tive members of The Ash St.
Baptist Church. During World
War n Mr. Brooks served as
a flight engineer in the Air
Force.
Organizations in which this
candidate is now active Include
the Clayton County Chamber of
Commerce, Sigma Delta Kappa
Law Fraternity, Forest Park
Masonic Lodge, and State Farm
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FAST SKILLS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP, BLOUGH DECLARES
mation. It simply disappeared as the horseshoe was replaced by the
pneumatic tire.
“I suppose also, that being a member of a group -- especially a
large and successful group — adds greatly to a feeling of security
in our job; but again, it is no guarantee. For group security also
changes.
“Os the hundred largest industrial corporations in 1909, only
twenty-nine are still among the top hundred today. Os the other 71,
some have disappeared, some have merged with more successful
companies, and others have simply shrunk in realtive position as
newer, job--creating enterprises came into being.
“Everywhere we turn,” Mr. Blough declared, “there is the
fierce competition that is born of change; and the company which
fails to meet that competition and to anticipate that change success
fully will provide no job security for anyone. So our problem, it
seems to me, is the whole field of change -- and the intensified
competition it is creating. And only as we comprehend the broad
scope of its true dimensions can we hope to deal with that problem
effectively.
“Now change, of course, has been with us since the world began;
and the world has not only survived it, but appears to have
thrived upon it. What concerns us, then, is not so much change
itself of the surging rapidity with which it is occurring, but how
well we can adjust ourselves to change.
“The fear of change,” Mr. Blough pointed out, “this nostalgic
for permanent display in the
lobby of the new building.
Dedication of the new home Is
now tentatively scheduled for
a Sunday in April, at which
time, an invitation will be ex
tended to all local citizens.
Bureau. Mr. Brooks is a grad
uate of the Atlanta Law School
and holds an LLB degree.
The candidate invites all Clay
ton citizens to visit his cam
paign headquarters at 1188 Main
St., Forest Park, and he asks
your vote an support.
Carling
Promotion of Stanley C. Sal
omon to plant accounting man
ager of the Atlanta plant of
the Carling Brewing Co. has
been announced by Charles E.
Landreth, divisional vice pre
sident. Mr. Salomon had been
chief accountant at the Atlanta
plant since 1960. Before join
ing Carling, he served as a
first lieutenant in the U. S.
Army Finance Office.
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FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, 'THURSDAY .JANUARY 30, 1964
mission chairman; John Dean, Chamber president; Chester Lane, secretary
manager; Hugh Dickson, mayor of Jonesboro, and Fred Durden, member of the
board of directors who will be In charge of construction. H. C. Traylor, chairman
of the Building 1
Arch Gary
Goes For
House Job
Arch Gary has announced tha.
he is a candidate for Edgar
Blalock’s seat in the State
House of Representatives.
Mrs. Gary Just completed a
term as Mayor of Riverdale
and is currently president of
Blue and Gray Cabs, Courtesy
Cabs and Co-op Communica
tions, Inc. Asked for a state
ment on his candidacy, Mr.
Gary said:
“Up until a few years ago
I spent practically all my time
making a living for my wife
and family. But I always knew
that part of my life would be
spent in public service, if only
to express thanks for personal
blessings.
“But I’ve learned one thing.
After serving on the Riverdale
Planning Board and later as
Mayor, politics is no good
time Charlie, slap-on-the-back
affair. It’s work, work, work.
“If the people elect me to
the House April 4, that’s ex
actly what they can expect. It’s
the only way I know to get
things done.*’
Arch Gary has another im-
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clinging to things as they are — is understandable and a psycho
logical characteristic, perhaps, of human nature. But let us re
member that the kind of change we are discussing does not occur
overnight, nor all at once. Studies indicate that from the time a
technological innovation is proven in the laboratory to the time it
comes into widespread commercial use, covers a span of ten to
fifteen years as a rule; and that from the conception of the idea
to the stage of widespread commercial use may well take fifty
years.
“So we do have the time and the opportunity to foresee major
technological changes as they develop, and to plan for them and
cope with them in an orderly way.”
Noting that many people through the ages have attempted to
block change and have been unsuccessful, Mr. Blough stated that
“because even if it were possible to block change -- or to slow
it to a snail’s pace -- other men and other nations would merely
pass us by while our dragging feet trudged to national oblivion.
“Only by keeping abreast of changes, I believe, can any nation
maintain its security in this competitive world; and only be lead
ing the race toward change can it increase its security and the
well-being of all its people. Just keeping up will only perpetuate
the problem. To solve it we must forge ahead.
“We have and should have various ways and means for providing
a degree of security for the unfortunate and the underprivileged,
the young, and those who have reached a nerind when the hur-
ARCH GARY
portant item on his agenda this
Spring. He has been selected
by the American Municipal As
sociation to appear before a
congressional committee In
Washington, D. C. and help try
to resolve the problems of ru
ral urbanism.
Mr. Gary, wife Carolyn and
their two boys, Bart and Ross,
live at 626 Valley Hill Road,
Riverdale.
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CHECK FROM THE LADIES
FOREST PARK BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CLUB presented a check last
Friday to the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce Building Fund. Pictured above H. C. Traylor,
Chairman of the Fund, receiving check from Mrs. J, D. Shields, President of the B. & PW Club,
with past president, Mrs. Virginia Holland, lending her approval.
THORNTON ENTERS LIST
TO OPPOSE DUNCAN
' With only three days to go for qualifications In the Democratic
Primary set for April 4, the list appeared almost at its maximum
length today following qualification for County Commissioner
of Howard Thornton of Jonesboro.
He will oppose Incumbent
k James Duncan.
February 1 at 12 noon the
I qualifying list will close.
Clayton County Democratic
■ Executive Committee Secretary
I W. W. Wells made the announ-
R cement regarding Thornton on
Tuesday.
One of the highlights of re
; cent disclosures about the for-
I thcomlng political derby was the
announcement by veteran Ed
l gar Blalock that he was retir
i ing from public life in yleld
’ ing his post as Representative
In the Georgia House from this
county.
I Retiring mayor Arch Gary of
Riverdale and County Commis
sioner Terrell Starr qualified
for the Blalock vacancy in the
House.
Mr. Blalock’s surprise an
nouncement stated: “I have ser
ved the Clayton people for a
number of years to the best
of my ability. I am now 62
years of age. I reached y
decision with mixed emotions
because I love the people of
my county and I enjoyed the
work, but It Is time to devote
myself to my own private busi
ness. The demands have been
too great.’’
Mr. Blalock served with dis
tinction In the House of Repre
sentatives and the State Senate
for the last 12 years. For
eight years he was chairman of
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dens of living are no longer possible for them to bear; and I am
sure that further means — and perhaps different ones -- will be
discovered. Certainly these people must be afforded a degree of
external security by whatever modes of assistance may be a hand.
But this does not alter the obvious fact that all of us cannot rely
on this type of assistance or it would be afforded to none. To con
tinue to attempt to perform a function that no longer has any
meaning is merely to perpetuate futility and frustration.
“We must there fore recognize that each one of us has an obli
gation -- as a matter of his own security, the security of the enter
prise in which he is engaged, and the security of the nation which
is ours -- not merely to acquire a competence, but to develop
a variety of competencies and to strive for excellence in each of
them, so that he may thus enjoy the satisfying, Inborn human need
to be useful and productive.”
After discussing various training and study programs afforded
to its employees by U. S. Steel, Mr. Blough concluded that “it
seems to me that the establishment and expansion of programs of
this kind, and the ever-increasing enrollment of young people
in our colleges and universities will provide the best — and per
haps the only — enduring solution to the problem of developing
the new skills necessary to meet the new job opportunities that
are opening up on all sides -- if we can be induced to help our
selves and not rely on the supposition that the hand of destiny
decrees joblessness and retardation.”
the Ways and Means Committee
under the Griffin and Vandiver
administrations.
Following is a list of the
candidates who were qualified
through Tuesday noon:
Chairman of County Commis
sioners: P. K. Dixon, Cary H.
Webb.
Clayton County Representa
tive, Seat No. 1; Terrell Starr,
Arch Gary.
Clayton County Representa
tive, Seat No. 2: Wm. J.
(Bill) Lee.
County Commissioner: Lamar
Foster, Tommy Vaughan, Colle
Adamson.
County Commissioner: James
Duncan, Howard Thornton.
Clerk of Court: Joe B. Mundy.
Court of Ordinary:' Joe. T.
Lane.
Sheriff: Charles P, Brooks
Tax Commissioner: Robert
Coleman.
Civil and Criminal Court: E.
Alvin Foster.
Civil and Criminal Court
Solicitor: Marvin A. Miller
County Treasurer: Rufus
Camp, Lewis T. Gray.
Board of Education, Jonesboro
District: W. J. Whaley, Ivan
Harrison; Lovejoy: Mrs. Vau
ghn Shelnutt; Riverdale: Roland
downing.
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Trucks Again
While realizing that heavy in
dustry and hauling are a vital
part of this area’s business,
and certainly we want all the
industry we can get, one of
this corner’s pet peeves is the
gigantic trucks that ply the
highways and
the streets
and make it so
difficult for the
ordinary chap
to get any
where.
This consc
iousness of the i
truck situation
was brought
home rather
■ vividly to the'
writer when the two snowstorms
occurred and the highways a
round were literally clogged
with Immovable trucks.
Yours affectionately was stuck
between big, slipping and slid
ing trucks on a Moreland ave.
hill for an entire afternoon,
having to be rescued, and aban
doned his car overnight.
But today the Interest is shif
ted to the revelation that the
truck lengths, previously limit
ed to 50 feet, are going to be
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