The Waterbury Democrat. [volume], August 31, 1935, Page EIGHT, Image 8

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PHOTOS BY MARGARET #
BOURKE - WHITE •
^J^HAT Credit
accrues to
fine craftsmen?
Does It occur to
you to marvel at
the precision or
your watch, or to
he grateful for
the reassuring
perfection
of your car . . .
Here are men as
sembling an air
plane engine.
Ton know that
they are build
ing into that en
gine more than
valves and tap
pets, timing
gears and cotter
pins. They are
building Into it
their own skill
and infinite pa
tience and loyal
ty — a devotion
to an ideal, an
expression
of their pride. It
Is a pride that
must be able to
say to itself,
when the whistle
blows: ‘‘Good
work!”
(All Photos
by Margaret
Bourke-White;
Copyright,
1935, by
NEA
Service, Inc.)
/
gTOLT F&U*t
in irenr visor,
overalls sad un
dershirt. A wisp
of mustache and
stubble of beard
for virility; a
cocky clgaret for
insouciance. A
friendly cay,
you’ll tieia ;
proud, and smart
ah they come. .. .
Those cool,
shrewd eyes with
the laugh - lines
around them —
you wonder
about their
thoughtful ex
prcsslon. Is he
looking back on
vanished b o o m
days? Or nearer
by, at strikes and
doles and No
Hclp-W anted
signs? Chances
are he is looking
ahead, confident
that be can cope
with what will
come. . . , Who
Is this man? No
matter; there are
millions of him.
poWEK into
shafts, spin
ning in their
babbit bearings.
Shafts into gears,
grinding in their
grease. small
wheels into giant
wheels, transmu
tation of speed
into grim and in
exorable force. . .
In a corner of
this picture is n
man, alert to the
demands of the
machine, dwarfed
by it in size, per
haps dwarfed by
it in significance.
The man knows
a I 1 about the
spectre called
technological un
employment. He
counts himself
lucky that he
still has s job
pulling levers
and switches, and
serving the ma
chine that can do
the work of a
thousand men.
g C 1 E N TISTfs
evolve prin
ciples, engineers
make plans. Men
such -as this one
bring principles
r.nd plans to fru
ition. There arc
sinews In his
arms and brains
in his head, and
lie is using them
both on a Job in
the research de
partment of a big
concern. Maybe
he wonders sow
aqd then what
the result of his
exploratory task
will be — a new
produ^* to create
more business
and more jobs,
or a simplified
step in manufac
ture that wlU
take more men
out of industry.
... but the man
is a craftsman,
.not a sociologist.
Mix, dip, test —
mix, dtp, test —
be drives along
at his Job.