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WESTERN
ELECTRIC NEWS
Published Monthly for the Employees
By the Western Electric Company
| H.B.
Thayer, President |
H.A.
Halligan, Vice-President |
| W.P.
Sidley, VP and General Counsel |
A.L.
Salt, VP and Genr'l Purchasing Agent |
| Gerard
Swope, VP and Genr'l Sales Mgr |
H.F.
Albright, General Superintendent |
| J.W.
Johnson, Treasurer |
C.E.
Scribner, Chief Engineer |
| G.C.
Pratt, Secretary |
R.H.
Gregory, Comptroller |
Office
of publication and address of President, Secretary, and Treasurer,
463 West Street, New York City.
BOARD
OF EDITORS
P.L. Thomson, Editor-in-Chief
P.K. Condict
E.C. Estep
S.W. Murkland
P.M. Rainey
W.F. Hendry
F.J. Holdsworth
H.D. Agnew
Deems Taylor
Reed Calvin
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to whom copies are furnished free of charge.
All
communications and contributions should be addressed to Western
Electric News, 463 West Street, New York. Matter intended for any
given issue must reach New York not later than the 12th of the preceding
month.
VOLUME IV
AUGUST, 1915 NUMBER 6
Under the shadow of the greatest tragedy that has ever befallen
organized industry, the News publishes this Memorial Issue. And
yet the story of the Eastland as it is here set down is tragedy
illumined by the highest and noblest of human traits. The record
of this terrible disaster teems with evidence of generosity and
self-sacrifice, and deeds of heroism.
President
Thayer's message of condolence and appreciation, following his own
continuous and personal work at Chicago, leaves no room for further
comment. But there is one aspect of the disaster, of which he as
the official head of the Company perhaps hesitated to make mention,
and to this the News, representing as it does the great body of
employees, draws attention.
Granting
that a great catastrophe was necessary to bring about a new era
in the safety of travel by water, does it not seem a cruel destiny
that this sacrifice of lives had to be made from the ranks of the
employees of a company whose achievements in the field of safe-guarding
the lives of its operatives are so generally recognized? We men
and women have been surrounded by every known preventive of accidents.
We have worked in buildings proof against fire, on machines protected
against liability to injure us, within call of medical and hospital
service. Indeed, our lives have been made safer at our work than
in our homes or at our play. Surely our Western Electric Company
deserved a better fate.
RESOLUTION
Adopted by the Board of Directors of the Westinghouse Club in
Regular Meeting,
July 27, 1915
Whereas a deep affliction has overwhelmed the Western Electric
Company in the overturning of the steamer Eastland, resulting
in the loss of so many lives, and
Whereas
this company is engaged in a similar work to that of our own, and
in view of the cordial relations existing between the two companies,
we feel very deeply the affliction that has befallen our co-laborers;
therefore be it
Resolved
that we, as the Board of Directors of the Westinghouse Club, representing
the employees of the Westinghouse interests, extend to President
Harry Thayer, and through him, to the employees of the Western Electric
Company, our deepest and heartfelt sympathy in this overwhelming
disaster.
Resolved,
further, that a copy of these Resolutions be transmitted to President
Thayer, and to the Western Electric News.
City
of Michigan City, Indiana
Clerk's Office
A
Resolution of Sympathy passed July 26, 1915, by the Common Council
of the City of Michigan City, Indiana
In
Sympathy
Whereas, The people of Michigan City have heard with inexpressible
horror of the awful catastrophe of the steamship Eastland.
And
Whereas,
The hearts of this people are filled with grief for those that are
lost and sympathy for those who have lost. And
Whereas,
Some expression of this grief and sorrow seems meet in this hour
of affliction; Now, Therefore, Be It
Resolved,
By the Common Council of Michigan City, that it hereby expresses
and records the universal sorrow of all the people of this community
occasioned by this appalling disaster, and tenders to the bereaved
relatives, friends and associates of the stricken victims of this
calamity its sincere and heartfelt sympathy and condolence. May
the wisdom of a merciful God heal the bleeding wounds the errors
of man have inflicted.
State
of Indiana,
County of LaPorte, } ss:
I, Alexander Spychalski, City Clerk of the City of Michigan City,
do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy
of a resolution passed by the Common Council of said City of Michigan
City on the 26th day of July, 1915.
ALEXANDER SPYCHALSKI, Clerk.
 
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