To the Editor of the Nowrit-CiiNa Daty News."
Stn,—Those who are not employed by the Shanghai Municipal Council or who have not been thrown into practical contact with the Municipal Joficials of the various departments, cannot have a clear conception of the conditions under which these hard working people carry their duties faithfully and effectively. And this ignorance often leads to Most unjust criticisms in the local! press. To meet the conditions suggested by such criticisms at times Would require superman, not human beings.
Realizing how enormous is the! burden of responsibility when a wrong decision may involve the Settlement in turmoil, disturbance and agitation, or the approval of a wrong internal or external policy' may change the entire structure of
who are all business is the See how efficient it fsithat Director General is surrounded with high Officials, executives, sub-executives or junior officers of the moat practical wisest type, both in the Secretariat and in the various Departments, for they must in praetice make many decisions for which only ove must bear the responsibility Again, when one notes the great] mass of work that must be handled by the heads of the departments, is seen that these high officials lik the heads of great business corporations can give attention only. to the matter of highest import.. The Inrgost part of the work must be eft entirely to the efficient sub-exe-cuties. The critics do not realize these conditions. But the business them and in consequence the ratepayers should seo to it that there is no begrudging those officials every pecuniary assistance needed in order to lighten There is a popular notion that thes are paid higher salaries than. they deserve; and that an executive's salary seems exorbitant to the "rank-and-file" worker. No-argument is necessary here to prove that one quires a maximum of brains and training and the other @ maximum, of muscle and enduraness. And the Jealary of one is in proportion also to the difficulty and cost in getting 4 man of necessary skill and ability, while the other-whose work is simple and easily mastered,. receive lower salary because there are numerous applicants for the job.
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