FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT {From the President's Radio Address of December 9)

JANUARY 1942 Volume 33 Number i T.H. E TRUE GOAL we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. When we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. We Americans are not destroyers — we are builders. We are now in the midst of a war, not for con quest, not for vengeance, but for a world in which this nation, and all that this nation represents, will be safe for our children. We expect to eliminate the danger from Japan, but it would serve us ill if we accomplished that and found that the rest of the world was dominated by Hitler and Mussolini. We are going to win the war and we are going to win the peace that follows. And in the dark hours of this day — and through the dark days that may be yet to come — we will know that the vast majority of the members of the human race are on our side. Many of them are fighting with us. All of them are praying for us. For, in representing our cause, we represent theirs as well —our hope and their hope for Hberty under God. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT {From the President's Radio Address of December 9) FO STATEMENT BY WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN, DIRECTOR GENERAL, OFFICE OF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, DECEMBER 10, FOLLOWING DECLARATION OF WAR ON JAPAN AMERICA CAN DO I T ! "TO ALL AMERICANS WORKING FOR DEFENSE —The hour has come. We must all center our efforts on production of the munitions of war. America's pro duction engine that is turning now must be speeded up to maximum output. Let us move all schedules forward and put the supreme effort into getting more and still more material, that our fighting forces may have the means of carrying on total war. "War is here—we are attacked. The Office of Production Management appeals for the utmost effort from American labor and management that Victory may come swiftly and be complete. Man-hours worked by willing hands will do it." BUY UNITED STATES SAVINGS lONDS AND STAMPS HAROLD McCORMICK HIS RELATION TO A GREAT COMPANY AND ITS PEOPLE ... BY FOWLER McCORMICK T is probable that from the time Father gave the subject of ideas which concerned new ways of doing things, new I any thought at all there never was the slightest doubt plans of organization, new products. in his mind as to the career he wished to pursue. It must In the first decade of the century, Harold McCormick have seemed to him only natural that he would follow was one of those who realized that, splendid as the growth his father and elder brother into the company which they of our business in Europe through jobbers and branches had built from small beginnings into one of the largest had been, its continued success required the establishment concerns in the farm implement field. of manufacturing plants in certain countries. He was When Harold McCormick stepped off the train at Council intimately connected with the work of selecting sites and Bluffs in 1896 to begin his active work in the McCormick putting into operation, first, the Swedish plant and then, Harvesting Machine Company he must have done so with in the succeeding years, the plants in other European that single-mindedness which characterized his relation to countries. the company and its successor, the International Harvester During the years of the first world war and those immedi Company, for nearly half a century. ately following, one of Father's greatest interests was the His was a devotion which neither tribulation, discour improvement of the Company's retail outlets. He enthu agement, nor the passage of years could weaken. As time siastically fostered the idea, new at that time, of retail went on other causes—medicine, aviation, and music— stores in communities where proper dealer representation drew his attention and for a time received his enthusiastic was unobtainable. Through the years he followed with interest. But beneath and beside and around these always intense interest the development and changes which took flowed the deep stream of his vital attachment to the place in the retail stores, which were the forerunners both Harvester Company. of the modern McCormick-Deering stores and of the dealer It was as if he felt that a torch, lit from the fire of a improvement program which plays such an important part forge shop in Virginia, had been handed to his brother in our merchandising system. Cyrus and himself to carry on, and that this was the Another new idea which owed much in its infant days meaning and the goal of his business life. to his faith was that of the row-crop tractor. Strange But it was not only the business and the Company he as it may seem today, when that type of tractor by far loved; there were the people—Harvester men and women. outsells all others, in the early days of its existence there He loved to be with them—in the shop, in the office, at the were many who doubted that it was practical and scoffed annual Works picnics, at the golf tournaments, at Harvester at its awkward appearance. Harold McCormick always club gatherings, and out in the field where experimental believed in it, and his warm encouragement gave heart to machines were being tested. There was comradeship, there those who pioneered its development. was good-fellowship, a hearty handshake, laughter, a A belief in what was new and progressive; a belief cheery greeting. in Harvester men and women and a feeling of happy And then there were the serious conferences and meetings comradeship with them; a single-minded, wholehearted at which minds wrestled with problems and ideas to try devotion to the Company he loved—these formed the to find solutions which would carry the company he loved essence of Harold McCormick's relation to the Company. another step forward in its progress. To the men and women in the Company he was a friend A keen intuitive insight guided Father in his judgment and a leader in whose fairness all had implicit confidence. of men who were being considered by the Company's His work, together with that of his brother and the great management for leadership, and once chosen they received leaders and associates who worked with them, built the his unfailing loyalty and support. Company we have today. A living embodiment of A similar intuitive ability gave Father his interest in Harvester spirit, his work and his influence will go on, new developments and made possible his sound appraisal and he will live in the memories of those who knew him. THE PROGRESSIVE, the broad-minded, the sportsmanlike, all had his interest and had his support. He thought of life itself as a great game. In it, if you win, all right, if you lose, all right. Harold McCormick, at the age of 50, seated in his study at the family home, 675 Rush street, Chicago. HARVESTER WORLD J a n u a z y , 1942 emortamy A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY T is with deep and heartfelt sorrow active interest in the launching of the I that the Directors of the International Harvester Employe Representation plan. Harvester Company record the death of Mr. McCormick's activities outside of business were many, covering the diverse HAROLD F. McCORMICK 1 fields of philanthropy, music, industrial technology, aviation, medical research, on October 16, 1941. writing, and athletics, but always the Mr. McCormick was. born in Chicago dominant interest of his life was the May 2, 1872, next to the youngest son of Harvester Company and those who served Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the it. All who worked with him felt the reaper. From early youth his absorbing basis of friendship in their common work. interest was the McCormick Harvesting He was generous and kindly in his Machine Company, which was later attitude towards others and the radiance merged with this Company. His first of his spirit as well as his complete lack important position was to take charge of of affectation endeared him to all who that Company's general agency in Council knew him. Bluffs, where he and Alexander Legge The officers and employes and his began a warm and lifelong friendship. associates on the Board of Directors will At the age of 30, Mr. McCormick sorely miss this constant and loyal friend was elected a vice president of the whose interest and help in all that affected International Harvester Company upon its the welfare of this Company were formation in 1902, and he was the last of unfailing. the original group of Harvester Company Our sympathy is especially extended to officials to retain an executive position in the members of Mr. McCormick's family its management. in their bereavement. From December, 1918, until his death RESOLVED, That this tribute to the Mr. McCormick served the Company memory of Harold F. McCormick be fully successively as President, Chairman of the set forth and permanently preserved in the Executive Committee and Chairman of the records of the Board of Directors and that Board of Directors. Among his many copies of these resolutions be transmitted activities as President, he took a keen and to his family. r H R M N H B O R D " Concluding an address to the Harvester Club a week b^AM' the 4fiove to the new building on, "Thirty Years at 606", Harold McCormick said, "I cannot bring this :;(i; retrospect and forecast to a better close than by quoting to you the noble and inspiring precept which says, 'Carry the old into the new and go forward'.

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