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Prof. Samuel M. Levin is
deservedly esteemed as a
pioneer in developing socio-
logical thesis and in defining
the technological aspects of
the American way of life.
Wayne State University's
College of Liberal Arts adds
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corded him for his evalu-
ative studies with the publi-
cation of his selected papers
under the title "Essays on
American Industrialism,"
just published by WSU
Press.
The very title of the book
calls attention to the special-
ized aspects of his analytical
works. In their foreword to
this scholarly work, Provost
Henry V. Bohm and Dean
Martin Stearns of the WSIT
College of Liberal Arts pay
honor to Prof. Levin by
stating:
"Under Prof. Levin's lead-
ership traditions of free
scholarly inquiry, academic
excellence and service to the
Metropolitan Detroit commu-
nity were firmly established.
It is indeed a fitting testi-
monial to Prof. Levin that
these traditions are still evi-
dent at Wayne State Uni-
versity."
This tribute is substan-
tiated in the essays, speeches
and special articles repro-
duced in this volume in
which the student of present-
day social and economic
problems will find the train-
ed mind of an eminent pro-
fessor guiding him towards
a fuller understanding of
current needs.
There is emphasis in these
studies on the technological
factors. Having reviewed the
challenges that stemmed
from mass production, and
the descriptive chapters on
the Ford profit sharing pro-
grams of the early years of
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sensation and
the subsequent Ford unem-
ployment "tragedy" are
especially valuable in their
application to the lessons
now to be learned from the
past.
Prof. Levin charges that
contrary to Ford's claims
that wages were never to be
reduced, the critical period
when the Detroit Department
of Public Welfare was as-
sisting thousands of families
of Ford workers was a result
of the "sweeping wage re-
ductions (that) were put in
force by the Ford Motor Co.
in October 1931."
These essays serve to pro-
vide historical data about the
occurrences in the early
part of this century when it
was believed that this coun-
try was being industrially
revolutionized by Henry Ford
Sr.
Prof. Levin is the philoso-
pher in the sociological-eco-
nomic field when he deals
with technology in its appli-
cation to liberty. He ad-
monishes those searching for
realities that "it is not at all
improbable that some men
may be willing to trade free-
dom for a promise of secur-
ity." There is an admoni-
tion in his declaration: "The
modern dictator-minded dem-
agogue does, indeed, use
this type of promise as a
bait to his hook." He bases
his warning on the assump-
tion that "the situation takes
on a darker hue when vision-
ed against the background
of our mighty and resplen-
dent industrialism, unprece-
dented technical achieve-
ments, and the growing
power of a small minority of
the economically strong and
overruling."
The role of Henry Ford Sr.
again enters into the discus-
sion in Prof. Levin's treat-
ment of the "Economic
Aspect of Modern Speed."
He asserts at the outset that
"from the industrial point of
view, modern speed implies
the pressure to extract the
most in physical achievement
from a given unit of time."
He deals with this and other
aspects of his studies his-
torically, drawing upon au-
thorities in various economic
fields, giving warning when
the human, health and social
standards are at issue.
On the question of speed
he points out: "A prominent
automotive engineer tells of
a plant where an effort to
increase production 30 per
cent 'with little more than a
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NEW YORK (JTA) — The
world's "largest Jewish city"
Sunday held its ninth annual
Salute to Israel Parade to
celebrate Israel's 25th anni-
versary.
Some 75,000 people
,marched two miles up Fifth
Ave. from 57th St. to 86th St.
and east on 86th to Third
Ave. while 35,000 watched
along the parade rout e.
Seventy floats and nearly
100 Jewish groups from the
metropolitan area partici-
pated in the four-hour pa-
rade, and 30 bands from 10
states and Canada competed
for awards.
Mayor John V. Lindsay,
who hosted a garden party at
Gracie Mansion in honor of
Israel's 25th anniversary
later expressed his hope that
"Israel will live and prosper
nominal increase in the
number of its operatives' re-
sulted in an increase in the
number of accidents of near-
ly 100 per cent."
There are some "Thoughts
on Industrial Democracy,"
in which Prof. Levin has
some sound advice for the
labor movements. "Though
organized labor is wont to
stress the benefits of its
various stabilizing policies,
it is conceivable that its dili-
gence in trotting out more
and demands in rapid suc-
cession, falling back on the
threat of strikes to enforce
their summary acceptance
may unduly subject our in-
stitutions to instability, un-
certainty and strain . . . One
is forced to the conclusion
that a circumspect labor
leadership would give more
serious thought to the curb-
ing of practices that expose
our public to overdoses of
excitation and shock, and
would seek to develop ways
that are more consonant
with a sense of responsi-
bility to the whole."
An introduction by Prof.
Mark L. Kahn of the WSU
economics department pays
high honor to Prof. Levin in
his retirement "because
these papers deserve to be
read anew against the back-
drop of contemporary
events."
Prof. Levin, at 85 — he
observed that birthday on
June 6 — is active lecturing
(Mondays at the Jewish
Center), writing, often being
called upon for advice and
guidance by faculty and stu-
dents alike at the university
where he taught for decades
and where he was head of
the economics department. It
is in recognition of his serv-
ices to his university that his
colleagues in the WSU Col-
lege of Liberal Arts have
honored him with his select-
ed papers notably entitled
"Essays on American Indus-
trialism." P.S.
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