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THE WORK ETHIC* On the western slope of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon, a recent confrontation raised again the question of the work ethic. A new logging law, typical of those passed in the last few years of total deference to corporate interests, has made available for cutting one of the few last stands of ancient trees. Many stands already have been clear cut since the election of 1980 closed the door on the great environmental tradition set by Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and John Muir. In the confrontation, a logger put the issue squarely. He was representing the public opposition to clear cutting the remnant stand. He had grown up and spent his life working in the old trees, and now he represented the preservation agencies. He wanted selective cutting to preserve enough of the growth to secure the interests of coming generations. He spoke sympathetically of the company loggers - many of them his boyhood friends - in a recent interview: "A lot of their identity and pride was tied up with working in the woods, and timber's been a part of the Northwest for a long time. That was, in my mind, something that was supposed to go on for generations." Then he made - referring to those company loggers who were going ahead to clear cut the area - the critical point in respect to the work ethic: "People tell me they've got to do their jobs. I've got a job to do, too, but there are some jobs you just don't take." I *By Franklin H. Littell, Union (M.Th., 1940), Yale (Ph.D., 1946), an elder in the United Methodist Church and a retired Professor of Religion at Temple University
Object Description
Title | "The Work Ethic" (1996-04-09) |
Creator (Person) | Littell, Franklin H. (Franklin Hamlin), 1917-2009 |
Date | 1996 |
Searchable Date | 1996-04-09 |
Repository Collection | Franklin H. Littell Papers |
Series | Franklin H. Littell papers. Series 12: Research, writing and speaking, 1938-2006 |
Subseries | Franklin H. Littell papers. Subseries 12.5: Speeches, lectures, and article manuscripts, 1938-2006 |
Subseries Scope and Content | Subseries 12.5 contains Littell’s speeches and lectures, as well as occasional article manuscripts. A noted expert in several fields, Littell was frequently invited to address a wide variety of audiences all over the world. He spoke on many topics, most especially: the German Church Struggle and the Holocaust, religious liberty, new religious movements, the Methodist youth movement and peace and pacifism, political extremism, Methodism, and the Anabaptist tradition. There are additional speeches, lectures, and manuscripts, as well as related materials available for research in the Special Collections Research Center. Review the collection’s online finding aid for more information. |
Language | English |
Type |
Speeches lectures Manuscripts |
Format | image/jp2 |
Rights | This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257. |
Repository | Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center |
Digital Collection | Franklin H. Littell Papers |
Digital Publisher | Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries |
Finding Aid | http://library.temple.edu/scrc/franklin-h-littell-papers-0 |
Catalog Record | http://diamond.temple.edu/record=b5769203~S12 |
Landing Page | http://digital.library.temple.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16002coll14 |
Contact | scrc@temple.edu |
File Name | index.cpd |
Identifier | TLITFZ201308000105 |
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Landing Page | http://digital.library.temple.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16002coll14 |
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Document Content | THE WORK ETHIC* On the western slope of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon, a recent confrontation raised again the question of the work ethic. A new logging law, typical of those passed in the last few years of total deference to corporate interests, has made available for cutting one of the few last stands of ancient trees. Many stands already have been clear cut since the election of 1980 closed the door on the great environmental tradition set by Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot and John Muir. In the confrontation, a logger put the issue squarely. He was representing the public opposition to clear cutting the remnant stand. He had grown up and spent his life working in the old trees, and now he represented the preservation agencies. He wanted selective cutting to preserve enough of the growth to secure the interests of coming generations. He spoke sympathetically of the company loggers - many of them his boyhood friends - in a recent interview: "A lot of their identity and pride was tied up with working in the woods, and timber's been a part of the Northwest for a long time. That was, in my mind, something that was supposed to go on for generations." Then he made - referring to those company loggers who were going ahead to clear cut the area - the critical point in respect to the work ethic: "People tell me they've got to do their jobs. I've got a job to do, too, but there are some jobs you just don't take." I *By Franklin H. Littell, Union (M.Th., 1940), Yale (Ph.D., 1946), an elder in the United Methodist Church and a retired Professor of Religion at Temple University |
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