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AUTO MAKERS PUT
EFFICIENCY FIRST
Give Notice SIaCkerS Need E0i
Apply For Jobs
NO REDUCTION III WAGES
Detroit Manufacturers Take Gdran-
tage of Opportunity to Weed :Cgt
Undesirabies

Detroit, Feb. Wages are not go
ing down, for the present. bur ehici-
ency is going up
This is the view Of Detroit's auto
mobile manufacturers, who normally
give employment to 10000 skilled
Workmen, to the question upperm0St in
the minds of employers ard employees
throughout the country during this
period Of readjustment
The answer. as Interpreted l.y I:Ialit
employment superinrendenlS 10 Lhe
thousands of idle mechanics was: No
work slackers need apply If you give
g full days worn for full DAYS PAY.
we want you and We'll nay the same
wage you were getting waan tho ulant
closed" .
Announcement is made by The Ford
Motor company, which resumed pro-
duction on January 81. after having
been shut down since December %, that
it is going over its ,,ayroHs carefully
and SummOning back to work only the
most proficient and the most depend
able of the $1,000 workmen ii employ
ed before Christmas.
Although none of the other cempan-
les has made the announcements formal
ly, the principle is being applied in all
of them that are re-emDloying or pre-
pairing to resume operations soon. AT
the Dodge Brothers plant the word
has been passed by superintendent
and foremen to the ''undesirables" that
they may as well begin looking else
where for employment.
At Ford's the principle is being work
ed out on a scientific basis. When the
decision to reopen the plant was reach
Ell confidential instructions from the
Office of Henry Ford were sent to fore
men and superintendent in all depart
ments to begin picking their best work
men. The officers were e. select first
the most efficie mt, then pick from that
classification those who are married
and have children. These We're the
first to be notified that their presence
was desired at the plant at such-anc
such a time on such-and-such a date
The old system of employing help
has been discarded. The spacious quar-
tiers which housed the employing staff
where for many years almost every
mechanic who applied for a Job was
welcomed with open arms, have beer
closed. The Ford company is dom
its employing by mail. Crowds tina
besfege the offices daily for employ
nent are told that if they were on tn
nayrolls before Christmas, and If theI
services are required, they will be mott.
fed by postcard.
eve expect to be producing an aver
age of 1000 cars daily, our full capa
city. as soon as conditions warrant,
said Mr.. Liebold, secretary to Henr!
Ford. But we do not expect that u
will require as many workmen to pro
duce 1000 cars day from now on as 1t
did during the past year ~ two"
Some manufacturers believe that
April will see the business at or near
normal: others do not believe the dali!
wage output will be as great any TIM
this wear as it was last. 1t is generallH
agreed. however, that the industry vii
ne able by early spring 10 absorb al
the skilled labor now idle here q
considerable number CT worknen have
left Detroit since the Factories began
closing, and the "undesirables" are
drifting into other industries.