New Britain herald., 1923-02-06
INSIST GERMANY IS
 NOT TO CAP|TULATE|
Thyssen Industrial Leaders Seek
 10 Prove French Are Lost

HamhoFn, Germany, Feh. 6. fBy Associated PTessl siNty-six thousand Norkmen employed in the various fhyssen plants al Hamhorn, Mnel, 1, helm, nnisbuTg and Dinslaken are working full time-thnee eight hour shifts a day-and have not been af, ieeied either by the FailFoad strike or I lack Of fuel,
 Energetic At si.
 August fhyssen, the venerable founder of the famous steel dynasty. is an indefatigable worker. He is sl years old, but is at his desk regularly. al in the morning. frequently re- maining there until ii at night. Locomotives are busy shuniing ears Tn the immense railroad yard of the plants which cover about ten square miles. They are built around seven nitheads and are thus provided each day with sufficient coal 10 supply the entire works with motive power.
 Aided By France.
 ''The French occupation has not in- terfered with us." is the opinion ex. pressed al the Thyssen plants, "As a matter of fact. it has helped us, We
  communist element among our work CTS but tho French occupation and the arrest Of Fritz Thyssen lined them up solidly behind us.'
 Many industries in tse Ruhr arc in a similar situation mining their own coal within few hundred yards of the works.
 Tho raiiroadmen have remained faithful to their jobs and the plants are well stocked with raw material. Thus they can hold out for many months.
 No Hope Tor French.
 .''fhc French may be able to oc- | cmpy the Ruhr militarily but they will | never get anything worth while out Of Il. saia one Of the Thyssen directors. Our workmcnt are satisfied. We rais- ed their salaries 90 per cent on Feb ruary l and they now draw 1.250 marks an hour or 10000 marks for an eight hour day. We shall raise their wages again should the cost of living increase.
 We are doing everything we can to provide food as cheaply as possi- ble. There are now so carloads of l! foodstuffs from the interior of Ger many at the Oberhausen yards. The shipment has been delayed on ac- count of the strike but we are bring ing it here in lorries to distribute among the workmen at cost. Fats, which are especially scarce in the Ruhr. will be provided at the rate of l pound and half monthly for every of each employees household.
 No Famine Fears "Our worker shave received pledges f food from Holland and America which will be forthcoming should a anime occur" The management of the Thyssen in- erests assert that the French state nent to the effect that the huge ,rofts made during the war were de- ,osited in foreign countries is er- oneous. All available funds. it is aid were used to buy raw material with view to the emergency of the robable occupation. It is declared hat August Thyssen found it very difficult to get sufficient funds from he banks to meet payments due December 31 last. AS the correspondent motored trough Duisblrg, Ruhrort, Hamborn, )berhausen and Muelheim he noted hat most of the steel plants and hines were working but that the rail- oad yards were all idle except for q ew trains manned oy the French. Iowever the trainmen were at work n the private yards and plants. Navigation is at complete stand fill At Ruhrort the correSpondent saw two tugs flying the Dutch f1os md one with the French emblem nouling two coal barges lip the Rhine toward .Alsace. The river was practically deserted. The industrial magnates have not : ost courage. We can hold out as ,ng as the French can" sems to be he concensus.