The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-30
DETROIT WORKERS.
UNEMPL DYED But
PROFITS INCREASE
Masses Idling in Streets
Seeking Jobs
BY NJ. A. S.
worker Correspondent

DETROIT, Mich.-The city of De-
trodt, the capital OF Tin Lizzies," is
a sad place for workers to live in.
1t may be famous for its tin cans"
but 1t is rotten for the workers. There
are tens Of thousands of unemployed
roaming the streets in the quest for
a lob, / was just passing thru the
city when l tried to find out labor con-
ditions here.
went up to the city hall. They
sent me to the basement, where some
kind of an information bureau is sup
posed to function. When l asked
about labor conditions in the city, no
body seemed to know what | was
talking about. When asked If there
are many unemployed in the city, one
bright fellow answered.
"Oh, that's what you meant Why,
go up to the city employment office at
II Woodbridge East any morning, or
to Clinton and Raynor, across from
the county Jail. You will see great
mobs out there"
l went up to II woodbridge street.
It happens to be a police station The
big mob was there alright. At first
| intended to go in and get some in
formation, but when / noticed it was
a police station, / decided not to go
in. Since / was the guest "of the
people of Illinois" in some Chicago
police stations and in the Cook county
Jail / have kind of dislike for police
stations, so didn't go in.
Passing the streets and the squares
one can notice large groups of unem-
ployed ddling away their time. Even
the wide stairs of the city hail itself
are covered from all four sides of the
building with unemployed workers.
l attempted to find out the reason
for SO much unemployment in such
prosperous" time. / spoke to some
workers of the Ford factories.
you see," answered one worker,
I'VE are now producing in five days
what we used to produce in six days.
The Ford factories are now working
on a four-day basis per week. For the
last three months We were working
FIVE days per week. They kept on
speeding us up until we began to pro
duce in five days what we used to pro-
duce in six days. Then they cut down
one day and we are working only
four days. They still keep on speed
ing us. Maybe they think we can do
in four days as much as we used to do
in six days"
This, of course, contributes only
partially to the general unemployment
here. The rest of the unemployment
comes as a natural result of the boss
system of equal opportunity" equal
opportunity for all the unemployed to
starve to death after producing too
many cars in which the rich and the
exploiters have the equal opportunity
to ride around while the workers
starve.
The Ford workers are beginning to
wake up to the real state of affairs
They are publishing now a little four
page paper, called The Ford Worker.
It is very popular with the workers
and the bosses hate it, which is a
sure sign of its effectiveness. The
girls who were selling it at the gates
OF the Ford factories were arrested by
the police, and they were prohibited to
sell it. But this little red devil' finds
it's way into the hands of the workers
anyway, and it does its work.
esrsnwzsaazzass 49, >
The June issue Of the American
Worker Correspondent Is outl
Get bundle to sell at the picnicl