The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-30
EXPOSE FORD
PLAN ASFAkE
Calls for Organization
of Auto Workers


DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 29.-Char-
acterizing the call issued by the
Ford Motor Co. for 10000 "more"
workers as a fake, leading to wage
cutting and unemployment, the
Workers (Communist) Party organ
ization here has issued leaflet to
The workers of Detroit, analyzing
the situation as follows:
"What is the reason for all of
this sudden excitement on the part
of Henry Ford? The struggle for
market between Henry Ford and
General Motors is the real reason.
This is leading to a very rapid
concentration of capital in the in
tlustry and to a bitter competition
between the automobile companies
not yet consolidated. This struggle
is exemplified by the rivalry be-
tween the Ford Motor and the Gen
eral Motors, the development of the
new model by the Ford Motor Com
pany, as well as a revolutionary i'm
provement on all other small mod
els by General Motors, especially in
the Chevrolet branch, etc.
Pressure Upon the Workers.
"In their determination to main
tain or increase their enormous prof
it's and to drive each other either
into consolidation or out of bust
ness, the employers seek cheaper
and cheaper production by speeding
up the workers faster and by intro
ducing many kinds of new machin-
cry and new industrial processes.
"Many thousands of workers who
are being hired are taking the place
of old workers who were paid six,
seven or more dollars a day. The
new men are being hired on the pro-
duction lines with SIS per day. 1t
also must be noticed that most of
the new men who are being hired
now are on the whole young men
who are in better position to stand
this contemplate system Of ex-
ploitation. The whole scheme on the
part of Henry Ford is nothing more
or less than the struggle for DOM
nation in the automobile industry
at the expense of these workers.
Mass Unemployment.
"This maneuver for cheaper labor
- low
nent which will become increas-
ingly important in Detroit and other
automobile centers. A new unem-
ployment army composed of hun
dreds and thousands of workers will
be challenge to the workers on
the inside in struggling for higher
wages and better working condi-
tions.
"The leadership of the Detroit
Federation of Labor, who call them
selves the leaders of the Detroit la
Dor movement, ignore as usual such
opportunities which we now witness
at the Ford River Rouge Plant. This
again goes to show that the leader
ship of the Detroit Federation of
Labor, like the leadership Of the
whole American Federation of La
Dor, is not interested in defending
the interest of the working class and
is simply ignoring the whole situa-
ton, in spite of the fact that they
were called upon time and again by
many workers in the auto industry
to launch campaign for organiza-
tional work and to take the lead on
such problems as fighting unem-
ployment, wage-cuts, speed-ur and
the general worsening of working
conditions in the auto industry.
"The Workers (Communist) Party,
which is the only workers political
party, calls upon the workers in the
Ford plant as we'll as upon all the
workers in the auto industry to or
ganizc into union which will en-
brace all workers in the entire in
dustry."
The Ieaflet closes with an appeal
to the workers to join the Workers
Party.