The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-19
The Boss Press Loses
Faith in Ford
BY B. X. GEBERT


was hailed as the ST. George who would XIII
the dragon known as depression" 1t was an
nounced in every paper in the country that Ford
was striving TO turn the tide Of the present eco~
nornic crisis of capitalism and he would lead the
country out Of the crisis Here is what the
papers in the early part Of March said about It:
Ford will spend more than $500 100000 this
year; that he will employ more than 100000 men
in Detroit alone; that he will make $16,5OO,0O0
worth Of steel in his own mills and will buy
more than $47,OOO,OOO worth from outside steel
makers; that he will spend millions for things
like rubber and leather and glass and castings,
and lumber, and copper, and lead; and that he
will make use of $4,000 inbound and $4,000
outbound freight cars" And we were signifla
cantly reminded chat not Detroit alone or NTichi-
gan alone or even the United States alone Gha6
would be affected, for looking over the world,
Ford's plants will draw materials and finished
parts from England, Germany, France Russia,
Canada, India, Brazil China Mexico Japan, the
Federated Malay States. and the Straits Settle
ments."
And now, what are the results? The Chicago
Evening Post reports on the results as follows:
THUS what is reported to have been another
bit of prosperity baIIyhOO from Washington has
had precisely the opposite effect. Instead Of
increasing confidence 1t has actually curtailed
the normal spring rise in automobile sales for
competitors whose new models are already in
the market. The result of this curtai1ment is
directly reflected in the low ratio of ingot output
in the steel industry"
The Iron Age, reporting on the further drop
in steel and iron production declares:
"Not only has the Ford Motor company failed
to fulfill its recent promises of large steel orders,
but the delays in its production schedule have
slowed up other automobile. manufacturers to
such an extent that steel mill schedules have
been adversely affected
The Chicago Tribune reporting on the pros
perity ballyhoo put the whole matter squarey,
that these announcements of Ford had been
made for the purpose of pleasing the Hoover
administration, stating very definitely:
g. that the recent announcement of the
new models by Henry Ford were made rather
reluctantly if not prematurely, because Of In
sistance by the Hoover administration that it
would help along the prosperity campaign
These statements of the leading capitalist
newspapers are very important as they are addis
tional admissions that all the prophecies Of i'm
provement proved to be empty bubbles. They
are admission that there is further decline in
growth of unemployment, and further develop
ment of the agrarian crisis as well as finan-
cal crisis. There are lessons to be drawn from
this by the working class, that the only real
way out of the capitalist inpasSe is the revou-
tionary way out-that is, the abolition of the
capitalist system. This must be placed before
the working class at this period in much sharper
form than ever before
ha ul1r in midi
of 1929 is steadily developing deeper and having
much broader effect. The whole burden of
the crisis is falling on the shoulders OF the
masses, destroying all previous living standards
OF the working class by systematic wage CUTS
and throwing out of work Of new huge masses.
The whole country is in a situation where the
masses are impoverished more than ever, and
the outlook is one Of continued impoverishmens
as long as capitalism lasts.
This does not mean, however, that the captala
lists may not find their own capitalist solution"
OF the present crisis. The capitalists recognize
ing this, are attempting to put the whole burden
of the crisis on the working class, by lowering
the standard of living, institution of the staggeg
system, and very low ratio of relief for the
purpose of lowering the standard of living and
at the same time preparing for war in which
they attempt to stimulate at least the waE
industries.
These are the conditions the working class
faces under capitalist rule. The workers, how
ever. must clearly understand that there is
another way out of the present economic crisis
of capitalism and that is, the abolition of the
capitalist system and the establishment of q
government of the workers and farmers. This
becomes an outstanding issue and must be linked
up as our perspective in the situation, together
with the everyday struggles of the workers,
employed and unemployed, Negro masses and
masses of poor farmers.
Precisely because of this situation the subjec-
tive factor, the action of the impoverished ana
exploited masses, is decisive, and therefore tho
organization of the workers in the shops, build-
ing leagues and unions of the Trade Union Unity
League, development of opposition movements in
the American Federation of Labor, building COM
mittees of the unemployed, penetrating into
the masses of farmers, raising to the forefront
the slogan of national liberation of the Negro
masses, self-determination and equality for Negro
masses, becomes burning issue Of the day.
Failing TO realize the Importance of the situas
ton today, our Party will not be able to fulim
its task of modifying the workers against capi-
talsm.
Workers! Join the Party Of +.