The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-03-20
Detroit Auto Men
Vote for Strike
To Begin on Wed.
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ing conditions or pay increases, but
for the enforcement of Section la
of the N. R. A."
No questions were allowed from
the floor, on the pretext that it was
a general meeting, though the over
whelming majority were Hudson
workers. Silencing of discussion is
obviously to prevent workers from
expressing themselves on the strike
and protesting against the leaders
acts.
While Collins poses as favoring
strike his real game was shown
in the statement in today's press,
in contradiction to the spirit of the
meeting:
I'VE have given the automobile
employers until Wednesday to
guarantee the right of elected rep
resentatives to all workers. But the
contemplated strike will be called
off only in the event of the auto
mobile employers agreeing at the
conference today in New York to
grant the workers the privilege of
selecting their own representatives
by secret vote"
In this statement Collins again
dumps overheard the demands on
wages and speed-up, and again
tried to carry through the tactics
used in the Weirton and Budd auto
body strikes, when struggle was
called off on the promise of "real
elections" which gave the COM
panies chance to put over COM
pany unions and Nctirnize the most
militant strikers.
Detroit papers are playing up
Roosevelt as the savior of the stu
alton, trying to capitalize illusions
they have spread that Roosevelt
will give the workers a square
deal"
Strikes and stoppages continue at
Dodge, Ternstedt, Ford and other
plants through action of the Auto
Workers Union members, as we'll as
through spontaneous action of the
workers. Workers in the PENN
sular Metal Products Co., auto parts
manufacturers, struck this morn
ing.
Auto Bosses Prepare
The auto manufacturers are pre-
pairing their strike breaking ma
chinery, hiring more men than they
need, and at the same time they
are trying to ferret out militant
trade unionists. They are hoping
to intimidate workers through pre-
pairing for widespread terror by the
appointment of Col. Pickert. notori-
GUS strike-breaker of the National
Guard, as police chief Of Detroit
Ballyhoo Not Working
Reports from auto shop workers
are that they are not at all affected
by the much-ballyhooed 36-houi
week, with adjusted wages, or by
the Ford increase to IS a day mini
mum. Workers have eagerly taken
Auto Workers Union leaflets, and
in many departments discussed
them in groups, agreeing that the
manufacturers action meant no in.
crease in weekly wages and in some
cases meant cut as well as more
speed-up.
Ford workers, at a meeting Of the
Auto Workers Union local yester-
day, were the first to elect dele
gates to the March Is Conference
Elections are going forward in de-
partments and at meetings of work
ers in other plants.
Auto Workers News" official
organ of the Auto Workers Union
containing the call for united &C.
ton, is being distributed at all auto
plants today. The decision of the
Mechanics Educational Society
executive regarding this appeal TO,
delegates to the united front con-
ference is not yet known. but strike
sentiment is strong among the mem.
bership.
The Communist Party. at It's
membership meeting on FRIDAY
night. pledged assistance to the
Auto Workers Union and is mo.
bilizing all members to help carry
through the fighting policy for vic
tory.