The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-26

spoke on Dec. Is fer tha Communist
Parry in the hearings Of the Roose-
welt commission studying" the auto
industry.
In their attack on the living
standards Of the workers the auto
manufacturers have been aided by
the N. n. A. and government agen-
cies which prevented the workers
from going out on a general strike
last spcing, Reno pointed out.
Since then, he declared, when The
Auto Labor Board was set up and
the merit clause" was retained in
the auto code, unemployment ass
increased. The profits Of the auto
manufacturers under the rsgims Of
the N. r. A. have also increased
Reno said in part:
A Real Workers Program
THE werksrs can rely only on
their own organized power. The ur-
gent immediate need OF the auto
workers is to establish the united
fronoo Of the A. P. of L., the Mechan-
les Educational Society of America,
the Auto Workers Union and othe-
real workers unions around pro-
gram such as ID minimum wage Of
s35 for production men and s4S
for skilled workers for 30-hour
FIVE day wesk; ~ the regulation CT
the spesd OF production, by dsme-
eratieally elected committees Of
workers and the company; 90 for
one industrial union in the industry,
controlled by the workers and
struggling against the employers;
"a the abolition of the March
agreement, company unions, service
men and spy agencies; CD guaran-
tsed work all year around or it's
equivalent in unemployment in
suranes
will the employers and the gov
eminent grant these demands to
the workers without a struggle?
The facts show that they won't,
The facts show that they have
started a new attack against labor
"All the talk about spreading en-
pleyment under the N. R. A. has
been misleading, The Michigan
State Department of Labor and IN
dustry shows in its reports that
between Aug. IS and Oct Ia. 1894,
1o4,1o5 auto workers were thrown
out of employment. Chronic unem-
ployment eonfronts more than so
per cent of the auto workers during
the period Of greatest production.
ProtstS up-Wages Down
"This illness is being meade in
ereasingly more acute as a result of
the intensified competition in the
Industry. 1t is evident that more
than 100000 automobile and access
sery workers are doomed to per-
nsnent unemployment and most of
he rest to part time employment
lnder the present capitalist cenai-
lions.
Under the ~ r. A. the speed=up
he employers have increased while
he real wages of the workers have
declined. In the first six months OF
1884 alone, General Meters recorded
a net profit of ss9,5s5,6l3. The
annual wages of an auto worker, &C
,erding to conservative estimates,
ranges frem $500 to $500. This is
certainly below any conception Of
living wage.
under the N. R. A. the speed-up
Of the woi kers is bang steadily in
tensihed.
Aim Of Job Talks
"The auto industry is in a chronic
crisis All attempts by the manu-
facturers aided by the Roosevelt
government, to overcome this crisis
has only resulted in making it more
acute. Therefore why all this talk
lbemt stabilizing the industry and
spreading employment? This talk is
aimed to confuse the workers and
take their minds of the real i'm
mediate problems of increased
hourly and weekly wages, shorter
hours, abolition of the speed up
unemployment insurance and union
iZatien Of the industry.
Gan YOU stabilize an industry
which has production capacity Of
1o,0o0,e06 cars and this year pro-
duced only 100000 carsp As long
as ears are produced solely to make
Praats fer private employers, just
so long will there be a disparity
between production capacity ane
actual consumption, with a con-
sequent steady army of unemployed
and part time workers. Fundamen-
tally, this problem can only be COM
pletely solved If the workers tool
aver the industry and ran it them.
selves through their own govern.
ment, Only such a workers GOV
ernment could Immediately giv1 full
time employment to every auto anc
accessory worker, abolish the speed
up system, give the workers canplet,
security and steadily raise theil
living and cultural standards.
Stsgger Plan
Under the present capitalist con.
ditiens, you either hold your hand;
up in reaetionsry horror and say
that over 100000 surplus worker;
must be kicked out of the industry
or you adopt the working class posi-.
ton; the employers shall guarantee
work all year round to these work.
ers or the government give them thu
equivalent in unemployment insu.
rance. The Communists fight fol-
this policy.
"Fhe proposal to stagger the an
neuneements OF new models, vii
in the first place never work out ii
practice. 1t will be wrecked by thu
intense competitive struggle fol
markets amongst the manufactures!
On the one hand and the dealers CIR
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