The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-28

I against those who join a union.
| workers have a right according to
/ the law TO collective bargaining. but
the mill owners attitude is that it IS
not necessary to deal with outside
/ representatives. The mills are always
ready to deal with their own
workers"
Here, as in New England, among
workers, small business men and
leaders Of the community there is
a complete lack Of understanding
the causes Of the depression.
It's too deep for me" is the gen
erai an6wer. And TO the question OF
what they would suggest to get out
OF the depression, the answer is al
most invariably: I'm not good
enough to answer that"
Industrial leaders here are irving
| to adjust themselves to what thev
term-"a topsy-turvy world" The
swift march Of events in the mast
few years has left them a little
breathless.
Habits Turned Upside Down
Our whole national habits Of life
nave been turned upside down" one
said, and we're trying to catch orr
breath. In the old days it used 10
be that you were told to work hard
@nd save your money. Nov We re
told not to work hard and not to
save. It's beyond me. I can't figure
it out.
I'VE used to be indivdualisss We
used to handle our own problems.
NOW we pass them on to the gov
ernment and most Of us seem to like
It. l guess it's sort Of relaxing from
the strain Of worrying about things
ourselves, which makes everybody
pass the buck TO the government.
A centralized government control
mas been forced on industry whethe-
u likes it or not. Some think it's a
coed thing and many others don't.
we've got a dictatorship over in
dustry now Maybe we're heading tn
a greater dictatorship, who knows9"
TIE Chamber Of Commerce or
rather its secretary, Clarence
Ruestar, who speaks for it. knows
what is necessary to end the depres-
sion. Re is the onlv man I met so
far who has a definite idea about
What to do and since meeting him
I've heard the same thing from sew
eral o her business men here:
Put the people back to work" say
Rue7ter, the industrialists and bank
ers here. That's how you can end
the depression"
How are they going to be put to
work when there are no Jobs? How
at?" u -
"Ah," said the Chamber of Com
merce spokesman, 'if could answer
that I'd be the smartest man in the
country"
Though they cannot answer this
their optimism is persistent and their
faith nothing short Of sublime. In
fac, faith will make Jobs.
Faith said the Chamber of Com
merce secretary, placing one foot for
ward, clenching his fist and speaking
with the rapt gaze Of a Rotarien
exhorting his associates to service,
faith grows here like sunshine. TT
happened to be raining cats and dogs
outside while he was saying this, but
l don't suppose he can be held re-
sponsible for that. The habit Of re-
ferring to sunshine was too strong to
be thrown over by rain storm. !
Faith grows here like sunshine. Why.
partner the veal h of the world
comes from the ground, doesn't it?
| OF course it does! Wei, we still have
the ground, we still have the sun
shine; all we've lost is that faith
that makes things go aroundI"
He spat Stream Of tobacco Juice
into a cus2idor, took deep breath
and started in again.
| That's what the spokesman for the