Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
C;apizzi Called
Bad Loser by
.UAW-CI0 Aides

election at thc Ford ana Lincoln
pant, which Va, won hy the Go
To Caplu, charges That as I
result of the election the compan,
must deal with a Communist lee
and influenced organization, IA"
President r. =. Thomas anC
J. Widmm Jr- Ford or
canzinc director rcplied'
"The ombur,ts Of bad
Loser"
Governor Van Wagner who
settled The recent Go strike Al
Ford's refused 10 comment or
Capzzis statement
UNION STATEMENT
The union leaders said
"The N-CIO sincerely
hopes that Mr.. CapiEEi's out
burst il the ill-natured EXPIRES
sion Of a bad loser rather than
an expression OF policy by the
Ford Motor Company. II MIR.
Capizzi j. speaking for Henry
Ford then our wish expressed
after the election, that the
curtain be drawn ON the bitter
ness Of the past, viii probably
not be fulfilled.
mir. CapiLzi prefers The pain
which will lead 10 continued
strife. The union will do its best
TO he patient in the hope that
more stable and responsible
minds will guide the future
policies OF the Ford Motor Com
pany. Ii will be noted that Mr..
Capizzi literally incites to viola
ton of the law. His TRADE as
sails the Wagner Act a. tyran-
nicaI and then proceeds to state
that rebellion against tyrants
is Obediance 10 God.
ASK FORD REPUTATION
I'VE hope that Henry and
Fdsel Ford will not lend them
selves 90 this lawiess attitude.
They should repudiate it with
out delay.
.What Mr.. CapiZZi terms a
.se-eaIled election was n poll of
the Ford employees held with
strict regard for secrecy and inn
partiality. An accredited repre-
sentative OF the company took
an oath and signed his name to
a statement that the election
was fair and honest.
There can be no profit In
fighting the election issues all
over again. The men who voted
for the UAW-CIO or for con-
tinuance of the old Ford system
were best qualified 10 judge.
Certainly IL cannot be said that
Mr.. CapiZzi and Harry Bennett,
nor MIR. Ford for that matter,
did not have their say, regard
less of what the law provides.
THE Ford Motor Company
had more than two decades I'm
which To convince them. and the
men voted overwhelmingly for a
union and for collective bar
gaining.
CITE CALL TO REBELLION
mir. Capizzi's attempt 10 fix
the stigma OF communism on
the Rouge and Lincoln workers
IL OverwOrking a pretty ragged
scarecrOw. His call on all man
ufacturers TO rebellion against
the law comes closer to COM
munism and fascism than any
thing the UAM-CIO has ever
proposed.
1.-THE real objective OF MIR.
Capizzis statement IL TO set up
front OF outraged virtue In the
face OF new exposures of Ford
anti-labor practices which are
due for an airing next Monday
before an examiner for the
NLRB.
THE Ford attorney has been
trying 60 move heaven and
earth I'm an effort TO stave off
these hearings. He fist tried
10 make "a deal That failed.
because the UAW-CIo insists on
the law taking its course. He
now seeks 10 link I'm an anti
Ford conspiracy the labor board.
the union and the Communist
Party.
AFTER \ CONTRACT
"1f Mr.. Capizzi Is the real
spokesman for Mr.. Ford, we
should like 20 offer him one bit
OF advice:
1T ~ the intention of the
UAN-CIO 30 negotiate a con-
tract with the Ford Company
which viii embody adequate
wage scales. tOlerable working
conditions. and "a measure of Job
security No hNstcriCal ACCUSE
tiOnS viii sVefNe IT, from this
Intention. General Motors.
Chrt>lcr and some 200 other
companies under the contract
with the UAW-CIO have granted
these thlnRs--and their plants
are far from so,ietized.
The Ford Motor Company
viii no longer be an exception"
Ceppizzi IS statement read:
The so-c8lled election or
dered h, the N.Tpp ,,,dor 49,.