Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-24

week. Maybe n few, yes, but
they are working seven days a
week. 3 to IL hours n day.
"Very we'll. there's 100 places
To put IL, tOO-tbe family, the
Kids, and 100 greedy. selfish non
defense workers grabbing for IT.
There's the servicemen's fund,
the USO, the Red Cross, the
War Chest
Eve been promising myself
Ia save, To keep me of the
WPA when it's over, and we
defense workers, glorious heroes
that we are now. will be just
plain factory trash who didn't
have the sense or foresight 10
save dime when we were
working seven days a week.
"How In hell can we save
when you newspapermens come
right out In print and tell the
world what we are making:
i. Pardon me. what you think we
are making. Maybe few. hut
not my husband, and he's a
skilled man. q precision inspec-
tor. The most he ever made
was SS8
There are enough unskilled,
homeless men in Detroit now.
not eligible for defense work.
migrants. with a few dollars,
without you bribing them 10
send for pa and ma. brother,
sister and cousin. and all their
friends, with tales Of 500
week BONDIE Blonde"
Al, right lets take this letter
apart. Bondle Blonde has some
things right and ! think. some
wrong.
Her husband makes SSS in
stead Of 500 a week Well
some are earning more than a
hundred Nor viii anybody who
looks around him deny that
SOME arc blowing tho money
high. wide and handsome
Some. 7 said not all. ] guess
there must he a good many
Detroiters like Bondie Blonde
who are trying IN take long
view of things and get ready for
idIeneSs aftcrva rd. IL II comes.
A. tho same time though,
should VIC Try 10 huSh.hush the
fact that big money Is being
paid IN Detroit a 6TiS there a
good reason for saying s.?
The fact II that wages ARR
high. They are high for a very
good reason. We need skilled
people. We need the tool makers
and mechanics.
Wages are high 10 get un-
skilled but intelligent labor. too.
That IL scarce. One plant Il
won't mention names. but maybe
YOU know the one I mean) hires
great many women. They've
found girls ding parts
through with chewing gum
thoughtIessly stuck In machined
threads.
They tust don't stop Ia think.
suppose n machine gun IL late
irving because some Dolly
Dumb couldn't find some other
way Of getting rid Of her gum:
The boss asked another girl.
What's that part you arc
making"
II dunno" she said. They
uSt told me Ia do u like that.
lie fired her. figuring that any
one who didn't have the curl
osity 10 find out what a ma
chiued part was for wouldn't
know much else. either.
But he's quit asking ques-
lions. He can't afford To fire too
many. no matter how dismal
they are. mentally.
We may. as y 2. says have
TOO many unskilled people here.
attracted by the high pay
That's bad. We don't like that
IN happen But and this Is
tho most important thing, rc-
CARELESS Of all else we Stll
reed GOOD men. High pay is
the only way we know 10 get
hcm.
Yes. Bondle Blonde, there's
always a place-l0O places for
500. or SS places for SSS. Or
1000 places for $1,000, you'll
find.
Yes. agree that We should
try 10 make the outsiders know
that they'll have TO work. and
WORK HARD. for the $50, $50
or 500.
But:
Yesterday alone this paper
had 1871, columns Of help
wanted ads.
We need men. We need them
10 win n war.
Understand
War Bond RalIv Set