Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-10-15

so here goes, and let the chips
,all where they may. can SUBJ
stantiate every statement, be-
cause saved just about every
piece Of literature passed out
at the convention, including the
word-by-word minutes of the
entire proceedings.
First of all, let me say that
George Adde's could not possibly
have been elected, without the
support of the Communist party.
don't say that George is
Communist, but l do say that
he received the party's complete
support and got all their votes.
And to make it even more en-
phatic, Adde's went to bat for
the Communists on the issues
of the Convention. The minutes
will prove that he and such
known Communists as Fred Will
liams, Hodges Mason, Nat Gan
ley and others were in complete
agreement on every issue on
which thy spoke.
| want to say right here and
now that based on the perform
ance Of George Adde's, | shall
never, as long as | live, vote
for him for any office whatso-
ever.
And | might add that Rich
ard r. Frankensteen went along
with Adde's and received the
Communist support one hundred
percent. Both of them succeeded
in defeating Dick Leonard, a
very capable young man, who
was director of all Ford plants,
the running mate of Walter
Reuther.
PARADOX
Strange as it may seem, the
Convention adopted the program
Reuther and Leonard, which
was Numerically opposed to
that Of Adde's and Frankensteen,
yet elected the latter to import
ant positions on the Internation-
al Executive Board. Franken-
steen actually spoke in favor of
piecework, which is favored by
Joe Stains ambassadors of
company unionism, although Ad-
des was bit more diplomatic
about it-Addes wanted to leave
it to the discretion of the local
unions, which would have made
General Motors, Ford, Chrysler
and all the other corporations
extremely happy, because some
where the line some plant man
agement would succeed in put
ting the incentive plan in opera
ton, and then the others would
follow suit.
Further than this, the install
lation of Walter Reuther's ma
tionwide wage scale plan, where
by people doing similar work in
different parts of the Country
would receive similar rates OF
pay, would have been sabotaged
by the furtherance Of incentive
systems, more commonly known
as "piecework" or "bonus" plans.
Adde's and Frankensteen knew
this when they spoke against
Reuther's program, but twelve
hundred delegates ignored the
pleas of Adde's, Frankensteen,
and the Communists.
PIECEwORK FOREVER
The Auto-Lite plant in Tole-
do has piecework already estab-
lished. | ought to know - l
worked under il for six and one
half years | believe that the
Auto-Lite workers would be in
terested in knowing that with
the single exception of Howard
Cutcher all the Auto-Lite dele
gates voted solidly in favor Of
Adde's, Frankensteen, the resolu-
ton favoring the establishment
of piecework in plants where it
does not already exist, and in
favor of just about every Com
munist-supported issue of the
entire Convention. How do the
workers Of Auto-Lite hope to
throw out the piecework system
and get decent hourly rates
after the War when people are
themselves out of jobs,
when their elected represent
atives are on record as opposing
The resolution which opposed
piecework?
Thank the Lord, the other
units voted almost unanimously
IN support Of the progressive
anti-Communist program, and
likewise voted almost unani-
mously against Frankensteen
and Adde's. If the majority of
the delegates had voted as did
the Auto-Lite delegates, your
union wouldn't be worth
nluo0ed nickeli