Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-22
WHY THE SHORTAGE NOW
IN HEAVY SERVICE TIRES?

short time ago there came an an
nouncement, together with a directive,
setting a new quota on heavy service
truck tires. Less than zoe for Imperial
and San Diego counties combined, and
so desperate is the situation that alloca-
tion ofthe few tires allowable was or
dered through a special board set up by
the Office of Price Administration in the
coast city. This announcement coming on
the heels of one indicating that produc
ton of the few tires allowable was or
was a surprise, TO say the least.
The reason as set out is a correct one,
but why? AS proclaimed by the OPA,
the reduced quota was made necessary
because of the tremendous need for this
type of tires on the war fronts where it
now is admitted there is a Is per cent
shortage. Everyone readily recognizes
that the needs of the army must be met
first, and farmers who are stralning
every way possible to keep the food sup
plies flowing at high mark, gritted
their teeth and made up their minds to
do it some way despite the crying need
for tires for trucks and tractors.
Forced into the open finally by the
stern demands of the army to speed up
tire production, another government
agency disclosed through hearing that
one of the main reasons for the lack Of
tires is the refusal of ClO leaders to per
nit workers in the highly ClO organized
Akron factories to permit members to
produce at full capacity. The War Man
power Commission, the agency RESPONSE
BILE for the report, pointed TO lack of
manpower as one of the causes among
several others, but failed to comment on
the fact that full capacity IN the Akron
area would make up the 10 per cent
shortage on the battlefronts.
The simple situation is that the CIO
leaders have set arbitrarily the num-
Der of tires per man per day that shall
be turned out. 1t notoriously Is the
fact that many crews finish their ''alloted
number al 1.-The way from 80 to 80 minutes
before the end of day and that when the
fixed number has been finished, the men
loaf until quitting time. There would
seem to be lack of patriotism rather
than lack Of manpower, but if so, it is not
to be blamed upon the men themselves.
Some have tried to forget the limit placed
on per man production by the CIO bosses
and have had their daylights beaten out
by sluggers wearing the union button,
under orders from the big hats.
Ut great ldJOllly VI lllcSc III lS
are conscientious and are proud of their
patriotism and would, if left to their
own minds, not only meet the needs, but
out-produce the goals just as they help
pass bond goals. But they are at the
mercy of their cultless bosses. Stacking
off in dictator nations would mean the
firing squad so perhaps they are lucky
at only mauling.
Gestapo methods? Truly. Any move
by the administration at Washington
which has fosterad and encouraged this
organization and its methods? None.
Is Mr.. Sydney Hillman a CIO boss? He
is Is he the same Hillman who heads the
Political Action Committee and who
boasts he has a $6,000,000 slush fund
forced from workers to boost the fourth
term election? He is.
And so, Mr.. Farmers and Mr.. Hauler-
of-farm products, you will just have to
do the best you can until the people
finally get hep to what is going on, which,
we hope will not be too late.
And We might add, it would be fine if
a farmer could sit out an hour of his
long, tedious, hard day after he had
reached deadlne-but he can't, and by
all that's holy, he won't. So far he has
only his conscience for boss, and does
not have to listen to some high-salaried
alien-born shyster tell him what to do.