Detroit evening times., 1945-10-28

exact, IN the opinion OF
president of the General Til
100000, 900 a year business
O'Neil. a man who doesn't pul
his punches, strobe into the May
flower Hotel in Akron where
group of 16 newspapermen on
nationwide 'reconversion tour
were batting out their stories. III
needed" the press about the typ
OF copy they were writing and
hot debate ensued. The result wa
the correspondents. who had talket
to a lot of tactful businessmen
for weeks, urged O'Neil to sa,
his say,
That suited O'Neil Just fine
"The 30-hour week Is what
ruined France" ONel began.
"We In this country are talking
about Ia 36-hour week and try
Ing TO carr the same amount as
when we were working 56 hours
-seven-day week-during the
time when we were supposed 10
be sacrificing for the war effort.
ABSURD IDEA
"We can't have more things
In America and a better stand
ard Of living unless we make
them. After all. the money we
get per day. per week. per
hour, is only the bookkeepers
way OF marking the game.
THE idea that less hours and
producing less manufactured
articles will make more work
for everybody. IL absurd.
In the rubber industry 10
takes eight times a. many
people for sales and service as
IL takes TO manufacture. And
every time We get the initial
cost too high we close that
many pocketbooks and throw
eight times as many people out
of workTin the distr.bptien end
of the business.
This applies TO mos, indus
tries. a happen TO know IL APP
plies 10 the automobile in
dustry.
Up TO PRODUCER
"America can never have
better standard of living unless
we produce the things that make
o better standard Of living.
''The Russian work day is IL
hours. OF course. we do not
believe that Is practical, posi-
bic or desirable. My idea is
that we should work at present
when there il a great demand
for every character Of product
In America--a 48-hour week,
six days.
"We should base our plans on
n 40-hoI week and give an
extra incentive for the extra
eight hours. There should be
no limiting Of production. either
individually or collectively.
DEPRESSION. CUSHION
"This would enable factories
10 plan that Saturday would
not be work day. u would
cut down the swing Of unem-
pIoyment because II We would
not have 50 many people GEM
ployed in the industrial CEN
ters who would have To be laid
off.
Because. remember he
theory that in certain indus
tries II takes eight times n
many people In the distribu-
tion and sales end. Even the
bureau of Labor statistics show
four to FIVE times a. many"
49, O'~eTl Tiers, Opentd UP or tfi'
politicians. %He charged tina
"the whole crew Of POLITICIAN
arc vote grating -
The reporters wanted 10 know
what he meant by that
"Some people take money
some people take the people :
money and spend FIVE times a.
much Ia get reelected, . Nell
explained THE whole crew Of
politicians are Vote-grafting.
They are taking the peoples
money and kidding them that
they could have more things
without making them"
lie said the politicians are TAX
Ing the peoples money by haVIn
p deficit system. writing n on IN
cuff and not paying as you sc
putting II on the cuff.
O'Nen urged the reporters no
10 get him wrong. He SAID h
thought President Truman wa
doing a good Job.
Somebody asked O Neil wha
he thought Truman should say =
the people in these unscttie
times. And O'Neil replied.
81 think he should state that
In order 60 pay our taxes ana
TO have great standard of liN-
Ing requires work - work on
crybody's part, not loafing.
II won't do any good To raise
prices or wages II the people
won't work, because they won't
have anything 20 trade with
each other. Money II only the
score In the game.
Hes first got Ia come oui
end tell the people they've gotta
work for n living. II they 60 10
work, things will straighten
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