Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-01-04
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FIT. SAM HOUSTON, Tex,
Dec. 20.-Ladies and gentle
men, give you the most mag
nificent public swindle in
years the super-dupe, de-
signed TO fleece the ever gull
lible dope known as John Q.
bile, the All-American
Sucker!
The worlds richest manu-
facturers are screaming for
price relief. Ford is "going to
lose 35 million shekels in
as" (not counting the forth
coming wage increase); GIN
is weeping crocodile tears be-
cause OPA ordered it to quit
charging people so much for
its automobiles.
Now get this. While Ford
is bellyacheing lin the face OF
one of its juiciest years since
the Model-T cluttered up our
roads, it comes out with an
Introductory offer of ID cents
an hour wage increase to It's
workers. Who's kidding who?
And poor little General Mo
tors? AS if a monopoly on
the auto industry is insuffl-
cient, this richest Of all manu-
facturers threatens to take It's
marbles and go home, If Presl-
dent Truman's fact-findlng
committee looks at its books
and determines that profits
and prices can be held as evil
dence in the wage dispute.
SHEER GALL
For sheer gall, this tops
everything to date! If G-M IS
asked to produce proof that 1t
cannot meet the 30A wage
demand it will bolt right out
of the hearing and leave the
workers on the street, the
public on the street cars, and
the government in the we'll
known middle Of the mess.
Someone, | suppose, Will
come along with the bright
suggestion that the govern
ment take over" GINS
plants. Maybe it's a bright
idea, and maybe it isn't. / fail
TO see where the full purpose
is accomplished by this pro-
cedure. If Uncle Sam would
grant the workers what the
fact-finding board deems
justifiable wage increase, it is
quite likely that they would
scamper back to their jobs
without further adieu. But II,
as in the past, governmental
operation of corporation S
plants means that the status
quo is maintained while the
profits accrue for the owners
OF the business, | fail to see
the merits of the plan.
Walter Reuther, UAW vice
president in charge of GIN
negotiations. claims that the
arithmetic, as he calls it,
will prove that the 30A raise
can be taken directly from the
corporations huge profits. He
further states that the union
will not be a party to any deal
whereby the American public
is soaked with a price increase
as a result of the wage in
crease. AS "clincher' he
winds up by promising to
back down" i'm the 3034 de
mand IL the arithmetic proves
his assertion incorrect.
Now, dear reader, in case
you have been one Of those
otherwise intelligent, but eco
nomically misguided and mis-
intermediary, miS-educated
individuals who believes that
unions are the real cause of
strikes apd the fomenters of
dissension, give the facts a
careful scrutinizing before
you venture an opinion. G-M
is as guilty as sin, and backed
into corner with its neck
i'm the wringer.
JUNGLE LAW
1t Is through the supine
ignorance OF millions OF Amer
lean so-called middle class"
people that corporate manage
ment is able to use what
Reuther terms "jungle law" in
dealing with unions and pub
lie alike. Anyone who chal-
lengeS the right Of a soul
less institution to dominate
the lives of hundreds OF thou
sand of American people risks
being branded dangerous
radical" Anyone who brings
morality into the question of
our economic scheme OF things
is likely TO be labeled a re
ligious fanatic" and one who
speaks of such things as full
production and a better world
is either a 'theorist' or a So
cialistic dreamer"
When human rights become
as acceptable as property
rights, when moral law Is rec