PAGE NEW MILITANT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1936 Detroit Motor Strike Enters Its AkronBarons Third Month in Face of Heavy Odds Concede THE POOR RICH so of the mediative and honesty So wright was too mild in his estimate The Wolf at the Millionaire Door of the workers share in the income actually produced in the manufacturing and related industries. The workers share in the Chrysler Corporation income so close to 99. percent that it hurts the curpora.
By JOHN WRIGHT Young, a great man and scholar, tion even to talk about it. The (Continued from Page 1)
could only bent down the spirit and committee for the successful conBusiness is picking up again. knows all about profit and loss. corporation merely gritted its teeth the industry and indicates the pre Initiative of these workers if they duct of the strike. In two weeks plant last spring which bottled up (Continued from Page 1)
where it left or when last heard And Business agrees with Prof. and shut up and proceeded to pay parations necessary to be made by could only wipe out their hopes, time, the pressure upon Dillon grew all motor production by that comfrom just before the nose dive into Young, and vice versa: the misery and privations of the Prof. Allyn Young, one of our had left the corporation proceeded the unions when they embark seri then their moth eaten unionism of a unbearable.
Resolutions condemn panya last six years.
With millions unemployed, fac that he doubted whether, taking all 000. 000, and the stockholders ap, have been wasting time for the last patch it up somehow with Lewis, country. On Dec. 8th. he packed shifts, keeping anyone else from Because Green Frey crowavive and with God ald they might troit office from all parts of the the machines in two twelve hotur tories shut down, abroad, the farmers pauperized, etc. a thing as profit; that lose words, the corporation paid outers bow find themselves isolated went out. Send the A, of Washington for further advice. Day by departments joined the move Great Truths remained unspoken. equaled profit over It was forgotten that this was the rate of interest (page pocket.
It paid profits at a loss, their fight and find it impossible men back to work; smash the in lor and Party of the Motor Products by ment.
best of all possible worlds; that paying out, according to its owning for the criminal lethargy and strike The weaker their position, ton the same day to lay their case Company Tries Obstinacy the rich begot profits as a reward Of course, the company scorned Thus, business makes billion balance sheet (p. 40) some 163 mie beter de for their initiative, honesty and grow where only grans grew prevision in profits, thus losing 125, 000, Groen gang. The policies of this ing became the papal bulls of the it possible the support of the Com. even talking to a union committee mittee for Industrial Unionism. At at first. They also gave Sherman Yous colline to them for being lazy on to the Jonescs, and gets nothing Prof. Allyn, taking the Chrysler sans do not mere prevent strikes buret ucracy.
Dillon was in dilemma. Undoubt a conference Daylor and Parry hela Dalrymple, United Rubber Workers for cultivating vices instead of vir in the end for it. Hard to be enterprise over a period of ten they only localize them, isolate them toes, and their incapacity to selze lieve, harder to understand, but years, there is no such thing as when they do occur and make it edly, from Detroit, even be could with Dillon at his hotel room In president. a run around.
But as the workers stood firm, easy for the manufacturers to crush see the step proposed was risky and Washington, Parry asked Dillon: an opportunity to rise in the world. there it is, The New York Sun hag pront: losses just about equal these sporadie outbursts. It is an could be do? Commanding no lon, are you going to bring your sts and unionists in solid agreefraught with great danger. But Let me ask you a simple quest united 100 percent, with non unionBusiness great service to Human a whole issue that proves it. There profit.
open secret that the of L, is what ity was force thebelitAll of its sor Young says so. Experience the All of its self are charts testifying to it. ProfesOperating for Philanthropy ment, and as workers in plant pursuing a delliberate polley of respect in Detroit, he could not af men out on strike This just about makes Chrysler just staying in the toil and tribulations. All forgotten ifies it. Take the case of the prospective bankrupt. But Chrys vent the formation of any independ ton. Like the steady old wheel Meld to pre ford to lose the support of Washing Dillon replied, God damn it, began talking of a sitdown the The Unkind Era No! never intended to and company shifted its position.
Chrysler Corporation. On page 40, tor does not complain. No. The ent unions which would take over horse that he is, he dutifully, al do not intend to now!
It met with the workers comDemagogues sang a different tune this great corporation submits a corporation proudly points out that the job of organizing the industry though somewhat painfully, went Green Retreats Under Fire mittee but flatly refused to conto the millions out of work, and public account of how it grew bil these dividends are paid out of Ten, fifteen yars ago this infamous throngh the prescribed paces. on But the Grand Sachems at Wash sider reinstatement of the unionist.
the millions being pauperised. Fallions for a period of ten years, and earnings which, through prudent scheme might habe succeeded in its Nov. 20th a statement appeared in Ington realized things had gone too The union was just as tough in its lacy after fallacy was propagated. what happened to these billions management, the corporation has aims; unfortunately Green and Frey the prees over his signature that the far. The tide is simply not run refused to tell the men to return New Deal was dangled before Labor got billions in wages, Busi been able to set aside, atter pyn were born too late. The current is Motor Products strike is the most ning with the craft unionists these to work until the issue was settled.
those who thought they suffered ness got millions in profits, and in the cost of operating the business, running against them.
ill advised and unpopular strike deys. It is slowly beginning to penfrom the Old Deal. lot of un. the end Chrysler losses just about (p. 40)
So the union prepared to keep Before a serious battle with the ever called in Detroit. He predicted otrate the skulls of Frey and Green the workers in the factory during kind things were said about Busl equalled the profit.
Moreover, according to its own manufacturers can be envisaged, a that it would flop and announced that they cannot do the things to the weekend, meanwhile calling ness. But that was long, long ago.
The demagogues have done their and boring, but statistics prove this United States have been able to ign must be undertaken involving back to work.
Statisties are very complicated statement, few corporations in the bold. nation wide organizing cam that he would negotiate his men day which they considered normal general meeting Sunday afternoon en years ago. This strike as the to consider what action to take twork, kept the people amused with to the hilt.
maintain such consistent returns to the Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, the Disgraceful Spectacle battles of the drivers in Minneapolis Naturally considerable agitation promises to make them forget how Chrysler Misfortune investors throughout the last ten South Bend and Milwaukee dis On Nov, 25th, the A, of Lanto and the Maritime workers of the for closing the entire plant and they were being squeezed until In ten years the Chrysler Cor years (p. 40. Obviously, the tricts, simultaneously. An organiz union members, apparently in acest const, reveals with burning pulling a bona fide strike began to profits could start rolling in again, noration grew two and a halt bil other corporations in this country ing fund of large proportions must cordance with a prearranged plan, clarity the drive and urge of the develop. and the company doesn Now it seems that profits are actu lion dollars; and today it hasn a are traveling even faster on the be raised and a crew of experienced assembled in front of the of workers in the mass production in have its spring replacement tires ally rolling in. Busines so long penny of it left. It was all distribroad of making profits equal losses organizers placed in the field. The Alotor Products local headquarters, dustries for a new unionism. The produced yet.
in the background, is raising its uted. And here is how: Force Wages for Strike voice again to tell all the BIL 1) 1, 790, 000, 000 went for ma enterprises, it seems, only to keep any on strike without regard to moved in a mass towards the fact can Federation of labor, with one Thus the company was forced to who have been deluded by dematerials, general expenses and adver pumping billions into the hands of cost or loss of profits. Any import ory entrance, escorted by mounted section of it forming the Committe gues Just where we are, and tising. The greater part (of this the shiftless Joneses ant strike must therefore stop pro policemen, scout cars, and patrol for Industrial Unionism did not in arce to reinstate the unionist, al amount) went into jobs and wages anction of at least one of the big men. leading the procession were augurate this movemnt: the Com. the union secretary rather than the Soak the Poor where we get off.
of workers in industries supplying three.
By way of Inaugurating the new Sound finance today obviously calls for the lowering of rates of Dillon to the Bosses Rescue organizers and Ed Hall, General deep and profound revolt, which has union committee as a whole in an year and the new era, the New duse gutomobile manufacturing in York Sun leta loose the Voice of other words, the above sum was and real stiffening of the rates dustry (p. 40; our emphasis. In taxation in the higher brackets Even though the strikers are iso. Secretary of the of Auto started from below in the ranks of effort to save its face.
Inted and find themselys, to date, International. The A, of mem the workers themselves against the Not only that, but the company Business in a monster Special Is argely spent to pay wages Indi in the lower brackets accompan plants, and the manufacturers have while the A, of officials draped Green and his crowd realized they sat down at his machine ball of his sue. On page of this issue we are rectly. Indirect wages, as it were. led by a reduction of the exempunable to spread the strike to other bers passed through the pleket line old and corrupt craft unionism. agreed to pay every worker who reminded of the Supreme Truth of 2) In addition to this huge sum tions. But a combination more un the aid of the government officials, themselves around the entrance un must daw back as they were already wages during the entire comation Business. the police and the press, the NMTA Ut they were through the gate. The badly compromised and were facing of work! Obviously this was to It Your Own Faalt experience that nine out of the Chrysler Corporation employees Chear! hear. that if the task is failed in its efforts to break the ixed this scene as a new low in International Staveit. with Horner workers towards this autocratically You and know from actual where Chrysler paid directly to be conceived. There is danger would very likely have completely strike Bulletin that day character a break in th leadership of the Auto placate the hard feelings of the Martin, the Vice Pres. of the Inter run company.
the poor. remained so because. nearly 100, 000, 000 (p. 40. faced at all some device which strike, were it not for the timely working class betrayals.
Direct wages.
The victory brought additional reWith the exception of the rational swinging over to the Lewis throws the added burden of taxaof their refusal to accept their union buster in the industry. Fran of men. 300 400 men) the strike camp.
sults within a day. Over 100 work opportunities and because of their 3) On top of this, there was ex. tion less obviously on those with cts Dillon, Pres. of the United front held solld.
pended for additional facilities for small means will be preferred.
Dillon failed in own vloes. We know that nine Dillon returned to Detroit and at ers rejoined the union.
Automobile Workers of America.
out of every ten, rich, mkidle the increased volume of business (p. his attempt to start a back to work ter a little more fumbling and hedg. The pace maker who predpit 111, 000, 000. And, in the nature The Motor Products strike was stampede. His efforts on behalf of ing, the of local voted to ated the struggle was a company clamor poor, who have made a Justice to say nothing of sound first called on Nov. 15th by the the manufacturers, however, were strike and all of L, members pet sent into the department to have done so because of things. Again a large part ofnance demands that the poor (or Actomotive Industrial Workers of not entirely wasted. The of were called out on the picket line. build a higher number of tires than of their this 111. 000. 000. provided work as Mr. May mildly calls them those America. Coughlin Union) Themen walking through the picket By this time, however, the situation the average so that the company During the depression a fallacy to many individnals employed by with small means. who receive the 1400 members of this organization lines created confusion and hysteria hnd gotten out of hand and was could Introduce another wage cat vendors of these supplies (p. 40. bulk of the billions should pay the walked conte solidly to set inan: the in the strike ranks: the solid phal completely out of Dillon control. by demanding higher avere store ficant minority of the rich owned In short, Bin Jones got that too.
But as Mr. 200 members of the in the anx was broken.
1) The taxes took 71, 000, 000. bulk of the taxation, of company anti labor activities in Bill Joneses to starve and stave in what Bin Jones did not get his May admits, the contings of dema tool and dye departments walked Dilon had executed the flank men months too late.
gogues to say nothing of the greed, out in sympathy and the two cuver, the manufacturers began Union Launches Counter Attack departments.
it. most dangerous fallacy. Lunions in the plant, the Metal wheeling their beavy artillery to the very first article is entitled: pag it on to him in the way of selfishness and immorality of the BULLETIN schools, hospitals, and other serv. Joneses make it impossible to ap Polishers and the Auto Workers, the front for an open, head on at by a joint strike committee of the Two Percent Control the By JACK WILSON proach the question openly and on followed suit. The strike was thus tack. All negotiations were prompt independent unions and the Ices.
Wealth! What of it If They a sound basis. Danerous subter 100 percent effective and the Motorly broken off with the independent of All strike meetings are held AKRON, Ohio, Feb Quickly Do?
Add these four items, and what ruge must be recorted to in stead. rodnete plant shut down tighter inton: Chrysler and Ford stepped under joint auspices and addressed adopting the successful stratesy of Bin Jones not only about the moral an income of some 2, 500, 000, 000. ies and hypocrisies of American with the untou representatives and over the leadership of the strike tions. The manufacturer campaign builders at Goodyear sat dowa at This article reminds and teaches do you get 2, 462, 000, 000. Out of such are the dangers and miser than a drum. The management met. to the picture, the took by the speakers of both organiza Firestone workers, pitmen and tre abyns between the rich and the only 38. 000, 000, or just about 18 Big Business offered some wage increases. The Approximately a thousand scabs of terrorization was answered by their jobs last night in protest poor, but also about the wide dispercent remained for the corpora tinction between control and own ton. Chrysler crew billions, Jones imported and the police was the launching of an organization against a 10 percent wage cut.
We are no humanitarians, but committee insisted upon their orired to stop all picketing. campaign by both the independent Over 250 pitmen started the shatership or, as the subtitle reads: gathered the harvest.
Changed Conditions be the height of humanitarianism arranged a meeting with the union unions and the of to some down that paralyzed all tire pro He Learns, Too, Where Billions Out of Its Own Pocket to put Business out of its misery, representatives a day or two later In by cone day, the Of of the key unorganized plants in duction and brought 2, 000 workers Grow and Who Gets Them.
Assuredly Mr. Arkwright (who and silence its Volor once and for to attempt to reach a satisfactory craft unlong scabbed on many strikes Detroit, Whatever may be the im to their banner within a few hours There is a great difference be writes in general on page about all. It is a big but necessary job. agreement at that time. To al conducted by independent unions, mediate outcome of the struggle, the Again the movement was spontantween control and ownership. Yes, the activities that Chrysler reports and there is only one way to do it appearances it looked as if an agree as part of a deliberate policy to Motor Products strike has already cous!
Indeed. Two percent only control in particular on page 40) knew overthrow capitalisin, voice and all went would be concluded in short wipe out dual unions, Dozens earned an honourable place in the rank and file committee the wealth of this country, What what he was saying when he deliv and establish the workers state order and the strike quickly pet of union officials ordered their men pioneering work for the New Union elected by the workers met with could be more democratic than suchered his address at the University The sooner the workers get down tica, to walk through plcket lines. ism. It the strike does not accom: Fred Climer, personel manager and control? One controller for every of Georgia. If anything, Mr. Ark to their own business the better. Smash the Strike. Says Green Strikes were thus broken and the plish another thing, it will already Gillan production superin fifty recipients. That better At this juncture the of officials kept their position and have recorded a brilliant achiev. tendent but refused to go back to than in the army, to say nothing Brain trust in Washington got their prestige, aprurently, did not ment. in uniting the forces of the work pending settlement.
abont jails. This two percent makes READY FEBRUARY the fitters. few weeks before suffer. Times, however, have changaautomobile workers and bringing The company retaliated by conbillions sprout and passes them out to the Bill Joneses (that anony The Third International After Lenin rated the next thing heard was an ity of skilled craft workers when in the automobile and auto parts at the midnight shift throwing the mous for you and me. On page organizntion campaign at the Motor the supply of skilled labor was industry.
main parts of the huge factory into By LEXOX TROTSKY Business supplies chart which Products plant. Now a strike is limited and unemployment almost On the background of the decline darkness.
proves it, and on Ke Mr. Partial Contents: called the walkout 100 percent of unknown, who advanced their own of American economy and its inArkwright blurts it out in so many The Goodyear local shop comA Latter to the Sixth Congress of the Comintern.
fective the plant shut down and to interests at the expense of the whole evitable effects upon the conditions Words THE ROGRAM OF THE COMINTERN.
all appearanions a decisive victory working class is far different than of the millions of workers in the mittee was to meet today to decide Bill Jones Gets Every Nickel Program of the International Revolution or rogram in the offing. The prestige the the new unions with a mearbership key industries of the country, the the course of the United Rubber Another oft repeated fallacy is vents in Detroit became a harbinger Workers. Strong demand that the that the workers share of the of Socialism in a Single Country?
in the event of victory might dustries where skilled lines are of the decisive struggles in store union lead a Goodyear wide strike national income has been steadily Strategy and in the Epoch.
ter all wessibilities for the practically obliterated and the con for the near future and their con which would involve 15. 000 workers decreasing. This, too, is untrue Bulance and Perspectives of the Chinese Revolution. Auto International. They restant threat of unemployment hangs sequences. Only a rew unionism is expected to be made.
The workers share in the nationmilitant, agressive and class concognized in the strike the authentic over their heads, THE CHINESE QUESTION AFTER THE SIXTI CONGRESS.
al income moved from 38 in voice of the workers in the mass The Independent unions, beaded scious can cope with the titanic ternationals which will put pressure 1850 to 65 in 1929. In 1931 WHO IS LEADING THE COMIXTERN TODAY?
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Death benefit graded accord all (or almost all the billions December, 1963 issue.
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