Speeches; Aircraft Production

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FROM UAW-CIO
281 W GRAND BLVD
LAfayette
DETROIT

7900

Address of Walter P. Reuther, Director of the General Motors
Department, United Automobile Workers of America, CIO, over
the Red Network ef the National Broadcasting Company,

December 28,

MORE
Good

evening,

Fellow

AIRPLANES

1940 — 6:30 PM
FOR

DEFENSE

Americans.

When knighthood was in flower, it was considered a blot on one's honor to
Unfortunately these gentlemanly rules
attack an opponent before he was ready.
Were Herr Hitler a knight of old he would no doubt
have long since been abandoned.
be content to call off his Luftwaffe and wait two or three years until British and
American plane production were sufficient to enable the R.A.F. to meet him in fair
and equal combat.
But there is no chivalry wasted on the present battle between a well prepared
When I picked up this morning's paper
Reich and a frantically preparing Britain.
I read that the three day Christmas truce was over and huge fires were again lightBritain's need is planes and that need is fierce and
ing the London night skies.
urgent.
We must supply them, and Hitler will not wait while we pursue the normal
leisurely methods of production,
In
In London they are huddled in the subways praying for aid from America,
America we are huddled over blueprints praying that Hitler will be obliging enough
to postpone an "all out" attack on England for another two years until new plants
finally begin to turn out engines and aircraft.
Packard has just finished pouring the concrete for its new engine factory and
Ford may soon be ready to begin digging the ditches in which to sink the foundations
Not until the Fall of 1942, almost two years hence, will these bright
for his.
This is snail's pace
shiny new factories actually begin to turn out the engines,
production in the age of lightning war.
Conventional methods will never bring results in unconventional warfare,
the workers of the automotive and aircraft industries for whom we speak propose
bold alternative, quickly applied.

we

We believe
can supplement

that
them

without disturbing
by turning out 500

present aircraft plant production
planes a day of a single standard

model by the use of idle automotive ;eapacity.
after six months
to get new plane

schedulss
fighting

We believe that this can be done

of preparation as compared to the 18 months
and engine factories into production,

This is Labor's Plan, as worked out
presented to President Roosevelt by Philip
Industrial Organizations.

and
a

or

two

years

required

by the automotive workers of Detroit
Murray, President
of the Congress of

and

Why should labor concern itself, some may ask, with speeding plane
Labor is concerned because it believes a strengthened defense essential
production?
to our country's safety in this era of axis aggression.
Labor is concerned because
it believes that our country's main defense is the little fortress isle holding off
the bombing planes of Nazism on the other side of the Atlentic.
Labor is concerned
because wherever Nazism is victorious the precious liberties that differentiate free

men

and

free

workers

from

slaves

are

destroyed.

Had Britain supported the Czechs, had Britain supported the Spanish Republic,
it would now have powerful allies in its war egeinst Nazi aggression.
Labor believes
we dare not make the same mistake the British made.
To let the British go under
would be to deprive us of our last ally in some future combat with a man who makes
no

secret

of

his

desire

to

rule

the

world.

If it were true that our productive machinery and our productive man power
were working at capacity, the task of speeding aid to Britain and quickening our own
Fortunately, despite the head-—
defense beyond the present pace, would be hopeless,
lines which tell us of unfillable orders and labor shortages, we have a huge
reservoir of unused machinery, unused plants, unused skill and unused labor to fall
back upon,

The automotive industry, the mass production marvel of the
year's period works at 50 percent of its total maximum capacity.
other 50 percent can be adapted to the manufacture of planes,

world, over
We believe

a
the

The tool and die workers of the automobile industry, the most skillful
machinists in the world, the men who turn the production engineering blueprints into
A third of them are either
the realities of the machine, are also partially idle.
pees

)

Walter P. Reuther
NBC
Dec. 268, 1940

2/

totelly
jobs.

them

on

unemployed,

part

temporarily

or working

time

on

ordinary

We

r.
bo
la
d
le
il
sk
le
id
d
an
y
er
in
ch
ma
le
id
Thus we have
together for the mass production of defense planes.

production

to bring

propose

s.
ng
wi
th
wi
le
bi
mo
to
au
an
ly
on
is
,
ew
vi
of
The plane, from certain points
ne
gi
en
the
ke
li
e
an
pl
the
of
ne
gi
en
the
Our greetest need is for plene engines, and
of
n
io
os
pl
ex
the
ng
si
es
rn
ha
of
s
an
me
a
,
ne
gi
en
of the motorcer is a combustion
it
but
ne
gi
en
on
ti
us
mb
co
t
ac
mp
co
and
The plane engine is the more delicate
pases.
.
ne
gi
en
le
bi
mo
to
au
the
as
s
rt
pa
e
sam
the
ng
ni
ai
nt
co
,
is still a combustion engine
Fundamentally they are the same mechanism.
r
he
ot
in
as
t,
oi
tr
De
in
and
s
rt
pa
me
sa
the
ch
mu
The two engines contain
s
rt
pa
ne
gi
en
out
rn
tu
n
ca
h
ic
wh
es
in
ch
ma
of
automotive centers, great batteries
g
in
ll
mi
of
,
es
in
ch
ma
w
re
sc
c
ti
ma
to
au
of
Long rows of gear cutters,
stand idle.
machines and grinders are unused fifty per cent of the time.

The

different

basic

kinds

machinery

Tt

cars.

motor

of

in each

plant
can

is

also

adapted

making

for the

the

be adapted for

of

making

parts
of

g
in
th
me
sa
e
Th
.
gn
si
de
ed
st
te
r
wa
st
te
le
standard fighting plane of the
o,
to
e,
es
Th
,
ng
pi
am
st
d
an
g
in
rg
fo
r
fo
le
id
ng
di
an
of the machinery now st
adapted to the making of the planes.

for

the

a single

is true
can be

as
es
an
pl
of
on
ti
uc
od
pr
ss
ma
for
ed
ed
ne
are
Fundamentally the same machines
ve
ha
ll
wi
,
le
id
y
el
rg
la
w
no
y,
er
in
ch
ma
This
for mass production of automobiles.
d.
te
le
mp
co
are
ts
an
pl
e
es
th
en
wh
and
if
ts
an
pl
w
ne
to be duplicated and installed in
to
ed
ed
ne
be
d
ul
wo
h
ic
wh
y
ne
mo
ch
mu
What we propose is to save precious time and
duplicate idle machinery and idle plants.
idle

stand

There

in the

Cleveland

Fisher

Body

plant

toggle

presses

huge

a
ch
Su
.
ns
to
80
to
70
ng
hi
ig
we
die
ge
an
fl
or
aw
dr
a
e
at
er
op
and
enough to hold
the
om
fr
e
id
As
s.
rt
pa
le
bi
mo
to
au
as
ll
we
as
s
rt
pa
ne
la
machine can stamp out airp
me
sa
the
ts
an
pl
ft
ra
rc
ai
w
ne
in
l
al
st
in
to
s
ar
ye
ke
ta
d
ul
wo
it
,
st
co
us
tremendo
er
sh
s
Fi
d'
an
el
ev
Cl
in
me
ti
the
of
nt
ce
per
50
le
id
d
an
st
w
no
h
ic
s
wh
se
type of pres
Body

plant.

t
en
rc
pe
60
at
es
at
er
op
t
oi
tr
De
in
nt
Pla
ge
For
Equipment at the Chevrolet Drop
.
ry
st
du
in
le
bi
mo
to
au
the
for
od
ri
pe
k
pea
a
of capacity even at this time, which is
ed
ir
qu
re
gs
in
rg
fo
p
dro
the
all
e
uc
od
pr
ld
cou
nt
The machines and hammers in this pla
nt
ie
ic
ff
su
h
wit
y
an
mp
co
t
le
ro
ev
Ch
the
ly
pp
su
ll
sti
for 500 airplanes a day and
s
thi
use
not
Why
s:
ask
r
bo
La
.
ar
ye
ing
com
the
forgings for 1,000,000 cars during

equipment

instead of duplicating it?

on
ti
uc
od
pr
to
in
go
ot
nn
ca
h
ic
wh
t
il
bu
Why wait for entirely new plants to be
le
id
ng
ti
ap
ad
of
job
the
do
can
we
e
ev
li
be
We
until almost two years have passed,
le
id
is
th
of
ty
ci
pa
ca
The
.
hs
nt
mo
x
si
in
on
ti
uc
od
pr
e
an
sutomotive machinery to pl
es
ri
st
du
in
on
ti
uc
tr
ns
co
r
to
mo
the
of
ty
ci
pa
ca
ll
-a
er
machinery is greater than the ov
of Germany, Italy and Japan combined,
d
ar
bo
on
ti
uc
od
pr
ft
ra
rc
ai
t
in
jo
a
of
t
Labor proposes the establishmen
ke
ma
d
ar
bo
is
th
at
th
es
os
op
pr
It
r.
bo
la
representing government, management and
ty
ci
pe
ca
ed
us
un
at
wh
y
tl
ac
ex
g
in
in
rm
te
de
,
ry
st
du
in
ve
ti
mo
a survey of the entire auto
g
in
er
ne
gi
en
the
ke
ta
en
th
d
ar
bo
is
th
at
th
es
os
op
pr
It
is available in each plant.
s
rt
pa
t
en
on
mp
co
its
to
in
wn
do
ts
in
pr
ue
bl
e
es
th
k
ea
br
e,
an
pl
r
blueprints for a fighte
th
wi
ce
an
rd
co
ac
in
ts
an
pl
s
ou
ri
va
the
to
s
rt
pa
e
es
th
and assign the manufacture of
their

idle

capacity.

ve
ti
mo
to
au
t
ea
gr
e
th
of
ty
ci
pa
ca
ed
us
Labor proposes to mobilize all the un
,
es
di
s,
ol
y
to
ar
ss
ce
ne
e
th
ng
ki
ma
of
b
jo
e
th
to
s
er
rk
wo
r
ei
th
d
and die shops an
.
on
ti
uc
od
pr
e
an
pl
y
to
er
in
ch
ve
ma
ti
mo
to
au
is
th
t
ap
ad
and fixtures to

tool
jigs

and
y
er
in
ch
ma
le
id
as
ll
we
as
ts
an
pl
le
id
ns
ai
nt
The automotive industry co
e
il
ob
pm
Hu
the
is
t
oi
tr
De
in
ts
an
pl
le
id
t
ea
gr
e
th
g
on
Outstanding am
idle men.
of
s
rt
pa
the
le
mb
se
as
to
ed
us
be
it
at
th
e
os
op
pr
We
plent now completely unused.
the
d
an
s
ng
wi
the
for
s
rt
pa
the
le
mb
se
as
to
ed
us
be
ts
the engine and that other plan
,
ty
un
Co
e
yn
Wa
the
nd
ou
ar
s
ar
ng
ha
d
te
uc
tr
ns
co
ly
si
ea
Huge, cheaply and
fuselage.
te
le
mp
co
the
and
ly
mb
se
as
l
na
fi
r
fo
ed
us
be
d
ul
Michigan, and Cleveland Airports co

planes

could be flown out of

Labor's plan
workers in all the
year by year in the
hes the benefit of
have the benefit of
one

of

them.

d
le
il
sk
of
e
dg
le
ow
kn
and
ce
en
ri
pe
ex
ed
ol
po
springs from the
n
upo
led
cal
are
who
s
ker
wor
d
lle
ski
e
sam
the
,
nts
eutomotive pla
Keach manufacturer
industry to produce new machine marvels.
We of the United Automobile Workers, ClO,
his skilled wrkers.
in
t
jus
not
,
nts
pla
e
tiv
omo
aut
the
all
in
er
pow
the skilled man

them.

Lebor

asks

only

in

return

that

its

hard-won

rights

be

preserved.

Labor

asks

3/ ‘Welter P. Reuther
Dec.

HBC

1940

26,

only that manufacturers like Ford be forced to obey the Wagner Act as have his
Labor asks only that it
competitors, General Motors and the smaller compenies.
be Pllowed to contribute its own creative experience and knowledge and that it be
given a voice in the education of its program.
The

President

plan, and said that
investigate it.

of

he

the

had

United

asked

States

his

expressed

yesterday

new Office

of Production

great

interest

Manegement

to

in

our

The President has laid down
No question of policy needs to be settled.
Postponement of tooling of new automobile
We must have more planes.
the policy.
models would make aveilable the necessary skilled help for the tooling for mass
When
No private considerations must interfere.
production of defense planes.
men are being drafted this is little enough to ask of the automotive industry.
Quantity production was achieved in the Reich and is being achieved in
England by the methods labor now proposes to apply to the automotive industry.
The difference and our opportunity is thet we have in
industry the greatest mass production machine the world has
one great production unit, it can in half a year's time turn
This is labor's answer
of numbers end swamp the Luftwaffe.
American labor's reply to the cries of its ensleved brothers
in Europe.
Eton.

England's battles, it
America's can be won
Give

Englend

planes

used to be said, were
on the assembly lines

and

there

will

be

ft # #

ita

uopw26
cio

a

no

the automotive
Treated as
ever seen.
out planes in unheard
to Hitler aggression,
under the Nazi yoke

won on the playing
of Detroit.

need

to

give

her

men.

fields

of

y
1 = THE COMMON
SHIPS
sie

IS THAT

WHILE THE REAL

New York

respect

NEED

Times,

CLOSELY

THE PLAN PROPOSES

5,

1941,

raises

of

automobile

power

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE,

LIMITED

REASON

OF CASTING

HORSEPOWER,

THAN 2,000
OF WEIGHT

WHILE

HORSEPOWER
COUNTS.

ONLY

PURSUIT

aircraft

ARE MUCH

COMPLETE

RECONSTRUCTION

ENGINE

PRODUCTION,

INCLUDING

BASES

NOW USED

ON WHICH

AND

FOR

IN EXCESS
OF ‘MORE

EVERY OUNCE

AIRPLANE

OF THE MACHINES

THE

ENGINES

SUCCESSFULLY.

FOR PRODUCING SUCH

REQUIRE

IS NOT

MINIMIZED.

DELIVER WELL

AIR-COOLED

in

motors:

PER HORSEPOWER,

MUST

HAVE BEEN TESTED

objection

100 HORSEPOWER,

AND MACHINING

INDIVIDUAL

CHANGES

following

and

OF WEIGHT

AN AVIATION ENGINE FOR COMBAT AIRCRAFT
OF 1,000

the

HAVING ABOUT

AS TO ITS RATIO

PROBLEMS

TO MAKE

IS FOR BOMBERS.

Jan.

to comparative

"A TYPICAL

THIS

OBJECTION

PROGRAM

CONSTRUCTION

TO THE AIRCRAFT

OBJECTIONS

ENGINES

WOULD

FOR AUTOMOBILE

THE MACHINES

ARE

MOUNTED
."
An Associated

to

Press

so~called

"high

dispatch

defense

widely

quoted

production

credits

experts."

four

objeztions

These

objections

are:

3 « THE DIFFICULTY

pk

= THE

OF OBTAINING

IMPOSSIBILITY

SIX MONTHS

Mr.

OF OBTAINING

PERIOD

In this

connection

could

the Aluminum
company

was

that

It has been

Company
it

SUFFICIENT

it should

reported

be corrected.

because

MACHINE

PREPARATORTO
Y STARTING

Stettinius

Aviation

SUFFICIENT

stated
not

Company
told

that

get

be

that

it was

enough

of America
they

had

that

out

not

on

OLD.

IN THE

January

forced
it

when

to

the

curtail

was

the Defense
ordered

3

of aluminum would

that

aluminum

and

NEW OR

PRODUCTION.

shortage

pointed

EITHER

ALUMINUM PRODUCTION

noted

the

TOOLS

Northrup
preduction

rebuked

by both

Commission.

sufficiently

soon

This

in advance.

2=-— Objections

Now

about

be

the

curtail

could

/,

used

in

automobiles

AUTOMOBILE

~ THE FACT THAT

also

should

worked up

on how

saved by substituting iron (?) for aluminum

much aluminum could be
parts

figures

some

be

could

If there

purposes.

argument

non—defense

and

domestic

for

use of aluminum

It

Construction
Program

we
of aluminum

shortage

a real

is

if there

that

out

pointed

Aircraft

the

plan

CIO
again.

forth

dragged

is

shortages

aluminum

the

discredit

to

an effort

in

however,

to

that

would

be

impressive

BEEN ASSIGNED

HAVE ALREADY

PLANTS

a very

figure.

MAJOR DEFENSE

JOBS.
One

allocating
lowest

6 = THERE

orders

present

of

method

at the

production

speediest

of the

conducive

is

the

is whether

course,

of

cost,

IS A LACK OF IMMEDIATE

AS THE

Y FOR SO GREAT A NUMBER

OF PLANES

UAW PLAN CONTEMPLATES.
It

eu

this

to

answer

should

be

pointed out

aluminum

shortage

of

plan but

rather

that

the

argument

on

and

of the men

in charge

is

not

about

the

alleged

the

of
a criticism

of production

of aluminum

and armaments.
7 - AIRPLANE ENGINES

AUTOMOBILE MACHINERY
IT IS ALSO ARGUED

CAN NOT BE ADAPTED

THAT THE NEW THREXER

FOR AIRCRAFT

WHT

ENGINES * AND

MUST BE MORE PRECISE THAN AUTOMOBILE

ENGINE BUILDING.

DIES FOR AIRCRAFT

PARTS MUST BE

MORE PRECISE.
8 — THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE AND
INCREASED

AIRCRAFT

INDUSTRY.

NO RESERVOIR

OF PERSONNEL

TO MAN A VASTLY

THE QUESTION OF SUPERVISORY

PERSONNEL

IS RAISED.

(Journal of Commerce,

9 ~ THAT AIRPLANES MUST BE CUSTOM-BUILT.
a

~ THAT
ll ~ THAT

THE AUTOMOBILE

INDUSTRY WOULD

THE

INDUSTRY

AUTOMOBILE

CAN

Dec.

24,

BE DISLOCATED.

NOT

LEVEL OUT

PRODUCTION

BECAUSE

IT

1940.)

# 3 ~ Objections to Aircraft
Construction

Program

Pacis ANTICIPATE THE VOLUME OF ORDERS.
12 - New York Times, Jan. 5, 1941: = "IT IS POINTED OUT THAT WHILE SOME
AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES, FOR INSTANCE, HAVE LARGE BATTERIES OF STEAM
HAMMERS, USED FOR FORGING AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE PARTS, THESE COULD NOT
BE USED FOR SLUMINUM FORGINGS REQUIRED FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINES.

THE

AUTOMOTIVE HAMMERS ARE DESIGNED TO STRIKE A 12,000 POUND BLOW, WHEREAS
THE HAMMERS USED FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE PARTS ARE REQUIRED TO STRIKE A
40,000 POUND BLOW.
13 - THAT AUTOMOBILE PLANT MACHINERY CAN NOT BE ADAPTED FOR AIRCRAFT
PRODUCTION.

PLANE
15 ~ THAT

PRODUCTION.
THE

TIME

MACHINERY
AND

16 — THAT

B

FAGTORY

PARTS

RXANE

AN AUTO

NOT DIVIDE

CAN

YOU

14 — THAT

INVOLVED

WOULD

THE RESULT

THAT

OPERATIONS

MACHINE

PRODUCTION

1,000,000

MEN TO BUILT

tetal

productive

involves

IN BUILDING

hours

less than 2%) of

about

9% to 10%.

which

are

done

aub—assembly

Much more

for the

of which
and

4,000

a pursuit

10,000
te

are

hours,
ship
devoted

accessories.

Week,

Press

small tools.

into panels)

to

the

At the

of

work

metal

about

4,000
500

7%

sharply to 20% — 25%.

k6,000 manehours

airframe,
rate

Sheet

consumes

riveting rises
about

of the

assembly operations,

part

involves

1941:

machine wrk

hours,

are the

while

4,

part

small

important
with

REQUIRE

Jan.

a plane.

productive

(fixing small parts

of total productive
"Building

most

OF THE TOTAL

IT WOULD

a relatively

in building

total

NEW MACHINES

PART

THAT

Business

consume

spent

SMALL

AND

A PLANE

500 SHIPS DEILY.

operations

. machine

.

",

SPENT

HOURS

A RELRATIVELY

CONSUME

AUTO

SATISFACTORY.

LESS

BE FAR

IN PRECISION

IN OBTAINING

REQUIRED

TO THAT

BE EQUAL

WOULD

ADJUSTMENTS

IN MAKING NEEDED

to

ships

the

of work,
motor

daily,

L ~ Objections to Aircraft
Construction Program

advocated
nine

by Mr.

hours

employs

Reuther,

a day.

about

The ermbire

SPACE WOULD

Business

Week,

January

building

500 pursuit

press

the

purposes

work

and

operators?

the

auto

under

plants,

the

for the

the

Reuther

aviation

uopw26

1941:

"If

daily,
100,000

grant
will

industry

If this

floor-space

industry

by

the

men

approximately
for

that
space

industry

1,000,000

machine

to be employed
currently

be found

currently

ratio

held

needed

end

of

this

given

employment

15,000

would

be needed

Says

could be
for

uses

good

for

were

work,

equipment

plan would be nearly double

Keo tic mroclvetny

ita

where

aviation

per man.

automobile

have

BE A PROBLEM?

planes

of argument,

The

floor-space

4,

perhaps

up within six months,

men would

443,000.

17 ~ THAT FACTORY

for

1,600,000

found

and

over 800,000
about 100

in plane

assembly

the

Detroit,

tooled

assembly
ft.

of

manufacture

by

operations

entire

year."

sq.

for

space

alone

planned

:

RESEARCH DEPT. UAW-CIO
281 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, Michigan
January, 1941

MAN~HOURS

PER

CAR

Year

Man-hours
per car

1904

1055:

1909

1156

bbb
1919

|

1921

a (414)

me (27% )

1925

233

“ease
1935

205

(204.8)

1936

198

(198.1)

1937

196

(195.9)

1938

197 (197.1)

1939

190(189.7)

1940

189 (188.7)

Note: figures from 1904 through i9ba' are based on U.S.Census
data for number
of cars and trucks prodméed, and for no. employees.
In order to get total
man~hours, we multiplédd the number of employees by 20
00 man-hours (taking

2000 as the

average Humber of

divided the total ftan-hours
man-hours per car,
qo

by

man-hours
the
:

worked

number

of

by each

units

employee).

produced

to

get

Then we
the

From 194% through 1940 , U.S.Census data is again used for
production
and no. of workers data, and , in addition, figures on
actual man-hours
worked have been secured from the National Research
Project.

The

Ford Scandal Grows
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ne
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MENT are flat
J
s’
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rk
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to
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it
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e
th
ng
vi
gi
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ar
speed-up plan, they
§
o
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id
bs
su
d
an
s
ct
ra
nt
co
of
a stab in the back by way
uRe
e
th
if
as
ok
lo
to
ns
gi
be
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.
rd
Fo
their enemy Henry
¥
to
r
bo
la
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es
rn
ha
to
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g
in
be
to
ther plan, in addition
n
io
nt
te
at
rt
ve
di
to
ed
us
g
in
be
so
al
is
e,
the war machin
from the scandalous Ford situation.
e
th
to
on
ti
ra
st
ni
mi
Ad
e
th
om
fr
ts
en
es
The latest pr
rt
pa
De
r
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of
t
is
ns
co
t,
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th
arch-violator of
ey
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ra
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co
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ment approval of th
of
ft
gi
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ig
tr
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an
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an
,”
st
te
ro
“p
g
in
Hillman’s face-sav
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dn
di
n
ma
ll
Hi
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wh
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ns
pa
ex
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an
pl
$21,000,000 for
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th
d
de
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ng
vi
gi
t,
es
ot
pr
t
no
d
di
se
wi
ke
li
n
contract which Hillma
ma
e
th
e
uc
od
pr
d
ul
co
t
an
pl
r
he
ot
as his excuse that no
mco
lt
fe
as
om
Th
t
en
id
es
Pr
terials—a fact which UAW

.
on
ti
en
nv
Co
O
CI
e
th
at
ny
de
pelled to

e
th
t
ou
ab
ly
en
ke
s
el
fe
nt
me
That the labor move
wNe
in
ns
io
un
e
th
of
on
ti
ac
question is indicated by the
rd
Fo
r
fo
r
de
or
an
op
st
to
ty
ci
e
th
ark, N. J., in convincing
cars.

p
ho
-s
en
op
rd
Fo
e
th
of
on
ti
za
ni
ga
The successful or
r
bo
la
re
ti
en
e
th
re
fo
be
b
jo
citadel is the most important
nco
g
in
be
is
g
in
ak
rt
de
un
is
movement. The success of th
r
a
W
e
th
d
an
e
s
u
o
H
e
t
i
h
w
esistently impeded by th
r
to
na
di
or
Co
r
bo
La
e
ns
fe
Department with the help of De

is
th
t
es
ot
pr
to
re
he
yw
er
ev
Hillman. It is up ta the unions
or
at
ol
vi
e
th
to
es
ti
un
bo
t
ou
shameful policy of handing
.
es
ut
at
st
l
ra
de
fe
t
an
rt
po
im
of one of the most
.
ec
—D
er
rk
Wo
ay
nd
Su
om
fr
(Reprinted

RECEIVED
MAR

37 1941

29, 1940)

Issued by Communist Party
Section 8 (Dearborn)

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