Show FORD MEN I II I IDLE FOR A Av EEK J r- r E t. t W v uto Factory v. j-v. sh i wr D n I to Give Way for Movement Movement Move Move- cf of Foodstuffs I I ment f DETROIT Mich Midi Dec 23 S' S Forty Forty- two thousand emi loyes of ot the tIle Ford Motor company were idle today and will be until January 3 without 3 pay They will sacrifice nearly a million and a a. half balt dollars in wages in support of the tile Ford company's idea that nothIng nothing noth noth- ing big but the necessities of life should be moved present railroad congestion congestion con con- affecting every industry in Detroit Is relieved Despite the shutdown of the giant Ford plant the menace of or congested traffic conditions and lack of coal still sUll threatened the city tonight Announcement Announcement Announcement An An- came from the Detroit Edison company which furnished light and power for tor the city that only one weeks week's supply of fuel was on hand Request Re quest was made that use Uge of or street signs be eliminated and that consumers ers use lights and power as economIcally economically econom econom- as possible |