Show IT HA WORKED OUT by J E jones the statement of leon henedy m n price administrator before the ouse ways and means committee the effect that freezing of wages well as prices may be necessary prevent serious inflation came ie same time that the ford motor kompany of detroit demanded the bezing off wages of all its workers r the duration of the war the mand was in reply to a flat 1 a y wage increase and other over ne increases demanded by the isted automobile workers CIO the renewal of the wage contract it expires next month most significant is the statement the ford spokesmen in threaten 9 to discontinue the check checkoff off n for union dues which was in borated po rated into the union shop cont A granted after last years strike e statement read one of the reasons for granting checkoff checkoff system originally was eliminate a lot of this discord the company and the uni but it worked out as we ped the fhe company refuses to pay for a 00 defense defense bond to each employed lieu of two weeks vacation with ay on the grounds that the sole js tomer of the company is the government overn ment and that all such pay nd bonuses would of course have to be passed on to the gov ament Fore ford added soldiers at i front are not receiving any boses at the present time the general motors difficulties ith these same CIOs involve the me issues it is to be noted in both instances at the two greatest automobile ants in the world have turned all the their production fa aill ties over to e per cent burlo t to the laed 11 nations drive to cwi iwi n the wr altorn biles rubber and gasoline re under absolute absolu tee government con rol prices on all kinds of goods nd commodities have been frozen 1 he president of the united states and mr henderson have both indicted that they want to freeze wag is s the discussions on capitol hill indicate a growing belief that wags to workers should be considered is an economic social question without vit hout reference to whether the worker is or is not a member of a union but we got quite hat far along and when we do ar ive at that point at no distant ate wages will be handled under ie general rule in the interests of 11 workers and the general public id d with due fairness to all commies engaged in war production |