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THURSDAY. APRIL 26. 1934 THEY NEVER WIN JOHN DILLINGER'S day is coming. It will ** be an unlucky day for John Dillinger for the bullets of Uncle Sam’s department of justice agents are going to find their mark. John Dillinger's kind never win. True, he f.eems to be wearing a charmed existence. Several times he has shot his way out of carefully iaid traps, this last time escaping only through the unfortunate and unintentional blunder of some C. C. C. workers. An example of the climax is seen in Ernest (Kid) Giberson's escape and capture in Cincinnati yesterday. t Dillinger and his gangsters probably never would have escaped that federal trap laid down by federal agents had not those three young C. C. C. workers happened to blunder on to the scene. The end is coming for John Dillinger, just ns it comes for all criminals. Few' men ever escape the relentless pursuit of the department of justice operatives and practically never does a known desperado manage to elude the dogged men who stay on the trail until the last chalk mark has been marked down. Our federal law' enforcement officers receive little of the credit to which they are entitled. The truth of the matter is that, like their comrades across the border, the Canadian “Mounties,” the men who work for Uncle Sam always get their man. \es, John Dillinger has been lucky. Yes, he has been adept in shooting his way out of tight spots. But John Dillinger's day is coming. Cleverer, trickier, harder men than Dillinger have found that out. They blazed their way into the headlines of the newspapers with their guns. But, like a comet, the trail came to an end with bullets from guns in other men's hands—policemen’s hands. John Dillinger may be lucky, he may be tricky, he may be clever. But the end of that long, long trail is near .... all too near for the son of a Mooresville farmer. NOT A BAROMETER yi/'HILE timorous folk talk excitedly of * * revolutions planned at Washington dinner parties, the man who has a good pair of eyes in his head can get a much better sizeup of the situation by looking around the country to the spots where the spray is beginning to fly over the battlements. If we ever do have a revolution, it won’t come from the phenagling of eager intellectuals in Washington. Instead, it will be the result of a lot of ordinary folk getting mad and starting to throw things. The last week’s new r s contains several items that come pretty close to landing in that category. In Chicago, ten thousand holders of defaulted real estate and municipal bonds parade down Michigan boulevard, shouting “We have been robbed’’ at the top of their lungs. In Oklahoma City, Governor Murray orders national guardsmen on duty in eleven counties to prevent sale of property for delinquent taxes, as advertised by county authorities. The soldiers are ordered to arrest “as a military prisoner’’ any county treasurer or other officer who tries to conduct such sale. In Nebraska, farm leaders plan for a demonstration of 25,000 farmers to protest against new deal agricultural policies and to demand the release of two men arrested for preventing farm mortgage foreclosure sales. And in North Dakota, farmers threaten “actual battle'' to save their lands from foreclosure, and beg the Governor to declare martial law to save the situation. When you add all these things together, they sound rather ominous. A change is coming over the face of the waters—and it's the lad down at the bottom of the heap who’s causing it. not the brain truster sitting craftily at a desk in Washington. What trouble we have is coming up from the grass roots, not down from above. And the way to avert more trouble is to remove the causes of this discontent on the spot. Tuning in on after-dinner chats at Washington tells us nothing and gets us nowhere. PERNICIOUS PRACTICES 'T'HE report of the District of Columbia grand jury, which censured “pernicious practices'' of lobbyists in Washington, should not be permitted to slide by without corrective action. President Roosevelt has suggested a curb on political lobbying; bills have been introduced in congress; but no Anal action has been taken there. One of these measures, the Borah bill, which would keep senate lawyers from representing persons or corporations pushing claims before the United States, would be a good step. But not enough. For years there has been agitation for what amounts to the licensing of lobbyists, for their registration before they can ply their trade in Washington. “Pernicious practices" will not end without some such legislation. SILVER MONKEYSHINES THIS is a time when the Democratic leadership in congress should be tightening its lines for quick passage of the economic and social legislation advocated by President Roosevelt. Instead, several of the leaders, including Senator Pittman, Speaker Rainey and Chairman Smith of the senate agriculture committee. are Joining in a movement unrelated to the administration program—the silver bloc's movement for mandatory legislation forcing the United States to nationalize silver and use it as a base for money. Business, not an inert mass of metal, is the prime need for real recovery. Our business,

as has been repeated to the point of tiresomeness without making any dent on the extreme inflationists, is transacted 90 per cent with checks. There is enough “blank money.” or credit, available to transact all the business there is. Silverites, who already have their subsidy, should switch their zeal to reforming the “bank money” control through development of a better banking system. President Roosevelt has taken the sound position that the world's silver supply is an unknown factor, not comparable with gold in the development of a managed currency. This was shown in the failure of the open-market silver price to follow the government's price, set last December, of 64 ! 2 cents for all newlymined metal. The open price since has ranged from 46 to 47 cents an ounce. Bryan may have been right when he said mankind was being crucified on a cross of gold But under the present firm control of gold. Wall Street has lost much of its power to manipulate prices and create booms and depressions with the yellow metal. The Democratic leadership in congress must not weaken and open its lines on this sectional, mistaken fight as it has done on certain other issues during this session. There is too much to be done in the short time remaining to monkey more with silver. CHILDREN’S MOVIES in' VER since the days of the nickelodeon parents have been trying to solve the problem of decent moving pictures for their children. Many efforts have been made, but no general solution has been found. Frequently the children themselves have balked at “special” films created for them because they suspected that an effort was being made by the grown folk to improve their minds rather than to give them a good time. There are plenty of suitable and entertaining pictures for youngsters in the archives of the moving picture industry. The difficulty is to get them out and on the screen, a group of public spirited mothers on the 7 North Side is trying to do this in co-operation with the neighborhood theaters. Shows are selected carefully and tickets are being sold at reasonable rates. This initial effort should not be allowed to languish for want of public support. In fact, we think that the first successes of this movement in a limited section of the community should be followed by making such shows easily accessible to all children in the city. Let some big downtown theater take up the plan and thereby perform a real public service. THE TAX BILL 'T'HE federal tax bill which came out of conference last night is nothing to be proud of, even though it is much better than the original measure concocted by the house ways and means committee. Agreement has been reached by representatives of the senate and house on all points except the senate 10 per c£nt income tax rate increase, which is to be sent back to the house for instructions. If the house will take another long look at the federal operating deficit and the prospective national debt of more than $30,000,000,000, it is likely to agree to the 10 per cent income tax increase. The government needs the money. And citizens lucky enough to have taxable incomes in these times should be, and, we believe, are ready to help pay the way toward recovery. Even with these increased rates Americans will be paying much less than the British, French, Germans, and other Euro - peans. The conference wisely accepted the senate excess profits rate and the increased La Follette estate tax rate, though in the latter it listed the exemption from $40,000 to $50,000. Two bad features, among others, remain in the bill. One is the provision for publicity of returns. Although proponents made a good theoretic argument on the ground that this will act as a powerful self-enforcement provision and prevent tax evasion, experience has not been conclusive on this point. But experience with such publicity clauses has shown that they are subject to grave misuse by snoopers for selfish purposes. By far the W'orst part of the bill, because it involves international relations and the national honor, is the tariff and trade barrier in the form of a 3 cent tax per pound on Philippine cocoanut oil imports. The fact that the Philippines would be given a 2-cent differential as against other foreign countries is largely a meaningless gesture. From every point of view this tariff-tax is objectionable. It would strike at the Filipinos who can not strike back. It would impoverish the Filipinos and thus help to destroy one of the best markets for American goods, just when we need to build up our export trade. And it would break faith within a few' weeks after we pledged justice to the Philippines in the new independence act. With conditions what they are in the Pacific today, the United States can' not afford now—if at any time—to violate its pledges abroad. This cocoanut oil tax should be completely eliminated, by joint resolution of confress or by any other method possible. Nila Cram Cook's latest ambition is to live in an airplane and come down to earth only by parachute. It would be a new r experience for her to get her feet on the ground. An electrical woman is mystifying engineers in Italy. Many a woman not electrical has often shocked people coming in contact with her. Lindbergh points out that he made less than half a million since his famous flight —and now he might wonder why he didn’t accept the million-dollar offer of the movies and not become so famous. A So-and-So Club has been organized at Mt. Union. Kan. Everybody is eligible who has ever argued with any one. About 100,000 citizens of Chicago are said to be fraudulently registered. But what's the difference, so long as they vote right? Scientists insist the heart has nothing to do with love. Just fall in love with a man without a heart, and see how far you get! Prosperity must be coming back. Indiana’s Democrats and Republicans are pointing at each other and hollering “thief” again. The Nazis, they say, are forming in the United States. They can keep out of Indian - , a polls. We hke our shirts clean. 1 )

Liberal Viewpoint *=By DR. HARRY ELMER BARNES ■=-' CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is not only the best but also the most friendly possible criticism of the Roosevelt administration. The most cogent constructive criticism which can be directed against the administration today is the reminder that we must get the beam cut of our own eye before we can proceed far in the effort to take the mote out of the eye of another. The best basis for reforming other people is the presentation of a creditable record on our own part. From the-standpoint of economic morality, by all odds the weakest spot in the Roosevelt policy has been that involved in pay cuts and payless days imposed upon federal employes. Indeed, the administration policy in this regard is downright incredible. Following upon the heels of the President's plea to American industry to cut hours and boost pay came an announcement of further cuts and economies in the postoffice department. The Nation goes to the heart of the matter in an article quite appropriately entitled “Unc'e Sam, Chiseler-in-Chief.” Its comments are as fair as they are pointed: “The paradox of President Roosevelt's recovery program is the reactionary position of his own administration. Because Uncle Sam is the biggest employer in the country, and yet has signally failed to put into practice his own avowed labor policy, he has become in effect the chief obstructionist, slacker, and chiseler in the United States. a tt u “'T'HE federal civil services, which ought to lead in lessening unemployment by shortening hours, maintaining pay rates and adding to their employes, haVe in fact done none of these things. Instead, they have stuck to the old hours, imposed pay cuts without diminishing w’ork, reduced the number of their employes and in general closed the door to new’ entrants or promotions within the service. “Such a course w’ould have brought an avalanche of public protest if it had been followed by any other great employer of labor, and it is doubly despicable on the part of the federal government, not alone because the latter should set a good example, but still more because, unlike private busines, it does not seek profits and does not even have to cover expenses. “The nation protested last spring against the folly of turning civil service employes out into the ranks of the unemployed in order to save money w’ith which to hire other unemployed for new, unorganized and often useless work. In time this absurdity largely ceased, but in other respects Uncle Sam remains the outstanding figure in the country in opposition to his own program of industrial recovery. “The inconsistency of the position has become especially indefensible since Mr. Roosevelt's recent challenge to private industry to cut working hours to thirty-five a w r eek while increasing hourly rates of pay to such an extent that the total weekly earnings of regular workers would remain the same. Has the federal government itself adopted this course? Not in a single one of its departments.” u u tt THE most notorious offenses against logic and sound economics have been those in the postoffice department which employs about 48 per cent of all of our public servants. It is stated upon good authority that the economy policies w'hich have been introduced since March. 1933, deprive postoffice employes of over $100,000,000 in wages. This means a reduction in purchasing power in this amount at the very moment when the new deal is in desperate straits because of the lack of mass purchasing pow'er. Pay reductions imposed upon the rank and file of the postoffice employes are particularly reprehensible because these persons are among the most hard-worked individuals in either public or private employ. Indeed, many of our city mail carriers lead a life w'hich comes very close to industrial slavery. If, in some cases, there are more postal employes than are needed or if there are too many substitutes, let these defects be dealt with firmly and courageously. Eut, at the same time, let us give those wlio are actually working a square deal. The government might reply that it has been forced to take these steps in the interest of economy. But there is not a private employer in the United States who could not bring up the same alibi and allege that wages must be reduced in order to pay decent dividends. Friends and well-wishers of the administration will w'elco-me Postmaster-General James A. Farley's recent announcement that he proposes to halt these policies which have helped to discredit the government as the leader in the economic, program designed to bring us back to sanity and prosperity.

Capital Capers -BY GEORGE A BELT.

JOLLY, Pickwickian Harry F. Payer, former assistant secretary of state and more recently special counsel to the RFC, has resigned his job and is returning to Cleveland May 1. In one of his sudden bursts of temperament, Lawyer Payer sat at his office desk and dashed off an inspired, effusive letter announcing his resignation to President Roosevelt. “America,” eulogized Mr. Payer, “a miracle nation—confronted by the paradox of poverty amid plenty, lay helpless. You lifted her up with a smile of confidence and between that smile and a magnificent objective your performance is writing the story of this generation.” He promised that if the President should need him again he would gladly respond. President Roosevelt replied warmly: “I greatly regret that you have felt it necessary to tender your resignation . . . and am reconciled to your doing so only by your assurance of willingness to respond to any future call to service.” To friends, who gathered to wish him godspeed, Lawyer Payer remarked jocosely: “Oh. I’m not out of the family yet, you know! I’ll be coming back and forth.” a o tt MR. PAYER’S career in Washington was brief but glamorous. He arrived in the capital last June—to become assistant secretary of state —an exact replica of a Dickens character—wearing an old-fashioned choker collar. Ascot tie, brilliant pinchback coat and puffs of hair above the ears. Almost immediately he attracted attention by solving the “little Irma” Welch case, an intricate diplomatic tangle involving Venezuela and an American citizen. Last November, he resigned from the state department to enter the RFC. He performed important services as a member of the President’s executive committee on commercial policy. Colorful, entertaining and witty, Payer lent zest to diplomatic gatherings, at which he appeared in frilled shirts and diamond studs. In his leisure time he collected rose-tinted Bohemian glass and wrote the “Decalogue” of the new deal, modeled on the Ten Commandments. Associates say they will miss him at the RFC. where his desk is to be found behind a priceless gilt medieval screen, facing a picture of Venetian moonlight by Bogart, Jesse Jones, chairman of the RFC. issued a long statement in which he praised Payer’s “unusual legal capacity and thorough knowledge of economics and financial affairs.” a a SOCIAL Anglo-American relations were sorely strained the other day at the hearing of the house naval affairs committee on naval aeronautic purchases. In the front row sat short, stocky Major MacKenzie Kennedy, subject of his Britannic majesty, now living in this country’. He sought to present charts showing that United States air forces are far below those of other nations. Fiery’ Representative Fred Britten leaped to his ieet, shouted: Finally, placid, tactful Representative Vinson of Georgia, chairman of the committee, managed to quiet his charges and lead them into smoother pastures.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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(Times readers are invited to express their views in these columns. Hake your letters short, so all can have a chanse. Limit them to 200 words or less.) “NOBLE HERITAGE” WHAT IS IT? By J. Charlton Smith Senator Robinson’s favorite expression is reported to be, “Ours is a noble heritage.” Is this just hokum intended for consumption by tb- crow hunters and homei'rew°rs of his “deestrict"? What “heritage” does he mean? Is he eulogizing Donn Roberts of Terre Haute, who was compelled to abandon plans to run for Governor in favor of a sojourn in Leavenworth prison? Does Senator Robinson mean Governor Warren T. McCray who was handed ten years in Atlanta and SIO,OOO fine? Perhaps part of the senator’s “heritage” is Ed Jackson, who was freed by virtue of the statute of limitations. Where does the senator get that “noble heritage” stuff? Is he just given to using loose language baloney, applesauce and horsefeathers? One is almost tempted to be discourteous and say, “give him the hook”! a tt a TRACKLESS TROLLEY LICENSING URGED By T. F. Glass Why permit the trackless trolleys to operate on the streets of Indianapolis without licenses and crowd off the streets the taxpayer, with cars that have licenses. Any one who has driven on the streets where these trolleys are operated knows that the motorist had better keep out of their way or th-y will catch you in a trap. They have precedence oyer all other vehicles on the street. When in motion, they are all over the street. The state law is very clear on this subject. The fact that the cars get their motive power from a trolley wire is not ground for exemption or evasion of the state automobile laws. Why is the attorney-general permitting these motor vehicles to operate on our streets, wearing out j the pavements the taxpayers have to replace and not paying the state j tax as motorists do. Have the oper- ! ators of these electrically driven j busses driver’s licenses? What are the taxpayers going to do about this outrage? tt a tt PRITCHARD SUPPORTER REPLIES TO CRITIC By Arthur G. Gresham. I have no desire to start an argu- I ment through the columns of your. paper, but a contributor criticises j me for commending Walter Prit- \ chard and my critic asks me who j am I to condemn any one. There is an old proverb that says if you can not speak well of a man, say nothing at all. I commended | Walter Pritchard because he has been a true and loyal friend to the : disabled service men and because I think he is the best fitted of any j candidate in the field for the office of mayor of our city. For the last ten years I have conducted the relief work of a major organization, so if my critic wants to know who I am. I suggest he ask any disabled veteran. a DEMANDS BETTER CAR SERVICE By O. G. Smock. It has been a long time since the street car company promised to give Fairview park to the city and to give us a line from English avenue out to at least Emerson avenue. The company even went so far as to leave the way open for a track on English avenue. It left the street open for the

THE PROPER METHOD

End Fish Slaughter, Sportsman Urges

By a Sportsman I have fished for many years in Carroll county, including the area around Delphi, and I must say that the county has some of the finest game fish streams in the state; however, fishing has been better there than it has been the last two or three years. A fisherman's paradise, Deer creek, Rock creek, Wild Cat creek, the Wabash and Tippecanoe rivers all are within a five-minutes’ drive from Delphi, and what beautiful streams! How could our beloved Hoosier poet, Riley, refrain from writing after an afternoon upon the banks of Deer creek? No wonder many Indianapolis persons spend their vacations on and along these streams. The beautiful little town of Delphi contains many signs: “Fish for Sale.”

right-of-way and paved both sides of the driveway. We never have got Fairview’ park or the English avenue line. I think enough has been said of Dillinger. Let us give some attention to getting street car service. a tt tt ASSAILS REAL SILK STRIKE GUARDS By A Striker. The citizens of Indianapolis should at this time protest the tactics employed by the Real Silk management. The management has imported guards for the protection of strike breakers. If this continues, chances for a peaceful strike are very slim. These men who operate under the name of private detectives, carry pieces of gas pipe wrapped up in new’spaers and shake .them menacingly at strikers when they are going to and from the picket lines. It is bad enough that our city should have a firm that is trying to destroy the President’s recovery program by defying the workers’ right to collective bargaining, but w’hen such a firm imports guards from other parts of the country to endanger the lives of our citizens, then it is time for every red-blooded j American to protest loudly and vigorously to our city officials. THIS FAMILY READS ONLY THE TIMES By the Deanes. Congratulations. The only newspaper in Indianapolis, The Times, j which prints what its readers desire. said Mrs. Pinchot. Our family gets the pink sheet every afternoon, and we have dropped all other papers, being thoroughly disgusted with them. a a a QUESTIONS PUT TO HOSIERY STRIKERS Bv E. B. S. Can you fellows tell just what you do want and why you are striking at Real Silk? The idea of any man thinking he’s worth SIOO a week to! run those knitting machines! If you were working with your brain you might “holler.” Any one can be a knitter if he tries hard enough. Just tell me of any union you can approach if you need money for a doctor bill, automobile, furniture, radio, or a refrigerator, and borrow on your weekly wage like you can at Real Silk. Tell me any insurance company where you can get a policy of SI,OOO for 60 cents a month. Tell me anywhere in this rotten town w’here they have held up through the depression like the Real Silk. You squawk about the police being down there and not at schools. Just tell me why Lieutenant Owen

1 wholly disapprove of what you say and will _ defend to the death your right to say it — Voltaire.

This many times means “game” fish, and w’hat a thrill it gives you and how your nerves tingle, to see a big three-pound bass or salmon pass over the counter at a meat shop. These fish have gushing wounds. How they w'ould have tried that six-ounce fly pole of yours, but they didn't have a chance. You can buy them, though. Is this happening all over the state, or just in Delphi? How long will the fish supply last if this continues? How soon will Carroll county have streams but no fish? When will the people stop the demand for those slaughtered fish, thus aiding the slaughter? When will Carroll county measure up to its potential possibilities as a fisherman's paradise? I am not angry. I have tried not to be critical, but I am worried.

w r as sent to train and teach children to perform traffic duties and obey traffic rules, if more grown folks would obey traffic rules the police wouldn’t need to be there any time. I have watched fathers and mothers take their children by the hand and run through stop signs. You say the strikers haven’t done any harm. Why didn’t The Times tell ol the load of bricks you carried and threw at the other fellows. BRANDS PRITCHARD AS COFFIN MAN By Dissat.sfied. I noticed an article by E. H. Simmons ih the Message Center of April 14, directed at a “Dissatisfied Precinct Committeeman.” As it happens I am a friend of this committeeman and I am going to take this liberty to answer Mr. Simmon’s questions as my friend w ? as called out of town for a brief period. Mr. Simmons would infer that my friend is a Democratic precinct committeeman, which is not true. We are both Republican committeemen and have fought side by side in the conventions to oust George V. Coffin, but there happened to be too many weak-kneed committeemen. Therefore, we lost our fight, but you can rest assured that we have never given up hope. I will frankly say, Mr. Simmons, that Walter Pritchard, under the circumstances, is not Dig and free enough to be mayor of Indianapolis, for the following reasons: I heard Walter say that he w'ould rather two to one be criminal court judge than mayor, because the responsibilities would' not be so great, and he further said that so many organizations had indorsed him that he was out on a limb and did not know which way to jump. Now just what organizations did all of this? One of them was the Golden Eagles, headed by one William O'Nan, W’ho has been a Coffin henchman for several years. His outfit will sell you a baage with a golden eagle on it. All it will cost you is one dime and then you ai;e entitled to be called a Coffinite. This same O’Nan at one time, belonged to another organization and just because he could not use it to further Coffin's interests, he got mad and was kicked out. You can rest assured that O Nan will not refute this as he knows it to be the truth. A certain young Republican organization indorsed Walter. Why? Leland Morgan happens to head this outfit, and it was organized a few years back w’ith Coffin’s backing and has always supported his candidates. Now Leland is running for prosecuting attorney. For my own information, would like to know’ who has stood the expense of j their suite of rooms in the Washington hotel, for the last few' years. : Leland can possibly answer this. 1 An Italian organization headed b;

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one Mike Cattio, also indorsed Walter for mayor, and why, I heard Mike say that he was for the man for mayor that would see to it that 200 persons should get their market stands back and also that he wanted to be in a position that should any of his friends get in trouble, he could get them out. Would you think he had a selfish motive? It is generally conceded that Pritchard will get the vote, headed by Armitage brothers. Then is it not reasonable to assume that Walter must have been good to them when he was judge of the city court. You will have to agree that he was or most certainly they would not support him now. You know as well as I do that they do not want a man for mayor that will hinder their racket. It should now be plain you to see why Sheriff Buck withdrew from the mayorship race. It was because if he ran it would split up the bad element vote, and take it away from Walter. That's why Buck was promised that if he would get out of the way that in case Walter becomes mayor, he will be the next chief of police. tt an BLAMES LABOR LEADER FOK HOSIERY STRIKE Bv R. S. B. C. asks, after reading The Times, what the strike is all about. You refer him to your files; he could look at them until doomsday and still glean nothing but some mob thought. Please print this a$ my answer to him. The Real Silk employes approximately 3,000 persons. One-sixth of them, mostly knitters, a particular class, is on a strike. Last fall an election was held by NRA officials, in w r hich every one in the plant, excluding officials of the company, participated. This election was to determine whether the union or the E. M. B. A. was to represent all employes to the management for the life of the NRA. The E. M. B. A. was selected for this purpose by a two to one vote. A great many of the knitters would have been content had not William Smith of Philadelphia, the Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers’ leader, kept them stirred up. Mr. Smith admits that he came to Indianapolis to foment a strike. The Times states that he looks like a financier instead of an agitator. He is a financier, growing wealthy from his racket at the expense 500 of my fellow-workers waljemg the streets. Do you think it makes us, who still are working, feel good to see friends and, in a good many cases, wmmen wtih their husbands walking the streets without income? Our election was fair and the knitters should abide by it. Now, this small group wants to force the remaining 2,000 to be under their domination. Should the tail wag the dog? If the Republicans lose an election, should they quit paying taxes and leave the country? MORE WORK, LESS PAY, EMPLOYE ASSERTS By a Times Reader It is a great mystery to me that Fred Hoke, state NRA compl.ance director, and the Chamber of Commerce are not familiar and never heard of the general condition that employes of the American foundry, located on Naomi street, are forced to work under. I have never seen any NRA emblem or any code of any kind. Under the labor board's decision in Washington it was my opinion that all auto workers were to receive a 20 per cent increaseVjr wages, and to date we Bre working piece work and receive 20 cents more than our hourly rate, which means a total of $3.40 for seven and three-fourths hours and we do more work than when we received $6.20 for nine hour&