National Affairs: Unity v. Progress

A comparatively pipsqueak strike in St. Louis reached the front page last week solely because the name involved was Henry Ford's. The United Automobile Workers called out the local Ford assembly plant, the principal grievance being alleged discrimination against union members in rehiring, after the seasonal layoff for new models. The plant normally employs only 600 men at this time of year, was making only 60 cars per day before the strike. And in spite of mass picketing by 500 other C.I.O. unionists, the assembly line continued to roll, though at considerably...

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