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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator James C. Couzens, progressive ex-Mayor of Detroit and suc- cessor to Mr. Newberry, declared in a public memorandum that demagogues throughout the country are magnifying the difficulties under which railways are operating. The public is being offered the choice of wage reductions for railway men or increased railway tariffs. Reduction of wages is an obvious saving for railway executives to suggest. " Why," suggested the Senator, " don't they do a little brain work to produce the necessary saving by increased railroad efficiency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILWAYS: Inefficiency! | 3/31/1923 | See Source »

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