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Into the Manhattan nightspot ("Gay White Way") of his good friend George (Scandals) White marched retired Nightclubman Jimmy Walker, who has lately been setting an example to the clothing industry (of which he is labor mediator) by working an eight-hour day. Supported on either arm by comely club entertainers, he mused: "There was a time when I would have appreciated this...
Standard capacity of each of the 18 plants making explosives will be 200,000 lb. in an eight-hour day. Not until all are built, not until the 15 supplementary loading and fuse plants are completed, can General Wesson and his staff of technicians breathe easily. They will not breathe easily for a long time. Best estimate is that Du Pont and Hercules, starting their building almost together and putting on full steam, will not be in production for twelve or 13 months. How soon other contractors would volunteer to take on the building and operation of other similar plants...
...sweltering afternoon as he inspected Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort (where 3-inch anti-aircraft guns ripped the tail from a sleeve target being towed at 8,000 ft.). He stopped at Langley Field (where 6,000 men now work, where 100 warplanes demonstrated). He wound up an eight-hour day, and 100 miles of travel, at the Newport News shipbuilding yard, looked at the new battleship Indiana taking shape, pondered the 45%-finished aircraft carrier Hornet, looked at the two new ways, two new piers, the machine shop and turret shop that are now being built...
Against Beard's caution on the "limited nature of American powers," Buell argues that "this country can dominate the situation." He cites figures on U. S. wealth, industry, consumption, and the appealing figure that the U. S. "has 153 inanimate slaves (foot pounds of man energy per eight-hour day) per capita in comparison with 17 for the world average, 41 for Britain, 35 for France, and 27 for Germany. . . ." The U. S. has rapidly become the greatest "power" in the world, he says, and should shoulder responsibility equal to its power...
...movement for an eight-hour day, The Nation in 1865 uttered a gloomy warning: "The time is not far distant when all things will be in common and grass grow in Broadway...