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...least reason for optimism was the selection of the railroads' chief rep-resentative???"Uncle Dan." An up-from-the-tracks man, he enjoys the unanimous respect of organized railroad Labor. On his own line this takes the form of something approximating beatification. The judgment of B. & O. employes on him is: "One square guy!" Many a road used President Willard's "B. & O. Plan" to settle the shopmen's strike of 1922. As they prepared to sit down and thresh out together the first major wage problem since 1916, workers and operators of 249,000 U. S. rail miles felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: Work, Wages & Willard | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

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