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Word: sykeston (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sykeston. ". . . There will be hundreds of acres not put in and you can look for a shortage of everything. And all the boohoo about the labor shortage in the war plants is not labor. . . . They work from six and a half to eight hours, but on the farm it's twelve to 18 hours a day. I think the best the War Labor Board can do is investigate the war plants and let the workers work twelve hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: If They Take Oscar... | 2/5/1945 | See Source »

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