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...digging went on, outraged archeologists loudly protested. The government relented, told the aroused historians that they could study findings on the spot, remove what they could. They descended like locusts, got in the workmen's way, spent hours and days photographing, sketching, and removing treasures of the past. Said a cigar-chewing truck driver: "I don't understand why these people make such a fuss ... It keeps my truck waiting hours...
Most of the ships go to Bagotville. A few passengers will see the sturdy French-Canadian workmen on the docks of Port Alfred, sweating in the sun, Virgin's medals on their hairy chests. A few will get to the end of the deep water and to Chicoutimi, now a cathedral city of 30,000, with cinemas, an airline office, soda counters and neon signs. But few will get more than a glimpse of the twinkling lights of Arvida, seven miles away...
...plant's trim and final assembly department, one morning, a notice appeared on the bulletin board: "All Communists must be out of this department by 11:30 a.m. The Committee." At 11:30, the suspected workmen were still there. They were booted out. Next day, they were booted out again. When they came back again, the department struck. The company closed the entire plant...
Officers of the plant's United Auto Workers local quickly called an emergency meeting. They denounced the committee of vigilantes for using "lynch law." After two turbulent hours, the local voted to return to work-and to allow the three suspected workmen to return too. But the back-to-work resolution carried the proviso that those who wanted to file charges against the three "for conduct unbecoming union members" could...
Test Run. In Cincinnati, workmen erecting a fire escape on the Wanda Lee Apartments accidentally set the building on fire...