Forty is the perilous age for a workingman. After that he is the first to suffer in a layoff, the last to regain employment. Employers are exhibiting an increasing preference for younger men, at the expense of their elders.
Noting these facts, the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor, meeting last week in Miami, went to grips with a new labor problem by instructing President William Green to make a survey of the "deadline-at-40" practice among employers. President Green's first line of inquiry will be through the State legislatures.
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