Hoover Dam was virtually under martial law last week. A strike was in progress. No work had been done for seven days, since Six Companies, Inc. had paid off 1,300 men and ordered from the reservation 200 who had struck for higher wages, better working conditions.
In the Nevada desert the summer temperature ranges between 100° and 120°. In the diversion tunnels on the canyon floor it averages 10° to 20° higher. Since work began at the dam five men have been killed by accidents, twelve have died from the heat. Workers claimed the...
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