Letters: Domestics Under the Eagle

Sirs: Now that the NRA bird, eagle or hawk (TIME, July 31) spreads its protective wings over U. S. workers, household servants excepted, many thousands of us (I am not acquainted with the statistics in regard to the number of persons employed in domestic service) shall continue to work from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. or later when guests are entertained, often on 24-hour duly when there are children or others who cannot be left alone, with one weekly day off—after the work is done and dinner prepared —for "wages" which range...

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