National Affairs: Now, about Those Rules . . .

Labor

He was a hefty, 62-year-old locomotive engineer, Steve Jackson of Kansas City, Mo. Said he:

"Now you take the matter of watches. I paid $96 for mine. It's gotta be cleaned every 18 months and inspected twice a month—it can't ever vary over 30 seconds. Now, when I got to have it inspected in Ft. Scott, the Kansas end of my run, I got to walk ten blocks out of my way. What I want is for the company to pay the $3.50 for the cleaning and give me two hours twice a month for...

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