Letters: Aug. 2, 1963

Railroading

Sir:

I have just read your exceptionally well-written report [July 26] on the current labor relations problems on the railroads. The conclusion, regarding the motives of Mr. H. E. Gilbert and his prospects for victory, is as frank and perceptive as any I have read.

ALBRO MARTIN

New York City

Sir:

That featherbedded gondola looked cool, clean and comfortable to me. Couldn't help thinking that 37,000 sanitary engineers could be used to clean those trains allotted to nonbovine passengers east of the Mississippi River.

I think the railroads really need those firemen with their buckets—just switch from sand to soap and water.

MARY JOYCE LUNN

Olmsted Falls,...

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