Rolling Tenements?

Chesapeake & Ohio's ebullient Robert Ralph Young has a 1946 batting average of 1,000. First he went to bat for through transcontinental sleeping car service at Chicago and St. Louis—and scored (TIME, April 1). Next time up, he got a base hit on his campaign against the black market in Pullman reservations. ICC approved Pullman's suggested changes on rail reservations.

Last week, Bob Young stepped up to the plate again. In 60,000 form letters and broadsides in 80 publications, he asked the traveling public: "Why must sleeping car passengers put up with 'rolling tenements'? Nine out of every ten...

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