In Stamford, Conn. (pop. 65,000), as always at noon on a workday, factory whistles tootled and bells rang. But on this sunny day they told more than the time. Men & women left their factory benches and marched toward Atlantic Square, the city's center. Clerks left the stores and joined the marchers. Butchers, bartenders and waitresses doffed their aprons and walked off their jobs.
Soon Atlantic Square was packed by more than 10,000 men & women. They sang The Star-Spangled Banner and Hail! Hail! the Gang's All Here. They shouted and chanted catcalls, cheered the labor leaders who spoke from the Town...
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