Right there on the front page, toward bottom right, you can read about the beginning of the end of the steel industry in America. You know, based on the stories in these editions of the NY Times from 70 years ago it seems that whe nation was in a constant state of “labor strife” (a phrase used on “today’s” front page, by the way, in the subtitle of the main story on the right side).
One story that cracked me up was the story earlier this week (or last weekend) that reported that local newspaper unions were lobbying for a law which would bar commercial advertisements on radio shows. The unions believed it was diverting too many advertising dollars away from (unionized) newspapers.
My point is that even as America was feeling the winds of war from Europe and Japan, the communists were waging war right here at home, right under our noses.
You have identified the major news theme for March and into April. I wondered what would fill the headlines until the next major development in the war. It turns out to be labor strife. The ink was barely dry on the Lease-Lend bill when strikes starting popping up around the country, including defense-related industries. The first one to make the headline, however, will be a certain public employees’ union. I’ve been reading lately that those didn’t exist until more recently, but that is not entirely true.
Dont feel bad. I’ve been getting about 8 the last two weeks. I usually expect to hit above 50%.