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 Portrait of an American

(See pages 42, 418)

He slobbers over sentimental plays And sniffles over sentimental songs. He tells you often how he sadly longs For the ideals of the dear old days. In gatherings he is the first to raise His voice against "our country's shameful wrongs." He storms at greed. His hard, flat tone prolongs The hymns and mumbled platitudes of praise.

I heard him in his office Friday past. "Look here," he said, "their talk is all a bluff; You mark my words, this thing will never last. Let them walk out—they'll come back quick enough. We'll have all hands at work—and working fast!  How do they think we're running this—for love?"

A Living Wage

(American banker; testimony before the United States Commission on Industrial Relations)

enough for a 'longshoreman with a family to support?
 * Do you consider ten dollars a week

should say it's enough.
 * If that's all he can get, and he takes it, I