LABOR: The Damned

To the 10,000,000-odd unemployed in the U. S., Pennsylvania Railroad last month added W. E. S. Miller of Woodbury, N. J., George Carr of Lindenwold, N. J., 22 other furloughed clerks. Being veteran Pennsy employes and substantial citizens of their communities, Messrs. Miller & Carr decided to do something more than eat up savings, look for Relief, or moan to the neighbors. What they did was to form a "Legion of the Damned" for all 24.

"We decided to think of ourselves as a combat unit," said Mr. Miller, "fighting together against unemployment and not as 24 beaten, miserable and helpless railroad clerks." Each damned clerk would try first "to find or create a job for himself," then try "to find or create a job for 23 others." Last week Legionnaires Miller and Carr reported results: eight jobs found, two in sight. Pennsy's President Martin Clement heard about the Legion, praised the clerks' initiative, saw that several (including Mr. Miller) got their old jobs back.