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,AU?OR 3 ,ROSE ,PESOTTA 

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A DRESS FACTORY E>LY 9 #aidb ,I SET \T TO WRITE A BOOK ON MY YE>S AFIELD 
AS A LABOR ORGANIZ]4 ,DUR+ ?AT P]IOD ,I HAD ACCUMULAT$ A GREAT MASS 
( MEMOR&A_/LETT]S1 >TICLES WRITT5 = ! LABOR PRESS1 LEAFLETS1 PAMPHLETS1 
COPIES ( SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS US$ 9 ORGANIZATION DRIVES1 /ATI/ICAL 
REPORTS1 DI>IES4 ,I HAD ! MAT]IAL & ! URGE1 BUT SOON REALIZ$ ?AT 
,I WAS NOT EQUAL TO ! TASK BE=E ME4 

,=TUNATELY1 AT ?AT /AGE1 MY FRI5D ,JOHN ,NI*OLAS ,BEFFEL CAME TO MY 
AID4 ,?\< HE HAS KEPT MODE/LY 9 ! BACKGR\ND1 CLAIM+ CR$IT ONLY 
AS $ITOR ON ! TITLE PAGE1 IT WAS L>GELY HIS COLLABORATION ?AT MADE 
?IS BOOK POSSIBLE4 ,M]E WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION = 
HIS 5]GY & 5DURANCE1 HIS ABILITY TO GET AT FIR/,AH& S\RCES 
( DATA1 & HIS PA9/AK+ ACCURACY ) REG>D TO NAMES1 DATES1 & 
HI/ORICAL FACTS4 

,9 DEVELOP+ MY N>RATIVE WE HAD OCCASION TO SEEK CRITICAL OP9IONS 
FROM V>I\S O!R FRI5DS & C[ORK]S ( M9E 9 BO? ! ,A ,F 
( ,L & ! ,C,I,O4 ,! FIR/ DRAFT WAS READ TO MY ADVANTAGE BY ,MC,ALI/] 
,COLEMAN1 ,MYRIAM ,SIEVE ,WOHL1 ,HEL5 ,NORTON ,/>R1 & ,SAMUEL ,H4 ,FRI$MAN4 
,EXT5SIVE PORTIONS ( ! MANUSCRIPT ALSO W]E SCANN$ BY F\R PR(ESSORS 
( ECONOMICS & LABOR PROBLEMS_/ ,DRS4 ,!RESA ,WOLFSON1 ,AMY ,HEWES1 ,H>RY 
,W4 ,LAIDL]1 & ,BROADUS ,MIT*ELL_/:OSE SUGGE/IONS W]E EXCE$+LY HELPFUL4 
,?OMAS ,F4 ,BURNS1 ,P[]S ,HAPGOOD1 & ,FRANK ,W9N READ SOME ( ! ,C,I,O *APT]S2 
,ELIAS ,LIEB]MAN & ,ABRAHAM ,KATOVSKY W5T OV] ! ,CLEVEL& SECTION2 ,SUE 
,ADAMS & ,WILLIAM ,J4 ,%EEHAN ! ,CALI=NIA & ,PACIFIC ,NOR?WE/ P>TS2 
,YVETTE ,CADIEUX ,BLON9 ! ,CANADA *APT]S2 & ,ABRAHAM ,DESS] ! PAGES 
ON ,PU]TO ,RICO4 ,O!R PORTIONS W]E WEI<$1 FROM ! VIEWPO9T ( ! 
G5]AL READ]1 BY ,ADELAIDE ,S*ULK9D1 ,LILLIAN ,WE9B]G1 ,FANNIE ,BRESLAW1 
,RAE ,BR&/E91 ,ADA ,ROSE1 ,NAT ,WE9B]G1 & ,EVELYN ,CASEY4 ,& ,GRACE & 
,MORRIS ,MILGRAM ?\<TFULLY P>ALLEL$ \R READ+ ( ! GALLEY PRO(S4 

,SPECIAL ?ANKS >E DUE TO ALL ?OSE NAM$1 = CON/RUCTIVE CRITICISM 
& 9VALUABLE 5C\RAGEM5T4 

,BECAUSE ( W>TIME DISLOCATIONS MANUSCRIPT TYPI/S W]E AT A PREMIUM4 
,H5CE ,I AM P>TICUL>LY 9DEBT$ TO F\R FRI5DS :O ASSI/$ NOBLY ON 
?AT 5D_/,ALICIA ,LLOYD1 ,BETTY ,FLOHR1 ,FRANCES ,DAVIS1 & ,RITA ,H]L+ ,WEISSMAN4 
,!Y WORK$ ) US ,SUNDAYS1 HOLIDAYS1 & EV5+S1 (T5 AFT] DO+ 
A DAY'S LABOR ON !IR [N JOBS4 

,I ALONE ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY = ALL /ATEM5TS 9 ?IS BOOK4 

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