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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 8423261, member: 27832&quot;]Mom&#039;s parents got off to a good start, with several thousand dollars in the bank -- all lost when the banks closed. Mom&#039;s earliest memory was of sitting on her mother&#039;s lap on the front stoop, watching her father walk up, while her mother asked &quot;did you find any work today?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>He went on to work for the railroad (office work) until his retirement, and one of <i>my</i> first memories is going to his retirement dinner. I found out only many years later that he was one of the organizers for the railway workers&#039; union -- so he&#039;s one of the people we have to thank for the 8-hour workday and the five-day workweek (it was 12/7 when he started). No, I don&#039;t believe that the Great Depression was caused by those sorts of extravagant worker demands. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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