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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08
FIRE DESTROYS BUILDINGS

= IS sHnlt Ste. Mav---sf0ItSS
900 fire OF undeteI.- -.-NSdgin ue-
stroyed three buildings and valu-
able machine equipment at the
Algoma Central Railway car shops
in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08
Not Diamond

Not Diamond
Police are searching for a man
who gave Thomas Tate, service
station operator at SOC Washtenaw
Ave, a stone he claimed was a dia-
mond for S4525 worth OF equip
ment and service. Tate took the
stone TO a jeweler TO be mounted in
a ring for his wife, and was in
formed II is not a diamond, he says
The man. whom he believes is from
Flint, had other similar stones, and
Tate now believes he uses them in
similar trades. One jeweler told Mr.
Tate the stone may be a valuable
sapphire.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08
Takes Teschino Position

Mrs Gordon Anthony is teaching
in the Valentine district on US.112
due TO the resignation OF the former
teacher, Mrs. Fleming.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08

LONDON. -AP- More than
300 young Norwegians taken off
the Lofoten Islands aboard British
warships after a British raid last
Tuesday said today they planned
to enlist here ito carry on the
fight for freedom"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08

Poultry
Detroit, Mich. Mar. s-Poultry:
market steady. Hens 5ls lbs up, Ice !;
under ga lbs, l9c; leghorn hens, {
lbs up. Ice; cocks. 10hc; stays
lie; rock broilers. "a lbs up, 2lc;
rabbits. 4 lbs up. lac; capons, 7 lbs
up, 23c; under lbs, PIC.
No unloading OF poultry Lefore Z
a. m or after 4 p. m. Saturdays, nc
unloading.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08
Fruit

Detroit, Mich. Mar. s.
APPLES-Mcintosh. No. 1, $3.50
1.5O bu.; Delicious. No. 1, $1.40@
1.75 bu., Jonathans. No. /, COCO
sl.25 bu.; Northern Spies, No. /.
S15091.75 bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08
pleads Guilty

Pleads Guilty
William KeFsey al s. Hamilton
St, pleaded guilty to reckless driv'
ing charges in municipal court this
morning and was fined S25 and or
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08
Daily Market Report
Butter and Eggs

Detroit, Mich, Mar. 5
BUTIER-Best creamery In tubs
3003lc.
EGGS 80 Current receipts, l6xc.
dirties, l5c; checks, l4isc.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08
Vegetables

Detroit, Mich, Mar. s.
CARROTS-No. l. 65@s5c bu.
CABBAGE-No. l, slq1.25 bu.
BEETS-No. l. 50Q65c blu.
POTATOES-New, No. l, 659soc
bu.
ONlONS-No. l. dry. 55@65c so lbs.
CELERY-NoI. 25@35e doz. bchs.
PARSNIPS-No. l, 659s5c bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08
Ypsilanti Briefs

dered TO make restitution OF SS.46
for cars damaged by collisions on
n. Washington St., Thursday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08

Detroit, Mich, Mar. s.
w HEAT-No. Z REQ, in carlota
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-08

BARLEY-No. /. feeding, 55c: new
mailing. 5SQ62c. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Retain Gains
Along Central
Albanian Line
SPEEDY Arrival OF Rein
forcements Helps Down
Fascist Counter Drives
MANY GUNS CAPTURED
Rickety Old Cars And Mule
Trains Used To Form
Greek Supply Line

ATHENS, Jan. Is. -R-Greek
soldiers in a surprise attack
launched during a snowstorm have
blasted the Italians out of impor'
tant high positions in the centra.
sector Of the Albanian front and
held them against several counter
attacks, the government spokes'
man declared tonight.
The speedy arrival of Greek re-
Inducements helped the attackers
retain their grip on the positions.
he said.
Guns Captured
Mortars, machine guns, mum
tons and other material were cap
tured in this action. In another
part of the front the Greeks cap
tured three guns in good condition
Earlier the government reported
the Greeks had driven their foes
back in a thrust toward Berat
and that the Italians, after tWe
unsuccessful counter-attacks, hac
Withdrawn naturally fortified" pc
sitions north of Klisura, which fel
last week.
An Associated Press correspon
dent at the front reported ''rickety
old cars and farmers with train
of stubborn mules" formed a sup
ply line to move food and am
munition to Greek soldiers.
This line operated, he wrote
through wild country where the
best roads are only ruts frozer
on the mountainsides."
The unfavorable weather limited
fighting along the entire Albanian
front to sharp local engagements
the Greeks said. Both Italian ant
Greek planes we're reported
grounded.
Fascist positions in the coasta
sectsr, where a Greek force re
Gently claimed heavy gains in {
drive on Valona, the only southern
Albania seaport remaining in ltal
ian hands, were said in Greel
dispatches to have been subjected
to heavy artillery fire. Artiller.
activity was noted also in the Xii
sura region.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Strike At )
Plane Parts
Plants Ended
Eaton Company Row Set
tied After Conciliator's
Demand For Peace
ARE TO REOPEN TODAY
Settlement Is Effected At
Detroit In Interest Of
National Defense

DETROIT, Jan. 15-R-Strikes
of CIO-United Auto Workers in 5
plants of the Eaton Manufacturing
company, makers of airplane en-
CINE parts, ended tonight Sc hours
after a federal conciliator's de-
mand for peace in the interests OF
national defense.
James F. Dewey, government
mediator who yesterday insisted
that the strikes be halted and thai
the company reopen it's closed
plants while rehiring all strikers,
announced the settlement after
long conferences with union and
company officials.
Will Reopen Today
While peace terms were not COM
pleted, Dewey said that the four
closed plants-in Detroit, B e
Creek and Marshall, Mich, and
in Cleveland, Oo.-would reopen to-
morrow. Sympathy strikes h a c
closed the four yesterday after an
original UAW-CIO walkout at the
Saginaw, Mich, plant on Monday.
In making his demands on COM
pany and union, Dewey said it was
the first time "such a drastic
STEP had been taken in the ma
ton. He said he was acting under
authorization of the national de-
Tense commission.
The company has agreed, Dewey
said tonight, ION a method by
which the employees at Saginaw
will be returned to work" The
UAW-CIO had called its Saginaw
strike on Monday, charging that
the company had failed to abide
by a rehiring agreement from a
previous walkout.
Sympathy Strikes
Sympathy strikes followed yes
terday in the four other plants.
ALI were closed. The Saginaw
plant, where the UAW-CIO a n
UAW-AFL are %contesting over ex'
elusive bargaining rights, remained
open.
Dewey had insisted that t G
UAW-CIO end the strike, that al
strikers be rehired pending fina.
arbitration of the dispute, and tina
Continued on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Detective Is Indicted On
Counts OF Exciting And
Encouraging Law Suits

A. Story Batson, manager OF the
National Bureau of Investigation,
local detective agency, was IN
dicted by the New Hanover county
grand jury yesterday afternoon on
four counts of barratry, champer'
ty, and maintenance, the indict-
ments growing out of his alleged
activities in various litigation suits.
He was arrested early last night
by sheriff's deputies and was later
released under a bond of $1,000,
Sheriff c. David Jones announced.
Sheriff Jones said that he did
not know just what cases the in
dictments inNa'ved.
Batson is to appear in New Han
over superior court before Judge
John j. Burney this morning, but
it is doubtful if his case will be
Continued on Page Three; Col. -.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Secretary Hull Backs Ad-
ministration's Aid-To-
Britain Proposal
REPLIES TO QUESTIONS
Morgenthau Saws British
Dollar Assets $l,775,-
100000 On Jan. |
By RICHARD L. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. -E1-
Morgenthau testified be-
fore the house foreign affairs COM
today that the British lust
haven't got' dollars enought to pay
for anything like what they need
in war supplies from the. United
States.
He presented the much-discussed
Sheet of British re-
here a short time after
secretary Hull, tangling repeatedly
with committeeman critical of
Roosevelt foreign policy, backed
the administrators aid-to-Britain
bill with a plea that the nation
Invoke the law of self-defense be-
fore it is too Late" Hull said the
most serious question today for
this country is whether the control
of the high seas shall pass into the
hands of powers bent on a pro-
gram of unlimited conquest"
Urges Realistic" View
To pointed questions whether the
bill would violate international law,
Hull urged that the committee take
a realistic" view of the world
situation, and to queries whether
the measure might lead to war,
he replied: I'VE cannot sit still
with our hands folded until an in
vader crosses the border"
Morgenthau asserted that Brit
aims total dollar assets as of Jam
uary l were 81, IT'S, 600, 600. Along
side this figure, he placed another.
81, 555, 900, 900 representing Brit
aims estimated dollar receipts dur
ing the calendar year and a third
S ,O19, 900, 900, the total Of
expenditures already contracted for
the year. He left a fourth
blank, to be supplied later
by the war and navy departments.
1t was the total of what Britain
expects to purchase in 1941 over
and above what she has already
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
NAUTICAL SCHOOL
MOVEMENT OPENED
Propeller Club Seeks To
Have Wilmington Named
As Site OF Institute

A movement seeking the desig-
nation of the Port of Wilmington
as the site for the proposed state
nautical school was launched at
the monthly dinner meeting of the
Propeller Club of the Unite
States, Port of Wilmington, last
night at the Cape Fear Country
club.
George Rountree, Jr., president,
reported all members of the 1941
General Assembly had been urged
to give favorable consideration to
the location of the nautical school
in Wilmington.
Rountree said Congressman j.
Bayard Clark, of Fayetteville, had
informed him of his wholehearted
support of the movement for the
designation of the Port of Whining
ton as the site for the project, and
under a proposed amendment sub
mitted to Congress there was a
possibility of securing a federal
government grant.
Propeller club members also
heard WardlaW E. Lewis, plant
manager, Armour Fertilizer COM
pany, discuss the importance of
the fertilizer industry in its rela-
ton to further port advancement.
Lewis pointed out that during the
past year II fertilizer plants had
distributed more than one-third of
the total product consumed in
North Carolina. The fertilizer in
dustry in Wilmington, he said, has
an annual payroll of approximate
ly $500, 900 and continued large i'm
ports of sulphur and phos ohate
rock.
"Despite the curtailment of prod
ucts imported from abroad during
the past year because of the war;"
Lewis said, "some 70 ships brought
Continued on PAGE Three: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Many Mild Flu Cases Reported Here;
Additional Schools Closed In State
Mild Form OF Flu Is
Increasing In South

ATLANTA, Jan. 15-tR-A
mild form of influenza con-
tinued to increase to epidemic
proportions in southern states
tonight. Taxing hospitals and
causing schools to be closed.
Reported cases in eleven
states topped $4,000 but health
authorities said no definite fig
ures were available since last
Saturday.
Indicating a trend eastward
in the incidence of cases were
reports of %dwindling numbers
of new cases in Arkansas,
Louisiana and Kentucky while
states nearer the Atlantic had
increases.
The Spartanburg area of
south Carolina was gripped in
an epidemic, more than $4,000
cases being reported. North
Carolina had 5000 cases in
Charlotte alone said State
Health Officer Carl V. Reynolds
Latest available figures in
Mississippi were 1851 cases
in "a of 81 counties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
B0MBERS SET new
OCEAN HOP MARKS
Achieve Breakfast Tote
Time Schedule In Making
Deliveries To Britain

LONDON, Jan. 15.-(R-United
States made bombers have
achieved a breakfast-to-tea time
schedule and set a new transat-
lantic record in delivery flights to
England, it was disclosed today.
The pre-war record for trans
Atlantic flights between Newfound-
land and the British Isles was set
by the Cambria, imperial airWays
boat, in September, 1885,
when she flew from Botwood to
Foynes, Ireland, in 10 hours and
80 minutes.
THAT mark has been broken
time and again." said an authorlta-
tive aviation source in partial dis
closure of speed achieved in the
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
BRITISH PREPARE
FOR T0BRUK FIGHT
Heavy Sandstorms Subside
After Lashing African
Desert For a Week

WITH BRITISH-FORCES IN
LIBYA, Jan. 15.-R-Heavy sand
storms subsidized today after lash
ing the North African desert for a
week and British troops took quick
advantage of the opportunity to
hasten the movement of all equip.
ment into positions surrounding To-
bruk in preparation for attack on
that besieged Italian fortress.
Only yesterday the sands were
swirling through the air by the ton,
catching in mems threats and nos
triIs and filtering into machinery.
The air was pure and brisk to-
day.
Soldiers went about their work
with redoubled energy, welcoming
the calm while asking one another
how long it would last.
The insidiousness of the desert
sandstorms and their enervating
effects can scarcely be appreci.
ated unless nj has endured them.
But storm or no storm, British
guns are firing into Tobruk, the
perimeter of the Notifications con.
tanning the Italian artillery being
their main target. The whitening
fire such as poured into Bardia just
before it's final fall has not YET
started here.
The Italians are replying, some
times with a show of energy but
usually in weaker fashion.
AS at Bardia, they have at least
one big naval gun planted ashore.
The British soldiers have dubbed
it ""Tobruk Tom," and are assidu'
ously trying to put it out of action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
GERMANS CONTINUE
RAIDS ON LONDON
British Night Fighters Put
Up Real Battle Against
Hitler's Bombers


LONDON, Jan. 16- (Thursday)-
H-London had a minor bedtime
blitz air raid just before midnight
and early ~today-the first air at
tack after dark since Sunday, but
the show put on by the German
bombers and challenging British
night fighters surpassed any pre-
vious midnight performance over
the capital.
A few insignificant fires fared
briefly. The real show for which
thousands poured into the streets
to see was the smoky vapor pat
terms woven upon the crystal clear
Continued on Page Five; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
TwOW
In Fall Into Beach Tank
George McIntire And Jo-
seph J. Crews Are Injured
In 30-Foot Plunge

Two Workmen-George McIntire
and Joseph James Crews were
seriously injured yesterday after
noon when they plunged 30 feet to
the bottom of the Wrightsvllie
Beach water tank on which they
were working at the time.
The men were rushed to James
Walker Memorial hospital, where
it was reported that Crews sui
fered a broken foot and bruises
and decorations.
The condition of Crews was de-
scribed as unsatisfactory" last
night and McIntire was reported
in a seemingly satisfactory" con-
dition.
Chief of Police M. S. Faircloth,
of Wrightsville Beach, said the &C.
cident occurred about 2:30 o'clock.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
DOCTORS ARE BUSY
Has Not Reduced School
Attendance To Any Great
Extent, However

Physicians and hospitals were
kept busy all day yesterday treat
ing persons suffering from a mild
form Of Influenza, which is ap-
p%arently sweeping toward South
eastern North Carolina, and pub
lie health authorities expressed the
belief the community was in the
early stages of an epidemic.
H. M. Roland, county school SUI
p%erintendent, reported quite a few
cases of colds and a few mild
cases Of influenza among students
and teachers, which have not cut
Gown the attendance to any great
extent at the present time.
In First Stages
Dr. A. H. Elliot, city-county
healtn officer. said, in his opinion,
me community is now in the first
stages OF a mild form of influenza,
winch seems to be going over the
country
Bullock and James Walker Me-
mortal hospitals last night noted
d considerable increase in the mum
oef OF persons receiving treatment
lof influenza of a minor nature,
anu physicians said they were "on
0ne go from morning until night
answering calls.
ohly a few cases of a serious
aature have developed to date and
0pVA public health officials and
plSslclans appealed to the public
take precautions against the
Iler spread of the disease To-
oupt' Roland said I'VE have a
=" cases that might be called
I DnTInIVnJ
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
HOSPITALS CROWDED
Institutions In Charlotte,
Greensboro And Other
Communities Closed

RALEIGH, Jan. l5.-P-Influ-
enza went on plaguing the people
of North Carolina today as more
schools, most of them in rural
areas, temporarily suspended
classes. Hospitals were crowded.
With the closing of all Charlotte
schools and eight in Mecklenburg
county, 81, 900 children gained holi-
days until Monday. There yer an
estimated 5000 cases of influenza
in Charlotte.
Moving Into Rural Areas
Two rural schools in Guilford
county were closed and others were
expected to follow after a check of
attendance figures. All schools In
the greater Greensboro area were
closed Monday. In that part of
the state, too, the disease appeared
to be heading into rural sections.
The Harkers Island school closed
after rs of 254 pupils failed to
answer the roll. The Beaufort ne
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
BRITISH PLANE CARRIER REACHES PORT
AFTER FIGHT WITH NAZI DIVE BOMBERS

ing and a voice over the loud
speaker system called out:
CAM hands to action sta
tiOnS."
1 reached the bridge just as
a big German bomb struck
the ship; there was a shatter-
ing blast. Almost simultane-
ously a thousand-pound bomb
crashed alongside and a blind
ing flash seemed to envelope
the ship.
(The British have announced
in London that the Illustrous,
the ~9,100-ton cruiser South
Continued on Page Five; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Italian Transatlantic
Plane Falls Into Ocean

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15-lR
The Italian transatlantic mail
plane Ibayr sent an SOS this aft
ernoon coming down on the Allan
tic ocean with ten persons aboard
about 80 miles off Fernando Nor
owha, Brazil.
The tri-motored plane was forced
to land when a motor ceased func-
tioning several hours after it left
Natal, Brazil, for Cape Verde,
Africa, and Europe.
The call for help a reported
by officials of the Italian trans-At"
lantic line in Recife.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

bombs all around the deck.
Bomb splinters flew about the
bridge and the rest of the car
rier like hsilstones; near miss
es so shook her that it seemed
they would hurl her over on
her side.
The Germans attacked while
the Illustri0us and units of the
British Mediterranean fleet
units we're escorting a big
east-bound convoy, and after
a British cruiser had sunk the
642-ton Italian destroyer Vega.
At 1890 on Jan. 10 the ma
rine bugler sounded the warn
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

at her flight deck in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to put this new
est of Britain's carriers under
water.
The German pilots, diving
headon, plunged into a great
wall of gunfire; they spattered
the decks with machine-gun
bullets and dropped scores OF
bombs on the I~llustri0us' port
and starbOard sides.
Seven hours of this violent
assault ended at dark.
The German pilots dived SO
low that the markings could
be easily seen on their Dig
Junker planes. They dropped
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
SMALL WARCRAF'T
SOUGHT BY NAVY
Request For Strengthening
Of Fleet Against Dive .
Bombers Is Approved

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is Up -
A navy request for strengthening
the fleet against the menace Of dive
bombers won unanimous approval
of the house naval committee to-
day, and admirals Immediately
sought authority to construct 400
new small ships, including SUBJ
chasers, escort vessels and mine
sWeepers.
The committee recommended
without debate a $500, 900, 900 pro-
gram to give the navy's fighting
ships many more pom POM and
Continued on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
War

BY KIRKE l.. SIMPSON

Germany's reasons for picking
the central Mediterranean gate
way, the Sicilian channel, as the
site for Italo : German air oper.
atoms against British sea power
are stirring conjecture in London.
There is some speculation as to
whether Hitler is trying to open
the way for dispatching German
troops into Libya to save Italy's
shattered army.
Other reasons, far more prob
able in view Of the limited nature
of German participation, can b
conjectured. For one thing, joint
Axis operations against the British
in that theater do not involve Ger
many directly in the 1talo-Grees
war, nor risk a general Balkan
Continued on Page Five; Cd9s0 j
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
BY r ALLEN

ABOARD AIRCRAFT CAR
RIER ILLUSTRIOUS, WITH
BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN
FLEET, Jan. Is R This
SCARED aircraft carrier, at
tackled for seven hours on Jan.
10 by German dive bombers,
came into a Mediterranean
mort under her own power to-
day.
Forty to fifty Nazi planes,
making the heaviest attack up
on a single British warship OF
this war, flung torpedoes at the
Illustrious' sides and loo, 900
pounds of high explosive bombs
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Newspaper Institute
To Be Opened Today

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 15.-R-A
timely program featuring defense,
shop and entertainment with a num-
Der Of notable speakers is expected
to draw a large attendance for the
18th Annual State Newspaper insti-
tute, which opens here tomorrow
with registration at 4 o'clock and the
first session at 8 .. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
BatsOn Is Arrested Here
On Charges Of Barratry


No,u FORECAST
so ToIVn Carolina: Cloudy with occa-
risina ram Thursday and Friday slowly
-SNlg temperature.
nro Wy U. S. Weather Bureau)
eDG meteorological data for the "a hours
rs 't so p. IN. yesterday
In Temperature
.. m d. a, m Il; 7:30 a.. M, 81; 1:3O
Inininr, ~ $50 p. M, 80. Maximum 50;
'in 81; mean A; normal 46
La Humidity
- '2o ". a. m. II; $50 a. m. 80: 1;3O n, m.
Toto, Precipitation
Ia 70 Tor "A hour period ending at
Of tbdp p m. 600 inches. Total since first
ait month OF inches.
Fror, Tides for Today
calae Table, published by U. S.
Noast and Geodetic Survey.).
W~ilnino4oa High Low
e'on ---------- ---a 6:37a
Nasonboro Inlet y as7e s :aSp
uo Sunflse ~ a. H.; sunset 5:27 D. M.
CAM g'lo p. m.: moonset 9:16 a. IN.
Vile Nc 'ear river stage at Fayette-
o on Jan. Is, at 3 a M. 1870 TT.
Nou'lnued on Page Five: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
ELECTRICAL WORK
BIDS ARE RECEIVED
Contract For Camp Davis
Project Slated To Be Let
Within Few Days

Bids on the lighting contract for
Camp Davis, anti-aircraft firing cen
ter at Holly Ridge, were received by
the construction quartermaster's Of
flee yesterday, Lieut.. Col. Albertis
Montgomery said last night.
Col. Montgomery said that the
contract for the work will probably
be let in the next few days.
He said that there were no new de-
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-08
Office Maintenance Crews
Aided by WaSe-EHOHr Ruling

Administrator Philip Fleming
commenting on the case. said
ct has been the divisions
position that such maintenance
workers are engaged in occupa-
tions necessary to the prOduc-
ton OF goods which move across
state lines, regardless of the fact
they may be paid by the building
landlord who himself is not the
producer of the goods.
otherwise, avenues OF eva
sion of the law would be opened
up and its protection would be
denied hundreds of workers,
many of whom are in the low
wage class"