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Stealing from the Boss A funny look at workplace pilferage
A 1946 Billy Rose piece laments petty theft at work and the boss’s futile attempts to stop it. It blends humor with hints of industrial efficiency, citing newsboys waiters bankkeepers and clerks as examples while noting bosses’ overreactions and future machine solutions.
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Chuech
William A. Nickel
Mergenthaler
Nickel
Chicago
Adolph Moerren
Fea
Drsy-Foods
Monte Carlo
Kimberly
Tex
John Edgar Hoover
Billy Rose