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American White Collar Class Spreads Despite Automation
HAL BOYLE notes the white collar workforce swells from 1.7 million in 1910 to about 9 million in 1956 while automation grows. The piece surveys quirky stats on parakeets, carbon paper use, paper clip sizes, diabetes, and various colorful observations about everyday life and culture in mid-century America.
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New York
Colummnist
America
U. S
Clyde Crobaugh
University of Tennessee