The Toiler in Cleveland, Ohio

Overworked Manufacturer Traces Labor Tensions and Bolshevik Fears

A wary employer in a wartime setting scrambles to monitor union activity and worker loyalty. He reviews detective reports on potential union meetings at a fruit store, considers hiring more watchers, and contemplates an Industrial American Corporation sales talk promoting anti Bolshevik sentiments. He endures interruptions from a bright wind of statistics about aliens learning English and constitutional study, all while balancing payroll and factory demands.