Record-Breaker

Though critics continued to throw hard words, dead cats and many a mean look at her, Secretary of Labor Perkins last week still kept her little chin fiercely firm. Popping up at a gathering of A.F. of L. electrical workers, she declared with quiet pride: "I am here as an official of the United States, and I am here speaking for the President." Added Ma Perkins calmly: "There never has been a time in the history of the country when there was more unity of purpose, more unity of understanding than there is tonight. ..."

Facts, as they often do, bore her out. With the soft-coal strike ended, the number of people on strike in defense industries had dwindled to 7,500.

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