great many people, whether executives or not. Most people start out with the certainty that what they see is the only way to see at all. ■ The American steel executives have never missed the question: “Why do these union people get so terribly exercised every time we mention the word ‘featherbedding’?” The union people in turn have never asked themselves why steel managements make such a fuss over featherbedding when every single instance thereof they have ever produced has proved to be petty, and irrelevant to boot. Instead, both sides have worked mightily to prove each other wrong.
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