Part: 123456789         Session: 1         Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667668669670671672673674675676677678679680681682683684685686687688689690691692693694695696697698699700701702703704705706707708709710711712713714715716717718719720721722723724725726727728729730731 of 731

varicose veins. There were already arterial changes taking place. He got an infection and so forth. How old was he? He was 62. Well, we won't hire any more such people.

What began to happen was that older people were not hired, that physical examinations began to be given to applicants for work before they were hired, which had never been done before. If they had a hernia, if they had a varicose vein, if they had something the matter with one eye, if they were slightly deaf in one ear, if they had any restriction in motion of the back or muscles, they weren't hired. If they were over forty-five years old they weren't hired, because in the case of an accident, such as a slip on the floor or bump on the leg, first, you might break it, second, you might have an infection, third, you might light up a diabetes, and so forth. Or, you might have an accident in which you got a cinder in your eye; there already being a restriction in vision, you not having 20/20, you might get an inflammation and very bad loss of sight. That would be expensive, so you must start with a perfect eye. You mustn't start with an eye that's already 20/40, because then your damage might easily run on to being an almost total loss of the eye. That was very expensive. As for taking a man who had already lost the sight of one eye, either by injury, or physical defect, or born blind in one eye, you never can hire him because if he