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had been inside some of the factories.

I had observed that matters which were clearly and logically stated in their law were just not enforced. They were not complied with by the employer and the inspector in many cases just passed right over them, although it was clear to him and to me that there was a violation of law. I remember asking one factory inspector about it, and he said, “Oh, in this case there is a special permission.” Well, there was always a special permission. All you had to do was to ask for a special permission, or a special variation. I don't think you really even had to do that. I don't want to say that I think they were corrupt, but I once said to a factory inspector, “Don't you issue orders?”

He said, “Oh no, I never issue orders. I go back and report them in the department. If they see fit, they issue the order.” In other words, the man who makes the inspection does not issue the order - at least, that was the old system. There was a great gap between him and those who issued the orders.

Anyhow, nobody paid the slightest attention to law, either as to their working conditions, their wages, their hours, their sanitary facilities, all that kind of thing. There had been growing unrest in France among