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there'd been an inspection at least once or twice a year and no violations found, or very minor ones that were promptly corrected. Then there would be a sudden shift and another person from another district would be put in there, without access to the other card. That was Havens' idea - “Don't let him have access to the original card. Let him make his own inspection. Let him report what he sees.” It was discovered that there were an awful lot of violations that hadn't been reported in years previous.

That, of course, shook out the idea that the factory inspector needn't see everything on his visit. It shook down an occasional charge of bribery, an occasional likelihood that something of the sort took place. We acted very quickly when it seemed to be established. What I learned too was that there were a great many factory owners in New York City who were only too quick to charge the inspector with having asked for a bribe when I doubted that it ever took place. One of the things that I learned to do was to support the factory inspector against malicious charges which often





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