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Robert C. Byrd: “We must be farsighted enough to realize that unskilled workers, and those with specialized skills, are being displaced…”

On the recordMay 24, 1960
We must be farsighted enough to realize that unskilled workers, and those with specialized skills, are being displaced by machines. A worker may spend a lifetime learning a trade, and then see that trade, or skill, become obsolete overnight.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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May 24, 1960

Editor's note · Context

Speaking for a bill including retraining of workers in depressed areas.

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