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1 was a schoolteacher and worked at night and what
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2 happened early on, and I am giving you an early
3 perspective in talking about Owens-Corning, the
4 Asbestos Workers Union were responsible in covering
5 pipes and we came out with a new product called
6 fiberglass.
7 If any of you know about fiberglass and I
8 know because I worked with my dad, he is a plumber, it
9 is real itchy and they have got a piece of fiberglass
10 pipecovering over here. I don't think we made this.
11 We made stuff like this to go around pipes back in the
12 1930s.
13 Well, the Asbestos Workers Union said we are
14 not going to work with that. That stuff is
15 dangerous. You got to be kidding me. It itches. We
16 are going to work with asbestos.
17 If you want us to put that stuff up, it is
18 going to cost you a dollar more an hour. You say a
19 dollar more an hour. Go back to 1938. That would
20 virtually have put us out of business.
21 This guy Edward Ames, I just came with the