Geralds v. Champlin

During the year 1942 the defendant was “doing work incident to the war,” and because of that fact he increased the regular hours of labor for his employees from forty-five to fifty hours a week. There were some weeks, however, in which the plaintiff and certain of the other operatives did not work the required length of time. In each of these instances an investigation was made to ascertain the reason for the absence of the particular workman.

Concerning the plaintiff’s employment record, the general manager of the defendant’s plant testified: “It was reported to me that he [the plaintiff] was…