Today’s Labor Quote: Dennis Hale

​"I think somehow I give people a little hope in life, that life is a struggle, but if you have faith and determination you can go through life and come out ahead."

Hale was the sole survivor of the SS Daniel J. Morrell (see Labor History, below).
photo: Dennis Hale holds a picture of him on a raft being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on November 31, 1966. The photograph was taken by Port Huron Times Herald photographer Ralph Polovich. This photo by Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press

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