Feb 6, 2008
One of the earliest supporters of adequate vacation time for Americans was the late, great Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
A PBS documentary on the life of the late Louis Brandeis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, which is now making the rounds of various PBS stations, apparently mentions that Brandeis valued adequate vacation time for all Americans. A friend who recently saw the film has written me as follows:
I just watched a PBS documentary on the great Justice Louis Brandeis. One thing I learned was that he not only stood up for workers' and women's rights, but he also strongly believed in the right of people to have adequate leisure and vacation time so they could rejuvenate and travel. He said he could do 12 months work in 11 months, but not in 12 months, meaning of course that he could do more work in less time if he had a month of R&R each year.Write and read comments about this post.
It made me think of my grandfather, a lawyer in NYC for many years, and certainly of your comments about the right of all people to have adequate leisure time.
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