During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.”
November 11, 2010
In 1930 the global headquarters of Boston-based United Shoe Machinery Corporation was an international colossus. The “Shoe,” as it was affectionately called by Bostonians, was the largest manufacturer of shoe machinery in the world. USM did business in over 50 countries and was truly an international monopoly. The headquarters dwarfed...