employees in 1939 roughly. wow. the second one is more important, relates to president obama s executive order around federal contract workers. in 1941, labor leader a. phillip randolph threatened a march on washington if the president did not issue an executive order to end discrimination in the defense industry for african-americans. it was only through the threat of disruption and protest that the president did it. and it s probably something that would not have passed legislatively it would not have passed and it was the first executive action on both workers rights and racial justice since the emancipation proclamation. i had deb bie wasserman-schultz here the other night and said she liked the executive order. the way you and your colleagues act, violates how james madison thought you would act. he thought your allegiance would first be to your chamber then to your party. in fact, it s the other way around, right? what ends up happening, congress people get the execut