Thanks , for the copper correction Dick, I would hate to mess the kid up. Woody's world view was alternately nieve and perceptive. I believe however, pointing out the fact that it may only be a misperception that the copper Co. had anything to do with it Muddies the water, albiet a valid point. I think the song is intentionally designed in black and white and is a very good example of the perspective of the Unionized worker of the time.Furthermore, management was capable of murder as intimidation, in the labor disputes of old. There is incident of snipers shooting picketing strikers in Andrew Carnegie's Pittsburgh steel mills. The anomosity between the two camps was palpatable.
Andy be sure to write THIS ASSIGNMENT KILLS FACISTS in big red letters on the back of your paper.hehehe