Commentary: Summer Employment Works Out

By Louis A. Zona YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – When I was in college I, like so many other college students, was hired for summer employment by the local steel industry. I remember that my father was happy about me being gainfully employed even though the job was summertime only. But my dad, who spent a lifetime in the mills, wanted his son to be in a college classroom and not grinding flaws out of metal tubes or smelling the unforgettable odor of pickling metal at 6 o’clock every morning. The

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