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Show Big Men Not Always Strong W. Leonard Johnson, physical examiner ex-aminer for the New Jersey civil service serv-ice commission, finds that size requirements re-quirements for policemen are based on the belief that big men are strong. By tests on 430 applicants for police positions, he found that size bore no relation to strength in men over 5 feet 6 Inches tall, says Popular Science Sci-ence Monthly. Further tests revealed that up to 1G5 pounds, weight bore some relation rela-tion to strength, but above that none. He said these facts showed that physical requirements for patrolmen needed revision. |