I’ve tried to find the original source of that claim and come up missing. All of the online articles either don’t reference a source or they eventually link to

I’ve tried to find the original source of that claim and come up missing. All of the online articles either don’t reference a source or they eventually link to an out of print book.[1] At this point I’m pretty sure it’s not true. If past public sentiment was so against automatic elevators, there would be at least one newspaper clipping or digitized article. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25585122 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25585122