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had not been generally adopted in industry except in the cotton textile industries - all textile industries. We had a good many textile industries in New York and from them we got this great support for the utilization of automatic sprinklers as a method of fire protection all through both new and old factory buildings.

I tell all these things to show what I've always thought was marvelous - the outpouring of human intelligence and specialized and scientific ability and technique to contribute to a pattern which was primarily devised to improve the safety, health and welfare of the employees of factories and mercantile establishments in the State of New York. It was a project for human welfare. The greatest variety of talent, ability and knowledge was poured into it.

My personal contribution to this would have been to organize the intellectual, social and political pathways which could reach these people who had such violent feelings and who had influence enough to bring the whole real estate group along with them. One of these people was Charles Norris, who was technically a Democrat. He was a registered Democrat. Another man was a Mr. Fred Kirkus. I have a picture of him that I drew myself in the committee hearing one day. Every time I see Fred I remember him and am interested. Then there