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had down in the cellar and that I knew. They must get rid of it. I had promised the Governor that if he took the troops away, they would get rid of it. So they said, “All right.” They came up with their loads in suitcases, bags and various other things - I remember one man put it on a baby carriage - and as soon as it was dark they went one by one and two by two over toward the canal and dumped it in. It was extraordinary. That was that.

I breathed easier. Until the strike was over I was not dead positive that every bit of it was out. There could easily have been something in reserve. It was years afterwards when I told this to Al Smith - years afterwards. He said, “You had your nerve with you not to tell me that.”

I said, “I know I did and I know it was very wrong not to have told you, but I was just doing what seemed the best thing to do at the time. There weren't any rules for a situation like that that I'd ever heard of. I thought the best thing to do was to get it where it wouldn't explode. I thought it was the safest thing to do first.”

He said, “You had your nerve.” It was reproach really in which he said it. It was something to be reproached for. I took an awful responsibility upon myself and probably would not have done it if I'd been a little older and had seen