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the record and for your edification a letter (I took it out of my little black bag) which was received by a committee of workers who went to call upon the owner and proprietor of the Wire & Bedsprings Work.” Then he cleared his throat and he began.

As soon as he said “a communication” Ferris and Percy put their heads together and looked dead white. They began jabbering at each other for all they were worth. He just began the first sentence of the letter which had just one obscene word at the top of the page. Everybody in town knew what the rest of it was. Dead silence was in the room. Suddenly Harvey Ferris shook his head. Percy of the kettleshop from a good old upstate New York family - good people, good church people - couldn't stand it any longer. He'd reached his breaking point. He rose and said, “I wish to speak before you go any further. I speak for myself and I speak for So-and-So and So-and-So (naming three other people). We cannot feel that it is right that that letter is to be read. We did not write this letter. I want you to know, Mr. Chairman, that neither of us would ever have written such a letter. It was written by one of our colleagues. It is true that we are all in agreement together and that we have spoken for him when we have said that we would not negotiate with our