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to be pretty anti-Democratic party and to vote against him. They were strong in the upstate areas. They were nearly always against us, but there were a few of them who were not. There were some very fine people in it.

Among them was Mr. Edmund F. Huyck. You couldn't have had a more estimable man. I used to say he was the prize manufacturer. He really was perfect. He had improved the lives of his people who worked for him. He was quicker than we were to take up a suggestion of something that would make the physical conditions of the work place better. He was one of the earliest people to work out a wage pattern that took account not only of the competitive earning capacity of the individuals, but of their place in the society of the community. He built up a model community in which people owned their homes, not just rented them from the company. He did an awful lot of good things. He was splendid. I never knew him to appear except in favor of proposals for labor legislation. He was always for every one of them. He was always a thorn in the flesh to Mark Daly because he was a member of the Associated Industries, as indeed it was the right thing to be. Every manufacturer ought to belong to it. When Daly was appearing contrary to things, he would appear in favor of them.





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