Part: 123456789         Session: 1         Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654 of 654

What's more, I was Industrial Commissioner by this time and it was to me that they made complaints if anybody was employing non-union bricklayers. I called him up to say, “You musn't do that. Naughty. Naughty. You can't do that. What are you thinking of?”

Well, did he dress me down all he was worth! He treated me to all the vituperation he'd ever treated anybody to, although we were on the most intimate of personal terms. He spoke of these blankety-blank bricklayers who were too big for their boots. He was building bath houses for the people of New York. These were just little one story things. They were built of brick because the wooden ones were too much of a fire hazard. What business of the bricklayers was it anyhow? Anybody at all could lay bricks up to six feet high and there was no skill in it at all. It's the simplest thing in the world to do. He was going to have bathhouses for the people of New York. They were poor people and couldn't afford to pay bricklayers wages to do this when anybody could do it. He just gave me the devil.

I said, “There's a law about this, Robert. I hate to tell you, but I shall have to invoke the law about this matter.”

“Well, go ahead and invoke it! Do anything you think you can do. These bath houses are going to be built. I'm