Part: 123456789         Session: 1         Page na123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654 of 654

conspicuous in that respect as Secretary of Labor.

Either the day before my appointment was made, or the moment it was made, William Green announced that the AF of L would never be reconciled, that they were bitterly opposed to it. When the press asked me what I thought about that, I said, “I'm sorry, but I'm going to be reconciled to William Green. I think he's good man. He's got a right to oppose my appointment. I don't blame him. That's all right. But I'm going to be reconciled to him.” I just made light of it. I really meant that I was going to be reconciled to him and not let any grass grow under our feet.

Finally, one day a telephone call came from one of Roosevelt's secretaries saying that the Governor, as we still called him, wanted to see him and would I come on Thursday evening at eight o'clock to his house on 65th Street where he was living then. He was no longer Governor then. Herbert Lehman was Governor. I was to come to his house on February 22, 1933.

I had already had a talk with the new Governor, Herbert Lehman, shortly after his inauguration and he said he wanted me to stay. So I knew I had my job. I could continue to be Industrial Commissioner of the State of New York.