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claim it had happened over the New York line, because the laws were so much more favorable than they were in the Pennsylvania jurisdiction. We had to be on the alert for that.

He said, “Well, what is it you want to do?”

I said, “Well, I have written out a few notes.” He laughed again. I said, “I wouldn't hold you to this. I promise you I'm not giving you something you've got to sign on the dotted line and say you'll do, but this is what I would want to do, and try to do, if I were Secretary of Labor. I don't want to say, ‘Oh how wonderful. Yes, I'll do it” to you unless you know this is what I would like to do and unless you would approve of it and are willing to have me go ahead and try to do that. I realize that we may not be able to do it, and I don't know the constitutional approach to all of these matters, but I would like to try to do these things.”

He said, “All right, what are they?”

I produced my little memorandum. I'm pretty sure I saved that piece of paper, because I was interested in it. It must be among my papers in the attic somewhere. I know that I began by saying, “Unemployment is the present pressing issue. The first thing I think we should do, and this should emanate from the Secretary of Labor's office, although it's a general problem, is to find some way of general relief and