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so that I can see what the premises are, who works where and what it's like?”

“I'd like nothing better,” said he, “than to take you around.” He added some remark. Such as, “You'd better wear rubbers,” or “you'd better wear gloves,” or something like that. It indicated that the place was dirty, or at least I thought it indicated that. Actually it was dirty. I don't know why the maintenance services were not better conducted. It was not the duty of the Department of Labor to keep its own premises clean. That was even then the duty of some central service agency. I don't think they had any GSA (General Services Administration) then, and perhaps every department kept its own premises clean. I don't remember exactly how that was done, but at least I supposed that there was a cleaning force that was somehow or other organized and responsible to somebody.

I said to him, “What does the Chief Clerk do?” His name was Samuel Gompers' which of course was a well-known name. It was the Samuel Gompers' son. He looked exactly like Sam Gompers and had no brains at all. It was very peculiar. He was one of the last Chief Clerks left in Washington. Most departments had abolished the office of Chief Clerk and had organized in a more business - like way. Chief Clerks - and it was a good enough title for what things