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for the union. Of course then there was great rejoicing. Anybody who hadn't signed up for the union then signed up - not everybody, but a very large majority at any rate. The next morning the union committee went in to see him and he met them. I had a conciliator there because I felt that he needed help as well as the union. I didn't want them to brow-heat this fellow who had gotten into such a jam. So we had a good conciliator there and he helped out.

Actually there was not much to agree about. The code actually covered almost everything that they could want. They were getting higher wages than they would have dared to ask for under the code arrangement. What they principally wanted was for their union to be represented and the right to belong to a union without being fired. So with a little talk back and forth, and with the help of the U.S. conciliator they got to that agreement very shortly and went back to work. I remember they had a fine celebration in that town. They had some fireworks, or something else, to make a handsome celebration. Then they made a speech of good will toward the employer. I don't think he ever came across with a speech of good will. I remember that Jim Dewey, who was the conciliator, tried to suggest to him that this would be the time for him to make a speech when they were having their celebration, but no, he wasn't doing that kind of thing.