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on keeping marketing practices fair for the general public, on insisting that labor demands be fair, and insisting, or using their influence, that their treatment of labor should be right and proper.

Johnson had already agreed to the Employers' Committee. It had been selected by the Secretary of Commerce. The Labor Committee had been selected, although not fully appointed, by the Secretary of labor. Johnson therefore readily agreed in this formation period to the Consumers' Committee. At first he didn't want any committees, thinking of himself as being alone in his glory, but having had two he didn't care if he had three. I remember his almost saying that. Two was bad enough and three would make it no worse.

Mary also urged this on him. She had great influence on him because he liked her and she was doing so much for him socially and in every other way, as well as publicitywise. He said, “I'll do it if Mary Rumsey will be chairman of it.”

Mary was aghast and so was I because Mary had never had any public post of any sort. She was a fine girl and had done a great deal of work in social work, settlements, and so on, but principally her great asset in social work was that she had the money, could contribute money and did