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if they didn't guard the gate and they were afraid of newspaper men getting in and making a story that was totally wrong. They were afraid of somebody coming in with a stink bomb. There were a lot of things to be afraid of. They said that they put up a guard in the interest of the owners' property. They said that over and over again, but you couldn't get the owners to agree to that. They never at any time refused to permit any of the officers of the company, or the superintendents, or managers, or any of the office force, or the management staff to come in. But they did insist on knowing who went in and out. It may have been a good idea.

Naturally they let the Governor in. He went in and made speeches in two or three factories in Flint. He begged them to come out. He made a good argument, I'm sure. It was reported in the press as a good argument and he described it to me himself. He told them that by doing this they were distressing and disturbing the ordinary flow of life and activity in the community. They were creating ill will against themselves where it was not necessary to create it. They were handicapping themselves in their future dealings with their employers by the fact that they had roused their anger. He said everything he could think of.