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gathered from the way in which he told me the story that Sloan had not said that he had been in touch with me. That was quite in character. I don't think that Sloan would have admitted to Mr. Taylor that he had been talking to me, or that any conversation had passed between us.

Mr. Taylor said, “I thought I would like to tell you that a most extraordinary thing has happened. Mr. Sloan called me up earlier this afternoon. He, of course, had a great deal to say about the strike they've got on. I certainly do sympathize with him. He's having a very difficult time. He asked my opinion that's very interesting - about what I thought of a formula for meeting the union which would be practically the same thing as Stettinius talked to you about a few days ago. That is the formula of recognizing the union's power to bargain for their members who worked for the company, but not a general representation. He had some little extra slants in it, but it was very much like the thing that we talked about the other day. I thought that was very interesting.

I said, “That is interesting, very interesting, Mr. Taylor. What did you say to him?”