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in one of the magazines was on the basis that, “Lewis is an unusual labor leader. He always keeps his word. He always abides by his agreements. His agreements are sacred to him.” Well, of course, practically all labor leaders keep their agreements. It's almost unheard of for them not to. But Lewis had made a virtue of this commonplace by telling everybody that he did in the NRA. He had had lots of very favorable publicity.

So there was a disposition to believe that if you worked with Lewis, you were working with a different kind of a labor leader. Then, of course, he had his own personal way of dealing with people when he wasn't negotiating with them. He was very ingratiating, because he's a very courteous, polite man, knowledgeable, informed about all kinds of things, with more than a smattering of culture. He really had good taste in literature, music and the drama. So his conversation at a social occasion was rather delightful.

I should tell about the first dinner party I had him to when I came to Washington and what a hit he made with the troglodytes of Washington, who had never met such a person before. However, that's another story.

At any rate, the idea that they could have a