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flattered by being told how beautiful they are, or how stylish their clothes are, even though they are. The theoory is that they can be flattered by laudatory comments upon their great minds, or their great intelligence, or their great works, or their tremendous professional contributions. At any rate, it just crossed my mind, “He doesn't have to do that. I wonder why he does. He's quite a young man, after all, and probably doesn't know any better.” I wasn't prejudiced too much about it, but it didn't make any hit.

Then he went on. I asked him to tell me about himself and his education, where he had studied, how he had practiced, why he wanted to come into the Labor Department. He wanted to come into the Labor Department, according to him, largely on account of his great admiration for me. Well, that was a little thick. He wanted to help me. I listened very patiently. I was receptive. I let him go on as far as he wanted to. Then I asked him if he had given any thought to the situation of labor in the United States at that time. He was in the midst of a somewhat unusual period and I asked if he had followed the situation.

So then he began to tell me how the labor situation was the key to American civilization, that our whole development