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was Maurice Harrison and his brother. They appeared frequently and laid down the law as to what they would and would not have.

The editor of the San Francisco Examiner at that time was Charles S. Stanton. The Hearst papers were traditionally slightly pro-labor, but of course always up to some chicanery. I kept being told by the politicians here that Stanton could do a lot, that if we could get Stanton interested he would do a lot. He would soften up the employers. He would take a hand in getting a settlement which everybody would agree to.

I became acquainted with Stanton by the long distance telephone and by one of his reporters, a fellow named Paul Smith who came to Washington and has since become a very distinguished newspaper man. He came to Washington to see me. This young man, Smith, was excellent. He gave me more true inside information and knowledge about people, things, inside movements in an Francisco than I got from anybody else, as you always will get from a newspaper man, if you get a real one. I also got information from Roger Lapham's son, who was also a newspaper man. He was a very good follow. He knew what was going on. He knew people. He was one of the people I consulted about how serious this