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there and whom he thought, as a newspaper man, was very effective. This newspaper son of Lapham's, Lapham regarded as something of a Lapham. He was very proud and fond of him, but he said, “He doesn't have anything to do with business. He doesn't like business. I sent him to Yale and he got literary ideas. Anyhow that's the line he's in and I'll never make a business man of him.” But he obviously liked him and had respect for him. The young man told me he despised business and all business men.

So far as I recall I never saw Bridges or any of the longshore officers again for a long while. They were carrying on all right out there through the union and through the impartial arbitrators who were permanent. Things on the whole were all right on the San Francisco waterfront. There were sporadic troubles, but they were always reasonably well and reasonably easily handled.

We knew from reports from aribtrators and our conciliators that Bridges was more and more the leader. Not only was he the head of the local, but he was a real leader of the whole waterfront, and all up and down the waterfront. He went to the port of Washington State. He went to San Diego. He was the acknowledged leader and was effective. The union was growing by leaps and bounds. They were anticipating getting a closed shop agreement