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bigger. Some of the trade union men out on the coast began to believe it. Scharrenberg, for instance, said to me, “I think he is.” But they would never give you any reason for believing it. It was just that somebody that they thought was pretty straight had told them that they were pretty sure he was. It was that kind of thing - if several people said it to you then you believed that he was a Communist. Foisey said, “Oh, I think he's a Communist,” and yet had no evidence.

We couldn't do anything. We had nothing to go on. There was nothing to be done. In dealing with a union which is headed by a Communist one makes certain mental reservations with regard to the union itself and with regard to the reliability of agreements that are made with the union. However, we found, and I think everybody who dealt with that union would tell you the same thing, Bridges was absolutely reliable. He would not agree with you over the telephone except after a rather long conversation, with every detail gone into. When he said, “Yes, I will do that,” you could absolutely count on it. He also expected you to do what you had agreed to do. If you said you would write or telephone to Mr. Morse or to Judge Sloss, he expected you would. You did, of course. One of the things I believe essential is that