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The lawyer who was so persnickety about everything and had held things back all day the day before got his eye fixed on that train too. He'd pass over all kinds of things. The day before he would have raised a rumpus about the language, not about the essence. I remember that one of the workmen said to this big, tall, heavy man, with very fresh complexion but dark hair, a bold kind of brazen looking person, “We aren't trying to cheat you on the words. We all know what the words mean. You must know what they mean.” This fuss over the meaning of a word means very little to a workman.

So the first sit-down was finishing. You will find descriptions of it in the daily press, but there was no fuss about it. There was no great excitement. I don't think there were many editorials on the subject. The fact that they didn't leave the factory didn't seem to mean too much to anybody. They were orderly and decent men. The employers had no fear at all that they were going to wreck the machinery or steal anything. I remember saying that to Mr. Litchfield, “Is there any fear that they will be violent, wreck machinery or steal things?”

“Oh, no, no. They're very decent men. Nothing like that would happen in Akron.” He was perfectly