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“No indeed, it isn't the President's business. It's the business of the National Labor Relations Board. We are created by an act of Congress and we are charged with doing certain things and using our judgment with regard to certain matters which are laid down in the law. The President has no right to interfere. This is a quasi-judicial body and no more than he could interfere with the Federal Trade Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission should he interfere or give advice as to the rules, regulations, procedures and methods of interpretation of the National Labor Relations Board.”

That was it. How do you deal with a guy like that? - a nice, good, honest guy at that. Of course, this was not all Madden. This was a view commonly held all through the National Labor Relations Board and by all the subordinates. I've always thought that the subordinates who had been there first before the three Board Members came in really took their superiors for a ride. I think that's particularly true of Nat Witt, who is just as smart as they make them. He never lost a trick, I'm sure. He's far-sighted. He's quick-witted. He's got plenty of nerve. I think that





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