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type of cooperation with the union and had increased production, therefore solving one of the major problems of the mining industry, insofar as it related to her one mine. Of course she had angered her competitors in Colorado terrifically by her good relations with the union, which then began to be exploited by the union as the pattern of what ought to be. I don't know that it endeared her to the other coal operators anywhere in the country although they were not in competition with her, except the Colorado mining companies.
However, she was still in the pattern of her success. She was a Democrat, a supporter of Roosevelt, and a coal mining owner who was doing better than most of them were doing during the depression because she had the cooperation of the union. They shared the work alike. When she didn't have orders, they didn't close down the mine or part of it, but divided the hours among the people. They jockeyed along and got by somehow, even during a rather depressed time, and were doing better than most coal people were.
Anyhow we sent for her and she came on. I forget whether she had to come from Colorado, or whether she was here. We asked her to go into the conference. She did. The conference was called at the White House to see what could be done about hustling up the code. I think that was
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