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I had done what I had set out to do. I had established the fact that the Secretary of Labor was to speak up for good labor conditions in the steel industry under the steel codes. Of course, I did the same thing at Sparrow Point the next day. I spent two and a half days on this whole thing. That was all that was necessary, because I had established the point which I wanted to make. I did speak up for them on the day of the hearing.

The superintendent of the mill at Sparrow Point was very nice, and it is a very modern mill - a beautiful mill. The United States Steel Company had dropped way, way behind Bethlehem in production and profits, because United States Steel had not modernized quickly enough. Therefore, Sparrow Point was getting ahead of them at every point. They had the new style rolling mills. They had everything.

I did have a chance to talk to about twenty men separately in a private room. I asked them frankly, “Are you men content in not having a union, or do you want a union? I'm told you don't want a union. Can you speak freely? Do you feel like speaking freely to me?”

One of the men said, “Yeah, I think it's all right. The superintendent here is a decent man. If he said this was private, he ain't got no spies in here. I'll tell you frankly how I feel. We work here without a union. We