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No matter why I went to a town, and no matter what my speech was - even a discussion at the Federation of Women's Clubs, or the Town Hall Club - I accepted every speech I could, because I felt we had a major responsibility to explain to the people of the United States what we were doing, why we were doing it, what the objectives were, what the hazards were. So I accepted a great many invitations - probably too many, because it was pretty exhausting at times.

So no matter what I went into a town for, I always made it a point to see the local labor leaders. I sent word to them that I was coming, made a point of seeing them. If I was asked to speak at a Town Hall Club, which is almost always a subscription club, people buying season tickets, I would ask the people who were operating it to invite a certain number of labor people to come to the meeting. I would ask them not to sell them tickets, but to invite them free as a courtesy, just as they were always very anxious if there was a Bishop in the town to invite him. That gave them kudos. I asked them to invite the local labor people. At any rate, I always saw them and nearly always had an appointment with them, unless there was some very difficult train schedule. I did that because I felt it was my duty to be in touch with them, to find out that their aches and pains were, and what they thought was needed.