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furnished room in Washington, a small hall bedroom down in the center part of the business district where there still are occasional lodging houses where you can get a cheap room. The room was furnished with an iron bed, one chair, a washstand, a table and that was all. He had a telephone in his room, that he subscribed and paid for, because he could work from his room and be in touch with his union. That was the only luxury he had, and that was a working tool. He dressed poorly - no fine clothes. Sometimes it seemed to me that he didn't have on warm enough clothes even. He certainly ate in the cheapest possible style and was famous for giving everything to the union.

I still have a photograph of him, which I once showed to the President. The President said to me, “Why, he looks as though he ought to be the figurehead of a ship.” That was the way he looked. His eyes burned. He had a beaklike nose, with that sharp angle in it. He had a firm chin, was very, very thin, with a very wrinkled face. His face was a brownish, weatherbeaten face, all lined and wrinkled. His hair was a little too long always, because he didn't have time to go to the barber, but it was rather thick. He had a thick shock of hair - iron gray, but mostly gray by this time. He