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Oscar K. Cushing, who was a brother-in-law of Mr. Joseph P. Chamberlain of the Columbia Law School, whom we all knew, and who the President knew, but that wasn't the reason for selecting him. We selected him because he was a man of great distinction in San Francisco, respected by everybody. I either had already appointed this board, or I proposed to do it. The President knew exactly what I had in mind to do. I wanted to try to bring the dispute to a head before this board and let them make a settlement, or mediate a settlement, whichever could be done.

I think the President went off on a Saturday. In his last Cabinet meeting he said, “Now, about this San Francisco situation, my information is that it may become serious, but that on the other hand it may not. The Department of Labor is making certain efforts to adjust it piecemeal, but it may become serious. It may become more serious than it is now. At present it's not crippling. It may become more serious while I'm gone. That's too bad. I hope it will blow over, but in case it does become more serious I want it clearly understood that the Secretary of Labor is boss. What the Secretary of Labor says is to be done is to be done. So follow the Secretary of Labor's lead in anything that comes up with regard to