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what I have decided, I resign instantly - instantly. It's automatic.”

I said, “All right, and I will see that both sides know this.” So I told it to both-sides. I don't know whether they agreed or not, but they understood it. I don't recall their agreement.

He thought that sloss had gotten himself into this nervous state by being too worried about whether they would carry out his decisions or not. He felt that if you had an agreement that covered most of the things in your contract but left to an impartial arbitrator the decision on matters you didn't agree on, then you had to absolutely obey him and there was no coming back for a second look. That he said went. I thought he was right really. It's a pretty stern doctrine, but he said, “You don't understand this western world of ours. We people in the West are different. You've got to make people do things.” So it was really all right.

I remember that Bridges demurred a little over the telephone and said, “That seems ridiculous. If we think a thing is wrong, can't we go back and tell the judge? We always told Judge Sloss if we thought hold make a mistake and he corrected it.” But there were the terms. There





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