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they were an embarrassment to the other employer delegates who loved the I.L.O. and were very proud of it, and proud of their relationship to it. They damned the I.L.O. all the time. They'd rise up and make speeches against the I.L.O. They would rise up and make speeches against the President of the United State's policy, which is unheard of in Geneva. You don't go abroad and foul your own country, you know. I mean, it's a dreadful thing to do.

Well, this man from Ohio, on one occasion was having a small dinner party in the Hotel Beau Rivage. He wouldn't stay at the Hotel Du Rhone. He wouldn't stay with the rest of the delegates. I think Shore stayed with us, and I know that Mr. Norris of California stayed with us, but this man and one or two others had gone to the Beau Rivage.

Anyhow, he was giving a small dinner party there, quite small, in the big dining-room. It wasn't in a private dining-room. It was in the big main dining-room of the Beau Rivage, which is the largest hotel in Geneva. There were, oh, about ten people around the table, men and perhaps one or two women, wives, who were along. And he just lifted his voice and denounced the President of the United States, called him every name under heaven, denounced the I.L.O., and denounced the Government of the United States for going along this path, and talked like the Bricker Amendment.

He didn't stand up. This was social conversation, but





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