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 It will thus be evident that the new body, anproaching its
 nroL!..-s in 7,od spirit, Iaid out -, -airly comprehensive pro-rPmr and
 no one, cEn with justice, chvrs- lrck of cili ence or conscientiousness
 in tackling their problems. The strides made toward finding the
 answers will be noted as r'e progress.

 The two chief difficulties facing the Code Authority were
 Representation and Labor relations, other questions were relatively
 of minor Importance. Time w.s perhaps the principal factor necessary
 in ironing o.t th.e question of fair representation. Of course common
 horse sense hpd to be brought into play but since all tried to use
 this, -e begPn to see as the months passed a disappearance of the
 suspicions existing at the beginning and the Code Authority leading
 the way, industry became united almost lUO percent, with one major
 trade asEociation .xhich is today continuing and lookir- for the execu-
 tion of a voluntary agreement. Hrd the governing body not approached
 its problems as it did re would not today see the glimmer of light
 leading toward a better state of affairs.

 The second major difficulty, Labor Relations, proved to be our
greatest stunimbling block. On pages 14, lZ, .16,
of this history we have touched upon these briefly and it will be seen
vwhpt the surface reasons were that constantly kept the. problem at
boiling point. However, my own feeling is tnat they were secondary
and -contributory.

 Years of soft living led to the same type of thinking and for
 many years labor relations were purely those of the bargain counter.
'No one stopped to consider that the welfare of lauor did not begin and
end with bargaining over wages and hours, no one felt that labor was
an integral part of manufacturing, none cared as to conditions surround-
ing their factory employees. Naturally when a group is made to feel thay
are pariahs, demands are perhaps not always made with good sound sense
and are not based upon existing realities. Such, here as elsewhere
was the fundamental trouble with labor relations an6 the situation
obtaining was to be expected.

 Complicating the matter still further w-s the internal condition
 of the Pocket Book IMakers Union. Strife had existed for a long while,
 finally resulting in a complete over tun. of the officials and the
 turning over to, so it was stated, the Comnunists.

 Further contributing to the situations complexity was a mistake,
 that as Administration Member, I made. The appointed representative
 of labor was a Phillip Lubliner a quite likable man, an official of
 the union, and one who knew his business. He was not overly strong
 physically and was faced with a possible serious operation, or so I
 was told, and therefore asked me to urge the aproirtment of an alternate.
 This I did, and in due time Mr. A. Stein, :4arnger of the Union appeared
 on the scene. He was the direct opposite in type to Mr. Lubliner,
 much inclined to bluster, given to name calling, not however in meetings
 but afterwards, and generally objectionable in his manner. While
 Mr. Lubliner was not a well man I came to the, conclusion that was used


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