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    "ocrText": "#141 -- 3\n040\nQ Yes, sir.\nTHE PRESIDENT: Well, this will be exactly the same kind. I have not got\nthe third man yet because I cannot locate him. Two of them will be\nGovernor Winant of New Hampshire and one Mr. Smith of Atlanta.\nQ Who is he?\nTHE PRESIDENT: A prominent attorney and has been the chairman of the Re-\ngional Labor Board with very great success. He is a son of old Hoke\nSmith. This is all subject to release. The third man they could not\nget so we have to get a third man.\nQ Garrison is the chairman?\nTHE PRESIDENT: This (indicating) is the Labor Relations Board letter: (Read-\ning) dear Mr. President:\n\"This Board, as you know, has tried through mediation to\navert the textile strike. We wish to report the circumstances\nwhich brought us into the situation; the steps which we took\nin endeavoring to avert the strike; and our recommendations for\na course of action which we hope may bring about a prompt and\njust settlement of the controversy.\n\"One of the duties imposed upon the Board by the Executive\nOrder which created it is a study of the work of industrial re-\nlations boards established under the codes. Because of complaints\nmade to us that the machinery for handling violations of section\n7 (a) in the cotton textile industry was inadequate, we gave\nspecial attention to this matter. During the past month we\nsought, by conferences with the Cotton Textile National Industrial\nRelations Board, the Code Authority, members of the Cotton Textile\nInstitute, and officials of the United Textile Workers Union, to\nestablish agreement upon a procedure which would provide more\nadequate handling of 7 (a) cases in the cotton textile industry.\nIn the course of these discussions it became apparent that no\naction which our Board might take with respect to these cases\nwould in itself prevent the strike. The Board concluded, there-\nfore, that nothing would be gained by any final action on its\npart until the strike was either averted or terminated.\n\"Our inquiries and discussions in connection with the 7 (a)\ncases merged into the causes of the present strike, one of which\nis the handling of these cases. These circumstances led us in-\nevitably into the role of mediator, particularly since the offer\nof the Cotton Textile National Industrial Relations Board to"
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