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...Fairless, president of U.S. Steel, gleaming in a fresh-pressed cord suit and bright red necktie, was waiting on the White House steps. The man he was waiting for, an elderly, blue-suited figure, came walking slowly up the driveway. "Good morning, Ben," said Philip Murray. "Hello, Phil," responded Fairless. Said Murray: "Because of you I didn't get to bed until 3 o'clock this morning." Replied Fairless: "I'm sorry about that. I didn't get much sleep either...
Until last week, few people outside U.S. Steel Corp. had ever heard of Roger M. Blough. Though he has been Big Steel's legal eagle, a vice president, and President Benjamin Fairless' right-hand for years, Blough had a passion for anonymity. But last week, as Chairman Irving Olds retired at 65 and President Fairless took on his job as well, Blough (rhymes with plow) emerged as the heir apparent to what has traditionally been Big Steel's biggest job. He took over the long-vacant vice-chairmanship of the company...
Blough, 48, was born in Riverside, Pa., went to Susquehanna University and Yale Law School. He left private law practice in Manhattan in 1939 to serve as a counsel for Big Steel during a Government investigation. As secretary of U.S. Steel's operating subsidiary, he learned production; as Fairless' alter ego on many trips to Washington, he helped shape policy. This week Vice Chairman Blough was helping Lawyer John W. Davis plead Big Steel's case in the Supreme Court against presidential seizure...
...from seizing the mills was promptly rejected by District Judge Alexander Holtzoff. He was not sure whether or not his court could issue an injunction against the President of the U.S. A glum collection of steelmen stalked into Secretary Sawyer's office. Cracked U.S. Steel's Ben Fairless, with a sour grin: "Hello Boss...
...discern between good and bad . . ." (I Kings 3:9). Senator Robert A. Toft: "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit . . . Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matthew 7: 18-20). U.S. Steel's President Benjamin A. Fairless: "Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he" (Proverbs 29:18). General Dwight Eisenhower: "When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace" (Luke...