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...that's a rumor, that's a lie and whoever told you that is a liar!" shouted Mr. Girdler...
Fumed Mr. Girdler: "If the Chairman will remove the ban, I'd like to answer that one as it ought to be answered...
Would Mr. Girdler sign a contract if an election were held and the majority of his employes voted C.I.O.? "We still wouldn't sign a contract...
Stage-managed by his Washington press-agent was a luncheon the following day at which Mr. Girdler carried on for the benefit of a few handpicked newshawks. Earlier efforts by reporters to arrange an open press conference collapsed when Mr. Girdler is said to have learned that Columnist Heywood Broun planned to attend. Even at his private conference Mr. Girdler got into hot water. Calling the Mediation Board "incompetent and unfair," he asked: "Who is Taft? He is a man who likes to talk about the things his father did. Who is Ed McGrady? He is Fannie Perkins...
...C.LO. She Blow Up." Returning to Cleveland by plane, Steelman Girdler found good news awaiting him. With back-to-work sentiment hardening into effective political pressure, Governor Davey announced that the Right to Work was as "sacred" as the Right to Strike. To his troops flashed orders to protect all workers who wanted to return to their jobs. The same militiamen who had received such a warm welcome when they marched into the Mahoning Valley early in the week were now roundly damned by the union as public strikebreakers...