I would talk to the person, then I would go to the foreman and talk with
him. Then we'd get together and go to the office. I would talk to each
individual, and then we'd take it to the office—the floor office, not
the main office—and we would talk individually, two or three, whichever
was involved. Whoever was in the office, they had to go out 'cause
everybody didn't sit there and listen to what you had to talk about. So
whoever was the timekeeper, whoever was in the office sit there and
listen to what you had to say. So whoever was involved was the one what
did the talking. Whatever your case was, you didn't talk it over with
nobody else. If you had a problem, I didn't go back and tell the other
person what it was. If I worked that problem out, me and this
individual, I'd tell them to keep your mouth shut, since I worked it
out. One thing I had, I saved a boy once. I thought I was going to lose
him. You to smoke the company's brand. Whatever
cigarette they sell, you supposed to smoke one of them; they give you a
pack of cigarettes a day. They found a "Camel"—at that time, "Camel" was
kind of popular—they found a "Camel" cigarette. He was working and had a
breakdown with the machine. Out fell a pack of "Camel" cigarettes, and
that was one of the hardest cases I had.