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groes as we have has been in an attempt to place them 

 in a position where they will of their own volition 

 develop themselves and make of themselves some- 

 thing more than goods and chattels, which are the per- 

 petual care of government. I remember an old sea cap- 

 tain who in his training of a young lieutenant said: 

 "Hunt him until he hunts himself and then ye'll no 

 stop him." It is in this same sense that we have tried 

 to drive, to push, to exert until such a point is reached 

 that this group of fellows with whom we are dealing 

 will take this momentum and carry it to greater speeds 

 for themselves. 



I can truthfully say that the Inagua group as a whole 

 have begun to repay us for our efforts. The younger 

 members in particular have developed some mighty 

 fine characteristics. There is an esprit de corps which, 

 I am sorry to say, I have not found equaled in any 

 labor group with which I have had dealings in the 

 U.S. There has been a conscientious effort on their 

 part to enter into discussions on company affairs and, 

 what is most gratifying, there is the general feehng 

 that this is their company. If you as a stranger talked 

 to one of our truck drivers or, for that matter, to any 

 one of our employees, you would probably be told 

 that we do thus or that we do so, simply because al- 

 most every individual now begins to feel that he 

 himself is in some way responsible for the develop- 

 ments of this concern. 



Within the year we have assisted our men in their 

 formation of a labor union which it is hoped will have 

 Sir Ernest Bevin's recognition. This is a long step 



