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Miller: I said, "As a picker and a former farmer, this 

 is not enough. If you expect me to keep the peace 

 here you've got to pay these men what I think is a 

 fair wage, or don't expect a full measure of support 

 from me." 



They said, "What do you think, Mr. Sheriff, is 

 a fair wage?" 



"Fifty cents an hour." 



And they said, "We will go broke paying that. 

 We don't get a good enough price for our apricots." 



So we compromised at 400 an hour. (In other 

 words, I was able to raise the wage of the workers 

 to 400 an hour. ) This is an accomplishment that I 

 did all by myself with the farmers. They asked me 

 then and there, "How do you expect to keep the peace?" 



And I said, "This is my business. I'm going to 

 run this show and I'm the boss, and I'm going to keep 

 the peace." 



Now they said, "How do you propose to do it?" 



"This is my business." 



So a month before the picking season started, I 

 left my office here with my radio in my car and I 



