77 



Miller J who all of them were, but it didn*t matter to me who 

 they were, just so long as they behaved. 



Baum: I suppose your nightly job was to put in an appearance 

 and cruise around. [Laughing] 



Miller: That's right. I milled around and then I cruised 



around the orchards, two things I did. And this is 



practically all that I did, except of course make 



up my reports and be ready, in my office, at all hours 



of the day, with a car in front of the office, to 



take care of any possible trouble that might happen, 



any reports of any problems. I had no problems 



whatever with the workers. I had quite a few problems 



with the farmers who wanted to pay more or less than 



what we'd set. Then I squashed it immediately, imme- 



iu 



diately, through the committee. "So and so isn't 

 behaving. Get him in line and do it right now. Right 

 now. Otherwise, count me out. I'll go back to Mar- 

 tinez." Were they scared! They moved, 



ly credV- 



it 



