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This group met at the foot of Lookout
Mountain in Tennessee, and they have suc-
cessfully managed to overcome the un-
friendly forces which decided that once the
mail cars, which were made of wood initi-
ally, and which were vary hazardous, and
which have now become steel cars and
were safe, have become jobs for white
postal employees.
Mr. Chairman, I lead up to the point
that in the gallery we have the national
president of this great independent union,
which has now grown to 45,000 members
throughout the country. We have Presi-
dent Ashby G. Smith of Illinois, who is
domiciled in Washington, D. C. To his left
is William Bradley, his administrative
aide, who is from New Orleans, Louisiana,
and to his right is my good friend Leon
Henderson, from Falls Church, Virginia.
Mr. Chairman and members of this Con-
vention, I ask you to give them a very
warm welcome.
(Applause.)
And, Mr. President, the point of in-
formation is apropos at this moment. It
concerns the pictures.
THE CHAIRMAN: State the inquiry.
DELEGATE WHITE: I would like to
find out, Mr. Chairman, will this picture
be black and white, or will it be colored.
(Laughter and applause.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Will all delegates
take their seats, and will all the other per-
sons except the troopers leave the room.
Will the desk officers take their seats?
The Sergeant-at-Arms will see if there
are any delegates in the lounge.
(Whereupon, the Committee of the
Whole suspended for a few minutes to
have photographs taken.)
THE CHAIRMAN: For what purpose
does Delegate White rise?
DELEGATE WHITE: Mr. Chairman,
there is poor visibility in this corner. In
that picture we did not show up too well.
I am willing to sit for another slide if he
will move the camera.
DELEGATE GALLAGHER: Mr. Chair-
man, we will be happy to provide a single-
member photograph for the gentleman.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Harry
Taylor.
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DELEGATE H. TAYLOR: Mr. Chair-
man, Delegate Lloyd Taylor has told me
that since he has been down here at the
Convention, he has read everything that
has come across his desk, and in addition
to that he has somewhat of a library that
he keeps in his desk that he reads in be-
tween time.
He has gotten very little sleep for the
last three and a half months, and as a
result of that he will make some effort to
retouch them so that those circles will not
show, because he has gotten some com-
plaints from his constituents in the Sec-
ond District.
In addition, we have taken a poll of the
back row, and we have decided somehow
or other, maybe by chance, that the best-
looking, or most intelligent members of
the Convention are sitting in the back
row.
In the last group photograph that we
had, you could barely see us, so I have
been asked to ask the photographer if he
will, after taking a photograph of the
whole Convention, come back and take a
picture of the back row.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate White, it
has also been suggested to the Chair in an-
swer to your earlier query, that by rea-
son of Delegate Lloyd Taylor's request,
this is a picture in color.
THE CHAIRMAN: It is a bit startling
to the Chair, at least, to see the entire
staff assembled as they were for a picture
a few moments ago when you realize that
that staff you saw is only the professional
staff. That is to say, not including the
stenographic staff. There are fifty mem-
bers of the professional staff at this time.
I understand the problems involved in re-
taining such a staff, and perhaps none of
us understands why perhaps it takes us so
long to get some of the material that we
want very quickly. It takes a great deal
of man power to support a Convention that
is moving as rapidly as this one is and
accomplishing as much.
Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: Mr. President,
if you were startled just think how Dele-
gate Malkus would have felt had he been
here today.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is Delegate Ryb-
czynski in the room?
DELEGATE RYBCZYNSKI: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair hates to
admit it, but you are younger than I am,
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