He
will refuse, and then I'll publicly expose his puny holdings in
our most excellent Company. The Chairman of the Boards of two big
Railroads has no business humiliating us by such niggardly
holdings in our fine Company. And I am the angel with the
temerity to say so. He can't get at me (The 30-share man can--
that is why I am laying off him). As to the 25-share man, I carry
none of his passes, I am not a candidate for office, and am
standing no stud hosses. Other than being a Presbyterian, I am a
free man.
This is no threat, but always remember that if matters come to
the worst, I might come to some Annual Meeting, pull my Odd
Fellows membership on Mr. Bell, my Farm Bureau card on Mr.
Forbes, my Notarial Commission on Mr. Root, Jr., my Kiwanis
standing on Mr. Craig, My Law School diploma on Mr. Taylor, my
Masonic associations on one or more big stockholders who aren't
Catholics, etc.; nominate myself for Director; conduct another
whistle-stop campaign, and----?. Then wouldn't our splendid
Company be in a pickle, with a Hoosier farmer, and a Democrat at
that, on the Board, and maybe a double-jointed Railroad Board
Chairman or some other worthy individual thrown into the discard?
Something drastic must be done for our low bracket Directors.
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