In publishing the list of the Commissioners, when I came to Clark's appointment, I added: "As a sociologist--the President assuming that for the purposes of such a Commission, the term sociologist means a man who has thought and studied deeply on social questions and has practically applied his knowledge." The relief of the whole country was so great that the sudden appearance of the head of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors as an "eminent sociologist" merely furnished material for puzzled comment on the part of the press.

It was a most admirable Commission.

It did a noteworthy work, and its report is a monument in the history of the relations of labor and capital in this country.

The strike, by the way, brought me into contact with more than one man who was afterward a valued friend and fellow-worker.

On the suggestion of Carroll Wright I appointed as assistant recorders to the Commission Charles P.Neill, whom I afterward made Labor Commissioner, to succeed Wright himself, and Mr.Edward A.Moseley.