Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1911 — STANLEY VISITS GARY [ARTICLE]

STANLEY VISITS GARY

Investigator Shown through Big Steel Mills. Officials of United States Steel Corporation Surprised at Congressman’s Urbanity. Gary, Ind., Sept. I.—Officials of the United Sta r ,?s Steel corporation expected frowpa, cross-examinations severe interrogations when Representative A. O. Stanley, chairman of the congressional committee investigating the steel trust, came to Gary. Instead they met a diplomat, who showed that he was such, with congratulations at every turn. Accompanied by R. A. Woolley, field investigator of the committee, the chairman arrived in the city and the two were met by W. P Gleason, general superintendent of the Illinois Steel company, who took them for an automobile trip through the city. Hare the congressman paw the houses the steel trust erected for its workmen, the schools it built for their children and the recreation facilities provided for their families. A motor car was rigged on a railroad track and Mr. Stanley was shown through the steel works At times he stopped to talk with some of the 7,000 workmen? but there were no labor condition questions asked In the rail mill he displayed much Interest and congratulated the foreman and rollers. Four other plants owned by the corporation were not visited.