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been known to be very close to Larry and because of this, Alco wanted to keep him ^[[(Roy)]] out of this report picture because of Larry's supposed undermined position on the Railroad. In other words, Alco thought and told "Andy" Roy was entrenched in the wrong spot on the B & M, requested he keep out of this picture, which, when suggested by Andy, Roy flatly refused to do.

Now, says Roy, there are three things Alco, who got their dope via Perry Egbert from Gus Munster, don't know. (1) Through the influence of Roy's family, a friend of Larry Richardson was recently put on the I.C.C. giving Larry a majority of friends on that board. (2) Recently, when Larry was being kicked about rather badly, a vice president of the Pennsylvania made a special trip to Boston and told the B & M higher-ups to stop it or else; and (3) if, this spring, the B & M goes into receivership under Sec. 77C of the Bankruptcy Act, one of the receivers will be - Larry. All of which is extremely interesting.

Roy says his friendship with Larry started with a fight. He went into Larry's office for the first time, to be immediately subjected to a ruthless bawling out about some G.E. equipment. When Larry stopped, Roy, boiling, said, "Are you through?" Larry said, "Yes, I'm through." Then Roy got up, said, "All right! The G.E. Co. doesn't pay me enough to to take this sort of thing from you. Good-bye!" and he walked out of the

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