Were the decisions necessarily unanimous, with Mr. Altmeyer that is?
Maurine Mulliner: Most of the decisions were unanimous although occasionally Mr. Bigge would express a different opinion and, subsequently, as I remember, Mrs. Woodward when she was on the Board — Interviewer: Would that necessitate further discussion, sending it back? Maurine Mulliner: Not usually. It was known in advance that philosophically they saw these things differently than the other two Board members and it was just a matter of being sure that everyone had been exposed thoroughly to the other person’s viewpoint before the decision was taken. I don’t know of any resentment ever on those few occasions when there was not a unanimous vote, any resentment about the fact that a person had been outvoted. Interviewer: How would you characterize Miss Dewson? Maurine Mulliner: Miss Dewson was a delightful surprise to me. I had played a slight role in Mr. Miles’ departure from the Board, and one of my reasons for doing this was I felt he had been far too political in his — not just pol
