At the start of that term, he became chairman of a committee to arbitrate the "Bread and Roses" strike by the workers of the American Woolen Company in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
任期一开始，他就被选为一个仲裁委员会的会长，负责调解位于劳伦斯的美国毛织品公司（American Woolen Company）工人组织的“面包与玫瑰”罢工。