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I was surprised at the high type of Americans directing affairs in the oil fields. They are the big fellows of the physical and mental stamp of our pioneer western railroad builders. They love the life, the climate, the excitement and the opportunity to do things in an expansive way. They must be quick, resourceful, and diplomatic, and they are. The natives admiringly call them the "effectives" the people who do things.

One could readily see that Edward L. Doheny was the driving force of the Mexican Petroleum Company, and he is this whether on the Atlantic or the Pacific, in California or New York; whether planning expansion at Tampico or expressing himself forcefully in Mexico City.

Later I shall write of this remarkable American pioneer, but at present I wish only to say that he and John D. Rockefeller share in common the one transcendent quality that makes a business strong and great. It is said that Rockefeller in his judgment of men never selects a round peg for a square hole. His men always fit their places. In this respect his