Randomly Googling my Great-Uncle Adrian again, I found this interview:
Ward: Did you ever run across an employer whom you found you liked, personally? He responded, in a way? LG: There were a few employers, some from the smaller warehouses, who v/ere not difficult to deal with. For example, a man I always liked was Adrian Falk. Later on he became quite prominent in the Chamber of Commerce. Adrian Falk was in charge of the S&W warehouse; an interesting duck. I think he came from an old-time San Francisco family, probably among the initial groups who came out here. I never felt that he was fundamentally hostile to the union. I don't think he ever took the attitude that his only purpose in life was to see that we were gotten rid of. I discovered in talks with him that if you could put together something logical you had one listener. The big bulk of employers, it made no difference what you said, they just weren't interested. The only time they finally sat down and dealt was when they had to.Ooh, and I just struck paydirt, it looks like. An interview with him from 1955!
