COMMITTEES

A secretary burst into the office of a Detroit executive on May 21, 1927, and cried, “Mr. Murphy, a man has just flown from New York to Paris all by himself.” When her employer continued to work calmly, she cried out, “Don’t you understand? A man has just flown the Atlantic all by himself!”

Then Murphy looked up. “All by himself, a man can do anything,” he said quietly. “When a committee flies the Atlantic, let me know.”221