The next day he gave me a job as a catcher.

A catcher is one who seizes the rolled plate as it comes out and throws it back to the roller.

It has to be rolled many times.

The boss who gave me this much-wanted job was Daniel G.Reid, who afterward became one of the big men in the tin industry.
After I became Secretary of Labor I was a dinner guest at the White House.

When I arrived the President said: "Here's an old friend of yours." To my surprise and keen pleasure President Harding led forward my old boss, Daniel G.Reid.There was much laughing and old-time talk between us.