The Old Man would not tolerate unnecessary noise or confusion. You either knew your job, or you didn’t. If you didn’t, or if you were the cause of any friction in the Headquarters, you were quickly and quietly gotten rid of, “rolled” as we called it — sent to some other organization. But if you knew your job you were allowed to perform it in your own way and were never told how to do a thing, only requested in a quiet gentlemanly way to do it. The rest was up to you. Results were all that counted.
