William J. Filbert was elected vice chairman of U. S. Steel's finance committee, a new office created last week. Bald, stocky, with a set mouth and prominent, piercing eyes, this almost unknown officer of the Steel company stepped into a place second only to Myron Charles Taylor.
Mr. Filbert's life has been given up to details—a tireless march down endless columns of Arabic numerals. Row after row of digits, decimals, averages, percentages—he makes them talk, tells their secrets only to Steel's directors.
Around Steel's offices there has grown up a fable of Filbertana: he is...
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