Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987 Page: 75
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in New York in charge of Japan that could keep all that in
his portfolio, so that's why you had to delegate as much
as possible to Japan. These were the pluses of the Voss
stewardship.
The negatives were that because of his knowledge of
Japan, his great affinity for the operation and the people,
he was always suspect in the boardroom. Whenever something
came up and it got to a healthy discussion level, he was the
"prophet from the hometown." This worked against him, and
it's why so many times he said, "I'm not going to argue with
you anymore. I'm bringing in Steve, and you can talk to him."
This was the way the operation went. It would have
been impossible to try to keep up with the expansion and the
developments in Japan and try to educate everyone with
responsibility in New York as to why that had to be done, why
this peculiar situation existed, and so forth. I must say
that it's fortunate that we have a more subdued operation and
less volume, less requirement for money, and less requirement
for cooperation now in Japan. Ray Johnson is truly an
authority on Japan. When he took over the vice-presidency
of Japan and had to absorb what the hell this complicated
thing was all about, he came out there and sat in our offices
for weeks and, as a result, really in detail knows more
about the operation than I gained in being there for twenty-
five years, because he made a study of it, a concentrated,
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Van Nostrand, Stephen E. Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987, book, April 20, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306889/m1/77/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.