White is best known for his years at Republic Steel.

When the federal government began selling off its federally owned war plants in the late 1940s, it offered the plant to Republic Steel.

White pushed Republic Steel into the nuclear power industry in 1954.

Republic Steel incurred financial losses which even White was forced to admit were "horrible".

Republic Steel began operations here in 1901.

It also ordered Republic Steel to lay off all the replacement workers it had hired.

Republic Steel was known for its labor problems during the Depression.

After his military service he served as a security officer at Republic Steel in Gadsden.

Republic Steel held on into the 1980s but eventually filed for bankruptcy.

Republic Steel was even forced to pay twenty million dollars worth of back pay to those black listed in 1937.