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he'll be our master of ceremonies, you know, and for the publicity of it, that's very good for the Center. He's very friendly. There isn't anything he won't do. We write him letters very frequently, of course, pressure letters. He always always answers, and always writes to somebody else if we ask him. For example, in this fiscal crisis, he's put a lot of pressure on the state Department of Mental Hygiene people, in terms of mental health facilities not being cut in such drastic fashion. He does things like that, if you just ask him. We do a little research for him and give him the facts and figures. He's been a very good friend.

Q:

Anybody else that's been a good friend -- that's so strategically placed that the person could be effective as a good friend?

Clark:

Now I know the name of the third person in the crisis. It was John Theobold. And I want to say that he was a good friend, because not only did he help us in the crisis, but of course he was on the Board of Education, and he opened up a lot of doors for us.

For example, at one time, we wanted to be more of an advocate for our children in public schools, and we needed to get to the Superintendent. As you know, it's the hardest thing in the world to get Superintendents together, or even to see Superintendents in public schools. That's the most difficult thing in the world to do. But we started at the top with him, and through his leadership, really, we were able to get all the Superintendents in the areas where we have our children together. And it was very good, not only in terms of relationships with the schools, at we worked out a project





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