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They call me here at home. Last night at about nine o'clock my doorbell rings -- downstairs, the doorbell downstairs -- and it's my doorman, and he says (I'm quoting him exactly)” “There is a delegation here to see you.” I knew who they were. I said, “Do not send them up.” That's the end. I get a call a little bit later. It's a young woman. “My husband was over there to see you. We're from the U.S. Labor party; we want to talk to you about LaGuardia.” And I said, “I do not see delegations at my home.” That doesn't happen to be true. I do see delegations at my home. I don't see that delegation at my home. Says she “I'm very sorry to hear that.” I say, “If youwant to send me a memorandum, I will read it.” She said, “We left you one.” I said, “I will read it.” Okay, that was the end of that.

Now, there came to my office last week unannounced, and again my Puerto-Rican secretary, very sweet... I happened to be sitting in the outer office, which I do quite often. It's a technique of mine which is to involve everybody in the office in everything that I do, and they love it and I like it and it makes for better rapport, and I must say everybody agrees in Washington and New York and in Congress that my two offices are the very best, because people like what they're doing; they don't just think that all that they're doing is menial work because they're not doing menial work and they're not doing receptionist work. They're really involved. I tell them everything. They like it.

Anyway I'm sitting out there talking with a woman who has a problem with her mother in a nursing home and we're going to help her and I'm dictating a letter to one of my other staff members,