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Now, in 1970 she runs and she beats Farbstein and then she goes on and runs against Barry Farber and she wins there, but it is a campaign where all of this comes out, and she wins by a 55% majority in a district that may be is 80 or better percent Democratic normally. So it's a tremendous blow to her pride. But she wins. And she becomes established as probably the leading personality in the Congress. There isn't anybody in the country who's politically oriented who doesn't know the name Bella Abzug. It isn't always a positive identification, to put it mildly. Okay.

Now, in the Congress itself -- I want to get back to that meeting in 1968, the 5th Avenue Peace Parade or some group; I can't even remember which one it was. But it was the (loosely again) Commie group. So they had a meeting. And you had to go to all these meetings because all the activists, all the reformers were in them. They didn't care who led this group, and I went to the meeting...

(phone call) Hello, Jim. Right after the New Year, you would have your bill sufficiently developed that we could send your bill and my bill out in a joint letter. Are we at that point? ..... Right. ... Okay, and the thrust then will be that we will take your bill and my bill and say we are jointly concerned about this issue; we would like to have both bills evaluated with the hope that we could come up with a single bill that would bear both of our supports. Okay? And you'll get back to me. All the best. Thank you.