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Republican Congressman. His name was Albert Watson. Just crossed over and became a Republican. The Republicans took him in. And the other one became the governor of Mississippi and he ran on the fact that he had crossed party lines and had been thrown out by the Democrats. So they decided, maybe just as J. Raymond Jones had decided, that it doesn't help. You only kind of add an additional mystique to someone when you try to punish him that way.
At this time when you endorsed Lindsay, was that your third term as district leader?
No, I served only two terms, although I was elected three times. I was elected in '63, and normally the term is for two years, but I had a second election in '64 because the first election was set aside, having only won by 41 votes. And then the third election was my second term, which was in 1965, and that's when this happened.
A corollary question about Beame's nomination: was it your impression at the time that other reform leaders or activists were surprised by these nominations?
I honestly don't remember who even was running against him at that time. I assume it was... let's see: Procaccino
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