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is also a certain amount of underlying feeling expressed by a number of people:” Why should we have him as the chairman? He's such a right-winger, and if he comes back, won't it really screw us up if he's the chairman of the delegation? Why does he have to be the chairman?” And that comes by way of seniority. You appoint the next senior member as dean of the delegation, who then becomes the chairman. And there was a question as to whether or not we should, since this meeting took place in December and we were going to have our elections in January, oppose it. We have our election meeting, and nobody wants to oppose it. You don't want to be the bad guy, and nobody said a word against it. He was elected by acclamation. It was the smartest thing we ever did. He became a very good chairman. He became much more moderate in his views and certainly much more cooperative. And it doesn't make any difference whether he's in accord now with what the delegation does or wants. The delegation takes a position and he signs it as chairman. I tell people there was a time if I would give him material to sign, he would look at it and in his mind I know he would be saying, “What the hell is this commie crap he's putting in front of me?” Now he signs it without reading it because he knows that I will never betray him or place him in a position where he would ultimately be embarrassed. So if there's something that's controversial, I'll tell him. But he relies on me and there has sprung up a