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That's gratitude, isn't it?
She said, “Naturally it's true that if a woman wrote home and said that I was responsible for her death, the Communists in her community would make a great deal out of it, and it would be very hard on me and could be hard on me nationally. And of course I've been very anxious about it. I tried to talk with her and tell her that after all she didn't have to have the operation. She could go home without the operation. It was nothing that I was forcing her into.
“She said, ‘No, I'm going to have the operation, but I just want to tell you that if I die, you're ruined.’”
She said, “The woman had the operation today, and she's going to live, but this is what happened.
Well, I thought this woman, who spoke with much more feeling than I've given it to you tonight, was really quite a strong and really kind of a heroic person. I had a great deal of respect for her. I realized afterward that Dr. Sanger had somehow or other got to know her because he was a heart surgeon. She said to me, how can I get some real help in the United States?”
I said, “The only way I know you could get some real help is through the Heart Council. I'm on the Heart Council, and if the people in your country and the foundation you're starting [she had told me she was starting a foundation for
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