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President to impound these funds, after they'd been voted by the Congress, and believe it or not, they were successful, and the money has been paid out.

Q:

It has been paid out?

Lasker:

Yes. This was really a triumph.

Q:

Last time you told me that it was going to be paid out but that it was going to be spread over a number of years.

Lasker:

Yes, well, that I think has been renegotiated, and the money in the areas that I know about has been paid. Isn't that amazing? It's the first time that any suit against the federal government was brought for money by outside people. I was one of the people that had to pay the lawyers' bills -- one of I suppose many, but I was one of them.

Q:

Your name was not attached to any one suit.

Lasker:

No. No, but I still had to -- the mental health end, I was one of the people who had to pay toward the legal fees. I think it was money very well spent, don't you? I forgot that completely, and it was a success.

Q:

May I wish you a very happy vacation in France, and maybe the possibility that you might go to Bucharest.





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