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They, however, annoyed Magnuson quite considerably.

Why?

Because he brought the bill to the floor, and Humphrey asked for $800 million. Instead of bringing it to a vote on the floor, Magnuson went over to him and said, “Listen, we'll give $30 million more,” something like that. And the Senate bill came out with $755 million. In other words, we got $95 million more than we would otherwise have gotten, over the House. It was really the threat of Humphrey that added at least $30 million to what they were planning to give. They adjusted the figures on the floor.

But it did anger Magnuson.

Oh, it angered Magnuson, and Magnuson identified me with it, which was very dangerous, and Humphrey said no, I had nothing to do with it, thank God; but, of course, I think Magnuson thought I had, because he couldn't think how else Humphrey would know anything about it.

Well, at any rate, the Senate came out with 755. It went to the House and promptly lost $60 million, and we came out of the conference with $691 million, which in the spring Mr. Ford tried to have a on all of the funds, bringing