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adjourn sometime in April and when I bought the passage to go with some friends, I felt perfectly secure about it. But the Legislature didn't adjourn. It was one of those long, long sessions and I went to see Smith about the 54 hour bill and asked why we couldn't get it through. We had the votes in the Senate, we had the votes in the House, we had them pledged, I could show him, he knew who they were, I had canvassed and we knew exactly who had said he would vote for it and we had enough votes to pass it if we could get it out of committee. I said to him, “Well, now, can't you give me some assurance, as you're in favor of this bill, that this bill will be voted on.”

I remember he sat at his desk. He looked me all over as if he were saying, “I wonder if I can trust this girl” - I wasn't old enough to be dignified by name of woman. Finally he said, “Well, now, I'm going to tell you something. You'll have to be very careful. You musn't repeat this. You can go along to Europe with perfect ease of mind. This bill isn't going to be passed or reported out this year.”

I said, “Well, how do you know, Mr. Smith? How can you possibly know that?”

He said, “Well, I had a talk with Murphy. You can