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I'm pretty sure that he wrote a little squib on the back of a scratch pad, as he often did, and that he either mailed it to me or sent it to me. I think it said, “Have considered your advice and don't agree.”

It was almost immediately after that - within a day or two - that Mary Dewson said she was going to put out that trial balloon and that this time she had to know from me if I would stay put. She said she mustn't be caught in a position where after she'd done all this and got everybody worked up so that they thought it was good, I was going to run out on it. It would just be too humiliating for her. I remember she made quite a point that she had sold the idea to quite a lot of people, including leading Democrats all over the country. Particularly it was sold to the women of the country - not only the Democratic women, but to all others. There was a great woman's response to the idea. It would be very humiliating to her and to everybody else, as well as cause great disappointment if I backed out. She pled a duty to the sex - “After all, you owe it to the women. You probably will have this chance and you must step forward and do it. You mustn't say no. Too many people count on what you do. Too much hangs on it. What's more, you've got ideas, you've got a program. You know what can be done.”