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Andrews didn't succumb to it all in a bang, but he succumbed to it a little at a time. By the end of the year he was talking too much, instead of having been a man of few words. Publicity people got hold of him too and he began to get the idea that if you said enough things, got your name in the paper and had your speeches printed, that was fine. You got a lot of acclaim. He began to look different. He began to look as though he was drinking a little too much. He began to look a little puffed-up. He began to be awfully chummy with politicians, calling them by their first names. I never criticized that. That's all right. But that's another thing that a lady doesn't get exposed to. She isn't expected to call politicians by their first names and they wouldn't think of calling her by her first name, unless she's a cheapy. If she's not cheap, they don't even think of it. They treat you with respect, because they're all well brought up boys and treat a lady with respect. There's a difference between a lady and a girl in the politician's mind.

I began to hear things about Andrews. I began to realize the politicians were pressuring him. I began to realize the insurance companies were pressuring him. I began to realize that the doctors for the insurance companies were pressuring him. I began to hear things. Every now and then I would have a talk with him, hoping that we could





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