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Well, that's that. It was a great experience to learn that, but it was a terrible winter. There was hardly a day when I didn't pick up a paper and read that somebody else had denounced me, or some organization had passed a resolution, including the American Legion, things of that sort. It was extremely painful.

The members of the Department all stood by me and were perfectly wonderful. That was the other side of it. There never was a time when I felt such a strong bond and tie between myself and every single member of the Department as I did during those months. They literally suffered with me. There was no question about it. They agonized over these things. It hurt them frightfully. Some of them would come in and say so. More of them wouldn't. There was an excessive amount of good will towards me, obvious demonstrations of good will, without talking about the particular trouble I was in. Most of them were delicate enough to know that there was nothing they could do about that, except they could say, “What would you like us to do? Can we help you?” It was a very fine support - moral, mental, emotional, everything else. Splendid! There was a kind of closing of the ranks. You felt that they were all pulling up to you.