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began particularly, that my first two or three answers had been successful - that is, they had been successful socially, if not intellectually. I had established my harmlessness with the individuals who had asked the question. That was very important for me to establish. Whether my answers were the best answers that could be made legally or not, I don't know, but at least I did the best I could and it was good enough. I was pretty well posted on the subject. Gerry always said I made no errors at all on the legal side. I remembered all the cases. I quoted them properly. I know the fine points of each of the cases which we referred to. I distinguished between one and the other. He said that I did all the legal part all right.
There's no way of preparing for a question and answer period. It has to be spontaneous. You can't imagine what they're going to ask you. The questions they asked rose out of the personalities of the men rather than the issues in the case. They were the questions, for the most part, of persons who were in fear that their country was being populated by undesirable aliens. One of the questions was, “How many undesirable aliens are there in this country anyhow?” Of course, politely as I could I said, “The
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