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he was one of the very few blacks. You know, here was a man who somehow was able before the civil rights movement had developed, he-- Adam had a capacity to combine his Congressional position with his racial objectives. You know, Powell Amendments. There is no black, in spite of the increased number of blacks, in Congress now who maybe even know about Powell, in spite of the fact that Rangel succeeded Powell. Rangel has obviously a quite different style, and in fact Rangel is very indirect, as far as I can see-- that Rangel is being very effective in keeping the repression of drugs visible, the average black, however, may have difficulty in seeing the relationship between Rangel's concern about the drug situation and the predicament of blacks.

By the way, it's interesting, come to think of it, that the Bakke Decision was based upon the Powell Amendment. Among the ironic things that have happened in the last ten years.

Yes, the Bakke Decision, that was the one where a white was discriminated against, in not being accepted in a medical school in California?

That's right. That's right. And that was the Powell Amendment piece of legislation really on the repression of race. Well-- I hope that I am over-reacting and not seeing with sufficient clarity the positives. You know, I want to see positives that I'm apparently not seeing.