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now. Are you going to kill me, or fire me?”

He burst out roaring. He said, “I think that was bully. I think that was wonderful. How did you ever have your nerve? I'm just as glad you didn't consult me, because if you had, I'd probably have told you you'd better not. If you've done it now, the blood be on your own hands. If you're not right, you'll get plenty of punishment from the country.”

Of course, I was right. Within twenty-four hours it was obvious that it was a political bolt. We harped on that from that time on. We kept him on the run. Any time anything came out from Washington on that people would telephone me from all over the United States to ask me if it was true. Whatever information they gave out in Washington, I was asked if it was true.

I made a speech by invitation to the League of Women Voters on April 16, 1931. It was after that release. I must have made a dozen speeches on it all over the country. I was asked to speak at ever so many places about the subject. I took it all up. The Governor knew it and said, “Frances, this is the best politics you can do. Don't say anything about politics. Just be an outraged scientist and social worker.”

That was regarded as my great political service. It was all helpful in the general build-up. I was asked to