They didn’t know anything about the candidates and things of that sort. So they needed guidance. And that league was very instrumental in directing the people in the direction to go.

We went to Detroit. I wanted to see what was going on in some other parts of the world. You know, I was just traveling, like. I had a minister that lived here. He was in St. Louis and he said things was going so well and that it was such a wonderful place.

They just didn’t have the sense of the strength of their vote. Just thought it wasn’t necessary.

Because you remember Meredith was walking along the highway there and somebody shot him.

Some teachers had been trained to work out at Southern because I carried two out there. I carried a lady down here from Palmer’s Crossing, used to play piano, and Billy Carter.

When we go into an industry, we go all the way.

They didn’t know anything about the candidates and things of that sort. So they needed guidance. And that league was very instrumental in directing the people in the direction to go.

We used to hold those secret meetings at her house.

I don’t know how a fellow looks, when he meets somebody that he hasn’t seen, hasn’t heard of, don’t know where they are, know nothing about the house, whatever.