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 every way in the world that he could to protect me, hoping that there would be a
 solution, that a lot of good people in law enforcement and also on the Kirk staff
 could get hurt because they felt like that it was vastly escalating into a real
 confrontation. Like I said, when they started bringing in all the federal marshals, they
 were just flying in. I mean, we would get reports they were coming in from all over
 the country. We knew that the chips were down, and then we really got a sober
 feeling. We felt like, and I am sure Kirk did too, we fought the battle as well as we
 could, but the time had come that something had to stop because somebody was
 going to get hurt, probably bad. I do not think Claude Kirk ever wanted it to get to
 that standpoint, but he felt like he had to hold out as strong as he could. But I met
 a lot of nice people there. Like I said, I never thought I would ever be back there,
 and all of a sudden, I wound up coming back in 1971 to Manatee County. It was a
 pleasant surprise to see a lot of the same people I met under adverse conditions.

B: Pretty ironic how all that works.

H: Yes, it sure was. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would end up in
 Manatee County.

B: If there is nothing else, I thank you for your time.

H: I enjoyed it, and if I can ever be of other service, if anything comes up, I am sure I
 could research my old files.

B: All right. This concludes the interview.

[End of Interview.]