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 S: or four o'clock every night, and the leaders, they were very

 disturbed, I mean, many of them felt a big responsibility, and

 they were being, all sorts of pressure was brought on them, and

 of course, you're aware of the Jack Lee letter to the cabinet....

 W: No, what's that, tell me about that letter.

 S: Well, Jack Lee is the....

 W: Associated Industries?

 S: Yes. He wrote a rather lengthy letter to the cabinet about the

 thing,. WySy a copy of it available to you, I'm sure Florida'll

 have a copy. Uh, the, but the establishment, generally; really

 put the pressure on the teachers.

 W: Jack Lee letter from Associated Industries, that was the, he
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 said iVf/h i fire all the teachers?

 S: Something to that effect, yes.

 W: Send them out on the street.

 S: Right

 W: Ki+ (I(a, hVl -cOkg that position after, but we have

 to develop Kirks. March first, let me talk a little bit about

 March first. March first is an interesting date. Whose idea

 was March first?

 S: I think it was just a date that was set up by, proposed at the

 convention, and people said, well, now this gives them plenty of

 time, and they're in special session, they can get it done, and

 do it and get it over with. And then they wanted to convey that9

\\'oau I think the legislators knew,Athe legislators at least- the leadership

 had become convinced that the teachers were dead serious. And we

 had many of the leaders come over here and, and really, our