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S: what you've described.

W: Um hmm. Do you remember anything about Floyd Christian's role,

 and how teachers viewed Floyd Christian?

S: Well, as far as I'm concerned, I thought Floyd was one member

 of the cabinet who was most helpful to us in getting, getting

 the show back on the road so to speak. Uh, obviously Floyd

 couldn't, couldn't come out and, and support, I mean, he made
 or
 his position clear beforezthat, and he could not,AI didn't

 see how he could actually support the strike. But he did, he

 was very helpful, the governor, I saw a letter, I have a letter

 that the governor wrote to Floyd and said- it's about time you
 I yr6OaA1, i+-f4ja5>
 stopped helping these striking teachers. AndA sort of a

 threatening letter, and I, then Claude gave me a copy of his

 reply. And I think Floyd's primary concern was to get the schools

 operating again, and & he, he, he did not, he was not
 bo6-rd
 vindicative to teachers, he suggested, he urged county -we-s to

 take teachers back without reprisal. He stretched a point or two

 to, to keep some counties from, from well, from taking teachers

 off of continuing contract yl6u, you resigned, we accepted your

 resignation, you come back on as a, as a, and you'd have to serve

 your apprenticeship again, you'll have to serve three years before,,,

 they wouldn't, all this sort of thing, and the emotion of the time.

 And Floyd discouraged that and I,4my personal knowledge, in some

 instancesAwas very influential. He wrote to the, all of the

 school boards, and showed them ways that they could, they could

 take the teachers back without actually punishing them. He worked

 with the cabinet, I'm told, and I'm not t about this that