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Hello.

Did Harry Dan speak to you about the possibility of calling?

What do you think?

There is the one item which would help if it were to do that, but I understand he probably is going to Walter Reed according to what's said in two or three days.

Dr. Lukash tells me this is at 11 o'clock.

The move will be taking place in two to three days.

Well, maybe they...

The hospital, that's what I was going to say.

I think a telephone call then does the trick.

Helicopter out there, could we?

No, that's awful noisy.

Let's not give any indication that we're thinking of that, and I won't tell Luke Cush or anybody else.

Like today, it says Mrs. Wallace feels the governor's alert enough to take your telephone call today.

See, of course, Luke Cush suggested I call him.

I said, well, I don't want to sign it right now.

And Wallace himself believes tomorrow would be better.

He's kept morphing his experience of some difficulty hearing.

So I'm not going to come out there.

I'm not going to call him even for a couple days.

I don't think that, of course, as you know, they do have press at Walter Reif on.

And I, well, I suppose I'd want you to do it if you were there, so.

I'd have to say a word when I left.

You know, remember when I used to go see Eisenhower and all the jams and the bitches are out there?

Questions?

It'll be Friday.

I'll plan to do it.

Don't tell Lukasz we're thinking about it because it gets around.

We'll see whether it's conditioned.

We've just got to be very sure it's the right thing to do.

According to schedule today,

I did a foolish thing this morning.

I woke up at 6 o'clock.

So I got up and I went to work until about 12.30.

There's going to be one hell of a problem, as usual, going over there because the problem is going that way

I'll be getting up in the middle of the night.

You know, that's what I mean.

So... Well, I'll be getting up in the middle of the night, but beyond that... Getting up at night isn't going to be so hard over there, is it?

I used to do it.

I used to do it, but I can't...

I'll just need more sleep or something.

Have more in your mind, I think.

That's it.

Well, that's it.

When I used to do it, I think that I'd hit the bed and I'd just sleep, you know.

Good in mind, but you don't do that anymore.

Good reactions in the blue room, I hope.

I'm going to call Pat and say, you know, have it the right sound.

Good.

You're writing good on it, aren't you?

It's all about the Wallace thing.

If you've got any ideas, I'll have a chance to mention it.

Yeah, Harry Hanna thinks it's going to make him a hell of a lot tougher in the convention.

And, well, either way, if you're a third party, do.

Although Harry says that there are a number of states where it's awfully hard to get the balance.

It'll be hard to get on a mission, for example.

I don't know if you might want it on you.

the South.

It's true.

It's much easier for an anti-busing Democrat to vote for another Democrat than it is for an anti-busing Democrat to vote for a Republican.

See, that's...

I want to get some.

That's right.

Just took a hell of a call.

Sir?

And that Dan McGovern keeps coming.

Harry says in Colorado and Utah he picked up a lot of delegates.

You know, he's working around the state.

That's right.

The hippies all go to these district precinct conventions.

They got nothing else to do.

Well, also, they got the types that Goldwater had in 64.

You know, they're the type that used to love to sit down and figure it all out.

It was a great game for them.

And, I mean, they're just the opposite of some of the people that, you know, the people we have had.

Some of them are people, not all, but some who are just as good-hearted as they can be.

Well, like a Jack Brown, for example, you know, who wouldn't know how to count.

I mean, they just, these guys are just brutal and vicious and just love it.

Love to go in and do the grubby work and so forth.

We shall see.

Yes, sir.

Okay, bye.