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LH: And in terms of, you know, in the actual lobbying effort, was that the same kind of effort that you felt going on with the Central California District Council, and the Fresno chapter of JACL, that you were doing all the organizing for that level?

FH: We were doing all that lobbying right there in Fresno, 'cause we were mainly concerned with the representatives from our area. They're the ones we knew. And if we got them on our side, well, at least we have a number of representatives that would vote, vote for our proposition and...

CK: When you say you did the same things that NCRR did, does that mean like Day of Remembrance kind of activities or...

FH: You know, that's one thing I hand to NCRR, because I think Day of Remembrance lasted one or two years, and after that people got too busy to do anything so we haven't done anything about that for years, which is wrong, I know, we should...

CK: Well, not necessarily, it's to accomplish a goal and you had your way. Was there trouble getting the people motivated? For instance, in raising funds for the LEC, were you, did you meet with success in that, or did you again meet some resistance?

FH: On the whole I think we were very successful, that is, per capita I think we raised as much or more money than most of the other districts. Because there's always different reactions, there's some people who had nothing to do with it. They can say, "Oh, there's no use," and you couldn't get a penny out of them. So, but there are others who contributed to the LEC effort before the award. And I think we did very well collecting money.

LH: How important do you think it was for your, for the work that you did in terms of the national effort? I mean, a lot of people will say, "Well, Central California, it's a very small population." But how would you react to someone saying something like that?

FH: I would tell them that per capita we did just as well or better. Because Northern Cal and Southern Cal, the two biggest district counts, I think per capita, they didn't do that well.

LH: So in terms of the organizing effort and the results for the amount of population, you thought, that your work was pretty well-accomplished?

FH: I think so.

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