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YM: Remember, you were doing all the work running around to all the city departments and making a reports. (Narr. note: Talking to Elmer Tazuma)

TH: That's when Kawabe was president.

DG: Tell me about that.

ET: Yeah, I was helping Mr. Otsuke.

TH: That's when Mr. Kawabe went in.

ET: Yeah.

DG: And what did you have to do?

ET: We did all his work.

DG: I know. What was the work?

YM: Go to all the departments, complaints, and what not. (Narr. note: Elmer Tazuma did most of the leg work and reported back to the board. The President conducted the meeting, but Elmer Tazuma was doing all the reporting about what he had done.)

ET: Like making and sending out those letters. There was at least 200 letters we had to send out. That was a lot of work.

DG: Saying what?

ET: You have to --

TH: Well, keep the membership informed.

ET: Well, you have to put address on the envelope, put the stamp on the envelope.

DG: Like a newsletter kind of thing?

TH: Yeah, newsletter. He used to put out newsletter.

DG: But you said you were running around to the different departments.

YM: Yeah. You go to all the different departments.

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