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TI: But, so going back to Walnut Grove, after the war, so your dad starts...

WM: Store.

TI: A store. What did you do? What did you do when you got back?

WM: Nothing.

TI: So how about work? Did you try to find work?

WM: Yeah, only farm work.

TI: So this was going back picking pears and things like that?

WM: Yeah, tomato.

TI: Earlier you mentioned your sister, Rose, that she was able to get a job in the bank?

WM: In the bank.

TI: And so how long was it before she was able to get that job in the bank? Was it right away, or did it take...

WM: No, later, I think.

TI: Like how much later?

WM: About one year or something. I forget.

TI: And this was the Alex Brown Bank, she worked at?

WM: Yeah.

TI: What kind of work did Rose do at the bank?

WM: In the office someplace.

TI: Did she ever talk about what it was like working at the bank?

WM: [Shakes head]

TI: Did you ever go visit her at the bank? Did you ever see her work at the bank?

WM: I don't go, I have no money. [Laughs]

TI: [Laughs] That was a good answer. So how did... I'm just getting a sense, because the Brown family was so important in terms of owning all that land...

WM: Land, yeah, back there.

TI: And your sister worked closely with, closer to the family because she worked in the bank, if she ever had any thoughts or if she thought, if she had any thoughts about the family or the white families?

WM: No.

TI: She never said anything.

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