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AL: What, what came in your family from the interview... I mean, you talked a little about Douglas's reaction. What about your kids? I mean, how have they felt about your, your what, not notoriety, but you know, people knowing more about your family than they do about any of ours? Have they said anything about it?

AS: Well, our, my son, or our son Robert, he was very indignant as to what had occurred. He thought that was an injustice, a social injustice. And our daughter, she doesn't say too much about it.

AL: What were your feelings about the redress movement?

AS: Well, the only thing I know about it, Celeste told me, "Hey listen, you'd better, you'd better contact the government that you were one of the kids." So I did and I still have the letter that was sent to the government and then they sent me a notice back about the reparation. But, I thought hey, well, that's pretty good. I mean, we were just kids. I mean we, we're getting money from them.

AL: What was your, did you have a political feeling about redress? Or an emotional feeling?

AS: No.

AL: But you, but you still have the letter.

AS: Yes. I still have the letter and then when they gave us the money I sent a thank you to the government, to Bush, President Bush and to the House of Representatives, House of Congress.

AL: What did the money mean to you, or the, or the letter?

AS: Well, it's a good way to invest the money and... it came at a good time, too.

AL: Right.

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