 holding just a second trying to get him back on the line. He hung up on me. I'm sorry. Well, cut in there. I didn't know that you, when I place a call and I don't get you, cut in and tell me and I'll get off. Yeah, well, you were trying to send Anderson. I had you to do that. This filibuster had some in the house and it may not be. Only on July the 4th, some of the people on the hill and all around here about it and yet everybody concluded that the wise thing to do was as soon as we could, after it became available. At this evening, questions have been raised. Some of the folks here may think we ought to sign it as soon as we can after it's passed. But the question has been raised now that if we sign the shooting craft firecrackers and it's the 4th of July and celebrating and the fellas get a few drinks of beer and we could kick off a tentatively announced that we're going to do it tonight, if the bill is available. That is my better judgment. But I thought before I did it that maybe I'd better check with one or two of my friends and let them think about it and see what their judgment was. They know the situation better than I do maybe. Mr. President, I think the idea, which has already been suggested, of signing it as soon as it's available is the correct idea. I think you have the right hunch here. I think a delay would simply mean that you felt that you ought to delay signing it. You know, it would be interpreted that way. Now, there's another thing that worries me. The Republicans are leaving for their convention. They're getting out tonight. Congress is not going to be in session the house tomorrow. And I'm afraid, I don't know what they're coming up, but it was bipartisan and I think it wouldn't... We ought to have Republican legislators who are like Kekel and like Hallick, just saying Dirksen just like we have Humphrey. That was my second reason. The first one had to do with the term, perhaps the violence, but the second one is that the Republicans do deserve a chance at this. That's what I think, and I think they'd charge me. He was trying to be cute and put off signing after he's ready to sign. That's right. Until after they left town. That's right. That's right. This is the overwhelming political reason. And that's what's being talked about in Washington. I was there last night and they said, the Republicans wanted a chance at it and that's the reason it's being moved up. And I think it would be regarded as a gracious gesture on your part to sign it promptly so they could take part in the ceremony and go about their convention. Yeah, all right. Okay, now, I want you to be thanking how you can make good suggestions. Lee Roy Collins, I thought that they hadn't given me a final answer yet, but he has told me if there's more to let him, he's gonna come with me. He's a wonderful man. And I believe it's the best man we could get. Absolutely, wonderful man. Would you stay close to him and give him suggestions? I'll be happy to do anything I can, Mr. President. Anything I can. I need not reiterate that there's not anybody in this cause that, in whose judgment, I think, sounder than yours. So I just wish you'd take some initiative and not sit back and be too modest. Very good. I'll endeavor to do anything I can to help out in this matter. And to volunteer, whatever advice I think will be helpful. You think about folks like Ted Keele or that general type all over the South that you found that are reasonable so you can make available some of those people's names too, Lee Roy, and I'll have him talk to you after he gets in. Very good. And I sure do thank you, Roy, and did our meeting come out all right with your board? Yes, it did. I thank you. Well. I thank you for, not only for what you said the other day with the board, but I thank you for what you did on this bill. Well, I have great confidence in you and I think we've got a long hard fight ahead, but if we work together, we'll find answers. We'll do it. So we're right. Yes, we'll do it. We're right. Goodbye. Thank you.