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[avebury]

20. Through work my Dad knew a lot of people. Many many years ago he made

arrangements for him, my Mother and myself to drive up to Skowhegan on a Sunday to take Margaret Chase Smith out for lunch. A good friend of the family was her Executive Assistance for years (knew her well enough for Senator Smith and her military aide/friend to join them on a family vacation to Norway). It was an interesting afternoon, hearing her talk about her years in office. She opened up her library and I got a personal tour.

What a lot of people don't know is that the Declaration of Conscience Speech that she delivered against McCarthy was not written by her or anybody in her office. Another Senator wrote it and asked for her to deliver it on the floor. He felt that it was so important that he told her that she could claim full credit for the speech. I think that my parents heard that story from our family friend.