I knew Mike best as a man who represented his constituency with an uncanny understanding of human nature and an unswerving commitment to Improving the human cordition. Many of his accomplishments were already history when I arrived In Washington In 1948. Mike was Instrumental In gaining naturalization rights for the Issel--an act of justice that was long overdue at the time of Its passage In 1952. I remember well the years Immediately subsequent to the passage of the legislation. thousands of lssel all over the countrypeopie In their fifties. sixties and seventieswere attending school regularly. once. twice. three times a week. They were leaming the story of the Constitution. the history of the United States. and all about the city.
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