Leland J. Kennedy Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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Joint Committee orr hghiative Support Services Sen. Philip J. hck, Oak Park Rep. Michael J. Madigan, Chicago, Chairman Speaker of the House P-ident of the Senate Rep. Lee A. Daniela, Elrnhurst House Minority Leader Sen. Jlrunes "Pate" Philip, Eidumt - %Ate Minority Leader Legislative Research Unit - 222 S. College, Third Floor, 3uhe A, Springfield, h i s 62704 C~-Chairmen Sen. Jack Schder, Crystal Lake Rq. Sam Wk WdC Granite City &pp69#!nWives Howard B. Brookins, Chicago John A. D'Arco, Chicago Miguel del Vdls, Chicago Walter W. Dudycz, Chicago William F. Mahat, Homewood Illinois General Lobta A. DiWekmn, Flossmoor Jamee M. Kirkfand, Elgin Robert LeFhe, Jr. Chicago Michael J. Tate, Decatur im-oy) History &$ram Terry Bruce, Olney O'Grady, Ermuiive Director US. C o n p e ~ ~ ive Resew& ll& 19th District . - Holt formerly dated with Cullom Davis, Director of Oral Hiitory Office and Profemor of History, Sangamon State University rt P, Howard, Farpiex Statehouee Reporter William L. Day, Former Director Illinois Legislative CouncQ Editor Emeritus, fllinol b~uee argeret Munn, Pi)mr h c h Chief David Everson, Professor of Political Studi partment of Hdth and Public Affairs, Sangamon State Univers n Scl-m&w+ FQ-F State Representative Gerald L. Gharrudini, Associate Director aperville), d&&tl Studiee Teacher, Legislative Research Unit rviUe North High &hwl Samuel K, Gove, Profemor Institute of Government and Public Affaire, University of Illinois (Fomer Director) H. William Hey, Former Director LB@lative Reaearch Unit Van Der SB, Difecfor lative $tu&$ Cater and fessor of P&W &ience on State UniwmPy -
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Page 5 and 6: LELAND J. KENNEDY ILLINOIS HOUSE OF
Page 7 and 8: Table of Contents Note on page loca
Page 9 and 10: 2 they got up there, I don't know.
Page 11 and 12: would check you would tind that Woo
Page 13 and 14: occasion. Not a lot, but there's so
Page 15 and 16: I used to like to hear good talkers
Page 17 and 18: school the following January at Hor
Page 19 and 20: football team. I didn't play footba
Page 21 and 22: A: No. I don't recall that - I was
Page 23 and 24: Q: Kind of on-the-job training then
Page 25 and 26: and oh, we'd - I recall going to St
Page 27 and 28: Q: Pawnee has a big mine. A: Yes I
Page 29 and 30: School as a student, you always too
Page 31 and 32: ducks will be going south now in a
Page 33 and 34: And of course, hell, I guess, when
Page 35 and 36: A: Wrll they had sample boys. A sam
Page 37 and 38: A: Well I guess it was. I was still
Page 39 and 40: A: Well I joined the union July the
Page 41 and 42: A: Sure. Well it was that family. W
Page 43 and 44: A: And Grandfather Herwick was must
Page 45 and 46: Q: Yes. A: And if you got called ou
Page 47 and 48: the Democratic party was the majori
Page 49 and 50: ecause I was from one section of to
Page 51 and 52: election board the other day - I no
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Q: Yes. A: But we had quite an acti
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A: No. I knew them. They used to co
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A: Well, we had one big hassle, it
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and talked to them before I got bac
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ones. (laughter) But you'd have tho
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A: You know 1 don't know how I lear
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Most everybody in the company after
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A: No they played "Over There." Q:
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A: Landed at Liverpool. I'm glad yo
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Q: How long after D-Day was this? D
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LELAND J. KENNEDY, 1976 "I'd love,
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Q: The 1374th did? A: Somebody did
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A: Oh no, never any place like that
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I went back to work - he returned t
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I got discharged on the first of No
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A: It was Eisenhower. And that was
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think he might have got beat one ti
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Babe Streeper, he's in the hospital
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of course I filed in the Democratic
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I was active, when I was still in h
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A: What's the date? Q: November 4,1
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Q: Oh? A: And he didn't tell me thi
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Cutler was chairman of the committe
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Q: Oh I don't think so. A: I still
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1945. Second Lieutenant Burgess." N
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Q: Sam Gove, Samuel Gove? A: Samuel
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You find that different people acce
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Q: What about some of the people wh
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Q: Oh is that right? A: Of course h
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A: And you're called out and when t
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A: Well I think in the middle 1960'
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legislation. You've heard that term
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scemed like it was - who introduced
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gave him a vote because - oh, he wa
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Q: Nineteen fifty-one. A: What? Q:
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- that's not - there's no General A
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Q: No I don't think it was the firs
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Q: So that was when Ralph Smith wen
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could file maybe up to midnight. Yo
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Q: Well, I haven't heard it . . . A
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had the, I guess, biggest delegatio
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Q: I think in 1900 if I recall corr
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A: I remember the Jewish lady that
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with them. Stratton was there I'm s
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or something like that, I met him o
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Godfrey then and all over on the ea
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