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(interviewer) What was it that stands out
in your mind as the campaign being fun?

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I think it was the different people.

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It’s such a variety of people
that showed up,

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and to get to know them was really
quite fascinating to me and enjoyable.

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Of course, there were always characters,
and I must tell you

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that the main character
in this whole operation was Henry Giugni.

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I had never met
an individual like that in my life.

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He kept us all jumping and amused.

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So I think that’s what I found
to be the most fun

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is just working with all of those people
who were so devoted,

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and then many of them with so many stories
about how they knew this man

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or how they knew the family
or Mrs. Inouye.

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Of course, the rallies,
the coffee hours that were held.

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That was interesting to think that you
could pull people together in your house,

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and this man would come to the house
and talk to you.

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This was all so new to me!

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But it was enjoyable to help organize
those kind of coffee hours

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and to see people coming in to collect
these posters and bumper strips.

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I thought, “My goodness,
is this what it’s all about?”

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I mean, that’s a lot to do,

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and it’s a lot of money
to put out for all of these materials.

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I kept thinking
we were going to waste a lot of it,

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but my goodness,
they really came in to collect the stuff.

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(interviewer)
You talked about the early campaign, ’62.

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What do you recall of the senator
as a campaigner?

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As a guy going out
and asking somebody for your vote,

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the guy who’s at the coffee hour
talking to people.

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What were your impressions
of the senator at that time?

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I think I liked seeing him on the street.

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That’s what I liked to see,
when he was on the street.

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Or at large gatherings,
if it was a stew and rice,

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for him to move through the crowd
and move quickly through,

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but pausing long enough
to listen to people.

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That was really impressive to me.

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I thought, “This man will just take
all this time with these people?

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That’s wonderful.”

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It was amusing to me in a sense that,
did he really like doing that?

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You know, did he really like doing that?

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I’d think,
“Gosh, he must be tired of this!”

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But he just would be stronger and stronger
and more enthusiastic

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as he moved through the crowds.

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Then it was wonderful to see him
at these coffee hours

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moving through the room
and then taking the questions from people

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and answering them so very clearly.

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Giving both sides of the answer,
but not just one-sided,

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not just what you wanted to hear.

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But he’d be very clear about,
“This is the good parts of that issue.

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These are the ones
that are tough to push.”

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That would take place
at these coffee hours,

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because of the questions
that he would take.

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He never moved away from any question.
I thought that was very impressive to me.