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Miller: post office in America that had an increase, and I 

 was, I think, the only post office in America, if 

 you'll look it up, in the early 1930 years that had 

 an increase in postal sales. And this is how I 

 attained it. 1 got close to the people. 



he was a Spanish fellow, I spoke Spanish to him, 



So I said, "Senator, when the fellow looked like 

 he 



•Como estamos, caballero. ' And he liked me. And 

 if he was an Italian, of course I have several dia- 

 lects, and I might sing him a little song in Italian, 

 a short little ditty. He'd look at me, and he'd like 

 me. And if he was a Portuguese, I spoke Portuguese 

 to him. And he liked me." 



"Well," he said, "Sheriff, what did you do if 

 they came from Missouri?" 



I said, "Senator, I gave them the donkey call, 

 [Giving donkey bray and wiggling hands on ears] and 

 they liked me." [Laughing] I nailed that senator 

 like he was never nailed in his life before; every 

 move he made I had him nailed. 



So then I brought along with me two suitcases; 

 one suitcase I had loaded with my clothes, and here 



