all right, what happened, boggs? what happened?ult. >> the issue with this isn't my foot because my foot is fine. the issue is the ferragamos are scratched. >> warden ivey was kind of joking about it and other staff members were kind of laughing about it. the fact was, there was a tension there. >> as you can see here, slightly on the tip there, there's a coat of polish that's been -- >> do you know how much those cost? >> i must go home and correct that immediately. >> do you have anything to say to boggs? >> let than the first and the last, boggs. >> how much are those shoes worth, warden? >> i can't tell you. they're very expensive. very expensive. >> slightly more expensive than what he makes. >> many paychecks. >> he was a correction officer, you would be getting a crappy detail every day. >> in the end, you know, a little bit of shoe buff could probably solve the problem. but you know, for the day, yes. he did have a scuff on his shoe. for that day he had to walk around the jail with a scuff on his shoe. >> you're killing me.

president hale boggs and carl albert called me. they came to the conclusion that the best thing to do on this medicare bill would be to go to conference without instructions. they wanted to get our view on it here. i told him i was not going to disturb you with it, but you had discussed the matter with me and had left it up to me to do what we all thought was best. therefore, i could say to him that their argument made some sense and found it reasonable if they could get those to comment at some point, but he was seriously considering the medicare provision in conference. that they should then withdraw any attempt to have any kind of action on it. they were going to contact mccormick and felt he shared their view. they asked me about labor. i told them i knew labor shared their view because miller called this afternoon. in turn, i called miller and told him that he should carry out his responsibilities and talk to the three leaders and tell them what the view of labor was. then, the other aspect was that -- let's see, in talking to

present secretary, tony celebrezze; under secretary wilbur cohen; the democratic whip of the house, hale boggs on the ways and means committee; and really the white house's best legislator, larry o'brien, gave not just endless days and months and, yes, years of patience--but they gave their hearts--to passing this bill. let us also remember those who sadly cannot share this time for triumph. for it is their triumph too. it is the victory of great members of congress that are not with us, like john dingell, sr., and robert wagner, late a member of the senate, and james murray of montana. and there is also john fitzgerald kennedy, who fought in the senate and took his case to the people, and never yielded in pursuit, but was not spared to see the final concourse of the forces that he had helped to loose. but it all started really with the man from independence. and so, as it is fitting that we should, we have come back here to his home to complete what he began. president harry truman, as any president must, made many decisions of great moment; although he always made them frankly and with a cou