he relied on dick kates who was more of a trial lawyer. and i related to him very well, but you know, he liked cates a lot. he used cates a great deal to face a word i don't like, to be a contact with the committee itself. so doer, you know, and he was comfortable with the younger people. he was comfortable with hillary, with evan davis who was about 30 years old at the time. beat had bob sack who came in. we had all sorts of good people, sensible people. he put together a good staff. partly through his burke marshal who was also a key adviser. he had sort of a kitchen cabinet in effect who he looked to, burke marshal owen fiss, bob owen, joe woods and dick cates. some were on the staff, some weren't on the stap staff. doer reached out. he knew he was in a very sensitive situation. when i think back, it was handled as well as anybody could handle it. >> would you and woods participate in discussions with the kitchen cabinet? >> sometimes yes, and sometimes no. not always. sometimes you know doer was always in contact with var people on his