Mr. Rubenstein. As I said before indirectly. Let me give you one example.
Mr. Griffin. Yes.
Mr. Rubenstein. When Henry Horner ran for probate judge in 1928, I believe, Mr. Feiwell was one of the men in charge of the campaign. So he didn’t have too much time, so I helped him whatever I could do. If we had a special meeting for fund raising, I would line up the hall, get the chairs, see that everything was ready made for the meeting, got coatracks and hatracks for the men for the meeting and they all got to know me that way, and so I became officially the sergeant-at-arms, and so that is how they got to know me. If they wanted something before they sat down, they told me if they get a telephone call, “Call me out” or if there was a call I could spot the man right away and tell them there was a call from out of the hall. Different things like that, that is how I got acquainted.
Later on I became more important because I knew the ropes a little bit because I knew what to do without their telling me everything. I knew how to pick up the printing, how to distribute the literature in the different wards and so forth.
Mr. Griffin. Were you active in any particular ward yourself or were you in the downtown headquarters?
Mr. Rubenstein. Mostly the downtown headquarters.
Mr. Griffin. Were you ever on the payroll of the downtown headquarters?
Mr. Rubenstein. Yes. I was on the payroll for downtown headquarters. One year, when Adlai Stevenson was running, I was connected with the downtown Democratic headquarters at the Morrison Hotel.
Mr. Griffin. Was this after World War II?
Mr. Rubenstein. Yes. And they didn’t pay me much, but I was glad to help out. I think they were paying me $25 a week.