Well, in those days, there wasn't political patronage in this community.
Today, there is. There was no patronage then. There were no black
firemen. We had two black policemen. Can you call that patronage? I
don't. But under his adminstration, I was one person who held out for at
least one year college credit for police, and then when I was in
Raleigh, I collaborated with the police department officials here and
set up a community college course to be paid for by the city, so that
they would continue their education through the second year community
college, and then if they were academically talented and wished to go
on, they could transfer to some other institution. And that I
accomplished. But this is why, you see. And there is some patronage
today, but you do have to meet the credentials, which are, I think,
necessary.