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And one of the things he said to me early on, 

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he says, “Now, when you go on the floor,” he says, “be careful. Don’t go into the cloakroom too much, the Democratic Cloakroom.” Now the Democratic—

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he said, “Because,” he said, “the men, you know, will feel—they’re going to feel uncomfortable with you in there. You know, there aren’t any women in there.” 

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There were no women Pages at the time. The people who ran 
the Democratic Cloakroom—which was like a service operation. 

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They had phone booths there, and if Members were 
on the floor debating, or listening to issues, 

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or bills that were on the floor, their staff could get a hold of them 
through the phone system there, call them right off the floor. 

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They wouldn’t have to leave the floor, go back to their office. 
This is, of course, way before we had cell phones or anything like that. 

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And then in the back, there was a lounge area with a TV, 
and that’s where the men smoked their cigars, cigarettes.

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When we had night sessions, men sometimes fell asleep, 
took a little nap there, late-night sessions.