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we would rent him the trailer for one-half the 
regXlar fee on the conGition that he ZoXlG finG 
a service station operator at his destination who 
would act as a U-Haul Rental Agent.  The cus-
tomer Zas giYen a pacNet of information to giYe 
to the station operator selected, together with 
the trailer.  The customer was required to turn 
in the yellow copy of his rental contract to this 
new agent who was to send it to us and in turn 
the customer was to send us the name and ad-
Gress of the agent  :e mXst haYe set Xp  or 
50 agencies throughout the United States in this 
manner before we actually made personal con-
tact with these agents.  Some customers were 
e[tremel\ helpfXl anG got gooG agencies; others 
got poor agencies; anG others simpl\ Zent soXth 
with the trailer.
     'Xring the first foXr \ears of the operation 
of this trailer business, I personally called on 
agents anG GiG the repair ZorN on the roaG for 
the entire operation.  This meant I was out of 
Portland about half the time, for I would put 
upwards of 50,000 miles on an automobile each 
year.  When I was on the road by myself, I sel-
Gom renteG a room of an\ NinG  , slept in a 
trailer or in the EacNseat of a car anG cleaneG Xp 
at the service station.  The people I dealt with 
were mainly service station operators and were 
more interesteG in hoZ mXch ZorN , GiG repair-
ing trailers than in hoZ , looNeG 
     ,·m a felloZ Zho neYer thinNs aEoXt eating 
until I get hungry and then I’ve got to eat right 
away.  I remember one time when I got hungry 
crossing the 2aNlanG6an )rancisco %a\ %riGge, 
and when I pulled into San Francisco I stopped 
at the first fooG sign  7he place happeneG to Ee 
a sZanN\ ,talian restaXrant, Zith male Zait-
ers GresseG in ElacN sXits anG ties  , haG Eeen 

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