Merlin Hull, after seeking and receiving help from the Farmers Union, promised he would appoint Farmers Union member to be his Washington secretary. Following Hull's victory, he met with Farmers Union representatives, including Cy Long, who decided that Sanderson was the person to serve Merlin Hull. WFU believed Sanderson could help more in Washington, D.C. than in Wisconsin. Sanderson gave the Wisconsin Farmers Union a direct “line” to Washington. M.W. Thatcher once complained that Bill Sanderson and Ken Hones could open more doors in Washington than he, Thatcher, could.
