I heard that Marcontonio was actually an easy going man of good nature. I read where him and Wm Colmer a Mississippi Congressmen of opposing points of view would each stand up and make speeches on the floor of Congress attacking each other in the most brutal way involving the worst of character assassination and ugly rhetoric which normally would not be allowed. But, what the country who rad about these attacks did not know is that Colmer and Marcontonio were the best of friends in reality and that the whole thing was a put on. Fishbait Miller in his book of memoirs stated that he knew for a fact that the speeches made by Marcontonio attacking Colmer were actually written by Colmer and vice versa the speeches by Colmer attacking Colmer were actually written by Colmer. Just goes to tell you how things can be fake!