Advise and Consent (1962)

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{3875}{3908}Thank you.{3912}{3968}-Morning, son.|-Good morning, senator.{3976}{4007}Thank you.{4161}{4199}Taxi!{4349}{4399}Sheraton Park Hotel.{4738}{4814}-Good morning, Senator Danta.|-Good morning, Willoughby.{5076}{5112}Hold it.{5172}{5226}Why wasn't I let in on this?{5230}{5284}-May I help you?|-Dot, Senator Munson.{5288}{5339}Oh, just a moment, senator.{5352}{5411}Good morning, Bobby.How are you this morning?{5415}{5481}You know how I am this morning, Mr. President.{5485}{5542}I guess I'm in for it, aren 't I?{5546}{5612}That's a hell of a thing to do without talking to me.{5616}{5688}Bobby, it's been over two weeks since Shepherd died.{5692}{5804}We couldn't go on forever without|a secretary of state. I had to getit done.{5808}{5880}What was the matter|with the list of men we agreed on?{5884}{5956}No, not one of them can really fill the bill.{5960}{5995}Robert Leffingwell can.{6000}{6050}You know how valuable he's been to me.{6054}{6159}Sure, he's great. But the man's got more|enemies in Congress than anybody.{6163}{6268}He's never played ball with us, not even|the most ordinary, politica

l-courtesy kind.{6272}{6378}Well, maybe that's the reason I want him.|He doesn 't waste his timeon trifles.{6382}{6474}Mr. President, a United States senator|is not a trifle.{6478}{6519}That's a joke, Bobby.{6524}{6586}Fine. But Leffingwell's no joke.{6590}{6654}And I have to stuff him down|the Senate's throat.{6658}{6729}Now, look, I knew we were running a risk,|but I want him.{6733}{6826}He can give us some creative|statesmanship, and God knows we need it.{6830}{6913}Oh, come on, now.|What's our toughest problem?{6917}{6968}You want me to talk|to Warren Strickland?{6972}{7035}There's no point talking|to the minority leader.

{7040}{7093}Our troubles are coming|from our own party.{7097}{7127}Seab Cooley.{7131}{7199}We can work out a deal with old Seab.{7203}{7256}He says we can work out a deal with Seab.{7266}{7331}-Who's with you?|-Stanley Danta.{7336}{7415}Stan's always right there|on the job, isn't he?{7420}{7500}He's the best whip ever in the Senate.|Tell him I said so.{7510}{7571}He says you're the best whip|we've ever had.{7587}{7687}Tell him the best whip we've ever had|says Seab Cooley will trade for one thing:{7692}{7722}Leffingwell's head.{7726}{7755}What'd he say, Bob?{7760}{7819}That Seab won't trade on this,|and he's right.

{7828}{7900}We've licked Cooley before.|We can do it again.{7904}{7991}Then we'd better get at it.|Suppose you start with Tom August.{7996}{8104}-When did Tom become a Cooley man?|-He isn't. He's not a Leffingwellman either.{8108}{8182}Since he's chair of Foreign Relations|we have to sweeten him up.{8186}{8269}I'll call him in right away.|Good luck, Bobby.{8297}{8368}-Oh, boy.|-You want off this one?{8372}{8427}I'm with you, Bob.{8458}{8543}There's no doubt|he's made a wild pitch...{8547}{8623}...but I'd like to back him up|all I can right now.


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{8628}{8673}Sure, I know.{9168}{9199}Hello, Bob, Stan.{9204}{9273}-Good morning, senator.|-Come on in.{9319}{9432}About 5'8", blond, a little cleft|in the chin, black dress, mink stole.{9436}{9515}Sorry. Didn't see anybody|answer to that description.{9540}{9580}Why don't you get married, Lafe?{9584}{9671}A United States senator should stabilize|with a good, solid marriage.{9675}{9716}If I did, I couldn't get elected.{9720}{9780}It's the unmarried mothers|who put me in office.{9784}{9826}Why don't you stabilize yourself?{9830}{9895}There's a difference between|widowers and bachelors.{9899}{9933}Widowers have more dignity.{9937}{10079}-How do you feel about this lollapalooza?|-I think the president'snuts to name him.{10083}{10115}But I'll vote for him.{10120}{10199}What about your friend Brig Anderson?|Think he'll jump the whale?{10204}{10307}-Leffingwell scuttled his power bill.|-Brig won't be influenced bythat.{10312}{10371}-Not on this.|-I'm trying to count a few noses.{10376}{10448}-Suppose you give Brig a ring to make sure.|-lf you like.{10452}{10528}-Hello.|-Hello, Warren? Good morning. Bob Munson.{10532}{10623}-Beating the bushes early, aren't you, Bob?|-I have a lot of bushe

s.{10627}{10672}It's your garden, friend, not ours.{10676}{10755}How many votes against Leffingwell|on your side of the aisle?{10760}{10851}Somewhere between 1 7 and 20.|That's giving him the benefit of thedoubt.{10855}{10915}With the president's right|to name his cabinet?{10920}{11006}Try that line on the members of your|own party. Say, Seab Cooley.{11017}{11099}-Hello, Brig? How's the boy?|-Right in the middle of breakfast.{11103}{11136}What's on your mind, Lafe?{11140}{11226}Just wondered what you think about|the appointment. Crazy, huh?{11236}{11304}-Think so?|-Well, it's gonna be a rough one.{11308}{11346}I wouldn't be surprised.{11350}{11428}-I thought you might be upset about it.|-Why would I be upset?

{11432}{11486}The trouble he gave you|on your power bill.{11490}{11582}-That's right. He did, didn't he?|-You mean it's okay?{11586}{11683}-ls that what Bob Munson wants to know?|-You got television on your phone?{11687}{11734}Just a second, Lafe.{11740}{11781}-You going, baby?|-Yeah.{11785}{11821}-You still love me?|-Yeah.{11825}{11868}-How much?|-That much.{11872}{11925}Time for her bus, Brig.{11929}{11992}Have a nice time in school today, honey.{12050}{12101}-Lafe?|- Yeah.{12105}{12165}Look, I'm not grinding|an ax for Leffingwell...{12169}{12235}...but I'm not gonna commit myself|right now either.

{12239}{12327}I'd like to wait and hear what he has to say|at the committee hearing.{12331}{12443}Apart from that, I'm just gonna sit back|and watch Seab Cooley light up the sky.{12956}{13023}Had your fire and brimstone|this morning, Seab?{13027}{13096}Yes, sir, Mr. Majority Leader.{13100}{13179}Laced with hot bourbon|and branch water.{13183}{13259}I expect you can see the flames|coming out of my ears.{13264}{13299}Can we have a little talk?{13304}{13361}If you mean about|Mr. Robert A. Leffingwell...


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{13365}{13463}-...it'd be a fruitless conversation.|-The president, the party and l...{13467}{13523}...would take it as a favor|if you'd lay off.{13527}{13598}I honor the president, I love my party...{13602}{13720}...and I admire you, Mr. Majority Leader,|except where it crosseswith my convictions.{13724}{13813}I believe Mr. Robert A. Leffingwell|will lead us straight to perdition.{13817}{13862}Come on, we know what's eating you.{13866}{13948}Leffingwell made a liar out of you|in a hearing five years ago.{13952}{14057}-It's a long time to carry a grudge, Seab.|-Maybe for a young fellow like you.{14061}{14187}In my table of time, it happened just|like yesterday. Good day, gentlemen.{14243}{14343}Scares you, doesn't it?|All that 40 years in the Senate.{14433}{14473}Good morning, Seab.{14490}{14557}-I was just gonna call your office.|-On the run, Fred.{14561}{14653}I know. We've all gotta hop for this one,|but we'll put Leffingwell over.{14657}{14745}Boy, he is it, Bob. He's really it.|He's a great man, a great talent.{14749}{14835}-I'm throwing my organization behind this.|-You got an organization?{14839}{14874}Are you kidding?

{14879}{14946}Eight chapters in eight cities,|my peace organization.{14950}{15023}Who you making peace with?|The Kickapoo lndians?{15028}{15066}You find peace amusing?{15070}{15162}It's just that Stan's on the lndian Affairs|subcommittee, isn't it, Stan?{15166}{15207}I'll be with you in a minute.{15211}{15335}Fred, what do those guys do|besides strew roses in your path?{15340}{15393}Just my brain trust.{15397}{15461}You can't hold a senator's job|by kissing babies...{15465}{15541}...and shaking hands, you know. Bob....{15589}{15645}The hearing will go|to a subcommittee, right?{15649}{15730}I haven't any word from Tom August yet.|I don't know his plan.{15734}{15820}Well, if it does--|I say, if it does, I don't wanna push....

{15824}{15908}Whoever's made subcommittee chair|should be pro-Leffingwell, right?{15912}{15942}Possibly.{15946}{16083}Well, I've done my share of the hack work.|I ought to be in line for a spot like this.{16088}{16166}Fred, right now I'm just trying|to get the situation in hand.{16170}{16226}I know, but I wanted|to get my bid in early.{16230}{16319}I've gotta fly to New York for the afternoon|and meet my eastern group.{16324}{16416}-Suppose I call you later on?|-Yeah. Do that. Call me.{16716}{16795}-Van Ackerman's looking for a horse to ride.|-He won't get it fromme.{16800}{16859}He won't care.|He doesn't belong here, Bob.

{16863}{16930}-You'll have to cut him off the vine.|-He'll fall off.{16934}{16994}-Morning, Bess.|-Morning, senator. Your calls.{16998}{17067}-First, see if you can get me Leffingwell.|-Yes, sir.{17071}{17139}Sir, 21 9 telegrams so far.{17143}{17219}-Most of them favorable to Leffingwell.|-Good.{17230}{17311}-Good morning, senator.|-Morning.{17615}{17695}-Leffingwell residence.|-Senator Munson calling Mr. Leffingwell.{17699}{17757}Senator Munson? Wait a minute.{17891}{17977}-Dad, it's Senator Munson on the phone.|-What?{17984}{18058}The phone. It's Senator Munson.


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{22996}{23108}I mean, they're all Republicans or Democrats.|No communists or anything of that sort.{23112}{23204}They do have liberal types,|but they don't necessarily sit on theleft...{23208}{23273}...conservatives don't necessarily|sit on the right.{23336}{23367}Boys.{23372}{23434}-Bill.|-Aaron, nice to see you.{23438}{23511}That man, the one on the dais,|Harley Hudson.{23515}{23571}He's the vice president|of the United States.{23575}{23655}-He's very attractive.|-Yes, dear. Harley's very sweet.{23660}{23723}He's from one of those|odd little states, isn't he?{23728}{23784}He was governor of Delaware, you mean.{23788}{23895}-He's the president of the Senate, Celestine.|-But you said he's the vice president.{23900}{24001}It's confusing. We'd call him Lord|High Chamberlain or something sensible.{24005}{24115}It's very sensible. His job,|as vice president of the country...{24120}{24216}...is to preside over the Senate,|which makes him its president.{24220}{24268}-Then he's also a senator.|-No.{24272}{24371}He presides over the Senate,|but he's not a senator. He can't evenvote.{24376}{24420}He can vote in case of a tie.{24424}{24483}The Senate will come to order.{24502}{24572}The chaplain will now offer prayer.

{24584}{24661}Our Father, in these days|of stress and strain...{24665}{24733}...when men are called upon|to bear great burdens...{24737}{24837}...give this Senate the strength|and charity...{24841}{24954}...to ascertain of each who would serve|his nation his true natureand purpose...{24958}{25036}...Iest through inadvertence|and oversight...{25040}{25131}...there slip into seats of power,|those who would misguide...{25136}{25177}...and mislead this great people.{25181}{25246}Even the parson is getting into|the Leffingwell act.{25250}{25371}Your blessings, O Lord,|and help them to serve in your ways.{25376}{25407}Amen.{25515}{25551}Mr. President.{25556}{25611}Recognize the senior senator|from Michigan.

{25616}{25716}I ask unanimous consent that the journal|of yesterday's proceedings be approved.{25720}{25767}Without objection? So ordered.{25771}{25847}Mr. Rresident, I suggest|the absence of a quorum.{25851}{25895}Absence of a quorum suggested.{25900}{25959}-Clerk will call the roll.|-Mr. Abbott....{26386}{26527}Finish your story. Bob's got the Linotype.|Somebody's bound to popon Leffingwell.{26626}{26682}Call to the post early, huh?{26808}{26875}Better wake up, Senator McCafferty.{26940}{27055}-Senator, quorum call.|-Opposed, sir. Diametrically opposed.{27059}{27124}No, no, senator. It's a quorum call.{27169}{27239}Mr. Ardell.

{27243}{27289}-Mr. Ashley.|-Here.{27310}{27371}-Take over for a few minutes?|-Oh, sure.{27376}{27419}Mr. Bellingham?{27423}{27510}-Mr. Bender of California?|-Present.{27514}{27638}-Bob? Where's Seab?|-Oh, he'll make an entrance pretty soon.{27642}{27738}-Can I help with Leffingwell?|-Can't think of a thing. We'll justmark time.{27742}{27802}I'll gladly talk to anybody you want me to.{27806}{27868}-Excuse me.|-Tom August came from the White House.{27872}{27933}-ln the cloak room.|-Sit in for me.


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{27937}{28028}-What's going on, Stan?|-Oh, hi, Harley. Looks like a bumpy day.{28032}{28099}I was asking Bob if I could do|anything to help.{28103}{28139}Filling up, huh?{28144}{28201}Funny how they can always|smell gunpowder.{28205}{28241}Yeah.{28245}{28352}Did I tell you I murdered my wife last night,|buried her under a kumquat bush?{28356}{28441}Oh, well.... Easy come, easy go.{28445}{28493}What? What did you say?{28497}{28616}I said I might as well get up there|and let the tourists rubberneck at me.{28620}{28718}-I'm sorry, Harley.|-All right. Forget it. Forget it.{28725}{28767}-Excuse me.|-Sure.{28785}{28859}-Hello, Bob.|-Morning, Tom.{28871}{28939}The president wants a closed hearing.{28954}{28995}That's impossible.{29000}{29095}Cooley would find a way to open it up|if he had to use a can opener.{29100}{29142}That's what I told him.{29146}{29228}We'll have to name a subcommittee|and let it go at that.{29232}{29335}-Who do you have in mind to chair it?|-I thought Powell Hanson.{29340}{29402}It'll look like you're rigging it|for Leffingwell.{29406}{29467}Put him on the committee,|but not as chairman.{29471}{29544}It's got to be somebody|who can handle Cooley.

{29548}{29610}What would you think|of Fred Van Ackerman?{29614}{29660}Caught you too, huh?{29664}{29735}-Got me out of bed this morning.|-Well?{29739}{29783}I don't know.{29788}{29841}The man has no tact.{29845}{29903}Of course, he could cope with Seab.{29917}{29983}So could Brig Anderson over there.{29988}{30031}I thought of Brig.{30035}{30117}But he's Fred Van Ackerman's junior.|Fred would split a gut.{30121}{30208}Let him split. Brig knows|how to be a senator.{30212}{30303}All right. Let's tag him and get organized.{30372}{30463}-Brig, may we interrupt for a moment?|-Sure.{30467}{30585}Brig, how would you feel about handling|the subcommittee on Leffin

gwell?{30589}{30631}-I'd feel fine.|-Bob.{30635}{30724}Orrin Knox is up on Leffingwell,|and Seab is warming up.{30728}{30787}Here we go, gentlemen.{30896}{30975}The president must have known|the reaction would be adverse...{30980}{31053}...for the name Leffingwell|is synonymous with arrogance...{31057}{31116}...and an eggheaded|determination to ignore....{31120}{31183}When have you let somebody|else do your dirty work?{31188}{31225}You mean Orrin Knox, Bob?{31229}{31348}You find Orrin doing somebody else's|dirty work, and that'll be apretty do.{31352}{31467}-The office of federal power committee...|-This was a complete surprise.

{31471}{31509}...which he now administrates.{31513}{31608}And in each of these, he has,|under the protection of the president...{31612}{31683}...gone his own way|without consultation...{31688}{31748}...with the appropriate committee|of the Senate.{31752}{31805}Mr. President, will the senator yield?{31809}{31880}I will yield when I complete|the text of my statement.{31884}{31979}Mr. President, I only wish to ask the senator|how long he intendsto speak.{31984}{32061}Was the senator planning to speak|for about 1 5 minutes?


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{32065}{32100}Nice try, Robert.{32104}{32223}Mr. Rresident, the esteemed majority leader|is trying to trap me into a time limit.{32228}{32294}Well, since he has trotted out|this wheezy device...{32298}{32371}...he must expect|the usual wheezy answer.{32376}{32453}I certainly expect to speak|longer than 1 5 minutes.{32457}{32535}-lndeed, I may speak 1 5 hours.|-Attaboy, Orrin.{32540}{32630}I might also say that I do not need any|coaching from the sidelines...{32634}{32702}...from the esteemed senator|from South Carolina.{32706}{32805}I would like to make it plain|that my opinions are my own...{32809}{32910}...and they do not reflect those|of the senator from South Carolina.{32914}{33003}Now, if I might continue|without interruption.{33007}{33102}This nomination is being handled|with an underhanded attempt...{33107}{33210}...to press the senator into silence and|railroad this nominationthrough Senate.{33214}{33296}Mr. President,|will the senator yield for a question?{33300}{33402}I have no intention of yielding to|the majority leader or the majority whip.{33406}{33480}They have no purpose but to block|criticism of Leffingwell.{33484}{33572}Will my good friend and colleague,|the distinguished senior senator...{33576}{33627}...from lllinois, yield the floor to me?

{33632}{33722}Under the circumstances, and because|we see eye to eye in this matter...{33726}{33842}...I consider it a privilege to yield to the able|and respected senator from South Carolina.{33846}{33993}Thank you, sir. Mr. Rresident, I must defend|my distinguished colleague from lllinois.{33997}{34080}It appears that he is beset|on every side by snarling enemies.{34084}{34207}Yet it was his intention only to give voice|to the simple complaint...{34212}{34276}...many of us feel on both sides|of the aisle.{34280}{34349}An honest revulsion...{34353}{34429}...at this nomination the president|has thrown in our teeth.{34433}{34488}Mr. President, will this senator yield?

{34492}{34578}I'll not yield, sir, but I will say for you|what you'd say anyway...{34582}{34663}...that this is not the time|for personal imputations.{34667}{34726}Will that satisfy the senator?{34755}{34809}Was there no other man than this...{34813}{34873}...this Robert A. Leffingwell?{34877}{35006}Is our storehouse of brainpower|so impoverished, that for this office...{35010}{35095}...which can affect the destiny|of our nation, of the world...{35100}{35173}...there is no other man|but Robert A. Leffingwell?{35177}{35254}I find that hard, indeed,|impossible to believe.{35258}{35307}Will the distinguished senator yield?{35311}{35341}Well, now...

{35345}{35419}...for my young, handsome...{35424}{35492}...and plenipotent colleague,|I will gladly yield.{35496}{35577}Looks like Seab's gonna have|roast Lafe Smith for lunch.{35595}{35714}Does the senior senator from South Carolina|think he knows more than the president...{35719}{35811}...about what or who is needed,|in these perilous times...{35815}{35878}...in the office of secretary of state?{35882}{35918}Yes, senator.{35923}{36023}Even one so young and green as|the junior senator from Rhode lsland...


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{36027}{36112}...would have chosen another man.|Wouldn't you say that's the truth?{36116}{36236}The senator assumes an infallibility of|knowledge, which denotes aclosed mind...{36240}{36291}...and an aged crust of prejudice.{36309}{36344}Who ate who?{36348}{36392}Mr. President...{36396}{36455}...we have here an example...{36459}{36559}...of the commotion this man,|Leffingwell, can arouse.{36563}{36682}Able, sensitive young senators,|taught courtesy at their mothers'knees...{36686}{36771}...turn upon their elders and rend them|because of their passions...{36776}{36862}...over this disturbing man,|Robert A. Leffingwell.{36866}{37014}I beseech senators to contemplate|the spectacle we are making of ourselves.{37018}{37058}Why?{37074}{37175}What is causing this bitterness|of division in our party? Leffingwell.{37180}{37332}Who is disrupting the cordial flow|of legislative interchange? Leffingwell.{37336}{37384}Who is turning this Senate...{37388}{37465}...into a cockpit of angry emotion?{37469}{37499}Leffingwell.

{37503}{37622}I abominate this man Leffingwell.|He is an evil man.{37635}{37753}He will pursue a policy of appeasements!{37757}{37852}He will weaken the moral fiber|of our great nation.{37856}{37948}He will bring destruction to our traditions.{37952}{38029}And I beg you, senators, reject him.{38033}{38084}Reject him!{38191}{38288}-Barney, you look wonderful tonight.|-Thank you, Mrs. Harrison.{38300}{38400}-Betty, do you know the senator?|-Yes, we've met.{38404}{38471}Shall we have a spin around the floor?{38576}{38612}Hi, Lafe.{38721}{38800}-Having fun?|-Having a lovely time. Thanks.{39072}{39116}-Can I get you a drink?|-No, thanks.{39120}{39210}I will make my government's position|on Mr. Leffingwell very clear

.{39214}{39269}In some ways, he's excellent.{39273}{39321}But in others, not so excellent.{39325}{39378}In general, I would say we are for him.{39382}{39449}Except when it comes to those|features of character...{39453}{39528}...in which we might be disposed|to be against him.{39532}{39631}On the whole, that is my government's|position. Yes, exactly.{39635}{39755}Yes, the inscrutable East can always|be depended upon to be inscrutable.{39766}{39854}-Enjoy your dance, darling?|-The senator dances beautifully.{39858}{39939}Well, Lafe is not exactly|the log-cabin type.{39944}{40016}Rowell, the senator is coming|to lunch tomorrow.{40020}{40092}We'll be honored. You'll be|our first guest at the embassy.

{40096}{40167}-You're very kind.|-Bob, see you a minute?{40176}{40219}Will you excuse me?{40346}{40436}-Didn't see you at dinner, Fred.|-I just got here.{40440}{40512}Why didn't you take my call|from New York this afternoon?{40516}{40618}I didn't want to take your call.|Is that an honest enough answer?{40622}{40684}You were reaching|for Brig Anderson all the time?{40688}{40766}No. But we weren't reaching|for you, either.{40770}{40822}-He's in the club, isn't he?|-What club?{40826}{40903}Don't give me that.|The inner circle, the clique, the club.{40907}{40999}Look, Fred, you forced me|to offend you. I'm sorry.


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{41003}{41105}All right. I'm willing to forget it.|I'll still campaign for Leffingwell.{41109}{41187}Fine, Fred, but let's not irritate|the situation.{41191}{41305}Robert Leffingwell is the difference between|peace and war. I meanto fight for him.{41839}{41952}-Being exclusive, Harley?|-Just escaping for a moment.{41956}{41987}From the ladies?{42047}{42139}Do you mind if I ask you a question|that a vice president shouldn't ask?{42143}{42226}You mean like,|" How's the president's health? "{42231}{42310}I haven't seen him in six weeks.|He never calls me in.{42314}{42389}-I don't think he means to slight you.|-He probably does.{42393}{42443}But that's not why I'm asking.{42459}{42542}Look, I know I'm only Charming Harley,|the housewives' delight.{42546}{42659}I know I was only a compromise candidate|for vice president or I wouldn't be here.{42663}{42772}I never expected to be president, and I hope|to God I never will be, and I mean that.{42776}{42841}But the town's boiling|with rumors about his health.{42845}{42932}If they're true, I should at least be told.{42936}{42966}All right.{42970}{43032}But this is just my own opinion.{43036}{43133}I don't think the surgery last year|was successful.{43155}{43227}Well, I was once the happy governor|of Delaware...

{43232}{43330}...counting revenue from corporative setups|and having tea with the du Ronts.{43334}{43427}-Now--|-lt hasn't happened yet. Maybe it won't.{43432}{43505}Bob, I'm not sure I've got the stuff|to be president.{43509}{43547}Has anybody?{43552}{43614}Most presidents have to grow up|in the job anyway.{43618}{43719}The country could go to hell before|I'd grow big enough to see over the desk.{43723}{43814}Humility is not the worst attitude|you could have toward this job.{43818}{43890}It's a nice word for the shakes, "humility."{43894}{44011}In any case, you're the only vice president|we have, so the Constitution says.{44018}{44126}Leffingwell is not only an appeaser,|but a spendthrift to boot.

{44130}{44209}He can throw more money out|of the back door with a teaspoon...{44213}{44280}...than the government can bring in|with a shovel.{44284}{44383}He'll stage a giveaway to the communists|that'll make Munich looklike a clambake.{44388}{44456}What do you pump-order politicians|think the world's like?{44460}{44555}Wanna get us bombed out of existence|for some lousy, two-bit country...{44560}{44599}...that can't even feed itself?{44603}{44676}We have got to think of ourselves,|first and last.{44680}{44754}Would the senator yield the floor?{44761}{44824}This is no laughing matter to me,|Mrs. Harrison.{44828}{44900}Then perhaps this isn't the place|to discuss it.{44920}{44966}Excuse me.

{45019}{45102}-I'm terribly sorry, Dolly.|-Nonsense, Orrin.{45112}{45218}Why, Mr. Leffingwell does cause|excitement, doesn't he?{47376}{47442}-ls that you, darling?|-Hi.{47593}{47659}How did it go tonight, darling?{47663}{47755}Like any party you give. A smasher.{47801}{47861}You're the best there is, pet.{47865}{47956}Somebody said once,|a friend of mine, I'm sure...{47960}{48083}...that any bitch with a million bucks,|and a big house and a goodcaterer...{48087}{48167}...could be a social success in Washington.


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{48212}{48257}Do you think I'm a bitch?{48276}{48337}A perfectly nice one, if you are.{48347}{48434}And I'm probably the first man in your life|since your husband died.{48438}{48476}That's not a question.{48495}{48552}Don't feel obliged to volunteer information.{48556}{48597}You are.{48632}{48723}How long do you think I'm going to keep up|this backstairs romance?{48727}{48768}Front elevator.{48772}{48830}Elevator is right. At my age, I need it.{48834}{48913}Oh, your age. You're as virile|as a billy goat...{48917}{49002}...and make noises|like a wounded spaniel.{49014}{49101}-No marriage, huh?|-And spoil this convenient arrangement?{49105}{49151}Don't be silly.{49155}{49220}I think you're afraid|I won't get elected next time.{49224}{49305}No girl wants to be married to a has-been.{49313}{49397}-Well, we've got that established.|-And I'm sleepy.{49401}{49448}Are you sleepy?{49804}{49868}Will the committee come to order, please?{49880}{49968}I'll ask the witness to take his place|at the witness table.{50104}{50183}This hearing of the subcommittee of the|Senate Foreign Relations Committee...{50188}{50294}...is being held to consider the president's|nomination of Robert

A. Leffingwell...{50298}{50351}...for secretary of state.{50364}{50463}Mr. Leffingwell, I'm sure you know|all the members of the committee here.{50467}{50534}Senator Cooley is not|a member of the subcommittee...{50538}{50613}...but the full committee voted|him permission to join us...{50617}{50668}...for the purposes of cross-examination.{50672}{50743}I welcome Senator Cooley's|participation, Mr. Chairman.{50747}{50842}If not wholeheartedly,|certainly without fear.{50847}{50875}I commend your courage.{50880}{50967}Frankly, the senator|scares the wits out of everybody else.{50972}{51044}Would you please stand|and raise your right hand?{51064}{51155}Do you swear that the statements|you are about to give this commit

tee...{51159}{51261}...will be the truth, the whole truth|and nothing but the truth, so help you God?{51265}{51327}-Yes, sir, I do.|-Thank you.{51467}{51514}-Sorry, Brig.|-Not at all, Fred.{51518}{51574}I'm particularly interested in this hearing.{51578}{51663}I hope Mr. Leffingwell obtains|swift approval from this committee.{51675}{51751}I thank the senator for his comments.{51771}{51842}Mr. Leffingwell, I'm sure you have|a statement to make...{51846}{51896}...before the interrogation begins.{51900}{52011}Mr. Chairman, I believe I might serve this|committee best by answering its questions.{52015}{52055}As you wish.

{52061}{52118}Senator Knox, would you like to begin?{52122}{52208}Don't you feel we're worth the effort|of an opening statement?{52212}{52262}I'm only being practical, senator.{52266}{52339}Well, then I too shall be practical,|Mr. Leffingwell.{52344}{52391}Are you loyal to the United States?{52396}{52475}I don't mind admitting|that I'm loyal to the United States.{52512}{52593}But it wasn't an idle question,|Mr. Leffingwell.{52597}{52701}I've had some complaints against things|you've said in some of your speeches...{52705}{52760}...about our relations|with the communists.


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{52764}{52818}Some go so far as to say|you're not loyal.{52822}{52942}-There's no foundation for that, senator.|-I have a quote from oneof your speeches.{52955}{53064}"We must not bind ourselves|to outworn principles of the past...{53068}{53213}...when we find those principles standing|in the way of affirmative action for peace."{53223}{53298}-What does that mean?|-The past shouldn't lie too heavily...{53302}{53372}...upon our present efforts|to achieve world stability.{53376}{53457}You say "outworn principles of the past."{53461}{53515}Well, what principles|did you have in mind?{53520}{53601}I meant more a state of mind.|Perhaps the word "principle"...{53605}{53703}-...was not a good choice.|-Orrin, is that speech you got there...{53708}{53795}-...about defense mobilization?|-No, foreign policy.{53800}{53911}Mr. Chairman, the witness is the director|of the Office of DefenseMobilization.{53916}{53983}What's he doing making speeches|about foreign policy?{53988}{54087}You reckon he was bucking|for the job of secretary of state?{54111}{54200}I responded to an invitation|from the Chamber of Commerce of Chicago.{54204}{54271}The topic they gave me|to speak on was foreign policy.{54288}{54400}I've seen men angling|for high office, Mr. Chairman.{54404}{54499}That's the way they do it. They make|speeches. They flaunt themselves.{54504}{54581}-That's how they do it. Yes, sir.|-ln fact, Mr. Leffingwell...

{54585}{54681}...this was only one of a series of speeches|on foreign policy, wasn't it?{54685}{54727}Yes, sir, that's true.{54752}{54798}He made speeches. So what?{54802}{54845}We all make speeches.{54849}{54944}Mr. Leffingwell, you said you merely|meant to suggest a state of mind--{54948}{54987}This is a cute committee here.{54992}{55091}Do you think it's wrong to suspect|the good faith of the communists...{55096}{55146}...after four decades of dishonor?{55150}{55223}All things change.|It wouldn't hurt to assume at times...{55228}{55281}...a desire for peace from the communists.

{55285}{55377}On what basis?|These pious, hopeful men, Mr. Chairman.{55381}{55435}These wool-gathering optimists.{55439}{55530}Mr. Chairman, can't we get along|without this kind of questioning?{55534}{55643}At the risk of seeming discourteous to the|distinguished senator from South Carolina...{55648}{55727}...I'll remind him he's here|at the sufferance of the committee.{55740}{55875}I thank the esteemed chairman|for his courteous chastisement.{55879}{56010}Mr. Leffingwell, do I understand|you wish to placate the communists?{56014}{56119}Not placate. But neither do I want to kill|any chance of agreementbefore it starts.{56124}{56201}In an agreement, what terms|do you think would be valid?{56209}{56276}I can't answer that|without given circumstances.

{56287}{56382}-Will the senator yield?|-lf the senator will be brief.{56387}{56445}The senator wouldn't want me|to be too brief...{56449}{56509}...where the fate of my country|is concerned.{56513}{56663}Why are you afraid to tell us what terms|you'd make with the communists?{56668}{56756}-I just explained to Senator Knox--|-You're evading.{56760}{56859}We want to know what you intend|to give away to the communists.{56863}{56973}-I don't intend to give anything away.|-Why won't you tell us whatyour terms are?{56977}{57049}Are you ashamed to disclose these terms?


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{57053}{57115}I have nothing to be ashamed of,|and you know it.{57119}{57196}He is not responding, Mr. Chairman.{57200}{57274}This man is hiding something.{57278}{57354}Senator Knox, reclaim the floor.|This is getting us nowhere.{57358}{57475}I resent the chair's arbitrary attempt|to silence cross-examination...{57480}{57535}...that'll show this man's true intent.{57539}{57640}It is common knowledge that no one,|nowhere, and at no time...{57644}{57743}...has been able to silence the distinguished|senator from South Carolina.{57764}{57904}Well, sir, I might say the chairman's|doing a pretty good job of it right now.{57938}{58043}If you feel the witness is hiding something,|would you care to make a formal charge?{58057}{58138}Well, now, that'll just upset everybody.{58142}{58213}I'll just turn the floor back|to Senator Knox.{58217}{58260}No more right now, Mr. Chairman.{58277}{58349}-Senator Velez?|-Mr. Leffingwell...{58353}{58471}...what associations did you have when|teaching at the Universityof Chicago?{58475}{58574}The usual campus associations.|Other teachers, students.{58578}{58647}I have here a telegram|from someone named Gelman...{58652}{58733}...who claims to have known you|at the university.{58741}{58806}Do you recognize the name?

{58810}{58895}I don't think so, but that was quite|a few years ago, senator.{58899}{59007}Well, he says you associated|with left-wingers and communists.{59012}{59072}Is there anything to that, Mr. Leffingwell?{59076}{59139}I'd like to know what|Mr. Gelman means by...{59143}{59249}..."left-wingers" or "communists." Those|terms are used carelesslyby some people.{59253}{59303}Will Mr. Gelman be called to testify?{59308}{59352}I'm unable to find Mr. Gelman.{59356}{59451}Senator, I don't know what to say,|except the telegram is from some crank.{59456}{59552}-Senator from Hawaii.|-Just a hypothetical question.{59562}{59644}If the communists demand|we yield certain strategic positions...{59648}{59722}-...what would you recommend?|-We reject any such demand.

{59726}{59762}Even if it meant war?{59775}{59908}That's an unlikely hypothesis if we retain|our present power of retaliation.{59912}{59953}Say it did happen.{59957}{60010}Would you recommend|a preventive attack?{60016}{60057}Hit the enemy before they hit us?{60061}{60167}No, I wouldn't recommend a preventive|attack. I would first try tobargain...{60171}{60263}...try to agree to some of their demands|if they'd agree to some of ours.{60267}{60366}With the senator's permission, I'd like|to make a little speech tothe witness.{60370}{60493}Mr. Witness, I'd rather go out of this world|standing on my two hi

nd legs...{60497}{60622}...fighting like a man for things I believe in,|than to yield andconcede and crawl...{60626}{60708}...till there was nothing left|of our freedoms and way of life...{60712}{60823}...but a handful of lost dreams|and a fistful of dry dust.{60875}{60991}Mr. Chairman, it's mighty comforting|to know that all the folks out there...{60996}{61060}...aren't being took in|by this appeasement talk.{61084}{61192}Mr. Chairman, a little while ago,|Senator Knox asked me to define...


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{61196}{61259}...what I meant by "outworn principles."{61264}{61355}Senator Cooley has obliged|with a perfect illustration.{61360}{61447}He speaks of standing on his hind legs,|fighting like a man...{61452}{61573}...as if war were still some rousing charge|up San Juan Hill...{61584}{61660}...with flags flying and bugles sounding.{61675}{61759}It's this kind of 1 9th-century notion|I was talking about.{61764}{61896}This "don't tread on me,"|"walk softly and carry a big stick"...{61900}{61999}..."damn the torpedoes,"|"full speed ahead" state of mind.{62003}{62070}Senator Cooley's state of mind.{62285}{62384}It seems to me that the senator from|South Carolina was speaking out of pride.{62388}{62500}Do you think we should discontinue pride|in our freedoms and our way of life?{62504}{62647}I believe it's dangerous to negotiate survival|with pride determining our attitude.{62652}{62731}I wonder if there isn't good sense|in what Senator Cooley said.{62736}{62799}I wonder if we can't become too equivocal.{62803}{62878}I wonder if we can't reason away,|in the name of survival...{62882}{62930}...everything worth surviving for.{62938}{63053}That's a hard line to walk, but we have|no choice but to try and walk it.{63060}{63132}I'm sorry to say we can't always know|where we're going.{63136}{63200}As long as we know|where we're not going.{63214}{63274}Any questions, Senator Hendershot?

{63282}{63370}You're what they call an egghead,|aren't you, Mr. Witness?{63397}{63509}I'm not only an egghead, senator,|I'm a premeditated egghead.{63513}{63579}I set out to become an egghead,|and at this moment...{63584}{63635}...I'm in full flower of eggheadedness.{63639}{63695}I hope to shed pollen wherever I go.{63740}{63837}If there are no objections, we can leave|them laughing while we have lunch.{63841}{63913}We'll take it up again at 1 :30,|Mr. Leffingwell.{64168}{64235}Do you think the committee's|trying to smear you?{64239}{64295}They're asking what they feel|they should.{64300}{64354}Some questions|have been smear questions.{64358}{64423}Right now my main emphasis|is getting lunch.{64428}{64479}If he won't answer that question, I will.

{64484}{64550}The committee is being used|to smear Mr. Leffingwell.{64554}{64649}-What about that, Mr. Leffingwell?|-The senator is entitled to hisopinion.{64653}{64687}Will you excuse me, please?{64692}{64765}You don't like how this hearing|is being conducted, do you?{64769}{64839}The chairman should stop|these irresponsible questions.{64843}{64928}He doesn't want to.|They're out to crucify Mr. Leffingwell.{64932}{65034}Senator, Senator Van Ackerman is accusing|the committee of using smear tactics.{65038}{65079}Would you comment on this?{65084}{65195}If the senator has any complaints to make,|he should write a letter to his congressman.{65199}{65279}-Will you give Seab Cooley a free hand?|-Oh, come on.

{65420}{65491}Do you believe war can be avoided,|Mr. Leffingwell?{65495}{65622}I believe it must be avoided. But I don't|think we can avoid it byrattling sabers.{65645}{65696}That's all, Mr. Chairman.{65700}{65807}Now, Mr. Leffingwell, it becomes necessary|to turn you over to thetender mercies...{65811}{65933}-...of the senator from South Carolina.|-I'm girded for the occasion, Mr. Chairman.{65949}{66025}Thank you, Mr. Chairman.|I have no questions, Mr. Chairman.{66029}{66108}Then I don't see any reason|why we can't adjourn the hearing.


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{66112}{66148}If there are no objections.{66188}{66311}Would the nominee mind staying with us|for just a smidgen longer?{66324}{66431}I said I have no questions, Mr. Chairman.|But I have a witness I would like to call.{66445}{66482}Call your witness, senator.{66487}{66547}Herbert Gelman.{66722}{66832}Will the photographers|withdraw to the sidelines, please?{66989}{67064}-Are you Herbert Gelman?|-That's my name.{67084}{67138}Raise your right hand, please.{67171}{67254}Do you swear the testimony|you are about to give this committee...{67259}{67362}...will be the truth, the whole truth|and nothing but the truth, so help you God?{67366}{67437}-Yes, sir, I swear.|-Take a seat, please.{67540}{67581}Where do you live, Mr. Gelman?{67585}{67707}At 2221 Grove Rlace Northeast,|here in Washington.{67712}{67804}-Your occupation?|-I'm a clerk in the Treasury Department.{67808}{67896}Did you send this telegram|to Senator Velez?{67959}{68062}And, Mr. Gelman, would you mind|speaking just a little bit louder,please?{68087}{68143}Yes. Yes.{68160}{68236}Why didn't you include your address|so he could contact you?{68240}{68347}-That was Senator Cooley's idea.|-What did Senator Cooley have todo with it?{68352}{68434}He suggested that I send|a telegram to Senator Velez.

{68453}{68519}-ls this true, Senator Cooley?|-lt is, Mr. Chairman.{68523}{68606}Why didn't you tell us when|Senator Velez introduced the telegram?{68610}{68682}I was just giving the nominee|enough rope to hang himself.{68687}{68789}I resent being used as a cat's-paw|by the senator from South Carolina.{68793}{68863}I apologize to the senator from New Mexico.{68868}{68992}The senator will forgive me when he hears|what this new witness has to say.{69020}{69084}Do you know Robert Leffingwell,|Mr. Gelman?{69101}{69174}-Yes, sir.|-lntimately?{69184}{69222}Well, not intimately.{69226}{69283}Well, how? On sight or how?{69288}{69355}Well, closer than that.

{69359}{69455}I worked for the Federal Power Commission|when he was chairman.{69460}{69503}In his office?{69507}{69572}No, sir, at a subsidiary agency.{69576}{69646}But I knew him before then in Chicago.{69650}{69716}I was in one of his classes|at the university.{69720}{69774}I see. Does he know you?{69782}{69811}He ought to.{69816}{69887}He fired me from|the Federal Rower Agency.{69891}{69979}-For what reason were you fired?|-He wanted me out of the agency.{69994}{70058}-I knew too much.|-About what?{70062}{70103}About him.{70112}{70155}What do you know about him?{70160}{70218}He's a communist.

{70228}{70283}The nominee has|a right to cross-examine.{70287}{70383}I was about to ask, Mr. Leffingwell,|if you'd like to cross-examine as we go.{70388}{70451}Thank you, but I'll wait till he's finished.{70471}{70523}Senator Cooley, he's all yours.{70584}{70688}Now, sir, Mr. Herbert Gelman.{70692}{70795}Will you please tell the committee|how you happened to be here.{70799}{70870}I came to you about Mr. Leffingwell.{70875}{70977}Now I want you to tell the committee,|and the nation...{70981}{71039}...what you told me in my office.


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{71043}{71087}Yes, sir.{71101}{71174}When I was going|to the University of Chicago...{71178}{71262}...I lived at 271 4 Carpenter Street.{71274}{71426}I got to know a man, who also had|a room there, named Max Bukowski.{71430}{71526}-And he--|-How do you spell that name, Mr. Gelman?{71583}{71659}B-U-K-O-W-S-K-l.{71666}{71714}Would you continue, please?{71749}{71798}Bukowski invited me...{71802}{71912}...to sit in on|political discussions in his room.{71916}{71975}I went to several of these discussions...{71980}{72121}...before I realized I was getting involved|in a communist cell, and I dropped out.{72125}{72210}Who was in this communist cell?{72214}{72261}Bukowski was the leader.{72265}{72323}There was a man named James Morton.{72327}{72385}And then there was|Mr. Robert Leffingwell.{72389}{72447}You knew Mr. Leffingwell.{72451}{72550}Well, like I said, I was in one|of his classes at the university.{72554}{72695}Now I'll ask you to tell the committee|what was discussed at thesemeetings...{72700}{72803}...but I want to tell the committee|that I in no way coached thiswitness.{72807}{72880}The words that he uses|are his own words.

{72884}{72919}Mr. Gelman.{72924}{73002}Max Bukowski was a dogmatic Marxist.{73006}{73157}He didn't feel that communism would come|to America without violent revolution.{73161}{73253}But James Morton and Mr. Leffingwell|felt that communism...{73257}{73351}...would come as a result of the erosion|of our form of government.{73355}{73483}I remember James Morton saying|that our principles would become outworn.{73492}{73570}Now, it seems to me we've heard|that from somebody else today.{73574}{73625}Not mentioning any names, of course.{73629}{73695}Brig, we'll want verification|of this man's story.{73700}{73794}-I thank the senator for pointing that out.|-Someone's got to poin

t it out.{73799}{73864}I'd advise you to demand verification.{73874}{73931}I thank the senator for his advice.{73936}{74003}Would the senator care to sit|with the committee?{74008}{74074}Are you trying to choke me off, Brig?{74078}{74123}Not at all, Fred.{74128}{74159}Continue, please.{74164}{74287}Now, Mr. Gelman, you told me something|about names in this communist cell.{74292}{74367}Yes. Nobody used their right name.{74372}{74447}Mr. Leffingwell was called Walker.{74452}{74515}Bukowski was called Fitzgerald.{74519}{74607}I never learned|James Morton's real name.

{74611}{74686}And they tried to give me|the name of Andrews.{74690}{74734}About that time, I quit.{74738}{74801}What happened when you quit?{74805}{74890}Mr. Leffingwell failed me in his class|on government administration.{74895}{74987}Why didn't you report all this|to the university authorities?{74992}{75067}-I was afraid.|-And you're not afraid now.{75071}{75127}Yes, I'm afraid.{75131}{75208}But I couldn't stand by|and see a man like Mr. Leffingwell...{75212}{75283}...get into a position of power|as secretary of state.


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{75288}{75404}-Can you corroborate this, Mr. Gelman?|-The man's an eyewitness, under oath.{75412}{75527}-I'm not lying!|-I didn't say you were lying.{75544}{75662}Where can we find Max Bukowski|and James Morton?{75672}{75759}Bukowski's dead.|I never saw James Morton again.{75772}{75895}Maybe Mr. Robert A. Leffingwell|can help us to locate this James Morton.{75920}{76019}Would the committee grant me one hour|to prepare an answer to thistestimony?{76023}{76103}If he can defend himself,|let him do it right now.{76136}{76219}The committee will extend|this courtesy to the nominee.{76224}{76294}We'll stand recessed until 3:30.{76440}{76543}Seab, you don't believe|that tale yourself. Come on.{76547}{76593}Anyway, I'm rocking the boat.{76597}{76659}He's going to cut Gelman up|four ways from Sunday.{76663}{76750}And I'm going to pick off just enough votes|to push him into office.{76754}{76797}What about that, you old buzzard?{76801}{76919}Us old buzzards can see a mouse dying|from 1 0,000 feet up.{76924}{76999}Us old buzzards have|the sharpest eyes in creation.{77003}{77106}Right now, I'm studying the terrain.{77970}{78002}Thank you.{78088}{78184}Led by questions from Senator Brigham|Anderson, the witness flatlystated...

{78188}{78243}...that Robert Leffingwell|was a communist.{78247}{78330}He claimed he had once been|in a communist cell with Leffingwell.{78334}{78386}Leff, how are you? Come in.{78390}{78440}Daddy, George is hiding my new record.{78444}{78541}-I haven't even seen her old album.|-He has seen it. He's got it,Daddy.{78545}{78612}Kids, go in there and behave|or I'm gonna tell Mother.{78616}{78672}Leffingwell seemed to be|as flabbergasted....{78676}{78762}Leff, I've been watching|the whole awful business on television.{78805}{78860}-Sit down.|-Hardiman...{78864}{78946}...when I go back to the hearing,|I'll tell them the whole story.{78950}{79011}Chicago, Gelman, everything.{79019}{79122}You're bound to come into it.|Might be better if you're there with

me.{79126}{79183}We can make them understand|how it really was.{79188}{79238}Make who understand?{79243}{79347}-Who would even want to understand?|-We've got nothing to lose bytrying.{79351}{79410}-Nothing to lose?|-I'm under oath, Hardiman.{79414}{79488}I know you're under oath,|but wait a minute here.{79509}{79562}I've got a family to feed.{79566}{79683}Leff, look, if we do what you want,|we'll not only be through in government...{79687}{79746}...we'll never even get|a job teaching again.{79751}{79845}You know what happens when|these red-baiting newspapers get the scent.

{79856}{79957}-I know that, but what can I do?|-Withdraw. Don't go back to the hearing.{79962}{80022}That would be the worst|admission of guilt.{80027}{80117}There'd be a Senate investigation|in 24 hours. We'd be in the samespot.{80167}{80200}All right.{80204}{80275}Tell me this:|What do you owe these politicians?{80279}{80311}Nothing.{80315}{80433}They let that old megalomaniac Cooley bring|a half-witted clerk totestify against you.


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{80437}{80558}I know you're a man of principle. I admire|you for it, but it's notime to go by the book.{80562}{80619}-I don't know.|-You have to. You're putting...{80624}{80686}...your head on a chopping block|and mine with it.{80704}{80771}Look, you talk about being under oath.{80775}{80871}What about Gelman?|His testimony was shot with lies.{80875}{80961}He was never in one of your classes|at the university.{81048}{81127}Destroy him. It's easy for you, Leff.{81135}{81218}Will the chair please administer the oath|to Mr. Lewis Newborne...{81223}{81270}...of the Federal Rower Commission.{81275}{81343}Would you stand and raise|your right hand, please?{81391}{81473}Do you swear the testimony|you're about to give this committee...{81477}{81559}...will be the truth, the whole truth,|and nothing but the truth?{81563}{81614}-I do.|-Thank you. You may be seated.{81619}{81708}First, Mr. Chairman, let me say|that I do know Herbert Gelman.{81726}{81810}Looks like we might've smoked us out|a possum, Mr. Chairman.{81815}{81907}Afraid there'll be no possum stew|in the old Cooley pot tonight, senator.{81911}{81996}I realized I knew Herbert Gelman|only after I'd heard his testimony.{82000}{82052}-May I question Mr. Gelman?|-By all means.{82056}{82092}Mr. Gelman.{82096}{82163}Before being detached|from the Rower Commission...{82167}{82279}-...you'd been ill a long while, correct?|-I was in a tuberculosis

sanitarium.{82283}{82360}-Tuberculosis sanitarium?|-You know that, Mr. Leffingwell.{82375}{82434}You fired me when I tried|to come back to work.{82438}{82518}Can you tell us the name|of this tuberculosis sanitarium?{82527}{82610}-The name?|-Yes, the name. It had a name, didn't it?{82631}{82697}The name. I can't think of the name.{82701}{82758}It was in the country, in Maryland.{82762}{82815}Mr. Newborne, do you know|Herbert Gelman?{82819}{82914}Oh, yes. I was his immediate superior|in the Federal Rower Agency.{82918}{82990}Tell the committee the true cause|of Mr. Gelman's illness.{82995}{83143}It wasn't tuberculosis. Herbert--|Mr. Gelman had a mental breakdown.{83147}{83243}And the sanitarium was the Elm Grove|Rest Home right outside of Ba

ltimore.{83247}{83297}What happened|when he came back to work?{83301}{83408}He seemed, well, kind of shaky.|He couldn't seem to get a hold ofthe job.{83412}{83506}I went to Mr. Leffingwell, and I told him|that I wanted to let Gelman go.{83510}{83582}Mr. Leffingwell said he'd try|and find him another job.{83587}{83711}A few days later, on Mr. Leffingwell's|instructions, I dischargedGelman...{83715}{83802}...and recommended that he apply|to the Department of the Treasury.{83806}{83890}He made an application,|and he went to work over there.{83894}{83987}This, Mr. Chairman, is the sum total|of my knowledge of Herbert Ge

lman...{83991}{84059}...except I telephoned|the University of Chicago...{84063}{84127}...to find out if he'd ever been|a student of mine.{84131}{84206}The registrar said Gelman|had been at the university...{84210}{84283}...but there was no record|of his attending my classes.{84287}{84380}This will be confirmed by telegram|from the registrar to the committee.{84384}{84449}What do you have to say|to this, Mr. Gelman?{84459}{84503}I thought--{84513}{84648}I thought it was my duty as a citizen|to come here, expose Mr. Lef


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fingwell.{84652}{84771}You will receive another telegram. This one|from the city planningoffice of Chicago.{84775}{84851}Seems this address,|271 4 Carpenter Street...{84855}{84981}...where this communist cell practiced its|mumbo jumbo, accordingto Mr. Gelman....{84985}{85064}This address has been a fire station|for more than 50 years.{85164}{85242}Did you have a mental breakdown,|Mr. Gelman?{85332}{85440}Do you still insist you were fired by Mr.|Leffingwell because youknew too much?{85476}{85583}I didn't know that he got me the job|in the Treasury Department.{85590}{85694}Could you have been mistaken about being|in his classes in the university?{85709}{85755}I don't know.{85771}{85863}And what about 271 4 Carpenter Street?{85907}{86025}Well, it might not be the right number.{86029}{86078}I may not remember for sure.{86087}{86152}Rerhaps you don't remember|other things for sure.{86183}{86275}Well, if I did, would anybody believe me?{86370}{86426}I think we can let this witness go.{86430}{86481}Thank you, Mr. Gelman.{86509}{86575}I said you could go, Mr. Gelman.{86758}{86831}This committee owes you an apology,|Mr. Leffingwell.{86835}{86902}Perhaps Senator Cooley|would like to join us in that?

{86910}{86958}I'm not joining anybody in anything.{86963}{87067}Senator Cooley wants a transcript of this|hearing at the earliestpossible moment.{87086}{87208}The committee owes me no apology, Mr.|Chairman, nor do they owe meapproval.{87212}{87343}Win, lose, or draw I shall continue to serve|my country when and wherever I can.{88361}{88430}-Good afternoon.|-Yes, sir?{88434}{88542}Why, I'd surely be obliged if I could see|the employment record...{88546}{88583}...of Mr. Herbert Gelman.{88587}{88670}I'm sorry, sir, but employment records|are privileged information.{88675}{88767}You might say that I am privileged.|I'm Senator Cooley.{88771}{88863}You're a mighty pretty gal,|yes, ma'am. Mighty pretty.

{88867}{88979}I'm not entirely sure in which section|of this building Mr. Gelmanworks.{89016}{89066}Mr. Leffingwell.{89070}{89133}Well, Leff.{89140}{89202}-Congratulations.|-I appreciate your arranging...{89206}{89267}...to see me so quickly.|I know how busy you are.{89271}{89349}Glad you called.|I wanted to see you. Sit down.{89360}{89431}Bobby thinks the committee|will go four-to-one in your favor.{89435}{89507}He has enough votes sewed up|to get you through on the floor.{89511}{89600}So it looks like you're in.|How'd you like a drink, Mr. Secretary?{89604}{89680}Mr. Rresident, I'm not in,|and I'm not going to be in.{89684}{89743}-Yes, sir.|-What are you talking about?{89747}{89800}-Yes, sir.|-Nothing! Sorry.

{89804}{89911}Mr. Rresident, I want you|to withdraw my nomination.{89932}{89980}I lied at the hearing.{90415}{90478}I knew Herbert Gelman.|I knew him in Chicago.{90482}{90540}I knew him at those meetings.{90544}{90611}They were communist meetings,|Mr. Rresident.{90615}{90706}I was never a party member,|but I was young, looking for a cause.{90710}{90801}Didn't take long to discover|that wasn't it, and I dropped out.{90812}{90897}Please believe that,|Mr. President. It's true.{90988}{91062}But I am guilty of one bad error.{91066}{91158}I gave Herbert Gelman a job|to keep him from talking.


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{96700}{96751}He felt he should do the right thing.{96755}{96818}Nuts. He's protecting himself.{96870}{96935}Bess, get through to the|president at Camp David.{96939}{96984}Tell his secretary I want him next.{96988}{97055}I don't care who's ahead of me.|The queen of England.{97079}{97203}And it is not enough that the subcommittee|has permitted a great man to be smeared.{97207}{97338}Now the chairman of that subcommittee|is deliberately blocking thecommittee vote.{97342}{97447}It's one more thing to add to the most|unfair hearing in the history of the Senate.{97451}{97504}Sir, will the senator|yield for a question?{97508}{97595}-Will the senator yield for a question?|-I'll yield to the senator.{97599}{97683}Mr. Rresident, I admit I'm not|a supporter of Mr. Leffingwell...{97687}{97779}...but I watched the hearing on TV,|and it seemed eminently fair to me.{97783}{97911}Mr. Rresident, I'm sorry if the senator was|not perceptive enoughto grasp the obvious.{97915}{97975}I am telling the Senate|exactly what happened.{97979}{98076}As much as I appreciate hearing about|the senator's particular view...{98080}{98187}...I must say I will need more substantial|proof than the senator's own description.

{98191}{98243}Sir, is the senator calling me a liar?{98247}{98302}The record must stand as is,|Mr. President.{98306}{98381}How the senator interprets that|is his problem, not mine.{98385}{98490}Mr. President, the senator from Kansas|is welcome to take advantage of her sex.{98494}{98538}Oh, Fred, come off it.{98557}{98600}You think it's funny?{98604}{98664}You think the world thinks it's funny?{98668}{98789}The world thinks it's funny that we're trying|to smear a man who believes in peace?{98793}{98864}Do you think the people of this|country think it's funny?{98868}{98935}Does the senator from Utah|think it's funny?{98939}{99020}Will the senator from Utah tell us|why he is blocking the vote?

{99024}{99131}I'll tell you. He's assassinating the character|and reputation ofRobert Leffingwell!{99135}{99204}The senator asks me a question|and answers it himself.{99208}{99286}I prefer to make my own|reply, Mr. President.{99290}{99364}As chairman of the subcommittee,|I seek only to do my duty.{99368}{99493}And that I will do despite the hysterical|tantrums of the senatorfrom Wyoming.{99497}{99598}The senator is frightening no one|except the children in the visitors' gallery.{99602}{99679}I'm not too sure the senator|from Utah can't be frightened.{99683}{99777}There are ways to frighten any man,|even the senator from Utah.{99781}{99894}-Every man has his Achilles--|-The chair is tolerant, as everybodyknows.

{99898}{99963}But there'll be no threats|made in this chamber.{99967}{100038}-What happened to Harley?|-I don't know.{100042}{100085}I apologize to the chair.{100089}{100158}In my anxiety for a great cause,|I was carried away.{100162}{100227}-Will the chair hear a motion?|-Make your motion.{100235}{100315}I move that the Committee on|Foreign Relations be discharged...{100319}{100399}...from consideration of the nominee|for secretary of state...{100403}{100474}...and that the Senate vote on|Robert Leffingwell now.{100491}{100559}-Did he clear this with you?|-He did not.{100563}{100641}Bob, I can't let this pass.|I'm gonna have to open up.


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{100645}{100693}I'll try and stop it.{100700}{100791}Make Van Ackerman withdraw the motion.|Tell him we haven't enough votes.{100795}{100883}-Mr. President.|-The senior senator from Michigan.{100895}{100938}Mr. President...{100942}{101042}...it would certainly be a dramatic|affirmation of the nominee...{101046}{101115}...if we were to bypass|the regular procedures...{101119}{101184}...of the Senate|and vote him into office now--{101188}{101252}I won't withdraw.|He should make a motion himself.{101256}{101366}The balance of power in our government,|as created by the Constitution...{101371}{101488}...is the most brilliant device for the|protection of liberty conceived by free men....{101492}{101582}We're not ready for this, Fred.|Don't you understand?{101586}{101620}I'm ready for it.{101624}{101753}--that none can become absolute has made|this government the miracle of the ages.{101757}{101803}We must always guard this balance...{101807}{101908}...so this great dream of liberty within|discipline, which is America, will die.{101912}{101971}I tell you, we haven't got the votes.{101975}{102046}You'll get him beat before we|get him out of committee.{102050}{102131}--citizens of this republic|for almost two centuries.

{102135}{102277}Now Senator Van Ackerman's motion|proposes to ride over those procedures.{102281}{102386}Though I hope for the eventual|confirmation of the nominee...{102390}{102447}...I ask that this motion be defeated.{102451}{102518}It won't hurt Mr. Leffingwell|if he isn't confirmed...{102522}{102592}...by sundown today|or even sundown tomorrow.{102596}{102706}But it might hurt us most grievously|if we do what suits us...{102711}{102813}...in the heat and passion|of the passing moment.{102847}{102900}Is there a request for the yeas and nays?{102904}{102958}Squarehead Anderson can't block this.{102962}{103060}Senators, do I hear a request for the|yeas and nays? A quorum, maybe?{103064}{103143}What got your tongue today?|You're usually shaking the rafters.

{103147}{103299}It's my day for sunning myself, Mr. Majority|Leader, like an oldbullfrog on a lily pad.{103303}{103390}-You've got to withdraw.|-Does anybody want to say anything at all?{103394}{103491}-Mr. Rresident.|-Saved by the senator from Wyoming.{103501}{103649}Mr. Rresident, I have decided to heed the|wisdom of the esteemedmajority leader...{103653}{103724}...who has pointed out|the danger in my motion.{103728}{103814}I would not wish to abuse|this citadel of freedom.{103819}{103950}I will instead humble myself|before my peers and withdraw the--{103954}{104034}This news about Leffingwell|hit the president pretty hard.{104038}{104107}-He put a lot of faith in him.|-I'm sorry.{104111}{104195}He's coming to the correspondents'|banquet tonight. You going?

{104199}{104229}I plan to.{104233}{104326}He'd like to see you, Brig.|Would you come up to my place afterwards?{104330}{104434}What can I tell him I haven't told you?|All he has to do is withdraw the man.{104438}{104472}Did I eat crow nicely, Bob?{104476}{104545}Yeah, you did fine, Fred.|Thanks for your cooperation.{104549}{104601}Is Brig cooperating?{104835}{104939}Any time old Brig isn't cooperating,|I might be able to change his mind.


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{104943}{104980}Just let me know.{104984}{105052}Get off my back, Fred.{105365}{105420}Bob, see you a minute?{105424}{105475}Okay for after the banquet, Brig?{105479}{105529}Sure, all right.{105563}{105625}I said you made a mistake|with him. He's trouble.{105629}{105731}Fred, will you please butt out of this?|You're not doing Leffingwell any good.{105735}{105839}Okay, but if you want Brig whipped|into line, I've got the whipon file.{105843}{105921}I'm sure we can manage|without your file.{105926}{106046}Gentlemen, tonight is the one night|in the year when we're honor-bound...{106051}{106104}...not to be reporters.{106108}{106152}Our guests may speak freely...{106156}{106287}...and not have to read a hundred versions|of what they said inthe morning papers.{106291}{106434}So with that assurance, I give you|the president of the United States.{106846}{106965}Fellow members of the White House|Correspondents' Association...{106981}{107075}...the man says there are|no reporters present tonight...{107079}{107187}...but I'm going to exercise the privilege|given me by my gold membership card...{107191}{107248}...and reverse that traditional ruling.

{107262}{107340}Tonight, gentlemen,|there are reporters present.{107347}{107419}So get out your pencils.|We'll write ourselves a story.{107423}{107483}-This planned?|-Not by me.{107487}{107615}I see down there at table number three|the senior senator from South Carolina.{107631}{107681}Hello, Seab.{107703}{107768}And over there at table seven...{107772}{107865}...I see the senator from Utah,|Brigham Anderson.{107869}{107915}Hi, Brigham.{107932}{107976}I said, hi, Brigham.{108076}{108151}Now, a few days ago,|the president of the United States...{108155}{108222}...nominated a man|for secretary of state...{108226}{108290}...who the president thinks|is a pretty good man...

{108294}{108376}...and he wants that man|confirmed by the Senate.{108380}{108485}But the senior senator from|South Carolina, for reasons of his own...{108489}{108594}...and those reasons are never|like anybody else's reasons...{108623}{108679}...the senator's opposed to my nominee.{108683}{108751}Well, everybody expected that.{108755}{108838}We'd all be disappointed|if Seab hadn't reared back...{108843}{108941}...and huffed and puffed,|and tried to blow the house down.{108978}{109053}But now comes|Senator Brigham Anderson...{109057}{109143}...who nobody suspected|of being a big, bad wolf.{109158}{109272}And he goes Seab Cooley one better by|trying to dig a tunnel under the house.{109315}{109451}This is your story, fellow members of the|White House Correspond

ents' Association.{109458}{109546}The president is standing by his nominee.{109554}{109678}Despite Seab Cooley's windstorms|and Brigham Anderson's tunneling...{109683}{109836}...you can tell the readers the president|hasn't changed his mind about his nominee.{109840}{109938}He's going to fight for that|confirmation no matter what.{110411}{110450}What are you clapping for?{110454}{110530}I can afford to be charitable, sir.{111016}{111061}Mr. President.


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{111134}{111189}Sore at me, Brigham?{111193}{111258}Frankly, I'm puzzled, Mr. President.{111262}{111358}There's coffee and brandy here if you want.|I'll go down to thebanquet room.{111363}{111483}-lf it's okay, I'd rather have you stay.|-What's the matter, Brigham?{111487}{111533}You think you need a witness?{111537}{111576}I'm not sure, Mr. President.{111580}{111635}You'd better stay, Bobby.|Sit down.{111646}{111726}I have a feeling I might need|some help with this young man.{111737}{111832}Of course you know I'm grateful,|the way you put the lid on thismatter.{111847}{111899}I didn't get that impression tonight.{111903}{112028}Well, a president has to stand up for a man|he sends down to Senate. You know that.{112038}{112140}It seems to me, the sooner you withdraw|him, the sooner this will blow over.{112144}{112183}I still want him, Brigham.{112187}{112294}If we open this up, he won't be confirmed.|I'm sure Senator Munson told you that.{112298}{112397}If we don't open it up, we've got enough|votes committed to puthim through.{112401}{112466}I've gone as far as I can|with this, Mr. Rresident.{112495}{112582}I think the circumstances might|permit you to go a little furthe

r.{112586}{112670}You don't seriously believe|Leffingwell's a communist, do you?{112675}{112740}Whether he is or not, he lied under oath.{112751}{112820}Aren't you interested in why he lied?{112835}{112964}Well, I'm not completely unsympathetic,|but I just think that--{112968}{113026}You think he should let himself|be ruined...{113030}{113116}...just because he flirted with|communism a long time ago?{113120}{113178}My point is he should've|told the committee...{113182}{113248}...he had flirted with communism|instead of lying.{113252}{113343}Well, maybe there's nothing in your|young life you'd like to conceal...{113347}{113401}...but we're not all of us that fortunate.{113405}{113518}We have to make the best of our mistakes.|That's all Leffingwell

has done.{113522}{113646}As the leader of our party, I'm asking you.|Let me judge the man.{113655}{113759}Mr. Rresident, I don't want|to wreck his life.{113763}{113847}I don't want to deprive you|of his services in some other office.{113851}{113934}But in this case, his confirmation|as secretary of state...{113939}{113996}...I am bound by my duty|to my committee.{114000}{114056}You also owe a duty to your party.{114060}{114130}I can't subvert the purpose|of a Senate committee.{114141}{114222}You don't think Cooley subverted|the purpose of the committee?{114226}{114305}He's used his little forum|in a personal vendetta.{114309}{114408}Mr. Rresident, I'm sorry, but your|arguments won't wash with me.

{114453}{114533}My prestige is riding on this nomination.{114537}{114651}Rrestige of this country, Senator Anderson.|By God, that ought to wash.{114655}{114717}Or don't you know we're in trouble|in the world...{114721}{114784}...outside that little|subcommittee of yours?{114795}{114863}Yes, sir, I know our prestige will suffer...{114867}{114990}...but it will suffer a lot more if I have to|show up your nominee as a barefaced liar.{114994}{115094}If you won't withdraw him, I'll reopen|and call Hardiman Fletcher as a witness.


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{115098}{115191}Then do it. Do what you like.|I won't withdraw.{115327}{115402}-Good night, Bobby.|-Good night, Mr. Rresident.{115496}{115548}He has a case, Brig.{115560}{115649}You can't always cut it black or white.|Not in these times.{115653}{115718}But this is black and white.{115735}{115841}I just don't understand you. You make a|great speech about the balance of power...{115845}{115903}...then you ignore your responsibility...{115907}{116002}...and want me to rubber-stamp this|nomination just to please the president.{116022}{116082}I guess it is inconsistent...{116087}{116194}...but I've come a long way with him, ever|since we were green congressmen together.{116198}{116285}He's pulled us through|six hard years of crisis.{116292}{116362}He's tired, Brig, and he's ill.{116366}{116408}I love the man.{116423}{116498}I guess I can stretch|my responsibility a little.{116503}{116542}Love to help him.{116547}{116618}I'm sorry, but mine won't stretch.{116638}{116765}All right. Give him a few days to save face,|and then we'll putup another nominee.{116769}{116831}That isn't what the president said.{116835}{116898}He'll bend if he has to.{116903}{116966}And I guess he has to.

{119623}{119663}Brig?{119706}{119766}Did I wake you? I'm sorry.{119778}{119818}I was waiting for you.{119822}{119882}This was a night, Mrs. Anderson.{119887}{120027}Your husband had a knockdown-and-dragout|with the president of the United States.{120031}{120118}-Oh, Brig.|-It's all right. I won.{120136}{120196}I had a very strange phone call, Brig.{120215}{120261}Strange? Well, who was it?{120265}{120302}I don't know. A man.{120306}{120382}He said that before you go on|with the Leffingwell matter...{120386}{120449}...you ought to remember|what happened in Hawaii.{120453}{120502}Then he hung up.

{120515}{120580}What happened in Hawaii, Brig?{120614}{120660}What was the voice like?{120664}{120786}It was crawly. He made it sound like|he knew some kind of nastysecret.{120791}{120901}I've been on the front pages the past few|days. We're bound to get crackpot calls.{120905}{120971}Just hang up if you get any more.{120983}{121054}Are you sure you're doing|the right thing, Brig?{121058}{121135}Yes, darling, I'm sure.|Don't worry about it.{121151}{121211}What did he mean about Hawaii?{121216}{121272}I was stationed there|when I was in the Army.{121276}{121347}I don't see what that|has to do with Leffingwell.{121351}{121424}Just some crackpot, darling, that's all.

{121714}{121790}-Hello?|-Did you speak to your husband?{121794}{121866}-What do you want? Who are you?|-We're serious about this.{121871}{121929}-You call here one--|-Hello!{121933}{121970}Hello?{122054}{122133}-I told you to hang up on those calls.|-Brig, I'm frightened.{122137}{122234}Now, look, there is nothing to be|frightened of, Ellen. Nothing!{122256}{122318}Come on, let's have some breakfast.{122351}{122461}The senator handling the inland waterways|bill can't be presentthis afternoon.{122465}{122519}If the senator from Michigan will agree...


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{122523}{122622}...I would like to ask that nothing|be put ahead of this bill.{122627}{122688}Since the afternoon is|an extremely busy one--{122692}{122744}When is the president going to withdraw?{122748}{122851}You can't hurry him, Brig. After all,|we don't run that end of the avenue.{122857}{122935}I am very glad to accommodate|the senator, Mr. Rresident.{122939}{123000}I move we stand in recess|until noon tomorrow.{123004}{123074}Without objection, so ordered.{123078}{123107}Have you seen him?{123111}{123202}He's on a destroyer at Chesapeake Bay|for the naval boat race.{123206}{123299}Come on, don't look so worried.|After all, you won your point last night.{123303}{123348}Have a cup of coffee with me.{123352}{123400}No, thanks.{123760}{123835}Early recess, senator?{123859}{123889}Hello, Seab.{123893}{123970}A man can live like a mole|in the halls of that old capitol.{123975}{124078}Me, I just sit out here for a while|most every day, winter or summer.{124082}{124184}You look like you've got|the burden, son. Sit down.{124307}{124416}You got them treed, haven't you? Look|out they don't shinny downon top of you.{124420}{124511}You're dealing with devious|men, senator. Yes, sir.{124515}{124619}Devious, powerful men.

{124626}{124746}Hardiman Fletcher took a plane|to Europe this afternoon.{124751}{124812}A mission for the president.{124816}{124926}Gonna make a study|of world currency problems.{124970}{125007}You know that?{125011}{125086}Well, it'll be in the papers|tomorrow morning.{125132}{125222}-Where do you come into this, Seab?|-Well...{125230}{125371}...Iet's just say you've got a friend.|A powerful, devious friend.{125379}{125420}Thanks.{125442}{125499}Thanks. I might need him.{125749}{125798}-Bob.|-Hi, Brig.{125803}{125878}-Change your mind?|-I just wanna verify something.{125883}{125929}Something about Hardiman Fletcher.

{125933}{125996}Well, what about Hardiman Fletcher?{126023}{126074}Is this an act?{126111}{126197}-I don't know what you're talking about.|-Go now.{126351}{126423}I give you my word,|I don't know anything about it.{126427}{126504}I don't understand why|the president did this.{126512}{126630}All I can think of is he's making sure|you won't jump the gun until he's ready.{126863}{126903}Hello.{126931}{126966}Oh, yes, he's here.{126971}{127006}Who is this?{127011}{127055}Just a minute, please.{127120}{127162}Oh, Brig, there's a call for you.{127166}{127223}-For me?|-Yeah. It's your clerk.

{127396}{127471}-Hello.|-Hello. Senator Anderson?{127475}{127526}-Who is this?|-Well, it's not your clerk.{127531}{127635}Don 't hang up, senator. You'll be interested|in this. We have the stuff on Hawaii.{127639}{127724}If you don 't want us to use it,|you'll get out of Leffingwell'sway.{127728}{127791}This is no joke, senator. We'll use it.{127795}{127857}Use what? What? I don ' t know what--{127861}{127955}It's a photograph, senator. And a letter.{128385}{128456}Listen, I won ' t be scared off. I mean it.


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{128460}{128539}I won ' t carry this anymore.|I'll go to Senate and tell it all!{128543}{128609}-Take it easy. What's the matter?|-He withdraws!{128613}{128727}I don't mean tomorrow! I don't mean next|week! Today, you understand? Today!{128746}{128782}Brig.{128990}{129045}Will you come in, Miss Foster?{129201}{129323}There was a man about five or six weeks|ago. His name was Raymond Shaff.{129327}{129423}" Ray," he probably said. I didn't want to|talk to him. Do you remember?{129427}{129517}Yes. He called several times.|He also came to the office.{129521}{129591}-Did he leave a number?|-I think so.{129988}{130026}Senator?{130030}{130072}Yes, Miss Foster?{130076}{130189}I have no telephone number, but l|have an address in New York City.{130193}{130290}Thank you. Would you just|put it on my desk, please?{131224}{131298}-Then why send Fletcher away?|-I had nothing to do with it.{131302}{131366}I haven't talked to the president|since the hearing.{131371}{131490}You expect me to believe you don't know|whether he's going to withdraw you or not?{131494}{131623}Senator, I've put myself at his disposal.|I'm waiting for him totell me what to do.{131627}{131681}Well, I won't wait.|I don't need Fletcher.

{131685}{131763}I'll convene the hearing|and you won't lie this time.{131777}{131816}You can't do that, senator.{131820}{131851}I've got to do it!{131855}{131938}Why? What does a day matter?|Or two? You have the whip hand.{131951}{131983}I'm giving you a chance.{131987}{132067}Call the press, announce your|withdrawal. Forget the president.{132071}{132112}I've given the president my word.{132116}{132194}Your word is not exactly|the coin of the realm.{132223}{132341}No, maybe it isn't, thanks to your|committee. But I still placea value on it.{132351}{132438}And there's nothing more to be said.|Good afternoon, senator.{132877}{132934}Did you hear all of that, Johnny?{132977}{133023}Did you understand it?

{133207}{133276}Well, I don't exactly know|how to explain it, Johnny.{133280}{133357}-Okay.|-No. Wait a minute.{133451}{133505}I could tell you the truth.{133536}{133573}All right.{133743}{133792}Sit down, Johnny.{133908}{133938}Brig?{133959}{134017}I'd like to talk to you, please.{134236}{134272}I had another call, Brig.{134276}{134332}Yes, I took the call.{134339}{134458}When did I become the little woman who's|supposed to sit at homeand know nothing?{134465}{134558}Brig, I've campaigned with you.|I've worked for you.{134562}{134614}I know politics isn't all...

{134619}{134667}...Iove thy neighbor and friendship.{134671}{134719}I know how cruel it can be.{134731}{134786}There's trouble. I want to know what it is.{134790}{134878}Rlease, Daddy, you promised|to play with me.{134891}{134922}In a minute, Pidge.{134926}{134992}Do you know someone named Ray?{135059}{135122}Please, Daddy.{135131}{135189}Please, Pidge.{135193}{135240}Go back in the garden.{135244}{135301}Daddy will be there in a minute.


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{135384}{135493}He said to tell you|that they had bought Ray.{135507}{135558}What does that mean?{135603}{135635}I don't know.{135639}{135698}You must know.{135728}{135810}Will you please just leave this to me?{135814}{135897}But it's coming into my|home on that telephone.{135901}{136003}They're calling me, Brig. They're trying to|force you to do something through me.{136007}{136068}Now, you've got to tell me what it is.{136072}{136147}You're getting all hysterical about nothing.{136151}{136280}Now, I don't know what those phone calls|are about, but I'm trying to find out.{136307}{136409}For the first time in our lives,|you're not telling me the truth.{136427}{136490}That awful creature on the telephone.{136495}{136583}He knows what he's talking about.|He's not making something up.{136587}{136693}Something will happen if you don't do what|he wants, and you must prepare me for it.{136697}{136770}Ellen, please, don't press me.{136799}{136857}I've got to have time to work this out.{136861}{136911}Why can't I help you?{136915}{136964}What do you think I live for?{136968}{137047}You're my whole life, you and Ridge.|There isn't anything else.{137051}{137109}I know that. I know that.

{137138}{137250}If they're threatening you through me,|it can only mean one thing.{137254}{137312}It's about a woman, isn't it?{137325}{137390}Is that why you're afraid to tell me?{137418}{137499}I know I'm not everything|a wife should be.{137519}{137594}I know we haven't had|an exciting marriage.{137607}{137658}It's my fault.{137680}{137783}Darling, nothing in the whole world|is your fault.{137789}{137916}This is something from a long time ago.|Before I even knew you.{137968}{138018}If I could only--{138051}{138158}-Tell me, Brig, tell me.|-I can't.{138236}{138308}Then you'd better do|what these people want.{138320}{138382}It doesn't seem so very much.

{138387}{138458}Not if it means that our whole....{138465}{138547}If I do what they want,|everything that I have tried to be...{138551}{138686}...everything that I have tried to stand for in|my life would bejust thrown away. No.{138728}{138817}Brig, I can't wait|for a mountain to fall on me.{138821}{138881}I can't be that brave.{138903}{138964}I'll take Pidge and leave.{138991}{139073}Shall I do that?|Shall I take Ridge and go?{139155}{139209}What do you expect me to do?{139213}{139348}All I want to do is stand beside you,|and you give me no place to stand.{139416}{139503}I want you to wait.|Wait for just a little while.{139507}{139639}If I can't stop these people, then I'll|tell you all there is to

tell, everything.{139643}{139761}Then you can decide.|But wait. Please wait.{139777}{139830}And if you do stop them?{139850}{139926}I'll ask you to try and forget|this ever happened.{139969}{140048}Oh, I couldn't leave you.{140067}{140155}No matter what happens,|I couldn't leave you.{140163}{140217}Hurry up, Daddy.{140226}{140299}Hurry up, Daddy. It's getting dark.{140388}{140475}Oh, go and help her with the silly fish.{140531}{140594}I have to do something about dinner.


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{140767}{140823}Where is Daddy going?{140844}{140934}-Have you any luggage, senator?|-No. No luggage.{140938}{141041}Hold flight 338. VlR.|Senator Anderson.{141045}{141108}-Gate 1 1, sir.|-Thank you.{141245}{141364}And Brig was more determined than ever the|president should withdraw Mr. Leffingwell.{141384}{141462}Then these telephone calls|began to come.{141467}{141551}I don't know what else to tell you, Lafe.|I know I'm meddling.{141555}{141659}I know Brig will be angry and embarrassed|if he finds out I talked to you.{141663}{141710}Maybe he won't have to know.{141719}{141799}I said some things to him|I shouldn't have said.{141803}{141879}He was desperate when he left.|Really desperate, Lafe.{141883}{141962}He might be protecting someone else.|Had you thought of that?{141976}{142087}Yes, that might be it.|That's like Brig.{142091}{142133}I'll tell you what.{142148}{142239}When he comes home, tell him|to call me at Dolly Harrison's.{142243}{142323}I'll get around and find out|what it's all about.{142327}{142373}Now, you stop worrying.{142377}{142447}-I'm sorry to bother you, Lafe.|-I'm glad you did.{142451}{142501}What's a friend for?{142795}{142875}This must be Lafe. Excuse me.{142971}{143037}Senator, we were just|about to begin without you.{143041}{143096}I'm sorry, Dolly.|It was unavoidable.

{143100}{143147}I'm sure she must have been.{143151}{143261}Oh, Dolly. Could you get Bob|to drift out here for a minute?{143265}{143356}Oh, we are serious, aren't we? Of course.{143501}{143549}Hello, lover.{143571}{143668}Bob, I know about the argument|between Brig and the president.{143672}{143712}-How?|-His wife.{143716}{143818}-Now I know why I never married again.|-No, no. She's scared.{143837}{143906}Bob. Brig's got a blackmailer on his tail.{143910}{143943}Blackmailer?{143947}{144010}-You know anything about it?|-Are you joking?{144015}{144056}It's about Leffingwell.{144060}{144102}Thought maybe you had some ideas.{144106}{144148}Where is Brig?

{144163}{144226}I've been looking for him.|That's why I'm late.{144230}{144323}Blackmail. Are you sure|his wife isn't exaggerating?{144331}{144373}I don't believe so.{144388}{144427}Well?{144455}{144516}Yes, I might have some idea.{144520}{144609}Why in the devil didn't he come to me|with this or to you? Somebody?{144613}{144714}-Did you leave word for him to call here?|-His wife or office will tell him.{145510}{145570}- Yes?|-Ray?{145575}{145607}Who is it?{145628}{145679}Is this Raymond Shaff?{145735}{145774}Hello.

{146166}{146201}-You want Ray?|-Yes, please.{146205}{146285}-He doesn't live here, you know.|-He left this apartment number.{146289}{146369}-I'm a friend of Ray's. Are you a friend?|-Where can I find him?{146373}{146409}Won't you sit down, please?{146413}{146495}-Do you know where I can find Ray?|-Rlease, sit.{146541}{146611}I'm making some tea.|Would you like some tea?{146615}{146655}Thanks just the same.{146707}{146806}-My name is Manuel. I didn't get your name.|-Do you know where Ican reach Ray?{146810}{146878}-I'd appreciate it.|-I said, I didn't get your name.


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{146882}{146919}Anderson.{146935}{146983}Where are you from, Mr. Anderson?{146987}{147082}Well, if it's any help, I'm from out|of town. Utah. I knew Ray in the Army.{147087}{147154}Oh, Utah. Way out West.{147158}{147214}Mormons, and "This is the place"|and all that.{147218}{147296}Mr. Manuel, if you don't mind,|I'm in kind of a hurry.{147303}{147401}I have kind of a mail and answering service|here for friends like Ray.{147405}{147444}Nothing big.{147488}{147551}Confidential, you understand.{147631}{147664}See?{147668}{147743}Oh, yes. Yes, I see.{147755}{147831}-Will this do?|-Oh, anything. Just put it there.{147835}{147895}Would you like to meet Ray here?{147899}{147961}Can't you give me his address|or phone number?{147965}{148027}It's convenient here. It's quiet.{148034}{148063}Cream or lemon?{148067}{148143}Mr. Manuel, do you know|where Ray is or don't you?{148147}{148198}Oh, it's like that.{148202}{148271}Urgent, sudden, PDQ.{148311}{148363}Won't you sit down, please?{148395}{148447}Yes, it's urgent.{148473}{148522}I think he'll be at 602.

{148543}{148606}-It's a big night at 602.|-602 what?{148610}{148650}The club, 602.{148670}{148714}I'll give you the address.{148774}{148824}You can come back here with Ray.{148846}{148886}I mean, you've paid.{150117}{150171}Well, come on in.{150175}{150226}Don't just stand there.{150359}{150418}Hey, don't run off.{150553}{150590}Ray?{150600}{150646}Ray! You're with me.{150722}{150755}Brig?{150838}{150879}-Wait a moment, Brig.|-Taxi!{150883}{150932}Let me explain. Brig, wait a moment.

{150936}{150972}-Taxi!|-Brig....{150983}{151046}I needed money, Brig.|Well, you wouldn't see me.{151051}{151096}I kept calling. I was drunk.{151100}{151141}Newark Airport!{151146}{151193}Drive, will you? Drive!{152029}{152088}Please fasten your seat belt, senator.{152795}{152835}You mind, Brig?{152867}{152936}Harley. Sure. I didn't see you.{152940}{153034}-lf you'd rather sleep--|-No, no, no. Sit there.{153073}{153148}-What time do we get to old Foggy Bottom?|-About midnight.{153158}{153258}What? What were you doing|in New York, making a speech?{153263}{153314}PTA convention. You?{153319}{153378}Business. Just business.

{153420}{153462}Are you going to give in?{153482}{153527}On Leffingwell, I mean.{153538}{153590}I know what you mean.{153594}{153677}-What do you know about it?|-Well, I can't say I know anything.{153681}{153770}I'm not included in very much,|either by the senators or the president.{153775}{153850}But that doesn't prevent me|from doing a little guesswork.{153855}{153932}You're being pushed and pushed hard,|aren't you, Brig?{153967}{154059}Why are you going it alone?|That's what I don't understand.{154137}{154231}Some character once said that being|vice president isn't exactly


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a crime.{154235}{154281}They can't put you in jail for it.{154285}{154401}But it is a sort of a disgrace,|like living in a mansion with nofurniture.{154405}{154485}If you don't mind traveling|in such impoverished company...{154489}{154548}...I might be able to help you.{154552}{154657}I've suddenly gotten the feeling you're the|most underestimatedman in Washington--{154661}{154702}Anything I can do, Brig.{154760}{154810}Maybe you're right. Maybe if....{154815}{154850}Go ahead.{154854}{154957}Ladies and gentlemen, we are approaching|an area of possible turbulence.{154961}{155034}Please fasten your seat belts. Thank you.{155063}{155102}Brig?{155117}{155158}Forget it, Harley.{155163}{155226}Please forget it.{155588}{155661}Well, looks like rain. I'll run you home.{155665}{155746}-Come on, hop in.|-What? Oh, no. No, thanks, Harley.{155750}{155798}I've got my car over here.{155802}{155838}Brig?{155849}{155897}Do you feel all right?{155944}{155986}Good night, Harley.{156421}{156465}Good evening, senator.

{156484}{156561}-Hi, Mike.|-Senator Smith was around looking for you.{156565}{156631}He said you can get him|at Mrs. Harrison's.{156678}{156715}Thanks.{156743}{156809}But the elevators are running, senator.{163722}{163762}Senator.{163831}{163878}You in there, senator?{163960}{164006}It's Mike, senator.{164119}{164166}Ace queen bets three.{164170}{164218}Dear me.|I may be forced to drop out.{164223}{164291}Is that how the British|played their cards at Waterloo?{164295}{164388}No, but it served us well at Dunkirk.|Different hands, of course.{164408}{164447}-Out.|-No good.

{164451}{164489}Nope.{164500}{164595}-Running a sandy, Seabright?|-No. I'm running a possum.{164599}{164655}It looks like I've got him nearly treed.{164659}{164717}Senator Smith,|you're wanted on the telephone.{164721}{164775}Thank you. Excuse me.{164779}{164832}-Closed.|-All right?{164836}{164883}Wheel and deal, madam.{164987}{165065}Still a possible flush. Rair of sevens.{165069}{165106}Jack to me.{165187}{165223}Is that Brig?{165272}{165310}What's the matter?{165351}{165394}He's dead.{165411}{165446}Brig?

{165450}{165486}In his office.{165491}{165520}He cut his throat.{165524}{165610}Are you two at it again?|We're on the last hand.{165817}{165857}Sorry, everyone.{165862}{165932}-We just got word Brig Anderson's dead.|-What?{165936}{165973}Oh, Bobby.{165977}{166062}Stan, will you get Harley and meet Lafe|and me at the Anderson home?{166067}{166121}-I know he'd like to be there.|-Of course.{166125}{166166}How did it happen?


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{166179}{166232}It looks like he killed himself.{166546}{166593}No, I don't know.{166617}{166694}He was good, and kind and honest.{166715}{166794}I don't know what it was|they were trying to use against him.{166814}{166889}But whatever it was,|they can't use it anymore.{166900}{166954}So it doesn't matter, does it?{166973}{167037}Did Brig have any idea about...{167047}{167108}...who might be behind all this?{167112}{167151}No.{167176}{167214}No.{167249}{167292}Excuse me.{167304}{167359}Please excuse me!{167408}{167472}I know Van Ackerman's behind it.{167476}{167545}What I don't know, is he alone in it?{167549}{167618}If he is alone in it,|it becomes a Senate matter...{167622}{167686}...for the Senate to handle|in its own way.{167691}{167747}And if Van Ackerman isn't alone?{167964}{168064}Is that what they think of me on the Hill?|Is that what you think of me, Bobby?{168068}{168166}No, I don't. But Harley here|might like a straighter answer thanthat.{168179}{168262}As God is my witness, Harley,|I know nothing of it.{168266}{168342}-What about Leffingwell?|-There will still be a suspicion...{168347}{168458}...in some quarters that you're involved in|Brig's death. Better

withdraw Leffingwell.{168463}{168565}The president is always suspect by some|because people are s

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