1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 www.caseway.ai is for people who can’t afford a lawyer 2 00:01:15,276 --> 00:01:17,526 Do you solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute 3 00:01:17,550 --> 00:01:19,550 the office of president of the United States... 4 00:01:19,940 --> 00:01:21,620 and will to the best of your ability... 5 00:01:21,658 --> 00:01:25,548 preserve, defend and protect the constitution of the United States? 6 00:01:25,690 --> 00:01:26,710 I do. 7 00:01:29,057 --> 00:01:30,647 Congratulations Mr President. 8 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:18,810 Good fight, Mr President... The inauguration went off with a bang. 9 00:02:18,853 --> 00:02:20,483 Yes, but it was pretty wet. 10 00:02:21,065 --> 00:02:22,705 That's more than I can say for this punch! 11 00:02:26,315 --> 00:02:27,525 Don't you worry about Paris. 12 00:02:27,635 --> 00:02:30,035 I'm not... It's Oklahoma I'm worried about! 13 00:02:31,033 --> 00:02:33,313 - Goodnight, Ted. - Goodnight, Senator. 14 00:02:34,174 --> 00:02:35,400 Glad to have you in the cabinet. 15 00:02:35,424 --> 00:02:37,424 Well, it's better than being a lame duck. 16 00:02:39,682 --> 00:02:42,592 Goodnight, Mr Vice-President. Hope you sleep well. 17 00:02:42,681 --> 00:02:44,761 When did a vice-president ever do anything else? 18 00:02:48,455 --> 00:02:51,805 Judd... one of your constituents outside is very anxious to see you. 19 00:02:52,127 --> 00:02:54,807 I don't want to see anybody... My hand is worn out now. 20 00:02:55,073 --> 00:02:56,533 Well you better see this fellow... 21 00:02:56,588 --> 00:02:58,448 He's insistent and he's armed. 22 00:03:03,252 --> 00:03:05,162 - Hello Uncle Judd! - Hello Jim! 23 00:03:05,244 --> 00:03:07,464 He insisted on coming to your reception, Mr President. 24 00:03:07,557 --> 00:03:08,647 That's alright, Miss May. 25 00:03:08,713 --> 00:03:09,483 Beekman... 26 00:03:09,504 --> 00:03:12,624 He's the only person that see the president at any time without an appointment. 27 00:03:12,689 --> 00:03:14,309 Jim, I want you to meet the gentleman 28 00:03:14,416 --> 00:03:16,408 who made your uncle the president of the United states. 29 00:03:16,432 --> 00:03:17,602 I've got a speech. 30 00:03:17,682 --> 00:03:19,682 Alright, let's hear the speech. 31 00:03:19,746 --> 00:03:22,556 I love my Uncle Jud because he's going to cure the depression... 32 00:03:22,583 --> 00:03:24,013 and make all the people rich again. 33 00:03:27,135 --> 00:03:29,725 I see your nephew is inclined to the military. 34 00:03:30,104 --> 00:03:31,214 What's that? 35 00:03:31,236 --> 00:03:32,706 Are you going to be a soldier, Jim? 36 00:03:32,924 --> 00:03:34,994 No, I'm going to be a gangster. 37 00:03:35,862 --> 00:03:37,532 I guess it's more profitable, at that. 38 00:03:41,112 --> 00:03:42,532 Are you a policeman. 39 00:03:44,502 --> 00:03:46,962 You have a very ignorant nephew, Mr President... 40 00:03:47,213 --> 00:03:50,853 He should know I'm not a policeman, by looking at my feet. 41 00:03:51,487 --> 00:03:53,487 You'd better run along home now, Jim. 42 00:03:53,698 --> 00:03:55,288 Gangsters need some rest, you know. 43 00:03:58,580 --> 00:04:00,060 Goodnight, Mr president. 44 00:04:00,221 --> 00:04:03,171 I hope you'll have a different opinion of me, than your nephew. 45 00:04:11,237 --> 00:04:12,427 Did I keep my promise, Judd? 46 00:04:12,487 --> 00:04:13,957 Well, I'm in The White House. 47 00:04:14,596 --> 00:04:16,136 And considerably worried. 48 00:04:16,416 --> 00:04:18,136 - Why? - When I think of all the promises... 49 00:04:18,236 --> 00:04:20,056 I made the people, to get elected. 50 00:04:20,494 --> 00:04:21,744 You had to make some promises. 51 00:04:22,064 --> 00:04:24,354 By the time they realise you're not going to keep them, 52 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,351 your term will be over. 53 00:04:28,823 --> 00:04:30,733 Thanks for those unexpected votes from Alabama. 54 00:04:30,798 --> 00:04:32,458 Wait till you get the bill for them! 55 00:04:43,690 --> 00:04:44,820 Good luck, Chief! 56 00:04:45,073 --> 00:04:46,143 Senator Langham... 57 00:04:46,229 --> 00:04:48,533 If you run the Senate, like I'm going to run The White House... 58 00:04:48,557 --> 00:04:50,067 we won't need any luck. 59 00:04:54,119 --> 00:04:55,239 Jasper... 60 00:04:55,455 --> 00:04:57,455 I can't tell you how grateful I am. 61 00:04:59,354 --> 00:05:00,604 Don't mention it. 62 00:05:01,166 --> 00:05:03,636 You'll make the best president the party ever had. 63 00:05:17,510 --> 00:05:18,640 Well, Beekman... 64 00:05:19,229 --> 00:05:20,639 Here we are in The White House. 65 00:05:21,604 --> 00:05:23,754 Pretty big place for a bachelor president. 66 00:05:24,612 --> 00:05:26,192 I think I'll look the place over. 67 00:05:26,401 --> 00:05:29,961 I feel a good deal like a puppy... I have to turn around 3 or 4 times... 68 00:05:30,026 --> 00:05:31,116 before I lie down. 69 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:35,706 I hope I never have to shake hands again, the rest of my life. 70 00:05:39,830 --> 00:05:41,650 Is there anything else I've got to do? 71 00:05:41,799 --> 00:05:43,799 There are a lot of cablegrams up in your study. 72 00:05:44,174 --> 00:05:46,174 I suppose I should read those. Anything else? 73 00:05:46,642 --> 00:05:50,082 Well I'd like you to know how much I appreciate this opportunity of serving my country. 74 00:05:52,151 --> 00:05:53,321 Serving your country, yes... 75 00:05:53,823 --> 00:05:55,023 Beekman... 76 00:05:55,471 --> 00:05:58,201 Do you realise you're the youngest secretary a president ever had? 77 00:05:58,283 --> 00:05:59,533 I appreciate the honour, Sir. 78 00:05:59,565 --> 00:06:01,565 We need young blood around here. 79 00:06:02,119 --> 00:06:03,629 Beekman's rather a long name... 80 00:06:03,877 --> 00:06:06,337 - Do you mind if I call you Beek? - Not at all, Sir. 81 00:06:06,924 --> 00:06:09,364 I'll call you "Beek", and you call me "Major", OK? 82 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:35,113 Oh, Mr Beekman! 83 00:06:35,385 --> 00:06:37,795 Mr Beekman is the president's secretary. 84 00:06:41,963 --> 00:06:43,393 Miss Malloy... is that correct? 85 00:06:43,776 --> 00:06:45,276 Miss Pendola Malloy. 86 00:06:46,479 --> 00:06:49,059 Miss Malloy, the president has had a rather trying day. 87 00:06:49,252 --> 00:06:51,832 I know... Inaugurations are very trying. 88 00:06:53,901 --> 00:06:57,001 May I ask what it is you wish to see the president about? 89 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:59,518 About Miss Pendola Malloy. 90 00:07:00,323 --> 00:07:01,493 Of course. 91 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,540 If you have a seat, I'll notify the president you're here. 92 00:07:06,010 --> 00:07:07,260 You're so kind. 93 00:07:14,316 --> 00:07:16,316 Here are some more of them telegrams, Major. 94 00:07:16,424 --> 00:07:18,424 Hello, Sebastian... How do you like your new home? 95 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,990 It sure am a big place Sir... 96 00:07:21,306 --> 00:07:23,886 Red rooms, blue rooms, green rooms... 97 00:07:23,924 --> 00:07:26,044 At times like these, the president needs lots of rooms. 98 00:07:26,064 --> 00:07:28,774 Sebastian, I never knew there were so many kings in the world. 99 00:07:28,799 --> 00:07:30,099 And neither did I, Sir. 100 00:07:30,182 --> 00:07:33,232 His Majesty desires to convey to you and all the American people... 101 00:07:33,260 --> 00:07:36,170 his felicitations on the birth of a new political era. 102 00:07:36,315 --> 00:07:37,855 - Mr President... - Hello, Beek. 103 00:07:38,181 --> 00:07:39,881 Say, where is Siam? 104 00:07:40,490 --> 00:07:41,630 Siam? 105 00:07:42,131 --> 00:07:44,721 Just north of the Malay Peninsula, just south of China. 106 00:07:44,855 --> 00:07:47,005 - That's fine. - Mr President, there's a... 107 00:07:47,122 --> 00:07:47,862 Just a minute... 108 00:07:47,933 --> 00:07:50,723 If I'm going to call you "Beek", you've got to refer to me as "Major". 109 00:07:51,188 --> 00:07:52,488 Very well, Major. 110 00:08:00,510 --> 00:08:03,972 When I told you today there was only one person that could see the president at any time... 111 00:08:03,996 --> 00:08:04,996 I was wrong. 112 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:07,980 There are two. 113 00:08:14,097 --> 00:08:15,637 Will you come with me, please. 114 00:08:20,501 --> 00:08:22,041 You're my first official duty. 115 00:08:22,121 --> 00:08:23,331 How flattering. 116 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:30,450 Miss Malloy, Major. 117 00:08:34,069 --> 00:08:36,789 - Nice seeing you here, Mr President. - Nice being here, Miss Malloy. 118 00:08:36,865 --> 00:08:38,916 You two have gotten acquainted by this time, I suppose. 119 00:08:38,940 --> 00:08:41,510 - Yes, indeed. - Beek... this is Miss Malloy. 120 00:08:41,639 --> 00:08:42,779 How do you do, Miss Malloy. 121 00:08:43,005 --> 00:08:45,565 Miss Malloy's going to be your assistant. You don't mind, do you? 122 00:08:46,064 --> 00:08:48,814 - Not at all. - He's very rigid, but I like him. 123 00:08:50,099 --> 00:08:51,059 Anything else, Major? 124 00:08:51,103 --> 00:08:53,383 You may call me Pendy, if I can call you Beek. 125 00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:55,420 Of course. 126 00:08:55,587 --> 00:08:56,777 Good night, Beek. 127 00:08:57,351 --> 00:08:58,721 Good night, Pendy. 128 00:09:27,574 --> 00:09:28,694 Good night. 129 00:09:41,806 --> 00:09:43,056 In this terrible hour of crisis... 130 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,070 America must look to its president with unshakeable confidence. 131 00:09:46,463 --> 00:09:48,583 My attitude is one of complete optimism. 132 00:09:49,045 --> 00:09:51,925 With the help of such patriotic and idealistic men as yourselves... 133 00:09:52,456 --> 00:09:54,936 I plan to carry this nation from the depths of despondency.. 134 00:09:55,085 --> 00:09:58,045 To the unsullied and sunny heights of prosperity. 135 00:09:58,372 --> 00:10:01,572 I count on you journalists for inspiration and support. 136 00:10:04,074 --> 00:10:06,634 In future, all questions will have to be submitted in writing... 137 00:10:06,727 --> 00:10:08,477 24 hours before these meetings. 138 00:10:09,386 --> 00:10:11,429 Today, however, the president has very generously consented... 139 00:10:11,453 --> 00:10:13,013 to answer a few questions directly. 140 00:10:14,076 --> 00:10:15,206 Mr Paterson... 141 00:10:15,927 --> 00:10:18,777 Does the president intend to grant John Bronson an interview? 142 00:10:20,115 --> 00:10:21,479 The president didn't catch the name... 143 00:10:21,503 --> 00:10:23,503 John Bronson, the leader of all the unemployed. 144 00:10:23,984 --> 00:10:26,604 The president considers John Bronson a dangerous anarchist. 145 00:10:26,847 --> 00:10:28,887 If he comes near The White House, he'll be arrested. 146 00:10:29,323 --> 00:10:32,033 The president hasn't forgotten that Bronson heads a million men... 147 00:10:32,086 --> 00:10:33,386 who are armed and unemployed. 148 00:10:33,969 --> 00:10:36,479 On the last count, there were 270 camps of these men... 149 00:10:36,669 --> 00:10:39,149 in the public parks of our largest cities. 150 00:10:39,843 --> 00:10:43,003 The president considers the whole question of unemployment a local problem. 151 00:10:43,567 --> 00:10:45,318 Is the administration going to take any action... 152 00:10:45,342 --> 00:10:47,462 on the racketeering that is rampant in the country? 153 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,270 Are notorious gangsters like Mick Diamond going to get away with it? 154 00:10:51,586 --> 00:10:55,806 My administration also regards Mick Diamond and all racketeers as local problems. 155 00:10:56,586 --> 00:11:00,796 We choose to believe that bootlegging and all forms of racketeering will disappear... 156 00:11:01,023 --> 00:11:03,963 as soon as the public become educated to respect the 18th Amendment. 157 00:11:04,950 --> 00:11:07,100 - Mr Thieson... - Mr President... 158 00:11:07,314 --> 00:11:10,374 My paper's indictment against the government is a staggering one. 159 00:11:10,926 --> 00:11:12,736 Starvation and want is everywhere. 160 00:11:13,076 --> 00:11:15,916 From coast to coast and from Canada to Mexico. 161 00:11:16,612 --> 00:11:19,312 Millions of dollars are poured into new battleships. 162 00:11:19,523 --> 00:11:21,523 Farmers burn corn and wheat... 163 00:11:21,750 --> 00:11:23,004 Food is thrown away into the sea... 164 00:11:23,028 --> 00:11:25,248 while men and women are begging for bread. 165 00:11:26,023 --> 00:11:29,513 Men are freezing without coats, while cotton rots in the fields. 166 00:11:29,904 --> 00:11:32,804 Thousands of homeless... Millions of vacant homes. 167 00:11:33,095 --> 00:11:35,845 Over 5,000 gangland murders last year. 168 00:11:36,159 --> 00:11:38,159 Yet only 5 gangsters imprisoned... 169 00:11:38,432 --> 00:11:41,112 Not for killing, but for income tax violations. 170 00:11:41,814 --> 00:11:43,814 What does the new administration say to this. 171 00:11:44,169 --> 00:11:47,999 What answer, what definite plan does the government have to this indictment? 172 00:11:48,561 --> 00:11:52,321 This tale of misery and horror, of lost hope, of broken faith... 173 00:11:52,481 --> 00:11:55,091 of the collapse of the American democracy. 174 00:11:58,034 --> 00:12:00,884 Young man, I shall answer you directly. 175 00:12:01,678 --> 00:12:04,688 Through you, I shall speak to all of my country. 176 00:12:05,707 --> 00:12:09,937 America will weather this depression, as she has weathered other depressions. 177 00:12:10,407 --> 00:12:12,407 Through the spirit of Valley Forge... 178 00:12:12,681 --> 00:12:15,861 the spirit of Gettysburg and the spirit of the Argon. 179 00:12:16,712 --> 00:12:19,842 The American people have risen before, and they will rise again. 180 00:12:20,685 --> 00:12:22,685 Gentlemen, remember... 181 00:12:23,007 --> 00:12:25,847 Our party promises a return to prosperity. 182 00:12:26,441 --> 00:12:29,551 - May the president be quoted? - The president may not be quoted. 183 00:12:36,147 --> 00:12:39,707 If you don't stop asking questions, we won't have any place to sleep for the next 4 years. 184 00:12:39,830 --> 00:12:41,890 Well boys, can I be of any further service to you? 185 00:12:41,979 --> 00:12:43,639 How about a glass of beer? 186 00:12:43,862 --> 00:12:46,702 - Remember this is the White house. - I thought it was the Senate. 187 00:12:48,276 --> 00:12:49,996 I enjoyed the president's speech. 188 00:12:50,119 --> 00:12:51,779 It was straightforward and to the point. 189 00:12:52,206 --> 00:12:53,316 Sure! 190 00:12:57,932 --> 00:12:59,632 Prosperity is just around the corner. 191 00:12:59,666 --> 00:13:01,866 A miracle will rise again. 192 00:13:01,987 --> 00:13:04,837 When she rises, wake me up and we'll all rise together. 193 00:13:04,940 --> 00:13:06,850 Mind if I use your desk for a game of solitaire? 194 00:13:07,003 --> 00:13:08,003 Go ahead. 195 00:13:08,073 --> 00:13:09,143 Get a load of Thieson... 196 00:13:09,292 --> 00:13:12,732 Hey Thieson, take the world off your shoulders, you're beginning to look like Atlas. 197 00:13:17,706 --> 00:13:19,416 Oh, yes Senator, that's all taken care of. 198 00:13:27,573 --> 00:13:28,793 Mr Beekman... 199 00:13:29,557 --> 00:13:31,297 The pesident would like to see you. 200 00:13:34,659 --> 00:13:35,719 Well? 201 00:13:36,401 --> 00:13:38,871 Miss Malloy is the president's confidential secretary. 202 00:13:39,237 --> 00:13:40,387 Confidential or personal? 203 00:13:40,525 --> 00:13:42,580 - What are her duties? - What's home without a woman? 204 00:13:42,604 --> 00:13:44,514 Maybe she'll bring that beer. 205 00:13:50,964 --> 00:13:52,644 Gentlemen... the president. 206 00:13:58,339 --> 00:14:01,299 Sit down please... no need to be formal just because I'm president. 207 00:14:05,886 --> 00:14:07,666 Well, what's the order of the day? 208 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:10,607 I saw Hargraves this morning and he's pretty sore. 209 00:14:10,925 --> 00:14:12,165 What have we done to him? 210 00:14:12,417 --> 00:14:15,717 Well, he feels though he's been sort of left out of the picture. 211 00:14:16,643 --> 00:14:18,833 We can straighten that out. What would you suggest? 212 00:14:19,511 --> 00:14:21,031 Ambassador to Greece? 213 00:14:21,417 --> 00:14:22,697 What do you say? 214 00:14:24,003 --> 00:14:26,043 If it's alright with the boys, it's alright with me. 215 00:14:27,729 --> 00:14:29,509 Ambassador to Greece. 216 00:14:30,057 --> 00:14:31,417 That's one way to get rid of him. 217 00:14:33,136 --> 00:14:34,307 I hope he has good-looking legs. 218 00:14:34,331 --> 00:14:36,580 If he hasn't, he certainly will look funny in those short pants... 219 00:14:36,604 --> 00:14:38,764 they have to wear over there when they appear at court. 220 00:14:44,862 --> 00:14:47,472 - Great guns! What are these? - Need to be signed. 221 00:14:47,588 --> 00:14:49,568 Entrants for American consul in Shanghai. 222 00:14:49,698 --> 00:14:52,738 Appointment for postmistress at Little Lake. Sells a lot of stamps. 223 00:14:52,831 --> 00:14:54,601 Installing a sewer system in Puerto Rico. 224 00:14:54,737 --> 00:14:56,097 Well, here goes! 225 00:14:58,518 --> 00:14:59,568 Where did this come from? 226 00:14:59,761 --> 00:15:01,071 A present for you. 227 00:15:01,815 --> 00:15:02,815 What is it? 228 00:15:02,847 --> 00:15:04,747 Springfield Memorial Society. 229 00:15:05,081 --> 00:15:06,481 With that... what? 230 00:15:07,182 --> 00:15:09,022 Lincoln freed the slaves with that. 231 00:15:12,987 --> 00:15:14,037 Well... 232 00:15:14,253 --> 00:15:16,423 Here goes the Puerto Rican garbage! 233 00:15:18,745 --> 00:15:21,185 You could do important things with that pen, if you wanted to. 234 00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:24,219 For instance? 235 00:15:24,472 --> 00:15:26,472 Well, you're president, aren't you? 236 00:15:27,088 --> 00:15:29,258 Pendy, I'm afraid you're an idealist. 237 00:15:30,526 --> 00:15:32,526 There are a lot of things you don't understand. 238 00:15:33,573 --> 00:15:35,127 A lot of things the people don't understand... 239 00:15:35,151 --> 00:15:36,151 and don't want to. 240 00:15:36,550 --> 00:15:38,320 - Don't they? - No. 241 00:15:38,909 --> 00:15:40,639 You see, Pendy, the Party has a plan. 242 00:15:41,097 --> 00:15:43,707 - And I'm just a member of the Party. - Of course. 243 00:15:44,596 --> 00:15:47,056 It's just 5 minutes before your car leaves for Annapolis. 244 00:15:47,409 --> 00:15:49,249 And I couldn’t get your detective magazine. 245 00:15:49,526 --> 00:15:51,956 It won’t be out until noon tomorrow in New York. 246 00:15:52,557 --> 00:15:55,487 Well, we'll get the War Department to fly it down in an army plane. 247 00:15:55,995 --> 00:15:58,365 We're the President of the United States, aren't we? 248 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:01,170 You know, Judd... 249 00:16:01,401 --> 00:16:02,741 It's turning quite cold... 250 00:16:03,057 --> 00:16:05,987 Be careful, won't you... Look after that throat. 251 00:16:07,745 --> 00:16:09,515 Uncle Judd! 252 00:16:09,909 --> 00:16:12,319 Hello, Jim, how are you? Where have you been all day? 253 00:16:12,393 --> 00:16:14,393 You rascal, you! 254 00:16:14,854 --> 00:16:16,214 Straighten up your tie here... 255 00:16:22,604 --> 00:16:24,604 - Goodbye, Mr President. - Goodbye, Miss Malloy. 256 00:16:24,784 --> 00:16:26,074 Have a nice trip, Sir. 257 00:16:26,143 --> 00:16:27,583 Tickled to death to get a day off... 258 00:16:27,643 --> 00:16:29,103 Glad to get rid of me, aren't you? 259 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,280 Of course, Mr President. 260 00:16:37,714 --> 00:16:40,304 You sit there... Don't you look around, either. 261 00:16:40,448 --> 00:16:42,518 We shall now switch you by remote control... 262 00:16:42,621 --> 00:16:45,901 to the camp for the unemployed in Central Park, New York City. 263 00:16:46,230 --> 00:16:49,710 From which You will hear from John Bronson, the leader of America's unemployed army... 264 00:16:50,051 --> 00:16:52,051 address an open letter to the people of America. 265 00:16:52,496 --> 00:16:54,496 - A treasure hunt? - Close your eyes. 266 00:16:54,684 --> 00:16:56,764 This is John Bronson speaking, not for himself... 267 00:16:56,784 --> 00:16:58,864 but for about a million men who are out of work... 268 00:16:59,339 --> 00:17:00,402 who cannot earn money to buy food... 269 00:17:00,426 --> 00:17:02,706 because those responsible for providing work... 270 00:17:02,887 --> 00:17:04,647 have failed in their obligations. 271 00:17:05,011 --> 00:17:08,641 We ask no more than that every citizen of the United States should be ensured to have... 272 00:17:08,975 --> 00:17:11,475 the right to put food in mouths of our wives and children. 273 00:17:12,054 --> 00:17:14,054 Our underlying purpose is not revolutionary... 274 00:17:14,382 --> 00:17:16,312 We are not influenced by militant leaders... 275 00:17:16,381 --> 00:17:18,541 None of us are Reds... We merely want work. 276 00:17:19,069 --> 00:17:22,419 And we believe that these great United States of America, under proper leadership.. 277 00:17:22,569 --> 00:17:24,239 Can provide work for everybody. 278 00:17:24,530 --> 00:17:26,311 I have appealed to the president for an interview. 279 00:17:26,335 --> 00:17:28,178 But the president says that he will not deal with us... 280 00:17:28,202 --> 00:17:30,202 because we are dangerous anarchists. We are not! 281 00:17:30,921 --> 00:17:34,191 We are citizens of America with full confidence in American democracy. 282 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,080 If it is properly administered. 283 00:17:36,991 --> 00:17:38,951 What overcoat do you want to wear? 284 00:17:39,030 --> 00:17:41,053 The overcoat the president of the United States always wears 285 00:17:41,077 --> 00:17:42,737 when he goes to the US Naval Academy. 286 00:17:44,725 --> 00:17:48,465 I ask your president now, if he's ever read the Constitution of the United States? 287 00:17:49,147 --> 00:17:52,137 Laid out that day by those great men, in Philadelphia, long ago. 288 00:17:52,506 --> 00:17:56,506 A document which guaranteed the American people the rights of life, liberty, property... 289 00:17:56,616 --> 00:17:59,936 and the pursuit of happiness. All we ask is to be given those rights. 290 00:18:00,194 --> 00:18:04,594 This country is sound, the right man in The White House can bring us out of despair... 291 00:18:04,787 --> 00:18:08,417 into prosperity again. We ask him at least to try. 292 00:18:09,077 --> 00:18:11,737 Here you are Major. Mr Beekman says this is the Annapolis coat. 293 00:18:12,245 --> 00:18:14,115 We shall now put you back to the main studio... 294 00:18:14,183 --> 00:18:17,063 from which you will be entertained by half an hour of popular music... 295 00:18:17,276 --> 00:18:20,256 furnished by courtesy of the Metropolis Outfitting Company. 296 00:18:53,747 --> 00:18:56,464 Do you know, you're the first president of the US to drive his own car. 297 00:18:56,488 --> 00:18:59,768 If those motorcycle cops don't step on the gas, I'll climb right up on their tails. 298 00:19:13,689 --> 00:19:16,099 The newspaper men can't keep up with us. 299 00:19:16,225 --> 00:19:19,385 Great! I've been hoping this would happen since I was elected. 300 00:19:36,905 --> 00:19:38,625 What are we doing, 95mph? 301 00:19:39,452 --> 00:19:40,782 98, Sir. 302 00:19:41,438 --> 00:19:43,558 They told me it would do 110. 303 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,730 News flash from Washington... 304 00:20:06,775 --> 00:20:10,445 President Hammond has been injured in an automobile accident. 305 00:20:18,315 --> 00:20:19,465 Speak! 306 00:20:19,779 --> 00:20:21,079 Speak, Willy! 307 00:20:21,286 --> 00:20:24,346 - They can't tell me the truth. - Dr Eastman speaking... 308 00:20:24,505 --> 00:20:26,015 Can tell you nothing at this time. 309 00:21:18,485 --> 00:21:20,225 Well, doctor, what is your opinion? 310 00:21:20,308 --> 00:21:22,308 I'd say it was only a matter of hours. 311 00:21:23,050 --> 00:21:24,507 Do you concur in that opinion, Doctor? 312 00:21:24,531 --> 00:21:26,731 I'm afraid he's beyond any human help. 313 00:21:33,677 --> 00:21:35,447 Is the Major going to be alright? 314 00:21:35,533 --> 00:21:37,763 He'll be alright, but he must have quiet. 315 00:22:46,553 --> 00:22:48,613 - Did you ring, Miss Brett? - Why no, Doctor. 316 00:22:48,787 --> 00:22:50,377 The bell in th study rang. 317 00:22:50,646 --> 00:22:52,166 The bell in the study's... 318 00:22:57,939 --> 00:22:59,349 I rang, Eastman. 319 00:23:00,688 --> 00:23:01,998 Mr President! 320 00:23:03,907 --> 00:23:06,447 I heard what you said, but the doctors are wrong. 321 00:23:08,072 --> 00:23:10,082 Judd Hammond isn't going to die. 322 00:23:17,188 --> 00:23:18,898 What is the lowdown, Dr Eastman? 323 00:23:18,950 --> 00:23:20,320 We're all going crazy. 324 00:23:20,393 --> 00:23:22,913 You'll be accused of assassination, first thing you know. 325 00:23:23,569 --> 00:23:24,969 The president is still unconscious. 326 00:23:25,703 --> 00:23:28,613 We've printed that one line for weeks... No one believes it. 327 00:23:28,645 --> 00:23:30,660 I was here when Wilson was sick, and Harding, too... 328 00:23:30,684 --> 00:23:32,524 and no one ever dared hide the news from us. 329 00:23:33,765 --> 00:23:36,485 The president is still in a coma. That's all I can tell you. 330 00:23:38,682 --> 00:23:41,267 Beekman, you have to tell us something new, even if you have to lie about it... 331 00:23:41,291 --> 00:23:43,971 Has he talked? What does he look like/ what does he eat? 332 00:23:44,208 --> 00:23:45,768 Tell us something! Where is he? 333 00:23:45,911 --> 00:23:48,341 We're all going to be fired. We have to write something. 334 00:23:48,414 --> 00:23:51,564 Until we get the truth, the stories are going to get wilder and wilder. 335 00:23:51,688 --> 00:23:54,128 A Japanese duck could run this country, or we'll have anarchy! 336 00:23:58,656 --> 00:24:00,136 I know as little as you do. 337 00:24:00,313 --> 00:24:04,073 Dr Eastman and the valet are the only two people to have seen the president since the accident. 338 00:24:05,118 --> 00:24:07,558 Now that's all! 339 00:24:10,836 --> 00:24:12,996 There's something going on here that doesn't quite gel. 340 00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:19,605 I'm sorry... I've told you all I know. 341 00:24:21,055 --> 00:24:22,875 I think the whole thing is preposterous. 342 00:24:27,047 --> 00:24:29,047 Doctor, I can't stand it any longer. 343 00:24:29,617 --> 00:24:31,077 You've got to let me see him. 344 00:24:31,618 --> 00:24:32,808 Miss Malloy... 345 00:24:33,149 --> 00:24:34,399 Mr Beekman... 346 00:24:34,797 --> 00:24:36,437 This situation is getting too much for me. 347 00:24:37,235 --> 00:24:39,155 If I'm going on with this, I've got to have help. 348 00:24:39,383 --> 00:24:41,183 I've got to have somebody to share the burden. 349 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:42,230 Burden? 350 00:24:42,329 --> 00:24:44,749 President Hammond has been perfectly well for 2 weeks. 351 00:24:45,375 --> 00:24:46,105 What?! 352 00:24:46,187 --> 00:24:47,664 Do you know what you're saying, Doctor? 353 00:24:47,688 --> 00:24:50,168 That is... he SEEMS physically fit. 354 00:24:51,290 --> 00:24:53,960 Sometimes concussion can produce results that... 355 00:24:54,696 --> 00:24:56,596 transcend all the laws of medicine. 356 00:24:57,641 --> 00:24:59,641 You must prepare yourselves for a shock. 357 00:25:01,081 --> 00:25:05,581 The president is not the Judd Hammond that I have treated for 15 years. 358 00:25:05,925 --> 00:25:07,125 But your bulletin! 359 00:25:07,191 --> 00:25:08,281 The presidents orders. 360 00:25:08,402 --> 00:25:09,402 Why?! 361 00:25:10,574 --> 00:25:12,214 Two weeks ago, I advised him to get up... 362 00:25:12,488 --> 00:25:15,368 and reminded him that he had been conscious for 24 hours. 363 00:25:16,042 --> 00:25:18,972 He told me that he had been entirely conscious for a week. 364 00:25:19,370 --> 00:25:21,020 But that he wanted time to think. 365 00:25:21,519 --> 00:25:24,159 What did he say? What did he talk to you about? 366 00:25:24,980 --> 00:25:26,040 He says nothing. 367 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:28,511 He sits there, silently, reading, or thinking. 368 00:25:29,566 --> 00:25:31,846 A gaunt grey ghost, with burning eyes... 369 00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:34,597 that seem to see right down into you. 370 00:25:35,613 --> 00:25:36,863 I can't stand it. 371 00:25:37,191 --> 00:25:39,191 - I'm going to see him. - Miss Malloy! Please! 372 00:25:39,456 --> 00:25:40,846 Please be reasonable. 373 00:25:41,222 --> 00:25:44,532 If you insist on seeing the president, it must be on your own responsibility. 374 00:25:44,628 --> 00:25:45,498 Alright. 375 00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:47,982 Doctor, I will assume responsibility for Miss Malloy's action. 376 00:25:48,316 --> 00:25:49,326 Very well. 377 00:26:12,479 --> 00:26:13,529 Judd... 378 00:26:20,878 --> 00:26:21,878 Judd! 379 00:26:22,839 --> 00:26:24,359 Why have you shut us out? 380 00:26:24,613 --> 00:26:27,133 What's the trouble, Miss Malloy? You seem upset about something. 381 00:26:27,714 --> 00:26:28,754 But, dear... 382 00:26:29,527 --> 00:26:31,527 Don't you know how worried we've been? 383 00:26:43,292 --> 00:26:47,412 Miss Malloy, I want all available information on John Bronson and the army of the unemployed. 384 00:26:48,128 --> 00:26:52,028 Facts, unprejudiced reports, the truth, you understand? 385 00:26:52,949 --> 00:26:53,949 Yes. 386 00:26:53,995 --> 00:26:55,315 That is all, Miss Malloy. 387 00:26:55,839 --> 00:26:58,089 Tell Mr Beekman I would like to see him at once. 388 00:27:01,761 --> 00:27:03,501 That is all, Miss Malloy! 389 00:27:04,347 --> 00:27:05,417 Yessir. 390 00:27:18,808 --> 00:27:19,998 What is it, Pendy? 391 00:27:21,855 --> 00:27:23,005 Something happened. 392 00:27:24,175 --> 00:27:25,755 Something I can't understand. 393 00:27:26,683 --> 00:27:28,543 His eyes were so strange. 394 00:27:29,449 --> 00:27:31,449 His voice is different. 395 00:27:33,113 --> 00:27:34,443 And, oh, Beek... 396 00:27:35,331 --> 00:27:37,681 He called me "Miss Malloy". 397 00:27:38,745 --> 00:27:40,345 You poor kid. 398 00:27:43,573 --> 00:27:47,383 Mr Beekman... instruct the members of my cabinet to meet me in 1 hour. 399 00:27:47,604 --> 00:27:49,644 Mr President, an hour is hardly time... 400 00:27:49,721 --> 00:27:51,681 I expect every member to be present in one hour. 401 00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:52,753 Yessir. 402 00:28:04,134 --> 00:28:05,534 Am I late? 403 00:28:05,734 --> 00:28:07,904 - What's all the rush about? - I don't know myself. 404 00:28:07,982 --> 00:28:09,592 Why didn't he see us before? 405 00:28:09,736 --> 00:28:11,256 We've been waiting for him for 2 weeks. 406 00:28:11,346 --> 00:28:13,136 Don't forget, Judd's been a sick man. 407 00:28:13,212 --> 00:28:15,722 Now, boys... let ME handle this situation. 408 00:28:16,298 --> 00:28:18,298 I've known Judd longer than any of you. 409 00:28:18,741 --> 00:28:20,757 He's been a very sick man and we've got to humour him. 410 00:28:20,781 --> 00:28:22,381 Yes, but we've got to think of the Party. 411 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,320 No matter what happens, the Party comes first. 412 00:28:26,976 --> 00:28:28,016 The president. 413 00:28:37,375 --> 00:28:38,825 Please omit all condolences. 414 00:28:39,503 --> 00:28:41,863 Save your sympathy for the people of the United States... 415 00:28:41,883 --> 00:28:43,083 who are in dire need of it. 416 00:28:44,344 --> 00:28:45,464 Sit down, gentlemen. 417 00:28:57,232 --> 00:28:59,402 We're confronted with an ugly situation, Judd. 418 00:28:59,946 --> 00:29:01,616 A lot of things have come up since your accident. 419 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:02,640 Yes, I know. 420 00:29:03,230 --> 00:29:04,800 I mean the army of the unemployed. 421 00:29:05,177 --> 00:29:06,097 Bronson and his gang. 422 00:29:06,177 --> 00:29:09,137 I know... they're getting ready to march on Washington... a million-strong. 423 00:29:11,072 --> 00:29:12,622 We didn't think you knew. 424 00:29:12,788 --> 00:29:15,508 I call on you, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy... 425 00:29:15,822 --> 00:29:19,102 Give me the authority to mobilise and keep these ruffians in their camps. 426 00:29:19,754 --> 00:29:22,524 - Do you want to declare war? - We've got to uphold the law. 427 00:29:22,611 --> 00:29:23,611 What law? 428 00:29:24,803 --> 00:29:27,843 Something must be done at once... or this armed mob will descend on us. 429 00:29:28,064 --> 00:29:29,704 Run riot all over Washington. 430 00:29:30,092 --> 00:29:34,712 Every citizen of the USA should be assured the elementary necessity for keeping life within his body. 431 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,870 This cabinet, every member of Congress, each office-holder... 432 00:29:38,132 --> 00:29:40,132 is answerable directly to the public conscience. 433 00:29:40,584 --> 00:29:44,574 Gentlemen, I refuse to call out the army against the people of the United states. 434 00:29:46,787 --> 00:29:48,227 And I refuse to accept that. 435 00:29:48,344 --> 00:29:50,044 Discussion on this subject is closed. 436 00:29:51,501 --> 00:29:53,221 Be careful... I might resign on you. 437 00:29:53,294 --> 00:29:54,924 Your resignation is accepted. 438 00:29:55,119 --> 00:29:56,749 Judd, I was only suggesting... 439 00:29:56,826 --> 00:29:58,446 Your resignation is accepted! 440 00:29:58,782 --> 00:30:00,672 You have my permission to withdraw. 441 00:30:11,006 --> 00:30:13,816 Gentlemen, I suggest you read the Constitution of the United States. 442 00:30:14,304 --> 00:30:16,304 You'll find the president has some power. 443 00:30:26,596 --> 00:30:27,866 Well, I'll be... 444 00:30:30,646 --> 00:30:32,966 May I ask why Secretary of State Brookes resigned? 445 00:30:33,115 --> 00:30:34,525 He didn't resign... I fired him. 446 00:30:35,115 --> 00:30:37,715 Exactly, Mr President, why did you fire Secretary Brookes? 447 00:30:38,115 --> 00:30:40,130 I fired him because he's an old-fashioned politician... 448 00:30:40,154 --> 00:30:41,834 incapable of being Secretary of State. 449 00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:44,071 Furthermore he insisted upon calling up the army... 450 00:30:44,170 --> 00:30:46,271 to keep the unemployed from marching on Washington. 451 00:30:46,295 --> 00:30:48,045 A fine straight-talk, Mr President. 452 00:30:48,272 --> 00:30:50,082 Too bad the president cannot be quoted. 453 00:30:50,162 --> 00:30:52,892 This president can be quoted... This president wants to be quoted. 454 00:31:10,958 --> 00:31:13,068 The president's here, Alice. 455 00:31:13,904 --> 00:31:16,514 He's hoping we'll stay away. 456 00:31:17,654 --> 00:31:20,834 Well... we start tomorrow. 457 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:26,295 - Are you John Bronson? - Yeah. 458 00:31:26,608 --> 00:31:28,328 Can I see you alone for a minute? 459 00:31:28,444 --> 00:31:29,974 Certainly. 460 00:31:30,194 --> 00:31:31,934 I'll be right back, honey. 461 00:31:58,709 --> 00:32:01,349 It's an interesting commentary on our social system, Inspector... 462 00:32:01,803 --> 00:32:05,443 that the errors of youth should prove so embarrassing at maturity. 463 00:32:05,998 --> 00:32:07,178 Sure. 464 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,760 I'm much better-looking now than I was then. 465 00:32:14,576 --> 00:32:16,746 Especially the profile. 466 00:32:17,444 --> 00:32:18,764 Don't you think? 467 00:32:20,436 --> 00:32:22,076 You've filled out a bit. 468 00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:28,250 Cigarette, Inspector? 469 00:32:29,858 --> 00:32:31,068 Thanks. 470 00:32:31,850 --> 00:32:33,830 I'll smoke it after dinner, if you don't mind. 471 00:32:33,905 --> 00:32:34,905 Not at all. 472 00:32:35,537 --> 00:32:38,397 Inspector... Haven't you forgotten something? 473 00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:40,558 Oh, yes, the negative. 474 00:32:41,107 --> 00:32:43,627 You may want some prints made up for Christmas cards. 475 00:33:22,342 --> 00:33:23,502 Hello, Bronson. 476 00:33:23,702 --> 00:33:25,242 Nice of you to have dropped in on me. 477 00:33:25,631 --> 00:33:27,971 - Thanks for the escort. - Oh, that's alright. 478 00:33:28,178 --> 00:33:29,508 Would you sit down. 479 00:33:29,662 --> 00:33:30,712 No thank you. 480 00:33:31,452 --> 00:33:35,052 The unemployment situation doesn't seem to have affected you any. 481 00:33:35,545 --> 00:33:37,385 Life has been very good to me. 482 00:33:37,912 --> 00:33:40,572 That's a terrible thing... these men of your. 483 00:33:41,022 --> 00:33:43,802 Millions of American citizens starving and homeless. 484 00:33:43,975 --> 00:33:44,975 Yes, it is. 485 00:33:45,022 --> 00:33:47,752 I'd like to do something for those not so fortunate. 486 00:33:48,123 --> 00:33:50,599 Keep your men in their camps, and I'll see they're taken care of. 487 00:33:50,623 --> 00:33:52,583 I'll have them fed clothed and housed. 488 00:33:52,694 --> 00:33:55,194 Lots easier for you if they stay in the camps, isn't it? 489 00:33:55,873 --> 00:33:59,353 You're not only a patriot, Bronson... You're a very astute man. 490 00:34:00,412 --> 00:34:01,742 Your profits are much bigger... 491 00:34:01,865 --> 00:34:04,717 since the police of the big cities have been lined up outside our camps. 492 00:34:04,741 --> 00:34:06,511 Praying that we don't start something. 493 00:34:06,709 --> 00:34:09,719 That's right, I don't want anything to be taken away from their prayers. 494 00:34:11,842 --> 00:34:14,322 We're going to Washington and you won't stop us. 495 00:34:15,795 --> 00:34:17,515 Can't get anything in Washington. 496 00:34:18,147 --> 00:34:20,147 The American government is... 497 00:34:20,889 --> 00:34:22,459 like the American people... 498 00:34:22,803 --> 00:34:24,183 just a bunch of boobs. 499 00:34:25,100 --> 00:34:27,365 We're going to Washington and look into this government... 500 00:34:27,389 --> 00:34:30,759 that lets decent men starve, and fosters a lot of vultures. 501 00:34:42,030 --> 00:34:43,630 I get you, Diamond. 502 00:34:45,209 --> 00:34:47,549 But you can't put a million men on the spot. 503 00:34:47,795 --> 00:34:49,795 We're leaving for Washington, tonight. 504 00:34:49,967 --> 00:34:52,327 That's fine... Just thought I'd have a talk with you... 505 00:34:52,858 --> 00:34:54,168 and get your viewpoint. 506 00:34:55,662 --> 00:34:58,782 I think I can find my way back alone, if it's alright with you. 507 00:34:58,912 --> 00:35:01,392 Perfectly alright... No hard feelings. 508 00:35:02,225 --> 00:35:03,865 But don't be too hasty. 509 00:35:05,006 --> 00:35:07,486 I should give the matter a little more thought, if I were you. 510 00:35:07,866 --> 00:35:08,896 Bronson... 511 00:35:09,225 --> 00:35:10,465 Cigarette? 512 00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:14,870 That ain't my brand. 513 00:35:23,471 --> 00:35:26,421 A-mouldering in the grave... 514 00:35:26,651 --> 00:35:31,591 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave... 515 00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:36,917 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave... 516 00:35:37,190 --> 00:35:42,750 But his soul goes marching on. 517 00:35:43,339 --> 00:35:48,199 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave... 518 00:35:48,706 --> 00:35:53,986 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave... 519 00:35:54,456 --> 00:35:59,206 John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave... 520 00:35:59,526 --> 00:36:05,096 But we'll go marching on. 521 00:36:05,510 --> 00:36:10,100 Glory, glory, hallelujah... 522 00:36:34,862 --> 00:36:36,432 Don't mind me, boys! 523 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,100 Carry on... to Washington... 524 00:36:45,932 --> 00:36:50,532 Glory, glory, hallelujah... 525 00:36:50,792 --> 00:36:56,002 And we'll go marching on! 526 00:37:00,190 --> 00:37:02,320 The Secretary for War has instructed you.. 527 00:37:02,343 --> 00:37:05,043 To have tanks and cavalry move on Baltimore tonight? 528 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:06,580 We believe the unemployed army... 529 00:37:06,608 --> 00:37:09,158 will make camp for the night in the Baltimore parks. 530 00:37:10,018 --> 00:37:13,178 Mr President, the Secretary of War would like to see you immediately. 531 00:37:13,347 --> 00:37:16,007 - He seems very much disturbed. - Yes, I thought he would be. 532 00:37:16,097 --> 00:37:18,097 - Show him in. - Mr President... 533 00:37:18,463 --> 00:37:21,293 Splendid Mr President. The general has told you my plans? 534 00:37:21,472 --> 00:37:23,932 All I need is your authority to mobilise the army... 535 00:37:24,002 --> 00:37:26,812 to disperse these unemployed vagrants, when they reach Baltimore. 536 00:37:26,901 --> 00:37:31,021 Mr Secretary, the War Department will supply food, shelter and medical requirements... 537 00:37:31,159 --> 00:37:32,679 to these men in their camp tonight. 538 00:37:32,940 --> 00:37:34,710 Mr President, are you out of your mind?! 539 00:37:34,807 --> 00:37:38,617 In 1918 we forced 4 million men to accept the hospitality of the government. 540 00:37:39,081 --> 00:37:41,961 - But that was war! - This is war, and the enemy is starvation. 541 00:37:42,417 --> 00:37:44,867 At one time we gave millions of tons of food... 542 00:37:44,940 --> 00:37:48,130 to the starving Russians, the starving Chinese, and the starving Belgians. 543 00:37:48,593 --> 00:37:50,303 Now we can feed our own people. 544 00:37:50,609 --> 00:37:53,569 As President of the United States, my first duty is to the people. 545 00:37:53,875 --> 00:37:55,355 But if you encourage these ruffians... 546 00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,500 I haven't the time or inclination for argument... 547 00:37:57,542 --> 00:37:59,322 Resign, or get on with your job. 548 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:05,660 Tons of food rotting... 549 00:38:06,310 --> 00:38:08,160 Millions of people starving. 550 00:38:08,779 --> 00:38:12,539 What's to prevent us from putting this food into the mouths of the hungry? 551 00:38:13,842 --> 00:38:15,032 Mr Beekman... 552 00:38:15,420 --> 00:38:18,860 Would you please make arrangements for me to leave for Baltimore, early in the morning. 553 00:38:23,592 --> 00:38:24,824 He mustn't go and face that mob... 554 00:38:24,848 --> 00:38:26,568 There's no telling what might happen to him. 555 00:38:26,888 --> 00:38:30,348 I thought you said a simple honest man could solve everything. 556 00:38:31,021 --> 00:38:33,831 I'm beginning to have a faith in him, I never had before. 557 00:38:34,122 --> 00:38:35,512 He's way ahead of ME. 558 00:38:36,349 --> 00:38:39,219 The way he thinks is so simple and honest, it sounds... 559 00:38:39,959 --> 00:38:41,679 It sounds a little crazy. 560 00:38:42,161 --> 00:38:43,741 He's doing the things you wanted. 561 00:38:47,009 --> 00:38:49,009 And if he's mad, it's a divine madness. 562 00:38:49,724 --> 00:38:51,264 Look at the chaos and catastrophe... 563 00:38:51,333 --> 00:38:53,873 the sane men of this world have brought about. 564 00:39:25,542 --> 00:39:27,952 Mr President, I am responsible for your personal safety... 565 00:39:28,178 --> 00:39:30,258 And I refuse to let you go alone into that camp. 566 00:39:30,381 --> 00:39:33,111 Logan, you heard what happened to Secretary of State Brookes. 567 00:39:58,638 --> 00:40:00,438 This is Alice Bronson. 568 00:40:05,349 --> 00:40:07,939 My poor child, I am with you in your grief. 569 00:40:08,545 --> 00:40:10,775 I pay tribute to the martyr... John Bronson... 570 00:40:11,482 --> 00:40:15,752 Who gave his life in this effort to arouse the stupid lazy people of the United States... 571 00:40:15,771 --> 00:40:17,781 to force their government to do something... 572 00:40:17,888 --> 00:40:19,968 before everybody slowly starves to death. 573 00:40:24,818 --> 00:40:26,858 It is not fitting for citizens of America... 574 00:40:26,884 --> 00:40:29,064 to come on weary feet to seek their president. 575 00:40:29,631 --> 00:40:32,411 It is rather for their president to seek them out... 576 00:40:32,717 --> 00:40:36,527 and to bring to them the last full measure of protection and help. 577 00:40:36,740 --> 00:40:38,290 And so I come to YOU. 578 00:40:38,498 --> 00:40:41,058 I feel certain the last thing you men want, is charity... 579 00:40:41,349 --> 00:40:44,619 Money for idleness, and the demoralisation that follows in its wake. 580 00:40:44,748 --> 00:40:47,938 17 years ago the government put guns and bayonets in our hands... 581 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:49,550 and told us to bring back peace. 582 00:40:49,912 --> 00:40:50,762 We did. 583 00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:53,125 Now put shovels and picks in our hands... 584 00:40:53,355 --> 00:40:55,665 and we'll really bring back prosperity. 585 00:40:56,068 --> 00:40:57,828 We want work! 586 00:40:58,021 --> 00:41:06,021 We want work! 587 00:41:09,193 --> 00:41:10,373 Exactly! 588 00:41:10,998 --> 00:41:13,628 You have been told there is no chance of getting work. 589 00:41:13,826 --> 00:41:17,596 But I say there IS work, necessary work.. Waiting to be done. 590 00:41:17,638 --> 00:41:19,548 I'm going to make you a proposition... 591 00:41:19,678 --> 00:41:21,868 You've been called the army of the unemployed. 592 00:41:22,138 --> 00:41:24,808 You're soldiers trained, not in the arts of war... 593 00:41:25,036 --> 00:41:26,636 but in the greater arts of peace. 594 00:41:26,748 --> 00:41:28,888 Trained, not to destroy, but to build up... 595 00:41:29,107 --> 00:41:30,667 if someone will give you a job. 596 00:41:31,037 --> 00:41:35,327 I propose therefore to create an army, to be known as the Army of Construction. 597 00:41:35,842 --> 00:41:37,842 You'll be enlisted, subject to military discipline. 598 00:41:38,303 --> 00:41:40,303 You'll receive army rates of pay. 599 00:41:40,748 --> 00:41:44,588 You'll be fed, clothed and housed, as we did our wartime army. 600 00:41:45,826 --> 00:41:48,266 You'll be put to work, each one of you in your own field... 601 00:41:48,357 --> 00:41:50,977 from baking loaves of bread, to building great dams... 602 00:41:51,146 --> 00:41:53,146 without one dollar of profit accruing to anyone. 603 00:41:53,506 --> 00:41:56,196 Then, as the wheels of industry begin to turn... 604 00:41:56,334 --> 00:41:57,914 stimulated by these efforts... 605 00:41:58,029 --> 00:42:00,669 you'll be gradually retired from this construction army.. 606 00:42:00,740 --> 00:42:02,350 Back into private industry... 607 00:42:02,428 --> 00:42:04,698 as rapidly as industry can absorb you. 608 00:42:04,849 --> 00:42:06,569 That's all very well, Mr President... 609 00:42:06,646 --> 00:42:08,526 but what's Congress going to say to all this? 610 00:42:08,584 --> 00:42:11,314 I've called a special session of Congress for tomorrow. 611 00:42:11,498 --> 00:42:14,088 I shall ask them for funds to carry out my plans... 612 00:42:14,326 --> 00:42:16,326 for the rehabilitation of America. 613 00:42:16,474 --> 00:42:18,364 If they give me these funds tomorrow... 614 00:42:18,435 --> 00:42:21,785 I shall immediately open the first Construction Army recruiting station... 615 00:42:21,888 --> 00:42:22,888 here in Baltimore. 616 00:42:23,381 --> 00:42:25,381 And you shall be my first soldiers. 617 00:42:42,576 --> 00:42:43,856 Mr President... 618 00:42:44,053 --> 00:42:46,053 Your address to Congress on the Construction Army. 619 00:42:46,248 --> 00:42:47,338 My address to Congress? 620 00:42:48,084 --> 00:42:49,904 What's this? Who wrote this? 621 00:42:50,053 --> 00:42:51,343 Why, you did Mr President. 622 00:42:51,553 --> 00:42:53,553 No, Miss Malloy, I didn't write this. 623 00:42:54,248 --> 00:42:55,648 I never saw... 624 00:43:28,053 --> 00:43:30,973 Oh, yes, my address to Congress. 625 00:43:49,209 --> 00:43:50,209 Beek... 626 00:43:51,615 --> 00:43:52,615 Beek! 627 00:43:56,513 --> 00:43:57,873 What's the matter, Pendy? 628 00:43:58,342 --> 00:43:59,872 I've just seen something. 629 00:44:00,732 --> 00:44:02,612 He didn't know his own words, Beek! 630 00:44:03,717 --> 00:44:05,507 And then he lifted his head... 631 00:44:06,006 --> 00:44:08,006 for all the world, as if he were listening. 632 00:44:09,748 --> 00:44:11,788 There was something in the room that made me shiver. 633 00:44:13,420 --> 00:44:16,220 And then he just smiled and said... "Yes, of course." 634 00:44:16,318 --> 00:44:17,888 What do you think it means? 635 00:44:18,607 --> 00:44:22,727 Well, we felt from the beginning that the president was really two men. 636 00:44:24,334 --> 00:44:26,724 But I became aware somehow tonight... 637 00:44:27,162 --> 00:44:28,802 of a third being. 638 00:44:30,357 --> 00:44:31,897 I know that sounds impossible. 639 00:44:33,529 --> 00:44:35,919 I'm not a very religious person, Beek, but... 640 00:44:37,006 --> 00:44:39,146 Does it seem too fanciful to believe... 641 00:44:39,607 --> 00:44:42,367 that God might have sent the angel Gabriel... 642 00:44:42,881 --> 00:44:45,451 to do for Judd Hammond, what He did for Daniel. 643 00:44:45,529 --> 00:44:47,999 Gabriel? I thought he was a messenger of wrath. 644 00:44:48,717 --> 00:44:49,927 Not always. 645 00:44:50,771 --> 00:44:53,111 For some, he was The Angel of Revelations... 646 00:44:54,123 --> 00:44:56,443 sent as a messenger from God, to men. 647 00:45:06,193 --> 00:45:08,193 Gabriel over The White House. 648 00:45:08,803 --> 00:45:15,873 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord... 649 00:45:16,178 --> 00:45:23,758 He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored... 650 00:45:23,928 --> 00:45:31,078 He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword... 651 00:45:31,310 --> 00:45:38,720 His truth is marching on. 652 00:45:39,662 --> 00:45:44,962 Glory, glory, hallelujah! 653 00:45:46,763 --> 00:45:52,643 Glory, glory, hallelujah! 654 00:45:53,873 --> 00:45:59,903 Glory, glory, hallelujah! 655 00:46:00,208 --> 00:46:07,818 His truth is marching on. 656 00:46:09,763 --> 00:46:11,103 Well, boys... 657 00:46:11,568 --> 00:46:15,248 You understand then, that you're not to let Hammond suspect you're against him. 658 00:46:15,459 --> 00:46:17,249 Not by word or attitude. 659 00:46:17,451 --> 00:46:20,311 Not even that we've had this meeting here tonight. 660 00:46:22,685 --> 00:46:23,865 Come in! 661 00:46:29,849 --> 00:46:31,629 The president's secretary is here. 662 00:46:38,185 --> 00:46:39,055 Well, Beekman? 663 00:46:39,131 --> 00:46:40,811 A communication for you, Mr Cummings. 664 00:46:40,990 --> 00:46:42,370 One for you, Sir... 665 00:46:42,576 --> 00:46:43,776 Mr Lockhart... 666 00:46:45,834 --> 00:46:46,864 Mr Bourne. 667 00:46:47,053 --> 00:46:48,143 Mr Perry. 668 00:46:49,935 --> 00:46:50,935 Mr Fox. 669 00:46:51,076 --> 00:46:52,387 And one for each of you gentlemen... 670 00:46:52,411 --> 00:46:54,211 If you'd be kind enough to pass them down. 671 00:47:02,459 --> 00:47:04,769 How did Hammond know we were here?! 672 00:47:05,638 --> 00:47:08,508 Very strange... The next thing to do is open it. 673 00:47:14,607 --> 00:47:17,397 That settles it. We'll take this to Congress. 674 00:47:17,498 --> 00:47:20,128 We've got a big enough majority to throw him out. 675 00:47:20,404 --> 00:47:22,894 We'll show this lunatic, who's boss! 676 00:47:29,810 --> 00:47:33,040 I speak for the majority of the Senate... 677 00:47:33,467 --> 00:47:35,897 and the House of Representatives... 678 00:47:36,459 --> 00:47:40,899 assured that President Hammond has been a traitor to his Party. 679 00:47:41,545 --> 00:47:44,815 False to the principles on which he was elected. 680 00:47:45,857 --> 00:47:48,187 I propose to demand from the House... 681 00:47:48,631 --> 00:47:54,211 the impeachment, the immediate removal, of the President of the United States. 682 00:48:19,068 --> 00:48:21,418 The President of the United States. 683 00:48:24,474 --> 00:48:26,474 May the rules be suspended? 684 00:48:26,865 --> 00:48:28,745 I would like to dispense with all red-tape... 685 00:48:28,857 --> 00:48:30,647 so I can answer questions directly. 686 00:48:31,732 --> 00:48:33,202 Can I have the floor? 687 00:48:33,654 --> 00:48:35,294 Unless there is objections... 688 00:48:35,717 --> 00:48:38,037 the rules of this Congress will be suspended. 689 00:48:49,420 --> 00:48:52,330 Gentlemen, I am here as a representative of the American people... 690 00:48:52,406 --> 00:48:54,236 in their hour of darkest despair. 691 00:48:54,506 --> 00:48:57,586 A plant cannot grow, by watering the top alone... 692 00:48:57,661 --> 00:48:59,341 and letting the roots go dry. 693 00:48:59,685 --> 00:49:02,095 The people are the roots of this nation... 694 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,680 and the sturdy trunk, and the branches, too. 695 00:49:05,130 --> 00:49:08,960 You have spent 4 billion dollars, only to aggravate adversity. 696 00:49:09,646 --> 00:49:13,096 I ask for 4 billion dollars to restore buying power... 697 00:49:13,654 --> 00:49:16,704 stimulate purchases, restore prosperity. 698 00:49:17,076 --> 00:49:20,536 You have wasted precious weeks and years in futile discussion. 699 00:49:21,107 --> 00:49:24,397 We need action... Immediate and effective action. 700 00:49:24,607 --> 00:49:28,807 Mr President, there is a movement in Congress for your impeachment. 701 00:49:29,099 --> 00:49:32,619 How is time for making any requests, however small? 702 00:49:34,787 --> 00:49:36,847 Very well, I shall withdraw that request... 703 00:49:36,873 --> 00:49:39,163 but I should like to substitutes another. 704 00:49:39,638 --> 00:49:42,838 I ask you gentlemen to declare a state of national emergency. 705 00:49:44,529 --> 00:49:48,399 And to adjourn this Congress, until normal conditions are restored. 706 00:49:51,732 --> 00:49:53,452 During that period of adjournment... 707 00:49:53,568 --> 00:49:56,548 I shall assume full responsibility for the government. 708 00:49:59,115 --> 00:50:01,695 Mr President, this is dictatorship! 709 00:50:01,865 --> 00:50:04,075 Senator Langham... words do not frighten me. 710 00:50:04,498 --> 00:50:07,678 But the United States of America is a democracy. 711 00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:11,830 We are not yet ready to give up the government of our fathers. 712 00:50:19,982 --> 00:50:21,222 You HAVE given it up. 713 00:50:21,732 --> 00:50:23,192 You've turned your backs. 714 00:50:23,357 --> 00:50:25,967 You've closed your ears to the appeals of the people. 715 00:50:26,310 --> 00:50:28,930 You've been traitors to the concepts of democracy... 716 00:50:28,950 --> 00:50:31,260 upon which this government was founded 717 00:50:31,420 --> 00:50:32,900 I believe in democracy... 718 00:50:33,018 --> 00:50:36,258 as Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln believed in democracy. 719 00:50:36,404 --> 00:50:38,524 And if what I plan to do, in the name of the people... 720 00:50:38,740 --> 00:50:40,140 makes me a dictator... 721 00:50:40,263 --> 00:50:44,973 then it is a dictatorship based on Jefferson's definition of democracy. 722 00:50:45,224 --> 00:50:48,274 A government of the greatest good, for the greatest number. 723 00:50:54,256 --> 00:50:57,186 This Congress refuses to adjourn! 724 00:50:58,388 --> 00:51:00,338 I think, gentlemen, that you forget... 725 00:51:00,367 --> 00:51:03,017 that I am still president of these United States. 726 00:51:03,795 --> 00:51:06,075 And as Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy... 727 00:51:06,443 --> 00:51:11,033 it is within the rights of the president to declare the country under martial law! 728 00:51:31,287 --> 00:51:32,467 Fellow countrymen... 729 00:51:32,763 --> 00:51:35,403 your overwhelming support of my Emergency Acts... 730 00:51:35,537 --> 00:51:38,327 has enabled me to move more rapidly than I dared hope. 731 00:51:38,841 --> 00:51:41,451 I do not say that the unemployment problem is solved... 732 00:51:41,716 --> 00:51:44,546 But we are at least taking hundreds of thousands of men... 733 00:51:44,646 --> 00:51:47,576 into an organised life of food, shelter and clothing. 734 00:51:48,070 --> 00:51:50,920 If you could realise the staggering facts I face... 735 00:51:51,138 --> 00:51:54,468 the appalling waste of your money, and America's deplorable condition... 736 00:51:54,717 --> 00:51:56,717 I feel sure you'd support me... 737 00:51:56,810 --> 00:51:59,540 in the things I plan to do on your behalf. 738 00:51:59,678 --> 00:52:02,388 I propose to safeguard the homes of American citizens... 739 00:52:02,455 --> 00:52:05,235 by a law to prevent the foreclosure of mortgages... 740 00:52:05,463 --> 00:52:08,763 until the average American workman has a chance to go to work. 741 00:52:09,612 --> 00:52:11,612 I propose a national banking law... 742 00:52:11,737 --> 00:52:14,667 which will protect our people's money in the banks. 743 00:52:15,276 --> 00:52:20,096 I propose, immediately, to give direct aid to the 55 million American people... 744 00:52:20,424 --> 00:52:22,814 who depend entirely upon agriculture... 745 00:52:23,018 --> 00:52:27,278 without whose prosperity there can be no real prosperity in the United States. 746 00:52:27,862 --> 00:52:30,692 Our next task is a return to law and order. 747 00:52:31,354 --> 00:52:33,574 I do not propose to mince words. 748 00:52:34,252 --> 00:52:38,312 This primarily means that cesspool known as the 18th Amendment. 749 00:52:38,463 --> 00:52:40,453 This has fostered the evil force... 750 00:52:40,541 --> 00:52:43,331 The greatest enemy of law and order, America has ever known. 751 00:52:43,627 --> 00:52:44,737 The racketeers... 752 00:52:44,807 --> 00:52:46,297 a malignant cancerous growth... 753 00:52:46,322 --> 00:52:49,102 eating at the spiritual health of the American people. 754 00:52:49,189 --> 00:52:52,639 Public enemies... I refer to men of the type of Nick Diamond. 755 00:52:53,127 --> 00:52:55,457 Arch enemies of these United states. 756 00:52:55,564 --> 00:53:00,094 Men who are bleeding the people of America by illegal racketeering in every industry... 757 00:53:00,198 --> 00:53:02,408 from bootleg whisky to babies' milk. 758 00:53:02,674 --> 00:53:04,674 The enemies of every honest citizen... 759 00:53:04,752 --> 00:53:07,892 The enemies of our nation... the United States of America. 760 00:53:08,276 --> 00:53:09,386 Just a big-shot. 761 00:53:09,463 --> 00:53:11,803 Congress has voted to repeal the 18th Amendment. 762 00:53:12,205 --> 00:53:15,315 This however, requires millions of dollars and months of time. 763 00:53:15,487 --> 00:53:18,327 To be made effective by the ratification of the sovereign states. 764 00:53:18,455 --> 00:53:19,625 That'll take 3 years. 765 00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:21,564 My patience is exhausted with these bootleggers... 766 00:53:21,588 --> 00:53:23,948 these racketeers, and these kidnappers. 767 00:53:24,002 --> 00:53:27,992 I serve warning... these evil forces must be, shall be eliminated. 768 00:53:28,495 --> 00:53:31,105 So that our citizen, pursuing his peaceful way... 769 00:53:31,291 --> 00:53:33,831 will no longer be forced to conduct his business... 770 00:53:33,979 --> 00:53:35,979 in the shadow of extortion and debt. 771 00:53:37,057 --> 00:53:37,877 Good night. 772 00:53:38,048 --> 00:53:39,318 Good night! 773 00:53:41,258 --> 00:53:43,218 You suppose he was talking about us? 774 00:53:44,469 --> 00:53:46,199 Oh, you look so tired. 775 00:53:46,454 --> 00:53:48,264 Why don't you call it a day and get some rest. 776 00:53:48,660 --> 00:53:50,970 Tired? I'm as fresh as a daisy. 777 00:53:51,222 --> 00:53:52,842 You're the one who looks tired. 778 00:53:53,601 --> 00:53:55,601 Besides, I've got some figures to go over. 779 00:53:56,563 --> 00:53:58,073 Our European debts. 780 00:53:58,819 --> 00:54:00,819 I didn't know there WAS that much money. 781 00:54:07,404 --> 00:54:08,574 Good night, Sir. 782 00:54:18,228 --> 00:54:20,228 Just a moment, please. 783 00:54:34,662 --> 00:54:37,522 Do the president's guests always receive this attention? 784 00:54:40,119 --> 00:54:41,849 That's alright, there's nothing there. 785 00:54:48,025 --> 00:54:49,765 May I keep this? 786 00:54:50,111 --> 00:54:52,111 This way, please. 787 00:54:53,609 --> 00:54:56,099 Is this the proper outfit? 788 00:54:58,495 --> 00:55:00,495 This is a nice place you have here. 789 00:56:00,679 --> 00:56:03,079 It's alright... keep your seat. 790 00:56:03,548 --> 00:56:05,945 The old custom of rising when the president enters the room... 791 00:56:05,969 --> 00:56:07,839 I abolished with the new administration. 792 00:56:09,378 --> 00:56:11,688 Nice of you to come on my invitation, Mr Diamond. 793 00:56:11,973 --> 00:56:14,313 I've been pretty busy lately... Almost as busy as you are. 794 00:56:14,860 --> 00:56:17,380 Yes, I guess you and I are the only Americans... 795 00:56:17,508 --> 00:56:18,708 who have any business left. 796 00:56:20,572 --> 00:56:23,062 You needn't look me up... I've paid my income tax. 797 00:56:23,159 --> 00:56:25,159 Yes, I'm sure you have. 798 00:56:25,327 --> 00:56:26,677 This is just your biography. 799 00:56:26,746 --> 00:56:28,746 You don't mind a little intimate discussion? 800 00:56:29,199 --> 00:56:32,589 The story of an immigrant boy who became the most famous man in America. 801 00:56:33,794 --> 00:56:35,794 Well, there are SOME good deeds here. 802 00:56:36,587 --> 00:56:39,757 You've at least rid the country of a number of your own kind. 803 00:56:40,737 --> 00:56:42,717 That's something I'm grateful for. 804 00:56:43,540 --> 00:56:45,880 But you're a menace to this country, Mr Diamond. 805 00:56:46,756 --> 00:56:48,636 The most inexpensive way to get rid of you... 806 00:56:48,711 --> 00:56:50,771 would be for you to eliminate yourself. 807 00:56:51,031 --> 00:56:52,241 Return to your own country. 808 00:56:52,328 --> 00:56:53,328 Why? 809 00:56:53,561 --> 00:56:55,561 I am what I am today by public approval... 810 00:56:55,753 --> 00:56:57,363 If people want something, I give it to them. 811 00:56:57,387 --> 00:56:58,807 We're in the same boat. 812 00:56:58,943 --> 00:57:01,163 I too exist only by the will of the people. 813 00:57:01,212 --> 00:57:04,622 Exactly... So why should I give up a good business, until I have to? 814 00:57:06,381 --> 00:57:09,021 May I ask, just what you had in mind... 815 00:57:09,457 --> 00:57:10,907 when you asked me to come here. 816 00:57:11,335 --> 00:57:13,625 I thought we'd talk over this bootleg situation. 817 00:57:14,111 --> 00:57:15,781 When it's on my trucks, it's bootleg. 818 00:57:15,966 --> 00:57:18,576 On a silver tray in Park Avenue, it's hospitality. 819 00:57:19,391 --> 00:57:23,261 Mr Diamond, we are two of the most notorious men in America. 820 00:57:23,688 --> 00:57:25,688 For notoriously different reasons. 821 00:57:25,884 --> 00:57:27,364 I had hoped we might make a bargain... 822 00:57:27,422 --> 00:57:28,982 but you seem to have different ideas. 823 00:57:29,985 --> 00:57:32,525 The bootlegging business involves yearly a sum of money... 824 00:57:32,648 --> 00:57:35,418 aggregating several hundred millions of dollars 825 00:57:35,876 --> 00:57:37,876 American people need that money. 826 00:57:38,188 --> 00:57:39,748 I warn you, Diamond... 827 00:57:39,923 --> 00:57:43,463 The government is going to muscle in on your racket. 828 00:58:04,673 --> 00:58:07,383 I thought I was guaranteed there'd be no frame-up. 829 00:58:14,493 --> 00:58:18,133 Diamond, I don't think you're quite ready for framing. 830 00:58:26,141 --> 00:58:30,531 Gentlemen, you'll see that Mr Diamond is escorted safely to his car. 831 00:59:13,181 --> 00:59:15,274 Would you mind standing there just a moment, Miss Malloy? 832 00:59:15,298 --> 00:59:17,568 - And why, Sir? - I just want to look at you. 833 00:59:20,111 --> 00:59:22,401 Mr Beekman, you're a fool. 834 00:59:24,009 --> 00:59:25,669 I'm a fool about you. 835 00:59:27,423 --> 00:59:30,223 Beekman, can I speak to you a moment, please. 836 00:59:31,025 --> 00:59:33,025 Yes, Mr President. 837 00:59:35,556 --> 00:59:38,226 One hour after our first federal liquor store was opened... 838 00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,730 It was wiped out by the most dastardly demonstration of gangster defiance... 839 00:59:41,790 --> 00:59:43,240 in the history of this country 840 00:59:44,306 --> 00:59:47,556 Nick Diamond has declared war on the United States. 841 01:00:10,170 --> 01:00:11,330 Big shot! 842 01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:18,280 - Still here Beek? - Still here. 843 01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:20,790 You must be tired. 844 01:00:21,185 --> 01:00:23,185 I'll never rest, till you get well. 845 01:00:24,045 --> 01:00:25,775 You love me a lot, don't you? 846 01:00:29,857 --> 01:00:31,787 - Beek... - What? 847 01:00:32,584 --> 01:00:34,584 I didn't feel any pain at all. 848 01:00:35,662 --> 01:00:36,662 Just... 849 01:00:37,123 --> 01:00:41,133 a delicious sense of lassitude and peacefulness. 850 01:00:41,717 --> 01:00:43,237 I'm glad, Pendy. 851 01:00:43,982 --> 01:00:45,332 And then... 852 01:00:46,295 --> 01:00:49,495 I had a terrific feeling of loneliness. 853 01:00:50,662 --> 01:00:53,882 Of being terribly, completely alone. 854 01:00:54,123 --> 01:00:55,543 Yes, I know. 855 01:00:59,326 --> 01:01:00,956 I wanted you, Beek. 856 01:01:09,467 --> 01:01:12,817 I think I feel well enough to be kissed. 857 01:01:25,123 --> 01:01:26,813 Beekman, you're fired! 858 01:01:29,224 --> 01:01:30,704 I've got a better job for you. 859 01:01:30,881 --> 01:01:32,321 It's only a temporary one. 860 01:01:33,170 --> 01:01:36,180 I'm forming a mobile unit of the United States army to be known as the Federal Police... 861 01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:37,790 to eliminate gangsters. 862 01:01:38,224 --> 01:01:40,114 I want you head that unit. 863 01:01:40,803 --> 01:01:41,553 Yessir. 864 01:01:41,576 --> 01:01:43,936 I need a man who has suffered a terrible personal hurt... 865 01:01:44,084 --> 01:01:46,284 A man whose energy and efficiency will be at white heat. 866 01:01:46,623 --> 01:01:48,503 A man ruthless and merciless. 867 01:01:49,623 --> 01:01:52,943 That is of course if you're willing to postpone your wedding for a while. 868 01:01:55,228 --> 01:01:56,728 You don't mind about us? 869 01:01:56,889 --> 01:01:58,096 With no Congress to interfere... 870 01:01:58,120 --> 01:02:00,920 we might be able to arrange a wedding at The White House. 871 01:02:23,823 --> 01:02:27,333 Diamond... In the name of the United States of America, I call on you to surrender! 872 01:02:27,476 --> 01:02:30,456 - Boss, this is the army. - This is just another pinch. 873 01:02:30,703 --> 01:02:34,903 My lawyer will habeas our corpus out of that district attorney's office, in 10 minutes. 874 01:02:37,434 --> 01:02:41,244 Boys, let's give them a round to show them we're hard to get. 875 01:03:19,190 --> 01:03:21,060 Diamond, you're in a bad way. 876 01:03:21,393 --> 01:03:24,103 Discharging firearms at the federal police doesn't help, either. 877 01:03:24,444 --> 01:03:26,244 I believe I'm still entitled to have a lawyer. 878 01:03:26,303 --> 01:03:29,053 Sure... You can have any lawyer you want... 879 01:03:29,261 --> 01:03:31,881 Uncle Sam will pay the bill. But don't forget... 880 01:03:32,092 --> 01:03:34,932 This isn't going to be a court trial.. It's going to be a court-martial. 881 01:03:41,137 --> 01:03:42,507 Nick Diamond... 882 01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:46,150 Racketeer... murderer... kidnapper. 883 01:03:47,344 --> 01:03:50,754 It is the finding of this court-martial that you and your men are guilty. 884 01:03:51,320 --> 01:03:53,170 This court is convinced that you have... 885 01:03:53,194 --> 01:03:55,184 as part of your racketeering and extortion... 886 01:03:55,309 --> 01:03:57,309 committed some 23 homicides. 887 01:03:57,621 --> 01:04:00,141 Murders, with your own hands. 888 01:04:01,816 --> 01:04:03,816 You have instigated dozens more. 889 01:04:03,996 --> 01:04:07,866 Yet by bribery, by technicalities of the law, you have escaped all punishment. 890 01:04:09,238 --> 01:04:11,748 You're the last of the racketeers, Diamond, and why? 891 01:04:12,098 --> 01:04:14,098 Because we have in The White House a man... 892 01:04:14,418 --> 01:04:16,858 who's enabled us to cut the red tape of legal procedures... 893 01:04:16,918 --> 01:04:18,488 and get back to first principles. 894 01:04:18,832 --> 01:04:20,832 An eye for an eye, Nick Diamond. 895 01:04:20,973 --> 01:04:22,343 A tooth for a tooth. 896 01:04:22,637 --> 01:04:24,397 A life for a life. 897 01:04:45,277 --> 01:04:46,277 Fire! 898 01:04:50,152 --> 01:04:52,925 Gentlemen, from the newspapers, I gather, there is quite some sentiment... 899 01:04:52,949 --> 01:04:56,629 to the effect that the president is to be out-generalled by craftier European politicians. 900 01:04:57,035 --> 01:05:00,635 That once again, America will walk out of conference rooms with empty pockets. 901 01:05:00,957 --> 01:05:02,597 You may allay those fears. 902 01:05:02,988 --> 01:05:05,598 America is through with conferences in rooms. 903 01:05:05,964 --> 01:05:09,081 The International Debt Conference, scheduled to be held tomorrow at The White House... 904 01:05:09,105 --> 01:05:11,105 will be held instead on a private yacht. 905 01:05:11,667 --> 01:05:14,997 The delegates at that conference will first be my guests at a naval parade... 906 01:05:15,074 --> 01:05:17,434 which, quite by coincidence, I assure you... 907 01:05:17,753 --> 01:05:22,053 will consist of the largest concentration of naval strength in the history of this nation. 908 01:05:22,417 --> 01:05:25,747 Are we to infer that the debt conference will end in America's favour? 909 01:05:25,800 --> 01:05:27,390 Those debts have got to be paid. 910 01:05:27,449 --> 01:05:29,249 The president intends to collect by force? 911 01:05:29,292 --> 01:05:30,962 Those debts have got to be paid! 912 01:05:30,996 --> 01:05:33,866 Is the United States prepared to wage war against 15 leading nations. 913 01:05:33,988 --> 01:05:35,988 Those debts have got to be paid. 914 01:05:36,183 --> 01:05:37,573 That's all, gentlemen. 915 01:05:41,558 --> 01:05:44,278 Wait a minute, Beekman... The president doesn't intend to go to war?! 916 01:05:44,464 --> 01:05:46,134 You heard what he had to say. 917 01:05:46,214 --> 01:05:47,834 The USA won't stand for war... 918 01:05:47,878 --> 01:05:49,258 even from Judd Hammond. 919 01:06:30,868 --> 01:06:33,908 Gentlemen, you will bear with me a moment while the radio is being connected. 920 01:06:34,103 --> 01:06:35,513 But Mr President... 921 01:06:35,642 --> 01:06:38,932 we did not understand that this conference would be broadcast. 922 01:06:40,915 --> 01:06:44,665 We will speak more advisedly, if we know the people of the world are listening in. 923 01:06:45,408 --> 01:06:49,518 One of the reasons we entered the Great War, was to secure the end to secret diplomacy. 924 01:06:50,017 --> 01:06:53,207 To establish throughout the world a fixed policy of open covenants... 925 01:06:53,822 --> 01:06:55,132 openly arrives at. 926 01:06:56,040 --> 01:06:58,860 Gentlemen, we are at least today fulfilling this great purpose. 927 01:06:59,361 --> 01:07:01,361 We are taking the world into our confidence. 928 01:07:02,197 --> 01:07:04,497 I will open the conference on the question of war-debt... 929 01:07:04,579 --> 01:07:07,449 with a brief statement of America's side of the controversy. 930 01:07:07,868 --> 01:07:11,308 These debts were incurred to save the debtor nations from destruction. 931 01:07:12,017 --> 01:07:14,967 The money they received, they pledged their honour to repay. 932 01:07:15,298 --> 01:07:17,098 Then the debtor pleaded poverty. 933 01:07:17,486 --> 01:07:20,246 The United States compromised the debts by half. 934 01:07:20,822 --> 01:07:24,332 This remaining half, debtor-nations solemnly signed agreements to pay. 935 01:07:25,118 --> 01:07:28,528 Gentlemen... are you prepared to pay those debts? 936 01:07:29,064 --> 01:07:33,004 For Germany to pay her debts, means more taxes on the half-starved people. 937 01:07:33,431 --> 01:07:36,171 They may burst into open revolution. 938 01:07:38,071 --> 01:07:42,511 You think, Belgium, neutral, inoffensive little Belgium... 939 01:07:42,743 --> 01:07:45,573 could suffer the ravages of invasion again? 940 01:07:45,993 --> 01:07:48,563 For ten times the money she owes you? 941 01:07:48,908 --> 01:07:52,518 We helped the little American colonies when they fought for their freedom. 942 01:07:52,986 --> 01:07:54,706 Helped them with money. 943 01:07:54,947 --> 01:07:56,947 That's right, you helped us. 944 01:07:57,259 --> 01:08:00,349 And America has shown an affection for France, ever since. 945 01:08:00,962 --> 01:08:02,612 But, we paid you back. 946 01:08:03,290 --> 01:08:04,660 And rightly, too. 947 01:08:04,986 --> 01:08:06,936 A cosmopolitan nation like the United States... 948 01:08:07,001 --> 01:08:09,831 has reason to cherish affection for all nations of the world... 949 01:08:10,087 --> 01:08:12,087 whom she properly considers her forebears. 950 01:08:12,783 --> 01:08:16,363 Yet, the inescapable consequences of the debt, are... 951 01:08:16,704 --> 01:08:18,354 Someone must pay it. 952 01:08:18,853 --> 01:08:21,483 And if your nations cannot pay a debt you contracted... 953 01:08:21,571 --> 01:08:23,481 to save yourselves from destruction... 954 01:08:23,908 --> 01:08:26,888 it will have to be paid by the American taxpayer himself. 955 01:08:27,408 --> 01:08:31,428 And the burden on the American taxpayer, for sharing his part of the war... 956 01:08:31,868 --> 01:08:35,208 Is too heavy... He can't pay his own debts and your too. 957 01:08:36,470 --> 01:08:38,470 Gentlemen are you prepared to pay your debts? 958 01:08:38,939 --> 01:08:43,719 But Mr President, we can't discuss matters of such great importance here in an hour. 959 01:08:43,861 --> 01:08:46,421 We must have further conferences. 960 01:08:46,767 --> 01:08:49,617 I have never seen an American eagle go into one of these conferences... 961 01:08:49,640 --> 01:08:51,840 that it didn’t come out, plucked of its pin-feathers. 962 01:08:53,111 --> 01:08:55,111 There will be no further conferences. 963 01:08:55,423 --> 01:08:58,903 We paid when we could, and we're no longer able to pay. 964 01:08:59,673 --> 01:09:01,573 We loaned billions ourselves... 965 01:09:01,829 --> 01:09:03,829 and have not received one penny in return. 966 01:09:04,228 --> 01:09:07,398 Very well... I hereby repudiate one of our past conferences. 967 01:09:08,368 --> 01:09:10,368 I refer to the naval limitations agreement. 968 01:09:10,923 --> 01:09:12,523 As a result of that agreement... 969 01:09:12,611 --> 01:09:14,231 America destroyed battleships... 970 01:09:14,360 --> 01:09:16,950 while European countries destroyed blueprints. 971 01:09:17,103 --> 01:09:19,623 And from now on, America refuses to allow... 972 01:09:19,702 --> 01:09:21,832 European nations, or Asiatic nations... 973 01:09:22,038 --> 01:09:25,918 dictate how many ships and what kind of ships America shall have in the navy... 974 01:09:25,991 --> 01:09:28,551 which defends her lands and her people. 975 01:09:29,077 --> 01:09:30,257 Mr President... 976 01:09:30,710 --> 01:09:33,250 You can't repudiate the signature of your country. 977 01:09:35,163 --> 01:09:37,543 It is you who have repudiated signatures... 978 01:09:37,851 --> 01:09:40,651 destroyed credit and confidence among nations. 979 01:09:40,952 --> 01:09:44,462 Made solemnly-signed agreements no more than scraps of paper. 980 01:09:45,476 --> 01:09:48,636 If you can repudiate the debts owing to the American taxpayer... 981 01:09:48,929 --> 01:09:51,549 incurred to save your own people from destruction. 982 01:09:51,632 --> 01:09:53,442 Are no standards of ethics left? 983 01:09:54,273 --> 01:09:56,103 You have gone into moral bankruptcy. 984 01:09:56,569 --> 01:09:58,359 I can repudiate anything. 985 01:09:59,444 --> 01:10:02,404 Gentlemen, I would like to have your attention over here for a few moments. 986 01:10:04,108 --> 01:10:06,618 I want you to take a last look at America's small navy... 987 01:10:06,929 --> 01:10:09,069 An American restricted and hampered navy. 988 01:10:09,312 --> 01:10:12,262 The last look at an American navy controlled by foreign powers. 989 01:10:12,542 --> 01:10:15,552 But when I get through with America's new navy, America's own navy... 990 01:10:15,615 --> 01:10:18,775 it'll make all of your navies look like toy ships in a bathtub. 991 01:10:19,375 --> 01:10:22,815 Is the President of the United States going to plunge the world into another war? 992 01:10:22,893 --> 01:10:27,193 No, the United States must have the greatest navy in the world, because we want peace. 993 01:10:27,407 --> 01:10:29,407 Mr President, you leave us no alternative. 994 01:10:29,535 --> 01:10:32,835 We'll gladly pay our debts if you can show us how to do so. 995 01:10:33,546 --> 01:10:35,926 I've been waiting for someone to ask me how. 996 01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:38,890 Gentlemen, I'm going to tell you how. 997 01:10:39,694 --> 01:10:42,194 People of the United States... nations of the world... 998 01:10:42,475 --> 01:10:44,756 It's not my intention to go to war to collect the debts... 999 01:10:44,842 --> 01:10:45,852 We want peace. 1000 01:10:45,963 --> 01:10:47,203 But in order to have peace... 1001 01:10:47,274 --> 01:10:50,406 while the nations of the world are preparing to spring at each other’s throats... 1002 01:10:50,430 --> 01:10:52,430 we must be able to command peace. 1003 01:10:52,498 --> 01:10:56,678 Peace and a return to prosperity go hand in hand, only through one agent... 1004 01:10:57,220 --> 01:10:58,610 While hundreds of thousands of families... 1005 01:10:58,634 --> 01:11:00,684 are wondering where their next meal is coming from... 1006 01:11:00,708 --> 01:11:02,708 While I'm vainly trying to balance the budget... 1007 01:11:02,937 --> 01:11:07,177 we spent last year nearly 360 million dollars on battleships... Why? 1008 01:11:07,271 --> 01:11:09,251 Because the other nations of the world do. 1009 01:11:09,329 --> 01:11:13,739 And you, Great Britain, you spent last year, nearly 1000 million dollars on armaments. 1010 01:11:14,428 --> 01:11:17,088 And you France, last year you spent on your armaments... 1011 01:11:17,254 --> 01:11:18,774 Over 1000 million dollars more... 1012 01:11:18,794 --> 01:11:22,144 than the small payment you were supposed to make us, but defaulted. 1013 01:11:22,341 --> 01:11:24,751 And you, Italy... Over 500 million. 1014 01:11:25,003 --> 01:11:26,733 And you other nations in proportion. 1015 01:11:26,867 --> 01:11:28,014 And yet, people of the world... 1016 01:11:28,038 --> 01:11:29,758 we wonder where the money is coming from. 1017 01:11:30,009 --> 01:11:33,319 To save our nations from financial collapse, I'll tell you. 1018 01:11:34,295 --> 01:11:35,705 When I think of the billions... 1019 01:11:35,895 --> 01:11:39,055 spent on these glorified, antiquated pieces of scrap iron... 1020 01:11:39,415 --> 01:11:41,415 it makes me despair of humanity. 1021 01:11:41,619 --> 01:11:44,619 Antiquated, I said, and I propose to prove it to you. 1022 01:11:45,075 --> 01:11:46,576 At the same time I'll show you a method... 1023 01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:49,700 whereby the world may be saved from international bankruptcy. 1024 01:11:50,185 --> 01:11:52,185 Commander Jones, you may proceed. 1025 01:11:56,685 --> 01:11:58,865 Over there, there are 2 battleships... 1026 01:12:01,293 --> 01:12:03,913 Those ships cost our taxpayers 40 million dollars. 1027 01:12:04,338 --> 01:12:06,338 Today they are pronounced obsolete. Why? 1028 01:12:06,694 --> 01:12:09,514 Because fools throughout the world are working out new designs... 1029 01:12:09,601 --> 01:12:11,201 New ships, new futilities... 1030 01:12:11,234 --> 01:12:13,234 which render yesterday's work useless. 1031 01:12:13,746 --> 01:12:15,616 Those ships are radio-controlled. 1032 01:12:16,118 --> 01:12:18,118 They contain not a single human being. 1033 01:12:18,962 --> 01:12:20,692 Major Dawson, you may proceed. 1034 01:12:24,776 --> 01:12:26,116 Here they come. 1035 01:12:31,132 --> 01:12:33,132 The United States navy of the air. 1036 01:12:37,821 --> 01:12:39,511 Major Dawson, you may fire when ready. 1037 01:14:27,086 --> 01:14:29,766 Just what is the purpose of this demonstration? 1038 01:14:29,884 --> 01:14:32,784 Mr President... What is your objective? 1039 01:14:38,632 --> 01:14:41,592 People of the United States... Nations of the world. 1040 01:14:42,363 --> 01:14:45,093 The world will not learn, without bitter lessons. 1041 01:14:45,743 --> 01:14:48,543 The next war will be a terrible story of the failure... 1042 01:14:48,857 --> 01:14:51,447 of antiquated machinery and antiquated methods. 1043 01:14:52,115 --> 01:14:56,105 Of the horrifying destructiveness of the modern agencies of arms. 1044 01:14:56,768 --> 01:14:59,578 Armies and navies will be destroyed from the air. 1045 01:14:59,786 --> 01:15:03,046 And as these aeroplanes destroy armies and navies... 1046 01:15:03,237 --> 01:15:06,597 they will destroy cities... they will destroy populations. 1047 01:15:07,270 --> 01:15:10,130 Peace and faith are necessary among men. 1048 01:15:10,500 --> 01:15:12,770 Not merely for the welfare of nations... 1049 01:15:12,945 --> 01:15:15,275 but for the very existence of nations. 1050 01:15:16,041 --> 01:15:18,361 The next war will depopulate the Earth. 1051 01:15:18,685 --> 01:15:20,565 Invisible poison gases... 1052 01:15:20,746 --> 01:15:23,136 Inconceivably devastating explosives... 1053 01:15:23,548 --> 01:15:26,828 Annihilating death-rays will sweep to utter destruction... 1054 01:15:27,316 --> 01:15:28,376 not only the men... 1055 01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:31,510 but the children who would constitute another generation... 1056 01:15:31,724 --> 01:15:33,174 and the mothers who bear them. 1057 01:15:33,318 --> 01:15:37,308 Unless man's God-given faculty for utilising the forces of nature... 1058 01:15:37,356 --> 01:15:38,766 for beneficent purposes... 1059 01:15:38,854 --> 01:15:41,654 shall surpass their vicious genius for destruction... 1060 01:15:41,957 --> 01:15:44,357 the race of man shall perish from the earth... 1061 01:15:44,422 --> 01:15:46,772 and the Earth shall be left to the less cruel... 1062 01:15:46,846 --> 01:15:48,276 the less destructive... 1063 01:15:48,498 --> 01:15:50,228 and the less stupid wild animals. 1064 01:15:51,293 --> 01:15:52,603 People of the world... 1065 01:15:53,110 --> 01:15:55,560 I speak to you... Shall we save this world? 1066 01:15:56,288 --> 01:15:58,008 Shall we restore it to a condition... 1067 01:15:58,036 --> 01:16:00,346 where we can truly say there is peace on earth... 1068 01:16:00,773 --> 01:16:02,413 goodwill toward men. 1069 01:16:02,726 --> 01:16:05,956 Shall the United States of America build such a navy to force peace? 1070 01:16:06,417 --> 01:16:09,397 Or shall the other nations agree to eliminate their armaments... 1071 01:16:09,841 --> 01:16:11,201 balance their budgets... 1072 01:16:11,268 --> 01:16:12,988 restore honour among nations? 1073 01:16:13,224 --> 01:16:16,234 The United States would be glad to fall in line with such a movement. 1074 01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:19,200 But only after the other nations have proven their good faith... 1075 01:16:19,352 --> 01:16:20,732 by convincing action. 1076 01:16:21,129 --> 01:16:25,199 The very fate of our civilisation rests here and now, where it belongs... 1077 01:16:25,716 --> 01:16:27,716 in the hands of the people of the world. 1078 01:16:43,008 --> 01:16:45,816 Here we are, ladies and gentlemen, in the East Room of The White House... 1079 01:16:45,840 --> 01:16:49,200 on the most important day in the peace and prosperity of the world. 1080 01:16:49,660 --> 01:16:53,450 The Washington Covenant has already been signed by most of the foreign powers... 1081 01:16:53,785 --> 01:16:57,415 and Baron Kenzo Futimoto, Prime Minister of Japan... 1082 01:16:57,902 --> 01:16:59,392 is about to sign the covenant. 1083 01:16:59,613 --> 01:17:02,323 President Hammond has not yet appeared. 1084 01:17:24,363 --> 01:17:26,363 [Japanese] 1085 01:17:33,870 --> 01:17:36,735 The Right Honourable Charles Campbell, Prime Minister of Great Britain... 1086 01:17:36,759 --> 01:17:38,119 is next signer of the covenant. 1087 01:17:50,043 --> 01:17:54,063 Today truly begins a new era of peace and prosperity... 1088 01:17:54,504 --> 01:17:56,294 for the peoples of the world. 1089 01:17:57,934 --> 01:18:01,254 The Right Honourable Paul-Laurent Chauffard, the Prime Minister of France... 1090 01:18:01,449 --> 01:18:03,449 is next to sign. 1091 01:18:09,777 --> 01:18:11,777 [French] 1092 01:18:31,723 --> 01:18:33,723 The President. 1093 01:18:48,300 --> 01:18:50,070 Are you alright, Sir? 1094 01:19:19,598 --> 01:19:22,858 With this document... this Covenant of Washington... 1095 01:19:23,238 --> 01:19:27,418 the world takes its first real step to prevent our civilisation from tottering... 1096 01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:30,850 as did forgotten civilisations before us. 1097 01:20:54,262 --> 01:20:56,572 Bring him right here... There on the settee. 1098 01:20:57,934 --> 01:20:59,124 Be careful, boys. 1099 01:21:01,426 --> 01:21:02,696 Loosen his collar. 1100 01:21:03,340 --> 01:21:04,990 - Get me some water! - Yessir. 1101 01:21:17,090 --> 01:21:18,710 Alright, boys... thanks. 1102 01:21:34,145 --> 01:21:36,835 - Here's the water, Doctor. - Put it over there. 1103 01:21:37,527 --> 01:21:38,767 It's his heart. 1104 01:21:39,918 --> 01:21:41,832 You'd better make some statement to the delegates. 1105 01:21:41,856 --> 01:21:43,856 Anything, to allay their fears. 1106 01:22:36,097 --> 01:22:37,897 Hello, Pendy, old girl. 1107 01:22:40,839 --> 01:22:42,839 Here, Mr President, take this. 1108 01:22:46,636 --> 01:22:48,756 There's nothing you can do for me, Split. 1109 01:23:09,899 --> 01:23:14,029 Does the President of the United States meet with your approval? 1110 01:23:16,863 --> 01:23:18,363 He's proved himself. 1111 01:23:19,043 --> 01:23:21,433 One of the greatest men who ever lived. 1112 01:23:28,496 --> 01:23:30,376 Hold my hand, Pendy. 1113 01:25:10,826 --> 01:25:15,016 Gentlemen, the President of the United States sends you his heartfelt gratitude... 1114 01:25:15,224 --> 01:25:18,264 for your magnificent accomplishment in achieving this Washington Covenant. 1115 01:25:18,638 --> 01:25:21,118 His only thought being that the millennium of peace on Earth... 1116 01:25:21,187 --> 01:25:23,647 be preserved forever for the peoples of the world.. 1117 01:25:24,529 --> 01:25:27,329 Gentlemen, the President of the United States is dead. 1118 01:25:41,726 --> 01:25:44,316 Subtitles by FatPlank for KG 1118 01:25:45,305 --> 01:26:45,645 www.caseway.ai is for people who can’t afford a lawyer