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SCANDAL IN A SMALL TOWN

Okay.

Let's hit it.

Here you go, baby.

That one's for you.

We thought you forgot all about us, Leda Beth.

How could I forget my favorite boys ?

Where you been, darling?

Fudge is pining after you, sweetheart.

Tell you what, why don't you just keep the change?

Don't be so cheap.

Cheap!

I ain't cheap!

Leda Beth, let's do it again.

Well, thank you, baby.

You really are one of my favorite boys.

You can thank me for that, Leda.

Scottie!

Beer, whiskey, and vodka.

How's the new kid doing?

She ain't got into that.

Oh, well, poor baby.

Thanks, Scottie.

There you go.

Oh, thanks.

Next to the guts.

Sit down, Leda.

Take a break.

Thought that I'd appreciate the compliment, but easy on the merchandise, huh?

Hey, Leda, can you have the band play this morning?

- I sure will, baby. - Thanks, Beth.

Well, she's a handful, isn't she?

Oh, you can say that.

A lot of people say that picking ain't the way to make a living

But it wouldn't change it if he could

Cause there's nothing like the feeling when they're rocking it.

who really was tearing into Johnny McGoon.

He's always on the go Cause he's got another show

You okay, John?

Hit me again, will you, Leda?

Knockin' it back pretty good, aren't you?

Yeah, well...

I worked my butt off for nine years in that mill.

They just walk in today and they fire me, along with 50 other guys.

I'm really sorry to hear that, Judd.

Hey, things will pick up.

They'll probably start hiring again real soon.

You know what, Leda?

What?

You're my favorite waitress.

Oh, pumpkin.

I'm everybody's favorite waitress.

Want some?

No, thanks.

Hi.

Hi.

How are you doing tonight, kid?

How'd you make out?

Well...

Terrible.

Same as last night.

Well, let me tell you something.

So you gotta give him a little more of a view.

You know what I mean, Savannah?

- Yeah, but isn't this a little much? - No.

Yeah, but don't I look kind of like a, you know...

No, you don't.

I mean, are you a hooker, Savannah?

No, I'm not.

All right, well, then what's your problem?

You know, what do you got? to worry about.

You've got the equipment. Use it.

Okay.

- Let's get out of this join, huh ? - Okay.

Okay.

Thanks.

- What are you doing ? - Hey, baby.

Warming up my batteries for me, Jud ?

Oh, get off.

Listen, you're really smashed.

You better not drive tonight.

Give me a kiss.

Ledaa, give me a kiss.

Now you should be home anyway.

Your family, your kids, everything like that?

Come on.

- John... - For all time sick.

Be good, will you?

I'll be good.

- Can you just behave yourself ? - Yes, I will.

Thank you. That'd be great.

What the hell are you doing, Jud ?

Nothing. I was just leaving.

Get in!

Get in! Damn you.

I've been calling all over town wondering where you are.

All right, but I'm going to drive my own truck.

You're not going to drive your truck.

You'll pick it up in the morning.

I should have known you'd be involved, Leda Beth.

Now, hold it, Clarisse.

You make me sick.

Get in the car, damn you!

You look like a loaded pistol.

Mom, everybody dresses like this.

Well, they're not looking for too much excitement in their little lives.

You better tone that that down.

Really?

Yeah, really.

Move it. You're gonna be late.

Shoulder pads?

They're yours.

What about the lipstick?

- Okay, now. - The skirt, come on !

Very much better. Really.

You nervous about this afternoon?

Yeah.

They're voting on it later to see if I can play in the game this afternoon.

Listen, if they don't put you on the squad, I don't know what they're using for brains.

Yeah?

Well, the girls have got to like you, too.

Politics, huh?

Cut to throat. Listen, don't worry.

You got it made, okay?

Thanks.

Mom?

Michael wants to take me out tonight after the game.

Out?

Where?

To a party?

To a movie?

I don't know. Just out.

Well, that ain't good enough, pumpkin.

Mom, Don goes out.

Well, you're not gone.

I mean, she's a real space kid.

You know what I mean?

And she's not going to college next year, and you are.

But Michael is a really nice boy.

Believe me, I know all about nice boys like Michael.

I'll think about it, okay?

Well, have you thought about it?

You think you're going to get your way, don't you?

Forget it. Get out of here.

Come on.

- Well, here we go again. - Yep.

You got the pliers?

Ready.

Got him.

Good.

Okay.

Beam me up, Scotty.

Okay.

Are we an unbeatable combination...

- ... or what? - ... or what?

There you are ! Hurry, come on !

Hurry!

Come on, we're gonna be late !

See you later, Mom.

Don't worry, Julie. You've got it made.

Thanks.

Bye-bye.

We couldn't wait for you anymore. Come on.

Hi, girls.

How are you ?

*************************************

Julie is really doing great.

I knew she'd make the squad.

*************************************

That one's Michael.

He's Julie's boyfriend.

- Number 11? - Mm-hmm.

As cute as a button.

Guess my little girl's not so little anymore.

Another massacre in the making.

Who's that?

Oh, that's George Baker, Julie's history teacher.

Kids just love him.

Watch the back, kids!

Watch your back, kid.

Come on. Here we go.

Julie had a good game anyway.

Julie? Julie, you were terrific.

- Really? - Oh, absolutely.

Thanks, Mom.

- What about the game, though, huh? - Well, next time.

You know, a team needs a little loosening up, that's all.

You were great.

Thank you.

Julie, congratulations.

Thank you Mr. Baker.

You got a great gal in Julie here.

You should be proud.

Oh, thank you. I am.

And she is real college material, too.

I understand you had something to do with that.

Oh, well, she's got all the brains in the family.

Well, I can certainly see where the beauty comes from.

Isn't he the greatest?

He's pretty swell.

Hey, Julie. You coming?

Okay, okay, but be home by 11.

Thank you.

- Promise? - I promise.

Julie.

Leda.

- Oh, hi. - Cherry.

No, no, this is my new recipe.

It's lemon meringue.

I hope you like it.

Hey, there's Grandpa.

Come on, pumpkin.

It's good to see you.

I made the cheerleading team.

Do you believe it?

Kind of an early hour for your mother, isn't it?

Grandpa, come on.

Hello, Lucas.

Nice to see you.

Right after supper...

Hey, what happened to that team of yours the other night?

Oh, Grandpa, don't ask.

Hey, we won the county championships when my dad was on the team, didn't we ?

Two years in a row.

Pete was all state both times.

Never missed a game.

You should have seen your daddy.

Yeah, Shiloh was on the map in those days.

Not like today.

Damn layoffs don't help none either.

That reminds me, how's Keith doing?

He affected by the slowdown.

Oh, hey. He sure is.

I mean, he only gets to town twice a month now.

He the married one?

No, Lucas, he's the unmarried one.

The one I've been seeing for the past two years.

Well, let's have dessert.

Leda's pie, Lucas.

Lemon meringue.

Would you like some?

I don't reckon I care for dessert.

Well, maybe next time then.

Maybe.

It's a real pleasure for you to refuse me, isn't it, Lucas?

I'm sorry, Leda.

How is Keith anyway?

You two thinking about getting married?

Why?

Would that make Lucas like me any better?

Oh, Leda.

How's it going?

Earth to Julie !

- Mom... - What ?

I have this major test tomorrow.

It's all on extra credit questions.

- In what subject ? - History.

Well, I was never much on history, but I'll help you out if you want.

- Really? - Sure.

You do that?

Yeah, of course.

Where are you up to?

Um, here. Civil War.

Okay.

Um, let me see now.

Okay.

What happened on April 14, 1865?

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

Very good.

Name the man who killed the president.

- John Wilkes... - John Wilkes Booth.

- Come on, Mom, this is... - Even I knew that one.

- This is really important. - Okay. Okay.

Alright. Why did Booth assassinate President Lincoln?

Because John Wilkes Booth was a Jew, and they had this big conspiracy.

Wait a minute.

John Wilkes Booth was a Jew?

I never heard that before.

Oh, yeah.

Even back then the Jews had this plot to take over America.

It's like what's happening now.

What do you mean what's happening now?

Yeah.

I mean, the mill's going down the tubes because these Jewish bankers are cutting off credit.

Wait a minute, Julie.

Where are you getting this stuff?

Mom, it's incredible.

Didn't you hear what happened to Michael's father?

No, what?

He got laid off.

Mr. Baker says it's all part of this big Jewish conspiracy.

Mr. Baker said that?

Yeah.

Mom, it's history.

Hello?

Hi, Don.

Yeah?

He called me tonight.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, we're going out Saturday night.

But, Mom, it's for the dance.

Everybody's getting something special.

All right, let me see it again.

Isn't it gorgeous?

Uh-huh.

Can you make it?

Well, I guess so.

So you'll do it?

Well, baby, I can make it, but don't you think it's a little old for you?

Mom...

All right, all right, I'll make it.

What's gonna hold it up?

Mom!

Just kidding.

- Come on. - God !

What about this one?

This is nice.

Oh, Mom.

It's like it's out of the 50s or something.

Well, it is. Fifties are back, you know?

What do you think?

I want to know what's gonna keep it up.

- Oh, Mom ! - Yeah?

Look at this.

Oh, I love it.

Isn't it beautiful?

100% cotton.

Looks like silk, don't it?

Oh, sure does.

How much?

Well, you got expensive taste, young lady.

- That's ten a yard. - Yeah ?

I'll tell you what.

I'll let you have it for seven and a half.

Deal.

Take about four yards.

Oh, I love... Mom, thank you.

Thanks, Meg.

I'll take care of that.

- Now, you can go do the shopping. - Oh, Mom !

- Oh, it looks just gorgeous on you, pumpkin. - Thanks.

Okay.

Thanks, Mom.

- I'll see you later. - Okay.

Ride it out.

Okay.

She got a hot day for that dance ?

I'm afraid so.

Mr. Erickson?

Mr. Erickson?

I'm Leda Beth Vincent. Julie's mother?

Oh, Julie Vincent's mother. Sure. How's she doing?

Oh, just fine. Thank you.

Um, Mr. Erickson, uh, you know Mr. Baker.

Why, sure, I know him. I hired him. Why?

Well, I've been worried about some things in the homework he gave Julie.

Some of her history lessons just seem all cockeyed, at least to me.

Well, I'll tell you, history is not my area.

Why don't you talk to Mr. Baker yourself?

He's real easy to talk to, and I'm sure that he'd be happy to answer any questions you have.

Well,,,

Mom?

Oh, there she is.

- Will you take a bag? - Yeah.

Hello, Julie.

Hi, Mr. Erickson.

- Checking up on me again? - You got it.

With Mr. Erickson?

My kind of guy.

On the interstate or country roads She gets me where I want to go

Bought her on the credit plan Customized for a working man

200 guys here out of work.

What do we do about it?

That can't last forever.

It'll turn around, Jud.

This one's on the house, Jud.

Well, thank you, darling.

Better be your last, though.

We'll have to call Clarisse and get her to pick you up again.

Looking real good tonight, Leda Beth.

Well, thank you, Glenn.

You're the winner here.

That's right.

Then this is for you.

Yeah, make him pay.

Leda Beth, help me make this shot, will you, huh?

Man, honey, you know how I am at angles.

You remember how I was at school.

Yeah, I remember.

Hitting the books never was a strong point with you, was it, Leda Beth?

Well, if I remember correctly, you weren't exactly a rocket scientist yourself, now were you?

Hey, you tell 'im.

Well, you could just teach me anything, you know, any old time you want to.

Oh, I'll try to remember that, Glenn. I really will.

Leda !

Yeah, I'll see you later, guys.

- What's up ? - Keith's here.

Cover for me, will you?

- Well, hi. - Hi.

Oh, I sure did miss you.

Lord, I should have missed you too.

How long are you in town for?

Oh, just...

All night.

I got to be in Portland tomorrow.

We'll have to get off.

Midnight.

****

Come here.

Not here, Keith.

Not here.

You look so sad, Keith.

Yeah?

How can you tell?

Just something in your eyes, I guess.

What's wrong?

Well...

We're taking a real beating up here, Leda Beth.

As a matter of fact, the Shiloh Mill may have to close down.

Packing in, real soon.

Really ? I didn't think it was that bad.

Yeah, well, it is.

Canadian lumber is just too cheap.

So it's not the Jews?

The Jews?

What the hell have they got to do with it?

Oh, I don't know.

Someone said that...

The Jews are behind all the layoffs down at the mill and...

No, that's crazy.

It's just not true.

What if the mill closes?

What's going to happen to us?

We hardly get to see each other as it is.

I want us to try and work this thing out.

And we will, okay?

What time is it?

About 4.30.

Keith went down ?

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Go to sleep, angel.

Okay, now I want you all to take this pamphlet

and turn to page 14 and look at what was happening in America.

Jason.

Read the list of names of the financial advisors of President Roosevelt in 1919.

Uh, Morgenthau, Strauss...

Lilienthal.

Okay.

And on page 16

we see the names of the German bankers at that time.

Dawn.

Um, Epstein, Rothschild, and Wise.

Okay.

Is some pattern emerging?

Remember,

learning history is the ability to look beneath the surface.

Julie.

- They're all Jews. - Good. Then what's the point?

The Jews dragged us into World War II.

Why?

Because they wanted to protect their money in Germany and the rest of Europe.

You mean that you started World War II just so they could get richer?

Dawn, throughout history when a particular group had power

they would do almost anything to hold on to it.

Yeah.

Still happening right now in Shiloh.

They're the reason that the mill's closing down right now.

I don't understand, Mr. Baker.

If the Jews are behind all this terrible stuff, why can't we do something about it?

Yeah, why?

Yeah, why can't we do anything?

We'll get to that eventually, Jason.

But for now, just be patient and learn your history.

Okay, we'll continue next time.

But please leave these pamphlets here with me.

Oh, and furthermore,

the season is only half over, so

keep on keeping on for those Shiloh Eagles.

- Yeah ! - Yeah !

Hello.

What a pleasant surprise.

Mr. Baker?

Come, come, have a seat.

Thank you.

What can I do for you?

Well... It's about Julie.

- There;s no problem, I hope. - Oh, no, no, she's happy.

Well, then.

It's just that...

I've been going over Julie's homework, Mr. Baker, and I...

Terrific! I wish more parents would take the time to help in their children's education.

Well, that's why I'm here.

You see...

Mr. Baker, I hope you won't mind me saying this,

but some of your history lessons just don't make sense to me.

Like what?

Well, all this business about the Jews.

The other day, Julie said that they're even behind all the trouble down at the mill.

Ma'am, I teach history.

Yeah, I know, but... I am a history teacher.

Do you know what that means?

- I suppose it's... - No, I don't think you do.

You think history is simple facts, figures and dates.

But to get to the truth, the student of history must dig,

like an archaeologist.

Look, I don't know anything about that, Mr. Baker, but what I do know

is the stuff you're teaching about the Jews doesn't sound right to me.

Look, I have been a history teacher for over 20 years.

The last year in this lovely town of yours, and I must tell you,

that you're the first person to ever question my lesson plan.

Well, I'm only speaking for myself.

Fair enough.

But as far as the mill is concerned,

I can't be held responsible for what people say outside my classroom.

- I realize that, but... - Tell me...

Have you ever read Spengler's Decline of the West?

No.

Have you ever read Toynbee's work?

Look I don't claim to be some big brain or anything.

But you question my curriculum.

Parts of it.

You've worked very hard your whole life, haven't you?

Yes, I have.

Well, let's be fair to one another.

And to Julie.

Because ultimately she's the one we're talking about, isn't that right?

I'd like you to read something.

Articles written by some of the most prestigious scholars in America and Europe.

I think you'll find them very interesting.

And when you've finished, we can sit down and talk about them.

That makes sense now, doesn't it?

Well, it looks like I got my homework cut out for me.

- How're you doing, kid ? - Oh, much better, thanks,

Okay, I got two beers.

Greyhound scotch straight up.

Hey, Scottie.

You know that guy Baker who teaches history at the school?

Yeah, folks say he's pretty good.

What, you have any problems?

No, it's just the weird stuff he's teaching her, that's all.

Weird?

What kind of weird?

I don't know.

About the Jews.

They're trying to take over and run the whole show.

It ain't running this place, and that's for damn sure.

Honey, why don't you quit worrying about things that don't concern you?

I mean, you got a whole table over there full of A good old boy just waiting for the drink.

Thanks.

You're a big help.

Here you go, Wayne.

Put a little hair on your chest.

Hey, how you guys doing?

Excuse me, can you tell me where the history department is?

Now, is that European history, Asian history, or American history?

Darling, just point me in the direction of the smartest professor you know.

You know, the boss.

History Department's right around the corner, ma'am.

Thanks.

Excuse me.

Professor Martin?

Yes.

I'm sorry, I don't have an appointment.

Well, of course you don't have an appointment.

If you had an appointment, I'd forget about it.

I'd be somewhere else.

Come on in.

Oh, thank you.

It is not every day that a mysterious, beautiful lady wants to get an audience

with an underpaid, unglamorous assistent professor.

Sit, please.

Now, the boys over in Computer Wing, they're as popular as rock stars.

Groupies and everything, I hear.

Well, I'm Leda Beth Vincent, and I live in Shiloh, about 30 miles away from here.

Um, I brought these books.

These are what my daughter is studying history from.

I've been looking through them and I want to know if they're true.

Where'd you see you got these?

Oh, Mr. Baker, Mr. George Baker, he's my daughter's history teacher.

Well, aren't you going to read them?

I don't have to. I know what's in them.

And?

You're Mr. Baker's a very dangerous man.

Men like Baker, nothing new.

Sometimes they belong to groups.

Sometimes they're just loners.

They blame everything that's wrong with the world

and Jews, blacks, Asians, anybody else that's convenient.

He's a known story leader.

He's a frightening one.

So Julie is being taught a bunch of lies.

Taught more than that.

Those glossy journals are teaching hatred.

Your daughter and the other children are being taught to hate Jews.

And most people in Shiloh think that Mr. Baker is just dandy.

But you think otherwise, or you wouldn't be here today.

Look, I just want my daughter to get a good education and make something of her life

and I don't want her to be taught to hate people for no good reason.

Do you want my advice?

I don't know. Do I?

You better do something about Baker before it's too late.

Okay.

Turn, please, turn.

Julie, will you stop fidgeting?

Mom, I have an edge.

Okay. Here, let me scratch it.

- Better? - Yes.

Why are you so nervous?

- I'm not nervous. - Mom, you're nervous.

What is it?

Mom, I know you.

Please tell me.

Okay, you might as well know.

I'm going to the school board meeting tonight.

You? How come?

Well, because I'm really worried about that Mr. Baker.

Mr. Baker ? What are you talking about?

Well, Julie, all that stuff he's teaching you about the Jewish people just isn't true.

Mom, what are you talking about?

Look, honey.

I checked it out.

I went to the State University,

I spoke to a professor there, and I showed him Mr. Baker's pamphlets.

You did what?

Julie, listen.

He said I was right.

The stuff he's teaching you is a bunch of lies.

What do you mean, Mom?

Mr. Baker's the best teacher in high school.

How do you know these things?

How do you know what he was even talking about?

Listen, Julie, come here.

I know how you feel about Mr. Baker,

and I don't want to stir up a lot of trouble i don't want to do anything to embarrass you,

But I've got to go down there and tell them what I found out.

I've got to.

Mom, you're wrong about him.

Oh, we're going to see.

Well...

Now that we've totally exhausted ourselves on this monumental issue,

can we please have a show of hands

as to whether or not this board will authorize the purchase of four new blackboards.

Those in favor, raise your hands.

Okay, motion passed.

Now, if there is no new business, let's go home.

*** hand up.

Is that a request for a motion?

I suppose.

Okay, everybody, the chair recognizes Lita Beth Vincent.

All right.

What is it, Leda ?

Well, um...

I wanted to talk about what was happening at the school

We can't hear you. Could you please stand and speak up?

I guess you're not used to seeing me around here much.

I wanted to talk about Mr. Baker.

The history teacher? Well, what about him?

Well, for one thing, he's not using the state textbooks like he's supposed to.

And, I talked to a college professor that said that what he's teaching is...

What ?

What he's teaching is lies.

Mr. Baker?

Leda !

This is a very serious statement.

Tell us, please, what lies is Mr. Baker teaching?

About the Jews.

Jews ?

I don't understand. What in the world is that?

But what is he saying about Jews?

Well, I guess he must hate him, because he's teaching our kids to hate him, too.

My goodness, this is incredible.

Where are you getting this?

Well, it's right here in Julie's homework.

Leda, you're aware that Mr. Baker is known to everyone as a wonderful teacher.

Are you sure you didn't misunderstand the homework?

I don't think I did, Helen.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Leda, but didn't you drop out of high school?

Well, what's that got to do with anything?

Well, being a high school dropout hardly qualifies you as an expert in history,

now does it?

You don't need a diploma to know what's right from wrong.

Oh, well, that's real amusing coming from someone who spent most of her time

with her feet in the air in the backwoods.

Actually, it was the back of Chevy's, Clarisse.

Why don't you ask Jud? He had a Chevy, as I recall.

Why you little bitch !

Charisse, please.

This is a school board meeting, and I will not tolerate cursing or name-galling.

These are the pamphlets that he's been using.

And all our kids are studying from him.

Uh, look.

Well, why don't we just talk to Mr. Baker?

You know, find out what's going on.

There just may be a perfectly logical explanation for all.

Sure, I'll speak to him. No problem.

Okay, then that's settled.

Mr. Erickson will speak to Mr. Baker about this... issue.

Now, if no one has any objections, this meeting is adjourned.

Any objections?

No.

Then let's go home.

But...

All right, we'll see you later.

Leda...

Jeremy, we're real late. I want to go.

- Jeremy ! - Okay.

Leda...

I don't see what the big problem is.

It's not as if we've got any Jews here in Shiloh.

That's not the point, Meg.

Early 8 o'clock.

Still babysitting for the Albertans tonight?

Mom, what happened at the school board?

They sliced me up pretty good.

I told you.

Julie.

We've got to talk.

Look, you don't actually believe what Baker is teaching you about the Jews, do you?

Of course I believe Mr. Baker.

But don't you understand?

They're just people like you and me.

Some are good, some are bad.

But you've got to take people one by one.

Mom, you never graduated from high school, okay?

You don't know.

There's been a Jewish conspiracy all throughout history.

That's not true, Jul.

It is too true.

Down at the mill, everybody's getting laid off.

- Michael's father... - Okay, that's it!

From now on, I want you to do Baker's homework from the state textbooks.

Do you hear me?

I want you to go to the library and use the Encyclopedia.

I don't want you using his books anymore.

Mom, I'll get in trouble.

He told us not to.

I know what he told you, but I'm your mother.

And you're going to listen to me.

But I'll get Fs. I'll fail, Mom.

Fine. You'll fail then.

- Oh, that's easy for you to say. - No, it's not easy. It's anything but easy.

Wait a minute.

No goodbyes?

Bye.

What, no kiss?

Mom, I'm not a baby anymore.

Okay, go on.

Hey, Dawn's gonna be there tonight, right?

Yeah.

No boys, right?

Mom, what are you worried about?

Take a wild guess.

- Can we eat yet? - Soon.

Thomas, tell your father dinner is in two minutes.

Okay.

Will you get the door?

If your father invited one of his students to dinner without telling me, I'll wring his neck.

Can I watch?

Hi, is your daddy home?

May I help you?

Oh, is Mr... Professor Martin in?

Yes, he is.

Oh, hi, Leda.

Hi.

I'm awfully sorry, but I just had to go back to work.

No, no, no, come in. Come in, come in, come in.

Oh, alright, thank you.

- Are you sure ? - Yeah.

I told you about her. She comes from Shiloh.

Leda Beth Vincent, this is my wife, Karen.

Oh, yes ! Hello !

My son, Thomas.

Oh, hi there.

Thomas, set another place for our guest.

Oh, no, I couldn't. Really...

Yes, you can, Leda.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

We thank thee, Father, for these thy gifts.

which were about to receive from Thy bounty,

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Amen.

***

Yes, yes, yes.

Are you sure you wouldn't want to take off your jacket?

Oh, thank you.

No, I don't think that's such a hot idea.

I have to go straight from here to work and I'm sort of in my work outfit.

You see, I work practically in my underware.

Well, I wish I had the figure that would let me do that.

No, this was at the meeting, right?

And then today they called back to say that Erickson had met with Baker.

Who's Erickson?

He's the school principal.

Right.

What it boils down to is a school board has said they're not going to do anything.

That's the end of it.

There's really no problem at all.

Now, at this meeting, no parent came forward to support you?

Well, no, not really.

Actually, they could have laughed me out of the place.

They just don't take me seriously.

I think we should get Gwendolyn.

She take it?

She's doing corporate takeovers, isn't she?

All the more reason why we should get her.

She'd love this case.

But wait, wait a minute.

Who are you talking about?

A lawyer.

I need a lawyer?

Well, if you're serious about fighting this thing, you do.

Hey, I'll see if the class.

I'll get you a towel, maybe.

Well what?

Maybe.

Well what?

Maybe.

Okay.

Yeah, he said he couldn't run.

Dawn!

What?

What is this?

Dawn!

Come over here.

I don't believe this.

Hey, Jason.

How much Jews does it take to screw in a light bulb?

None, you stupid ! Leda Beth Vincent doesn't warm.

Hey, Julie.

You a Jew lover like your pretty mom is?

Just get out of here, all right?

Get out of here.

Julie, you're gonna have to do something about your mom.

Yeah, Julie, you gotta talk to your mom.

I mean, this is crazy.

Why are they doing this to me? It's not my fault.

Hey, easy.

We're only trying to help.

Yeah, calm down.

Excuse me, are you Leda Beth Vincent?

- No, that's Leda Beth. - Thanks.

Leda Beth Vincent?

Yes. Who are you?

Gwendolyn MacLeod.

Oh, my goodness, what are you doing here?

I'm sorry, my hand is all...

It's alright. I'd like to talk to you.

Oh, well, I'm working right now.

It's a little hard

No problem.

I'll just sit down.

I'll make myself comfortable.

And can I get you anything?

Uh, sure. Orange juice?

All right.

I don't even know if Scottie knows how to pour orange juice straight, but I'll see.

Thank you.

Okay, Scottie, we got an orange juice and a beer.

That lady's lost her something?

Don't count on it.

Who's that?

Tell you later.

- Hi. - Hi.

I'm Don Thompson.

Hi, Don.

What's your name?

- Gwendolyn. - Gwendolyn ?

Oups, looks like Don's moving in on her.

My name's Don.

Oh, leave the lady alone, will you please, Don?

Who is your very lovely friend, Leda Beth ?

Hush up and just go back to your beer, honey.

Oh, Leda Beth...

Mwah, baby.

- I just want to... - What do you want, baby?

- I just want... - Talk to mamma.

I...

I want to have a little drink out of your little old shoe.

Anything your little heart desire.

Welcome to Shiloh.

Where men are men and women better have a sense of humor.

There you go, big boy.

Cheers to you too, Beth.

Cheers, Gwendolyn.

Mm-hmm.

Well, I sure do appreciate you coming by to see me.

I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask you, Leda,

before I decide whether or not to take the case.

Well, yeah, like what?

Like, why are you doing this?

You're not Jewish.

No.

Do you have any Jewish friends?

No.

And yet you're willing to stand up against baker and his anti-semitism.

Look, I just don't want Julie to learn to hate people she hasn't even met yet.

She's a great kid, and I don't want her...

I just don't want her to be that kind of person.

Is that all?

Wasn't that enough?

Okay, maybe...

Maybe I know something about what it's like to be lied about and sneered at.

I mean people around here have been telling dirty stories about me for the last 20 years or so.

Leda, if I decide to take this case,

we're going to threaten to sue the Shiloh School Board.

Hold it.

I thought I was only going up against Baker.

No.

Teachers have a right to teach.

But it is the school board's responsibility to make sure

that they're teaching well and that they're following the State curriculum.

Then what you're telling me is that

I'm gonna end up suing people I've known my whole life.

I'm afraid so.

And I truly doubt that this town wants to be told by a cocktail waitress how to run their school.

That's not what I'm doing.

That's exactly what you'll be doing.

And you should know it's a difficult case to win.

Great.

We'd be asking the courts to interfere in a local school board decision.

They don't like to do that.

I would try to settle with the school board first, but if that failed we would go to trial.

You sure you want to go through with this?

I honestly don't know.

Would you take my case?

Yes, I would.

You know, I don't have the money to pay you.

Well, this one's pro bono.

It's free.

How come?

I don't know.

It's not very often that I get to battle right against wrong.

OK.

Okay.

All right, let's go for it.

I need some time with you tomorrow.

I'll try to convince the school...

Julie ?

Julie, your breakfast is gonna get cold.

Are you all right?

You want to tell me about it, what's happening?

Look, Mom, I heard you last night.

You and that woman.

I see.

Well, what do you think?

I can't believe it.

I don't want you doing this.

You don't know what's happening to me.

Hey.

Julie.

You're not listening.

Julie, please.

I need your help in this.

I know how hard it is for you.

You don't know.

You don't know at all.

Yesterday at school, all these kids were coming up to me.

Look it, try to see that this is more important than what your friends think in school.

Why is it more important?

It just is.

Forget it!

Julie!

Hello? Hold on a minute.

Julie?

Julie?

Yes.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll meet you this afternoon, Gwen.

I tried settling and the school board isn't willing to go for it.

We will have to go to trial.

From what I've managed to gather, Baker is a very popular guy.

He's outgoing, he's a respected citizen, he's a church-going man, you know, the whole bit.

So it's him against me.

Mr. Wonderful against high school dropout, so-called town tramp.

Yeah, I was coming to that.

I did hear some things at the high school this morning.

Like?

Tell me about high school. Tell me about the boys.

What is this, true confessions?

Leda, the defense is going to do everything they can

to destroy your credibility.

They're going to pull focus away from Baker and the school board

And they're going to make you the issue.

Okay.

- I fooled around. - A little, a lot ?

Just enough to get myself a reputation.

But I was not the village trampoline like everybody said I was.

Why did you quit high school?

I had to work, that's all.

Then I met Pete, we fell in love.

I got pregnant with Julie and... Look, we didn't get married.

In a small town, believe me, that's a big deal.

Yeah, I can imagine.

Okay, I'll tell you what will really help this case.

Get those kids, get his students up on the stand.

Are you kidding me?

Their parents aren't going to stand for anything like that.

Well, we have power of subpoena.

We can get them up there.

No, kids.

Gwen, no.

Me and Julie got enough problems in this town

without dragging a whole bunch of kids into court.

This is a serious point.

We are not going to have the case we should have.

Forget the kids, okay?

Tell me something.

Why doesn't somebody else blow the whistle on Baker?

Oh, indifference.

Nobody likes to rock the boat.

Is there any chance of beating him?

This case would be so much stronger if we had more community support.

Try to get more names on that complaint against the school board.

Hey, Dawn!

Hi.

Hey, you want to do a free study together?

I... I can't.

I already promised Owen Benson.

What is this?

You haven't talked to me for three days.

You're supposed to be my best friend.

Come on, Julie.

What is going on?

I know exactly what's going on.

I'd just like to know if it's true.

What?

That your father...

The one you never met was a Jew.

Dawn, that's ridiculous.

Let it go.

All right, just finish that run and then knock off for lunch.

Got it.

- Hi. Sorry to be bothering you at work. - That's all right.

You're in time for lunch.

I wouldn't be asking for your help if it wasn't so important.

I know it, Leda Beth.

Well then...

What are you picking this fight for anyway, Leda Beth?

Because it's wrong, Jeremy.

What Baker is doing is just...

Can you believe what this guy is teaching?

Well, can you?

I guess not.

You guess not ?

Well, then why in hell don't you go to the school board

and get them to change their position.

I got this lawsuit coming up in a couple of weeks, and I really need your help.

Am I going to get it or not?

No.

And it's not because I don't think what you're doing is right, Leda Beth.

Why then?

Helen.

She's...

She won't let it drop about that crush I had on you in high school, you know, and she's...

She just gets it all turned around.

She can take it all wrong.

Thanks a lot.

Leda Beth, if you go through with this thing,

I mean, life is just going to be hell for you and Julie here in Shiloh.

Yeah, right now it's like living in a regular Garden of Eden, isn't it?

Sorry if I let you down, Leda Beth.

You didn't let me down, Jeremy.

You let yourself down.

Your family.

Everything.

So the thing is that now I've got to go to court.

And, uh, I need somebody like you to come there and testify for me.

No, I can't do that, Leda.

He's a teacher and everything.

Look, I got a real good case, Meg.

I got a lawyer that says that Baker is breaking every rule in the book

All I need is a few others to stand up there with me

We each got to choose our own battles, Leda, and this one ain't mine.

Besides, Erica's doing real good in school.

Says Baker's one of our best teachers.

Oh, come on, Meg.

I mean, that man's spreading hatred in those kids, and you know it.

Sorry, Leda, I don't know nothing of the sort.

Fact is, my kid hasn't said anything that I don't agree with.

Oh, and don't forget, people, chapter six for tomorrow.Dismissed.

Julie Vincent, can I see you a moment?

Julie, there's no use pretending what's happening isn't happening, is there?

Well, I just wanted you to know that I don't blame you in any way, okay?

Thank you.

But...

This concerns me.

What's happening to your work?

Julie, I know it's a tough time,

but you mustn't let this get in the way of your learning.

But I used the textbook for the essay, Mr. Baker.

I mean, I even went to the encyclopedia.

None of them said that the Jews made us lose the war in Vietnam.

Julie, I expect my students to follow the curriculum I give them.

The textbook is filled with lies and outdated information.

We've been over all that, haven't we?

Julie, do you want to go to college?

- Yes. - Good.

Because when the time comes, I can certainly help with a scholarship.

But if this continues, my hands will be tied.

If you keep this up,

you'll be stuck in this town.

And I'm afraid in five years,

you'll find yourself working side by side with your mother in that roadhouse.

You shut up about my mother.

I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

There you go.

Chilly again?

You're expecting steak, maybe?

And what I make, that's not exactly easy.

I thought easy is something you know plenty about.

What was that?

Nothing.

What did you say, young lady?

I didn't say anything.

I heard that Julie.

Hey, Leda, honey.

Just say the word.

I'll take the stand and blab my little mouth.

Oh, you're a real pal, Verna, but it won't do any good.

Hell !

Rednecks don't scare me.

The only problem is you haven't got any kids in the high school, sweetheart.

Thank goodness.

Here are your beers, boys.

Stir up a hornet's nest with this Jew business, Leda Beth.

Why don't you be a good little girl and drop it?

And my tips will start coming in again, is that it?

Every tip from me, you listen to that man there, Leda Beth...

And what does the man say?

Are you so smart?

Figure it out, why don't you?

You know, my sister Katie works for the school board.

I don't like you suing my kid sister.

Well, Don, I don't like it either.

Now, which one of you guys are gonna pick up the tab?

Remember the first time we went parking?

How could I forget?

Pretty good time, huh?

Well, you didn't have that big beard got on you then.

You still got the fastest mouth in Shiloh, don't you, Leda?

Hey, Glenn.

You used to be a good time girl, Leda Neth.

That's why all us boys liked you so much.

And you're not still mad because you weren't one of them?

Why don't you just stop acting all high and mighty and remember who you are?

Get of me !

What is it you say?

That guy comes to town every month, the Jew boy, huh?

Shut up !

Ain't none of us good enough for you, huh, Leda Beth?

Get off of me !

*** Leda Beth.

You used your last chance with me, boy.

I don't want to ever see you in this roadhouse again.

Scottie, what? Him ?

You don't belong here. Now get out of here, both of you.

Go on. I mean it.

Come on, Don.

I'll be seeing you, Leda Beth. You heard me?

**** the school board what to do.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Thanks, Scottie.

Leda Beth, what are you doing?

I mean... You're fighting at work. You're not making your tips.

Do yourself a favor and give it up.

Do me a favor.

I'm sick of it, that's all.

- I'm sick of being a doormat for these... drunks. - Calm down, calm down.

I waited for you after school today.

We're practicing, Julie.

Where were you?

I said we're practicing.

Michael, I can't stop my mother. You know that.

Oh, really?

Have you heard the latest, Julie?

She's planning on having us testify.

Jason, Don, myself.

So don't give me any of this stuff about us being friends.

Because we're not, okay?

Michael!

End of discussion.

Michael!

I'm sorry.

Julie, is that you?

Well, it's about time.

Where in hell have you been?

I've been calling all over town worried sick about you.

Erica said you didn't even make it to practice.

I'm not going to practice.

I'm quitting the cheerleading squad.

What?

They don't want me.

It doesn't matter because I'm not going to school either.

Oh, Julie, you've got to go to school, you know that.

No, I don't.

You can't make me.

Finish with school and you can forget about college.

Julie, please, don't do this.

I know how hard it is for you.

You don't know anything.

Julie, please.

You just don't want to see it, do you?

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about being Leda Beth Vincent's daughter.

I was pretending I didn't know about you.

Always pretending I didn't hear what people were saying about you.

Oh, Julie, you can't listen to those people.

How can I help it?

Well, you shouldn't pay any attention.

We never talked about it.

You never said anything.

I never said anything because I thought you understood.

What is it you want to know?

I don't want to know anything.

I just want you to call off this lawsuit.

It's too late for that. We've got to go through with it.

What is this we stuff?

When did you ever ask me what I wanted?

No, you listen here.

No, you listen to me.

I don't have any friends anymore.

Nobody will even talk to me.

Then those kids were never your friends to begin with.

They were two my friends,

until you came along and ruined everything with this stupid lawsuit.

This isn't just a stupid lawsuit, Julie.

This man is filling your head with lies.

Since when did you become such an expert?

Since I became your mother. What about that?

Well, Mother, you're ruining my life.

First you ruined yours., now you're ruining mine.

Happy?

Julie, you don't mean that.

Don't I?

And I don't know why you thought you were his anymore!

Julie, stop that!

He was not going down with me.

He broke up with me.

He told me that you wanted to put him on the stand!

Can't you see?

I'm doing this for you.

For me?

You're not doing this for me!

You're doing this for yourself!

The only reason you're doing this is because you're just trying to prove to everybody

that you're not just the stupid little cocktail waitress, which is exactly what you are!

Julie, I'm sorry.

Julie, please! I didn't mean it!

Julie?

Julie?

Julie!

Get away from me!

Julie, please.

Julie.

Come in.

Hi. How are you doing?

Leda?

What's up?

I don't think I can go through with this, Gwen.

I'm sorry.

What happened?

Julie won't talk to me anymore.

They're just making it impossible for her at school.

Do you think quitting now won't make it any better ?

It'll be better for Julie and that's what's most important.

I think you're wrong about that.

I think it'll make it worse.

Because Baker will still be filling Julie's mind with that filth.

I thought we had an understanding.

Oh, we did, but that was before.

- Before all this problem with Julie... - Leda...

Before this lawsuit, what were you in Shiloh?

Not much.

You were a dirty joke for 20 years, that's what you told me.

But this is your opportunity to change all of that.

Do you really believe that?

Yes, I really do.

Leda. How are you?

Nervous.

Oh, no, don't be. You're going to be great.

I don't know why I'm here. I don't even know any Juniors.

Yeah, it's ironic, isn't it?

Well, in Shiloh, you're the Jew.

Come on, let's get settled in there.

- **** - Thank you.

Don't let the fact that the entire school board is sitting together to throw you.

Don't worry. We have a good case.

All rise.

We're recording before the county of Shiloh is now in session.

General John B. Larson presiding.

Good morning, counselors.

Good morning, Your Honor.

Good morning, Your Honor.

Oh, he came to us very highly qualified.

And the students simply adore him.

So when this woman told us that Mr. Baker had his facts wrong, well,

we were shocked that anyone could make such allegations.

And as far as the state curriculum is concerned, we allow our teachers some leeway.

I mean, freedom and creativity should be allowed in the teaching profession, don't you agree?

Mr. Erickson, I just have one question.

If you had a chemistry teacher,

and they were teaching that cocaine use was actually very good for young people,

and should be used regularly,

would you allow them the leeway to teach that?

I don't see the connection.

No, I didn't think you would.

Professor Martin, do all historians agree on the so-called the facts of history?

No, of course not.

There's room for discourse and interpretation.

However, it usually falls within a certain spectrum of reason.

And do you use only college textbooks in your classes?

Don't you sometimes assign extra material ?

Yes, I do, but again, it falls within a certain spectrum...

Professor, please, just answer the questions, yes or no.

- Yes. - Thank you.

Now, isn't it true, Professor,

that you've assigned this book to your world history students

almost every semester for the last 12 years.

This is absurd!

You can't possibly compare this to what he's done.

- The facts... - Professor, please. A simple answer.

Yes.

What's the name of this book?

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Now would you say, Professor Martin,

that you advocate the ideas in this book.

Of course not.

It's a whole different ballpark.

- You can't possibly compare this... - That'll be all.

No question.

Here.

Would you agree, Professor Martin,

that these journals we've been discussing are little more than

an excuse for publishing anti-Semitic propaganda ?

Objection !

Sustained.

Professor Martin, these journals that Mr. Baker has chosen to use instead of the state textbooks,

what exactly are they?

Anti-Semitism disguised as scholarship.

Could you elaborate on that a little?

The articles published are the rantings of a lunatic fringe.

Objection!

Sustained.

I have no further questions. Thank you

Julie?

Is Julie here?

Yeah.

Oh, thank God.

Not so fast, Leda Beth.

She doesn't want to come home with you.

What are you talking about?

Julie's staying with us.

She can't put up with you no more.

And I don't blame her.

You and that crazy lawsuit.

This Jew crap. What's that got to do with us?

Look, I'm not here to take you on, Lucas.

Just please, send Julie down.

Me and Etta are taking over now,

before you mess up her life like you did Pete's.

What are you doing?

I'm doing what has to be done.

Now get back inside, Etta. You hear? Now go on.

Get this straight.

We're gonna give Julie a proper home.

And when the time comes,

we're gonna give her money to go off to college.

Money we saved for Pete, before you came along.

Now, don't throw that up at me.

Julie's the only thing I got left of my son.

You messed up one too many times.

You're not the only one who loved Pete.

I loved him too.

You just don't want to see that.

What I see is a slut with the morals of an alley cat,

who trapped my son and got him killed.

It's a damn lie.

I got pregnant.

And because he couldn't face it, he enlisted and got himself killed, that's the truth.

And you damn well know it.

You killed him.

Now get out of here before I knock the hell out of you.

I'm not leaving you. Not without Julie.

Listen to me, Leda Beth, Julie doesn't want you.

She doesn't want you.

It's not true. It's not true.

Julie !

Julie !

Julie !

Hey, Leda, are you inside, baby?

Leda Beth !

Come on out, Leda!

Come on, baby. Come on out here.

Leda, we know you're in there. Get it out of here!

We want to talk. I just want to talk.

Come on out!

Leda Beth, don't make us come inside after you!

Get out here!

Get the hell out here!

Come on out, darling!

Hey, come on out, sweetheart!

Can't talk to you through the door later!

Come on, honey!

Oh, what you got there, Leda ? A fat, big old cannon?

A big ol' cannon?

Ooh, I'm scared.

Hey, little Leda Beth.

Just thought we'd come by and say hello.

Get out of here, you bastards!

LeDa! We're gonna talk, that's all!

Leda, you don't want to do anything that's gonna get you hurt.

Drop it, Leda !

We just don't want you showing up at that trial tomorrow, that's all.

You know what's good for you, darling.

Yeah !

You just forget all about this Jew thing,

cause this Baker he's right where we want him, you understand?

Yeah!

Yeah!

Drop it, Leda !

I'm gonna count to five,

and then I'm going to pull this trigger.

You wouldn't want to shoot your old school buddies now, would you?

One.

I bet you that little old thing ain't even loaded.

Two.

Just ease up, Leda!

Stop making trouble!

Three !

Four !

Get out of here !

Get out !

Get out !

You made a big mistake tonight, doll. You made a big mistake!

Miss Vincent,

you didn't graduate from high school, did you?

No.

And do you have some kind of degree from a correspondence course?

No.

I'm a little confused.

You don't have any higher education?

Objection. She already answered the question.

Plaintiff is putting the issue of knowledge on trial.

We have the right to establish that Miss Vincent is totally unqualified

to call into question Mr. Baker's qualifications.

Objection overruled.

Miss Vincent, what's your occupation?

I'm a waitress.

No actually, you're a cocktail waitress at the Shiloh Roadhouse, isn't that correct?

Yes.

- You married? - No.

Ever been married?

Objection irrelevant.

What is the relevance, Mr. Gilbert?

Miss Vincent has been called to testify under oath.

I'm entitled to lay foundation showing that her testimony is not to be believed.

What I'm trying to establish here, Your Honor, is that she, of all people, is in no position

to make moral judgments about what is right and wrong.

The credibility of the witness is always relevant,

but I caution you, Mr. Gilbert, I'll allow this testimony to go only up to a point.

Do you understand?

Yes. Thank you, Your Honor.

Now then, Miss Vincent, your daughter, Julie,

she was born out of wedlock, isn't that so?

Yes

And her father was one Peter Wethley, correct?

Yes.

And unfortunately, Mr. Wethley died in Vietnam, so he can't be here today.

Could you tell the court, please, Miss Vincent, how you can be sure that he was the father?

Objection.

No, I'll allow it.

Because he was the only one that tall.

The only one. Really ?

Miss Vincent, isn't it true that you were expelled from high school

because of your promiscuity?

Objection !

That's not true.

I quit.

Just how many boys do you have did you have sex with an high school, Miss Vincent?

Counselor !

Objection!

Charlie McGrath, Don Sloan.

Objection !

I could go on and on, Miss Vincent.

The list is endless.

Counselor!

Honor, we request a ruling!

You have just crossed over the line the objection is sustained.

Very well, Your Honor.

Let's move on to a little more recent history, shall we?

Miss Vincent, do you know a Mr. Keith Ritter?

Yes.

Mr. Ritter's a salesman from Chicago, isn't he?

Makes on the average about two trips a month to Shiloh, correct?

Yes, he does.

And just how long does he usually stay in town when he comes?

Miss Vincent, come on! Answer the question!

A night, maybe two.

And isn't it true, Miss Vincent, that you have had clandestine meetings with this man

at the Shiloh Motel on each of these nights.

Objection!

No less than 20 times over the last two years.

Objection!

Isn't that true, Miss Vincent?

is completely irrelevant.

Wait.

I want to answer that. I want to.

Yeah.

I've been with Keith in the motel. So what?

I'm not going to let you make something dirty out of it.

It's true.

I slept with a lot of guys I shouldn't have in high school,

but not the half of them that bragged about it.

Your Honor, please, I have to protest.

Please be brief, Miss Vincent.

I know I don't count for much in this town,

but I make an honest living.

And I'm raising my daughter the best way I can.

I just want her to have a real education.

Look, I know a lot of you wish I'd never started this thing, but I'll tell you one thing.

I'm a good mother. And I love my daughter.

I'm just sorry she's been made to feel ashamed of me.

That's all.

Your Honor, we request a recess.

This court stands in recess for 30 minutes.

I'm sorry.

Mom...

I'm sorry.

Oh, I'm so sorry!

Julie!

Mr. Baker,

has anyone ever complained about your history lessons?

No.

Not until now, that is.

And what do you teach, Mr. Baker?

World history.

But more important than that, I teach my students to think for themselves.

Ever told any of your students to go out and kill a Jew?

No, of course not.

Ever instructed any of them to

physically assault Jews or deface a synagogue?

Certainly not.

Thank you.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Mr. Baker, in teaching your students to think for themselves,

I assume you occasionally use state-authorized textbook.

My students are free to make use of it, though that volume is riddled with errors.

The Board of Education lacks the manpower to review the most recent scholarship in the field.

But you, sir, have the time to review and to digest the most recent scholarship.

I make the time.

Are these journals examples of what you would call the most recent scholarship?

Yes.

And you use them as your prime source material?

No, they're just several among many.

Mr. Baker, did you teach Julie Vincent's history class that John Wilkes Booth

was a Jew and part of an international Jewish conspiracy.

I merely presented that as one theory, nothing more,

Did you teach that Adolf Hitler was the most misunderstood figure in history?

No, no, no.

I simply pointed out that Hitler was a single individual

that it's almost always inaccurate to blame the events of a whole era on one person.

Isn't it a fact, Mr. Baker,

that you believe that our most commonly held perceptions of Adolf Hitler

are simply not true ?

I believe the facts about recent history are as easily distorted as any other era.

Are you saying that Adolf Hitler's murdering of millions of innocent people

is a distortion of the truth ?

I'm saying that we should be wary of jumping to hysterical conclusions.

The extermination of six million Jews is an hysterical conclusion ?

I didn't say that.

But do you believe that?

I believe that there's always the possibility

of slanting and exaggerating events of history, that's all.

It's not what h said.

That's all.

And such an exaggeration would be a goal of a so-called Jewish conspiracy ?

Those are your words, Miss McCloud, not mine.

Isn't it a fact, Mr. Baker, that on more than one occasion,

you stated that the Jews started World War II, as well as Vietnam ?

No, I did not.

As I've already stated, my goal is simply...

Mom! He's lying.

As I've already stated, my goal is simply to...

Should I say something?

... some ideas and let them choose for themselves.

She wants to testify. Julie wants to testify.

He's lying.

Julie, what kind of grades do you get in Mr. Baker's history class?

Well, at first I was getting straight A's.

And then what happened?

I got an F.

When did that happen?

When I started using the regular textbooks in the encyclopedia for my homework.

Julie, did Mr. Baker specifically tell you not to use that textbook ?

Yes, he did.

Let's talk a little about the lessons themselves.

What did he teach you about the French Revolution?

He said that the Jewish bankers started it,

that they wanted to take over France, and it was a Zionist conspiracy.

And what about the Second World War?

What did Mr. Baker teach you about the concentration camps?

He said that they were just regular work camps.

He said that six million Jews never died in those camps.

It was all one big exaggeration.

Julie, let me make sure I understand you.

Are you telling me that he told you that the Holocaust never really happened.

That's what he said.

Have you ever met a Jew in your life, Julie?

No, I don't think so.

What do you think is going to happen when you or one of your classmates does ?

I don't know.

You don't know ?

Well...

Mr. Baker kept telling us that they're all evil.

And do you believe that what he said could possibly be true?

Well, at first I believed him.

I mean, he seemed like he knew what he was talking about.

especially with the layoffs at the mill and all.

I guess I just never questioned what we were learning.

Even when my mom brought it up.

But now I'm questioning it a lot.

Julie, you're very close to your mother, aren't you?

Yes.

Would you say you'd do anything to protect her from harm, from danger?

Yes.

Julie, don't you think it's a little odd,

but the only two people in this whole county to object to Mr. Baker's teachings,

are a single mother and her only daughter ?

Objection!

Overruled.

Julia just told me that you'd do anything to protect her.

Now you're lying about Mr. Baker, Julie, aren't you?

No, I'm not.

You couldn't tolerate her losing this case.

It would mean that your life in Shiloh would be even more miserable than it already is.

Isn't that true, Julie?

No, it's not true.

Objection!

Come on, Julie!

Why should anyone in this courtroom

believe the word of a failing student.

He's not lying.

She's not mine!

Order!

She's telling the truth.

Sit down, please.

I'll testify too.

Order in the court.

All rise !

This court finds the Shiloh School Board negligent in their duties.

Mr. Baker's history lessons are clearly one-sided.

The school board gave Mr. Baker license to ignore the state-authorized textbooks

and in doing so, failed in their responsibilities as educators.

Plaintiff Leda Beth Vincent's motion is hereby granted.

The court orders the school board to take immediate action and suspend Mr. George Baker.

As soon as that's done,

I also urge each member of the school board to tender their own resignations

and a new school board to be elected.

Court stands adjourned.

I still can't believe we won.

What about Baker? Is he gonna be able to teach again?

Not in Shiloh.

Aren't they gonna stop him?

No, unfortunately, that's not the way the law works.

You mean after all he's done ? What about the next town ?

Leda, the battle is over and you won. Let it go.

Yeah. Thanks.

Thanks for everything.

Thank you.

Mom, I love you.

Me too.

What do you wanna do now?

I don't know. What do you wanna do?

I wanna go home.

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