1 00:00:00,799 --> 00:00:03,540 Hello, I'm calling from the trip. I'd like to confirm a quote. 2 00:00:03,740 --> 00:00:06,860 How much money was involved? 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:08,300 Was it over a thousand dollars? 4 00:00:08,860 --> 00:00:10,160 Was it over ten? No. 5 00:00:59,180 --> 00:01:01,060 I don't know what to say. Don't say anything. 6 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,000 Uh, my name is, uh, Billy Newman. 7 00:01:06,220 --> 00:01:08,680 I'm a reporter with the Los Angeles Tribune. 8 00:01:09,060 --> 00:01:10,060 Very clever. Boo! 9 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,440 I want to ask you to check the mic. It's a favor. This is a kind of audition, 10 00:01:13,660 --> 00:01:14,079 you know. 11 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,320 Well, you said to say anything. 12 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,560 Try testing. One, two, three. 13 00:01:20,660 --> 00:01:21,660 Testing. 14 00:01:22,220 --> 00:01:25,760 One, two, three. 15 00:01:30,420 --> 00:01:31,820 I think she's too hot. 16 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,040 You're not kidding. 17 00:01:38,580 --> 00:01:39,240 Good 18 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:48,360 morning, 19 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:49,399 gentlemen. 20 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:50,400 Ladies. 21 00:01:50,940 --> 00:01:55,300 I'm Curtis Folger, Vice President of Communications for Anacot Industries. 22 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,880 Now, behind me you see... 23 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,420 Our future home. 24 00:02:01,660 --> 00:02:08,220 Now, the plan is to move Anacott Operations from Detroit to L .A. 25 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:14,080 by the spring of next year. And manufacturing will start about six 26 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,860 Now, let me give you a couple of statistics that I think are important. 27 00:02:18,140 --> 00:02:24,860 We anticipate a workforce of 2 ,500 accounting for a payroll of $50 million 28 00:02:24,860 --> 00:02:25,860 year. 29 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,640 Now... A lot of the credit, I think, for our move should go to Councilman 30 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:36,060 Naughton here. He's, um... Well, he's a very persuasive man. 31 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Are there any questions? 32 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:40,640 Uh, Mr. Folder? 33 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:43,400 Yes, the lady who was too hot before. 34 00:02:45,060 --> 00:02:46,500 Billy Newman of the Tribune. 35 00:02:47,660 --> 00:02:50,900 Won't there be a danger of added pollution to the L .A. basin with this 36 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:51,900 plant? 37 00:02:51,980 --> 00:02:53,860 No, but it's good you ask. 38 00:02:54,660 --> 00:02:55,940 I can assure you... 39 00:02:56,410 --> 00:03:01,950 that Anacott is planning the most modern and environmentally fail -safe facility 40 00:03:01,950 --> 00:03:02,970 in the U .S. 41 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:06,850 Mr. Folger, will Anacott transfer many workers? 42 00:03:07,590 --> 00:03:10,250 Yeah, about 25%. The rest we'll hire locally. 43 00:03:10,930 --> 00:03:16,370 Now, for my part, I've been searching for a new home here in L .A., and I 44 00:03:16,370 --> 00:03:18,730 to never have to buckle on another galosh. 45 00:03:20,010 --> 00:03:21,010 Ever. 46 00:03:21,850 --> 00:03:25,330 Yes, we'll be relying heavily on the local labor force, and we expect to... 47 00:03:25,770 --> 00:03:28,310 Launch an affirmative action training program within a year. 48 00:03:28,830 --> 00:03:34,050 Mr. Folger, concerning the pollution issue, how does the Environmental 49 00:03:34,050 --> 00:03:38,530 Protection Agency feel about this relocation and the Air Resources Board? 50 00:03:38,530 --> 00:03:40,410 may have heard, we have a smog problem here. 51 00:03:40,950 --> 00:03:43,070 Yes, I did hear a rumor to that effect. 52 00:03:45,850 --> 00:03:49,350 Actually, our standards are far more stringent than anything the EPA has come 53 00:03:49,350 --> 00:03:54,070 with. Now, I'll be very happy to fill you in on finer details, Billy. 54 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,520 Whenever it's convenient. 55 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:56,800 Would you two like to be alone? 56 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:04,320 Now, Anacott has always been a leader in environmental safety and concern. 57 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,360 Now, remember, we're planning to be a part of this community and to live here. 58 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,520 We're not making this move just so we can poison ourselves. 59 00:04:17,019 --> 00:04:18,019 Where's Adam? 60 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:19,100 Mexico City. 61 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:20,680 Again? Still. 62 00:04:21,070 --> 00:04:23,930 The Minister of Natural Resources keeps putting him off, but he's hoping for an 63 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:24,809 interview tomorrow. 64 00:04:24,810 --> 00:04:27,030 This story's going to wind up costing us ten bucks a word. 65 00:04:27,750 --> 00:04:28,750 How do you figure? 66 00:04:28,790 --> 00:04:30,890 Haven't you ever seen one of Adam Wilson's expense accounts? 67 00:04:31,190 --> 00:04:32,190 They're better than his stories. 68 00:04:32,990 --> 00:04:33,990 And longer. 69 00:04:34,350 --> 00:04:35,470 What else we got? 70 00:04:36,130 --> 00:04:38,510 Billy's story on that new factory. We should have that pretty soon. 71 00:04:38,890 --> 00:04:40,510 Soon? She should have it in now. Billy! 72 00:04:42,770 --> 00:04:43,990 I need more time, Lou. 73 00:04:44,790 --> 00:04:46,050 Take all the time you want. 74 00:04:46,310 --> 00:04:47,870 Take four, five minutes. 75 00:04:48,290 --> 00:04:49,290 Can I have fifteen? 76 00:04:49,770 --> 00:04:50,770 No problem. 77 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,340 We'll just run a headline saying, watch this space. 78 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:54,680 Why do you need more time? 79 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,420 It's just a simple, straightforward little story about a new company moving 80 00:04:58,500 --> 00:05:00,800 so? So, there are a lot of discrepancies. 81 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,280 Like? Like the guy at the press conference was lying. He said that 82 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:07,020 always satisfied EPA regulations. 83 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:13,060 I made one routine phone call back east and found out that they were cited 117 84 00:05:13,060 --> 00:05:16,360 times in three years for pollution from their Michigan plant. 85 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,240 But don't they have the okay to build here? 86 00:05:19,660 --> 00:05:22,660 No, the government's not at all sure they'll grant permission for the L .A. 87 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,140 operation. Here you go, Lou. 88 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,980 Made one for you too, Billy. For your scrapbook. 89 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,660 So this is the guy, huh? He's pretty sharp. 90 00:05:29,940 --> 00:05:30,940 Billy's got good taste. 91 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:33,780 A little something brewing here, huh? 92 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,260 She's just setting him up like she did that crooked state assemblyman. 93 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:38,600 Poor guy. 94 00:05:39,060 --> 00:05:40,080 Has he asked you out yet? 95 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:42,600 We're wasting precious time here. 96 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:44,920 Okay, you got 15 minutes, no more. 97 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:46,500 Thanks, Lou. 98 00:05:50,190 --> 00:05:51,190 Damn the Trib. 99 00:05:51,610 --> 00:05:53,450 Must have been a really slow news day. 100 00:05:56,770 --> 00:05:57,770 Thank you. 101 00:05:58,230 --> 00:05:59,230 More Sierra Club? 102 00:05:59,530 --> 00:06:03,390 No, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Clean Air League, you name it. 103 00:06:03,610 --> 00:06:05,910 They ran that story from the Trib over the wire, too. 104 00:06:06,210 --> 00:06:08,290 Half the papers in California picked it up. 105 00:06:08,510 --> 00:06:12,630 I think it was a crime to bring 2 ,500 jobs to the city and $50 million a year. 106 00:06:12,970 --> 00:06:15,670 Well, some are supportive. Here's one from the Chamber of Commerce. 107 00:06:16,530 --> 00:06:17,870 Another from a craft union. 108 00:06:18,830 --> 00:06:21,350 Unfortunately, that looks like the extent of our support. 109 00:06:24,670 --> 00:06:25,670 Okay. 110 00:06:29,030 --> 00:06:30,030 Let's go. 111 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:31,550 Lions are restless. 112 00:06:35,370 --> 00:06:41,730 As you can see, we've been deluged with messages of concern about the Anacott 113 00:06:41,730 --> 00:06:42,730 move to Los Angeles. 114 00:06:43,530 --> 00:06:45,430 We've not completed the tabulation. 115 00:06:46,030 --> 00:06:48,530 But we expect it will strongly favor Anaconda. 116 00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:54,270 Who 117 00:06:54,270 --> 00:07:03,290 did 118 00:07:03,290 --> 00:07:04,530 that? Somebody for clean rear. 119 00:07:06,410 --> 00:07:07,410 Yeah. 120 00:07:07,810 --> 00:07:10,590 Thank you. Yeah, I can see that. 121 00:07:11,050 --> 00:07:12,050 Yeah. 122 00:07:13,570 --> 00:07:14,570 No, that'll be fine. 123 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,040 Mm -hmm. 124 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:19,740 Yeah, you can count on it. 125 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:21,720 Okay. Goodbye. 126 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:25,960 That's a cheap shot. 127 00:07:26,260 --> 00:07:27,260 Now, wait. 128 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,240 You said that Anacott was going to build a safe facility in Los Angeles. It was 129 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,720 a very cheap shot. 130 00:07:34,060 --> 00:07:37,540 Unless it's customary in Los Angeles to print allegations without checking out 131 00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:38,239 the facts. 132 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,240 Just a minute. 133 00:07:39,290 --> 00:07:40,350 I called the EPA. 134 00:07:40,690 --> 00:07:45,310 They said that the liquid chemical... Every one of those 117 infractions that 135 00:07:45,310 --> 00:07:47,030 you cited were minor in nature. 136 00:07:48,550 --> 00:07:54,650 Look, you've got to understand that it's difficult to convert a 20 -year -old 137 00:07:54,650 --> 00:07:57,850 plant to conform to brand -new regulations. 138 00:08:02,310 --> 00:08:04,510 Here in Los Angeles, we could have started from scratch. 139 00:08:05,590 --> 00:08:07,250 This could have been the best plant in the nation. 140 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:09,080 Could have been. 141 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:12,600 That's right, Billy. 142 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,140 We wanted to build a new facility, not a controversy. 143 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,380 What exactly are you saying? 144 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:24,480 What I'm saying is that even Anacott isn't big enough to stand up to the 145 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,680 and all the people that the press has stirred up. 146 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,000 People out there are throwing smoke bombs. 147 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:34,440 The home office has called the project off. 148 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:36,640 Off? What do you mean? 149 00:08:38,109 --> 00:08:39,109 Off. Fini. 150 00:08:39,909 --> 00:08:41,309 We'll find some places we're wanted. 151 00:08:42,110 --> 00:08:43,809 Isn't that going just a little too far? 152 00:08:46,910 --> 00:08:47,910 Yeah. 153 00:08:49,030 --> 00:08:51,670 The funny thing is, I finally found that home I wanted to buy. 154 00:08:54,770 --> 00:08:55,770 Congratulations. 155 00:08:56,690 --> 00:08:57,690 You won. 156 00:08:58,890 --> 00:09:01,410 Los Angeles is saved from the vipers of industry. 157 00:09:04,950 --> 00:09:06,030 All right, now. 158 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,380 What about this Anacot story? To me, that looks like our lead. 159 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,320 I think we've pushed that too far already. 160 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,160 It's because of the trip that there's a story there at all. That sounds like an 161 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:16,840 argument for running with it. That's enterprise. 162 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,680 Anacot was bringing in a $50 million payroll. 163 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,100 Losing that is really going to hurt this area. 164 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,240 Since when is it our purpose to scare away new business, new jobs? 165 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:28,320 Since when is it our purpose to serve as boosters for new business? 166 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:30,620 We've done it plenty of times. 167 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,300 Well, don't hold your breath waiting for a plaque from the mayor for costing the 168 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:36,100 city a million dollars in tax revenue. 169 00:09:36,550 --> 00:09:38,970 She didn't realize I was expected to win plaques from the mayor. 170 00:09:39,210 --> 00:09:41,230 Doesn't it seem to you that Billy's got an axe to grind? 171 00:09:41,470 --> 00:09:42,470 It does not. 172 00:09:42,630 --> 00:09:45,050 Well, the way I heard it, there was something personal with her and that hot 173 00:09:45,050 --> 00:09:46,630 shot from Anacott. That's not a lie. 174 00:09:46,990 --> 00:09:49,330 Fellas, let's not get into personalities. 175 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:54,390 All that we should be judging here is what was printed. And what was printed 176 00:09:54,390 --> 00:09:55,390 solid as a rock. 177 00:09:57,450 --> 00:09:58,450 Newman. 178 00:10:03,850 --> 00:10:05,530 How many irate phone calls is that? 179 00:10:06,010 --> 00:10:07,130 I don't know who counts. 180 00:10:08,010 --> 00:10:09,010 Fifteenth since I got here. 181 00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:11,490 Must be three times that. 182 00:10:12,370 --> 00:10:15,350 Forty -five, that's pretty good. Of course, I got two hundred and twelve one 183 00:10:15,350 --> 00:10:16,309 time. 184 00:10:16,310 --> 00:10:17,850 Well, I guess I'm not in your class. 185 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:22,870 Billy Newman. 186 00:10:23,290 --> 00:10:24,290 A message. 187 00:10:25,190 --> 00:10:26,510 Okay, just a sec. 188 00:10:27,950 --> 00:10:29,150 A dozen eggs. 189 00:10:29,990 --> 00:10:31,310 Two gallons milk. 190 00:10:31,990 --> 00:10:33,170 A head of lettuce. 191 00:10:33,890 --> 00:10:34,890 What is this? 192 00:10:37,740 --> 00:10:38,740 I see. 193 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,480 Her husband quit his job to go to work for Anacott. 194 00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:51,020 Because of me, he's out of work, so she was reading me her family's shopping 195 00:10:51,020 --> 00:10:52,020 list. 196 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:54,060 Oh, you'll get used to it. 197 00:10:55,220 --> 00:10:56,420 Don't let it get to you, kid. 198 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,700 Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A andE. 199 00:11:07,150 --> 00:11:09,070 Do you have anything for us here? Yes, yes, I will. 200 00:11:09,610 --> 00:11:11,230 Are we rolling? I'm ready. 201 00:11:12,470 --> 00:11:13,470 Okay, 202 00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:20,470 go. 203 00:11:21,110 --> 00:11:24,810 There's nothing firm to report yet, but there has been progress in our meeting 204 00:11:24,810 --> 00:11:28,770 with Anacot, and we're trying to get them to rethink their move away from Los 205 00:11:28,770 --> 00:11:31,990 Angeles. Have the environmental agencies been in on these talks? 206 00:11:32,370 --> 00:11:35,130 No, they haven't, but they have agreed to meet with the Anacot engineers. 207 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,880 And the EPA may reconsider their position on the permits. 208 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:44,000 This council is committed to continue in closed -door executive session to 209 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,880 resolve the remaining differences, no matter how long it takes. 210 00:11:47,420 --> 00:11:48,420 Thank you. 211 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,840 It must be exciting to be a photographer in a big city daily. 212 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,960 Hardest part is learning to pace yourself on a story. 213 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,820 You don't want to peak too soon and let all that adrenaline go to waste. 214 00:12:03,260 --> 00:12:04,480 This could go on all night. 215 00:12:05,359 --> 00:12:12,040 No, I think we should hear something in a minute now Press room 216 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:19,020 Yeah, I understand Good They're ready 217 00:12:19,020 --> 00:12:21,400 How did you do that? 218 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:27,860 Prank Lots of pranks Well, I think it's fair to say that 219 00:12:27,860 --> 00:12:34,720 There's been a lot of give and take on both sides And the upshot is that after 220 00:12:35,150 --> 00:12:40,170 extensive negotiations, ANACOT has decided to go on with its original plan 221 00:12:40,170 --> 00:12:41,570 locate here in Los Angeles. 222 00:12:42,430 --> 00:12:49,290 Now, discussions with the Mexican government concerning Mexico as a 223 00:12:49,290 --> 00:12:51,530 alternative will cease immediately. 224 00:12:52,390 --> 00:12:58,290 And although we appreciate the hospitable offer from our good neighbor 225 00:12:58,290 --> 00:13:01,530 south, we feel the best that ANACOT locate here. 226 00:13:01,810 --> 00:13:04,350 What do these talks really mean, Mr. Folger? 227 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,400 Well, for one thing, it means I can buy that new house I like after all. 228 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:12,300 Unless, of course, the price has gone up too much. 229 00:13:13,740 --> 00:13:19,120 Mr. Folger, will Anacott satisfy the requirements of the Air Resources Board 230 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,640 the EPA, or have there been major concessions? 231 00:13:23,180 --> 00:13:25,560 No, all the necessary standards will be met. 232 00:13:25,980 --> 00:13:29,920 And if you wish, you can check with our engineering department in the interest 233 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:30,920 of accuracy. 234 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:32,920 Thank you. 235 00:13:39,950 --> 00:13:41,810 What are you doing on time? We'll just make it six o 'clock or four. 236 00:13:42,230 --> 00:13:44,950 That's how you knew, isn't it? Nah, just a lucky guess. 237 00:13:46,650 --> 00:13:52,310 Uh, Councilman Norton, I'm curious about your meeting with Anacott. What about 238 00:13:52,310 --> 00:13:56,570 it? Well, it all happened so fast. One day they say they're leaving, the next 239 00:13:56,570 --> 00:13:57,570 they're staying. 240 00:13:57,930 --> 00:13:59,350 There's no pleasing you guys, is there? 241 00:13:59,930 --> 00:14:03,170 I bet if this thing took more time, you'd write a story about how we dragged 242 00:14:03,170 --> 00:14:04,170 feet. 243 00:14:04,290 --> 00:14:05,290 We can't win. 244 00:14:19,370 --> 00:14:20,410 Yeah, just terrific. 245 00:14:20,970 --> 00:14:23,290 Well, at least he got you off the hook. Let her go with that. 246 00:14:23,810 --> 00:14:28,290 Lou, isn't there something about this whole Anacott deal? It just doesn't 247 00:14:28,290 --> 00:14:30,450 the way it's on again, off again. 248 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:32,970 But doesn't that happen a lot with business deals? 249 00:14:33,390 --> 00:14:37,790 Well, yeah, but there's something about this case that's just too neat the way 250 00:14:37,790 --> 00:14:38,990 it all happened so fast. 251 00:14:40,070 --> 00:14:41,070 Okay. 252 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:42,970 Let's think about that for a second. 253 00:14:43,970 --> 00:14:46,910 What did they have to gain by making it tough on themselves? 254 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,380 Well, a whole shopping list of concessions from the looks of it. 255 00:14:50,860 --> 00:14:57,380 You know, I had this nice, clear, uncomplicated story about a medical 256 00:14:57,380 --> 00:14:58,680 opening up on the east side. 257 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:01,740 I guess I'm not going to be able to lay it off on you. 258 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:03,520 I can do both. 259 00:15:04,660 --> 00:15:05,660 Do both. 260 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,160 Was there a grading operation before? 261 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:34,020 Uh, no, really. I've seen the equipment, but never paid attention. 262 00:15:34,860 --> 00:15:36,960 Yeah, it's kind of like a ballet. 263 00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:41,120 Everybody's in sync with everybody else. Always in the right place at the right 264 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,820 time. They have to be, otherwise, man, you get killed. 265 00:15:45,620 --> 00:15:47,340 That crew out there really knows what they're doing. 266 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:50,400 Some of those guys can handle a cat like at the sport car. 267 00:15:50,780 --> 00:15:54,440 You know, they're not much to look at, but when you get in a mountain move, 268 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:55,500 start to look awful pretty. 269 00:15:56,860 --> 00:15:59,420 Oh. My name is Shirley, Shirley Hagen. 270 00:15:59,620 --> 00:16:00,620 Billy, Billy Newman. 271 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,560 Oh, sounds like we should have had each other's names. 272 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,120 You guys sure managed to get back to work in a hurry. 273 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:08,900 Back to work? 274 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:12,120 It's only since yesterday that the company announced that they're going to 275 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:13,120 in L .A. 276 00:16:13,340 --> 00:16:14,600 I don't know anything about that. 277 00:16:15,060 --> 00:16:16,780 We've been on the job steady since the beginning. 278 00:16:17,340 --> 00:16:20,180 Some of the men are pulling down 20, 25 hours a week overtime. 279 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:22,040 We don't even shut down Sundays. 280 00:16:27,990 --> 00:16:31,190 My name is Billy Newman. I'm here to see Curtis Folger. Well, does he know what 281 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:31,749 it's about? 282 00:16:31,750 --> 00:16:32,750 He should. 283 00:16:32,830 --> 00:16:35,370 I'm from the Tribune. Never challenge reporters, Cindy. 284 00:16:35,850 --> 00:16:37,110 They'll think we have something to hide. 285 00:16:37,990 --> 00:16:38,990 Please, come in. 286 00:16:47,350 --> 00:16:48,269 Forgive us. 287 00:16:48,270 --> 00:16:49,270 New secretary. 288 00:16:50,070 --> 00:16:51,130 What happened to Nell? 289 00:16:52,710 --> 00:16:56,470 Well, we had a difference of opinion about whether her job included making 290 00:16:56,470 --> 00:16:57,470 coffee. 291 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,280 I'd let her go. 292 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,160 So make me a terrible guy. 293 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,480 Was it part of the job description? 294 00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:05,980 Of course. 295 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,420 So, what can I do for you, Billy? 296 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:11,880 I was at your construction site today. 297 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:18,020 I find it difficult to understand why the work didn't stop when Anika decided 298 00:17:18,020 --> 00:17:19,020 move to Mexico. 299 00:17:20,579 --> 00:17:22,540 I'm not sure I see what you're driving at. 300 00:17:23,780 --> 00:17:27,619 Is it possible that the threat to move to Mexico was meaningless? 301 00:17:28,270 --> 00:17:29,270 A smoke screen. 302 00:17:32,250 --> 00:17:33,550 What gives you that idea? 303 00:17:34,810 --> 00:17:38,630 A construction crew that never stopped working even after the company pulled 304 00:17:38,630 --> 00:17:39,630 out. 305 00:17:40,910 --> 00:17:44,230 I think Anaconda always knew it was going to settle in L .A. 306 00:17:45,010 --> 00:17:47,990 Well, I think you've written a beautiful scenario. 307 00:17:49,050 --> 00:17:52,350 But the trouble is, it's 100 % fiction. 308 00:17:54,870 --> 00:17:57,310 See, the truth is, we had a lot of money. 309 00:17:58,060 --> 00:17:59,300 committed to that building site. 310 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:03,580 And to try and sell it in its half -improved state would have cost us 311 00:18:04,820 --> 00:18:11,040 So, um, since the grading was well underway, we chose to continue on with 312 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,620 improvements, reasoning that it would be easier to sell. 313 00:18:16,740 --> 00:18:18,280 You're trying to poke a hole in my explanation. 314 00:18:19,540 --> 00:18:21,680 If you need more time to think about it, we can have dinner tonight. 315 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,980 I'll take you up on the thinking about it. 316 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:26,760 But I'll... 317 00:18:26,830 --> 00:18:27,890 Pass on the dinner. 318 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:33,370 Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A andE. 319 00:18:49,110 --> 00:18:53,210 I'm sorry, but it's against company policy to give out the home address or 320 00:18:53,210 --> 00:18:54,210 number of employees. 321 00:18:54,510 --> 00:18:56,050 Look. I can't. 322 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,340 She's a friend of mine. 323 00:18:57,620 --> 00:18:58,820 Why don't you have her number? 324 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,160 We met at work. We just go to lunch together. 325 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,460 Should have gotten a number. Next time I'll remember. 326 00:19:05,180 --> 00:19:06,320 I wish I could help. 327 00:19:06,660 --> 00:19:08,860 Okay. Let's try it this way. 328 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,480 Why can't you give me the number and address? 329 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:13,440 Company policy. 330 00:19:13,580 --> 00:19:15,740 No personal information on employees. 331 00:19:16,740 --> 00:19:20,300 She's not an employee. She used to work here and now she doesn't. She got 332 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:21,300 canned. 333 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:24,760 You sure of the spelling? 334 00:19:25,380 --> 00:19:26,380 No, not really. 335 00:19:27,780 --> 00:19:30,040 I'll see what I can find, but I'm new here myself. 336 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,460 Yes, we have it, but I can't give that information out. 337 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,200 Huh? 338 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,260 I can't give it to you, but you can take it. 339 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,080 I can't help it if you take it. 340 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:52,440 Okay? 341 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:54,280 Okay. 342 00:19:56,110 --> 00:19:57,110 Could you move your hand? 343 00:20:01,530 --> 00:20:02,570 Miss Newman, isn't it? 344 00:20:02,790 --> 00:20:03,790 Billy, yes. 345 00:20:03,810 --> 00:20:05,010 Come on in. Thanks. 346 00:20:05,870 --> 00:20:07,290 Sorry to hear about your job. 347 00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:09,310 Thanks. 348 00:20:10,230 --> 00:20:11,230 Why don't we sit down? 349 00:20:12,410 --> 00:20:15,790 I'm going to kick my shoes off. I've been pounding the pavement all day 350 00:20:15,790 --> 00:20:17,330 for work. I know what that's like. 351 00:20:18,190 --> 00:20:19,190 Well, 352 00:20:20,750 --> 00:20:22,130 what can I do for you, Billy? 353 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,420 As you know, I've been covering Anacott's move to L .A. 354 00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:31,940 In and out and in again. Look, I was let go, and I don't mind saying I'm sorry 355 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:32,899 about that. 356 00:20:32,900 --> 00:20:34,420 But Anacott's a good company. 357 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,680 And if you're here to hear bad things about Anacott, you've come to the wrong 358 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,780 place. If you feel that way about it, why did you quit over the issue of 359 00:20:41,780 --> 00:20:42,780 coffee? 360 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:46,920 I worked for Anacott for seven years, and I didn't care if I had to make 361 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,980 as long as I had other stuff to do. 362 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,100 In fact, I was starting to have some real responsibility. 363 00:20:52,940 --> 00:20:58,220 a chance at a real career and then i was asked to work for curtis bulger what 364 00:20:58,220 --> 00:21:05,180 went wrong well it may be hard to believe in this day and age that he 365 00:21:05,180 --> 00:21:09,520 the secretary to be someone you could make all kinds of demands on i wouldn't 366 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,860 out with him and i wouldn't go out with his clients not very classy is it for a 367 00:21:13,860 --> 00:21:19,200 company like anaconda didn't you complain yes it was not the smart thing 368 00:21:20,650 --> 00:21:25,170 You know, the more I hear about Anicot, the less impressed I am with its ethics. 369 00:21:27,970 --> 00:21:31,610 Are they capable of staging a withdrawal from L .A. 370 00:21:32,170 --> 00:21:34,810 just to soften up the resistance to them? 371 00:21:35,750 --> 00:21:37,050 You're smart, Billy. 372 00:21:38,070 --> 00:21:39,070 Real smart. 373 00:21:39,390 --> 00:21:41,990 What are you saying now? Are you saying that that's what happened? 374 00:21:43,430 --> 00:21:44,430 All right. 375 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:46,870 It was Folgers, baby. 376 00:21:47,290 --> 00:21:49,890 The government was coming down hard on us in Michigan. 377 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,560 There was more than one midnight board meeting on how to handle the EPA. 378 00:21:54,580 --> 00:21:58,760 Folger figured as long as we had to build a new plant anyway, we might as 379 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,440 try to cut short the time and expense in getting permits. 380 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:02,900 Cut a few corners. 381 00:22:03,260 --> 00:22:04,520 Anacott had nothing to lose. 382 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,200 So Folger set it up to look like you planned to leave L .A., but that was 383 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,039 the plan. 384 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,360 Your story came along, he jumped at it. It was the perfect excuse. 385 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:14,760 Great. Always glad to help a friend. 386 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,220 Well, if it wasn't your story, he would have found another reason. 387 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:19,780 Suddenly, everybody is willing to deal. 388 00:22:20,330 --> 00:22:24,770 It worked great, and there's a lot that hasn't come out yet, such as the city 389 00:22:24,770 --> 00:22:28,390 and the state offering a fat tax incentive to Anacott for staying. 390 00:22:29,370 --> 00:22:30,910 How do you know all this? 391 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:33,390 I saw it in writing. 392 00:22:33,730 --> 00:22:35,270 I typed the memo myself. 393 00:22:35,790 --> 00:22:39,110 You mean there's a memo that exists that spells the whole thing out? 394 00:22:39,970 --> 00:22:41,030 Yes, that's right. 395 00:22:42,230 --> 00:22:44,490 Oh, no, would I love to see that memo. 396 00:22:45,510 --> 00:22:46,510 What do you mean? 397 00:22:47,190 --> 00:22:49,410 Is there any way that I could get my hands on it? 398 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,500 Well, it's in my desk, I guess, or what was my desk. 399 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,200 If I could get a copy of that memo, it would prove manipulation. 400 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:00,640 Anacott might as well turn that factory site into a parking lot for all the good 401 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,280 it would do them. And Mr. Folger would be lucky to get a job as an attendant. 402 00:23:04,740 --> 00:23:06,520 This is really important, isn't it? 403 00:23:06,900 --> 00:23:08,080 I think it is. 404 00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:13,100 I have to pick up my last paycheck tomorrow anyway. I'd be right there. I 405 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,760 wait till the office cleared out for lunch. 406 00:23:15,020 --> 00:23:17,280 No, no, I can't let you do that. 407 00:23:18,420 --> 00:23:19,420 Okay, Billy. 408 00:23:22,169 --> 00:23:24,310 Damn, you know you play fairer than they do 409 00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:48,350 Don't 410 00:23:48,350 --> 00:23:50,730 ask me where I got that And I won't have to lie. 411 00:24:05,790 --> 00:24:09,550 Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A andE. 412 00:24:14,350 --> 00:24:16,790 Well, look who's here. It's Billy Newman. 413 00:24:17,010 --> 00:24:18,010 No kidding. 414 00:24:18,510 --> 00:24:19,950 I once knew a Billy Newman. 415 00:24:20,550 --> 00:24:21,650 She used to work here. 416 00:24:22,130 --> 00:24:24,570 In fact, you even look a lot like her. 417 00:24:26,090 --> 00:24:27,090 What's this? 418 00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:32,150 Oh, not much. Just the evidence that proves my hunch about Anacott was 100 % 419 00:24:32,150 --> 00:24:33,150 correct. 420 00:24:33,630 --> 00:24:35,710 This isn't bad. This isn't bad at all. 421 00:24:35,970 --> 00:24:38,090 Okay, I want three copies and make them yourself. 422 00:24:38,570 --> 00:24:41,790 One for Mrs. Pinchon, one for the lawyers, one for you to write the story. 423 00:24:41,790 --> 00:24:42,669 keep the original. 424 00:24:42,670 --> 00:24:43,710 You sure about this? 425 00:24:44,070 --> 00:24:47,070 You want evidence? I got your evidence. What do you need? A signed confession? 426 00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:49,140 Okay, let's run with it. 427 00:24:49,540 --> 00:24:50,540 Nice work, Billy. 428 00:24:56,380 --> 00:25:02,500 The problem with responding to journalistic cheap shots is that you 429 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:05,620 to get down into the muck with the people who are maligning you. 430 00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:14,720 But in the case of the Tribune story, Anicot has no choice but to fight back 431 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,700 and set the record straight. 432 00:25:18,670 --> 00:25:24,970 Charges leveled in this morning's edition of the Tribune are plainly and 433 00:25:24,970 --> 00:25:27,630 equivocation an out -and -out fraud. 434 00:25:30,210 --> 00:25:35,730 Lawyers from Hannecott Industries are now in U .S. District Court filing suit 435 00:25:35,730 --> 00:25:41,050 seeking $5 .3 million in damages against the Los Angeles Tribune. 436 00:25:42,150 --> 00:25:45,150 Now, this is not a nuisance lawsuit. 437 00:25:46,229 --> 00:25:49,210 5 .3. Where'd they get that? 5 .3. 438 00:25:49,670 --> 00:25:55,650 Now, on the front page of the Tribune is a copy of a memo. 439 00:25:57,450 --> 00:26:00,770 Supposedly written by me and typed on my stationery. 440 00:26:01,630 --> 00:26:05,770 Now, this is a copy of my real stationery. 441 00:26:06,270 --> 00:26:10,570 Now, if you'll bear with me, I think I can show you the differences between the 442 00:26:10,570 --> 00:26:13,330 two. Are you saying the Tribune printed a forgery? 443 00:26:13,690 --> 00:26:15,130 Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. 444 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:20,020 Now, you will notice that the Tribune's memo is phony in three respects. 445 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,820 First, the company logo is smaller. 446 00:26:23,380 --> 00:26:26,060 The typeface is similar but not identical. 447 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:31,120 And my signature is a very good amateur's attempt at forgery. 448 00:26:31,580 --> 00:26:36,240 Now, Anacod will, of course, supply affidavits and original negatives from 449 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,300 printers who contract their services with the company for further 450 00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:53,000 Who are you calling? 451 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,380 Uh, folder secretary. My terrific source just disappeared on the face of the 452 00:26:57,380 --> 00:26:58,380 earth. 453 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,000 We'd better get back. We're on deadline. 454 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,320 Do you think I went out and had a damn memo fake? 455 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:09,900 Nobody's accusing you of that. 456 00:27:10,180 --> 00:27:12,660 Well, will you accuse me of it so I can deny it? 457 00:27:13,020 --> 00:27:16,300 We're just trying to figure out how this thing happened. 458 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,160 I was set up, it's obvious. 459 00:27:19,740 --> 00:27:20,740 By whom? 460 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,560 By Nell Wheeler, Folger's secretary. 461 00:27:24,220 --> 00:27:25,520 Who has since vanished? 462 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:31,660 Or somebody at Anaconda, or Folger, or Councilman Norton, or I don't know. 463 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,360 Look, Billy, don't get sore at us for asking these questions. 464 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:37,220 We really have to explore this. 465 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,780 Scott Folger, were you close to him? 466 00:27:42,140 --> 00:27:43,140 Did you have a relationship? 467 00:27:44,620 --> 00:27:45,620 Absolutely not. 468 00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:48,920 What has that got to do with it? Well, there are rumors. I need to hear that 469 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:50,460 there's nothing to them. Well, you heard it. 470 00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:53,360 Phyllis, let me ask you something. 471 00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:57,600 While you were covering Anacot, were you ever in contact with environmental 472 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:58,600 groups? 473 00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:03,340 Wait a minute. Are you saying that I would try to help their campaign by 474 00:28:03,340 --> 00:28:06,740 phonying up some documents against Anacot? 475 00:28:06,940 --> 00:28:10,160 Hey, Phyllis, everybody knows that you're sympathetic towards those 476 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,460 groups. If I am, I am. I admit it. 477 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:21,120 I wouldn't do anything dishonest, and I wouldn't distort a story to sell that 478 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:22,120 point of view. 479 00:28:22,820 --> 00:28:24,800 We're just looking for something tangible. 480 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,220 All I have is my word. 481 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:30,560 And all they have is the evidence. 482 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,500 How could this have happened? 483 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:41,020 Doesn't she realize a reporter's job is to cover the news, not make it? 484 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:42,900 She was aware of that. 485 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,320 Does she realize we're facing a $5 million lawsuit? 486 00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:49,500 Yes, she's aware of that, too. 487 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,020 Has she ever heard lawyers cry on the phone, Mr. Grant? 488 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,880 What do the lawyers really think of our position? 489 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,040 Let me put it this way. 490 00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:04,200 They would be much happier if they were representing the other side. Who is to 491 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,200 blame for this? 492 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,000 I take full responsibility. 493 00:29:09,780 --> 00:29:12,660 Spare me the noble gestures. I want to know how this happened. 494 00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:15,800 We talked about this with Billy Newman. 495 00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:18,980 And she assures us that she's been framed. 496 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,840 Do we have that confirmed by any other source? 497 00:29:22,980 --> 00:29:23,980 Not yet. 498 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,400 Is it possible she knew the memo was a fake? 499 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:28,960 I don't know. 500 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,340 The whole thing doesn't sound right to me. 501 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,120 But you cannot assure me all she did was make an innocent mistake. 502 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:36,600 No. 503 00:29:37,639 --> 00:29:39,780 Still, we're trying like hell to find out. 504 00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:43,700 Well, while you're doing that, I think we have to take Ms. 505 00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:45,240 Newman off this story. 506 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,180 Yes, of course, that has to be done. 507 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,020 Are you sure she didn't leave a forwarding address? 508 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:01,600 Well, what about a forwarding number? 509 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,960 Is there any kind of reference on the card? 510 00:30:08,010 --> 00:30:10,010 Like the number of a friend or something like that. 511 00:30:12,150 --> 00:30:13,150 Well, are you sure? 512 00:30:14,510 --> 00:30:15,550 Oh, thanks anyway. 513 00:30:17,010 --> 00:30:19,490 This woman has covered her tracks about nine different ways. 514 00:30:20,050 --> 00:30:22,090 It's incredible. They think they can get away with it. 515 00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:25,130 I'm waiting for a call from the Department of Motor Vehicles. 516 00:30:26,030 --> 00:30:27,810 Billy, throw your notes together and give them to Donovan. 517 00:30:28,710 --> 00:30:31,170 Why? Because I'm putting someone else on the story. 518 00:30:31,670 --> 00:30:33,550 That's my story. I've been on it all the way. 519 00:30:34,050 --> 00:30:35,050 I've got to take you off it. 520 00:30:35,810 --> 00:30:36,810 Oh, my God. 521 00:30:37,659 --> 00:30:39,300 What? Do I still work here? 522 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,280 Yeah, yeah, of course you do. I'm just pulling you off Anaconda. I want to put 523 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,360 you on the Poinsettia Festival. 524 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:47,140 You've been under a lot of pressure. 525 00:30:47,660 --> 00:30:48,660 And I choked. 526 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:50,280 I screwed up. 527 00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:53,220 That's what you think, isn't it? That I couldn't take the pressure? 528 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,000 Don't be silly. 529 00:30:56,220 --> 00:30:57,220 Yeah. 530 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,920 I just hate myself when I get silly. 531 00:31:07,639 --> 00:31:08,639 Listen, Billy. 532 00:31:09,180 --> 00:31:12,420 What happened to you on the Anacott story could have happened to any of us. 533 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:13,560 Yeah, I know. 534 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,640 You get to wanting a story so badly sometimes. 535 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:22,080 You know the guys are crooks. You're so close. All you need is that one final 536 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,080 bit of evidence. 537 00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:25,500 It is a temptation we all feel. 538 00:31:26,940 --> 00:31:28,400 Well, thanks a lot, Rossi. 539 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,680 I'm glad you understand the motive that I had to fake a story. 540 00:31:34,590 --> 00:31:37,850 Except, as a matter of fact, that isn't what happened at all. 541 00:31:38,790 --> 00:31:42,730 I didn't invent the evidence. I was set up. 542 00:31:43,430 --> 00:31:47,450 And I would appreciate it if the people that I worked with would stop being so 543 00:31:47,450 --> 00:31:52,570 forgiving. I didn't do anything that needs forgiving. 544 00:31:57,930 --> 00:32:02,250 Rosie, I have something I want you to do for me. This Anacod guy, Curtis Folgers 545 00:32:02,250 --> 00:32:03,250 from Detroit. 546 00:32:03,390 --> 00:32:05,270 I went to look into his background, see where he worked before. 547 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:06,490 Anything. 548 00:32:06,590 --> 00:32:08,530 Lou, I'm halfway through this transit thing. 549 00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:10,670 Hold off on that. This has priority. 550 00:32:11,470 --> 00:32:13,250 Hope you have some good news for a change. 551 00:32:14,150 --> 00:32:15,150 Adam's back. 552 00:32:15,390 --> 00:32:16,390 Adam who? 553 00:32:16,890 --> 00:32:18,250 Oh, how soon they forget. 554 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:19,670 Hey, Pazza. 555 00:32:20,590 --> 00:32:23,350 I miss much? Like the Poinsettia Festival, maybe? 556 00:32:24,010 --> 00:32:25,010 You're in luck. 557 00:32:25,130 --> 00:32:26,130 It's next week. 558 00:32:26,530 --> 00:32:27,530 Next week? 559 00:32:27,810 --> 00:32:29,950 Relax, Billy's covering it this year. 560 00:32:30,310 --> 00:32:32,610 Well, that's fine with me. Six years in a row is enough. 561 00:32:32,970 --> 00:32:33,990 Of course, you are the expert. 562 00:32:34,350 --> 00:32:37,390 You cover a story once, and right away you're the expert, which means you're 563 00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:40,790 stuck with it for the rest of your life. I did one lousy forest fire story when 564 00:32:40,790 --> 00:32:43,710 I was working up in Seattle. The next four years, I was stuck with the lumber 565 00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:46,210 beat. Lumber's a big story in Seattle. 566 00:32:47,210 --> 00:32:48,550 Yeah, but trees are a tough interview. 567 00:32:50,030 --> 00:32:53,170 Is there any chance we might get a story out of your travels in Mexico? 568 00:32:54,010 --> 00:32:55,430 Well, I might have something for you, sure. 569 00:32:55,990 --> 00:32:57,510 Lumber's longer than your expense account. 570 00:32:58,350 --> 00:32:59,269 You kidding? 571 00:32:59,270 --> 00:33:00,970 My expense account's a three -part series. 572 00:33:11,820 --> 00:33:12,820 Sorry, pal, no one's here. 573 00:33:12,940 --> 00:33:16,280 I know. Miss Wheeler's my girl. She asked me to look in on you guys, make 574 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:17,239 everything's all right. 575 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:18,240 You have any problems? 576 00:33:18,740 --> 00:33:20,500 Oh, man, this is a breeze. 577 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,780 Your girlfriend keeps a real neat apartment. 578 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:24,660 You don't usually see that. 579 00:33:27,740 --> 00:33:32,340 Some people say that guys are bad, but let me tell you, broads are worse. 580 00:33:32,780 --> 00:33:35,900 Yeah, well, now he's got a class act. Okay, I just want to make sure you got 581 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:36,739 right address. 582 00:33:36,740 --> 00:33:37,740 You know where this stuff's going? 583 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,460 Hey, come on, man, we're pros. 584 00:33:40,110 --> 00:33:42,670 It'll be done in an hour, and in two days, it'll all be in Detroit. 585 00:33:42,990 --> 00:33:44,170 You going back there, too? 586 00:33:44,410 --> 00:33:45,410 Oh, yeah. 587 00:33:45,430 --> 00:33:46,870 Seems to lose a lady like that. 588 00:33:47,190 --> 00:33:48,230 Yeah, I'm gonna see her. 589 00:33:48,590 --> 00:33:50,270 Uh, is she at the street right? 590 00:33:54,310 --> 00:33:55,910 8405 Larkin Street. 591 00:33:56,850 --> 00:33:58,690 Judy Wheeler, Mrs. Judy Wheeler. 592 00:33:58,890 --> 00:33:59,890 Her mother, right? 593 00:34:00,150 --> 00:34:04,330 Right. See? We even got a telephone number and everything. Like I said, no 594 00:34:04,330 --> 00:34:08,190 sweat. Yeah, well, gonna save myself a trip. Take it easy, guys. Sure. 595 00:34:08,710 --> 00:34:09,710 You, too. 596 00:34:12,129 --> 00:34:15,389 Hey, what I'm afraid of, Lou, is if we go to court at this point, we're going 597 00:34:15,389 --> 00:34:17,050 lose. I don't know. 598 00:34:18,150 --> 00:34:19,530 Anaconda's case seems too bad for me. 599 00:34:20,090 --> 00:34:24,290 I just hate to see the trips a lot of court on this. Oh, well, we can settle 600 00:34:24,290 --> 00:34:28,750 a lot less than they're asking. I mean, they just use that million after the 601 00:34:28,750 --> 00:34:29,989 number to get our attention. 602 00:34:30,790 --> 00:34:31,790 Well, Billy's right. 603 00:34:32,389 --> 00:34:36,690 Unfortunately, when you go to court, it isn't who's right, it's who the judge 604 00:34:36,690 --> 00:34:37,690 believes. 605 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:40,610 Anyway, Lou, I just want this thing to end. 606 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:42,840 Who did you give the story to? 607 00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:46,420 Rossi. I've got him checking into Folger's background. 608 00:34:46,780 --> 00:34:48,139 He's already dug up some good stuff. 609 00:34:48,679 --> 00:34:49,679 Like what? 610 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,780 Well, it seems like he worked for Ostro Advertising in Detroit before he went to 611 00:34:53,780 --> 00:34:54,638 work for Anaconda. 612 00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:55,639 So? 613 00:34:56,820 --> 00:34:59,760 Ostro handles the advertising for Anaconda Industries. 614 00:35:00,660 --> 00:35:03,580 They're a pretty big, respected outfit, the way I hear it. 615 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,160 You never heard it in Detroit. 616 00:35:05,860 --> 00:35:07,940 Their specialty is getting people elected. 617 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,920 and principles don't count nearly as much as the client's ability to pay. 618 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:16,080 They're the guys you use when you're behind and you're desperate and you 619 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:17,080 care how you win. 620 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:18,440 Dirty tricks. 621 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:23,900 I remember a classic whisper campaign when Martin Decatur ran for governor. 622 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:28,940 Oh, yeah. I remember Decatur looked like a shoe -in, and then he lost. 623 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:33,120 A month before the election, Oster took over the campaign against him. He had 624 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,000 one gimmick, and it worked. 625 00:35:35,540 --> 00:35:37,360 A couple of guys were waiting for lunch hour. 626 00:35:37,710 --> 00:35:40,390 Then they go to the top of one of the largest office buildings in Detroit. 627 00:35:40,710 --> 00:35:44,230 On their way down, as the elevator started to pick up people, two guys 628 00:35:44,230 --> 00:35:47,490 start to talk. One of them would say, Hey, did you hear about Decatur over the 629 00:35:47,490 --> 00:35:51,390 weekend? I understand his wife caught him shacked up with some secretary at 630 00:35:51,390 --> 00:35:52,390 lakefront motel. 631 00:35:52,530 --> 00:35:55,410 By the time the elevator hit the lobby, the story was going all through the 632 00:35:55,410 --> 00:35:58,170 building. Then the guys go across the street to another building and start the 633 00:35:58,170 --> 00:35:59,170 whole story all over again. 634 00:35:59,470 --> 00:36:02,650 Before long, the story's all over the city, and of course people believe it. 635 00:36:03,650 --> 00:36:07,270 What's Decatur going to do, run around telling everyone that the rumor about 636 00:36:07,270 --> 00:36:08,490 and the secretary is a lie? 637 00:36:10,310 --> 00:36:14,670 And that's the Astro Advertising Company. 638 00:36:15,410 --> 00:36:19,910 And you think that Folger may have brought some of this philosophy into 639 00:36:19,910 --> 00:36:20,910 Anaconda? 640 00:36:21,270 --> 00:36:22,270 I'm not sure. 641 00:36:22,650 --> 00:36:24,810 I'll bet that missing secretary can tell us. 642 00:36:29,770 --> 00:36:31,030 Bussie, what'd you find out? 643 00:36:31,310 --> 00:36:32,310 Mrs. Wheeler? 644 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,000 Hi, is Nell here, please? 645 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:37,560 Oh, I'm sorry I missed her. 646 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,160 Uh, this is a friend of hers from L .A. 647 00:36:40,580 --> 00:36:43,880 Boy, it's really great to talk to you after hearing so much about you. 648 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:45,480 Yeah. 649 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,380 Yeah. Do you suppose you could give me her new work number? 650 00:36:49,420 --> 00:36:53,220 No, no, no, no. Don't tell her, please. I'd rather it be a surprise. 651 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:55,240 Yeah. 652 00:36:55,380 --> 00:36:56,380 Okay. 653 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,200 All right. 654 00:36:58,560 --> 00:36:59,560 Uh... 655 00:37:00,430 --> 00:37:03,390 Hey, thanks, Mrs. Wheeler. Remember, I want to surprise her. Okay. 656 00:37:03,870 --> 00:37:05,390 Good. Bye. 657 00:37:06,730 --> 00:37:07,730 Where does she work? 658 00:37:08,230 --> 00:37:09,230 Your hometown. 659 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:11,750 Detroit? 660 00:37:14,010 --> 00:37:15,010 Uh -huh. 661 00:37:17,950 --> 00:37:18,950 Oster advertising. 662 00:37:21,450 --> 00:37:22,490 Oster advertising. 663 00:37:22,770 --> 00:37:23,770 Oster advertising. 664 00:37:23,810 --> 00:37:24,810 Hello? 665 00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:28,830 Lou Grant will continue in a moment. 666 00:37:29,130 --> 00:37:30,130 Here on A andE. 667 00:37:32,870 --> 00:37:35,530 A andE returns to Lou Brandt. 668 00:37:46,930 --> 00:37:48,510 It's 20 minutes to deadline, Billy. 669 00:37:48,830 --> 00:37:50,370 How are you coming on the Poinsettia Festival? 670 00:37:50,870 --> 00:37:54,210 Oh, I don't know. This is a dumb little story and I just can't seem to 671 00:37:54,210 --> 00:37:56,970 concentrate. I just... I know. Give me your notes. 672 00:37:57,670 --> 00:38:00,250 I can do it, Donovan. I just have to find the right lead. 673 00:38:00,750 --> 00:38:01,750 Give me your notes. 674 00:38:01,910 --> 00:38:02,848 It's all right. 675 00:38:02,850 --> 00:38:04,330 What did you think of the oil story, Donovan? 676 00:38:05,230 --> 00:38:06,410 It was okay. 677 00:38:07,030 --> 00:38:09,550 Thanks. You know, there's something I can't quite figure out. 678 00:38:10,210 --> 00:38:12,950 Anacut was supposed to be moving to Mexico when the L .A. deal fell through, 679 00:38:13,050 --> 00:38:14,050 right? Right. 680 00:38:14,690 --> 00:38:17,990 Well, the oil minister gave me a fix on all the new industry moving in, and he 681 00:38:17,990 --> 00:38:18,988 never mentioned it. 682 00:38:18,990 --> 00:38:20,690 Maybe he didn't want to take you into his confidence. 683 00:38:21,070 --> 00:38:22,590 They seem to be open about everything else. 684 00:38:23,110 --> 00:38:24,110 Look. 685 00:38:24,350 --> 00:38:26,450 Do me a favor, will you? Billy's tied up on something else. 686 00:38:26,690 --> 00:38:28,610 We got a story here that you'd be very good for. 687 00:38:29,170 --> 00:38:31,930 Would you mind writing it from her notes? Her handwriting better than 688 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:33,288 I guess so. 689 00:38:33,290 --> 00:38:34,290 Thank you. 690 00:38:34,310 --> 00:38:35,850 Sure. What's it on, anyway? 691 00:38:37,450 --> 00:38:38,450 Poinsettias? 692 00:38:58,279 --> 00:39:02,140 Okay, just give me back my poinsettias. No, no, it's all right. I'll do it. 693 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:03,440 My story. 694 00:39:03,460 --> 00:39:06,060 Give me my notes. Donovan asked me to do it. We're on deadline. 695 00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:08,080 Then you better hurry and give it to me. 696 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,820 Look, Billy, it's all right. It's no problem. I understand how you feel. You 697 00:39:11,820 --> 00:39:17,100 feel lousy. Never mind how I feel, Adam. I have felt lousy before, and I have 698 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,080 always been able to pound this junk out. 699 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:23,120 It goes with the job, doesn't it? Now just give me my notes, Adam. Come on. 700 00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,100 on, come on. I got better places to be. 701 00:39:31,530 --> 00:39:36,150 What bugs me is I get the feeling that these lawyers are about to roll over and 702 00:39:36,150 --> 00:39:37,850 I'm left without a reputation. 703 00:39:38,930 --> 00:39:40,510 You're talking like it's all over. 704 00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:43,450 I'm feeling like it's all over. 705 00:39:44,350 --> 00:39:48,250 And I'm not going to sit around this city room where I have nothing to write, 706 00:39:48,410 --> 00:39:53,390 where everybody is so damn solicitous and they treat me like I'm this great 707 00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:56,070 embarrassment. I can't stand that. 708 00:39:57,270 --> 00:39:58,330 I'm getting out. 709 00:39:59,410 --> 00:40:00,630 Go slow on that. 710 00:40:02,830 --> 00:40:04,070 I made a few phone calls. 711 00:40:04,570 --> 00:40:07,130 Look, I'm not telling you what to do. 712 00:40:07,450 --> 00:40:09,470 I'm just asking you to give it more time. 713 00:40:10,110 --> 00:40:11,110 Why? 714 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:13,630 Because you're a good reporter. 715 00:40:17,250 --> 00:40:18,930 Because I want you working for me. 716 00:40:21,430 --> 00:40:22,430 Well, well. 717 00:40:23,390 --> 00:40:25,510 I haven't heard that very much lately. 718 00:40:28,610 --> 00:40:29,610 Hi. 719 00:40:29,990 --> 00:40:30,990 Mind if I join you? 720 00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:32,630 No, sit down. 721 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:33,930 You're locked up okay? 722 00:40:34,410 --> 00:40:36,150 Yeah, no problems. 723 00:40:37,250 --> 00:40:38,430 I have a bit of news. 724 00:40:38,990 --> 00:40:40,990 I ran into one of our lawyers in the elevator. 725 00:40:41,990 --> 00:40:44,190 He says they're going to talk to the Anacot people tomorrow. 726 00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:45,870 Talk? 727 00:40:46,270 --> 00:40:48,390 What have they got to tell them besides see you in court? 728 00:40:49,070 --> 00:40:52,430 Well, they feel the paper cut its losses considerably by settling. 729 00:40:52,790 --> 00:40:53,970 And what did you say to them? 730 00:40:54,370 --> 00:40:55,370 What should I have said? 731 00:40:56,730 --> 00:41:00,230 You should have said, don't settle because we weren't wrong. 732 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:06,780 You know what kills me, Lou, is that this has suddenly become an issue of 733 00:41:06,780 --> 00:41:08,760 and not who's right and who's wrong. 734 00:41:10,140 --> 00:41:11,860 Billy, that's not being fair. 735 00:41:12,620 --> 00:41:17,780 I'm right, and the trip is right, and Anna Cot's wrong, and nobody's going to 736 00:41:17,780 --> 00:41:21,360 find that out because I'm not getting any support. Not even from you. 737 00:41:21,780 --> 00:41:27,180 Well, I guess the idea of a city editor backing up his reporter has gone out of 738 00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:28,180 style. 739 00:41:34,060 --> 00:41:35,460 I am glad to be back home. 740 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,400 Maybe I'm crazy, but I think the weather is boring. They only have two seasons 741 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:40,720 out there, night and day. 742 00:41:41,260 --> 00:41:43,320 Oops, I've got a visitor. I'll see you at lunch. 743 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,240 Can I help you? Do you have an appointment with Mr. Harding? 744 00:41:47,580 --> 00:41:48,600 No, I don't, Miss Wheeler. 745 00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:50,220 Came to see you. 746 00:41:50,660 --> 00:41:52,420 Joe Rossi, Los Angeles Tribune. 747 00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:54,320 Want to talk to you about a mutual friend. 748 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:55,880 Billy Newman. 749 00:42:10,090 --> 00:42:11,090 I'm Curtis Folger. 750 00:42:12,110 --> 00:42:13,110 What's going on? 751 00:42:14,570 --> 00:42:16,330 I just got a call from Joe Rossi. 752 00:42:16,810 --> 00:42:20,530 Asking me to make a statement about some ridiculous story that he says you're 753 00:42:20,530 --> 00:42:21,530 planning to run. 754 00:42:23,370 --> 00:42:25,610 Well, what exactly did Mr. Rossi say to you? 755 00:42:26,270 --> 00:42:31,210 He says that you're planning to run some story that would destroy Anacost's 756 00:42:31,210 --> 00:42:32,270 claims against the Tribune. 757 00:42:32,790 --> 00:42:38,450 Something about some evidence supplied by some former secretary of mine, Nell 758 00:42:38,450 --> 00:42:39,450 Wheeler. 759 00:42:41,070 --> 00:42:44,490 It sounds like another unfounded attack on Anacot Industries. 760 00:42:44,790 --> 00:42:47,790 If you really thought that, you wouldn't be here. 761 00:42:49,250 --> 00:42:53,730 We have a tape -recorded interview with Nell Wheeler in the Detroit office of 762 00:42:53,730 --> 00:42:54,810 Ostro Advertising. 763 00:42:55,170 --> 00:43:00,910 Mr. Folger, we know that Anacot never intended to move from Los Angeles, but 764 00:43:00,910 --> 00:43:05,110 threatened to do so in order to gain concessions, and that you never opened 765 00:43:05,110 --> 00:43:06,910 negotiations with the Mexican government. 766 00:43:07,850 --> 00:43:09,550 I can't believe that. 767 00:43:12,460 --> 00:43:17,200 I understand that you've insisted on taking full credit for the plan with 768 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,820 board of directors, so, Rossi, I figured you'd be the one to make a statement. 769 00:43:21,780 --> 00:43:23,740 You get no comment from me on that story. 770 00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:25,640 I have no statement to make. 771 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,000 That's up to you. 772 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:28,840 We're on deadline. 773 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:41,940 You know, Mr. Grant, it's possible that I could be very helpful to the Tribune. 774 00:43:43,210 --> 00:43:45,910 in persuading Anaconda to consider dropping its suit. 775 00:43:47,150 --> 00:43:48,870 Don't go to any trouble on our account. 776 00:43:51,770 --> 00:43:53,450 This is a lot more important than you realize. 777 00:43:55,910 --> 00:43:59,170 There's a lot higher stakes involved than just some newspaper article. 778 00:44:00,530 --> 00:44:01,650 Are you worried about the girl? 779 00:44:02,310 --> 00:44:07,690 Don't be. I can get her off the hook. I can say that it was Nell Wheeler who was 780 00:44:07,690 --> 00:44:09,030 responsible. 781 00:44:10,130 --> 00:44:11,130 Forget it. 782 00:44:11,870 --> 00:44:12,870 Okay. 783 00:44:18,799 --> 00:44:25,740 Mr. Grant, this is a drop in the bucket compared to what's really going 784 00:44:25,740 --> 00:44:26,740 on at Anaconda. 785 00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:28,760 I'm just a little fish. 786 00:44:30,020 --> 00:44:36,960 But if you lay off me on this one, I can get you 18 bigger stories to run. 787 00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:42,360 Well, we like to take our stories one at a time, Mr. Folger, but thanks for the 788 00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:43,360 offer. 789 00:44:44,900 --> 00:44:47,340 Well, I know we can work something out. 790 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:48,880 I'll get back to you. 791 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:03,940 You working on anything that'll keep? 792 00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:05,578 Obituaries. Why? 793 00:45:05,580 --> 00:45:06,880 I'm just a whole while longer. 794 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:10,260 Boss, he's working on a story and can't finish it. Take these notes. 795 00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:12,120 Let's call him in a twig to fill in the details. 796 00:45:12,830 --> 00:45:16,110 I need four takes in less than half an hour. Wonderful writing, Ross. You've 797 00:45:16,110 --> 00:45:20,350 handed me down. Remember, four takes and you don't have much time. You paid one. 798 00:45:20,610 --> 00:45:21,610 What did he say? 799 00:45:22,230 --> 00:45:24,570 It's a story about a frame -up. 800 00:45:24,890 --> 00:45:27,270 I think you could do a good job with it. 801 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,340 Are abused children justified in their crimes of revenge? 802 00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:59,860 It's a case for the courts on Law and Order tonight. 803 00:46:00,180 --> 00:46:05,280 Now, cops find that the balance on phony credit cards equals murder. On Police 804 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,060 Story, next on A andE.