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Gin.
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Gin!
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Gin.
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Here's the doc.
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What's the verdict, Doc?
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Can't last
another 24 hours.
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Any chance of us making the
early edition? He'd want to.
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What about some pictures,
last-moment stuff?
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No.
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Good afternoon, Miss
Thorndyke. Your father...
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I heard your verdict,
Dr. Crane.
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That's the daughter. She's
tougher than the old man.
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Get out.
But, Mr. Thorndyke, I...
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Out! Out, I say.
Stupid nurses, doctors.
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Oh.
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How are you feeling, Sam?
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Oh, this blasted thing's
eating my guts away.
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Did you see that editorial
in the Albany paper?
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That fella won't take orders.
Fire him.
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I did.
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That's my girl.
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The White House called
to ask about you.
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He should call.
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If those Republicans hadn't
knifed me,
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he wouldn't be
in the White House.
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I'd be dying there.
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Well, well, well. What else?
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Longstreet called.
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Longstreet? That buzzard.
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Made me an offer
for the papers.
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Willing to keep my name
on the masthead, he says.
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I'll keep it there, Sam. You don't
need Longstreet or anyone else.
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Kay, I used to hate you
for being a girl.
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I always wanted
a son like me.
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But you're bigger
than any son.
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A woman's body with
a man's brains.
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My brains. Use them.
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You'll make the White House,
Kay, one way or another.
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The Republican Party
owe us that. Don't forget it.
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I won't forget it.
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That's my girl.
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Men are weak,
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vain, idealistic.
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Can't stand pain.
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Can't stand pain any longer...
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Sam.
Women are the only realists.
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Until they get sentimental. Don't
you ever get sentimental, Kay.
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I never have.
Yeah.
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Er...
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Goodbye, girl.
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I guess I'll call it a day.
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You're the chief
from herein.
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I'm gonna miss you, Sam.
Yeah, yeah.
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You'll be all right.
You'll be all right.
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Make those heads roll.
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Make those heads roll.
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Don't go in there.
But, Miss...
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Oh, good heavens!
Oh, Doctor!
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Doctor!
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Call the police!
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Congratulations.
Congratulations.
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Fifty-one.
Oh, Doctor.
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Lose your stomach,
Mr. MacManus?
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Mr. Hawkins' office, please.
First door to your right.
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Thank you.
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Hi, Scylla.
Hi, Charybdis.
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Well, if it isn't the
poor man's Drew Pearson.
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Hey, new talent.
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You better go in before
we have a new columnist.
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Wait a minute. Who's in
there with the lion-tamer?
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Team secret. Came in
through the fire escape.
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Tailored?
Mmm-hmm.
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Tailored politician?
Hmm.
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Tailored Republican politician? What else?
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Tailored worried
Republican politician?
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All politicians are
worried today.
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Jim Conover.
Announce me.
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Spike MacManus.
Send him in.
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If I had your number,
I'd call you and tell you
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who's gonna be the next
President of the United States.
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I know. Truman.
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You want the walls to cave in
around here? I'll see you later.
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Hello, boss.
Hello, Jim, what's cooking?
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You'll be. If one word
of my being here gets out.
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Hey, boss,
the freedom of the press.
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If you must grace your column
with my name, it's Conover.
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C-O-N-O-V-E-R.
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You've spelt it "Canover", "Can
opener", everything but Conover.
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Don't squawk, I haven't
spelt it "Conniver" yet.
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Let's skip the jokes.
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Jim, you know the Republican Convention
this year can end in a deadlock.
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I don't know anything.
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My uncle with the two heads does. Spike.
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He tells me they're following
the usual Republican policy:
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The Tafts, Deweys, Stassens,
and Vandenbergs
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may knock each other out of the
running even before the Convention.
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Thus providing a perfect
track for a dark horse.
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Which leaves you,
Mr. Conover,
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a fight manager looking for a
good heavyweight who can punch.
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Jim, I think
I have your man.
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Yeah, you
and everybody else.
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This is Kay Thorndyke,
not everybody else.
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I'm sorry, Kay, it's just that you
have to show me. I'm from Missouri.
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Ha!
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If you were from Missouri,
you'd have a job in Washington.
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Lay off, Spike.
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All right, let's have it, Kay.
Who's your man?
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ltem one: born in Nevada.
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But there's never been
a western president.
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There are Americans
out there, too.
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Item two: self-made, sold newspapers,
worked his way through school.
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Item three: good war record.
Partisaned Lafayette Escadrille WWI,
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decorated by three
governments. Ancient history.
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Item four: started the
two-by-four airplane factory
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and ran it into the biggest
thing in aviation today.
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Look at me
when I'm talking to you.
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First industrialist to introduce
labor-management plant administration.
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He's never even been
threatened with a strike.
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He'd have labor in one pocket, big
business in the other. Are you interested?
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No. What's Horatio Alger
look like?
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Women have been crazy about him all
his life, if that's what you mean.
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Well, that lets me out.
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And men?
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Part owner of a ball club.
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Ever run for office?
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Not even for dog catcher.
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Hates politics.
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Then what's given him
this presidential yen?
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Oh, he hasn't got it yet.
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You're going to
give him that.
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On the newsstands tomorrow.
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"Our planes have wings
but not our ideas."
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You could make him
the next president, Jim.
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Kay, I'm not terribly impressed.
I never am by amateurs.
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But if you and Grant Matthews
happen to be in Washington,
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and knock on my door
to get out of the rain...
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But I have been trying to
make this clear all afternoon.
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I don't want to be President
of the United States.
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Guess the job isn't
big enough for him, boss.
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President. Holy smoke.
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Why, when I was a kid, my
dad took me on a two-day trip
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just to look at
President Taft.
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On a clear day you could see him
for a couple of hundred miles.
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Yeah,
you sure could.
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After he passed, my father
slapped me right across the face.
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When I asked him
what that was for, he said,
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"Just so you'll never forget the day you
saw the President of the United States."
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Well, Mr. Conover, I've listened to
some pretty tall reasons around here
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why I could
run for president.
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Self-made man, friend of labor,
dark horse and all that stuff.
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All very flattering,
I might add.
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But, could I ask you, a professional
politician, to give me one good reason
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why me, Grant Matthews, should run for
the biggest and the best job in the world
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when there are 10,000
other men... Wait a minute.
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Let's understand each other. I'm not
telling you you should be President.
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I was under the impression that
Kay Thorndyke brought you down here
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to sell me on the idea,
not for me to sell you.
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Now let's not get childish, nobody's
trying to sell anybody anything.
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Kay, the man doesn't want the
job, and hundreds of others do.
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We're wasting our time.
That's right, Kay.
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He's right.
We're wasting his time.
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I'm not interested
in politics or politicians.
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And I don't
like airplanes.
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That makes us even.
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Although I could get
to like you, Mr. Conover.
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Mr. Matthews, it's no skin off my
nose, but just for my private files,
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you made a speech in Cleveland that hit
the front pages all over the country.
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Even the New York Times
with that stuff about,
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"Either we pull together
or get pulled apart."
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Every Republican leader
wishes he'd made it.
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So? I'm trying to get
it through my lame brain,
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if you have no interest in politics,
why did you make that speech?
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Oh, now, wait a minute. I can
be interested in the country
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without being interested
in politics.
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That'll surprise Jim Conover.
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I don't care
who it surprises.
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Don't get the idea that I'm not
interested in what's going on.
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I like this country,
Mr. Conover.
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It's been darn good to me.
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I started with a screwdriver
and a monkey wrench
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and two years of high school,
and built the Matthews Aircraft.
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Did you ever fly an airplane? Oh,
no, you don't like airplanes, do you?
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You better not elect me President
then, because I'd make it a law
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for every politician to spend
at least 100 hours in the air.
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This year, most of us are
up in the air all the time.
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Well, the next time you're up
there, Mr. Conover, look down.
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Look down on Pittsburgh,
for example, what do you see?
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Smoke. That's right,
smoke. From the steel mills.
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Miles and miles of
steel mills.
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But you see something else, too, don't you?
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Farms, factories, lumber, mines,
railroads, business, management, labor.
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Not one able to exist alone,
but together, working together
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with courage and imagination.
That makes America.
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That's a great picture
from the air.
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Yeah, but come down to earth and
walk into one of those meetings
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like that one in Cleveland,
and what do you find?
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Farmers, cattlemen, lumbermen,
business, labor, they were all there.
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All working together?
In a pig's eye.
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All scared to death,
all fighting each other.
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Each out for the biggest bite
in the apple.
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Well, there aren't
that many bites in the apple.
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That's what I was
talking about in Cleveland
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and that's why I'm surprised
that you asked me here.
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Why surprised?
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Because you politicians,
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instead of pulling
the country together
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are helping pull it apart,
just to get votes.
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To labor, you promise
higher wages and lower prices.
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To business,
higher prices and lower wages.
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To the rich, you say, "Let's cut
taxes". To the poor, "Soak the rich".
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To the veterans,
cheaper housing.
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To the builders,
uncontrolled prices.
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There's no halo
around my head, Mr. Conover,
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but that's what keeps
men like me out of politics.
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Hurray!
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You didn't ask me to
make this speech, did you?
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You just asked me what I said.
Let that be a lesson to you.
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Mr. Matthews, you've just created
the ideal political platform.
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Drown the politicians.
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Very funny.
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Mr. Matthews, now, if you
really believe those things
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and weren't just spouting
to hear yourself talk,
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you've just given yourself
several reasons to run.
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That's my whole point.
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The only way to correct those
evils is to get into politics.
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Get into the White House where
you can do something about it.
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But, Kay, you just don't
get into the White House,
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millions of people
have to vote for you.
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You're not afraid of the job,
are you?
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What do you mean, I'm afraid?
Of course I'm not afraid
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I'd make
a darn good president.
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What am I saying?
You've got me doing it now.
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I would like to
pause at this moment
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and take a one-man
Gallup poll.
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What chance do you think Mr.
Matthews here really might have, Jim?
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I don't know. Any native-born
American over 35 has a chance.
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Jim, on Tuesday Grant
starts a tour of his plants.
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Everywhere he's going
he's been invited to speak.
239
00:12:55,976 --> 00:12:57,810
Wait a minute. I'm going to be
pretty busy, you know.
240
00:12:58,010 --> 00:12:59,913
I've got problems
in all those plants.
241
00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:02,783
Grant, you've got to go along
with us that far. Try it out.
242
00:13:02,983 --> 00:13:04,550
At least you get
a few things off your chest.
243
00:13:04,750 --> 00:13:06,119
Spike, you're going
along with him.
244
00:13:06,319 --> 00:13:08,220
You've been telling everyone
for years how to run a campaign.
245
00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:09,755
Now we'll see
if you can really run one.
246
00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:13,506
Fine, I'll go over to the White House
and tell the Trumans to start packing.
247
00:13:18,531 --> 00:13:20,067
Yes, Norah, what is it?
248
00:13:22,169 --> 00:13:23,170
Norah!
249
00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:27,307
Do you know a man named Mac? Mac who?
250
00:13:27,507 --> 00:13:29,375
He's calling from New York.
He just said to say, "Mac."
251
00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:30,376
Oh, Mac.
252
00:13:32,245 --> 00:13:34,581
Hello? Yes, I've been
waiting to hear from you.
253
00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:40,654
Oh? Oh, wait a minute. I'll
take this call in another room.
254
00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:42,021
I'll hang up
as soon as you're on.
255
00:13:42,221 --> 00:13:42,956
Do you mind?
256
00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:44,825
Might get a little
Drew Pearson blood.
257
00:13:45,025 --> 00:13:46,625
I thought it was agreed
we'd all trust each other.
258
00:13:46,825 --> 00:13:48,829
Only when we're
in the same room.
259
00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:50,162
Jim, I've been
waiting for you...
260
00:13:50,362 --> 00:13:52,298
Just a minute, Congressman.
I've got a call to answer.
261
00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:54,934
I don't get this. If he's
really serious about me
262
00:13:55,134 --> 00:13:56,203
as a possible candidate,
263
00:13:56,403 --> 00:13:58,270
the Republican Party
must be pretty desperate.
264
00:13:58,470 --> 00:14:00,741
The party isn't desperate,
just Conover.
265
00:14:00,941 --> 00:14:03,342
If he doesn't personally select
the Republican candidate this year,
266
00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:06,947
he may as well turn, if you'll
pardon the expression, Democrat.
267
00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:08,897
Are you on?
All right, I'll hang up.
268
00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:16,289
Kay, put that down.
Wait a minute, what?
269
00:14:18,225 --> 00:14:19,927
They've had someone
looking you up.
270
00:14:20,127 --> 00:14:21,493
They picked up some gossip
about you and me.
271
00:14:21,693 --> 00:14:22,561
Uh-oh.
No.
272
00:14:24,231 --> 00:14:26,999
There's been some talk about
Mary. Mary and some major.
273
00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:29,069
Who's Mary?
Mrs. Matthews.
274
00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:32,072
Oh!
275
00:14:32,272 --> 00:14:35,108
A major? What's his name?
I can't...
276
00:14:35,308 --> 00:14:36,508
What does it sound like?
277
00:14:38,345 --> 00:14:40,180
A major!
278
00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:42,548
Did you see what that so
and so wrote about me today?
279
00:14:42,748 --> 00:14:43,616
Well, isn't it true?
280
00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:47,888
Hey, it's 5:00 already.
281
00:14:48,088 --> 00:14:50,123
Spike, you may have trouble
finding a taxi at this hour.
282
00:14:50,323 --> 00:14:51,423
If you want to talk privately,
why don't you say so?
283
00:14:51,623 --> 00:14:53,293
I just did.
284
00:14:53,493 --> 00:14:56,228
Mr. Matthews, you and I might
take time to finish our drinks.
285
00:14:56,428 --> 00:14:57,865
Do you mind,
Miss Thorndyke?
286
00:14:58,065 --> 00:15:00,332
Jim, I want you to know that
Grant and I trust you implicitly.
287
00:15:00,532 --> 00:15:02,402
Thank you.
288
00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:05,172
I'm very happy about this,
Grant. Miss Thorndyke.
289
00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,542
You might as well wait, too. That's
what I was going to talk about.
290
00:15:10,742 --> 00:15:12,112
Close the door, Spike.
291
00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:14,647
Do you mind being seated?
292
00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:20,619
Naturally, Mr. Matthews, when your name
first came up, I made some enquiries.
293
00:15:20,819 --> 00:15:23,123
It seems there's been
some talk about you two.
294
00:15:23,323 --> 00:15:26,959
There's been that kind of gossip about
every candidate except Herbert Hoover.
295
00:15:27,159 --> 00:15:30,160
They didn't pull it on Hoover
'cause nobody would've believed it.
296
00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:35,769
There are no grounds for talk. Mr. Matthews
and I are very good friends. Period.
297
00:15:35,969 --> 00:15:39,238
You see, Mr. Matthews, while Miss
Thorndyke happens to be single,
298
00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:41,307
you are a married man,
with two children.
299
00:15:41,507 --> 00:15:45,145
If you consider that
a major... A vital factor.
300
00:15:46,213 --> 00:15:47,848
I guess that ends it.
301
00:15:48,048 --> 00:15:49,917
What's the answer, Jim?
It isn't my problem.
302
00:15:50,117 --> 00:15:52,185
But if it were, you two wouldn't
be seen together from now on.
303
00:15:52,385 --> 00:15:54,620
Now wait... You can't get to first
base against a whispering campaign.
304
00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:56,556
Could I get a word in here?
305
00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:59,658
Perhaps Kay's friendship means more
to me than all this political...
306
00:15:59,858 --> 00:16:01,627
That's all I wanted
to hear, Grant.
307
00:16:01,827 --> 00:16:03,964
Jim's right. We don't see
each other from now on.
308
00:16:04,164 --> 00:16:05,531
I knew she'd feel
that way about it,
309
00:16:05,731 --> 00:16:07,801
and I'm sure she'll agree
with me on the next step.
310
00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:10,270
I think Mrs. Matthews should
be down here with her husband.
311
00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:12,604
And I'd like to see her make
this trip with him. Now, Jim.
312
00:16:12,804 --> 00:16:14,473
Brother Conover,
that does it.
313
00:16:14,673 --> 00:16:18,145
You have just ended the shortest
political campaign on record.
314
00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:20,881
If my wife knew that
I was even thinking of myself
315
00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:24,483
as President of these United
States, you just don't know my wife.
316
00:16:24,683 --> 00:16:27,353
She'd call me Nappy every
other minute. "Nappy"?
317
00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:29,389
Nappy. That's short
for Napoleon.
318
00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:32,191
That's what she calls me when I get
a little too big for my britches,
319
00:16:32,391 --> 00:16:34,361
which is quite often.
I know what Grant means.
320
00:16:34,561 --> 00:16:36,295
The world is full of wives
who devote their time
321
00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:37,563
to clipping
their husbands' wings.
322
00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:39,967
Now Kay, that isn't
quite fair to Mary.
323
00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:43,335
Mr. Conover, I don't want you to get
the wrong impression about my wife.
324
00:16:43,535 --> 00:16:46,472
She's a very attractive woman
and a very bright one.
325
00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:49,977
It's just, you know, a man can
just take so much criticism.
326
00:16:50,177 --> 00:16:52,544
If you become a candidate, you'll
have to take a lot of criticism.
327
00:16:52,744 --> 00:16:56,515
Yeah. Your wife might be good
training for you. Toughen you up.
328
00:16:56,715 --> 00:16:58,986
We've got to kill
this gossip, Mr. Matthews.
329
00:16:59,186 --> 00:17:01,820
The American people want to see a
candidate and his wife campaign together.
330
00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:05,191
It's an American tradition. Otherwise
you can forget the whole thing.
331
00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:07,326
I warned you I had
no talent for politics.
332
00:17:07,526 --> 00:17:10,130
I wouldn't think of using
my wife as a smoke screen.
333
00:17:10,330 --> 00:17:13,133
Would she have to know? In
answer to your question, yes.
334
00:17:14,201 --> 00:17:15,468
That's what I said.
335
00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:24,444
You know, I haven't quite
made up my mind about you.
336
00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:26,578
Mr. Conover, I'm going to
tell you something.
337
00:17:26,778 --> 00:17:28,448
As things now stand,
I'm not too sure
338
00:17:28,648 --> 00:17:30,682
that my wife would go out
and have dinner with me,
339
00:17:30,882 --> 00:17:32,385
much less
make a trip like this.
340
00:17:34,287 --> 00:17:37,524
But I still say, I would've
made a darn good president.
341
00:17:48,335 --> 00:17:49,369
Shall we dance?
342
00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,608
Now what?
Senator Fosdick is here.
343
00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:59,947
Ex-Senator Fosdick. Blast, what
does that lame-duck want now?
344
00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:02,182
Lame? The last election
broke both his wings.
345
00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,283
Put him somewhere. He may
get elected again sometime.
346
00:18:04,483 --> 00:18:06,186
My room's the only one
that's not full up.
347
00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:07,586
I can be out of mine
in 20 minutes.
348
00:18:07,786 --> 00:18:10,256
No, no, no. Give him a drink,
we'll get him settled later.
349
00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:11,523
Politicians seem to think
350
00:18:11,723 --> 00:18:13,792
there's a law against
paying hotel bills.
351
00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:16,930
Getting back to your wife,
Mr. Matthews, she's over 21.
352
00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:19,432
Don't you think the fairest thing
would be to let her decide herself?
353
00:18:19,632 --> 00:18:20,899
Grant knows what's fair
and what isn't.
354
00:18:21,099 --> 00:18:25,105
Besides, he has a much more
important call to make. Remember?
355
00:18:25,305 --> 00:18:27,673
My boy's birthday! I should've
phoned long ago. May I use that?
356
00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:28,775
Please.
Thank you.
357
00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:31,310
What's the number here? District
6530. Use the private phone.
358
00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:32,711
This one?
That's right.
359
00:18:32,911 --> 00:18:36,049
This is district 6530.
360
00:18:36,249 --> 00:18:38,617
I'm calling Greatwood,
Long Island.
361
00:18:38,817 --> 00:18:41,454
Yeah, the number is 247.
Please.
362
00:18:41,654 --> 00:18:43,256
The little guy
is eight today.
363
00:18:46,193 --> 00:18:47,660
You'll talk to Mary, Grant.
364
00:18:48,861 --> 00:18:50,563
You want me to?
365
00:18:50,763 --> 00:18:53,100
I want anything that will
get you where you belong.
366
00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:55,000
Invite her to stay here,
of course.
367
00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:57,936
No way for a fellow
to be elected president
368
00:18:58,136 --> 00:19:00,172
without his wife
knowing about it, is there?
369
00:19:00,372 --> 00:19:03,209
Hello? Hello, Swenson.
Hello, Buck, how are you?
370
00:19:03,409 --> 00:19:05,078
Put Mrs. Matthews on.
371
00:19:05,278 --> 00:19:08,348
What's all the noise?
Oh, the birthday party.
372
00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:14,021
Hello? Hello, Joyce!
How are you, sweetheart?
373
00:19:14,221 --> 00:19:16,422
It's my daughter, she's 10.
374
00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:17,423
Hmm.
375
00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:21,494
Hello, Butch, is that
you, son? How are you?
376
00:19:22,195 --> 00:19:23,363
Happy birthday!
377
00:19:25,332 --> 00:19:27,567
Well, uh,
I can't sing it now.
378
00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:35,275
Yeah, Butch. Hello?
Hello, Mary.
379
00:19:35,475 --> 00:19:37,910
Mary, could you get the kids
off the other phone?
380
00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:42,382
Mary, I can't sing it here.
Yeah.
381
00:19:43,216 --> 00:19:44,551
Now don't call me Nappy.
382
00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:46,419
No...
383
00:19:47,287 --> 00:19:50,189
Okay, okay. You'll love this.
384
00:19:52,492 --> 00:19:55,194
Happy birthday to you
385
00:19:56,229 --> 00:19:58,431
Happy birthday to you
386
00:19:58,631 --> 00:20:00,600
Truman's gonna get
the musical vote.
387
00:20:01,801 --> 00:20:04,903
Happy birthday, dear Grant
388
00:20:05,103 --> 00:20:07,507
Happy birthday to you
389
00:20:08,808 --> 00:20:12,245
Flat? I was not flat.
390
00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:15,515
Look, Mary,
I'm here in Washington, D.C.,
391
00:20:15,715 --> 00:20:17,483
and I'm going to make
a tour of the plants.
392
00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:20,287
Hello, Butch...
393
00:20:20,487 --> 00:20:24,022
Look, Mary, Mary, it's a
little too tough over the phone.
394
00:20:24,222 --> 00:20:26,992
Could you come down here,
do you suppose? Yeah.
395
00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:28,695
We'll stay with Jim Conover.
396
00:20:29,662 --> 00:20:30,730
Conover!
397
00:20:32,299 --> 00:20:33,499
He's a sort of a ham.
398
00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:35,568
I'll send you the address,
Mary...
399
00:20:36,803 --> 00:20:40,439
Mary, come please, will you?
All right, dear.
400
00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:44,344
Yes, yes, Butch.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
401
00:20:44,544 --> 00:20:46,746
Yes, Joyce. Goodbye, sweetheart. Goodbye.
402
00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:50,250
She's coming?
403
00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:52,552
Yes, yes, heaven help me.
404
00:20:54,354 --> 00:20:56,688
And when she gets here, she's
to be told the whole story.
405
00:20:56,888 --> 00:20:59,259
If she decides to change
her mind and go back home,
406
00:20:59,459 --> 00:21:00,659
nobody is to
interfere with her.
407
00:21:00,859 --> 00:21:03,363
Is that understood?
Funny world.
408
00:21:03,563 --> 00:21:06,299
I want you to be President,
so I go back to New York
409
00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:07,733
and you tour the country
with your wife.
410
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,569
Politics make
strange bedfellows.
411
00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:17,043
Come in.
412
00:21:18,345 --> 00:21:19,512
Hello, Grant.
413
00:21:24,851 --> 00:21:26,486
How's the people's choice?
414
00:21:34,661 --> 00:21:37,329
This fantastic notion had me
thinking about myself so much,
415
00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:38,630
I forgot there were others.
416
00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:41,633
Just talking home on the phone
did that to you?
417
00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:45,405
Mary and the kids can't be dismissed
with a wave of the mind, Kay.
418
00:21:45,605 --> 00:21:48,340
Still dragging around some of those
little chains, aren't you, Grant?
419
00:21:48,540 --> 00:21:50,842
What chains? Those little
chains of middle-class morality
420
00:21:51,042 --> 00:21:52,944
that've kept big men down,
all through the ages.
421
00:21:53,144 --> 00:21:56,683
Nothing's dragging me down. I just
want everything out in the open.
422
00:21:56,883 --> 00:22:00,452
No more hiding in the dark. No more
playing both ends against the middle.
423
00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:02,789
And no White House.
No, Kay, no White House.
424
00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:05,824
Sounded like a pipe dream,
anyway.
425
00:22:06,024 --> 00:22:08,661
No pipe dream to me, Grant.
I believe in you.
426
00:22:12,732 --> 00:22:13,732
I know you do, Kay.
427
00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:18,036
And I know just what
you've meant to me.
428
00:22:18,236 --> 00:22:20,106
But...
But, sit down.
429
00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:25,845
Look, Grant.
Don't you suppose I knew
430
00:22:26,045 --> 00:22:28,548
what was going to happen to
me if you ran for president?
431
00:22:28,748 --> 00:22:30,649
Don't you suppose I knew
there had to be a Mary
432
00:22:30,849 --> 00:22:32,451
if there was going to be
any White House?
433
00:22:32,651 --> 00:22:34,019
Your knowing it
doesn't make it easier.
434
00:22:34,219 --> 00:22:35,788
Have I asked for it
any easier?
435
00:22:35,988 --> 00:22:38,056
I'm the corner of this triangle
that'll take the beating.
436
00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:40,857
I'm not going to let you take
that beating. Yes, you are!
437
00:22:41,828 --> 00:22:44,463
Go after the biggest
and the best there is.
438
00:22:44,663 --> 00:22:46,898
You'll make
a great president.
439
00:22:47,098 --> 00:22:50,403
And if somebody suffers,
if I suffer, so what?
440
00:22:50,603 --> 00:22:53,953
As my father used to say, "Life is
war, don't count the casualties."
441
00:22:55,875 --> 00:23:00,880
Look, Grant, I think I know
you. And I know I love you.
442
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,048
If you're in the White House,
I'll be in the White House,
443
00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:04,949
whether I'm in New York
or on the Moon.
444
00:23:05,552 --> 00:23:07,119
You're a great gal, Kay.
445
00:23:10,189 --> 00:23:11,458
Come in.
446
00:23:13,192 --> 00:23:17,364
Oh? Conference? I'll be back.
No, no, no, come on in, Jim.
447
00:23:17,564 --> 00:23:19,565
I think I'll go down and inspect
the plumbing at the White House.
448
00:23:19,765 --> 00:23:21,166
I'll see you later.
449
00:23:21,366 --> 00:23:24,237
There's a mighty big man, Jim. Yes.
450
00:23:24,437 --> 00:23:26,672
Mighty big man,
with a mighty small chance.
451
00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:27,640
Oh?
452
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,176
Kay, do you mind if I let
my hair down? It's your hair.
453
00:23:31,376 --> 00:23:33,446
Look, with no Roosevelt
to run against,
454
00:23:33,646 --> 00:23:35,582
it's green pastures again
for Republicans.
455
00:23:35,782 --> 00:23:38,385
So I dig up enough money to
rent this house for two years
456
00:23:38,585 --> 00:23:40,653
and think I'll angle myself
back into politics.
457
00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:44,122
Do I get a bid from Dewey, Taft, Vandenberg,
and Stassen to manage their campaigns?
458
00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:45,658
I do not.
459
00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:48,561
Harding-gang stink
is still on me, they say.
460
00:23:48,761 --> 00:23:51,196
So this house becomes a boarding
house for political has-beens
461
00:23:51,396 --> 00:23:52,665
who can't get on
any bandwagon,
462
00:23:52,865 --> 00:23:54,634
and you come along with
your airplane builder.
463
00:23:54,834 --> 00:23:56,134
And me, the best political
brain in this country
464
00:23:56,334 --> 00:23:57,504
outside of Jim Farley,
465
00:23:57,704 --> 00:24:00,407
I'm now nursing a rank amateur
like Grant Matthews.
466
00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:03,542
A mixed up guy who sees ideals out of
one eye and ambition out of the other.
467
00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:05,745
A guy who hates politicians,
you heard him.
468
00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:07,879
A guy with a busted-up home
that'll be poison at the polls.
469
00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:09,982
Jim.
470
00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:13,184
Wouldn't you like to become
Chairman in the Republican Party?
471
00:24:13,384 --> 00:24:14,953
I'd give my right arm
up to here
472
00:24:15,153 --> 00:24:16,922
to become Chairman of
the Republican...
473
00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:18,891
Say, are you making
commitments for him?
474
00:24:19,091 --> 00:24:21,793
Get that hair back up again.
What's the matter with you?
475
00:24:21,993 --> 00:24:24,896
You getting old or something?
Keep that stomach in, chin up.
476
00:24:25,096 --> 00:24:26,832
Why do you think
I brought Grant to you?
477
00:24:27,032 --> 00:24:29,535
Because I know you're the
best politician in the country.
478
00:24:29,735 --> 00:24:33,573
Kay, a stubborn rank amateur.
Wilke was a stubborn rank amateur.
479
00:24:33,773 --> 00:24:35,742
Get that political brain
of yours working.
480
00:24:35,942 --> 00:24:37,477
This is the year
of the dark horse.
481
00:24:37,677 --> 00:24:39,512
The best we could go
into that convention
482
00:24:39,712 --> 00:24:41,381
with would be a small
handful of delegates.
483
00:24:41,581 --> 00:24:43,014
Communists have taken over
whole countries
484
00:24:43,214 --> 00:24:44,684
with a small
handful of delegates.
485
00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:46,618
This guy worries me. The
way he shoots his mouth off.
486
00:24:46,818 --> 00:24:48,521
He'll make enemies.
487
00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:50,490
I'm sending Spike along
for just that.
488
00:24:50,690 --> 00:24:53,259
Spike? I need Spike like
I need a hole in the head.
489
00:24:54,627 --> 00:24:57,730
Jim, The Thorndyke Press
needs a new vice president,
490
00:24:57,930 --> 00:24:59,966
a sort of silent partner to
advise on political matters.
491
00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:02,033
Good salary, expense account
that might include
492
00:25:02,233 --> 00:25:03,936
a four-year lease
on this house.
493
00:25:05,271 --> 00:25:08,341
Win or lose?
Win or lose.
494
00:25:08,541 --> 00:25:10,441
Well, the dark horse is
getting whiter.
495
00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:14,547
Kay, just so I don't stumble
over things in the dark,
496
00:25:16,082 --> 00:25:18,418
what's your stake in all this?
I want nothing.
497
00:25:18,618 --> 00:25:21,053
No. People who want nothing
worry me. The price isn't right.
498
00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:23,689
You know, I know about your
father and the Republican Party.
499
00:25:23,889 --> 00:25:25,123
You also know that
they've given me
500
00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:26,893
the beautiful brush-off
ever since.
501
00:25:27,093 --> 00:25:28,760
On occasions
they've even seen fit
502
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,962
to describe the support
of my newspapers
503
00:25:31,162 --> 00:25:33,032
as the "kiss of death".
504
00:25:33,232 --> 00:25:36,001
I thought if I could present the
country and the Republican Party
505
00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:38,738
with the next President
of the United States,
506
00:25:38,938 --> 00:25:42,942
it would give me more than a little
pleasure to see certain heads roll.
507
00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:46,077
If they're the same heads
I'm thinking about...
508
00:25:46,277 --> 00:25:47,380
They are.
509
00:25:47,580 --> 00:25:49,214
Let's put this thing over,
Jim.
510
00:25:49,414 --> 00:25:50,650
He's the ideal man.
511
00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:52,851
He's the rare combination
of sincerity
512
00:25:53,051 --> 00:25:55,153
and drive that the common herd
will go for.
513
00:25:55,353 --> 00:25:57,724
They think he's one of them.
He thinks he's one of them.
514
00:25:57,924 --> 00:25:59,825
But is he the kind of man we
can handle? Will he play ball?
515
00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:01,293
He's in love with me, Jim.
516
00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:04,996
You can lead a dark horse to water with
that love stuff, but can you make him drink?
517
00:26:05,196 --> 00:26:07,032
A moment ago,
you very shrewdly observed
518
00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:08,867
that Grant saw ideals
out of one eye
519
00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:11,803
and ambition out of the
other. You were dead right.
520
00:26:12,003 --> 00:26:14,907
But wait till that presidential
bug really bites him.
521
00:26:15,107 --> 00:26:17,976
Wait till he sees the White
House out of both eyes.
522
00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:19,277
Then he'll drink.
523
00:26:19,477 --> 00:26:20,780
And so will I.
524
00:26:31,624 --> 00:26:32,891
The White House.
525
00:26:33,091 --> 00:26:37,063
My, my, hallowed ground.
Just think.
526
00:26:37,263 --> 00:26:41,634
All of the presidents since Adams
have occupied that noble edifice.
527
00:26:43,135 --> 00:26:44,603
Needs painting.
528
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:48,741
I beg your pardon?
I say, it needs painting.
529
00:26:49,308 --> 00:26:51,578
Needs painting?
530
00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:55,047
Sir, you're the kind
who'd whitewash the dawn.
531
00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:58,249
What colors would you add
to a desert sunset
532
00:26:58,449 --> 00:27:02,689
or to the cool green of the
sea, or the blue of the sky?
533
00:27:02,889 --> 00:27:05,157
Does the goddess of
liberty need make-up?
534
00:27:07,059 --> 00:27:10,362
Do you know who lives
in this historic mansion?
535
00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:13,466
Yeah.
536
00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:17,136
The spirit of all those who fought
for human dignity lives there.
537
00:27:18,337 --> 00:27:21,040
Moses, Buddha, Confucius,
538
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:25,478
Christ, Paul, Saint Francis,
539
00:27:25,678 --> 00:27:29,048
Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon,
Joan of Arc,
540
00:27:29,849 --> 00:27:33,520
Martin Luther, Plato, Homer,
541
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,988
Dante, Shakespeare,
Michelangelo,
542
00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:39,759
Pasteur, Newton, Galileo,
543
00:27:39,959 --> 00:27:43,630
Edison, Franklin, Lincoln,
Washington, Jefferson,
544
00:27:43,830 --> 00:27:46,733
Crispus Attucks,
Lafayette, Garibaldi,
545
00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:49,168
Bolivar, Kosciusko.
546
00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:52,037
The martyrs, the saints,
and the poets.
547
00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:54,172
Civilizations past
and present.
548
00:27:54,372 --> 00:27:55,508
Man's whole history.
549
00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:58,109
His evolution from worm
to animal to Einstein,
550
00:27:58,309 --> 00:27:59,779
his long search for God,
551
00:27:59,979 --> 00:28:02,147
all those things live
in that noble dwelling,
552
00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:04,183
but I still say
it needs painting.
553
00:28:08,755 --> 00:28:12,423
Sir, may I buy you
a glass of beer?
554
00:28:12,623 --> 00:28:13,993
With pleasure.
555
00:28:21,868 --> 00:28:24,203
Could you bring my bags in
for me? Thank you.
556
00:28:34,413 --> 00:28:36,882
Check with Leith before you
print that one. The rest of...
557
00:28:37,082 --> 00:28:39,586
Jess, no more good stuff from
now on, just the cheap stuff.
558
00:28:39,786 --> 00:28:42,020
If that's a long-distance call,
you'll pay for it yourself.
559
00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:45,558
Mr. Conover, Mr. Conover, Mrs. Matthews
is here. Mrs. Matthews? Already?
560
00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:48,293
Jim, don't faint now, but what
if she won't make this trip?
561
00:28:48,493 --> 00:28:49,929
She's got to make it.
562
00:28:50,129 --> 00:28:51,698
Jess, the good stuff for
Mrs. Matthews
563
00:28:51,898 --> 00:28:53,833
and put a bottle of
champagne on ice. Yes, sir.
564
00:28:54,033 --> 00:28:56,267
Where'll I put her? Put her
in Mr. Matthews' bedroom.
565
00:28:56,467 --> 00:28:59,170
Take care of her bag. Remember
that phone call's on your own.
566
00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:01,271
I'll mail everything in
from now on. Right.
567
00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:16,589
I hope it doesn't inconvenience
you, my flying down tonight.
568
00:29:16,789 --> 00:29:19,324
I'm delighted, I'm only sorry
you didn't get here earlier.
569
00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:22,862
Spike, this is Mrs. Matthews.
Mr. MacManus.
570
00:29:23,062 --> 00:29:25,665
Oh, the writer?
How do you do, Mr. MacManus?
571
00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:28,466
And you're very beautiful. How are
you, Mrs. Matthews? I'll take this.
572
00:29:28,666 --> 00:29:30,002
Where's my husband got to?
573
00:29:30,202 --> 00:29:32,337
A politician's smoke-filled
room's got too much for him.
574
00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:35,341
Oh, you're that Mr. Conover.
I'm afraid I am.
575
00:29:35,541 --> 00:29:37,809
Grant went for a walk. He
didn't expect you until tomorrow.
576
00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:40,146
I sent him a wire.
577
00:29:40,346 --> 00:29:42,814
The fact is, Mr. Conover, I
was so excited about this trip,
578
00:29:43,014 --> 00:29:44,415
I couldn't bear to wait.
579
00:29:44,615 --> 00:29:46,085
Oh, is this my room?
580
00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:48,187
No, this is Grant's room.
I'm getting you another.
581
00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:50,488
Leave the bags here a minute.
You're moving Senator Fosdick.
582
00:29:50,688 --> 00:29:52,058
Again?
583
00:29:52,258 --> 00:29:55,094
Put him in the south
bedroom with Mr. Godfrey.
584
00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:57,095
But the Commissioner's
in there with Mr. Godfrey.
585
00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:58,397
Commissioner?
586
00:29:58,597 --> 00:30:01,801
He can have the pool table.
That's nonsense.
587
00:30:02,001 --> 00:30:04,102
Don't move Senator Fosdick.
Grant and I can stay here.
588
00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:05,271
Here?
589
00:30:05,471 --> 00:30:08,007
It's all right.
We're really married.
590
00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:11,576
Unless the rest of the Senate
is in here with Grant.
591
00:30:11,776 --> 00:30:14,579
No, no, he's in sole
possession. Good, I'll stay here.
592
00:30:14,779 --> 00:30:18,751
After all, Senator Fosdick was an
isolationist. I think he should be isolated.
593
00:30:18,951 --> 00:30:21,419
Shall I unpack for you, ma'am?
Don't bother. I'll do it later.
594
00:30:21,619 --> 00:30:22,789
This is very pleasant.
595
00:30:22,989 --> 00:30:24,255
Now I can boast that
I've really been
596
00:30:24,455 --> 00:30:25,523
behind the scenes
in Washington.
597
00:30:25,723 --> 00:30:27,694
You certainly can.
598
00:30:27,894 --> 00:30:30,896
The Republican Party has been
behind the scenes for 15 years.
599
00:30:31,096 --> 00:30:32,098
But that's over now.
600
00:30:32,298 --> 00:30:34,099
We've won Congress
and there'll be a change
601
00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:36,134
in the White House
after the next election.
602
00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:37,685
Has Mr. Truman
heard about this?
603
00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:42,440
I'm gonna like you.
604
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,210
I'm a good Republican.
605
00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:46,878
The voters do control the lease
on the White House, don't they?
606
00:30:47,078 --> 00:30:48,380
Not just the Republican Party.
607
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:50,916
Your husband's been lecturing
me along the same lines.
608
00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:52,450
Then I'd better
change the subject.
609
00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:56,255
Grant can be very outspoken.
But not by anybody I know.
610
00:30:56,455 --> 00:31:00,025
May I fix you a drink? I'm a very
inexpensive guest. I don't drink.
611
00:31:00,225 --> 00:31:02,161
You'll make history
in this house.
612
00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:05,396
Has she moved in there?
She's established a beachhead.
613
00:31:05,596 --> 00:31:07,967
Tell Jim it's all right
to convince the world
614
00:31:08,167 --> 00:31:09,400
there's nothing between me
and Mr. Matthews,
615
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,704
but not to bother convincing
Mrs. Matthews.
616
00:31:11,904 --> 00:31:13,239
I thought that was the idea.
617
00:31:13,439 --> 00:31:16,441
Don't be naive, Spike. I want her
against me. I want her fighting for him.
618
00:31:16,641 --> 00:31:19,378
That way she'll do everything
possible to get him elected.
619
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,115
Women.
620
00:31:23,315 --> 00:31:25,017
Goodbye, Mr. MacManus.
621
00:31:26,919 --> 00:31:28,054
Goodbye.
622
00:31:28,587 --> 00:31:30,189
Bye.
623
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:31,657
Oh, thank you.
624
00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:40,880
Mrs. Matthews, I have a great
admiration for your husband.
625
00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:46,405
Look at that.
What did you say?
626
00:31:46,605 --> 00:31:48,639
I say, I have a great
admiration for your husband.
627
00:31:48,839 --> 00:31:51,377
I'm many years ahead of
you on that, Mr. Conover.
628
00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:53,979
The whole country will feel as
we do after hearing the speeches
629
00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:55,246
he's going to make
on this trip.
630
00:31:55,446 --> 00:31:58,116
Speeches? Is he gonna make
speeches? Yes, in several places.
631
00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:00,419
Oh, dear, I should've packed my earmuffs.
632
00:32:00,619 --> 00:32:02,287
I didn't mean that
the way it sounded.
633
00:32:02,487 --> 00:32:04,122
Grant makes
a very good speech,
634
00:32:04,322 --> 00:32:06,425
but public appearances
for me...
635
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:07,894
Would it be considered
bad form,
636
00:32:08,094 --> 00:32:09,627
if I just stayed
quietly at the hotel
637
00:32:09,827 --> 00:32:11,530
and listened to him
over the radio?
638
00:32:11,730 --> 00:32:13,331
I'm afraid it would. It would
defeat the whole purpose.
639
00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:14,767
Purpose? What purpose?
640
00:32:14,967 --> 00:32:17,269
For a man who may become
a political figure,
641
00:32:17,469 --> 00:32:19,839
people like to know his wife,
like to see what she looks like,
642
00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:22,673
and most important of all, they
like to see the two of them together.
643
00:32:22,873 --> 00:32:23,709
Oh.
644
00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:25,377
I see.
645
00:32:27,379 --> 00:32:30,181
That explains Grant's inviting
me to make this trip with him.
646
00:32:30,381 --> 00:32:32,150
No, no, no,
Grant wants you to go along.
647
00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:33,920
These public appearances,
they're my idea.
648
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,254
Just an old politician's habit
of cashing in on an opportunity.
649
00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:38,423
It all fits a little
too neatly, Mr. Conover.
650
00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:41,493
I don't know whether you know,
or perhaps you do,
651
00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:44,330
that Grant and I haven't
been very close recently.
652
00:32:44,530 --> 00:32:46,464
Wouldn't you prefer to
create a contrary impression?
653
00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:48,067
Then you do know.
654
00:32:48,267 --> 00:32:50,436
Let's be open about this,
Mr. Conover.
655
00:32:50,636 --> 00:32:53,504
These public appearances that
Grant and I are going to make,
656
00:32:53,704 --> 00:32:55,340
are they designed
to kill off any talk
657
00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:57,076
about my husband
and Kay Thorndyke?
658
00:32:57,276 --> 00:32:59,277
There's that kind of talk
about every important man.
659
00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:00,913
If there are any rumors
about your husband,
660
00:33:01,113 --> 00:33:02,647
this would be a good chance
to kill them. You see...
661
00:33:02,847 --> 00:33:04,316
No, may I use your telephone?
662
00:33:04,516 --> 00:33:06,585
Certainly. On the night table.
Thank you.
663
00:33:06,785 --> 00:33:09,321
I want to get back to New
York tonight, if I can.
664
00:33:10,722 --> 00:33:12,790
Airport...
Executive 2345.
665
00:33:12,990 --> 00:33:14,193
Thank you.
666
00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:22,734
Mrs. Matthews?
667
00:33:22,934 --> 00:33:26,037
I think any man who has a chance to
become President of the United States
668
00:33:26,237 --> 00:33:27,506
deserves that chance.
669
00:33:31,377 --> 00:33:33,846
President of
the United States?
670
00:33:34,046 --> 00:33:36,748
Yes. Don't you think
he'd make a good president?
671
00:33:38,484 --> 00:33:39,551
Yes, I do.
672
00:33:41,387 --> 00:33:43,389
A fine president.
673
00:33:43,589 --> 00:33:46,859
Then you see how this goes
beyond personal considerations.
674
00:33:47,059 --> 00:33:48,826
We can't think of this just
in terms of you and Grant.
675
00:33:49,026 --> 00:33:50,462
And Kay Thorndyke.
676
00:33:50,662 --> 00:33:52,697
And Kay Thorndyke. I'm sure
you'll go along with this.
677
00:33:52,897 --> 00:33:54,366
You're a good citizen.
678
00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:57,268
Right now, Mr. Conover, I'm
not feeling like a good citizen.
679
00:33:57,468 --> 00:33:58,669
I'm feeling like a woman.
680
00:33:58,869 --> 00:34:02,474
All right, as a woman, then. As
a woman, no, I resent being used.
681
00:34:02,674 --> 00:34:06,511
This evening has been quite a kick
in the teeth to me, Mr. Conover.
682
00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:08,280
I was hoping that
683
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,650
Grant's call meant
no more Miss Thorndyke.
684
00:34:11,850 --> 00:34:13,920
It'd be fine
to kill these rumors.
685
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,355
It'd be even finer
to kill Kay Thorndyke.
686
00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:19,490
Let's think of this in terms of the
country. That's what I've had to do.
687
00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:22,929
Frankly, your husband is not the
answer to a politician's dream.
688
00:34:23,129 --> 00:34:25,530
I've been wondering why any
political party should choose Grant,
689
00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:26,831
knowing the things
he stands for.
690
00:34:27,031 --> 00:34:28,366
I want the country
to make the choice,
691
00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:30,469
and I know the choice
they'll make.
692
00:34:30,669 --> 00:34:33,371
Take my word. Your husband
is a pretty big man.
693
00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:35,307
There's no argument
about that.
694
00:34:35,507 --> 00:34:38,176
I know he's a big man.
You know he's a big man.
695
00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:40,812
My bad days are when
he knows he's a big man.
696
00:34:42,181 --> 00:34:43,381
You don't suppose
there's any way
697
00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:44,882
of Grant's being
elected president
698
00:34:45,082 --> 00:34:46,883
and keeping it
a secret from him, do you?
699
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:50,456
It wasn't as funny
as all that.
700
00:34:50,656 --> 00:34:52,657
Yes, it was. Your husband asked
me almost the same question.
701
00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:54,226
He wondered if
he could be elected
702
00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:55,893
without a wife
knowing about it.
703
00:34:56,093 --> 00:34:57,463
Poor Grant.
704
00:34:57,663 --> 00:35:00,098
Is he speaking in Seattle?
Yes. Why?
705
00:35:00,799 --> 00:35:03,169
We were married in Seattle.
706
00:35:03,369 --> 00:35:04,869
When I think of him
speaking there
707
00:35:05,069 --> 00:35:06,472
as a candidate
for president...
708
00:35:06,672 --> 00:35:09,474
He's not speaking now as a
candidate. That's a deep, dark secret.
709
00:35:09,674 --> 00:35:12,211
The whole idea of this trip
is to create the demand.
710
00:35:12,611 --> 00:35:13,946
Oh.
711
00:35:14,146 --> 00:35:16,481
That clears up something
you just said.
712
00:35:16,681 --> 00:35:19,718
He's to be your choice first,
then the people's choice.
713
00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:22,687
Well, I'm a citizen.
I have the right to a choice.
714
00:35:22,887 --> 00:35:24,423
Long distance calling,
Mr. Conover.
715
00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:25,923
Thank you, Norah.
May I take it here?
716
00:35:26,123 --> 00:35:29,328
Am I in the way? Not at all.
This will take just a minute.
717
00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:30,629
Hello.
718
00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:33,099
Yes. How are you?
719
00:35:33,299 --> 00:35:36,467
Yes, I'm sorry, too, Joe. You
should have carried that district.
720
00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:39,804
Advice? My advice is to change
your whole campaign this year.
721
00:35:40,004 --> 00:35:42,641
How many Poles have you
got down there? That many?
722
00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:44,676
Tell them not to believe
what they read in the papers.
723
00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:47,345
Tell them we love Poland and we're
going to lend them a lot of money.
724
00:35:47,545 --> 00:35:50,382
Oh, they don't feel
that way about it?
725
00:35:50,582 --> 00:35:54,185
Well, tell them Poland won't
get one red cent out of us.
726
00:35:54,385 --> 00:35:57,089
The Democrats have
beaten us to that?
727
00:35:57,289 --> 00:35:58,589
Well, promise them
something else.
728
00:35:58,789 --> 00:36:00,659
They must want something,
just promise them!
729
00:36:00,859 --> 00:36:03,594
You swing that district and they'll
have to give you that Veterans' Hospital.
730
00:36:03,794 --> 00:36:04,696
Otherwise, no dice.
731
00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:07,399
Call any time. Thanks.
732
00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:10,067
Sorry for the interruption.
733
00:36:10,267 --> 00:36:13,604
I'm grateful for it. It gave
me a chance to change my mind.
734
00:36:13,804 --> 00:36:15,340
I'll make this trip
with Grant.
735
00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:16,675
Well, that's fine.
736
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:18,743
That pleases me very much.
737
00:36:18,943 --> 00:36:22,414
That's our first big
campaign contribution.
738
00:36:22,614 --> 00:36:26,617
To you, my dear, the loveliest
plank in your husband's platform.
739
00:36:26,817 --> 00:36:29,287
That's a heck of a thing
to call a woman.
740
00:36:29,487 --> 00:36:31,190
Still, you did say loveliest.
741
00:36:31,390 --> 00:36:33,458
Think of any more words like
that, don't repress them.
742
00:36:33,658 --> 00:36:35,893
Don't tell me you'd fall for
a politician's sweet syrup.
743
00:36:36,093 --> 00:36:38,597
Mister, you're looking at
a mighty dry waffle.
744
00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:40,766
I don't know.
745
00:36:40,966 --> 00:36:42,600
This trip may kill
more than one rumor.
746
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,502
Is there someone
I don't know about?
747
00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:46,538
There have been some rumors
about you.
748
00:36:47,306 --> 00:36:48,407
About me?
749
00:36:48,607 --> 00:36:51,610
Hmm. About you
and a certain major.
750
00:36:51,810 --> 00:36:53,944
That's wonderful. That's the
best news I've heard in weeks.
751
00:36:54,144 --> 00:36:55,846
Does Grant know?
Not as far as I know.
752
00:36:56,046 --> 00:36:57,783
You're going to tell him, aren't you? No.
753
00:36:57,983 --> 00:37:00,751
I deserve something out of all
this. I was hoping he'd told you.
754
00:37:00,951 --> 00:37:03,654
No, I have a little
intelligence service of my own.
755
00:37:03,854 --> 00:37:07,658
I wish Grant had. The places I've
dragged that poor, nice major,
756
00:37:07,858 --> 00:37:10,462
just in the hopes
that Grant would see us.
757
00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:12,530
I'm beginning to feel
like a new woman.
758
00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:15,767
I think I'll put a new face
on the new woman.
759
00:37:15,967 --> 00:37:19,571
And I feel like a new man and I
think I'll give the new man a drink.
760
00:37:20,806 --> 00:37:23,375
How about it?
We have even champagne here.
761
00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:26,877
Don't ever tempt me that way.
The results can be disastrous.
762
00:37:27,077 --> 00:37:28,247
No!
763
00:37:28,447 --> 00:37:29,747
Has Grant told you
we haven't seen each other
764
00:37:29,947 --> 00:37:30,848
in nearly four months?
765
00:37:31,048 --> 00:37:34,686
No. Our last encounter
was something to remember.
766
00:37:34,886 --> 00:37:36,954
Kay has quite a technique
with husbands.
767
00:37:37,154 --> 00:37:38,656
Other women's, that is.
768
00:37:38,856 --> 00:37:40,492
She's a great builder-upper.
769
00:37:40,692 --> 00:37:43,428
Grant was getting the
inflation treatment that night.
770
00:37:43,628 --> 00:37:45,696
Which, by the way,
he doesn't mind at all.
771
00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:48,733
So, I inflated myself a little,
too, starting with martinis.
772
00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:49,900
And told her off.
773
00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:51,403
Off and out of my house.
774
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:53,739
I played right into her hands.
I acted like a fishwife.
775
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:55,840
It's the olive in the
martinis. That's what does this.
776
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,610
No, things were simmering
before that.
777
00:37:58,810 --> 00:38:01,247
Grant needs a lot of room
to stretch in.
778
00:38:01,447 --> 00:38:04,649
He likes to get up on those mountain
tops and slap the hurricanes down.
779
00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:06,385
He can do it, too.
780
00:38:06,585 --> 00:38:08,319
He began to feel that
I was sort of small potatoes
781
00:38:08,519 --> 00:38:09,920
and holding him back.
782
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:11,290
I was, I guess.
783
00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:14,693
I'm a sort of a cozy
corner person, Mr. Conover.
784
00:38:14,893 --> 00:38:16,762
I like those quiet valleys.
785
00:38:19,865 --> 00:38:22,467
I'm afraid I even have a
weakness for small potatoes.
786
00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:25,403
I've got two wonderful ones
at home. Yes, happy birthday.
787
00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:28,207
There we were. Grant had
a bad case of the mountains
788
00:38:28,407 --> 00:38:30,176
and I became stubborn
about small potatoes,
789
00:38:30,376 --> 00:38:32,678
and she stepped into the picture
as the beautiful mountain guide.
790
00:38:32,878 --> 00:38:34,912
Now I have no way of knowing
how far things have gone.
791
00:38:35,112 --> 00:38:36,148
How do you mean?
792
00:38:36,348 --> 00:38:38,317
There are three stages
in a man's,
793
00:38:38,517 --> 00:38:40,618
whatever you want to call it,
to Kay Thorndyke.
794
00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:42,920
First he follows her
with his eyes,
795
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,424
then with his feet,
then on his knees.
796
00:38:45,624 --> 00:38:47,892
My trouble is, I don't know
whether Grant is still in stage two
797
00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:50,027
or if the boat has sailed.
798
00:38:50,227 --> 00:38:51,128
Jim.
799
00:38:52,898 --> 00:38:54,799
Mary gets in tonight. I got
this telegram downstairs...
800
00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:55,834
Hello, Grant.
801
00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:58,504
Mary.
802
00:38:58,704 --> 00:39:00,772
I didn't expect you
until tomorrow.
803
00:39:00,972 --> 00:39:02,673
I couldn't bear to wait.
I'd have met you.
804
00:39:02,873 --> 00:39:05,177
How are you?
Fine. You look fine.
805
00:39:05,377 --> 00:39:07,478
I'm certainly glad you came. I've
got a lot of things to tell you.
806
00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:10,648
Have you got a room set up for
her yet? I'm in here with you.
807
00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:12,684
In here?
808
00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:14,920
Mr. Conover, Governor
Dunn has just arrived.
809
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,756
Ex-Governor. That old windbag
didn't even carry his own county.
810
00:39:17,956 --> 00:39:19,824
Where am I going to
put him? He snores, too.
811
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:22,328
That's an occupational
disease of governors.
812
00:39:22,528 --> 00:39:25,431
Grant, I couldn't wait. I told
Mrs. Matthews all about it.
813
00:39:29,401 --> 00:39:31,570
Well, I'm awfully glad
you came.
814
00:39:32,438 --> 00:39:34,206
I said that, didn't I?
815
00:39:34,406 --> 00:39:37,842
How are the kids?
Fine. Anxious to see you.
816
00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:38,910
Same here.
817
00:39:41,513 --> 00:39:43,682
Why don't you laugh?
You should. Why, Grant?
818
00:39:45,451 --> 00:39:47,319
I've just been for a walk.
819
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:49,721
You know,
it's a funny thing, Mary,
820
00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:53,558
I've been in Washington a thousand
times in the past few years,
821
00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:56,093
but I never really saw it
until today.
822
00:39:56,293 --> 00:39:58,529
It isn't a city.
It's an atmosphere.
823
00:39:58,729 --> 00:40:00,466
It's alive with giants.
824
00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:06,438
Washington, Jefferson,
Lincoln, Adams. Giants, Mary.
825
00:40:07,506 --> 00:40:09,541
I'm not in their league.
826
00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:12,811
I'm for you, Grant. I think
you'd make a wonderful president.
827
00:40:15,881 --> 00:40:18,917
Do you really mean that? I've
never meant anything more.
828
00:40:22,488 --> 00:40:24,956
That's the nicest thing
you could've said.
829
00:40:25,156 --> 00:40:27,725
It isn't only that you've
got the brains for it.
830
00:40:27,925 --> 00:40:29,594
The important thing
to me, Grant,
831
00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:31,929
is that you've always
tried to be honest.
832
00:40:32,129 --> 00:40:33,365
Tried to be?
833
00:40:33,565 --> 00:40:35,700
You've cut some corners
here and there,
834
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,503
just to get where
you wanted to.
835
00:40:37,703 --> 00:40:40,506
But I will say, you've always had
the decency to be unhappy about it.
836
00:40:40,706 --> 00:40:41,872
Yeah, with a little help
from you.
837
00:40:42,072 --> 00:40:44,376
And don't call me Nappy.
Yes, Nappy.
838
00:40:44,576 --> 00:40:48,314
I want you to know, Mary, that
I felt a little bit of a heel,
839
00:40:48,514 --> 00:40:51,283
asking you to make this trip
at all under the circumstances.
840
00:40:51,483 --> 00:40:53,884
I told Conover that it was entirely
up to you, that I wouldn't...
841
00:40:54,084 --> 00:40:57,689
It's all right, Grant.
I made the decision myself.
842
00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:02,628
You know, Mary, you deserve
something better than me.
843
00:41:04,930 --> 00:41:07,499
Well, I guess,
I'd better get out of these.
844
00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:14,171
I'd better see Jim about
getting me another room.
845
00:41:14,371 --> 00:41:17,107
Haven't you heard? Even
the pool table's booked.
846
00:41:17,307 --> 00:41:19,844
I guess I can find a room
in a hotel, all right.
847
00:41:20,044 --> 00:41:20,979
In Washington?
848
00:41:24,883 --> 00:41:26,250
Grant? Grant!
849
00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:27,553
Huh?
850
00:41:28,754 --> 00:41:31,990
We should call
the kids tomorrow.
851
00:41:32,190 --> 00:41:35,159
Yes, yes. Well, I'll call
them around dinnertime,
852
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,563
then I can talk
to both of them.
853
00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:40,031
I had Buck pack some of
your fishing things.
854
00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:42,734
Oh, wonderful.
855
00:41:42,934 --> 00:41:45,737
Thought maybe when we were
in Seattle... Yeah, fine.
856
00:41:45,937 --> 00:41:48,673
Might be able to run up to
Victoria for a couple of days.
857
00:41:48,873 --> 00:41:50,541
We haven't been there
since our...
858
00:41:50,741 --> 00:41:52,243
Not since our honeymoon.
859
00:41:54,245 --> 00:41:55,881
No. That's right.
860
00:41:57,949 --> 00:42:00,986
Which of the plants are we
going to first? Minneapolis.
861
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,722
What are you
speaking about there?
862
00:42:04,922 --> 00:42:08,460
I'm not going to speak there.
That's Stassen territory.
863
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:11,562
Conover thought I might
just stir up trouble. Uh-huh.
864
00:42:11,762 --> 00:42:13,765
Good politics, I suppose.
865
00:42:13,965 --> 00:42:16,568
What other decisions
does Conover make for you?
866
00:42:16,768 --> 00:42:20,004
Wait a minute, Mary. I made that
decision. I'm making all the decisions.
867
00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:22,474
I've told Conover
exactly where I stand.
868
00:42:22,674 --> 00:42:25,109
See, the American people today
face too many problems... Grant.
869
00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:26,578
Huh.
870
00:42:26,778 --> 00:42:28,780
Take it easy.
I'm going to vote for you.
871
00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:32,280
No, wait a minute. I want to
straighten you out on this thing, too.
872
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,389
Yes?
873
00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:40,692
Could I turn the bed down
now? Yes, indeed. You may.
874
00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:43,293
When you're ready for breakfast
just press that buzzer,
875
00:42:43,493 --> 00:42:44,361
I'll have it right up.
876
00:42:44,561 --> 00:42:45,631
Thank you.
877
00:42:45,831 --> 00:42:47,999
I've got a pretty
tough day tomorrow.
878
00:42:48,199 --> 00:42:50,168
I'm sorry to be
so late with this.
879
00:42:50,368 --> 00:42:52,538
It's all right. I'll help
you with it. Thank you.
880
00:42:52,738 --> 00:42:54,304
Just as I started up,
we got another guest.
881
00:42:54,504 --> 00:42:56,508
Gracious!
Where did you put him?
882
00:42:56,708 --> 00:42:58,477
He's on a cot
in Mr. Conover's room.
883
00:42:58,677 --> 00:43:00,110
That makes me
feel very guilty.
884
00:43:00,310 --> 00:43:01,746
Don't you worry,
Mrs. Matthews.
885
00:43:01,946 --> 00:43:04,082
A cot's good enough
for most of them.
886
00:43:04,282 --> 00:43:06,216
They just come down here to get
something out of Mr. Conover.
887
00:43:06,416 --> 00:43:10,422
Why, Norah! Not the
people we put in this room.
888
00:43:10,622 --> 00:43:12,858
This room is for
special guests.
889
00:43:13,058 --> 00:43:15,927
We even had a Democrat
in this bed one night.
890
00:43:16,127 --> 00:43:18,796
Oh, dear. I wish you hadn't
told me that.
891
00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:20,799
He wasn't
a Roosevelt Democrat.
892
00:43:24,202 --> 00:43:27,439
Did he leave these
as a souvenir?
893
00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:31,175
How did those get in here? That Miss
Thorndyke hunted all over for those.
894
00:43:31,375 --> 00:43:33,912
Miss Thorndyke? Yes, she forgot
them when she left tonight.
895
00:43:34,112 --> 00:43:35,946
I know what it is
to be without glasses.
896
00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:37,849
I'll mail them
right back to her.
897
00:43:38,049 --> 00:43:39,684
You wouldn't know her
address, would you, ma'am?
898
00:43:39,884 --> 00:43:42,820
Are you sure these are
Miss Thorndyke's? Yes.
899
00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:46,024
They're them
Chinese kind. See?
900
00:43:46,224 --> 00:43:50,228
What some women won't do,
won't they? Yes, won't they?
901
00:43:50,428 --> 00:43:52,731
Mr. Matthews
will know the address.
902
00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:57,134
Grant, can you
come out here a minute?
903
00:43:57,334 --> 00:43:58,903
Norah needs some information.
904
00:43:59,103 --> 00:44:00,772
Yeah, sure.
I'll be right out.
905
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,576
Yeah, Norah,
what can I do for you?
906
00:44:04,776 --> 00:44:05,976
Miss Thorndyke
left her glasses.
907
00:44:06,176 --> 00:44:08,714
I just wanted to know where
to mail them back to her.
908
00:44:11,149 --> 00:44:13,951
1276 Park Avenue. Would you
like me to write it down for you?
909
00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:16,154
No, I can remember it.
1276.
910
00:44:16,354 --> 00:44:18,055
76, that's the year
of the Revolution,
911
00:44:18,255 --> 00:44:20,792
and 12, that's for
the 12 Commandments.
912
00:44:22,127 --> 00:44:23,161
Well...
913
00:44:24,395 --> 00:44:26,664
Goodnight.
Goodnight.
914
00:44:30,368 --> 00:44:32,202
Now how do you suppose
those got in here?
915
00:44:32,402 --> 00:44:33,705
Why did she leave?
916
00:44:33,905 --> 00:44:36,505
We could all have had a
lovely weekend here together.
917
00:45:21,152 --> 00:45:23,822
Mary, what do you think
you're doing?
918
00:45:24,022 --> 00:45:27,693
Mary, stop that nonsense
and make up this bed again.
919
00:45:27,893 --> 00:45:30,896
Now hang it all. Look here, I'm
not going to have you do this.
920
00:45:31,096 --> 00:45:33,198
You wouldn't get one wink of
sleep down there on the floor,
921
00:45:33,398 --> 00:45:35,499
and I wouldn't sleep, lying
up here worrying about you.
922
00:45:35,699 --> 00:45:37,135
Goodnight, Mr. President.
923
00:45:46,177 --> 00:45:48,513
You mean Mr. Vice President,
don't you?
924
00:45:56,788 --> 00:45:59,658
Look. We put this bird across,
and you know what it means to us.
925
00:45:59,858 --> 00:46:01,859
We got to work fast but we've
got to be smart about it.
926
00:46:02,059 --> 00:46:03,994
Here's a list of guys
who might play ball.
927
00:46:04,194 --> 00:46:05,764
Er, Bluckner.
You feel out Bluckner.
928
00:46:05,964 --> 00:46:07,999
He's committed to Dewey.
Go on to the second ballot.
929
00:46:08,199 --> 00:46:09,934
He'd back Stalin if it'd cut
the Governor's throat.
930
00:46:10,134 --> 00:46:11,401
There's your
long-distance call.
931
00:46:11,601 --> 00:46:13,203
You work on that angle,
will you?
932
00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:15,807
Hello, J.L. Is your group
committed yet?
933
00:46:16,007 --> 00:46:17,908
Now quit worrying, I've got
the man, but I'm not ready
934
00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:19,243
to announce his name yet.
935
00:46:19,443 --> 00:46:22,013
He's brand new.
Hates politicians. What?
936
00:46:22,213 --> 00:46:25,515
For those few measly Arizona
delegates? I should say not.
937
00:46:25,715 --> 00:46:27,052
Okay, you'll hear from me.
938
00:46:27,252 --> 00:46:29,755
How about Trenley?
No, you can't trust Trenley.
939
00:46:29,955 --> 00:46:31,922
You can't trust Trenley?
What do you think, Senator?
940
00:46:32,122 --> 00:46:34,491
I don't trust Trenley and I don't
like the smell of this. Why not?
941
00:46:34,691 --> 00:46:36,895
I don't like anything that
starts with The Thorndyke Press.
942
00:46:37,095 --> 00:46:39,529
Those three papers in your state
can ensure your re-election.
943
00:46:39,729 --> 00:46:42,130
I'll have to take my chances
on that, Jim. Goodnight.
944
00:46:43,134 --> 00:46:45,203
How did he get in here?
He's honest.
945
00:46:45,403 --> 00:46:48,372
Let's forget about him. What
about Sylvester in Philadelphia?
946
00:46:48,572 --> 00:46:49,373
Fine.
Good man.
947
00:46:52,878 --> 00:46:55,180
What's so funny?
948
00:46:55,380 --> 00:46:58,817
I was just wondering how the
floors are in the White House.
949
00:46:59,017 --> 00:47:01,319
I'll take the floor there.
I know my place.
950
00:47:04,890 --> 00:47:06,024
Grant?
951
00:47:07,358 --> 00:47:09,560
Are you still in stage two
952
00:47:10,561 --> 00:47:12,597
or have you made
stage three now?
953
00:47:13,398 --> 00:47:14,933
What do you mean?
954
00:47:16,201 --> 00:47:17,302
Never mind.
955
00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:21,239
Do you want a divorce?
956
00:47:24,309 --> 00:47:25,376
Do you?
957
00:47:28,613 --> 00:47:30,882
That's not fair.
I asked you first.
958
00:47:39,390 --> 00:47:42,126
The world thinks
I'm a very successful man.
959
00:47:42,326 --> 00:47:44,062
Rich, influential, happy.
960
00:47:46,364 --> 00:47:49,234
You know better,
don't you, Mary?
961
00:47:49,434 --> 00:47:52,771
You know that I'm neither
happy nor successful,
962
00:47:52,971 --> 00:47:55,106
not as a man, a husband,
or a father.
963
00:47:57,175 --> 00:47:59,244
You want to know
something else?
964
00:47:59,444 --> 00:48:02,244
I'm glad I'm down here on the
floor. It's where I belong.
965
00:48:03,348 --> 00:48:05,449
I knew that tonight when
we started to talk about
966
00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:07,185
going back to Victoria.
967
00:48:10,188 --> 00:48:11,356
Mary, you won't believe this,
968
00:48:11,556 --> 00:48:13,590
but I don't know how
those glasses got in here,
969
00:48:13,790 --> 00:48:15,160
but I'm glad you found them.
970
00:48:17,495 --> 00:48:19,529
I started to tell you, it was
Kay who brought me down here,
971
00:48:19,729 --> 00:48:22,730
but I lost my nerve. I guess I
was afraid it would send you home.
972
00:48:31,376 --> 00:48:35,046
"There are moments in the life of
every man when he glimpses the eternal."
973
00:48:36,214 --> 00:48:38,249
You read that to me, remember?
974
00:48:41,286 --> 00:48:43,353
I've had moments
like that, Mary.
975
00:48:43,553 --> 00:48:44,956
A couple of them.
976
00:48:45,156 --> 00:48:46,958
When I was up
in a plane alone.
977
00:48:48,493 --> 00:48:51,496
Moments when the earth and
the sky and the plane and me
978
00:48:51,696 --> 00:48:55,133
all seemed to fuse together into
something that would live forever.
979
00:48:57,202 --> 00:49:00,338
And I had a moment
like that today, Mary,
980
00:49:00,538 --> 00:49:02,940
when I was alone
with all those great men.
981
00:49:04,475 --> 00:49:07,411
They were happy men, Mary.
Do you know why?
982
00:49:07,611 --> 00:49:08,679
They had a cause.
983
00:49:10,215 --> 00:49:12,382
They had a cause
they could die for.
984
00:49:12,582 --> 00:49:13,985
Some of them did.
985
00:49:15,353 --> 00:49:17,055
I have no cause, Mary.
986
00:49:19,224 --> 00:49:21,026
Beating your competitors.
987
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:24,262
No cause to die for.
988
00:49:25,230 --> 00:49:27,365
Really isn't very much
to live for.
989
00:49:29,134 --> 00:49:31,269
Always me first
and everybody else second.
990
00:49:32,403 --> 00:49:34,439
But, way down deep
in my gizzard, I...
991
00:49:36,441 --> 00:49:38,343
Maybe this trip,
992
00:49:38,543 --> 00:49:41,179
maybe this whole absurd idea
of Conover's...
993
00:49:44,015 --> 00:49:45,283
Well, anyway,
994
00:49:46,384 --> 00:49:49,154
I'm going to stay on the floor
through the whole trip.
995
00:49:50,488 --> 00:49:52,223
And maybe when it's all over,
996
00:49:56,227 --> 00:49:57,227
well,
997
00:49:58,163 --> 00:49:59,430
one way or another,
998
00:49:59,630 --> 00:50:02,400
everything should be clean
and honest between us, right?
999
00:50:05,036 --> 00:50:08,238
Well, you've answered
one question.
1000
00:50:08,438 --> 00:50:09,841
What?
1001
00:50:10,041 --> 00:50:12,077
You're still not
in stage three.
1002
00:50:29,194 --> 00:50:31,362
There, mon cher
monsignor Matthews,
1003
00:50:31,562 --> 00:50:34,198
is something to gladden the heart
of every citizen west of the Rockies.
1004
00:50:34,398 --> 00:50:36,001
What is it?
The Seattle speech.
1005
00:50:36,201 --> 00:50:38,202
A masterpiece of rhetoric,
if I do say so.
1006
00:50:38,402 --> 00:50:40,305
Who's going to make it?
You are, of course.
1007
00:50:40,505 --> 00:50:43,340
Really? I thought maybe they set up
a change and you were the candidate.
1008
00:50:43,540 --> 00:50:45,243
No, I'm saving myself
for '52.
1009
00:50:45,443 --> 00:50:47,711
Well, you better
save the speech, too.
1010
00:50:47,911 --> 00:50:49,414
How do you like that?
1011
00:50:49,614 --> 00:50:51,883
What do I do? Just sit around
here with egg on my face?
1012
00:50:52,083 --> 00:50:54,284
I'm the expert that keeps you
from climbing out on limbs.
1013
00:50:54,484 --> 00:50:56,253
That's where
the big red apples are.
1014
00:50:56,453 --> 00:50:57,488
Where?
Out on the limbs.
1015
00:50:58,623 --> 00:51:00,425
Mama.
All right,
1016
00:51:00,625 --> 00:51:02,961
all right, if you don't want
to be President.
1017
00:51:03,161 --> 00:51:06,396
You just line up the babies for me
to kiss, son, and I'll be a cinch.
1018
00:51:06,596 --> 00:51:08,799
That reminds me, do I
know any babies in Seattle?
1019
00:51:16,241 --> 00:51:18,276
Hey, boss, we got company.
Huh?
1020
00:51:19,110 --> 00:51:21,079
Who?
Joe and Rusty!
1021
00:51:21,279 --> 00:51:23,247
Joe Crandall, manager
of our Cleveland plant.
1022
00:51:23,447 --> 00:51:25,448
He's a wonderful guy.
Just flew up to see us.
1023
00:51:34,525 --> 00:51:36,261
He's hooked onto us!
Rusty at the controls.
1024
00:51:36,461 --> 00:51:38,228
Joe and Rusty! Here's
where I make some money.
1025
00:51:38,428 --> 00:51:41,265
I'm going to take over. You're
not going to fly this thing.
1026
00:51:41,465 --> 00:51:44,466
You got to learn sometime, come
on, shove over there. Shove over.
1027
00:51:47,305 --> 00:51:50,440
Aren't you going to stop him? I
suggest you better strap yourself in.
1028
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,643
What for?
Just do what Mama tells you.
1029
00:51:52,843 --> 00:51:54,844
If you have any loose teeth,
hang on to them,
1030
00:51:55,044 --> 00:51:57,814
Rusty's our chief test pilot.
He and Grant like to play.
1031
00:51:58,014 --> 00:51:59,484
I'm not going to
like this.
1032
00:52:00,218 --> 00:52:01,452
Look at those guys.
1033
00:52:01,652 --> 00:52:03,654
Kind of close.
They came up to play.
1034
00:52:03,854 --> 00:52:05,323
What do we got up here?
3210.
1035
00:52:08,659 --> 00:52:09,659
Oh!
1036
00:52:10,595 --> 00:52:11,629
I got it.
Okay.
1037
00:52:12,863 --> 00:52:14,665
How you doing, Rusty?
Hi, boss.
1038
00:52:14,865 --> 00:52:17,035
I'm testing the new
plane-to-plane radio.
1039
00:52:17,235 --> 00:52:19,469
It's coming along fine.
What's the matter with you?
1040
00:52:19,669 --> 00:52:21,471
You getting scared?
Can't get any closer?
1041
00:52:21,671 --> 00:52:22,906
Hey, boss,
can you still fly?
1042
00:52:23,106 --> 00:52:25,209
I can pat your ears
down anytime.
1043
00:52:25,409 --> 00:52:26,643
You got any dough?
1044
00:52:26,843 --> 00:52:27,777
I'm loaded.
1045
00:52:27,977 --> 00:52:29,514
A buck I lose you.
1046
00:52:29,714 --> 00:52:31,715
Put your money
where your mouth is, brother.
1047
00:52:31,915 --> 00:52:32,984
Okay, you're on.
1048
00:52:33,184 --> 00:52:34,751
Hey, you're hooked up?
Yes.
1049
00:52:34,951 --> 00:52:36,221
Hang on!
1050
00:52:50,335 --> 00:52:51,902
Mary, what's he doing?
1051
00:52:58,809 --> 00:53:01,409
You better stay away from me,
I'll cut your tail off.
1052
00:53:12,890 --> 00:53:14,525
Hello? Where is he?
1053
00:53:15,226 --> 00:53:16,394
There he is.
1054
00:53:26,871 --> 00:53:29,174
If your husband
must have a hobby,
1055
00:53:29,374 --> 00:53:32,074
why can't he play the piano,
like any normal president?
1056
00:53:34,011 --> 00:53:35,613
Come on, Rusty,
do something!
1057
00:54:05,843 --> 00:54:06,843
Uh-oh, a loop.
1058
00:54:44,815 --> 00:54:46,965
What's the matter,
Spike, can't you take it?
1059
00:54:50,321 --> 00:54:53,421
Kid, you're in a rut. You're
running out of stunts, aren't you?
1060
00:54:59,330 --> 00:55:00,764
Boss, you're not going
to spin this thing?
1061
00:55:00,964 --> 00:55:02,032
Why not? I built it.
1062
00:55:13,611 --> 00:55:15,680
Hope the wings stay on.
So do I.
1063
00:55:20,851 --> 00:55:22,487
Did they stay on?
1064
00:55:22,687 --> 00:55:23,687
I'm afraid to look.
1065
00:55:27,057 --> 00:55:28,625
Not bad for an old man.
1066
00:55:28,825 --> 00:55:30,860
Never mind the
"old man" stuff.
1067
00:55:31,060 --> 00:55:32,830
That's a buck
you owe me.
1068
00:55:33,030 --> 00:55:34,498
We're over the airfield.
1069
00:55:34,698 --> 00:55:36,501
Five more says
I beat you down.
1070
00:55:36,701 --> 00:55:38,368
Make it 10
and you've got a deal.
1071
00:55:38,568 --> 00:55:39,704
Get your money ready.
1072
00:55:40,438 --> 00:55:41,739
I'll take half of it.
1073
00:55:44,141 --> 00:55:45,510
What's going...
1074
00:55:45,743 --> 00:55:46,743
Hey.
1075
00:55:50,715 --> 00:55:53,551
Why, the son of a gun
pulled a jump on me.
1076
00:55:55,720 --> 00:55:56,821
Take it over.
1077
00:55:57,021 --> 00:55:58,788
Get me right over it.
1078
00:56:00,391 --> 00:56:03,093
Grant! Boy, am I glad
to see you.
1079
00:56:04,662 --> 00:56:06,331
Sit down, pal.
1080
00:56:06,531 --> 00:56:07,531
What do you
think of that?
1081
00:56:07,731 --> 00:56:09,466
Say, that was swell fun.
1082
00:56:09,666 --> 00:56:11,769
Enjoyed every minute of it.
1083
00:56:11,969 --> 00:56:14,604
Grant, don't you think it...
What do you think of that, fella?
1084
00:56:14,804 --> 00:56:15,806
I got a
$10 bet with him.
1085
00:56:16,006 --> 00:56:17,956
Yeah, but don't you think... Now, what?
1086
00:56:22,813 --> 00:56:24,449
Coming over.
1087
00:56:24,649 --> 00:56:26,417
Cut down that left engine.
1088
00:56:27,818 --> 00:56:29,686
Give my love to Conover.
1089
00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:30,687
Grant!
1090
00:56:33,090 --> 00:56:34,492
Mary, he fell out!
1091
00:56:35,660 --> 00:56:38,429
Did you happen to notice
was he wearing a parachute?
1092
00:56:38,963 --> 00:56:40,531
Parachute?
1093
00:56:52,443 --> 00:56:54,479
You mean he did that for $10?
1094
00:56:55,580 --> 00:56:56,747
Did it open?
1095
00:56:59,750 --> 00:57:00,750
Did it open?
1096
00:57:02,820 --> 00:57:03,821
Did it open?
1097
00:57:04,455 --> 00:57:05,656
Yeah, it opened.
1098
00:57:09,594 --> 00:57:11,696
We're a cinch to get
the screwball vote.
1099
00:57:25,676 --> 00:57:27,877
Well, well. The fourth
estate, what goes? Another war?
1100
00:57:28,077 --> 00:57:30,348
Hi, Jim, stuffed any
ballot boxes lately?
1101
00:57:30,548 --> 00:57:32,383
You're to go right in,
Mr. Conover.
1102
00:57:32,583 --> 00:57:34,584
Could it be we're in politics, gentlemen?
1103
00:57:34,784 --> 00:57:35,653
Looks that way.
1104
00:57:37,254 --> 00:57:38,622
What's the convention
out there?
1105
00:57:38,822 --> 00:57:40,123
My editors.
I had them fly in.
1106
00:57:40,323 --> 00:57:42,492
But some of them recognized
me. Don't worry, Jim,
1107
00:57:42,692 --> 00:57:43,728
we're in business.
1108
00:57:45,563 --> 00:57:47,965
"'Public response
to my line of guff astounding.
1109
00:57:48,165 --> 00:57:50,800
"'lf I throw my hat in rings, does
my head go with it?' Grant Matthews."
1110
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:52,670
Well, the bug's beginning
to bite, huh?
1111
00:57:52,870 --> 00:57:54,871
You're so right. Now,
we can really go to work.
1112
00:57:55,071 --> 00:57:56,673
My reports on him
have been terrific.
1113
00:57:56,873 --> 00:57:57,808
What've you heard?
Nothing.
1114
00:57:58,008 --> 00:57:59,577
Goes over with the mob,
no doubt about that.
1115
00:57:59,777 --> 00:58:01,578
Who told you that? Made a
big hit in the Northwest.
1116
00:58:01,778 --> 00:58:04,013
Los Angeles was fine, too. Of
course, that's a push-over town.
1117
00:58:04,213 --> 00:58:06,551
It's the Mid-West that...
I know.
1118
00:58:06,751 --> 00:58:08,586
He's in Wichita this noon,
big labor rally.
1119
00:58:08,786 --> 00:58:10,219
Detroit tonight.
Big business banquet.
1120
00:58:10,419 --> 00:58:11,789
That's it.
Got my fingers crossed.
1121
00:58:11,989 --> 00:58:13,624
If he gets by those two,
we are in business.
1122
00:58:13,824 --> 00:58:15,559
How do your political friends
feel about him?
1123
00:58:15,759 --> 00:58:16,761
Well, now,
1124
00:58:18,295 --> 00:58:20,063
that's what I want to
talk to you about.
1125
00:58:20,263 --> 00:58:22,600
Ed Lauterback wants in.
1126
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:24,735
Well? Wanted to see if
you'd stand for Lauterback.
1127
00:58:24,935 --> 00:58:26,269
We'll stand for anyone
if they've got delegates.
1128
00:58:26,469 --> 00:58:28,606
Even Bill Hardy?
1129
00:58:28,806 --> 00:58:30,740
You're dragging them out from
under the rocks, aren't you?
1130
00:58:30,940 --> 00:58:32,909
Those are the ones who do
the work, the hungry ones.
1131
00:58:33,109 --> 00:58:34,944
Okay, Jim, Bill Hardy, too. Good.
1132
00:58:35,144 --> 00:58:37,013
Send them in, Helen.
Yes, ma'am.
1133
00:58:37,213 --> 00:58:39,248
Would you come over here, Jim? Hmm.
1134
00:58:39,448 --> 00:58:41,719
Good morning, Miss Thorndyke. Good morning.
1135
00:58:41,919 --> 00:58:43,721
Sorry to have kept
you gentlemen waiting.
1136
00:58:43,921 --> 00:58:45,955
You know Mr. Conover,
our new political advisor?
1137
00:58:46,155 --> 00:58:47,592
Gentlemen.
1138
00:58:49,093 --> 00:58:53,598
First of all, I'd like to thank you
all for the very fine job you've done.
1139
00:58:53,798 --> 00:58:56,567
You haven't always followed
my advice in the past.
1140
00:58:56,767 --> 00:59:01,304
You've been very lenient, considering
your boss is a woman and still under 60.
1141
00:59:01,504 --> 00:59:04,041
I've asked you all
to come here today
1142
00:59:04,241 --> 00:59:06,075
because in this matter,
at least,
1143
00:59:06,275 --> 00:59:09,078
there can be no deviation
from my instructions.
1144
00:59:09,278 --> 00:59:11,716
I want the Republican
Convention deadlocked.
1145
00:59:13,684 --> 00:59:15,553
Who are we working for,
the Democrats?
1146
00:59:15,753 --> 00:59:17,320
You're working for
The Thorndyke Press
1147
00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:19,589
and The Thorndyke Press
will have its own candidate.
1148
00:59:19,789 --> 00:59:21,991
That's why that Convention
must be deadlocked.
1149
00:59:22,191 --> 00:59:22,993
And it won't be
1150
00:59:23,193 --> 00:59:25,829
unless the leading candidates
are so sore at each other
1151
00:59:26,029 --> 00:59:28,433
that they won't combine
forces. Is that clear?
1152
00:59:28,633 --> 00:59:32,168
I want Dewey sore at Taft, Taft sore at
Vandenberg, Vandenberg sore at Stassen
1153
00:59:32,368 --> 00:59:35,072
and all of them sore
at Eisenhower and MacArthur!
1154
00:59:35,272 --> 00:59:38,174
Use their wives, their kids, their
Aunt Marthas, but get them sore.
1155
00:59:38,374 --> 00:59:39,510
Dig up anything you can.
1156
00:59:39,710 --> 00:59:41,144
And if you can't dig it up...
1157
00:59:41,344 --> 00:59:43,747
Chief, I've got nothing
against your candidate.
1158
00:59:43,947 --> 00:59:45,716
We all know who it is.
1159
00:59:45,916 --> 00:59:48,752
And I'll work for him in any
way that I legitimately can.
1160
00:59:48,952 --> 00:59:50,987
But that's as far as I can go.
1161
00:59:51,187 --> 00:59:52,723
Mr. Bradbury,
1162
00:59:52,923 --> 00:59:55,673
would you feel happier working
for some other newspaper?
1163
00:59:56,160 --> 00:59:59,029
Yes, I think I would.
1164
00:59:59,229 --> 01:00:00,931
I think that can
be arranged.
1165
01:00:05,302 --> 01:00:06,837
Anyone else?
1166
01:00:07,037 --> 01:00:08,171
Now is the time.
1167
01:00:08,371 --> 01:00:11,876
On this issue, I'm quite
prepared to replace all of you.
1168
01:00:12,076 --> 01:00:14,878
Miss Thorndyke, you're mad.
You're as mad as your father.
1169
01:00:15,078 --> 01:00:16,714
You can accept
my resignation right now.
1170
01:00:16,914 --> 01:00:18,815
That goes for me. That's
exactly the way I feel.
1171
01:00:19,015 --> 01:00:20,650
All right, get out,
all of you.
1172
01:00:20,850 --> 01:00:23,252
Editors like you
are a dime a dozen.
1173
01:00:25,656 --> 01:00:27,992
Yes? It's for Mr. Conover, Wichita calling.
1174
01:00:28,192 --> 01:00:30,995
That'll be Brander. I had
him fly out to hear Grant.
1175
01:00:31,195 --> 01:00:32,395
Hello J.B., how are you?
1176
01:00:34,364 --> 01:00:37,635
Wait a minute,
there must be some mistake.
1177
01:00:37,835 --> 01:00:40,203
Take my word for it,
everything'll be all right.
1178
01:00:40,403 --> 01:00:41,839
J.B., now, wait a minute.
1179
01:00:42,039 --> 01:00:43,207
He hung up.
What happened?
1180
01:00:43,407 --> 01:00:44,674
I don't know.
According to Brander,
1181
01:00:44,874 --> 01:00:46,175
Grant's blown his top
on labor.
1182
01:00:47,011 --> 01:00:50,080
Yes? Mr. MacManus from Wichita.
1183
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:52,281
Spike, what happened? Grant
just lost the labor vote.
1184
01:00:52,481 --> 01:00:54,350
I sent you along
to prevent just that.
1185
01:00:54,550 --> 01:00:56,953
I couldn't help it.
He's gotten away from me.
1186
01:00:57,153 --> 01:00:58,756
You're a great
campaign manager.
1187
01:00:58,956 --> 01:01:01,090
Didn't you look at
that speech before he made it?
1188
01:01:01,290 --> 01:01:02,660
No, and I'll tell you why.
1189
01:01:02,860 --> 01:01:05,129
I touted him off
that labor stuff in Denver.
1190
01:01:05,329 --> 01:01:08,231
She knew he'd change his mind, and
started throwing those harpoons into him.
1191
01:01:08,431 --> 01:01:09,799
You mean, his wife?
1192
01:01:09,999 --> 01:01:11,636
I don't mean his Aunt Tilly.
1193
01:01:11,836 --> 01:01:13,738
You sent the wrong dame
on this trip, that's all.
1194
01:01:13,938 --> 01:01:15,471
And I talked him
into taking her along.
1195
01:01:15,671 --> 01:01:17,741
What's he talking about
in Detroit tonight?
1196
01:01:17,941 --> 01:01:19,910
How would I know?
I lost my Ouija board.
1197
01:01:20,110 --> 01:01:22,145
I told you we couldn't trust
him. He's believing his own stuff.
1198
01:01:22,345 --> 01:01:24,347
If he blows his top
on business, like on labor,
1199
01:01:24,547 --> 01:01:26,684
well, I'll blow mine.
That woman's got to him.
1200
01:01:26,884 --> 01:01:29,285
She's been feeding him that "to
thine own self be true" diet.
1201
01:01:29,485 --> 01:01:31,254
Get out to Detroit
as fast as you can.
1202
01:01:31,454 --> 01:01:33,758
Spike, Jim's flying out.
Book Cadillac Hotel.
1203
01:01:41,966 --> 01:01:43,000
Got it?
1204
01:01:49,740 --> 01:01:51,841
I'm very sorry boys,
we're way behind schedule.
1205
01:01:52,041 --> 01:01:54,292
You can see Mr. Matthews
after his speech tonight.
1206
01:01:55,813 --> 01:01:58,381
You need a shave, don't you?
My feet.
1207
01:01:58,581 --> 01:02:00,951
My ears.
Those police sirens.
1208
01:02:01,151 --> 01:02:04,121
No more motorcycle escorts,
Spike. We might kill somebody.
1209
01:02:04,321 --> 01:02:06,355
I'll arrange that for you
on the way to the banquet.
1210
01:02:06,555 --> 01:02:08,825
Where do you want these?
Mary, pick your room.
1211
01:02:09,025 --> 01:02:10,561
Wonderful country.
1212
01:02:10,761 --> 01:02:13,764
You have to take the police
along to break the speed laws.
1213
01:02:13,964 --> 01:02:15,832
This is a nice room.
You can put those in there.
1214
01:02:16,032 --> 01:02:18,401
This is 2419.
Send up a barber right away.
1215
01:02:18,601 --> 01:02:19,937
Mary, look at these.
1216
01:02:21,038 --> 01:02:22,339
Those can wait.
1217
01:02:22,539 --> 01:02:24,675
In one hour, you're on
the air, coast to coast.
1218
01:02:24,875 --> 01:02:27,543
You have to eat, dress, shave, and
interview most of Detroit in the meantime.
1219
01:02:27,743 --> 01:02:29,946
Oh, these are wonderful,
Grant.
1220
01:02:30,146 --> 01:02:31,882
All about the Wichita speech.
1221
01:02:32,082 --> 01:02:34,719
Yeah. You never had
anything like this before.
1222
01:02:34,919 --> 01:02:36,953
What do you want to eat?
Anything but chicken.
1223
01:02:37,153 --> 01:02:39,056
Yeah, look, pinfeathers.
1224
01:02:39,256 --> 01:02:40,457
Hello, Room Service?
1225
01:02:40,657 --> 01:02:43,857
Hey, babe, what's with the service?
You'll get your box of candy.
1226
01:02:46,096 --> 01:02:49,332
Here's somebody who
didn't like it. Who's that?
1227
01:02:49,532 --> 01:02:52,069
Executive Secretary,
Local 301.
1228
01:02:52,269 --> 01:02:54,437
I turned on the radiator,
opened the window.
1229
01:02:54,637 --> 01:02:56,039
Oh, all right, thank you.
1230
01:02:56,239 --> 01:02:59,043
Hello? Room Service?
Thank you.
1231
01:02:59,243 --> 01:03:01,845
This is 2419, will you rush up
three hamburgers, please?
1232
01:03:02,045 --> 01:03:03,546
Wait a minute. Onions?
1233
01:03:03,746 --> 01:03:05,750
Onions? No!
1234
01:03:05,950 --> 01:03:07,283
One with onions.
Two without.
1235
01:03:07,483 --> 01:03:09,620
Grant, who's Madman Muntz?
1236
01:03:09,820 --> 01:03:11,255
Don't you know?
Uh-uh.
1237
01:03:13,423 --> 01:03:15,960
I'm expecting a lot of people
for Mr. Matthews.
1238
01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:19,428
Will you shoot them up to 24th floor,
Parlor B and tell them to wait? Right.
1239
01:03:19,628 --> 01:03:20,765
Want a barber?
1240
01:03:20,965 --> 01:03:22,633
Not at the moment.
Yes!
1241
01:03:22,833 --> 01:03:24,367
Oh, for Mr. Matthews.
1242
01:03:24,567 --> 01:03:26,103
Come in.
Good evening.
1243
01:03:26,303 --> 01:03:28,405
Good evening. Good evening.
Mary did you see this?
1244
01:03:28,605 --> 01:03:30,406
"Matthews is obvious presidential
timber", you read that?
1245
01:03:30,606 --> 01:03:31,776
Mr. Matthews.
1246
01:03:31,976 --> 01:03:34,110
I knew that Wichita speech
would ring the bell.
1247
01:03:34,310 --> 01:03:36,213
Yeah, the kid here
tried to talk me out of it.
1248
01:03:36,413 --> 01:03:37,782
Dream on, Macduff.
1249
01:03:37,982 --> 01:03:40,049
I told you not to be afraid
of shooting the works.
1250
01:03:40,249 --> 01:03:41,485
That's how they want
to hear you talk.
1251
01:03:41,685 --> 01:03:44,453
Wait 'til you hear me on industry
tonight, I'm really going to let loose.
1252
01:03:44,653 --> 01:03:47,804
Grant, let's not stop. Let's keep
going. Let's do it all over again.
1253
01:03:49,293 --> 01:03:50,895
You want to know something?
1254
01:03:52,863 --> 01:03:55,432
I think this trip's
agreed with you.
1255
01:03:55,632 --> 01:03:58,134
You have no right to look so
pretty, a woman of your age.
1256
01:03:58,334 --> 01:03:59,303
Oh, Grant.
1257
01:03:59,503 --> 01:04:01,470
When you were standing
at the airport in Denver,
1258
01:04:01,670 --> 01:04:03,306
I had the strangest sensation.
1259
01:04:03,506 --> 01:04:05,308
What sensation?
Mr. Matthews,
1260
01:04:05,508 --> 01:04:07,077
I represent 800 members
1261
01:04:07,277 --> 01:04:10,014
of the League for
the Abolition of Taxation.
1262
01:04:10,214 --> 01:04:13,549
The Government should earn its
own money. Like the rest of us.
1263
01:04:13,749 --> 01:04:15,019
Abolish taxation.
1264
01:04:15,219 --> 01:04:18,188
Thank you... There is no
justice in this great...
1265
01:04:19,957 --> 01:04:21,807
Looks a little like
your brother Dick.
1266
01:04:28,999 --> 01:04:30,935
Go on, Grant.
Hmm?
1267
01:04:32,602 --> 01:04:34,438
What sensation?
1268
01:04:34,638 --> 01:04:38,876
Oh, well, you were standing there
at the airport in the moonlight.
1269
01:04:39,076 --> 01:04:41,779
And the wind from the
propeller was blowing your hair.
1270
01:04:41,979 --> 01:04:44,379
And your dress... Will
I get your other bags now?
1271
01:04:45,515 --> 01:04:47,917
Yes, now, just go.
1272
01:04:53,690 --> 01:04:55,960
Go on, Grant.
Hmm?
1273
01:04:57,327 --> 01:04:59,764
Go on with
what you were saying.
1274
01:04:59,964 --> 01:05:01,498
Where was I?
Looking at her
1275
01:05:01,698 --> 01:05:04,201
with the wind blowing her
dress, mannaggia, I'America!
1276
01:05:04,401 --> 01:05:07,170
Well, that's the end of that.
I should have married a barber.
1277
01:05:07,370 --> 01:05:08,171
Mary.
1278
01:05:11,341 --> 01:05:12,476
Mary, what I was
going to say...
1279
01:05:12,676 --> 01:05:14,945
Hey, you should be getting
dressed. There are people coming...
1280
01:05:15,145 --> 01:05:17,346
I love you, Spike, but
sometimes I wish you'd drop dead.
1281
01:05:17,546 --> 01:05:18,497
Too late for apologies.
1282
01:05:20,584 --> 01:05:22,485
I could sleep for a week.
1283
01:05:22,685 --> 01:05:25,288
"Matthews
obvious presidential."
1284
01:05:25,488 --> 01:05:27,157
That's no solution.
1285
01:05:27,357 --> 01:05:29,492
I beg your pardon?
That's no solution.
1286
01:05:29,692 --> 01:05:32,129
What's that?
You, make a new presidente.
1287
01:05:33,230 --> 01:05:36,199
You got a better solution?
My wife, she got.
1288
01:05:36,399 --> 01:05:37,533
Your wife?
Sure.
1289
01:05:37,733 --> 01:05:39,770
Last night she say, "Pasqua,
1290
01:05:39,970 --> 01:05:41,737
"all of the men
and all of the governments
1291
01:05:41,937 --> 01:05:44,041
"in all of the world
should be put in jail".
1292
01:05:44,241 --> 01:05:46,675
I said, "Maria, what for
you talk like a Communist"?
1293
01:05:46,875 --> 01:05:48,846
She's, like, "Shut up!
1294
01:05:49,046 --> 01:05:50,948
"Do you know why
we got no peace?
1295
01:05:51,148 --> 01:05:53,549
"Because we got no woman
in the government".
1296
01:05:53,749 --> 01:05:56,385
She said, "Put two roosters
together. What happens?
1297
01:05:56,585 --> 01:05:58,956
"Roosters got no brains,
they fight.
1298
01:05:59,156 --> 01:06:01,490
"Put 15 roosters together,
what happens?
1299
01:06:01,690 --> 01:06:03,027
"15 fight,
1300
01:06:03,227 --> 01:06:06,529
"but put 15 hens together
what do you got?
1301
01:06:06,729 --> 01:06:08,032
"15 eggs".
1302
01:06:08,232 --> 01:06:09,665
"Fight in the Congress",
she say,
1303
01:06:09,865 --> 01:06:11,001
"fight in London,
1304
01:06:11,201 --> 01:06:13,636
"fight in France, fight here,
fight there. Why?
1305
01:06:13,836 --> 01:06:15,472
"No hens in the government"!
1306
01:06:15,672 --> 01:06:18,774
So you want to become a
president? That's no solution.
1307
01:06:18,974 --> 01:06:20,309
Your wife.
1308
01:06:20,509 --> 01:06:23,280
That's a solution.
1309
01:06:24,014 --> 01:06:25,315
Mannaggia!
1310
01:06:38,562 --> 01:06:39,562
Grant.
1311
01:06:40,697 --> 01:06:42,199
Yoo-hoo.
1312
01:06:44,134 --> 01:06:45,369
Mr. Candidate?
1313
01:06:47,637 --> 01:06:50,140
Mr. President?
Yes?
1314
01:06:50,707 --> 01:06:52,042
That got him.
1315
01:06:54,178 --> 01:06:56,013
I just had the darndest dream.
1316
01:06:56,213 --> 01:06:58,214
All candidates
have that dream.
1317
01:06:58,414 --> 01:07:00,985
On your toes, Matthews.
That man is here.
1318
01:07:01,185 --> 01:07:03,287
Jim! Hello, Jim!
What are you doing here?
1319
01:07:03,487 --> 01:07:06,189
Hello, Grant. I thought I'd come
and bring you up to date on things.
1320
01:07:06,389 --> 01:07:08,124
Take my wife's solution.
His wife's what?
1321
01:07:08,324 --> 01:07:10,059
He thinks Mary
should run for president.
1322
01:07:10,259 --> 01:07:12,728
Oh, that's silly. No woman
could ever run for president.
1323
01:07:12,928 --> 01:07:15,165
She'd have to admit
she was over 35.
1324
01:07:15,365 --> 01:07:17,700
Politics certainly agrees with
you, Grant. You're looking very fit.
1325
01:07:17,900 --> 01:07:19,535
I'm feeling very fit.
And I mean very fit.
1326
01:07:19,735 --> 01:07:21,470
Oh, dear, I wonder
if anything will fit.
1327
01:07:21,670 --> 01:07:23,240
You don't have much time
with Grant, Jim.
1328
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:24,274
I've got people lined up
for him to see.
1329
01:07:24,474 --> 01:07:25,275
Due any minute.
1330
01:07:25,475 --> 01:07:26,825
Want to read some of these?
1331
01:07:30,380 --> 01:07:33,383
Grant, what are you
talking about here tonight?
1332
01:07:33,583 --> 01:07:36,619
This is the last speech, Jim, it's
got a little bit of everything.
1333
01:07:36,819 --> 01:07:39,223
Anything controversial? Not
for anyone who agrees with him.
1334
01:07:39,423 --> 01:07:40,956
You've got to get
dressed, Grant. Yeah, yeah.
1335
01:07:41,156 --> 01:07:44,128
While you're dressing, have you got a
copy of the speech I could glance at?
1336
01:07:44,328 --> 01:07:46,862
Well, it really isn't a speech.
I'm just going to talk from notes.
1337
01:07:47,062 --> 01:07:50,100
I turned off the radio. And you
put up the window, that's fine, son.
1338
01:07:50,300 --> 01:07:53,137
Good night and thank you. You'd make a
good secretary of the Treasury. Good night.
1339
01:07:53,337 --> 01:07:55,704
Say, if you really want to read
something, Jim, read this editorial.
1340
01:07:55,904 --> 01:07:57,373
And all those telegrams.
1341
01:07:57,573 --> 01:07:58,375
All of these?
1342
01:07:58,575 --> 01:08:00,177
They're just from people.
1343
01:08:01,578 --> 01:08:02,746
Just from people?
1344
01:08:02,946 --> 01:08:06,215
Yeah, you didn't find any of them
signed State Chairman, did you?
1345
01:08:06,415 --> 01:08:08,185
Grant, you're going
to be late.
1346
01:08:08,385 --> 01:08:11,685
You know after I'm President,
you're going to have to quit shoving.
1347
01:08:14,191 --> 01:08:16,859
See what I mean? I told you,
you sent the wrong dame along.
1348
01:08:17,059 --> 01:08:18,495
Yeah, it's a crime.
1349
01:08:18,695 --> 01:08:21,098
Boys in the Northwest, and
along the coast were behind him.
1350
01:08:21,298 --> 01:08:23,132
Then they had to stick out
his chin in Wichita.
1351
01:08:23,332 --> 01:08:25,268
How much damage has he
done? We may have lost labor.
1352
01:08:25,468 --> 01:08:27,170
I must've had 30 calls
after that last speech.
1353
01:08:27,370 --> 01:08:28,804
In New York,
Kay'll straighten him out.
1354
01:08:29,004 --> 01:08:30,273
She's got
the Indian sign on him.
1355
01:08:30,473 --> 01:08:33,724
But that doesn't fix us up for
tonight. What're you afraid of tonight?
1356
01:08:34,444 --> 01:08:36,645
I don't know.
Only she's too doggone happy.
1357
01:08:36,845 --> 01:08:39,616
I think it's a good sign,
Jim coming down here.
1358
01:08:39,816 --> 01:08:41,650
Afraid somebody else will get
his place on the bandwagon.
1359
01:08:41,850 --> 01:08:43,819
Yeah, don't tell him what
you're talking about tonight.
1360
01:08:44,019 --> 01:08:45,289
Why not?
I don't know,
1361
01:08:45,489 --> 01:08:48,139
I don't like Jim turning up
all of a sudden like this.
1362
01:08:49,359 --> 01:08:51,095
Don't
underestimate this guy, Jim.
1363
01:08:51,295 --> 01:08:53,030
People don't just come up
and shake hands with him.
1364
01:08:53,230 --> 01:08:54,697
They're up there
with a light in their eyes.
1365
01:08:54,897 --> 01:08:57,433
If he gets away from us, you may be
heading a "Stop Matthews" movement.
1366
01:08:57,633 --> 01:08:58,868
I don't want to stop him.
1367
01:08:59,068 --> 01:09:01,837
I know this Convention's gonna be a
rat race. I think we can nominate him.
1368
01:09:02,037 --> 01:09:03,240
If we can keep him in line.
1369
01:09:03,440 --> 01:09:05,374
Well, now I've got some
good news for you.
1370
01:09:05,574 --> 01:09:07,710
The guy's vulnerable, Jim.
He's got the bug.
1371
01:09:07,910 --> 01:09:09,313
How bad's he got it?
1372
01:09:09,513 --> 01:09:12,049
He's seeing himself
on statues already.
1373
01:09:12,249 --> 01:09:13,916
Then I think we'd better
tell him the facts of life.
1374
01:09:14,116 --> 01:09:15,485
Yeah, you do that, Jim.
1375
01:09:15,852 --> 01:09:16,886
Dinner!
1376
01:09:20,590 --> 01:09:22,592
Spike, you just
sang a symphony.
1377
01:09:22,792 --> 01:09:24,361
Grant, leave your
hall door open, will you?
1378
01:09:24,561 --> 01:09:25,594
I got a lot of people
coming in.
1379
01:09:25,794 --> 01:09:27,131
Okay.
1380
01:09:27,331 --> 01:09:28,398
Oh, you can eat mine, Jim.
1381
01:09:28,598 --> 01:09:30,499
Okay, here we go with the
first bunch of patriots.
1382
01:09:30,699 --> 01:09:32,502
Remind Grant
they've got votes.
1383
01:09:32,702 --> 01:09:35,471
Spike does take the nobility
out of a crusade, doesn't he?
1384
01:09:35,671 --> 01:09:38,275
Am I supposed to be noble?
On my salary?
1385
01:09:38,475 --> 01:09:41,210
Mary, I can't go to this banquet
tonight, it might start talk.
1386
01:09:41,410 --> 01:09:43,712
What is the boy orator
giving out with tonight?
1387
01:09:43,912 --> 01:09:45,349
I have a much better idea.
1388
01:09:46,816 --> 01:09:48,352
Hello. Hello,
1389
01:09:48,552 --> 01:09:51,687
would you have a radio sent
up to 2419 right away?
1390
01:09:51,887 --> 01:09:53,557
Thank you very much.
1391
01:09:53,757 --> 01:09:57,626
You better be good tonight,
Grant, Jim will be listening in.
1392
01:09:57,826 --> 01:10:00,363
Say, are you Grant Matthews?
Yeah.
1393
01:10:00,563 --> 01:10:02,331
Let me
shake your hand.
1394
01:10:02,531 --> 01:10:04,068
Your speech was swell.
1395
01:10:04,268 --> 01:10:05,768
The best I ever read.
What's your name?
1396
01:10:05,968 --> 01:10:07,371
Emil. Emil Breakesby.
1397
01:10:07,571 --> 01:10:09,306
I'm glad you're with us.
Been here long?
1398
01:10:09,506 --> 01:10:11,807
Yeah, long time, I inherited
the job from my father
1399
01:10:12,007 --> 01:10:12,975
at the old Cadillac.
1400
01:10:13,175 --> 01:10:14,744
Married?
Yeah, four kids.
1401
01:10:14,944 --> 01:10:17,313
Kind of expensive these
days. Yes, it is. Yes, it is.
1402
01:10:17,513 --> 01:10:18,781
You're right about that.
1403
01:10:18,981 --> 01:10:20,783
Give it to them tonight,
Mr. Matthews.
1404
01:10:20,983 --> 01:10:22,386
All right, Emil, I will.
1405
01:10:22,586 --> 01:10:25,354
Hey, Grant, if you want to
rehearse that, try it out on me.
1406
01:10:25,554 --> 01:10:27,457
Well, I'll give you
the start of it.
1407
01:10:27,657 --> 01:10:30,526
"Ladies and members of the
Industrial Council of Detroit.
1408
01:10:30,726 --> 01:10:32,461
"What is the biggest
single question
1409
01:10:32,661 --> 01:10:34,497
"facing the American public
today?"
1410
01:10:34,697 --> 01:10:35,732
Who's with onions?
1411
01:10:39,436 --> 01:10:41,004
I guess I'm with onions.
1412
01:10:42,406 --> 01:10:44,341
Grant, your public is waiting.
1413
01:10:44,541 --> 01:10:47,010
My hamburger is waiting.
Hamburgers don't vote.
1414
01:10:48,044 --> 01:10:49,346
These are dairy farmers.
1415
01:10:49,546 --> 01:10:51,680
Just a little talk, cows,
butter, American cheese.
1416
01:10:51,880 --> 01:10:53,782
What do I know
about American cheese?
1417
01:10:53,982 --> 01:10:56,286
Walk this way and meet
three perfect specimens.
1418
01:10:56,486 --> 01:10:58,422
And remember, Grant,
they've got votes.
1419
01:11:01,625 --> 01:11:03,459
Now I'll set them up
in the other alley.
1420
01:11:03,659 --> 01:11:05,728
Well, Jim,
what's the State of the Union?
1421
01:11:05,928 --> 01:11:07,430
What are your reports
on Grant?
1422
01:11:07,630 --> 01:11:09,566
First, let me give you
my reports on you.
1423
01:11:09,766 --> 01:11:12,102
You've done a great job.
I want to congratulate you.
1424
01:11:12,302 --> 01:11:15,404
I'd like to admit something. I've
enjoyed it, every minute of it.
1425
01:11:15,604 --> 01:11:17,441
Jim, Grant's got something.
1426
01:11:17,641 --> 01:11:19,443
Don't try to
take it away from him.
1427
01:11:19,643 --> 01:11:22,878
When he's just cockeyed drunk with
sincerity, people can't resist him.
1428
01:11:23,078 --> 01:11:24,613
Sounds as though
you couldn't either.
1429
01:11:24,813 --> 01:11:27,117
Oh, no. The state of our union
is strictly political.
1430
01:11:27,317 --> 01:11:28,984
I thought I saw Grant throw
you a look or two tonight
1431
01:11:29,184 --> 01:11:31,288
that wasn't
entirely political.
1432
01:11:31,488 --> 01:11:33,055
You're a bachelor,
aren't you, Jim?
1433
01:11:33,255 --> 01:11:34,524
Theoretically. Why?
1434
01:11:34,724 --> 01:11:37,993
Well, if you were married, you'd know that
there were little things that sort of...
1435
01:11:38,193 --> 01:11:39,296
Well, for instance,
1436
01:11:39,496 --> 01:11:43,466
when Grant found out once that the
girls at school used to call me Maizie.
1437
01:11:43,666 --> 01:11:44,901
He knew I hated it.
1438
01:11:45,101 --> 01:11:48,604
So sometimes, he used to call
me Maizie just to tease me.
1439
01:11:48,804 --> 01:11:51,541
Well, Maizie doesn't
live here anymore.
1440
01:11:51,741 --> 01:11:53,910
Another thing, he always
hated to hear me swear.
1441
01:11:54,110 --> 01:11:56,111
Whenever I let go with
something, he used to
1442
01:11:56,311 --> 01:11:58,482
smack me on my sitter, hard.
1443
01:11:58,682 --> 01:12:01,817
I've done a lot of swearing
on this trip. And no smacks?
1444
01:12:02,017 --> 01:12:03,787
It's a small request,
1445
01:12:03,987 --> 01:12:06,856
but I'd give anything for one
good smack on my south end.
1446
01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:09,759
I certainly wish that I could
do something about that.
1447
01:12:11,027 --> 01:12:13,397
Well, how's
the farmers' choice?
1448
01:12:13,597 --> 01:12:16,300
Say, after the beautiful things
I've just said about cows,
1449
01:12:16,500 --> 01:12:18,734
I certainly feel guilty
eating this hamburger.
1450
01:12:18,934 --> 01:12:21,705
It's like eating
one's dearest friend.
1451
01:12:21,905 --> 01:12:24,907
Back to the pasture. Wipe off your
feet and come in to meet the A.F. of L.
1452
01:12:25,107 --> 01:12:27,644
You give me time to eat!
Yeah, let him eat.
1453
01:12:27,844 --> 01:12:30,714
This is a crisis. I have to know
you're holding the A.F. of L. in there
1454
01:12:30,914 --> 01:12:32,716
while I sneak the C.I.O.
into the other bedroom.
1455
01:12:32,916 --> 01:12:35,050
Well, put them both in the same
room, and I'll talk to them.
1456
01:12:35,250 --> 01:12:36,719
Little boy blue,
haven't you heard?
1457
01:12:36,919 --> 01:12:39,488
They ain't keeping
steady company anymore.
1458
01:12:39,688 --> 01:12:40,957
I'm serious about that.
1459
01:12:41,157 --> 01:12:43,627
You tell those fellows in
there the C.I.O. are coming in,
1460
01:12:43,827 --> 01:12:46,061
then I'll come in and talk to
both of them at the same time.
1461
01:12:46,261 --> 01:12:47,229
You're just
asking for trouble.
1462
01:12:47,429 --> 01:12:48,964
I don't mind you having
your head in the clouds
1463
01:12:49,164 --> 01:12:51,467
but I wish you'd keep
your feet in the voting booth.
1464
01:12:51,667 --> 01:12:54,438
Those men are the kind who are
responsible for the wildcat strikes.
1465
01:12:54,638 --> 01:12:56,872
If I can make them see something
bigger than their own jobs
1466
01:12:57,072 --> 01:12:58,006
as head of their own locals
1467
01:12:58,206 --> 01:13:00,409
and what power they get
from that... There may be...
1468
01:13:00,609 --> 01:13:01,678
You shut up!
Keep out of this.
1469
01:13:01,878 --> 01:13:03,579
That's one of the things
I came to talk about.
1470
01:13:03,779 --> 01:13:05,948
Your Wichita speech killed off
most of the labor leaders.
1471
01:13:06,148 --> 01:13:07,483
I know, 'cause I talked to them. Why?
1472
01:13:07,683 --> 01:13:09,353
What did I say to them?
1473
01:13:09,553 --> 01:13:11,787
I just said when the members
stop running the unions,
1474
01:13:11,987 --> 01:13:13,556
the unions
start running the members.
1475
01:13:13,756 --> 01:13:15,592
Good heavens, Jim,
I'm for labor!
1476
01:13:15,792 --> 01:13:18,495
Sure. Everybody's for labor. That's
like saying you're against sin.
1477
01:13:18,695 --> 01:13:20,195
The labor leaders don't
think you're for them.
1478
01:13:20,395 --> 01:13:24,099
Not after that crack that they're
responsible for the Taft-Hartley Law.
1479
01:13:24,299 --> 01:13:27,470
No dice. They're even mad they're
in the same hotel together.
1480
01:13:27,670 --> 01:13:28,738
That makes me mad.
1481
01:13:28,938 --> 01:13:31,140
Watch out for the little guy
they call "Mac".
1482
01:13:33,009 --> 01:13:34,711
Now for some
counter-espionage.
1483
01:13:36,446 --> 01:13:39,349
Jim, how can you
say that Grant offended labor?
1484
01:13:39,549 --> 01:13:42,852
That Wichita audience was
full of cheering union men.
1485
01:13:43,052 --> 01:13:45,521
Union members might cheer, but it's
the leaders that swing the delegates
1486
01:13:45,721 --> 01:13:46,656
and they're sore.
1487
01:13:46,856 --> 01:13:49,025
Don't you want Grant
to be a good president?
1488
01:13:49,225 --> 01:13:51,525
Mary, a good president
is one who gets elected.
1489
01:13:53,129 --> 01:13:55,399
The Eastern Front's ready.
1490
01:13:55,599 --> 01:13:58,867
C.I.O. still in there? And
in what I call an ugly mood.
1491
01:13:59,067 --> 01:14:01,705
Jim, turn your back.
This way, gentlemen.
1492
01:14:19,489 --> 01:14:22,339
You know, Grant might be able
to unite the United Nations.
1493
01:14:24,193 --> 01:14:26,830
Open up, in there!
1494
01:14:27,030 --> 01:14:29,380
Open up there! Where is
that Grant Matthews guy?
1495
01:14:30,166 --> 01:14:31,500
Who're you?
My name is...
1496
01:14:31,700 --> 01:14:32,769
My name is Sam Parrish,
1497
01:14:32,969 --> 01:14:35,638
Chairman of Banquet Committee,
bosom friend of Grant...
1498
01:14:35,838 --> 01:14:36,806
Mary!
Sam.
1499
01:14:38,842 --> 01:14:41,244
Bless your heart.
You're just as pretty as ever.
1500
01:14:42,245 --> 01:14:44,047
I could eat you with a spoon.
1501
01:14:44,247 --> 01:14:46,649
Why, Jim Conover, you
old son of a gun. Hi, Sam.
1502
01:14:46,849 --> 01:14:48,485
What're you doing here?
Take it easy.
1503
01:14:48,685 --> 01:14:50,185
You're the only man in
Detroit who knows I am here.
1504
01:14:50,385 --> 01:14:51,854
Can't you wait outside?
Excuse me.
1505
01:14:52,054 --> 01:14:54,056
What's going on
here, anyway?
1506
01:14:54,256 --> 01:14:56,224
Say, darn it,
I might've known.
1507
01:14:56,424 --> 01:14:57,727
Jim, you're psychic.
1508
01:14:57,927 --> 01:15:00,364
I was primed to come to
Washington to sell you the idea
1509
01:15:00,564 --> 01:15:03,532
we need a businessman like Grant in
the White House. You beat me to it.
1510
01:15:03,732 --> 01:15:05,668
Where is Grant? That's
a date, and bring cash.
1511
01:15:05,868 --> 01:15:07,671
Sam.
Grant!
1512
01:15:07,871 --> 01:15:10,574
When the walls started to
shake, I knew you were here.
1513
01:15:10,774 --> 01:15:13,075
Still alive? Yeah, I'm
still alive. So are they.
1514
01:15:13,275 --> 01:15:15,044
Matter of fact,
the A.F. of L. just invited
1515
01:15:15,244 --> 01:15:16,579
the C.I.O.
to have a glass of beer.
1516
01:15:16,779 --> 01:15:18,046
Under whose jurisdiction?
1517
01:15:18,246 --> 01:15:19,549
The Midtown Bar and Grill.
1518
01:15:22,952 --> 01:15:25,355
You got everything ready
for tonight, Sam?
1519
01:15:25,555 --> 01:15:27,690
Ready? Why, there'll be more money
per square inch at that banquet
1520
01:15:27,890 --> 01:15:28,924
than there is in the Mint.
1521
01:15:29,124 --> 01:15:31,226
Mary, you go right home
and start packing.
1522
01:15:31,426 --> 01:15:33,630
You're moving
into the White House.
1523
01:15:33,830 --> 01:15:35,898
I never was so happy
in my life.
1524
01:15:36,098 --> 01:15:38,034
Looks like our turn's
come again.
1525
01:15:38,234 --> 01:15:40,969
Wait till you hear my speech
tonight. You may not be so happy.
1526
01:15:41,169 --> 01:15:42,237
What do you mean
by that?
1527
01:15:42,437 --> 01:15:43,640
Last time
I was in New York,
1528
01:15:43,840 --> 01:15:47,710
Grant and I had a knock-down, drag-out
fight about tax reduction and inflation.
1529
01:15:47,910 --> 01:15:51,114
Is that what you're talking about
tonight? Grant talks like a radical.
1530
01:15:51,314 --> 01:15:54,216
But any man who's made as much money
as he has is a good sound American.
1531
01:15:54,416 --> 01:15:56,019
Well, see you later, fella.
1532
01:15:56,219 --> 01:15:59,121
Tell you what. Take another
good sock at labor tonight,
1533
01:15:59,321 --> 01:16:01,057
you'll make a real hit.
1534
01:16:01,257 --> 01:16:04,259
Doggone it, Mary. I'll be
telling people I knew you when.
1535
01:16:04,459 --> 01:16:05,728
Who're you?
Well, my name...
1536
01:16:05,928 --> 01:16:07,864
Let me out of here.
1537
01:16:08,064 --> 01:16:10,634
Hey, wait,
going down? Mary.
1538
01:16:13,803 --> 01:16:16,473
Spike, don't you dare
do that.
1539
01:16:16,673 --> 01:16:19,773
All right, I can starve. But
that's the way to make communists.
1540
01:16:25,148 --> 01:16:27,984
I wonder what
a hot hamburger tastes like.
1541
01:16:28,184 --> 01:16:30,686
Grant, you expect me to
run your campaign for you?
1542
01:16:30,886 --> 01:16:33,690
Have I any choice in that?
You certainly have.
1543
01:16:33,890 --> 01:16:35,825
But if I'm to stay
in the picture,
1544
01:16:36,025 --> 01:16:39,227
I want to know what you're planning to
say here tonight. I have a right to know.
1545
01:16:39,427 --> 01:16:40,629
Why, Jim, you can know.
1546
01:16:40,829 --> 01:16:44,434
I'm going to tell them that they
do a lot of yapping about communism
1547
01:16:44,634 --> 01:16:47,102
but as long as they think about high
profits instead of high production,
1548
01:16:47,302 --> 01:16:48,837
they're playing
the communists' game.
1549
01:16:49,037 --> 01:16:50,973
High production is the way
to kill high prices.
1550
01:16:51,173 --> 01:16:54,142
They want high prices.
High prices mean inflation.
1551
01:16:54,342 --> 01:16:56,613
Inflation today
means depression tomorrow.
1552
01:16:56,813 --> 01:16:58,682
And a depression
in these United States
1553
01:16:58,882 --> 01:17:01,184
is exactly the ace card
Moscow is waiting to draw.
1554
01:17:01,384 --> 01:17:04,187
They don't want to hear these
things. They're gonna hear them.
1555
01:17:04,387 --> 01:17:07,056
They're gonna hear that capitalism
itself is being challenged.
1556
01:17:07,256 --> 01:17:09,324
If it doesn't survive, it's
because men like themselves
1557
01:17:09,524 --> 01:17:11,259
haven't the guts or
imagination to make it survive.
1558
01:17:11,459 --> 01:17:13,896
You can't talk to that crowd
this way. You'll antagonize them.
1559
01:17:14,096 --> 01:17:16,198
All right. So what?
So I'll antagonize them.
1560
01:17:16,398 --> 01:17:19,135
I yelled my head off about
labor and its responsibilities.
1561
01:17:19,335 --> 01:17:21,269
I'm going to lay it right on
the line for industry, too.
1562
01:17:21,469 --> 01:17:22,606
Now, look here, Jim,
1563
01:17:22,806 --> 01:17:24,240
you know just as well as I do
1564
01:17:24,440 --> 01:17:26,742
that there are men at that
banquet who'll be rooting
1565
01:17:26,942 --> 01:17:29,813
for a depression, just so they
can slap labor's ears back.
1566
01:17:30,013 --> 01:17:33,663
And I suppose you have a few well-chosen
words to say about tax reduction.
1567
01:17:34,818 --> 01:17:36,952
You better not worry so much
about tax reduction
1568
01:17:37,152 --> 01:17:40,857
until we accomplish some of the
things we have to accomplish.
1569
01:17:41,057 --> 01:17:44,494
I'm going to tell them that the
wealthiest nation in the world is a failure
1570
01:17:44,694 --> 01:17:46,863
unless it's also the
healthiest nation in the world.
1571
01:17:47,063 --> 01:17:49,431
That means the highest medical
care for the lowest income groups.
1572
01:17:49,631 --> 01:17:51,768
And that goes
for housing, too.
1573
01:17:51,968 --> 01:17:54,069
One thing this nation
is not rich enough to afford
1574
01:17:54,269 --> 01:17:56,740
is not having
a roof over our heads.
1575
01:17:56,940 --> 01:18:00,243
And I'm going to tell them that the
American Dream is not making money.
1576
01:18:00,443 --> 01:18:02,310
It is the well-being and
the freedom of the individual
1577
01:18:02,510 --> 01:18:03,411
throughout the world
1578
01:18:03,611 --> 01:18:06,182
from Patagonia to Detroit.
1579
01:18:06,382 --> 01:18:10,418
We can't be an island of
plenty in a world of starvation.
1580
01:18:10,618 --> 01:18:14,691
We have to send food,
clothing, machinery, and money
1581
01:18:14,891 --> 01:18:18,026
to the bitter, impoverished
people of the world.
1582
01:18:18,226 --> 01:18:20,897
Try to recreate
their self-respect.
1583
01:18:21,097 --> 01:18:24,300
Give them the desire again
for individual freedom.
1584
01:18:24,500 --> 01:18:28,336
And I'm gonna tell them that as long
as dictatorships remain in the world,
1585
01:18:28,536 --> 01:18:30,574
we better remain well-armed.
1586
01:18:30,774 --> 01:18:33,809
Because the next time, we're not
going to get two years to get ready.
1587
01:18:34,009 --> 01:18:36,245
They're gonna
jump us overnight.
1588
01:18:36,445 --> 01:18:39,748
And I'm gonna tell them that
there's only one government
1589
01:18:39,948 --> 01:18:43,418
which is capable of handling
the atomic control,
1590
01:18:43,618 --> 01:18:49,225
world disarmament, world employment,
world peace, and that's a world government.
1591
01:18:49,425 --> 01:18:53,062
The people of 13 states started
the United States of America.
1592
01:18:53,262 --> 01:18:55,130
I think the people
of that many nations
1593
01:18:55,330 --> 01:18:57,800
are now ready to start
a United States of the World.
1594
01:18:58,000 --> 01:18:59,636
With or without Russia.
1595
01:18:59,836 --> 01:19:02,838
And I mean a "United" States
of the World.
1596
01:19:03,038 --> 01:19:04,773
With one Bill of Rights.
1597
01:19:04,973 --> 01:19:06,843
One international law.
1598
01:19:07,043 --> 01:19:11,247
One international currency.
One international citizenship.
1599
01:19:11,447 --> 01:19:13,916
And, I'm going to tell them
that the brotherhood of man
1600
01:19:14,116 --> 01:19:16,853
is not just an idealist dream,
1601
01:19:17,053 --> 01:19:20,188
but a practical necessity
if man is going to survive.
1602
01:19:20,388 --> 01:19:22,592
And I'm...
Where're you going?
1603
01:19:22,792 --> 01:19:25,160
I'm going out to get pie-eyed,
then I'm going back to Washington.
1604
01:19:25,360 --> 01:19:26,529
You're walking out on me?
1605
01:19:26,729 --> 01:19:29,331
If you're going to climb out on a limb
like that and saw it off behind you.
1606
01:19:29,531 --> 01:19:31,000
Let me remind you.
1607
01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:34,169
Up to now, you haven't got one
pledged delegate to that Convention.
1608
01:19:34,369 --> 01:19:36,204
You know how many you need
to be nominated?
1609
01:19:36,404 --> 01:19:38,842
About 550.
Think that over.
1610
01:19:39,042 --> 01:19:40,610
You've already
scared off big labor
1611
01:19:40,810 --> 01:19:42,812
and if you scare off big
business, you're a dead duck.
1612
01:19:43,012 --> 01:19:45,580
They've got to know where I stand.
I told you that at the start.
1613
01:19:45,780 --> 01:19:48,184
I've got to be on record,
nomination or no nomination.
1614
01:19:48,384 --> 01:19:51,353
All right, but not here! Not tonight.
Not when you're on a radio hook-up.
1615
01:19:51,553 --> 01:19:53,822
Give it sometime when you're
out in Nebraska or Oklahoma.
1616
01:19:54,022 --> 01:19:56,760
It's for you, Jim.
I'll go air out Parlor B.
1617
01:19:56,960 --> 01:19:58,862
Hello. Oh.
Hello, how are you?
1618
01:19:59,362 --> 01:20:00,730
Where are you?
1619
01:20:00,930 --> 01:20:03,032
Fine, I'll come up
to your room.
1620
01:20:03,232 --> 01:20:05,482
Excuse me a minute.
Grant, I'll be right back.
1621
01:20:08,304 --> 01:20:10,039
I just wanted to tell you
the gang in the kitchen
1622
01:20:10,239 --> 01:20:11,907
are all listening in tonight,
Mr. Matthews.
1623
01:20:12,107 --> 01:20:14,210
Oh, oh, fine.
Fine, Emil, you do that.
1624
01:20:14,410 --> 01:20:18,380
Down there they say you're not just
another one of those politicians.
1625
01:20:18,580 --> 01:20:21,685
You're not, are you, Mr.
Matthews? No, I'm not.
1626
01:20:21,885 --> 01:20:25,135
I knew it. Give it to them tonight,
Mr. Matthews. Give it to them.
1627
01:20:28,892 --> 01:20:32,061
I'm sorry Jim got a line on what
you're going to say here tonight.
1628
01:20:32,261 --> 01:20:34,596
So am I. I was all pepped up
about that speech tonight.
1629
01:20:34,796 --> 01:20:36,031
You're not gonna change it?
1630
01:20:36,231 --> 01:20:37,934
I don't know.
Jim's only argument is
1631
01:20:38,134 --> 01:20:40,203
that this isn't the place
to say it. I've...
1632
01:20:40,403 --> 01:20:43,271
Do you think he's right? It
isn't whether Jim's right or not.
1633
01:20:43,471 --> 01:20:46,274
It's just that there is no
such thing as a little garlic.
1634
01:20:46,474 --> 01:20:48,812
You haven't
answered my question.
1635
01:20:49,012 --> 01:20:52,414
Grant, do you remember what made the biggest
impression on that audience in Wichita?
1636
01:20:52,614 --> 01:20:54,983
It was when you said
the real wealth of the world
1637
01:20:55,183 --> 01:20:57,452
is not in coal or iron
or bank accounts.
1638
01:20:57,652 --> 01:21:00,222
It's in principle,
integrity, honesty.
1639
01:21:00,422 --> 01:21:03,158
Plain, ordinary,
garden-variety honesty.
1640
01:21:03,358 --> 01:21:05,028
Do you remember that?
1641
01:21:06,229 --> 01:21:08,331
Well, should I change it,
or should I not?
1642
01:21:08,531 --> 01:21:11,935
No, the world needs honest men
today, more than it needs presidents.
1643
01:21:14,037 --> 01:21:16,239
Okay, let's go.
Come on, let's go...
1644
01:21:16,439 --> 01:21:19,075
Hold it a minute, Grant.
About your speech tonight.
1645
01:21:19,275 --> 01:21:21,576
Some of the smartest boys
in Washington got together
1646
01:21:21,776 --> 01:21:24,948
and prepared something for you to
say. They know what they're doing.
1647
01:21:26,415 --> 01:21:28,918
"The palsied hand
of bureaucratic control
1648
01:21:29,118 --> 01:21:30,919
"must be removed
from the throttle of..."
1649
01:21:31,119 --> 01:21:33,389
What is this? A gag?
No. Why?
1650
01:21:33,589 --> 01:21:36,925
"Industry is not a felon. It
can no longer be treated as one.
1651
01:21:37,125 --> 01:21:39,061
"The binding shackles
of government..."
1652
01:21:39,261 --> 01:21:42,265
Why, this is double-talk. What
you were planning was trouble-talk.
1653
01:21:42,465 --> 01:21:44,532
Confound it, man! Don't
you want to be president?
1654
01:21:44,732 --> 01:21:47,136
Yes, I want to be president.
Let me get you nominated!
1655
01:21:47,336 --> 01:21:49,038
How about letting the
people get him nominated?
1656
01:21:49,238 --> 01:21:51,140
The people have darn little
to say about the nominations.
1657
01:21:51,340 --> 01:21:52,975
You both lived in this
country all of your lives.
1658
01:21:53,175 --> 01:21:54,576
It's time you get that
through your heads.
1659
01:21:54,776 --> 01:21:55,944
You're not nominated
by the people,
1660
01:21:56,144 --> 01:21:57,814
you're nominated
by the politicians.
1661
01:21:58,014 --> 01:22:00,984
Why? Because the people are too
darn lazy to vote in the primaries.
1662
01:22:01,184 --> 01:22:02,484
Well, politicians
aren't lazy.
1663
01:22:02,684 --> 01:22:03,887
I'll put Grant
in the White House,
1664
01:22:04,087 --> 01:22:05,487
if you and he
give me half a chance.
1665
01:22:05,687 --> 01:22:06,655
Use your head, Grant.
1666
01:22:06,855 --> 01:22:09,091
We've got to bring you into that
Convention without any enemies.
1667
01:22:09,291 --> 01:22:10,292
That's the whole strategy.
1668
01:22:10,492 --> 01:22:12,295
Nomination
or no nomination, Jim,
1669
01:22:12,495 --> 01:22:15,097
they've got to know where I
stand before they vote for me.
1670
01:22:15,297 --> 01:22:16,098
Grant.
1671
01:22:18,968 --> 01:22:21,369
I hate to do this to you, Grant,
but there's one more delegation.
1672
01:22:21,569 --> 01:22:23,605
Oh, no. Tell them I've left.
You can't do that.
1673
01:22:23,805 --> 01:22:26,142
They'll see you on your way
out. These are important VIPs.
1674
01:22:26,342 --> 01:22:28,510
We're the guests of honor.
Yeah, I'll cut it short.
1675
01:22:28,710 --> 01:22:31,114
I'll go out and strew
the path with flowers.
1676
01:22:33,249 --> 01:22:35,551
Mary, I want
to tell you right now,
1677
01:22:35,751 --> 01:22:37,787
if Grant blasts
that group tonight,
1678
01:22:37,987 --> 01:22:40,088
he'll be blasting himself out of
any chance for the White House.
1679
01:22:40,288 --> 01:22:41,489
He's got to take
professional advice.
1680
01:22:41,689 --> 01:22:44,193
Jim, let him alone. He's just trying
to tell the truth as he sees it.
1681
01:22:44,393 --> 01:22:46,194
It doesn't matter whether
he becomes president or not.
1682
01:22:46,394 --> 01:22:47,695
Doesn't matter?
No, not that much.
1683
01:22:47,895 --> 01:22:49,398
I know that man
and I love that man.
1684
01:22:49,598 --> 01:22:52,368
And I tell you, if you get him
to compromise, you'll destroy him.
1685
01:22:52,568 --> 01:22:55,737
Compromise will eat into him like a
worm. He won't be Grant Matthews anymore.
1686
01:22:55,937 --> 01:22:58,140
I hate to be blunt,
but as a political advisor,
1687
01:22:58,340 --> 01:23:00,008
you are a wonderful
wife and mother.
1688
01:23:00,208 --> 01:23:02,210
And as a wife and mother,
I'd like to tell you
1689
01:23:02,410 --> 01:23:04,412
that Grant doesn't need
politicians like you.
1690
01:23:04,612 --> 01:23:06,582
You're trying to
make him believe that he does
1691
01:23:06,782 --> 01:23:08,283
so that you can ride in
on his coattails.
1692
01:23:08,483 --> 01:23:10,552
I know where you stand, Jim.
1693
01:23:10,752 --> 01:23:12,421
You and Kay Thorndyke
1694
01:23:12,621 --> 01:23:14,290
and Emil, the waiter here.
1695
01:23:14,490 --> 01:23:17,625
The man who elects the presidents.
He knows where you stand, too.
1696
01:23:17,825 --> 01:23:19,829
He can smell a compromise
a mile off. Come in.
1697
01:23:20,029 --> 01:23:21,563
Let him alone.
Just let him tell the truth.
1698
01:23:21,763 --> 01:23:24,033
You got an honest man. You
don't know how lucky you are.
1699
01:23:24,233 --> 01:23:25,800
I got your radio. Had to
steal it from another room.
1700
01:23:26,000 --> 01:23:27,303
Yes, plug it in please.
1701
01:23:27,503 --> 01:23:29,771
Everybody wanted a radio tonight. So?
1702
01:23:29,971 --> 01:23:33,042
A big broadcast from Hollywood.
Bob Hope and Jack Benny.
1703
01:23:33,242 --> 01:23:35,043
All set.
The elevator's waiting.
1704
01:23:35,243 --> 01:23:37,313
Fix your tie, Grant.
Listen in, Jim.
1705
01:23:43,319 --> 01:23:45,420
My bag, my bag. My...
What's that in your hand?
1706
01:23:45,620 --> 01:23:46,755
Oh, that's my bag.
1707
01:23:58,767 --> 01:24:01,667
May as well sit in here and
be comfortable. I have a radio.
1708
01:24:09,078 --> 01:24:12,015
Dare I listen?
You can listen.
1709
01:24:12,215 --> 01:24:14,116
Are you sure? You were
only with him a few minutes.
1710
01:24:14,316 --> 01:24:15,518
And Mary's had weeks, I know.
1711
01:24:15,718 --> 01:24:19,122
It wasn't hard, Jim. All I did was to
tell him the things he wanted to hear.
1712
01:24:19,322 --> 01:24:22,190
But there is one question on his
mind you'd better have the answer for.
1713
01:24:22,390 --> 01:24:23,292
What's that?
1714
01:24:23,492 --> 01:24:25,895
He's beginning to wonder
if there's any difference
1715
01:24:26,095 --> 01:24:28,130
between the Democratic party
and the Republican party.
1716
01:24:28,330 --> 01:24:30,765
That's a fine question for a
presidential candidate to ask.
1717
01:24:30,965 --> 01:24:34,016
There's all the difference in the
world. They're in and we're out.
1718
01:24:42,711 --> 01:24:45,048
Well, this is more like it.
1719
01:24:45,248 --> 01:24:47,016
These telegrams
aren't just from people.
1720
01:24:47,216 --> 01:24:48,416
You see what that speech did?
1721
01:24:48,616 --> 01:24:50,186
Boy, happy days
are here again.
1722
01:24:50,386 --> 01:24:52,521
Hey, Brock from Missouri
and Tenebaum, Colorado.
1723
01:24:52,721 --> 01:24:55,390
Those birds don't send telegrams
unless they're fishing for bids.
1724
01:24:55,590 --> 01:24:58,460
I thought they were Dewey men.
Not now. Hey, look at this.
1725
01:24:58,660 --> 01:25:00,329
Ed Lauterback wants
to talk turkey.
1726
01:25:00,529 --> 01:25:03,531
That puts the farm block on our team.
Thirty delegates, if it means one.
1727
01:25:03,731 --> 01:25:06,268
Look here, Mary. Two state
and seven county chairmen.
1728
01:25:06,468 --> 01:25:08,304
Not just from people.
1729
01:25:08,504 --> 01:25:11,140
I don't want to hear anymore
about that speech last night.
1730
01:25:11,340 --> 01:25:13,675
These telegrams prove that Jim is
right. He knows what he's doing.
1731
01:25:13,875 --> 01:25:14,677
He's a professional.
1732
01:25:14,877 --> 01:25:17,412
And I don't want to hear that
Henry Clay routine either.
1733
01:25:17,612 --> 01:25:20,315
He wound up being neither
right nor president.
1734
01:25:20,515 --> 01:25:22,550
Emil, the waiter,
was listening in.
1735
01:25:22,750 --> 01:25:24,653
I can imagine
the look on his face.
1736
01:25:26,555 --> 01:25:29,124
Mary. Mary, you should
have faith in me.
1737
01:25:29,758 --> 01:25:31,494
I want to be president.
1738
01:25:31,694 --> 01:25:34,496
I know this country.
I know it inside out.
1739
01:25:34,696 --> 01:25:36,632
I know all of
its simmering hates.
1740
01:25:36,832 --> 01:25:39,434
I know the petty warfare
undermining our unity.
1741
01:25:39,634 --> 01:25:41,503
And I think I know
what causes it.
1742
01:25:41,703 --> 01:25:43,739
It's fear.
It's nothing but fear.
1743
01:25:43,939 --> 01:25:46,174
Fear of the future.
Fear of the world.
1744
01:25:46,374 --> 01:25:48,544
Fear of communism.
Fear of going broke.
1745
01:25:48,744 --> 01:25:50,712
Why didn't you make
that speech last night?
1746
01:25:50,912 --> 01:25:52,681
Because I want the nomination.
1747
01:25:52,881 --> 01:25:55,283
If I have to soft soap a few
idiots like Sam Parrish to get it,
1748
01:25:55,483 --> 01:25:56,986
I'll soft soap them.
1749
01:25:57,186 --> 01:25:59,587
After I'm elected, if you think
I'm going off the deep end,
1750
01:25:59,787 --> 01:26:01,057
come and tell me.
1751
01:26:01,257 --> 01:26:03,558
I'll listen to you.
But until then, lay off.
1752
01:26:03,758 --> 01:26:05,393
There's not going
to be any then.
1753
01:26:05,593 --> 01:26:07,729
Up until last night,
you had something to say.
1754
01:26:07,929 --> 01:26:10,532
You had courage. You had a
chance. The people were for you.
1755
01:26:10,732 --> 01:26:13,535
But not anymore. You've
changed and they'll know it.
1756
01:26:13,735 --> 01:26:15,204
I haven't changed.
1757
01:26:15,404 --> 01:26:17,273
Hey, boss,
we got company again.
1758
01:26:17,906 --> 01:26:19,174
Uh-oh.
1759
01:26:20,276 --> 01:26:23,379
James, you are about to become
an older and wiser man.
1760
01:26:24,280 --> 01:26:26,515
Ask Grant
if he's too old to fly.
1761
01:26:26,715 --> 01:26:29,485
Hey, boss, Rusty wants to know
if you're too old to fly.
1762
01:26:29,685 --> 01:26:33,122
You tell Rusty I'm busy. And tell
him if he knows what's good for him,
1763
01:26:33,322 --> 01:26:35,772
he'll get down to that plant
and get busy himself.
1764
01:26:37,760 --> 01:26:39,428
Scram, fellas. The chill's on.
1765
01:26:40,763 --> 01:26:41,763
Uh-oh.
1766
01:26:45,668 --> 01:26:49,172
I amaze myself.
But I'm disappointed.
1767
01:26:49,372 --> 01:26:52,440
Okay, Jim, I've made my decision.
From now on, it's your show.
1768
01:26:52,640 --> 01:26:54,043
I'll talk turkey
with Lauterback.
1769
01:26:54,243 --> 01:26:55,311
I'll play ball with anybody
1770
01:26:55,511 --> 01:26:57,313
who'll help me get the
nomination. Is that clear?
1771
01:26:57,513 --> 01:26:59,547
And money's no object. I'll
spend $1 million if I have to.
1772
01:26:59,747 --> 01:27:01,184
Grant, watch us go
from here.
1773
01:27:01,384 --> 01:27:02,384
Where's Lauterback, in Washington? Yeah.
1774
01:27:02,584 --> 01:27:03,586
Get him on that phone.
1775
01:27:03,786 --> 01:27:06,988
Ed, you know Grant will never fight
the farm block. It's too powerful.
1776
01:27:07,188 --> 01:27:08,656
I don't
beat about the bush, Jim.
1777
01:27:08,856 --> 01:27:11,659
I'm anti Cuban sugar,
anti Mexican cotton,
1778
01:27:11,859 --> 01:27:14,263
anti Argentine beef,
anti Canadian wheat,
1779
01:27:14,463 --> 01:27:15,997
anti free-trade of any kind.
1780
01:27:16,197 --> 01:27:17,800
Are you for anything?
1781
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:21,002
Yes, I'm for Ed Lauterback,
same as you're for...
1782
01:27:21,202 --> 01:27:23,206
Grant Matthews.
Yes.
1783
01:27:23,406 --> 01:27:25,407
How many delegates can
you deliver? Deliver?
1784
01:27:25,607 --> 01:27:27,710
None. I only influence.
1785
01:27:27,910 --> 01:27:30,479
Well, how many can you
influence? Perhaps none.
1786
01:27:30,679 --> 01:27:32,547
Let's have it, Ed.
What do want to nick us for?
1787
01:27:32,747 --> 01:27:34,382
I name the Secretary
of Agriculture.
1788
01:27:34,582 --> 01:27:35,883
You have delusions
of grandeur.
1789
01:27:36,083 --> 01:27:37,753
You want my support?
And we'll pay for it.
1790
01:27:37,953 --> 01:27:40,288
You can approve the appointment,
but you can't make it.
1791
01:27:40,488 --> 01:27:42,389
Good enough. Right of vetoes, good enough.
1792
01:27:48,931 --> 01:27:51,999
Have you talked to Bill Green,
Phil Murray, or John L. Lewis?
1793
01:27:52,199 --> 01:27:53,602
We're talking to you now.
1794
01:27:53,802 --> 01:27:56,070
Which isn't easy because I
don't like you, Bill Hardy.
1795
01:27:56,270 --> 01:27:57,373
That's mutual.
1796
01:27:57,573 --> 01:28:00,576
Who cares who likes who?
How many men in your union?
1797
01:28:00,776 --> 01:28:03,778
700,000 in my locals,
scattered over four states.
1798
01:28:03,978 --> 01:28:05,348
Pivotal states.
1799
01:28:05,548 --> 01:28:07,650
And they vote
in the primaries.
1800
01:28:07,850 --> 01:28:09,752
Can you work out a deal
with Jim?
1801
01:28:09,952 --> 01:28:12,552
I can always make a deal
with Jim. Well, work it out.
1802
01:28:16,725 --> 01:28:19,427
Can you deliver delegates from
the foreign-born sections?
1803
01:28:19,627 --> 01:28:21,797
Let me handle things
and I can.
1804
01:28:21,997 --> 01:28:24,400
These people
never vote for anything.
1805
01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:26,434
They vote against something.
1806
01:28:26,634 --> 01:28:29,537
They've carried hatreds around
for centuries.
1807
01:28:29,737 --> 01:28:32,141
The trick is to play
on these hatreds,
1808
01:28:32,341 --> 01:28:34,542
one nationality
against the other,
1809
01:28:34,742 --> 01:28:36,379
keep them voting as blocks.
1810
01:28:36,579 --> 01:28:38,946
We know how you do it. You're a
powerful woman. What's your price?
1811
01:28:39,146 --> 01:28:41,450
Patronage. Lots of patronage.
1812
01:28:41,650 --> 01:28:44,686
I dish it out to my friends.
That's my price.
1813
01:28:44,886 --> 01:28:46,655
To Republicans or Democrats.
1814
01:28:46,855 --> 01:28:48,890
I need a little air. You work
it out with her, will you?
1815
01:28:49,090 --> 01:28:50,941
Yeah, I could do
with a little ozone, too.
1816
01:29:00,536 --> 01:29:03,104
Those are the posters and these
are the ads for the broadcast.
1817
01:29:03,304 --> 01:29:04,573
They'll be in 30 newspapers.
1818
01:29:04,773 --> 01:29:07,008
It'll be the biggest send off
any candidate ever had.
1819
01:29:07,208 --> 01:29:09,645
Radio, television, newsreels,
the press, the works.
1820
01:29:09,845 --> 01:29:11,579
No use having dough
and not spending it.
1821
01:29:11,779 --> 01:29:13,816
Excellent idea, doing
it all from his own home.
1822
01:29:14,016 --> 01:29:15,684
A fireside chat
from the next president.
1823
01:29:15,884 --> 01:29:17,585
To say nothing of the next
president's wife and kids.
1824
01:29:17,785 --> 01:29:19,388
No one'll top us for corn.
1825
01:29:19,588 --> 01:29:22,857
Where does this Thorndyke
dame fit in the picture?
1826
01:29:23,057 --> 01:29:24,360
What do you mean by that?
1827
01:29:24,560 --> 01:29:27,429
Let's not start kidding each
other, there's a rumor around...
1828
01:29:27,629 --> 01:29:29,432
Ridiculous, an old wives' tale. What rumor?
1829
01:29:29,632 --> 01:29:31,766
Kay Thorndyke and Matthews.
I've heard it twice.
1830
01:29:31,966 --> 01:29:34,337
Bill, I'm surprised at you
spreading a foul story like that.
1831
01:29:34,537 --> 01:29:36,938
I'm spreading nothing. But I want
to be sure there's nothing to spread.
1832
01:29:37,138 --> 01:29:38,940
Now, look, everything's
got to be kosher.
1833
01:29:39,140 --> 01:29:40,443
I thought he was a family man.
1834
01:29:40,643 --> 01:29:42,577
There's nothing to it.
Believe me. Would I lie to you?
1835
01:29:42,777 --> 01:29:44,313
Yeah, would he lie to you?
1836
01:29:44,513 --> 01:29:46,349
Don't make me
answer that question.
1837
01:29:46,549 --> 01:29:48,750
I tell you, Kay Thorndyke
is a friend of the family.
1838
01:29:48,950 --> 01:29:50,685
She and Mrs. Matthews
are just like that.
1839
01:29:50,885 --> 01:29:53,356
Will she be at the broadcast?
Why,
1840
01:29:53,556 --> 01:29:56,090
of course, she will. Mrs.
Matthews has already invited her.
1841
01:29:56,290 --> 01:29:59,391
Well, I'll be glad to see her
there. I've never met Miss Thorndyke.
1842
01:30:01,830 --> 01:30:04,930
Let's get back to this campaign.
I've got some work to do here.
1843
01:30:11,840 --> 01:30:14,777
Is Mrs. Matthews in?
Spike MacManus.
1844
01:30:14,977 --> 01:30:16,879
Oh, you're Spike.
Come on in.
1845
01:30:21,750 --> 01:30:24,387
Buck Swenson,
I'm the butler around here.
1846
01:30:24,587 --> 01:30:25,888
Excuse my appearance.
1847
01:30:27,089 --> 01:30:28,924
This happens every Saturday.
1848
01:30:29,124 --> 01:30:31,193
The kids and their packages
for Europe.
1849
01:30:33,161 --> 01:30:35,598
You're quite
a heavy contributor, I see.
1850
01:30:35,798 --> 01:30:37,466
Yeah. Sir, you'd better
hang on to this,
1851
01:30:37,666 --> 01:30:39,734
if you don't want some
Belgian farmer wearing it.
1852
01:30:39,934 --> 01:30:40,935
I'll call Mrs. Matthews.
1853
01:30:43,105 --> 01:30:45,607
I was just going upstairs
to get my swimming trunks on.
1854
01:30:45,807 --> 01:30:47,408
Let the kids
swipe my pants later on.
1855
01:30:49,077 --> 01:30:52,381
Hi. Hi, what's going on out there?
1856
01:30:52,581 --> 01:30:54,417
Operation Bread Basket,
they call it.
1857
01:30:54,617 --> 01:30:56,051
While you're busy
feeding the world,
1858
01:30:56,251 --> 01:30:57,552
would there be a loose
cup of coffee for me?
1859
01:30:57,752 --> 01:30:59,922
I've been up three nights
running working on that broadcast.
1860
01:31:00,122 --> 01:31:02,023
You look as if you could
stand something stronger.
1861
01:31:02,223 --> 01:31:03,726
Lady, you twisted my arm.
1862
01:31:03,926 --> 01:31:05,627
Say, who was that character
who let me in?
1863
01:31:05,827 --> 01:31:09,564
Buck? He's the world's worst
butler and the world's nicest guy.
1864
01:31:09,764 --> 01:31:11,600
He was Grant's
first grease monkey.
1865
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:14,268
Grant used to try to fire him,
but he gave that up years ago.
1866
01:31:14,468 --> 01:31:15,804
Speaking of characters,
1867
01:31:16,004 --> 01:31:17,639
how's Mr. Conover and company?
1868
01:31:17,839 --> 01:31:18,974
Oh, just straight, please.
1869
01:31:19,174 --> 01:31:21,909
Oh, he's busy making friends
and influencing delegates.
1870
01:31:22,109 --> 01:31:23,712
And I might add,
delivering some.
1871
01:31:23,912 --> 01:31:27,350
I don't believe that. You can't
deliver the votes of a free people.
1872
01:31:27,550 --> 01:31:30,051
Mary, in Conover's eyes, the
lazy people, ignorant people,
1873
01:31:30,251 --> 01:31:32,186
and prejudiced people
are not free.
1874
01:31:32,386 --> 01:31:35,458
Spike, are all politicians
like Conover? No.
1875
01:31:35,658 --> 01:31:38,427
Thank heavens,
he almost makes me a Democrat.
1876
01:31:38,627 --> 01:31:41,128
That wouldn't help you any. The
Democrats have their Conovers, too.
1877
01:31:41,328 --> 01:31:43,399
In spades.
1878
01:31:43,599 --> 01:31:46,802
Here's to us wise guys
with all the answers.
1879
01:31:47,002 --> 01:31:49,070
All right, wise guy,
give me one answer.
1880
01:31:49,270 --> 01:31:51,072
What changed Grant in Detroit?
1881
01:31:51,272 --> 01:31:53,742
Detroit,
that's so many hotels...
1882
01:31:53,942 --> 01:31:57,012
Spike, please, what made Grant
change that speech at the last minute?
1883
01:31:57,212 --> 01:31:59,914
Oh, Mary, wouldn't you rather
hear how someday I'm going to buy
1884
01:32:00,114 --> 01:32:02,083
a country newspaper
and yell my head off?
1885
01:32:02,283 --> 01:32:05,120
95% of the newspapers are in
small towns. That's America, lady.
1886
01:32:05,320 --> 01:32:07,655
That's where the real
freedom of the press is. Yeah.
1887
01:32:07,855 --> 01:32:10,558
All right, Spike. What really
made you leave the tobacco smoke,
1888
01:32:10,758 --> 01:32:12,527
this fine sunny day?
1889
01:32:13,161 --> 01:32:14,997
Mary, a crisis hath arisen.
1890
01:32:15,197 --> 01:32:17,131
A crisis, that's good.
What about?
1891
01:32:17,331 --> 01:32:19,535
The big broadcast.
Oh.
1892
01:32:19,735 --> 01:32:23,070
There's a story going around Republican
headquarters and Democratic headquarters
1893
01:32:23,270 --> 01:32:25,374
about you getting plastered
one night and throwing
1894
01:32:25,574 --> 01:32:26,874
Kay Thorndyke
out of your house.
1895
01:32:27,074 --> 01:32:28,143
Yeah.
1896
01:32:28,343 --> 01:32:32,681
If it isn't nipped in the bud, Grant's
political goose might be cooked.
1897
01:32:32,881 --> 01:32:35,451
Well, that's a true story. What
am I supposed to do about it?
1898
01:32:35,651 --> 01:32:37,652
It isn't true, and the
only way you can prove it
1899
01:32:37,852 --> 01:32:39,553
is to invite Kay here
to the broadcast.
1900
01:32:39,955 --> 01:32:41,323
Here to my house?
1901
01:32:41,523 --> 01:32:44,759
Be photographed with her. Make it
clear that she's a friend of the family.
1902
01:32:44,959 --> 01:32:46,795
Not just of Grant's.
Has Grant heard about this?
1903
01:32:46,995 --> 01:32:49,130
No, he doesn't know anything
about it. This is Conover's idea.
1904
01:32:49,330 --> 01:32:50,765
And sounds like him, if you...
Mom!
1905
01:32:50,965 --> 01:32:53,267
Yeah?
Mom, we need more bubblegum.
1906
01:32:53,467 --> 01:32:55,671
Bubblegum?
Goes in every package.
1907
01:32:55,871 --> 01:32:58,139
This is my daughter, Joyce.
Spike, Mr. MacManus.
1908
01:32:58,339 --> 01:33:00,642
Hi. Hi, you don't have
any bubblegum, do you?
1909
01:33:00,842 --> 01:33:01,844
Not on me, no.
1910
01:33:02,044 --> 01:33:04,145
Run and ask Buck.
I think he got some yesterday.
1911
01:33:04,345 --> 01:33:06,549
Buck!
Mom!
1912
01:33:06,749 --> 01:33:08,083
Mom!
Yeah.
1913
01:33:08,283 --> 01:33:09,818
We're stuck.
1914
01:33:10,018 --> 01:33:12,053
We haven't got any more
comic books.
1915
01:33:12,253 --> 01:33:15,056
Comic books? They go in every package, too.
1916
01:33:15,256 --> 01:33:17,526
This is Mr. MacManus, Grant.
Hi.
1917
01:33:17,726 --> 01:33:19,795
You haven't got any comic books, have you?
1918
01:33:19,995 --> 01:33:22,764
Of course, he hasn't. He is a
very distinguished newspaper man.
1919
01:33:22,964 --> 01:33:25,967
Oh, I don't know.
I have my hidden vices.
1920
01:33:26,167 --> 01:33:28,302
Oh boy,
I haven't read this one.
1921
01:33:28,502 --> 01:33:30,706
Okay, scram.
1922
01:33:30,906 --> 01:33:33,641
They're pretty swell kids.
Yeah, they're pretty swell kids.
1923
01:33:33,841 --> 01:33:35,444
You can tell Conover no.
1924
01:33:35,644 --> 01:33:38,981
This may be a stable to the dark
horse, but it's still home to me.
1925
01:33:39,181 --> 01:33:42,116
Besides, I think Kay would be
more comfortable in a kennel.
1926
01:33:42,316 --> 01:33:44,520
Then you won't let her come.
I certainly won't.
1927
01:33:44,720 --> 01:33:46,988
I agreed to let Conover have
this house for the broadcast.
1928
01:33:47,188 --> 01:33:49,190
I agreed to say
whatever he wanted me to say.
1929
01:33:49,390 --> 01:33:51,126
I even agreed to let him
use the kids.
1930
01:33:51,326 --> 01:33:54,929
Even though I don't believe that gang
of parasites could elect a rat catcher.
1931
01:33:55,129 --> 01:33:56,965
Even though I know
they're killing Grant.
1932
01:33:57,165 --> 01:33:59,602
Slicing him up sliver by
sliver until there's nothing.
1933
01:33:59,802 --> 01:34:02,970
And now they want me to invite that
woman to this house and pose with her?
1934
01:34:03,170 --> 01:34:05,406
Not me. They're not going
to slice me up, too.
1935
01:34:05,606 --> 01:34:09,110
Besides which, that particular day
happens to be my wedding anniversary.
1936
01:34:09,310 --> 01:34:10,111
Ouch.
1937
01:34:11,346 --> 01:34:13,081
You can tell Mr. Conover no.
1938
01:34:14,149 --> 01:34:16,685
Okay.
No is what I'll tell him.
1939
01:34:18,854 --> 01:34:20,723
And my apologies, lady.
1940
01:34:27,963 --> 01:34:30,132
I only do that to people
I like very much.
1941
01:34:39,307 --> 01:34:40,809
Spike!
1942
01:34:51,253 --> 01:34:52,955
Hello, boss. Come on in.
1943
01:34:53,155 --> 01:34:55,356
Where's Mary? She's
upstairs, dressing the kids.
1944
01:34:55,556 --> 01:34:58,661
I've got my fingers crossed for
tonight. I can handle her. And Grant?
1945
01:34:58,861 --> 01:35:01,697
He's making an appearance over at
the local Matthews For President Club.
1946
01:35:01,897 --> 01:35:03,097
The boys from Life
went along with him.
1947
01:35:03,297 --> 01:35:05,433
Come on in, I want to show you something.
1948
01:35:07,770 --> 01:35:09,171
Well, how do you like it?
1949
01:35:11,874 --> 01:35:13,909
Radio, 200 stations
coast to coast.
1950
01:35:14,109 --> 01:35:17,444
Televisions, two cameras, complete
coverage for the whole Eastern Seaboard.
1951
01:35:17,644 --> 01:35:20,815
The Four Blue Notes Quartet. They
came out with Grant's campaign song.
1952
01:35:21,015 --> 01:35:22,651
The club band
and the local yokels,
1953
01:35:22,851 --> 01:35:24,251
all the trimmings
including the press.
1954
01:35:24,451 --> 01:35:25,754
Wonderful. Really wonderful.
1955
01:35:25,954 --> 01:35:29,223
I could've gotten a bigger turnout for
someone who didn't want to be president.
1956
01:35:29,423 --> 01:35:32,259
Blink, what about the Matthews speech?
I think there's been some changes.
1957
01:35:32,459 --> 01:35:34,730
Everybody in there has made
at least three changes already.
1958
01:35:34,930 --> 01:35:36,297
Hasn't this Matthews
any mind of his own?
1959
01:35:36,497 --> 01:35:38,465
Blink Moran, the Network
producer, Miss Thorndyke.
1960
01:35:38,665 --> 01:35:39,767
How do you do?
Is anything wrong?
1961
01:35:39,967 --> 01:35:41,269
Don't mind Blink,
he's got ulcers.
1962
01:35:41,469 --> 01:35:44,438
You listen to politicians night
after night. You'll have ulcers, too.
1963
01:35:44,638 --> 01:35:46,140
Mr. Matthews
is no politician.
1964
01:35:46,340 --> 01:35:48,276
I've read this lady,
he is for my dough.
1965
01:35:48,476 --> 01:35:50,879
In the library, I think
we can be among friends.
1966
01:35:52,114 --> 01:35:54,683
Coca Cola.
Well, speak of the devil.
1967
01:35:54,883 --> 01:35:57,686
Am I glad to see you, I was
afraid you were going to be late.
1968
01:35:57,886 --> 01:35:59,688
Not tonight, Jim. I've
waited too long for this.
1969
01:35:59,888 --> 01:36:02,323
Bill Hardy's waiting to meet
you. Bill Hardy, Miss Thorndyke.
1970
01:36:02,523 --> 01:36:04,793
How do you do?
Nobody told me not to dress.
1971
01:36:04,993 --> 01:36:07,229
Why, Mr. Hardy, you and I
are going to stand out.
1972
01:36:07,429 --> 01:36:10,331
It was sheer wizardry, the angle
you used on those Boston Irish.
1973
01:36:10,531 --> 01:36:11,233
Thanks.
1974
01:36:11,433 --> 01:36:13,001
Martini for her. Very dry.
1975
01:36:13,201 --> 01:36:14,870
Does Mary know she's here?
She invited her.
1976
01:36:15,070 --> 01:36:16,403
Have you ever been in a hurricane? No.
1977
01:36:16,603 --> 01:36:17,840
You will be.
1978
01:36:18,841 --> 01:36:20,609
Double whammy on her.
1979
01:36:20,809 --> 01:36:22,177
And, Mr. Hardy,
with you on our team,
1980
01:36:22,377 --> 01:36:24,311
nobody can accuse us of
being Wall Street, can they?
1981
01:36:24,511 --> 01:36:25,313
No.
1982
01:36:25,513 --> 01:36:27,783
The Judge and Mrs. Alexandar
are coming here tonight.
1983
01:36:27,983 --> 01:36:29,083
Do you know
how to mix a Sazerac?
1984
01:36:29,283 --> 01:36:30,052
Sazerac?
1985
01:36:30,252 --> 01:36:32,020
Yeah,
it's a absinthe and...
1986
01:36:32,220 --> 01:36:34,790
It's a form of suicide
but don't sample one
1987
01:36:34,990 --> 01:36:36,223
because it will light up
your vest buttons.
1988
01:36:36,423 --> 01:36:38,425
That's all she drinks,
and drinks.
1989
01:36:38,625 --> 01:36:40,896
The Judge
takes straight bourbon.
1990
01:36:41,096 --> 01:36:43,264
Spike, don't think I'm
forgetting your contribution
1991
01:36:43,464 --> 01:36:44,532
to this great moment.
1992
01:36:49,104 --> 01:36:51,907
Secretary of the Treasury,
that's all I ask.
1993
01:36:52,107 --> 01:36:54,441
Nobody's gonna get sore
about this Matthew's speech.
1994
01:36:54,641 --> 01:36:55,978
He's for everything
except sin.
1995
01:36:56,178 --> 01:36:57,611
He must be bowlegged
from straddling.
1996
01:36:57,811 --> 01:37:00,982
Couple of months ago, he made some
good speeches. What happened to him?
1997
01:37:01,182 --> 01:37:02,516
Spike!
Here he is now.
1998
01:37:02,716 --> 01:37:04,118
Spike.
1999
01:37:04,318 --> 01:37:05,788
Spike.
2000
01:37:05,988 --> 01:37:08,123
Later, boys. We'll get
that later. Hello, boss.
2001
01:37:08,323 --> 01:37:10,557
Everything all right? Fine,
biggest news since V.J. Day.
2002
01:37:10,757 --> 01:37:12,127
Did you get the speech timed?
2003
01:37:12,327 --> 01:37:13,995
Time's all right.
What kind of a crack is that?
2004
01:37:14,195 --> 01:37:16,064
That's a joke. Come on.
2005
01:37:16,264 --> 01:37:18,132
What happened? Got that
before-the-big-game...
2006
01:37:18,332 --> 01:37:20,669
No, I'm all right. Just want
to be sure there's no slip-ups.
2007
01:37:20,869 --> 01:37:23,004
How's the audience? They were
cold. I couldn't warm them up.
2008
01:37:23,204 --> 01:37:24,673
You know a man's
never a hero...
2009
01:37:24,873 --> 01:37:26,875
Yeah, in his own home town.
Is everybody here?
2010
01:37:27,075 --> 01:37:29,076
Yeah, in the library.
Sam Parrish is on his way.
2011
01:37:29,276 --> 01:37:30,946
The Judge and Lulubelle
are due any minute.
2012
01:37:31,146 --> 01:37:32,613
They like to be sure
the bar's open.
2013
01:37:32,813 --> 01:37:34,216
Yeah, I'll be right down.
2014
01:37:34,416 --> 01:37:36,550
Hi, Dad. Want to hear
our radio speech?
2015
01:37:36,750 --> 01:37:39,286
Mom just helped.
What's the idea of this getup?
2016
01:37:39,486 --> 01:37:41,923
Our band. It's on the show.
Whose idea was that?
2017
01:37:42,123 --> 01:37:44,760
Yours, Grant.
Oh. Oh, Hello, Mary.
2018
01:37:44,960 --> 01:37:48,697
Keep out from underfoot, don't
be getting in people's hair.
2019
01:37:48,897 --> 01:37:52,234
Mary, I want you to know I realize this
is not going to be too easy for you.
2020
01:37:52,434 --> 01:37:54,501
And you're nice to do it
for me, and I appreciate it.
2021
01:37:54,701 --> 01:37:56,971
Nonsense, Grant, I hope it's
everything you want it to be.
2022
01:37:57,171 --> 01:37:59,241
Oh, I almost forgot.
These are for tonight.
2023
01:38:05,547 --> 01:38:07,348
I didn't think
he even remembered.
2024
01:38:07,548 --> 01:38:10,352
Remembered the what?
Oh, the anniversary.
2025
01:38:14,422 --> 01:38:15,958
My error.
2026
01:38:17,325 --> 01:38:19,593
Larranagas. It's the only kind
Jim Conover smokes.
2027
01:38:19,793 --> 01:38:20,863
Is she here?
Yeah.
2028
01:38:21,063 --> 01:38:22,429
Where is she?
In the library.
2029
01:38:22,629 --> 01:38:23,999
Well, here we go.
2030
01:38:24,199 --> 01:38:25,567
You know something, Spike?
What?
2031
01:38:25,767 --> 01:38:28,804
To quote your friend Conover, I'd give
my right arm up to here for a drink.
2032
01:38:29,004 --> 01:38:30,304
Oh, no, Mary, please.
Not tonight.
2033
01:38:30,504 --> 01:38:33,174
If there's one thing we don't
want, it's too much frankness.
2034
01:38:33,374 --> 01:38:34,541
All right, Spike.
I'll be good.
2035
01:38:34,741 --> 01:38:36,311
Hey, Mom, you look swell.
2036
01:38:37,479 --> 01:38:38,680
Thank you.
2037
01:38:40,382 --> 01:38:41,715
Oh, my carpet.
2038
01:38:43,251 --> 01:38:45,453
Now, I'd like
to propose a toast.
2039
01:38:45,653 --> 01:38:49,356
To the lovely lady who picked Grant
out of the pile in the first place.
2040
01:38:49,556 --> 01:38:50,692
Thank you, Jim.
2041
01:38:56,631 --> 01:38:59,301
Hello, Mary.
It was nice of you to ask me.
2042
01:38:59,501 --> 01:39:02,404
Hello, Kay. You're just in
time for a cocktail. Thank you.
2043
01:39:02,604 --> 01:39:04,206
You're looking
very pretty tonight.
2044
01:39:04,406 --> 01:39:07,141
Mary is going to be the best-looking
first lady we've ever had.
2045
01:39:07,341 --> 01:39:09,310
Let's get a nice picture
there. Shall we?
2046
01:39:09,510 --> 01:39:11,113
I'm sorry I wasn't here
to welcome you.
2047
01:39:11,313 --> 01:39:13,680
Face this way. This is the
first broadcast my children...
2048
01:39:13,880 --> 01:39:15,382
Big smile, that's right.
Shoot it.
2049
01:39:15,582 --> 01:39:16,651
That's good.
2050
01:39:16,851 --> 01:39:18,752
...broadcast my children have
ever been on. They're very excited.
2051
01:39:18,952 --> 01:39:19,922
Mary, Bill Hardy.
2052
01:39:20,122 --> 01:39:21,423
Mr. Hardy the labor man.
2053
01:39:21,623 --> 01:39:23,792
How do you do?
Nobody told me not to dress.
2054
01:39:23,992 --> 01:39:26,760
I am glad you did dress. Men are
much too lazy today about dress.
2055
01:39:26,960 --> 01:39:28,463
Ed Lauterback.
The farm expert.
2056
01:39:28,663 --> 01:39:31,598
How do you do? Your husband
talks well but you're prettier.
2057
01:39:31,798 --> 01:39:33,836
Thank you very much
Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Matthews.
2058
01:39:34,036 --> 01:39:37,238
Mrs. Matthews, you should be seen
more in public with your children.
2059
01:39:37,438 --> 01:39:39,174
Foreigners like children.
2060
01:39:39,607 --> 01:39:41,343
Doesn't everybody?
2061
01:39:41,543 --> 01:39:44,278
Grace, let's not get started
on politics right away.
2062
01:39:44,478 --> 01:39:46,114
You're in for
a very bad evening.
2063
01:39:46,314 --> 01:39:48,951
No, politics is new to me,
but I'm very interested.
2064
01:39:49,151 --> 01:39:51,685
You've got the "very" in the wrong
place, Mary. Interested but very new.
2065
01:39:51,885 --> 01:39:53,221
Jim means I haven't...
2066
01:39:53,421 --> 01:39:55,589
Thank you. He means I haven't
lost my amateur standing.
2067
01:39:55,789 --> 01:39:58,225
You're learning, I hope.
That's a dangerous hope.
2068
01:39:58,425 --> 01:40:00,294
You politicians have
stayed professionals
2069
01:40:00,494 --> 01:40:02,596
only because the voters
have remained amateurs.
2070
01:40:02,796 --> 01:40:04,166
Anybody home?
2071
01:40:04,366 --> 01:40:06,835
Hello, Judge. I am Spike
MacManus, remember me?
2072
01:40:07,035 --> 01:40:09,938
Indeed I do. It's a great
pleasure seeing you again, sir.
2073
01:40:10,138 --> 01:40:11,974
This is Mrs. Alexandar.
How do you do?
2074
01:40:12,174 --> 01:40:13,807
Mrs. Matthews,
Judge and Mrs. Alexandar.
2075
01:40:14,007 --> 01:40:15,844
An honor to be here,
Mrs. Matthews.
2076
01:40:16,044 --> 01:40:19,547
It's my duty to sentence your husband
to four years in the White House.
2077
01:40:19,747 --> 01:40:23,684
And I think I can safely promise the
votes of at least five Southern states.
2078
01:40:23,884 --> 01:40:27,122
In the election? I said
"Southern states", ma'am.
2079
01:40:27,322 --> 01:40:30,191
In the Republican Party, we
count only in the convention,
2080
01:40:30,391 --> 01:40:32,526
which reminds me:
when I was a small boy...
2081
01:40:32,726 --> 01:40:34,161
Well, I'll see you later,
Judge.
2082
01:40:34,361 --> 01:40:36,330
It has been a pleasure
seeing you again.
2083
01:40:36,530 --> 01:40:38,133
Who is he?
2084
01:40:38,333 --> 01:40:40,435
He is a newspaper man,
a friend of my husband's.
2085
01:40:40,635 --> 01:40:42,403
Bourbon for you, sir?
You read my mind.
2086
01:40:42,603 --> 01:40:44,338
I bet he can't
read my mind.
2087
01:40:44,538 --> 01:40:46,208
Sazerac, I believe.
2088
01:40:46,408 --> 01:40:49,311
Lulubelle, your reputation
is getting too well-known.
2089
01:40:50,645 --> 01:40:52,948
You know how to make a Sazerac? I think so.
2090
01:40:53,148 --> 01:40:55,616
If he only thinks so, Jeff,
you better make that Sazerac.
2091
01:40:55,816 --> 01:40:57,118
Yes, indeed, sugar pie.
2092
01:40:57,318 --> 01:40:59,021
That's my job.
2093
01:40:59,221 --> 01:41:02,089
I'm especially glad you were able
to come tonight, Mrs. Alexandar.
2094
01:41:02,289 --> 01:41:03,624
Won't everyone sit down?
2095
01:41:03,824 --> 01:41:07,029
I'm afraid we women
are going to be outnumbered.
2096
01:41:07,229 --> 01:41:09,396
When I go out with the
Judge's Republican friends,
2097
01:41:09,596 --> 01:41:11,299
I am always outnumbered.
2098
01:41:11,499 --> 01:41:13,668
I make it a point to
tell my hostess right off
2099
01:41:13,868 --> 01:41:16,337
that while Jeff's a
Republican, I am a Democrat.
2100
01:41:16,537 --> 01:41:18,907
But you can speak freely.
2101
01:41:19,107 --> 01:41:22,109
You Republicans can't say
anything about the Administration
2102
01:41:22,309 --> 01:41:24,412
mean enough for us Democrats down South.
2103
01:41:27,449 --> 01:41:29,484
Would you like
a little martini?
2104
01:41:34,622 --> 01:41:35,689
Mmm-mmm.
2105
01:41:35,889 --> 01:41:38,226
Just an idea.
2106
01:41:38,426 --> 01:41:39,928
Hello, Grant.
Where've you been?
2107
01:41:40,128 --> 01:41:41,930
Hello, everybody.
I am sorry, I am late.
2108
01:41:42,130 --> 01:41:44,265
You been rehearsing
your speeches? Hello, Bill.
2109
01:41:44,465 --> 01:41:47,201
Nobody told me not to dress.
On you it looks good.
2110
01:41:47,401 --> 01:41:49,171
Well, Judge.
Grant?
2111
01:41:49,371 --> 01:41:50,939
You're not going
to drink that thing, are you?
2112
01:41:51,139 --> 01:41:52,906
You're in the program, you
know. Mary, you should know...
2113
01:41:53,106 --> 01:41:54,508
Grant, this is
Mrs. Alexandar.
2114
01:41:54,708 --> 01:41:56,210
Hello, Mrs. Alexandar.
Mr. Matthews.
2115
01:41:56,410 --> 01:41:58,080
Handsome, isn't he?
2116
01:41:58,280 --> 01:42:00,881
You're the first good reason I've
ever seen for voting Republican.
2117
01:42:01,081 --> 01:42:02,516
I told your wife
I was a Democrat.
2118
01:42:02,716 --> 01:42:04,451
I understand
they're a necessary evil.
2119
01:42:04,651 --> 01:42:07,622
Well, you know us Southerners,
we vote Democratic down home
2120
01:42:07,822 --> 01:42:10,657
but we've got an awfully good
Republican record in Congress.
2121
01:42:10,857 --> 01:42:11,858
One minute to go.
2122
01:42:12,058 --> 01:42:13,528
Is Sam Parrish here yet?
No.
2123
01:42:13,728 --> 01:42:16,231
Why isn't he? What's the
matter? Can't you do your job?
2124
01:42:16,431 --> 01:42:18,465
Something's got to be said
about the South tonight.
2125
01:42:18,665 --> 01:42:21,336
You take Richmond...
Do I have to take it again?
2126
01:42:22,437 --> 01:42:23,338
Jeff?
Yes.
2127
01:42:23,538 --> 01:42:25,739
This is the best Sazerac
I've ever had.
2128
01:42:25,939 --> 01:42:29,910
Fix me another one, honey,
right away. All right.
2129
01:42:30,110 --> 01:42:32,647
Hello, Kay.
Ready to go?
2130
01:42:32,847 --> 01:42:35,683
Destination White House. Yeah,
well, we can hope, can't we?
2131
01:42:35,883 --> 01:42:38,852
How many people listening
tonight? Between 15 and 20 million.
2132
01:42:39,052 --> 01:42:40,353
Is that all?
Well, it's enough.
2133
01:42:44,259 --> 01:42:46,294
Stand by, everybody.
Twenty seconds.
2134
01:42:50,765 --> 01:42:52,367
Tell them 20 seconds.
2135
01:42:52,934 --> 01:42:54,536
Twenty seconds.
2136
01:42:54,736 --> 01:42:58,272
All right, everybody. Now on
your toes. Nothing must go wrong.
2137
01:42:58,472 --> 01:43:00,207
Good luck, Grant.
Thank you.
2138
01:43:00,407 --> 01:43:01,509
Good luck, Grant.
2139
01:43:05,713 --> 01:43:07,482
Hold it. Five seconds.
2140
01:43:16,858 --> 01:43:19,693
Ladies and gentlemen,
we invite you to history.
2141
01:43:52,260 --> 01:43:54,828
Ladies and gentlemen, this
is a paid political broadcast.
2142
01:43:55,028 --> 01:43:57,832
Paid for, not by any political
group or organization,
2143
01:43:58,032 --> 01:44:00,302
but by thousands
of public spirited citizens
2144
01:44:00,502 --> 01:44:02,936
who have taken this method
of insuring that their voice,
2145
01:44:03,136 --> 01:44:05,339
the voice of the people
shall be heard.
2146
01:44:05,539 --> 01:44:08,210
Jeff, honey, if I've got to
listen to speeches,
2147
01:44:08,410 --> 01:44:10,877
you better fix me
another Sazerac right away.
2148
01:44:11,077 --> 01:44:12,580
Yes, honey.
2149
01:44:12,780 --> 01:44:14,682
...in factories, in schools.
2150
01:44:14,882 --> 01:44:17,652
Voicing his opinions of the
problems besetting our nation
2151
01:44:17,852 --> 01:44:20,721
and frankly outlining his
ideas of how they should be met.
2152
01:44:20,921 --> 01:44:22,956
No politician, this,
selling a bill of goods,
2153
01:44:23,156 --> 01:44:25,160
no candidate for any office,
2154
01:44:25,360 --> 01:44:29,863
instead a private citizen fulfilling
what he saw as the duty of a citizen.
2155
01:44:30,063 --> 01:44:34,369
The result: a stirring
demonstration of democracy in action.
2156
01:44:34,569 --> 01:44:37,605
All over the country
spontaneously, unsponsored,
2157
01:44:37,805 --> 01:44:41,041
hundreds of Matthews for President
Clubs sprang up overnight.
2158
01:44:41,241 --> 01:44:43,445
And tonight, in more than
400 American cities,
2159
01:44:43,645 --> 01:44:46,781
men and women are gathered together
in the American way in halls, tents,
2160
01:44:46,981 --> 01:44:48,449
town squares,
in their own homes...
2161
01:44:48,649 --> 01:44:49,983
Where's Grant Matthews?
2162
01:44:50,183 --> 01:44:51,652
Where's our next president?
2163
01:44:52,854 --> 01:44:53,955
Who are you?
2164
01:44:54,155 --> 01:44:56,390
They have contributed
their dimes and their dollars
2165
01:44:56,590 --> 01:44:57,892
to pay for this telecast.
2166
01:44:58,092 --> 01:45:01,027
This is their program. This
is, in truth, the voice...
2167
01:45:01,227 --> 01:45:03,798
Where's your speech?
Right here.
2168
01:45:03,998 --> 01:45:07,135
Relax, fella. All you gotta
worry about is a third term.
2169
01:45:07,335 --> 01:45:09,036
Where's Mary?
She's in the library.
2170
01:45:10,338 --> 01:45:11,872
Hello, everybody!
Sam.
2171
01:45:12,072 --> 01:45:13,106
Late as usual.
2172
01:45:13,306 --> 01:45:14,608
Mary.
Sam.
2173
01:45:17,078 --> 01:45:19,747
I could eat you
with a spoon.
2174
01:45:19,947 --> 01:45:23,116
Nobody told me not to dress.
Isn't that what you're after, Bill?
2175
01:45:23,316 --> 01:45:26,821
Put evening clothes on labor and
let the rest of us go without.
2176
01:45:27,021 --> 01:45:28,789
Gosh, no.
Don't give me anything.
2177
01:45:28,989 --> 01:45:31,526
I have been celebrating
all afternoon.
2178
01:45:31,726 --> 01:45:34,829
Great gosh Almighty. Do we
have to listen to Ed Lauterback?
2179
01:45:36,598 --> 01:45:39,401
That's better.
Hello, Miss Thorndyke.
2180
01:45:39,601 --> 01:45:41,602
Where did you get to
that night in Detroit?
2181
01:45:41,802 --> 01:45:43,771
I looked all over
the banquet hall for you.
2182
01:45:43,971 --> 01:45:45,271
I didn't go to the banquet.
2183
01:45:45,471 --> 01:45:48,443
I thought that's why you were in
Detroit, to hear Grant's speech.
2184
01:45:48,643 --> 01:45:50,577
Were you in Detroit
when we were there, Kay?
2185
01:45:50,777 --> 01:45:53,547
You must've seen her, Mary. She
was on her way up to your suite.
2186
01:45:53,747 --> 01:45:54,981
I'd just left you, remember?
2187
01:45:55,181 --> 01:45:57,819
No, I didn't
see Kay in Detroit.
2188
01:45:58,019 --> 01:46:01,622
You must've dropped in to talk to
Grant about his speech on big business.
2189
01:46:01,822 --> 01:46:05,158
Well, what Grant said about big
business that night was all right.
2190
01:46:05,358 --> 01:46:07,762
Especially about high
tariff, eh, Bill? Yeah.
2191
01:46:09,030 --> 01:46:11,132
So you changed Grant
in Detroit?
2192
01:46:12,834 --> 01:46:15,035
Sam, did you get that
finance report I sent you?
2193
01:46:15,235 --> 01:46:16,570
Yes, and it's a rotten job.
2194
01:46:16,770 --> 01:46:18,905
You let me handle
money matters from now on.
2195
01:46:19,105 --> 01:46:21,875
Hello, Judge. You drinking
with both hands now?
2196
01:46:22,075 --> 01:46:24,446
Hello, Sam.
These are for Lulubelle.
2197
01:46:24,646 --> 01:46:26,381
Sam, you're on.
How am I doing?
2198
01:46:26,581 --> 01:46:29,983
I am so hungry for some good
Republican talk I brought you two.
2199
01:46:30,183 --> 01:46:31,919
Jeff,
you're an angel.
2200
01:46:32,119 --> 01:46:34,456
I'll take one of those, Judge.
2201
01:46:47,469 --> 01:46:49,571
Mary, what are you
doing with that?
2202
01:46:49,771 --> 01:46:53,341
If we're going to have a high tariff, I
might as well get a little high myself.
2203
01:46:53,541 --> 01:46:55,343
For Pete's sake,
those are liquid dynamite.
2204
01:46:55,543 --> 01:46:57,077
Too bad I didn't
have some in Detroit.
2205
01:46:57,277 --> 01:46:58,579
Jim,
there's something I want...
2206
01:46:58,779 --> 01:47:00,947
Jeff, darling, make me
another one right away.
2207
01:47:01,147 --> 01:47:03,518
Yes, honey. Would you make
another one for me, too?
2208
01:47:03,718 --> 01:47:04,985
Yes, sugar.
I mean, ma'am.
2209
01:47:06,621 --> 01:47:08,855
My, my. They're very strong,
aren't they?
2210
01:47:09,055 --> 01:47:09,724
Surely.
2211
01:47:09,924 --> 01:47:11,626
What's in them?
I don't know.
2212
01:47:13,928 --> 01:47:17,063
You've been drinking these for years
and you've no idea what's in them?
2213
01:47:17,263 --> 01:47:20,464
Never bothered to ask, but it makes
you feel good. That's all I know.
2214
01:47:21,803 --> 01:47:24,605
I do hope Mr. Matthews
is including those paragraphs
2215
01:47:24,805 --> 01:47:26,540
I gave him about the Italians.
2216
01:47:26,740 --> 01:47:28,676
Their vote is so important.
2217
01:47:28,876 --> 01:47:32,078
If you favor Italy, won't that
loose you the Abyssinian vote?
2218
01:47:32,278 --> 01:47:35,716
There are about 17 Abyssinians
in the United States.
2219
01:47:35,916 --> 01:47:37,719
And only three of them vote.
2220
01:47:37,919 --> 01:47:41,723
Good. Then we don't need to worry
about justice for the Abyssinians.
2221
01:47:42,857 --> 01:47:45,192
Abyssinia?
That's up north, isn't it?
2222
01:47:51,733 --> 01:47:53,835
Where did those come from?
2223
01:47:54,035 --> 01:47:57,339
Mary, remember you have to
go on the air.
2224
01:47:57,539 --> 01:48:01,475
If this weren't my house, I could tell
her some place she has to go to, too.
2225
01:48:05,680 --> 01:48:09,783
Of course, in this election, the
Polish vote will be the most important.
2226
01:48:09,983 --> 01:48:11,986
I thought the Poles
voted in Poland.
2227
01:48:12,186 --> 01:48:14,220
We are talking
about Polish-Americans.
2228
01:48:14,420 --> 01:48:15,823
Can you be both?
2229
01:48:17,992 --> 01:48:19,627
More power to you, honey.
2230
01:48:19,827 --> 01:48:20,695
Thank you. They are
full of it, aren't they?
2231
01:48:20,895 --> 01:48:21,663
Surely.
2232
01:48:21,863 --> 01:48:24,765
For Grant Matthews
has long known and loved
2233
01:48:24,965 --> 01:48:27,735
the clean, rich smell
of fresh turned Earth.
2234
01:48:27,935 --> 01:48:30,103
His hands have labored
in the soil.
2235
01:48:30,303 --> 01:48:32,740
And helped it bear rich fruit.
2236
01:48:32,940 --> 01:48:36,910
Grant Matthews, like another
great Republican, Abraham Lincoln,
2237
01:48:37,110 --> 01:48:39,212
is of the earth
and of the people.
2238
01:48:39,412 --> 01:48:41,449
He has not forgotten either.
2239
01:48:41,649 --> 01:48:46,688
He knows that a prosperous and
protective and productive agriculture...
2240
01:48:46,888 --> 01:48:48,121
All right, Mrs. Draper,
here's your big moment.
2241
01:48:48,321 --> 01:48:50,392
We're ready.
2242
01:48:50,592 --> 01:48:52,727
Anyway, for president.
2243
01:48:52,927 --> 01:48:54,762
Mary, have a heart.
You've to be ready.
2244
01:48:54,962 --> 01:48:56,329
You're gonna miss Grant
on the air.
2245
01:48:56,529 --> 01:49:01,436
I am different from Grant. I'd
rather be tight than be president.
2246
01:49:01,636 --> 01:49:04,572
You're on a spot. You have to be
ready to do some quick thinking.
2247
01:49:04,772 --> 01:49:06,607
Don't worry about me.
I'm a very thick quinker.
2248
01:49:06,807 --> 01:49:07,942
Oh, brother.
2249
01:49:10,311 --> 01:49:13,146
Honey, you got twisted
up on that one. I did?
2250
01:49:13,346 --> 01:49:14,916
Sure.
I didn't.
2251
01:49:15,116 --> 01:49:17,919
What did I say?
You said "thick quinker".
2252
01:49:19,286 --> 01:49:22,390
I think I presented the
farmers' case if I do say so.
2253
01:49:22,590 --> 01:49:25,659
Indeed. Who can speak for the farmer
better than you, Mr. Lauterback.
2254
01:49:25,859 --> 01:49:27,360
Thank you, Mrs. Matthews.
Not at all.
2255
01:49:27,560 --> 01:49:30,064
Who else could make hay
in the Capitol lobby?
2256
01:49:37,138 --> 01:49:39,339
I thought it was funny, too.
Oh, my dear.
2257
01:49:39,539 --> 01:49:42,877
I haven't enjoyed myself so
much since Huey Long died.
2258
01:49:54,155 --> 01:49:55,990
What's the matter, honey?
2259
01:49:56,190 --> 01:49:59,326
Oh, Lulubelle, I don't know
what's the matter with me.
2260
01:50:00,662 --> 01:50:02,930
I don't want to do any more.
2261
01:50:08,870 --> 01:50:11,205
I just want him...
2262
01:50:11,405 --> 01:50:13,107
Kay,
you better get in this.
2263
01:50:13,307 --> 01:50:14,509
Bill's holding
a pistol at my head.
2264
01:50:14,709 --> 01:50:15,909
What do you mean?
He's welching.
2265
01:50:16,109 --> 01:50:17,445
I am not welching.
2266
01:50:17,645 --> 01:50:19,781
You want me to go on that
radio to support Matthews?
2267
01:50:19,981 --> 01:50:21,516
Certainly.
Then I name the labor members
2268
01:50:21,716 --> 01:50:22,916
of the National Labor Board.
2269
01:50:23,116 --> 01:50:24,284
Grant made no such deal.
2270
01:50:24,484 --> 01:50:26,720
Jim and I did. We did
not. You misunderstood me.
2271
01:50:26,920 --> 01:50:28,690
I said you could
veto the appointments.
2272
01:50:28,890 --> 01:50:31,792
You're next, Mr. Hardy. Not till
I get this settled, get Matthews.
2273
01:50:31,992 --> 01:50:32,994
Never mind Matthews.
2274
01:50:33,194 --> 01:50:36,464
You can't have that. Labor as a
whole must make those appointments.
2275
01:50:36,664 --> 01:50:40,033
If I support Matthews, I am labor
as a whole as far as he is concerned.
2276
01:50:40,233 --> 01:50:42,736
If Hardy gets what he wants,
then I name Agriculture.
2277
01:50:42,936 --> 01:50:44,105
Hold on,
I've got a stake here.
2278
01:50:44,305 --> 01:50:46,339
Butt out, Parrish. We don't
need kibbitzers. Kibbitzers?
2279
01:50:46,539 --> 01:50:49,075
I am raising the money
here, and money still talks.
2280
01:50:49,275 --> 01:50:50,478
Hardy, one minute to go.
2281
01:50:50,678 --> 01:50:52,880
You better get Matthews
in here. Hold it, Spike.
2282
01:50:53,080 --> 01:50:55,982
You wouldn't be here if you could've
made a better deal anywhere else
2283
01:50:56,182 --> 01:50:57,884
and you're staying
until the end of the ride.
2284
01:50:58,084 --> 01:50:59,820
When the time comes,
I'll take care of the details.
2285
01:51:00,020 --> 01:51:01,955
I want to hear that from
Matthews. He's the candidate.
2286
01:51:02,155 --> 01:51:05,158
As far as you're concerned, I'm
the candidate. You'll do as I say.
2287
01:51:05,358 --> 01:51:07,427
So help me, I'll break
you in my newspapers.
2288
01:51:07,627 --> 01:51:08,729
Twenty seconds.
2289
01:51:08,929 --> 01:51:10,397
Make up your mind.
2290
01:51:12,233 --> 01:51:13,635
All right.
2291
01:51:13,835 --> 01:51:15,069
I'll go. I'll go.
2292
01:51:16,403 --> 01:51:19,140
As for the rest of you,
you'll stick to your bargains.
2293
01:51:19,340 --> 01:51:22,242
Grant's not to be bothered. If
you've any problems, come to me.
2294
01:51:22,442 --> 01:51:24,646
I'll say one thing for you,
Kay.
2295
01:51:24,846 --> 01:51:27,014
You have the courage
of your convictions.
2296
01:51:27,214 --> 01:51:29,884
You've had a wonderful evening,
wise-cracking, clowning,
2297
01:51:30,084 --> 01:51:31,818
but now, you've got to get
a grip on yourself.
2298
01:51:32,018 --> 01:51:33,020
Get some black coffee.
2299
01:51:33,220 --> 01:51:36,122
In a few minutes, you have to
introduce your husband to the country.
2300
01:51:36,322 --> 01:51:37,592
Mom!
2301
01:51:37,792 --> 01:51:40,193
Come on in. The man said
we make our speeches next.
2302
01:51:40,393 --> 01:51:42,797
He said not to be nervous.
I'm not nervous, Mom. Are you?
2303
01:51:42,997 --> 01:51:44,097
Judge, your big moment.
Okay.
2304
01:51:44,297 --> 01:51:46,801
Relatives listening.
Grandpappy staying up to hear.
2305
01:51:47,001 --> 01:51:49,269
Put the children to bed.
They're not making any speech.
2306
01:51:49,469 --> 01:51:51,237
But Mommy? What are you talking about?
2307
01:51:51,437 --> 01:51:52,674
Wait a minute.
2308
01:51:52,874 --> 01:51:54,307
Great gosh Almighty, Mary.
2309
01:51:54,507 --> 01:51:55,677
They're not going on.
2310
01:51:55,877 --> 01:51:57,811
Mary, what's the matter?
What's happened here?
2311
01:51:58,011 --> 01:51:59,813
And I am not going on either.
What?
2312
01:52:00,013 --> 01:52:01,616
I am not tight, Kay.
Not anymore.
2313
01:52:01,816 --> 01:52:04,819
Not after watching you vultures
picking at Grant's dead body.
2314
01:52:05,019 --> 01:52:07,655
And if that wasn't enough to sober
me up, the sight of my children did.
2315
01:52:07,855 --> 01:52:09,189
Mary...
I am not going on. I can't.
2316
01:52:09,389 --> 01:52:11,258
To millions of people
I am suppose to say
2317
01:52:11,458 --> 01:52:14,095
I know my husband to be honest,
uncompromising, fearless.
2318
01:52:14,295 --> 01:52:16,698
I could've said that once
and meant it, but not anymore.
2319
01:52:16,898 --> 01:52:19,365
Not after he met up with you, Jim
Conover, and you, and you, and you,
2320
01:52:19,565 --> 01:52:20,901
and you, Kay Thorndyke.
2321
01:52:21,101 --> 01:52:22,870
You and your mad ambition.
2322
01:52:23,070 --> 01:52:25,673
Catering to his conceit,
dealing and double-dealing.
2323
01:52:25,873 --> 01:52:27,874
You were going to make
a big man of him, weren't you?
2324
01:52:28,074 --> 01:52:29,442
You couldn't see
that he was a big man.
2325
01:52:29,642 --> 01:52:30,477
You killed him.
2326
01:52:30,677 --> 01:52:33,213
That won't be Grant Matthews
those people hear tonight.
2327
01:52:33,413 --> 01:52:37,084
It'll be a shadow, a ghost, a stooge
mouthing words that aren't yours,
2328
01:52:37,284 --> 01:52:38,684
thoughts that aren't your own.
2329
01:52:38,884 --> 01:52:42,188
You've killed Grant Matthews, and
he's a party to his own murder.
2330
01:52:42,388 --> 01:52:43,625
Well, I won't be.
2331
01:52:43,825 --> 01:52:45,525
You wanted a cause,
you've got one.
2332
01:52:45,725 --> 01:52:47,995
A cause of lies, fear,
and corruption.
2333
01:52:54,468 --> 01:52:56,203
Hallelujah.
2334
01:52:56,403 --> 01:52:57,871
There goes the ball game.
2335
01:52:58,071 --> 01:53:00,642
She's gone crazy!
2336
01:53:00,842 --> 01:53:02,343
She called us a lot of crooks.
2337
01:53:02,543 --> 01:53:04,612
What did you expect her
to say? It's the truth.
2338
01:53:04,812 --> 01:53:07,348
What do you mean... We don't
have to kid ourselves, do we?
2339
01:53:07,548 --> 01:53:10,216
She has the right to say what she
thinks. That's how I want her to be.
2340
01:53:10,416 --> 01:53:11,753
I'm going after
the nomination.
2341
01:53:11,953 --> 01:53:13,621
That's what we've all
been working for.
2342
01:53:13,821 --> 01:53:14,856
Where's Mary?
The kids are on next.
2343
01:53:15,056 --> 01:53:16,322
The kids aren't going on.
Neither is Mary.
2344
01:53:16,522 --> 01:53:18,959
Tell that quartet to sing
again. Come on, sit down here.
2345
01:53:19,159 --> 01:53:21,763
You're going on in Mary's
place. One of the kids is sick.
2346
01:53:21,963 --> 01:53:23,163
You're a friend of the family.
Emergency.
2347
01:53:23,363 --> 01:53:25,832
You've stepped in
to read Mary's speech.
2348
01:53:26,032 --> 01:53:27,968
Change the word... here.
2349
01:53:30,371 --> 01:53:33,240
Don't let Kay take your place
now. Leave me alone, Spike.
2350
01:53:33,440 --> 01:53:36,009
You love Grant Matthews. That
big mug is your whole life.
2351
01:53:36,209 --> 01:53:37,311
You know you do.
2352
01:53:37,511 --> 01:53:40,046
If you don't get in there now,
you're going to lose him.
2353
01:53:40,246 --> 01:53:41,949
Spike? Spike?
2354
01:53:42,149 --> 01:53:44,918
Mary, take it from a guy
who knows his horseflesh.
2355
01:53:45,118 --> 01:53:47,722
Grant Matthews loves you.
Deep down, he loves you.
2356
01:53:47,922 --> 01:53:50,256
He's just run into
a blind spot, that's all.
2357
01:53:50,456 --> 01:53:51,793
Spike MacManus.
2358
01:53:51,993 --> 01:53:53,194
Kay's being stupid.
2359
01:53:53,394 --> 01:53:55,261
She's trying to put Grant
into the White House.
2360
01:53:55,461 --> 01:53:57,063
The one place
she can't follow him.
2361
01:53:57,263 --> 01:53:59,165
And you, you're trying
to keep him out of it.
2362
01:53:59,365 --> 01:54:01,868
Out where the hunting is open,
out where Kay can grab him.
2363
01:54:02,068 --> 01:54:03,370
Be smart, Mary.
2364
01:54:03,570 --> 01:54:06,173
If Grant is elected, you'll be the
first lady in more ways than one.
2365
01:54:06,373 --> 01:54:08,074
Are you going to throw that
out of the window?
2366
01:54:08,274 --> 01:54:09,843
It's too late, Spike.
2367
01:54:11,145 --> 01:54:12,947
Okay, Mary.
2368
01:54:13,147 --> 01:54:16,116
I had the idea you were still
in love with him.
2369
01:54:16,316 --> 01:54:20,020
Looks like the old MacManus
crystal ball finally cracked.
2370
01:54:20,220 --> 01:54:21,188
All right, read it.
2371
01:54:21,388 --> 01:54:23,423
Like any mother, Mrs.
Matthews thinks a sick child
2372
01:54:23,623 --> 01:54:24,792
more important
than any broadcast.
2373
01:54:24,992 --> 01:54:26,326
She's remaining upstairs
with her daughter.
2374
01:54:26,526 --> 01:54:28,194
Her speech will be read
by a friend and neighbor.
2375
01:54:28,394 --> 01:54:30,163
This is what Mary Matthews
wanted to say.
2376
01:54:30,363 --> 01:54:32,967
Great, every woman in America
will be bawling.
2377
01:54:33,167 --> 01:54:35,435
Grant, you follow me.
Give it everything you've got.
2378
01:54:35,635 --> 01:54:37,104
Does anybody
listen to me?
2379
01:54:37,304 --> 01:54:39,605
Ladies and gentlemen,
Mrs. Grant Matthews.
2380
01:54:39,805 --> 01:54:41,475
"This is Mary Matthews.
2381
01:54:41,675 --> 01:54:44,746
"I am prejudiced in my
husband's favor naturally.
2382
01:54:44,946 --> 01:54:46,280
"Though I know
he has his faults.
2383
01:54:46,480 --> 01:54:49,049
"He likes the morning paper
all to himself at breakfast
2384
01:54:49,249 --> 01:54:50,985
"and a toothache
becomes a world crisis.
2385
01:54:51,185 --> 01:54:53,286
"I guess he's much
like all husbands in that."
2386
01:54:53,486 --> 01:54:54,488
She's marvelous, Grant.
2387
01:54:54,688 --> 01:54:57,157
"But all in all, he's
quite a man, Grant Matthews.
2388
01:54:57,357 --> 01:54:58,926
"A good father
and a good husband,
2389
01:54:59,126 --> 01:55:00,393
"but I see in him
more than that.
2390
01:55:00,593 --> 01:55:02,595
"I see a man who is honest,
uncompromising,
2391
01:55:02,795 --> 01:55:05,499
"fearless, a man of great
vision and enormous courage."
2392
01:55:05,699 --> 01:55:07,000
Mary?
"Above all, my Grant...
2393
01:55:07,200 --> 01:55:08,701
Mary, stop it!
Stop it! Stop it!
2394
01:55:08,901 --> 01:55:11,071
What happened to you?
What changed you?
2395
01:55:11,271 --> 01:55:13,274
I thought you were
going to stay honest.
2396
01:55:13,474 --> 01:55:15,241
we'll resume
from the Matthews' home...
2397
01:55:15,441 --> 01:55:17,377
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is Grant Matthews.
2398
01:55:17,577 --> 01:55:20,513
I am sorry to interrupt but
I can't take any more of this.
2399
01:55:20,713 --> 01:55:23,184
Don't you shut me off. I am
paying for these broadcasts.
2400
01:55:23,384 --> 01:55:25,518
Don't cut him off. Give him a
chance. It'll cost me my job.
2401
01:55:25,718 --> 01:55:27,088
Ladies and gentlemen,
2402
01:55:27,288 --> 01:55:29,655
that speech you just heard
Mrs. Matthews make,
2403
01:55:29,855 --> 01:55:31,424
she doesn't believe
a word of it.
2404
01:55:31,624 --> 01:55:33,459
When she told you
I was a good husband,
2405
01:55:33,659 --> 01:55:35,695
a man of courage
and the rest of that tripe,
2406
01:55:35,895 --> 01:55:38,099
the words were choking
in her throat.
2407
01:55:38,299 --> 01:55:40,566
A few minutes ago, she told me
what she really thought of me.
2408
01:55:40,766 --> 01:55:42,403
She called me a coward
2409
01:55:42,603 --> 01:55:46,372
and said that I had sold out my ideals
to a gang of corrupt politicians,
2410
01:55:46,572 --> 01:55:47,909
and she was right.
2411
01:55:48,109 --> 01:55:50,276
Then she was telling
me the truth. Stop him.
2412
01:55:50,476 --> 01:55:53,246
I have as much right to run
for president as a gutter rat.
2413
01:55:53,446 --> 01:55:55,149
Cut him off! Cut him off!
2414
01:56:02,389 --> 01:56:04,158
Let him talk!
2415
01:56:04,358 --> 01:56:07,228
That squealing you hear,
that's from the politicians.
2416
01:56:07,428 --> 01:56:10,663
Those fearless patriots you heard
supporting me on the air tonight.
2417
01:56:10,863 --> 01:56:12,033
Now, they are hurt.
2418
01:56:12,233 --> 01:56:14,600
They are hollering.
They are trying to shut me up.
2419
01:56:14,800 --> 01:56:16,003
And I don't blame them.
2420
01:56:16,203 --> 01:56:18,504
You can't call me corrupt
and get away with it.
2421
01:56:18,704 --> 01:56:20,406
Your dirty company union fake.
2422
01:56:20,606 --> 01:56:23,544
Give me that microphone!
There it is. Go on. Take it.
2423
01:56:23,744 --> 01:56:27,447
Tell them how you bragged you could deliver
those 700,000 union votes of your men
2424
01:56:27,647 --> 01:56:29,216
if I made you
the big shot of labor.
2425
01:56:29,416 --> 01:56:31,452
Go on, your men will be
interested to hear that.
2426
01:56:31,652 --> 01:56:34,687
Tell them I was sucker enough to
believe that you could deliver any votes.
2427
01:56:34,887 --> 01:56:36,689
Wait until I get through
with your plants.
2428
01:56:36,889 --> 01:56:38,324
You won't do a thing
to my plants.
2429
01:56:38,524 --> 01:56:39,993
Put him on the front page,
boys.
2430
01:56:45,032 --> 01:56:46,968
Are there any
of the rest of you characters
2431
01:56:47,168 --> 01:56:50,418
who'd like to use this microphone
to speak a little truth into it?
2432
01:56:52,306 --> 01:56:54,341
You any better than they are?
2433
01:56:57,744 --> 01:56:59,346
A man just
stepped up and asked me
2434
01:56:59,546 --> 01:57:00,813
if I was any better
than the rest of them.
2435
01:57:01,013 --> 01:57:04,385
No, I am not. As a matter of
fact, I am worse than they are.
2436
01:57:04,585 --> 01:57:06,819
They're after all they can
grab. They're one-way guys.
2437
01:57:07,019 --> 01:57:08,289
But not me.
2438
01:57:08,489 --> 01:57:11,258
I was going to play both ends
against the middle.
2439
01:57:11,458 --> 01:57:13,493
I sold out to them,
but get this straight,
2440
01:57:13,693 --> 01:57:15,728
I am no lamb
led to the slaughter.
2441
01:57:15,928 --> 01:57:18,265
I ran to it.
2442
01:57:18,465 --> 01:57:21,568
I had the right idea when I started
to talk to you people of America.
2443
01:57:21,768 --> 01:57:25,071
The idea that you voters, you farmers,
you businessmen, you working men,
2444
01:57:25,271 --> 01:57:27,540
you ordinary citizens
of whatever party
2445
01:57:27,740 --> 01:57:31,412
are not the selfish scum that venal
politicians make you out to be.
2446
01:57:31,612 --> 01:57:34,481
I thought I could speak my
piece straight out and forward.
2447
01:57:34,681 --> 01:57:38,118
I thought I could tell you that this
country of ours is young. It's not old.
2448
01:57:38,318 --> 01:57:40,086
That we've just begun to grow.
2449
01:57:40,286 --> 01:57:42,023
That all we need is courage.
2450
01:57:42,223 --> 01:57:46,292
And from out of that courage will come
a greatness greater than we ever dreamed.
2451
01:57:46,492 --> 01:57:49,629
I wanted to tell you that we
Americans are the hope of the world.
2452
01:57:49,829 --> 01:57:52,433
And the secret of our
great plenty is freedom.
2453
01:57:52,633 --> 01:57:55,235
And we've got to share
that secret and that plenty
2454
01:57:55,435 --> 01:57:57,471
with the other nations
of the world.
2455
01:57:57,671 --> 01:58:00,473
And I wanted to tell you
that we face a great problem.
2456
01:58:00,673 --> 01:58:03,443
Because when people are
cold and hungry and scared,
2457
01:58:03,643 --> 01:58:06,047
they gather together
in panicky herds,
2458
01:58:06,247 --> 01:58:08,682
ready to be led
by communists and fascists
2459
01:58:08,882 --> 01:58:10,850
who promise them
bread for freedom
2460
01:58:11,050 --> 01:58:12,553
and deliver neither.
2461
01:58:13,887 --> 01:58:16,223
Those are the things
I wanted to say you.
2462
01:58:16,790 --> 01:58:18,658
But I lost faith in you.
2463
01:58:18,858 --> 01:58:21,162
I lost faith in myself.
2464
01:58:21,362 --> 01:58:24,531
I was afraid
I wouldn't become president.
2465
01:58:24,731 --> 01:58:28,681
I forgot that the one thing you've got
to do is speak your piece no matter what.
2466
01:58:30,537 --> 01:58:34,041
So with the help
of this gang of parasites,
2467
01:58:34,241 --> 01:58:37,577
I convinced myself that the way
to be elected was to play down
2468
01:58:37,777 --> 01:58:41,547
to your lowest common denominator
instead of up to your highest.
2469
01:58:41,747 --> 01:58:45,186
To cater to the hatred
of every class and race.
2470
01:58:45,386 --> 01:58:47,888
To appeal to the worst in you,
not the best in you.
2471
01:58:50,191 --> 01:58:53,294
I used my wife,
my kids, my friends.
2472
01:58:54,295 --> 01:58:56,530
My whole campaign was a fraud.
2473
01:58:58,299 --> 01:59:01,368
This is no simple
fireside broadcast
2474
01:59:01,568 --> 01:59:04,405
paid for by your dollars
and dimes.
2475
01:59:04,605 --> 01:59:07,541
This is an elaborately staged
professional affair.
2476
01:59:09,543 --> 01:59:12,713
I have spent $200,000
in exploitation and publicity
2477
01:59:12,913 --> 01:59:15,182
on "Matthews for President"
campaigns.
2478
01:59:16,417 --> 01:59:19,620
I thought I could hijack
the Republican nomination.
2479
01:59:19,820 --> 01:59:23,224
I became an Al Capone of
politics, but I forgot one thing.
2480
01:59:24,325 --> 01:59:26,127
I forgot how quickly
the Americans
2481
01:59:26,327 --> 01:59:28,728
smell out the double dealers
and the crooks.
2482
01:59:28,928 --> 01:59:30,331
My wife knew,
2483
01:59:30,864 --> 01:59:33,234
and I knew tonight.
2484
01:59:33,434 --> 01:59:36,369
When I attended a meeting
right here in Greatwood.
2485
01:59:36,569 --> 01:59:38,539
They were all
my friends there.
2486
01:59:38,739 --> 01:59:41,674
People who had known me
for years and liked me.
2487
01:59:41,874 --> 01:59:43,743
But they didn't
like me anymore.
2488
01:59:43,943 --> 01:59:45,278
They were on to me.
2489
01:59:45,478 --> 01:59:47,248
They knew I was a phony.
2490
01:59:50,451 --> 01:59:53,220
Well, I guess that's the
story, ladies and gentlemen.
2491
01:59:54,421 --> 01:59:56,923
And it certainly isn't
one I am proud of.
2492
01:59:58,792 --> 02:00:01,362
I am the guy who screamed
2493
02:00:02,629 --> 02:00:05,166
for a warrior's courage
2494
02:00:05,366 --> 02:00:08,402
to face the simple private
battles of everyday life.
2495
02:00:10,537 --> 02:00:12,939
I am the guy they meant
when they said,
2496
02:00:14,275 --> 02:00:16,277
"Physician, heal thyself."
2497
02:00:19,513 --> 02:00:22,683
And so, here and now
I withdraw
2498
02:00:22,883 --> 02:00:25,319
as a candidate for any office,
2499
02:00:25,519 --> 02:00:28,422
not because I am honest,
but because I am dishonest.
2500
02:00:31,358 --> 02:00:33,294
I want to apologize
2501
02:00:34,361 --> 02:00:36,463
to all the good,
sincere people
2502
02:00:39,032 --> 02:00:42,303
who put their faith in me.
2503
02:00:44,805 --> 02:00:46,307
And
2504
02:00:47,841 --> 02:00:49,410
I want to
2505
02:00:50,977 --> 02:00:52,979
apologize to my wife.
2506
02:00:56,817 --> 02:00:58,319
Grant.
2507
02:01:06,427 --> 02:01:08,329
This is where I came in.
2508
02:01:09,696 --> 02:01:11,332
About that job, Kay,
2509
02:01:11,532 --> 02:01:13,033
still win or lose?
2510
02:01:14,468 --> 02:01:16,803
Then I lose, Jim.
2511
02:01:17,003 --> 02:01:19,872
I saw a man on the cover of
Newsweek that I think you and I...
2512
02:01:20,072 --> 02:01:21,875
Mr. Matthews, Republican
headquarters called.
2513
02:01:22,075 --> 02:01:24,510
They want to know if this
means you're out of politics.
2514
02:01:24,710 --> 02:01:26,779
No, I am just
getting into politics.
2515
02:01:26,979 --> 02:01:29,250
I am going
to the Republican Convention
2516
02:01:29,450 --> 02:01:31,884
and I am going
to the Democratic Convention.
2517
02:01:32,084 --> 02:01:35,821
I am going to open doors, break
down windows, let in fresh air.
2518
02:01:36,021 --> 02:01:38,792
I am going after every
candidate who compromises
2519
02:01:38,992 --> 02:01:41,694
and I am going after every
lazy voter who doesn't vote.
2520
02:01:41,894 --> 02:01:43,764
Take that gosh darn microphone. Maizie!
2521
02:01:54,775 --> 02:01:56,377
Fired?
Fired.
2522
02:01:57,478 --> 02:01:58,779
Hired?
Hired.
2523
02:02:07,354 --> 02:02:09,055
Matthews is our man!
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