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Harvey O'Connell
from the union came to see me

yesterday to see how
I was getting along.

He says they still miss
you down at the plant, all

those terrible jokes
you used to tell.

Katie is still at me to move in
with her and Stan in Westfield.

Can you imagine
me in the suburbs?

Away from Hawthorne Street
and-- and the old neighborhood?

Away from you?

I just wish she'd get
pregnant and let me alone.

They're tearing down all
those nice old houses

on Broom Street.

I have a feeling they're
headed our way next.

I don't know where I'd
go if I had to move.

I can't picture myself anywhere
but in that-- in that house.

Mrs. Zabenko says I'm
getting to be a recluse.

I didn't think she
even knew the word.

She's right.

I am.

Well, I'll see you tomorrow.

I am still mad at
you for dying first,

and leaving me all alone.

That wasn't fair.

Oh, good morning,
Mrs. Spencer,

how are you feeling
this morning?

I'm fine, Mrs.
Zabenko, and you?

I've been better.

You've been to visit the Mr?

Where else?

Ah.

The oranges just to come in.

Fresh.

Also the grapes.

Inside, I got some real
good and melons.

If it's so good,
who can afford it?

Hey, mom.

Hi.

Got time for a cup of coffee?

Sure.

I'll put on the pot.

Mom, the new
house is so gorgeous.

You've got to come
up and see it.

There's so much more
room than that apartment

we had over an
Oakhurst, and Stan

is going to fix up the
basement, turn it into a den

rumpus room combined.

How's the kitchen?

Ah!

Everything is brand new.

Cabinets, counter
space, no clutter.

I'm going to be able to
put away everything I have

and still have room.

Not
like this one, no?

I don't
know how you can find

anything in this whole house.

You know
you still have stuff

here from when I was a kid?

Look at this.

Do you realize
when that was done?

You did it in
the second grade.

It's a picture of your father.

Ma.

Why?

Why do you keep it?

Well I'll tell you.

I thought one day you would
become a famous artist,

and it would be worth something.

It's mine, and I like it.

Oh look at this.

Boy.

This goes back to--

to
before you were born.

Before Frank and I were married.

He brought that the
day he proposed.

Said he couldn't
afford champagne.

That brewery has been
closed for 15 years now.

Maybe the
bottle's worth something?

It is.

To me.

Want some honey?

Sure.

Excuse me.

Mrs. Spencer?

Oh.

You look like you're
going somewhere.

Well I am, Mrs. Spencer.

Alaska.

I don't know if I can
explain this properly.

A couple of hours ago, I was
lying up in my room reading

about Point Barrow, and
suddenly, I heard this voice.

Seemed to come from
inside my head, said,

Dolan don't read about it.

Go there.

Now's the time.

So I packed my clothes, and--

and I'm going.

Oh, well I--

I hear it gets
pretty cold up there.

Hey, I'm ready.

First thing in the suitcase
was the long johns.

Well, I--

I feel bad about leaving so
sudden like but I'm paid up

to the end of the
month so maybe by then

you can find another border.

Oh that's-- that's
all right, Mr. Dolan.

I hope you'll be happy.

I think your voice told
you a very good thing.

It's good to have a--
a dream to follow.

Well, good luck.

Send me a postcard.

Oh, I will Mrs. Spencer, and
thank you for understanding.

Goodbye.

Bye.

Alaska?

Somehow I can't picture
Mr. Dolan up there

with all those polar bears.

He's been here for two years,
ever since your father died.

I'm going to have to put an
ad in the paper right away.

Oh, I hope to heaven I
can get another border.

I need the extra money.

Mom, you don't have
to take in boarders.

Sell the house.

Come and live with Stan and me.

Katie, when will
you understand.

This is my home.

Oh, Mrs. Spencer.

Yes.

We understand you
have a room to rent.

What?

How could you possibly know?

Mom, what is it?

These gentlemen
want to rent a room.

How did you know?

Ah, it was the
strangest thing.

We were walking around
the neighborhood looking

for a place, and we
saw this gentleman

going down your front
steps carrying a suitcase.

He said he was going to Alaska.

Mr. Dolan.

Yeah, he told us
about your house.

Well,
I don't know when I've

had a prayer answered so fast.

Oh you do have a room then.

Yes.

Room and board, $70 a week.

Eat dinner at 5:00.

You have to be finished
by 6:00 because I work.

You sound busy.

I'm a cleaning lady at
the Halstead building.

Now about the room--

We'll take it.

You haven't even seen it.

Ah, we've seen the landlady.

That's good enough for us.

Well, come on in then.

Hel, why don't you clean
one of the other offices?

This is rather important.

Ah, Paul.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Very cagey, Paul.

What did I do now?

How old are you?

62.

Which you have been
for over four months now.

You almost slipped by
without anybody noticing.

Well, I assume when I
received no notification that it

was being waived in my case.

Sorry.

No exceptions.

Let me ask you something.

The day I turned
62, did I suddenly

become unfit to do my job?

Course not.

But there are rules and
mandatory retirement

is a good rule.

It makes way for
the young people

coming up in the company.

There's nothing
personal about this.

That's the problem,
whatever happened to personal.

You'll, uh, be able to
stay on the week of course,

but I'll need to put
somebody in here next Monday.

I should be able to clean
out my office by then.

Cheer up.

You're going to like retirement.

You'll see.

You've paid your dues, now
it's time to enjoy yourself.

You and Evelyn can
enjoy the golden years.

My wife Evelyn
died over a year ago.

Then what happened?

Nothing.

Mr. Tarsten went back to
his office and just sat there.

Think he will make us
retire when we get to be 62?

He does that a lot
since his wife died.

What?

Just sits there.

I watch him sometimes at night.

I don't think he
wants to go home.

I know how he feels.

Did you hear what happened
over on 28th Street?

They all got their
notices to vacate.

They're going to tear that
block down just like they're

doing on Broom Street.

How can they make you move
if you don't want to sell?

The company that's putting
up the new condominiums

got friends on the City Council.

They just move right in
and condemn the property.

Isn't
that against the law?

They are the law.

I got a hunch we're next.

Oh,
you could be right.

What do you think Helen?

I think it's a shame
about Mr. Tartsten.

Hi, how you doing?

Oh, Mr. Smith.

Here, let me
take that for you.

Thank you.

This is really a
nice neighborhood.

Some people don't think so.

I don't see why.

Nah, some people
like new, modern, funk.

It's not the buildings that
are important, it's the people.

Otherwise, they'd
call it a buildinghood

instead of a neighborhood.

I like that.

It looks like you got company.

Mrs. Spencer?

Yes.

Richard Collins,
Tri-State Realty.

I don't want to sell my house.

Not even for $50,000?

That's a lot of money.

You can buy a lot
of things for $50,000.

I don't want a lot of things.

I just want my house.

Think about it, Mr Spencer.

$50,000 now or 25 when the city
takes over and forces you out.

I'll put this in
the kitchen for you.

That was all bluff
out there, you know.

I'm going to lose my home.

We moved in here when
we were first married.

My daughter Katie, she
was born upstairs right

in that room next to yours.

Most everybody I know is--

lives in this neighborhood.

I'm going to lose my
house, and there's

not a thing I can do about it.

Ah, but there is, Helen.

You can fight for it.

One person go up
against somebody that big?

Uh, maybe not one person,
but a whole neighborhood's

a different story.

Helen, why don't you put on a
pot of coffee, and we'll talk?

You want us to go
up against Halstead?

That's a pretty tall order.

Well, so was starting your own
business 9,000 miles from home.

Oh, well this is my
home now, Jonathan.

Then how about
fighting for it?

All right.

I'll come to the meeting.

I'll get a coffee.

I tell you, it can be done.

Hey, you crazy.

How long have you
had this market?

35 years.

I buy it from my cousin Luigi.

You're willing to throw
away 35 years without a fight?

Hey, who says I'm going
to give up without a fight?

That's
all I wanted to hear.

Mmm.

Mr. Tarsten?

Yes.

My name is Jonathan Smith.

I wondered if I could
speak to you for a moment.

I'm afraid it's a little
inconvenient at the moment.

Uh, it's very important.

Please.

All right.

Thank you.

Please, please.

Sit here, please.

OK.

I won't take up
much of your time.

Are you familiar with Halstead's
redevelopment project downtown?

Of course.

I was in on the initial planning
stages, feasibility studies,

and budgets.

And what do you think of it?

It's a sound business venture.

From whose point of view?

Well, in the
feasibility study,

you never take into
consideration the--

oh.

Now I know what you're
driving at Mr. Smith.

Jonathan.

I think you should
know that I'm not

employed by Halstead anymore.

Oh, I know that.

Mandatory retirement.

That's why I'm here.

Look, how would you like to
get involved in that project

from the other side?

Wha-- uh.

I'm--I'm afraid you've lost me.

All right.

A bunch of us down
on Hawthorne Street

are going to get together and
we're going to fight Halstead.

We've got a meeting
tonight around 6 o'clock.

We'd like you to join us.

No.

I don't think that--

It'd give you a chance to
work again at what you do best.

It'd be a shame to let all
that experience go to waste.

There'd be a salary, of course.

Oh, that's not important.

I have a pension which
is more than adequate.

No, I don't think I'd be
interested in your project Mr.

Smith.

Well isn't it better than
what you're planning now?

What are you talking about?

You know what
I'm talking about.

I think you'd better leave.

Of course.

Your wife, Evelyn--

how do you think she'd feel
about what you're going to do?

If Evelyn were alive,
I wouldn't be doing it.

Then why don't
you go the cemetery

one more time, and talk to her.

The gun will still be in the
drawer when you get back.

Problem?

Oh, this darn thing is
stuck, and it's supposed

to be open all the time.

Mr. Tarsten.

You're, uh--

Helen Spencer.

I'm on the night cleaning crew.

Of course.

You're the one who
always waited patiently

for me to clean up and leave.

Is your wife here?

Yes.

My husband, too.

Are you from this neighborhood?

We grew up over
on Broom Street.

Went to PS 84, Bradford
High School, City College.

Isn't this strange?

The gate is unlocked,
and it won't open,

and I'm going to be
late for an appointment.

I'm meeting with
the um homeowners

over at my place at 6 o'clock.

Are you going
to fight Halstead?

Yes, but how did you know?

Well, a young fellow
named Jonathan came by and--

Jonathan?

Yes.

He invited me too.

Did you know they're planning
on moving this cemetery?

They're what?

Once the buildings
go up, they want

to turn the cemetery into a
small park for the condos.

Of course, they'll
move everyone.

Oh no they won't.

What in Heaven's
name made it open?

I don't know.

Look, maybe I better
drop by this meeting.

You know, just to see.
- Oh good.

Let's go.

You want us to mortgage
our homes so we can invest

the money in some scheme?

Is that about right?

Yes, Mrs. Zabenko,
that's about right.

Are we crazy?

Most of these houses
are already paid for.

This doesn't work.

We all lose our homes.

We're going to lose
our houses anyway.

But at least we'll have
some money to show for it.

With the plan I have in mind,
you'll not only have the money,

but you'll also have a say so
in what happens to your homes,

How?

That Halstead has
offered you $50,000

for each one of your houses.

There is approximately-- oh--

50 houses in the neighborhood.

Collectively, that's
$2 1/2 million.

We take that $2 1/2
million, and we buy

stock in Halstead Corporation.

Oh, just a minute.

You want us to invest in the
very people who are trying

to throw us out of our homes?

That's correct.

You see when you own
stock in a corporation,

you have a certain amount of
say so in how it operates.

The more stock you own,
the more say-so you've got.

Well, we fight
from the inside.

I like the sound of it.

But what if it goes under?

I've seen companies
go bankrupt before.

Oh, I don't think
there's any chance

of that happening to Halstead.

What do you think Mr. Tarsten?

Well, as
a matter of fact

you'd probably make
money on the deal.

However, I-- I
think you're being

optimistic about having a say in
how Halstead runs its business.

$ 2 1/2 million is only
a drop in the bucket.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd
like you to meet Paul Tarsten.

He-- he's kind of an
expert on Halstead

Corporation having worked
for him for some 26 years.

Uh, you uh ain't
with them no more?

No.

I just recently retired.

Does this mean you
might be joining us?

I think this would be far more
preferable than my other plan.

OK.

So we have to figure out a
way to get Halstead to give

you more money for your homes.

Oh, you can do that?

I think so.

But first, I'd like to
see a show of hands.

Find out how many of you
are interested in the plan.

Hey, let's give it a shot.

Even get Halstead to come
up with a better offer,

I say he knows what
he's talking about.

Um, all right.

How are we going
to get him to give

us more money for our homes?

Very simple, Mrs. Zabenko.

We give him a fair shake.

This ain't never
going to work.

Oh, sure it is.

You were perfect.

Wasn't he, Mrs. Spencer?

Oh I think you make
a very good Sheikh,

and young Tommy Lavisos--

he's a very good
looking chauffeur.

He may look terrific,
but he drives terrible.

Almost hit a bus on
the way over here.

Na, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta.
Take a look.

Ah, ya see?

I told you it'd work.

OK, next stop.

Ah no.

Mrs. Zabenko?

She wants to introduce
me to her niece.

This is for a good cause.
Go on.

We want to make this thing work.

I hate this.

The whole block,
both sides of the street,

and at every place he offered
$150,000 for the building.

That's uh three times
more than we offer.

What do you think he's up to?

He could be
thinking about putting

up a group of competing units
and riding in on our coattails.

I'm thinking the same
thing, and we can't

afford to let that happen.

Go the 151, but throw up
every building on the block.

That's a
lot of money, Mr. Crawford.

Unless you have a better
plan, Collins, spend it.

We need that block.

It worked!

Look, an offer for $151,000.

I'm rich.

Yeah, just put it
in the pile, Zabenko.

Oh, now we buy
stock in Halstead.

Oh, I think Paul
has a better idea.

Mm, I was afraid of this.

Now we're going to
lose all our money.

Not if we're smart.

When I left Halstead, they
were in the process of taking

over some smaller companies.

Now when that happens, the price
of the smaller company's stock

goes way up.

So we buy stock in
the small company.

Halstead takes it over, and
we make money on their work.

Which company?

That's the problem.

I know they were
considering three

separate organizations
when I left,

but the board kept
it very secret.

Paul is there any
way of finding out?

No.

Security's very
tight about that.

What we need is an insider.

And we've got em.

Who?

You, Helen.

And you, Mrs. Zabenko.

What are you talking about?

Trash.

Trash?

Trash.

Is this it?

I hope.

It's almost 6 o'clock
in the morning.

Oh, we wanted to
be sure that we got

every single scrap of paper.

Oh, that's us.

Finicky cleaning people.

Finicky, shminicky.

Trash is trash.

It all goes on the truck.

See you in the morning.

OK.

You got it.

I'll pick you up after work.

OK.

Now what?

Oh, I'll just be glad when
this whole mess is over.

As soon as she sells
that old house,

the sooner she moves in with us.

You think that's best?

Stan, ever since dad
died she seems to have

lost interest in living.

You've seen that.

She's just gone downhill.

I know.

But she--

No, you should have heard
that she called last night.

She wants me to spend
the whole day with her.

Stan, she really needs someone.

Come on.

I'll walk in with
you, and say hello.

Thanks.

Keep everything separate.

We don't want to have to
go through this again.

We'll never find it,
I feel it in my bones.

We'll find it.

Hi.

Oh, Katie, come in.

You're in charge of the kitchen.

Now, you open each
bag separately.

If you see anything
pertaining to business,

you put it on the
cardboard box on the table.

Mother, what is going on here?

They'll explain it
to you in the kitchen.

Paul, have you
found anything yet?

No, nothing yet.

What are you waiting for?

Get a move on.

What?

Darling, if you're not here
to work, just give us a kiss.

Goodbye.

Paul, let's check the kitchen.

Exactly what is it
we're looking for?

A memo, most likely,
probably referring to a company

with a made up type name.

Electronics would
be a very good bet.

You mean like Electrocomp?

Exactly.

As a matter of fact, Electrocomp
would be just the kind of--

let me see that.

This is it, it's--

this is it.

This is it!

This is it!

That's was my bag of trash.

He found it in my trash.

Expect it to be gone.

Because I think--

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Doorbell.

Well, yeah.

- Oh.
- Oh.

Where have you been?

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Good news.

Let me sit down, will ya?

I'm shaking like a leaf.

Oh, shhh.

Now, how did it go?

I bought up every share of
Electrocomp that was available.

I got it between 2 and 2 3/8.

At 10:00, the stock went crazy,
the word was out on the floor

that Halstead was
going to acquire it.

Hey, sounds good to me.

Good?

It's incredible.

The stock closed at 6 1/4.

Oh.

But, I wonder how
the word leaked out?

Halstead is usually
very good about security

on things like that.

Well, I guess you would have
to say it was heaven-sent.

I hate to
sound like a broken record,

but if you all make
a lot of money,

why not take it, and go
live wherever you choose?

We are dear.

You are?

Yes, we're going
to live right here.

- Hey.
- Yay.

All right.

Did you read it?

Electrocomp, our stock,
went through the roof.

Did you hear me?

I said--

We know, Mrs. Zabenko.

Paul is already out.

He's buying up the Halstead
stock with the money.

But Halstead is going down.

We know, Mrs. Zabenko.

We sell a
stock that's going up, to buy

a stock that's going down?

Well, if my
figures are correct,

we now have a working control
of Halstead Corporation.

Oh.

Excuse me.

I know we made a lot of
money on this stock deal,

but control Halstead?

That's a multibillion
dollar corporation.

I said a working
control, Mr. Yoka.

You see with the corporation
as large as Halstead, that

means we'd have the voting
rights at slightly over 6%

of the stock.

Well that doesn't
seem like very much.

It isn't.

Until you understand that
nobody has any more than that.

That's right.

The important thing
is, we keep this all

quiet until the
stockholders' meeting.

We don't want to tip
off anybody at Halstead.

What's going on here?

Foster, get in here.

Yes, sir.

What's going on here?

You mean, uh, Electrocomp sir?

Yes, I mean Electrocomp.

Somebody leaked the story, How
many shares did we purchase?

Purchase?

Yes, purchase.

Well, sir, you
didn't want the buyers

to begin till tomorrow sir.

What?

Do you realize what
this has cost us?

Do you?

Yes, sir.

I want you to find the
man responsible for leaking

this information.

You understand?
Do you?

Yes, sir.

I want you to bug
all the offices.

- Yes, sir.
- Now, get out of here.

- Yes, sir.
- Wait.

All right, what we do.

We're going to start to
buy Electrocomp tomorrow.

Sell Halstead, and
buy Electrocomp.

But, sir, Electrocomp
closed at 6 1/4,

if we started buying it--

I don't care!

Once we push the merger
through, we can name

our own price on Electrocomp.

Mr. Crawford, I'm not
so sure that's a wise--

Just do it.

Yes, sir.

I feel useful again, Evelyn.

You know, I didn't think it
could work at first, but now--

I don't know-- it's--

it's made me feel that I--

I want to live again.

And you'd be so proud
of the old neighborhood.

I didn't realize
how much I missed--

Oh, I'm sorry.

I saw you over here and I--

Oh, that's all right.

I, uh-- is--

I guess it seems a little
silly talking to grave.

Oh, I hope not.

I do it all the time.

You do?

Oh yes.

When you've been with
someone a very long time,

you want to share your
thoughts with them.

I think he hears me too.

So do I, when
I talk to Evelyn.

After all, she's the only
one I have to talk to.

Well, I don't want to
intrude on your privacy.

Helen.

Would you like to
have some dinner?

Yes.

Yes, I would.

Almost finished?

Oh,
this is the end of it.

Oh, I can't wait to see the
looks on the faces of the board

when we tell them we
control the company.

I still don't understand it.

I believe it, but I
don't understand it.

This Paul is a genius.

Yes he is.

Helen, what is that
look in your eye?

What look?

What do you mean what look?

I know a look when I see a look.

Come on.
Let's go.

All right.

All right.

I can't get over it.

A couple of cleaning
ladies telling the Halstead

Corporation what to do.

Only in America.

Only in America.

Almost finished?

Well, this is the end of it.

Oh, I

can't wait to see the looks
on the faces of the board

when we tell them we
control the company.

I just don't understand it.

I believe it, but I
don't understand it.

This Paul is a genius.

Helen, what is that
look in your eye?

What look?

What do you mean what look?

Um, yes
sir, Mr Crawford?

- I
- know a look when I see a look.

I found the leak.

Oh come on.

Let's go.

All right.

All right.

I think you
better call a meeting.

I can't get over it.

A couple of cleaning
ladies telling the Halstead

Corporation what to do.

Is that everything?

Everything so far, sir.

Gentlemen, we have
a major problem.

Foster, why don't
you spell it out?

Yes, sir.

Well, as you
know, we've agreed

to purchase all of the houses on
Hawthorne Street for $151,000.

To make a long story
short, the homeowners

borrowed against the
guarantee of purchase

and bought a massive amount
of stock in Electrocomp.

And then they sold high and
bought shares in Halstead.

You said you were
going to make it short.

Um, yes sir.

What it boils down
to, sir, is that they

now control 6.3% of Halstead.

And as a group, that gives
them a controlling interest.

Why would a bunch
of people get together

and take a chance like that?

To save their crummy
houses, that's why.

They'd like to put a stop
to the whole development.

And now they can.

Yes, now, but not
90 days from now.

Gentlemen, I
have the solution.

We invite them to a board
meeting, and we surrender.

We drop all development
immediately, completely.

What kind of a plan is that?

Let me finish.

As of now, we, as a
group, buy stock options

in Halstead until we
have sufficient holdings

to go beyond that 6.3%.

And where do we get the cash
to uh cover those options?

We sell Electrocomp.

After the merger is
complete, of course.

You see they don't know
anything about our business,

and their only concern
is in the neighborhood.

So at the end of 90 days,
we're back in control,

and we reinstate the project.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

The ayes have it.

Everybody, look in
the newspaper, Halstead

announced that we're in control.

They want to meet with us.

We know.

We're on our way
out of the meeting.

Only in America.

Hey Paul, why don't you
ride up in front with me.

There's something
I think you ought

to know before the meeting.

Aha.

Well, I see we're all here.

Paul, congratulations.

You did an amazing
job for these people.

I suppose, for an old guy.

Yes.

Well, this shouldn't take
too much time, I'm sure.

You have won.

We are withdrawing all plans
to develop Hawthorne Street.

Your homes will remain intact.

That's what you wanted,
and that's what you've got.

Only in America.

True.

Well now, if we're
all in agreement,

let's proceed with
business as usual.

Not quite.

There is one other item.

Oh Yes, Paul, I
was going to mention that.

You are definitely
welcome back with us.

That wasn't the other item.

Well, what then?

Electrocomp.

What about it?

Our group has decided not
to let Halstead have it.

That's ridiculous.

We did a lot of research
on this acquisition.

So did we.

And we don't want it.

Then Electrocomp
stock will collapse

when this is announced.

Yes, and you will be stuck
with all those stock options

you can't exercise.

You knew?

How in heaven did you find out?

Exactly.

The point is, we found out.

Now, here is our offer.

Our group will buy all
your Electrocomp stock

if you call a
stockholder meeting

and resign from the
board recommending

our group to take your place.

You must be kidding.

An old man and a bunch of
night maids running Halstead?

Oh shut up, Crawford.

They've got us.

All those in favor say, aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

We won.

We actually won.

Oh, Mrs. Zabenko, it was
all your lovely trash.

Oh, we get to keep our homes.

Oh.

Oh.

Frank, we did it.

We won.

Now, you won't have to
move and neither will we.

I'm on the board now.

I have my own office.

Of course, I clean it myself.

Old habits die hard.

Frank, I'm going to
be all right now.

You can stop worrying.

And I want you to know, I'm
not angry with you anymore.

Frank, I want you to meet Paul.

His wife, Evelyn, is here too.

She's right by that great
big maple over there.

He's a very nice man,
and a dear friend.

You'll like him.