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♪ There's a new day in view ♪

♪ There is gold in the blue ♪

♪ There is hope In the hearts of men ♪

♪ All the world's on the way ♪

♪ To a sunnier day ♪

♪ 'Cause the road Is open again ♪

♪ There's a note of repair ♪

♪ There's a song in the air ♪

♪ It's the music of busy men ♪

♪ Every plow in the land ♪

♪ Meets a happier hand ♪

♪ 'Cause the road Is open again ♪

♪ There's an eagle blue In the White House too ♪

♪ On the shoulder Of the President there ♪

♪ With a lusty call Telling one and all ♪

♪ Brother, do your share! ♪

♪ There's a new day in view ♪

♪ There is gold in the blue ♪

♪ There is hope In the hearts of men ♪

♪ From the plains to the hill ♪

♪ From the farm to the mill ♪

♪ Oh, the road is open again ♪

♪ There's a new day in view ♪

♪ There is gold in the blue ♪

♪ There is hope In the hearts of men ♪

♪ From the plains to the hill ♪

♪ From the farm to the mill ♪

♪ Oh, the road is open again ♪

♪ (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

ANTHONY GIOLITO: Shit, Levin.

I remember when one of those used to break ya.

Why don't you try three?

(CACKLES)

GIOLITO: Mama didn't raise no fools.

See, what you don't understand, Anthony,

is that I come from a long line of Third Ward roughnecks.

Jews? Come on, Herman. No fucking way!

You're talking to a Sicilian here, for Christ's sakes.

Yeah, what were your people doing when mine were building the pyramids?

Stealin' chickens in Palermo.

(CACKLES)

RADIO ANNOUNCER: We leave this broadcast of Let's Dance

with Harry James and His Orchestra

to bring you a special bulletin

from Detroit, Michigan, where a political rally

featuring Democratic presidential candidate

Walter Winchell, has resulted in rioting and injuries.

With Winchell himself attacked and beaten by demonstrators,

according to reporters at the scene.

The former reporter and radio personality

was rushed by ambulance to Providence Hospital.

Detroit police officials say the disturbances are contained

within the area of the candidate's campaign rally...

They beat him down.

Like he wasn't askin' for it.

Come on, Monty.

RADIO ANNOUNCER: We now return to...

Fascist animals.

GIOLITO: I'll tell you one thing.

That Winchell's got balls on him. He don't quit.

Everywhere he goes, they're waitin' for him.

In Boston, they tried to set him on fire.

You're gonna take truck number four tonight.

You're gonna drive all the way up past Newburgh

and make pickups at three separate farms.

♪ (MUSIC ON RADIO CONTINUES ) ♪

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)

(ALVIN CHUCKLING)

(ALVIN HUMMING ALONG)

I'm good, I'm good, I'm good! (CHUCKLING)

One, two, three, and...

And hey! Hey! Hey! (CHUCKLING)

Now, fish tails. The thing I showed you. C'mon.

Bop, bop, higher...

You're lucky you don't topple.

Yeah, says you with your two legs.

SHUSHY MARGULIS: You should have seen Alvin back in the day.

He could move.

(BILLY SCHAPP WHISTLES)

Am I paying for this floor show?

I got plans here for your restaurant.

Come give a look.

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

Philip, is that you?

For your new collection.

Canada.

From Mr. Tirschwell and his wife.

Up in Winnipeg.

Don't go too far.

(REMOVAL MEN CONVERSING IN ITALIAN)

MARIE CUCUZZA: Sbrigatevi, Joseph.

(REMOVAL MEN CONVERSING IN ITALIAN)

Hey, paisan.

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

(TOMMY CUCUZZA SPEAKING IN ITALIAN)

No, no, no, no, no, no. Not in New York. Newark!

It's in Jersey, but it's a different city.

- (GRUNTS) - (LAUGHING)

Jesus Christ, how many times did you repeat the fifth grade?

Fucking hell.

(NERVOUS CHUCKLE)

- Billy Murphy. - Alvin.

How the hell d'you find me?

- BILLY MURPHY: I asked around. - Oh yeah? Asked who?

What the hell you doin' in Philadelphia?

Ah, listen, sweetie.

This is a buddy from my old unit.

You know-- You know, from the war.

- Oh yeah? - Yeah, absolutely,

so seeing as he's come all the way to find me,

how 'bout we just pick this up tomorrow?

Just like that?

I told you. This is a friend.

(ALVIN SCOFFS)

Now, who the fuck told you how to find me, Billy?

And why?

RADIO ANNOUNCER 2: ...violence at the political rally

and then spreading to predominantly Jewish sanctions

of Detroit, where shops were looted

and windows shattered by rioting mobs.

At least three Jewish synagogues are said to be afire,

and several hundred of the city's Jewish residents

have crossed the bridge into Windsor, Canada,

seeking refuge there, according to authorities.

This just in to our Columbia Broadcasting news bureau:

anti-Jewish disturbances are now being reported

by authorities in both Cleveland and Indianapolis.

And in Scranton, Pennsylvania, state police have requested...

HERMAN LEVIN: All right, come on. We gotta go.

We gotta finish loading up.

FARMHAND: You're contracted for these.

I'm going home now. We'll be back.

- When? - MAN: Where's everyone going?

RADIO ANNOUNCER 2: ...where a group of young men

clashed with members leaving an event.

In the street fight that lasted nearly an hour...

MURPHY: You know, they told me to find you, and they, uh...

They told me why.

I told them to forget it.

I won't lie to you, Alvin.

I told them I didn't think you were up to it.

I told them how you folded up in Norway.

- How you broke. - Yeah, I fucked up.

I couldn't take that screaming Kraut. I know.

Yeah, Hairston and Riggs got shot

trying to get you out of there.

Hairston bought it.

Riggs... still shittin' in a bag.

You didn't know.

No, I was-- I was out of my head. I...

Yeah.

(SCOFFS)

Yeah... Well...

Maybe I wasn't cut out for soldiering.

Not that kind of soldierin' anyway.

MURPHY: Maybe not.

Come on.

Huh? What?

(GRUNTS) Fuck.

(GRUNTING)

So, where do we go?

They're gonna give you one last chance.

(CHUCKLES) To do what? Lose another limb?

You low son of a bitch.

My job is done here.

They think you can still matter.

See ya around.

I thought you were FBI.

Oh, heavens no.

Do you really think I'd dress as badly as all that?

I'm glad we found you, Corporal Levin.

RADIO ANNOUNCER 3: ...took place outside a Jewish house of worship

earlier this evening.

Authorities in Baltimore are also investigating

the burning of a Jewish Religious Academy,

believed to be tied to the communist front.

Several boys, as young as ten years old,

are being transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Meanwhile, Buffalo police believe that last night’s explosion

injuring 70 people at a Polish...

What's with you guys?

RADIO ANNOUNCER 3: ...was due to a gas leak in the basement...

Keepin' an eye on things.

- You with Longy? - Yeah.

RADIO ANNOUNCER 3: ...secret communist bomb factory

are proliferating amid continuing

- denial from officials... - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Go ahead, take the truck.

- GIOLITO: You sure? - HERMAN: Yeah.

(ENGINE REVS)

RADIO ANNOUNCER 4: The Alipore, carrying chrome ore and olive oil,

was torpedoed by a German U-boat...

Who are they?

(ANNOUNCER CONTINUES SPEAKING OVER RADIO)

Dukie Glick...

and some other knucklehead I don't recognize.

Who is Dukie Glick?

He's Billy Glick's kid brother.

I know Billy from the Third Ward.

Absolute morons, both of them.

They work for Longy Zwillman.

- Longy Zwillman, the gangster? - Yeah.

He put his guys out on the streets

in Jewish neighborhoods...

in case any of the rioting spreads to Newark.

- They're there to protect us? - (RADIO SWITCHES OFF)

HERMAN: Yeah, they think so anyway.

Can't believe how fast it's spread to other cities.

The hate is there.

Just like dry leaves waiting on a spark.

Well...

Like or not, Lindbergh is teaching us

what it means to be Jews.

We only think we're Americans.

No...

They think we only think we're Americans.

They think with...

one more push, one more shove...

that we'll break...

and run to Canada...

or let them dump us in Kentucky or wherever.

But it's not up for discussion, Bess.

They can call us "others."

They're the others.

Lindbergh is the other.

The man is unfit.

He should not be the president.

It's as simple as that.

Which is why a forceful statement

from your husband right now would be of such benefit

to my people. It would, in effect,

distance American Jews from Winchell's rhetoric

and hold us harmless to his offenses.

I take your point.

Clearly, the violence being directed in Detroit

and elsewhere is no way condoned by this administration.

A strong public statement right now.

I will take this up with the president.

I assure you both.

Mrs. Bengelsdorf,

we must have that lunch once things calm down,

perhaps after the Congressional elections.

That would be lovely.

Rabbi.

Thank you for your candor.

In these days, with everything so fraught

for the Jewish community,

I have come to greatly value your honesty and insight.

(PHONE RINGING)

(WOMAN ANSWERING PHONE IN BACKGROUND)

And in fact...

to the extent I can rely on you to serve as my spokesperson

in these matters, I would be relieved.

Of course.

- (CAR HONKS) - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

ALVIN: Why the fuck did I have to come all the way out here to meet you?

BRITISH AGENT: We wanted to see if you were followed.

ALVIN: No one follows anyone north of Girard Ave,

for Christ's Sakes.

So, who is everybody?

We have names you don't need to know.

I'm askin'. Is everybody British?

- Or Canadian. - Or not.

You think you're only mug who can't stand

to see this country go to hell, Levin?

It went to hell. It's there.

Well, the question seems to be

whether you're still willing to act on that.

What good will it do?

Even if you pull it off, you still end up with Wheeler.

He's no better than Lindbergh. He might even be worse.

Wheeler can be beaten in '44.

Lindbergh and that little airplane of his

flying from airport to airport talkin' peace and prosperity,

- no chance. - But why me?

You have a certain skill set, as I told you.

Me and a thousand other guys.

The border's closed to us.

It's porous. You can see I'm here after all.

But every additional man we try to bring in adds to the risk.

And as you will note, there are still enough

of your countrymen who understand enough

about fascism to take this on.

I was in the War Department. Roosevelt's War Department.

Logistics. G4. Just a paper pusher

trying like hell to get guns and ships

and planes to England where they might matter.

Now, I have a pension.

ALVIN: Good for you.

Then again, Levin, you have an empire

in pinball and slot machines.

The world and its problems must seem

so unimportant at this point.

♪ (CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

MAN: Mouthy fellow didn't get three words out.

Where did it happen?

Kentucky. Louisville, I think.

Blew the back of his head off.

What happened?

MAN: Winchell. They shot him.

He's dead?

Shot?

WOMAN: The way he kept goin' at Lindy,

it was only a matter of time.

MAN: And I heard the campaign was all for show,

just to revive his radio career.

I mean, a man has a right to make a living,

but no one asked Winchell to be the spokesperson for lotion,

- let alone... - (ELEVATOR BELL RINGS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Sandy? Philip?

- Walter Winchell, he-- - I heard. Where's your brother?

- I don't know. - Get me the map.

Get the map of the United States.

Find Kentucky. Find the city of Danville for me.

- WOMAN: (OVER PHONE) Operator. - Operator, I want to make a long distance

person-to-person call.

- OPERATOR: City? - To Danville, Kentucky.

To Mrs. Selma Wishnow. And operator,

when my three minutes are up, don't forget to tell me.

OPERATOR: Yes, ma'am. Please hold.

Kentucky. Find Danville. It's ringing.

- Right there. Danville. - SELDON WISHNOW: Hello.

This is long distance. I have a person-to-person call

- for Mrs. Selma Wistful. - You want to measure how far between--

- Look on the key, down here. - OPERATOR: Is Mrs. Wistful available?

No, Wishnow. Selma Wishnow.

SELDON: Who's that talking?

OPERATOR: Young lady, is your mother home?

SELDON: I'm a boy.

Operator, I will speak with anyone.

Please, put me through.

- OPERATOR: Good ahead, sir. - SELDON: Who is this?

- Seldon, this is Mrs. Levin. - Mrs. Levin!

- Yes, - You're in Newark, Mrs. Levin?

I'm calling to speak with your mother, is she there?

I'm waiting for her to come home from work.

- Philip. - She has to work late sometimes.

I just sit here.

Sometimes, I have a snack and then she comes home.

Miss Adams, I can't emphasize enough the urgency involved.

Now that this has happened in Louisville,

the need to reassure the Jewish community

throughout this country, it's paramount.

Thank you.

Yes, I will...

wait on the First Lady's call in the morning.

Thank you again.

She must talk to the president.

SELDON: So, you're on Summit Avenue?

- I told you we were, yes. - It's really clear, isn't it?

It sounds like you're just down the block.

- I wish you could come over and have a snack with me. - Philip.

- Tell Seldon you miss him. - I don't have any friends at school...

- Just tell him. - ...and I have no one to play chess with.

I've been practicing my opening move.

- You remember my opening move? - Seldon.

SELDON: Yes?

- I miss you. - I miss you too.

I wish you were here.

Seldon, this is Mrs. Levin again.

I need you to write something down. Can you do that?

Okay.

I want you to write down that Mrs. Levin called

because of what happened in Louisville,

- to see if things are okay. - What happened in Louisville?

Seldon, just eat your snack and tell your mother

- that I called, okay? - I've had enough Fig Newtons.

All right. Seldon,

but you'll remember to give her the note that I called.

If you eat too many, you feel sick.

(SNAPPISH) Seldon. This is a very expensive phone call,

and I am going to have to hang up now.

But I need you to promise me that you are going to give

your mother the note that I called

and tell her to call me back.

I promise.

Okay, thank you. Goodbye.

Mrs. Levin. Is Philip going to visit me?

It's my birthday next week and I don't have any friends here.

- OPERATOR: Your three minutes are up, ma'am. - Seldon.

BESS: This is a hard time for everyone.

But...

Just tell your mother that I called and good--

goodbye, okay. Goodbye.

- SELDON: Goodbye. - (PHONE HANGS UP)

- (CAR RUMBLES) - MAN: Okay, keep it straight.

All right, keep coming. You got room.

- That's good, that's good. - (BRAKES SQUEAK)

(GRUNTS)

Come on.

(VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES)

(MACHINERY DRILLING, WHIRRING)

Pulse navigation, as per your training.

(SIGHS)

Like I said. I work logistics.

(SAW BUZZES)

RADIO ANNOUNCER 4: As anti-Jewish violence,

in the wake of Winchell's murder in Kentucky,

- has spread to at least nine other US cities... - (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

...as predominantly Jewish neighborhoods have been targeted.

Synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses

have been damaged or looted,

and 46 deaths are blamed on disturbances nationwide.

In East St. Louis, rioting spread

to predominantly Negro neighborhoods,

and three lynching’s are reported to have occurred.

The newly formed Congress of Racial Equality...

(SCOFFS)

...is urging Negroes everywhere to stay home from work...

Bess.

(RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT CONTINUES)

- TOMMY CUCUZZA: Hey, paisan. - Come in. Please.

For you.

Uh...

It's very nice of you, Mr. Cucuzza, but...

(CHUCKLES) I really don't know how to shoot.

Well, you pull the trig.

You aim and you shoot.

- You aim and you shoot, that's it. - HERMAN: I don't need it.

TOMMY: But if they come around, how you gon' protect, huh?

RADIO ANNOUNCER 4: Interrupting with a special bulletin of an announcement

by New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia,

that by his order, and under the protection

of the New York City Police Department,

the body of slain radio personality

and presidential candidate Walter Winchell

will be taken overnight by train from Louisville

to Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, and will then lie

in state at the great hall of the train station

throughout the morning.

Then, a funeral will be held at the city's largest synagogue,

Temple Emanu-El.

Announced speakers at the service will include

the former President of the United States,

Franklin Delano Roosevelt,

New York City Major, Fiorello LaGuardia...

(SIREN WAILING)

- (SCRIBBLING) - (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Sandy.

Are you sure?

It'll be safe. Trust me.

Forgive me, but I trust La Guardia.

(FIORELLO LA GUARDIA SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA)

We're not going to the funeral?

HERMAN: We tried, but...

God, this crowd.

'Scuse me. Let's see if we can get a little closer.

Philip, come on. Come on.

FIORELLO LA GUARDIA: (OVER SPEAKERS) Walter lacked every gleaming virtue

demonstrated daily by the incorruptible test pilot...

I think this is about as close as we're gonna get.

- But there are several more differences... - Hold this. Come here.

- ...between the fallible Walter and infallible Lindy. - HERMAN: All right.

Our president is a fascist sympathizer.

That's Mayor La Guardia. They call him the "Little Flower."

Walter Winchell was the enemy of the fascist.

Our president is no lover of Jews,

and more than likely, a dyed-in-the-wool anti-Semite,

while Winchell was a Jew

and the unwavering enemy of the anti-Semite.

And for speaking his mind in the state of Kentucky,

Walter Winchell was assassinated by fascists,

who, thanks to the silence

of our strong, silent, selfless president,

today, run rampant through this great land.

It can't happen here?

No, it is happening here.

- (MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) - And where, I ask you, is Lindbergh?

Where is Lindbergh?

Where is Lindbergh?

CROWD: (CHANTING) Where is Lindbergh?

Where is Lindbergh?

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

Where is Lindbergh?

Where is Lindbergh?

Where is Lindbergh?

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

(CLEARS THROAT) With, uh...

regards to the question asked so cynically

by New York's Mayor LaGuardia,

I have here a prepared statement

by First Lady Anne Marrow Lindbergh

that she wishes for me to read at this time.

"Fellow Americans, concerned at the civil disturbances

that followed Mr. Winchell's speaking engagements,

and further grieved

that the violence spurred by those events

has claimed the life of Mr. Winchell himself,

my husband, early this morning,

took off from Long Island's Roosevelt Field

to fly to the municipal airport in Louisville,

the scene of this tragedy, to directly address the nation,

and to do all that he can

to bring those disturbances to an end."

And may I only add, that as a rabbi

and a representative of the Jewish faith...

I have every confidence that this president

will do all within his power to prevent any further harm

from coming to the citizenry.

Thank you.

REPORTER: Rabbi, is there any statement yet from the president?

(REPORTERS CLAMOR)

(CAR BRAKES SQUEAK)

MAN: Go straight through to the back.

About 100 miles ahead of us.

Logistics, Corporal Levin. Logistics.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- DRIVER: Rabbi. - BENGELSDORF: Who's that?

- EVELYN: Wait, wait. It's my nephew. - BENGELSDORF: Oh.

Sandy.

Why is this happening?

I-- I can't answer that question.

I thought that Lindbergh would be good for everyone,

for the Jews, for everybody--

The riots are not because of Lindbergh.

If anything, this was Winchell provoking people.

SANDY: And they killed Winchell.

As wrong as that was, wasn't it enough for them?

Do they have to smash windows and kill Jews

who aren't Winchell, who don't have anything to do with Winchell?

Sandy, Lindbergh flew out there today

to make them stop the riots.

He had nothing to do with Winchell being killed.

He wouldn't want that.

I believe he is a good man.

Evelyn, Sandy, the president is on the radio from Louisville.

LOUISVILLE MAYOR: ...of Louisville and all of America.

We are grateful for your attention

to this traumatic moment in our city.

CHARLES LINDBERGH: Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

And thank all of you for coming out

to the airfield today to greet me.

Well, to answer a question that was asked, here I am.

And I just would like to make the following very clear:

our country is at peace.

Our people are at work.

Our children are at school.

I flew down here to remind each and every one of you of this,

and now, I'm going back to Washington,

so as to keep things that way.

Thank you.

(APPLAUSE)

RABBI LIONEL BENGELSDORF: (SCOFFS) Well, that was, uh...

Brief.

Yes, I... confess, it was.

(TRUCK RUMBLING)

(SIGHS)

You realize the range on this thing

can't be more than 100 miles in either direction,

- and if he flies on any vector outside of that-- - That's not your concern.

Your concern is this post.

(GRUNTS)

(STATIC RINGS)

(PLANE RUMBLES)

(PHONE RINGS)

RADIOMAN: Aught-four.

Right.

Go ahead.

Affirmative. Will do.

We're done.

Huh? What? What do you mean?

We're through here.

Aw, shit.

At least we tried.

You have the Chevy. Your route is above the visor.

- Change of cars waiting for you just over the Pennsylvania line. - Yeah.

Let's pack it up. Come on! Let's go, shut it down!

CONSPIRATOR: Yes, sir. AGENT: All right, you, you're coming with me.

All right, I wanna be outta here in five minutes, fellas.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- (CAR HONKS) - F...

(PANTING)

(GROANS)

- (BREATHES HEAVILY) Oh, fuck. - (BIRDS CAWING)

(TRAIN HORN BLARING)

(CONTINUES BREATHING HEAVILY)

RADIO ANNOUNCER 5: State authorities have dispatched police launches

up and down the Maryland and Delaware shores.

Additional groups continue to search beyond the flight path

as there continues to be no concrete information

of where the president was headed.

And new theories from London.

Just as the German government is claiming

that a combined Jewish-British conspiracy

used Canadian based airplanes to force down the Spirit

- and kidnap the president... - Ridiculous.

- They'll believe anything now. - News now in from our Washington bureau.

- They'll do anything now. - ...Canada's suspected involvement

in the President's disappearance in a decision to close the northern border.

Acting President Wheeler is declaring martial law

and enacting a national curfew...

(PHONE RINGS)

BESS: Hello?

OPERATOR: I have a collect call from a Seldon Wishnut

in Danville, Kentucky.

- SELDON: Hello! - OPERATOR: Will you accept the charges?

- I will, operator. - SELDON: Mrs. Levin?

- OPERATOR: Go ahead with your party. - SELDON: Is that you? Hello?

Mrs. Levin!

My mother's not home.

I haven't eaten.

She's not home, and it's late,

and she wouldn't not come home for dinner.

Seldon, uh... where did she go?

To the office in Louisville.

Her boss called...

but she said she would be back for dinner...

if she were alive.

- Seldon. That's enough of that. - (SELDON SOBS)

You're making yourself hysterical.

Of course, your mother is alive.

Sh-- She's just late coming home.

But if she were, why wouldn't she call?

- She always calls. - Seldon, please, calm down.

- (SELDON SOBBING) - What if something happened to her car,

and she had to pull over to get it fixed. This is--

It-- It's probably nothing more than a flat tire.

(SELDON WHIMPERS)

Please. Please. Please, please you're--

Please, stop crying.

(GUNSHOTS)

She's dead, Mrs. Levin.

Just like my father.

Now both my parents are dead. (SELDON SOBS)

Seldon.

You must stop. Seldon, you must listen to me.

You must take something to eat. That will help you calm down.

Please, just go-- go to the refrigerator

- and get something to eat. - I ate the Fig Newtons.

There's none left. (SOBBING)

Seldon. I'm talking about eating a meal.

Your mother will be home very soon.

But meanwhile, you can't sit there,

waiting for her to feed you.

Put the phone down. Go to the refrigerator,

take a look, then come back and tell me what you have. Okay?

- Okay. - (GUNSHOT)

I don't see any dinner for me.

Are there Rice Krispies?

Are there Corn Flakes? Is there milk?

Sure.

Get whichever cereal you like best.

We'll pretend it's breakfast.

- I like Rice Krispies. - (CHUCKLES)

Seldon, get the Rice Krispies.

Take out the milk, take out the juice.

I want you to make breakfast.

Now?

Do as I say, please. Do as I say.

I want you to eat breakfast.

But... I'm going to hang up so you can do that.

Is... Is there a clock near you, Seldon?

Yes, I see a clock on the wall.

It should say that it is ten minutes after ten o'clock,

and I will call you back at 10:30, Seldon.

If your mother comes home before then,

she should call me.

But if she doesn't,

I'm going to call you back at 10:30. Okay?

- Okay. - Okay.

Bye for now, Seldon. Bye for now.

(SIGHS)

(CLAMORING)

Again, again, the First Lady is counseling

all of our countrymen to ignore

all unverifiable hypotheses

about her husband's disappearance

emanating from foreign capitals.

- (CLAMORING INTENSIFIES) - And she reminds the public that

in 1926 as an airmail pilot,

the president twice survived crashes

that demolished his aircraft.

- (REPORTERS CLAMOR) - And in this moment,

the First Lady remains unconvinced

by the evidence of any conspiracy,

Jewish or otherwise, presented by the vice president

in his justification for martial law.

Why can't the First Lady speak for herself, rabbi?

- (REPORTERS CLAMOR) - REPORTER: Any truth to rumors

Mrs. Lindbergh is too distraught to make her own decisions

and you are the one acting for her?

The First Lady is wholly competent intellectually

and in complete possession of all her faculties,

And despite the magnitude of this situation,

neither her reason

nor her judgment is in any way impaired.

- Is the First Lady even talking to the vice president? - Excuse me.

(REPORTERS CLAMOR)

PATROLMAN: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hold it right there.

Don't you know there's a curfew?

HERMAN: I heard.

Officer, I live down that block, right there.

Go home.

Thank you.

CENTRAL: (OVER RADIO) Central to car eight.

Car eight, ten-nineteen.

Central to car eight. Car eight, ten-nineteen.

SELDON: My mother's dead, Mrs. Levin.

I know my mother is dead.

My father is dead, and now my mother, too.

No, Seldon, you don't know that.

We don't know anything.

She would've called me. She would've.

She never doesn't call.

Sandy. How far from the Mawhinney farm is Danville?

Twenty minutes.

TOMMY: I come up when I hear the shot.

HERMAN: Thank you.

TOMMY: Yeah, sure.

They say there's a grocery burned and looted

over in Union City.

Who got shot?

It's Longy Zwillman's guys.

At least two that I saw.

Dead on the ground.

Listen to me, Seldon. It's late,

and what I need you to do tonight

is get into your pajamas, brush your teeth,

and put yourself to bed.

But I promise you,

someone will be coming to help you.

Either tonight, or if you fall asleep,

when you wake in the morning.

(WHISPERING) Hey. How are you?

BESS: Someone will be there to help you.

Either your mother will be there

or someone to help you get to your mother.

I promise.

- (SELDON SOBS) - Seldon, do you understand?

- (SIREN WAILING) - SELDON: Yes.

I promise you, Seldon, someone will be coming to you.

Now, can you go to bed by yourself?

- SELDON: Yes. - Okay.

- (SELDON WHIMPERS) - If you need me, just call.

I'll be right here all night.

- But someone is coming. - Okay.

- Good night, Seldon. - (SELDON SOBS)

I'll talk to you in the morning, I promise. Good night.

SELDON: Good night.

You were right, Bess.

Shepsie was right.

We should be in Canada now.

I can't live here any longer

not knowing what will happen tomorrow.

You were right, Bess.

We need to go.

They've closed the borders.

Martial law, they wanna war with Canada.

There has got to be a way to get out.

We have to get out.

- Now. - We can't.

Selma is gone.

(WHISPERS) I think she's dead.

Bess.

We need to go.

Seldon is our responsibility.

Even if he wasn't, he is now. But he is our responsibility.

(WHISPERING) Danville was no coincidence.

Sanford, I don't like you going with him.

But you know the Mawhinney’s, and you know these places,

and your father will need help

with Seldon on the long trip home.

I am relying on you.

TOMMY: Hey, paisan.

HERMAN: Fascists did it?

Polizia. The cops.

The police killed him?

Yeah, to say to Longy,

"You no put your gun on the street, only we can.

We the big gang here, not you."

Hey, Tommy, wait.

No.

You.

(CAR ENGINE IGNITES)

RADIO ANNOUNCER 6: Secretary of the Interior Henry Ford, this evening,

remarked to reporters that it was his belief

that Mrs. Lindbergh was under the sway of what he called

"a Jewish Rasputin," a reference to the Russian peasant monk

said to held sway over the minds of the Russian czar and his wife

in the years before the Bolshevik Revolution.

Secretary Ford called the presence

of Rabbi Bengelsdorf around the First Lady...

- My god... - ...a, quote, "prime example of undue Jewish influence

in our public affairs at a time of national..."

- (SIREN WAILING) - HERMAN: Pittsburgh is burning.

- They're turning us away from the bridge. - (MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

Looks like they're keeping us on this side of the river.

What do you think?

Route 28 will work. We'll turn at Millville,

stay north of Pittsburgh, and cross after.

Okay.

GUARD 1: Keep it moving, keep it moving. All traffic this way.

GUARD 2: Keep it coming. Head east please. Head east.

GUARD 1: All traffic to the right.

(CRICKETS CHIRP)

HERMAN: What the hell?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- FBI AGENT: FBI, get up. - (EVELYN GASPS)

AGENT: Get up, rabbi. Get dressed.

Lionel Bengelsdorf, you're being detained

by the Department of Justice on suspicion of being a ringleader

of a plot against the government of the United States.

- My god. - This is ridiculous.

Get dressed or you're going in your pajamas, rabbi.

I demand to speak to the First Lady.

I'll bet you do.

But Mrs. Lindbergh is at Walter Reed,

having suffered a severe breakdown.

She's in no condition to speak to anyone.

You gonna dress?

I will.

We'll wait outside. Five minutes.

FBI AGENT: We'll be right out here.

Evelyn, m-- my-- my glasses.

TRAVIS GENTLE: I want a warrant for the room. If they've hired a car,

I want a warrant for the car.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(COW SNORTS, MOOS)

Orin.

- ORIN MAWHINNEY: City mouse. - Country mouse.

MICHAEL MAWHINNEY: Welcome back.

ORIN: Sorry 'bout the lady... but it's good to see ya.

- SANDY: Yeah. - Hey.

- Thank you for all of this. - Of course.

(ORIN AND SANDY CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)

Boy's up at the house.

How is he?

Quiet as hell.

Boy don't know about his ma.

I left that for y'all to tell him.

What about her?

Dead.

Klan got her coming back from Lexington.

Burnt her up in her car.

You'll see it if you go back 35.

Yup.

Bad business.

MICHAEL: Come on. Let's get some food in ya'll for the ride back.

(CHICKENS CLUCKING)

- (COW MOOING) - MISSUS MAWHINNEY: Come now.

- (CLATTERING) - (CHICKENS CLUCKING)

- (PHONE RINGS) - (PANTING)

- Where are you now? - EVELYN BENGELSDORF: Bess?

- Evelyn. - They've arrested him.

They're gonna come back for me,

- I-- I know it. - (INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA)

Please, please help me.

Why don't you call von Ribbentrop?

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT OVER PA CONTINUES)

Seldon, let's play a game.

- Okay. - First of all,

I want you to look down at your shoes and your socks.

Close your eyes. Now what color were your socks?

- White. - Good.

Now, what color were your shoelaces?

Brown.

- How do you win this game? - SANDY: Memory and concentration.

- It's like chess. - Okay.

SANDY: You're really good at this.

- SHOP OWNER: Here's 55 cents. - ♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

- I can't hold it much longer. - He'll be out in a minute, son.

- All yours, kid. - (SELDON PANTS)

KLANSMAN: Like I said, Tom. That store went up like kindling.

Good thing you didn't burn down Patsy's hardware right along with it.

KLANSMAN: You ain't kiddin'.

Took a beating just fine.

- You have a good night, Sam. - (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

- Seldon. - SELDON: What?

- Please hurry up. - SELDON: Okay.

- KLANSMAN: Night, Tom. - (DOOR CLOSES)

- ♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) ♪ - (CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(CAR DOOR CLOSES, ENGINE IGNITES)

(WHISPERING) Hey. Come on. Come on!

Seldon, now.

Come on.

- Dad. Dad, did you-- - Come on. Get in the car.

Get in the car, get in the car now. Come on. Come on, Seldon.

Jump in the backseat there, watch your fingers.

Okay. All right, here we go.

Okay, it's all right. It's all right.

POLICEMAN: All right, steer wide.

Just go wide.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

(FIRE CRACKLES)

It's all right. It's okay.

(FURIOUS KNOCKING DOOR)

PHILIP LEVIN: Who is it?

EVELYN: Philip. Philip, it's Evelyn. It's your Aunt Evelyn.

Please open the door.

EVELYN: (QUAVERING) Oh, Philip. (SNIFFLING)

Bess! Bess!

They're after me. I know they are.

I have to hide. You have to hide me.

- You stupid girl. - (EVELYN SOBS)

Bess. I... I'm in danger. I'm afraid.

Don't you think that we're afraid, too?

Don't you think that we're in danger, too?

You...

- selfish little bitch. - (YELPS)

We're all afraid, people are dead!

Evelyn, people are dead.

They're going to arrest me, they'll torture me, Bessie.

- Because I know the truth. - What truth?

Lindbergh is alive.

They're blackmailing him, the Germans.

- They have his son. - What?

- Are you insane? - Bess, please!

Go.

You can't stay here.

Go!

- Philip, please. - How dare you.

(SCREAMS) You go! Get out!

EVELYN: (SOBBING) Bess! Bess!

(CRYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

BILLY SCHAPP: Where the hell have you been?

(PANTING) Am I family?

I'm askin, am I family?

- (PANTING) Of course you are. - ALVIN: (WEAKLY) Okay.

(PANTING)

Then I've been home for the last three days,

sick, all right?

Uh... Minna, Minna, Minna, you took care of me, right?

If anybody asks, I've been home sick.

I never left the damn place. Yeah?

- SCHAPP: Who's gonna ask? - What happened, Alvin?

Minna... where was he?

Sick. At the house. With me.

(MINNA WHIMPERS)

(SOBBING) Bess. Bess. Please.

Evelyn, you have to leave.

Where? Where?

Where will I go?

I don't know, Evelyn.

Bess...

(EVELYN SOBS)

You can know this...

that I will always love you.

But I will never forgive you.

Don't come back here. Ever.

Bess, I didn't want for any of these things to happen.

I didn't do anything wrong.

(SNIFFLES)

SANDY: Should we wake him to eat?

Nah, let's let him sleep.

Who's he gonna live with?

With us. Until we can find some of his family.

Your mother thinks he has an aunt over in Brooklyn,

but, uh...

I don't know.

- Bologna with mayonnaise. - On white bread.

I'll be goddammed. They're tryin' to kill us.

(CHUCKLES)

This microphone here?

ENGINEER: Yes, ma'am. Just say a few things

so I can set a level.

Hello, my fellow Americans.

♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

ENGINEER: That's fine, Mrs. Lindbergh.

My fellow Americans:

this is Anne Marrow Lindbergh, addressing you live

from a radio station near our nation's capital.

I understand that some of our broadcasting networks

have been alerted to these remarks,

and so, you are hearing my words as I speak them.

I'm speaking today because some of your countrymen,

who are loyal to my husband's administration, helped obtain

my release from the US Army's Walter Reed Hospital,

where I was unlawfully detained

on orders of the acting president.

I'm grateful for that loyalty.

Not only to myself and my husband,

but to our government of laws.

My fellow Americans, my countrymen,

unlawfulness...

on the part of America's law enforcement agencies

cannot and will not be allowed to prevail.

In my husband's name,

I ask that no further violence be visited upon Americans,

regardless of their race, religion, or national origin,

and that the men and women of this great country

do all we can to make amends for the wounds done

to innocent people

in these past days and weeks of civil unrest.

I ask the FBI to release all of those arrested

on charges of conspiring to harm my husband

and to restore their full rights as citizens.

There is not a shred of evidence

that a single detainee is in any way responsible

for whatever befell my husband and his plane.

I ask all National Guard units to disarm and disband

and for our guardsmen to return to civilian life.

I ask the Congress of the United States

to initiate proceedings to remove from office

the current acting president of the United States

and to appoint a new president in accordance

with the Presidential Succession Act of 1886.

I ask the congress to authorize a presidential election

that will coincide with the congressional election,

scheduled for the first Tuesday

after the first Monday of November.

I ask no more of the American people

than that they follow my example and refuse to accept

or support government conduct that is indefensible.

Liberty and justice will be restored,

and those who have violated the Constitution

of the United States shall now be addressed in strict keeping

with the law of the land.

ROOSEVELT: (OVER RADIO) ...Hope that America will come greatly through

a dark and dangerous time.

That the ship of state is sturdy and safe.

And that with continued courage and wisdom

we will safely return it--

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - ♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

ALVIN: Oh! Oh, look at this little pisher!

Isn't he a beautiful kid? Isn't he the most beautiful kid?

Where's your brother?

- Welcome. - Herman.

Alvin.

Oh. Aunt Bess.

(SMOOCHES) And this... This is Minna.

And yes, your nephew is marrying up.

That's Minna Schapp, daughter of Pinball Billy Schapp.

You know, owner of the steakhouse,

the soon to be lobster house, managed by yours truly.

(FAKE COUGHS) And half of the gaming machines

between what, southern Maryland, northern Jersey?

- MINNA: Please to meet you. - And you.

Boy, something smells great.

- Yeah. - Latkes.

Come on, I'll give you the recipe.

SANDY: Alvin, is that your car outside?

Who's this? You must have grown six inches.

Get over here, slugger. (GRUNTS)

That's my car out front.

I'll give you a ride later if you want.

(GRUNTS) I mean, it ain't a Studebaker,

but then what is, huh?

♪ (CANTOR SINGS "L'CHAH DODI") ♪

♪ (SINGING ECHOES) ♪

BENGELSDORF: In time, gentlemen, you will see

that there's more to this than we now know.

Lindbergh's child was not actually murdered

those many years ago.

The corpse found was of another child

selected by the Nazis.

Charles Jr. was in fact kidnapped,

and has been raised in Berlin as a model Hitler Youth.

This being done to exploit Mr. Lindbergh's fame.

The family has been tortured by this secret.

Blackmailed, every maneuver in his campaign,

every divisive circumstance that resulted

was engineered by the Nazis.

It's been unspeakably cruel, to the Lindbergh’s,

while trapped in this vicious hoax.

They have resisted the Nazi demands

against our people as much as they dared.

But it was not enough.

So, Lindbergh was ordered back to Berlin

to allow Wheeler, a true enemy of democracy

to ascend to the presidency in time, gentlemen.

- All of this will become apparent-- - Rabbi!

We must talk frankly.

See, the thing about the fight game,

if you understand it, is that

unless someone's rigged something,

you can look at a couple of pugs

and just know who has the advantage.

I mean, these certain guys with certain styles,

- they're gonna last 15-- - SELDON: May I be excused?

BESS: Certainly, Seldon.

(CHUCKLES) Anyway. Um... These guys,

they're not gonna let themselves get hit the same way

as the bums do. And when they are hit,

they're the kind who've shown you they can take it, which is why

I'm gonna be backing this one Italian fella from Camden.

Ugh! There's money in him! I can smell it.

- HERMAN: So, a big Plymouth automobile. - (CHUCKLES)

A sharpie's suits,

- the scum of the earth for your friends. - Oh.

- BESS: Herman. - HERMAN: This is what it comes to, Alvin?

(SCOFFS) Do you-- Do you know? Do you care?

Does it bother you at all what's happened in this country?

It did once.

But now, no. Now, it's... big cigars and motor cars

and big bets on Italian boxers.

You have any idea what's happening

to the Jews in this country? What's at stake now

- in this coming election? - The Jews?

I wrecked my life for the Jews.

I lost my fucking leg for the Jews.

I lost my fucking leg for you.

All your talk about Lindbergh and how goddamn awful he was,

but did you ever do anything about it?

Huh?! Did you ever get off your ass and fight?

- Or were you just gonna sit there... - Boys.

...by the fucking radio,

complaining for the rest of eternity?!

And you're gonna talk to me about the Jews? You?!

- If Lindbergh was still here-- - (TUTS) But he's not.

- Is he? - Thank God.

Is that what you think? That the Jewish God, huh?

Yahweh himself waits until the time is right

to put a plague on Pharaoh or part the sea,

so you can sit on your ass and wait for God.

You think it's too easy.

To speak out against a Lindbergh.

- Do you think it doesn't cost? - To speak?!

When the fuck do you people ever act?!

Huh? When it's too late.

When the damage is already done.

All you people ever do is talk.

- (SPITS) - MINNA: Alvin!

- (GLASS CRACKS) - BESS: Herman!

- Herman, stop! - (BOTH MEN GRUNTING)

MINNA: Alvin, no!

- (WOMEN SCREAM) - SANDY: Dad!

- BESS: Herman! - (GRUNTING)

- Herman, stop! Stop! - SANDY: Dad!

Oh, God! Alvin!

Stop!

Herman! Oh, God! Alvin!

BESS AND MINNA: (SCREAMING) Stop!

(PANTING)

BESS: Oh, Alvin.

Oh.

Oh, my God. Sandy, get some ice.

Philip, go to your room.

♪ (MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

(WINCES)

(PLANES FLYING OVERHEAD)

♪ ("THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (THAT'S AMERICA TO ME)" BY FRANK SINATRA PLAYS) ♪

♪ What is America to me? ♪

♪ A name, a man Or a flag I see ♪

♪ A certain word ♪

♪ Democracy ♪

♪ What is America to me? ♪

VOTER: This has been my precinct for 20 years.

- STAFFER: But you're not on the list. - What list?

I don't know what to tell you.

Is this Rubble Street address correct?

♪ The grocer and the butcher ♪

- ♪ And the people that I meet ♪ - Lying bastards!

♪ The children In the playground ♪

♪ The faces that I see ♪

♪ All races and religions ♪

♪ That's America to me ♪

- What are you doing with that? - It's broken.

It's broken? What do you mean it's broken? How?

♪ The things I see about me ♪

♪ The big things And the small ♪

♪ That little Corner newsstand ♪

♪ And the house a mile tall ♪

♪ The wedding And the churchyard ♪

♪ The laughter and the tears ♪

♪ The dream That's been a growin' ♪

- ♪ For 150 years ♪ - MAN: (ON RADIO) America needs Roosevelt!

♪ The place I work in ♪

♪ The worker by my side ♪

♪ The little town or city ♪

♪ Where my people Lived and died ♪

♪ The howdy and the handshake ♪

♪ The air of feeling free ♪

♪ And the right To speak my mind out ♪

♪ That's America to me ♪

- (ANNOUNCER TALKING ON RADIO) - ♪ The town I live in ♪

♪ The street The house, the room ♪

♪ The pavement of the city ♪

♪ Or a garden all in bloom ♪

♪ The church The school, the clubhouse ♪

♪ The million lights I see ♪

♪ But especially the people ♪

♪ That's America ♪

- ♪ To me ♪ - RADIO ANNOUNCER: We are getting the first reports

from precincts in Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut.

In South Eastern Virginia, the Norfolk-Hampton Roads area,

and several precincts that Charles Lindbergh won handily

two years ago, we're seeing some conflicting results early on.

♪ (MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪