Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: {4111}{4144}Thank you. {4148}{4204}- Morning, son.|- Good morning, senator. {4212}{4243}Thank you. {4397}{4435}Taxi! {4585}{4635}Sheraton Rark Hotel. {4974}{5050}- Good morning, Senator Danta.|- Good morning, Willoughby. {5312}{5348}Hold it. {5408}{5462}Why wasn't I let in on this? {5466}{5520}- May I help you?|- Dot, Senator Munson. {5524}{5575}Oh, just a moment, senator. {5588}{5647}Good morning, Bobby.|How are you this morning? {5651}{5717}You know how I am|this morning, Mr. President. {5721}{5778}I guess I'm in for it, aren't I? {5782}{5848}That's a hell of a thing to do|without talking to me. {5852}{5924}Bobby, it's been over two weeks|since Shepherd died. {5928}{6040}We couldn't go on forever without|a secretary of state. I had to get it done. {6044}{6116}What was the matter|with the list of men we agreed on? {6120}{6192}No, not one of them can really fill the bill. {6196}{6231}Robert Leffingwell can. {6236}{6286}You know how valuable he's been to me. {6290}{6395}Sure, he's great. But the man's got more|enemies in Congress than anybody. {6399}{6504}He's never played ball with us, not even|the most ordinary, political-courtesy kind. {6508}{6614}Well, maybe that's the reason I want him.|He doesn't waste his time on trifles. {6618}{6710}Mr. President, a United States senator|is not a trifle. {6714}{6755}That's a joke, Bobby. {6760}{6822}Fine. But Leffingwell's no joke. {6826}{6890}And I have to stuff him down|the Senate's throat. {6894}{6965}Now, look, I knew we were running a risk,|but I want him. {6969}{7062}He can give us some creative|statesmanship, and God knows we need it. {7066}{7149}Oh, come on, now.|What's our toughest problem? {7153}{7204}You want me to talk to Warren Strickland? {7208}{7271}There's no point talking|to the minority leader. {7276}{7329}Our troubles are coming|from our own party. {7333}{7363}Seab Cooley. {7367}{7435}We can work out a deal with old Seab. {7439}{7492}He says we can work out a deal with Seab. {7502}{7567}- Who's with you?|- Stanley Danta. {7572}{7651}Stan's always right there|on the job, isn't he? {7656}{7736}He's the best whip ever in the Senate.|Tell him I said so. {7746}{7807}He says you're the best whip|we've ever had. {7823}{7923}Tell him the best whip we've ever had|says Seab Cooley will trade for one thing: {7928}{7958}Leffingwell's head. {7962}{7991}What'd he say, Bob? {7996}{8055}That Seab won't trade on this,|and he's right. {8064}{8136}We've licked Cooley before.|We can do it again. {8140}{8227}Then we'd better get at it.|Suppose you start with Tom August. {8232}{8340}- When did Tom become a Cooley man?|- He isn't. He's not a Leffingwell man either. {8344}{8418}Since he's chair of Foreign Relations|we have to sweeten him up. {8422}{8505}I'll call him in right away.|Good luck, Bobby. {8533}{8604}- Oh, boy.|- You want off this one? {8608}{8663}I'm with you, Bob. {8694}{8779}There's no doubt|he's made a wild pitch... {8783}{8859}but I'd like to back him up|all I can right now. {8864}{8909}Sure, I know. {9404}{9435}Hello, Bob, Stan. {9440}{9509}- Good morning, senator.|- Come on in. {9555}{9668}About 5'8", blond, a little cleft|in the chin, black dress, mink stole. {9672}{9751}Sorry. Didn't see anybody|answer to that description. {9776}{9816}Why don't you get married, Lafe? {9820}{9907}A United States senator should stabilize|with a good, solid marriage. {9911}{9952}If I did, I couldn't get elected. {9956}{10016}It's the unmarried mothers|who put me in office. {10020}{10062}Why don't you stabilize yourself? {10066}{10131}There's a difference between|widowers and bachelors. {10135}{10169}Widowers have more dignity. {10173}{10315}- How do you feel about this lollapalooza?|- I think the president's nuts to name him. {10319}{10351}But I'll vote for him. {10356}{10435}What about your friend Brig Anderson?|Think he'll jump the whale? {10440}{10543}- Leffingwell scuttled his power bill.|- Brig won't be influenced by that. {10548}{10607}- Not on this.|- I'm trying to count a few noses. {10612}{10684}- Suppose you give Brig a ring to make sure.|- If you like. {10688}{10764}- Hello.|- Hello, Warren? Good morning. Bob Munson. {10768}{10859}- Beating the bushes early, aren't you, Bob?|- I have a lot of bushes. {10863}{10908}It's your garden, friend, not ours. {10912}{10991}How many votes against Leffingwell|on your side of the aisle? {10996}{11087}Somewhere between 17 and 20.|That's giving him the benefit of the doubt. {11091}{11151}With the president's right|to name his cabinet? {11156}{11242}Try that line on the members of your|own party. Say, Seab Cooley. {11253}{11335}- Hello, Brig? How's the boy?|- Right in the middle of breakfast. {11339}{11372}What's on your mind, Lafe? {11376}{11462}Just wondered what you think about|the appointment. Crazy, huh? {11472}{11540}- Think so?|- Well, it's gonna be a rough one. {11544}{11582}I wouldn't be surprised. {11586}{11664}- I thought you might be upset about it.|- Why would I be upset? {11668}{11722}The trouble he gave you|on your power bill. {11726}{11818}- That's right. He did, didn't he?|- You mean it's okay? {11822}{11919}- Is that what Bob Munson wants to know?|- You got television on your phone? {11923}{11970}Just a second, Lafe. {11976}{12017}- You going, baby?|- Yeah. {12021}{12057}- You still love me?|- Yeah. {12061}{12104}- How much?|- That much. {12108}{12161}Time for her bus, Brig. {12165}{12228}Have a nice time in school today, honey. {12286}{12337}- Lafe?|- Yeah. {12341}{12401}Look, I'm not grinding|an ax for Leffingwell... {12405}{12471}but I'm not gonna commit myself|right now either. {12475}{12563}I'd like to wait and hear what he has to say|at the committee hearing. {12567}{12679}Apart from that, I'm just gonna sit back|and watch Seab Cooley light up the sky. {13192}{13259}Had your fire and brimstone|this morning, Seab? {13263}{13332}Yes, sir, Mr. Majority Leader. {13336}{13415}Laced with hot bourbon and branch water. {13419}{13495}I expect you can see the flames|coming out of my ears. {13500}{13535}Can we have a little talk? {13540}{13597}If you mean about|Mr. Robert A. Leffingwell... {13601}{13699}- it'd be a fruitless conversation.|- The president, the party and I... {13703}{13759}would take it as a favor|if you'd lay off. {13763}{13834}I honor the president, I love my party... {13838}{13956}and I admire you, Mr. Majority Leader,|except where it crosses with my convictions. {13960}{14049}I believe Mr. Robert A. Leffingwell|will lead us straight to perdition. {14053}{14098}Come on, we know what's eating you. {14102}{14184}Leffingwell made a liar out of you|in a hearing five years ago. {14188}{14293}- It's a long time to carry a grudge, Seab.|- Maybe for a young fellow like you. {14297}{14423}In my table of time, it happened just|like yesterday. Good day, gentlemen. {14479}{14579}Scares you, doesn't it?|All that 40 years in the Senate. {14669}{14709}Good morning, Seab. {14726}{14793}- I was just gonna call your office.|- On the run, Fred. {14797}{14889}I know. We've all gotta hop for this one,|but we'll put Leffingwell over. {14893}{14981}Boy, he is it, Bob. He's really it.|He's a great man, a great talent. {14985}{15071}- I'm throwing my organization behind this.|- You got an organization? {15075}{15110}Are you kidding? {15115}{15182}Eight chapters in eight cities,|my peace organization. {15186}{15259}Who you making peace with?|The Kickapoo Indians? {15264}{15302}You find peace amusing? {15306}{15398}It's just that Stan's on the Indian Affairs|subcommittee, isn't it, Stan? {15402}{15443}I'll be with you in a minute. {15447}{15571}Fred, what do those guys do|besides strew roses in your path? {15576}{15629}Just my brain trust. {15633}{15697}You can't hold a senator's job|by kissing babies... {15701}{15777}and shaking hands, you know. Bob... {15825}{15881}The hearing will go|to a subcommittee, right? {15885}{15966}I haven't any word from Tom August yet.|I don't know his plan. {15970}{16056}Well, if it does...|I say, if it does, I don't wanna push... {16060}{16144}Whoever's made subcommittee chair|should be pro-Leffingwell, right? {16148}{16178}Possibly. {16182}{16319}Well, I've done my share of the hack work.|I ought to be in line for a spot like this. {16324}{16402}Fred, right now I'm just trying|to get the situation in hand. {16406}{16462}I know, but I wanted|to get my bid in early. {16466}{16555}I've gotta fly to New York for the afternoon|and meet my eastern group. {16560}{16652}- Suppose I call you later on?|- Yeah. Do that. Call me. {16952}{17031}- Van Ackerman's looking for a horse to ride.|- He won't get it from me. {17036}{17095}He won't care.|He doesn't belong here, Bob. {17099}{17166}- You'll have to cut him off the vine.|- He'll fall off. {17170}{17230}- Morning, Bess.|- Morning, senator. Your calls. {17234}{17303}- First, see if you can get me Leffingwell.|- Yes, sir. {17307}{17375}Sir, 219 telegrams so far. {17379}{17455}- Most of them favorable to Leffingwell.|- Good. {17466}{17547}- Good morning, senator.|- Morning. {17851}{17931}- Leffingwell residence.|- Senator Munson calling Mr. Leffingwell. {17935}{17993}Senator Munson? Wait a minute. {18127}{18213}- Dad, it's Senator Munson on the phone.|- What? {18220}{18294}The phone. It's Senator Munson. {18319}{18381}- Tell him I've gone out.|- Why? {18385}{18458}Because he'll want me to do things|that might obligate me. {18462}{18574}Why do you want me to lie? If you're in,|you're in. If you're out, you're out. {18578}{18643}Son, this is a Washington, D.C.|kind of lie. {18647}{18750}That's when the other person knows you're|lying, and also knows you know he knows. {18754}{18799}- Follow?|- No. {18803}{18909}- Senator Munson will understand.|- Okay, if you say so. {19068}{19107}He's not here. He went out. {19112}{19173}- Do you know where I might reach him?|- No, ma'am. {19177}{19296}- He didn't leave a forwarding address.|- Oh, I see. Well, thank you. {19328}{19418}- I can't reach Mr. Leffingwell, senator.|- All right, Bess. {19422}{19485}- I'll take these calls down the line.|- Yes, sir. {19489}{19577}Wouldn't you think he'd know|we'd know he's dodging us? {19581}{19660}He might become the best|secretary of state we'll ever have. {19768}{19831}Want me to make you one of these? {19861}{19944}- Thanks just the same.|- It's good. {19964}{20068}- Don't you wanna be secretary of state?|- Think I should want to? {20072}{20160}- Big job.|- That's a fact. {20164}{20239}- I think you ought to want it.|- Why? {20243}{20342}Well, you know. All that trouble,|and war and stuff like that. {20346}{20414}Maybe you could do something about it. {20420}{20499}- I'd like to try.|- That's the way I'd figure it. {20504}{20562}It's worth a try. {20609}{20695}As you get to the top of the stairway,|look at the painting on the right. {20700}{20787}This painting portrays one of the worst|conflicts of the Mexican War. {20791}{20848}In this painting, it's interesting to note... {20852}{20920}that Lieutenants Lee and Grant|fought side by side. {20924}{20985}They were classmates at West Point,|as you know. {20989}{21095}The skylight came from Philadelphia.|It was placed there in 1859. {21099}{21168}The medallions in the skylight|are hand-painted. {21172}{21249}They were done by Gibson and Company|and placed there in 1859. {21253}{21319}- Good morning, Max.|- Miss Harrison, Lady Maudulayne. {21324}{21392}- Good morning, Maxwell.|- Max, this is Madame Barre. {21396}{21447}Her husband is the new French ambassador. {21452}{21530}- Welcome to the Senate, madame.|- Thank you. {21646}{21713}- Good morning, Lady Maudulayne.|- Good morning. {21804}{21866}- Good morning.|- Good morning. {22221}{22276}Bob. How are you? {22316}{22371}Good morning, Orrin.|Everything all right? {22375}{22484}Bob, it's going around the Leffingwell|hearing might be set for tomorrow. {22488}{22529}That's rushing things, isn't it? {22533}{22610}As we need a secretary of state,|I wouldn't say it's rushing. {22614}{22678}Senator Strickland, wouldn't you say|that's sudden? {22682}{22770}Senator Munson's party is going to be|strongly divided on Leffingwell. {22774}{22864}Perhaps the senator would push it through|before that division ruptures. {22868}{22965}I wonder if the minority leader is qualified|to speak for the majority party. {22969}{23076}On the right of that aisle is the minority,|and on the left is the majority. {23080}{23123}All of those are left? {23128}{23228}- Does America have so many leftists?|- Oh, no, darling. It's purely geographical. {23232}{23344}I mean, they're all Republicans or Democrats.|No communists or anything of that sort. {23348}{23440}They do have liberal types,|but they don't necessarily sit on the left... {23444}{23509}conservatives don't necessarily|sit on the right. {23572}{23603}Boys. {23608}{23670}- Bill.|- Aaron, nice to see you. {23674}{23747}That man, the one on the dais,|Harley Hudson. {23751}{23807}He's the vice president|of the United States. {23811}{23891}- He's very attractive.|- Yes, dear. Harley's very sweet. {23896}{23959}He's from one of those|odd little states, isn't he? {23964}{24020}He was governor of Delaware, you mean. {24024}{24131}- He's the president of the Senate, Celestine.|- But you said he's the vice president. {24136}{24237}It's confusing. We'd call him Lord|High Chamberlain or something sensible. {24241}{24351}It's very sensible. His job,|as vice president of the country... {24356}{24452}is to preside over the Senate,|which makes him its president. {24456}{24504}- Then he's also a senator.|- No. {24508}{24607}He presides over the Senate,|but he's not a senator. He can't even vote. {24612}{24656}He can vote in case of a tie. {24660}{24719}The Senate will come to order. {24738}{24808}The chaplain will now offer prayer. {24820}{24897}Our Father, in these days|of stress and strain... {24901}{24969}when men are called upon|to bear great burdens... {24973}{25073}give this Senate the strength|and charity... {25077}{25190}to ascertain of each who would serve|his nation his true nature and purpose... {25194}{25272}lest through inadvertence|and oversight... {25276}{25367}there slip into seats of power,|those who would misguide... {25372}{25413}and mislead this great people. {25417}{25482}Even the parson is getting into|the Leffingwell act. {25486}{25607}Your blessings, O Lord,|and help them to serve in your ways. {25612}{25643}Amen. {25751}{25787}Mr. President. {25792}{25847}Recognize the senior senator|from Michigan. {25852}{25952}I ask unanimous consent that the journal|of yesterday's proceedings be approved. {25956}{26003}Without objection? So ordered. {26007}{26083}Mr. President, I suggest|the absence of a quorum. {26087}{26131}Absence of a quorum suggested. {26136}{26195}- Clerk will call the roll.|- Mr. Abbott... {26622}{26763}Finish your story. Bob's got the Linotype.|Somebody's bound to pop on Leffingwell. {26862}{26918}Call to the post early, huh? {27044}{27111}Better wake up, Senator McCafferty. {27176}{27291}- Senator, quorum call.|- Opposed, sir. Diametrically opposed. {27295}{27360}No, no, senator. It's a quorum call. {27405}{27475}Mr. Ardell. {27479}{27525}- Mr. Ashley.|- Here. {27546}{27607}- Take over for a few minutes?|- Oh, sure. {27612}{27655}Mr. Bellingham? {27659}{27746}- Mr. Bender of California?|- Present. {27750}{27874}- Bob? Where's Seab?|- Oh, he'll make an entrance pretty soon. {27878}{27974}- Can I help with Leffingwell?|- Can't think of a thing. We'll just mark time. {27978}{28038}I'll gladly talk to anybody you want me to. {28042}{28104}- Excuse me.|- Tom August came from the White House. {28108}{28169}- In the cloak room.|- Sit in for me. {28173}{28264}- What's going on, Stan?|- Oh, hi, Harley. Looks like a bumpy day. {28268}{28335}I was asking Bob if I could do|anything to help. {28339}{28375}Filling up, huh? {28380}{28437}Funny how they can always|smell gunpowder. {28441}{28477}Yeah. {28481}{28588}Did I tell you I murdered my wife last night,|buried her under a kumquat bush? {28592}{28677}Oh, well... Easy come, easy go. {28681}{28729}What? What did you say? {28733}{28852}I said I might as well get up there|and let the tourists rubberneck at me. {28856}{28954}- I'm sorry, Harley.|- All right. Forget it. Forget it. {28961}{29003}- Excuse me.|- Sure. {29021}{29095}- Hello, Bob.|- Morning, Tom. {29107}{29175}The president wants a closed hearing. {29190}{29231}That's impossible. {29236}{29331}Cooley would find a way to open it up|if he had to use a can opener. {29336}{29378}That's what I told him. {29382}{29464}We'll have to name a subcommittee|and let it go at that. {29468}{29571}- Who do you have in mind to chair it?|- I thought Powell Hanson. {29576}{29638}It'll look like you're rigging it|for Leffingwell. {29642}{29703}Put him on the committee,|but not as chairman. {29707}{29780}It's got to be somebody|who can handle Cooley. {29784}{29846}What would you think|of Fred Van Ackerman? {29850}{29896}Caught you too, huh? {29900}{29971}- Got me out of bed this morning.|- Well? {29975}{30019}I don't know. {30024}{30077}The man has no tact. {30081}{30139}Of course, he could cope with Seab. {30153}{30219}So could Brig Anderson over there. {30224}{30267}I thought of Brig. {30271}{30353}But he's Fred Van Ackerman's junior.|Fred would split a gut. {30357}{30444}Let him split. Brig knows|how to be a senator. {30448}{30539}All right. Let's tag him and get organized. {30608}{30699}- Brig, may we interrupt for a moment?|- Sure. {30703}{30821}Brig, how would you feel about handling|the subcommittee on Leffingwell? {30825}{30867}- I'd feel fine.|- Bob. {30871}{30960}Orrin Knox is up on Leffingwell,|and Seab is warming up. {30964}{31023}Here we go, gentlemen. {31132}{31211}The president must have known|the reaction would be adverse... {31216}{31289}for the name Leffingwell|is synonymous with arrogance... {31293}{31352}and an eggheaded|determination to ignore... {31356}{31419}When have you let somebody|else do your dirty work? {31424}{31461}You mean Orrin Knox, Bob? {31465}{31584}You find Orrin doing somebody else's|dirty work, and that'll be a pretty do. {31588}{31703}- The office of federal power committee...|- This was a complete surprise. {31707}{31745}Which he now administrates. {31749}{31844}And in each of these, he has,|under the protection of the president... {31848}{31919}gone his own way without consultation... {31924}{31984}with the appropriate committee|of the Senate. {31988}{32041}Mr. President, will the senator yield? {32045}{32116}I will yield when I complete|the text of my statement. {32120}{32215}Mr. President, I only wish to ask the senator|how long he intends to speak. {32220}{32297}Was the senator planning to speak|for about 15 minutes? {32301}{32336}Nice try, Robert. {32340}{32459}Mr. President, the esteemed majority leader|is trying to trap me into a time limit. {32464}{32530}Well, since he has trotted out|this wheezy device... {32534}{32607}he must expect the usual wheezy answer. {32612}{32689}I certainly expect to speak|longer than 15 minutes. {32693}{32771}- Indeed, I may speak 15 hours.|- Attaboy, Orrin. {32776}{32866}I might also say that I do not need any|coaching from the sidelines... {32870}{32938}from the esteemed senator|from South Carolina. {32942}{33041}I would like to make it plain|that my opinions are my own... {33045}{33146}and they do not reflect those|of the senator from South Carolina. {33150}{33239}Now, if I might continue|without interruption. {33243}{33338}This nomination is being handled|with an underhanded attempt... {33343}{33446}to press the senator into silence and|railroad this nomination through Senate. {33450}{33532}Mr. President,|will the senator yield for a question? {33536}{33638}I have no intention of yielding to|the majority leader or the majority whip. {33642}{33716}They have no purpose but to block|criticism of Leffingwell. {33720}{33808}Will my good friend and colleague,|the distinguished senior senator... {33812}{33863}from Illinois, yield the floor to me? {33868}{33958}Under the circumstances, and because|we see eye to eye in this matter... {33962}{34078}I consider it a privilege to yield to the able|and respected senator from South Carolina. {34082}{34229}Thank you, sir. Mr. President, I must defend|my distinguished colleague from Illinois. {34233}{34316}It appears that he is beset|on every side by snarling enemies. {34320}{34443}Yet it was his intention only to give voice|to the simple complaint... {34448}{34512}many of us feel on both sides|of the aisle. {34516}{34585}An honest revulsion... {34589}{34665}at this nomination the president|has thrown in our teeth. {34669}{34724}Mr. President, will this senator yield? {34728}{34814}I'll not yield, sir, but I will say for you|what you'd say anyway... {34818}{34899}that this is not the time|for personal imputations. {34903}{34962}Will that satisfy the senator? {34991}{35045}Was there no other man than this... {35049}{35109}this Robert A. Leffingwell? {35113}{35242}Is our storehouse of brainpower|so impoverished, that for this office... {35246}{35331}which can affect the destiny|of our nation, of the world... {35336}{35409}there is no other man|but Robert A. Leffingwell? {35413}{35490}I find that hard, indeed,|impossible to believe. {35494}{35543}Will the distinguished senator yield? {35547}{35577}Well, now... {35581}{35655}for my young, handsome... {35660}{35728}and plenipotent colleague,|I will gladly yield. {35732}{35813}Looks like Seab's gonna have|roast Lafe Smith for lunch. {35831}{35950}Does the senior senator from South Carolina|think he knows more than the president... {35955}{36047}about what or who is needed,|in these perilous times... {36051}{36114}in the office of secretary of state? {36118}{36154}Yes, senator. {36159}{36259}Even one so young and green as|the junior senator from Rhode Island... {36263}{36348}would have chosen another man.|Wouldn't you say that's the truth? {36352}{36472}The senator assumes an infallibility of|knowledge, which denotes a closed mind... {36476}{36527}and an aged crust of prejudice. {36545}{36580}Who ate who? {36584}{36628}Mr. President... {36632}{36691}we have here an example... {36695}{36795}of the commotion this man,|Leffingwell, can arouse. {36799}{36918}Able, sensitive young senators,|taught courtesy at their mothers' knees... {36922}{37007}turn upon their elders and rend them|because of their passions... {37012}{37098}over this disturbing man,|Robert A. Leffingwell. {37102}{37250}I beseech senators to contemplate|the spectacle we are making of ourselves. {37254}{37294}Why? {37310}{37411}What is causing this bitterness|of division in our party? Leffingwell. {37416}{37568}Who is disrupting the cordial flow|of legislative interchange? Leffingwell. {37572}{37620}Who is turning this Senate... {37624}{37701}into a cockpit of angry emotion? {37705}{37735}Leffingwell. {37739}{37858}I abominate this man Leffingwell.|He is an evil man. {37871}{37989}He will pursue a policy of appeasements! {37993}{38088}He will weaken the moral fiber|of our great nation. {38092}{38184}He will bring destruction to our traditions. {38188}{38265}And I beg you, senators, reject him. {38269}{38320}Reject him! {38427}{38524}- Barney, you look wonderful tonight.|- Thank you, Mrs. Harrison. {38536}{38636}- Betty, do you know the senator?|- Yes, we've met. {38640}{38707}Shall we have a spin around the floor? {38812}{38848}Hi, Lafe. {38957}{39036}- Having fun?|- Having a lovely time. Thanks. {39308}{39352}- Can I get you a drink?|- No, thanks. {39356}{39446}I will make my government's position|on Mr. Leffingwell very clear. {39450}{39505}In some ways, he's excellent. {39509}{39557}But in others, not so excellent. {39561}{39614}In general, I would say we are for him. {39618}{39685}Except when it comes to those|features of character... {39689}{39764}in which we might be disposed|to be against him. {39768}{39867}On the whole, that is my government's|position. Yes, exactly. {39871}{39991}Yes, the inscrutable East can always|be depended upon to be inscrutable. {40002}{40090}- Enjoy your dance, darling?|- The senator dances beautifully. {40094}{40175}Well, Lafe is not exactly|the log-cabin type. {40180}{40252}Rowell, the senator is coming|to lunch tomorrow. {40256}{40328}We'll be honored. You'll be|our first guest at the embassy. {40332}{40403}- You're very kind.|- Bob, see you a minute? {40412}{40455}Will you excuse me? {40582}{40672}- Didn't see you at dinner, Fred.|- I just got here. {40676}{40748}Why didn't you take my call|from New York this afternoon? {40752}{40854}I didn't want to take your call.|Is that an honest enough answer? {40858}{40920}You were reaching|for Brig Anderson all the time? {40924}{41002}No. But we weren't reaching|for you, either. {41006}{41058}- He's in the club, isn't he?|- What club? {41062}{41139}Don't give me that.|The inner circle, the clique, the club. {41143}{41235}Look, Fred, you forced me|to offend you. I'm sorry. {41239}{41341}All right. I'm willing to forget it.|I'll still campaign for Leffingwell. {41345}{41423}Fine, Fred, but let's not irritate|the situation. {41427}{41541}Robert Leffingwell is the difference between|peace and war. I mean to fight for him. {42075}{42188}- Being exclusive, Harley?|- Just escaping for a moment. {42192}{42223}From the ladies? {42283}{42375}Do you mind if I ask you a question|that a vice president shouldn't ask? {42379}{42462}You mean like,|" How's the president's health?" {42467}{42546}I haven't seen him in six weeks.|He never calls me in. {42550}{42625}- I don't think he means to slight you.|- He probably does. {42629}{42679}But that's not why I'm asking. {42695}{42778}Look, I know I'm only Charming Harley,|the housewives' delight. {42782}{42895}I know I was only a compromise candidate|for vice president or I wouldn't be here. {42899}{43008}I never expected to be president, and I hope|to God I never will be, and I mean that. {43012}{43077}But the town's boiling|with rumors about his health. {43081}{43168}If they're true, I should at least be told. {43172}{43202}All right. {43206}{43268}But this is just my own opinion. {43272}{43369}I don't think the surgery last year|was successful. {43391}{43463}Well, I was once the happy governor|of Delaware... {43468}{43566}counting revenue from corporative setups|and having tea with the du Ponts. {43570}{43663}- Now...|- It hasn't happened yet. Maybe it won't. {43668}{43741}Bob, I'm not sure I've got the stuff|to be president. {43745}{43783}Has anybody? {43788}{43850}Most presidents have to grow up|in the job anyway. {43854}{43955}The country could go to hell before|I'd grow big enough to see over the desk. {43959}{44050}Humility is not the worst attitude|you could have toward this job. {44054}{44126}It's a nice word for the shakes, "humility." {44130}{44247}In any case, you're the only vice president|we have, so the Constitution says. {44254}{44362}Leffingwell is not only an appeaser,|but a spendthrift to boot. {44366}{44445}He can throw more money out|of the back door with a teaspoon... {44449}{44516}than the government can bring in|with a shovel. {44520}{44619}He'll stage a giveaway to the communists|that'll make Munich look like a clambake. {44624}{44692}What do you pump-order politicians|think the world's like? {44696}{44791}Wanna get us bombed out of existence|for some lousy, two-bit country... {44796}{44835}that can't even feed itself? {44839}{44912}We have got to think of ourselves,|first and last. {44916}{44990}Would the senator yield the floor? {44997}{45060}This is no laughing matter to me,|Mrs. Harrison. {45064}{45136}Then perhaps this isn't the place|to discuss it. {45156}{45202}Excuse me. {45255}{45338}- I'm terribly sorry, Dolly.|- Nonsense, Orrin. {45348}{45454}Why, Mr. Leffingwell does cause|excitement, doesn't he? {47612}{47678}- Is that you, darling?|- Hi. {47829}{47895}How did it go tonight, darling? {47899}{47991}Like any party you give. A smasher. {48037}{48097}You're the best there is, pet. {48101}{48192}Somebody said once,|a friend of mine, I'm sure... {48196}{48319}that any bitch with a million bucks,|and a big house and a good caterer... {48323}{48403}could be a social success in Washington. {48448}{48493}Do you think I'm a bitch? {48512}{48573}A perfectly nice one, if you are. {48583}{48670}And I'm probably the first man in your life|since your husband died. {48674}{48712}That's not a question. {48731}{48788}Don't feel obliged to volunteer information. {48792}{48833}You are. {48868}{48959}How long do you think I'm going to keep up|this backstairs romance? {48963}{49004}Front elevator. {49008}{49066}Elevator is right. At my age, I need it. {49070}{49149}Oh, your age. You're as virile|as a billy goat... {49153}{49238}and make noises like a wounded spaniel. {49250}{49337}- No marriage, huh?|- And spoil this convenient arrangement? {49341}{49387}Don't be silly. {49391}{49456}I think you're afraid|I won't get elected next time. {49460}{49541}No girl wants to be married to a has-been. {49549}{49633}- Well, we've got that established.|- And I'm sleepy. {49637}{49684}Are you sleepy? {50040}{50104}Will the committee come to order, please? {50116}{50204}I'll ask the witness to take his place|at the witness table. {50340}{50419}This hearing of the subcommittee of the|Senate Foreign Relations Committee... {50424}{50530}is being held to consider the president's|nomination of Robert A. Leffingwell... {50534}{50587}for secretary of state. {50600}{50699}Mr. Leffingwell, I'm sure you know|all the members of the committee here. {50703}{50770}Senator Cooley is not|a member of the subcommittee... {50774}{50849}but the full committee voted|him permission to join us... {50853}{50904}for the purposes of cross-examination. {50908}{50979}I welcome Senator Cooley's|participation, Mr. Chairman. {50983}{51078}If not wholeheartedly,|certainly without fear. {51083}{51111}I commend your courage. {51116}{51203}Frankly, the senator|scares the wits out of everybody else. {51208}{51280}Would you please stand|and raise your right hand? {51300}{51391}Do you swear that the statements|you are about to give this committee... {51395}{51497}will be the truth, the whole truth|and nothing but the truth, so help you God? {51501}{51563}- Yes, sir, I do.|- Thank you. {51703}{51750}- Sorry, Brig.|- Not at all, Fred. {51754}{51810}I'm particularly interested in this hearing. {51814}{51899}I hope Mr. Leffingwell obtains|swift approval from this committee. {51911}{51987}I thank the senator for his comments. {52007}{52078}Mr. Leffingwell, I'm sure you have|a statement to make... {52082}{52132}before the interrogation begins. {52136}{52247}Mr. Chairman, I believe I might serve this|committee best by answering its questions. {52251}{52291}As you wish. {52297}{52354}Senator Knox, would you like to begin? {52358}{52444}Don't you feel we're worth the effort|of an opening statement? {52448}{52498}I'm only being practical, senator. {52502}{52575}Well, then I too shall be practical,|Mr. Leffingwell. {52580}{52627}Are you loyal to the United States? {52632}{52711}I don't mind admitting|that I'm loyal to the United States. {52748}{52829}But it wasn't an idle question,|Mr. Leffingwell. {52833}{52937}I've had some complaints against things|you've said in some of your speeches... {52941}{52996}about our relations with the communists. {53000}{53054}Some go so far as to say|you're not loyal. {53058}{53178}- There's no foundation for that, senator.|- I have a quote from one of your speeches. {53191}{53300}"We must not bind ourselves|to outworn principles of the past... {53304}{53449}when we find those principles standing|in the way of affirmative action for peace." {53459}{53534}- What does that mean?|- The past shouldn't lie too heavily... {53538}{53608}upon our present efforts|to achieve world stability. {53612}{53693}You say "outworn principles of the past." {53697}{53751}Well, what principles|did you have in mind? {53756}{53837}I meant more a state of mind.|Perhaps the word "principle"... {53841}{53939}- was not a good choice.|- Orrin, is that speech you got there... {53944}{54031}- about defense mobilization?|- No, foreign policy. {54036}{54147}Mr. Chairman, the witness is the director|of the Office of Defense Mobilization. {54152}{54219}What's he doing making speeches|about foreign policy? {54224}{54323}You reckon he was bucking|for the job of secretary of state? {54347}{54436}I responded to an invitation|from the Chamber of Commerce of Chicago. {54440}{54507}The topic they gave me|to speak on was foreign policy. {54524}{54636}I've seen men angling|for high office, Mr. Chairman. {54640}{54735}That's the way they do it. They make|speeches. They flaunt themselves. {54740}{54817}- That's how they do it. Yes, sir.|- Ln fact, Mr. Leffingwell... {54821}{54917}this was only one of a series of speeches|on foreign policy, wasn't it? {54921}{54963}Yes, sir, that's true. {54988}{55034}He made speeches. So what? {55038}{55081}We all make speeches. {55085}{55180}Mr. Leffingwell, you said you merely|meant to suggest a state of mind... {55184}{55223}This is a cute committee here. {55228}{55327}Do you think it's wrong to suspect|the good faith of the communists... {55332}{55382}after four decades of dishonor? {55386}{55459}All things change.|It wouldn't hurt to assume at times... {55464}{55517}a desire for peace from the communists. {55521}{55613}On what basis?|These pious, hopeful men, Mr. Chairman. {55617}{55671}These wool-gathering optimists. {55675}{55766}Mr. Chairman, can't we get along|without this kind of questioning? {55770}{55879}At the risk of seeming discourteous to the|distinguished senator from South Carolina... {55884}{55963}I'll remind him he's here|at the sufferance of the committee. {55976}{56111}I thank the esteemed chairman|for his courteous chastisement. {56115}{56246}Mr. Leffingwell, do I understand|you wish to placate the communists? {56250}{56355}Not placate. But neither do I want to kill|any chance of agreement before it starts. {56360}{56437}In an agreement, what terms|do you think would be valid? {56445}{56512}I can't answer that|without given circumstances. {56523}{56618}- Will the senator yield?|- If the senator will be brief. {56623}{56681}The senator wouldn't want me|to be too brief... {56685}{56745}where the fate of my country|is concerned. {56749}{56899}Why are you afraid to tell us what terms|you'd make with the communists? {56904}{56992}- I just explained to Senator Knox...|- You're evading. {56996}{57095}We want to know what you intend|to give away to the communists. {57099}{57209}- I don't intend to give anything away.|- Why won't you tell us what your terms are? {57213}{57285}Are you ashamed to disclose these terms? {57289}{57351}I have nothing to be ashamed of,|and you know it. {57355}{57432}He is not responding, Mr. Chairman. {57436}{57510}This man is hiding something. {57514}{57590}Senator Knox, reclaim the floor.|This is getting us nowhere. {57594}{57711}I resent the chair's arbitrary attempt|to silence cross-examination... {57716}{57771}that'll show this man's true intent. {57775}{57876}It is common knowledge that no one,|nowhere, and at no time... {57880}{57979}has been able to silence the distinguished|senator from South Carolina. {58000}{58140}Well, sir, I might say the chairman's|doing a pretty good job of it right now. {58174}{58279}If you feel the witness is hiding something,|would you care to make a formal charge? {58293}{58374}Well, now, that'll just upset everybody. {58378}{58449}I'll just turn the floor back|to Senator Knox. {58453}{58496}No more right now, Mr. Chairman. {58513}{58585}- Senator Velez?|- Mr. Leffingwell... {58589}{58707}what associations did you have when|teaching at the University of Chicago? {58711}{58810}The usual campus associations.|Other teachers, students. {58814}{58883}I have here a telegram|from someone named Gelman... {58888}{58969}who claims to have known you|at the university. {58977}{59042}Do you recognize the name? {59046}{59131}I don't think so, but that was quite|a few years ago, senator. {59135}{59243}Well, he says you associated|with left-wingers and communists. {59248}{59308}Is there anything to that, Mr. Leffingwell? {59312}{59375}I'd like to know what|Mr. Gelman means by... {59379}{59485}"left-wingers" or "communists." Those|terms are used carelessly by some people. {59489}{59539}Will Mr. Gelman be called to testify? {59544}{59588}I'm unable to find Mr. Gelman. {59592}{59687}Senator, I don't know what to say,|except the telegram is from some crank. {59692}{59788}- Senator from Hawaii.|- Just a hypothetical question. {59798}{59880}If the communists demand|we yield certain strategic positions... {59884}{59958}- what would you recommend?|- We reject any such demand. {59962}{59998}Even if it meant war? {60011}{60144}That's an unlikely hypothesis if we retain|our present power of retaliation. {60148}{60189}Say it did happen. {60193}{60246}Would you recommend a preventive attack? {60252}{60293}Hit the enemy before they hit us? {60297}{60403}No, I wouldn't recommend a preventive|attack. I would first try to bargain... {60407}{60499}try to agree to some of their demands|if they'd agree to some of ours. {60503}{60602}With the senator's permission, I'd like|to make a little speech to the witness. {60606}{60729}Mr. Witness, I'd rather go out of this world|standing on my two hind legs... {60733}{60858}fighting like a man for things I believe|in, than to yield and concede and crawl... {60862}{60944}till there was nothing left|of our freedoms and way of life... {60948}{61059}but a handful of lost dreams|and a fistful of dry dust. {61111}{61227}Mr. Chairman, it's mighty comforting|to know that all the folks out there... {61232}{61296}aren't being took in|by this appeasement talk. {61320}{61428}Mr. Chairman, a little while ago,|Senator Knox asked me to define... {61432}{61495}what I meant by "outworn principles." {61500}{61591}Senator Cooley has obliged|with a perfect illustration. {61596}{61683}He speaks of standing on his hind legs,|fighting like a man... {61688}{61809}as if war were still some rousing charge|up San Juan Hill... {61820}{61896}with flags flying and bugles sounding. {61911}{61995}It's this kind of 19th-century notion|I was talking about. {62000}{62132}This "don't tread on me,"|"walk softly and carry a big stick"... {62136}{62235}"damn the torpedoes,"|"full speed ahead" state of mind. {62239}{62306}Senator Cooley's state of mind. {62521}{62620}It seems to me that the senator from|South Carolina was speaking out of pride. {62624}{62736}Do you think we should discontinue pride|in our freedoms and our way of life? {62740}{62883}I believe it's dangerous to negotiate|survival with pride determining our attitude. {62888}{62967}I wonder if there isn't good sense|in what Senator Cooley said. {62972}{63035}I wonder if we can't become too equivocal. {63039}{63114}I wonder if we can't reason away,|in the name of survival... {63118}{63166}everything worth surviving for. {63174}{63289}That's a hard line to walk, but we have|no choice but to try and walk it. {63296}{63368}I'm sorry to say we can't always know|where we're going. {63372}{63436}As long as we know where we're not going. {63450}{63510}Any questions, Senator Hendershot? {63518}{63606}You're what they call an egghead,|aren't you, Mr. Witness? {63633}{63745}I'm not only an egghead, senator,|I'm a premeditated egghead. {63749}{63815}I set out to become an egghead,|and at this moment... {63820}{63871}I'm in full flower of eggheadedness. {63875}{63931}I hope to shed pollen wherever I go. {63976}{64073}If there are no objections, we can leave|them laughing while we have lunch. {64077}{64149}We'll take it up again at 1:30,|Mr. Leffingwell. {64404}{64471}Do you think the committee's|trying to smear you? {64475}{64531}They're asking what they feel|they should. {64536}{64590}Some questions have been smear questions. {64594}{64659}Right now my main emphasis|is getting lunch. {64664}{64715}If he won't answer that question, I will. {64720}{64786}The committee is being used|to smear Mr. Leffingwell. {64790}{64885}- What about that, Mr. Leffingwell?|- The senator is entitled to his opinion. {64889}{64923}Will you excuse me, please? {64928}{65001}You don't like how this hearing|is being conducted, do you? {65005}{65075}The chairman should stop|these irresponsible questions. {65079}{65164}He doesn't want to.|They're out to crucify Mr. Leffingwell. {65168}{65270}Senator, Senator Van Ackerman is accusing|the committee of using smear tactics. {65274}{65315}Would you comment on this? {65320}{65431}If the senator has any complaints to make,|he should write a letter to his congressman. {65435}{65515}- Will you give Seab Cooley a free hand?|- Oh, come on. {65656}{65727}Do you believe war can be avoided,|Mr. Leffingwell? {65731}{65858}I believe it must be avoided. But I don't|think we can avoid it by rattling sabers. {65881}{65932}That's all, Mr. Chairman. {65936}{66043}Now, Mr. Leffingwell, it becomes necessary|to turn you over to the tender mercies... {66047}{66169}- of the senator from South Carolina.|- I'm girded for the occasion, Mr. Chairman. {66185}{66261}Thank you, Mr. Chairman.|I have no questions, Mr. Chairman. {66265}{66344}Then I don't see any reason|why we can't adjourn the hearing. {66348}{66384}If there are no objections. {66424}{66547}Would the nominee mind staying with us|for just a smidgen longer? {66560}{66667}I said I have no questions, Mr. Chairman.|But I have a witness I would like to call. {66681}{66718}Call your witness, senator. {66723}{66783}Herbert Gelman. {66958}{67068}Will the photographers|withdraw to the sidelines, please? {67225}{67300}- Are you Herbert Gelman?|- That's my name. {67320}{67374}Raise your right hand, please. {67407}{67490}Do you swear the testimony|you are about to give this committee... {67495}{67598}will be the truth, the whole truth|and nothing but the truth, so help you God? {67602}{67673}- Yes, sir, I swear.|- Take a seat, please. {67776}{67817}Where do you live, Mr. Gelman? {67821}{67943}At 2221 Grove Place Northeast,|here in Washington. {67948}{68040}- Your occupation?|- I'm a clerk in the Treasury Department. {68044}{68132}Did you send this telegram|to Senator Velez? {68195}{68298}And, Mr. Gelman, would you mind|speaking just a little bit louder, please? {68323}{68379}Yes. Yes. {68396}{68472}Why didn't you include your address|so he could contact you? {68476}{68583}- That was Senator Cooley's idea.|- What did Senator Cooley have to do with it? {68588}{68670}He suggested that I send|a telegram to Senator Velez. {68689}{68755}- Is this true, Senator Cooley?|- It is, Mr. Chairman. {68759}{68842}Why didn't you tell us when|Senator Velez introduced the telegram? {68846}{68918}I was just giving the nominee|enough rope to hang himself. {68923}{69025}I resent being used as a cat's-paw|by the senator from South Carolina. {69029}{69099}I apologize to the senator from New Mexico. {69104}{69228}The senator will forgive me when he hears|what this new witness has to say. {69256}{69320}Do you know Robert Leffingwell,|Mr. Gelman? {69337}{69410}- Yes, sir.|- Intimately? {69420}{69458}Well, not intimately. {69462}{69519}Well, how? On sight or how? {69524}{69591}Well, closer than that. {69595}{69691}I worked for the Federal Power Commission|when he was chairman. {69696}{69739}In his office? {69743}{69808}No, sir, at a subsidiary agency. {69812}{69882}But I knew him before then in Chicago. {69886}{69952}I was in one of his classes|at the university. {69956}{70010}I see. Does he know you? {70018}{70047}He ought to. {70052}{70123}He fired me from|the Federal Rower Agency. {70127}{70215}- For what reason were you fired?|- He wanted me out of the agency. {70230}{70294}- I knew too much.|- About what? {70298}{70339}About him. {70348}{70391}What do you know about him? {70396}{70454}He's a communist. {70464}{70519}The nominee has a right to cross-examine. {70523}{70619}I was about to ask, Mr. Leffingwell,|if you'd like to cross-examine as we go. {70624}{70687}Thank you, but I'll wait till he's finished. {70707}{70759}Senator Cooley, he's all yours. {70820}{70924}Now, sir, Mr. Herbert Gelman. {70928}{71031}Will you please tell the committee|how you happened to be here. {71035}{71106}I came to you about Mr. Leffingwell. {71111}{71213}Now I want you to tell the committee,|and the nation... {71217}{71275}what you told me in my office. {71279}{71323}Yes, sir. {71337}{71410}When I was going|to the University of Chicago... {71414}{71498}I lived at 2714 Carpenter Street. {71510}{71662}I got to know a man, who also had|a room there, named Max Bukowski. {71666}{71762}- And he...|- How do you spell that name, Mr. Gelman? {71819}{71895}B-U-K-O-W-S-K-I. {71902}{71950}Would you continue, please? {71985}{72034}Bukowski invited me... {72038}{72148}to sit in on|political discussions in his room. {72152}{72211}I went to several of these discussions... {72216}{72357}before I realized I was getting involved|in a communist cell, and I dropped out. {72361}{72446}Who was in this communist cell? {72450}{72497}Bukowski was the leader. {72501}{72559}There was a man named James Morton. {72563}{72621}And then there was|Mr. Robert Leffingwell. {72625}{72683}You knew Mr. Leffingwell. {72687}{72786}Well, like I said, I was in one|of his classes at the university. {72790}{72931}Now I'll ask you to tell the committee|what was discussed at these meetings... {72936}{73039}but I want to tell the committee|that I in no way coached this witness. {73043}{73116}The words that he uses are his own words. {73120}{73155}Mr. Gelman. {73160}{73238}Max Bukowski was a dogmatic Marxist. {73242}{73393}He didn't feel that communism would come|to America without violent revolution. {73397}{73489}But James Morton and Mr. Leffingwell|felt that communism... {73493}{73587}would come as a result of the erosion|of our form of government. {73591}{73719}I remember James Morton saying|that our principles would become outworn. {73728}{73806}Now, it seems to me we've heard|that from somebody else today. {73810}{73861}Not mentioning any names, of course. {73865}{73931}Brig, we'll want verification|of this man's story. {73936}{74030}- I thank the senator for pointing that out.|- Someone's got to point it out. {74035}{74100}I'd advise you to demand verification. {74110}{74167}I thank the senator for his advice. {74172}{74239}Would the senator care to sit|with the committee? {74244}{74310}Are you trying to choke me off, Brig? {74314}{74359}Not at all, Fred. {74364}{74395}Continue, please. {74400}{74523}Now, Mr. Gelman, you told me something|about names in this communist cell. {74528}{74603}Yes. Nobody used their right name. {74608}{74683}Mr. Leffingwell was called Walker. {74688}{74751}Bukowski was called Fitzgerald. {74755}{74843}I never learned James Morton's real name. {74847}{74922}And they tried to give me|the name of Andrews. {74926}{74970}About that time, I quit. {74974}{75037}What happened when you quit? {75041}{75126}Mr. Leffingwell failed me in his class|on government administration. {75131}{75223}Why didn't you report all this|to the university authorities? {75228}{75303}- I was afraid.|- And you're not afraid now. {75307}{75363}Yes, I'm afraid. {75367}{75444}But I couldn't stand by|and see a man like Mr. Leffingwell... {75448}{75519}get into a position of power|as secretary of state. {75524}{75640}- Can you corroborate this, Mr. Gelman?|- The man's an eyewitness, under oath. {75648}{75763}- I'm not lying!|- I didn't say you were lying. {75780}{75898}Where can we find Max Bukowski|and James Morton? {75908}{75995}Bukowski's dead.|I never saw James Morton again. {76008}{76131}Maybe Mr. Robert A. Leffingwell|can help us to locate this James Morton. {76156}{76255}Would the committee grant me one hour|to prepare an answer to this testimony? {76259}{76339}If he can defend himself,|let him do it right now. {76372}{76455}The committee will extend|this courtesy to the nominee. {76460}{76530}We'll stand recessed until 3:30. {76676}{76779}Seab, you don't believe|that tale yourself. Come on. {76783}{76829}Anyway, I'm rocking the boat. {76833}{76895}He's going to cut Gelman up|four ways from Sunday. {76899}{76986}And I'm going to pick off just enough votes|to push him into office. {76990}{77033}What about that, you old buzzard? {77037}{77155}Us old buzzards can see a mouse dying|from 10,000 feet up. {77160}{77235}Us old buzzards have|the sharpest eyes in creation. {77239}{77342}Right now, I'm studying the terrain. {78206}{78238}Thank you. {78324}{78420}Led by questions from Senator Brigham|Anderson, the witness flatly stated... {78424}{78479}that Robert Leffingwell was a communist. {78483}{78566}He claimed he had once been|in a communist cell with Leffingwell. {78570}{78622}Leff, how are you? Come in. {78626}{78676}Daddy, George is hiding my new record. {78680}{78777}- I haven't even seen her old album.|- He has seen it. He's got it, Daddy. {78781}{78848}Kids, go in there and behave|or I'm gonna tell Mother. {78852}{78908}Leffingwell seemed to be|as flabbergasted... {78912}{78998}Leff, I've been watching|the whole awful business on television. {79041}{79096}- Sit down.|- Hardiman... {79100}{79182}when I go back to the hearing,|I'll tell them the whole story. {79186}{79247}Chicago, Gelman, everything. {79255}{79358}You're bound to come into it.|Might be better if you're there with me. {79362}{79419}We can make them understand|how it really was. {79424}{79474}Make who understand? {79479}{79583}- Who would even want to understand?|- We've got nothing to lose by trying. {79587}{79646}- Nothing to lose?|- I'm under oath, Hardiman. {79650}{79724}I know you're under oath,|but wait a minute here. {79745}{79798}I've got a family to feed. {79802}{79919}Leff, look, if we do what you want,|we'll not only be through in government... {79923}{79982}we'll never even get|a job teaching again. {79987}{80081}You know what happens when|these red-baiting newspapers get the scent. {80092}{80193}- I know that, but what can I do?|- Withdraw. Don't go back to the hearing. {80198}{80258}That would be the worst|admission of guilt. {80263}{80353}There'd be a Senate investigation|in 24 hours. We'd be in the same spot. {80403}{80436}All right. {80440}{80511}Tell me this:|What do you owe these politicians? {80515}{80547}Nothing. {80551}{80669}They let that old megalomaniac Cooley bring|a half-witted clerk to testify against you. {80673}{80794}I know you're a man of principle. I admire you|for it, but it's no time to go by the book. {80798}{80855}- I don't know.|- You have to. You're putting... {80860}{80922}your head on a chopping block|and mine with it. {80940}{81007}Look, you talk about being under oath. {81011}{81107}What about Gelman?|His testimony was shot with lies. {81111}{81197}He was never in one of your classes|at the university. {81284}{81363}Destroy him. It's easy for you, Leff. {81371}{81454}Will the chair please administer the oath|to Mr. Lewis Newborne... {81459}{81506}of the Federal Rower Commission. {81511}{81579}Would you stand and raise|your right hand, please? {81627}{81709}Do you swear the testimony|you're about to give this committee... {81713}{81795}will be the truth, the whole truth,|and nothing but the truth? {81799}{81850}- I do.|- Thank you. You may be seated. {81855}{81944}First, Mr. Chairman, let me say|that I do know Herbert Gelman. {81962}{82046}Looks like we might've smoked us out|a possum, Mr. Chairman. {82051}{82143}Afraid there'll be no possum stew|in the old Cooley pot tonight, senator. {82147}{82232}I realized I knew Herbert Gelman|only after I'd heard his testimony. {82236}{82288}- May I question Mr. Gelman?|- By all means. {82292}{82328}Mr. Gelman. {82332}{82399}Before being detached|from the Rower Commission... {82403}{82515}- you'd been ill a long while, correct?|- I was in a tuberculosis sanitarium. {82519}{82596}- Tuberculosis sanitarium?|- You know that, Mr. Leffingwell. {82611}{82670}You fired me when I tried|to come back to work. {82674}{82754}Can you tell us the name|of this tuberculosis sanitarium? {82763}{82846}- The name?|- Yes, the name. It had a name, didn't it? {82867}{82933}The name. I can't think of the name. {82937}{82994}It was in the country, in Maryland. {82998}{83051}Mr. Newborne, do you know Herbert Gelman? {83055}{83150}Oh, yes. I was his immediate superior|in the Federal Rower Agency. {83154}{83226}Tell the committee the true cause|of Mr. Gelman's illness. {83231}{83379}It wasn't tuberculosis. Herbert...|Mr. Gelman had a mental breakdown. {83383}{83479}And the sanitarium was the Elm Grove|Rest Home right outside of Baltimore. {83483}{83533}What happened when he came back to work? {83537}{83644}He seemed, well, kind of shaky.|He couldn't seem to get a hold of the job. {83648}{83742}I went to Mr. Leffingwell, and I told him|that I wanted to let Gelman go. {83746}{83818}Mr. Leffingwell said he'd try|and find him another job. {83823}{83947}A few days later, on Mr. Leffingwell's|instructions, I discharged Gelman... {83951}{84038}and recommended that he apply|to the Department of the Treasury. {84042}{84126}He made an application,|and he went to work over there. {84130}{84223}This, Mr. Chairman, is the sum total|of my knowledge of Herbert Gelman... {84227}{84295}except I telephoned|the University of Chicago... {84299}{84363}to find out if he'd ever been|a student of mine. {84367}{84442}The registrar said Gelman|had been at the university... {84446}{84519}but there was no record|of his attending my classes. {84523}{84616}This will be confirmed by telegram|from the registrar to the committee. {84620}{84685}What do you have to say|to this, Mr. Gelman? {84695}{84739}I thought... {84749}{84884}I thought it was my duty as a citizen|to come here, expose Mr. Leffingwell. {84888}{85007}You will receive another telegram. This one|from the city planning office of Chicago. {85011}{85087}Seems this address,|2714 Carpenter Street... {85091}{85217}where this communist cell practiced its|mumbo jumbo, according to Mr. Gelman... {85221}{85300}This address has been a fire station|for more than 50 years. {85400}{85478}Did you have a mental breakdown,|Mr. Gelman? {85568}{85676}Do you still insist you were fired by Mr.|Leffingwell because you knew too much? {85712}{85819}I didn't know that he got me the job|in the Treasury Department. {85826}{85930}Could you have been mistaken about being|in his classes in the university? {85945}{85991}I don't know. {86007}{86099}And what about 2714 Carpenter Street? {86143}{86261}Well, it might not be the right number. {86265}{86314}I may not remember for sure. {86323}{86388}Perhaps you don't remember|other things for sure. {86419}{86511}Well, if I did, would anybody believe me? {86606}{86662}I think we can let this witness go. {86666}{86717}Thank you, Mr. Gelman. {86745}{86811}I said you could go, Mr. Gelman. {86994}{87067}This committee owes you an apology,|Mr. Leffingwell. {87071}{87138}Perhaps Senator Cooley|would like to join us in that? {87146}{87194}I'm not joining anybody in anything. {87199}{87303}Senator Cooley wants a transcript of this|hearing at the earliest possible moment. {87322}{87444}The committee owes me no apology, Mr.|Chairman, nor do they owe me approval. {87448}{87579}Win, lose, or draw I shall continue to serve|my country when and wherever I can. {88597}{88666}- Good afternoon.|- Yes, sir? {88670}{88778}Why, I'd surely be obliged if I could see|the employment record... {88782}{88819}of Mr. Herbert Gelman. {88823}{88906}I'm sorry, sir, but employment records|are privileged information. {88911}{89003}You might say that I am privileged.|I'm Senator Cooley. {89007}{89099}You're a mighty pretty gal,|yes, ma'am. Mighty pretty. {89103}{89215}I'm not entirely sure in which section|of this building Mr. Gelman works. {89252}{89302}Mr. Leffingwell. {89306}{89369}Well, Leff. {89376}{89438}- Congratulations.|- I appreciate your arranging... {89442}{89503}to see me so quickly.|I know how busy you are. {89507}{89585}Glad you called.|I wanted to see you. Sit down. {89596}{89667}Bobby thinks the committee|will go four-to-one in your favor. {89671}{89743}He has enough votes sewed up|to get you through on the floor. {89747}{89836}So it looks like you're in.|How'd you like a drink, Mr. Secretary? {89840}{89916}Mr. President, I'm not in,|and I'm not going to be in. {89920}{89979}- Yes, sir.|- What are you talking about? {89983}{90036}- Yes, sir.|- Nothing! Sorry. {90040}{90147}Mr. President, I want you|to withdraw my nomination. {90168}{90216}I lied at the hearing. {90651}{90714}I knew Herbert Gelman.|I knew him in Chicago. {90718}{90776}I knew him at those meetings. {90780}{90847}They were communist meetings,|Mr. President. {90851}{90942}I was never a party member,|but I was young, looking for a cause. {90946}{91037}Didn't take long to discover|that wasn't it, and I dropped out. {91048}{91133}Please believe that,|Mr. President. It's true. {91224}{91298}But I am guilty of one bad error. {91302}{91394}I gave Herbert Gelman a job|to keep him from talking. {91407}{91526}When I saw Gelman in the courtroom, I knew|Cooley had me set up for the witch-hunters. {91531}{91602}I wish I could tell you I'm sorry I lied. {91607}{91677}I'm only sorry I had to lie. {91703}{91763}Anybody else know you lied? {91767}{91830}One person. Hardiman Fletcher. {91845}{91931}- Fletcher of the Treasury Department?|- Yes. {92077}{92118}Will he talk? {92122}{92185}No. Fletcher was the third man|in Chicago. {92189}{92248}He was James Morton. {92938}{93007}- Hello, senator.|- Well, Mr. Fletcher... {93011}{93120}I surely do appreciate you keeping|this little rendezvous. {93127}{93180}Who are we hiding from, senator, and why? {93184}{93311}I thought us meeting by this fine old|monument might have a salutary effect... {93315}{93409}on our conversation. It was George|Washington who couldn't tell a lie... {93413}{93452}wasn't it, Mr. Fletcher? {93456}{93569}I sometimes forget my schoolboy history.|Shall we take a little walk? {93635}{93741}A thought came to me, Mr. Fletcher.|Not like a bolt from the blue. {93745}{93826}More insinuating,|like a soft breeze off the river. {93830}{93975}I thought, "Why did Robert A. Leffingwell|have Herbert Gelman..." {93979}{94062}Apply to the Treasury Department|for a job? {94066}{94143}"Why didn't he send him|through civil service for a job?" {94147}{94221}- Are you asking me a question?|- Not yet, Mr. Fletcher. {94225}{94347}I gallivanted over to|the Treasury Department this afternoon... {94351}{94419}and I sort of looked up|Herbert Gelman's record. {94423}{94518}And I discovered that you approved|Herbert's application. {94522}{94563}Personally approved it. {94568}{94662}- Senator, get to the point.|- The point is, I was gonna give you a break. {94666}{94739}Looks like you see fit to turn down|my Southern generosity. {94743}{94835}- Senator Cooley, I'm a loyal citizen. I...|- I didn't say you weren't. {94839}{94979}But I might have to start an investigation|to prove you're loyal, Mr. Fletcher. {94983}{95052}Mr. James Morton. {95283}{95327}What is this... {95331}{95394}- break you were gonna give me?|- Simple. {95398}{95530}Make a telephone call to Brigham Anderson,|offer him a small confession... {95535}{95658}not mentioning I had anything to do with|it, just made out of your own conscience. {95662}{95700}What happens then? {95704}{95797}Natural course will be followed|to protect the president and our party. {95801}{95868}Your confidence won't be betrayed,|Mr. Fletcher. {95872}{95962}And you'll have done a noble duty, sir.|Yes, sir, noble. {96176}{96259}- Senator Knox?|- Oh, thank you. {96341}{96445}Senators, looks like|we won't be voting today. {96449}{96512}It's from Brig. He's postponed it. {96516}{96559}For what reason? {96572}{96608}He doesn't say. {96626}{96681}Are you sure it was Fletcher|who called you? {96685}{96721}I made sure. {96725}{96770}I called him back at his home. {96774}{96821}Has he told this to anyone but you? {96825}{96862}He said not. {96866}{96932}Why in hell did he open|up this can of beans? {96936}{96987}He felt he should do the right thing. {96991}{97054}Nuts. He's protecting himself. {97106}{97171}Bess, get through to the|president at Camp David. {97175}{97220}Tell his secretary I want him next. {97224}{97291}I don't care who's ahead of me.|The queen of England. {97315}{97439}And it is not enough that the subcommittee|has permitted a great man to be smeared. {97443}{97574}Now the chairman of that subcommittee|is deliberately blocking the committee vote. {97578}{97683}It's one more thing to add to the most|unfair hearing in the history of the Senate. {97687}{97740}Sir, will the senator|yield for a question? {97744}{97831}- Will the senator yield for a question?|- I'll yield to the senator. {97835}{97919}Mr. President, I admit I'm not|a supporter of Mr. Leffingwell... {97923}{98015}but I watched the hearing on TV,|and it seemed eminently fair to me. {98019}{98147}Mr. President, I'm sorry if the senator was|not perceptive enough to grasp the obvious. {98151}{98211}I am telling the Senate|exactly what happened. {98215}{98312}As much as I appreciate hearing about|the senator's particular view... {98316}{98423}I must say I will need more substantial|proof than the senator's own description. {98427}{98479}Sir, is the senator calling me a liar? {98483}{98538}The record must stand as is,|Mr. President. {98542}{98617}How the senator interprets that|is his problem, not mine. {98621}{98726}Mr. President, the senator from Kansas|is welcome to take advantage of her sex. {98730}{98774}Oh, Fred, come off it. {98793}{98836}You think it's funny? {98840}{98900}You think the world thinks it's funny? {98904}{99025}The world thinks it's funny that we're trying|to smear a man who believes in peace? {99029}{99100}Do you think the people of this|country think it's funny? {99104}{99171}Does the senator from Utah|think it's funny? {99175}{99256}Will the senator from Utah tell us|why he is blocking the vote? {99260}{99367}I'll tell you. He's assassinating the character|and reputation of Robert Leffingwell! {99371}{99440}The senator asks me a question|and answers it himself. {99444}{99522}I prefer to make my own|reply, Mr. President. {99526}{99600}As chairman of the subcommittee,|I seek only to do my duty. {99604}{99729}And that I will do despite the hysterical|tantrums of the senator from Wyoming. {99733}{99834}The senator is frightening no one|except the children in the visitors' gallery. {99838}{99915}I'm not too sure the senator|from Utah can't be frightened. {99919}{100013}There are ways to frighten any man,|even the senator from Utah. {100017}{100130}- Every man has his Achilles...|- The chair is tolerant, as everybody knows. {100134}{100199}But there'll be no threats|made in this chamber. {100203}{100274}- What happened to Harley?|- I don't know. {100278}{100321}I apologize to the chair. {100325}{100394}In my anxiety for a great cause,|I was carried away. {100398}{100463}- Will the chair hear a motion?|- Make your motion. {100471}{100551}I move that the Committee on|Foreign Relations be discharged... {100555}{100635}from consideration of the nominee|for secretary of state... {100639}{100710}and that the Senate vote on|Robert Leffingwell now. {100727}{100795}- Did he clear this with you?|- He did not. {100799}{100877}Bob, I can't let this pass.|I'm gonna have to open up. {100881}{100929}I'll try and stop it. {100936}{101027}Make Van Ackerman withdraw the motion.|Tell him we haven't enough votes. {101031}{101119}- Mr. President.|- The senior senator from Michigan. {101131}{101174}Mr. President... {101178}{101278}it would certainly be a dramatic|affirmation of the nominee... {101282}{101351}if we were to bypass|the regular procedures... {101355}{101420}of the Senate|and vote him into office now... {101424}{101488}I won't withdraw.|He should make a motion himself. {101492}{101602}The balance of power in our government,|as created by the Constitution... {101607}{101724}is the most brilliant device for the|protection of liberty conceived by free men... {101728}{101818}We're not ready for this, Fred.|Don't you understand? {101822}{101856}I'm ready for it. {101860}{101989}That none can become absolute has made|this government the miracle of the ages. {101993}{102039}We must always guard this balance... {102043}{102144}so this great dream of liberty within|discipline, which is America, will die. {102148}{102207}I tell you, we haven't got the votes. {102211}{102282}You'll get him beat before we|get him out of committee. {102286}{102367}Citizens of this republic|for almost two centuries. {102371}{102513}Now Senator Van Ackerman's motion|proposes to ride over those procedures. {102517}{102622}Though I hope for the eventual|confirmation of the nominee... {102626}{102683}I ask that this motion be defeated. {102687}{102754}It won't hurt Mr. Leffingwell|if he isn't confirmed... {102758}{102828}by sundown today|or even sundown tomorrow. {102832}{102942}But it might hurt us most grievously|if we do what suits us... {102947}{103049}in the heat and passion|of the passing moment. {103083}{103136}Is there a request for the yeas and nays? {103140}{103194}Squarehead Anderson can't block this. {103198}{103296}Senators, do I hear a request for the|yeas and nays? A quorum, maybe? {103300}{103379}What got your tongue today?|You're usually shaking the rafters. {103383}{103535}It's my day for sunning myself, Mr. Majority|Leader, like an old bullfrog on a lily pad. {103539}{103626}- You've got to withdraw.|- Does anybody want to say anything at all? {103630}{103727}- Mr. President.|- Saved by the senator from Wyoming. {103737}{103885}Mr. President, I have decided to heed the|wisdom of the esteemed majority leader... {103889}{103960}who has pointed out|the danger in my motion. {103964}{104050}I would not wish to abuse|this citadel of freedom. {104055}{104186}I will instead humble myself|before my peers and withdraw the... {104190}{104270}This news about Leffingwell|hit the president pretty hard. {104274}{104343}- He put a lot of faith in him.|- I'm sorry. {104347}{104431}He's coming to the correspondents'|banquet tonight. You going? {104435}{104465}I plan to. {104469}{104562}He'd like to see you, Brig.|Would you come up to my place afterwards? {104566}{104670}What can I tell him I haven't told you?|All he has to do is withdraw the man. {104674}{104708}Did I eat crow nicely, Bob? {104712}{104781}Yeah, you did fine, Fred.|Thanks for your cooperation. {104785}{104837}Is Brig cooperating? {105071}{105175}Any time old Brig isn't cooperating,|I might be able to change his mind. {105179}{105216}Just let me know. {105220}{105288}Get off my back, Fred. {105601}{105656}Bob, see you a minute? {105660}{105711}Okay for after the banquet, Brig? {105715}{105765}Sure, all right. {105799}{105861}I said you made a mistake|with him. He's trouble. {105865}{105967}Fred, will you please butt out of this?|You're not doing Leffingwell any good. {105971}{106075}Okay, but if you want Brig whipped|into line, I've got the whip on file. {106079}{106157}I'm sure we can manage without your file. {106162}{106282}Gentlemen, tonight is the one night|in the year when we're honor-bound... {106287}{106340}not to be reporters. {106344}{106388}Our guests may speak freely... {106392}{106523}and not have to read a hundred versions|of what they said in the morning papers. {106527}{106670}So with that assurance, I give you|the president of the United States. {107082}{107201}Fellow members of the White House|Correspondents' Association... {107217}{107311}the man says there are|no reporters present tonight... {107315}{107423}but I'm going to exercise the privilege|given me by my gold membership card... {107427}{107484}and reverse that traditional ruling. {107498}{107576}Tonight, gentlemen,|there are reporters present. {107583}{107655}So get out your pencils.|We'll write ourselves a story. {107659}{107719}- This planned?|- Not by me. {107723}{107851}I see down there at table number three|the senior senator from South Carolina. {107867}{107917}Hello, Seab. {107939}{108004}And over there at table seven... {108008}{108101}I see the senator from Utah,|Brigham Anderson. {108105}{108151}Hi, Brigham. {108168}{108212}I said, hi, Brigham. {108312}{108387}Now, a few days ago,|the president of the United States... {108391}{108458}nominated a man for secretary of state... {108462}{108526}who the president thinks|is a pretty good man... {108530}{108612}and he wants that man|confirmed by the Senate. {108616}{108721}But the senior senator from|South Carolina, for reasons of his own... {108725}{108830}and those reasons are never|like anybody else's reasons... {108859}{108915}the senator's opposed to my nominee. {108919}{108987}Well, everybody expected that. {108991}{109074}We'd all be disappointed|if Seab hadn't reared back... {109079}{109177}and huffed and puffed,|and tried to blow the house down. {109214}{109289}But now comes Senator Brigham Anderson... {109293}{109379}who nobody suspected|of being a big, bad wolf. {109394}{109508}And he goes Seab Cooley one better by|trying to dig a tunnel under the house. {109551}{109687}This is your story, fellow members of the|White House Correspondents' Association. {109694}{109782}The president is standing by his nominee. {109790}{109914}Despite Seab Cooley's windstorms|and Brigham Anderson's tunneling... {109919}{110072}you can tell the readers the president|hasn't changed his mind about his nominee. {110076}{110174}He's going to fight for that|confirmation no matter what. {110647}{110686}What are you clapping for? {110690}{110766}I can afford to be charitable, sir. {111252}{111297}Mr. President. {111370}{111425}Sore at me, Brigham? {111429}{111494}Frankly, I'm puzzled, Mr. President. {111498}{111594}There's coffee and brandy here if you want.|I'll go down to the banquet room. {111599}{111719}- If it's okay, I'd rather have you stay.|- What's the matter, Brigham? {111723}{111769}You think you need a witness? {111773}{111812}I'm not sure, Mr. President. {111816}{111871}You'd better stay, Bobby. Sit down. {111882}{111962}I have a feeling I might need|some help with this young man. {111973}{112068}Of course you know I'm grateful,|the way you put the lid on this matter. {112083}{112135}I didn't get that impression tonight. {112139}{112264}Well, a president has to stand up for a man|he sends down to Senate. You know that. {112274}{112376}It seems to me, the sooner you withdraw|him, the sooner this will blow over. {112380}{112419}I still want him, Brigham. {112423}{112530}If we open this up, he won't be confirmed.|I'm sure Senator Munson told you that. {112534}{112633}If we don't open it up, we've got enough|votes committed to put him through. {112637}{112702}I've gone as far as I can|with this, Mr. President. {112731}{112818}I think the circumstances might|permit you to go a little further. {112822}{112906}You don't seriously believe|Leffingwell's a communist, do you? {112911}{112976}Whether he is or not, he lied under oath. {112987}{113056}Aren't you interested in why he lied? {113071}{113200}Well, I'm not completely unsympathetic,|but I just think that... {113204}{113262}You think he should let himself|be ruined... {113266}{113352}just because he flirted with|communism a long time ago? {113356}{113414}My point is he should've|told the committee... {113418}{113484}he had flirted with communism|instead of lying. {113488}{113579}Well, maybe there's nothing in your|young life you'd like to conceal... {113583}{113637}but we're not all of us that fortunate. {113641}{113754}We have to make the best of our mistakes.|That's all Leffingwell has done. {113758}{113882}As the leader of our party, I'm asking you.|Let me judge the man. {113891}{113995}Mr. President, I don't want|to wreck his life. {113999}{114083}I don't want to deprive you|of his services in some other office. {114087}{114170}But in this case, his confirmation|as secretary of state... {114175}{114232}I am bound by my duty to my committee. {114236}{114292}You also owe a duty to your party. {114296}{114366}I can't subvert the purpose|of a Senate committee. {114377}{114458}You don't think Cooley subverted|the purpose of the committee? {114462}{114541}He's used his little forum|in a personal vendetta. {114545}{114644}Mr. President, I'm sorry, but your|arguments won't wash with me. {114689}{114769}My prestige is riding on this nomination. {114773}{114887}Prestige of this country, Senator Anderson.|By God, that ought to wash. {114891}{114953}Or don't you know we're in trouble|in the world... {114957}{115020}outside that little|subcommittee of yours? {115031}{115099}Yes, sir, I know our prestige will suffer... {115103}{115226}but it will suffer a lot more if I have to|show up your nominee as a barefaced liar. {115230}{115330}If you won't withdraw him, I'll reopen|and call Hardiman Fletcher as a witness. {115334}{115427}Then do it. Do what you like.|I won't withdraw. {115563}{115638}- Good night, Bobby.|- Good night, Mr. President. {115732}{115784}He has a case, Brig. {115796}{115885}You can't always cut it black or white.|Not in these times. {115889}{115954}But this is black and white. {115971}{116077}I just don't understand you. You make a|great speech about the balance of power... {116081}{116139}then you ignore your responsibility... {116143}{116238}and want me to rubber-stamp this|nomination just to please the president. {116258}{116318}I guess it is inconsistent... {116323}{116430}but I've come a long way with him, ever|since we were green congressmen together. {116434}{116521}He's pulled us through|six hard years of crisis. {116528}{116598}He's tired, Brig, and he's ill. {116602}{116644}I love the man. {116659}{116734}I guess I can stretch|my responsibility a little. {116739}{116778}Love to help him. {116783}{116854}I'm sorry, but mine won't stretch. {116874}{117001}All right. Give him a few days to save face,|and then we'll put up another nominee. {117005}{117067}That isn't what the president said. {117071}{117134}He'll bend if he has to. {117139}{117202}And I guess he has to. {119859}{119899}Brig? {119942}{120002}Did I wake you? I'm sorry. {120014}{120054}I was waiting for you. {120058}{120118}This was a night, Mrs. Anderson. {120123}{120263}Your husband had a knockdown-and-dragout|with the president of the United States. {120267}{120354}- Oh, Brig.|- It's all right. I won. {120372}{120432}I had a very strange phone call, Brig. {120451}{120497}Strange? Well, who was it? {120501}{120538}I don't know. A man. {120542}{120618}He said that before you go on|with the Leffingwell matter... {120622}{120685}you ought to remember|what happened in Hawaii. {120689}{120738}Then he hung up. {120751}{120816}What happened in Hawaii, Brig? {120850}{120896}What was the voice like? {120900}{121022}It was crawly. He made it sound like|he knew some kind of nasty secret. {121027}{121137}I've been on the front pages the past few|days. We're bound to get crackpot calls. {121141}{121207}Just hang up if you get any more. {121219}{121290}Are you sure you're doing|the right thing, Brig? {121294}{121371}Yes, darling, I'm sure.|Don't worry about it. {121387}{121447}What did he mean about Hawaii? {121452}{121508}I was stationed there|when I was in the Army. {121512}{121583}I don't see what that|has to do with Leffingwell. {121587}{121660}Just some crackpot, darling, that's all. {121950}{122026}- Hello?|- Did you speak to your husband? {122030}{122102}- What do you want? Who are you?|- We're serious about this. {122107}{122165}- You call here one...|- Hello! {122169}{122206}Hello? {122290}{122369}- I told you to hang up on those calls.|- Brig, I'm frightened. {122373}{122470}Now, look, there is nothing to be|frightened of, Ellen. Nothing! {122492}{122554}Come on, let's have some breakfast. {122587}{122697}The senator handling the inland waterways|bill can't be present this afternoon. {122701}{122755}If the senator from Michigan will agree... {122759}{122858}I would like to ask that nothing|be put ahead of this bill. {122863}{122924}Since the afternoon is|an extremely busy one... {122928}{122980}When is the president going to withdraw? {122984}{123087}You can't hurry him, Brig. After all,|we don't run that end of the avenue. {123093}{123171}I am very glad to accommodate|the senator, Mr. President. {123175}{123236}I move we stand in recess|until noon tomorrow. {123240}{123310}Without objection, so ordered. {123314}{123343}Have you seen him? {123347}{123438}He's on a destroyer at Chesapeake Bay|for the naval boat race. {123442}{123535}Come on, don't look so worried.|After all, you won your point last night. {123539}{123584}Have a cup of coffee with me. {123588}{123636}No, thanks. {123996}{124071}Early recess, senator? {124095}{124125}Hello, Seab. {124129}{124206}A man can live like a mole|in the halls of that old capitol. {124211}{124314}Me, I just sit out here for a while|most every day, winter or summer. {124318}{124420}You look like you've got|the burden, son. Sit down. {124543}{124652}You got them treed, haven't you? Look|out they don't shinny down on top of you. {124656}{124747}You're dealing with devious|men, senator. Yes, sir. {124751}{124855}Devious, powerful men. {124862}{124982}Hardiman Fletcher took a plane|to Europe this afternoon. {124987}{125048}A mission for the president. {125052}{125162}Gonna make a study|of world currency problems. {125206}{125243}You know that? {125247}{125322}Well, it'll be in the papers|tomorrow morning. {125368}{125458}- Where do you come into this, Seab?|- Well... {125466}{125607}let's just say you've got a friend.|A powerful, devious friend. {125615}{125656}Thanks. {125678}{125735}Thanks. I might need him. {125985}{126034}- Bob.|- Hi, Brig. {126039}{126114}- Change your mind?|- I just wanna verify something. {126119}{126165}Something about Hardiman Fletcher. {126169}{126232}Well, what about Hardiman Fletcher? {126259}{126310}Is this an act? {126347}{126433}- I don't know what you're talking about.|- Go now. {126587}{126659}I give you my word,|I don't know anything about it. {126663}{126740}I don't understand why|the president did this. {126748}{126866}All I can think of is he's making sure|you won't jump the gun until he's ready. {127099}{127139}Hello. {127167}{127202}Oh, yes, he's here. {127207}{127242}Who is this? {127247}{127291}Just a minute, please. {127356}{127398}Oh, Brig, there's a call for you. {127402}{127459}- For me?|- Yeah. It's your clerk. {127632}{127707}- Hello.|- Hello. Senator Anderson? {127711}{127762}- Who is this?|- Well, it's not your clerk. {127767}{127871}Don't hang up, senator. You'll be interested|in this. We have the stuff on Hawaii. {127875}{127960}If you don't want us to use it,|you'll get out of Leffingwell's way. {127964}{128027}This is no joke, senator. We'll use it. {128031}{128093}Use what? What? I don ' t know what... {128097}{128191}It's a photograph, senator. And a letter. {128621}{128692}Listen, I won ' t be scared off. I mean it. {128696}{128775}I won ' t carry this anymore.|I'll go to Senate and tell it all! {128779}{128845}- Take it easy. What's the matter?|- He withdraws! {128849}{128963}I don't mean tomorrow! I don't mean next|week! Today, you understand? Today! {128982}{129018}Brig. {129226}{129281}Will you come in, Miss Foster? {129437}{129559}There was a man about five or six weeks|ago. His name was Raymond Shaff. {129563}{129659}"Ray," he probably said. I didn't want to|talk to him. Do you remember? {129663}{129753}Yes. He called several times.|He also came to the office. {129757}{129827}- Did he leave a number?|- I think so. {130224}{130262}Senator? {130266}{130308}Yes, Miss Foster? {130312}{130425}I have no telephone number, but I|have an address in New York City. {130429}{130526}Thank you. Would you just|put it on my desk, please? {131460}{131534}- Then why send Fletcher away?|- I had nothing to do with it. {131538}{131602}I haven't talked to the president|since the hearing. {131607}{131726}You expect me to believe you don't know|whether he's going to withdraw you or not? {131730}{131859}Senator, I've put myself at his disposal.|I'm waiting for him to tell me what to do. {131863}{131917}Well, I won't wait.|I don't need Fletcher. {131921}{131999}I'll convene the hearing|and you won't lie this time. {132013}{132052}You can't do that, senator. {132056}{132087}I've got to do it! {132091}{132174}Why? What does a day matter?|Or two? You have the whip hand. {132187}{132219}I'm giving you a chance. {132223}{132303}Call the press, announce your|withdrawal. Forget the president. {132307}{132348}I've given the president my word. {132352}{132430}Your word is not exactly|the coin of the realm. {132459}{132577}No, maybe it isn't, thanks to your|committee. But I still place a value on it. {132587}{132674}And there's nothing more to be said.|Good afternoon, senator. {133113}{133170}Did you hear all of that, Johnny? {133213}{133259}Did you understand it? {133443}{133512}Well, I don't exactly know|how to explain it, Johnny. {133516}{133593}- Okay.|- No. Wait a minute. {133687}{133741}I could tell you the truth. {133772}{133809}All right. {133979}{134028}Sit down, Johnny. {134144}{134174}Brig? {134195}{134253}I'd like to talk to you, please. {134472}{134508}I had another call, Brig. {134512}{134568}Yes, I took the call. {134575}{134694}When did I become the little woman who's|supposed to sit at home and know nothing? {134701}{134794}Brig, I've campaigned with you.|I've worked for you. {134798}{134850}I know politics isn't all... {134855}{134903}love thy neighbor and friendship. {134907}{134955}I know how cruel it can be. {134967}{135022}There's trouble. I want to know what it is. {135026}{135114}Please, Daddy, you promised|to play with me. {135127}{135158}In a minute, Pidge. {135162}{135228}Do you know someone named Ray? {135295}{135358}Please, Daddy. {135367}{135425}Please, Pidge. {135429}{135476}Go back in the garden. {135480}{135537}Daddy will be there in a minute. {135620}{135729}He said to tell you|that they had bought Ray. {135743}{135794}What does that mean? {135839}{135871}I don't know. {135875}{135934}You must know. {135964}{136046}Will you please just leave this to me? {136050}{136133}But it's coming into my|home on that telephone. {136137}{136239}They're calling me, Brig. They're trying to|force you to do something through me. {136243}{136304}Now, you've got to tell me what it is. {136308}{136383}You're getting all hysterical about nothing. {136387}{136516}Now, I don't know what those phone calls|are about, but I'm trying to find out. {136543}{136645}For the first time in our lives,|you're not telling me the truth. {136663}{136726}That awful creature on the telephone. {136731}{136819}He knows what he's talking about.|He's not making something up. {136823}{136929}Something will happen if you don't do what|he wants, and you must prepare me for it. {136933}{137006}Ellen, please, don't press me. {137035}{137093}I've got to have time to work this out. {137097}{137147}Why can't I help you? {137151}{137200}What do you think I live for? {137204}{137283}You're my whole life, you and Ridge.|There isn't anything else. {137287}{137345}I know that. I know that. {137374}{137486}If they're threatening you through me,|it can only mean one thing. {137490}{137548}It's about a woman, isn't it? {137561}{137626}Is that why you're afraid to tell me? {137654}{137735}I know I'm not everything|a wife should be. {137755}{137830}I know we haven't had|an exciting marriage. {137843}{137894}It's my fault. {137916}{138019}Darling, nothing in the whole world|is your fault. {138025}{138152}This is something from a long time ago.|Before I even knew you. {138204}{138254}If I could only... {138287}{138394}- Tell me, Brig, tell me.|- I can't. {138472}{138544}Then you'd better do|what these people want. {138556}{138618}It doesn't seem so very much. {138623}{138694}Not if it means that our whole... {138701}{138783}If I do what they want,|everything that I have tried to be... {138787}{138922}everything that I have tried to stand for|in my life would be just thrown away. No. {138964}{139053}Brig, I can't wait|for a mountain to fall on me. {139057}{139117}I can't be that brave. {139139}{139200}I'll take Pidge and leave. {139227}{139309}Shall I do that?|Shall I take Ridge and go? {139391}{139445}What do you expect me to do? {139449}{139584}All I want to do is stand beside you,|and you give me no place to stand. {139652}{139739}I want you to wait.|Wait for just a little while. {139743}{139875}If I can't stop these people, then I'll|tell you all there is to tell, everything. {139879}{139997}Then you can decide.|But wait. Please wait. {140013}{140066}And if you do stop them? {140086}{140162}I'll ask you to try and forget|this ever happened. {140205}{140284}Oh, I couldn't leave you. {140303}{140391}No matter what happens,|I couldn't leave you. {140399}{140453}Hurry up, Daddy. {140462}{140535}Hurry up, Daddy. It's getting dark. {140624}{140711}Oh, go and help her with the silly fish. {140767}{140830}I have to do something about dinner. {141003}{141059}Where is Daddy going? {141080}{141170}- Have you any luggage, senator?|- No. No luggage. {141174}{141277}Hold flight 338. VIR. Senator Anderson. {141281}{141344}- Gate 11, sir.|- Thank you. {141481}{141600}And Brig was more determined than ever the|president should withdraw Mr. Leffingwell. {141620}{141698}Then these telephone calls began to come. {141703}{141787}I don't know what else to tell you, Lafe.|I know I'm meddling. {141791}{141895}I know Brig will be angry and embarrassed|if he finds out I talked to you. {141899}{141946}Maybe he won't have to know. {141955}{142035}I said some things to him|I shouldn't have said. {142039}{142115}He was desperate when he left.|Really desperate, Lafe. {142119}{142198}He might be protecting someone else.|Had you thought of that? {142212}{142323}Yes, that might be it. That's like Brig. {142327}{142369}I'll tell you what. {142384}{142475}When he comes home, tell him|to call me at Dolly Harrison's. {142479}{142559}I'll get around and find out|what it's all about. {142563}{142609}Now, you stop worrying. {142613}{142683}- I'm sorry to bother you, Lafe.|- I'm glad you did. {142687}{142737}What's a friend for? {143031}{143111}This must be Lafe. Excuse me. {143207}{143273}Senator, we were just|about to begin without you. {143277}{143332}I'm sorry, Dolly. It was unavoidable. {143336}{143383}I'm sure she must have been. {143387}{143497}Oh, Dolly. Could you get Bob|to drift out here for a minute? {143501}{143592}Oh, we are serious, aren't we? Of course. {143737}{143785}Hello, lover. {143807}{143904}Bob, I know about the argument|between Brig and the president. {143908}{143948}- How?|- His wife. {143952}{144054}- Now I know why I never married again.|- No, no. She's scared. {144073}{144142}Bob. Brig's got a blackmailer on his tail. {144146}{144179}Blackmailer? {144183}{144246}- You know anything about it?|- Are you joking? {144251}{144292}It's about Leffingwell. {144296}{144338}Thought maybe you had some ideas. {144342}{144384}Where is Brig? {144399}{144462}I've been looking for him.|That's why I'm late. {144466}{144559}Blackmail. Are you sure|his wife isn't exaggerating? {144567}{144609}I don't believe so. {144624}{144663}Well? {144691}{144752}Yes, I might have some idea. {144756}{144845}Why in the devil didn't he come to me|with this or to you? Somebody? {144849}{144950}- Did you leave word for him to call here?|- His wife or office will tell him. {145746}{145806}- Yes?|- Ray? {145811}{145843}Who is it? {145864}{145915}Is this Raymond Shaff? {145971}{146010}Hello. {146402}{146437}- You want Ray?|- Yes, please. {146441}{146521}- He doesn't live here, you know.|- He left this apartment number. {146525}{146605}- I'm a friend of Ray's. Are you a friend?|- Where can I find him? {146609}{146645}Won't you sit down, please? {146649}{146731}- Do you know where I can find Ray?|- Please, sit. {146777}{146847}I'm making some tea.|Would you like some tea? {146851}{146891}Thanks just the same. {146943}{147042}- My name is Manuel. I didn't get your name.|- Do you know where I can reach Ray? {147046}{147114}- I'd appreciate it.|- I said, I didn't get your name. {147118}{147155}Anderson. {147171}{147219}Where are you from, Mr. Anderson? {147223}{147318}Well, if it's any help, I'm from out|of town. Utah. I knew Ray in the Army. {147323}{147390}Oh, Utah. Way out West. {147394}{147450}Mormons, and "This is the place"|and all that. {147454}{147532}Mr. Manuel, if you don't mind,|I'm in kind of a hurry. {147539}{147637}I have kind of a mail and answering service|here for friends like Ray. {147641}{147680}Nothing big. {147724}{147787}Confidential, you understand. {147867}{147900}See? {147904}{147979}Oh, yes. Yes, I see. {147991}{148067}- Will this do?|- Oh, anything. Just put it there. {148071}{148131}Would you like to meet Ray here? {148135}{148197}Can't you give me his address|or phone number? {148201}{148263}It's convenient here. It's quiet. {148270}{148299}Cream or lemon? {148303}{148379}Mr. Manuel, do you know|where Ray is or don't you? {148383}{148434}Oh, it's like that. {148438}{148507}Urgent, sudden, PDQ. {148547}{148599}Won't you sit down, please? {148631}{148683}Yes, it's urgent. {148709}{148758}I think he'll be at 602. {148779}{148842}- It's a big night at 602.|- 602 what? {148846}{148886}The club, 602. {148906}{148950}I'll give you the address. {149010}{149060}You can come back here with Ray. {149082}{149122}I mean, you've paid. {150353}{150407}Well, come on in. {150411}{150462}Don't just stand there. {150595}{150654}Hey, don't run off. {150789}{150826}Ray? {150836}{150882}Ray! You're with me. {150958}{150991}Brig? {151074}{151115}- Wait a moment, Brig.|- Taxi! {151119}{151168}Let me explain. Brig, wait a moment. {151172}{151208}- Taxi!|- Brig... {151219}{151282}I needed money, Brig.|Well, you wouldn't see me. {151287}{151332}I kept calling. I was drunk. {151336}{151377}Newark Airport! {151382}{151429}Drive, will you? Drive! {152265}{152324}Please fasten your seat belt, senator. {153031}{153071}You mind, Brig? {153103}{153172}Harley. Sure. I didn't see you. {153176}{153270}- If you'd rather sleep...|- No, no, no. Sit there. {153309}{153384}- What time do we get to old Foggy Bottom?|- About midnight. {153394}{153494}What? What were you doing|in New York, making a speech? {153499}{153550}PTA convention. You? {153555}{153614}Business. Just business. {153656}{153698}Are you going to give in? {153718}{153763}On Leffingwell, I mean. {153774}{153826}I know what you mean. {153830}{153913}- What do you know about it?|- Well, I can't say I know anything. {153917}{154006}I'm not included in very much,|either by the senators or the president. {154011}{154086}But that doesn't prevent me|from doing a little guesswork. {154091}{154168}You're being pushed and pushed hard,|aren't you, Brig? {154203}{154295}Why are you going it alone?|That's what I don't understand. {154373}{154467}Some character once said that being|vice president isn't exactly a crime. {154471}{154517}They can't put you in jail for it. {154521}{154637}But it is a sort of a disgrace,|like living in a mansion with no furniture. {154641}{154721}If you don't mind traveling|in such impoverished company... {154725}{154784}I might be able to help you. {154788}{154893}I've suddenly gotten the feeling you're the|most underestimated man in Washington... {154897}{154938}Anything I can do, Brig. {154996}{155046}Maybe you're right. Maybe if... {155051}{155086}Go ahead. {155090}{155193}Ladies and gentlemen, we are approaching|an area of possible turbulence. {155197}{155270}Please fasten your seat belts. Thank you. {155299}{155338}Brig? {155353}{155394}Forget it, Harley. {155399}{155462}Please forget it. {155824}{155897}Well, looks like rain. I'll run you home. {155901}{155982}- Come on, hop in.|- What? Oh, no. No, thanks, Harley. {155986}{156034}I've got my car over here. {156038}{156074}Brig? {156085}{156133}Do you feel all right? {156180}{156222}Good night, Harley. {156657}{156701}Good evening, senator. {156720}{156797}- Hi, Mike.|- Senator Smith was around looking for you. {156801}{156867}He said you can get him|at Mrs. Harrison's. {156914}{156951}Thanks. {156979}{157045}But the elevators are running, senator. {163958}{163998}Senator. {164067}{164114}You in there, senator? {164196}{164242}It's Mike, senator. {164355}{164402}Ace queen bets three. {164406}{164454}Dear me. I may be forced to drop out. {164459}{164527}Is that how the British|played their cards at Waterloo? {164531}{164624}No, but it served us well at Dunkirk.|Different hands, of course. {164644}{164683}- Out.|- No good. {164687}{164725}Nope. {164736}{164831}- Running a sandy, Seabright?|- No. I'm running a possum. {164835}{164891}It looks like I've got him nearly treed. {164895}{164953}Senator Smith,|you're wanted on the telephone. {164957}{165011}Thank you. Excuse me. {165015}{165068}- Closed.|- All right? {165072}{165119}Wheel and deal, madam. {165223}{165301}Still a possible flush. Pair of sevens. {165305}{165342}Jack to me. {165423}{165459}Is that Brig? {165508}{165546}What's the matter? {165587}{165630}He's dead. {165647}{165682}Brig? {165686}{165722}In his office. {165727}{165756}He cut his throat. {165760}{165846}Are you two at it again?|We're on the last hand. {166053}{166093}Sorry, everyone. {166098}{166168}- We just got word Brig Anderson's dead.|- What? {166172}{166209}Oh, Bobby. {166213}{166298}Stan, will you get Harley and meet Lafe|and me at the Anderson home? {166303}{166357}- I know he'd like to be there.|- Of course. {166361}{166402}How did it happen? {166415}{166468}It looks like he killed himself. {166782}{166829}No, I don't know. {166853}{166930}He was good, and kind and honest. {166951}{167030}I don't know what it was|they were trying to use against him. {167050}{167125}But whatever it was,|they can't use it anymore. {167136}{167190}So it doesn't matter, does it? {167209}{167273}Did Brig have any idea about... {167283}{167344}who might be behind all this? {167348}{167387}No. {167412}{167450}No. {167485}{167528}Excuse me. {167540}{167595}Please excuse me! {167644}{167708}I know Van Ackerman's behind it. {167712}{167781}What I don't know, is he alone in it? {167785}{167854}If he is alone in it,|it becomes a Senate matter... {167858}{167922}for the Senate to handle in its own way. {167927}{167983}And if Van Ackerman isn't alone? {168200}{168300}Is that what they think of me on the Hill?|Is that what you think of me, Bobby? {168304}{168402}No, I don't. But Harley here|might like a straighter answer than that. {168415}{168498}As God is my witness, Harley,|I know nothing of it. {168502}{168578}- What about Leffingwell?|- There will still be a suspicion... {168583}{168694}in some quarters that you're involved in|Brig's death. Better withdraw Leffingwell. {168699}{168801}The president is always suspect by some|because people are suspicious of power. {168805}{168857}I can't be guided by that. {168875}{168948}I'm sorry about Brig Anderson.|Don't misunderstand me. {168952}{169005}I wish he were alive and happy. {169009}{169115}But he's dead, morning's coming,|and I still need a secretary of state. {169119}{169172}The situation hasn't changed. {169176}{169255}Except now you could bring|Leffingwell to the floor for a vote. {169259}{169331}You've got the votes committed,|Bobby, use them. {169355}{169424}Well, Harley, what are you looking|so shocked about? {169428}{169525}You think in my place, you'd feel|any differently about this than I do? {169529}{169589}I don't know, Mr. President. {169593}{169702}But the last night I saw Brig Anderson,|I saw a man in terrible pain. {169707}{169842}I wonder if Leffingwell|or any one man is worth all of this. {169847}{169891}Wondering doesn't run a government. {169895}{169939}Good night, Harley. {169955}{170003}Good night, Mr. President. {170051}{170111}Good night, Mr. President. {170167}{170208}Bobby. {170212}{170254}Yes, sir? {170278}{170354}I do want to confirm a suspicion to you. {170362}{170453}Maybe it will help you understand|why I want Leffingwell so badly. {170457}{170496}I understand. {170500}{170620}I'm going fast. There's nothing left|inside here that's working anymore. {170659}{170775}Leffingwell can take a firm grip on|everything I've built up in foreign policy. {170779}{170847}Not let it all fall to pieces. {170851}{170916}Harley can't. You know he can't. {170920}{171020}No, I don't know that. Why don't you|bring him in and give him some help? {171024}{171096}I haven't any time to run|a school for presidents. {171101}{171157}I haven't any time for anything. {171259}{171329}I guess I've been wrong|in many, many things. {171333}{171416}I don't suppose history|will have much good to say of me. {171420}{171468}I can't dwell on that. {171472}{171528}I've done my best. {171546}{171616}You're one of the great presidents, Russ. {171670}{171758}Well, if you think so,|that's almost as good as history. {171772}{171814}Bye, Bobby. {171824}{171886}Good night, Mr. President. {173088}{173123}Thank you. {173509}{173586}- Anything there?|- Yes, sir. {173591}{173630}Thank you. {173783}{173823}Don't you ever go to bed, Seab? {173827}{173907}Sleep's a waste of precious time|for old folks. {173931}{173986}I have a feeling|you've been waiting for me. {173990}{174033}Mr. Majority Leader... {174037}{174117}tomorrow I'm gonna raise the dome... {174121}{174209}off the capitol building.|That old dome won't sit right again... {174213}{174319}when I get through speaking my piece.|I know all about James Morton. {174432}{174487}How long have you known|about James Morton? {174491}{174575}That's not important.|The important thing is, I know about him. {174615}{174697}- I said, how long, Seab?|- There's nothing more to say. {174725}{174826}- You forced Fletcher to call Brig.|- I was trying to do the best for everybody. {174831}{174950}I'll tell you what you were doing. You were|amusing yourself watching us all squirm. {174954}{175051}Laughing while a dying president|put up a fight for a man he believes in. {175055}{175143}In the Senate, you kept quiet|while Brigham Anderson carried the load. {175147}{175211}You were playing|for the right moment to rise up... {175215}{175278}and turn on the mighty wrath|of Seab Cooley. {175283}{175346}All right, Seab, you've got it. {175351}{175418}The biggest moment you'll ever have. {175422}{175511}Brig Anderson gave it to you|with a dull razor blade. {175562}{175605}Will you wait? {175609}{175682}I'll make you a deal, Mr. Majority Leader. {175686}{175775}Turn your votes loose,|and I'll keep my mouth shut. {175779}{175863}Even if that man is confirmed,|I'll keep my mouth shut. {175867}{175909}You call that a deal? {175913}{175999}- I call it extortion.|- I meant it as a favor. {176003}{176087}Thanks. I can do without your favors. {176131}{176202}The subcommittee, under the|chairmanship of Senator Anderson... {176206}{176266}has reported favorably|to the full committee. {176270}{176327}And the full committee vote|is as follows: {176331}{176462}Eight votes for recommendation,|five votes opposed, one abstention. {176466}{176530}By this vote, the Committee|on Foreign Relations... {176534}{176650}recommends that Robert A. Leffingwell|be confirmed for secretary of state. {176654}{176714}I return the floor|to the senator from Michigan. {176718}{176775}I move the Senate|now advise and consent... {176779}{176868}to the nomination of Robert A. Leffingwell|for secretary of state. {176872}{176943}The question is, will the Senate|advise and consent... {176947}{177039}to the nomination of Robert A. Leffingwell|for secretary of state? {177043}{177126}The senator from South Carolina|has apprised me of his intention... {177131}{177166}to speak on this motion. {177171}{177276}The chair now recognizes the senior senator|from South Carolina. {177371}{177482}Mr. President, there is some opinion|harbored here... {177486}{177604}that my opposition to Mr. Leffingwell|has been a matter of vindictiveness. {177608}{177719}Mr. President, I'm afraid|that's true to some degree... {177723}{177845}and for this, I humbly apologize... {177849}{177884}to this chamber... {177901}{178004}and to the man in the White House,|who, with good intentions for this nation... {178008}{178068}sent the nominee down to us. {178092}{178199}I don't expect this apology|to wash away my sins... {178215}{178303}but I hope that it will,|in some way, reestablish me... {178307}{178382}as a senator in the eyes|of my colleagues... {178386}{178486}rather than as the flannel-mouthed|old curmudgeon... {178491}{178593}I seem to have become in my|waning years, and so much for that. {178597}{178641}Mr. President... {178665}{178757}I shall still oppose Mr. Leffingwell... {178761}{178822}but without vindictiveness. {178843}{178958}His voice is not the voice|I wanna hear speak for America. {178972}{179069}It is, to me, an alien voice. {179081}{179154}Perhaps it's the new voice of my country. {179158}{179272}These old ears aren't tuned|to these new sounds, I know. {179290}{179399}I don't understand much|that Mr. Leffingwell says. {179417}{179555}I don't understand|how principles of dignity... {179559}{179623}can become outworn... {179627}{179751}or how this nation|can be represented without pride. {179755}{179815}I don't understand these things. {179819}{179942}Of course, I am what I am,|feel as I feel. {179947}{180015}I'm gonna vote against confirmation... {180019}{180056}yet... {180067}{180185}I ask no man to follow me in this. {180327}{180366}Mr. President. {180371}{180449}Recognize the senior senator|from Michigan. {180460}{180564}The senior senator from South Carolina... {180568}{180679}has just eaten|a rather large order of crow. {180683}{180788}Strangely enough,|he makes the dish seem palatable. {180792}{180887}He makes us all want to sit at his table. {180899}{180962}He calls himself a curmudgeon. {180966}{181038}Well, I hope the day never comes... {181043}{181118}when there is not at least one|curmudgeon in this body... {181122}{181215}to goad us in the right direction. {181219}{181300}I can't agree with him|about Mr. Leffingwell. {181304}{181403}I don't interpret Mr. Leffingwell|in the same way. I don't hear an alien voice. {181407}{181494}To me, it sounds realistic.|And more than that... {181499}{181598}I have great respect for the judgment|of our chief executive. {181603}{181661}I'll vote for the nominee. {181673}{181786}But there are tragic circumstances|surrounding this nomination... {181790}{181876}which takes it out of the usual business|and sets it deeply... {181880}{181943}into the conscience of each senator. {181961}{182058}For this reason, I now wish|to release all pledges made to me. {182067}{182132}- Mr. President, will the senator yield?|- I will not. {182136}{182215}All pledges made to me|are free to vote as they will. {182219}{182326}- What kind of a double-cross is this?|- The senator from Michigan has the floor. {182330}{182390}- Mr. President, I ask for a quorum.|- I protest! {182394}{182501}A quorum call precludes any speeches|from the floor until the call is finished. {182505}{182540}Mr. Clerk? {182545}{182614}- Mr. Abbott.|- Present. {182618}{182691}- Mrs. Adams.|- Present. {182695}{182774}- Mr. Andrews.|- Here. {182779}{182833}- Well, Seab.|- Well, Bob. {182837}{182934}- I'll beat you anyway.|- That, sir, is a question. {182938}{183021}- Mr. Caulfield.|- Here. {183032}{183130}It is impossible to predict the outcome|because there was no time to poll... {183134}{183214}the individual members of the Senate,|who will now decide... {183218}{183314}free of political commitments,|guided only by their own conviction... {183319}{183407}how to vote on the question|of Leffingwell's confirmation. {183411}{183483}Senator Anderson's|mysterious suicide will... {183487}{183542}Wells, Simpson, Lansing. {183546}{183582}Mr. Randall. {183586}{183667}Kanaho abstained in the committee vote,|but he'll vote with Seab. {183671}{183721}Strike him off. Goodman, strike him off. {183725}{183784}- Mr. Toland.|- Present. {183809}{183865}- Mr. Topper.|- Here. {183882}{183963}- Mr. Van Ackerman.|- Here and waiting! {183967}{184038}- Mr. Young.|- Present. {184043}{184090}- Mr. Zeffenbach.|- Here. {184095}{184129}Call the absentees. {184163}{184206}Mr. Courtney. {184218}{184258}Mr. Fickett. {184262}{184307}Mr. Fields. {184329}{184373}Mr. Granville. {184377}{184414}Mr. Larkins. {184419}{184529}Thank you. From Strickland.|Seven minority votes for Leffingwell. {184533}{184642}- A 42 majority, seven minority. Forty-nine.|- Well, we've still got a chance to win. {184646}{184739}Prior to the quorum, the Foreign Relations|Committee reported favorably... {184743}{184829}on the nomination of|Robert A. Leffingwell for secretary of state. {184833}{184917}The senator from Michigan|moved the Senate advise and consent... {184921}{184969}- to that nomination.|- Mr. President. {184973}{185063}I did not relinquish the floor when I asked|for a quorum, Mr. President. {185067}{185134}The senior senator from Michigan|still has the floor. {185138}{185200}The senator can't hold|the floor in silence. {185204}{185269}With the chair's permission,|I shall be very brief. {185273}{185335}The chair gladly gives permission|to be brief. {185339}{185387}I ask for the yeas and nays. {185391}{185491}Yeas and nays have been requested.|Is there a sufficient number? {185495}{185552}I demand recognition, Mr. President! {185567}{185617}You can't close to me! {185621}{185670}- Question!|- Question! {185692}{185774}Both sides of the aisle|are loudly demanding an immediate vote... {185778}{185836}on the question|whether or not to consent... {185840}{185935}to the president's nomination|of Leffingwell as secretary of state. {185939}{186024}Plainly, both parties are repudiating|Van Ackerman's tactics. {186028}{186142}He is still putting up a fight to regain the|floor before the question is put to a vote. {186167}{186220}This is conspiracy! {186224}{186295}The chair is conspiring to stop debate! {186299}{186398}The chair is violating the rules of the|Senate! I will not be bullied this way! {186403}{186489}There is a sufficient show of hands.|Yeas and nays have been ordered. {186493}{186572}- The clerk will call the roll.|- Mr. Abbott. {186576}{186638}- Yes.|- Mrs. Adams. {186643}{186748}What are you and Harley trying to pull?|You can't gag me. I'll get an investigation. {186752}{186802}I don't think you'd want that. {186806}{186915}- We're on to it, Fred.|- What are you talking about? On to what? {186919}{186969}We tolerate about anything here. {186973}{187070}Prejudice, atticism,|demagoguery, anything. {187075}{187138}That's what the Senate's for,|to tolerate freedom. {187159}{187202}But you've dishonored us. {187207}{187273}Mr. Bender of California. {187277}{187365}What I did was for the good|of the country. {187369}{187506}Fortunately, our country always manages|to survive patriots like you. {187510}{187582}We could introduce a resolution|to censure and expel you. {187586}{187689}But we don't want Brig Anderson's|tired old sin made public. {187693}{187735}Whatever it was. {187739}{187838}- So we let you stay, if you want to.|- If you want to. {187843}{187886}Mr. Bronson. {187907}{187945}No. {187956}{188018}Mr. Caulfield. {188022}{188058}Yes. {188063}{188121}- Mr. Satinas.|- Yes! {188164}{188222}Mr. Chambers. {188226}{188261}Yes. {188265}{188359}- Mr. Chatsworth.|- Yes. {188373}{188443}- Mr. Cook.|- Yes. {188456}{188517}- Mr. Cooley.|- No. {188546}{188625}- Mr. Cunningham.|- No. {188640}{188722}- Mr. Curry.|- Yes. {188742}{188798}Mr. Dahl. {188802}{188838}No. {188848}{188927}- Mr. Daniels.|- Yes. {188931}{189040}Maybe we should've waited for his vote.|Now we only have a margin of two. {189044}{189098}- Slipped up there, didn't we?|- Mr. Danta. {189103}{189142}Yes. {189155}{189254}So far, the vote is running about even,|and it is still impossible to predict... {189258}{189287}the final outcome. {189302}{189363}- No.|- Mr. Eaves. {189367}{189434}Somebody better wake up McCafferty.|We need his vote. {189438}{189525}- Mr. Evans.|- McCafferty's asleep again. {189529}{189618}- Mr. Everett.|- Wake up McCafferty. We need his vote. {189623}{189690}- Mr. Farmer.|- Wake up McCafferty. We need his vote. {189711}{189752}Awaken the senator. {189765}{189824}- Yes.|- Mr. Frank. {189828}{189926}- Opposed, sir. I'm opposed.|- No, no, senator, not yet. {189954}{190015}And I believe that you're not opposed. {190021}{190070}- Mr. Jollie.|- No. {190075}{190177}During the last few minutes,|Leffingwell's chances have improved... {190181}{190291}and it seems more than likely|he will be confirmed by a small margin... {190295}{190352}of maybe one or two votes. {190356}{190470}Of course, in case of a tie, we can|definitely count on the vice president... {190475}{190574}to use his decisive vote|in favor of the nominee. {190579}{190639}- Harley has always gone along...|- Mr. President! {190643}{190728}- With the majority leader's policies.|- Call Dr. Slater. Hurry. {190735}{190819}- Mr. Smith of Oregon.|- Yes. {190823}{190890}Mr. Smith of Rhode Island. {191000}{191071}Mr. Smith of Rhode Island. {191091}{191138}- No.|- What the...? {191142}{191171}That ties it. {191175}{191274}Haven't had so much fun|since the cayenne pepper hit the fan. {191279}{191341}- Mr. Snyder.|- Yes. {191345}{191403}- Mr. Sorensen.|- Yes. {191407}{191465}- Mr. Strickland.|- No. {191469}{191529}- Mr. Sundberg.|- No. {191533}{191607}- Mr. Swanson.|- Harley, we're coming in deadlocked. {191611}{191661}- You'll have to make it good.|- Okay. {191665}{191702}Mr. Tate. {191733}{191768}Yes. {191812}{191879}- Mr. Teller.|- No. {191883}{191945}- Mr. Temple.|- No. {191949}{192009}- Mr. Thacker.|- Yes. {192013}{192072}- Mr. Thompson.|- No. {192076}{192139}- Mr. Timothy.|- Yes. {192154}{192258}The third painting by Colonel Trumbull|is the surrender of Lord Cornwallis... {192262}{192300}at Yorktown, Virginia. {192304}{192414}Major O'Hara in the red coat in the|foreground delivered his sword for him. {192419}{192503}Washington wouldn't accept the sword|from anyone beneath his rank. {192511}{192576}- Mr. Toland.|- Yes. {192580}{192647}- Mr. Thule.|- No. {193032}{193089}- Yes.|- Mr. Topper. {193093}{193166}- Yes.|- Mr. Tracy of New Jersey. {193170}{193234}- No.|- Mr. Tracy of Washington. {193238}{193287}- No.|- Mr. Vandergrift. {193291}{193340}- Yes.|- Mr. Vassar. {193344}{193396}- No.|- Mr. Welch. {193400}{193459}- Yes.|- Mr. Wells. {193463}{193514}- Yes.|- Mr. Whitman. {193518}{193579}- No.|- Mr. Williams. {193583}{193645}- No.|- Mr. Wilson. {193649}{193704}- Yes.|- Mr. Woodworth. {193708}{193759}- No.|- Mr. Yost. {193763}{193787}Yes. {193791}{193834}- Mr. Young.|- No. {193838}{193884}- Mr. Zeffenbach.|- Yes. {193991}{194080}The vote is tied at 47 to 47. {194180}{194270}The vice president will not exercise|his constitutional privilege... {194274}{194379}to break this tie with an affirmative|vote. The motion to advise and consent... {194383}{194502}to the nomination of Robert A. Leffingwell|for secretary of state stands defeated. {194506}{194549}- Sit down.|- Mind your own business! {194553}{194613}Something's happened. Sit down. {194764}{194839}It has fallen to me|to make a sad announcement. {194843}{194903}The president died a few minutes ago. {194958}{195066}Will the senior senator from South Carolina,|as president pro tempore of the Senate... {195071}{195123}please assume the chair. {195359}{195420}- Good luck, sir.|- Thank you. {195715}{195787}About the vote, Bob, I'm sorry. {195791}{195873}I'd prefer to name|my own secretary of state. {195877}{195947}All right, Harley, Mr. President. {195951}{196034}- I'll see what I can do for him.|- Thank you. {196247}{196317}- Mr. President.|- Recognize the senior senator... {196321}{196358}from Michigan. {196415}{196453}Senators... {196466}{196521}a great leader is dead. {196543}{196602}A bitter loss for our country... {196606}{196686}a bitter personal loss for all of us here. {196721}{196800}I move we adjourn out of respect|until further notice. {196804}{196857}So ordered.113903