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Then Hollywood, leave a brother's company. The makers of Luck's Quake bring you
the Lux Radio Theater starring Gregory Peckand Anne Baxter in Gentlemen's Agreement, Ladies

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and Gentlemen, you're a producer,mister William Peel, reading from Hollywood,
Ladies and Gentlemen. When I sawthe preview of Daryl v. Zanik's magnificent
production of Gentlemen's Agreement, I markedit down as a must for the Lux

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Radio Theater. Based on the excitingnovel by Laura Hobson, the Daryl v.
Zanek film won three Academy Awards,including Hollywood's highest honor, the Academy
Award for the Best Picture of Year. Tonight, in Gentlemen's Agreement, Gregory
Peck repeats the finally sensitive performance hegave on the screen and co starred with

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him. Is one of our favorites. And Baxter, many of you have
asked for this play in your lettersand in the mail the other morning.
With some of these requests, witha clipping from a current magazine, it
told of what one American missed mostin a foreign land, his mother's apple
pie hot dogs, The Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Lux Radio Theater. Well,

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it's flattering to be considered a symbolof the American way of life.
But if the welcome you have givenlux flakes in your home, that has
made this theater possible. And thesedays, along with baseball in Brooklyn or
apple pie for breakfast in New England, the Lux Radio Theater is a fixture
in the living room, as Luxblake are in the kitchen. It's curtain

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time. I am four gentlemen's agreement, and here's the first day, starring
Gregory Peck as Phil and Anne Baxteras Cathy, New York City, headquarters

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of the celebrated magazine Smith's Weekly.In the editor's office, John Minervy has
welcomed an old friend. Now tellme Phil, finding your way around town
home most good? I think kidslike New York or the Lane apartment.
Two things had a bit of luck, probably the last apartment in Manhattan.
How is your mother, Phil?And the boy? The fine mister Mnophie

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and the boy does he miss hismother or Thomas ten now miss Minifie?
Six years since Helen died. Idon't think he remembers it too well.
Well, what about tonight? Youdidn't give me an answer. Oh,
thanks some of the time, maybenonsense. I will ask you another time.
Just a few friends coming to work. It brought me to New York
to do some writing. Yes,I'd brought you here to do some writing.

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I'll get good and comfortable because I'mgoing to talk to you about it
for about an hour, maybe twohours. Phil, I've had an idea,
an idea that's likely to stand thiscountry right on itself. Like your
ear. I hate introducing people anyway, Phil, I've saved the best for

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the last. Kessie. This ismister Green, my niece, Miss Lacy.
Hell up, what do you domister Green? Yes, sit down,
I'll bring you a cocktail. Well, mister Green, I haven't read
everything you've written, but what Ihave has been well, exciting, exciting
and honest facts. I'm telling peoplewhat you're writing. Now. Let me

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tell her. I have Phil todo a series on anti Semitism, make
it White Open. Been wanting todo it for some time. Oh do
I get a credit? Nd youdon't you remember I was the one who
suggested. Sure, I knew somebodywas asking me, but I forgot who.
Here's your dreams? I'm always stealingideas of love moving. You know
it's funny, miss Lacy. Yousuggesting this series? Is it fine?

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Oh? Lots of reasons. Youmake up your mind too quickly, mister
Green about women anyway. I sawyou do it as soon as you sat
down apparent huh, let's see.I'm a little too well bred, artificial,
a trifle of series, typical NewYork. Well, oh, I
didn't have time for all that.Oh yes you did. I even left

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up a few things. That's allall right, I give up, miss
Lacy. You will, I'm sorry. I'll tell you some more. I'm
divorced. I work, I helprun a mess in school. What else
you wanted? Anything? Just anything? Well I'm supposed to be, Hey,
Phil, go along, mister Green. We'll feel have a nice time

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at the minifies last night. Ohyes, mom, very nice. Tommy
will be late to school. Whatare you gonna write about this time?
Thomas? The Minifi wants me todo a series on anti Semitism. Oh
you enthusiasm, I'm not what anice semitism? Well, it's so when
some people don't like other people becausethey're Jews, why are they that?

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Some are sure? Some aren't likeeverybody else? Why don't some people like
Jewish, well, some people hateCatholics and some hate Jews. No,
I hate because we're American. Wellno, no, that's just that's something
else again. You see, onething is your country, like America or
France or Germany or Russia. Butthe other thing is religion, like the

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Jewish or the Catholic or the Protestantreligion. See, religion has anything to
do with the country. Did youget it? Uh? Huh? Well
feel nice? Kids gonna erect meyet? Phil? About the assignment?
You're disappointed? Oh, yes,I am. I wanted to work out
something I know people would read.You mean, there's enough anti semitism in

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real life without people reading more.What can I say that hasn't been said
before? Maybe it has been saidwell enough. If it had, you
wouldn't have had to try to explainit to Tommy just now. To be
nice sometimes not to have to explainit to kids. Kids are so decent
to start with. Yeah, yeah, it would be nice. I'm surprised,

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Phil, happily surprised. I thoughtyou were going to refuse the assignment.
What changed your mind? Oh,A couple of things, mister Tinnothy.
I may put my niece on thecontract inspiration. No, it wasn't
Kathy, it was my kid.I tried to explain it to him this
morning. It was kind of tough. Anyway. I want to do the
series very much. I'll need theresearch department, facts and figures. Not

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wait a minute, I don't wantfacts and figgures. I don't need you
for that, Phil, use yourheads. I want an angle, some
dramatic device to humanize it, toget it red. You don't want much.
You just want the moon. There'smore to this than just a crackpot
angle. Forget the extremists. It'sthe whiter angle I want to get at.
Go to the source. Yeah,well, knock it around before you

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go. You don't happen to wantKathy's phone number A Regent seven O four
ninety three. We're having dinner.I always like to go right to the
sort for you feel okay, you'dbe right here, Kathy. I wish

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you could get him to take youout to dinner again. He's not fit
to live with you. No anglefor a series real. He keeps working
up, he comes stop conspiring.Hi, Hi, Oh, I'm fine,
Just wish I were dead. That'sall knocking on paper, not a
syllable. I'm in my stubborn streak. If it won't budge, I won't.

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I shouldn't have interrupted you. I'vetold you. If you don't call,
I just wondering why so it worksout as an interruption either way.
Do you want, well, thankyou to call me five or six times.
It's your fault. I'm in thisjam. I don't remember that goodbye,
goodbye, Kathy. Still Ain't italways tough at the stars, Sure,

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it's always tough, but never likethis. I've tried everything, ma,
anti semitism and business labor profession,same old drool statistics protests. It's
like beating your head against the comWell, what's the matter. I don't
know. I feel so bad.I still sure it's not serious, doctor.

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There's nothing at all to worry about, mister Green. People with hearts
art leave everyone else if they takecare. Just keep your mother in bed
for a few days. Go onhere nine for the way out. I'll
stop by tomorrow. Thank you,everything okay, mare stop something like hamlet.
I feel wonderful with Tommy. Isent him down to the drugstore,

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poor little kid. I'm just scaredto death. What do you think you
did to me till how don't youhave enough for one day? Please don't
try to work anymore. I'm throughtrying. A matter of fact, I'm
started a phone minity. There's acertain virtue in knowing when you licked,
mar, why are you licked?Just can't find the angle. I just
can't write that series. You gotthe angle before every article you ever wrote,

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the right angles got in in somehow. I didn't leave my brains out
looking for them. I wanted tofind out about a scared guy. And
at Jalappie, I bought some oldclothes and a broken down car and took
root sixty six myself. I livedwith the okies eight what they ate?
I found the answers in my own. You got's not somebody else's. Yes,
that's right. I was an okie. See that's the difference Maw and

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the coal Mine series. I workedin a mine, slept in a shack.
I didn't try to dig into acoal miner's heart. Eye was a
miner, and that's why I maybe, hey, maybe I got at the
angle. Ma. It's the onlyway, it's the only way I'll be
Jewish. All I gotta do issay it nobody knows me around. Yeah

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I can. I can just sayit. I can live it myself for
six weeks, six months, howeverlong it takes. MA, it's right
this time. It's a sense thebest medicine I could have. Look,
look, will you keep my secret? If you meet anybody, it has
to be without exceptions. If it'sgonna work it all. You're a Jewish.
I'm Jewish too. I guess whyeven I got a phone right away?
Why don't you ask Kathy come overhere? You know I wasn't gonna

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phone Minifee. Nobody phones an editorwith that look on his face. Your
apartments, beautiful, Phil, nottell me about you. She's much better.
She's sleeping. Let's have a drinkthan just some sherry. You're still

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not telling me Angle. You soundedtoo excited on the phone. That was
funny. I thought i'd fill itthe minute you got inside the door.
Oh, it must be really somethingto get you likeed in. Oh,
they'll be stumbling blocks, but Idon't care. I'll lick them. I'll
lick them when I get to them. I you you really don't want any
sherry? Do you? No?Neither do I? Kathy? Oh,

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Kathy, Phil, don't don't sayanything. Just let me kiss you,
Phil, Please, Kathy. I'mjust trying to think the marriage can be
such a good way to live,Kathy. All these years I've been hoping.
I kept hoping too. But whenyou've made a mistake once like us,
you're not afraid. You're not sorryabout Tommy. I mean, oh,

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Phil, I'm glad. It's almostas if my marriage hadn't been wasted,
as if i'd had a son growingup for me. No, Darling,
I'm not afraid. I knew you'dfind an angle, Phil, Bill,

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lend your star. Oh what's wrongwith right now? I'll get you
an office in the secretary. Ohabout the secretary? She has to know,
wouldn't she Well, why would shehave to know? As far as
she's concerned, I'm Jewish, ofcourse. Now what about lunch? Chans
to be some of the staff,and there's been Weisman's lunching. Weathers might
be good for you to know him. Who's the big industrialist, isn't he?
Yes? Come on, you likehim a lot? Sorry, well,

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late boys, Sorry everything. Thisis Phil Green. I've been Weissman,
mister Weissemester. Jordan our personnel managerJoe Tingler or Patago, but mcanoil
layout. And last is a kindof dessert fill. This is Anne Depthy,
our fashion editor. She eats menalive. Oh, thank you.

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You can sit next to that.Thank you again. Well, boys,
mister Green is going to do aseries for us on anti Semitism. Really,
John, another one, No,not just another one. We're going
to split it wide open. There'sa nold friend. I think it's a
very bad idea. Why because it'sonly stirring up more. And I say,
let us handle the problem our ownway, the hush hush way.

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Just let it alone. We knowfrom bitter experience, the less talk there
is about it, the better.Sure pretend it doesn't exist, keep silent,
Let the rabble rousers do all thetalking. No, sir, We're
going to call a spade spade,and I think it's high time and a
fine idea. Sound pretty hot aboutit, mister Green? Well, I
feel pretty hot about it, huh. And I don't think it has anything

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to do with the fact that I'mJewish myself. Hey, waiter, waiter,
I'll bout some service here, nicegoing fi. I'm your secretary,
mister Green. Elaine Wales. Oh, how do you do well? The

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first thing I want to do iswrite a lot of letters. Go to
clubs, resorts, interviews for jobs, apartments, police applications to medical schools.
Got a whole list here somewhere.Yes, write each letter on blacking
stationary and send two to each address. Two. It's one of them outside
Skyler green and the other Philip Greenberg, see what I mean Greenberg. Just
so there'll be no doubt about it, I changed my name, mister green

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did you? Oh? Green's alwaysbeen my name? What was yours?
Wolovski for Stelle Wilofsky And I justcouldn't take it. So I did exactly
what you're doing. I wrote thesame firm to letters. I sent the
Elaine Wales one after they said therewere no openings to with Stelle Wilofski.
I got the job, all right. You know what term that was?
This term, miss Sweetly. It'sa great liberal magazine that fights injustice.

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Cause oh it slay me, misterMinnip. You know about this? Oh
no, that's mister Jordan's apartment,chrisnel. Oh is this the list on
the right to mm? Oh yes, yes, Now, if you'll get
your book off start dictating those letters. Well, doctor, how's my mother?

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Your mother can be up and abouttomorrow, mister Green. Oh that's
fine, fine. Oh uh,would you mind if I had to see
a good internist doctor just to beon the safe side. No, not
at all, like a jest.You take her to Mason van Wyke.
Well, one of my friends recommendeda doctor Abrams. Abrams is Jacob Abrams
Mount Sinai Hospital. Isn't he anygood? Oh? Yes, yes,

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of course, completely reliable. I'mnot given to overcharging the way do you
mean the way some doctors do,by the way some Jewish doctors do.
I suppose some of us do ittoo, not just the chosen people.
Well, Fabrams doesn't impress me.I'll try doctor van White. I have
no special loyalty to Jewish doctors simplybecause I'm Jewish myself. No, no,

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of course. Not. Well.Good evening, mister Green. Instead
of having dinner in some restaurants,you'll just have to resign yourself to my
cookies. Kathy, I'm delighted,So sit down. It's all just a
trap. I want you to talk, talk, but not a bite to

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eat until you tell me your anger. Darling, do you realize I still
don't know? Still tell me?Well, it's it's really very simple.
I'm just gonna let everybody know thatI'm Jewish. That's all Jewish. But
you're not, feel are you?Not that it would make any difference to
me? But you said I'm goingto let everybody know is if you hadn't
before and would know. So Ijust wondered, he'll fill your annoyed with

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me. No, I was justthinking, well, it's just that you
copped me off. You don't thinktoo much of the angle to you,
Oh I do, darling. It'swell, it's just that well, I
think it'll mix everybody up. Ifpeople won't know what you are. Of
course after the series they'll know.But even so, it'll it'll keep cropping

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up, won't you? All right? Let it crop up? Oh I
must be out of my head.Let it is right? Who cares?
I'll tell me some more. Well, to begin with, they have to
promise not to give me away,but really no exceptions. Okay, okay,
what about the people of the magazine. Won't they talk? They're not
in on it. Only mister Minifie. The rest all think you're Jewish.

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Look cappy, if this thing isgoing to work, the only chance is
to go a whole hog at it. Of course I hadn't really seen it
before. I I didn't mean tobe so shop just now. Oh,
I'm sorry. Dinner fincke like theBrandy Gill. I can eat some all
coffee. Oh thanks, I oh, I really think I better be getting

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along so soon. I don't wannalook in and mother before she gets to
sleep. Oh, of course,was it mighty fine? Dinner, Kathy.
I'll call you tomorrow sometimes. Allright, night, Katy. Oh
well, just just buzz for theelevator. Good night sale going down there?

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What? Oh? Oh? Noknob ags you ring? Yes,
but I forgot something Kathy. Oh, darling, Darling, what are we
doing? What are we doing toeach other? I couldn't go away,
not like that. It's my fault, Kathy. I'm always waiting and judging.

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I'm such a solemn. I shouldhave said your idea was fine right
away. It is, Darling,it is one. I don't know what
happened. I felt insulted, andI couldn't let you off. I couldn't
make it any easier for you.All through dinner, I kept trying to
reach you to tell you I wassorry. I couldn't. I want you
so to come back. I didcome back, darling, Please please let

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me come back always a few dayshave gone by, and to let posing
as a jew, he's finding ita simple matter to get the evidence he's

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looking for. It's talk about thosenoves tomorrow, Miss Wales. It's pretty
late, mister Green. Is ittrue about mister Minniphy? I mean about
that? And he's running in thenewspaper's help wanted secretaries. It's true,
all right you you told him aboutme? Yes, I did, and
now I want every help wanted thatwill contain one sentence in big type.

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Religion is a matter of indifference tothis office. He was rather an angry
man, Miss Wales. But misterGreen, I, well, you don't
want things changed around here, doyou. I mean, we'll just let
them get one wrong one in here, and it's no fun being the fall
guy for the kiki ones. Nowlook, Miss Wales, words like yidd

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and kaike and nigger and coon makeme kind of sick, no matter who
says, well, I only saidit for a type. What do you
mean by type? Well? Longtoo much, ruge, I think you're
sort of helping me, mister Green, well as I do, the sort
that starts trouble and the sort thatdoesn't like you and me. You mean
because we don't look especially Jewish,because we're okay Jews, because with us

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it can be nice and comfortable andquiet. I didn't say that. I
hate anti Semitism, Miss Whales,and I hate it when it comes from
you, just as much as Ihate it from a gentile. Why,
mister Green, I'll lead them aon, Miss Whales. I'm going home.
Oh holng is jefree? How canyou descride down the hall with such

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energy? At the end of theday, I'm bushed by the way.
Assuming I'm my vitally on self again. By tomorrow night, I'm giving a
party. Will do you come?Well? Thanks? I'd like to.
Can I bring my girl? Sure? You can bring these girls? How
scarious coming? It's coming good?Just don't let it interfere with tomorrow night?

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Well, drawling'd you like it?Ann's party? Like this? Best
of all? I got you alone. Now you don't have to rush home?
Do you skip? H What aboutAnne? You like Anne? I
hate her? He's much too fondof you. Jealous wonderful. Oh,
darling, I've got some good newsfor you. We're going to another party.
I telephone my sister from Anne.Oh, Phil James aking to meet

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you, and they're giving this partyfor us on Saturday. Fine, Phil,
won't we have to let Jane andHarry in on it? I mean
about you, But Kathy, ifI'm going to keep it a secret,
be that inflexible, Darling, don'tbe angry. But I did tell Jane,
Oh, well, what'd you say? Well, she thought it was

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the cleverest way in the world todo research. Oh, you love her
and Harry too. He made himpromise not to say anything. I wouldn't
tell them till they had all.Jane asked, was let to skip the
whole thing for the party? AndI said no, You said he won't
skip the whole thing for the party. No, no, I didn't.
I said, I'd ask you,do you mean you think I should?

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Oh, Darling, why do youalways lose your sense of proportion whenever the
subject comes up? You know thosesuburban groups Connecticut and Claremont. Well,
it would just start a whole messfor Jane and Harry and for nothing.
And if it were a mess forsomething. But Phil, you're not Jewish.
It's just ruined the party for Jane. Why should I make you see

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that? I know I promise noexceptions, but it just seems so silly
to start a thing for her upthere when it's not true. Why not
tell Jane just to call a partyoff? Phil? No, besides,
if you were to use my houseup there next summer, your house,
yes, it's not far from Jane's, dear, it'll be our house.
And well, it would just makeus a thing, a mess, an

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inconvenience. Well it would, butfor Jane and her husband, or for
you too, I'd be so tensedup. I wouldn't have any fun either.
Oh, Phil, if everything's goingto be so edgy and solemn,
lie, I think i'd better gonow, can I jiffy still? Telephone?

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Steal mart? Now? It's Dave, Dave Goldman, Dave pay with
in Europe. Worrith you mor giveme that phone? Hello? Hey,
don't you ever get up in themorning? Dave? Oh this is wonderful.
While it just got in. Ihaven't breakfast, well, trap a
cabin, get right over here,same addresses in my letter. Okay for
you bet it's ok. I'll beright there, wonderful jacket. For Heaven's

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sake, that's the poor fellow.Eat his breakfast. He's had breakfast every
day, but I haven't seen himfor four years. Oh it's wonderful,
Dave. I mean what you saidabout being Carroll and the kids to New
York. What will you do?Dave? I mean when you get out
of the army, you got ajob lined up, a big job,
Eastern representative at the firm. It'sthe best break I ever had. It
all depends across if I can finda place to live. I'm going to
spend my whole term in the leavejust concentrating on getting a place big enough

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for it. Now we'll find something, but have to dynamite meanwhile, you'll
stay here. No wait a man, no arguments. You're talking to a
Savinia. Well boy, don't sellall the problems today. Say the copper
for tomorrow. Ah boy, amI glad to see you? Phil had
the old lady? What a yah? And come on, I'll give give

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this serious you're doing. What's itall about it? Oh? Oh,
we'll get around to it later.What's eating your failure? Expecting a car?
You keep looking at the phone.Is that obvious? Huh? Oh,
I had a scrap with my girl. I guess I want her to
be the one the phone. Asfar as the series goes, well,
I'm doing some work on anti Semitismwith a special angle. That's interesting.

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Oh fine, it's interesting. Failit. It's just that well, I'm
on the sidelines in aty Semitism.See your fight, brother, Okay,
I get it. Well, listen, I I don't care about the Jews
has Jews? Sure there might people, but I don't care. It's the
whole thing, just the poor,poor Jews. Or watch this special angle

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he's got. Well, I'm sayingthat I'm Jewish and it works? Are
you fool? And it's working toowell? Having my nose rubbed in it?
Yeah, I can guess you're notinsulated. Do you mean you can
get indifferent to it? Now?You're telescoping a lifetime problem in the what
a few weeks? It just concentrates, it makes it hurt more. Well,

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what about your girl? Oh,just one of those things. I
guess I'm probably wiser staying on myown. After six years, you lose
the instinct from Mary. Oh,belone, go on and call it a
big, don't say you all right? And she's wrong? So why okay,
maybe I will and wish me.Look, I'm off to start house
hunting. Look, call me atthe office of five point thirty. I
phone Kathleen. I'll get ahold ofhand depery. She's a girl works in

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the office. Well, I havea big celebration dinner. Okay, So
can you imagine what it is goingto be like being married again and you
and Carol here, all of ustogether again? How about that? Huh?
At first I got to get ropeover Carow's head. I'll call you
Phil five thirty. The shame aboutCassie Bill, what happens? I don't

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know. I couldn't reach you ifI left word for her to call me
here. If she gets back havingfun, work fun, and you can
shake the stick care well, sendthe waiter out for a stick esper tex.
Oh no, thanks day. Noneof those things ever worked for me.
Once I tried leending a smile beingmy umbrella, I got awful with
all the time. I get tostep up a lift for about a week
and people just thought I was havingmy facelift with Tell me something gent,

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Tell me why it is that everyman who seems attractive these days is either
married or bought on a technicality.How are your timings, Rod? But
your instinct is great? Oh wellhere's my instincts Oh, pardon me,
oh ft me? Can you getthrough? I think so, Supurse,
I can get through too. Theysure a crowd in these takes. Don't

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the hair? Oh an officer?That captain? You know? I don't
like officer. Well it needs youknow why. I don't blame me.
What's your name? But Dave,Dave Goldman? What's yours? Right?
Goldman Man? I especially don't likeofficers if they're in it with you.
I'm sorry, Captain, he's terriblewhen he just tanked up. Come on,

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let's take a walk. I'd sitout. I'll take it easy and
Terrible's hurry, captain, and Ihope you want to hold it against our
restaurant. Sir, forget it.Thank you so much now, mister Green.
Yes, telephone call, sir,I late, Oh ranks, excuse
me? Well, well then don'tus to look at me. I see

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where are you, Kathy? I'mmy picture to a James. I came
up to have it on with her. I couldn't call it and I fixed
everything up, and Darling, Iwas wonderful. I got all the things
you would have wanted me. Okay, Oh Phil, why can I make
myself clear to Jane and Harry?What if you want to be clear with
because I'm so hard to get alongwith Baby, Like I told you,

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I can be such a solemn fool. For the party tomorrow, take a
three o'clock train and I'll meet youat the station. Oh, Darling,
I can breathe again. I wishit were tomorrow. I love you.
I love Phil, the one andever Shelby. Oh, there you are,

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Dolly about Phil. He's simply wonderful. I knew you'd like him,
Jane. But where is he?He's in the house surrounded. Hey,
can he charge him? Well?Do you like the party? It's just
like i'd hope it would be.Incidentally, Aunt, the Baskin's coming.
Oh didn't I tell you? DearJoe called he's got that for arthritis again.

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Well what about the Howards and theBurlicks? Oh, they make me
so mad. At the very lastminute, they decided to go to Hot
Springs. I thought I'd mentioned this, Jane. Look, I'm in this
thing just as deeply as still.Well, Darling, what do you mean?
You know what I mean? Theguests, our friends you made sure,
didn't you? But just a safeone to be here, Kathy a

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mad? Oh maybe I am.I'm going in and get filled, Chelthy.
Don't feel alarm, Darling. Ijust want to take him over to
see the cottage. I want tosee it before I get job. They're
wonderful people, Kathy. I feelpretty much of a fool. I mean
over the first I kicked up beforehand. You're sure they aren't just trying to

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be nice to of course, I'msure they all asked me about the series.
Thought it was fine, not onelift that eye brow and the bunch.
Well, Darling, here it isthe host. It's lovely, Katty.
Aren't you supposed to carry me atacross the threshold or something? That's
only if you refuse to marry me, in which case I just throw you

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in. Well, you did allthis by yourself, every bit of it.
Phil. About Tommy? Will helike it here? Tom? It'll
be crazy about it. Did youlive here long? Kathy? I never
lived here? Why not? Well, it's hard to explain. I love
this house deeply, Phil. Istarted to build it when things first began

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to go wrong between Bill and me, and I poured all my hopes into
this place. And when it wasfinished, I knew I couldn't live here
with someone I didn't really love.But after the divorce, no, no,
I just said, James, andcome here just to poke at the
curtains instead a while. But now, oh, Phil, you and I
are going to be so happy herethis house and I we were waiting for

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you. I was always waiting foryou, I think, Kathy, Kathy,
are you're really sure? Oh,darling? But why can't we get
married now? Oh? I wantto? Couldn't make it just a little
longer. I have a job,you know, I should give them something.
Notice two weeks, dear, isthat too long? It's much too

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long. Can you imagine that anKathy giving up this apartment just because she's
marrying the guy? Well you arestill looking for an apartment, Dave,
why don't you take it over?Well that's what I said, only he
needs three be Well, if we'regoing into the theater a lodge your time,

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look at a man? If Iget all married, couple and two
days before the way, incidentally,where's the honeymoon taking place? Or is
it a secret? Oh, abig secret. We're going to the White
Mountain. Flu men? You knowwhat? Flu men? You're kidding?
What's the matter with the flu men? Well, it's restricted, that's all
restricted. No Jews. Huh oh, Darling, I'm sorry. I didn't

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realize that. Not the wires all. It's not your fault. And are
you sure? Of course, I'msure, but they confirm the reservation.
I'm not going to let them offthe darling. We can go to the
cottage. We won't even tell Janewe're there. Sure, sure, we
can always go somewhere. I'll getit. Those nasty little It must be
something to do besides accepting this.Well, you can't put him down filling.

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They never say it straight out orput it in writing. It just
out of it one way or another. Phil, it's Tom, he sounds
Tom. Hello Tom. What's up? Tom? Listen? Her medicine's in
the cabin. I'll be there infive minutes. What happened. I don't
know. It's mark another attack.I gain, I'll get a cab.
Phil. Wait, I'm going withyou, Darling. Cheer up. Your

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mother is much better this morning.And postponing your wedding isn't the worst thing
in the world. No, Isuppose it isn't. Just a week two
with the most Abrams said, well, I might as well break the news.
I won't be here for the wedding. What are you talking about.
I can't abandon my family forever andI can't find a place to live,
so I'm lately. Yeah, butthat means your job, your whole future.

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I'll live. I did. Ihave found Carol. Tell her I
give it one day more. ButI know there isn't it. Phil,
what's the matter with you? I'mgoing up to fluhim in. Feel feel
what for You're wasting your time?Have to be a time once when you
fight back. I want to makethem look me in the eye and then
do it. I want the satisfaction. I can't explain it, but I
want to do it for myself.But still, people like that who restrict

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to place, they're nothing more.Let him do it, Kathy, you
have to face them once. Idid it. Once it went a right.
Now. They're more than nasty littlesnobs, Kathy. You can call
them that and dismiss them. It'stoo easy. They're persistent, little traders
to everything this country stands born youhave to fight them, not just for
the poor, poor Jesus, Davesays, but for well. Anyway,

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I'm going Phil, please, I'llbe back late this afternoon. Here's our

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producer, William Kayley. The curtainrises on the third act of Gentlemen's Agreements,
starring Gregor Eppeck as Phil and AnneBaxter as Kathy. A few hours
later, at the Exclusive plum In, Bill Green presents himself at the registration

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desk. I have reservations for adouble room in Bath today through Thursday.
What name, please Green? PhilipGreen? Oh, yes, mister Green,
have I Mister Green's like just onething? Yes? Is this hotel
restricted? Well, I'd hardly sayit was restricted? Oh, then it's

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not restricted. Well, as amatter of fact, mister Adams, I
can help mister Green. I'm themanager, miss Green. Oh good?
In answer your question, may Iinquire are you it is? Do you
follow the Hebrew religion yourself? Oryou just want to make sure? Oh?
I asked a simple question. I'dlike to have a simple answer here.

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You see, we have a veryhigh class client. Tell and then
you do restrict your guests? Gentiles? Well, I wouldn't say that mister
Green. But in any event,there seems to be some mistake because we
don't have an available room in theentire hotel. I could picture up at
Brewster Hotel. I'm not staying atthe Brewster. Look, I'm Jewish and
you don't take Jews. That's it, isn't it. I never said that

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if you don't accept Jewish say so? Don't you raise your voice to me?
Miss Green? You speak a littlemore quiet for do you or don't
you? Yes? Please remove thatluggage at once. Good day, mister
Green. Phil. Oh, I'mso glad you're back, Darling. I

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thought maybe you'd fallen. Yes,I should have. How's Mark Kathy fine,
she's sleeping, Tommy's not playing.It was bad, wasn't it?
I can tell by your face?Dave was right. It was a waste
of time. Where is David withan he wanted one last night on the
town. I've just been thinking aboutDave and about the cottage, Phil,
that Dave and his family could livethere. Yes, I thought of it

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too, You must know that.But it wouldn't work. Why not?
But it would be just too uncomfortablefor Dave in one of those neighborhoods.
One of those neighborhoods. It's detestable, but that's the way it is.
It's even worse than you Jordan's there. Nobody can sell all rent to a
Jew. And even in Claremont,where Jane's house is and my house is,
there's a sort of gentleman's agement thatgentleman's Canthy, you can't, I

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see, just give in way long, let their idiotic rules stand. But
what can one person do to don'tjump on the lake? What can I
do? Plenty? Take an ostracizedDave. Some of the market's not the
liver for food, not even waiton him. You expect us to live
in that cottage now? But Iknow this face facts. Phil, you
know I'm on Dave's talm Oh.I'm not on Dave's side, or on

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any side except to get their side. Kathy, do you don't you believe
in this? Because you could?Tom? Do you mind? Kathy and
I are talking Tom, Tom,what's the matter? He called me a
druty Jew and a dirty taking.They already are dying. It's not true.
You're no more joyce than I am. It's just a horrible mistake.
Happy Tom, you come with me, we'll talk about it in here.

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I'll take it easy, side,take it easy, glass of water takes
pop. How did it happen?I don't know. They said no dirty
little ju could play with him.They ran away? Why Pop? Why?
Tom? Did you want to tellhim that you really weren't Jewish?
No good? You see, there'sa lot of kids just like you who

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are Jewish, And if you saidit, it would be sort of admitting
that there was something bad and beingJewish and something swell and not. It
wouldn't even fight thinks run away.I know there's a lot of grown ups
just like that too. Feel better. I'm okay. And boy, if
you go read or something when Italk to Kathy, okay, and let's

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keep this to ourselves, to Grandma'swell. Huh, okay, Hi Kathy,
Hello Tommy, phil Well, Ihave something to tell you. I'm
pretty tired of feeling wrong. EverythingI do or say is wrong about anything
Jewish. All I did just nowwas to face facts about Dave and for
you to tell Tom what did youtell him that he's the most wonderful of

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all creatures, a white man,Jewish American. You instantly gave him that
lovely taste of superiority, the poisonthat millions of parents drop into them,
minds of millions of children. Youreally think I'm an eddy simmon, No,
Cathy, I don't you do.You fought it for a long time.
Oh, it's just that I've cometo see that lots of nice people
who aren't people who despise and deploreit, help it along and then wonder

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why it grows. That's the biggestdiscovery I've made about this whole business.
The good people, then the nicepeople. Oh, I hate it if
I hate everything about this horrible thing. They always make trouble for everybody,
even their friends. They forced peopleto take sides against Stop it, Kathy.
They didn't suggest this series. Theydidn't give me the angle. They
haven't a single thing to do.What's happened between you and me? Don't

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shout at me and don't treat meto any more lessons in tolerance, not
sick of it. I'm not goingto marry the hofhead shoutings and nerves and
you might as well know it now, Pleaser, I'm sorry I shout it.
I hate it when I do.It's not just the shouting. Now
I know why I drew back whenyou first mentioned the angle. But you
are what you are for the onelife you have. You can't help it.

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If you a born gentile instead ofjew. It doesn't mean you're glad
about it. But I'm glad.It'll be terrible. I'm glad. I'm
not but I could never make youunderstand that. But it's a fact,
like being glad you're good looking insteadof ugly, which instead of poor,
well, instead of sick. Ihate you for doing this so we could

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have been so happy. We hadso much to enjoy, so much to
share. I hate you for takingit away from both of us. He

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could start typing Miss Whales here firstthree installments, send every ten pages downstairs
to mister Minnacy. Oh, what'sthe matter with the title of the series?
I was Jewish for six weeks?But mister Green, you're a gmentile.
What's so upsetting about that? Youmean there's some difference between Jews and
gentiles? Look a look at me, same man I was yesterday. That's

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true, isn't it. You justcan't believe that anybody would give up the
glory of being non Jewish for evensix weeks? Can you? And if
I tell you that that's anti Semitism, the feeling that being gentile is better
than being Jewish. They're gonna tellme that I'm heckling you or twisting your
words around her. That is justfacing facts. As someone else said to

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me. Look at me, missWales. Same thing, same eyes,
same no, same everything. Here, take my hand, feel it,
same flesh as yours, isn't it? The green? No different today than
yesterday, miss Wales. The onlything that's different is the word gentile.
Mister Minifie should want me, I'llbe at home. Hello, Phil,

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Dan, do you know what you'vedone in the office? Everybody's going crazy?
A fine thing. What about well? Your articles? Of course,
still they're tremendous. He's proud astouch incidentally, eye a two. Well,
thanks, but shame on you allthe same for bullying me about not
being Jewish. I mean, Phil, do you feel like talking? Oh?
I'm much Anne, with just onething you and Kathie. It's over,

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I guess it is. But look, if you're a free and I
come over to my place, willyou? Okay? Thanks for dinner,
Phil, just you and I.You know you're quite a girl. Anne.
I don't think I ever told youthen, before me. Sure everybody

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loved. Only there's something on yourmind that you're afraid to talk about.
Come on, all right, let'sclear the air. Do you mind if
I say something about you and Cathy? Let's do be a little gentleman.
Then. Only this sort of nobilitymakes me sick. It's just that I

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think you're pretty straightened. Sh Okay, I'm a cat and this is dirty
pool, but I'm intolerant of hypocrites. Kathy had rather let Dave lose that
job and risk of fuss up therein Claremont. That's it, isn't it.
She's afraid the Cathy's everywhere, afraidof getting the gate from their little
groups of nice people. But theywant you and Uncle John to stand up
and yell and take side and fight. But to bay fight, Oh no,

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they scold the rabble rathers twice ayear and thinks they fought the good
fight for democracy. But they haven'tgot a dup to take the step from
talking to action, one little actionon one little front. Oh, Phil,
do you hate me for saying no, I don't hate anybody. Well,
I'd like to say one more thing. If two people are right for

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each other, they usually discover itin time, And if I had a
kid I loved, I'd want himto be brought up with people who felt
the way I did about the basicallyyou're proposing him. It's maybe maybe I
am illove, Kathy. I'm sorry, I'm lady. Oh, Dave,

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thanks for coming. I had alittle trouble finding this restaurant in here.
I know. If I know yougot a train to catch, I'm gonna
keep you loan. You know aboutfeeling me? Yeah, Dave, I
want an honest act. Do youthink I'm anotomatic? Not caffy? I
don't. Phil does? Does he? You know I'm not anatomatic? You're

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a Jew? And you know it. Why can't I make it clear to
everyone? But Phil? Why Iwish I knew? I hate this thing
just as much as he does.Why can't you see it? Last night
at dinner, a man told avicious little story. I was ill,
I was sick with rage and shame. Kind of a story, Cathy,
Oh, it was just a story. He tried to get laught with words

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like kaike and koon. I despisedhim and everybody else at the table.
What did you do, Kenthy?What do you mean, what did you
say when he finished? I wantedto yell at him, at everyone.
Why do we sit here and takeit when he's attacking everything? We believe
him? Why don't we call himon it? And what did you do?
I felt ashamed, ashamed and sick. I still do. I wonder

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if you feel sick if you'd nailedin, Cathy. You know, there's
a funny kind of elation about shuttlingback. I learned that a long time
ago. Phil's learned it too,and I haven't. Oh, lots of
things are pretty rough, canfy.This is just a a different kind of
war. And anybody who crawls awayit is just as much a quit had

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when somebody told a story a manat at dinner table and the nice people
didn't laugh, they even despised himfor it. But things that it pass
behind that joke is flow him inand Clamont and and Tommy and the kids
down the block. And if youdon't stop with that joke, where do

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you stop? Is that what youmean? Yes, that's what I mean.
Where do you call the fault?I have been getting mad at Phil
because he expected me to fight this. Then they're getting mad at the people
who help it alone. But Philwill fight. He'll always fight it.
And if I just sit by andfeel sick, then I'm not a fit

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wife for him. We've always donethose deeper issues that we had our call
always, and I never knew ittoo. Now a m man wants his
wife to be more than a companioncansy. He wants a sidekick to go
through the rough spots with him,and well, she has to feel that
the same things are the rough spots, or they're always out of line with

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each other. But you're not CaptainBrone, Sweetie. You're nice and soft
and pliable. You can do anythingyou wanna do with yourself, can I
Dave? Are you sure? Tellme you're sure? Phil? Oh,

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Mar, go home early. I'lldance. Hand's fine, And what's the
big idea? You're supposed to bea bird, don't scold feel. I
couldn't sleep, so I sneaped intoyour room and stole the first installments.
Feel you'll, I wanna kiss you? Thanks, Mar. I think I

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don't have that thing almost anything.I wish your father could have read this.
Feel he'd have liked it. He'dliked this. And as I drove
away from that inn. I knewall about every man or woman who'd been
told of the job was filled whenit wasn't, every youngster who had ever
been turned down by a college ora summer camp. And I knew that

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they had somehow known it too,Those patient, stubborn men who argued and
fought and came up with a Constitutionand the Bill of Rights. They knew
that the tree is known by itsfruit, and that injustice corrupts a tree,
that its fruit shrivels and falls upthat dark round of history where the
other great hopes have rotted and died, where equality and freedom still remain the

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only choice for wholeness and soundness ina man or in a nation. Your
father would have liked to have yousay that, Phil, Not enough of
us realize it. Mar times gettingshort? You mean Kathy, No,
not just Cathy, Lots of peopleyou know something. Still, I suddenly

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want to live, to be veryold. I want to be around to
see what happens five years, tenyears from now, even if it's only
to see the start, the beginningof people finding out how to live together.
Yes, I may stick around forquite a while, yet, Dave,

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Hello, Oh right, excuse me. I gotta make a phone call.
How do you feel, ma,I've just decided I'm not going to
die. I just decided something tooWELLO it missed the case. It's Dave
Goldman. I'm sorry to call itif it's late hour, but I can
take that job. That's right.I've got a house. Oh thanks,

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am I Dave. That's wonderful.Fight Kathy's house, my Dan Claremont.
She's gonna live all summer and hersisters and anybody dishes out anything, she'll
be right there and dish it back, at least with white Phil. So
where are you going? Yes,sir, I think I'll stick around for
a long time. Thanks Dave,Thanks Kathy, Kathy? Should we Is

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there a chance that told me justhold me? We'll return you now to

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William Keeley. Our thanks to thestars who gave such distinguished performances here tonight.
Here they are at the footlights,Gregor riv Peck and An Baxter.
Greg, I hear you have beenworking on the other side of the street

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this summer as a producer at theLojoire Playhouse. Yes, I have bill,
but I worked for myself as anactor in one play too. That's
a good safe time to talk backto the bars with no danger of an
argument. The theater at La Joieis a cooperative venture, isn't it,
Greg, Well, yes, weopen in the summer, like the straw
Hat theaters in the East. Itgives a group of us a chance to

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take a postman's holiday. And whatkind of a vacation did you have?
And well, I've spent most ofit on horseback. Deale. That sounds
like a Western picture. No,not a picture. John and I were
visiting it, the famous King Ranchin Texas. Oh, then mister and
missus Hodiac saw the largest ranch inthe world. I understand it's somewhat larger
than the state of Rhode Island.Well, Bill, it's so big that

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they have state where guests can stayall night when they're traveling across the ranch.
We wrote for a week, andthat's only a part of it.
That was a nice little farm wehave there. Will you picked a play
for next week? Bill? Yes, Greg, it's the universal international hit
tap Roots, and we'll have thesame stars who are in the picture,
Van Hefflin and Susan Hayward. TapRoots is a love story set in the

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sweeping drama of the war between theStates, a human story that's part of
a superhuman conflict. It's a currentpicture and the kind our friends enjoy on
the air. And you have twoof my favorites in your cast. Goodnight,
good night, good night. Ihope that the support of you from
the Game Leaver Brothers Company, themakers are Lutslakes join me in inviting you

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to be with us again next monthevening when the lux Radio Theater presents Van
Heflin and Susan Hayward in Tap Roots. This is William Keely saying good night
to you from Hollywood,