Something for the Birds (1952) Full Movie HD

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Something for the Birds (1952) is a lighthearted romantic comedy starring Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn, and Victor Mature. The story follows a passionate bird lover who heads to Washington, D.C., to protect an endangered species, only to find herself unexpectedly involved with a lobbyist and a congressman. Filled with witty dialogue, charming performances, and a playful look at politics and romance, this classic film remains a delightful gem from the golden age of Hollywood.  Something for the Birds, Something for the Birds 1952, Something for the Birds movie, Something for the Birds full movie, Something for the Birds film, Something for the Birds trailer, Patricia Neal Something for the Birds, Edmund Gwenn Something for the Birds, Victor Mature Something for the Birds, classic romantic comedy, 1950s Hollywood comedy, bird lover movie, Washington D.C. comedy film, golden age of Hollywood romance, witty classic comedy, charming vintage film, Something for the Birds cast, Something for the Birds scenes, delightful 1950s movie, classic romance and comedy

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00:00:00Musique

00:00:30Musique

00:01:00Musique

00:01:30Oh, excuse me. Never mind. I'll take care of him.

00:01:46Ah, good morning, Mr. Chase.

00:01:47Good morning, Mr. Foster. We need 500 invitations, and we have to have them in the mail by tomorrow night.

00:01:51Mm-hmm. Reception for the President of France.

00:01:54Well, the White House hasn't announced it yet, so please keep it confidential.

00:01:57Oh, naturally. Uh, will you let Mr. Chase have 500 envelopes, the number 10 stock? We'll get right to work on it.

00:02:04Thank you.

00:02:13How busy are you, Johnny?

00:02:14Huh? Just starting on the Pan-American Banquet.

00:02:17Oh, this is more urgent. State Department. Rush.

00:02:20Better order some more of that number 10 stock.

00:02:22White House will want a dinner, I'm sure, then the Embassy, and, oh, Mrs. Rice, of course.

00:02:27Oh, all those parties. It's a wonder anything gets done in Washington. Or does it?

00:02:34Rush, rush, rush. Why is everybody in such a hurry in this city?

00:02:38Because nearly everyone, from the President on down, is only here temporarily.

00:02:44I'll accept you, Johnny.

00:02:45How long is it now you work for Forrester's?

00:02:48Oh, I made my first engraving here for Woodrow Wilson, second in order of more.

00:02:54That was 36 years ago.

00:02:58If I know half as much about a government like you, Johnny,

00:03:01I pass one, two, three my exonation for citizenship.

00:03:05You'll do all right, Leo.

00:03:07Judge Blaine's cocktail party, uh, proof copy.

00:03:09Okay. Time to run off the rest of them.

00:03:13Okay. Time to run off the rest of them.

00:03:13One, two, three my exonation.

00:03:20Sous-titrage MFP.

00:03:50Sous-titrage MFP.

00:04:20Sous-titrage MFP.

00:04:50Sous-titrage MFP.

00:05:20Sous-titrage MFP.

00:05:50You should drink milk.

00:05:51I can't afford to in my racket.

00:05:53Did you ever hear of anyone ever being influenced over a glass of milk?

00:05:56It's no business of mine. Then why bother at all?

00:05:59A man has to make a living.

00:06:00The government hasn't gotten around to pensioning lobbyists.

00:06:03Speaking of penchants, how much does a retired admiral pull down a year?

00:06:10Why do you ask?

00:06:11Well, I was just thinking that we could use a man like you in our office.

00:06:16With all the friends that you have, you could pull down some juicy fees on the side.

00:06:19Oh, thank you, Steve. I'd rather keep my friends.

00:06:22Oh, we'd want you to, John.

00:06:23Is this guy Bennett trying to corrupt you, Admiral?

00:06:24Well, Mr. Patterson.

00:06:25Oh, Patterson, thanks a lot for that plug you gave me on your last broadcast.

00:06:29What plug?

00:06:29I said you were a pernicious influence around Washington.

00:06:32Well, that kind of reputation is good for business.

00:06:34It makes people think I have more pull than I really do.

00:06:36Well, if I said anything to help you, I apologize.

00:06:41Nice chap.

00:06:42He called you a pernicious influence, and you're proud of it.

00:06:45I can't figure you out, Steve.

00:06:48I've never been able to figure you out, Idrad.

00:06:51You have no angles, no axe to grind.

00:06:54Not even my nephew who wants a job as a tax collector.

00:06:58There must be something you're after.

00:07:00Well, as a matter of fact, there is.

00:07:03But I'm afraid you can't help me in the matter.

00:07:05Now, now, don't underrate me, Johnny.

00:07:07Just ask me.

00:07:08Well, do you know where I can pick up a good second-hand refrigerator?

00:07:14Cheap.

00:07:16You're kidding, Johnny.

00:07:17Well, I told you you couldn't help me.

00:07:19Well, second-hand merchandise isn't quite my lie,

00:07:21but if I run into anything, I'll let you know.

00:07:24Thank you, Steve.

00:07:25Ah, there you are, Admiral.

00:07:27Mrs. Rice, lovely party.

00:07:29Thank you, Admiral.

00:07:31You know everyone in Washington.

00:07:32Now, who is that girl over there?

00:07:36Well, I meet so many people, you know.

00:07:42Don't tell me you don't know your own guest, Ella.

00:07:44Well, there's such a big turnover in Washington,

00:07:46what with elections and investigations.

00:07:48I don't know any...

00:07:49I checked with the men at the door.

00:07:51They think she may be a gatecrasher.

00:07:54I'll see if I can find out.

00:07:55You all right, Admiral?

00:07:57Oh, I'm so sorry.

00:07:58James, go and get him a glass of water.

00:07:59No, no, no.

00:08:00I have this thing, too.

00:08:01Oh.

00:08:01Yeah.

00:08:02Oh, Angela!

00:08:04You changed your hair again.

00:08:06Well, hello.

00:08:08Pretend that you're with me and you'll be okay.

00:08:11I beg your pardon?

00:08:12You've been spotted.

00:08:13They know that you crashed the party.

00:08:15Well, I'm sure my escort will find that very amusing.

00:08:19Excuse me.

00:08:21Hello, there.

00:08:35It's so nice to see you again.

00:08:38Oh, good evening.

00:08:40Please, don't get me away.

00:08:41Is there someplace I can talk to you alone?

00:08:44Sure.

00:08:45Out there on the terrace.

00:08:51You see, I'm here without an invitation.

00:08:53No.

00:08:54Oh, dear.

00:08:55But I had to do it.

00:08:56I was getting desperate.

00:08:57Oh, come now.

00:08:58It can't be as serious as all that.

00:09:00Oh, Johnny.

00:09:00Excuse me.

00:09:01We want you to settle an argument.

00:09:03Yes.

00:09:03Who scored the winning touchdown in the Army-Navy game in 1919?

00:09:071919.

00:09:09Nobody did.

00:09:10Navy won six to nothing on a pair of field goals kicked by Charlie King.

00:09:13There, you see.

00:09:14Thanks, Johnny.

00:09:15Oh, Charlie.

00:09:16Delighted.

00:09:18Best informed man ever to come out of Annapolis.

00:09:21Are you anybody?

00:09:24Hmm?

00:09:24Important, I mean.

00:09:25Oh, no.

00:09:26People are just used to seeing me around.

00:09:29My name's Johnny Anderson.

00:09:30Well, how do you do?

00:09:30I'm Ann Richards.

00:09:31I represent the SPCC.

00:09:34SPCC?

00:09:35Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to, uh, to, uh...

00:09:38Society for the Preservation of the California Condor.

00:09:41Oh, well, if he's not too expensive, I'll be glad to join.

00:09:46Well, thank you, but that's not what I'm here for.

00:09:47Do you know Mr. Chandler of the Department of the Interior?

00:09:51I've met him here and there.

00:09:54Oh, I spent a whole week trying to see him.

00:09:57I was in his outer office when I heard his secretary accept an invitation to this party.

00:10:01So I figured that if I...

00:10:02Oh, I'm afraid you won't meet him here.

00:10:04I happen to know he's changed his plans.

00:10:05Gone away for the weekend.

00:10:06Oh, but I simply got to see him.

00:10:12It's a matter of life and death.

00:10:14To you?

00:10:15No.

00:10:16To the California condor.

00:10:19Condor.

00:10:20That's some kind of a bird, isn't it?

00:10:22It's the biggest, rarest, noblest bird in the country.

00:10:26There are only 60 of them left.

00:10:27Well, why would anybody want to hurt them?

00:10:29Because somebody discovered natural gas on their nesting grounds.

00:10:33Oh, that's too bad.

00:10:37I like birds myself.

00:10:40Well, most people think it's silly to get worked up over a handful of birds.

00:10:43But if we're really serious about conserving our natural resources...

00:10:49Shall we go inside, hmm?

00:10:52Yeah, all right.

00:10:53Yeah.

00:10:54Yeah.

00:10:59I'd feel a little safer if we were dancing.

00:11:06Do you mind?

00:11:07Well, it's been a long, long time.

00:11:10But if you're willing to risk it, I'd love to.

00:11:19Such a relief to meet someone like you.

00:11:21After all, those cold, heartless bureaucrats...

00:11:23who wouldn't lift a finger to help anybody.

00:11:25Well, just what are you planning to do?

00:11:27I don't know.

00:11:28I can't stay in Washington much longer.

00:11:31Or if you get was a suite at the Maryland, my money's running out.

00:11:33Well, Mr. Chandler should be back on Monday.

00:11:36That still doesn't mean that I can get in to see you.

00:11:39Of course, if someone like you were to call and arrange an appointment for me...

00:11:43Oh, I'm sorry.

00:11:44I couldn't do that.

00:11:45But you said you knew him.

00:11:46I don't believe in imposing on people I meet socially.

00:11:49Oh, neither do I.

00:11:50But I tried going through channels, and it hasn't done any good.

00:11:52Well, why don't you see your congressman?

00:11:54Well, he's back home campaigning for re-election.

00:11:56Well, I wish I could help you, but I can't.

00:11:59Really, I can't.

00:12:00I guess I was wrong about you.

00:12:03You're just like all the others.

00:12:05May I cut in?

00:12:07By all means, good night.

00:12:08Oh, you can't leave before the highest-ranking guest goes home.

00:12:10She hasn't been in Washington long enough to learn the ground rules.

00:12:15Johnny, you've been holding out on me.

00:12:18Why didn't you introduce me to her?

00:12:19Oh, you don't know me, Steve.

00:12:21I'm like everybody else in Washington.

00:12:23A cold, heartless bureaucrat.

00:12:26Who wouldn't lift a finger to help anyone.

00:12:28Hello?

00:12:43Miss Richards?

00:12:44Yes.

00:12:45This is Johnny Adams.

00:12:46Adams?

00:12:47Yes.

00:12:48We met at Mrs. Rice's party.

00:12:50Oh, yes, of course.

00:12:52Have you changed your mind?

00:12:53Now, just a minute, young lady.

00:12:56I didn't say I was going to help you.

00:12:59But I think I know somebody who can.

00:13:05Morning.

00:13:06Morning, girls.

00:13:07Mr. Bannon.

00:13:08Good morning.

00:13:08Well, 15, you're early today.

00:13:10Any messages?

00:13:11Yes.

00:13:12The man from Procurement called twice.

00:13:13Trans-Pacific Airlines wants to know what happened to their airmail contract.

00:13:16The CRA deal is okay, and Mr. Duncan would like you to step into his office.

00:13:20And they say that lobbying is a parasitic occupation.

00:13:24Ha-ha.

00:13:28Oh, Steve.

00:13:29Uh, Steve, you know Mr. Lund of Northern Electric.

00:13:32How do you do, sir?

00:13:32How do you do?

00:13:33Mr. Lund is interested in the new AEC construction program.

00:13:36What does your firm sell, Mr. Lund?

00:13:38Anything electric, from generators to refrigerators.

00:13:40Okay, you'll find the specifications in the morning mail.

00:13:43Well, now, that's the way I like to do business.

00:13:45Anything you want done in Washington, Steve's the man to see.

00:13:47Did you say you make refrigerators?

00:13:49Best on the market.

00:13:50How about letting me have a sample?

00:13:51A friend of mine could use one.

00:13:52Why, only one?

00:13:53You can have a dozen, if you make sure they're getting the hands of the right people.

00:13:56That's the only kind I know.

00:13:58Just phone the names and addresses into our local office.

00:14:00They'll deliver.

00:14:01Thanks.

00:14:07Mac, come in, please.

00:14:08Right.

00:14:13We have a dozen refrigerators to give away.

00:14:16Use your own judgment.

00:14:17I'll check the list for home-loving types.

00:14:19Save one for a friend of mine, Admiral John Adams, retired.

00:14:22Oh.

00:14:23What's the matter?

00:14:24Here's a Johnny Adams here to see you.

00:14:25I didn't know he was anyone special.

00:14:27Send him right in.

00:14:28Yes, sir.

00:14:31Won't you come in, please?

00:14:32Well, hello, Johnny.

00:14:41This is Steve Bennett, Anne Richards.

00:14:43I believe you've met.

00:14:45We have.

00:14:46Well, I'm willing to forget it if you are.

00:14:47Won't you sit down?

00:14:48Thank you.

00:14:52What can I do for you, Johnny?

00:14:54Well, it's not for me.

00:14:55It's for Miss Richards.

00:14:55She'd like an appointment with Mr. Chandler in Interior.

00:14:59Well, that should be simple enough.

00:15:00Do you mind telling me what it's about?

00:15:02I'm trying to save the California condor from extermination.

00:15:06That's a bird.

00:15:08Oh, yes.

00:15:10Very noble cause.

00:15:12Well, right now, their breeding and nesting grounds

00:15:14are being protected by the government.

00:15:15But there's a bill in Congress

00:15:17to allow drilling for natural gas in the area.

00:15:20And condors cannot reproduce under such conditions.

00:15:24I don't blame them.

00:15:27It's a piece of legislation designed to benefit one special interest,

00:15:31the Continental Gas Company.

00:15:33If they weren't so greedy,

00:15:34they could lay a pipeline and tap that gas field

00:15:37without destroying the sanctuary.

00:15:39Well, something should be done about that.

00:15:42Mac, get Mr. Chandler in Interior.

00:15:47Yes.

00:15:49Just what is your interest in this deal?

00:15:52I was sent to Washington by the SPCC.

00:15:55The SPCC.

00:15:57Yes.

00:15:58You don't say.

00:15:59It's a very fine organization.

00:16:01That means a society for the preservation of the California condo.

00:16:06Of course, everybody knows that.

00:16:10Hello, Chandler.

00:16:11Uh, this is Steve Bennett of Duncan, Caldwell & Bennett.

00:16:14Skip the commercial.

00:16:15Listen, Chandler,

00:16:16what are you guys doing about that bill

00:16:17to massacre the California condors?

00:16:19What are we doing about it?

00:16:21You must have your wires crossed.

00:16:23Look, I know what I'm talking about.

00:16:25I understand it's nothing but a land grab

00:16:26by the Continental Gas Company.

00:16:28You should know, Bennett.

00:16:30Continental Gas is your client.

00:16:33What?

00:16:35Your partners have been chasing around town

00:16:37like a couple of bird dogs pushing this bill.

00:16:39Well, I'm glad to hear that you're on your toes.

00:16:41How's Laura and the kids?

00:16:42Now, listen, Bennett.

00:16:43If you're trying to impress someone in your office,

00:16:45I'm going to hang up.

00:16:47Yeah, you, uh, you do that.

00:16:48The sooner, the better.

00:16:50Well, uh,

00:16:50this will require quick action.

00:16:54So if you'll, uh,

00:16:55excuse me a minute.

00:17:00Dynamic, isn't he?

00:17:01One phone call and he accomplishes

00:17:06more than I've been able to do in a whole week.

00:17:08Since when are we handling Continental Gas?

00:17:10Uh, Bill Caldwell got the account

00:17:12while you were in Florida.

00:17:13Now that he's in Florida, it's your baby.

00:17:15Oh, that's great.

00:17:16I meant to speak to you about it.

00:17:18Something wrong?

00:17:19Give me a quick fill-in on the deal.

00:17:22They're exploring a new field

00:17:23in the California mountains

00:17:24when the government set aside

00:17:2510,000 acres for some silly birds.

00:17:28So we're backing a bill

00:17:29to allow anyone who'd sunk test wells

00:17:31in the area to continue drilling.

00:17:33So you'd better get in and pitch.

00:17:39What sort of law does Mr. Bennett practice?

00:17:41Oh, he does a little bit of everything.

00:17:43Gets contracts for his clients,

00:17:45influences legislation.

00:17:46You mean he's a lobbyist?

00:17:48Find your way through all the red tape in Washington.

00:17:50One needs a professional guide.

00:17:58I'm afraid this is going to be

00:17:59a little tougher than I thought.

00:18:01There's some powerful interest behind this bill.

00:18:03Yes, I found that out.

00:18:05We'll have to lay out a campaign.

00:18:07How about doing it over lunch?

00:18:09Why don't you two go ahead?

00:18:10I had to be somewhere at 1 o'clock sharp.

00:18:12Well, there's something we have to get straight.

00:18:14I can't afford to pay you any fees.

00:18:16Oh, I'm sure that we can reach

00:18:17a friendly understanding.

00:18:19Which way are you going, Johnny?

00:18:20I'll drop you off.

00:18:20Oh, the corner of 19th and Constitution

00:18:23will be fine.

00:18:24Navy Department, eh?

00:18:26No, no, no, don't tell me what you're doing.

00:18:27I don't want to know any military secrets.

00:18:33You see, condos lay only one egg

00:18:40every two or three years.

00:18:41Now, if there's the slightest disturbance

00:18:43in this area,

00:18:44they abandon their nest,

00:18:46leaving the egg unhatched

00:18:47and their young to starve.

00:18:49Imagine that.

00:18:50And I feel sure that if I can make these points

00:18:52to Mr. Chandler...

00:18:53Well, this is a very delicate situation

00:18:55and it has to be handled with great tact.

00:18:58That's why the Admiral brought you to me.

00:19:00The Admiral?

00:19:01Johnny Adams.

00:19:02He's retired, of course.

00:19:03He never mentioned it.

00:19:05Well, Johnny's very modest

00:19:06about his accomplishments.

00:19:08For that matter, so am I.

00:19:10I think it's only fair to tell you

00:19:12I don't exactly approve of your profession.

00:19:14What do you have against lawyers?

00:19:16Nothing.

00:19:16But I don't care for lobbyists.

00:19:18And what are you doing here,

00:19:19if not lobbying?

00:19:20It's quite different.

00:19:21Oh, of course it is.

00:19:22A lobbyist is someone

00:19:23who disagrees with you.

00:19:25Anyone who agrees with your views

00:19:26is a patriotic citizen.

00:19:27I fight for what I believe in.

00:19:29You only do it for money.

00:19:30Money happens to be what I believe in.

00:19:33Oh, so you're willing to take

00:19:34either side of a question

00:19:35depending upon who pays you more, huh?

00:19:36No, no, no, no.

00:19:37I have a few convictions of my own.

00:19:39I'm against slavery,

00:19:40witch burning,

00:19:41cannibalism, head hunting.

00:19:42And I'm against all this influence

00:19:44peddling in government by cronies.

00:19:45Some more coffee?

00:19:46Coffee?

00:19:47No, thanks.

00:19:47Everyone likes to do favors for friends.

00:19:51My business is to introduce

00:19:52friends to friends.

00:19:52That's just the kind of thing

00:19:53that gives Washington a bad name.

00:19:55Look, those methods

00:19:56weren't invented in Washington.

00:19:58That's part of human nature.

00:20:00When a baby gives out his first yell,

00:20:02he's lobbying for something.

00:20:04When a woman puts on a low-cut gown

00:20:06and douses herself in perfume,

00:20:08she's lobbying, too.

00:20:09When a man sends a girl flowers

00:20:11or takes her to lunch.

00:20:12I can always pay my own check.

00:20:14You take things too seriously.

00:20:16With my know-how

00:20:17and your moral indignation,

00:20:18we can accomplish quite a lot.

00:20:20We're not accomplishing anything now.

00:20:22Why do you think

00:20:23I brought you here?

00:20:24Excuse me

00:20:25while I go peddle my influence.

00:20:29How are you, Russ?

00:20:30How's that look?

00:20:30Why, thanks.

00:20:31Good.

00:20:31JC?

00:20:32Hi, Rebecca.

00:20:33Hiya, Jim.

00:20:35Oh, Steve.

00:20:35Look, I have somebody

00:20:36who'd like to talk to you

00:20:37about a bill in Congress.

00:20:38If it's already up on the hill,

00:20:39it's out of my hands.

00:20:40You know that.

00:20:41Yes, I know,

00:20:42but it would impress this girl

00:20:43if you would talk to her

00:20:44for a few minutes.

00:20:44Well, bring her over.

00:20:46If it would impress her more

00:20:47if we could come to your office.

00:20:50Okay, 4 o'clock.

00:20:52Thanks, dear.

00:20:56It's all set.

00:20:57We're seeing greedy

00:20:58in agriculture at 4 o'clock.

00:21:00But I wanted to see

00:21:01Mr. Chandler in interior.

00:21:03Well, it's like this.

00:21:05Both departments have authority

00:21:07over public lands

00:21:07and are very jealous

00:21:08of each other.

00:21:09So, to get action

00:21:10from interior,

00:21:11you set a fire

00:21:12under agriculture.

00:21:14I don't understand Washington.

00:21:16I don't understand

00:21:17the telephone,

00:21:17but it works.

00:21:18Well, thank you for lunch.

00:21:20Look, we have a couple

00:21:20of hours to kill.

00:21:21What do we do?

00:21:22I don't know about you,

00:21:24but I'm going

00:21:24to the Smithsonian.

00:21:25I'll go with you.

00:21:26It's my favorite spot

00:21:26in Washington.

00:21:28Bet you've never

00:21:28even been there.

00:21:29That's why it's

00:21:30my favorite spot.

00:21:31Washington's a wonderful

00:21:39place for bird study.

00:21:42Did you know

00:21:42that Teddy Roosevelt

00:21:43counted over 90 varieties

00:21:45of birds around

00:21:46the White House?

00:21:47I've seen some pretty

00:21:48strange birds

00:21:49around there myself.

00:21:50Hey, look.

00:21:51This is the passenger pigeon.

00:21:54A century ago,

00:21:54there were millions of them.

00:21:56Now they're extinct.

00:21:59And where's

00:21:59the Carolina parakeet?

00:22:01The heath hen.

00:22:02The great auk.

00:22:04Right now,

00:22:05the same fate

00:22:05threatens the

00:22:06California condor.

00:22:07How did you get

00:22:08into this bird racket

00:22:09anyway?

00:22:10Why, must everything

00:22:11be a racket?

00:22:12Sorry, it must be

00:22:12my upbringing.

00:22:14Did you have

00:22:15an underprivileged

00:22:16childhood?

00:22:17I'm still underprivileged.

00:22:18You're looking

00:22:18at a very rare specimen,

00:22:20a native of Washington, D.C.,

00:22:21a man who doesn't

00:22:22have the right to vote.

00:22:24Now, there's something

00:22:25you'd want to be

00:22:26lobbying for.

00:22:27My father spent years

00:22:28fighting for self-government

00:22:29for the District of Columbia.

00:22:30What interest

00:22:31did he represent?

00:22:32The voters

00:22:32of the 2nd

00:22:33Congressional District

00:22:34of Iowa.

00:22:35Your father

00:22:36was in Congress?

00:22:37Served eight terms.

00:22:38After your retiree,

00:22:39he opened a law

00:22:40office here in Washington.

00:22:41office here in Washington, D.C.

00:22:43and D.C.

00:22:44and D.C.

00:22:45This is what I came

00:22:45here to see.

00:22:49Mockingbird.

00:22:51Nemus, Polyglottis,

00:22:52Richard's Eye.

00:22:54Richard's Eye?

00:22:56Richards?

00:22:57Not named after you?

00:22:59Uh-huh.

00:23:00Well, did you discover it?

00:23:02It's not considered ethical

00:23:05to name a bird after yourself.

00:23:08Oh, I'm sorry.

00:23:09I'm new at this bird business.

00:23:12This subspecies was classified

00:23:13by Professor Hendricks,

00:23:15who worked with my father.

00:23:17Oh, where?

00:23:18The Department of Zoology

00:23:19at Stanford.

00:23:21That's my racket, too.

00:23:24Are you enjoying the exhibit?

00:23:27Yes, thank you.

00:23:28That's good.

00:23:29You know, we don't get

00:23:30many young people

00:23:30here in our days.

00:23:32I'm Dr. Bigelow.

00:23:33How do you do?

00:23:34You may not realize it,

00:23:35Dr. Bigelow,

00:23:36but you have a celebrity here.

00:23:37This is Miss Richards.

00:23:39That bird was named after her.

00:23:40Really?

00:23:41Well, this is a big day for me.

00:23:43I have another famous visitor here,

00:23:45Mr. T. Courtney Lemmer,

00:23:47one of the outstanding authorities

00:23:49on bird calls

00:23:50in the United States.

00:23:51Well, I wouldn't go

00:23:52quite that far.

00:23:54Just east of the Mississippi.

00:23:55Mr. Lemmer's just been recording

00:23:57some rare calls

00:23:58for our archives.

00:23:59Oh, I'd like to hear them sometime.

00:24:01My specialty is

00:24:02the European bullfinch.

00:24:03Lasts 23 seconds.

00:24:05You don't say.

00:24:07Can you do

00:24:08Mimus polyglotus

00:24:09Richards' eye?

00:24:11The mockingbird?

00:24:12Why, certainly.

00:24:13What an amazing family resemblance.

00:24:25Now, here's a mockingbird

00:24:27imitating a cedar waxwing.

00:24:33Don, I always go off

00:24:34at that point.

00:24:36Is something wrong?

00:24:37That was the real

00:24:38cedar waxwing.

00:24:39It was?

00:24:39There's a very subtle

00:24:40difference, you know.

00:24:41Uh-huh.

00:24:42Try the test on them.

00:24:44Now, see if you can tell me

00:24:45which is the true song

00:24:46of the bobolink

00:24:47and which is the imitation.

00:24:53Or?

00:24:58Would you mind

00:24:58repeating that, please?

00:24:59This is all very pleasant,

00:25:07but we may miss

00:25:08our appointment.

00:25:09The bobolink was

00:25:10first the second time

00:25:11and second the first time.

00:25:12Well done.

00:25:13If you like,

00:25:14I'll send you one of my records.

00:25:15Oh, please do.

00:25:16Would you?

00:25:16I'm staying at the Maryland.

00:25:18So am I.

00:25:19Maybe we can get together

00:25:19and try a few duets.

00:25:21Oh, I'd love to.

00:25:22Well, goodbye, Miss Riffin.

00:25:23It's been a real pleasure.

00:25:29The mating call

00:25:34of the Potomac night owl.

00:25:40Are you sure

00:25:41that you're used

00:25:42to this stuff, Professor?

00:25:44No, but I'd like to be.

00:25:46You know, I think

00:25:47I'd better take you home.

00:25:50Well, do you want

00:25:51to know what I think?

00:25:55Oh, I think

00:25:56I'd like to dance.

00:25:58Whatever you say, Professor.

00:25:59I don't know

00:26:10where that first impression

00:26:11came from.

00:26:12What impression?

00:26:13That you were

00:26:13a complete heel.

00:26:14Oh, thanks

00:26:15for changing your mind.

00:26:17I still don't understand

00:26:19why you're helping me.

00:26:20It's not as if

00:26:22you're interested in birds.

00:26:23Let's drop the birds

00:26:25for a while.

00:26:26Sorry.

00:26:26It's my Puritan ancestors.

00:26:30I always feel guilty

00:26:31when I'm having a good time.

00:26:33I always feel guilty

00:26:33when I'm not.

00:26:35How do you feel now?

00:26:36Oh, very guilty.

00:26:37Thank you.

00:26:51It's been a very

00:26:51pleasant evening.

00:26:53Yes, and very, uh,

00:26:55instructive.

00:26:57Oh, your education's

00:26:58barely started.

00:27:00Would you like to come up

00:27:01for a while?

00:27:01Well, I...

00:27:04Don't you want to?

00:27:08Well, sure.

00:27:17Park my car, please.

00:27:18You have a nice place here.

00:27:34So long as it's costing me

00:27:36a small fortune,

00:27:37I might as well

00:27:37get some use out of it.

00:27:40Make yourself comfortable.

00:27:41Don't go away.

00:28:10I'll be right with you.

00:28:18I'll be right with you.

00:28:18Would you turn out the lights, please?

00:28:43Thank you.

00:28:57Now, if you'll go back to the couch.

00:28:59Thank you.

00:29:11Now, if you'll go back to the couch.

00:29:13Well, I'll be right with you.

00:29:40Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada

00:30:10The condor's a magnificent flyer.

00:30:14He climbs to a height of 15,000 feet,

00:30:16soaring majestically above the mountain peaks

00:30:18and gliding for half an hour without flapping his wings.

00:30:25This is the baby condor, the heir apparent.

00:30:29He has just burst forth from his shell.

00:30:40Hello?

00:30:43Hello, Anne.

00:30:44Oh, good morning, Admiral.

00:30:45Has Steve been able to do anything for you?

00:30:48Not yet.

00:30:49But he's devoting a lot of time to it.

00:30:51I think Steve likes you.

00:30:54Only because I'm a girl.

00:30:56Well, what better reason?

00:30:57I was wondering if you'd like to go to a party tonight.

00:31:02Oh, thank you, Admiral.

00:31:03But Steve's taking me to a reception at the Mayflower.

00:31:06There's some people he wants me to meet.

00:31:08Well, that's just what I was planning to take you.

00:31:10Oh, why don't you come by here first,

00:31:12and we can all go together.

00:31:13Steve's picking me up at 7 o'clock.

00:31:16That'll be fine.

00:31:17Bye.

00:31:18Bye.

00:31:18This was left at the desk for you.

00:31:27Oh?

00:31:28Well, thank you.

00:31:30I'll just make...

00:31:34Thank you.

00:31:35Mm-hmm.

00:31:48This new is from Washington, Capitol Hill.

00:31:54The Senate Committee on Lobbying

00:31:55is quietly gathering material for a full-dress investigation.

00:31:59Tip to Senator O'Malley.

00:32:00Why don't you look into the activities of Steve Bennett,

00:32:03one of our better-known pressure boys?

00:32:05He's now distributing free refrigerators around town,

00:32:08and you might find out what he expects to get in return.

00:32:10Among the bigger clients represented by Mr. Bennett's law firm

00:32:14are Northern Electric, Continental Gas, and Trans-Pacific Airline.

00:32:18Exclusive.

00:32:20Here's the lowdown on the Army's...

00:32:42Yes?

00:32:43Republic 1154.

00:32:48Hello.

00:32:49Is this the residence of Admiral John Adams?

00:32:52No, it isn't.

00:32:53I'm sorry.

00:32:54I guess it's the wrong one.

00:33:03But this is ridiculous.

00:33:04Why, he's one of the most prominent men in Washington.

00:33:06I'm sorry, Miss.

00:33:07Our records missed only one retired Admiral named John Adams,

00:33:10and he's living in Honolulu.

00:33:12Well, maybe his middle name's John.

00:33:13Oh, now, surely you can find an Admiral Adams who won the Navy Cross.

00:33:17That seems to be the trouble.

00:33:19This is the second inquiry I've had today

00:33:20about the address of an Admiral Adams,

00:33:22probable first name John, retired.

00:33:25Oh, Johnny Adams?

00:33:26Do you know him?

00:33:26Well, certainly.

00:33:27He's always one of the first to contribute in Navy relief.

00:33:29Miss Ames, you better check your records again.

00:33:32Yes, sir.

00:33:33As soon as we've made a thorough search of our files,

00:33:36we'll notify you.

00:33:36Well, how long will that take?

00:33:38About two weeks.

00:33:39Oh, never mind.

00:33:41I'm seeing him tonight.

00:33:43Oh, good.

00:33:44Well, then you can let us know his address.

00:33:51Johnny.

00:33:52Steve.

00:33:53Four, please.

00:33:54Are you trying to beat my time, Admiral?

00:33:56Seems to be the other way around.

00:33:58You're the hardest man in all of Washington to find.

00:34:01Where do you hide out?

00:34:02Why?

00:34:03Were you looking for me?

00:34:04My secretary tried.

00:34:05The Navy Department, the Coast Guard,

00:34:06the Veterans Administration.

00:34:08Why all the fuss?

00:34:09I got that refrigerator for you.

00:34:11Oh.

00:34:11Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.

00:34:13That's very kind of you.

00:34:14The old one just conked out completely.

00:34:16Four.

00:34:21There it is.

00:34:22Where do you want me to send it?

00:34:24Oh, the refrigerator.

00:34:26How much is it?

00:34:27Maybe I can't afford it.

00:34:28Ah, forget it, Johnny.

00:34:29It didn't cost me anything.

00:34:30Well, I don't know.

00:34:32It's sort of a rule with me not to accept gifts.

00:34:34Don't worry.

00:34:35There's no strings attached.

00:34:37What's the address?

00:34:38Well, it's not for me.

00:34:40It's for a lady I know.

00:34:42Oh, I see.

00:34:44Oh, no, no, no.

00:34:45No, no, no.

00:34:46Nothing like that.

00:34:47No, she's the widow of a southern congressman.

00:34:49Well, that's quite an accomplishment,

00:34:51surviving a southern congressman.

00:34:54What's her name?

00:34:55Mrs. Chadwick.

00:34:56742 Hampton Place, northwest.

00:34:58She did say seven o'clock.

00:35:04Yeah.

00:35:06Maybe she left a message at the desk.

00:35:09Look, Steve, about that refrigerator,

00:35:12I'm not at all sure that I want to take it now.

00:35:13You didn't by any chance listen to Roy Patterson this morning, did you?

00:35:16No.

00:35:16Well, why?

00:35:17I was just wondering.

00:35:19I understand he took another poker.

00:35:22Hi.

00:35:23Where have you been?

00:35:23Making train reservations for California, if you must know.

00:35:26Hello, Admiral.

00:35:27Is something the matter?

00:35:31Have Mr. Bennett tell you how he's been representing

00:35:33the Continental Gas Company all this time.

00:35:35Is that true?

00:35:36Listen, Ann, when I offered to help you,

00:35:38I had no idea they were one of our clients.

00:35:39He's just been leading me around in circles

00:35:41to protect their interests.

00:35:42I don't care if the bill passes or not.

00:35:44Oh, I know you're the man who doesn't care about anything,

00:35:46just so long as you collect your fee.

00:35:48I would have told you before,

00:35:49but I didn't think you'd understand.

00:35:50And you were absolutely right.

00:35:52Goodbye, Admiral, and thanks for everything.

00:35:54I think you may be doing Stephen injustice.

00:35:56Admiral, you're a very nice man,

00:35:58but you've let this lobbyist take you for a ride,

00:36:01just like he's taking me.

00:36:02Well, I'm getting out of this Washington rat race.

00:36:05Ann, listen.

00:36:06Ann, will you open this door and let me explain?

00:36:09Ann, this is ridiculous.

00:36:11If you'll only let me explain.

00:36:26Here, where's that going?

00:36:33Mrs. Chadwick.

00:36:34I'm afraid this would be the mistake.

00:36:35I must ask you to take it back.

00:36:37Are you Mr. Chadwick?

00:36:38No, but I got it for her,

00:36:39and I changed my mind.

00:36:41Oh, you better take it up with the company, mister.

00:36:42Yes, but I have to get to work.

00:36:45Why can't you just load it back on the truck?

00:36:47Look, Grandpa, we got a lot of deliveries to me.

00:36:49But I appreciate your...

00:36:50Good morning.

00:36:52Is that for me?

00:36:53Mrs. Chadwick?

00:36:54Yes.

00:36:55Where do you want it?

00:36:56Well, around to the side door.

00:37:01Mr. Adams, you did this.

00:37:03Well, it's very difficult to explain, Mrs. Chadwick,

00:37:06but the fact is...

00:37:06I could kiss you.

00:37:09You'll never know what this means to me.

00:37:13Or to me.

00:37:13Some of you may have heard Roy Patterson yesterday

00:37:25challenging this committee to track down the people

00:37:28who have been receiving free refrigerators

00:37:30from a certain lobbyist.

00:37:31That's right.

00:37:32Well, I'm glad to say that our investigators

00:37:34have secured a complete list

00:37:36from the firm making the deliveries.

00:37:38Well, that's good.

00:37:40That's splendid.

00:37:41I, uh...

00:37:42Mr. Chairman,

00:37:46this is too grave a matter

00:37:47to be handled in the routine way.

00:37:50Now, I suggest we exercise

00:37:52the utmost discretion

00:37:53until everyone concerned

00:37:54has been subpoenaed.

00:37:56Then we blow the lid off

00:37:57and go straight on television.

00:38:00Good idea, Senator.

00:38:01Very good idea.

00:38:01Not very good, Senator.

00:38:07What are you reading, Leo?

00:38:09The Constitution, what else?

00:38:11Day and night I'm reading it

00:38:13for my examination.

00:38:14But there's one thing

00:38:16I'd like you to explain to me.

00:38:18Here.

00:38:19The first article of the Bill of Rights,

00:38:21it says,

00:38:22or the right of the people

00:38:24peaceably to assemble

00:38:26and to petition the government

00:38:27for, uh, uh...

00:38:29Redress.

00:38:30Redress of...

00:38:31Of their grievances.

00:38:33Redress their grievances.

00:38:35Redress?

00:38:36What means a...

00:38:37It means if you don't like

00:38:39the way the government's running things,

00:38:41you have the right

00:38:41to demand a change.

00:38:43Every citizen can do this?

00:38:45Sure.

00:38:45You can write to the president,

00:38:47you can see your congressman,

00:38:48you can testify

00:38:49at a committee hearing,

00:38:51you can...

00:38:54Yes.

00:38:56Even if the idea

00:38:58is not so hot,

00:39:00a person has a right

00:39:01to be heard.

00:39:03Nothing should be allowed

00:39:04to stop her.

00:39:06Her?

00:39:06Who is her?

00:39:07Oh, I was just thinking

00:39:09out loud.

00:39:10All right.

00:39:11I...

00:39:13Keep an eye on my lunch.

00:39:15Where are you going?

00:39:16If I'm not back by one,

00:39:18you tell Mr. Foster

00:39:20that I'm out

00:39:21exercising my constitutional rights.

00:39:32Come in.

00:39:35My bags will be ready

00:39:36in a second.

00:39:41So you're really leaving?

00:39:43Hello, Admiral.

00:39:45Yes, I'm leaving.

00:39:46Oh, that's too bad

00:39:47because I came here

00:39:48to offer you my help.

00:39:49I didn't know you felt

00:39:50that strongly

00:39:51about saving the condors.

00:39:52I don't care if it's condors

00:39:54or free milk for Hottentots.

00:39:55You deserve a chance

00:39:56to present your case

00:39:57and you didn't get

00:39:58a square deal.

00:39:59Thanks to your friend,

00:40:00Mr. Bennett.

00:40:01Oh, Steve's not

00:40:02such a bad chap, really.

00:40:04I was beginning

00:40:05to think so, too.

00:40:05Until this happened,

00:40:07that's what hurts.

00:40:09Well, I feel responsible

00:40:10for the whole thing

00:40:10and I'd like to make it up to you.

00:40:12Thanks, Admiral,

00:40:12but I don't think

00:40:13I could get anywhere,

00:40:15even with your help.

00:40:16Well, don't forget

00:40:17I've been around

00:40:17Washington a long time.

00:40:19I know where a lot

00:40:19of skeletons are hidden.

00:40:22Wouldn't that be stooping

00:40:23to the same tactics

00:40:24as the opposition?

00:40:25When the other side

00:40:26opens up with a 16-inch gun,

00:40:28you don't fight back

00:40:29with a pea-suit, huh?

00:40:33Come in.

00:40:36Take your bags, ma'am?

00:40:38Some other time.

00:40:41Yes, ma'am.

00:40:47Let's unpack that 16-inch gun.

00:40:49Good!

00:40:50Now, tell me just one thing.

00:41:00What good are these

00:41:01birds doing?

00:41:03Well, what good

00:41:04is the Washington Monument doing?

00:41:05But you wouldn't suggest

00:41:06tearing it down, would you?

00:41:08You know, Congressman,

00:41:09the Department of Defense

00:41:10is very anxious

00:41:11to find out

00:41:11who leaked that information

00:41:13about the guided missile program

00:41:14to Roy Patterson.

00:41:15Oh, well, that's so.

00:41:20Some of my colleagues

00:41:21on the Military Affairs Committee

00:41:23are very careless.

00:41:26Yes.

00:41:28On second thought,

00:41:29I can see that

00:41:30there's a lot of justice

00:41:32in your argument.

00:41:33Yes.

00:41:34This bill will allow

00:41:35drilling in their sanctuary.

00:41:37Condors?

00:41:38But aren't they birds of prey?

00:41:39Ah, but so is the bald eagle,

00:41:41our national bird.

00:41:42Yes.

00:41:43Well, now,

00:41:44no one has ever accused me

00:41:46of being unpatriotic.

00:41:47In fact,

00:41:48I was the first man

00:41:50in the house

00:41:50to speak out

00:41:51against the Japanese beetle.

00:41:53I remember.

00:41:53Do you realize

00:41:54how many bird lovers

00:41:55there are in this country?

00:41:56I think my record will show

00:41:58that I've always gone

00:41:59straight down the line

00:42:00for our feathered friends.

00:42:02Tell me,

00:42:03how did you enjoy

00:42:04your trip to Hawaii, Congressman?

00:42:06Oh, it wasn't

00:42:06a pleasure, Cruz Admiral.

00:42:07We were there

00:42:08on official business.

00:42:09Oh.

00:42:10I understand

00:42:11your committee

00:42:11originally planned

00:42:12an inspection trip

00:42:14to Alaska

00:42:14until your wife

00:42:16decided

00:42:16it would be

00:42:17too cold up there.

00:42:18That, sir,

00:42:19is a base canard.

00:42:21Who told you?

00:42:22Someone who's interested

00:42:23in the defeat

00:42:24of Section 3A

00:42:25of H.R. 2716.

00:42:28Well,

00:42:28I haven't studied

00:42:30the bill very carefully,

00:42:31but I'm sure

00:42:32that I'm against it, too.

00:42:35Down three,

00:42:36doubled and vulnerable.

00:42:39Well, according to my figures,

00:42:40we've lined up

00:42:41almost 60 votes

00:42:41against the bill.

00:42:42Well, that's not enough.

00:42:44Well, we still have

00:42:44another week

00:42:45before he comes up

00:42:46in the house.

00:42:46I wish I could

00:42:47spend more time on it

00:42:48instead of just evenings

00:42:49and during my lunch hour.

00:42:51I don't mean to pry, Admiral,

00:42:53but what do you do

00:42:55the rest of the day?

00:42:56I mean, if you're retired.

00:42:57Well, here comes

00:43:00Congresswoman Bates.

00:43:02Good afternoon, Mrs. Bates.

00:43:04I know, Admiral.

00:43:06It's about the condors.

00:43:08Well, you've got my vote.

00:43:09Oh, thank you.

00:43:10Furthermore,

00:43:11you can count on

00:43:11three of my colleagues

00:43:12from...

00:43:14Isn't that a swallow-tailed kite?

00:43:18I never heard one

00:43:19this far north before.

00:43:20Well, who do we tackle next?

00:43:33Well, who do we tackle next?

00:43:47Hmm?

00:43:48Well, let me see.

00:43:51There must be...

00:43:53Oh, there's Congressman Farrow.

00:43:55But the only subject

00:43:56he's interested in

00:43:56is cotton.

00:43:57Well, I can point out

00:43:58that birds eat more

00:43:59ball weevils

00:44:00than anybody else.

00:44:01You could?

00:44:03Come on.

00:44:05That's all right, Steve.

00:44:07Always glad to return a favor.

00:44:08Thanks a lot, Roy.

00:44:09Bye.

00:44:10I'm afraid we've just lost a vote.

00:44:13Admiral.

00:44:14Hello.

00:44:16Thought you said

00:44:16that stuff makes you jumpy.

00:44:18Oh, camouflage.

00:44:19I've been meaning to call you.

00:44:21How's the refrigerator working?

00:44:22Fine.

00:44:23Are you one of the people

00:44:23that got a refrigerator?

00:44:25No one can accuse me

00:44:26of trying to influence the Admiral.

00:44:28After all,

00:44:28we're on opposite sides of the fence.

00:44:29Let's keep it that way.

00:44:31Yes, ma'am.

00:44:32I understand you two

00:44:33are doing a bit of lobbying.

00:44:34Oh, just using a few

00:44:35underhand tricks

00:44:36we picked up from you.

00:44:38Well, button-holding

00:44:39a congressman is okay,

00:44:41but it's not enough.

00:44:42You've got to build up

00:44:42outside pressure.

00:44:43Now, there's nothing

00:44:44that touches a congressman's heart

00:44:45like a few thousand letters

00:44:46from home

00:44:46signed by registered voters.

00:44:48Yeah, but we haven't got

00:44:49your organization.

00:44:50Or expense account.

00:44:51Oh, your job's a cinch

00:44:52compared to mine.

00:44:53It's much easier

00:44:54to arouse public sympathy

00:44:55for a bunch of poor

00:44:56homeless vultures

00:44:57and for a big corporation.

00:44:58All this invaluable advice

00:45:00and free of charge.

00:45:02Why?

00:45:03Well, I hate to see

00:45:03this business wrecked

00:45:04by amateurs.

00:45:05Now, if I were handling

00:45:06your campaign,

00:45:07the first thing I ought to do

00:45:08is...

00:45:08Steve!

00:45:09Here's someone

00:45:09who's just dying to meet you.

00:45:11Are you Steve Bennett?

00:45:12That's right.

00:45:13Got a little present for you.

00:45:14A subpoena to appear

00:45:16before the Senate committee

00:45:16on lobbying.

00:45:17Thanks.

00:45:18Celebrating my own

00:45:19makeup kit?

00:45:20Let's see you lobby

00:45:21your way out of this,

00:45:22Mr. Bennett.

00:45:22Why, you took advantage

00:45:24of me.

00:45:25Where's the telephone

00:45:26in this house?

00:45:27I'm going to call

00:45:28the FBI.

00:45:29I put one over on you,

00:45:30didn't I?

00:45:30Yeah, very clever.

00:45:32How would you like

00:45:33to help me pull

00:45:33the same stunt

00:45:34on somebody else?

00:45:35Ooh.

00:45:37Admiral John Adams

00:45:39retired.

00:45:40Oh, Johnny Adams?

00:45:41Yeah, that's right.

00:45:42Oh, he's in Europe.

00:45:43U.N. conference.

00:45:43Oh.

00:45:45We're seeing you, Steve.

00:45:46Right, uh, General.

00:45:47There goes one

00:45:49of the finest generals

00:45:50in the United States Army.

00:45:51Oh?

00:45:54Look, if you take

00:45:55that kind of an approach,

00:45:56what can you expect?

00:46:01Hi, Mac.

00:46:01Oh, Mr. Duncan

00:46:02wants to see you right away.

00:46:04What's on the fire?

00:46:05You are.

00:46:07If you fellas

00:46:07can't control the situation,

00:46:09why are you taking our money?

00:46:10Well, uh, Bennett's

00:46:11been handling it.

00:46:12And as far as I know,

00:46:13ah, here he is.

00:46:15Uh, Steve,

00:46:16this is Mr. Taylor,

00:46:17Vice President

00:46:17of Continental Gas.

00:46:19Welcome to Washington.

00:46:19What's going on here, Bennett?

00:46:21I thought you had

00:46:21this drilling bill sewed up.

00:46:22Well, you never know

00:46:23until all the votes

00:46:24are counted.

00:46:24We've been getting

00:46:25some very disturbing reports

00:46:26in New York.

00:46:27Who's Admiral Adams?

00:46:28He's one of our

00:46:29more solid citizens.

00:46:30Why?

00:46:30My sources in Congress

00:46:31inform me that he's lined up

00:46:32a dangerous number

00:46:33of votes against us.

00:46:35If you don't mind

00:46:35a suggestion,

00:46:37why don't you drop this bill?

00:46:38Drop it?

00:46:39Are you insane?

00:46:41I've been investigating

00:46:42this California project,

00:46:43and there's no reason

00:46:44why this gas field

00:46:45can't be tapped

00:46:46by lateral drilling

00:46:46from outside the sanctuary.

00:46:48There are lots of reasons.

00:46:49Two million of them.

00:46:51Dollars.

00:46:51That's why we cooked up

00:46:52this bill in the first place.

00:46:53Our annual stockholders

00:46:54meeting is next week,

00:46:55and I want to be able

00:46:56to announce that we won't

00:46:56have to spend that extra money.

00:46:58Well, I can't guarantee anything.

00:46:59The Admiral pulls

00:47:00a lot of weight around here.

00:47:01Then it's up to you

00:47:02to stop him.

00:47:02He must have his price.

00:47:04You don't know, Johnny.

00:47:05Then get something on him.

00:47:07Anybody as honest as that

00:47:08must have something to hide.

00:47:11Take my word for it,

00:47:12Mr. Taylor,

00:47:12you're on the wrong track.

00:47:14And personally,

00:47:14I don't want any part of it.

00:47:19It's the same old story.

00:47:20If you want anything done,

00:47:21you've got to do it yourself.

00:47:22Where can I find

00:47:23this fellow Adam?

00:47:23Uh, Mac will know.

00:47:25Got a tucked in waist,

00:47:27a bouffant skirt,

00:47:28nylon, blue.

00:47:29and I'll see you.

00:47:32El Mac,

00:47:33uh,

00:47:34where does Admiral Adams live?

00:47:36Oh, let's not start

00:47:37on that again.

00:47:38After what I went through

00:47:38trying to get a refrigerator

00:47:39to him.

00:47:40Was he in on that

00:47:41refrigerator deal?

00:47:42Oh, it wasn't for himself.

00:47:43It was for some woman

00:47:44he knew.

00:47:45I can give you her address.

00:47:46Ah, lady friend, eh?

00:47:48Now we're getting someplace

00:47:49where there's smoke,

00:47:50there's fire.

00:47:51Hmm, there isn't even a spot.

00:47:53He's at least 70.

00:47:54Well, you never can tell

00:47:55about sailors.

00:48:07Oh, Mr. Addis.

00:48:08Good evening, Mrs. Chagri.

00:48:09I've been waiting up for you.

00:48:11Well, you're all dressed up.

00:48:14We had a little party

00:48:15at my lodge.

00:48:16Oh, while you were out,

00:48:18there was a man here

00:48:19asking questions about you.

00:48:21What kind of questions?

00:48:23Oh, about you and me.

00:48:25He was very suspicious.

00:48:27Seemed to think there was

00:48:28something between us,

00:48:29especially when he found out

00:48:31you lived here.

00:48:32Oh, well, I'm flattered,

00:48:33of course, but I hope

00:48:34you set him straight.

00:48:35Oh, it wasn't necessary.

00:48:37Turned out to be a case

00:48:38of mistaken identity.

00:48:39How do you mean?

00:48:40Well, the man he was

00:48:41looking for is a retired

00:48:43admiral, and I told him

00:48:45you couldn't be because

00:48:46you've been working for

00:48:48Foster and Son for over

00:48:4930 years.

00:48:51You told him that?

00:48:53Did I do something wrong?

00:48:55No, not at all.

00:49:02Good night, Mrs. Shatwick.

00:49:03Good morning.

00:49:25Could you tell me

00:49:26if Johnny Adams lives here?

00:49:27I'm not answering

00:49:28any more questions.

00:49:30Who are you?

00:49:31Hello, Johnny.

00:49:32Oh, Steve.

00:49:34Johnny, I want to talk to you.

00:49:36Well, I have to meet

00:49:36someone in Lafayette Park.

00:49:38I'll drive you over.

00:49:38Get in the car.

00:49:39Thank you.

00:49:43It's not the same one.

00:49:44What's the story, Johnny?

00:49:56Are you an admiral or aren't you?

00:49:58So you know the whole thing.

00:50:00You don't deny it?

00:50:02I suppose that was one of your

00:50:03men that came around yesterday.

00:50:05Of course not.

00:50:06That was Taylor, vice president

00:50:07of the Continental Gas Company.

00:50:08Vice president?

00:50:09Oh, dear.

00:50:14Well, I guess this just confirms

00:50:15your low opinion of human nature.

00:50:19You know me, Johnny.

00:50:20As far as I'm concerned,

00:50:21you'll always be an institution

00:50:22around here.

00:50:23But it's like being told

00:50:25that the Declaration of Independence

00:50:26wasn't really signed

00:50:27on the 4th of July.

00:50:28Well, as a matter of fact,

00:50:29it wasn't.

00:50:30What?

00:50:30No, the actual date was

00:50:32August the 2nd, 1776.

00:50:39Seriously, Johnny.

00:50:40You're in a tough spot.

00:50:42What are you planning to do

00:50:43with your information?

00:50:45I'm not planning to do anything,

00:50:46but Taylor is.

00:50:47If you don't stop campaigning

00:50:48against this bill,

00:50:49he'll blow the lid off

00:50:50the whole story.

00:50:51I was expecting that.

00:50:54You know what this means to you,

00:50:55don't you, Johnny?

00:50:57You'll lose your job,

00:50:59your fair-weather friends,

00:51:00everything that you've built up

00:51:02for the past 30 years.

00:51:05But if you lay off,

00:51:06why?

00:51:07You can go on playing Admiral,

00:51:09be welcome at all the best parties

00:51:10in Washington

00:51:11for the rest of your life.

00:51:12You make it sound very tempting.

00:51:15You know that everything I said

00:51:17is for your own good.

00:51:19After all,

00:51:19the first law of nature

00:51:20is self-preservation.

00:51:23Yes, I know.

00:51:24Every man for himself.

00:51:30Good morning, Admiral.

00:51:38Oh.

00:51:39Seems we can't escape each other.

00:51:41What's he trying to put over on you now?

00:51:43Well,

00:51:43how can a girl

00:51:45who looks so sweet and wholesome

00:51:46have such a low, suspicious mind?

00:51:48Thanks for the lift, Steve.

00:51:50Remember what I told you, Johnny.

00:51:51Don't do anything foolish.

00:51:52What do you mean by that?

00:51:55Oh,

00:51:56nothing very important.

00:52:02Well,

00:52:02where do we start today?

00:52:03The old house office building

00:52:04or the new house office building?

00:52:06Well,

00:52:06I think we've done about all we can.

00:52:08There isn't much point

00:52:09in going on with it.

00:52:11We can't quit now

00:52:12when we've got a chance to win.

00:52:14But they won't let you win,

00:52:15then.

00:52:15The people behind this bill

00:52:17have got too much at stake.

00:52:19They'll go to any lengths

00:52:20to stop us.

00:52:21Does this have something

00:52:22to do with Steve?

00:52:24No.

00:52:25No,

00:52:26I started thinking about it

00:52:27last night

00:52:28and I,

00:52:28I decided you were right.

00:52:31If we use the same methods

00:52:33as our opponents,

00:52:35we are no better than they are.

00:52:36Well,

00:52:37I decided that I was wrong.

00:52:39Politics is too important

00:52:40to be left to the politicians.

00:52:41It's all right to feel that way

00:52:42when you're very young.

00:52:43but I'm an old man now

00:52:45and I just want to spend

00:52:47the rest of my days

00:52:48in peace and quiet.

00:52:49Let somebody else

00:52:50do the fighting.

00:52:51When I was discouraged

00:52:52and ready to go home,

00:52:53you talked me out of it.

00:52:55Well,

00:52:55I can't let you give up now.

00:52:57I'm no hero,

00:52:58Anne.

00:52:59The man who won

00:53:00a Navy cross

00:53:01didn't quit under five.

00:53:03Johnny,

00:53:04I called your house

00:53:05and the landlady

00:53:05told me you are here.

00:53:06Oh,

00:53:07they are.

00:53:07Johnny,

00:53:08you don't forget

00:53:08what daddy says.

00:53:10No,

00:53:10no,

00:53:10of course not.

00:53:11Miss Richards,

00:53:12Mr. Leo Fisher,

00:53:13how do you do?

00:53:14How do you do?

00:53:15Today I'll become

00:53:15an American citizen.

00:53:16Oh,

00:53:17that's wonderful.

00:53:18I promised him

00:53:18to go to the court

00:53:19with him,

00:53:19so if you don't mind,

00:53:20I'll...

00:53:20Maybe you would like

00:53:21to come along,

00:53:22no?

00:53:22No,

00:53:22Miss Richards wouldn't like...

00:53:23Yes,

00:53:23I would,

00:53:24of course,

00:53:24I'd love to.

00:53:25All right,

00:53:25then,

00:53:26let's hurry,

00:53:26please.

00:53:27and I'll take this obligation

00:53:40against all enemies,

00:53:42foreign and domestic,

00:53:43against all enemies,

00:53:44foreign and domestic,

00:53:46that I will bear true faith

00:53:47and allegiance to the same,

00:53:48that I will bear true faith

00:53:50and allegiance to the same,

00:53:52that I take this obligation,

00:53:53and I take this obligation,

00:53:56without any mental reservation

00:53:57or purpose of evasion,

00:53:59so help me God.

00:54:00Without any mental reservation

00:54:02or purpose of evasion,

00:54:04so help me God.

00:54:05when you walk out

00:54:08of this courtroom,

00:54:10you will carry with you

00:54:11not only the rights

00:54:12of citizenship,

00:54:13but certain responsibilities

00:54:14as well.

00:54:16This is your country now.

00:54:18You must help keep it free

00:54:19and make it a better place

00:54:21to live in.

00:54:23Self-government

00:54:23is a meaningless phrase

00:54:25unless every citizen

00:54:26takes an active part

00:54:28in public affairs.

00:54:30That is not only your privilege,

00:54:32but your duty.

00:54:34My heart is congratulations

00:54:35to all of you.

00:54:38Where do you know Leo from?

00:54:41He's an old messmate of mine.

00:54:42Sonny!

00:54:45Look at me!

00:54:47I'm a citizen

00:54:47and a taxpayer.

00:54:49Congratulations.

00:54:50You'd like to come with me

00:54:51for a drink?

00:54:52I'm meeting some of the boys

00:54:53from the shop.

00:54:54You mean the ship?

00:54:55The ship?

00:54:56Yeah.

00:54:58I'll take a rain check on it, Leo.

00:54:59Why don't you go with him?

00:55:00Help him celebrate.

00:55:01What?

00:55:02And turn the government

00:55:03over to the pressure boys?

00:55:04Ah, we've got a lot of work to do.

00:55:07Thanks, Admiral.

00:55:08Come on.

00:55:09Bye.

00:55:09So long, Leo.

00:55:13Admiral?

00:55:14Green check?

00:55:16Pressure boys?

00:55:26You're gonna have to cut some more, Roy.

00:55:27How about the commercial?

00:55:30Mr. Patterson can't be disturbed.

00:55:32Well, this is an unexpected pleasure.

00:55:34Nail everything to the floor.

00:55:37Did anyone tip you off

00:55:38on a story about Johnny Adams?

00:55:39Why?

00:55:40I want you to do me a favor.

00:55:42Don't use it.

00:55:43Now, look, Bennett,

00:55:43I checked with the Navy Department

00:55:44and Foster and the Suns.

00:55:45It's true, all right.

00:55:46So he crashed a few parties

00:55:47and got away with a couple

00:55:48of chicken sandwiches.

00:55:49Is that a crime?

00:55:50But masquerading as an admiral.

00:55:52Well, that's no worse

00:55:52than a politician.

00:55:53Masquerading as a statesman.

00:55:54Why are you trying

00:55:56to cover up for him?

00:55:57Would you risk everything

00:55:58you had for a bunch of buzzards?

00:56:00That's what the old man did.

00:56:02Even after he was warned

00:56:03to lay off.

00:56:04You have to at least admire him

00:56:05for sticking to his principles.

00:56:06Thirty seconds.

00:56:07Well, I haven't anything

00:56:07against Johnny personally,

00:56:09but if I don't use the story,

00:56:10somebody else will.

00:56:11Yeah, yeah,

00:56:11I've heard that song before.

00:56:13The second chorus goes,

00:56:14who cares about you

00:56:14as long as I get mine?

00:56:16Look who's talking.

00:56:17You'd barbecue your grandmother

00:56:18on the Capitol steps for a buck.

00:56:20And you'd be right there

00:56:21with your little notebook

00:56:22taking down her last word.

00:56:23Let's face it, Patterson.

00:56:25We're just a couple

00:56:25of parasites.

00:56:26It's guys like Johnny

00:56:27who make this country

00:56:28a place where you

00:56:29and I can get rich.

00:56:29Stand by.

00:56:30What about it?

00:56:31Will you give the old man

00:56:32a break?

00:56:33I'll take care of it.

00:56:34Thanks a lot.

00:56:37The makers of

00:56:38Shenwell's medicated ointment

00:56:39present Roy Patterson

00:56:41and his comments

00:56:41on the news,

00:56:42direct from the nation's capital.

00:56:44And now,

00:56:45Roy Patterson.

00:56:47Good afternoon.

00:56:48Inside Washington,

00:56:49the number one topic

00:56:50of conversation

00:56:51in government circles

00:56:52is the Senate

00:56:53lobbying investigation

00:56:54which opens tomorrow.

00:56:55Slated to be the first witness

00:56:57before the O'Malley Committee

00:56:58is Steve Bennett,

00:57:00whose recent operations

00:57:01were first exposed

00:57:02by this commentator.

00:57:03In connection

00:57:04with the hearings,

00:57:05the following definition

00:57:06is making the rounds.

00:57:08A lobbyist

00:57:08is a man

00:57:09who follows you

00:57:09through a revolving door

00:57:11and comes out

00:57:12ahead of you.

00:57:13Attention,

00:57:13Mrs. Della Rice

00:57:14and all you other hostesses

00:57:15in the nation's capital.

00:57:17I have just learned

00:57:18that Johnny Adams,

00:57:19considered one of this city's

00:57:20most distinguished citizens,

00:57:22without whose presence

00:57:23no social function

00:57:24would be complete,

00:57:25is not really

00:57:25a retired admiral

00:57:26as he claims,

00:57:27but an engraver

00:57:28employed for over 30 years

00:57:30by the firm

00:57:31of Foster & Sons.

00:57:33Now, I've known Johnny Adams

00:57:34for a long time

00:57:35and I'm sure his deception

00:57:36was entirely harmless.

00:57:38But it proved...

00:57:39good afternoon.

00:57:56Do you know

00:57:56where I can find

00:57:57Johnny Adams?

00:57:58Mr. Adams

00:57:59is no longer

00:58:00employed here.

00:58:02No?

00:58:03However,

00:58:03if you go back

00:58:05into the print shop,

00:58:06I think you'll find

00:58:06him packing.

00:58:08Thank you.

00:58:09this place

00:58:12won't be the same

00:58:13without you, Johnny.

00:58:15It's about time

00:58:16I was retiring, anyway.

00:58:18Yes, of course.

00:58:24Johnny,

00:58:25I just heard.

00:58:26It's all true.

00:58:28That's why

00:58:29you wanted to quit

00:58:30the other day,

00:58:30wasn't it?

00:58:31Because Steve

00:58:32threatened to expose you.

00:58:33He was just

00:58:33trying to warn me.

00:58:35It's all my fault.

00:58:36I forced you

00:58:37to go on

00:58:38with the campaign

00:58:38against your will.

00:58:39Oh, I've been

00:58:40expecting this for years.

00:58:41It's almost a relief

00:58:42to know that it's over

00:58:43and done with.

00:58:44Why didn't you tell me?

00:58:46So long since

00:58:47I've had anyone

00:58:47to confide in.

00:58:49That's what started it,

00:58:50I guess.

00:58:51Printing all those

00:58:52invitations

00:58:52to all sorts of people

00:58:54and...

00:58:55I don't know

00:58:56what came over me,

00:58:57but one day

00:58:57I just slipped

00:58:58a sample

00:58:59into my pocket.

00:59:00It was one

00:59:01of Mrs. Rice's.

00:59:03I rented a tuxedo

00:59:04and walked

00:59:05right in there.

00:59:07It was a real

00:59:08nice party.

00:59:10Yes, and I...

00:59:10I suddenly realized

00:59:13what I'd been missing

00:59:14all these years.

00:59:17Kind of funny,

00:59:18in a way.

00:59:18Mm-hmm.

00:59:19All those

00:59:20big shots

00:59:21thinking you

00:59:22were a big shot.

00:59:23You know,

00:59:23there's so much

00:59:24confusion in Washington,

00:59:25but if you only

00:59:26seem to know

00:59:27what you're doing,

00:59:27you can get away

00:59:28with anything.

00:59:29They had no right

00:59:29to fire you

00:59:30just because you

00:59:31borrowed a few

00:59:32invitations.

00:59:33Borrowed?

00:59:35Mr. Foster

00:59:36didn't really fire me.

00:59:38He simply gave me

00:59:38the choice of

00:59:39resigning.

00:59:41Well, what are you

00:59:42going to do now?

00:59:42Oh, I'll manage.

00:59:44I'm only sorry

00:59:45I messed you up.

00:59:46Maybe.

00:59:47Yeah.

00:59:48I had hoped

00:59:49that this wouldn't get out

00:59:50until after the bill

00:59:50had gone into the house,

00:59:51but...

00:59:52I'm afraid nobody

00:59:54will vote for it now.

00:59:55You might just as well

00:59:56pack up and

00:59:57go back to the house.

00:59:58and go back to California.

01:00:00I still can come

01:00:01and see you,

01:00:03Connie.

01:00:03Still can come.

01:00:22Have it.

01:00:28And although this is one

01:00:55of the larger committee rooms

01:00:56in the building,

01:00:57it couldn't begin to hold

01:00:58all the spectators

01:00:58who are trying to crowd in.

01:01:00And here comes

01:01:01our first witness,

01:01:03that authority

01:01:03on how to win friends

01:01:04and influence people,

01:01:05Steve Bennett.

01:01:06It is estimated

01:01:07that an audience

01:01:07of over 20 million

01:01:08will see and hear

01:01:09today's proceedings,

01:01:10both in their homes,

01:01:11in their places

01:01:12with business,

01:01:12and on large-screen television.

01:01:14The witness is being sworn

01:01:16and the proceedings

01:01:17are about to begin.

01:01:22What is your occupation,

01:01:23Mr. Bennett?

01:01:25I'm a lawyer.

01:01:26Are you engaged

01:01:27in any other business?

01:01:28Yes, I'm a lobbyist.

01:01:30Registered under

01:01:30the Federal Regulation Act

01:01:31of 1946.

01:01:33Is it your practice

01:01:34to distribute gifts

01:01:35to people in high places?

01:01:37Only to those

01:01:38who accept them.

01:01:40Earlier this month,

01:01:41did you send out

01:01:42a dozen refrigerators

01:01:43to various individuals

01:01:44in Washington?

01:01:45I did.

01:01:47Would you, uh,

01:01:48look at this list

01:01:49and tell me

01:01:52if these are the people

01:01:52who receive refrigerators

01:01:54from you?

01:01:56There you are, ma'am.

01:02:00My train doesn't leave

01:02:01for half an hour.

01:02:02You don't have to wait.

01:02:03Oh, that's all right.

01:02:04I have nothing else to do.

01:02:05Take Admiral John Adams.

01:02:07First name on this list.

01:02:11What was your purpose

01:02:13in presenting him

01:02:14with the refrigerator?

01:02:16That was purely

01:02:17a friendly gesture.

01:02:18Steve.

01:02:19You did say Shaw.

01:02:20That's right.

01:02:21From Miami.

01:02:22Did you know

01:02:23at that time

01:02:24that he wasn't

01:02:24really an admiral?

01:02:26No.

01:02:27Would it have made

01:02:27any difference to you

01:02:28if you had?

01:02:30No.

01:02:31Isn't it true

01:02:32that your firm

01:02:32has been lobbying

01:02:33for a bill

01:02:34to allow drilling

01:02:35in the California

01:02:35Condor Sanctuary?

01:02:38Yes.

01:02:39And isn't it generally

01:02:40known that this,

01:02:41so-called admiral

01:02:43was lobbying against it?

01:02:45Yes.

01:02:46Were you trying

01:02:47to win him over

01:02:47to your side?

01:02:49I didn't think

01:02:50he could be influenced.

01:02:52Besides, the campaign

01:02:53was actually being run

01:02:54by a girl,

01:02:55Ann Richards,

01:02:56who was on the payroll

01:02:57of some organization

01:02:58in California.

01:02:59I suppose that's all

01:03:00been taken care of?

01:03:01Yes, it certainly has, ma'am.

01:03:03Was Mr. Adams

01:03:04being paid for his services?

01:03:06Why don't you ask him?

01:03:08Mr. Bennett,

01:03:09this committee will decide

01:03:10what witnesses it calls

01:03:11and what questions

01:03:12it puts to them.

01:03:13Do you mind

01:03:14if I make a statement,

01:03:15Senator?

01:03:16If it's pertinent.

01:03:17Maybe it's impertinent,

01:03:18but I think you're

01:03:19wasting your time.

01:03:20I'm a registered lobbyist.

01:03:22I file a quarterly

01:03:22statement of my income

01:03:24and expenses,

01:03:24and it's printed

01:03:25in the congressional record

01:03:26for everyone to see.

01:03:27If this investigation

01:03:28is to accomplish anything,

01:03:30it must throw the spotlight

01:03:31of publicity

01:03:32on the undercover lobbyists,

01:03:34the people who operate

01:03:35behind the scenes

01:03:36who make no financial reports,

01:03:39who are not even suspected

01:03:40of being a lobbyist.

01:03:41Are you referring

01:03:42to Mr. Adams,

01:03:43among others?

01:03:44He's spoken

01:03:45pretty dirty tricks before,

01:03:46but this tops them all.

01:03:47Oh, excuse me, please.

01:03:49Could you waste that fruit?

01:03:50Thank you.

01:03:50It's my son.

01:03:51Has Mr. Adams

01:03:59been hugely subpoenaed

01:04:00to appear before this defeat?

01:04:02We envision a subpoena,

01:04:03Mr. Chairman,

01:04:04but it hasn't been served as yet.

01:04:05While you're at it,

01:04:06I suggest that you also

01:04:08subpoena Miss Richards.

01:04:09She not only worked

01:04:10hand-in-glove with the Admiral,

01:04:11but I suspect that she may be

01:04:13planning to leave town.

01:04:15Your ticket?

01:04:15I'm not going anywhere.

01:04:21Come on, Johnny.

01:04:22Good.

01:04:45And if possible,

01:04:49the committee room

01:04:49is even more crowded today

01:04:50than it was yesterday.

01:04:52I know one prominent

01:04:53Washington hostess

01:04:54who had herself subpoenaed,

01:04:55so she'd be sure to get in.

01:04:57There's some activity

01:04:58in the background.

01:04:59It may mean the entrance

01:05:00of one of our principal witnesses.

01:05:01Yes.

01:05:02Here is the star

01:05:03of our real-life drama,

01:05:04the self-made Admiral

01:05:05who overnight

01:05:06has become a national figure.

01:05:12Thank you.

01:05:15Will you raise your right hand?

01:05:29Do you swear

01:05:30that the testimony

01:05:30you're about to give

01:05:31is the truth,

01:05:32the whole truth,

01:05:32and nothing but the truth,

01:05:33so help you God?

01:05:34I do.

01:05:40Will you state

01:05:41your full name, please?

01:05:42John Adams.

01:05:44Mr. Adams,

01:05:45are you now

01:05:46or have you ever been

01:05:46an admiral

01:05:47in the United States Navy?

01:05:49No, sir.

01:05:50For that matter,

01:05:52were you ever

01:05:53in the Navy at all?

01:05:54No, sir.

01:05:58What is your occupation,

01:05:59Mr. Adams?

01:06:00I'm an engraver,

01:06:02currently unemployed.

01:06:04Have you ever engaged

01:06:05in any lobbying activities?

01:06:08Well, I suppose

01:06:09you could call it that.

01:06:11What would you call it?

01:06:12Well, I'm certainly

01:06:14not all those things

01:06:15they said in the papers.

01:06:17Power behind the scenes,

01:06:19sinister influence.

01:06:21Goodness, Senator,

01:06:22you know me better than that.

01:06:30Did you hear

01:06:31Steve Bennett's testimony

01:06:32before this committee?

01:06:34Part of it.

01:06:35Are you on friendly terms

01:06:36with Mr. Bennett?

01:06:37Oh, yes.

01:06:39Steve hasn't an enemy

01:06:39in the world,

01:06:40but I like him anyway.

01:06:45Did you ever receive

01:06:47any gifts

01:06:47from Mr. Bennett?

01:06:48Yes, I did.

01:06:50One.

01:06:51What was it?

01:06:51A very nice refrigerator.

01:06:54A sucker?

01:06:55Now they've got him.

01:06:57And talking about refrigerators,

01:06:59be sure to keep yours

01:07:00well stocked

01:07:00with Hammerschlager's beer.

01:07:02Remember,

01:07:03in beer,

01:07:04it's the water

01:07:04that counts.

01:07:05And Hammerschlager beer

01:07:07is practically all water.

01:07:10What was Mr. Bennett's motive

01:07:12in presenting you

01:07:12with that refrigerator?

01:07:14Oh, it wasn't his idea.

01:07:15I brought it up first.

01:07:16You solicited that gift?

01:07:18More or less.

01:07:19You see,

01:07:20Mrs. Chadwick's old icebox

01:07:21kept breaking down and...

01:07:23Who is Mrs. Chadwick?

01:07:24My landlady.

01:07:25Her husband used to be

01:07:26in Congress.

01:07:27I believe he came

01:07:28from your home state,

01:07:29Senator Beecham.

01:07:30Oh, yes, yes.

01:07:32It's Jackson Lee, Chadwick.

01:07:34I knew him well.

01:07:35A true son of the Old South.

01:07:37Mr. Adams,

01:07:38have you ever received a gift

01:07:40from anybody else

01:07:40in Washington?

01:07:42Well,

01:07:43I did accept

01:07:45something from myself.

01:07:46From whom?

01:07:48The young lady

01:07:49I was working with,

01:07:50Miss Richards.

01:07:51What was the nature

01:07:52of the gift?

01:07:54She bought me this tie

01:07:55to wear at the hearing.

01:07:56Oh, my God.

01:07:58Mr. Adams,

01:08:09isn't it a fact

01:08:10that for years

01:08:11you have been attending

01:08:12parties in Washington

01:08:13without invitations?

01:08:15Oh, I always had

01:08:16an invitation.

01:08:16And isn't it true

01:08:25that you called yourself

01:08:26Admiral

01:08:27in order to facilitate

01:08:28your lobbying activities?

01:08:30I didn't call myself

01:08:31Admiral.

01:08:31That's what other people

01:08:32called me,

01:08:33including some of the members

01:08:34of this committee.

01:08:35I'm curious to know

01:08:42just how you acquired

01:08:43that title.

01:08:45Well,

01:08:45it's been such a long time

01:08:47since it started

01:08:48more or less

01:08:48as a nickname

01:08:49because of my interest

01:08:50in naval affairs.

01:08:52But after a while,

01:08:53people began

01:08:53to accept it

01:08:54as a fact.

01:08:55Didn't you make

01:08:56any attempt

01:08:56to correct this impression?

01:08:57Oh, yes.

01:08:59I tried at first.

01:09:01But you know

01:09:01how it is in Washington.

01:09:03The more you deny something,

01:09:05the more everybody

01:09:05believes it.

01:09:13Mr. Adams,

01:09:14you may have left your way

01:09:16into a lot of drawing rooms,

01:09:17but you can't get away

01:09:18with it here.

01:09:19I say that you have

01:09:20perpetrated a deliberate fraud,

01:09:22even wearing a phony medal

01:09:24to further your deception.

01:09:26You can call me a fake.

01:09:28but not this pin.

01:09:30Are you claiming

01:09:31that it was given

01:09:31to you officially?

01:09:33Yes, sir.

01:09:34And yet you testified

01:09:35you'd never served

01:09:36in the Navy.

01:09:38That's right.

01:09:39Let me remind you,

01:09:40Mr. Adams,

01:09:41you are under oath.

01:09:43I'm aware of that.

01:09:44Then how did you

01:09:45get the Navy Cross?

01:09:46It was presented to me

01:09:48in September, 1918

01:09:50by the Assistant Secretary

01:09:52of the Navy,

01:09:53Franklin D. Roosevelt.

01:09:55For what?

01:09:56For bravery.

01:09:57over and above

01:09:59the call of duty

01:10:00for my son,

01:10:03Abel Seaman,

01:10:04John Adams, Jr.

01:10:07He was awarded the medal

01:10:09posthumously,

01:10:10and I'm proud to wear it

01:10:14for him.

01:10:27I'm sorry, Mr. Adams.

01:10:28I had no idea.

01:10:30Oh, that's all right.

01:10:31The fact is,

01:10:32if it weren't for this decoration,

01:10:34I wouldn't be here now.

01:10:35How do you mean,

01:10:37Mr. Adams?

01:10:39Well, I was told

01:10:40that if I continued

01:10:41my fight against

01:10:42the natural gas bill,

01:10:44I'd get into trouble.

01:10:47But there's something

01:10:48about wearing this pin

01:10:50that makes it hard

01:10:52to quit and run.

01:10:54How did you get involved

01:10:55in this lobbying campaign

01:10:56in the first place?

01:10:57Well, I think Miss Richards

01:10:59could explain that

01:11:00better than I can.

01:11:01She's right here.

01:11:02The witness is

01:11:03temporarily excused.

01:11:05Will Miss Anne Richards

01:11:07come forward, please?

01:11:12This is your big chance.

01:11:14There are millions

01:11:14of people listening.

01:11:15Yes.

01:11:16Good luck.

01:11:17Thank you.

01:11:21Anna!

01:11:22Huh?

01:11:22No matter how this turns out,

01:11:24you're going to be

01:11:25a celebrity,

01:11:26and I want to give you

01:11:27the biggest party

01:11:28of the year.

01:11:28we'll invite everybody

01:11:30in Washington

01:11:31who was ever investigated.

01:11:33Will you raise

01:11:34your right hand, please?

01:11:47Will you state

01:11:48your full name, please?

01:11:50Anne Richards.

01:11:51What is your occupation,

01:11:53Miss Richards?

01:11:53I'm an ornithologist.

01:11:55Are you affiliated

01:11:56with any organization?

01:11:57Yes.

01:11:59The Society for the Preservation

01:12:01of the California Condor.

01:12:09What is your interest

01:12:10in this natural gas bill?

01:12:12My only interest

01:12:13is in saving

01:12:14the North American condor

01:12:15from extinction.

01:12:17As a symbol

01:12:17of our vanishing

01:12:18natural resources,

01:12:19the condor represents

01:12:20the biggest challenge

01:12:21to conservation

01:12:22in this country today.

01:12:23Miss Richards,

01:12:33I bow to no man

01:12:34or woman

01:12:35in my concern

01:12:36for the welfare

01:12:37of American wildlife,

01:12:39but I cannot

01:12:39for the life of me

01:12:40understand all this fuss

01:12:41about the condor.

01:12:43What is this bird,

01:12:44anyway?

01:12:44A scavenger,

01:12:45an eater of carry-on.

01:12:47Senator...

01:12:48Don't interrupt me,

01:12:49child.

01:12:50The condor

01:12:50is an abomination

01:12:51to the eye.

01:12:52Its habits

01:12:53are deplorable.

01:12:54And as for its morals,

01:12:56well,

01:12:56they do not even

01:12:57bear discussion.

01:12:59Now,

01:12:59if we were talking

01:13:00about the golden crown

01:13:01flycatcher,

01:13:03which, incidentally,

01:13:03is a native

01:13:04of my home state,

01:13:05I can sympathize

01:13:07with you.

01:13:08But the condor,

01:13:09who has ever experienced

01:13:10beauty gazing

01:13:11at this unsightly buzzard?

01:13:13Has anyone ever thrilled

01:13:14to the magic

01:13:15of his song?

01:13:16If, indeed,

01:13:17he ever gives voice

01:13:18to anything...

01:13:19Ah!

01:13:20Ah!

01:13:21Ah!

01:13:22Ah!

01:13:23Ah!

01:13:24Ah!

01:13:25Ah!

01:13:26Ah!

01:13:27Ah!

01:13:28Ah!

01:13:29Ah!

01:13:30Ah!

01:13:30Situation critical.

01:13:33Imperative that you

01:13:33wire your congressman

01:13:34at once,

01:13:35let him know

01:13:36where you stand,

01:13:37signed,

01:13:38et cetera,

01:13:38et cetera.

01:13:39Now,

01:13:39send a copy

01:13:40of that telegram

01:13:40to every organization

01:13:41on this list.

01:13:42Right.

01:13:43Hello?

01:13:46Just a moment,

01:13:47please.

01:13:47It's your Boston call.

01:13:49Hello?

01:13:51Yes,

01:13:51I'll hold on.

01:13:52You'd better slow down

01:13:53before it gets you.

01:13:54Funny,

01:13:54I never felt better

01:13:54in my life.

01:13:57Hello?

01:13:58Hello,

01:13:58Mrs. Amanda Lowell?

01:14:00Well,

01:14:00this is Steve Bennett

01:14:01calling from Washington.

01:14:02Did you hear

01:14:02Miss Richards' testimony

01:14:03before the O'Malley committee?

01:14:05Well,

01:14:06as president

01:14:06of the New England

01:14:07Birdwatcher Society,

01:14:08what are you going

01:14:08to do about it?

01:14:10If this bill passes,

01:14:12Mrs. Lowell,

01:14:12not a single bird

01:14:13will be safe

01:14:14in this country.

01:14:15Oh,

01:14:15they'll pick them off

01:14:16one by one,

01:14:17feather by feather.

01:14:18Look,

01:14:18I want every member

01:14:19of your organization

01:14:20to wire Congress

01:14:20immediately.

01:14:22Also send your protest

01:14:23to the Continental Gas Company,

01:14:24New York City.

01:14:25The next order of business

01:14:35before the House

01:14:36is H.R. 2716,

01:14:39the Deficiency Appropriations Bill.

01:14:41The clerk will begin

01:14:42the reading.

01:14:46An act

01:14:47making supplemental appropriations

01:14:49for the fiscal year

01:14:50ending June 30, 1953,

01:14:52and for other purposes.

01:14:54Section 1,

01:14:56Department of Agriculture,

01:14:57subsection A,

01:14:59Forest Service,

01:15:00for an additional amount

01:15:02for forest development,

01:15:03roads and trails,

01:15:05$2,700,000,

01:15:06to remain available

01:15:08until expended.

01:15:09Section 2,

01:15:11Department of Commerce,

01:15:12section 3,

01:15:14Department of Interior.

01:15:15Here it comes.

01:15:16Subsection A,

01:15:18Bureau of Land Management,

01:15:19for an additional amount

01:15:21for salaries and expenses,

01:15:23$350,000,

01:15:25provided that

01:15:26no part of this appropriation

01:15:29may be used

01:15:30to enforce any restriction

01:15:31on mineral leases

01:15:32in the California

01:15:34Condor Sanctuary

01:15:35where such leases

01:15:36were operative

01:15:37before the effective date

01:15:39of the order

01:15:39creating the sanctuary.

01:15:41Mr. Speaker,

01:15:43I recognize

01:15:43the gentleman

01:15:44from Tennessee.

01:15:45See?

01:15:49During the past 24 hours,

01:15:58I, as many of you,

01:16:00have received

01:16:00thousands of communications

01:16:02concerning section 3,

01:16:04subsection A,

01:16:05of this bill.

01:16:07I think one of them

01:16:08will be of particular interest

01:16:09to this body,

01:16:10and I should like

01:16:11to read it at this time.

01:16:14In the interest

01:16:15of conserving

01:16:16our national wildlife,

01:16:17we have arranged

01:16:19to carry on

01:16:19all future drilling operations

01:16:21outside the limits

01:16:23of the California

01:16:24Condor Sanctuary.

01:16:26Signed,

01:16:27Horace Winthrop,

01:16:27Chairman of the Board,

01:16:29Continental Gas Company.

01:16:32Since Continental Gas

01:16:34is the only leaseholder

01:16:35qualifying under

01:16:36Section 3,

01:16:37subsection A,

01:16:38I hereby request

01:16:40unanimous consent

01:16:41to strike this provision

01:16:42from the bill.

01:16:44Are there any objections?

01:16:45they're being done?

01:16:54So ordered.

01:16:59Oh, no.

01:17:05We did it.

01:17:06We won.

01:17:08Congratulations, Admiral.

01:17:09You sure put it over.

01:17:10How about a statement?

01:17:11Oh, I didn't do anything.

01:17:12Mr. Richards deserves

01:17:13all the credits.

01:17:14Oh, don't forget the public.

01:17:14I can't get over

01:17:15the way the public

01:17:15came to our support.

01:17:17You don't really think

01:17:18all those telegrams

01:17:19and letters

01:17:19were spontaneous, do you?

01:17:20What do you mean?

01:17:21Hey, Steve.

01:17:22Don't go away mad.

01:17:23How does it feel

01:17:24to take a licking?

01:17:25All I can say

01:17:26is the best team won.

01:17:27Yes, but they had

01:17:28a little help.

01:17:29I happen to know

01:17:30that 600 telegrams

01:17:31were sent from your office

01:17:32asking various organizations

01:17:34to fight against the bill.

01:17:35Oh?

01:17:36What's your game, Steve?

01:17:37Yeah, what gives?

01:17:37Which side you're working for?

01:17:39Now, you boys

01:17:40all know Patterson's

01:17:41reputation for accuracy.

01:17:43There's your story, boys.

01:17:45You don't believe me?

01:17:47Well, suppose I've told you

01:17:49that Bennett tried to stop

01:17:49my broadcast about the Admiral.

01:17:51Then the next day

01:17:52goes before a Senate committee

01:17:53and throws the book

01:17:54at the old man.

01:17:55Now, if that doesn't sound

01:17:56like a put-up job,

01:17:57then believe me, gentlemen,

01:17:58I have never heard one.

01:18:00Steve.

01:18:01You did send those telegrams,

01:18:05didn't you?

01:18:06You know me.

01:18:07Always double-crossing someone.

01:18:09Why did you do it?

01:18:11I decided to open

01:18:12my own office

01:18:12and I wanted to bow out

01:18:13in a blaze of glory.

01:18:15Is that the only reason?

01:18:17That and my deep affection

01:18:19for the California condor.

01:18:22Why are you ashamed to admit

01:18:23you did something decent

01:18:24for a change?

01:18:25Look, Professor,

01:18:26don't get the idea

01:18:27that I've suddenly

01:18:28gone soft-headed.

01:18:29I just wanted to show you

01:18:31amateurs what a professional

01:18:33can do.

01:18:34Hey, what's going on here, Steve?

01:18:36What are you trying to hide?

01:18:40What happened?

01:18:42It looks like I'm going to have

01:18:43to do a little lobbying

01:18:44of my own.

01:18:54Good morning.

01:18:55I want to know

01:18:55who's responsible for this.

01:18:58It's undoubtedly

01:18:59our work.

01:19:00Yes, I know that.

01:19:01What I'm trying to find out

01:19:01is who ordered them

01:19:02and who sent them out.

01:19:03You'll have to take that up

01:19:04with our Mr. Adams.

01:19:06Oh, Admiral!

01:19:08Johnny!

01:19:10Steve!

01:19:11You got your old job back?

01:19:12Well, not quite.

01:19:13I've been kicked upstairs

01:19:14by popular demand.

01:19:17What do you know about this?

01:19:18Hmm?

01:19:18I've been congratulating Anne.

01:19:30Where is she?

01:19:34Right in there.

01:19:45Oh, hello, darling.

01:19:46you're just in time

01:19:48to help me address

01:19:49the rest of these envelopes.

01:19:52All right.

01:19:54What's the gag?

01:19:55It's no gag.

01:19:57I'm just taking a lesson

01:19:58from you.

01:19:58If you're out to get something,

01:20:00mobilize public opinion

01:20:01on your side.

01:20:02Build up outside pressure.

01:20:03What makes you think

01:20:05I want to marry you?

01:20:06Don't you?

01:20:07Well, I...

01:20:08Boy, I've never even told you

01:20:09that I loved you.

01:20:10I've never even kissed you.

01:20:11That gives us so much more

01:20:12to do on our honeymoon.

01:20:13You're the darndest girl

01:20:14I've ever met.

01:20:14Oh, that sounds promising.

01:20:16Well, I...

01:20:17I've heard of women deliberately

01:20:19setting out to trap a man.

01:20:20But you take the cake.

01:20:22Well, I just wanted

01:20:23to show you professionals

01:20:24what an amateur can do.

01:20:26Well, I don't know.

01:20:56Well, I don't know.

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