00:01Mr. President, I would not rule out the chance to preserve a nucleus of human specimens.
00:08It would be quite easy.
00:13At the bottom of some of our deeper mine shards, radioactivity would never penetrate a mine some thousands of feet
00:22deep.
00:23And in a matter of weeks, solutions, improvements in dwelling space could easily be provided.
00:30How long would you have to stay down there?
00:32Well, let's see now.
00:36Cobalt saw EMG.
00:49It's radioactive half-life.
00:55I would think that possibly 100 years.
01:02You mean people could actually stay down there for 100 years?
01:06It would not be difficult, my Fuhrer.
01:09Nuclear reactors could...
01:10I'm sorry, Mr. President.
01:13Nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely.
01:17Greenhouses could maintain plant life.
01:20Animals could be bred and slaughtered.
01:23A quick survey would have to be made of all the available mine sites in the country.
01:28But I would guess that a dwelling space for several hundred thousand of our people could easily be provided.
01:36Well, I would hate to have to decide who stays up and who goes down.
01:42Well, that would not be necessary, Mr. President.
01:45It could easily be accomplished with a computer.
01:49And a computer could be set and programmed to accept factors from youth, health, sexual fertility, intelligence, and a cross
01:58-section of necessary skills.
02:00Of course, it would be absolutely vital that our top government and military men be included to foster and impart
02:08the required principles of leadership and tradition.
02:17Actually, they would breed prodigiously, eh?
02:21There would be much time and little to do.
02:23Well, with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of, say, ten females to each male,
02:33I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present gross national product within, say, twenty
02:39years.
02:40But look here, Doctor.
02:41Wouldn't this nucleus of survivors be so grief-stricken and anguished that they, well, envy the dead and not want
02:51to go on living?
02:52No, sir.
02:53Excuse me.
03:04Also, when they go down into the mine, everyone will still be alive.
03:08There will be no shocking memories.
03:10And the prevailing motion will be one of nostalgia for those left behind.
03:16Combined with a spirit of bold curiosity for the adventure ahead.
03:41You mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man.
03:48Wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship,
03:55I mean, as far as men were concerned?
03:58Regrettably, yes.
04:00But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race.
04:05I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious service along these lines,
04:14the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics,
04:18which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
04:22I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor.
04:27Thank you, sir.
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