The Americanization of Emily Page #5

to send out more Navy releases.

The Supreme Commander

wants it clear that he considers...

this inter-service competitiveness

in very bad taste.

He's having enough trouble

keeping the English and French in line.

You're down four, Willie.

Doubled, redoubled, and vulnerable.

Marine division!

You must be losing your mind, Jesse.

- Who deals?

- The young lady, I think.

Clear away that table, please.

General Waterson? Your car is ready, sir.

- Thank you.

- Good night, Sheila.

- Champagne, Charlie.

- It's being chilled.

It'll be outside your door in half an hour.

Where...

I sent her in.

Your car's here, General.

It's $34, all right.

At Adm. Jessup's request,

I've had The Scotch House...

send you three yards of tweed, sir.

It's for Mrs. Hallerton.

It won't get him

his Marine division, Charlie...

but it's generous of him.

Thank him for me.

It was good to see you again, sir.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Miss Barham,

there's a car downstairs for you...

- if you'd like me to take you down...

- No, thank you. I'll manage.

I had a lovely evening, Commander.

Please ask me again.

Was I rude, Charlie,

in leaving all those good-byes to you?

It wasn't noticed, sir.

I've got the damnedest headache.

I'll fix you a drink

before your bath, Admiral.

Charlie, in seven weeks,

I've got to go back to Washington...

and testify before the Joint Committee

on Military Affairs.

On the agenda is a review of the Army's

new long-range bomber program.

And there'll be speculation...

as to whether that doesn't make

carrier-based aircraft obsolete.

In short, they're out

to scrap the Navy again.

Charlie, the Air Corps is coming out of

this war the darling of the services.

The Army and its Air Corps.

The Navy will be the runt of the litter.

They'll scrap us...

like they do after every war.

Limit our capital ships...

reduce our crews to cadres,

strip us back to Pearl Harbor level.

Then they'll scream

how ill-prepared we are...

when somebody hits us

with another Pearl Harbor.

All Washington is bug-eyed

over this invasion of Europe.

And this invasion of Europe

is an all Army show.

That's why we're here, Charlie.

To remind the Congress

of the United States...

and the American public...

that this invasion of Europe

is also a Navy show.

I just threw in that Marine division

for openers.

They turned me down.

Now they owe me something.

But what?

What?

I don't know what to shoot for.

I've got to come up with something.

It's driving me crazy.

Charlie, fix me something for this head,

will you? It's killing me.

Sure, Admiral.

Sure, George, sure.

Sure. Support that damn peanut.

Damn Chinese.

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