State of the Union Page #4

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Norah!

Do you know

a man named Mac?

Mac who?

He's calling from New York.

He just said to say, "Mac."

Oh, Mac.

Hello?

Yes, I've been waiting

to hear from you.

Oh? Oh, wait a minute.

I'll take this call

in another room.

I'll hang up

as soon as you're on.

Do you mind?

Might get a little

Drew Pearson blood.

I thought it was agreed

we'd all trust each other.

Only when we're

in the same room.

Jim, I've been

waiting for you...

Just a minute, Congressman.

I've got a call to answer.

I don't get this.

If he's really serious

about me

as a possible candidate,

the Republican Party

must be pretty desperate.

The party isn't desperate,

just Conover.

If he doesn't personally

select the Republican

candidate this year,

he may as well turn,

if you'll pardon the

expression, Democrat.

Are you on?

All right, I'll hang up.

Kay, put that down.

Wait a minute, what?

They've had someone

looking you up.

They picked up some gossip

about you and me.

Uh-oh.

No.

There's been some talk

about Mary.

Mary and some major.

Who's Mary?

Mrs. Matthews.

Oh!

A major? What's his name?

I can't...

What does it sound like?

A major!

Did you see

what that so and so

wrote about me today?

Well, isn't it true?

Hey, it's 5:
00 already.

Spike, you may have

trouble finding

a taxi at this hour.

If you want

to talk privately,

why don't you say so?

I just did.

Mr. Matthews, you and I

might take time

to finish our drinks.

Do you mind,

Miss Thorndyke?

Jim, I want you to know

that Grant and I

trust you implicitly.

Thank you.

I'm very happy

about this, Grant.

Miss Thorndyke.

You might as well wait, too.

That's what I was

going to talk about.

Close the door, Spike.

Do you mind being seated?

Naturally, Mr. Matthews,

when your name first came up,

I made some enquiries.

It seems there's been

some talk about you two.

There's been that kind of

gossip about every candidate

except Herbert Hoover.

They didn't pull it on Hoover

'cause nobody would've

believed it.

There are no grounds for talk.

Mr. Matthews and I are

very good friends. Period.

You see, Mr. Matthews,

while Miss Thorndyke

happens to be single,

you are a married man,

with two children.

If you consider that

a major... A vital factor.

I guess that ends it.

What's the answer, Jim?

It isn't my problem.

But if it were,

you two wouldn't be seen

together from now on.

Now wait...

You can't get to first base

against a whispering campaign.

Could I get a word in here?

Perhaps Kay's friendship

means more to me than

all this political...

That's all I wanted

to hear, Grant.

Jim's right.

We don't see each other

from now on.

I knew she'd feel

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