:23:01
- Got that?
- "The world's sixth largest private fortune."
:23:04
I don't think you realize the full importance
of the position you are to occupy.
:23:08
I am therefore enclosing
for your consideration...
:23:10
...a list of your holdings,
extensively cross-indexed.
:23:13
- "Dear Mr.Thatcher."
- It's from Mr.Kane.
:23:15
- Go on.
- "Sorry, I'm not interested in gold mines...
:23:18
"...oil wells, shipping or real estate."
:23:20
Not interested?
:23:22
"One item on your list intrigues me:
The New York Inquirer.
:23:26
"A little newspaper we acquired
in a foreclosure proceeding.
:23:29
"Don't sell it.
I am coming back to take charge.
:23:31
"I think it would be fun
to run a newspaper.
:23:34
"I think it would be fun
to run a newspaper."
:23:46
"Traction Trust exposed."
:23:48
"Traction Trust bleeds public white."
:23:51
"Traction Trust smashed by Inquirer."
:23:54
"Landlords refuse to clear slums."
:23:58
"Inquirer wins slum fight."
:24:03
"Wall Street backs copper swindle."
:24:07
"Copper robbers indicted."
:24:09
"Galleons of Spain off Jersey Coast."
:24:12
Is that really your idea
of how to run a newspaper?
:24:15
I don't know how to run a newspaper.
I try everything I can think of.
:24:18
You know there's not
the slightest proof this...
:24:21
- ...Armada's off the Jersey Coast.
- Hello, Mr.Bernstein.
:24:24
Can you prove it isn't?
:24:26
Mr.Bernstein,
I'd like you to meet Mr.Thatcher.
:24:29
- Mr.Leland.
- Hello.
:24:31
Mr.Thatcher, my ex-guardian.
:24:32
We have no secrets from our readers.
Thatcher is one of our devoted readers.
:24:38
He knows what's wrong with every copy
of the Inquirer since I took over. Read.
:24:42
"Girls delightful in Cuba. Stop.
Could send you prose poems...
:24:45
"...about scenery but don't feel right
spending your money. Stop.
:24:49
"There is no war in Cuba."
Signed "Wheeler." Any answer?
:24:52
Yes. Dear Wheeler: You provide
the prose poems, I'll provide the war.
:24:56
- That's fine.
- I like it myself. Send it right away.
:24:59
I came to see you
about this campaign of yours.