:02:04
Don't declare war for a few minutes.
:02:21
"According to a high official,
it is believed"...
:02:24
Foreign correspondent.
:02:27
I could get more news out of Europe
looking in the crystal ball.
:02:30
That Stebbins cable has a morsel in it.
:02:33
Stebbins makes me sick.
They all make me sick.
:02:37
Europe about to blow up...
:02:38
and all I can get from my foreign staff
is a daily guessing game.
:02:43
- I want some facts, Mr. Bradley.
- For instance?
:02:46
Any kind of fact.
:02:48
There must be something
going on in Europe...
:02:50
beside a nervous breakdown.
:02:52
Why not try sending me over, Mr. Powers?
:02:56
You've written a book
on economics or something.
:02:59
The Twilight of Feudalism?
:03:01
- Yes. It was very well received.
- Not by me.
:03:03
I don't want any more economists, sages,
or oracles bombinating over our cable.
:03:07
I want a reporter.
:03:09
Someone who doesn't know the difference
between an ism and a kangaroo.
:03:12
A good, honest crime reporter.
That's what the Globe needs.
:03:15
That's what Europe needs.
:03:17
There's a crime hatching
on that bedeviled continent.
:03:20
Wait a minute.
:03:22
I've got something
that might pass for an idea.
:03:27
Who was that fellow that ran down
the payroll robbery last week?
:03:30
You mean Johnny Jones.
:03:31
He beat up a policeman, didn't he,
in the line of duty?
:03:34
Yes. There's some talk at the city desk
of firing him.
:03:38
Beat up a policeman?
:03:40
Sounds ideal for Europe.
:03:44
Send Mr. Jones up here right away.
:03:47
- Mr. Powers wants to see you, Mr. Jones.
- He does?
:03:50
- You should come to his office right away.
- What about?
:03:53
I ain't in his confidence.
:03:55
Tell him to save his breath.
Tell him I've resigned.
:03:58
- I'm supposed to bring you there.
- Okay. Wait till I open this.