:17:00
have been under scrupulous examination.
:17:02
The facts speak for themselves.
:17:04
His stepfather is a United States senator.
:17:07
His mother is head of
15 different patriotic organisations.
:17:10
Raymond Shaw is
confidential assistant to Holborn Gaines,
:17:13
our most respected political journalist.
:17:16
- It's inconceivable...
- Major Marco.
:17:18
As the consulting psychiatrist,
:17:20
I'd like to hear
your personal feelings about Shaw.
:17:26
Raymond Shaw is the kindest,
bravest, warmest,
:17:29
most wonderful human being
I've ever known.
:17:31
I see.
:17:33
This opinion, Major,
was it generally held?
:17:36
His fellow soldiers, did they feel
the same way toward him?
:17:40
The men loved him, sir. Why shouldn't
they? He saved their lives.
:17:44
It would seem obvious to me that Major
Marco was suffering a delayed reaction
:17:49
to 18 months
of continuous combat in Korea.
:17:53
I would recommend that the matter of
Raymond Shaw be dropped right now
:17:57
and that Major Marco
be temporarily reassigned
:17:59
to less strenuous and,
if I may say so, less sensitive duties.
:18:03
I think a few months' detached service
to perhaps the Public Relations Corps
:18:09
should put the Major
right back in the pink.
:18:13
Mr Secretary! Mr Secretary!
:18:15
Can you explain
the proposed cut in budget?
:18:20
Since you've asked
a simple-minded question,
:18:22
I will give you
an equally simple-minded answer.
:18:25
Since no great naval power
menaces the free world today,
:18:28
the navy's overwhelming preponderance
of surface ships seems superfluous.
:18:33
Hence the cut in budget.
:18:35
Major, my time is important.
:18:37
How much longer must we go on
with this nonsense?
:18:39
Yes, sir.
:18:41
If there are no further questions for
the secretary, I think that wraps things up.
:18:46
Mr Secretary. I have a question, sir.
:18:50
Who are you, sir?
:18:52
I am United States Senator
John Yerkes Iselin,
:18:55
and I have a question so serious
:18:58
that the safety of our nation
may well depend on your answer.