Employees' Entrance

I've dealt with this store for years,

And you were a bunch of gentlemen

till you got that maniac Anderson.

He wants me to stand the loss.

Anderson, Anderson.

Who is this guy Anderson, anyway?

I thought you were the

owner of this store.

But I've worked for you

for 12 years, Mr. Monroe.

I don't deserve to be thrown

out for one little mistake.

Mr. Anderson has charge of that.

I helped your father build this business

Through the advertising

columns in my newspaper.

I was his friend, I've been your friend,

And now you suddenly decide to withdraw

Your advertising from

my pages. Why? Why?

I know, I know. I'm terribly sorry,

But Mr. Anderson thinks...

hello?

Send Mr. Anderson in, please.

Yes, sir.

I... I hope I get away

pretty soon, gentlemen.

The transatlantic flyers are arriving.

I've got to get down

the bay to meet the ship.

The, uh, mayor is depending on me.

Oh. Gentlemen, this is Mr.

Anderson, our general manager.

How do you do? Good morning.

You will find a chair there, Anderson.

Thanks.

Mr. Anderson, we've

been talking about you.

Business has run along very nicely,

And we would like to give you

the privilege to continue with us,

But it has been mentioned, however,

That your methods have

been a little, uh...

well, shall we say,

overzealous at times?

Uh, it might be well

For Mr. Ross to

supervise your decisions.

An excellent suggestion.

Otherwise, I congratulate you

On having made good with us,

And I invite you to continue

in your present position.

Thank you, gentlemen.

I'm glad you're satisfied with

the business we're doing here.

All we need are bigger and better

Welcoming parties on board that yacht,

And business will go

right through the roof!

The day that Lindbergh arrived,

there weren't 20 people in the store,

And when the prince of Wales

And the king of Siam and

the president of Cuba came,

Gentlemen, we simply touched bottom.

There's only one answer to it...

either move this store out

Onto that yacht or move

the yacht into the store.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about the

business of this store, Ross,

In case you don't get me.

When I first went to work here,

I was a kid, 20 years old,

In the shipping department,

one of a thousand.

I've been through many

departments since then.

I've seen thousands of

employees come and go,

And I've come to one conclusion-

There's no room for

sympathy or softness.

My code is smash or be smashed.

I took this store

When it was a pile of

junk without leadership.

I converted it into assets,

Assets for you gentlemen to pat

one another on the back about.

Do you think you did

it? Ha ha! No! I did it!

I don't own any yachts.

I'm not on the mayor's

welcoming committee.

I did it because I know how!

This store has got to go on climbing,

And I'm here to see that it does.

As for commodore Monroe,

You're the greatest welcomer

this city has ever had

And the worst department

store executive!

Anderson! How dare you?

There's only one man

That can keep this store at top speed

- Me!

You know it.

You want me to keep it going, don't you?

You invite me to continue, don't you?

You bet your necks

I'm going to continue,

But I'm going to be in supreme command

and be responsible for what I do.

I'll take a new contract

at double my present salary

And supervision from nobody!

Oh, preposterous!

I'll give you that one

chance to keep me here,

Or I sign a contract with Gormley's-

Your biggest competitor

- Tomorrow morning.

The insolent upstart!

He's only an employee. How dare he!

I warned you. He is a

menace to this store.

The sooner you let him go, the better.

Dismiss him, Ross. Dismiss him at once.

Hold on a minute. I've got

something to say about this!

I've got plenty to say if I

can make you gentlemen listen.

Are you going to defend him?

- Yes!

I own this store, and if I see fit

To discharge an employee,

that's my business.

Yeah, but we have millions

involved in this store.

Exactly. We can't afford

to let Anderson go.

This is an outrage!

But it's business sense, Monroe.

- Ohh!

Now, look here, no offense, commodore.

As outside contact man, you

are serving us magnificently.

Your social prestige is

worth millions in sales.

We've got to have you

On the mayor's welcoming committee.

Why, it's a big job.

I'm glad you realize it.

But at the same time,

We've got to have somebody

that can run this store.

You can't lose by it, commodore.

The more money he makes for this store,

The more your common stock

is going to be worth to you.

Why, certainly.

Good heavens, gentlemen!

My escort. I've got to go.

Yes. Of course you must.

But, commodore, you can't go now.

We're going to bring

this matter to a vote!

Gentlemen, gentlemen!

The transatlantic flyers!

They're waiting for me.

Most important. Yes. Success. Success.

Thank you.

Gentlemen, gentlemen!

I propose that we retain Mr.

Anderson on his own terms.

All those in favor,

Signify with the usual sign.

Aye! Aye! Aye!

No.

The ayes have it.

Who's this man?

I'm Mr. Garfinkle.

He's a manufacturer.

We gave him an order for swagger coats.

Well?

I'll be just 3 days

late with that order.

I've had labor trouble.

You know how it is when

you've got labor trouble.

These were for a 3-Day

special beginning tomorrow.

The advertising is in the papers today.

I can give you some coats for tomorrow.

That'll be all right.

That'll cover us, and then

we can say we've sold out.

All right. Take what

he can give you tomorrow

And cancel the rest of the order.

Cancel? Why

- Why, you can't do that.

Why, all my capital, everything

is tied up in that order.

5,000 coats.

I've got $30,000 invested.

That's all the money

I've got in the world.

Cancel the order, and we'll sue him

For the cost of the advertising

And for the estimated loss on the sale.

All right, Mr. Anderson.

Mr. Anderson, I

- I'm telling you,

I'm a ruined man if you do this.

I shouldn't have undertaken this order,

But I did it for you...

for the big Monroe department store

At a price where I made no profit.

I did it because I thought,

if I get your order once,

Big things might come from it.

Now if you cancel the order,

Even if you don't sue me, I'm ruined.

It's like if you were

threatening to kill me.

Here. Send these back. What's the

report on the men's underwear sale?

618 sales at 1:
00.

Keep me posted.

Don't you hear me, mister? It's my life!

Yes, I hear you. Merchandise

is the life of this store.

When you promise to deliver

On a certain day and don't

do it, you threaten our life.

But it only happened once.

It can't happen again.

It can't happen once!

Now, get out of here.

Yes?

The men's lavatory on the fourth

floor is out of order again.

Take a note to the head

of the repair department.

Fix men's lavatory on the

fourth floor or be fired.

I won't need my car till 7:30

or so. Tell my chauffeur to wait.

Where can I find you, please?

I'm going to inspect the

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