Gabriel Over the White House Page #5

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He is trampling out the vintage

where the grapes of wrath are stored...

He hath loosed the fateful lightning

of His terrible swift sword...

His truth is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

His truth is marching on.

Well, boys...

You understand then, that you're not

to let Hammond suspect you're against him.

Not by word or attitude.

Not even that we've had

this meeting here tonight.

Come in!

The president's secretary is here.

Well, Beekman?

A communication for you, Mr Cummings.

One for you, Sir...

Mr Lockhart...

Mr Bourne.

Mr Perry.

Mr Fox.

And one for each of

you gentlemen...

If you'd be kind enough

to pass them down.

How did Hammond know

we were here?!

Very strange...

The next thing to do is open it.

That settles it.

We'll take this to Congress.

We've got a big enough majority

to throw him out.

We'll show this lunatic, who's boss!

I speak for the majority

of the Senate...

and the House of Representatives...

assured that President Hammond

has been a traitor to his Party.

False to the principles

on which he was elected.

I propose to demand

from the House...

the impeachment, the immediate removal,

of the President of the United States.

The President of the United States.

May the rules be suspended?

I would like to dispense

with all red-tape...

so I can answer

questions directly.

Can I have the floor?

Unless there is objections...

the rules of this Congress

will be suspended.

Gentlemen, I am here as a representative

of the American people...

in their hour of

darkest despair.

A plant cannot grow,

by watering the top alone...

and letting the roots go dry.

The people are the

roots of this nation...

and the sturdy trunk,

and the branches, too.

You have spent 4 billion dollars,

only to aggravate adversity.

I ask for 4 billion dollars

to restore buying power...

stimulate purchases,

restore prosperity.

You have wasted precious weeks

and years in futile discussion.

We need action...

Immediate and effective action.

Mr President, there is a movement

in Congress for your impeachment.

How is time for making any requests,

however small?

Very well, I shall withdraw

that request...

but I should like

to substitutes another.

I ask you gentlemen to declare

a state of national emergency.

And to adjourn this Congress,

until normal conditions are restored.

During that period

of adjournment...

I shall assume full

responsibility for the government.

Mr President, this is dictatorship!

Senator Langham...

words do not frighten me.

But the United States of America

is a democracy.

We are not yet ready to give up

the government of our fathers.

You HAVE given it up.

You've turned your backs.

You've closed your ears

to the appeals of the people.

You've been traitors to the

concepts of democracy...

upon which this

government was founded

I believe in democracy...

as Washington, Jefferson and

Lincoln believed in democracy.

And if what I plan to do, in

the name of the people...

makes me a dictator...

then it is a dictatorship based on

Jefferson's definition of democracy.

A government of the greatest good,

for the greatest number.

This Congress refuses to adjourn!

I think, gentlemen,

that you forget...

that I am still president

of these United States.

And as Commander-in-Chief

of the army and navy...

it is within the rights of the president

to declare the country under martial law!

Fellow countrymen...

your overwhelming support

of my Emergency Acts...

has enabled me to move more rapidly

than I dared hope.

I do not say that the unemployment problem

is solved...

But we are at least taking

hundreds of thousands of men...

into an organised life of

food, shelter and clothing.

If you could realise

the staggering facts I face...

the appalling waste of your money,

and America's deplorable condition...

I feel sure you'd support me...

in the things I plan

to do on your behalf.

I propose to safeguard the homes

of American citizens...

by a law to prevent the foreclosure

of mortgages...

until the average American workman

has a chance to go to work.

I propose a national banking law...

which will protect our people's money

in the banks.

I propose, immediately, to give direct aid

to the 55 million American people...

who depend entirely

upon agriculture...

without whose prosperity there can be

no real prosperity in the United States.

Our next task is a return

to law and order.

I do not propose to mince words.

This primarily means that cesspool

known as the 18th Amendment.

This has fostered the evil force...

The greatest enemy of law and order,

America has ever known.

The racketeers...

a malignant cancerous growth...

eating at the spiritual

health of the American people.

Public enemies... I refer to men

of the type of Nick Diamond.

Arch enemies of these United states.

Men who are bleeding the people of America

by illegal racketeering in every industry...

from bootleg whisky to babies' milk.

The enemies of every honest citizen...

The enemies of our nation...

the United States of America.

Just a big-shot.

Congress has voted

to repeal the 18th Amendment.

This however, requires millions of dollars

and months of time.

To be made effective by the ratification

of the sovereign states.

That'll take 3 years.

My patience is exhausted

with these bootleggers...

these racketeers,

and these kidnappers.

I serve warning... these evil forces

must be, shall be eliminated.

So that our citizen,

pursuing his peaceful way...

will no longer be forced

to conduct his business...

in the shadow of extortion and debt.

Good night.

Good night!

You suppose he was talking about us?

Oh, you look so tired.

Why don't you call it a day

and get some rest.

Tired? I'm as fresh as a daisy.

You're the one who looks tired.

Besides, I've got some figures

to go over.

Our European debts.

I didn't know there WAS

that much money.

Good night, Sir.

Just a moment, please.

Do the president's guests

always receive this attention?

That's alright, there's nothing there.

May I keep this?

This way, please.

Is this the proper outfit?

This is a nice place

you have here.

It's alright... keep your seat.

The old custom of rising

when the president enters the room...

I abolished with

the new administration.

Nice of you to come on my invitation,

Mr Diamond.

I've been pretty busy lately...

Almost as busy as you are.

Yes, I guess you and I

are the only Americans...

who have any business left.

You needn't look me up...

I've paid my income tax.

Yes, I'm sure you have.

This is just your biography.

You don't mind a little

intimate discussion?

The story of an immigrant boy

who became the most famous man in America.

Well, there are SOME good deeds here.

You've at least rid the country

of a number of your own kind.

That's something I'm grateful for.

But you're a menace to this country,

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