The More the Merrier Page #3

for a weeks rent.

And I've only been here one night.

Now you give me back the difference...

...and I'll have the money

to pay him with.

That solves it.

Yes...only...

Well...I bought a hat!

You bought a hat...

Where's my money?

In her hat.

It is not...it's in his pocket...

only he hasn't got it.

Just what do you think

you're doing?

Just looking at the hat.

- Pretty, isn't it?

- You've got a nerve!

Looks pretty on her, too...

doesn't it?

Oh it does not...

That isn't even the way

it goes on.

Now where were we?

Looking for my 6 bucks.

Well I told you that I...

Now look...you don't think

that I'm gonna give...

Alright...stay!

For just ONE week...remember!

Come on...

I'll show you the schedule.

What schedule?

For the steeplechase

in the morning!

It's 7 o'clock, Joe!

Get up!

Thanks...hello Milligan.

I'm Dingle.

Get the schedule!

Here it is...schedule!

We're right on time!

Good morning!

What's for breakfast?

You've HAD your breakfast.

When?

7.07am

I guess we're kinda off-schedule.

What are you gawking at?

You.

You look nice.

Hope I haven't upset

your routine here.

Just stick to the schedule,

that's all I ask.

Rather nice having a high-type, clean-cut,

nice young fellow at table.

Better than nobody.

I'm used to 'nobody'.

You ought to have

some high times here, Joe.

Young fellows don't come

a dime a dozen in Washington.

Eight girls for every fellow.

Yeah, well I haven't got time for that...

I'm only going to be in Washington a week.

Where are you going to...

Where you came from?

Or where they send me.

Who's 'they'?

The government.

Too bad you're not gonna be here regular.

One less fellow for the girls to look at.

Like I told you...8 girls...

Yeah...Well you're wasting your conversation...

I'm not interested.

Yes, but the girls are.

Eh, Miss Milligan?

Those that haven't any men friends

are I suppose...

But in the case of a girl

who's engaged to be married...

Engaged? You?

Mr Pendergast and I expect to be married

in the very near future.

Pendergast?

Charles J. Pendergast.

Who's he?

Hasn't he got something to do

with the housing plan?

He most certainly has...

He just happens to be

Assistant Regional Coordinator

of O.P.L...that's all!

Is that good or bad?

$8,600 a year!

That's good.

Furthermore he's the youngest man

ever to occupy the position

of regional co-ordinator of O.P.L.

How old is he?

Only 42.

- 42?!

- Only 42.

42 is a very safe, sane age...

When a man has reached 42,

he knows something...

Like Mr Pendergast...

he's an important man.

How long have you been engaged?

2 years, I'll bet.

22 months.

A long time for a girl

to stick to one guy.

That depends on whether

she's engaged to be married...

....or just "engaged".

Why'd you wait so long?

Mr Pendergast and I felt it would be

an unwise step to take...

in these times, with world conditions

so unsettled.

World conditions ARE so unsettled,

Miss Milligan...

...because people won't settle on things.

They ought to stop pottering...

and push ahead!

"Damn the torpedoes...

Full speed ahead!"

That's what Admiral Farragut said.

Yeah...that was in Mobile Bay.

You said that yesterday, Mr Dingle.

And I meant it yesterday, Miss Milligan.

Mr Pendergast and I

don't need your advice.

What did you say his first name was?

Charles J.

Well, don't you ever call him by it...

Like "Charlie" or "Chuck" or something.

Call Mr Pendergast "Charlie"?!

Sure...why not.

Of course, you don't realise

that Mr Pendergast...

...is the type of man who's twice been

to the White House for dinner.

Worst food in Washington.

For the President?

Yes.

I bet the President's wife calls him

by HIS first name sometimes.

You...look messy.

Don't you ever brush your hair?

I s'pose Mr Pendergast combs his hair

every hour, on the hour.

Mr Pendergast HAS no hair!

This project illustrates my point.

If the employees are housed

near the plants in which they work...

...a full working day

can be saved each week.

Sounds right.

Time is the one thing

we cannot manufacture...

...BUT...we can make speed.

And if this committee

will cut out all the red tape...

...and give me the permission

to go ahead...

...I'll get things done!

Senator Newman...

What is it?

What Mr Dingle proposes

is impossible.

There are contractual obligations

that HAVE to be cleared up!

Then let whoever has to clear them up,

clear them up...

...While we're clearing up the ground

around the defence plants, for buildings.

We must do away with all forms

and obligations.

Cut out all the red tape...

"Full speed ahead!"

I'd like to call to Mr Dingle's attention...

That Article 847532 states that

the laws of a community

must regulate construction

in that community.

Now that's a fact, in Pennsylvania

and New Jersey.

You said you represent the O.P.L., didn't you?

Precisely.

I didn't catch your name.

Pendergast.

Not Charles J. Pendergast?!

That's correct.

By golly, I should have known it.

...up and laid in single handed.

Bang! The door opens...

...face to face with the Leopard Lady herself.

"You have arrived as I expected,

Mr Tracy!"

"Now I will make a bargain with you!"

"What fiendish crime have you now?"

"With the death-ray ours, we can

conquer and rule the world."

"You and I, Dick Tracy."

"Count me out of your plans,

Leopard Lady."

"I need to bring you to justice."

"Have you forgotten that

I have the death-ray?"

"But without my help,

it is powerless."

"Perhaps some boiling oil on your back,

will persuade you to help me."

Gosh...that Dick Tracy is sure playing

with dynamite.

Is that the best you can do

with your time?

We better keep up with what's goin' on!

I missed 2 Sundays with Superman, once...

and I've never felt right since.

Seems to me you might

read something more beneficial.

Like what?

Like the editorials for instance,

or the columns.

All well-informed people

read the columnists.

Such as Mr Pendergast, I suppose.

You're right, I suppose...

Mr Pendergast always

reads the columnists.

Are they funny?

Sometimes, but no pictures.

Oh, darn!

Hand me that section, will you?

I want to see if anyone I know

is being mourned today.

Here...listen to this...

Born today

to Mr and Mrs Charles J. Pendergast...

...a son.

Mrs Pendergast, the former Constance Milligan...

is doing nicely.

Mr Pendergast is doing alright, too.

He gets $8,600 a year.

The baby arrived 3 minutes

ahead of schedule.

So Mr Pendergast refused delivery.

Funny!

Very, very funny.

Here, I'll help you.

The conversation's much too witty for ME.

If you don't mind

I'll just leave you two up here...

...to laugh at each other's jokes.

What did I say?

Any minute now,

you might say something so funny...

...I might laugh myself to death!

Well, I never said a thing.

Maybe I said something.

If you aren't too weak from laughing...

...you might bring these things with you

when you come down.

What's SHE mad about?

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