:54:01
- Well, I have some friends in school...
- Sure, I know, but use the noodle.
:54:04
You got to get around
if you're going to be Mayor.
:54:06
Look, I'll tell you what I'll do.
:54:07
I'll shove you in as a Commissioner...
:54:08
then you won't feel like you bit off
more than you could chew.
:54:11
There's only six Commissioners.
You've promised 10 that I know of.
:54:13
There's no hard feelings after election.
:54:15
You're a boss then. They got to take it.
:54:17
Forget yourself, for the good of the school.
Tell your friends to vote for me.
:54:20
That's the big deal. I'll treat you right.
:54:21
You've given me an idea, Whitey.
:54:23
- I'll think it over.
- Atta-kid.
:54:26
- Hi, Whitey.
- Mousehead.
:54:27
Hiya, big shot.
:54:28
Hey, Freddie.
:54:29
There ain't no reason
why fellows running...
:54:31
against each other for election
can't be friends.
:54:32
You've been Mayor
for about six months now.
:54:34
Don't be sore if the fellows think it's time
they had a new one.
:54:37
It's all right with me,
so long as it isn't you.
:54:48
Rather staggering, no doubt about that.
:54:51
We've seen them like this before,
haven't we, Dave?
:54:54
- Well, what?
- There's a way out.
:54:56
You refused admission last year
to over 800 boys, no room.
:55:00
That's true, unfortunately.
:55:01
Did it ever strike you
how many of that 800 offered to pay?
:55:04
- No. How many?
- At least a third.
:55:07
And your dormitories so full of boys
who can't pay, you couldn't take those in.
:55:12
With that kind of school,
you could be financed, comfortably...
:55:15
by parents who will pay you
to straighten out their boys.
:55:18
- These figures...
- Figures.
:55:20
I've made liars out of figures all my life.
:55:22
If I hadn't, there wouldn't be one stone
on top of another in Boys Town.
:55:25
Hundreds of boys have been here.
They're out in the world now...
:55:27
with their heads up. They're making good,
every one of them.
:55:30
That's serving my Creator and my country.
:55:33
In 30 days, Father Flanagan, they'll be
obliged to take this place away from you...
:55:37
unless you change your mind.
:55:38
No use, Burton.
He'll do what he thinks is right...
:55:40
if the heavens fall down.
:55:42
You know figures are the most...
:55:44
Later on, youngster.
:55:47
Pee Wee.
:55:49
This is Boys Town.
:55:51
All right, Pee Wee, go.
:55:54
You're as cold as Greenland.
:55:57
Getting colder.