:04:06
Where's Mr. Jones?
I told you to send him right up here!
:04:15
- Are you Mr. Jones?
- Yes.
:04:17
Sit down, please.
:04:20
- You mind a personal question?
- No.
:04:23
- Are you married?
- No luck.
:04:24
Single?
:04:27
- Ever been in Europe?
- No.
:04:30
What's your opinion
of the present European crisis, Mr. Jones?
:04:33
What crisis?
:04:37
I'm referring to
the impending war, Mr. Jones.
:04:39
That. To tell you the truth,
I haven't given it much thought.
:04:44
You don't keep up
with our foreign news, do you?
:04:46
If you're gonna fire me,
you can scrap the intelligence test.
:04:49
It's perfectly okay with me.
:04:51
I can get a job on any newspaper in town
within an hour. So long.
:04:54
Wait a minute. Nobody fired you.
:04:57
How would you like to cover
the biggest story in the world today?
:05:00
With an expense account,
I'll cover anything.
:05:02
You'll get an expense account.
:05:03
- Okay, what's the story?
- Europe.
:05:06
I'm afraid I'm not exactly equipped,
but I could read up.
:05:08
No reading up. I like you just as you are.
:05:11
What Europe needs
is a fresh, unused mind.
:05:14
- Foreign correspondent?
- No. Reporter.
:05:18
I don't want correspondence. I want news.
:05:23
- Can you dig up some news in Europe?
- I'll be happy to try, sir.
:05:26
This is what I mean:
:05:27
Mr. Van Meer, when questioned
by our oracle, Mr. Stebbins...
:05:30
refused to open his mouth.
:05:32
A 1,200-word cable told...
:05:34
to the fact that
the great Van Meer had nothing to say.
:05:37
Know what that's doing? It's driving
our readers crazy with frustration.
:05:41
- Who's Van Meer?
- Keynote to the European situation today.
:05:45
If Van Meer stays
at the helm of his country's affairs...
:05:48
for the next three months,
it may mean peace in Europe.
:05:51
If we knew what he was thinking
we'd know where Europe stands.
:05:54
- German?
- No. Holland's strongman.
:05:57
One of the two signers
of the Dutch treaty with Belgium.
:05:59
Now, this is your first assignment.
I want you to talk with him...