"♪ L' Music I'" "Look at the way she takes that sea." "She looks steady enough." "Steady?" "She's more than that." "She's a revolution in shipbuilding all around." "She's not very beautiful to look at, is she?" "Her hull will carry 25 percent more cargo than any ship of her tonnage built in the last ten years." "That ought to appeal to you as our chief shareholder, Miss MacKinnon." "That will be fine, if ever any cargo is going." "It won't be difficult to get at the price that she can carry them." "How about fuel consumption?" "Twenty-seven percent down." "Yes, but when will you come to build an actual ship?" "Ah, but this tank reproduces actual sea conditions, Lord Dean." "0h, well, in that case it looks as though we're all going to make our fortunes, June." "We're going to do more than that." "We're going to make the fortune of Burns, MacKinnon and Company." "Well, if we're going to catch that plane back to Glasgow we better go." "Once we've built the first of these cargo ships, the ship owners will be around us like flies." "Well, what's the next step?" "To start building, of course." "How many?" "I don't know." "I think about five." "Five?" "That will make a difference to the yard." "Three dry martinis, please, Judd." "Who is giving us the contracts?" "We don't need any contracts." "These ships will sell alright." "Well, let someone else take the risk of building them." "My dear fellow, your scheme is absolute madness." "Yeah, Why?" "Because you can't sell ships today." "Owners are starving." "That's because of foreign competition." "Exactly." "Foreign lines are subsidized by their governments." "I know." "That's why we must have these ships." "Don't you see they're cheaper to run." "That means we'll be able to compete." "Yes, but all the same " "And here's another thing," "I've had definite information from the Board of Trade that there's to be a Quota law for British shipping before the month's out." "That means a government guarantee for shipbuilding." "Are you certain about that?" "I'm absolutely certain." "Alright, I'll pay for these." "No, no." "It's my order." "No." "No, you will have to pay for all of Miss MacKinnon's drinks after you're married." "When's it to be?" "We haven't decided yet." "Sometime in the autumn." "Here's to the new ships." "You starting them now?" "Not until we've got the government guarantee of course." "How high?" "Look, there they go, lot." "There's your answer." "Thousands of tons of shipping lying idle." "Those ships are idle because they're uneconomic." "They ought to be scrapped." "My dear fellow, you're talking nonsense." "Most of those ships are less than five years old, and yet they're rotting at their anchors." "Age has nothing to do with it." "It's a question of design." "That's why the new Cuenata ought to be finished." "She'll be the fastest liner afloat." "Look at her there, rusting in her stocks." "I'll tell you what, Barr, I'll see Manning." "He'll jump to a new design." "Manning?" "Good heavens." "Why?" "What's the matter with Manning?" "Everything." "I wouldn't do business with him." "Pd rather go bankrupt." "If you have your way, you look like doing it." "Good day, Mr. McWilliam." "Good day, John." "Will Mr. Barr will be back soon?" "We're expecting him from London today." "Is there anything - up?" "Aye." "(Crosstalk)" "There's a good crowd at the yard gates." "There is, it's more like football than ship building." "Aye, it is." "Maybe they've heard something." "Maybe you've heard something yourself." "Maybe we have." "There's a rumor that the yard's going to start work again." "Well, goodday Tims." "You coming along?" "No yet." "0h, I doubt there not be any truth in a rumor like that Mr. McWilliam." "Maybe more than you think." "Blanky, you understand it's no my business to give away secrets of the yard." "There's a new cargo ship to be built that's no like anything they built there before." "Is that so?" "It's been tested at London, and it's got a coefficient of efficiency, that it sounds like an impossibility." "Mind you." "It's a secret and it's no to be talked about." "0h, you can rely on me, Mr. McWilliam." "Will you now have another drink on the house?" "On the house?" "Aye." "I will." "Ah, I thought you would." "Is that Mr. Manning?" "This is Mr. Lyndsey of The Mariner's Rest." "I've just had a clerk in from over the road." "Yeah." "He tells me they're working on a new cargo ship." "Have they tried it out yet?" "Good." "Now, keep your ears open and find out all you can." "And Mr. Manning, it's cost me three drinks to get the news." "Will I put that down on the expense sheet?" "Aye." "Are Farrell and Casey there?" "They are, sir." "Send them in." "Yes, sir?" "Farrell, I've had rumors that" "Burns, MacKinnon and Company are started building again." "I've been told they're taking on men, sir." "Now, get along there, both of you." "Find out what it's all about." "Get taken on the yard, if you can, and report to me as usual." "Very good, sir." "Hello." "What's the crowd?" "Perhaps they've heard something." "Now, look here, Barr, once and for all, if you can get the contracts, well and good." "If not, don't build." "That's for me to decide." "We'll see about that?" "I'll call a board meeting and we'll decide for you." "Thanks for the lift." "0h, hello Grierson, good afternoon." "Good afternoon, Mr. Barr." "If you'll excuse me." "What is this?" "The men have heard there's likely to be work to gain in the yard soon." "Well?" "Is that a fact?" "In a few weeks time I hope to have the yard working full-time again." "Well, that's good news." "(Crosstalk)" "Thank you, boys." "Have you got the record of all the tests there, Mr. Hannay?" "Aye." "Arranged in order?" "In order?" "Now, give me the final test." "The final test." "This turned out even better than I expected." "We can go to work at once." "Now, I want to have all the plans here immediately." "Get me the new half model, will you, Mr. Snow?" "0h, Baird, see that the mold loft is ready so that we can make it start next week." "Aye." "Are you building just the one ship, Mr. Barr?" "No, five." "But the first ship must be ready for her trials in four months time." "I want to get the lines drawn immediately." "Give me the estimates." "The estimates?" "Alright." "I saw them just now." "Thanks." "Now, are these final?" "They're as near as you can get them at this stage." "Have you finished the electric welding tests?" " Yes, sir." " Well?" " Fine." " Good." "What can you save on it?" "About 15 percent." "See about installing the plant, enough to do the whole job." "Aye." "You know you must get these castings down." "They're too high." "We must build this ark form design for 100 thousand pounds a ship." "That's impossible, Mr. Barr." "Well, if you can't keep the price down to that the ships are won't pay." "Might as well use the old design and keep on losing money." "To bring the cost down to your figure, Mr. Barr, you'd have to build 20 ships." "So that means roughly 600,000 pounds in materials for the next 18 months." "Rial"!" "We'll build 20." " Name?" " MacLane, engineer." "Where you been, Mac?" "I was only gone in London, doing pan works." "Sorry." "We're not taking on engineers today." "Come back on Monday." "I will, thanks." " Name?" " Harold, riveter." "Anything to show for it?" "I was two years with John Brown's." " Alright." " Thank you." " Name?" " Ay?" "Your name?" "Jameson." "What's your job?" "A pickers mate." "Right." " Name?" " Casey, painter." "Have a look at that." "Right." "The position is intolerable." "Without consulting us, Barr has given orders to go ahead with the building of 20 ships." "We can cancel the orders." "We can't cancel the orders for raw materials." "No, no, you don't understand." "See that the gradient is nine-sixteenths." "We don't want any trouble with the latch." "You've not forgotten the board meeting, Mr. Barr?" "No, no." "There's a first-class fight waiting for you." "Yes, I know." "Pm going there now." "Can you spare a minute?" "No." "I've got a telegram here." "Oh." "Aye, aye." "Well, what's it about?" "That Quota bill for British Shipping." "It's passed?" "Give me my case, will you?" "Well, it's not exactly what you might call passed." "Well, what is it then?" "Rejected." "0h, does everybody else know about this?" "Not yet." "This telegram is from Macintosh at the Board of Trade, but it will be in the evening papers, likely." "Well, you'd better keep that to yourself." "Alright, come along." "The company's committed more than half a million." " 0h, but we trade in its present condition." " Exactly." "It has always been our policy to give the managing director full power." "As long as he uses I!" "with discretion." "This time he's gone too far." "We must ask for his resignation." "Alright, I resign." "What's that?" "Damn it, sir, you can't resign like that without even sitting down." "What you heard, Mr. Barr, was the chairman's opinion, not necessary the opinion of the board." "Of course." "We've got to discuss it." "I think we ought it hear what Mr. Barr has to say." "Very well." "Alright, gentlemen, what is it you want to know?" "We want to know why you've given orders for the building of 20 ships without consulting us." "Don't you want the yards to be busy?" "Certainly, but we can't run risks like that." "We must have the contracts first." "I can't get contracts 'til I've built the first ship." "0h, yes, we can." "Manning will buy as many of the ships, of the new design as we can build." "I've brought him along so that we can discuss his offer." " I thought I had already " " Hannay," "Mr. Manning is in the waiting room." "Show him in." "If Mr. Manning can make these new ships pay why can't other people?" "Well, the fact remains that while everybody else has been steadily losing money during the past seven years," "Manning's been making it." "And I'll tell you why." "Manning has his ships registered under a foreign flag;" "no Board of Trade Regulations." "And sails them with foreign crews, sweated, underpaid seamen." "I think we ought to hear Mr. Manning." "Please, sit down, Mr. Manning." "I told the board about your offer, Manning." "Thank you, Lord Dean." "Well, gentlemen, and of course, Miss MacKinnon, there's no need to make a long speech." "You are building your cargo ships to a new design." "You understand it's my business to know these things." "And secrets aren't always kept, Mr. Barr." "Now, I have two suggestions to make." "Either I will buy the design outright or I will contract to buy all the ships of the new design that you can build." "And put them in a foreign register?" "What I do with them, Mr. Barr, is my business." "No, no, it's ours." "Your type of cutthroat has already hit British shipping." "And unless British shipping prospers, this firm goes out of business." "You'll be building ships for me." "No, that might work for a while, but it'd help to ruin our best customer, our own ship owners." "With this new design we'll meet a revival of shipping that will keep the yards permanently busy." "Mr. Manning has made a definite offer." "We're here to discuss business, not patriotism." "But patriotism is good business." "Can't you see that?" "I want to see a revival of British shipping that would mean prosperity for the whole country." "I agree." "Am I to take it that that is the policy of the board?" "Definitely." "In that case there is no need for me to waste any more of the board's time or mine." "Good morning, gentlemen." "Good morning, Miss MacKinnon." "And you may take it there to be the policy of the board as long as Pm on it." "Quite." "As long as you are on it." "Since Mr. Manning's offer has been rejected, perhaps some other member of the board has an alternative suggestion." "I understand it's part of the government's plan to strap ll) million tons of obsolete shipping." "Is that so?" "You'd better ask Mr. Barr." "YES." "And to subsidize the building of new ships with the money, which would otherwise be paid out in the dole to unemployed shipyard workers." "YES." "In that case, the issue is clear." "Before we begin building we must either wait for the Quota bill to be passed or for a revival of trade." "Wait?" "What's the good of waiting?" "In times of depression you must prepare for prosperity." "Once this bill is passed everybody will be building ships." "British shipping has had a deadly knock, and you say," ""Let's do nothing but wait until it revives again."" "Do you think it'll pick up by itself?" "Unless somebody does something quickly it'll never revive." "The ships that were once the means of building up the empire and of which this country depends for supplies would cease to exist." "Because of their low-running costs these ships could make money today, and when trade improves they'll do even better." "Then when everybody will be scrambling to buy modern ships, we'll have the ships to sell." "God, you make me sick." "I admire Mr. Barr's enthusiasm." "But we must wait and see " "I don't think so." "I think we ought to do something now." "But my dear, Miss MacKinnon, whatever will we do?" "You mean you agree with him?" "I don't know whether I do or not, but at least he wants to do something." "But you've heard what Sir Gregory and Mr. Raglan have to say." "They are men of experience." "In a case like this experience counts for nothing." "Well, upon my soul, I " "I think Mr. Barr is right." " Then you'll support me on the vote?" " Yes." "Now, gentlemen," "Miss MacKinnon and I hold the majority of the shares." "Either you adopt my building program or we elect a new board." "0h, that's preposterous." "I see that I have full support of the board." "You have not." "In my opinion, Mr. Barr's whole attitude shows gross disrespect to the board." "I'll have nothing to do with it." "But look here, Dean, you can't leave us in the lurch like this." "Barr's got you into this mess." "He can get you out of it." "Now you see what you've done?" "The meeting will have to adjourn." "Why?" "We can't continue without the chairman." "Why not?" "If necessary you can elect a new one." "There's only one further thing to discuss: the question of finance." "We want money immediately." "Well, don't ask me for it." "That's exactly what I am going to do." "I want you gentlemen to give me your personal guarantee of security." "Well, damn it, sir." "0h, beg your pardon, Miss MacKinnon." "You seem to think that you can take the whole policy of the firm out of our hands and then expect us to pay for it." "We can't throw you off the board, unfortunately, and we can't stop you building, but we can refuse to let you pick our pockets." "But don't you see Sir Gregory that " "I refuse to see anything." "Sorry I can't support you, Barr." "Good luck." "Thank you." "So what are you doing?" "Minutes." "The meeting was adjourned at 11:27 mm." "Well, adjourn with it." "Fine." "I want to thank you." "What for?" "For backing me up." "It was grand of you." "Well, why?" "You believed in me." "I believe in your energy." "Is that all?" "Most of my money's invested in the yard." "My motives were purely selfish." "' $22." "You don't believe me?" "Well, why shouldn't I?" "Ever been around the yard?" "Not since I was a child." "0h, it's changed a lot in the last two or three years." "Let me take you around." "0h, I can't take your time." "Of course you can." " You're our biggest shareholder, remember." " Pm afraid that I - 0h, there's nothing to be afraid of." "Come along." "This is the mole loft where we lay out the plans." "Ship always seems to become real here for the first time." "I remember how this room used to fascinate me." "I always wanted to take a big piece of chalk and draw all over the floor." "Well, why don't you?" "You're old enough now." "Nobody can stop you." "I've afraid I've outgrown it." "Would you like to come down and see the strips?" "YES." "This is the nearest way." "Big, aren't they?" "Terrifying." "How do they work?" "Bad language, mostly." "Yours?" "No, mine has unnecessary horsepower." "Go on." "Brickyard form design." "That's another of the new keel." "They're really the backbone of the ship." "Wonderful to think where that's going;" "all over the world." "You're a romantic, aren't you?" "No, Pm not." "Are you?" "No, I haven't got time." " Morning." " Morning." "This is Grierson, the finest riveter in the yard." "It's getting to be a ship, Mr. Barr." "Can you do that?" "0h, yes." "Grierson taught me to rivet when I first came to the   get your hands off Mr. Hannay." "Aye, that's what you want, your head knocking off." "Would you like to try?" "Where's Mr. Barr going?" "Miss Mackinnon he's got a great deal to attend to." "What's the trouble, Henry?" "This man, Mr. Barr, one of the riveters." "Yeah, what's he been doing?" "He's been making trouble among the men." "What's the matter?" "The men are unsatisfied with their overtime pay." "Did they ask you to speak for them?" " Well " " I thought not." "Has anyone a discresion." "He's the only one here to complain." "He's causing trouble with the others." "See the timekeeper and clear out." " That's alright with " " We don't want your sort of man here." "There it is in black and white." "The Quota bill has been thrown out." "I can't understand it." "Perhaps next time you won't be swept off your feet by patriotic speeches." "Mr. Barr was certain the bill will be passed." "Barr would say anything to get his own way." "0h, wait a minute." "You better tell Hannay about it." "0h, sorry, I'll come back later." "No, no, please come in." "There's something here might interest you." "That's annoying, isn't it?" "You told us that you had definite information that the Quota bill would go through." "It was simply a trick to get your own way?" "Well, the important thing was that I should get my own way." "You admit it then?" "Well, certainly, if you wish it." "What does it matter?" "It matters that you got Miss MacKinnon's support under false pretenses." "Do you think that?" "Whether Miss MacKinnon thinks it or not the fact remains " "You won't regret it, you know." "I regret it already." "Now that's where you wrong." "This Quota bill doesn't matter one way or the other." "Did you believe the bill would go through when you came to the board meeting?" "No, I knew it had been thrown out." "And yet you didn't think it necessary to tell the board that?" "No." "Why should I?" "You don't care what you do to get your own way." "My job is to get things done, you know." "You won't get this done." "You haven't got the money." "I'll get it." "How?" "Steal it if necessary." "Don't you see, Miss MacKinnon, that all of this is besides the point?" "The important thing is to get ships built." "You saw that test." "You know what this new design will do." "I know what you think it will do." "Won't you take my word for it?" "You treat everybody as though they were children." "That's the only way to treat some people." "That's not the way to treat me." "Or the members of the board, as Mr. Barr will find out." "They're not impressionable girls." "What do you mean?" "Mr. Barr has a very persuasive personality." "He won't find it so easy to get the money." "I'll get it." "Pm a credit to the firm." "No, no." "Not when Pm no longer chairman." "Are you going to resign?" "YES." "I don't like your methods." "0h, very well." "When the first ship is launched" "I'll get all the money I need." "In the meantime, I'll build it with my own money if it takes every penny I've got." "Is the date fixed for the launch yet?" "No." "It will be a grand day for David when the new ship takes the water." "I would not bet on that if I were you." "Is that so?" "You and me has been with David a long time." "Aye." "I don't mind tell you I'm not easy in my mind." "The work's going fine." "It's not the work." "It's the money." "The lad has put every penny of his own into the job and the money's finished." "Where are the next paydays to come from?" "The good God cares maybe, but I don't." "0h, Miss Davis, the ledger clerk is looking for." "0h, thank you, Mr. Boyd." "Just put that call through here, will you please?" "Mr. Manning?" "This is Boyd at Charter's Bank." "I looked through those accounts you asked me to." "There's not enough to meet the firm's wage bill today." "Get me that pub down at the yard." "Good work." "I'll see you later." "Thanks." "Hello?" "Is that The Mariner's Rest?" "0h, is that you, Lyndsey?" "Now, get straight along to Burns and MacKinnows yard." "See Casey." "He can tell the men that we've no pay for them today." "If that won't start trouble, nothing will." "No, that's alright." "It's not serious." " Walter Thatchett." "Is Mr. Holland there?" " Yeah, Pm sure you would." " This is Burns, MacKinnon and company." " Thanks very much." "Sorry to have troubled you." "Goodbye." "Mr. Holland, Mr. Barr would like to speak to you." "Hello, is that you, Mr. Holland?" " That's your London call." " Thanks a million." "Good afternoon." "Yes, fine thanks." "Yeah, we hope to have the first ship launched in about four week's time." "That's what I want to talk you about." "Yes, of course money." "Five thousand until the end of next week." "Naturally the usual terms." "0h, you can't, eh?" "Is that Charters Bank?" "No, no." "It doesn't matter." "Don't let it bother you, old man." "How is your wife?" "Anniversary." "Fine." "Goodbye." "Damn his wife." "Is that Charters Bank?" "Mr. Macleod, please." "0h, Mr. Macleod " " Mr. Macleod would you wait just one minute, if you please." "Hey, Mr. Barr?" "Mr. Barr, Miss June." " Oh, hello." " Hello." "Can I come in?" " Please do." " How are you?" "Fine." "Sit down." "Have a couple of tea." "Thank you so much." " Are we " " Thank you, Duncan." "Are we still enemies?" "Of course not." "Milk?" "Thanks, yes." "I didn't know such a busy man had time for afternoon calls." "You might as well be in prison." "Well, they let us out sometimes, you know." "Sugar?" "No sugar, thanks." "Thank you." "How's the ship going?" "0h, fine." "When do you expect you'll be finished?" "In about a month's time." "It's awfully nice of you to come and tell me how she's getting on." "No, not at all." "It'll be a great day for you when she's launched, won't it?" "YES." "As a matter of fact, I - No, no not hungry thanks." "Miss MacKinnon, there's something I want to say to you." "You see, a ship of this sort is largely experimental." "The first of its kind." "No previous experience to go on." "Naturally, difficulties arise and difficulties mean money." "So you've come to me." "I wouldn't have come to you if I possibly could have avoided it." " Thank you." " No, I mean - you see, I've used every penny of my own money, and now we want more." "What do you expect me to do?" "Dean is the only person who can help." "I want you to go to him and ask him to put up the money." "' $22." "Your visit has a very practical purpose." "Pm afraid so, yes." "You see, this ship means more to me than anything else in the world." "Obviously." "Will you do it?" "Pm afraid not." "But you don't understand the situation." "I've kept the costs as low as I could but" " every minor operation was " " Sorry." "Then you won't do it?" "If you'd rather put it that way." "May I use your phone?" "Is that you, Hannay?" "What time did you make that appointment with Macleod?" "Good." "Now, listen," "I want you to get the reporters of all the leading dailies about ten minutes beforehand." "Tell them I've got a hell of a story for them." "If you had a glimmer of sense - goodbye." "Mr. Macleod's here to see you, Mr. Barr." "0h, Macleod, I'll be with you in a minute." "Now, gentlemen, any more information I can give you." "We'll have the first of the new fleet launched in about a month's time." "That ought to make a good story, the revival of British shipping and all that sort of thing." "The Red Ensign floating in the wind." "I don't have to give you headlines, do I?" " Mr. Barr?" " I think you said 20 ships, Mr. Barr." "Twenty, that's the number, yeah." "Twenty?" "At 100,000 pounds each?" "That's nearly 2 million pounds." "Well, near enough for newspaper terms, isn't it?" "Well, goodbye, gentlemen." "Thank you, Mr. Barr." "Any time you want to write up a story about the yard" "I'll be very glad to give you the information and have you - show you around." "Thank you." "Good afternoon." "Tell me, Mr. Barr, has this scheme got anything to do with" "Lord Dean's resignation from the board?" "You'd better ask Lord Dean." "I did, and he told me to ask you." "Well, then, now you know all about it." "YES." "That's a grand scheme that you were outlining to the newspaper men just now, Mr. Barr." "Yes, WW" "A most courageous undertaking in these hard days." "Now you heard what I was telling to those pressmen." "It's a big scheme." "It's going to mean big things for British shipping." "It requires money." "Naturally, my firm wants to give Charter's Bank the first opportunity of financing it." "What do you think of this ship?" "Get a move on, mister I want my money." "I have an appointment." "And the wife can wait." "It's not a wife." "It's dogs." "Then you're better off without it." "And don't you forget my overtime." "Pm in a hurry." "Then you'll get no money." "What?" "It's no come through yet." "No, Mr. Barr, we're no lending money except on very good security." "What about my shares in Burns and MacKinnon?" "With all due deference to a very old established firm," "Burns and MacKinnon shares are no worth what they were." "Yes, but damn it, they've improved." "Mm-hmm." "Now, listen, Mr. Macleod, the day the first ship is launched" "I'll have more contracts than I can handle." "Mr. Barr, on the day that you show me those contracts" "I'll be only too happen to supply you with the money." "Mind you, I have every confidence in them myself, but my directors." "Mr. Macleod," "I'll have the contracts to show you within two months." "Then we'll make the appointment for two months from today." "Good day to you." "Good day." "Mr. Barr," "Mr. Manning's waiting to see you." "(Crowd Yelling)" "Is that sort of thing new, yelling in your yard?" "What do you mean?" "Looks like trouble to me." "It's no use trying to bluff me, Barr." "I happen to know you can't meet your wages." "Now, look here, I have the contract in my pocket for the 20 new cargo ships." "Sign it and you shall have the money for your wages bill within the hour." "It's robbery." "Robbery, I tell you." "And if you stand for it you're a lot of sheep." "No!" "men." "You may change your mind when you've had a talk with those fellows down there." "No I won't." "Pd rather take a chance with them than deal with you." "Have they had a week's work out of you?" "Yeah." "Or, have they not?" "Yeah." "Have you been sweating your souls out here in the yard to build them blasted ships?" " We have." " Yeah." "Is Mr. Barr in his office?" "No, he's due in the yard." "And then at the end of the week they come to you and they say, "We are very sorry, but we have no money for you."" "What's that noise?" "It's the men." "You've done a week's work, and you've got a right to a week's pay." "Aye." "What's the alternative?" "Go home to your wives and kids and tell them that empty bellies is all they get for that Sunday dinner." "Do you want to do that?" "No." "Get down." "I've got as much right here." "I don't know what that man's been telling you men." "If he's telling you that there's no money to pay your wages this week he was right." "(Crowd Yelling)" "Now, listen to me, men." "You know me, and you know I've always given you a square deal, haven't I?" "Well, it hasn't been easy to get the yard started again." "It hasn't been easy to find the money, but we have found it, enough to get started." "Now, you know as well as I do that this ship is no ordinary cargo boat." "If she had been she would have been finished by now and by night you'd be back on the dole again." "No, she's something new in British shipbuilding." "It hasn't been easy for any of us, but I tell you that this new ship is going to mean new prosperity, not only to Burns, MacKinnon and Company but to the whole shipping industry." "She's going to mean permanent work for every man jack of you, and for thousands of others as well." "That's what we're fighting for." "That's why I'm not afraid to stand up here and tell you, as man to man, that I expect you to stand by me and see this thing through." "You'll get your money, every penny that's due to you, if you're patient." "Don't be afraid of that." "So I want you to stand by me and stand by the yard, for your own sakes as well as for mine." "Now, will you do it?" "Will you do it?" " Yes." " Yes." "Come on, men." "Three cheers for Mr. Barr." "(Crowd Chanting) Hurray." "Hurray." "Hurray." "You talked to them fine, David." "So did you, Jack." "There will be no more trouble now, Mr. Barr." "Hello." "What are you doing here?" "It was grand to see the way the men stood by you." "Yes, for now." "Why have you come here?" "I suppose you didn't expect to see me after I refused to help you." "No." "And now you've managed without me." "For the time being." "But I've promised those men they'll get their money, and Lord knows where that's coming from." "I think I can help you." "A little late, isn't it?" "I thought of a way, the trust fund my father left me." "But you can't use that." "Why not?" "You're one of the trustees." "Yes, and Dean's the other." "He'd never consent." "Will you ask him?" "Are you sure you mean it?" "Mind you, some people would call it a risk." "You've risked all you've got, and those men are willing to risk their wages." " I know." "They're gambling on me." " So am I." "It's a way out if you can make Dean see it." "We must." "You'll back me up?" "With everything I've got." "0h, you're a grand woman." "Gosh, what a wife you'd make for a man." "Some more coffee?" "No thanks." "Did you hear what I said?" "No" " Yes." "Thinking about the ship again?" "I was thinking about you and Dean." "By the way, what are we going to do about, Dean?" "I suppose I shall have to do something." "Yes, you'll have to do something." "You'll just go straight to him and tell him you're going to marry me." "You mind giving up all those titles?" "You must love me a lot." "Is he out?" "Yes, he'll be out for half an hour." "Come on." "Have you laid the fuze on the upper deck?" "Everything': ready." " Then go ahead and light it." " Right." " You know your way back?" " I'll be back." "Says you." "0h, damn that telephone." " Shall I do it?" " Yes, please." "Yes?" "Yes, it is." "Speaking." "What?" "!" "Where did the night watchman phone you?" "I'll come down there right away." "That was Hannay the phone." "Somethings happened down at the yard." " What was the extent of the damage, Mr. Barr?" " What time was it, Mr. Barr?" "Pm afraid that's all I can tell you now, gentlemen." "Have you any suspicion on how the explosion happened, Mr. Barr?" "Really, I can't make a statement at the moment." "Can't you tell us?" "This man, for example, who was killed, was he one of your workman?" "Yes, Bassett, he used to be." "He was sacked." "Sacked, eh?" "Aye, I threw him out of the yard myself." "0h, a small man?" "He was not." "He was trying to start up trouble among the men." "Do you think it was out of revenge?" "0h, really, Bassett, I " "Yes, probably." "His name was Farrell, wasn't it?" "Lord Dean's waiting to see you, sir." " He's in the boardroom." " 0h, thanks so much." "You really must excuse me now, gentlemen." "Mr. Hannay, will tell you anything further that you want to know." "Mr. Barr, can you spare me a moment?" "Gosh, how a nuisance." "Bassett, what is it?" "You remember that ship of Manning's that went down last autumn off Land's End?" "Yeah, what of it?" "This fellow, Farrell was the third officer." "0h, was he?" "That's interesting." "A bit queer that he should turn up here as a plater?" "Yeah, very queer." "I'd like to go through the records of other men in the yard, if I may." "There may be a lot of Manning's men working for you?" "Yeah, very good if you would." "Would you mind, see Hannay, will you?" " He'll look after you." " 0h, thank you." "Dean, sorry to keep you waiting." "Come in, will you?" "Serious matter, that explosion in the yard last night." "Yeah, very serious." "Any idea how it happened?" "Nothing certain." "Insurance?" "Pm covered, of course." "Nice piece of luck to you?" "Luck?" "An easy way out." "I am not looking for a way out." "I intend to build that ship and to launch her." "Have you got the money for it?" "No, not yet." "That's what I want to talk to you about." " Yes, there's something I want to talk to you about, too." " We'll discuss that later." "Miss MacKinnon has suggested that we should raise the money on her trust fund." "Naturally, I want your consent." "Pm surprised." "Here's the authority." "All you've got to do is to sign it." "You seem to have considerable influence over Miss MacKinnon." "It's not a matter of influence." "It's a matter of common sense." "You've gambled half her fortune away already." "0h, nonsense." "With a case like that you've got to take a chance." "But that's what the gamblers always say." "Why did you tell the press that you had already completed arrangements for building 20 ships when you haven't got enough money to build the first?" "Well, that's why I want you to sign that authority." "I absolutely refuse." "Very well." "But surely, as a shareholder, you must see it's the only sensible thing to do." "I am no longer interested in the company." "Why do you imagine the shares have been steadily dropping ever since you started your crack-brained schemes?" "Simply because my brokers have received orders to sell out my entire holding in Burns and MacKinnon." "So you and the company can go to blazes, as far as I am concerned." "If you want my opinion, you're very lucky that ship was blown up, whether you had a hand in it or not." "Are you suggesting that I did it?" "You'd do anything to gain your own ends." "You'd even go so far to make love to Miss MacKinnon for her money." "Well, that's a lie!" "Do you deny that you have made love to her?" "Of course I made love to her." "Your whole conduct has been utterly dishonorable from first to last." "So long as I can prevent it you'll never touch one penny of Miss MacKinnon's money." "Perhaps that will discourage you." "I'm sorry I can'!" "Support you, Barr." "I think Mr. Barr is right." "I think we ought lo do something now." "Come on, men." "Three cheers for Mr. Barr." "Hurray." "No, Mr. Burr, we're no lending money except on very good security." "You don'!" "cure what you do to get your own way." "My job is lo gel things done, you know." "You won'!" "gel this done." "You haven't got the money." "I'll gel it." "How?" "Steal I!" "if necessary." "Here's the authority." "You'll see it enables the firm to borrow on the security of the trust fund," "Miss MacKinnon's, you know." "Aye." "And about how much will you be wishing to borrow?" "About 80,000." "About 80,000?" " Aye." " Mm-hm." "The explosion in the yard was a terrible thing." "Ah, terrible." "But I hear that the police have got the matter in hand." "So I understand it." "Now, this signature, Lord Dean's, is surprisingly like his father's." "Hmm." "About 80,000 I think it was you said." "Yes, 80,000." "Aye." "Look here, Mr. Manning, there's something rather funny about the whole thing." "Well?" "I know the bank's been lending Burns, MacKinnon and Company money the last three weeks." "Yes, y", Y"" "All the papers have to go up to head office." "I've only just been able to find out we've been lending on the security of Miss MacKinnows trust fund." "That's impossible." "Lord Dean is one of the trustees." "He would never agree to it." "The authority has just come back from head office." "It's signed by Lord Dean and Mr. Barr." "I've seen it." "You've seen it?" "YES." "Get me Lord Dean, will you?" "Alright, Mr. Boyd." "Out the door." "Is that you, Lord Dean?" "This is Manning speaking." "Bridge-end stiffeners, 5 by 3 by 30." "YES." "Six seven-eighths rivet brackets to longitude nose at bridge deck." "Alright." " Yes." " Mr. Manning to see you, sir." " Oh." " Manning?" "I wonder what he wants." " Better clear these away." " Aye." "Take these, will you." "Show him in." "Good evening." "Good evening." "You didn't expect to see me, eh?" "Well, since you asked me, no." "You want a drink?" "Thanks." "Wondering what I've come for, eh?" "A little natural curiosity." "I remember once telling you, Barr, that secrets aren't always kept." "My latest discovery is that you have been getting money from the bank by forging Dean's signature." "That enough soda?" "Most people would call you a crook." "I don't." "Thanks." "Why have you come here to tell me this?" "Well, I thought that under the circumstances" "I might be able to persuade you to sell me the design of the new ship." "' $22." "That's all." "You know, Manning," "I should have thought you've got enough troubles of your own." "You're on the Star Press tonight." "Have you seen it?" "No." ""Arthur Casey, a workman recently discharged from Burns, MacKinnon and Company, has been detained by the police in connection with the recent explosion in the yard when the partially constructed ship was blown up."" " What does that have to do with me?" " 0h, nothing." "But I wouldn't bother around blackmail just now if I were you." "Very dangerous to mix your crimes." "Mr. Barr, Lord Dean." "Lord Dean?" "Don't be a fool, Barr." "You can't bluff your way out like this." "I asked Dean to come here and unless you do what I ask." "Really Manning, do you mind?" "Show Lord Dean in." "And Pm expecting Miss MacKinnon." "Show her straight in when she comes." "Good evening." "Hello, Dean." "Hello, Manning." "Manning and I were just having a little chat." "He's a very obstinate man." "He still has hopes of buying the new design." "I don't see where I come in." "I have no further interest in it." "I think you will have, Lord Dean, when you've heard what I've got to say." "Are you sure you won't change your mind?" "Quite sure." "Well, Mr. Manning?" "Well, Manning?" "0h, hello June, darling." " Shall I go?" " No, no, no." "Come in." "Dean and I were waiting for Mr. Manning to say something." "I think you ought to hear it." "Barr has been borrowing money from Miss MacKinnon's trust fund." "0h, but he couldn't." "Not without my signature " "Mr. Barr saved you the trouble." "Perhaps you didn't know that he includes forgery amongst his other accomplishments." "Well " " But you mean to say that you " " One moment." "It's my money." "It was I who suggested lending it to the firm." "What right have you to refuse it?" "To prevent you from handing it over to a man who is no better than a crook?" "Since you can't protect yourself, someone else must do it for you." "As for you, Barr, this is a matter for the police." "The trust fund is mine." "I shall refuse to prosecute." "Fortunately, the question of prosecution does not depend on you." "Manning, I should like a word with you." "Well, that's that." "Pm sorry I dragged you into this." "David, will he go to the police?" "He's bound to." "Aren't you going to do something?" "There's nothing we can do." "There must be." "How much have you had?" "Eighty thousand." "But if we could pay it back." "No, it's no good." "I haven't got the money." "And even if we had there's still that authority at the bank." "Dean could prove he never signed it." "But if you repaid the money you could get it back before he went to the police, couldn't you?" "Then you could destroy it and they'd have no proof." "That would be a miracle." "We must get the money." "What about Sir Gregory and Mr. Raglan?" "No, that's no good." "They walked out on me once." "What's Sir Gregory's number?" "It's about the money to finish the first ship." "I thought you had bitten off more than you could deal with." "You said so at the time." "You were quite right, except that I have dealt with it." "Was there any need to bring us here at this time of night to tell us that?" "There was only one method of raising the money." "That is on the security of the trust fund left to Miss MacKinnon by her father." "Unfortunately, we needed Lord Dean's signature." " He refused to do it." " It couldn't get over that." "Well, I did." "I forged his name." "You what?" "My dear, Barr." "That's why it's so urgent." "Lord Dean knows." "Terrible." "What do you expect us to do about it?" "I want you to advance the money to pay the bank." "How much?" "Eighty thousand." "Eighty thousand." "Don't you see David had to do it to save the firm, to finish the new ship." "Yes, I see that." "Besides, I offered the fund as security." "But you had no right to do that." "It's my money." "Yes, but all the same, my dear Miss MacKinnon " "The trust fund was in a different category." "0h, it's no use saying that." "I did offer, and it has been used." "Surely you can see " "Yes, of course we can see that." "We're only saying " "The point is what are going to do now?" "Now, I suggest the first thing in the morning we go to the bank " "Mr. Barr." "Yes?" "Pm a police officer, sir." "Pm afraid I must ask you to come down to the station with me." "Good God." ""The arrest of Mr. David Barr, managing director of Burns, MacKinnon and Company." "Has brought to light the story of an historic struggle to bring back prosperity to British shipping."" ""It was whilst working on the ships built by this famous firm that he took a vow to dedicate his life to the cause of British shipping."" ""The ships built by Burns, MacKinnon and ('30., have carried the British flag into all the ports of the world."" ""Throughout the great war they played their part in keeping the people of Britain from starvation." "Then came world depression."" "The Barr trial." "A further item of news bearing on the Barr trial has just been handed to me." ""The publicity given lo this case has brought to the from the problems with which our shipping industry has to contend." "And as a consequence, the House of Commons, this evening, passed the first reading of a Quota bill to assist British shipping." "During the trial, thousands of letters were received, and u national appeal for clemency is to be made to the home secretary." "Few men convicted of a criminal offense have ever gained so much popular sympathy as Mr. Burr."" "They won't say that about your friend Mr. Manning." "That's why I've come." "The police are after him for manslaughter." "He was responsible for the explosion." "It's incredible." "What's it matter?" "I've come to offer you my help." "A bit late, isn't it?" "June, you've got to listen to me." "I want you to try and understand my feeling." "You didn't try to understand David's." "Yes, I know." "I thought he was mad, a dreamer." "Then, you'll see, I've always had everything I wanted in life, and when you went over to him I hated him." "Yes, I suppose you did." "I got permission to see David this morning." "We understand each other better now." "It's all ready." "What is?" "The money to complete the whole of David's plan." "You mean the work can go on?" "YES." "He'll be there for the launching of the first ship." "(Crowd Changing) Hurray." "Hurray." "Hurray." "Lord Pulis, ladies and gentlemen." "We are here today to launch the first of a new fleet of cargo ships, destined, we believe, to bring back prosperity to British shipping." "The history of this ship - well, you all know the history of this ship." "What I really want to say to you is " "How very, very glad I am to be with you here today at the launching." "And that I want to thank you, all of you." "I think that's all." "Go ahead." "(Crowd Chanting) Hurray." "Hurray." "Hurray." "I christen this ship, The David Barr." "(Crowd Chanting) Hurray." "Hurray." "Hurray."