Jones. Senator Fish has received orders from Idaho to demand your resignation at eleven o’clock this morning.
Jerry. I never liked that bunch of people they got out there in Idaho.
Jones. Well, I just thought I’d tell you—so you could think about it.
Jerry [hopefully]. Maybe I’ll get some idea how to fix it up. I’m a very resourceful man. I always think of something.
Jones. Mr. President, would you—would you mind telling me how you got your start?
Jerry [carelessly]. Oh, I got analyzed one day, and they just found I was sort of a good man and would just be wasting my time as a railroad clerk.
Jones. So you forged ahead?
Jerry. Sure. I just made up my mind to be President, and then I went ahead and did it. I’ve always been a very ambitious sort of—sort of domineerer.
Jones sighs and takes several letters from his pocket.