And now Justin suspected why Hackett had called.
"Space?"
"Space," affirmed Hackett. "They're waitin', like we all are, for the time we can start movin' people upstairs."
Justin said nothing, and Hackett stared out the window. Then, a bit too casually:
"I hear Austin's goin' before Congress with some fool announcement?"
Justin thought: Damn Austin! If ever he needed grass roots support which only the Bosses could give, it was now. Yet the idiot had failed even to consult the most powerful man in the East!
"Yes," Justin said, "and after that, I'm to make an announcement, too."
Hackett asked with blunt anger:
"You tellin'? Or is it too top-drawer for the likes of me?"