"Maybe we could make portable scramblers," said Archy. "Everybody could carry one."
"That's been considered," said the President. "Hunting down projections one by one would take years. Please continue, Mr. Kahler."
"I've found out how they keep going without studio power," said Otto. "They hang around electrical installations—high-tension lines, generators, radio and TV transmitters, even auto batteries. Wherever there are electro-magnetic fields. They go a day or two on their own, then get recharged. There are gangs of them hanging around these places."
"That's it!" pronounced Archy. "That's where we can scramble them."
"We'll probably try it," said Otto, "but it won't get many. They'll just go to the millions of miles of power lines."
"Then turn off all the power," said Archy. "Starve 'em."
Several people spoke at once, and Archy's chest went up. The president silenced them.
"Do you realize what that would mean, turning off the country's power? Deliberate disaster."
Archy reddened. "Well."
"Could Mr. House please refrain from interruptions?" snuffed the Secretary.