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Show -155- upstairs where he opened the refrigerator and brought out a bottle of Danish beer; poured about a third of it into a glass and carried it into the front room, the bottle in one hand the glass in the other. He placed both down upon the table beside the couch? As he walked over to the phonograph to tuam it on? he remembered the ring of the telephone and began to worry that it might have been his wife trying to reach him. He went to the phone and dialed his sister-in-law's number. He heard the buzz on the other end, indicating that the phone was ringing, but no one answered. He let it ring five or six times, then placed his own receiver back on its stand? He thought of trying to call the hospital; but decided against it? He returned to the phonograph and put on a recording of Fats Waller? He sat down and listened to no more than a few bars of "Honeysuckle Rose," had taken no more than a sip of his beer? when the phone rang again. He quickly turned down the volume on the recording, then went to the phone and answered it? It was his friend from the University. "Have you heard the news?" his friend asked. "No? what?" the Professor replied? "The Blacks have called a strike?" "The hell you say?" "Yes? They've issued a l i s t of demands - non-negot i a b l e demands; they say? If these are not met, they go |