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Show -189- His friend shook his head. "God knows what can be done these days," he said. The room was beginning to f i l l up fast nox*. The Professor looked toward the door and sax* the woman they had just been talking about come through i t. "There she is now," he said to his friend. He waved and signalled for her to come s i t with them. She saw them and xoaved back. She -was a very t a l l and vigorous woman, once beautiful? now almost a t the age of compulsory retirement. She moved along the wooden bench and seated herself beside the Professor's friend. "I hear you've been f i r e d , " the friend said. "Maybe I have," she said, only half-seriously. "That s i l ly ass! Who made him president?" By now? the room was almost full? There were iViaW twice as many in attendance as a t the l a s t meeting. The president of the local rapped for a t t e n t i o n . Behind him on the podium were the two labor representatives and the Senator. A few persons who had been standing a t the rear, took seats. The president asked that the doors be shut, and, even as they were closing, a few stragglers came in. The president said he d i d n ' t have to remind them x*hy they were here. "The question now i s , " he said, "what are we going to do about It?" He introduced the chairman of the labor council, who said |