when he comes in, tell him we're waiting for him in the board room.
and tell him not to delay.
i've sent for the cashier, gentlemen. he has a list of the loans that dickson made last month.
and as i told you at breakfast, it is time we did something about it.
dickson doesn't have to go. but he must agree to this merger with new york trust
what good will that do? why, it will take control away from him. we'll put somebody else in charge, call in all doubtful loans, and be on safe ground again. that's what good it will do!
he'll stand for it, if i have anything to say about it.
yes, thank you.
no. nothing.
look at this. just look at this. it's outrageous. henry moore - thirty-six thousand. manny goldberg - eighty-five hundred. tony consero - fifty-six thousand dollars. joseph mcdonald - eighteen thousand. alvin jones - sixty-six thousand dollars to a hotel that's on its last legs. i tell you, people get loans in this bank that couldn't borrow five cents anywhere else.
he's almost done that already. our chief teller, matt brown, is an example of that. he breaks into dickson's house, holds him up, and the next day gets a job in the bank.
gentlemen, let's get organized before dickson gets here. schultz, can i count on you?
what about you, ames?
ives, how about you?
gentlemen, i think it's time that we do fight.
how are you protecting your depositors? by making a lot of idiotic loans!
all right. i'll speak my piece. dickson, you've got to change your policy.
who are we going to give it to? men like jones? last week you made him an extra loan of fifty thousand dollars. do you call that intelligent banking?
i know, dickson. that's all very well. but you're taking too many chances. in these times a bank should keep liquid in case of trouble. in case of emergency!
in the meantime, you're jeopardizing the safety of the bank. well, we won't stand for it!
gentlemen, you notice mr. dickson refuses to consider our wishes. he refuses an offer to merge with the new york trust - the only thing that will put this bank on safe ground. he insists upon running a bank on so flimsy a thing as . . . as faith!
mr. dickson!
we'll discuss that in the board room.
that sounds very simple, dickson, but why should we jeopardize our personal fortunes?
the depositors you were protecting were the first ones to pounce on you. you thought they were your friends. why don't you go out there now and try and get some help from them?
no. you can't reason with anyone else when you're in a jam. we pleaded with you to keep liquid, but you wouldn't listen to us. you preached to us about faith and a lot of other rubbish. now you want our help. you want us to throw a lot of cash into a bank that you've
all right, let him! i'm sick and tired of hearing about him. if he wants to run the bank, let him do it. i don't want any part of it.
oh, shut up!
oh, dickson . . .
good, good. i'll draw it up at once.
a thirty-day option on ten thousand shares of stock of this company, now registered in the name of thomas a. dickson. now make that in triplicate and get it to me just as fast as you can. hurry!
we've been waiting fifteen minutes
oh, i don't agree with you, but if everybody's gone crazy, i'll go crazy too!