be conscientious objectors. The jails wouldn't hold them. MARTIN. But
the ditches will. TED. But I tell you ... MARTIN. They jailed
conscientious objectors in the last war. This time they will shoot them.
TED. Why are you Communists so afraid of war? MARTIN. We know what
starts it.--It's the army, Ted, that makes war. TED. But this country
hasn't a big standing army. MARTIN. There are ten millions in it. TED.
You mean the unemployed? MARTIN. That's the army that makes war these
days. TED. You radicals always say that. I don't agree with you--except
about war. I think you are right about that. MARTIN. Which is why the
American Legion wants to exterminate us. TED. They want war. But you
want revolution. You are against war and for revolution. That's silly.
Just a different kind of war. You're both wrong. There's no sense in any
of you. MARTIN. That's right. The business men have all the sense. They
know that an army in rags is more dangerous to them than an army in
uniform. So we will wear uniforms. I just tried yours on to see how it
would fit you. TED. [_Picks up the two halves out of basket and puts
them together and stares at it._] No.--No. I'll never wear one. Never!
[_He crumples drawing and throws it back into basket_, LAURA _comes in
from the kitchen._ TED, _looking for escape, goes into bedroom._] LAURA.
Tippy hasn't telephoned. That means he hasn't found Ken. MARTIN. Maybe
he wants to march the grand monarch in on us. LAURA. Oh, I hope so.--He
ought to be back.... Martin, do you think Ken will ever forgive me?
MARTIN. Well, you know what Solomon said about the way of a man with a
maid. LAURA. Don't wise-crack. MARTIN. I'm only hiding my ignorance
behind Solomon's. LAURA.
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