 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the original stories by Rose Franken brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself Have a coke and now Claudia Miss McBride. I want to put through a long-distance call sure thing miss Norton. I love scaring them long distance operations Where to I want mr. Victor Carrington at Adam's 7 600 Chicago. I'll take it inside. Okay, Miss Norton Say that mr. Killian all men are alike after making all that fuss. I see ate the sandwich. I gave them Hello operator, give me Chicago, please. I want to speak to mr. Victor Carrington at The circuits are busy. Well get on your horse and call me I'll have him in a couple of minutes meantime. I'll get after the superintendent downstairs I got to give him a good piece of my mind. I'll take it easy. Lottie. It's only your first day. I Wish I could find those blueprints. They're found. Where are they you left them at home? I called up about half an hour ago and spoke to your mother-in-law your wife's bringing them over I'll be hanged. What a treasure Hello, dearie. I'm calling for Killian and Norton in 912. Are you a superintendent of the building? Oh, that's well Now you listen to me. You've been getting away with murder, but you knew you'd get caught, didn't you? First place we need new window shades You haven't any well, that's all right. We want Venetian blinds anyway. Yeah, and how many years ago were these windows washed? Before what war? Well, I want them washed before Monday. And how about your cleaning women? What do you got them using up here, Terry? They bear hands Say listen, if you don't like the way I talk to you, you just be sure and get everything done Or you'll be hearing from me every day until it is done Leave it. I thought you were gonna work for Johnson and grow while I'm well. Hello, dearie. They were closed. Oh Oh say are you the girl they asked the agency to send up for the new secretary's job? Well, uh, oh, that's a shame I grabbed it yesterday. Oh, no the agency didn't send me. Well, honey, like I said if the job was right for me It wouldn't have been right for you Now you sit right down there, and I'll just give your agency a little call and we'll see if they can't send you someplace But I'm not from the agency You see you you've been so nice to me. You haven't even given me a chance to say But if you ain't from the agency, dearie, how come you came up here? What agency is it? But I'm Mrs. Norton Well, Mrs. Norton, I see you made it. Good morning, Mr. Norton. Well, get this you are Mrs. Norton What a handsome couple as they say That's one on me. Mr. Norton. I almost got your better hair for job filing carbons Oh, dearie, why didn't you tell me who you were? You never gave me a chance. We women sure talk a lot, don't we? It's all right. Men talk a lot more See you on your way out, Mrs. Norton. I'm working on your Chicago call, Mr. Norton. All right, Lottie Should be through in a few minutes. They got all the circuits busy. No great hurry, Lottie. Don't scare too many operators Tell me when they need it, Mr. Norton Hello. Hello. Have you got them? Got what? The blueprints, of course David, I have a terrible confession to make. How terrible is it? It isn't really my confession. It's Bloss He's very sorry about the blueprint, but it tasted wonderful. You mean he He ate them? Only a little piece of one Some men are hounded by their creditors, but I am hounded by my hound How much did he eat? Here. Better look for yourself Well, that isn't as bad as it might be. He only chewed one of the trees on the sketch Don't be so proud, Ms. Fixit. If it had been Lottie's that the dog wouldn't have dared lick a blade of grass You mean to tell me Lottie is more efficient than I am? I do. I don't believe it You know, I thought so too. The minute I met her in the elevator Is she the girl you were trying to tell me about yesterday? Of course, the minute I saw her, I said there goes David's secretary What are you wouldn't listen to me? Is Roger Leica, too? Leica. He's practically mesmerized by it. I Wonder what's holding her up on that Carrington call. Oh You're gonna tell Mr. Carrington that you're turning him down. I am. I wonder how he's gonna feel about it No, he won't feel at all He'll just go out and get another architect to move to Chicago and build him his freight terminal But there isn't any architect who can do it aside from you. You can find your remarks to me as a husband There he is now. How are you gonna say it? Hello Hello, Mr. Carrington. Yes, it's David Naughton Yes, they told me you were away. Do you have a nice trip? David, what's he saying? Mr. Carrington Yes, I'm calling about that freight terminal project You are? Well, I almost wish you weren't Mr. Carrington. Oh No, no, I'm still very interested in the whole project of a more effective freight transfer system But well certain things have developed No, no, Mr. Carrington your offer was very generous Yes, Mr. Kang Well, I know that you want the architect to work directly for you rather than Consultants and since I've just become a member of this firm. I Know I don't feel I ought to or want to leave right now Well, Mr. Carrington Yes, well, let me say that I think you're absolutely right in warning the architect to work for you Mr. Carrington. Hello Hello, Mr. Carrington. What happened? What'd he say? He didn't say anything. I've been cut off. I can't even get Lottie David you sit there and watch me explode with curiosity. What'd he say? Didn't I tell you you're the only architect in America? Who exactly is this Carrington bird? Lottie. I was cut off. Can you get him back for me? Let the gent get himself back. Who is he now? He's a very important man in Chicago wanted me to go to work for it Wanted you from where I sit it sounded to me like he wants you out in Chicago this minute Lottie, did you listen what he's saying? Mr. Norton won't tell me. Listen, would I do a thing like that? I just left my key open. Mm-hmm. What else did you hear? I heard you trying to tell him that he couldn't have you his way So he'd be better off not to have you at all. That's when I cut him off. Lottie, you cut him off It was killing me to listen to Mr. Norton. Well, you'd better get him right back again, Lottie You were so slow, Mr. Norton It seemed to me like you ought to have a little more time to think things over Mr. Norton's been thinking about this for weeks. Well, maybe so. Go on, go on, go on, Lottie Let's hear the rest of it Well, he sounds like a big butter and egg man this Carrington gent. Butter and eggs and a lot of other things Go on. Well, you know how these big time is off. You see them all the time in New York I was in Chicago for a couple of days one time and you can take it from me. They ain't no different out there I'm taking it from you. When they want something they want you to know that they want it their way That then when they can't get it their way, they'll take it any way that they can get. I see what Lottie means Do you really think so, Lottie? Well, I'm not interested in Carrington and less it means that he hires the firm Well, I know he doesn't want that. Well, maybe he doesn't want it, but maybe he'll take it You see what I mean now? No, I see. But I don't know. Alright. Alright, we'll try. You get him back on the phone, Lottie What's the hurry, Mr. Norton? We got all day. Let's do it right now. I want to hear what happened Yeah, we know he's in his office now. We wouldn't know about that later. Go ahead Yeah, well, he knows you're in yours too What do you mean? Well, you mean you think he'll call us? I'll give him two minutes. See? The two minutes is up What do you know? Kylian and Norton. Mr. Norton. May I ask who's calling him, please? And Mr. Carrington? Mr. Norton is here. Please put Mr. Carrington on the line operator Mr. Norton is right here. Please put Mr. Carrington on the line first Hello, Mr. Carrington. Are you sure this is Mr. Carrington? Oh, I have Mr. Norton for you, Mr. Carrington. One moment, please Hello Hello, Mr. Carrington Yes, yes, I'm sorry. Yes, we were cut off Yes, Mr. Carrington. We're very interested in the project, but Yes, but only as a firm Well, I'm sorry, sir. That's the only way we'll consider it Say, where is everybody? Roger. David's talking to Chicago Who does he know in Chicago? Well, I realize that that is now you originally wanted to handle it, Mr. Carrington But I'm afraid it's the only basis on which we'll consider it Yes, yes, of course We'll be able to come to Chicago for consultations Well, Mr. Carrington, I suggest you write us a letter And Mr. Kylian and I will give it our immediate attention Yes, I certainly will, Mr. Carrington And thank you. Goodbye He sends you his regards, Claudia Thank you I suppose that eventually someone will tell me what's been going on Roger, we've just got a new job Really? What is it? Mr. Carrington, you remember? Out in Chicago, he's commissioning us to do a freight terminal for him Mr. Carrington, a freight terminal The freight terminal? Do you realize what that means? Yes, I think I do It's the biggest thing we've had in years It can put us right on the map in raised letters and gold ink It's tremendous That's how I feel about it All on account of that article of yours Did you mean that the telephone rang in the office? You picked it up and there, like Aphrodite coming out of the surf Was Victor Carrington on the other end asking us to do this job It was almost like that, Roger It was, huh? Then why did he send his regards to Claudia? Oh, that, he didn't mean it particularly It was just a way of talking Just a way of going How well do you and Claudia know him? You don't miss anything, do you? It doesn't amount to anything Claudia sat next to him at one of Julius' dinner parties You know what they're like And he talked about freight terminals then No, nothing much Nothing much that you want to talk about, you mean? Out with it Well, there was some talk of my going to Chicago And working for him on it Then I decided against it I thought that finished you Hold on a moment Victor Carrington offered you a job And you turned it down To stay with me Oh, you nosy old Claudia Don't you know there was more for us here? Oh, David, don't try to laugh it off I think you know how much this commission means to me I'd like to tell you That your decision means even more Well, thank you, Roger Oh, no, no, David It's I who thank you For many, many things I think you both ought to thank Miss McBride Miss McBride? Well, I can see by your faces That I'm going to wait a long time For the explanation of that one Mr. Killian, telephone These programs star Catherine Bard as Claudia And Paul Crabtree as David And the entire production is supervised Indirected by William Brown Maloney Why scrub and wash and iron without let up? Why not work refreshed? 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