 Joan Leslie and Arthur Shields from Hollywood the Mutual Network in cooperation with Family Theatre presents Employees Only starring Arthur Shields now here is your hostess Joan Leslie thank you Tony LaFranco. Family Theatre's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives if we are to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families and peace for the world. Family Theatre urges you to pray, pray together as a family. And now to our transcribe drama Employees Only starring Arthur Shields as Tim. Frying pans. Household, fourth floor. Oh that's fine just let me off at four then. You'll have to take another car, ma'am. Employees Only. But I just missed one, can't you? Sorry lady. Employees Only. Well of all things I oof. Oof yourself Mrs. what are you walking around backwards for? Didn't you see me standing here? Well to tell the truth since I can't see women at all I'd hardly be making an exception in your case. Well I like that. Now would you be kind enough to step aside you're blocking the door to the elevator. If you aren't the rudest, ma'am. Eleven Charlie. Ha ha you can't get up in this one. It's for employees only. I happen to be an employee only. An employee? Well I'll report you. What's your name? Wouldn't do you any good. I'm one of the principal stockholders. I just bet you are. Back up. Wait. Sorry ma'am. Go ahead and wail your banshee. You know you're gonna get into trouble doing that someday Tim. Yeah customers they're all alike. Coming in here to spend 50 cents and they think they own the place. Ha ha that was pretty good what you when you told her about being one of the principal stockholders. I never said a true word. Who will you tell me holds more stock around this place in one day than a stock clerk? Let's see what I like there. And over a period of 12 years I think I've held as much as any. Hey hey sounds like you're coming down with something. It's it's only a tickle. Ah okay here we are. Thanks Charlie. See you around Tim. Yep. I shut your face. I'm working late tonight. That's what they all say. China stock room. Uh-huh. Well I'll check it. Yes just a minute. Oh morning Tim. Morning Julie. Uh Benny. Yeah. That customer on the floor is still waiting for her order. The blue willow chop platter it's a take with. I just put it on the dummy. All right. Hello. Yeah it should be right down. Mm-hmm well it's on the dummy elevator now. Yeah okay. Um say Tim. Yeah. You heard the news about the opening down on the floor. In sales? Yeah. What about it? Oh Bill said I mean Mr Harrison says he's going to pick someone from the stock room and well you've got the most time here. Oh no you don't. But Tim it's a promotion. To what? Dressing up like little Lord Funtleroy and fighting with a lot of finicky females. But you could work up to an assistant buyer like Bill and so I could mince around with the rest of them dandies, snub on me friends like that Walter's pipsqueak does to us in the lunch room. But Sam's on the floor now and well he's expected to eat lunch with the other salesman. Yes and we're expected to treat him like as if he's the Prince of Wales. Oh but Tim. It's no use Julie. I won't do it. Besides I'd be no good at the work. You could if you wanted to. Tell your friend Bill to give it to our Mrs Canfield Powell speaking of the precision ability. Shh. She's back in the bins. Oh. Now what's an inventory clerk doing back at the bins when she should be up here helping you with the phone orders? Not Tim please. Don't start anything. I can't be starting something that's underway already. Tim please wait a minute. Well Julie look who's here. Good morning Timothée. Oh good morning to you ladieship and what may I ask are you looking for? We've had an order for a Lennox gravy boat in this pattern and I... Why don't you give the order to Benny that we are supposed to? Because he was quite busy and I felt that he... Besides which Lennox isn't open stuff so we can't sell one gravy boat or a thousand. It's got to be put on order. I am well aware of that Timothée but Julie said... Julie isn't run in the stock room. No but Mr Hederson is and he said it would be all right in this case. Well we'll just see. We'll just see about it right now. Julie what's going on around here? Now Timothée don't excite yourself. I'll excite whoever I want Julie. Yes, yes, yes. What's wrong Tim? The same thing that's always wrong when women don't mind their own business. Timothée can't you lower your voice a bit? They're no to me manners that don't sit. I didn't say that. You don't have to. I know. I know what you think of me. Oh Timothée. Let me tell you something Mrs Ducal Winsor. You can't walk in here fresh from jolly old England and five months later be running the place to suit yourself. Here, here, here. Now what's the ruckus about? Bill you're just the man I want to see. Mr Hederson there seems to be a misunderstanding. There's no misunderstanding. I stood all the minute and I can't. Now hold on, hold on a second Tim. Julie what's the difficulty? It's about the order for that Lennox gravy boat. What about it? Well you see Mr Hederson I went back to the bin. Well you'd no business below and I do so. Just a minute. Go on Julie. Well you said there was a rush on it and of course Benny was busy so I asked Celia if she'd pick it up from the stock since Tim wasn't here. Because I'm working late tonight. I know that Tim. Now calm down a minute eh? Well so well then Tim came in and well Bill before I had a chance to explain well uh trouble just started. All right so what's the argument about? The argument as you choose to call it is that we don't sell Lennox China by the piece. I know Timothy but in this case... Beg and your ladyship's pardon but I've been here a lot longer than you have and never, never do we make an exception. We sell Lennox by the set or by the special pieces on order. Am I right Bill? Well yes Tim. Normally we don't make any exceptions. What did I tell you Mrs Noor? But in this case it's a big customer just bought a full set of Lennox from us and broke the gravy boat unpacking it so we are making an exception. I never heard of such a thing. After all Timothy she's one of our best customers. Customers? That's all I hear. Customers. What have we got rules for if we can't hold the customers in line? Now take it easy Tim. If I had my way I wouldn't let a customer within miles of the place. What Timothy? That sounds like a bad code. That's nothing at all it's just a tickle. You uh doing anything for it? It's doing fine without any help from me. Oh really? Why don't you go down to the medical bureau and have the doctor take a look? I'm all right I tell you. Can a can a man clear his throat without without without a meddling meddling female? Tim. Tim what's the matter? I don't know I got a little dizzy for a minute. I'm all right now. You are not? You know what are you trying to do? I'm taking you down to see the doc and I don't want any arguments from you. Well I won't go. I say you will and I'm your boss. No. Yes. Now are you going to come quietly or do I have to pick you up and carry you? Maybe Tim won't want any visitors. After being flat on his back in that boarding house for almost a week you'll be glad to see us. Maybe. Bill have you thought about well you know about what I asked you? What's that? All about giving Tim the sales job. Oh honey it just wouldn't work. Maybe but he really deserves it. He's been in the stock room longer than well all the rest of us put together and you know he knows stock. Now that's not the point. Tim can't deal with people. He well he flies off the handle too easy. Yes I know but oh but Bill couldn't you at least give him a chance. I tell you honey it wouldn't work. Besides he he wouldn't take the job anyhow. Oh who gets it then Celia? Sure she's a natural. Who had years of experience in England. She wants the promotion and she's familiar with the line too. Well you know something. I'll bet she'd step aside for Tim if you ask her to. Hers to step aside for Tim. Huh? Well they fight all the time. You mean he fights all the time. You probably don't know this but she's sweet on him because I happen to know. You're a loony. All right so I'm loony. You just watch how pleasant she is tonight. You know something. She's been looking forward to visiting him all week. Well I've heard everything. Oh honey there's a house. Second one on the right. Oh yeah. They there yet? Oh I don't see. Oh yeah. They're waiting out in front. She and Benny. Ten minutes early. Must admit she looks a little eager. Hi Celia. Oh well good evening. Evening Julie. Evening Celia. Hi folks. Hello Benny. Been waiting almost 15 minutes. What kept you? Well we just couldn't get away right after dinner. That's all you know. Oh really? Well now that we're all here shall we go out on my way? Sure thing. You know I was horrified when I heard Timothy had contracted pneumonia. Yeah you know he must have been in good shape to be able to shake it off that fella. Yes thank heaven for those antibiotics. They just were miracles. I got a brother had pneumonia last winter. He was out of bed in three days in a cylinder. Oh yes yes it's positively wonderful. We're friends of Tim Murtaugh's from the store. Oh yes yes come in. I'm Dr. Haskins of Tim's position. How do you do Dr. The landlady just stepped out for a moment and I said I'd answer the bell. How is Tim Doctor? Well getting along nicely. By the way is he expecting you? Well not exactly. It's sort of a surprise. Well good. He could do it with a little company. I thought I told you to go home. Tim you have some callers. Callers? Yeah I had Tim. Well I thought you might want some churner. Benny what are you doing up this late? Oh he's with us Tim. Oh tell me how are you feeling? Julie say this is so well if it isn't our ladyship ourselves. Hello Timothy we brought you some peanut brittle. Making our annual visit to the poor of the parish. Barely Timothy. I suppose as long as you hear you might as well sit down. Oh we're only going to stay a minute Tim. We just wanted to look in and see how you were. No I'm fit as a fiddle. Nothing at all. Find that that's good news. Will you be coming back to work soon Timothy? Next Monday morning bright and early Ada. If you promise to take it easy. Tackle on with you. I never took it easy in my life. But Timothy if the doctor feels you should now will you stop meddling with me woman. I've covered this much in my life without assistance from a female. Nevertheless you have to take care of yourself. Do I have to lie here and listen to a lecture like that? It might do you some good. But matter of fact it is your bedtime. Well I guess we can all take a hint eh. Well you get well now Tim. We're all pulling for you. Well I suppose I should thank you for coming over to watch me suffering. So thanks. I'll be back Monday morning if I do you like it or not. We'll be looking for you Tim. Good night. Good night Tim. And don't argue with your doctor. He's my doctor isn't he. And do what I like with him. Good night doctor. I'll show you out. Well how do you like that? My friends coming all the way uptown just to see how I am. Well I'd hardly say you gave them a cordial reception. Oh I don't put on any ears if that's what you mean. I'll say you don't. Why you were downright rude to that English woman. I wouldn't pay her any mind. Open your mouth. I've had enough of your pills. Come on come on these will make you sleep. Nasty little things. Have you uh have you ever taken her out? Who? The English woman. Are you daft? I can't stand the female. Oh strange you hardly looked at anyone else while she was here. Well I just don't want her to be putting anything over on me that's all. She's a very attractive woman. Widow? Yeah I mean I think so. Oh I don't know I don't pay any attention. I can see you don't. She's one of those females that wants every man to dress up like an undertaker and to talk like a spy. You mean quiet and conservative. Like they do in jolly old England. Oh Timothy Murters not her property. And I'll tell you this Tim quiet and conservative is the prescription for you from now on. I didn't see anything about it in front of your friends because I knew you wouldn't want me to. Well thank you for that. But the heart condition is there. You can't do heavy work anymore. And I told you I don't do heavy work. I lift and salad plates and soup bowls that's not heavy work. Not if you don't lift too many at a time. Doc I'm working in the stock room not in the warehouse. Then don't forget it or you'll be sorry. How you feeling? I've been back at work four days and now you come around inquiring after me. Well I noticed you were taking it kind of easy. What do you mean taking it easy? I work as hard as ever I did. What are you getting hard about? A guy comes back from pneumonia and nobody expects him to break his neck the first week. Well then why all the questions? I just wondered if you filled up to give me a hand with this truck. It's kind of heavy and well I didn't. I didn't just say so. Where do you want? Well look if you think it'll be too much. I was pushing these trucks around singlanded when you were in diapers. Now where do you want it? Just around of this next row of bins but it's pretty heavy. I get over to the other side. You pull I'll push. All right. Ready? Wait a minute. Yeah I'll set. Let's go. Okay. Okay now we'll just swing it around this way. You weren't just passing the time of day when you said this was heavy. Just a few more feet. We almost got it. How much more? Almost. Let me see. What's wrong? Tim you look white as a sheet. Such a motor. What the whole place to hear you? What's the matter? Nothing. I'll be all right in a minute. I guess I bit off a little too much. That's all. Tim you look bad. Maybe I should go. No, no, no. You stay right here and keep your mouth shut. This is nobody's business but mine. But if you're sick... I'm not sick. Want me to lose me job. What do you mean? I come to find out me ticker ain't what it ought to be. You mean you got heart trouble? Oh nothing serious. I can't tell you if I'd take it easy. But I don't want everybody to be nosing round about us. You understand Benny? Oh I sure but... No buts about us. Now you go about your business and I'll keep mom. Where are you going? Down to the lunchroom where I can get off me feet for a bit. And my mom's the word. Wow what do you know about that? Benny. Mrs. Powell. I didn't mean to eavesdrop but I couldn't help overhearing what Tim said. You won't say anything were you Mrs. Powell. He'd think I squealed on. Benny he can't keep doing this kind of work. It'll kill him. It's the only work he can do. Stock. I wonder. I wonder if it is. Wanted to see me Bill? Yeah, yeah Tim. Close the door and sit down. Well what can I do for you? Tim how long have you been in the stock room? How long? How many years? Well almost twelve and a half. It'll be a long time and one job don't you think? Oh I got no complaints. Are you trying to say that's something wrong with my work? No no no not a thing. I know I haven't been a ball of fire this last week but I'm just working back into things gradual like. No it's not that. I was wondering how you'd like a promotion. Promotion? Into sales. Sales? You mean out on the floor in China? Why not you know the line. But I thought you were thinking of Cedar. I mean Mrs. Powell for that job. I considered her but I don't think she's ready yet. Well I know I wouldn't be any good for us. What do you mean? Well I ain't got all those social ways that you'd need for talking sweet to the customers. You could pick that up without much trouble if you tried. No no I don't think so. Well Tim it's either sales or the warehouse. The warehouse? That's right. The personnel says we have to make an opening in the stock room for a job trainee starting next week. It's part of a new executive training program. But if I can't take somebody else's job at mine I got seniority rights. Sure that's why you're being offered the promotion. You'll get a raise too. I don't know who'd been out there on the floor. I've only got one Sunday so if you'd rather take the warehouse. No no no don't don't don't be so hasty. After all I do have a pretty fair knowledge of the line. You said so yourself. No question about it Tim. And I I guess I got as much business being a salesman as the rest of them people squeaks. Tim I think you'd make a fine salesman if you just wouldn't fly off the handle so much. I never fly off the handle. That's what I mean. Well I admit that sometimes I'm a bit quick to take offence but that's because people are so offence stuff. Tim what did I tell you? Oh all right Bill all right I take note look I leave me temper at home. Before China household guts. You know something. I just can't picture Tim in a white shirt necktie. Well he's lasted almost three weeks with no complaints from any outrage customers. I think he's going to make it. Did you see him in the lunchroom yesterday Bill? Eating with all the other salesmen. Thanks to you Celia. Oh now you promise never to mention that. I haven't. You're safe. It does seem a little unfair though Celia. Tim will always think he beat you out for the job. That's just what I want him to think. One of Timothy's main witnesses is that he lacks self-confidence. Hey Kenya can you see him anywhere Bill? No he ought to be around here somewhere though. Oh there he is. Where? Talking to that gentleman in the grey top coat. Oh yeah my doesn't he look shorter than self. Oh yes I can't believe that is really Tim. Say Celia what is all the self-confidence stuff. I mean what differences it make to you? Oh well I don't mean to pry. Not at all Bill. Not at all. It's just that when a man recovers his self-confidence he's less apt to be bashful about things. Oh Celia you mean that Tim has. Tim has become less bashful. A lot less. Oh look he sees us. Hi Tim. Hello there. Can't get over how neat he looks. Oh tell him Julie. Does him good to hear this. Alrighty I will. Look who's here. Bill Julie. Hello Tim. Hello Celia. Good morning Timothy. Are we keeping you from anything important? Oh no no Celia. I was just telling that gentleman about a new shipment of spore that came in. He's a collector. A distinguished man. Tim you know something. You look just wonderful. Thank you Julie. Tell me how do you like your new job. Oh very well indeed. It's a handsome shirt Timothy. It's one of the new ones I told you about Celia. French piquet. Very reasonable too. Looks real good Tim. Well that tree just like it on the discount. Well we won't keep you Timothy. We've just done our way to the lunch room. Well it's a pity I can't join you but I'm all alone in this section until one. We understand Timothy. We understand. Perhaps tomorrow. For sure. I mean for certain. Well Tim I think you're doing a great job. Oh it's nothing. We're proud of you Tim. Really we are. I'm having the time of my life. Oh before you go Celia. Yes Tim. You haven't forgotten about the rehearsal tonight. No I haven't forgotten. I mean forgotten. Rehearsal? Yes the Storglieg Club. We're getting ready for the Christmas concert. Oh I didn't know you liked to sing Tim. Oh yes Tim has a fine voice. I was surprised. It's a baritone Celia's an alto. You two should come around and join up. We'd make a quartet. Well I never thought I'd see. Excuse me sir. Are you a salesman? Yes ma'am. Just one more please. Well I am rather in a hurry. I won't be a moment. I'll have to run folks. See you tonight Celia. Seven o'clock. I'll be ready. See you later again. Bye Tim. Bye Tim. Sorry to have to late you madam. How can I help you? Well I'm looking for something in the way of a gift. Possibly a serving dish. Yes yes something like that. I see. Do you have any special pattern in mind? Well no not exactly. Haven't I seen you around here before? About a month ago over by the elevators? It's ah. Oh it's not likely ma'am. I've only been a salesman in this store for just a little over three weeks. Oh well I could swear that I... Yes ma'am. No no no there's a superficial resemblance but this man was well unspeakably rude. I'm sorry to hear that ma'am. And he was dressed like well not very neatly. I see. Ah possibly he was one of the those that are employed in the stock route. Oh yes perhaps. But I well I apologize for asking Mr... Murtagh. Timothy Murtagh. My card whenever you're in the department ma'am. Oh I thank you Mr Murtagh. And as well as I say I I do apologize. Oh yes yes I I can see now that you aren't the same man. Oh you're quite right ma'am. I'm not the same man. Not the same man at all. This is Joan Leslie again. You know as I was listening to Arthur Shield's wonderful performance as Tim Murtagh just now I was reminded of some of my father's Irish cronies who used to visit our house. They were wonderful people. And I remember as a little girl I'm impressed I was by the constant use of such phrases as God love you and God be with you. Actually these expressions were acts of homage. They lifting up of one's mind and heart to God in the daily life of the 15th century. I'd like to think that today these greetings have not entirely lost their meaning that we can and still want to bring God into everyday life. That we can say good morning and mean God be with you this morning or good day and mean God be with you today. But to do this we must have God in our hearts. We must bring him into the home where our daily life starts before we can bring him back into the world. And the way to do this is through family prayer. A family united in prayer asking God to bring his peace and happiness into the home. And as I say goodbye and mean God be with you remember the family that prays together stays together. More things are brought by prayer than this world dreams of. From Hollywood family theater has brought you employees only starring Arthur Shields. Joan Leslie was your hostess. Others in our cast were Lorraine Tuttle, Gigi Pearson, Hal Girard, Dave Young and Jeffrey Silver. The script was written by John T. Kelly with music composed and conducted by Harry Zimmerman and was directed and transcribed for family theater by Luex Landsworth. This series of family theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who feel the need for this type of program by the mutual network which has responded to this need and by the hundreds of stars of stage screen and radio who give so unselfishly of their time and talent to appear on our family theater stage. To them and to you our humble thanks. This is Tony Lofrano expressing the wish of family theater that the blessing of God may be upon you and your home and inviting you to be with us next week when family theater will present the Martians and the Coys starring the Kirkwood family Jack, Lil and Lee. Join us won't you? Family theater is broadcast throughout the world and originates in the Hollywood studios of the world's largest network. This is the mutual broadcasting system.