 around our city and in the territory on west there's just one way to handle the killers of the spoilers and that's with the u.s. marshal and the smell of gun smoke firing william conrad story of the violence that moved west with young america and the story of a man who moved with it i'm that man matt dillon united states marshal the first man they look for and the last thing what i mean it's a chance a job but it makes a man watchful and a little lonely that's the sound of the village school bell bringing back memories of our childhood when we learned our a bc and that's a sound similar to the historic ringing of the liberty bell in seventeen seventy six it serves to remind us of the vital part we play today in our nation's government being informed american know the a bc's of your government under the letter l in the dictionary of u.s. government terms is the word a lobby is an organized group which seeks to influence legislators for passage or defeat of a bill the first amendment to the constitution guarantees all citizens the right to petition for or against government decisions years ago people with special favors to ask would stop congressmen in the capital lobbies to talk to them soon they became known in political slang as lobbyists there are lobbies for and against everything there are lobbies for low tariffs lobbies for high tariffs lobbies for federal aid to education lobbies against federal aid to education lobbies for rigid farm price supports lobbies for flexible support lobbies have been referred to as the third house of congress which works behind the scene if the spirit of the liberty bell ringing being informed know the a bc's of our nation's government in action well much of the whole world feel a lot safer we have brad carter lost up there in jail like his brother so would i chester you think it feels around town somebody would have found maybe he doesn't want to be seen mighty upset and feeling not known if any minute you might get a bullet in the back that's probably the way you'll try it too let's take another look in the long branch kitty have you caught brad carter yet not haven't even found a trace of him kitty seems to me you could make his brother talk not so far you got him locked up in jail isn't it some way of forcing him take an axe handle to him do you mean no i'm right down to it miss kitty i don't think even that breaking down him collar boys is purple and i mean you brad and race bull just a pair of cool blooded killers sure they are i'm proud of it race that's over there in his cell bragged about the things you've done admits all of it he says he'll never stand trial though that brad will get him out before then oh he's just bluffing that brad will make a try at least ah hello tag if you want to stop a big fight maybe a killer you better move in on that poker game over in the corner peaceful enough to me no no it isn't crooked man i smelled it so i pulled out just now and some of the others are getting kinda itchy too i think ben started about to call showdown who's doing the cheating but i figure that's uh... you see that old fellow over there by the wall with a fancy vest and the soles off his boots but he's marked the deck somehow, the way it looks to me you know who he is? i don't know, he's a stranger and claims he's a big time stage actor back east but i think he's mostly hot air and bad whiskers that's it, this has gone far enough there it is, man yeah you've been winning all two fired regulars who suit me, mister i think you'll pardon my dear sir don't high talk me, you fancy dude alright then, all of you, take it easy now now what's the trouble this man's been cheating on us, that's the trouble sir, may i ask if you represent the law here i'm a U.S. Marshal, yeah, how are you? i, sir, have the distinction of being Edward Vanderman a name with which you are no doubt familiar no, i can't say that i am and may i inform you, Marshal, that i am the Edward Vanderman who has trod the boards for love these many years before the crown heads of Europe always to the wildest acclaim that's very interesting twenty-three weeks as Hamlet at the Covent Garden Music Hall thirty-one weeks in the unforgettable role of Macbeth alright, but what about this poker game what's the ridiculous accusation i had the impression i was playing with gentlemen instead of these cropping, haggling creatures let me have him, Marshal just let me and the boys take him out back for just five minutes how do you know he was cheating better he was cheating, we all know it look at these cards nicks and clipped and cornered, every one of them he's been working over for last hour his luck's been getting better all the time how about his table stakes there, most of that's yours most all of it he had only five dollars to start with alright, then keep it and split it up however you figure come on, Vanderman alright, are you big or important, sir? come on outside, now move out this door come on, Chester yes, sir gonna make us short we don't like card sharps and dodges you get out of town tonight sir, I am not a card sharp you were cheating, weren't you? I was, well yes I was cheating but it was out of desperation, sir that and they drink on an empty stomach Marshal, I can't get out of town oh, why not? to put it quite simply, sir I am broke a matter of unfortunate investments, you might say at any rate, Dodd City is the end of the line I have a dissent and as you can see I am not very well equipped for walking when did you eat last? oh, approximately twenty-four hours ago Chester, take him over to the jail and give him some of that stew that you made you can sleep on the cot tonight maybe we can figure out something in the morning for him oh, Marshal, you you have not only earned my undying gratitude but I promise I will never crimp another deck as long as I live furthermore, you may call me Edward all right, Edward but you should save your gratitude until you taste that stew of Chester times have changed and so has the man in the year 1775 a patriotic enterprising American by the name of David Bushnell invented a strange craft it was constructed of two oak beams resembling two platters clapped together and propelled by a water screw attached to a hand-operated crank another water screw regulated the depth to which the craft could descend this was the American Turtle the first United States submarine 179 years later, 1954 the United States came up with another first this time, however, it was a 3,000-ton 55 million dollar vessel powered by an atomic reactor it was the Nautilus the world's first atom-powered submarine and where the American Turtle was a one-man operation depended on courage and brawn the Nautilus is a complicated network of advanced electronics the operation of which is dependent upon a team of highly trained, skilled navy men know their jobs and do them well yes, times have changed and so has the man my son, you've gone clean out of your mind do you think so, Joe? instead of running that old cellar out of town you stand here and ask me to give him a job Joe, you need a waiter you said so yesterday and where else are you going to find one who can fill on his cook if you want to take a morning off now? how do I know he can cook? well, he says he can try him out what have you got to lose? my restaurant, maybe if he was to take a notion to sell it while my back was turned oh, don't you worry about that, Joe nobody's buy it unless they got a look at all them cockroaches I got no more cockroaches than anybody else in Dodge yeah, but yours is bigger that's because the food here is better what do you say, Joe? Edward's waiting outside you want to give him a try? I can't figure what you're up to, Marshall spending time trying to get some stranger a job ain't got much to do with law enforcement now that might have in the long run he was broken desperate that's why he cheated in that card game and he's still broken desperate now, how about it, Joe? all right, Marshall, call on him thanks, Joe come on in hey, Joe just don't get in no card games with him why that? Edward this is Joe Carpe, your new boss Mr. Carpe if a dollar a day in grubby he can sleep on a cot in a storeroom you, sir, are overwhelming in your generosity you can start out washing them dishes there very well and the customers I am to exercising my unique talent in his scullery I nonetheless approach the task at hand with a high heart and doubty courage where's the soap? did he always talk this way? yeah, mostly come on, Justin thanks again, Joe just one thing, Marshall behind this mask of frivolity I am eternally grateful to you forget it, Edward your trust, sir, is not misplaced I will not disappoint I'll drop by the jail when you get a chance, huh? let's go, Chester come, come, my good man good job, very good job that's the matter, Chester you don't look too happy aren't you glad he got the job? no sure, but I just suddenly remembered Brad Cowher you ain't forgot about him, have you? Chester, when a man like Kyler is gunning for you, yes you don't forget it too easy we got the tray all fixed, Mr. Jones we can take it back to him whenever you're ready all right, Chester, let's get it over with that's where it sure ain't much pleasure to fix up it for somebody that don't appreciate it a race Kyler wouldn't appreciate anything we did for him you still don't have to be too mean about it being mean is what got him in jail in the first place here's your supper what is it, that same slot you've been bringing every night? there whatever it is, it's what you get take it or leave it I'll take it make you too happy if I was to starve all right, get back away from this cell door all right, Chester, set it inside I can smell that tough clear over here well, hey, tomorrow night I'm gonna cook you grits tomorrow night I may not be here all right, Chester, come on you'll be here a race until the day you stand trial and then my brother'll have something to say about that well, he's had plenty of time to say it what's keeping him? he'll be here don't worry before we leave town we're gonna get to you, Marshall you do that, race you'll find out you just wait I need to hear that to honest you and me and I ever seen yeah what's the matter, Joe? Marshall, I ought to make you pay the loss yourself what are you talking about? that gall down card sharp he got me to take on he's gone what? took every cent out of the till along with him Lord knows where he is by now I got a pretty good idea where he is, Joe and I wish I didn't here, Matt open it up down there by the end of the park see him he had a few drinks before I came in and he's had more scents but where'd he get the money, Matt? stolen huh? in Joe Carter's no after you got him the job and I should have known better I guess but I hate to see a man down and out pushed against a wall I'm sorry, Matt and I'll see you later I'm into the blood each and all of you a toast, gentlemen toast to the royal blood of the house of Barley Codd Barley Codd all right, I'm sorry Edward the party's over oh, dear me the sheriff of Nottingham is indeed come on, let's go no, no, wait, Marshal this is merely a natural misunderstanding which I can explain quite easily if you will only permit me don't bother but I feel it's the least I can do under the circumstances there's only one moment, Marshal if you will listen to me all right, let's hear it I accepted my menial role this morning with proper humility, Marshal and throughout the long day I labored diligently conscientiously gratefully, lumbly then as even tied runae in master copies covered I found a bottle so I looked, I sniffed I tasted I imbibed and morality in ethics were flung through the winds as I warn you, drink is my weakness on an empty stomach, sir, you said I neglected to add that a precisely similar effect occurs on a full stomach I'm sorry, Marshal come on, let's go no, wait, wait I was quite sincere this morning when I promised not to fail your trust, Marshal nonetheless, I did fail it there is no excuse, of course I suppose that I really should face the fact that I am just a bit on the worthless side I'm inclined to agree with you, Edward Mr. Dillon Yeah, what is it, Chester? Just a few minutes, go, Mr. Dillon three different people seen him down by the depot who? Brad Tyler he's here, all right this is Dick Sinclair you know, a great deal of publicity has been given lately to NATO an orthodontic treaty organization for over eight years this alliance of the free world has been protecting the peoples of its 15 member nations from Soviet aggression its reason for being echoes the words of Woodrow Wilson back in 1917 quote our object now is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up among the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth ensure the observance of these principles unquote no matter how you describe the work of NATO just remember it's guarding your freedom the loaf except in front of the jail well, with you and Brad Tyler on the prowl for each other I feel that might as well just wait right here until one of you need it now you're wasting your time Doc I can't find a hide or hair of him he's here in town somewhere folks have seen him I'm not one of them though come on in, sir has he got it locked? yeah I guess so Chester who is it? it's me Chester, open up oh, all right just a minute yeah Chester sure I'm glad to see you Mr. Young I've been sitting here with this rifle and jumping out of my skin every time I'll hook you there are no owls this time of year Chester well, I know that Doc it's just kind of the well, I'm Brad Tyler, Mr. Young now I'm not a sign of him Ray, Tyler's been yelling for the last 15 minutes he wants to see you when you come in now Matt, poor old act propelling he had much to say he just sits there in his cell looks at the floor I think he's feeling real remorseful for letting you down he should have thought of that before he stole the money that's right, no but I still think it's bothering him considerable Chester oh, bare race yelling again all right, now go see what he wants boil up some coffee will you, Chester? yes, you won't take a minute I've got some water on it no, it's not Chester you didn't run into my brother, did you? if I had, he'd be in that cell with you right now Marshal yeah, whatever never mind him I got a little business with you myself no, Marshal I've got a gun under that blanket drop the gun, Ray all right, ladies yeah, I'm all right, Chester get the cell keys Chester take it easy, Edward his brother came outside through the garden in through the cell window a little while ago don't try to talk, Edward which one first, man? never mind, Ray so I had to kill him here let me get the cell Marshal yeah, I'm right here, Edward all right, Doc, see what you can do for him Ray's Ray's plan to shoot you said he'd kill me if I'd warn you yeah, but you did warn me, Edward it's no use, man his, his brother he's waiting two horses north end of River Bridge I'll, I'll get him you trusted me, Marshal nobody has for a long time but in never much good at living but on stage I was always very good at dying death scenes, they were always my best he knew Ray said shooting, but he still warned me I don't know, Doc, maybe he was worthless, but like he said he was pretty good at dying produced and directed by Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal the story was specially written for guns smoked by Les Crutchfield with editorial supervision by John Meston featured in the cast were John Daener, Vic Perrin, James Westerfield and James Musser Harley Bayer is Chester, Howard McNeer is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitter this is George Waltz inviting you to join us again next week for another story on guns smoker guns smoke has come to you through the worldwide facilities of the United States Armed Forces Radio and television service