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92 and exits upstairs.) BLUE It's the psychological thing that's doing it, man! MR. PARKER Psychological? Boy, you ain't telling me everything, and anyway I wanta know who made this decision about picketing. BLUE The council! MR. PARKER Who is on this council? BLUE You know we don't throw names around like that! MR. PARKER I don't get all the mystery, Blue. This is my house and you know everything about it from top to bottom. I got my whole family in this racket! BLUE You're getting a good share of the money——ain't that enough? MR. PARKER Not when I'm dealing with you in the dark. BLUE You're asking for something, so stop beating around corners and tell me what it is you want! MR. PARKER All right! You been promising my boy some help for two months now, and he's still waiting. Now I want you to give him that help starting tomorrow, and I want you to put somebody in this shop who can cut hair to relieve me when I'm not here. And from here on in, I want to know everything that's to be known about this "de-colonization committee" -- how it works, who's in it, who's running it —— and I want to be on that council you was talking about! BLUE NO! 93 MR. PARKER Then I can't cooperate with you anymore! BLUE What does that mean? MR. PARKER It means we can call our little deal off, and you can take your junk out of here! BLUE Just like that? MR. PARKER Just any ol' way you want it. I take too many risks in this place, not to know where I stand. BLUE Mr. Parker—— MR. PARKER All right, let me hear it and let me hear it quick! BLUE There is an opening on our council. It's a—— MR. PARKER Just tell me what position it is! BLUE President. MR. PARKER President? BLUE The highest office on our council. MR. PARKER Boy, you're gonna have to get up real early to get by an old fox like me. A few minutes ago you offered me nothing, and now you say I can be president —— that should even sound strange to you! BLUE There's nothing strange. A few minutes ago you weren't
