Lux presents Hollywood the Lux Radio Theatre brings you Edward Arnold and Faye Bainter in the war against Mrs. Hadley with Gene Rogers and Van Johnson ladies and gentlemen your producer mr. Cecil B. DeMille greetings from Hollywood ladies and gentlemen history begins at home it begins in the homes of Kansas and the Great Western Plain in the homes of Pittsburgh and the Valley of Steel in the homes of San Francisco and a dozen other cities that turn out the men who build the ships and it begins in a home in Washington called the White House the sum of all these homes is America and over every one of them is the shadow of great events in this year gone by we do not celebrate this day which marks the first anniversary of our active entrance into the war we merely note its passing and turn to the challenge of the future tonight we tell you of the way one American home has met this challenge in the Metro-Golden mayor drama the war against Mrs. Hadley and you'll hear four of the players who were in the picture Edward Arnold and Faye Bainter beloved for many fine performances here and two promising newcomers to this stage Gene Rogers and Van Johnson all American homes have faced problems brought on by the war this is what happened in the home of Stella Hadley and behind the dramatic story of this one home is inspiration for every home we're all working hard these days doing what we can to help and it's important that none of that effort be wasted waste is an enemy that must be fought on every front but especially on the home front and a strong ally in that fight is Lux Flakes in Hollywood for instance our product saves motion picture studios thousands of dollars a year in various kinds of wardrobe care that's a very interesting amount of money to the studio treasure and what's true in Hollywood is true in your own home too you may not be making motion pictures but like us you have a budget to meet in these times you need to make clothes last longer and your friend in that need is a friend indeed in two well-known words Lux Flakes now the signal for the curtain and the first act of the war against Mrs. Hadley starring Edward Arnold as Elliot Fulton Faye Bainter as Stella Hadley with Gene Rogers as Patricia and Van Johnson as Michael in November 1941 Mrs. Stella Hadley of Washington DC wrote a letter to an old friend while a worried world outside her window strove desperately to prepare against the mass murderers of Europe Mrs. Hadley sat in the rich security of her drawing room blind and deaf to everything except her own personal comfort Washington my dear is a complete madhouse the way people are rushing about and getting in each other's way you think it was November 1917 instead of 1941 all very silly of course I suppose you know my son Ted is in the war department with Elliot Fulton and Patricia has been pestering me for some vague idea she has of entertaining draftees at a canteen I don't know what's getting into people really all this talk of war and defense and lend leases beginning to bore me in spite of the war mongers here I have it on excellent authority that the chances of peace were never better goodbye for the present dear and if you're in Washington next month please come to my birthday luncheon remember the date Sunday December the 7th good morning mr. Fulton good morning Bennett am I the first yes the Mrs. Hadley hasn't come down yet but you'll find Miss Patricia in the drawing room sir is that you really come in here dog good morning Pat how's your mother for a birthday chair you look tired darling well I am a little but don't tell your mother she'll scold me for working nights what's new in the war department how the peace negotiations coming along with your parents Pat you know my rule no shop talk here this is the only house in Washington I can forget all that Mrs. Hadley's ivory tower Elliot will mother ever ruffle up her tail feathers and pull that pretty head of hers out of the ground maybe she's lucky she's missing a lot of unpleasant happenings above the ground but other people have to face them why shouldn't she just because we live like kings and oh now don't be intolerant Pat it's just that she's living in the past that's all I can't say I blame her much you know she was the most popular girl in Washington your father came along and then she was the happiest wife Elliot were you in love with her then yes but I made one fatal mistake I introduced her to your father you know you and mother are my two favorite people why don't you get married I've always wanted to be a flower girl oh I'm afraid you're out of luck why knows you little baggage aren't you all right if you really want to know I'll tell you I proposed a stellar on her last birthday what did she say she said I was the best friend your father ever had the best friend she ever had the best executive the estate ever had and being a staunch Republican I had no right to associate myself with those new dealers hardly a direct answer hardly but terribly final early on hello Ted oh my head's killing me good morning brother dear oh do you have to be so loud about it I need a drink have one with me Elliot no thanks big night brother well not big enough to deserve this head oh Elliot I'm sorry I had to leave the department so early yesterday I had to go the dentist that's the fourth time this month Ted yes I know Ted have you seen mother yet well only one out of out of one eye she came into my room in the cracker dawn to see if I was resting peacefully won't one of you please tell her I'm old enough to be weaned keep pulling on that bottle and you'll find out soon enough good morning good morning hello I meet you splendid thank you hi doctor Ted let me see you oh you look bilious Ted I don't try to drum up any trade with me stick to mother have a drink doctor I don't drink in the morning how's your mother feeling Patricia she's thriving frankly I've been a bit worried about her lately she's not really been strong since your poor father passed away all nonsense she's as strong as an ox my dear Fulton I think I'm a better judge of Stella's condition than you are how are you doctor meet you oh what a time I had getting here where Stella hasn't she come down yet now Cecilia you know well enough that Stella always waits for the last guest before she makes her grand entrance oh well I hope I haven't kept it waiting darling you look peeked well that makes a practically unanimous oh oh well is it true what they're saying about these little Japanese ambassadors of peace well not knowing what they're saying I can't tell you oh no of course not but my elevator boy overheard someone tell someone else that they thank you all of you oh what lovely flowers it's like spring happy birthday mother Teddy darling my pin is beautiful you and Pat had no right to spend so much money don't give it a second thought princess we charge it to you I wish you had Teddy you look pale Leonard I do we should have a look at him later on certainly I'm all right won't do any harm for Leonard to have a look Patricia dear put some powder on your nose it's all shiny how can I ever thank you all for my lovely gifts Elliot these earrings you sent me well I'm glad you like them Stella I love them and Leonard your fitted bag it's just what I've always needed I'm so glad did you like my glove of course I did Cecilia dear I helped you pick them out it always amazes me that anyone remembers my birthday and may I take this opportunity of wishing you happiness Mrs. Hadley Bennett how nice of you to remember come along everyone thank you that was a mighty fine line Stella I always say you set the best table in Washington thank you Leonard oh still a dear Boston Symphony what Cecilia it's time for the Boston Symphony they're playing Beethoven's a very well Patricia dear turn on the radio please yes mother well Stella I have to be running a lot earlier sit down you're not going to do any more work this afternoon oh what a perfect day all my loved ones here to help me celebrate Mrs. Hadley yes Millie serve the coffee and here please yes Mrs. Hadley and be careful of those cups Millie they were a gift from President Coolidge yes Mrs. Hadley I was alive with planes spitting death and destruction on the harbor which lay below the exact turn off that dreadful gibberish we want to hear the symphony I'm trying to find it mother I don't know why they permit such programs on the Sabbath at 1 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time the first planes appeared over the horizon winging their way across the Pacific like Ted find out by wave after wave of bombers and so war has come to our country with a Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor they've attacked Pearl Harbor why it's impossible so it's come could they do such a thing Pearl Harbor oh no I told you to be careful of those cups Mrs. Hadley my best service Millie you're impossible I'm sorry Mrs. Hadley I couldn't help it my brother's a pearl hard my brother go after her Bennett tell her that I said she should go home and spend the night with her mother yes madam I'll never be able to replace this cup this is the most outrageous breach of human decency ever perpetrated right in the middle of peace negotiations oh my head is splitting if you just turn it off for a moment turn it off tell her you really mustn't excite yourself horrible I can't believe it come on Ted we better get down to the department right I'll get a cab you're not going to leave me not on my birthday in case you haven't heard mother we've just gotten into a war yes I know dear it's dreadful that poor girl's brother maybe there's some more news don't turn that thing on again please all right mother but I've got to know what's happening where are you going upstairs to listen to my radio I've got to go to mother well if you must you must but do be careful dear don't worry the Japs haven't gotten here yet Teddy you mustn't say such silly things even in jest come along Ted goodbye Stella I'll phone you later yes do I hope everything will be all right good bye mother goodbye darling oh oh dear dear Stella I think you ought to lie down for a while yes Stella you really should perhaps all right birthdays are such a strain on one's nerves the excitement and everything goodbye my dear and thank you for coming to my party you read back the last sentence I dictated yes sir the bombing of Pearl Harbor has shown us the path we must follow and we must wipe out completely for the duration of the war the idea of business as usual the mr. Fulton's office one moment please it's mrs. Hadley I'll take it hello Stella what message was that Stella you know how hard Teddy's been working you aren't really going to keep him at the department again tonight are you why did he tell you I was thank you Stella but I'm afraid I can't make it I'll see what I can do about Ted send him as soon as you can yes very well bye Stella here's the latest communique mr. Fulton thank you that'll be all phenomena's hot yes sir oh Bob would you ask Ted Hadley to come here a minute why he's gone sir he's what he's already left some of his friends called to take him out to the country for dinner oh I see well in about 10 or 15 minutes called mrs. Hadley and tell her I'm awfully sorry but it's absolutely essential that Ted worked tonight yes sir look mr. Fulton Ted's a friend of mine and I don't want to see my heel but something ought to be done something is going to be done I'm having him transferred transferred yes into active service I can't keep him around here anymore even for his mother's sake it's not fair to the department I wish I could be transferred to active service sir man are you feel Bob but I can't spare you Ted needs it much more than you do this may be his one chance of making something of himself why aren't you down at the department to pick up mr. well I'm going right away mrs. Hadley but could I speak to you first ma'am yes of course Peters I had word from my draft board today they've reclassified me in 1a and to report for service next week oh that means you'll be leaving me I'm afraid so mrs. Hadley it won't be necessary I'll speak to mr. Fulton about it oh I'd sooner you wouldn't do that ma'am if they need me I feel I ought to go I'm sure that's very patriotic of you Peters but it isn't as if you aren't doing something why you drive mr. Theodore to the department every morning well I know ma'am but it isn't quite the same thing of course if you want to leave if you think you'll be happier elsewhere I certainly won't stand in your way but I do think you could have given me a little more notice but I only got my notice today we won't discuss it Peters you may tell Bennett to give you two weeks salary when you leave thank you mrs. Hadley I'm sorry hello yes this is mrs. Hadley oh but that's impossible mr. Fulton promised me faithfully he'd send Ted home well I never heard of anything like that in my life keeping my own son away from the generation for me even if the government hasn't all right to win I'm sorry I can't be here to help with the Christmas presents but I've got to get an extra girl for canteen duty tonight Patricia is that the canteen that Laura Winters is running oh mother she's just helping out I shouldn't think you want to associate with the wife of the man who contaminated your father's news paper contaminated mother just because father was a Republican and mr. Wenters is a Democrat they turn the chronicle into a democratic scandal sheet I should think you'd have more respect for your father's memory well Laura Wenters only comes down once in a while anyway I hardly even know what she looks like good night mother I've got to run can't you even be with us on Christmas Eve I'm sorry I wish I could mother but it's Christmas Eve for the soldiers too good night dear good night please got any more coffee miss now listen soldier how many cups does that make for you well just five or is it six how did you swallow that last one so fast well confidentially before the army got me I used to be a fire eater what's your name lady my name is Pat Pat mine's Mike we ought to get together say couldn't you come over on my side of the counter for a while not while the rushes on doesn't seem right having a counter between us well why don't you come over on my side do you mean it sure gangway nice little place you've got back here I'm glad you like it now you can put this apron on apron what for so you won't saw your uniform I don't get it once you cross the counter you're a worker you're going to help me wash the dishes you're a hard woman Pat give me the apron right back here in the kitchen soldier hey Mike's on K.P. again look at him look at him look at him do you realize if you'd taken me home before the other girls you could have saved yourself a lot of driving well I don't know Washington very well then why did they pick you to drive us the luck of the Irish and a dollar bill that's bribery soldier now you don't think I was gonna let you out of my sight do you're not after that mountain of dishes I wash for you the next house on the right please the next house what for that's where I live in there yes what's the matter it's awfully big oh it isn't really looks awfully big to me well I guess you must be kind of tired not especially it's been swell knowing you I suppose I'll be seeing you at the canteen sometime stop acting that way all right so I live in a big house I live in a small house so you live in a small house and I live in a big house is that any reason to treat me as though I suddenly have a measles what difference does it make I'm sorry it wouldn't make any difference not with someone like you am I forgiven you promise never to let it happen again it's a promise and to seal it I I'll take you to see my house where do you live Clary Street at least mother lives there that's where I was born I thought you said you didn't know Washington I never really did until now Pat yes I I never met a girl like you I mean well for the lover did you see that right up behind us I'll murder that guy why you kill him so help me get out of that car mr. get out take your hands come on come on get out your drunk Mike Mike don't please let him alone well hello Pat hi sweetie what did you call her Mike don't he's my brother oh glad to know you Patricia who is this month look here you if you want her brother I'd not let's pretend I'm not shut up Ted I'm sorry Mike I'll call a camp in the morning and tell them what happened to the car oh don't worry about that you want me to help you get him inside I don't need any help go on soldier back to the war good night Mike I'm sorry it had to end like this what do you mean and it's only just beginning Merry Christmas Pat Merry Christmas Mike put you in the army Ted you're in the war department no more I'm not sit down darling you mustn't upset yourself I'll phone Elliot right away all he has to do was to tell the draft board that you're essential to him but don't you understand mother I'm not don't be so modest darling of course you are any office boy even a backward one could do what I'm doing well then Elliot will have to give you more responsibility hello this is Mrs. Hadley I'd like to speak to Mr. Fulton oh well would you ask him to be good enough to call me when the conference is over thank you I don't know how they accomplish anything in that department they're always in conferences sit down darling everything's going to be all right I'm just going to get a drink darling you know what alcohol does to your nervous system I have a vague notion don't worry please even if we didn't have Elliot I could always get a certificate or something from Dr. Meacham saying that you weren't physically up to it the army doctors decide that I'm sure they're not nearly as thorough as Leonard oh Mrs. Hadley yes Bennett I'm sorry to disturb you Mrs. Hadley but word has just come over the radio there's to be a practice blackout tonight whatever in the world for oh well there's nothing we can do about it thank you Bennett madam would it a would it inconvenient you very much if I went out for a little while this evening no I suppose not but isn't it rather an odd time to go out during a blackout in a way madam yes but it's most important I well I'm an air raid warden madam Bennett I don't remember giving any permission for that no madam but I thought seeing that everyone that will do better I'll speak to you later thank you madam an air raid warden of all the ridiculous ideas I don't know what's come over everyone people acting so strangely good evening sir that must be Leonard now what's he want he's giving me vitamin shots in these times it's so important to keep up one's energy one never knows when it may be taxed come in Leonard Mrs. Hadley is here sir no send her in please yes sir Mrs. Hadley well this is a pleasant surprise Stella more Hammett wouldn't come to the mountain so the mountain came to him I've been trying to reach you since last night I'm awfully sorry Stella but I've I've really been swamped won't you sit down Elliott I want to speak to you about Teddy yes excuse me sir these communicates just came in oh yes let me see them my they're bombing men are looking for the second time and after we declared it in open city if you remember I told you six months ago not to trust those Japanese now about Teddy Bob tell Ms. Hart to call everyone for a conference in about ten minutes yes sir now what were you saying Stella I haven't said anything yet Elliot I want you to have a talk with Teddy I did have a talk with him last night he came over very late really strange he didn't mention it to me then you know all about this ridiculous notion of his well I don't think there's anything ridiculous about a man wanting to serve his country but it's different with Teddy he's already working for his country much too hard if you ask me it's a pretty tough job winning a war all the more reason for not moving people from one thing to another I'm sure even this administration wouldn't approve of that well if Ted feels that he wants to join the child he doesn't know what he wants he's just being headstrong and irrational did you tell him that I refuse to discuss it with him after all you and I are a lot older and more capable of deciding what's best for I think Ted has decided that for himself Elliot you act as if you were pleased at the prospect of his being sent to the Far East or one of those dreadful places I'm pleased to know that he has the character and the courage to want to go I wasn't quite sure how he would feel you mean you knew about this yes I did but if you knew why didn't you stop it Elliot you've got to stop it there's nothing I could do Stella well you can keep him here with you I know you can you've always said you do anything for me I only wish I could if you care for me at all if you care for Ted if Ted were my own son I do exactly as I thought he's my son you had him drafted not satisfied with that you talked him into wanting to go to leave that isn't true Stella whatever you may think of me at least give Ted credit for making the decision himself if anything should happen to him it wouldn't matter to you Stella wait I never want to see you again of the war against Mrs. Hadley starring Edward Arnold and Faye Bainter with Gene Rogers and Van Johnson will follow in just a moment now between the acts we've a letter from overseas to read you and we'd like to thank Mrs. Betty commande of Yonkers New York for sharing it with us it's from an American lieutenant somewhere in England here's what he says I receive the following packages in the last two days soluble coffee thanks dad buttons for my uniform thanks dad shoebox containing what an assortment luxe candy gum raisins and so forth many thanks mom and many many thanks for the luxe now I can wash my wool scarf I wouldn't trust that scarf to the laundry to be awakened out of a sound sleep and told you're a first lieutenant and to receive a box of luxe all on the same day is something to write home about then Mrs. Commande adds I wonder how many mothers think of enclosing luxe in that wonder box it is a thoughtful thing to do for luxe takes just as good care of wool scarves and socks as it does of your precious sweaters and other washable woolens you know how soft and attractive your sweaters stay when you luxe them and you probably know how harsh and scratchy and shrunken woolens can get if they're not washed right if they're rubbed with cake soap or washed with strong alkaline soap and to hot water they're not very comfortable to wear when that happens and they're actually not as warm to wear either but with gentle luxe care you can avoid shrinking and matting there's no harmful alkali in luxe flakes and there's no danger of that cake soap rubbing that's so apt to make wool shrink so guard your precious woolens the gentle luxe way and you'll get many thanks from your man in uniform if you enclose a box of luxe flakes in the next package you send off to him we pause now for station identification this is the Columbia broadcasting system act two of the war against mrs. Hadley starring Edward Arnold as Elliot Fulton Faye Bainter as Stella Hadley with Jean Rogers as Patricia and Van Johnson as Michael Ted Hadley is in the army now more than ever mrs. Hadley is bitterly resentful of a war which has been thrust upon her indignant at the changes it has made in our life with pattern Cecilia she's driving down to visit her son at a camp near Washington are we almost there it's just a little way mother I don't see why they don't ever let Teddy come home they're always keeping him in that camp I'm not surprised he's such a lovely boy they do the same to all the boys and they are letting them have dinner out with us who's the man he's bringing with him Sergeant Fitzpatrick we isn't any young man you brought home one night yes mother so that's why you roll dressed up don't talk nonsense Cecilia I didn't know he was a friend of Teddy's I asked Mike to look Ted up at camp they've become friends I see oh Stella I meant to tell you Tony Winters is at the same camp Laura Winters son did you know no I didn't oh yes they're taking all the boys why my elevator I do wish you'd stop quoting that elevator boy well he does run into a lot of important people Teddy dear have you everything you need at camp isn't there something I can send you not a thing mother sure you have enough blankets at night absolutely certain why don't you let me give you the big comforter from the spare room the pink one yes dear well I don't think it would fit in with the general color scheme of the barracks oh I always think that pink goes with any color he managed to keep us pretty warm down here Mrs. Hadley really sergeant well perhaps you know best Ted but you look tired dear I hope you're not trying to do too much not a bit more than is asked of me mother mother don't baby him I think he looks fine thanks bad hi a Ted hi a Sarge are you doing hi Louie how's it with you strangler strictly done that's be seeing you be seeing you strangler so long Louie who was that a friend of yours Ted that was Louie we call him the strangler he used to be a wrestling champion in Brooklyn indeed and what did you do before the war sergeant oh I was in the advertising department of the Washington Chronicle the Chronicle really oh dear just when everything was so peaceful why what's the matter have I said something wrong Mrs. Hadley Mike come on Mike let's dance shall we sure I'd like to well come on then excuse me mother look yes kid don't get Mike wrong just because he's worked for the Chronicle he's a real gent gentlemen darling you mustn't let the army vulgarize you mother I'd like to talk to you in the morning darling I'm completely worn out please it's important sit down mother that I do hope you're not going to tell me anything unpleasant I'm not mother I well what is it dear mother do you remember the first time you met father strange you should ask me that I was recalling it tonight when I saw Teddy he grows more like his father every day did you fall in love with father right away I suppose I must he was so handsome and dashing I really couldn't help myself you see at the time I was half engaged to Elliot and what is it you wanted to tell me dear I'm in love too mother with this soldier yes you mustn't romanticize things Patricia dear in times like these one has apt to be carried away with a glamour of the uniform oh I'd marry Mike if he were dressed in an old gunny sack has he asked you to marry him I asked him he's got us transferred to the air core and he's being sent out west I couldn't let him go without letting him know how I felt that was very forward and a discreet of you Patricia I'm glad the young man is leaving it'll give you time to think things over I'm going with him I'll be married first of course married oh mother you love him when you know him really you will I'm not thinking of myself I'm thinking of you I have no intention of entrusting your happiness to a man who none of us knows I know him Ted knows and Elliot knows Elliot knows him yes I introduced them you've been seeing Elliot Fulton after what he did to me mother what Elliot did was the best possible thing that could have happened why Ted's a new man you've been carrying on with this young man behind my back aided and abated by the man who sent your own brother to what may be his death you're being hysterical and unfair I suppose you think what Elliot did was fair yes I do you've always sided with him always you care more for him than you do for me that's not true if he means so much to you why don't you go to him he won't stand in the way of your marrying this nobody but as your mother I forbid it all right mother good night Patricia come back here this instant where are you going to Elliot Patricia yes I want to see Mrs. Hadley please may I have your card madam car I didn't think you needed one to get in who shall I say is calling please just say Mrs. Michael Fitzpatrick Mike's mother I'll see if she's home there's a Mrs. Michael Fitzpatrick to see you madam Mrs. Fitzpatrick showering yes madam Mrs. Hadley will see you I could have told you she would well how do you do Mrs. Fitzpatrick that's it no need to ask who you are you're the mother of your daughter and there's no denying it won't you sit down well that chairs a bit thin for the size of me if you don't mind I'll sit over here on the sofa what is it you want please Mrs. Hadley I'll not beat about the bush I've come as a dove of peace although you hardly think I was a dove to look at me if there's any peace to be made I should think my daughter would call on me she tried to call on you but you turned her away I sent word that I'd see her when she decided to move back home and give up the idea of this marriage and what have you against her marry and my Michael I have nothing against your son in fact I hardly know him oh that's easily cured on the other hand I see no reason why they shouldn't wait at least until he's out of the army young people aren't much at waiting Mrs. Hadley then it's up to us as older people to stop it I did my best but Patricia obviously decided to go elsewhere for her guidance and her love she'll search high and low but she'll not find the kind of love you can give her come now Mrs. Hadley there's enough fighting going on in the world without a mother and a daughter having to go at it say you'll come to the wedding the wedding on Wednesday at high noon in the church of the Immaculate Heart and it won't be complete without you since I wasn't consulted about the wedding I see no purpose in my being there and why should you be consulted when you were all against it and I see no purpose in continuing this discussion good afternoon Mrs. Fitzpatrick you're a proud woman Mrs. Hadley but I think you'll find that pride's not very good company when you're lonely good afternoon I'd like to propose a toast to the bride and groom oh yes yes Mr. Poulton a toast all well here's to a happy life in Phoenix and a speedy return to those who love you and how about a toast to the mother of the groom if you don't stop drinking toasts you'll all be sudden to you darling well I'm afraid I've got to get back to the department that sounds familiar Elliot I'll go with you to the door and not a step further remember you're my wife oh I don't think she's apt to forget that Mike goodbye sir and thanks for everything goodbye Mike and lots of good luck and take good care of her it was a beautiful wedding Mrs. Fitzpatrick goodbye goodbye Ted goodbye Mr. Poulton goodbye sir well Pat are you happy terribly except for mother yes I know you know all during the ceremony I was looking toward the door hoping Elliot have I been selfish have I done everything I could well everything short of wrecking your life and Mike's I tried to phone her from the church Bennett said she was out when you tried to see her I'm afraid she'll be out to meet too don't worry Pat she's a lot stronger than we suspect goodbye Elliot goodbye my dear I'll miss you I'll try to believe that and lots of good luck to both of you thanks here I am Mike you've been going for ages do you know that don't ever ever leave me again do you here I always have crazy with loneliness oh Mike darling come on let's get out of here all right I'll run up and get my grips come on hey they're going to run out on us both can't do that wait a minute Pat come back well I guess that's hey Pat aren't you ever going to throw that bridal bouquet I need a husband too all right now get back everybody get back no no wait a minute what's the matter Pat look I if you don't mind I won't throw the bouquet I'm going to send it to someone Ted come here yes Pat Ted give this to mother from me and then she gave me the flowers who were for you she said here mother don't thanks Bennett hello yes this is Hadley speaking sir yes sir I understand sir right away I've got to go mother but I thought they gave you permission to spend the night all leaves have been canceled it looks as if as if we're being moved out Teddy now don't worry mother they may only be sending me to a camp in another part of the country no no I know what it is first it was Pat and now it's you Teddy my baby they're taking you away from me intermission we'll hear act three of the war against mrs. Hadley starring Edward Arnold and Faye Bainter with Jane Rogers and Van Johnson now here's our fashion scout Libby Collins with some news about figure problems for the women in our audience sounds a bit mathematical Libby well not exactly mr. Kennedy not the kind I'm thinking about though often when a woman subtracts from her figure she adds to her pores and appearance I want to pass along the good news that even with elastic fabrics rationed we women are going to be able to solve our figure problems with girdles and foundations that fit well new types of fabrics and ingenious new ways of cutting them have been worked out so the new things can do a fine figure slimming job with little or no elastic in them now of course that doesn't mean we're going to toss out the precious two-way stretch girdles and foundations we bought last year far from it we want to make them last just as long as we can and one of the best ways to do that is to luxe them often so they never get really soiled and so perspiration doesn't harm the fibers yes luxe flakes take away soil and perspiration quickly and thoroughly and with luxe there's no harmful alkali no cake soap rubbing to weaken elasticity girdles keep their fit better last longer with gentle luxe care and that point about fit is especially true of the new things with less elastic in them it's more important than ever to protect fit with luxe yes liby that's care experts advise makers of foundations and leading stores where they're sold advise luxe flakes now mr. de mill returns to the microphone one of our stars has a birthday today we'll tell you about it when we bring them back after the play now the curtain rises on the third act of the war against mrs. Hadley starring edward arnold and fey bainter with gene rogers and van johnson you'll find that prides not very good company when you're lonely those were mrs. Fitzpatrick's words words of prophecy mrs. Hadley alone in a busy world at war tries vainly to keep alive a peaceful era which is gone she has no friends now except the faithful Cecilia and those friends of another day to whom she occasionally writes pat is married in phoenix and ted is heaven knows where the house is still and quiet without them you'll find prides not very good company i had a letter from ted last week dear mother i've read it over 20 times i still can't realize he's gone away from me our ship reaches its destination shortly and maybe now we'll be seeing some action tony winters is in our company i know how you feel about his mother but tony's a real jant has been the swallowing that's happened to me in the army it's not very good company steady steady mrs. Hadley mrs.  Hadley i'm so nervous read it for me benid yes madam theodore hadley washington youth wins tsc for heroism that's the distinguished service cross mrs. Hadley yes i know but is he all right corporal theodore hadley was cited for conspicuous bravery under fire in an official communique just received hadley according to the dispatch had been instructed to seek out the location of an enemy machine gun emplacement after the other four men in his unit had been shot down by jab snipers corporal hadley continued on alone locating the machine gun nest and wiping it out with hand grenades killing 15 jab soldiers he returned unharmed to his company corporal hadley is the son of the late nathaniel hadley once owner of the washington chronicle and of mrs. Hadley benid i want you to get me all the papers right away yes madam even the washington chronicle i want every one of them i want to see you please who shall i say is calling it's mrs. Fitzpatrick girl now hurry up milley has been at return oh how are you mrs. Hadley how do you do he'll excuse me for puffin i i'm all out of breath won't you come in thank you kindly well i i suppose you've heard the good news yes i just saw it in the paper the paper is it is nothing sacred from those gossip mongols i'm afraid i don't understand i was speaking of my son young ted well what's happened to him he's just been awarded the dsc that's the distinguished service cross the saints for service who'd have thought it dead he's always been courageous even as a child of course he has and it's proud you should be to have a hero for a son think of all the stories we'll be able to tell our grandchild about his uncle grandchild is patricia having a baby heaven help us i thought you knew by now no not a word that's not like that whatever may have happened between you it's still your grandchild she's bearing when did you hear just a short while back and i dropped everything to run over and compare notes with you on how it felt to be a grandmother i'm afraid i can't say not having been informed officially mrs. Hadley i hope you'll excuse me but in the excitement over mr. theodore i forgot this telegram madame oh thank you very sorry madame there there you see i knew it i knew it wasn't like them what does it say you are going to be a grandmother in october we love you and miss you very much pat and mike not a word did they say in my telegram about miss and me i do hope patricia takes proper care of herself oh michael will see to that if he doesn't i'll beat the daylights out of them mrs. Hadley yes it's the reporters madame reporters yes madame five of them they insist upon seeing you about mr. theodore i have nothing to say to them why of course you have i beg your pardon you forget you're the mother of a hero i don't see why my private life is any concern at the press there's a war going on mrs. Hadley and there's hundreds of thousands of wives and mothers needing all the courage they can get their men can't all win the dsc but they're fighting just the same and it's up to you to give their women folk a message of hope and faith you've got no private life anymore you belong to those wives and mothers so you'll see the mrs. Hadley and right now come in boys mrs. Hadley i'm stevens of the chronicle the chronicle the name of hadley means a lot to us we'd like to play it up in a big way i'm afraid i have nothing to say we just want to ask you a few questions mrs. Hadley but i told you have you heard from your son lately i had a letter the other day where was it from what did he say the letter was personal i see no object and going on with this you already know the facts but we'd like your angle mrs. Hadley if mrs. Winters was willing to give us an interview you certainly ought to mrs. Winters yes we've just come from there some people like publicity i wouldn't call losing a son good publicity what guess we'd better call her today come on no no no wait please i i didn't know it was in the paper i didn't read it please believe me of course she didn't haven't you got two eyes among the lot of you i'm very sorry mrs. Hadley tony winters was with your son looking for the same machine gun nest he was shot by a sniper oh how dreadful why only the other day teddy wrote about him they were great friends yes so mrs. Winters told us she saw you at a time like this yes she did then it you'll find a letter from mr. Theodore on my night table i want you to bring it here yes madam i'd like to read you parts of it especially the part about tony winters mrs. Winters mrs. Winters ma'am oh uh yes ana mrs. Hadley is here ma'am mrs. Hadley i hope i'm not intruding please come in mrs. Hadley thank you i'm so glad you came won't you sit down i have a letter from my son i brought it along i thought you might like to hear what ted said about tony yes yes i should very much he says tony winters is in our company i know how you feel about his mother but tony is a real gent beg pardon gentleman that's just a little joke we have and we've become great friends in fact knowing him has been the swellest thing that's happened to me in the army i can't tell you how much that means to me i just wanted you to know how ted felt about him tony felt the same way about him i'm glad they were together when it could so easily have been my boy instead of yours we should both be very proud of our sons please don't cry i've just heard today they're giving tony the distinguished service cross too i'm glad and i'm so sorry for so many things none of that matters now fights political differences anything all that matters is that you and i all of us work together to make what tony died for something fine and lasting i've been waiting for you how are you all right you're looking very well stella thank you stella i'm here on official business the president sent me the president yes he asked me to deliver this letter to you personally eliot will you read it to me yes of course my dear mrs hadley i want to offer my congratulations on the valor shown by your son and on the award of the distinguished service cross which he so heroically earned i had the pleasure of knowing your husband and though he opposed many of my policies i always found him a fair opponent and a fearless fighter i'm glad he has handed down this heritage to his son i know that every american must share with you in your justifiable pride your sincerely franklin d roosevelt to think of his finding time to write to me when he has so many things to do he must be a very remarkable man i just wanted to tell you there'll be a new shipment of wool in tomorrow and more material for bandages now while i'm gone laura winters will be in charge and i'm sure you'll all work just as hard as if i were here are there any questions oh stella yes cecilia stella do i have to take the first aid course all over again we all have to take it until we pass our examination oh i'm tired of being bandaged being phoenix stella probably not more than a week i'll be right back after the baby's born it'll be born before we get there if you don't hurry it's all right meg you don't worry i never missed a train in my life there's always a first time for everything where is that husband of yours is he going to take us to the station he's probably held up in a conference of the department you know how important these conferences are well where's your car elliot and i decided to put it up for the duration stella hello darlin hello dear here i brought you some flowers elliot i thought you said we were going to economize well let's start tomorrow i hope you know how much i'm going to miss you while you're away that's what you get for marrying a grandmother come on come on this is no time for spoon all right all right baggie come on i hope it's a boy thank you goodbye everybody those jabs and nuts is better look out now that stella's in the war forget something where is it here here it is what is it i almost forgot my letter from the president you've heard the story of stella hadley of her doubts and her decision may we all profit by her example and realize as she did the moral and military necessity of sacrifice to speed the day of victory our stars return for a curtain call here's something that sounds like a contradiction but it's true part of the hard wear your stockings get comes when you're not wearing them for example if you let your stockings lie around without being luxe after you've worn them the perspiration left in the fabric can weaken the threads so the stockings wear out too quickly yes it's important for good wear to wash stockings promptly after every wearing and it's important to do it the gentle luxe flakes way for if you wash stockings the wrong way if you rub them with cake soap or use strong soap you're actually adding to the wear and tear those things weaken the elastic qualities of your stockings then the tiny threads break easily into runs but gentle luxe flakes take away soil and perspiration quickly and very gently without weakening elasticity you cut down runs your stockings will look better last longer when you lux them after every wearing get the thrifty big box of luxe flakes first thing tomorrow it will do stockings every night for months now here's mr. de mille with our stars it isn't news when fey bainter and edward honald give fine performances because we expected of them and we're never disappointed but i did discover some news about fey bainter today this is her birthday well many happy returns fey you certainly picked an exciting day i had nothing to do with it eddie aren't you going to ask me how old i am no not me my mom had done told me she said never escalate his age eddie i i think it would be all right to ask fey how old she was when she played her first part for mr. de mille then i retired until i was 14 and it's obvious your comeback was successful fey when did your career get underway eddie oh i was about 14 years old too a mere beardless boy oh no not exactly i played character parts of war of beard most of the time well this audience knows two good troopers when we find them i was thinking tonight that there's something in that word trooper that fits 130 million americans now we're better neighbors because we've made sacrifices together the missing faces around the family dinner table draw us all closer eddie arnell for instance has sent a son to the army and you have a boy in the same service cb fey bainter's husband a fine naval officer in the last war directs civilian defense in the city of san america and we stand side by side with millions of other mothers and fathers doing what we can and trying to be good troopers about it what play have you planned for next week mr. de mille a famous screenplay that's very timely at the moment fey it's called algears and our stars will be charles boy a and la rata young algears algears is a city that's made for drama and it's certainly lived up to its reputation in the past few weeks next monday night we'll bring you a thrilling love story of this fascinating town with charles boy a and his great role of pepe lamoco and la rata young has his leading lady now that's a great idea right now cb my congratulations and good night good night good night there's no rationing on talent like you our sponsors the makers of lux flakes join me in inviting you to be with us again next monday night when the lux radio theater presents la rata young and charles boy a in algears with j carol nash and gene larkard the success will be de mille saying good night to you from hollywood attention housewives is your kitchen part of american war production are you helping to 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I'm here as part of the National Blood Challenge for the Red Cross. CFA has been involved in the state challenge for a while and I'm just coordinating some of the people out of headquarters. And what are you hoping to achieve tomorrow? Well I'm hoping that we can take out the state leaders in the number of donations over the two months and also we're aiming for the national challenge as well to be all the other states. And why is this particularly such a cause? Well blood donation helps at least three other people and plasma in particular, which is what I'm doing, helps even more because they can use the product for a lot of other things and you get your red blood cells back. What do you want to say to members trying to encourage them to come down? Well I'd say roll up your sleeves and donate between July and August this year and make CFA top of the heap.


I've gone Will travel starring mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin Oh Thank you, Alex No, I'm spending the rest of the day up my room. I have a long hard trip ahead of me tomorrow For your trouble Alex. Oh, thank you, sir. Love me my pleasure Good day, Alex Hey boy, I was meeting with miss. Oh, what's his name mr. Countryman, you saw Well, hey boy, he has his troubles He's hired me to go up to Vallejo to escort his daughter back to San Francisco. Oh Why she need a score? You got a letter from the sheriff saying that somebody is threatening her life And the sheriff says he won't be responsible thinks shut to come home But she's a school teacher up there and she doesn't want to come home So mr.  No tomorrow first thing Would you make sure there's a horse ready for me at the Liberty stable in the morning? He saw I'll be up in my room I'm gonna finish that book. I was reading and get to bed early No visitors. Hey boy, but I miss a pattern the Colonel is still in your room. The what? Yes, sir. He have many drinks of brandy and just sits there staring at chessboard We finished that game before I went out. Oh, he's a he fine way out of checkmate. He wait till you come back He plenty tipsy by now.  Let me know when he's gone I'll be over in the bar. Oh, yes, sir. Oh, I miss a positive. Yeah, also while you are very pretty young lady Ask for you. She says she wait in bar till you return She lady from room 401 to dug a dug a dug a dug four.  Hmm Well, it doesn't look like I'll finish reading that book tonight. Does it? Oh, no, sir But our life in Carlton hotel much more fun than life in book maybe so Hey boy, you could be right early the next morning. I faced the sun and started my journey under the higher at mr. Countryman This afternoon when I rode into the peaceful town of Vallejo perched on an arrowhead of land piercing the Napa River where it flows into San Pablo Bay When I signed the register at the only hotel the clerk told me I could find Miss Lena Countryman to the schoolhouse Three miles away just off the north road on the banks of the river By the time I arrived she was waving goodbye to her pupils Miss countryman. Yes, my name is Paladin If you're one of the sheriff's men my aunt is still the same. I won't leave a layer. No, no, you're a father sent me my father But how do you want me to see that you get back to San Francisco safely? No, how in heaven's name that he find out the sheriff wrote him. Is it upset? Yes, very much so But he doesn't know why your life has been threatened. I suppose I should have written him Would have been better coming from me. Who is threatening you miss countryman? The people of Vallejo have it in their mind. Some say they've heard it for sure The Dutch Talbot is on his way to take my life Dutch Talbot. Yes.  So I've heard Why do they say this it's a long story mr. Paladin and I don't care to discuss it besides there's no need to take up your time I must be getting home. What about your father? Tell him. I'm all right as you can see Tell him that I'll write and explain. Good afternoon. Miss countryman. Yes, may I see you home? Thank you, but I had my buggy. It's out back. I'd like to ride with you miss countryman We could talk on the way you're not being fair to your father if you don't give me an explanation to take back to him You went to some expense to have me make this trip Forgive me mr. Paladin I've been rude to you not at all man. Oh, but I have You're a gentleman and I didn't perceive it at first your holster and gunner misleading But you're right. I should give you an explanation. I'll hitch up the buggy. Thank you I'll be ready to leave in a few minutes. I Don't usually take the north road mr. Paladin. There's a wagon trail along the river that's much shorter You can turn right just up ahead. All right How long have you lived in Palau? This is my third year. I came here after I finished school in San Francisco It's a lovely place. I hope I'll always be here It offers everything I want or ever will want You speak so finally for someone so young perhaps But I'm fortunate enough to know what I want and appreciate it when I have it There's an unending stimulation and guiding children and watching them mature I Couldn't be anything more satisfying whether you're young or old you can turn here. All right Now you're a dedicated woman miss countryman But why would Dutch Talbot or anyone else want to take your life? Why if he does?  I didn't know he had a son the people in this town you poor boy As I heard it Jerry Lee's mother died when he was born Dutch Talbot brought him here to live We raised by his brother Doss Dutch always came back to see Jerry Lee about once a month So the law stamped him as a wanted man, but why why would he think that you were responsible for his son's death? I was taught that a teacher shouldn't love one child more than another But she should show them all equal consideration But we can't always live by the book. Can we mr. Paladin? No, I guess not I love Jerry Lee He was eight years old. I Loved him more than any of the other children. I Wanted him to have every opportunity available. I wanted him to be the best pupil the most accomplished As if he were my very own That was my under Why are you blocking this road? We've been waiting for you throw down the gun, mr Throw it down What do you want with us? Keep your rifle on him Trump. Sure I'll get down, mr. And mount that horse you have tied in back I'll drive the buggy. Who are you? Why are you stopping us? You wouldn't be Dutch Talbot by any chance. No chance about it. I get down So What are you gonna do? Never mind what I'm gonna do You get on that horse Move Trump keep him covered here. Take the back way to Doss's We'll be right behind you me and Lena countryman. All right, Miss Lena Get out of the buggy. Why did you bring us here? You mr.  Yeah, stand in front of me Trump hide the buggy in the barn. All right Now you head for that door. Hey Doss, you're right up Dutch Hello, Miss Lena, mr. Talbot. What's the meaning of this? Dutch has all the answers Who's he? This is mr. Paladin a friend of my father's from San Francisco What's he doing here? Her father sent me to take her home He knows that she's been threatened So do the law officers in this town. Well, that's why I've been careful to stay out of their way Everything has worked just fine so far Except for the fact you had to be along the same day we'd plan to take her. What are you gonna do with him touch? Haven't made up my mind yet. And what do you intend to do with Miss countryman? You got the rope ready Doss It's in the room like he told me. I'll bring some extra for him. There's enough for both. I'll need your help. Come on All right into that room Sit in this chair, mr You tie him up good Doss Sit there miss Lena on the bunk bed Your turn is next You don't have to tie me up to kill me.    It's got nothing to do with you if she says it was an accident You know it was and doesn't make any sense.  He got cramps or something. I don't know you had no right teaching them kids How to swim it was for their own protection this town is surrounded by water It's important that they know how to swim they didn't have to be learned by no teacher before you came along There were many deaths from drowning and they'll be more unless they get proper training you and your new fangled notions I don't care what you think Dutch Talbot. I love Jerry Lee. He's the last person in the world I'd bring harm to you have no right to love him.  I've warned you enough Tire up Doss We'll take her when it gets dark The people in this town will be mighty grateful to me when they drag her out of the river Although North Carolina is famous for its tobacco and textiles It is well known for many other products too In fact, one of the most important producing areas is just adjacent to highway 87 55 miles south of Raleigh and 14 miles northwest of Fayetteville If you've ever traveled in this vicinity, you should recognize the product immediately Perhaps the name Fort Bragg might help you This is a training camp for the Third Army's 82nd Airborne Division and its product is combat-ready men This installation was named for Braxton Bragg who played a significant part in the Civil War as a Confederate general He was born in Warren County, North Carolina in 1817 and was a graduate of West Point with a Distinguished record from the Seminole and Mexican Wars Bragg was named Brigadier General with the Confederacy in 1861 Unfortunately Bragg's general ship began with a stroke of bad luck He had practically defeated General Buell at Perryville when Union reinforcements compelled him to abandon his wounded and a large part of the spoils This brought him into disfavor with his fellow officers and men In fact, it was only through the personal favor of Jefferson Davis president of the Confederacy That Bragg was kept at the head of the Central Army and subsequently able to inflict a crushing defeat on Rosecrans a Chickamauga in September 1863 Then two months later came the famous battle above the clouds at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee This was another defeat for General Bragg since Union troops under Grant Sherman and Thomas drove Bragg's men from their strong positions defending Chattanooga This defeat caused Bragg to lose his command But again Jefferson Davis gave Bragg his support and kept him as a military advisor Later Davis appointed Bragg to head the Army of North Carolina then in February of 1865 When the Confederate Army had reached its breaking point General Bragg joined Johnston in a last effort to stop Sherman's march as a result Bragg was included in the surrender to Sherman Bragg's contemporaries described him as a strict disciplinarian who rarely got along with his senior officers It was this friction that handicapped the conduct of his operations Nevertheless when looking over Bragg's military career one must admit that he was a brave and skilful officer in Fact soldiers like Braxton Bragg serve as a reminder that America has always produced great military men And will continue to do so as long as the American way of life is preserved They left us in the room and For the next few hours Lena countryman sat there tied hand and foot without saying a word Her eyes were filled with tears as she glanced at all the reminders of Jerry Lee She seemed to suffer more from the memory of the boy than from the thoughts of going to her own death When Dutch and Trump came to carry her out. She only said be gentle to my father a few minutes later I heard them right away Hey No, you're trying to free yourself mr. Palin those knots will hold you till I cut you loose and when will that be? It's up to Dutch and what do you say mr. Talbot? What makes you think I'd go against my own brother because you don't agree with what your brother thinks Why do you say that I saw your face this afternoon when he was racking her with his remarks you felt sorry for Lena countryman You could be right, but What can I do about it cut me loose? That should kill me? I suppose he would wouldn't me You couldn't help her now. I could try all right Thanks Where would they be? Let's judge the river by the schoolhouse same place that happened to Jerry Lee All right, I'll eat a gun. It's one in the front room Hold it Dutch How did you get loose put the girl down Trump you stay back?  I'm coming in Don't you do it Trump Lena Come on All right now Let me get this gag untied There we are I'd already made up my mind I was gonna die My breath under water after I knew you were here. I'll have to get a knife to cut the ropes. I Think Dutch has one of them. All right both still now I think both did Yeah What a terrible thing Well, the law would have caught up with them sooner or later anyway There you are let me help you up now Are you all right? Yes, and I have you to thank for it And I possibly tell you how grateful I am Don't try Why do they have to be men like Dutch Talbot? I don't know I'm afraid they'll always be a lot of Dutch Talbot's and Not enough Lena countryman's So Lena you just keep right on teaching those kids to grow up to be better men and women I'll try mr. Paladin I'll try this minute All right miss Wong I was just getting ready to shave Hey boys say that a missile countryman downstairs very upset wants to see you already already I just got back last night. How did he know news travel fast from Carlton hotel? Especially with hey boy helping it along. Hey boy. Very happy when you come home. He told everyone. Yeah, so I've noticed Maybe you can sneak out and not see this missile country. Oh, it isn't that miss Wong I want to see him. I plan to anyway this morning, but not until after breakfast you have trouble with this man No, no, I'm afraid he isn't going to pay me because I didn't bring his daughter back from for Leo Oh, well, at least he'll be happy to learn that she's all right if she's all right. Maybe he pay you anyway Doesn't really matter miss Wong Finding a wonderful new friend like Lena countryman was worth more than any fee I might get Go back and tell him I'll be down in about five minutes Gunn will travel Created by Herb Meadow and Sam Rolf is produced and directed in Hollywood by Frank Paris and stars John Dana as Paladin With Ben Wright as hey boy and Virginia Greg as miss Wong tonight story was specially written for have gone will travel by Mr. Paris featured in the cast were Russell arms Harry Bartell Charles lung and Jean Bates This is Hugh Douglas Inviting you to join us again next week when CBS radio presents have gone will travel Have gone will travel is brought to you through the worldwide facilities of the armed forces radio and television service


Governor Bala Mohamed of Bouchie State has urged the people to be more vigilant in security countries to check the state of abductions in the state and other parts. Mohamed made the call why he inaugurated a distribution of empowerment kids to 500 youths and women. That's under the current Economic Empowerment Programme KIP on Saturday in Toro, a local government area of the state. He also charged local government council chairman and community leaders to be vigilant on strangers coming to settle in their respective areas.


All right. Can everyone hear me in the back? All right, cool. All right, so my name is Major Hayden. I work for Rackspace. And I'm going to be talking a little bit today about imposter syndrome and how it affects open source communities.  Oh, cool. All right, so most of the crowd. So we'll get right into it. And hopefully I know I'm between everyone getting to lunch, so hopefully we'll end a little bit early. And that way everybody could be first in line down there. So just a quick bit about me. Like I said, I work at Rackspace. A lot of what I do is building OpenStack Cloud. So it's orchestration, the deployment, the upgrades, the management. I've been working on OpenStack since Diablo. I do some things for Fedora Linux as well. I'm actually one of the few people who actually use SE Linux. Is any other Set-in-Force 1 people in here? All right, I got, all right, I got. Oh, use it. So I own way too many domain names, so please don't give me ideas. And this is the only slide I have with bullets, because I can't stand bullets on slides. So to get started, Impostor Syndrome is hard to define. It's hard to put a dictionary definition around this thing. You can go look on Wikipedia. You can go look in other places. But it's very hard to wrap something concrete around it. And I think one of the main reasons for that is that it affects people in different ways. So one thing that I've noticed is that sometimes Impostor Syndrome will only affect people at home. Sometimes it only affects them at work. Sometimes it only affects them at a big event like this, where you come and meet other people who do some of the same things that you do. Maybe they do more of it than you do. Maybe they do it in a different way. And sometimes people feel it in all situations. So I think for each person, it's a different depth. It happens at different times. And it happens for different reasons. And so with that, I've done a deeper dive on Impostor Syndrome, a super deep dive. And so there'll be links in the slides. So I'll put the slides up later today. And you'll be able to click in and go watch the video. The video is pretty horrible because it's one of the first public speaking engagements I did. Hopefully I'm getting a little bit better over time. So humans love stories, so I plan to use one. And this will help hopefully explain Impostor Syndrome to everyone. So for me, my epiphany around Impostor Syndrome happened after a promotion at work. So I was typically at Rack Space. I got started as just entry level Linux tech. Customer called, something's broken. Go fix it, update the ticket, done. You're out the door. Sometimes it's more complicated, sometimes less. Became a manager and then went back to being a software developer again. And then became a manager and then got asked to be a software developer again. And then finally at that point, I got an offer to go completely on the other side of the company. So I was going from a fast-paced product side of the business to what's traditionally called a cost center, so going to our corporate security department, which is a big change. And so for me, I felt like a fish out of water. I felt like an imposter from day one, even before I accepted the position. And really what it was is because I'd gone from wearing t-shirts, using Python, and sharing GIFs, and I call them GIFs, I'm sorry, as a Linux nerd and going to more button shirts, Harvard Business Review, and sharing meetings, and kind of the first level of executive leadership within Rack Space. And by the way, Harvard Business Review is fantastic, so I'm not saying anything negative about HPR. It's great if you're a manager or a developer or someone who just works with people, which I think all of us fit that category. But for me, I felt like a fish out of water. I didn't know how to operate at this level. Had I managed before, sure I'd managed before. Had I done technical things before, sure. Had I done security stuff, yeah, sure. Not all day, but this was something new. But then I didn't really know how to operate at that level within the company. There's all that influence and there's politics. Every company has politics there. And so finally, I think my boss got the attention of that. And he said, let's meet. And so to frame who my boss was like, he was from the northeast. I live in Texas. So in Texas, when we have issues with somebody, we kind of dance around the problem usually for a little while until they figure it out. And then northeast, they just come right out and tell you immediately. So he was a very unique boss for us to work with, but he was a great manager. And so he asked me all these questions about how I was doing and how things were going. And then finally towards the end, he gives me these two questions. And he said, major, what do you call someone with the confidence up here and confidence down here? So someone who feels very confident that they can do anything, but they really actually don't have the skills to do it. And so I thought about it for a minute. I thought, man, these are kind of the people in your group that kind of have a big head. Like they just feel like they can do everything, but they usually end up making a mess because they don't take the time to go and learn it. So I'm like letting this run through my head. And it was obvious from his facial expression that I was not giving him the answer in a time period that he wanted.  Now, again, he was from the Northeast, so his language is a lot more colorful than this. So I'm toning it down for everybody. And so I'm sitting there. I'm like, oh, yes, sir, great. I'll take a note on that. And what I came to realize was if he has people on his team that report to him that don't have confidence, competence matchup, it causes problems for him. He doesn't know what his team can do. So I thought, well, that was an interesting question. Then he says, well, hey, major, what about this? He says, what do you do when you have someone with a confidence level up here, the things they know how to do and their confidence levels down below? I sat and thought about it for a second. And I said, well, those people are kind of like mopey. Like you kind of have to shove them along to get to that next thing. You know they can do it. They just won't admit that they can do it. And he said the same freaking thing. And again, of course, he's from New Jersey, so he used a very different word right there. So I'll just, I'll leave that there. But what I came to realize is that both of those for him were super irritating because he knew that people could do more than what they were capable of doing. And he wanted people whose confidence and competence were matched up. Because it gave him an idea of exactly the team he had built, who he needed to hire for, if he needed to move people, transfer them, promote them. And without that, he was lost. So as we start thinking about imposter syndrome around this, Wikipedia calls it a psychological phenomenon that occurs when your competence and confidence are not aligned.  So a good example of this is the first time astronauts went in space and lit a match. It had this strange blue semicircle over the top. And the astronauts were like, what the heck is this? They could see it, they could take pictures of it, they could share it with other people, but they had no clue why there's this strange aura over the top. So it was a phenomenon to them. And that's what imposter syndrome is for us. And so it's a form of cognitive bias. If you don't know about cognitive bias, I'll go ahead and work through that one. So Wikipedia calls this one a fairly long definition here. But there's two pieces that are important, and I've bolded those. So it's a systematic pattern of deviation.  A pattern is when you kind of go off the track the same way every time. And systematic means you pretty much go off the track in the same pattern every time. And the second half of that when it talks about inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion. So that means you're going off the track on a regular basis in the same way. And the reason you're doing that is completely illogical.   So long story short, your brain's biased. All of our brains are biased to some extent. I love VI. Emax scares me. My brain is biased towards that. I used to use Nano as well. But this time, it's biased against you.  And so there's a quote, and I wish Florian Hoss was here because he could pronounce this fellow's name much better than I could. But what he says is, nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. So if you really break that apart, what he's trying to say there is oftentimes we tell ourselves a lie, and we believe it. And then later on, if someone comes to us and says, you're believing that lie, we kind of revolt against that. I don't know how many of y'all have seen a recent oatmeal cartoon about that. Probably a few people have. All right, there we go. If you get a chance, go read that one. There's a kid-approved version and an adult-approved version of that one. And so some people say, well, I'm just humble. Like, it's not imposter syndrome. I'm just humble. And so I feel like this is something completely different. And so when someone gives people praise and they're humble, they say something like this. They accept the praise. They say, hey, this is a great accomplishment, but I couldn't have done it with the help of my team. That's totally fine. That's being humble. That's saying, hey, look, I accept your praise, but guess what? It wasn't just me. Like, I had help. That's fine. That's completely healthy. And that's something we really should be doing more often in open-source communities. But someone with imposter syndrome would have this I'm not worthy-type moment. So they would get in a war. They'd get some kind of praise and feel like, man, I didn't earn that. Or that really wasn't me. Or anybody could do this. This is junk. And so imposter syndrome is not limited to any particular group, no matter your age, your race, your gender, where you come from, what you work on, your experience level in anything. Personally, I don't know how to change oil on a car. I don't know how to do that. So if you throw me in an auto shop, I'm probably not going to do that. But then if you say, hey, my Linux box won't boot, I'm like, great. OK, I can help you out with that. And even programming languages, imposter syndrome affects everyone. I watch people code in Rust. And it's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. But I bet there's people that code in Rust and feel that as well. Also, those of us that set in force one, we still have imposter syndrome from time to time. Usually just not about AC Linux. And so the real thing, and the real thing I'm trying to drive home, is that imposter syndrome drives diversity away from your community. Because I think when people arrive at the community and they know they are from a group that maybe is not well represented in that group, they'll feel kind of that double imposter syndrome. So it's like, it's an uphill battle already. But now I feel even more like an imposter on a different level, because of the groups that I'm from or my experience, that kind of thing. And so what I'd like to suggest is maybe we imagine a future where we stop fearing it. So does it have to be scary? Does it have to feel like a trip to the upside down? Anybody seen Stranger Things? All right, cool. I'm not giving anything away. But maybe it doesn't have to feel like we're in another dimension where things don't match up. We can change this. And there's a generator online, so you can make your own. So I've done this with OpenStack a couple of times. Don't tell the foundation, but. So you have to imagine yourself as a catalyst for change in your community. And I think there's a key point. There's a reason why I chose the word catalyst. Has anybody done chemistry classes at some point and learned about a catalyst? OK, there's a couple of important things. Number one, a catalyst can make a reaction go faster. It can make it take less energy. It can bring a higher yield. It can do all these great things. But the one key thing about a catalyst, to be a catalyst, it cannot be consumed in the reaction. So when you go and change your community, that cannot consume you. You can't get dragged into a bad place.  Send that person to him.  You move the reaction further, but you're not consumed in it. And so if you ask, how the heck do I get started? You have to master the confidence and competence alignment spectrum. And now there's no scientific, medical, or anything. But I found if you put spectrum on the end of something, it makes it much more academic sounding. So if we think about this graph, and if you look on the left side, it's opposite for me. So if you look on the left side, you have low confidence to high confidence. And then if you run across the bottom on the left, you'll have low competence. And on the right, you'll have high competence. And so kind of look at this like a ratio. Don't try to put numbers on it. Just kind of look at it as a ratio.  So that's someone where their ratio of competence to confidence is high. So they actually do a lot of things. But the confidence in their ability to do it is low. If you shoot way up to the top left, you end up in an area called Dunning-Kruger. And there's books on that. You can go read Wikipedia articles on that. And that's where you get to the point where someone's confidence level is dangerously high. So this is the type of person that says, hey, I'm a student pilot, but I could probably go fly a 737. It's like the same thing. There's like pedals and engines and stuff. No, it's different. So these are sometimes the people on your team that say, sure, I'll go take care of that server. And then they come back 10 minutes later and they're like, it's on fire. And so really what you're thinking about is staying in a safe zone that's in the middle. And everyone just kind of flows through this section. That's the healthy place to be. And so I've been told that fake it till you make it doesn't translate in other languages very well. So really what we're saying here is maybe you get promoted into a job where you have a lot of the capabilities that you need. But you're going to have to stretch your competence. So some people say, you know what? I'm just going to get in there. I know part of this. I'm going to do it. And then I'll learn how to do the rest. And that's kind of what fake it till you make it is. And then, of course, unsure is someone who has the ability to do it, but they're not quite sure if they can make it all the way through. And so that's kind of the people who just need a little bit of prodding to get back to the middle. And so then you see just right in the middle. And there's something special about just right, is that it's completely unattainable. And if you find yourself there, you're not growing. There's something wrong. You're not learning. You're not growing. You're not exposing yourself to something that's hard. So that's almost like a completely separate talk that can go off in another direction. But just focus on being within that safe zone. So for us, luckily, we have a framework that makes it easier to stay in that safe zone. So how many people have heard of UDA before? I'm sure I got some former government or Air Force folks in here. So it's a framework that was created back in the Air Force to deal with jet fighter planes. So obviously, if you have a propeller plane, we're talking about like World War II aeroplanes, they're pretty quick, but it's nothing compared to a jet. And then, of course, munitions got better. There were better cannons. There were missiles. There was radar. So there's all these challenges. And so they needed something that pilots could have that was second nature. So they created this loop with four pieces, observe, orient, decide, and act. And so that way, a pilot, as soon as they were faced with any kind of danger, could assess it, make a decision, act, and then keep going through that loop over and over again. It almost became second nature, like their brain had kind of like two threads going at the same time. And so we can use this for ourselves to deal with imposter syndrome in ourselves and in others as well. So the first step is observing. And I've highlighted an important part here. And this is where you ask your question, how do people you trust react to your ideas, plans, and performance? There's an important part of people you trust. If you don't trust a person, then that's probably not someone that you want to observe when you're proposing something or when you're going into a meeting. But find the people that you trust. And when you go in that meeting and you say, hey, look, folks, I think we ought to do this thing and do this thing. If the response comes back where someone says, this is great, we should have been doing this a year ago. And you went into that meeting with the feeling like, oh man, this is a terrible idea. No one's going to like it. Then make that observation. If you go into a meeting and you propose something, everyone's on their phones or they're looking out the window or they're trying to figure out what they're going to eat for dinner or something like that, then obviously you've got a different observation there. That could be something where people in the room don't think you're competent enough because of how you're carrying yourself or maybe you're new in the role, something like that. So from there, you have to orient yourself.  So going back to that example, if you felt like, man, this idea is probably not that great. I'm going to go in and propose it because my boss is going to get mad if I don't have anything. And you go in and everyone's like, oh man, that's great. What you brought is like a Lego brick, and then we can stack this on top and make a product, and then there's this offering and this partnership. Then that's a great opportunity to say, whoa, wait a minute, I came in way too low. And everyone in that room was much more confident in me than I was. And you have to measure that difference. And then next, you have to decide. So there's two critical parts here. You decide about part of your behavior that you want to change. That's usually the easy part. The other part is how do you make it a habit? So you have to make it part of the Oodaloop for yourself. You have to almost have that thread going in your head where you can say, this is not really a conscious thing that I'm doing. This is just a habit that I bring into play. And then finally, you act.  And then all the feedback that you get, you funnel into the loop. So as an example, something that I've done from time to time, especially when I've been in a new role or I've been proposing something in a new area, I'll go to somebody that I trust and say, hey, let's go to lunch. And I'll say, OK, here's the challenge we're facing. Here's what I'm proposing and why. And here's the details on it. You know, what do you think? And just get the honest feedback from that person. And you'll find nine times out of 10 that your overall idea is great and you're on the right path, but maybe you need tweaks. And every once in a while, you'll get kind of that thing where your friend looks at you and thinks you're absolutely crazy. But that's usually something separate. But this is the opportunity to take that action and just say, hey, look, for the next few months or whatever that I'm in this new role, I'm going to go talk to this person that I trust and get input before I actually go into the group. And I'm going to use that to help orient myself and improve the way I look at myself and get my confidence and competence in line. So the OODA loop works great for helping others, too. You know, as I didn't say, use the OODA loop on someone. Like, always check with them first. But it could be a really good opportunity where you go into a meeting and someone's coming in to present. And maybe they just present it in such a way that it feels like they don't even believe in themselves. Catch up with them after the meeting and say, hey, look, when I was in that meeting, I saw you. I knew you've got great expertise in this area. But you just like, you didn't bring it. You know, what's up? So I'll get into details on how to do that at the end. And so the next question I'd love to ask is, what does success look like? So do we eliminate imposter syndrome? Do we make it palatable? What do we do? So we can't eliminate it. It's something within all of us. I think it's something that goes back to the, you know, original, like, caveman-type times. You know, there's certain things that you look at and you say, wow, I can't do that. And that would be very dangerous if I did that thing.  If you're interested to look up details on the amygdala in your brain, it's very entertaining and also very scary. But what I'd like to propose is a quote. And so it says, pain is inevitable and suffering is optional. And so what I'm trying to say here is that imposter syndrome is kind of like a train coming down a track. Like, you know it's coming. You hear the whistle and everything. But you could choose if you want to suffer from it. That's your choice. And only you can make that choice. So what you have to do is recognize it, know that it's coming, say, wow, I'm in a new role. I've got that imposter feeling going on right now. How do I embrace this and then own it? And so just say, like, you may have to go into a meeting and say, hey guys, like, feel totally like an imposter in this particular situation. But here's my proposal and this and that. And there's other people in the group that'll say, no, man, you're on track. Or you're not on track. Or here's a suggestion. But the key thing is only you can choose to stop the suffering. Nobody else can. Like, no one can help you over this hump. You have to do it yourself. And so I always like to throw in a little reality check as well. Some people will not be thrilled about helping. So I'll say, I've been a developer. I've been a sysadman. I've been a manager. I don't know a whole lot of developers that love touchy-feely stuff. And I mean HR appropriate touchy-feely, like emotions and things like that.  But there's certain people who would say, look, that's not in my job description. I don't talk to people. I'm not a friend, like this kind of thing. So some people will say, I write code. I don't have time for this. I got patches to merge. There's like 56 reviews going on. I just don't have time for this mess. But in the end, your code is worth nothing without that community. If you don't have a community that's growing, if you don't have a community that's engaged, if you don't have a community that's diverse, if you don't have a community that's opening bugs and using the product and finding the edge cases and things like that, then why do you write the code? That's the question. So make investments in those people. It's important. And as I'll say in a minute, the investments are actually very small. And so some people say, well, I'm not a psychologist. I'm not a medical doctor. How am I going to figure this whole thing out? Well, here's a question. If we went outside right now to go get a beer, which I would love to do, and we saw someone fall over a curb outside, would you stand back and say, oh, I'm not a medical doctor or an emergency room physician or a nurse or anything, so I'm just going to just walk off and let them figure that out? No. You're going to go over there and say, hey, are you OK? Help them up. Grab their bag and stuff. That's called being human. You don't have to be an emergency room physician to go help somebody up to just fell down. Same thing goes with this. Just be a human. And that's a good way to keep it simple. And so what I'll end with is just one email, just one IRC message, just one code review comment might be all that someone needs. And so I'll say a good example of this. I work a lot within the OpenStack Ansible community. And so we had someone that was going to come to one of our meetings, and they had a great use case. And we're like, hey, come share it with us, because you can describe it better than we can. And it turns out that person attended the meeting, the little thing at the beginning where everyone's like, hey, showed up and did that part. But they never talked throughout the entire thing. We went to open floor, went to all that. And they went to the person afterwards and said, man, you're fantastic. Like, why didn't you bring the use case that you were going to bring? And they said, well, I didn't know where to jump in. The group was doing all this, and I felt like you guys really know what you're doing, and I can't keep up. And I was like, OK, look, we're doing the next meeting. We're going to schedule a 10-minute slot for you, and it's going to be right up front, and we're going to call you out because we really want your input. And it turns out that was enough. Like it was really just getting that person in there and saying, you got the floor. We invited you here. We love what you want to talk about. Come on down. And then we ended up having a great conversation. So sometimes it's just one thing. Just one IRC message reaching out and saying, hey, where are you? Or, hey, we expected something on this. Or, hey, your input is valuable. Just anything like that. And sometimes it's a code review comment. A good example was I was working with a new contributor, and they put in a Keystone patch and got a minus 2. And he was just like, I'm just going to have to quit OpenStack. I've got a minus 2. It's red. It's in bold. And I was like, it's just a minus 2. And you're like, well, how many minus 2s have you gotten? And I was like, I don't know, six or seven. But my first patch, is it the first one? And I got a minus 2. And I was like, well, let's go take a look at it. And it turned out what it was was he fixed a bug and he fixed it appropriately. But his explanation of how he fixed it was just really bad. And so then we took a look at it. And I said, well, hey, why don't you explain, like, one, two, three, four, what your patch does, and maybe add a line of comments. And he put it back in. And then sure enough, someone reviewed it and said, hey, this is a lot better than the one you had before. Like, I fully understand where you're going. And now based on that, hey, let's steal this code from over here and put it in. So then it was all this communication started happening. So sometimes it's just that one thing to reach out and talk to somebody. So now you have the tools. So I've given you the tools to go do this stuff. So to recap, first off, be able to recognize the signs in yourself and recognize it in others as well. And then find a way to live the oodle-loob and teach other people how to live the oodle-loob, because it's very fun, especially in stressful situations. And then finally, stop the suffering. And remember, only the person that's suffering can fix it. You can help them get there, but you can't take them there. Kind of like when I take one of my children and go to the restroom. I can get them there, but I don't know if they're going to go. So it's time for you to build a path for yourself and for others in the community. It'll improve diversity. It'll improve the experience of the contributors that come by. It'll bring new contributors on board that you never thought about. You might be able to merge with other projects. There's tons of good things that can come from it. And so with that, I'm all set. And if you all have questions, I'll be happy to answer them as best I can. Thanks. And if you have questions, I think there's microphones. Or you can yell, and I'll just repeat it so the video can get it. Yeah, yeah. So the comment was it doesn't cost anything to be nice. So if you see something good, oftentimes we're reviewing code where minus one do this and all this. But when someone does something really great, just tell them. Or ask who their manager is. Or if you know who their manager is, send them something. Because I'll tell you what, there's no better praise than having your manager show up and say, man, someone in the community loves you or you did a thing and whatever. It's good and free. How did you hear about that individual that needed a little more confidence and help a little personal touch on that minus two to get them to revisit and keep at it? How did you find that person? How do you find that generally in the community? Well, so that particular person needs help. OK, yeah. So how did I find the person that got the minus two and helped them through it? So for that particular one, it was someone in the office. And they basically just grabbed me as I was walking down the road. So that made it a little bit easier. But I think sometimes finding people like that in the community, sometimes what I've done is someone puts in a patch. And it's interesting, but it's going in a very strange direction or something like that. Or maybe someone puts in a patch and they get a negative review and they don't come back and add anything else to it. I'll just try and dig up an email or try and figure out what their IRC handle is and then just say, just reach out to them privately. Sometimes I'll find two is that, and it's probably happened to everyone at some point, you'll get the random private messages from someone you've never talked to, but they've alerted in the IRC channel for a year. And you're like, oh yeah, I saw your username a long time ago. And sometimes it's folks that are just afraid to go in the main channel and talk about it. We had someone that showed up and said, hey, have you guys ever thought about doing SUSE support and OpenStack Ansible? And it's like, yeah, why don't you ask in the channel? Well, I didn't want to upset anybody. I'm like, we got a channel, just come on in and talk. And so yeah, and that turned into a huge project for us. All right, what else? So the question was, some communities are more welcoming than others. And sometimes you may observe leaders in a particular open source community doing the opposite of what you'd expect and not being terribly friendly to people within the group for different reasons. OK. So I'm one of those people where I think the feedback has got to be quick. It's terrible when you get dinged with feedback like three days later, when someone's like, hey, that thing you said on Thursday last week really made me mad. And I'm like, were you just festering all weekend over this thing that made you upset? Just tell me immediately. So I think what it's got to be is the feedback's got to be immediate, but it's got to be in such a way that it's constructive. So I don't know. I think it depends on how well you know the person. So if it's someone that works for your company or someone you've met at a summit, it seems like you could just reach out in a private message and say, hey, that person was really trying to improve things, and maybe they're going about it the wrong way, but I think the way you approached it was it could have been better. Or like, here's what I would have done. And sometimes what I do is I'll just go set the example. So if I see someone being completely rude to somebody else, I'll just be that person's friend. I'm just like, hey, ignore so-and-so. What do you got? Like, what's the problem? Do you have logs or something like that? So that's happened sometimes. It's happened in the Fedora community a couple times. We've got some people that I think probably stay up way too late fixing Linux issues, and they're just kind of crotchety at some points of the day. And so we've kind of worked with some of them to say, all right, come on, these are new people. Like, let's work through it. So really, I think it's got to be feedback that's quick. Can I just add to that, if it's an open stack, that's also what the stewardship working group exists for, is to collect feedback from the community on how leaders are doing and also help people practice leadership stuff, just so you know. Cool. All right, anything else? I hate staying in between everybody and lunch. All right, well, thank you all very much.