here's
plenty of engineers, and more being graduated every semester. You don't
need me."

"Oh, yes, we do!" Shaking his head, the young ration-cop took a firm
grip on Fred's right biceps. "You've got to come along with me till your
outlook changes, Mr. Lubway."

"Now, see here!" Fred objected, trying unsuccessfully to twist free of
the officer's grip. "You've no call to treat me like a criminal. Nor to
talk to me as if I were senile. My outlook won't change, and you know
it!"

"Oh, yes, it will! And since you're neither criminal nor senile, that's
what has to be done.

"We'll do it in the most humane way possible. A little brain surgery,
and you'll sit in your cage and consume and consume and consume without
a care in the world. Yes, sir, we'll change your outlook!

"Now, you mustn't try to twist away from me like that, Mr. Lubway. I
can't let you go. We need every consumer we can get."

Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from _If Worlds of Science Fiction_
September 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling
and typographical errors have been corrected without note.

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