is just the first step."

"Don't kid yourselves," Ben Ruthenberg snapped at them. "It's also the
last!"

The two members of the Movement grinned at him.

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When the others had gone, the Boss looked at Larry Woolford. He said
sourly, "When this department was being formed, I doubt anyone had in mind
this particular type of subversion, Lawrence."

Larry grunted. "Give me a good old-fashioned Commie, any time. Look, sir,
what are the Department of Justice boys going to do with those prisoners?"

"Hold them on any of various charges. We've conflicted with the F.B.I. in
the past on overlapping jurisdiction, but thank heavens for them now.
Their manpower is needed."

Larry leaned forward. "Sir, we ought to take all members of the Movement
we've already arrested, feed them a dose of Scop-Serum, and pressure them
to open up on the organization's operations."

His superior looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

Larry said urgently, "Those two we just had in here thought the whole
thing was a big joke. The first step, they called it. Sir, there's
something considerably bigger than this cooking. Uncle Sam might pride
himself on the personal liberties guaranteed by this country, but unless
we break this organization, and do it fast, there's going to be trouble
that will make this fouling of the records look like the minor matter
those two jokers seemed to think it."

The Boss thought about that. He said slowly, "Lawrence, the Supreme Court
ruled against the use of Scop-Serum. Not that it is over efficient,
anyway. Largely, these so-called truth serums don't accomplish much more
than to lower resistance, slacken natural inhibitions, weaken the will."

"Sure," Larry said. "But give a man a good dose of Scop-Serum and he'd
betray his own mother. Not because he's helpless to tell a lie, but
because under the influence of the drug he figures it just isn't important
enough to bother about. Sir, Supreme Court or not, I think those two ought
to be given Scop-Serum along with all other Movement members we've picked
up."

The Boss was shaking his head. "Lawrence, these men are not wide-eyed
radicals picked up in a street demonstration. They're highly respected
members of our society. They're educators, scientists, engineers,
technicians. Anything done to them is going to make headlines. Those that
were actually involved in the sabotage will have criminal charges broug