first John Smith in his _Shall We Submit?_ which began: "If
thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughters, or thy
wife, or thy friend whom thou lovest, would persuade thee secretly,
saying, 'Let us go and serve strange gods', neither let thy eyes spare
him nor conceal him, but thou shalt presently put him to death!"

The speech was televised to the rabble, and for that matter, one of the
Stand-ins delivered the actual address to protect the President who was
present on the platform among the ranks of Primaries and Secondaries,
although not even these officials were aware of it. The address was
honestly an emotional one, not bothering with any attempt at logical
analysis. None was needed. Congress was always eager to investigate
subversion. It was good political publicity, and about the only
congressional activity that could command public attention and interest.
The cheers were rousing and prolonged. When it was over, the Speaker and
the President of the Senate both made brief addresses to set the
machinery in motion.

* * * * *

John Smith watched the proceedings with deep satisfaction. But as time
wore on, he began to wonder how many spies were truly being apprehended.
Among the many thousands who were brought to justice, only sixty-nine
actually confessed to espionage, and over half of them, upon being
subjected to psychiatric examination, proved to be neurotic
publicity-seekers who would have confessed to anything sufficiently
dramatic. Twenty-seven of them were psychiatrically cleared, but even
so, their stories broke down when questioned under hypnosis or hypnotic
drugs, except for seven who, although constantly maintaining their
guilt, could not substantiate one another's claims, nor furnish any
evidence which might lead to the discovery of a well-organized espionage
network. John Smith was baffled.

He was particularly baffled by the disappearance of seventeen men in key
positions, who, upon being mentioned as possible candidates for the
probe, immediately vanished into thin air, leaving no trace. It seemed
to Smith, upon reading the individual reports, that many of them would
have been absolved before their cases got beyond the deputy level, so
flimsy were the accusations made against them. But they had not waited
to find out. Two were obviously guilty of _something_. One had murdered
a deputy who came to question him, then fled in a private plane, last
seen head