Show f TIlE TIIE BETTER DETTER MOUSETRAP 1 A I-A A man decides to build a bet ter mousetrap 2 He 2 He tries to interest somebody with capital The first prospect lis Us listens tens with interest up to a point where he is convinced he would dou dou- double double ble his money This scares him himI out I 3 The 3 The sees Inventor Inventor ees another capi capi- capitalist He almost gets him with the argument that if they are arc careful they can avoid quantity production i I 4 Spurned 4 again he contacts a group of financiers who have been very successful at losing money They think the mousetrap will be a aI aI I I flop and decide to back it 5 They 5 They ask him how much money he needs He says about I They refuse to go in unless he will take a million He reluctantly ac ac- ac- ac I. I 6 He 6 He needs only WOOd wood wire and andI anda I a few holes Owing to a wood short short- shortage shortage shortage age he is asked to use plastics He HeI I 1 nearly gets some wire but priori- priori priorities I ties tics set in and he is told to use soy soy- I beans 7 He 7 He can still use holes for holes he thinks But he is now stymied by an nn OPA decision to ration holes He can only get three to a trap tr p. p 8 He S-He He phones his backers that there are so many obstacles con con- confronting confronting confronting fronting him that they will all lose money and he suggests dropping the projects project They bring faring suit to tomake tomake tomake make him go ahead 9 He 9 He turns out his first trap It costs As it has to sell for 30 cents retail it looks bad He notifies his backers They are arc quite pleased but suggest he turn out traps at a cost of 10 each and sell sell them two for a quarter They are not taking any chances on more sur sur- surtax tax rox burdens 10 The 10 The Better Mousetrap man asks for a factory in Elmira N. N Y that can be bought for about His backers buy him four in Detroit at a cost of with govern govern- government ment aid 11 He ll-He He gets into production but has to suspend work to answer answer fed fed- federal federal federal eral questionnaires and fill fiU out new tax forms 12 After 12 After a long struggle he re re- resumes resumes re- re resumes operations The Mousetrap Makers Makers' Union calls a strike de de- demanding demanding de- de demanding manding fewer holes in the mouse mouse- traps He offers to cut the holes to one The is called in and andrules andrules andrules rules that one hole is too many un un- under under un- un under der the Wagner Act 13 He 13 He asks the board bo rd how mice can get into such a trap It says They cant can't get in under Roosevelt let em wait walt until Willkie is elected 14 After 14 After long negotiations he is allowed to put one hole into each trap except on Saturdays and Sun Sun- days 15 Ultimately 15 he is aU all set for business except for a radio theme song He listens to goofy jin jin- He picks one sufficiently silly 16 He 16 He discovers that the lyric says the product contains the essen essen- essential essential essential vitamins is made from sun- sun kissed leaves and puts iron in the blood 17 He 17 He says vitamins and iron do donot donot donot not appeal to mice His advertising man tells t Hs him that radio results prove him wrong 18 Just IS-Just Just when he seems out of ot the woods OPA rations cheese It sug sug- suggests suggests suggests that traps be baited with pig pigtails pigtails pigtails tails and 19 The 19 The Mousetrap l Workers' Workers Union now walks out in sympathy with a astrike astrike astrike strike of Rat Poison Mixers The War Relations Labor board tells him unless he gives in jn inside of ten days the government will seize his plant 20 He 20 He now goes nuts and insists he never designed a mousetrap or was in business for himself for a single hour He swears he is a col col- college college col- col college lege professor 21 This 21 This lands him a job in Wash Wash- Washington Washington Washington ington as a counsel to business men Moral Nothing Moral Nothing succeeds like a deficit plenty of confusion and a astory astory astory story that you ou were once on a col col- college college col- col college lege faculty S Secretary l is git giving ing up his dairy farm after 20 years We Ve understand he finds it hard to make i ia a profit these days because of the governments government's financial policies Probably Air Mr l had bad an extra difficult time trying to make both ends meet in the tue milk business E Every time he tried to milk a cow v cowlie he lie would have trouble trying to be be- begin beIn begin gin In at Section 1 I Paragraph A or skip to Item 4 Paragraph D. D And its it's tough figuring out a sur sur- surtax surtax surtax tax while sitting on a milks tool with witha a n cow knee-deep knee in questionnaires We can imagine Henry sunk in u sea of milk and deficits and exclaim exclaim- exclaiming ing tog In business today if it isn't one thing its it's an udder Here is a great chance for tor the Re Re- Republican Republican Republican publican party If Wendell Willkie is smart he will buy in the Morgen Morgen- thau herd and make it pay even if he has to sell seH the movie rights Mr will henceforth raise fruit he announces His suc sue success success cess in supplying millions of Amer Amer- Americans leans with raspberries may have h ve vegona gone gona to his head |