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Son," the president said. "What in the name of Moses is going on in this country "
Weigand, his pipe clenched tightly between his teeth, said "Mr. President, it's a Depression."
"A Depression "
"Yes, sir."
"What is a Depression "
"Well sir, I've been reading up on it. We haven't had one since 1939. Before our time, of course. What usually happens is that businesses fold, millions of people lose their jobs and go on relief-"
"All right, I think I get the idea. But how do you get rid of them "
Weigand had been afraid he was going to ask that. "That's a good question...
Mack Reynolds
Mack Reynolds (1917-1983)
Dallas McCord ('Mack') Reynolds was born in California in 1917. His father was the Socialist Labor Party Presidential Candidate on two occasions, and Reynolds' life and work were deeply affected by his political upbringing. After early careers in newspapers and computing, Reynolds returned from the Second World War and began to write science fiction. Based in Mexico but travelling widely in his role as Travel Editor for a men's magazine, he started slowly but surely to sell his work. Mack Reynolds wrote the first Star Trek novel, Mission to Horatius, and was once voted Most popular SF Author by the readers of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. He died in 1983.
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