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Though Gildy is feeling fine, Birdie has bad news about breakfast. In the office, his high spirits meet more set backs when Bessie points out the piles of undone paperwork. Shouldn’t a good secretary already have most of that done? Handbills for insurance, rapid advancement in selling insurance, isn’t there anything related to the water department?
At home, Leroy has roped Ben into his war games. The former sailor seems to be teaching Leroy a few Navy Seal moves. What kind of moves has he been putting on Marjorie? Gildy wonders what plans Ben has, now that he’s out of the Navy. Gildy is just the little problem solver today, and points Ben towards the lucrative industry of selling insurance.
Later, Gildy goes to offer his advice to Peavey. What is thee druggist doing to support the returning troops? Though he’s busy with running his own business to pay much attention, Gildy gets in the pitch that folks owe veterans a debt to put them back to work. Meanwhile, how’s it going with Ben’s new job? Gildy tries to grease the skids, and introduce him to all his cronies to buy insurance. With a little coaching, Ben has potential as a salesman. Judge Hooker even helps iron out a few kinks in Ben’s technique.
