Untechnological Employment

The reaction would not
have been so deeply bitter
if only it hadn't worked....

by E. M. Clinton, Jr.

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO COL. K. A. BROWN COMMANDER
PACIFIC SPACEPORT:
CONGRESS PRESSURE HIGH   INVESTIGATION
IMMINENT   MUST HAVE FULL INFORMATION
WHY MOON LAUNCHES BEHIND SCHEDULE

TWX COL. K. A. BROWN TO WHITE HOUSE:
UNSEASONABLY CONSTANT BAD WEATHER PREVENTS
LAUNCHING FOR PAST THREE WEEKS

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO BROWN PSP:
WHAT KIND OF BAD WEATHER

TWX COL. K. A. BROWN TO WHITE HOUSE: FOG

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO BROWN PSP:
CONGRESS PRESSURE GREATER   BAD PUBLICITY
INVOLVED   RUSSIANS ARE LAUNCHING ON
SCHEDULE WHY CAN'T WE SOMETHING MUST BE DONE

TWX COL. K. A. BROWN TO WHITE HOUSE: STILL
FOGGED IN

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO BROWN PSP:
CHAIRMAN SENATE SPACE COMMITTEE SAYS
FLY THIS WEEK OR HE WILL INVESTIGATE

TWX COL. K. A. BROWN TO WHITE HOUSE:
SIR INVESTIGATE

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO COL. A. A. NEUMAN
COMMANDER PACIFIC SPACEPORT:
EXPECT YOU TO ACT IMMEDIATELY SOLVING
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS
RE LAUNCHINGS

TWX COL. A. A. NEUMAN TO WHITE HOUSE:
WISH TO ADVISE FOG REMAINS   WAS CLEAR FOR
THIRTEEN MINUTES THIS A.M.   PLEASE INSTRUCT

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO NEUMAN PSP:
SENATE SPACE COMMITTEE UNDER SENATOR
HARRY WASHWATER ARIZONA   DUE PACIFIC
SPACEPORT THIS FRIDAY

TWX COL. A. A. NEUMAN TO WHITE HOUSE:
ADVISE YOU THIS OFFICE REGARDS WASHWATER
SUGGESTION AS NOT ACCEPTABLE

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO NEUMAN PSP:
IN CONFIDENCE ADVISE ANCILLARY POLITICAL
CONSIDERATIONS MAKE IT DESIRABLE YOU
RE-EVALUATE WASHWATER RECOMMENDATION

TWX COL. A. A. NEUMAN TO WHITE HOUSE:
IN CONFIDENCE ASK WHAT POSSIBLE
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS CAN APPLY HERE

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO NEUMAN PSP:
IN CONFIDENCE   HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
NATIVE AMERICANS IN WASHWATER CONSTITUENCY

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR ACTING COMMANDER PACIFIC
SPACEPORT TO WHITE HOUSE: ADVISE YOU
COL. NEUMAN'S DEATH ESTABLISHED AS SUICIDE

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO DEWAR PSP:
REGRETS OFFICIALLY FROM THIS OFFICE
NOW SUGGEST RE-EVALUATION OF WASHWATER
RECOMMENDATION   HOW IS THE WEATHER

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
RE-EVALUATING   WEATHER STILL UNSPEAKABLY BAD
WAS THIS PLACE EVALUATED FOR WEATHER BEFORE
SPACEPORT FACILITIES BUILT

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO DEWAR PSP:
OFFICIAL POSITION IS CHANGE IN JAPANESE
CURRENT   ANXIOUS FOR YOUR DECISION ON
WASHWATER RECOMMENDATION

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
RESPECTFULLY DEFER DECISION TO YOUR
OFFICE

TWX WHITE HOUSE TO DEWAR PSP:
EMERGENCY FORCES ON WAY FROM ARIZONA
THIS A.M. PER THIS OFFICE DECISION TO
FOLLOW WASHWATER RECOMMENDATION   PLEASE
KEEP HOURLY INFORMATION COMING TO THIS
OFFICE

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
DANCING BEGAN AT OH FOUR TWENTY PST
EVERY ASSISTANCE BEING EXTENDED
BY THIS BASE

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
DANCING STILL IN PROGRESS   CHIEF BLUE
SKY DECLARES REPERTOIRE OF SUN DANCES
FAR FROM EXHAUSTED

TWX COL. B. M. DEWAR TO WHITE HOUSE:
COUNTDOWN COMPLETED   LAUNCHING
SUCCESSFUL   VISIBILITY UNLIMITED
WEATHER CONTROL PERSONNEL ASKING FOR
OVERTIME   PLEASE ADVISE AND ACCEPT
MY RESIGNATION