Атлант расправил плечи
The Concerto of Deliverance
TheyprintedastorydescribingthehardshipsoftheworkersofReardenSteelunderthepresentriseinthecostoftheirliving—nexttoastorydescribingHankRearden’sprofits,offiveyearsago.TheyprintedastoryontheplightofaReardenworker’swifetrudgingfromstoretostoreinahopelessquestforfood—nexttoastoryaboutachampagnebottlebrokenoversomebody’sheadatadrunkenpartygivenbyanunnamedsteeltycoonatafashionablehotel;thesteeltycoonhadbeenOrrenBoyle,butthestorymentionednonames.
"Inequalitiesstillexistamongus,"thenewspapersweresaying,"andcheatusofthebenefitsofourenlightenedage."
"Privationshavewornthenervesandtemperofthepeople.Thesituationisreachingthedangerpoint.Wefearanoutbreakofviolence."
"Wefearanoutbreakofviolence,"thenewspaperskeptrepeating.
OnOctober28,agroupofthenewworkersatReardenSteelattackedaforemanandknockedthetuyeresoffablastfurnace.Twodayslater,asimilargroupbroketheground-floorwindowsoftheadministrationbuilding.Anewworkersmashedthegearsofacrane,upsettingaladleofmoltenmetalwithinayardoffivebystanders."GuessIwentnuts,worryingaboutmyhungrykids,"hesaid,whenarrested."Thisisnotimetotheorizeaboutwho’srightorwrong,"thenewspaperscommented."Oursoleconcernisthefactthataninflammatorysituationisendangeringthesteeloutputofthecountry.
