Fellow Travelers

mellow music playing

If it's magic

Then why can't it be everlasting?

Like the sun that always shines

Like the poets in this rhyme

Like the galaxies in time

If it's pleasing

Then why can't it be never leaving?

Like the day that never fails

Like on seashores there are shells...

Whoa. Hey, hey, hey.

Careful.

Hey, there's ice cream in the kitchen!

Tell your mother I said it's okay.

Thanks, Dad, the last thing they need is more sugar.

- -It's a party. - The grandkids are going

to miss Hawk so much when we go to Milan.

I don't know what Kimberly's going to do.

Well, she'll ship them over in the diplomatic pouch.

I almost gave up my dream

of moving to Italy with the man I love.

In the end, she settled for going with me.

Behave.

Is that Marcus?

I didn't know he was in town.

Bring him over to say hi.

Yeah, I will.

Excuse me.

Marcus.

Hawk.

When did you get in?

Yesterday.

I didn't know you were having a party.

- - Oh, no, no. - It's just a little celebration.

I've finally been posted to Milan.

Oh, congratulations on your new book, by the way.

I've been meaning

- -to write you-- - Can we talk?

In private?

It's about Tim.

Yeah, let's...

Let's go into my office.

So, how are you?

How's San Francisco?

Fine. Uh, Hawk.

When Tim heard I was coming to DC,

- -he asked me to drop by, and-- - Oh, how is he?

How are any of us?

You don't know from one day to the next who's...

Sorry. I'm just tired of going to funerals.

Tim's organizing his life, settling things.

Wants you to have this.

How bad is it?

How long does he have...

I'm not a fortune teller.

And you?

No, so far.

How about you?

Me?

It's not impossible.

- -I'm careful. - Careful?

Is he with someone?

He's had a couple romances.

Nothing that lasted.

Something kept getting in the way.

I better go.

- -Give my best to Lucy. - Do you have a number for him?

Yeah, I should at least call...

Hawk, Tim doesn't want to hear from you.

He asked me to make that clear.

You have a beautiful family.

A beautiful life.

I hope it was worth it.

big band music playing

Hawkins Fuller!

You're at the wrong party.

Your man's a Democrat.

I'm neutral, like Switzerland.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

What do you want?

What?

To drink.

- -A glass of milk. - What?

Milk.

Milk?

To Hawk and Lucy,

the deputy consul of Milan

and the woman who makes it all possible.

classical music playing

Hooray!

And our letters tell him so

Nobody's for McCarthy but the people

And our votes will tell him so

Senator Joseph McCarthy!

Well, we did it!

We have a new president!

One who doesn't want

party-line thinkers or fellow travelers.

Ike will conduct the fight!

And together, we will make America safe...

...and strong again!

Oh, Christ.

It's a landslide victory

for the Republican Party.

Many believe that credit for Eisenhower's win belongs

to Senator McCarthy and his campaign against...

There you'll never be...

Can I have a smoke?

And if you sing this melody

You'll be pretending just like...

I'm Eddie. How about you?

Milton.

But my friends call me Uncle Milty.

Really?

Okay.

Listen, I know the score, okay?

I know a lot of my friends will trick with a guy

and then press him for money, but that's not me.

Okay? I got a...

I got a job at the State Department.

Didn't have you pegged for the Diplomatic Corps.

Just logistics.

Uh, you know, packing up offices,

moving furniture.

- -Lighter. - Why?

What, you think I was gonna steal it?

No, this was fun. I mean...

You wanna give me your number?

Give me the lighter.

Just like me

The world is mine

It can be yours, my friend

Good night, Eddie.

So why don't you pretend

Four months after the landing at Anzio,

I was leading a squad of the 141st Regiment,

36th Infantry Division, when General Clark ordered

the offensive against the Nazis' Caesar line.

It had just been fortified.

We finally broke through at this little town.

Velletri. It was in shambles.

But slowly, the Italians came out of hiding.

Mothers, wives.

Crying, shouting, "Gli Americani sono qui!"

"The Americans are here!"

Look, fellas,

and this is what I want you to take back to your bosses.

The Voice of America is doing for our allies

what the 141st did in Velletri, and they need to remember that

when they're doling out the pork in HR3053.

I will ask you specifically.

Are you at this time a member of the Communist Party?

Senator McCarthy.

I've already said

that I must avail myself of my rights

under the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer.

You refuse to answer that question...

Miss Addison will send over those tickets

to the City Series, won't you, darling?

Of course, Mr. Fuller.

You're gonna love the seats.

- -Thank you. - The third baseline.

The Voice of America lives to see another day.

Good work.

It's a worthy program.

It'll be even better when they clean out all the Reds.

I'm running down to the commissary.

May I bring you anything?

Ah, you're a doll, but I'm on my way out. Thanks.

Okay.

Now, don't be jealous, Miss Johnson.

Don't flatter yourself.

Listen, if Morton asks,

I'm having lunch with Senator Smith.

I have to cool him down.

He's chomping at the bit to take on McCarthy and Cohn.

Well, someone should.

May I?

Election night.

That's right.

What were you doing at that party?

You had to know someone.

I worked on the New York campaign.

Oh.

I thought it would land me a good job in Washington.

Any luck?

I interned for three months at the Star.

Mm.

In the mail room.

I have a degree in political science and history.

I think I should aim a little higher, don't you?

Ah.

You've come to Washington to make a difference.

Are you making fun of me, Mr. Fuller?

You know my name?

I looked you up in the Biographical Register.

May I ask you a personal question?

All right.

Is this, uh...