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Citizenship-Insurance Racket (aka-Political Racket)

The Green Hornet · May 5, 1938 · 29 min · 4,142 words

The transcript of “Citizenship-Insurance Racket (aka-Political Racket)”, an episode of The Green Hornet first broadcast May 5, 1938. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Green Hornet plays The Green Hornet free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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An adventurer of the Green Hornet. He hunts the biggest of all game, public enemies that even the G-Men cannot reach. The Green Hornet. Hornet is a copyrighted feature of fictitious characters and events, in which the principal character is Britt Reid, manager of the Seton Hill newspaper.

Only Kehil, his faithful Japanese valet, knows the dual role the young millionaire plays, to strike at lawbreakers within the law, who cannot be reached through the court. The innocent of major crimes, the Green Hornet is hunted by everyone.

The cry of both police and underworld is, dead or alive, get the Green Hornet. Joe Desmond, boss of one of the wards on the lower east side, managed by cash and votes to maintain a strong position in his community.

He laughed at all attempts to interfere with his racket and continued to take advantage of the arriving immigrants. As tonight's adventure of the Green Hornet opens, We find Desmond in his office in the rear of the club rooms of the social club from which the ward is controlled.

This is hot. This makes me laugh. Hey Nelson, get a load of this. What is it Desmond? That daily sentinel. The sentinel wants conditions investigated. I wouldn't laugh too hard if I was you. Why not?

A boy from the DA's office. I've been eyeing this place the past few days. So what? Didn't we put the right boys in office? Let them try and do something about us. Sure, but just the same. If I was running things, I'd lay low on the citizenship right until I eat dyes out.

Forget it. How about some business? There's a bird in the club rooms now if you want to talk to him. He's got cash on him over a hundred bucks. You talk to him yet? Sure, he's fresh from Ellis Island. I must make his fortune in America. I must become a citizen. You told him to tell us where I saw him.

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