The Merchants Of Venus

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Adventures in which you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand maybe worlds the national broadcasting company in cooperation with galaxy science fiction magazine presents Tonight the merchant of Venus by a H Phelps Jr But first, hear this.

When they play at half, and you dig the beat, oh, like the swinging lights complete. You make it paps to cause paps to make it perfect. Yes, paps to make it perfect. Just as we always have ever since 1844.

So next time you make it paps to make it perfect. America's blue ribbon beer from the paps to brewing company Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Yes, paps, makes it perfect. Now on X minus one, the merchant of Venus.

If you've ever tried to make a six-inch marionette play the piano, using spider webs a hundred feet long for the strings, you'll have some idea of the job of administering personnel problems of the Venus colony from an office on East 41st Street in New York.

What? That's the way it's done. All recruitment and contract work for outspace employment is handled by the UN Off-World Commission. My particular mess is the Venus Project. Mostly the trouble comes to my phone extension.

Work them here. Work them. How long do you think we're going to stand for this? General Carlson, how are you? At the rate you're going, there won't be a man left on Venus or a dollar left in the budget.