What happens
Britt Reid, a daring young publisher, and his valet Kato take on a dispute on the waterfront. Shipowner Jensen accuses union foreman Trask of demanding $5,000 to end a costly strike, and the two men clash openly at the docks. Reporters from Reid's newspaper follow the story as the Board of Arbitration tries to bring both sides together. The episode is part of The Green Hornet radio series, first broadcast on July 18, 1939. The story is still in progress in the portion covered here.
The waterfront docks of a port city in 1939, including a shipping pier, a union meeting place, a newspaper office and the Reid apartment.
Characters: Britt Reid, Kato, Jensen, Trask, Wolf, Sligby, Casey, Larry
Listen for: The clash between Jensen and Trask at the docks, and the reporters' investigation into who is demanding the money.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.