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A
group
that
called
itself
"
Committee
of
Disinterested
Citizens
"
collected
signatures
on
a
petition
demanding
a
year
’
s
study
of
the
John
Galt
Line
by
government
experts
before
the
first
train
were
allowed
to
run
.
The
petition
stated
that
its
signers
had
no
motive
other
than
"
a
sense
of
civic
duty
.
"
The
first
signatures
were
those
of
Balph
Eubank
and
Mort
Liddy
.
The
petition
was
given
a
great
deal
of
space
and
comment
in
all
the
newspapers
.
The
consideration
it
received
was
respectful
,
because
it
came
from
people
who
were
disinterested
.
No
space
was
given
by
the
newspapers
to
the
progress
of
the
construction
of
the
John
Galt
Line
.
No
reporter
was
sent
to
look
at
the
scene
.
The
general
policy
of
the
press
had
been
stated
by
a
famous
editor
five
years
ago
.
"
There
are
no
objective
facts
,
"
he
had
said
.
"
Every
report
on
facts
is
only
somebody
’
s
opinion
.
It
is
,
therefore
,
useless
to
write
about
facts
.
"
A
few
businessmen
thought
that
one
should
think
about
the
possibility
that
there
might
be
commercial
value
in
Rearden
Metal
.
They
undertook
a
survey
of
the
question
.
They
did
not
hire
metallurgists
to
examine
samples
,
nor
engineers
to
visit
the
site
of
construction
.
They
took
a
public
poll
.
Ten
thousand
people
,
guaranteed
to
represent
every
existing
kind
of
brain
,
were
asked
the
question
:
"
Would
you
ride
on
the
John
Galt
Line
?
"
The
answer
,
overwhelmingly
,
was
:
"
No
,
sir
-
ree
!
"
No
voices
were
heard
in
public
in
defense
of
Rearden
Metal
.
And
nobody
attached
significance
to
the
fact
that
the
stock
of
Taggart
Transcontinental
was
rising
on
the
market
,
very
slowly
,
almost
furtively
.
There
were
men
who
watched
and
played
safe
.
Mr
.
Mowen
bought
Taggart
stock
in
the
name
of
his
sister
.
Ben
Nealy
bought
it
in
the
name
of
a
cousin
.
Paul
Larkin
bought
it
under
an
alias
.
"
I
don
’
t
believe
in
raising
controversial
issues
,
"
said
one
of
these
men
.
"
Oh
yes
,
of
course
,
the
construction
is
moving
on
schedule
,
"
said
James
Taggart
,
shrugging
,
to
his
Board
of
Directors
.
"
Oh
yes
,
you
may
feel
full
confidence
.
My
dear
sister
does
not
happen
to
be
a
human
being
,
but
just
an
internal
combustion
engine
,
so
one
must
not
wonder
at
her
success
.
"
When
James
Taggart
heard
a
rumor
that
some
bridge
girders
had
split
and
crashed
,
killing
three
workmen
,
he
leaped
to
his
feet
and
ran
to
his
secretary
’
s
office
,
ordering
him
to
call
Colorado
.
He
waited
,
pressed
against
the
secretary
’
s
desk
,
as
if
seeking
protection
;
his
eyes
had
the
unfocused
look
of
panic
.
Yet
his
mouth
moved
suddenly
into
almost
a
smile
and
he
said
,
"
I
’
d
give
anything
to
see
Henry
Rearden
’
s
face
right
now
.
"
When
he
heard
that
the
rumor
was
false
,
he
said
,
"
Thank
God
!
"
But
his
voice
had
a
note
of
disappointment
.
