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"You take the job I've gotI gotta keep you men happyYou may not know it, but that's even in the manual, right there in black and whiteI figure if I look out for my men they'll look out for me
"Sure, we're right behind ya The way Polack looked at it, you were a goddam fool if you didn't say what your boss wanted you to say
Brown was fumbling for something"There's lots of ways a noncom can be a sonofabitch, but I'd rather treat my men right
What the hell does he want out of me? Polack thought"It's the only way to be," he said
"Yeah, but a lot of noncoms don't know thatThe responsibility can get you downYou don't know the kind of worries there areI'm not saying I don't want to have 'em, 'cause the truth of the matter is you gotta plug if you wanta get aheadThere's no short cuts Polack scratched himselfHe's too smart for his own goodYou know he pulled a pretty slick deal in a garage he was at Brown told Polack the story, and finished by saying, "That's smart enough, but you just get in trouble that wayYou got to stick to something and take the headaches as they come Polack decided he'd underrated StanleyIt was something worth knowing about himStanley had more on the ball than BrownJesus, Polack thought, this guy Brown is gonna end up runnin' a gasoline station, and t'inkin' he's a big operatorStanley had the right idea