Bronson is killed in a drive-by shooting, but the marchers carry on. In Baltimore, the President walks into the crowd alone and tells Alice Bronson (Jean Parker) that her father was a martyr who died trying “to arouse the stupid, lazy people of the United States to force their government to do something before everybody slowly starves to death.” He promises to create an Army of Construction. “The way he thinks is so simple and honest that it sounds a little crazy,” Beek says. “And If he’s mad, it’s a divine madness...” Pendie adds.