about your union?
No other union in the country
would stand for a thing like that.
The waterfront's tougher, Father,
like it ain't part of America.
- You know how a trigger local works?
- No. How?
You get up in the meeting,
you make a motion...
the lights go out,
then you go out.
That's how it's been ever sinceJohnny
and his cowboys took over the local.
Name one place where it's safe
to talk without getting clobbered.
The church.
What?
The bottom of the church.
Do you know what
you're letting yourself in for?
You got a cigarette on you?
Right over there.
- You working hard?
- Yeah.
You wouldn't mind working
just once in a while...
just to justify this
lofty position, would you?
I finished the work.
I counted all them bags.
We have an extra detail for you.
That's if you don't mind
being disturbed or anything.
The priest and this Doyle girl...
they're getting a meeting
up together down at the church.
We want a rundown on it, the names
and numbers of all the players.
Wait a minute.
All right, you're nominated.
Why me, Charley?
I feel funny going down there.
- Besides, I'd just be stooling for you.
- Let me tell you what stooling is.
Stooling is when you rat on
your friends, the guys you're with.
LfJohnny wants a favor,
don't think about it.
Do it.
Now go on,
join the congregation.
Well, I thought there'd be
more of you here, but...
The Romans found out
what a handful could do...
if it's the right handful.
I'm just a potato eater,
but isn't it simple as one-two-three?
One, the working
conditions are bad.
Two, they're bad because
the mob does the hiring.
Three, the only way
we can break the mob...
is to stop letting them
get away with murder.
Now, if one of you would just answer one
question, we'd have a very good start.
And that question is...
who killed Joey Doyle?
Not one of you has a line
on who killed Joey Doyle?
I have a hunch all of you
could tell us something about it.
All right,
then answer this one.
How can we call
ourselves Christians...
and protect these murderers
with our silence?
Jimmy Collins,
you wereJoey's best friend.
How can you just sit there
and not say anything?
And I'll always think of him as my
best friend, but what do you want me...
Who asked him in here?
I'm trying to find out what happened
toJoey Doyle. Maybe you can be helpful.
Helpful?
The brother of Charley the Gent?
They'll help us get
to the bottom of the river.
Better leave Charley out of this.
You don't think
he'd be helpful?
Why don't you ask him yourself?
Maybe I will
one of these days.
One of these days.
Now listen,
you know who the pistols are.
Are you going to keep still
until they cut you down one by one?
Are you?
Hey, Dugan,
how about you?
One thing you gotta
understand, Father.
- On the dock we've always been D and D.
- What's that?
Deaf and dumb. No matter how much
we hate the torpedoes, we don't rat.
Rat?
Now boys, get smart.
I know you're getting
pushed around...
but there's one thing we've got
in this country: Ways of fighting back.
Getting the facts to the public,
testifying for what you know is right...
against what you know is wrong.
And what's ratting to them is telling
the truth for you! Can't you see that?
Can't you see that? Huh?
It seems to me we've gone just about
as far as we can at this time.
I think you'll agree
with that, Father.
So I'd like to close
with a few words from St. Matthew.
"Come unto me all you..."
That's our friends.
What did I tell you?
This is a police problem, not ours!
- These people need our help, Vince!
- Okay! Okay!
Only don't blame me when
they ship you off to Abyssinia!
I won't!
Edie, you'd better go home in pairs.
Two's in two, you know.
Come on!
- What's happened to Pop?
- He's an old man. They won't hurt him.
Get out of here!
Here, up.
Are you all right, Dugan?
Yeah, considering they were
using my head for a baseball.
You still D and D?
You still call