Cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1934, Whitaker &amp; Baxter suka yi hayar da abokin ciniki wanda zai ƙarshe sa su a kan taswira. Frank Merriam, tsohon mataimakin gwamnan California wanda aka ba shi kujerar gwamna bayan mutuwar James Rolph, yana neman sake zabarsa a matsayin gwamna. Merriam, wanda ya dauki ofishin gwamnan a watan Yunin 1934, nan da nan ya fuskanci rikicin kungiyar. Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya ta kasance
ya kai farmaki, ya rufe tashar jiragen ruwa a San Francisco. Sa'ad da 'yan sanda suka yi ƙoƙari su raka ma'aikatan wucin gadi zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa, sai suka yi faɗa da masu yajin aikin. Tsoron lalacewar siyasa idan ya aika da Tsaro don murkushe masu yajin aikin, Merriam ya yi jita-jita ya yi aiki da yarjejeniya tare da 'yan Republican na jihar ga dan takarar gwamna na jam'iyyar a musayar turawa. A ƙarshe, duka sojojin tarayya da na jihohi sun iya magance halin da ake ciki, kuma Merriam ya iya zargi laifin a kan hagu na siyasa.