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-                         Meeting At The Summit
-
-                           By Ivar Jorgensen
-
-               Some readers will accuse us of injecting
-            politics into the magazine with this story; we
-             submit the idea transcends party preferences!
-
-           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
-              Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy
-                             February 1956
-         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
-         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
-
-
-It was quite late when the Press Secretary asked for an audience.
-
-He was one of the very few who made direct contact--a trusted friend of
-the President as well as an able buffer between the chief executive and
-the fourth estate.
-
-The President said, "Why certainly--if it's that important. Come right
-up."
-
-As the line went dead, the President put down the phone and picked up
-the western story anthology he had been reading. He thumbed the pages
-pensively, then laid that down too and sat back in his chair. He closed
-his eyes.
-
-So darn seldom he got a chance to read anymore; or to do anything else
-for that matter except play a little golf once in a while and spend the
-rest of the time trying to stem the world's mad dash to destruction.
-
-He smiled gently, his tired eyes still closed. He estimated it would
-take the Press Secretary a good ten minutes to get to the White House.
-Good. The President had come to a point where he savored every precious
-moment of solitude.
-
-He let his mind drift--first to the state of the world. It wasn't so
-bad, really. Not in comparison. After all, a cold war was better than
-a hot one. And even the cold war was softening up a little. Enough
-to--the President's smile deepened.
-
-Enough to quit.
-
-That was his big secret. He hadn't told them yet. In deference to
-political strategy, responsibility to the party, and that sort of
-thing, he'd held his peace. But his decision had been made. He would
-not run again. A man, he told himself, is entitled to a few blessed
-years as his own master; a time when he ceases to be a slave of duty.
-Why just think! To grab the clubs and shoot eighteen without having
-to make "arrangements"! To go out and catch a couple of fish without
-the Secret Service plotting the course, calling the tune, following,
-grim-faced in his wake.
-
-The President's smile deepened. It was all so darned crazy! You go out
-to get a little relaxation--to catch a fish. But before you arrive the
-stream has to be stocked so thick you can almost walk on the beauties
-because if the President failed to catch a trout in one of their
-mountain streams, the state involved gets a black eye and might lose a
-few thousand tourists that year. He wondered idly if they gave the fish
-a pep talk when they tossed them in.
-
-But that sort of thing would be finished, soon. He was going to quit.
-He was going to tell them--
-
-"Mr. President."
-
-He jerked erect, blinked, and gave the Press Secretary his famous
-smile--half-apologetic now. "Sorry. I was napping I guess. Didn't hear
-you. Sit down--sit down."
-
-The Press Secretary did as instructed and the President was struck
-by the tight, stricken look on his gray face. "Good Lord, Jim! What
-happened? You look as though somebody just dropped a bomb on New York
-City." He could afford to speak lightly because he knew any news of
-grave import would not come through the Press Secretary.
-
-The latter appeared to have difficulty with his reply. With the
-President's eye upon him--sharp but friendly--he floundered for a
-moment, then said, "I might as well give it to you straight, Mr.
-President. Then we can go on from there."
-
-"An excellent idea."
-
-"All right--here goes. A man contacted me and requests that you come to
-the top of Mount Ranier for a conference."
-
-The President couldn't find any words. The silence was heavy.
-
-"And I think you'd better go," the Press Secretary finished in a voice
-charged with sheer misery. He sat mute, wondering what was going on
-through The President's mind.
-
-Finally the chief executive said, "Jim--I--really--"
-
-The Press Secretary leaned forward, his whole being tense. "Mr.
-President. Please answer one question--honestly. Do you think I've lost
-my mind? Do you think I've suddenly gone crazy?"
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-The reply was in a quiet tone.
-
-"No, Jim--I don't. I know you too well for that. I think you're saying
-something you have to say--doing a job you feel you have to do--even if
-it puts you in a position where you have to ask a question like that."
-
-"Thank you."
-
-"And now--why don't you just sit back and explain it? I'll be frank. It
-makes no sense to me. But I'm listening."
-
-A warm feeling swept the Press Secretary. This president we had. This
-solid rock of a guy. You just couldn't beat him!
-
-The homely, earnest ex-journalist leaned forward again. "The success of
-this mission, Mr. President--my visit here--hinges upon whether or not
-you believe I'm telling the truth. I'm going to tell you some strange
-things. And if you doubt my word--" he shrugged, "well--I will have
-just wasted your time."
-
-"Go ahead with it, Jim." The words were almost sharp now.
-
-"All right, sir." He took a deep breath and plunged in. "I've just had
-a briefing such as no man on this globe ever went through. I've been to
-the top of Mount Ranier."
-
-"When?"
-
-"Tonight."
-
-"Go on."
-
-"I'll tell you step-by-step exactly what happened--or what seemed to
-happen. Then you can make your decision."
-
-The Press Secretary began to talk. He talked for a long time. The
-President listened, his face a mask giving no clue whatever to his
-inner thoughts. This was a trick he learned over conference tables
-through the years. His skill at this would have made him a great poker
-player but he never cared for the game.
-
-When the Press Secretary stopped talking, he sat looking at the
-President with question marks in his eyes. He had no idea what the
-latter would say or do. The possible extremes were in his mind. The
-President might smile and say, "You've done a good job, Jim." Or he
-might reach for the phone and say, "Please send in two strong men and a
-straight jacket."
-
-The President did neither. He spoke very quietly. "I think I'd better
-go to Mount Ranier. Tell them I'm ready."
-
-The Press Secretary picked up the phone, dialed a number. When the
-party at the other end answered, he said, "The President agrees. He
-awaits your contact."
-
-He put down the phone and they sat looking at each other, waiting.
-There was nothing else to do, now. The President's eyes were vague as
-though he were looking through space and time. He said, "We've come a
-long way in a very short time, Jim. It's worth pondering."
-
-"A long way, Mr. President."
-
-"In a scant fifty years, we've gone practically straight up in matters
-of science, invention--" The thought broke off as his mind went to some
-of the things his Press Secretary had told him. And regardless of the
-gravity of this situation, he found himself looking forward to seeing
-them for himself.
-
-He had not long to wait. A moment later an odd red haze appeared in a
-far corner of the room. There was a crackling sound as of high-voltage
-electricity jumping its bounds. The phenomenon vanished as quickly as
-it had appeared and a young man was approaching the President's chair.
-
-So far as the President could see, he might have been one of the bright
-young career men who hurried about Washington these days; except that
-the eternal briefcase was missing and the young man wore a one-piece
-coverall type of garment in pastel red. He was blonde, pleasant, and
-had even, white teeth. He was also respectful.
-
-He bowed and said, "Mr. President. I have been sent to conduct you and
-your assistant to the rendezvous."
-
-The President glanced quickly at the Press Secretary, then said, "Of
-course."
-
-"If you will be so kind as to move with me to the far corner of the
-room."
-
-The Press Secretary's expression said, _It's all right. This is just
-how it happened to me_, and they followed the young man across the
-thick carpeting.
-
-In the corner, he arranged them precisely. "If you will stand just
-there--" Then he stepped between them and looked pleasantly unconcerned.
-
-The President tensed himself for what was to come. But nothing came
-except the crackling and the red light; the dissolving of the walls and
-the young man saying, "You may sit down now if you wish."
-
-No physical discomfort whatever.
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-The President sat down and looked about. He was in a small,
-well-furnished room, pastelled in a light shade of green complimenting
-the young man's uniform, and he got the flash of an idea that color
-was very important in the scheme of whatever science brought this
-transposition about.
-
-There was a soft whirring sound. The President said, "May I ask where
-we are?"
-
-"Certainly, sir. We are in a small ship. We are crossing your country
-at around one hundred thousand of your feet."
-
-"At what speed?"
-
-This gave the young man pause. "It would be very hard to translate into
-terms with which you are familiar. I would say roughly the speed of
-light. The major time-lapse is consumed in ascent and descent."
-
-The President showed great interest. "Tell me this--we were moved from
-my study through some scientific process I won't ask you to explain,
-but why weren't we carried the entire distance to Ranier in that
-manner?"
-
-The young man pondered. "That is of course difficult for you to
-understand. And quite difficult for me to explain so allow me to put it
-this way. When planning a trip from Washington to New York, you walk
-from your office to your car, and ride in the car from your residence
-to the airport."
-
-"I see--a matter of slower speeds over short distances."
-
-"In a way, but more so a matter of practicality. You could hardly bring
-the car into your office nor the aircraft onto your front lawn."
-
-The President let it rest there. He said, "One more thing--why was I
-not contacted directly in this matter?"
-
-This embarrassed the young man. "Wherever we go, sir, we attempt to
-conform to customs and manner existing in that place. We understood
-that to reach The President of the United States, one always proceeds
-through channels."
-
-The President smiled. The humming sound ceased. The young man arose,
-forestalling further questions.
-
-"This way, if you will be so kind."
-
-The President and the Press Secretary followed the young man from the
-room into a low corridor. The walls of this passage were transparent
-and the President caught his breath at the grandeur outside. He got the
-impression they were moving from the small ship to a larger one perched
-precariously on the edge of an abyss. Below, under bright moonlight,
-lay the snow-covered approaches to Ranier and her sister peaks. A view
-of overpowering majesty such as few men had ever seen. One of the
-reasons, the President thought, why some men join the air force.
-
-They entered another room, this one with a blue motif, through another
-door that opened automatically on approach, and into one of pastel
-green.
-
-This room was somewhat larger but no more ornate nor less efficiently
-furnished than the others. A streamlined, oval desk sat in its center
-from the far side of which a man arose and held forth his hand.
-
-He was slim as a reed and had snow-white hair. He gave the impression
-of ripe years yet with no physical indications of this other than a
-head of beautiful snow-white hair. Perhaps, the President thought, this
-indication was an illusion. And perhaps the aura of power emanating
-from the man was also an illusion but the President would not have been
-willing to bet on it.
-
-The man's smile was an odd mixture of friendliness and impersonality
-as they shook hands. He said, "My name is Rex, Mr. President. The
-fact that in one of your languages the word means _king_ is purely
-coincidental. I am not a monarch in any sense. My title is Director of
-the Seventh Sector."
-
-As Rex had got to his feet, the chair under him had swung under the
-desk out of his way. Now it moved back to its original position. And
-as the President took the seat Rex indicated beside the desk, he had a
-whimsical thought: _I wonder how that chair knew he was ready to sit
-down again?_
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-Rex nodded to the young man in the pastel-red uniform. The latter bowed
-slightly, turned and left the room. Rex turned his dark eyes--almost
-feminine in their beauty--on the President. His quick smile was even
-more impersonal now. "Shall we get to the business at hand, or could
-you do with a little refreshment first?"
-
-"I'd prefer the former," The President said briefly.
-
-"Good. I imagine your aide told you some of it, but I'd better recap
-that and then go on."
-
-Rex nodded briefly in The Press Secretary's direction. It was the
-silvery-haired man's first acknowledgement of his presence.
-
-"You are probably curious as to who I am and just what the Seventh
-Sector is. I'll tell you. The Seventh Sector is a team denoting
-a certain part of the known universe. It contains approximately
-nine-hundred thousand solids of a twenty-million-ton weight or over.
-Eleven of these solids supports animate life at around the evolutionary
-stage of your own--or higher. Do you follow me?"
-
-When The President was slow in answering, Rex said "I suggest you lay
-aside any mental resistance and take all statements I make as fact."
-
-"Why should I do that?"
-
-"Because my deceiving you would be pointless and because I must
-transfer a great deal of information to your mind in a very short time."
-
-The President said nothing and Rex went on. "As Director of this
-sector, it is my job to check the development on its various planets
-and make progress reports to the Council."
-
-"And this Council is located--?"
-
-"Many light years from here--at the hub of the known universe, but that
-is not important."
-
-"I thought perhaps we--or our representatives might someday--"
-
-"Appear before it? I'm afraid not. I fear you are treading the path of
-those who once inhabited your neighbor planet, Mars."
-
-"Then life does exist--or did--on Mars?"
-
-"Oh yes, but we were forced to eliminate it."
-
-The President spoke calmly. "Then you are able to depopulate whole
-planets?"
-
-"Whole systems if necessary. Let me explain. When conditions are right,
-life inevitably comes into existence upon a planet. The entities
-involved are always pretty much as you and I, physically, because
-conditions produce a ruling race of our structure or do not produce
-life at all.
-
-"The problem, Mr. President, lies in the spiritual. Every race on
-every inhabited planet is given the intelligence and desire to evolve
-upward spiritually but they do not always succeed. A time limit is set
-on this so that the inhabitants of each planet arrive finally at an
-evolutionary crisis."
-
-The President thought of nuclear fission, the atom bomb, mankind's
-incredible progress over the last two hundred years. "And you have come
-to aid us in spiritual development?"
-
-"On the contrary. You have had all the guidance necessary--far more
-than those on most planets--more than did your neighbors on Mars. I
-have come to annihilate you."
-
-The President hid his shock well. "If killing me will--"
-
-"Annihilate life on the planet. You see, Mr. President, there comes a
-time when each inhabited planet must join the Council--when it reaches
-a point at which its existence affects the great family of planets. If
-at that time, its state of affairs and development are negative, its
-population is eradicated for the greater good."
-
-"May I ask two questions?" The President said.
-
-"You may."
-
-"Thank you. First, why do you contact only me with this news? I am the
-titular head of only one nation on this planet. There are many others."
-
-"I would rather reserve the answer to that question."
-
-"Very well, the second. How can we affect a family of inhabited planets
-the existence of which we are not even aware. Planets with which we
-have no contact whatever?"
-
-"In a few short years you would know of their existence--you would not
-only be able to contact them--you would visit them and they would visit
-you."
-
-"And just how would we affect them adversely?"
-
-"That should be apparent. Your present state of dwarfed spirituality
-is made clear by your background of violence and injustice. I refer to
-your planet rather than to your nation. Practically all your scientific
-progress has come as a result of war. Nations that lose a war on your
-planet study and invent and discover like demons possessed for tools
-with which to win the next one. Do you deny that at this moment your
-planet is little more than an armed camp?"
-
-"No," The President said sadly. "I cannot deny this."
-
-"Then you realize why we cannot let you move out into space, carrying
-with you the greed, the envy, the hatred, the violence that stalks the
-corridors of your history."
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-There was no doubt in the President's mind that this remarkable man
-could back up his every word. His statements were not idle threats. The
-President said, "But your accusations are not entirely just. You make
-no mention of our great progress toward spiritual goals in the past
-hundred years--even the past fifty have seen marked changes in that
-direction."
-
-"I have noted that. It is what caused me to make this contact with you.
-Ordinarily, no such contact would have been made. I would have checked
-the planet, reported it to the Council, and annihilation would have
-been automatic."
-
-"Then there is hope for us?"
-
-A look of skepticism was mirrored in Rex's eyes. "A slim one,
-perhaps--a very slim one." He leaned suddenly forward. "You asked me
-why I contacted you only. Because, of all the nations on this planet,
-yours is the most powerful--the first powerful nation in the history of
-your planet that has fought no wars of aggression--that has subjugated
-no weaker nations. Certainly a hopeful overall sign."
-
-"And greater progress will be made in the future. Progress comes
-slowly. We must have time."
-
-"But progress has been too slow. There is little time left."
-
-"Could you be more specific?"
-
-"In rare cases, where planets have been found to be approaching a crest
-so to speak, extensions have been granted."
-
-"And you will grant us an extension?"
-
-"I'm not sure. There is nothing, at the moment, that justifies one."
-Rex pondered. "Yet there are strong indications--"
-
-The President waited. Rex gave his decision. "I will withhold judgment
-for five years. At the end of that time, I will contact you again. My
-judgment will then rest on what progress you have made in the interim."
-
-"But I am only one man!"
-
-"A powerful man. And I am very much afraid the fate of the planet lies
-with you and your nation."
-
-The President arose from his chair. Rex did likewise. The President
-said, "I will go personally to the United Nations--all together the
-heads of all the nations--"
-
-Rex shook his head. "I'm sorry. I can allow no such deviation from the
-channel of your present efforts. Telling your world of this meeting
-would put it in the nature of a threat. Thus, any results achieved
-would come through fear of punishment and would not be permanent."
-
-"There is one more point. Mine is an elective office. I may not be in
-the President's chair five years from now."
-
-Rex considered gravely. "I see. In that case, one of two things will
-happen, depending upon the man in your present office and the sincerity
-of his efforts."
-
-"And they are--?"
-
-"Perhaps we will contact him and give him our decision."
-
-"Or--?"
-
-Rex shrugged. "Perhaps we won't bother." He held out his hand.
-"Goodbye, Mr. President, and good luck...."
-
-       *       *       *       *       *
-
-The President of the United States sat alone in his study. His face
-seemed wearier than usual. There was a sag in his shoulders that would
-have drawn comment in public. He was considering his future--the future
-of the world.
-
-There were of course many good men in both parties. In the privacy of
-his own thoughts, it was hard to judge which party had really done the
-nation greater service. At one time, he himself had debated running for
-the Presidency on the other ticket. The country would be in good hands
-regardless.
-
-Ordinarily.
-
-But now it came down to the man rather than the party. Would he be
-able to convince an incoming president of what had occurred on Mount
-Ranier? Make him truly understand how little time remained? Would his
-predecessor have been able to convince him?
-
-No. Of course not. Only he, The President of the United States, knew of
-the peril ahead. He pressed a button on his desk. The Press Secretary
-entered. The President straightened his shoulders. "When the right
-moment comes," he said, "tell them I will run again."
-
-_And God grant I win_, he added in his heart.
-
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