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== The Rearden-Dannager Incident ==

== The Rearden-Dannager Incident ==

In the spring of that year, Henry Rearden and [[Ken Dannager]] were indicted for a violation of the Fair Share Statute, by which no one was to receive any more Rearden Metal (or any other product) than anyone else, without the proper clearances. Dagny was confident that Henry would fight the indictment in the special court that would try him. But Ken Dannager might decide to quit and vanish.

In the spring of that year, Henry Rearden and [[Ken Danagger]] were indicted for a violation of the Fair Share Statute, by which no one was to receive any more Rearden Metal (or any other product) than anyone else, without the proper clearances. Dagny was confident that Henry would fight the indictment in the special court that would try him. But Ken Danagger might decide to quit and vanish.

So Dagny rushed to Ken Dannager's office to see him. She found him in conference with a visitor, who left by a private entrance that Dagny never knew that Dannager's office had. Then when Dannager agreed to see Dagny, he announced that he was going to retire. He said that his visitor had told him that he had "a right to exist," and that was the most important reason why he would listen to that visitor and quit business. The last thing he told Dagny was that, someday, Dagny would join him. Dagny, of course, found that proposition incredible.

So Dagny rushed to Ken Danagger's office to see him. She found him in conference with a visitor, who left by a private entrance that Dagny never knew that Danagger's office had. Then when Danagger agreed to see Dagny, he announced that he was going to retire. He said that his visitor had told him that he had "a right to exist," and that was the most important reason why he would listen to that visitor and quit business. The last thing he told Dagny was that, someday, Dagny would join him. Dagny, of course, found that proposition incredible.

Henry did appear at his trial. Instead of offering a formal defense, he rebuked the court directly and said that he did not consider what he had done to be a crime. The court fined him $5000, and then suspended the sentence.

Henry did appear at his trial. Instead of offering a formal defense, he rebuked the court directly and said that he did not consider what he had done to be a crime. The court fined him $5000, and then suspended the sentence.