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He took all his meals in the underground cafeteria in the Taggart Building. Not long after that, he noticed a junior executive taking his meals in the same place. He didn't take long to cultivate that executive as a friend. His name, of course, was [[Eddie Willers]].

He took all his meals in the underground cafeteria in the Taggart Building. Not long after that, he noticed a junior executive taking his meals in the same place. He didn't take long to cultivate that executive as a friend. His name, of course, was [[Eddie Willers]].

Two years into his strike, he saw [[Dagny Taggart]] for the first time. He fell hard in love with her, and from that day forward would pump Eddie Willers for information whenever he saw him. He would maintain that contact until June of 2019—the last "vacation month."

Two years into his strike, he recruited the manager of the Taggart Terminal into his strike. One week later, the replacement for that manager made some careless errors that snarled the traffic in and out of the terminal. [[Dagny Taggart]] came to the terminal, dressed in evening clothes, to straighten out the mess. And that is when John Galt saw her for the first time.

 

He fell hard in love with her, and from that day forward would pump Eddie Willers for information whenever he saw him. He would maintain that contact until June of 2019—the last "vacation month."

Every year in June, Galt would meet somewhere with Francisco, Ragnar, and all their recruits. He labored for a year to persuade [[William Hastings]], his former immediate superior at the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]] to join the strike. Hastings joined in the springtime of 2008, the second year of the strike. Next he recruited a [[composer]] named [[Richard Halley]]. He joined about a month after Hastings joined. (He did not try to recruit [[Robert Stadler]]. Though he never understood Stadler's real motive, he understood Stadler well enough to realize that any effort by Galt to recruit Stadler would be worse than useless.)

Every year in June, Galt would meet somewhere with Francisco, Ragnar, and all their recruits. He labored for a year to persuade [[William Hastings]], his former immediate superior at the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]] to join the strike. Hastings joined in the springtime of 2008, the second year of the strike. Next he recruited a [[composer]] named [[Richard Halley]]. He joined about a month after Hastings joined. (He did not try to recruit [[Robert Stadler]]. Though he never understood Stadler's real motive, he understood Stadler well enough to realize that any effort by Galt to recruit Stadler would be worse than useless.)

For three years, John Galt's recruiting seemed stalled. Then he recruited a man who changed everything, and radically.

For three years, John Galt recruited relatively minor figures into his strike. Then he recruited a man who changed everything, and radically.

== Galt's Gulch ==

== Galt's Gulch ==