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== Background ==

== Background ==

Wesley Mouch began as a lobbyist. In that capacity he came to know many of the prime political movers in [[Washington, DC]]. Eventually his employer recommended him to [[Henry Rearden]] as someone who could look out for him in Washington and warn him when any bill or [[executive order]] was ready to pass that could affect him.

Wesley Mouch came from a family that had always sent its sons to college—and college in those days taught its students to despise men of business.

 

Wesley managed the money of his rich uncle, Julius Mouch, and mostly let it run through his fingers while he completed his studies. After graduating, Wesley took a job in the ad department of a company that made a quack cure-all from [[corn]] syrup. That sort of thing he could do well. He went on to take similar advertising jobs—selling hair restorers, a patented article of intimate clothing, a new brand of soap, and then a "soft drink." Then he became vice-president in charge of advertising for an automobile company.

 

 

Then the head of the auto company recommended him to [[Henry Rearden]]. Rearde asked him to look out for him in [[Washington, DC]] and warn him when any bill or [[executive order]] was ready to pass that could affect him. That would prove disastrous—for Henry Rearden.

== The Betrayal ==

== The Betrayal ==