Atlas_Shrugged|Section143

• Plot summary

James Taggart addresses the Board of Directors after the San Sebastian Line is nationalized. He takes credit for removing everything of value from Mexico, and assures everyone that with his Washington connections he can get the government to demand just compensation from Mexico. He places the blame for his disaster on two men who played only a minor role in the fiasco.

• Setting

A meeting of Taggart Transcontinental's Board of Directors.

• Characters

Board of Directors

Clarence Eddington

James Taggart

Jules Mott