Aw, this hick knew what it was to be a hick, all right.He figured if he was gonna get anything done, well, he had to do it himself.So he sat up nights and studied books.He studied law, because he hought he might be able to change things some - for himself and for folks like him.Human home.Do not come back." The apes abruptly turned and departed.Back inside he colony after the apes"" retreat, Dreyfus addressed everyone with a megaphone - encouraging them to have hope and defend the human survivors, and also continue their search for electrical power (with only about two to three weeks until their fuel was depleted):We""re all immune, or we wouldn""t still be here!.They played with the paging machine system by pushing buttons - accidentally summoning a young errand boy and then Stubbs to the office." The reluctant managing editor is eventually impressed and convinced that they should recruit and hire an unemployed hobo as a bogus hero (who can claim he wrote the letter) so they can fulfill the public""s interest in an "typical average man" hero for the little man.