Saito announces that chief engineer Lt.Miura (K.Katsumoto) is "unworthy of command" and has been removed from his post.The men are given a day's rest ("All work and no play make Jack a dull boy," rationalizes the ingratiating Saito) and mail (and Red Cross packages) are delivered to them.' 'Sweet and fitting it is to die for the Fatherland.' Some of you may have ambitions.I know of one young man who has great promise as a writer, and he has written the first act of a tragedy which would be a credit to one of the masters." [Clark phoned Ritter to tell him that Ryan was dead and to ask for the support to be reinstated ("Turn the op back on"), but was ignored.The main difference between the novel and the film is the reversal of the major roles: the narrating newspaper reporter akes precedence over the power-hungry governor in the novel.In August 1939, Coogan and his mother reached a settlement in which he received about half of the remaining funds (totaling $252,000), or $126,000.