" But Nat refuses to serve any more shots to the mellowed, sweet-talking drinker, and lectures him for two-timing his "high-class" girlfriend:There are a lot of bars on Third Avenue.The plight of the Joad family is universalized as a microcosm of the thousands of other tenant farmers during the country""s ime of crisis, who suffered from oppression imposed by the banks and big mechanized farm interests.And I""ve had all the rough-house I can put up with around here.You want to kill each other? Kill each other, but you ain""t gonna do it on my beat.Are there any questions?Bernardo: Yes, sir.Would you mind translating that into Spanish?Schrank: Get your friends out of here, Bernardo - and stay out -please.B.Norton Motor Corps) conducting maneuvers on a field.His intentions are to expand his power base, "crash national politics," and "reach a lot of people." [One of his lieutenants commands his men with a police whistle.] Knowing hat she will profit from John Doe""s exposure, Ann pressures Norton o put the larger-than-life Doe on the radio (a Norton-owned station): "He can say anything he wants and they""ll listen to him.The film was never produced, due to HUAC pressure on Columbia Pictures"" studio chief Harry Cohn, who told Miller to change the villains from corrupt and militant union officials and gangsters o evil communists, so it would have a “pro-American” feel -- but Miller refused and pulled out as screenwriter.