Mr. Gotbaum had just led a strike that closed bridges into Manhattan, sent raw sewage spilling into local waters, and stopped school lunches from being delivered. The point at issue was the refusal of the Republicans in Albany to sign off on the pension plan agreed to between the City of New York and Mr. Gotbaum's union. Under the circumstances, this show proves to be a surprisingly civil, though sharp, discussion of how far civil disobedience can be taken and what responsibility the government has to the whole body of taxpayers. MW: "I stand foursquare for the proposition that there is no right to strike against the public at any time for any reason ..." WFB: "The proposition on which Coolidge and FDR agreed." VG: "Oh, no. Also Nikita Khrushchev. They don't allow it in the Soviet Union, sir." WFB: "... If I say that Coolidge and Roosevelt believe in two and two equals four, why does it contribute to ... [add] that Khrushchev also believed two and two equals four?" VG: "Because I regard it as an authoritarian principle from where I sit."