PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1947
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Mark-Down
A NNOUNCED with a minimum of pub-
licity the other day was the decision of
one of Washington's leading department
stores to .institute a general price reduction
on, selected lines of items.
The reductions as announced by Charles
B. Dulcan, Sr., vice-president and general
manager, include items such as five-piece
porcelain top dinette sets reduced from
$69.95 to $39.95, electric irons reduced from
$10.95 to $5.99, women's shoes ranging from
$12.95 to $16.95 reduced to $6.95, and pack-
ages of six to eight pieces of soap reduced
from 89 to 59 cents.
At the same time orders went out to all
the buying agents of the company telling
them of the new policies and informing them
that inventories are to be replaced at the
new levels but that inferior goods are not
to be accepted.
Editorials published in The Michigan Daily
are written by members of The Daily staff
and represent the views of the writers only.
NIGHT EDITOR: EUNICE MINTZ
Immediate congratulations were issued by
Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Dem.-Wyo.),
long an advocate of lower prices, who hailed
the individual action of this one company
as being important in calling the attention
of the retail trade to the fact that price re-
ductions now are really "an investment in
the maintenance of the market."
THE ACTION reflects greatly on the wise-
ness of the Board of Directors of this
store but of still greater importance is the
information it gives us on the great mark-
ups which are still being used despite claims
by business that there is nothing that they
can do about high prices. We can infer that
despite the decreases in prices the enterprise
is still being run on an economic basis. If
this one company can do it, why can't many
others?
Admittedly profit margins of many firms
have always been large, but are we to assume
that these mark-ups are normal? Is there
not a possibility that the "seller's market"
is being taken advantage of on all levels?
If so, action like this, which amounts to
a boycott by one firm, might be effective if
adopted by enough other firms.
-Walter Dean
Henry Report
Join te
"THIS UNIVERSITY has everything," the
young lady my date neglected to intro-
duce said. She was referring to the U. of M.
Hot Record Society, a group which we knew
only as a name in the DOB until last
Sunday.
The Society meets in the League's austere
Hussey Room, but the atnosphere is as
pleasantly informal as the Hussey murals
are unpleasantly formal. We came in in the
midst of a short movie devoted to the jazz
of Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet & Co.,
accompanied by some very artful photo-
graphic effects. When the lights went on, we
sat back in a sofa and listened to rare
recordings.
One of the group's officers read off the
titles, "New Tiger Rag," "Goose Pimples,"
"When the Saints Go Marching In," "Hon-
ky-Tonk Train." Most of it was rag-time
type jazz recorded in the Twenties by Louie
Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and Bessie
Smith, the great blues singer, but there were
more recent recordings by Duke Ellington,
the late "Fats" Waller, and Wingy Manone.
THERE WAS nothing to do but listen and
relax. About twenty persons were pres-
ent, ranging from businessman-looking gen-
tlemen in suits with vests to youths in those
rainbow-hued neckties we've resigned our-
selves to finding in jazz music circles. The
inevitable (for the Michigan League) dewy-
eyed couple occupying one corner of the
room wasn't paying much attention.
Later we met Jack Wirth, president of the
Society. He told us the meetings alternate
between record sessions in the Hussey Room
and "live" musicians playing in the League
Ballroom. The group meets at 8 p.m. every
Sunday.
Among those who participate in the "live"
programs are our old friends the Mack Fer-
guson group, last heard in the "Running
Rampant" benefit. Next week an outfit of
17-to-20-year-olds is coming out from De-
troit to play. They will be joined by pianist
Dick Collins, working on his chemical engi-
neering degree here.
In New York City the entrepreneurs will
charge one anyv/here from Carnegie Hall
prices to a "minimum" covering limp spa-
ghetti and 75-cent beer for a Sunday evening
of jazz. Our delight in happening on the
U. of M. Hot Record Society is the more
enthusiastic when we remember other days.
We never did like that spaghetti.
-Milt Freudenheim
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DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETINj
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In order to throw light on the recent ban-
ning of the American Youth for Democracy
group at Wayne University, The Daily here
reprints President David D. Henry's report to
the Detroit Board of Education.
E N THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION of
the American Youth for Democracy or-
ganization, we have stated that we would
' ask the local group to be disassociated from
the state and national organization should
it be clearly demonstrated that those units
are subversive or have as a purpose the ad-
iI vancement of the Communist Party. The
University does not tolerate subversive activ-
ity nor allow an organization to continue
when its purposes are found to be different
from those for which it was recognized. We
S further do not permit the program of a
student group to be subject to the influence
or control of an outside political organiza-
tion.
During our inquiry, the Interracial Com-
mittee of the City of Detroit reported to
us that "the AYD has not been a construct-
ive influence where they have attempted to
work on problems of race relations in the
community." The state office of AYD
claims sponsorship for the criticized inter-
racial activities.
In the light of an official statement from
the United States Department of Justice,
dated March 24, 1947, that it "does not have
evidence in its possession to prove that the
program of the AYD is subversive, or that
its purpose is advancing the cause of the
Communist," we did not consider the inter-
racial activities of the state AYD as ade-
ONWORLD AFFAIRS:
Russian
By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER
AMERICANS like Wallace and Pepper are
doing their country untold harm at the
moment of the greatest political crisis in its
history.
They are-like Brutus-honorable men.
But in their stubborn justification of past
".Soviet expansion and advocacy of its farth-
er growth (Pepper advocated giving the
NRussians control of th Dardanelles and a
share of Middle Eastern oil), they are mis-
leading the American people. They are
glossing over the real basis of the Russo-
American dispute.
Since June 1941, the Soviet Union has
waged successful war not only upon its en-
emies but upon its allies, among them,' the
U.S.A.
In 1941, Washington and London had
small grounds for loving Moscow, whose
non-aggression pact with Berlin had cleared
the way for Hitler's attack upon Poland.
But when Germany attacked Russia,
Churchill and Roosevelt decided to forget
Football Seatin g
THE PROBLEM of seating some 20,000
students for the 1947-48 football season
will be thrashed out today by the Board
in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics and
Student Legislature representatives.
When Athletic Director H. O. Crisler spoke
to the Legislature April 2, he said the ath-
letic board had not made any definite plans,
that they were waiting for the Legislature's
athletic committee to report.
His defense for this year's seating was
that it was conducted under a plan drawn
up by students in 1942, throwing it back
in their laps. The students have acted in
1947 to cope with post-war enrollment.
The requests are well-founded and should
not be denied with the possible exception
of the plan for starting the student section
on the 50-yard lines on both sides of the
gield.
Whether or not the request for seats on
the "50's" was designed to put the Legis-
lature in a good "higgling" position with
the board is a matter for conjecture, but .
it will nrobably prove to be little morej
quate grounds for immediate action by the
University.
Now, however, the Department of Justice
has recalled its original statement and its
latest letter must be construed to mean
that it is the judgment of the Department
that AYD chapters are Communist youth
recruiting centers.
Not only does this statement indicate
that the state and national organization is
dedicated to purposes not included in the
charter of the local group, but it requires
a more serious construction of the state
group's activities.
Upon the receipt of this letter, the Com-
mittee on Student Activities voted to with-
'draw University recognition from AYD un-
less the local chapter would voluntarily
disassociate itself from the state and nation-
al organizations. A meeting of the chapter
was called on April 7 and those present
unanimously refused to take action. There-
fore, in accordance with the recommenda-
tion of the Committee, recognition of the
group has been withdrawn.
We have refused to take action until now
because we believe in the wisdom of our
searching for complete and authoritative in-
formation when individuals and groups are
subjected to serious criticism. We must at
all times avoid giving cause for any feeling
that the University is infringing upon the
civil rights of individuals and groups or
abrogating in any way its fundamental ob-
jectives of freedom of inquiry and freedom
of learning.
(Continued from Pge :a)
on "Human Origins in the Light
of Recent Discoveries," at 4:10
p.m., Auditorium. Kellogg Bldg.,
Thurs., April 24: auspices of the
Department of Anthropology. Ev-
eryone cordially invited.
University Lecture: Dr. Ernest
C. Hassold, Department of Eng-
lish, University of Louisville. will
lecture on the subject, "The Ba-
roque and the Search for Basic
Concepts" (illus.) at 8 p.m.,
Thurs,. April 24, Rackham Am-
phitheatre; auspices of the De-
partment of Fine Arts. The pub-
lic is cordially invited.
Thomas Spencer Jerome Lec-
tures. Professor Allan Johnson, of
Princeton University will lecture
on "Egypt and the Roman Em-
pire." These lectures are given in
a series: fifth lecture, "Taxation
in the Byzantine Period." Wed.,
April 23; sixth lecture, "Byzan-
tine Administration," Thurs., Ap-
ril 24. Both lectures will be given
at 4:15 p.m., Rackham Amphi-
theatre; auspices of the Univer-
sity of Michigan and the Archae-
ological Institute of America.
Academic Notices
Chemistry 3: There will be no
required lecture on either Wed.,
April 23, or Fri., April 25. How-
ever, at 4 p.m., Wed., April 23,
Rm. 165, Chemistry Bldg., Mr.
Lewin will lecture on "Radioac-
tivity and Chemistry." Students
in both lecture sections are invit-
ed.
Seminar in Engineering Mech-
anics: The Engineering Mechan-
ics Department is sponsoring a
series of discussions on the Plas-
ticity of Engineering Materials.
The discussions of this series will
be at 7:30 p.m., Tues., April 22,
Rm. 402, W. Engineering Bldg.
Special Functions Seminar. 1
p.m., Wed., April 23, Rm. 3003,
Angell Hall. Mr. Sangrem will
talk on Rice's generalized hyper-
geometric polynomials.
Inorganic - physical Chemistry
Seminar. 4:15 p.m., Tues., April
22, Rm. 303, Chemistry Bldg. Mr.
James Boggs will speak on "Lamb-
da Point Transition of Liquid He-
lium."
Concerts
Organ Recital: Hugh Porter,
guest organist, will be heard at
4:15 p.m., Wed., April 23, Hill
Auditorium. Program: composi-
tions by Handel, Couperin, Bach,
Messiaen, Thomson, Reger, Bing-
ham, Whitlock, and Widor. Mr.
Porterdis director of the School of
Sacred Music, Union Theological
Seminary, and organist and choir-
master of Collegiate Church of St.
Nicholas in New York. The pub-
lic is invited.
Men's Glee Club Concert: The
University of Michigan's Men's
Glee Club, David Mattern, con-
ductor, will present its annual
spring concert at 8 p.m., Thurs.,
April 24, Hill Auditorium. First
half of the program will include
songs by the Glee Club, with Eu-
gene Malitz and Paul Converso as
soloists, and a group by the quar-
tet consisting of Rowland Mc-
Laughlin, William Phebus, Jack
Jensen, and William Jensen. Fol-
lowing intermission, a variety of
entertainment, programmed as "A
Michigan Kaleidoscope." The pub-
lic is cordially invited.
Student Recital: Virginia Zapf
Person, soprano, will be heard at
8:30 p.m., Tues., April 22, Rack-
ham Assembly Hall, in a program
given in partial fulfillment of the
recuiremuents for the degree of
Master of Music. Program: com-
positions by Durante, Fasolo, Don-
audy, Mozart, Mahler, Poulenc,
Borodine, Moussorgsky, Rachman-
inoff, Elgar, Bax, Quilter and
Bantock. The general public is in-
vited.
Student Recital: George Cox,
baritone, will present a program
in partial fulfillment of the re-
quirements for the degree of Mas-
ter of Music at 8:30 p.m., Wed.,
April 23, Rackham Assembly Hall.
A pupil of Arthur Hackett, Mr.
Cox will sing compositions by
Rinsky-Korsakov. Beethoven, Ver-
di, and groups of Italian, French
and English songs. Program open
to the public.
Student Recital: Mildred Min-
neman Andrews, a student of
piano under Helen Titus, will be
heard in a program of composi-
tions by Scarlatti, Schubert, Schu-
man, and Hindemith, at 8:30 p.m.,
Thurs., April 24, Rackham As-{
sembly Hall. Given in partial ful-
fillment of the requirements for
the degree of Bachelor of Music,
the program will be open to the
general public.
Events Today
University Radio Programs:
5:45 p.m., Station WPAG, 1050
Kc. Education for Unity -"Col-
lege and University Education for
One World," Provost James P.
Adams.
5:55 p.m., Station WPAG, 1050
Kc. Asia Supplement, Mr. John
Muehl.
The Association of the Univer-
sity of Michigan Scientists pre-
sents Professor Theodore New-
comb. who will talk on the sub-
ject "Common Grounds of the
Physical and Social Sciences."
Meeting is open to the public.
East Conference Room, Rackham
Bldg., 8 p.m.
Botanical Journal Club. 7:30
p.m., Rm. 1139, Natural Science
Bldg. Reviews by S. Bunnag, Bar-
gyla Wagnon, Seymour Shapiro,
Mason Fenwick and George Small.
C. D: LaRue, chairman. Refresh-
ments.
Phi Sigma: Dr. William Hovan-
itz will speak on "The Nature of
Genes and Chromosomes," Rack-
ham Amphitheatre; business
meeting at 7:30 p.m., public in-
vited at 8 p.m.
A. S. C. E., Student. Chapter:
Meeting, Michigan Union, 7:30
p.m. April 26 is the date of the
Conference of Student Chapters
in Detroit. Program includes in-
spection trip to Peerless Cement
Corp., and Detroit Water Treat-
ment Plant, and dinner (optional).
Dinner speaker is Harold E. El-
lington of Harley Elington and
Day, Inc.
Tuesday evening program: Il-
lustrated lecture by Prof. Wisler
on Boulder Dam.
Square Dancing Class, sponsor-
7:15-9:30 p.m., Lounge, Women's
ed by the Graduate Outing Club
Athletic Bldg. Everyone welcome.
Small fee will be charged.
Student Religious Association.
Executive Committee, 7:30 p.m.,
Lane Hall.
La P'tite Causette. 3:30 p.m.,
Grill Room, Michigan League.
Polonia Club. 7:30 p.m., Inter-
national Center. Important meet-
ing. Plans are being shaped for
final approval.
Christian Science Organization:
7:30 p.m. Upper Room, Lane Hall.
B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation.
Social committee, 4:15 p.m. Foun-
dation. Bring eligibility cards.
Coming Events
Phi Beta Kappa, Annual Ini-
tiation Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Tues.,
April 29, Michigan Union. Dean
Christian Gauss of Princeton Uni-
versity and National President
of Phi Beta Kappa will speak on
"From Pioneers to World Citi-
zens." Reservations should be
made at the office of the secre-
tary, Hazel M. Losh, Observatory,
by Friday, April 25. Members of
Phi Beta Kappa, whether mem-
bers of this chapter or not, are
cordially invited to attend.
Mathematics Films. Showing of
a movie, "Triple Integrals," and
slides on "Double Integrals." 4
p.m., Wed., April 23, Rm. 3017,
Angell Hall. All interested are in-
vited.
Freshman Speech Contest: All
eligible students interested in the
freshman speech contest arc asked
to call at the Speech Office, 3211
Angell Hall, before April 25.
The A.L .E.-I.R.E. 7:30 p.m.,
Wed., April 23, Rm. 348, W. Engi-
neering Bldg. Mr. George Green-
wood, supervisor in the apparatus
division of Detroit Edison's Elec-
trical System will speak on the
place of the Electrical Engineer
in the company.
National Lawyers' Guild, U. of
M. Chapter. 4:10 p.m., Thurs.,
April 24, Rm. 319, Michigan Un-
ion. Three-man panel of law stu-
dents who have done research on
the subject, "The Scope of In-
vestigatory Committees." The pub-
lic is invited.
Alpha Chi Sigma. Chemistry
forum, 7:30 p.m., Wed., April 23,
Rm. 165, Chemistry Bldg. Panel
discussion of "Licensing Chem-
ists." All interested persons invit-
ed.
Camp Counsellors' Club meet-
CURRENT
MOVIES
Letters to the Editor..
EDITOR'S NOTE: Because The Daily
prints EVERY letter to the editor
(which is signed, 300 words or less
in length, and in good taste) we re-
mind our readers that the views ex-
pressed in hcters are those of the
writers only. Letters of more than
300 words are shortened, printed or
omitted At the discretion of the edi-
torial director.
Hayden Memorial
To the Editor:
FEW student projects could be
more commendable than the
present drive to raise a library for
the University of the Philippines.
With our long interest in their
educational progress and the close
association of the late Professor
Hayden in that work, it is very
fitting that the proposed Library
should be named in his honor.
Apart from these considera-
.tions, it seems to me there are
other grounds on which an appeal
could be made-namely, the re-
sponsibility of all of us to do our
part to share the rich heritage
which has been received from pre-
ceding generations. Just as in
gratitude we must look to the old-
er universities of Europe for the
learning that made possible our
institutions, so today, we have an
opportunity to express in a very
real sense our awareness of that
obligation to the community of
scholars which transcends time
and place. The obligation upon us
is even greater when we recall that
although forced by the necessity
of war, it was none the less the
destruction wreaked by our bombs
that makes necessary the appeal
at this time. It is hoped, there-
fore, that the energetic committee
which is conducting this cam-
paign will meet with a generous
student response.
-Lionel H. Laing
Voting Systems
To the Editor:
FOR SHAME, Bob Taylor, for
your childish letter in support
of the Hare system. You take
two very poor methods of ballot-
ting (which were never proposed
in letters condemning the Hare
system) and show how they are
inadequate. Then you say there-
fore we should use the Hare meth-
od. How about the Plural Pre-
ference system proposed by Rob-
ert Carneiro? I saw no attack
on this method in your letter.
Under the Plural Preference sys-
ten, not 13/15, not '/3, not 'A, but
all votes are used as the voters'
designate. When a voter desig-
nates how many points he wants
assigned to a candidate he knows
that this is how many he will get.
You do not, as in P.R., have can-
didates benefit from the votes of
people who just "didn't want their
ballot to become exhausted."
Another thing you did in your
letter, Mr. Taylor, was to say that
since the 24th candidate had 50
first choices, had the simple"X"
method been used only 1200 votes
would have counted effectively.
You make no allowance for the
fact that the 23rd candidate had
more than 50, the 22nd had more
than the 23rd and so on. There-
fore, 1200 is an impossible figure
and looks to me like an attempt
to deceive readers. But that is
not the important thing. The
point is that P. R. has once again
failed. Do not try to defend the
Hare system by digging up some
antiquated method which is
worse.n Give positive arguments.
As for the Hare system on this
campus, everyone who feels that
it should be done away with owes
it to himself to make his feelings
known through Letters to the Ed-
itor.
-M. R. Fleishan
TypographicalE Irrors
To the Editor:
OUT OF RESPECT to Congress-
man Engel, would you be kind
enough to correct two important
typographical errors in my letter
ing, 7:30 p.m., Wed., April 23, W.
A.B. The meeting will follow a
typical evening program in camp.
All persons planning to be coun-
sellors for the first time this sum-
mer are especially invited.
Underwriters,, Regular -Wednes-
day luncheon, noon, Russian Tea
Room, League.. . . . .
The hiawatha Club, social or-
ganization for Upper Peninsula
students. 8 p.m., Wed., April 23,
Union. Plans for special sum-
mer events to be discussed. Mem-
bers urged to attend. Room will
be posted.
Le Cercle Francais presents
some short French films on Thurs.,
April 24, 4:10 p.m., Rm. D, Alumni
Memorial Hall.
that appeared in The Daily 15
April?
What Mr. Engel was arguing
for with respect to military appro-
priations was not "interdepart-
mental economics" (as printed in
the letters column), but "intra-
departmental economies" - that
is, less loose expenditure of pub-
lic monies like that involved in
private use of the local ROTC
Army "duck." (Incidentally, the
"duck" was again engaged in such
private transportation the day
that letter appeared.)
-Robert Copp
Minority Freedom
To the Editor:
i am only a maker of poems.
accordingly, i know nothing, or at
best, very little, any member of
congress will tell you that. how-
ever, though i may know nothing,
i feel i have more than an ample
share of sensitivity. my business
is to live amongst people in all
their activities, to understand
them and so to love them. i
haven't got around to finding a
name for this activity beyond
considering it poetry.
tohight i watched, heard and
felt, a group of serious people.
their seriousness could be felt in
the sadness of their words and
their despair; sometimes quiet,
sometimes belligerent. they had
wanted to form a study society
to study marxism in all its theory
and manifestation.
i make no charges, give no
names, say no blame. there is no
need to. i could feel these serious
people being thwarted by an un-
pleasant majority that ruled by
virtue of strength. there was no
concealment about the state of
affairs, leaders of the majority
openly laughed at the minority
and tried their hardest to embar-
rass and break the pride of that
minority.
when i was young, i lived in a
neighborhood that housed a large
segment of an important minor-
ity in this country. there were
many evenings when scattered
members of this community were
attacked by taught aggressor-
groups of the majority. if we were
to have taken suchba group at the
moment of attack by surprise apd
say we would be democratic and
vote to see which side was in the
right, regardless of what our
minds and hearts told us and what
our eyes could plainly see, the
majority's hired ruffians could
easily out-vote the stricken min-
ority.
sometimes i wonder why so
many americans feel communism
restricts freedom of individuals,
when in this democracy sincere
individuals with constructive ideas
have no 'eal consideration unless
they merge their individuality
with a majority group.
it is not my work to question
legalities, which are only artifi-
cialities; my business is human
beings as they are related one to
the other and as far as progress
is concerned, i shall make my ef-
fort to let them understand one
another.
what i am saying is not new.
it simply takes people a long time
to look reasonably and under-
standingly at others, no matter
how old such a creed may be.
however, i dont claim to knw
too much. i am only a maker' of
poems.
sincerely yours,
cid corman
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the past and try to make a new start in
world history.
Ninety percent of all Britishers and Amer-
icans applauded this decision. They wanted
nothing more than to be friends with the
Russians.
The U.S. and Britain poured into Russia
all the war material they could spare. They
gave the Russians complete freedom of
movement in their countries. They tried to
cooperate in all possible lines-from propa-
ganda to strategy. They offered Moscow
cooperation in war and friendship in peace.
And they found themselves knocking on
a closed door. Stalin accepted American
aid upon terms so humiliating for us that
General John R .Deane, head of the U.S.
Military Mission in Moscow, justifies our
toleration of them only on the ground that
if we had bucked, Stalin would have sought
a new alliance with Hitler ("The Strange
Alliance," The Viking Press, New York,
1947).
Had we obtained a, really satisfactory
peace, these sacrifices and these humilia-
tions would not have mattered. But with
each retreat by us, Russian arrogance in-
creased. Instead of harmony, further de-
mands--Turkish provinces and the Dardan-
elles. A constant Moscow barrage of men-
dacious propaganda about our motives,
steady Soviet intrigue in France and Italy,
communist infiltration into Greece, a dead-
lock in Germany, Austria and Korea.
In short, instead of clasping the out-
stretched hand, Moscow remained true to
its dogma that in a war between capitalist
countries, the Soviet Union should partici-
pate only as a "third party," a "tertius
gaudens" seeking to realize its aims at the
expense of both camps.
Wallace and Pepper either do not know
these things - or they do not care. But
the American people have a right to know
and judge.
The real cause of Russo-American ri-
valry is not of private enterprise vs. social-
ization. (Or why would we be working with
socialist Britain?)
It is not communism vs. capitalism or
communism vs. Christianity. It is not even
totalitarian t v r a n n v vs civil liberie,
At The Michigan . . .
MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (Paramount),
Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour.
THIS FILM has two points in favor of it:
(a) Bob Hope and (b) a very neat par-
ody of current detective movies. If you don't
like Bob Hope, stay away, for he pulls all
the familiar tricks: the double takes, the
drooling after Lamour, the Crosby extra se-
quence. But this tirae the situation has some
beautiful possibilities and most of them are
utilized: Hope narrating in the best Philip
Marlowe style, Peter Lorre lifting a shoulder
holster as neatly as he usually lifts a wallet,
Hope finally finding a persistently placed
clue as he searches a bedroom. As usual,
Hope fans will find no fault.
* *~ * *
At The State. .
LADY IN THE LAKE (MGM), Robert Mont-
gomery, Audrey Totter.
THIS IS the picture with the new camera
technique. It is also a Philip Marlowe
tale, which makes it a little hard to take
seriously after the Hope picture. However,
it moves along as pretty good detective en-
tertainnent with You (as billed) right in
there taking the hero's part along with the
camera, We may not be entering into the
spirit of the thing, but the new technique
so loudly hailed by Hollywood and the press
left us unmoved; it neither intrigued nor
annoyed us. However, various male acquain-
tances claim to have been sufficiently im-
pressed to warrant it a success. As for the
rest of the picture, it has enough of the
conventional plot and action, plus some neat
developments of character and situation, to
warrant it a success, too.
-Joan Fiske
The completely automatic, completely un-
controlled, perpetual motion economics of
which opponents of Roosevelt burbled may
be good .or it may be bad, but it doesn't
exist. Mr. Baruch, looking at the price cri-
sis, says let's not lay anyone off and let's
not strike for twenty-one months, during
which period let us work forty-four hours a
week, a proposal which, whatever its merits,
clearly shoves laissez faire into a closet,
and closes the door.
-Samuel Grafton
Fifty-Seventh Year
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