The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-20
IS We See 1t
by Tom O'FIaherty

John Rngling, owner of Ring
ling Brothers, now controls the
rreatest group of sawdust rings
p the world. He is a bigger man
than Barnum ever was. But m-
ii he adds the Democratic and
Republican parties to his cOllec-
tim of freaks of nature he will
NOT have a complete circus. He
couId also save money on trans
nortatiOn. The only thing John
would have to do is set up the
big tent in Washington and train
his animals to fight over the tar
iff. OF course congress might
have him indicted for restraint of
trade but the people would be
back of him.
Speaking of the tariff, Mark
Sullivan, famous political cOrre-
sDOndent, writes that the tariff
situation is inexplicable. 1t always
was. And it defies analysis, for
the same reason that "A doctors
prescription is confusing to the
patient or addict. When the GUS
toner gets the physicians order
on the druggist about the only
thing he receives is some cOlOred
water and a liberal education in
Latin. It's the classical lingo that
he's paying the dough for. Sem
atOrs wishing to create the i'm
preston that their services are in
dispensable to the voters. make
the tariff problem as tough on
the gray matter as the Einstein
theory Of reIativity.
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An inmate of a poor farm after,
spending twenty years trying TO
solve the secret of perpetual mo-
ton blew off his head with a
charge of dynamite. The disap-
pointed suicide might have taken
cue from the payrOlIers of the
Anti-SalOOn League who regret
that they have only one life to
give to the task of trying to solve
the intempenance problem through
prohibition.
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Among the fights on Senator
BOrah's schedule is one with the
state department over the pubIi-
cation of forged letters peddled
by anti-sOviet confidence men 90
anybody creduIOus enough to pur-
chase them. Some of those letters
purp9rted to show that Senators
BOrah, Norris and others receiv-
ed large sums of money in bribes
from soviet Russia. The fOrgers
were turned up in Germany, tried
and convicted. Our state DEPART
ment received from the German
government a full report of the
trial but refused to turn over the
full text to BOrah, chairman of
the senate foreign relations COM
mlttee. Whatever else BOrah NAV
not be he is d good publicity man.
1t Is believed in Washington the
reason behind the state depart
ments refusal to let the public in
on the matter is that forged dOcu-
ments sold to this government
when Charles E. Hughes was Sec
retary Of state were the bulwark
Oh the governments refusal to
recognize the Soviet Union, and
that the material which the state
department. insists On editing
throws some light on those for
geries.
Is the birth of a baby an act
Of GOd? This interesting question
Is answered yes" and mo" by Jed
harris, the theatrical producer
ana the Actors Equity AssOcia-
tiOn' Helen Hayes, in married life
Mrs. Charles Macarthur, was o.
Onged to cancel her engagement
with the show "COQuette" be-
cause she was about to become a
mother. Jed Harris closed the
SNOW and the cast demanded two
weeks salary as per contract.
1arrls refused, cabling from Lon
SOh that he was not responsible
loF AN act of God" Equity ruled
"'herWlse and that's that.
A scientist says that chemistry
ana alrplanes make war impOs-
sole' We would be glad to agree
win him but we have accumulat-
S Su lot of skepticism since 1914.
sf tfiOr to that fateful year, scien-
o1iC paclflsts were busily engag-
u proving that death-dealing in
,tentlOns had become so dreadful
effective that war was incOn-
gHefaole. Some claimed that a
n''le nation like Denmark thru a
u ;uOlnIopOly on the radium supply
l. IL the world could lick the whole
us human race without the shedding
~ ~ d drop of Danish blood. But
'ae ~ q earned war kept going as long
osl ~ Il the cOmbatants were armed
Jacks. 'ii "a'S ana oiacK
benItO MussOlini is ALWAYS do
my my something to hit the front
page' One day he threatens 70
punish parents who fail tn nro-
uuce u large families and Renito
Mean Means large when he saws larra.
g;,Is I' .nlng you hear he orders the
WIS ,s 10 keep their knees covered
bo "en @ on the public streets. Next
f o;rnL makes peace with the Pope and
,Ts Di MN millions of dollars ano
h. piece Lee of land that he can ca6
on rs .S ESlngdOm. Next he opens war
erv me ne,.i, rope. Next he grabs ev-
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