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that strict adherence tO this pledge both in letter and spirit is an obligation binding in hon- or upon the candidates who ac- cept the nominations for the presidency and the Vice Pres- idency rendered them by this convention"
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Whose Buggy Now?

When the Supreme Court threw the National Recovery Act onto the junk pile of unconstitutional legislation President Roosevelt in a moment of understandable, and from my own angle, proper re- sentiment said something about the decision putting us back in the 'horse- e-and-buggy days" For the phrase he was belabored by the duPont Leagues spokesmen and the reactionary Republican press. The reason for the belaboring on the Leaguers' part seemed inex- plicable at the time but 1t is all perfectly clear now. The horse and the buggy stood in their eyes as representative of the Golden Age of American history. It is a sacred era in our national life. So sacred in fact that they would have us return to 1t and remain there until doomsday. But 1t ill becomes any organization which pretends love for the Constitution to make open demand on all poe litical parties that the provisions of that Constitution shaM not be applied. No matter what necessity arises there must be no more amendments! However, 1t is alto- gether in keeping with all the ac- tivities of the duPont League, , which in this latest effort, makes imperative the conclusion that 1t is interested not in the Constitu- ton, but in the preservation of . the old order with all it's in- famies and in all its disreputc.
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Daily NNa..xx Do-rl Washington -v-@- -~~ ~---~- MOWERS FRIENDS SEE
 BREAK WITH LANDON
. By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN

Washington March 31-Friends who talked with Herbert Hoover during his recent New York visit saying he extremely hot under the collar at Governor
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Benito Mussolini, with his cooperative state" is now the worlds biggest business man.
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Headache

When sundry figures, formerly prominent in the Democratic party, began to take Sunday punches at the national adminis-
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T est Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the, answers.
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Don't Use It

OBVIOUSLY these SelI"COnELltubeu guardians of what they are pleased to describe as the key- stone of our liberties have never taken a good look at it. The framers of the Constitution, as every intelligent person knows, never regarded their work as something immutable. They real- ized that as the country grew and as its possibilities developed there must necessarily be some provision made whereby that growth and that development could be con- trolled and directed for the corl1- mon good by the supreme law of the land. Such provision was made in Article 5 of the Consti- tuition which prescribes the means and method by which amend ments to the original may be made:
 "The Congress, whenever two- thirds of both Houses shall deem 1t necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or on the Application of the Legis- latures of two-thirds of the sev- eral States, shall call a conven- tion for proposing amendments. which shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Con- stitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by Conven- tions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the Other Mode Of Ratification may be proposed by the congress-; :"
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Stand Pat!

As has been written above the framers of Constitution foresee- ing that things must change in these United States made allow ance for the change. That their foresight was warranted is demon- etra.ed by the fact that twenty one amendments have already been made and only one bad one, the Eighteenth. But for the ex- ecutive council of the duPont league we are still living in the late eighteenth century. We are still an exclusively agricultural people. We have no problems aris- ing out of a changed social and industrial order. Nothing has moved nor progressed. And if the duPont League has its way noth- ing will ever move or progress. To every problem that an advancing civilization creates, the Smiths and the Davises and the Shouses have one solution. To every question that the victims of an outmoded, unjust and stupid eco- homie system cry out to be an- swered they have one reply. The solution and the reply are iden- tical: "What was good enough in 1787 is good enough to-day"
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A Thought for Today

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars in heaven for multitude; because thou wouIdst not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.-DeuterOnOmy 28:62.
 No man doth safely rule but he that hath learned gladly to obey.-Thomas Kempis
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 Avoid becoming extrayagant or expanding too much in your affairs during January, 1937. Danger of fire, accident or trou- blbe caused through rashness from Dec. 1 through 9. l036.
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BY WAY of NO HARM
 -by-
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For
'ZieqfeId'

Acclaimed by press and public,
and crowding the doors of the
National Theater to capacity,
M-G-M's 1.-THE Great Ziegfeld"
enters the second week of its spe-
cial twice daily, all seats reserved
showing Sunday.
The laviShnesS Of the cast is
characteristic of Ziegfeld himself.
William Powell heads the list of
stars, appearing as Ziegfeld, sur.
passing anything he has contrib
uted to the screen thus far. Myrna
10y is seen as Billie Burke, and
Luise Rainier portrayS Reginald
Owen, Ray Bolger, Ernest CosSart,
Joseph Cawthorne, Nat Pendleton,
Harriet Hector, Jean Chatburn,
Paul Irving, Herman Bing, Charles
Judels, Marcelle Corday, Raymond
Walburn, A. A. Trimble and Buddy
Doyle appear in important roles
and SpecialtieS In addition there
is chorus or glorified beauties.
1.-THE Great Ziegfeld" is shown
at 2::30 and $50 p. m. daily, in
Guiding Sunday. All seats in the
National Theater can be reserved
for any performance.
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MOVIE
O'CLOCK

ELASCO-"E Ecstasy at 1905,
2:05, 4:O5, 6:05, sos, 1905 p. m.
EARLE-Pat O'Brien in II Mar
ried a Doctor" 10 a. M, 2:30,
2:45, $40, 1888, 10 p. m. Stage
1880 a. m, 1855, 4:20, 6:45.
9:10 p. m.
PALACE-H. G. Wells in Things
to Come" II a. M, 1:05, 3:15,
$40, 7:30, $40 p. m.
FOX-Margaret SULLIVAN in 1.-THE
Moons Our Home" 1918 a. m,
1885, 3, 500, 1855, 1920 p. m.
Stage-11:45 a. m, 2:05, 4:30. 7,
9:25 p. m.
RKO-KEITH'S-Will Rogers in
"A Connecticut Yankee" 1925 A.
M, 1880, 1885, $40. 7:45. $3.50
COLUMBIA-Freddie Bartholo-
NEW in Little Lord Fauntleroy, "
1900 A. NJ, los, $3.50, 5:25, 1880,
9:45 P. M.
METROPOLITAN Gary
Cooper, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
1880 A. NJ, 12:45, 800, Sis, 1880,
$50 P. M.
LITTLE-Grace Moore in zone
Night of Love-" 1903 A. NJ, TIA,
S:21. 5:28, 7:34, $40 P. M.
HOWARD-Ross Alexander in
Brides Are Like That" 1880,
$3.50. Sis, 9:15 P. M. Stage-Lucky
Millindeg and Mills Blue Rhythm
Band, q 90. 4:45. 7:45, 1918 P. M.
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Ecstasy" that prize-winning
Czechoslovakian picture which has
been banned in some places but
talked about all over the world,
was given its Washington premiere
last night before a capacity audi
ence at the BelaSco Theater. The
large audience was drawn out, no
doubt, in the hope of being good
and properly shocked.
But they might as well have
stayed home. True the picture
has some various scenes in which
the subject Of sex is treated with
q European frankneSS, but even
so I think the troubles Of an inno-
cent girl, treated with dignity and
reStraing are far better screen
fare than the twitching nympho-
maniacS played by Mae West.
Many who came to gasp at
Ecstasy" remained to laugh.
The picture Is a strange blend
Of beauty and drama and riotous,
but unintended, comedy. Many
of the sequences end in ridiculous
non sequiturs. The result is that
the audience roars with laughter
at what were intended to be
tender and moving portions Of
the film.
Runs Nude Over Fields
This is true Of the nude shots
Of the heroine. Her horse runs
away with her clothes. There
upon we. see the naked girl chas-
ing over the far fields in pursuit
Of a mare that has heard q stall
lion neigh. Such a scene may
move European audiences to
tears, but to an American such
a situation is just too comical
for words.
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'FountIeroy at
Columbia

Lovers of that favorite childhood
classic Little Lord Fauntleroy"
will not be disappointed in the
faithful adaptation United Artists
have made of Mrs. Burnett'S story.
All the delightful characters
Mr.. Hobbs, Dick, the Apple Won
an, those and the score Of others
are present. It's easily understood,
with the simple unaffected charm
in its telling, how this picture won
a second weeks showing with q
return to the Columbia.
Fauntleroy as played by young
Freddy Bartholomew is q manly
little fellow who because of his
democratic way and bighearted-
ness wins the love and respect Of
all acquainted with him. Sent for
by his grandfather, the old Earl
of Dorrncourt, Fauntleroy bids his
friends a sincere and tender fare
well. England and the vaStneSS Of
his new fortune hardly change the
boy and he brings about a new love
in the crotchety old earl'S heart.
Trouble arises with the appear
ance of another claimant to the
title. But discovered to be a hoax
the claimants are unmaSked and
the rightful little Lord Fauntleroy
retains his title.
The story is well presented from
every angle and leaves nothing to
be desired from any source. What
could so easily descend into depths
of maudlin sentimentality instead
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Deeds Packs
The Met

''Mr. Deeds" and his 20-million'
dollar spending spree moved down
to the Metropolitan Theater yes
terday for q continuation Of the
engagement which packed Hobbies
earlier this week.
The Frank Capra-directed pic.
ture offers Gary Cooper one Of
those quiet whimsical roles well
suited to his talents. He plays a
country lad satisfied to play the
tuba in the town band and be a
small'town big shot. Suddenly the
death of an uncle leaves him 20
million dollars to spend, and when
he goes to the big city to collect
his legacy things happen. They
try hard to take him.
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." is
packed with quiet and hilarious
humor and not a small bit Of
satire. For instance. a court room
scene wherein Mr.. Deeds Is COM
PEELED to prove that he is sane,
kids the mental experts, is a
sequence that has audiences in an
uproar. It brings "pixilated," a
new word into the action. winds
up with the conclusion that every
body is a little nuts"
Gary Cooper does an excellent
acting job and he is handsomely
supported by Jean Arthur, Lionel
Satander, George Bancroft, Doug
las Dumbrille and H. B. Warner.
On the supplementary program
are selected shorts and Is minutes
of interesting news reel clips.
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Is
Howard Star

Lucky Millender, dynamic little
band maestro, and his Mills Blue
Ribbon Orchestra head a fast
moving musical revue that opened
at the Howard Theater yesterday.
Lucky, with his continuous
smile and very Swaying antics
with the baton, soon won the
applause Of the audience after
having been away from the city
for several months. An added
feature with the band is a jubi.
lee group Of singers and also a
singing ensemble. Edgar Hayes,
the man whose ten fingers sim
ply tear up a piano. is still fea-
tured at that position, while
Chuck Richards, baritone vocal
list, is the delight Of the femi-
nine guests. All in all, Millender
has a good spot this week.
Led by the six Cotton Club
Boys, the chorus is a riot.
The three Rhythm Queens offer
some clever tap dancing while
Edith Wilson, formerly of the Cot
ton Club, does some very entertain
ing blues singing. ApuS Brooks,
Sandy Burns and George Wiltshire
take care of the comedy.
On the screen, Brides Are Like
That" a very entertaining comedy,
is shown. Midnight show tonight.
w. r.
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star, bursting with temperament,
who takes a little incognito vaca-
ton from Hollywood to escape
from autograph hunters and Klieg
glory. Who should she run into
in her obscure winter retreat but
famous writer, also eager to "get
from it ALL" OF course they meet
and they marry in the last reel.
Paramount gave this picture
four authors, including the famous
Dorothy Parker, whom the Algon-
quin set insists is the greatest Of
living wiSecrackS. The quartet of
writer's didn't provide enough
laughs so that tumbling in the
snow fun is labored and spun out
beyond the endurance point, with
the audience very eager to have
Charlie ButterWorth come through
with some spontaneous humor.
Comedian Butterworth does his
very best with the few crumbs
tossed to him in the dialogue.
SATIRICAL STORY
I like Margaret Sullivan and
like good satire, but 1.-THE Moons
Our Home" finds both failing.
This is a picture that required
an Ernest Lubitsch as director,
with William Setter who bossed it,
unable to differentiate between
subtleties and downright farce.
Henry Fonda with his white teeth.
good looks and gawky manners
does his best in a Robert Mont
gomery role. Margaret Hamilton,
Buelah Bondi, Henrietta eros
man, Dorothy Stickney and Lu.
clan Littlefield are prominent in
the supporting cast.
The Fox Movietone news reel
has some excellent shots of the
Nova Scotia mine rescue and a
Grantland Rice sports two reeler
rounds ont the entertainment.
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Rogers Movie
At Keith's

What many regard as viii
Rogers best picture. Mark
Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee, I"
opened yesterday at RKo-Keith's
for a revival showing.
In the supporting cast of this
amusing screen fantasy are
Myrna 10y, William Farnum,
Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank AL
berston, Brandon Hurst and
Mitchell Harris with fast moving
direction supplied by David But
Ter.
The quaint humor Of Will Rogers
and his homely philosophy are
ideally fitted into the Twain fic"
ton. There is even the chance for
the beloved comedian to introduce
q bit Of his rope twirling, the trick
being inserted into a sequence in
which he is challenged to joust
with the other knights. The Rog-
ers' opponent rides out clad in
ar1nor and bearing a mean-looking
lance, while the hero appears in
a cowboy outfit, with just a lasso
to do his fighting. The result is
what you might guess, but the fun
lies in the way Rogers bats his op-
ponent before he administers the
finishing strokes and wins the
fight.
On the excellent supplementary
program is the sixth issue Of the
Major Bowes Amateurs, and the
latest issue Of the Pathe News
Reel
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PLAYS SWEET MUSIC
A very cute trick among the
speciality entertainers in IN
Noble act is Nora Bell, nimble OF
foot, who tap dances to "Goodie'
Goodie" with comedy business that
would probably surprise the com
poser. The Freshmen are three
thermometers and AL Bowlly, solo
ist, sings in the subdued manner
that makes him different.
Musicians, will probably find
keen enjoyment in the Noble novel
arrangements and in the finished
way they deliver the Londonderry
air. Good Night Sweetheart,
1.-THE Touch of Your Hair" and
"The Very Thought Of YOU" Very
dignified and very, very good,
every minute of this band act.
Siegfried, a good juggler, Nice
Florio and Lubow in comedy aero
battles and eccentric dancing com.
plete the footlight fare.
Margaret Sullivan is the star
on the screen in THE Moons Our
Home" a first-rate satirical story
idea that was too much for the
Paramount people who tried to
turn it into a picture.
It is about crackpot movie
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becomes refreshing and poignant.
Master Bartholomew is q finished
little actor blessed with a SureneSS
of manner and Unborn poiSe that
succeeds in helping him through
some of the more highly emo
tional moments.
AS Dearest" mother of Faunt-
leroy, Dolores Costello stages a re-
turn and wins you with her gra-
cious manner. Aubrey Smith as the
old earl, Guy Kibbee as Mr..
Hobbs, Henry Stephenson as the
kindly Mr.. HaviSham are well cast
and help in recreating an old IA
vorite. Likewise deserving in
honorable mention are Dickie
Moore, Una O'Connor, Ivan Simp-
son and Jessie Ralph.
A Hearst News, and a clever
comedy complete the bill. DIN.
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Wells Film Of
The Future
At Palace

Amazing! That's much too
mild a word to use in exclaiming
over Things to Come" but aston
ishment at the magnitude Of the
film, It's subject, its imaginative
power are awe-inspiring.
H. G. Wells, in making this
graphic description Of things to
happen in the future, when wars
will have ceased and all encour-
agement given to scientific
achievement, must wish to live
until the accomplishment Of this
dream.
FANTASTIC SCENES
Immediately upon the opening
of the picture we are placed in
recognizable locale; any English
city Of size, presumably London.
With the first few utteranceS,
even placarded about the streets,
there is the menace of war; a war
which will destroy civilization: the
author sets the outbreak in 1910.
War comes with sudden fury.
finding a people unprepared. the
happiness Of home shattered; the
slaughter continues for 10, Is, 20
years, and from the desolation
arises a new regime, an era Of
airmen, builders of civilization
which has no need for battle;
sort of one for all and all for one
idea, since there is a leader, and
there must always be.
The whole world is rebuilt and
in the century that follows def
mite plans have been made to con-
quer time and space.
Mr.. Wells plan evidently leaves
no time for peaceful pursuits,
walking in gardens, sighting the
first spring robin, swimming in
the old creek; these builders must
be kept occupied constantly since
humans wear out and other hui
mans must be trained to fill the
niche in this world of white stone,
glass and man-made sunshine
which Korda, the director, has
constructed from the Wells idea.
VISION OF FUTURE
Raymond Massey plays the most
important role in a magnificent
manner: his Is the difficult task
Of convincing the public that life
in 2040 viii be series of radio
controlled impulses: incidentally
he does his job exceedingly well.
Margaretta Scott has the principal
female role. There are thousands
in the supporting cast and the
sets are staggering in their i'm
mensity.
Tension imposed by the feature
film is relieved by the short sub
jectS which include a Mickey
Mouse starring Donald Duck, I"
Hearst Metrotone News, and q Pete
Smith sport reel in which we are
shown how table tennis SHOULD
be played. K. Y.
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Ecstasy Foreign Made Movie.
Opens at the BeIosco

The film is weak in many par
ticulars, but to list them all would
run into much space. Chief among
them are the cut-ins. Throughout
the picture, without any apparent
reason, the camera is turned to
ward the clouds. The photographer
must have had a weakness for ce.
leStial photography.
Aside from all this, however, the
continuity Of the film is very bad,
possibly due to deletionS out Of
respect to American taboos.
The acting. throughout, is over
emphasized and would have gained
much by more restraint.
Hedy Kiesler. who plays the
part of the life, Is an exquisitely
beautiful girl. Her beauty, indeed,
helps to keep picture from being
a total loss.
The actors are hampered by
their unfamiliarity with English
in playing roles in which dialogue
is almost an absolute necessity.
Plot Of the Story
The story concerns a young,
beautiful and affectionate woman
married to an older man who is
aloof and cold. She divorces him
and takes a lover. Her former
husband commits suicide and she
renounces her lover.
It's all about sex but if you want
to get shocked you will be disap-
pointed. More than likely, like
myself. you will laugh at some of
the crudities and be heartily bored
before the thing is over.-J. w. B.
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I Married a Doctor Picture,
Bill Robinson at Earle

The Earle's current bill, both
stage and screen, is one Of the
best of the season. II Married a
Doctor" film adaptation Of Sin
clair Lewis famous novel, Main
Street." plus a vaudeville setup
topped by Bill Robinson. affords
a faSt-moving, diversified enter
tainment.
Mr.. Lewis is a master at depict
ing life, not too often the beau
tiful side, but always graphic
slice, and so his most publicized
book is once again turned to a
play of distinction. Rarely is a
popular story adapted to a movie
with greater success. retaining
enough Of the plot to be consistent
and at the same time not over
stressing the details.
SINCLAIR LEWIS TALE
The readjustment of a city bred
wife to the ways Of a small mid
western town is theme which is
we'll known to the theater public,
but very seldom has this some
what trite formula been more
smoothly presented.
DR.. Will (Kennicut) Is force
fully portrayed by Pat O'Brien,
who is understanding and solid,
and by training and nature, bound
to the socalled provincialisms of a
small town. He is sufficient of a
student Of the h u m n race to
weather the storm.
Josephine Hutchinson as Carol,
the wife, has the stellar role. To
arouse sympathy and at the same
time excite animosity, requires a
skilful actress, seasoned in the
art and Miss Hutchinson is the
acme of perfection.
The selection of persons who
befit their parts is one of the
most important requirements for
a good picture. So expertly do
the other members Of the cast
do this, that II Married A Doc
tor" becomes one of the smooth
est Of films. Ross Alexander is the
too serious, young Swede, who
Graves art, finally bringing his
life to a tragic close. Robert Bar
rat as his father, the elder Val
berg, steals the acting honors in
the few brief scenes in which he
appears, while Ray Mayer, Guy
Kibbee, Frank Rhodes, Louise Fa-
zenda, Margaret Irving are but a
few Of the remaining troopers
who put this film in the top
ranks.
ROBINSON ON STAGE
Bill Robinson on the stage, is
probably best known as the darkie
who danced his way to fame in
"Old Kentucky" and Little Col
onel" Appearing in person, he
clicks right from the start with
tap-dancing, which couldn't be out
stepped. Ice skating of 40 years
ago versus the present day fashion
is a gem.
Lester Cole and his Texas Rang
ers come in for plenty of applause
with a group Of Western songs
and a --.edley of college tunes,
diked out in appropriate attire for
both novelties. Ray anu Sunshine
two graceful. and agile dancers,
and the Kitaros, a trio of tumblers
and jugglers extraordinary, COM
plete the program.
Bette Davis receiving the motion
picture award for the best acting
of 1885 from Mr.. Warner and Mr..
Capra is an interesting high light
of the news, which with several
supplemental Sho1S subjects COM
pletes splendid program.
H. K.