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Evening star., 1937-01-27
Statement as to a Lapse in
The Presidency Corrected
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
May I take issue with the statement in
The Star of January 81 that "the United
States apparently had three Presidents
yesterday in the short period between
noon and 1929 pm?
This statement is followed by para
graph to the effect that because of the
failure of President Roosevelt to take
the oath of Office at noon, as prescribed
by the twentieth amendment to the Con-
stitution, considerable confusion has
arisen between parliamentarianS Of the
House and Senate as to who actually was
the head of the Government in the 29-
minute period" 1t Is suggested that
both Vice President Garner and Secre-
tary of State Hull were the Nations
chieftains in this period.
I do not see how any confusion can
arise. 1t is true that the Constitution in
the twentieth amendment provides that
the terms of the President and Vice
President shall end at noon on the goth
of January, and that such terms ended
at noon last Wednesday is beyond ques-
ton. The Constitution, however, ex-
pressly guards against there being any
hiatus in the office of President, for it
provides that "if the President-elect shall
have failed to qualify, then the Vice
President-elect shall act as President
until President shall have qualified"
When the President-elect failed to
qualify at noon last Wednesday. the Vice
President-elect was authorized by the
Constitution to act as President until q
President shall have qualified. There is
nothing in the Constitution which de-
mands that the Vice President-elect
shall himself qualify in order to act as
President, but the mere fact that he is
the Vice President-elect automatically
empowers him to act as President until
the President-elect shall have qualified.
HENRY LITCHFIELD WEST.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

That most typical Of all Spring sounds,
the cheerful call of the cardinal, or red
bird, rang out high over the tips Of the
tall oaks.
1t was January, but January, In
which copious rains and high tempera-
lures had combined to make Spring seem
at hand.
It was the same all over the country,
a terrible season of unusual weather, with
growers in some sections being forced
to keep fires burning In their orchards,
in others compelling to ice branches in
order to prevent them from bursting into
bloom.
Out in our neck Of the woods the birds
thought 1t was Spring, and no one could
blame them bit. The cardinal, in par
ticular, was sure OF it.
Great masses of black clouds loomed
to the South at 7 o'clock that morning.
Going along the sidewalk, the pedes-
trian might have thought it dusk, for
precisely the same sort Of half-light
prevailed.
Automobiles were hurting themselves
forward along the black, gliStening, slip
perry avenue as If great animals Of de-
struction in their own right, without a
So-called master mind" of some human
being compelling them to it in each and
every case.
To a walker on the sidewalk in the
half-light, carefully trying to wait q
safe opportunity to cross the boulevard,
each car seemed a monster incarnate,
trying its best to catch the pedestrian
before he could get across.
1t was almost with a gasp that the
pedestrian realized that not a one of
these drivers, human beings even like
unto himself, was giving single thought
to the possibility that he, the walker,
might slip in the middle Of the street.
There was something familiar in the
situation. Standing there on the curb,
he wondered what it was. Then it came
to him. Months ago, at about the same
hour on a clear, sunny morning in real
Spring, he had watched two squirrels
in amorous dalliance, chasing each other
across the avenue.
A car bore down on them from block
away. If the driver had intended to
catch the hindmost of the pair beneath
his right wheel, just before it escaped to
safety, as its mate had, he could not
have achieved his fell purpose any
better.
The animal jerked twice, three times,
and then lay still on the macadam.
The pedestrian went over and picked
up the dead creature. He placed it on
the parking. There was drop of blood
on its mouth, but otherwise it appeared
unhurt.
That was months ago, but the pedes-
trian had not forgotten the happening,
because it had seemed to him so utterly
unnecessary. If the driver had slowed
up, just little bit
~
"And here and now" he told himself,
on the gloomy morning in January,
when the cardinals were singing true
Spring songs
Here and now, they will serve me
exactly the same way. just as if we're
SQUIRREL without slowing up even
second!"
This was what was familiar Even as
they would serve four-legged animals,
so they would serve humans, without
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Mr.. Jurney Was a Graduate
OF GEORGETOWN University

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Sunday Star, January "a, 1887,
I read with interest an article Police
Power of Senate Is Held by Former
Secretary"
The article gives the facts in the
career of Chesley w. Jurney, sergeant at
arms in the Senate. In this article it
was stated that he was a graduate from
the law department of George Wash
ington University. This is an error.
Mr.. Jurney was graduated with the class
of 1908 from Georgetown University
School of Law, as appears from the off,
cial records of the Law School. This
fact was verified also by me when I
called Mr.. Jurneys Office at the Capitol.
The Star is widely read, and the Law
School will be very grateful if you Will
correct the error in an early number of
The Star. HUGH j. FEGAN,
Assistant Dean.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Guffey ON the Court.

It is difficult to take seriously the
resolution offered by Senator Guffey call
ing for an investigation by the Senate
Judiciary Committee Of charges made
against justices of the Supreme Court in
the book entitled THE Nine Old Men"
If the charges were true, they would
amount to impeachable offenses. The
Senate, under the Constitution, sits as
court in impeachment trials, and the
prosecution is undertaken by the House
of Representatives. What Senator Guf-
fey proposes is that the Senate, through
its Judiciary Committee, become the pri-
mary agent of prosecution. If the
charges were proven, then the Senate
would sit as judges. 1t is possible that
Senator Guffey overlooked the provision
of the Constitution regarding impeach-
ment.
That, however, is only one angle. An
other is that he uses the Senate as a
forum to launch new attack upon the
Supreme Court of the United States as
now constituted. That is, the court itself.
1t is another effort to undermine the
court in the minds of the American
people; to make them lose faith in the
Judiciary.
Senator Guffey, addressing the Senate,
said: Every Senator understands the
general feeling of the people of the coun-
try that the attitude of the Supreme
Court toward congressional legislation Is
the most serious problem ahead of Con-
gresS if it is to carry out the mandate
given the administration by the people
at the recent election" This is putting
the cart before the horse. If Congress, in
enacting legislation, would give thought
and study to the provisions of the Con-
stitution and keep within its bounds.
there would be no occasion for opinions
of the court holding the acts of Congress
unconstitutional.
If there is something wrong with the
Constitution, if it needs amendment, the
means is within the hands of the men,
berS of Congress and of the States to
rectify the situation through amend
ment to the Constitution. That, how
ever, does not seem to be the desire of
the administration, of which Senator
Guffey is an ardent follower in the
Senate. What the administration de-
sires, and apparently Senator Guffey as
well, is that the court shall interpret
the fundamental law of the land as the
administration wishes it interpreted. The
present barrage laid down against the
Supreme Court is intended to make the
court understand that it Is unpopular
with the American people-and to make
the court unpopular with the people.
Attacks upon the Supreme Court are
not new. They have been made in other
administrations and in other ways. The
court has weathered those attacks. It
probably will weather those now in prog
ress. The court is not above criticism
any more than is the President of the
United States or the Congress. If in
dividual members of the court have been
guilty of improper conduct, there is
always the trial by Impeachment, and if
they are found guilty they are subject to
dismissal and may be tried later for
their misdeeds and punished. Whether
a failure to interpret the Constitution
as Senator Guffey, for example, would
have it interpreted constitutes misdeed
is decidedly question.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Not Interested in Echoes.

Some Of the things you have said,"
remarked the admiring friend, will 60
echoing down the corridors of time"
Those echoes are too distant and
have too little present influence. What
I want is unlimited time on a nation
wide radio hook-up right now!"
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Thought and Sound.

why do you play the violin?"
Because" answered the thoughtful
person, II am philosopher"
And also a musician?"
mo. If were a true musician and
not philosopher, the best I could do
with fiddle would probably distress me
terribly"
Evening star., 1937-01-27

A generous and conflicting attitude in
matters of finance may suggest policy
of waiting for something to turn up,
instead of an effort to mold conditions
with subtle skill. Anybody will prefer
Micawber to a Machiaveln.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Still Walking.
From the Lowell Leader.

From The Lowell Leader.
Manufacture of shoes in the Boston
area is said to be at the highest point In
the history of the industry. Which sug-
gests that, despite the popularity Of the
automobile, a good deal Of walking must
be done.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Absolutely no constructive criticism
has been expected from 1'rotzky, whose
peculiar methods evidently avail to re-
duce even so orderly a procedure as a
press conference to state of confusion.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

AS food disasters startle the country
there comes crisis which nobody can
ignore. The Nation sets aside selfish
controversy and listens for the call of
duty. In the Ohio valley crisis every
citizen will be on tiptoe for action.
There cannot be even the shadow of a
suggestion Of sit-down strike.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Business is undoubtedly improving.
This fact is fully demonstrated, regard
less of stock quotations, by the cash
available for investment in the enter
prise of relieving human distress.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Good Suggestion.

From the San Antonio News.
For their arts sake, if not as matter
Of retribution. cartoonists who have been
hanging things upon the donor for Is
years past should be specially invited to
work in the Mellon National Gallery.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Soil conservation and forestation in
telligently carried on are recognized as
essential. More and better "boondog-
Cling" might have prevented flood.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Austria has witnessed so many turns
in world affairs that the BLUE Danube
Waltz" takes on tinge of international
significance.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Nobody cares about length of working
hours when genuine human emergency
arises.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Contrasts assert themselves. Cincin-
natl, often among the gayest of cities,
becomes one of the saddest.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Undismayed.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
Calendar makers are never disturbed
by forecasts that the world Is coming TO
an end.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
FIorida's See.Saw.

From the Miami Herald.
It has been Florida's experience that
when stocks 60 up. Winter visitors come
down.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Cruel Attack.

The radio singer struck high c
And those who heard assert
That when she struck it there could be
No doubt that it had hurt.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Cost of Intellect,

The statesman labors late at night
And has to use electric light.
The old ones were content to toll
At less expense with midnight oil:
And intellect a price commands,
Like other things, that still expands
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Jud Tunkins says he went to see q
show that he disapproved of so strongly
that he warned his neighbors against
it; and they all bought tickets.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

mo loneliness" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, "is so deep as that of a
man whose power is so great that all
men seek to be only his servant and
none aspires to be an unselfsh friend"
Evening star., 1937-01-27

Good sense" said Uncle Eben, 'is
what we admires, but good luck is what
we truly envies."
Evening star., 1937-01-27

QWhat is the average time that a
patiut with tuberculosis stays in sana-
torin?-T. F.
"A little less than six months. It
may,e pointed out that the death rate
for tberculosis, whether hoSpitalized or
not, ionly 56.6 per 100000 population in
the Uited States.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

The Evening Star Newspaper Company.
iltn st and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office: ITO East 42nd St
Chicago ONCE: 435 North Michigan Ave.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

G-M would receive 1000 for every
week she was off the lot. OF this sum
the studio would receive one-half, the
star one-half. That is the accepted
policy among Hollywood studios, al
though there is no law governing the
sum to be paid borrowed star.
On the whole, producers as well as
stars consider this borrowing and loan
ing business a healthy arrangement
For example, when Walter Wanger lent
Madeleine Carroll to Goth Century-Fox
for "Lloyds of London and ION the
Avenue and later to David Selznick
for prisoner of Zenda," he knew Miss
Carroll would return to him bigger
and better star, with a larger public fol-
lowing and a background Of additional
experience.
However, producers are not above
little discipline for stars. M-G-M once
sent Clark Gable over to Columbia as
a "spanky." Clark had been Ill and the
studio thought he was stalling, SO the
latter thought to teach him lesson Dy
farming him out to smaller studio.
Mr.. Gable took himself over to Co
lunbia, in the wake of a rather chilly
breeze-and appeared in 1T Happeneo
One Night" for which he received the
Academy award for the best male per-
forrnance of the year.
Sometimes you run into rather sur
prising scale of values,
Porter Hall and Ida Lupino are two
Of Paranount's really valuable proper
ties. vet there was a 12-nonth period
when neither of them made picture
on their home lot They were out on
1a,rr al that finoe-at double their
salaries.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

the script changed even after his own
studio has had it revised twice. Carole
Lombard once had an entire script re-
written before she would consent TO pc
loaned to Universal. She even picked
the writers she wanted to work on II.
When Kay Francis and Claudette Col
bert 90 out on loan they want to okay
the proofs of all portrait and publicity
stills. Most stars take along their own
stand-irs. CaroIe Lombard wants TO
take along her pet cameranan from
Paramount and Marlene Dietrich wants
to take along the girl who does her
hair and the woman who puts on her
makeup, and the studio that borroWs
them pays the bills-and is very glad
to do it.
Very few contracts allow star the
privilege of turning down loan-out
deal. but if the actor raises row, and
is sincere about it, nine times out OF
10 he can get out of it-then the whole
thing is off and everyone is right back
where they started from.
In the case Of "B1ecaneer," when
Paramount couldn't get Gable from
M-G-M, or Errol Flynn from Warmers,
they signed Fredric ldarch, who is
free lance star.
WHY lend a star? Wei, why not? It's
" matter of dollars and building
personalities. The studio that borroWs
a star pays the studio that lends her
DOUBLE her saIary-which, consider
ing the lofty figures of stars salaries,
runs to tidy sum indeed.
Suppose someone should borrow
Greta Garbo, whose salary is in the
neighborhood of s11 900 a week. NJ
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

~ OU'VE seen them oIten-thoSe
little items which appear in some
obscure corner of a trade paper
or tackled on the end of some
HOLLYWOOD column, just to fill up space.
They read something like tflis-"W VAR
ner Bros. have borrowed Horatio Hero
from M-G-M to star opposite Hilda
Heroine in Warmers wonder-spectacle,
Song for Susie"
Nothing unusual about it-and yet
that one short, untrimmed sentence Is
a brief summary of what probably has
been a two-months' siege of conferences
bids. pledges, contracts and asplrlns
why borrow a star? Lets take
concrete example. Paramount has spent
good many thousand dollars on the
preparation of period picture titled
ssBuccaneer'' It was many weeks be-
fore the picture was to begin that Para
mount realized that the only star on
the lot suited to the role, Gary Cooper,
would be working in Souls at Sex"
long enough to mess up the release date
of sBuccaneer" if the company had to
wait for him.
Well-borrowing is better than wait
ing.
than Clark Gable? So the studio throws
out a sfeeler. and at first it's all very
informal
Things proceed something like this
Al Paramount executive. big one ana
a diplomat (usually Henry Herzburn j.
calls Up an M-G-M executive Ga pig
oneY and invites him to lunch. So they
have lunch, and throughout the greater
part of the meal they talk about every
thing except the thing they came for.
About French pastry time, Mr.. Herr
h,1rn remarks. sort of of-hand-hke, By
me way. hows Clark Gable doing2
swell, eh? I'm glad to hear It 20
they both agree that Mr.. Gable is doing
ali right.
Other tfeelers follow in rather Toa-
tine order. IS the star very busy AZ
M-G-M? How many pictures has he TO
make on this years program How
soon will he have any time Off Then,
Al last-the real point! Paramount
would like to borrow him for ABuc-
cancer
Il has ali been very pleasant and
friendly They shake hands and It's
gentleman's agreement that, Il CIR
eumstanees prove propitious. its a deal
Iii this case Paramount didn't get the
star they wanted because he had toe
many commitments at his own studio
but lets assume that they did
IRON that luncheon on, things cease
4 to be informal and are conducted
along a definite course Of procedure
1t works the same way at all studios
The matter is. taken up with the big
wigs in the front Office. # they find tht
star is free, with no pictures pending
at the time Paramount wants him, n
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

G-M guarantees to deliver him on a
certain date, pending certain agree
ments"
Those certain agreements" cover a
lot Of ground. The studio on the lend
ing side Of the transaction is In the
drivers seat. Paramount must send
over the script, and if M-G-M doesn't
like it the deal is off, unless Paramount
consents to change it.
Then there's the time element If
the M-G-M star goes to Paramount on
July i, and his own studio wants him
for picture on August Is, Paramount
must guarantee to finish with him at
that date If they don't, which is usually
the case, Paramount's production sched-
,lIe defers to M-G-M's. The star re-
turns to his own studio and the bor-
rover has to jiggle the shooting pro-
gram to catch the star in odd moments
or on a day off between scenes.
Then there's the billing" And what
a problem that can bel The matter OF
billing has been known to hold up
loar-out for half year. You may have
been wondering where the star himself
comes in. Don't worry, he comes IN,
ali right, and he enters with the billing.
Not so long ago two stars were to
appear IN a picture together on the FOX
lot. the lady on a loan-out from another
studio. Both their contracts with tner
own studios called for star billing, their
names 10 appear I'm solo, above and
before the title.'
Now these two stars were very good
friends. In fact they were ronanucaily
attached. But since actors seldom allow
friendship to interfere with business,
they both held out for top billing. Iney
went right on dining and dancing To-
gether. while their respective studios
dickered and demanded. In this case
the lady won.
Usually, however, this problem IS set
tied by giving both stars equal billing
but lend your ears. Not only does the
star on loan get equal billing on the
screen. but in tall matters includlng
advertising, exploitation and publlclty.
Thus, if the studio who borroWs Rod
ert Taylor has agreed to this, and they
always do-and then someone sends out
an advertising poster winch says
ssCsonaiy7o SALLY BROWN in
HOWsS NY FRENCH with Robert
TavIor'f-that studio viii have a sizabie
suit on It's hands.
THE studio that loans star also mas
! a say-so about the director, producer
and cast Of the picture in which their
star is to appear. So does the star.
When ali these matters have been
anicably settled by the two studios, the
Star is called in He reads the script
and is told of the various conditions
under which he is to be loaned. II ne
agrees unreservedly, its deal
But the star may throw the screws
in The whole business. He may want
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18

Ida Lupino (right)
is a valuable prop
erty ait Paramount
because she has
spent a year away
from the studio on
loan 0uts--at dou-
BILE her pay.
Clark Gable once
was loaned to CO.
lumbia by M-G-M
as a disciplinary
measure. For Co
lulnbia he starred
in "It Happened
One Night, /. with
Claudette Colbert,
upper left and
won the Academy
award;
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-18
BY Jeannette Meehan
HOLLYWOOD.

YOU'VE seen them often-those
" little items which appear in some
obscure corner of a trade paper
or tackled on the end of some
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24
CHESWOLD
Items of Personal and Social IN.
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Items of Personal and Social IN.
terest Cleaned From tho Vicinity
Cheswold, June "a The Home
makers Club met Friday, June 18,
at the home of Miss Mamie Masten
with Miss Clara Rash as assistant
hostess. Because Mrs. Willard
Barcus and Mrs. Harry Hess were
unable to attend the Homemakers'
short course at U. of D., Newark,
Mrs. w. ]. Davidson represented
hte local club instead. She return
ed home well pleased with what
was accomplished.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford A. derson
have returned from a visit to Re-
hObOth.
Mrs. William Masten, who has
been very sick, is convalescing.
Mrs. Ruth Lilly, of Baltimore,
Nd, has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Joseph Willis and mother,
Mrs. Sara Dietz. Mr.. Lilly and
son, Orville, joined her while here.
Mrs. Lilly returned home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Norman Smith and daugh-
ter, Miss Pearl Smith, have been
spending a week at Slaughter's
Beach.
Mrs. James A. Legar, who was
taken suddenly i'll early last week
at her home, is better.
Mrs. Willard Barcus and Mrs.
Harry Hass, were among the dele
gates who attended the recent
Homemaker's Club course at New
ark.
Mrs. Laura MacNamee and son,
Crawford, of Chester, spent a re-
cent visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Ford.
Mrs. E. ]. Lafferty and daugh-
ter, Miss Victorine Lafferty and
Mrs. Denney Morris have been on
a visit to Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bamberger
are entertaining Mrs. Bamberger's
siser and husband from Phladel-
phia
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Luff and
son, of Wilmington; Mr.. and Mrs.
Foster Sapp and two children, of
Middletown, were recent visitors of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Willis and fam
ilv
Smyrna times., 1937-06-24

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