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Evening star., 1937-03-18
Urges Rights of Workers.

The Pope called on Christian en-
ployers to combat communism by
recognizing "the inalienable rights of
the working man"
He urged priests throughout the
world to stand in the front lines of
the battle against communism and
eXhorted lukewarm Catholics every
where to renew the active practice of
their faith.
The pontiff pleaded with all Chris
tan states to prevent within their
territories 'the ravages of the anti
| God campaign"
An official resume of the encyclical
quoted the Pope as writing:
THE doctrine Of communism is
founded on pure materialism, which
rejects all spiritual values.
Thus, mans liberty is destroyed.
All rights of his human personality
are denied
Man becomes as if he were mere
cog in colleCtivist machinery which
Evening star., 1937-03-18
District residents We should have Z
District Civil Service Commission"
Slated for Study.

District residents We should have 4
District Civil Service Commission"
Slated for Study.
The subject of full-hedged civil
service system for the District was
broached yesterday by Commissioner
Ha8en. 1t Is to be considered by the
Civilian Committee of l8 named re-
Gently by the Commissioners to con-
slider the efficiency and possible reor-
ganization of the District government
This group. headed by E. Barrett
Prettyman, former corporation coun-
sci, is to hold its first business session
this afternoon.
Allen fears that District residents
would be left "out in the cold" so far
as jobs are concerned, should the Dis
trict be placed under the Federal Civil
Service Commission, because of the
prevailing rule of apportioning jobs
among the States and the District
Hazen suggests that there be a pro-
vision in the proposed legislation CIV
ing preference to District residents.
but Allen seeks to go the whole way"
and set up District Civil Service
Commission to handle appointments
to the municipal service.
IF I had my way would make it
so that none but bona fide District
residents could be appointed to jobs in
the District, and that means persons
Evening star., 1937-03-18

has exclusive and unlimited control
over the lives of men.
Hierarchy and authority are null
lifted. The dignity and indisollubility
of marriage Is set aside. The family is
profaned. woman torn from her home
and from the care of her children.
Religion is dubbed the opiate Of
the people and assailed with any
weapon at hand.
THE very idea of God is rejected
and condemned"
The pontiff's declaration said the
possibility of so obviously an err
roneous dictrine" securing a wide
spread foothold was due to "a false
ideal of justice and equality, which
communism has held out to the
masses, promising alienation of many
undeniable abuses and improvement
of the condition of poor working
men"
He said workmen had followed
prophets of the new doctrine, but
were unable to perceive the most Sc
riouS errors of communism.
Hits Aims for Wage Farmers.
The pontiff urged employers in
Christian countries and wealthy per-
sons to recognize the inalienable right
Of the workingman to living wage
for himself and his family
The wage Garner" the Pope wrote,
should not receive as aims what
is his due in justice.
And let no one attempt with
trifling charitable donations to exempt
himself from the great duties i'm
posed by justice. The very dig
nifty of the workingman makes him
justly and acutely sensitive to the
duties of others in this regard"
Pope Plus extended an expression
of fraternal sympathy to the Russian
people. whom he termed as "saddened
and oppressed by communism"
Evening star., 1937-03-18
D. c. JOBPROGRAM
PRESSED BY ALLEN
Municipal Civil Service Unit
Advocated by Com
missioner.

District jobs for District residents
was the object of a campaign started
today by Commissioner George E. Al
len in carrying forward a suggestion
by Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen for
establishment of the District civil serv-
ice system.
What I would like to see" declared
Allen, would be the establishment of
municipal civil service commission
by the District which would be sep
arate from the Federal Civil Service
Commission.
II have no quarrel with the United
States Civil Service Commission, but
il District jobs are to go to bona fde
Evening star., 1937-03-18

who have lived here for three years
or more" said Allen.
He said he would exempt District
government department heads and
certain professional positions, but not
the great portion Of the 1000 and
some District jobs.
There has been great pressure on
the Commissioners from Congressman
and other Democratic leaders to give
District jobs to constituents and
friends of Democratic officials and
Congressman.
The Commissioners believe estab-
lishment of a full-fledged District
civil service system would assure JUS
tice to District residents and taxpay-
ers and promote stability and effi-
cheney in the municipal service.
Evening star., 1937-03-18

National Committee, and the other
is Basil O'Connor of New York, for
mer law partner of Mr.. Roosevelt.
they are both interested in Warm
Springs Foundation and 1t is under
stood that their visit with the Presi-
dent today is for the purpose of dis
cussing matters relating to the foun-
dation.
Evening star., 1937-03-18

FLOntnueN FTOln FITSL Pdge.J
which shakes society to its very foun-
dation."
He devoted several paragraphs to
demonstrating how the Catholic re-
ligion in the family and the state was
the best equipped agent to combat
communism, which, he asserted. will
precipitate one and all to ruin and
catastrophe"
The encyclical, entitled "Divini
Redemptoris. accused the Communists
of having played on the susceptibility
Of the working classes with promises
of alienation of many undeniable
abuses "
Evening star., 1937-03-18
Pope

Continued From First Page.)
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

touted Oscar Homolka. In a
number of dominant scenes
Homolka was the actor reading
his lines so carefully and giving
them such exact emphasis. the
illusion of reality was dissi-
pated.
However. "Ebb Tide" is in
color, with backgrounds of SHIN
mering waters and blue sky.
with the dreamy music of the
tropics for incidental melody,
and, of course, romance.
This latter is supplied by
Frances Farmer and Ray Mil
land, in a love interlude that
doesn't have much chance COM
peting with a violent sSorm at
sea, and salty pirates.
"Ebb Tide" tells the story OF
three South Seas adventures,
beach comberS, who get q
chance to sail a plague-r1dden
ship to Australia. When they
discover the craft is loaded with
champagne they decide to sail
it to Peru, sell everything, and
become miners.
FILMED IN COLOR
Plans are upset when the
daughter of the late captain
appears, and insists they fol-
low the charted course. A stop
over on a lonely Island discovers
a maddened English hermit,
who serves as an agent of JUS
tice, in bringing calm ending
to melodramatic happenings.
There is a realistic portrayal
of a typhoon at sea, that sweeps
tons of water over the ship as
the wind shrieks and natures
fury is spent on unhappy actors,
leaving them both moist and
dripping.
Lloyd Nolan does some of
"Ebb Tides" most effective
work in the role Of the villain
GUS Englishnan who is fortune
mad. The direction of James
Hogan is good, apart from an
overfondnesS for close-ups and
pedestrian pace.
I can't say that technicolor,
aside from its effectiveness, in
capturing South Seas allure and
marine observation-disclosures
much in this feature. Faces of
actors are still leathery in hue,
and this is particularly true in
the cloSe-upS.
"Ebb Tide" will be the Capitol
Theater's main screen attrac-
tion beginning Friday.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
MOVIE
CLOCK
METROPOLITAN Boris Ka,

METROPOLITAN Boris Kar.
loft, Beverly Roberts, "West
Of Shanghai" 1850 a. M,
1850. $3.50, $50, 1850. $50 p. m.
EARLE Kay Francis, Preston
Foster, "First Lady" II a. M,
1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10 p. m. Stage,
Vincent Lopez, 1850. $40,
6::35, 9:05 p. m.
CAPITOL-Myrna 10y, William
Powell, Double Wedding" IL
a. m, 1:40, 4:25. 7:20. 10 p. m.
Stage, 1910, 1920, 6:15, 9 p. m.
PALACE-Jeanette Macdonald,
Allan Jones. '"The FREELY" II
a. m, 1885, AIS, 6:55, 9:35
p. m.
COLUM b IA-Greta Garbo,
Conquest" 1855 a. M, 2:20,
4:45, 7:10, 9:35 p. m.
R-K.O KEITH'S-Katherine
Hepburn, Ginger Rogers,
"Stage Door," 11:15 a. M,
1921. 1927, 5:33, 7::39, GAS p.
m. March of Time" l:01,
3:07,. 5:13, 7:19, 9:25 p. m.
TRANS LUX - NewsreeI and
Shorts at 10 and 11:45 q. M.
1880. 1:45, 8. 4:15, $3.50,
6:45, 8. 9:15 and 10:45 p. m
HOWARD-Pat O'Brien, Joan
Blondell, Back in Circula
. tion," 1890, $3.50, 7:05, 1910
p. m. Stage-"Tiny" Brad
shaw, 1880, $3.50, 9:l0 p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Hindu Ballet Here Thursday

The mystic legends dealing
with Hindu gods and godesses
and folk tales of the simpler
lives Of peasants and warriors
combine to provide the back.
ground for the fascinating and
gorgeously costumed dances
which Shan-Kar and his group
of Hindu dancers and musicians
will bring to the National The
ater Thursday, December 9.
when W. A. Albaugh presents
the company at 4::3o p. m.
Several new dances are to be
presented, including a traditional
dance during a festival held
for the worship of arms; the
dance Of Mohini, most beauti.
full Of the celestial dancers to
charm King Rukmandgada, and
'"Tandava Nrittya," a dance
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Or Man River Is GIorified On
Screen by Uncle Sam

or Man River, he don't say
nuthin'. He just keeps rollin'
along.
1t took Uncle Sam to dramatize
the Mississippi. He does it in a
splendid documentary movie,
previewed at the Rialto Theater
last night by a distinguished
audience, to be shown publicly
for the first time at the Little
Theater, beginning next Sun
day.
THE River" produced and di-
rected by Pare Lorentz-the pic
ture critic, who gave the world
"Plow That Broke the Plains
is an absorbing movie. Educa-
tional, as well as entertaining.
1t traces the history of the
great waters from pre- -Colum-
bian times to the present. Lit
tie drops of water. They become
runels, creeks, rivulets, brooks,
join the great feeder streams
to make the thouSand-mile slide
of the Big River that empties
into the Gulf.
1--WE built a hundred cities
and a thousand towns. but at
what a COST" says the narrator.
True. Forests we're denuded,
surface soil exhausted, plains
were scalped, and the uncon-
trolled mighty waters, as if in
protest. gave mankind its sea-
sonal floods that worked such
havoc and brought such misery.
This policy of self.destruction
is gradually being replaced by
soil conservation program, by
the water-power development
and control which is represented
in the vast Tennessee Valley
Authority.
All of these things, including
graphic flood scenes, are shown
in THE River" a three.reel
feature which reflects the high.
est credit on the vision and skill
of Producer Lorentz, and the
Farm Security Administration,
which is distributing the film
as pure educational celluloid,
and as a historical record of
what the Government is doing.
There is background music
from a Virgil Thompson score
and Thomas Chalmers nara
ton makes a worthy accompani.
ment for the screen panorama.
ANDREW R. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP.
BY ED SULLIVAN
Anything for Laughs

Palm Springs, Calr Dec. 8.
has been pointed out so often hardly qualities
comedians off for the coners of comedy
anything people kaufman might for Gloomy
Gil Dobie when Gil was swelling cayugas
Hatch is not Kaufman but he's cutter
William Powell and Jack Benny, probably the two most
boy bar Btterorh warmed by an inner glow Of comed
shows trace Of his hary on the outside GrOucho Marx might
has the mObly Of Cal Coolidge Jack Pearl carries the weight
together
aeah Edgar Bergen who gSotak for Charlie %ccay rarely
smiles Jack Haley Al Joson @ asrPO Marx George ri Burns Phil
popular conception of what comedians should be like.
WHEN YOU figure this perfectly natural
R Is 10" only a R o%n to ns look sn @ ea
expect to come them IausE and screaming with hisry and
filled Just forever startled when hear Jack Dempsey
the picture FirpOs The toughest mobsers met
voices and the meekest expressions
In the old days of vaudev Duy and lived to your
expectation Of comedians in looks and manners They discuss
Orleans when famous combination night Of carouns
woke up to find themselves in strange @ hotel suite mssncsny
telephone contacted the clerk steP"
Agitation ha oPn tel he him e up
another Gideon Bible Duffey yawned went back to Sleep
THEY PLAY big stakee schenck Eddie
Cantor seeing each other and the table stakes
about s. 500 Can about to lay 9o his cards suddenly
to about that ki-d lose Cantor shook
WORK. paying me O week. 'nA' POT ABOUT ''e" years
Cantor in the old days handled the transportation for Gus Ed
wards vaudeville act Of kid The ended Sat
uday and Saturday night they'd board the sleeper for the next
jump To outw the railroads Gus Edwards impressed the act
the economic necessity possible wearing
pants when they boarded ran to qualify for half fare Thirteen
Of the sixteen kids Cantor after marching them
rough the train the conductor could them would then rush
them into berthS tell them sight this
particular trip the train just leaving Pittsburgh when the
dctor grabbed Cantor Come you he said and together they
went to the smoking George sitting there in knee
pants smoking big cigar Half fare huh? yelled the conductor
Hes problem child said Cantor. weakly. paying up.
JOKE profession been Irving
little cOlOred Alley
Bern often voiced
all legend
genius in cOlOred boy and that this little
turning out the Berlin after Asae
pictures loaded with hits that the writer's sitting
Diny MOOre commenting enviOuy
81 can't understand it, said Cant
heckIers buried that little
cOlOred boy two ago." said
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Barry Fitzgerald, ErstwhiIe Of Abbey Players,
Is Real Star of ''Ebb Tide"
Noah Soon By
Civic Cost

''Noah," the third production
of the Washington Civic Theater
opening December Is at the
Wardman Park Theater, has
troubled the drama critics ever
since it was first produced in
Paris where it ran for two years
with Pierre Fresnay in the title
role.
it is a fantasy which has the
proportions Of a spectacle. 1t
is a religious play which is hilar'
iously funny and yet has not Of.
Tended the churches who have
it on their recommended list. 1t
is a comedy which has moments
Of great tenderness, particularly
the scene in which Noah, dis
couraged by his children's lack
of faith, talks to the animals.
Cast in the difficult role Of
Noah is Denis Connell who has
given many fine performances
on the local boards. Noah is q
taxing role which has been a
challenge to actors everywhere.
John Gielguc played it when
London saw it and FreSnay was
imported to play it in New York
while Burgess Meredith played it
in Chicago.
Mrs. Noah win be played by
Betty Rice, also well known to
local theatergoers and the three
sons will be played by Robert
Duncan, Donald SiSler and
James Stewart. Mr.. Duncan
was seen earlier this season as
Magoon in Excursion and Mr..
SiSler played Brinkenhoff in
Yellow Jack.
The three young ladies who
also make the memorable voy.
age with Noah will be played by
Margaret Johnston, Edith Sog-
nier and Dorothy Sweet. Miss
Johnston has already been seen
this year with the Pierce Hall
players in Boy Meets Girl.
Besides these there is large
cast Of villagers and Of animals.
The dances incidental to the
play are being staged by Eliza
beth Giles and the costumes are
being designated by Dorothy
CroiSsant. The play has been
directed by Charles Dillon, guest
director for the Civic,
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Lily Pons Fun
For Keith's

With romance, comedy, music
and adventure being offered in
generous proportions, and abetr
ted by Jack Oakie as co-star,
Hitting a New High" coming
to RKO Keith's following the
current run of "Stage door,"
Lily Pons' latest musical de-
velops as the gayest picture the
charming diva has so far made.
The romantic comedy with
songs relates the startling de-
vices of a night-club singer to
crash the gates of grand opera.
Miss PonS, who plays the part
of the singer, makes Indifferent
progress toward fulfilling her
ambition until she places her
affairs in the hands Of Jack
Oakie. Then complications start
piling up without relief until
the final sequence when a sur
prise ending provides a novel
way out Of the difficulties.
During the film, Miss Pons
introduces three new numbers
by Jimmy McHugh and Harold
Adamson, and sings several well
loved classics and Semi-classic
in addition.
A large cast Of supporting
players includes Eric Blore, Ed
ward Everett Horton, John How.
ard and Eduardo Ciannelli. The
picture was directed by Raoul
Walsh and produced for RKO
Radio by Jesse L. Laskey.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
KELLEYGRAMS

Not even Uncle Sam can make
most folks dress up for the
cinema.
Farm Security Administration.
Department of Agriculture, tried
it for the premier of The
River at the Rialto Theater
last night but less than one-half
of one per cent took the formal
dress request seriously.
Mrs. Louise Noonan Miller,
who knows her movie audiences
and society as landlord of the
Rialto, made the happy COM
promise. She dressed up as
hostess, her son wore a black
tie outfit, Abe Talkins was in
white tie and tails, Jim Moran
Of her sound department, in a
business suit.
Representative Bertrand Smell,
minority leader of the House,
was in the audience watching to
see what Uncle Sam got for the
$5O,OOO production cost of "The
River"
He was not among those who
went on the canned record for
the radio praising the picture,
but Senator Hitchcock of South
Dakota urged that everybody in
the United States see it. and
three of the Washington movie
commentators put in a plug for
their comrade critic, Pare Lo-
rentZ.
LOrentZ is the only critic who
can answer exhibitors and pro.
ducers when they say: "If you
think my picture is lewsy why
don't you make a better one"
LOrentZ can snap back, "I did.
A couple Of them" For he also
produced and directed "PlOw
That Broke the Plains"
They expected President
Roosevelt at the Rialto last
night. But why? When he can
run off THE River" on the Sec
ond floor of the White House
screen, as he probably has.
PADEREWSKI IN MOVIES
From London will issue soon
q picture featuring the great
Paderewski, Polish pianist. 1t is
called Moonlight Sonata" and
the worlds most marvellous
piano fingers move over the key
board in Beethoven's immortal
music.
Paderewski, close to 80, is
said to cut a charming, patri.
archal figure as he plays his Sc
lections from the masters. Rach.
mammoth and List are featured,
as well as Beethoven.
Is there an audience here for
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

COMEDIAN is TOPS
AS it unreeled leisurely for
critics at the Fox exchange yes
terday matinee, it struck me
that Barry Fitzgerald. lately OF
the Irish Players, did as neat a
job Of picture stealing as have
seen in multiple 1887 screen in
spections.
You may recall Barry Fitzger-
ald-if you're a regular play.
goer-as the pugnaciouS Fluther
Good of Plough and the Stars"
or the carefree drunkard of
Juno and the Paycock," both
dramas in the Abbey Players
repertoire.
In "Ebb Tide" he plays Hush,
a Cockney beachcomber, by trick
of fate carried to sea on a YES
sci bearing a cargo of cham
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

payne to Sydney, Australia. It
is not long before Barry is down
In the hold establishing a direct
connection with the bubble wa
ter.
Thereafter Barry Fitzgerald,
and his bottle, provide much
of the alcoholic humor found in
'Ebb Tide" He mugs all over
the screen, has a chip-on-the-
shoulder belligerency when he is
in his cups; in fact. makes such
a business Of his drinking, that
not even a Pacific typhoon can
wash him away from his beloved
jug.
I felt that the Fitzgerald act
ing was high-lighted, largely be-
cause of the slow-paced and de-
liberate technique of the much
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Boles' Anniversay

BoIes' Anniversary
John Boles, now being CO.
starred with Gladys Swarthout
and John Barrymore in Para
mounts Romance in the Dark"
is celebrating his tenth anniver-
Sary in pictures. He made his
debut as Gloria Swanson's lead
ing man in a silent film in New
York city.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

drama Of archaic character such
as Shan-Kar inevitably uses to
close his brilliant programs.
As usual, too, there will be
several of the intriguing purely
instrumental interludes. It is
well worth ones time just to
see the drummer in this group
play upon the Hindu drums and
rice bowls and to hear the flutist
give the Snake-charm music.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Animal Actors

Animal performers in goth Cen
tury-Fox's Checkers" were picked
with the same care as the stars
and all have had previous movie
experience. AS a result not an
hours shooting time was lost be.
cause of restiveneSs on the part
of the livestock.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

HerOically Sensible and Quick Witted
Seminary Teacher Yields to the Cam.
pus PrOwler to Protect Her Students.
Pretended to Be Fascinated and Made
a Tryst Which Was Kept By a Police.
man Dressed in Her Clothes. Read
About This Self-Sacrificing YOun 9
Woman in The American Weekly, with
Sundays Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Allen Cured

The movies cured Fred Allen Of
one Of his habits, when, during
filming of "Sally, Irene and Mary"
he parked his gum outside a door
while the scene was being shot.
When he put it in his mouth
again, he found it was putty, left
by a painter retouching the door.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

Lillian Emerson, Natalia Da-
nesi, Tom Fadden and France
Bendtsen have been signed for
Spring Thaw," the Roland
Young play opening here De-
cember 27.
The Washington times., 1937-12-08
Gleanings
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

"Ebb Tide latest Paramount production of Robert Louis
Stevenson saga of South Seas made this summer
off Catalina Island in the Pacific on the self same locale
where the silent 'Ebb Tide made decade ago.
1t is first time that the Technicoor cameras have been
turned on a story with ocean background
Picture also marks the American debut of Oscar Homoka
character actor Of some prominence in the British studios
The Washington times., 1937-12-08

Paderewski in the movies? One
doubts it. The class picture has
a difficult time getting a book
ing on a Washington screen.
Maybe music lovers will insist
on seeing Moonlight Sonata"
and possibly Mrs. Louise Noonan
Miller may book it. But the
other first run screens. No. Take
him away, and also Tibbett. Give
us Martha Ray and Laurel and
Hardy, or more pie throwing by
Myrna 10y.
VOICES FROM VIRGINIA"
Odd thing about Virginia"
the first flOpperoO of the Rocke.
fellers as amusement entrepen-
eurs. The Operetta had more
hit tunes than any musical in
the last three seasons. They
actually led the melody parade
on the radio for weeks, and
after the musical had been en-
tered on the records as a costly
failure.
Which can serve as a preface
to the announcements that the
VirginianS, double male quar-
tet from the iIl-fated Operetta,
will be on the Earle Theater
stage program beginning Decem-
ber II. They are all over six
feet tall and have been dubbed
"The Skyscrapers Of SOngland."
FOOTBALL FILMS
Tickets for the all-star foot
ball game between Washington's
high and prep champions and
Red Barron'S Atlanta Wizards
will be sold through the Ma
tional Theater's box office, as
well as at Sidney Lust's offices
in the Earle Theater Building
and Archie Engel'S store.
Zone manager John j. Pay.
cite, of Warner Bros, gave the
pasteboard sale for the Charity
Bowl game a lift by taking the
first patron box at 500 for the
Catholic University fun, Dec.
19.
Special Paramount Newsreel
feleaSes-showing the highlights
of the Washington RedSkin.
New York Giants game last
Sunday for the championship of
the Eastern Division-are now
on the Earle and Metropolitan
screens.
Lillian Emerson, Natalia Da-
nesi, Tom Fadden and France
Bendtsen have been signed for
Spring Thaw," the Roland
Young play opening here De-
cember 27.