The Washington times., 1937-05-01

Royal Academy
of Dramatic Art, where she ha
pursued her ambition with sell
GUS study, appeared in a numbe
of productions sponsored by tn
institution. and recently tnlShe<
her initial term with high hon
orS.
The impressions of a Govern
ment clerk in Europe. however
form the highlights of a letteI
penned while she prepares to at
tend the coronation in company
with hundreds of other Amer
leans. She writes:
what is most striking about
England is the fact that money
does not flow about as much as
in America. People seem to get
smaller salaries in comparison
of Americans engaged in the
same line of business and yet
they accomplish so much more
with it. They all seem to have
seen all the plays and movies
which are worth while seeing,
they all manage to take a nice
holiday in the country or on
the Continent, and the majority
of people would rather spend for
a good book than for some per-
sonal decoration"
"And then, too, a feeling of
class is always evident. And
our lack of it amaZes them ire
mendously. think the average
American might think of him
self as having more or less
money than somebody else, but
seldom does he think of some
one else being superior or in
ferior to him socially.
"Yet here, according to the
group you are with, you will al
ways hear some other class re-
ferred to as the upper or lower
classes. Americans, of course,
being in a class by themselves!
Incidentally the Americans are
beginning to arrive in drOves."
The former FCA worker alsC
found amusement in the British
impressions of America gained
through the flicks," writing:
Don't think the movies are
neglected. Everybody knows all
about the American stars, their
private affairs, ETC., just the
same as in the U. S. Also they
have a very cockeyed (if 1 may
use the word opinion of Amer
leans and America as a result.
They think every girl is gOr-
geous, that everybody has
money and that everybody has
a very sloppy, slangy way of
speech. Chicago is synonymous
with gangsterS and the only
cities they ever heard of are
Hollywood and New York.
81 like London. / shall find
it hard to leave, / think, when
1 finally do. People are more
calm here and I am beginning
to get adjusted to the slower
paced way of living. CheeriO!"
Closing their winter social sea
son with one final indoor party
the Adjutant Generals Office
Lodge of the A. F. G. E. danced
yesterday at the Playhouse, 1914
N st. N. W., after the regular
meetings business had been ade
quately disposed.
The rhythmic shuffling LASTED
from $50 until 1890, members be
ing admitted by showing theil
membership cards and non-mem
bers and guests being taxed 81
cents.
The first concrete evidence thai
the orphan unions" elected las
year from the affiliation with the
A. F. G. E. may seek to join hands
with the Committee on industrial
Organization was seen toda!
with announcement of formation
of the "Interunion Council"
The council is composed of indie
pendent unions located in the Rail
road Retirement Board, Social Sc
curity Board, Farm Credit Admin
istration, Securities and Exchange
Commission and D. C. Public AS
sistance Division, all of which A
F. G. E. lodges expelled in Septem
Der of 1886 on charges Of "subver
sive activity" and utra-radical
ism.
In the past these expelled
groups have fought strongly TO
reaffiliation with the A. F. G. :
and carried their appeals to vii
liam Green Of the A. F. L. withou
success. Now, however, it is sig
nificantly announced that tn
new council will merely seek al
filiation with the larger body o
the American labor movement.
Apparently, reaffiliation will
the A. F. G. E. is considered
dubious benefit in the future, pos
sibly less advantageous than be
coming the Federal unit of tn
C. I. o. At any rate, the nev
organization has retained leewa,
for itself as it pledges to protec
the interests of employees in tn
agencies harboring its units.
Chairman of the new council j
Mike Nagels, with the wide-eyeC
Jessica Buck of Railroad Retire
ment as vice chairman and Reu
ben Lansky as treasurer. Thu
council announced today:
zone of the first problems to
be attacked by the InteruniOn
Council is the appearance Of the
movement toward dual union
ism In some of their agencies.
II was pointed out to the dele
49, that fhn fnFVTA q tim af the