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Evening star., 1940-10-10

country in which only those busi-
nesses can survive which are big
enough to fight the big Govern
ment. That Is the kind Of country
that the New Deal Is headed for.
Or you can, If you want, live in q
country where opportunity for new
business enterprise is kept alive and
vigorous; a country of free and in
dependent men, who are not afraid
of their government and who are
therefore not afraid of the future.
That is the kind of country our Re.
publican administration offers you.
There can be no doubt about the
answer. Today have seen hundreds
of thousands of your Connecticut
people. I have seen young and old.
I know what kind of America you
people want. know that you want
your America-the land of infinite
opportunity with an infinite future.
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Text Of Wilkes New Haven Speech

that renewed efforts should be made
by the Department of Commerce to
supply the little businessman with
the best possible information con-
corning markets and trends.
Second, it is essential that the
little businessman know that his
Government is for him, not against
him. Under Republican admins
tration there will be no doubt what
ever about this. Every little busi-
nessman will know that we favor his
efforts to make new jobs for those
who are now dependent upon relief.
Third, We must simplify business
regulations. In 1888 business had
to make out nearly 136,000,000 re-
turns for the Federal Government.
A total of $4,000 900 returns had to
be made by industrial, commercial
and financial concerns. That was
about 20 reports for each enterprise
And on the average those returns
required answers to about 65 ques-
tionS.
This, incidentally. is one import
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has not been able to employ more
men.
FIFTH. another problem that little
business has faced is the problem OF
raising new capital. The 8. E. G.
regulations are too complicated and
compliance with them is too ex-
pensive. We must simplify those
regulations. We must also find
other ways to help little business to
raise capital. New capital invested
in America means new jobs.
Sixth, among the most important
advantages of big corporation are
its laboratories and research staff
Out of these industrial laboratories
come new developments, new prod
ucts and new ideas. AS an Amer
can I am proud to say that during
the depression progress along this
line has not stopped. 1t has, II
anything, increased. But the at
tack against business has prevented
business men from making use OF
it for our benefit.
The little businessman cannot az
ford laboratory. He cannot afford
to pay high salaries for good en-
gineers and scientists. Therefore
when he comes in competition with
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ant reason why big business has
Jared better than little business un-
der the New Deal. The big cor
poration has a staff Of bookkeepers,
accountants and lawyers to take
care of this wilderness Of details.
The little business man can afford
no such stan. The burden of an
Swering the questions falls on one or
two men, who must take time away
from their business in order to
please the Government. That Is
bad for the employees.
And in addition, the difficulty OF
understanding all these regulations
causes the little business man to
hesitate before undertaking any
thing new.
Must Revise Tax Structure
and Re-employ Present Burden.
Fourth, We must revse the tax
structure. Never before in history
has little business had to carry such
. heavy burden of taxes. This is
another important reason why it
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In which our Republican admins
tration would approach the problem
Of business revival.
And those points are important
because the ultimate beneficiaries OF
such 4 revival are not the business
men, but we, the people-the con-
sumers and workers.
We know, after eight years Of sad
lessons, that We cannot get our jobs
back, or make better jobs for our
selves, unless business does revive.
And we know, as we look into the
future, that we cannot make Ameri-
ca strong. that We cannot hope to
defend America, unless business re-
wives.
1t is to these principles that we
are dedicated. 1t is by the applica-
ton Of these principles that we shall
make ourselves strong.
Youth Can Direct U. s.
Toward Desired Future.
To the youth of this country I
say, this is your fight. The future
lies ahead Of you, and 1t is up TO you
to choose what that future will be
like.
You can, If you want, live in 6
country dominated by monopoly: q
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the big corporation he Is at . dis.
advantage.

the big corporation he Is at . dis
advantage.
Government Laboratories
Proposed Throughout Nation.
propose, therefore, that the Gov
ernment undertake to build the best
possible laboratories in various parts
Of the country. And I propose that
the Government put these labora-
tories at the disposal Of little in
dustry and little business for a nom
inal fee.
Little businessmen of all sorts
could then bring their problems to
such laboratories and get the best
scientists in the country to work on
them. Some projects might take
just a few months, others might take
several years. But they would all
point in one direction-the expan-
sion Of existing enterprises, the Gre
ating Of new enterprises and the
opening up Of the American futures.
think you will agree that II such
laboratories were established In dif-
ferent parts of the country, they
would materially assist in the prob
lem of decentralizing industry and
helping the little buvinessman to
compete.
Those six points indicate the spirit
Evening star., 1940-10-10
News Sign Inventor Dies

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 CP-Francis
E. J. Wilde, IS. who invented and
built the electric news bulletin sign
around the New York Times Build
ing in Times Square, died yesterday
of heart disease.
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business had Jared better than big
business.
And what do we actually and
Find Big Business Prospers
Better Than Little Firms.
Why, we find just the opposite.
We find that big business under the
New Deal has Jared far better than
little business.
Let us start with the year 1881
a year of serious depression. In
that year enterprises with assets Of
less than $50,0O0 suffered badly.
Only 36 per cent of them made a
profit.
But the big corporations with as
sets of over 81 900 900 suffered just
as badly. Only 36 per cent of the
big businesses showed a profit in
that year. The percentage was the
same. The depression struck both
big business and little business
equally.
But what happened in 1887 under
the New Deal? That year, you re-
member, was the best year that the
New Deal has ever had.
In 1887, 66 per cent of the big cor
porations showed a profit. But only
33 percent of the little businesses
showed profit. The number of big
corporations making a profit had
thus increased, whereas the number
of small companies showing a profit
had decreased.
While big business had been gain
ing, small business was actually do
ing worse in 1887 than it had done
at the bottom of the depression.
Let me put the same fact in an
other way. There are 225,000 cor
porationS in America with assets Of
less than $50,000. If we take this
group as whole we find that 1t has
not made profit in any single year
from 1881 to 1887 inclusive. Now
1887 was the New Deals best year.
It is therefore safe to say that small
business as whole has not been
profitable in any year under the
New Deal
Let me put the same fact in still
another way. Let us consider the
little businesses having a sales VOL
ume of from IS 900 to $4,000 a year.
In those little businesses employ
ment opportunities decreased from
1929 to 1897 For every Ave jobs
available in this type Of business in
1929, there were only four jobs avail
able in 1887.
Contrast this with what happened
to the larger firms-firms having
sales volume of from half a million
to a million dollars. In those big
concerns there was actually a small
increase in employment opportuni-
ties,
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Small Businesses Vital
Part in American Life.

They are men of all sorts. They
are men in charge of shops that are
turning out the specialties of in
duStry. They are men with new
inventions that may someday
change our lives. They are the small
producers.
But there are also the small dis
tributors-the butcher, the baker
the garage owner-the men We trade
with every day. They are doing
business all over the country. They
are an absolutely vital part of our
American life.
These men stand for certain def
finite values without which we can
not exist as democracy. They
stand for independence and the
right OF free men to lead their own
Hvesfree from unreasonable in
reference. They stand for oppor-
tunity and new enterprise and ad-
venture. Our democratic system car
survive, and our unemployment
problem can be solved, only If such
men are given chance.
There are more than 2,000.00|
business concerns in the United
States which file an internal revenue
return. They employ about 10000,
900 men. The overwhelming ma
jority Of them are of this type
small and independent.
Now for eight years the New Dea
has proclaimed itself the friend O
the little man. 1t has attacked
business, and it has sought to justif,
It's attack by claiming that it wa
against big business and monopoly
The Republican party is an enem!
Of monopoly. It is under the Re
pubhcan party that the most effec
tive steps against monopoly hav'
been taken. We are against mono
poly nywhere-whether in busines
o. in government.
But If the New Deal had reall.
been against big business and mono
poly we should expect to find tina
during the past eight years littl'
Evening star., 1940-10-10

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Evening star., 1940-05-24

SIX hundred points OF 100 actual.
ly lost would probably have been
saved If South had let his partner
play four clubs.
In the play, West opened the ten
of diamonds. East won with the
ace and played another diamond.
Declarer now led heart to the king
in his own hand and played the
eight OF spades, West going up with
the queen. West now played
heart. East ruffed with his low
trump, and now South still had to
lose two club tricks and the ace
jack OF spades, and he was down
four.
While the blame for this disaster
lies principally with South, never
theleSs he was the one who was in
dignant with his partner and felt
that North should have passed
three spades. Probably North should
have, but East would have doubled
that anyway and inflicted an 300
point penalty. At four clubs, on the
other hand, double-dummy defense
dncluding the almost impossible
play by East of the ace and queen
OF clubs) would have set the hand
but 300, while normal defense would
have set 1t only 500.
You were Howard Schenken's part
ner yesterday and held:
q T 1nvU
1AJx
@AQxxx
The bidding:
Burnstone Schenken Jacoby You
Pass IA Pass (?)
Answer-Bid two hearts. While
you have a fine hand, a jump take
out tthree hearts, is unsound since
you have no spades and therefore
cannot determine whether the hand
should be played in hearts, clubs or
no-trump.
Score 100 per cent for two hearts,
40 per cent for three hearts.
Question No. ass.
Neither side is vulnerable. You
are the dealer and hold:
AK83
0K105
oAJ7
&QJ 100
What do you bid? (Answer to.
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Evening star., 1940-05-24
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Peter Rabbit crept out of his snug
little bed two hours before sun-up
and hurried over to the big hickory
tree. Sure enough, right near it he
found beautiful bed of sweet clover,
just as Reddy Fox had said was
there Peter chuckled to himself as
he ate and ate and ate until his
little round stomach was so full that
he could hardly hop.
When he had eaten all that he
could he hurried back to the Old
Briar Patch to finish his morning
nap, and all the time he kept chuck
ling to himself. You see Reddy Fox
had invited Peter to meet him at
sun-up on the edge Of the Old Briar
Patch to 60 over to the sweet clover
bed, but Peter was suspicious, and
so he had gone over to the sweet
clover bed alone two hours before
sun-up.
Now Reddy Fox had been fooled by
Peter Rabbit the day before, and 70
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Don't Take Ny
Word for It
BY FRANK COLBY,
Candidate
Noun. One Dho offers hin,se
fnf o1ocf}o,o
By FRANK COLBY,


for election.
Until November elections have
come and gone, We will hear today's
word hundreds of times, and it will
be as often mispronounced. The
commonly heard "can-di-dit" is not
only a very unpleasing combination
of sounds, it is also incorrect for
United States use.
Note. Do not confuse aspirant
Correct pronunciation "ass-PIE-
rantD with candidate. Strictly
speaking, an aspirant to ONCE does
not become a candidate until he is
nominated for election.
1t may be hard to believe, but it
Is true, that the words candidate,
candid, and candor derive from the
same Latin word (candidus, white)
In Roman times the candidate
presented himself in public in a toga
made glittering white and spotless
by chalk. His stainless robe was
symbolic of the purity OF his purpose
in seeking Office.
The "a in the third syllable of
candidate should have the long
sound (ay) as in day, may.
Correct pronunciation: KAN-di-
dayt.
Capitals indicate syllable to be
accented0)
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone. Merwin d. Maier,
Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenken. world 8
system that has beaten every other sys-
TEN In existence)
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this morning he got up early and
hurried over to the sweet clover bed
an hour before sun-up. In fact,
Peter Rabbit had hardly left the
sweet clover bed when Reddy Fox
arrived. Reddy lay down in the long
meadow grass and grinned to him.
self as he waited. Slowly the minutes
went by until up from behind the
Purple Hills came jolly round, red
Mr.. Sun, and still no Peter Rabbit.
Reddy stopped grinning. Perhaps, i"
said he to himself, Peter is waiting
Evening star., 1940-05-24
By Edgar Rice Burroughs

ut Is very great pleasure to be able
to give you pleasure. There is moth
ing I so like to do as to give pleasure
to others. BY the way, I have just
heard that Farmer Brown has new
planting Of young cabbage in the
corner Of his garden. Will you meet
me here at sun-up tomorrow morn
ing to 60 over there?"
II will be delighted to; I will, in
deed" replied Peter Rabbit, and all
the time he smiled to himself behind
his hand.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
By Frank Beck
By Willard
By Mormon Marsh
By Bud Fisher

Reddy Fox bade Peter Rabbi
goodbye in the pleasantest way yos
can imagine; yet all the time, dow1
in his heart, Reddy was so angr!
that he hardly knew what to do, fol
you see he had to go back to Grannl
Fox without the tender young rabbi
which he had promised her.
This time will be there tw|
hours before sun-up, and then VI
will see, Peter Rabbit, who is tn
smartest," said Reddy Fox to him
self.
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to hide a smile. "Oh," said he. II
was so dreadfuliy hungry for sweet
clover that I couldn't wait until
sun-up, and so went over two hours
ago. I hope you will excuse me,
Reddy Fox. certainly do appreciate
your kindness in telling me of that
new sweet clover bed, and. I hope I
have not put you out"
Certainly not, replied Reddy Fox
in his pleasantest manner, and you
know Reddy Fox can be very pleas
ant, indeed, when he wants to be.
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for me on the edge of the Old Briar

for me on the edge of the Old Briar
Patch"
So Reddy hurried over to the Old
Briar Patch, and sure enough there
was Peter Rabbit sitting on the edge
of it. When Peter saw him coming
he lodged in behind big clump Of
friendly old brambles Reddy came
up with his broadest smile.
Good morning, Peter Rabbit, -
said Reddy. Shall we 20 over to
that sweet clover bed"
Peter put one hand over his mouth
Evening star., 1940-07-14
DANCING,
MAE DAVIDSON

SUMMER CLASSES. Beginners and prac.
tice,. teaching all dances, fox trot, waltzes,
rumba, tang0es. Private lessons. 1929 M
~. and Thomas Circle, Mali. 3341.
Evening star., 1940-07-14

identified in story book and movies
were really losing popularity be-
tween 1765 and ITO. They were
worn only by officials on parade.
Our research proves that. We have
taken advantage of our findings to
eliminate white wigs from the pic
ture and present the characters with
their natural hair. tied informally
in knot at the neck"
Lloyd pointed out that the only
characters in his story who wear
rich silks. laces and white wigs are
the Governor of Virginia and Fleet
wood Peyton, played by Cedric
Hardwicke.
This was done, the producer de-
clares, to point dramatic con-
trast, because these dandies persona
fed the pompous artistocracy as
opposed to the rank and file
Colonials, represented by Cary
Grant, the star.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Ine.)
Evening star., 1940-07-14

I said, boldly, II want to play the
part of the secretary"
He looked at me, startled. For
moment I thought that he. too,
would say. what experienced" and
was ready to use the same reply
about my close observations. But
he didn't say that. He just put a
script in my hand. turned to the
secretary's part and said, VERY well,
read the lines"
There was no chance to study
them and I began to read, being
"the actress" I used to be when I
was at home pretending.
When I had finished, the assist
ant said: Him! You have a lot to
learn. But I'll take a chance with
you"
That evening I had to tell my
parents what I had done. My 10
hours of stolen time were up. They
were amazed and angry. Strangely,
my father, who had always play
acted" with me, was most against
my being an actress. It was mother,
who formerly thought my make
believe was just innocent play, who
argued on my side Finally father
said I could take the part.
Just Ambition.
At Is girl in motion pictures
is Child actress" usually playing
pig-tail or "f1rst-love" roles. That
schoolgirl phase was skipped en-
tirely in my career. At Is combed
my long hair up into coiffure and
became an adult actress.
I like to think I was an "actress." !"
Actually I wasn't, because what
knew about acting when I started
at the Sascha studios in Vienna
could have been engraved on the
head of a pin without the use of a
microscope. My sole asset was am
bition.
Fortunately, that first part was
small, only a young secretary ir
Storm in Water Glass" but it was
classed as experience and it got
me another brief role in "One Doesn't
Need the Money" No one ravec
about Hedy Kiesler after those two
pictures and the chief reason why
they didn't, I knew then, was be.
cause I needed training.
The best place to get training fo1
any profession is by study from 6
master of that business. In Europe
the master in acting was Max Rein.
hardt and I determined to go to hin
In Berlin and ask him to accept mt
as a student player. My parents
were amused at my nerve in "reach.
ing for the moon" They said, 9TH.
great Reinhardt will not even lool
as so young and inexperienced 9
girl
But they let me go to Berlin. NJ
doubt my father believed the re.
Bluffs would get would cure me o1
the hope Of being an actress. But
Reinhardt did see me and he die
give me chance. He told me
was far from being an actress but
that my ambition was much of the
battle won.
Reinhardt told me what books te
read, what plays to study. He in.
troduced me to successful actors and
actresses and told me to study them
He began giving me small parts in
his plays. The parts grew larger and
people began to notice my work wher
appeared in THE Weaker Sex" ant
"Private Lives" Better and bette,
things kept happening to me. I VA
Evening star., 1940-07-14

plates for Ambassadors and diplo-
mats. But the life began to bore
me after while. I could not be-
come interested in business. Acting
had not been shut out of my life
merely by leaving the theater.
When told my husband I wished
to return to the stage he laughed.
That, he said, would not do for the
wife Of man so important in busi-
ness as himself. It was best forget
the theater, he said. But I could
not forget it.
What I did is painful to recall.
but 1t was necessary to my thirst
for independence In a field loved.
Late one night, when he was away
on business, ran away to Paris.
I did not stop there because I was
afraid he would overtake me and
persuade me to return.
To London I went Immediately.
Louis B. Mayer. in charge of pro-
ductiop for Metro Goldwyn- Mayer,
was in London about to sreturn to
Hollywood after few months In
Europe seeking new talent.
He saw me, but he was leaving
that night, so could not talk con-
tract. He did arrange that a test
be made of me in London and sent
to the studio.
Jewels in q Bag.
However, could not stay in Lon
don for that test. My husband
might find me. I might run out of
money; in fact, I had very little.
Then and there, Hedy Kiesler de-
cided to gamble.
The next morning I met Mr..
Mayer on the boat. He was as
founded. Quickly, I explained to
him that I did not want to wait
for a test, that I was willing to
gamble on chance in Hollywood.
He smiled as had the employment
man who gave me that script clerk
job and the assistant director who
took a chance at me playing Sec
retary.
you have courage" he said. IT
like that. will see that you get
the chance"
When he learned I had little
money he drew up a temporary
contract that would give me six
months In which to make good. T
did not stop in New York to see
any sights, but went directly to
Hollywood, my few belongings in a
suitcase and my jewels in a paper
bag. The latter were important; I
might need them to pay my way
back to Europe, If I failed. shud-
dered to think of that possibility.
When I reported for my screen
test, the dramatic coach said, 1--WE
cannot make it for some time.
You'll have to learn English first"
She arranged for lessons and went
to work.
Before two months had passed !
was ready for that test and the
executives liked it. I was happy,
thinking that now I would 60 on
the screen, playing small parts so
I could learn this new business and
progress slowly.
But, I did not get into picture.
kept going to school at the studio.
was impatient to really act, not