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frontage of 2,783 feet along the
Rockville pike and extends eastward
more than 1900 feet. A large part
of the site is heavily forested, espe-
cially in the eastern half, and is all
high, rolling land, making what is
believed to be one of the most
healthful locations in the vicinity of
Washington.
Plans prepared by the Navy Bu-
reau Of Yards and Docks, with the
assistance of Paul Cret, nationally
known architect and designer of a
number of Washington public and
semipublic buildings, call for loca-
ton of the main hospital building
about 600 feet east of the Rockville
pike, with which it will be con-
nected by great MALI bordered
by entrance avenues. A 250-foot
tower dominating the main building
will be visible for miles around and
Is expected to become one Of
the outstanding landmarks of the
Greater Washington area.
Another important naval project
due for completion early in the
decade is the David w. Taylor ex-
perimental model basin at Carde-
rock, west of Cabin John, on a 106-
acre naval reservation adjoining the
George Washington parkway. The
site was chosen after an exhaustive
study, the care demonstrated in its
choice being typical of the greater
attention which must be given such
matters now, and, increasingly, in
the future.
The buildings for the new basin
have been completed and the work
Of installing towing tracks, which
must be made to conform exactly
with the curvature Of the earths
surface, and other precision equip
ment and Instruments task ex-
pected to require about years.
in process. The project will replace
the Navy Yard basin, which was
completed in 1900, and supplement
that at the University of Michigan
and will provide the most modern
facilities In the United States for
testing ship models and propulsion
equipment for the Government and
commercial shipbuilders.
The three buildings composing the
main group form q virtually con-
tinuous structure $40 feet long by
81 feet In width. exclusive of the
main basin, which is 1000 feet long,
81 feet wide and 10 feet deep. There
is q deep basin TOO feet long, 81
feet wide and 20 feet deep; a wide
shallow basin 81 feet wide, 10 feet
deep and 800 feet long, and turn
ing basin 80 feet wide and 10 feet
deep, constructed on as 70-foot
radius. It Is planned eventually to
extend the 1,000-foot high-speed
basin to Z total length Of about
2,500 feet. Ihs site was selected
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houses in the s1o,ooo-sls,ooo price
range.
Among the major housing prof.
ects underwritten by the F. H. A. re-
Gently in suburban Virginia and
Maryland, with number of family
units and valuation, are Colonial
Village, Inc. Arlington County, Va,
274 units, $1,128,600; Colonial VIII
lage, extended, 464, 81 $50 900: Colon
ial Village addition, 237, $905, 500;
Falkland Properties, Inc, Silver
Spring, Md, 181, s1,100,0O0; Falk-
land addition, 303, $1,618,O00;
Buckingham Community, Arlington
County, 1920, s6,748, 900; Parkbelt
Homes, Greenbelt, Md. 10, $40, ,750;
Arlington Village, Arlington County,
655, $3,018,000; Westover. Inc, Ar
lington County, l53, $537 900; Mount
Vernon Development Corp. Airing
ton County, ST. s208 300, and Auburn
Gardens, Inc, Alexandria, Va, 100,
$691 500.
Report on Construction.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics a
month ago issued a preliminary re-
port showing $109,414,238 worth of
construction in the Washington
metropolitan, area during 1899. OF
this grand total, s55,503, ,462 went
into residential construction. provid-
ing housing for 1886 families. Less
than half of this home construction
was within the District of Colum-
bia. Arlington County home build
ing activities provided housing for
2,232 families at a total cost of
s1O,351 ,324> Montgomery County
followed with units for 1871 fami-
lies, at a cost of $9,826,855. Be-
cause of more non-residential con-
struction, however, Montgomery
County was slightly ahead of Arling-
ton County in total building, ac-
cording to records of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, with a total in
expenditures for construction of
$12 397 1862.
Construction work in Prince
Georges County last year totaled
s7,053 1863 in value, of which $685.
988 went into the building of 1,153
family units. Fairfax County ex-
penditures totaled $1,465,848, of
which 81 ,355 300 went into residen-
tial construction providing housing
for 377 families. In Alexandria
during the past year $5,248,316 was
expended in construction work, of
which $4,619 ,155 went into the build
ing of residences for 1920 families.
Military posts in the vicinity of
the National Capital also shared in
the construction advances of the
past year. Fort Belvoir last year
completed a $1,105,174 construction
program providing barracks for 375
men, quarters for IS commissioned
officers and 18 commissioned
officers, garages and shops. Fort
George Gordon Meade, Md, put
1895 900 into construction of bar
racks for 375 men and buildings
for the Army Cooks School. At
Fort Myer, barracks were completed
for 200 men and the hospital was
enlarged. An entirely new Army
post, the Arlington Cantonment,
was established between Arlington
National Cemetery and Washington
| Airport to house the Sd Battalion,
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Many ne,o Federal buildings being constructed In
nearby Maryland and Virginia part of the Governments
to avod Increasing congestion in
Institute and the Naval Medical on each
side of the Rockville pike in the
the TOP center OF the oboUe photograph Looking north
to9ord Rockville his air vew shops part OF Bethesda.
OF the Capitals suburban areasPhoto by Capt. Nesb
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Store Robbed Third Time;
Escaped Youths Suspected

For the third time this year and
the second time within a month,
the Ben Franklin S and 10 Cent
Store at 2201 Wisconsin avenue
NV. was forcibly entered last night.
G. D. Fiedle. store manager, said
that on the last two occasions evi-
dence clearly showed the burglars
were youths who had escaped from
the nearby Industrial Home School,
2453 Wisconsin avenue.
"The last two times" he said, "the
two boys who broke in left their
pajamas in the store and changed
to clothing picked up inside. This
morning, for instance, understand
the two boys were reported missing
at 8 am. We discovered this latest
burglary when we opened the store
at $3.50 am.
Supt. Earle w. Cassie was not at
the school this morning, but .his
secretary declared two boys were
missing and that they were the
two suspected" of entering the
Franklin store last month.
Escape from the school is a COM
paratively simple matter, it was said,
since the boys are not strictly
guarded or kept behind locked doors
at all times. The two who escaped
today are IL and II years Of age,
respectively.
Store Manager Fiedle said that
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Of comedy, weakness from which
the Republic seems recently to have
recovered to judge by Penner's in
frequent film engagements.
The comedy of "The Boys from
Syracuse" is broadest. in all senses
Of the word, in the protracted
sequence In which the wives Of the
Ephesian Antipholus and Dromio
are quite certain the Syracuse pair
are their husbands. There Is not
much Of freshness left in the situa-
ton, but 1t is played with a gusto
that partially conceals its decrepi-
tude.
Should any one be rusty on the
basic idea of "The Boys From Syra-
cuse," it is that Shakesperean one
about the twin brothers Antipholus,
whose addresses were respectively,
Ephesus and Syracuse, Greece. The
cities, as was the fashion in ancient
Greece, were chronically at war, the
one having won the most wars up
to July 4 usually winning the pen
nant.
Ephesus has just won when s'The
Boys From Syracuse" opens. The
subsequent interval of peace is filled
with the domestic mishaps which
can follow when the married twin
steps off the reservation and the
unmarried one steps on the same
reservation. That this might not.
SAVIOR too much of bedroom farce,
there are incidental difficulties in the
form Of prospective beheadings for
citizens who have WEIGHED on their
income taxes and number of other
ornamentations of the ancient
Grecian scene.
The climax Of the picture, which
was away beyond Mr.. Abbott when
he used the same story on the stage,
Is a chariot race the like Of which
hasn't been seen in 20 years Of
movie going. Practically all Of
Hollywood's horses and>a goodly
number Of its men and women par
ticipate in this sequence which seems
to cover virtually all of California
before the director can bear to bring
it to an end.
Rogers and Hart's music is treated
with the respect 1t deserves in more
ways than having Jones sing 1t. All
the better numbers of the score are
there, This Can't Be Love" Failing
in Love With Love" Who Are YOU"
HE and She" etc.
They make pleasant breaks in the
comedy which is handled surpris-
ingly well by Jones, by Butterworth
as the droll Duke of Silonus, reason
ably well by the ebullient Miss Raye
and Blore and Mowbray.
AS in the case of the stage version,
however, the hyping up of Shakes
peare's joke was a better idea than
an achievement.
AS its supplemental feature this
week, and an impressive one, Keith's
leads off with "Spoils of Conquest" I"
March of Times account of the
Dutch East Indies, the orphan Pa
ciflc empire which so many nations
are anxious to adopt.
There is another installment also
of the ever-interesting Information
Please"
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Antheil to Do Score
For Hecht Film

With filming of Ben Hecht's
Before I Die" nearing completion,
daily conferences between the pro-
ducer-director and George Antheil
internationally famous composer,
have begun.
Hecht, who is directing and CO.
producing his own story, also will
assist Antheil in composing the
musical score, he disclosed.
Because Before I Die" deals with
10 crowded hours in the very midst
of New York's busiest night life,
Hecht has had sound tracks made
of the million and one sounds that
are New York. 1t is Hecht's wish
to have much of the music written
around these effects.
Antheil has been connected with
some of the industry's most notable
and imposing films. His present
assignment he considers the most
intriguing of his many chores,
because his chief interest in music
has been in capturing the spirit and
soul Of big cities.
Before I Die" which is a tenta-
tive title for the Columbia picture,
stars Douglas Fairbanks, jr., who Is
also Hecht's co-producer, and fea-
lures Thomas Mitchell, Rita Hay
worth and John Qualen,
Evening star., 1940-08-09
AM U s EN- ENT 8.

1929 did to fancy stocks. At his
popularity height La Rocque was
making $4,000 a week. Ditto his
wife, who, by the way. is still beau
tiful.
Miss Stanwyck joins us. you
know something?" she says, en-.
twining her arm through Rods.
"In the first picture I ever made,
The Locked Door, in 1928-he was
the star. (Barbara's part was not
much bigger than La Rocque's is
now). And If it hadn't been for
Rods help my movie career might
have ended then" This Is Bar
bara's fifth picture for Capra. 1t
was Capra's Ladies of Leisure"
that brought Barbara film fame.
And when you ask Frank Capra
for his success formula he tells you,
II never do daringly original
story. It's the haracterizations that
make-or spoil-the movie"
Rsleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IneJ
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Children of Playground Stage
Press Day Skit Contests
Costumes Made Out
Of Newspapers
Used in Parade

Nearly so children Of the Vir-
ginia Avenue Playground put on a
Press Day" yesterday with four
radio officials to Judge the skits and
large audience Of fellow-play-
groundites to applaud. The press
was shere toby special invitation.
Proceedings opened with a parade
of costumes made out of newspapers.
Everything from pages with death
notices to the comics was used, but
the blue ribbon unanimously went
to little Joan Mcmahon, 4, who sue
ceeded in looking demure even in
pantaloons and a saucer hat of
newspaper. Mary Anne Hoffman
and John Eagleston were the other
ribbon winners.
In the contest which followed, one
of general impressions of the city
room, and one limitations of comic
characters, clean sweep was made
by the Page family. Anne Page
won a prize as Jiggs, Ruth Page as
Muffet, and Charley Page as the in
tent cub reporter. Francis Doyle
also won prize with his impersona-
ton of a city editor-at least, in the
opinion of the judges, none OF
whom was a newspaperman.
Other prizes for comic charac-
terizations were won by Catherine
ONeill, Helen Farrell and Francis
Six. Richard Hite, Laurence
Sweeney and Edward Kalas were
awarded blue ribbons for their imi-
tations Of cameramen.
The judges were Roger Won
Roth of Station WMAL, Ted Dun
lap Of Station VOL, Barry Blake
Of Station WJSV, and Dorian st.
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all right, backed by william Wyler.
Bette staggers under . basket Of
flowers as tall as she is. Wyler plays
q harmonica. Champagne appears.
And every one on the set toasts
"Mr. Capra and John Doe!"
Among the champagne downers is
q man I can't place right away.
"Sure you know him." Capra tells
me, and introduces me to Rod La
ROGUE. Way back in the pre-
sound days the name Of Rod La
ROGUE spelled "big shot" star. But
the sound track got him. AS it did
his beautiful Hungarian wife, Wilma
Banky.
Rod plays a ''bit" part in the
Capra picture, but don't start giving
him sympathy. He needs neither
sympathy nor money. He's work.
ing for fun. La ROGUE is one Of
the richest men in Hollywood. He
not only saved his money, but in
vested it in gilt-edged bonds. Which
was lucky when you consider what
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tlety. The studio has dealt more
handily with the adaptation in the
form of cast and the lavishness of
background. With reference to the
former, it offers not only Jones and
Miss Raye, but such others as Rose
mary Lane, Irene Hervey, Charles
Eutterworth, Eric Blore, Alan
Mowbray and Joe Penner. 1t profits
most in the possession of Jones to
sing the music of Rogers and Hart,
music which deserves Jones and
vice versa.
The two-sets-of- twins idea out
Of which Shakespeare whipped up
his rowdy comedy offers no obstacle
to the movies with their tricks of
cutting, splicing, double e-exposing,
etc. AS Antipholus of Ephesus and
Antipholus of Syracuse, Jones Is
able to sing duets all by himself.
That Is very good. On the other
hand, however, Penner is equally
fascile in being the other set of
twins, the servant (s) Dromio. That
Is not very good unless one has
weakness for his bouncing kind
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didn't bother to read her role until
yesterday!
Jimmy Gleason-he plays a news
paper editor-is having himself some
fun. He offers Gary the use Of his
dressing room. Gary accepts. And
Gleason tacks Cooper's name under
his own AMI has q still" man take q
photograph. This will never hap
pen again-Cooper's name under
mine-and I want to commemorate
It," he gloats.
Barbara Stanwyck's dressing room
Is a garden Of roses. There are roses
from Robert Taylor, more roses from
the Zeppo Marxes, lots more from
Capra. And some from her ward
robe girl and makeup girl. Barbara
is just about as popular as they 60.
But it's the first day, and she's
nervous. I've got pigeons inside"
she tells me. Capra overhears and
tells her to work of nerves by kick
ing (for the picture) copy boy in
the pants (the scene is newspaper
office). She does-and feels better.
Suddenly a noise is heard ap-
preaching the stage door. That's
Bette Davis" says Capra. It's Bette,
Evening star., 1940-08-09

come in for a few minutes" He stays
three hours. -. Edward Arnold says,
Eyes, I know I'm not on call until
next week, but this is a Capra pic
ture!" Some one tells Arnold, "You
have swell part"
Have II" He asks. II haven't
read the script yet. Don't have to
with a Capra picture" Same con-
f1dence from Miss Stanwyck, who
Evening star., 1940-08-09

more than S25 worth of merchandise
was missed and that entry was
made by breaking through a sky
light. Last months break-in and
another on January 5 was through
a bent ventilation fan. A total of
$3.50 worth of goods was stolen on
those occasions, Mr.. Fiedle said.
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and members Of
the cast--some
Of whom aren't
yet on the pay
roll, but can't re-
sist the magnetic
lure Of a look in
at the master.
Gary Cooper
ambles around,
trying to mini
nnize his lanky
presence, a n d
muttering when
approached, Il
er just came
- er - well, I
thought I'd inst,
Evening star., 1940-08-09

q dap t alton of
S h a k e S peare.
" h C h W a S a
modest success
on B r o a d W a y
last year, THE
Boys from Syra-
cuse" keeps the
screwball spirit
Of the original.
In fact. Univer-
sails version of
the toga - clad
tale raises Alb
bott by several
dozen gags, none
of them notable
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Farce on Keith's Screen
Mocks w. Shakespeare
Boys From Syracuse Cast and Set
With Universals Best Lavishness;
March of Time Is Dramatic
BY JAY CARMODY.

An rverent fellow himself with keen talent for buonery Mr.
W. Shakespeare position qbe should
less than sacred That is the treated at Khs where he
Boys
diences will Shakpeares Comedy Starring
and Martha wadng
Evening star., 1940-08-09

Every One in Hollywood
Wants to Work for Capra
At Any Rate, Some Important Stars
Have Complete Confidence in
Any Film He Directs
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

something special picture For thing
Hollywood like Edward Arnold
Mitchell Frank pleading Let
me be in t-even II few lines to say"
I'm not kidding line picture do more for you
than 100 pages Of dialogue in ees picture
So let's visit the newest Capa productonMeet John Doe
Evening star., 1940-08-09
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Capitol-"The Great McGinty,"
satire on doings political: IL am,
1:45, 4:30, tbs and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 1880, 3:35, $40 and o:05
pm.
Palace-"Pride and Prejudice"
screen version of the Jane Austen
novel and play: Ills am, 1:50, 4:25,
Z and 9:35 pm.
Earle-"My Love Came Back" a
gay young romance: II am, 1:4O,
4:30, tbs and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 12:40, 1925, 6:15 and 8 pm.
Keith's-"The Boys From SYRIA
cuse," Allan Jones in the farce after
Shakespeare: 11:15 am, l, $50,
4:35, 6:25, 8:15 and 10 pm. March Of
Time: 12:40, 2:3o, AIS, sos, 1855
and $40 pm.
Metropolitan "All This, and
Heaven Too" with Bette Davis and
Charles Boyer: II am, 1:35, 4:15,
$50 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Andy Hardy Meets a
Debutante," M. Rooney VS.. cafe So
ciety: II am, ITO, 800, $50, 7:45
and 9:55 pm.
Little-"One Night of Love-" that
greatest Grace Moore hit: II am,
1:10, 800, $50, 7:40 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

George Of the National Broadcast
ing Co.
Contest participants received no
help in their costumes from Miss
Elizabeth Smith, director, nor from
Miss Helen Daniels, hostess for the
day.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

In the Country.
Cross Roads - Fallen Angels" +"
Noel Coward comedy: $40 pm.
Roadside-"Murder in the Red
Barn." favorite of all Roadside melo-
dramas. back again: $40 pm.
Evening star., 1940-08-09

Juu gay UlOIiicuIS
re merely odd.
George Abbott S
Evening star., 1940-08-09

So let's visit the newest Capra
the first day Of work. The call sheet
merely asks for Barbara Stanwyck,
but the place is crowded with visitors
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-15

nev alatt tamadjon fel, mint
a szomoru emleku El6re es
tarsai, Azonak szerkas7t6 81
mindig megtalalhat6k, ellen
ben a voros legenyek ujsagja-
max szerkesztoje bujdosik
inert szovetsegi emberek kere-
/ six. Es azok kellemetlen ker-
deseket adnak maid fel.
Washingtonban oft van az
eros alapokon allo Amerikai
Magyar Sz6vetseg, amely ellen
annyi szennyet tuiSsak, annyi
gyalazatos hazugsagot talal-
tax XII. Ez is el, SGT nagyon
megerosodve el, mem tint ell a
balfeneken nyomtalanul, mint
a versenytarsanak alakitott
Eszakamerikai Denokrata ha-
zugsag.
Es tisztessegben, becsiiletben
es remeges nelkiiI eI Amerika-
ban nagyon sok ezer es tiz-
ezer magyar, ah soha a veres
izgatoknak mem ugrott be,
hanem megmaradt az egyenes
uton.
A fektelen garazdalkodasok
idejen sokszor kertiik az anne
rikai magyarsagot ARA, hogy
ne higyjen ezeknek a v0ros be-
renceknek megjosoltuk, hogy
a legelso szelviharra ugy ell
ttinnek eek, mint a megriasz--
tott patkanyok.
A mai helyzet mutatja, hogy
igazunk volt. Ez lido szerint
nyugalomban elhetiink, inert a
gyalazkodok, a szennyesek ell
tiintek korunkbol es reszketve
bujdosnak.
Csupan ARA vigyazzunk,
hogy ha meg egyszer megpro-
balnanak k0zenk furakodni,
akkor kimeletlenul ebrudaljuk
XII 6ket sorainkbol, inert koz0t-
think mines helyJik. Poloskak
eek, akiket mem lehet meg
tirni tisztessseges magyar ha-
zakban.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-15
A KORMANYz0 UR 0TLETE

Michigan allam agg kor-
manyz6ja ragyogo otletet We
tett fel a napokban.
Kiszamitotta, hogy az 8 me-
gyejeben az italfogyasztas ara
max a hat szazaleka eleg lenne
ra, hogy a welfare szegenyeit
ellassa abban az esetben a
segelyezes nem harulna az ado
fizetok vallaira.
Tudni kell, hogy Michigan
kormanyzoja, akit mem valasz-
tottak ARA a tisztsegre, hanem
a megvalasztott kormanyz6 ha-
lala l0kte a helyere, er6sen is
tenes ember, aki mindig a mas
erkolcseit firtatja.
Ez az az ur, ak nehany ho-
napja olyan szenzaciot keltett
mikor nyilatkozatot adott XII a
lapoknak, hogy kerit6kt6l fel-
tette a lanyokat a new york;
kormanyzo estelyen.
Ez az az ur, aki a welfare
szegenyeit6l nemcsak az auto
mobilokat. hanem az italt es a
dohanyt ell akarja kobozni.
S vegul ez az az ur, aki ag-
gastyan letere alland6an igen
fatal lanyokat tart maga ko-
ril, akiknek a kivalasztasat al
litolag neki egyenesen az Urls
ten sugalja.
Aki ezeket a sorokat papirra
YETI, nem italos ember, mem
iszik meg evente egy dollar er-
teket, de hisz abban, hogy min
den amerikai polgar ait csinal
a penzevel a torvenyek hata-
rain beliil, amt akar.
S eppen a1ert ARA gondol,
hogy miert eppen az italos EN-
berek boren akarja a kormany-
zo ur a szegenyeket ellatni?
Miert mem szamitja XII, hogy
mondjuk mennyibe kerul a
sait-fogyasztas a megyeben S
inert mem lehetne inkabb a salt
arat kolteni a welfare-ra?
Vagy ha mar abbol a szem-
pontb6l indulunk XII, hogy az
ital lukszus, akkor talan valaki
mondjuk a golf-jatekra, a golf
palyak fenntartasanak a kolt-
segeire gondolhat AIT ajanl-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-15

hatja, hogy ennek az AIAt
egyek meg a szegenyek?
Csupan azert, inert a kor-
mAnyz6 ur a methodista-s szaraz
mozgalom egyik vezere, igaz-
sagtalansag es tiirelmetlenseg
pont az italra gondolni es azo-
kat pecezni XII nyilvanosan, q
Xix a penziik egy reszet italra
k0ltik, inert az nekik ugy tet-
silk.
Vegre nikor a szarazsagot ell
torolte a polgarsag akarata,
eppen eleg fajta adot vetettek
az italra, eppen eleg korlato-
zasnak tettek XII az italforgal-
mat, beken kell hat hagyni azo-
kat, akik csak a sajat penzii-
ket koltik italra.
Ha a kormanyzo ur segiteni
akar a nincsteleneken (Sajnos,
eppen ez az istenes kormanyz6
vagdal lie a szegenyek kenyere-
b6l legtobbet), ne akarja azok-
max az ellatasat egyetlen osz-
talyra bizni, csupan azert, inert
neki az az egy osztaIy mem
tetszik.
Fajdalom, Michigan ALAN pol
garsagaban, illetve az allam
republicans partjaban nincs
annyi gerinc, hogy visszahivja
a rosszhelyre S neki semrni
esetre mem valo helyre csop-
pent kormanyzot. De legalabb
annyit megtehetnenek, hogy a
szajat valamikeppen befogjak,
inert ahanyszor mond valamit,
annyiszor kell szegyenkeznie
miatta a kozonseges polgarnak